SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS

0001193125-23-259727.txt : 20231020 0001193125-23-259727.hdr.sgml : 20231020 20231020110658 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-23-259727 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231020 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231020 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001168164 IRS NUMBER: 421537593 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21145 FILM NUMBER: 231336375 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LINCOLN STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02111 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-664-1465 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LINCOLN STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS (Formerly streetTRACKS Index Shares Funds) DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070802 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STREETTRACKS INDEX SHARES FUNDS (Formerly Fresco Index Shares Funds) DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FRESCO INDEX SHARES FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020225 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001168164 IRS NUMBER: 421537593 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-92106 FILM NUMBER: 231336374 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LINCOLN STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02111 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-664-1465 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE LINCOLN STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS (Formerly streetTRACKS Index Shares Funds) DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070802 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STREETTRACKS INDEX SHARES FUNDS (Formerly Fresco Index Shares Funds) DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20041202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FRESCO INDEX SHARES FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020225

0001168164 S000077108 SPDR MSCI EAFE Climate Paris Aligned ETF

C000237274 SPDR MSCI EAFE Climate Paris Aligned ETF

0001168164 S000077109 SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned ETF

C000237275 SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned ETF

485BXT 1 d558219d485bxt.htm SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2023

Securities Act File No. 333-92106

Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-21145

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT


*UNDER* *THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933*		☒
Post-Effective Amendment No. 178		☒
And
REGISTRATION STATEMENT *UNDER* *THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940*		☒
Amendment No. 181		☒

SPDR^® INDEX SHARES FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: (617) 664-1465

Sean O’Malley, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

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immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

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on November 19, 2023 pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

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on _________________ pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

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75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

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on _________________ pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

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

NOTE: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 178 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until November 19, 2023, the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A related to SPDR MSCI EAFE Climate Paris Aligned ETF and SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned ETF, which were filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act on May 19, 2022 (the “Amendment”).

Part A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS

Part A is incorporated by reference to Part A of the Amendment.

Part B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Part B is incorporated by reference to Part B of the Amendment.

Part C. OTHER INFORMATION

Part C is incorporated by reference to Part C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 173, which was filed on June 2, 2023.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, SPDR^® Index Shares Funds, the Registrant, certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 20^th day of October, 2023.


SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS

By:		/s/ Ann M. Carpenter
		Ann M. Carpenter
		President

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:


SIGNATURES	TITLE	DATE

/s/ Dwight D. Churchill* Dwight D. Churchill	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ Clare S. Richer* Clare S. Richer	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ Sandra G. Sponem* Sandra G. Sponem	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ Carolyn Clancy* Carolyn Clancy	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur* Carl G. Verboncoeur	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ Kristi Rowsell* Kristi Rowsell	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ Gunjan Chauhan* Gunjan Chauhan	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ James E. Ross* James E. Ross	Trustee	October 20, 2023

/s/ Ann M. Carpenter Ann M. Carpenter	President and Principal Executive Officer	October 20, 2023

/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg Bruce S. Rosenberg	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer	October 20, 2023


*By:		/s/ E. Gerard Maiorana, Jr.
		E. Gerard Maiorana, Jr.
		As Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Power of Attorney