485BXT 1 f2946d1.htm FORM 485BXT

  

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2020 

                            File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729 

  

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington,  

  

FORM N-1A 

  

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 

   

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Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,336 

   

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and/or 

   

  

  

  

  

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 

   

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Amendment No.2,336 

   

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(Check appropriate box or boxes) 

  

iShares Trust 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 

  

c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company 

1 Lincoln Street 

Mail Stop SFC0805 

Boston, MA 02111 

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code) 

  

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000 

  

The Corporation Trust Company 

1209 Orange Street 

Wilmington, DE 19801 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service) 

  

With Copies to: 

  

  

  

  

  

MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ. 

  

  

DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ. 

WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP 

  

  

BLACKROCK FUND 

ADVISORS 

787 SEVENTH AVENUE 

  

  

400 HOWARD STREET 

NEW YORK,  

  

  

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 

  

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):  

  

  

  

¨     Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 

   

x   On May 1, 2020, pursuant to paragraph (b) 

  

  

¨        60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 

   

¨       On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 

  

  

¨        75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 

   

¨       On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 

  

If appropriate, check the following box: 

  

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The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. 

Explanatory Note 

  

  

This Post-Effective Amendment No.2,336 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until May 1, 2020, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Canada IMI ETF (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,118 on May 20, 2019, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act. 

  

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows: 

  

  

PEA No. 

Date Filed 

Automatic Effective Date 

  

2,160 

August 2, 2019 

August 30, 2019 

  

2,175 

August 29, 2019 

September 27, 2019 

  

2,190 

September 26, 2019 

October 18, 2019 

  

2,200 

October 17, 2019 

November 15, 2019 

  

2,222 

November 14, 2019 

December 13, 2019 

  

2,236 

December 12, 2019 

January 10, 2020 

  

2,255 

January 9, 2020 

February 7, 2020 

  

2,274 

February 6, 2020 

March 6, 2020 

  

2,318 

March 5, 2020 

April 3, 2020 

  

  

This Post-Effective Amendment No.2,336 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,118.  

  

  

 

SIGNATURES 

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.2,336 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 2nd day of April, 2020. 

  

iShares Trust  

  

  

By: 

  

  

Armando Senra* 

  

President 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No.2,336 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. 

  

By: 

  

  

Salim Ramji* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

John E. Martinez* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

Cecilia H. Herbert* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

John E. Kerrigan* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

Robert S. Kapito* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Madhav V. Rajan* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

Jane D. Carlin* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

Drew E. Lawton* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

  

  

Richard L. Fagnani* 

  

Trustee 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

  

/s/ Trent W. Walker 

  

Trent W. Walker* 

  

Treasurer and Chief  

Financial Officer 

  

  

  

Date: April 2, 2020 

  

  

*By: 

/s/ Trent W. Walker 

  

Trent W. Walker 

  

Attorney-in-fact 

  

  

  

Date:  April 2, 2020 

   

  

Powers of Attorney, each dated January 1, 2020, for Armando Senra, Salim Ramji, Jane D. Carlin, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan, Robert S. Kapito, Drew E. Lawton, Richard L. Fagnani and Trent W. Walker are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,257, filed January 9, 2020.