485BXT 1 a2162502z485bxt.txt 485BXT AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 25, 2005. 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. 41 /X/ and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Amendment No. 43 /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 H. Bruce Bond With a copy to: Wheaton Oaks Professional Building Stuart M. Strauss 855 West Prairie Avenue Clifford Chance US LLP Wheaton, IL 60187 31 West 52nd Street (Name and Address of Agent for Service) New York, NY 10019 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 August 29, 2005 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. --------- The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to its Registration Statement until August 29, 2005. Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 35 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on June 23, 2005, 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 25th day of August, 2005. 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 August 25, 2005 --------------------------- Harold Bruce Bond */s/ Ronn R. Bagge Trustee August 25, 2005 --------------------------- Ronn R. Bagge */s/ D. Mark McMillan Trustee August 25, 2005 --------------------------- D. Mark McMillan */s/ Philip M. Nussbaum Trustee August 25, 2005 --------------------------- Philip M. Nussbaum */s/ John W. Southard Trustee August 25, 2005 --------------------------- John W. Southard *By: /s/ Stuart M. Strauss --------------------------- Stuart M. Strauss Attorney-In-Fact
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