-----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, IAbL6d9Kj/H+k23oLpNStIjC8N5oyzPm4U/2Aj9yvNPDsaqYKIS9yq10hqHT/HZb y4AwLmugvJO649gsYKp9AA== 0001047469-05-022851.txt : 20050913 0001047469-05-022851.hdr.sgml : 20050913 20050913171417 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001047469-05-022851 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050913 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050913 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: POWERSHARES EXCHANGE TRADED FUND TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209466 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-102228 FILM NUMBER: 051082825 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 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21265 FILM NUMBER: 051082826 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 227 E PRAIRIE AVE CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 485BXT 1 a2162914z485bxt.txt 485BXT AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 13, 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. 47 /X/ and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 Amendment No. 49 /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 September 14, 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. 44 to its Registration Statement until September 14, 2005. Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 46 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on August 29, 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 13th day of September, 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 September 13, 2005 - --------------------------- Harold Bruce Bond */s/ Ronn R. Bagge Trustee September 13, 2005 - --------------------------- Ronn R. Bagge */s/ D. Mark McMillan Trustee September 13, 2005 - --------------------------- D. Mark McMillan */s/ Philip M. Nussbaum Trustee September 13, 2005 - --------------------------- Philip M. Nussbaum */s/ John W. Southard Trustee September 13, 2005 - --------------------------- John W. Southard *By: /s/ Stuart M. Strauss - --------------------------- Stuart M. Strauss Attorney-In-Fact
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