-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QKrSw5cUQk1bK9qajVKqUo1w5flEKabYJZjcGoqzVkc8wJD7MNkpHe9pAnBDa2kD 0sNvYWXrbwnSadiR6V8XeQ== 0000897204-04-000139.txt : 20041015 0000897204-04-000139.hdr.sgml : 20041015 20041015162405 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897204-04-000139 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20041015 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041015 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: POWERSHARES EXCHANGE TRADED FUND TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209466 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-102228 FILM NUMBER: 041081325 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 227 E PRAIRIE AVE CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: POWERSHARES EXCHANGE TRADED FUND TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209466 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21265 FILM NUMBER: 041081326 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 227 E PRAIRIE AVE CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 485BXT 1 psn1a.txt FORM N1/A As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2004. No. 333-102228 No. 811-21265 ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 _________________ FORM N-1A REGISTRATION STATEMENT [ ] UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ] Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 [X] and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Amendment No. 12 [X] (Check appropriate box or boxes) _________________ PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Wheaton Oaks Professional Building 855 West Prairie Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187 (Address of Principal Executive Office) Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 983-0903 With a copy to: H. Bruce Bond Stuart M. Strauss Wheaton Oaks Professional Building Clifford Chance US LLP 855 West Prairie Avenue 31 West 52nd Street Wheaton, IL 60187 New York, NY 10019 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING: It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box) [ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485. [X] on October 22, 2004 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485. [ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485. [ ] on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485. [ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. [ ] on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485. If appropriate, check the following box: [X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. ================================================================================ The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to its Registration Statement until October 22, 2004. Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 10 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on July 19, 2004, are incorporated by reference herein. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Wheaton and State of Illinois, on the 15th day of October, 2004. PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust By: /s/ Harold Bruce Bond ------------------------- Title: Harold Bruce Bond, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /s/ Harold Bruce Bond President and Chairman October 15, 2004 Harold Bruce Bond */s/ Ronn R. Bagge Trustee October 15, 2004 Ronn R. Bagge */s/ D. Mark McMillan Trustee October 15, 2004 D. Mark McMillan */s/ Philip M. Nussbaum Trustee October 15, 2004 Philip M. Nussbaum */s/ John W. Southard Trustee October 15, 2004 John W. Southard *By: /s/ Stuart M. Strauss Stuart M. Strauss Attorney-In-Fact -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----