As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2019

File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

     THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  
     Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,237  

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

    THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940  
    Amendment No. 2,237  

(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 SFC 0805

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.

WILLKIE FARR &

GALLAGHER LLP

787 SEVENTH AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099

 

DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ.

BLACKROCK FUND

ADVISORS

400 HOWARD STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

 

 

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

 

Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

On January 10, 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:

 

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

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,237 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 January 10, 2020, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Japan IMI ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,119 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

2,161

  

August 2, 2019

 

August 30, 2019

2,176

  

August 29, 2019

 

September 27, 2019

2,191

  

September 26, 2019

 

October 18, 2019

2,201

  

October 17, 2019

 

November 15, 2019

2,223

  

November 14, 2019

 

December 13, 2019

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,237 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,119.


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. 2,237 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 12th day of December, 2019.

iSHARES TRUST 

 

By:  

 

  Armando Senra*
  President
  Date: December 12, 2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,237 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: December 12, 2019
 

 

  John E. Martinez*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019
 

 

  Cecilia H. Herbert*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019
 

 

  John E. Kerrigan*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019
 

 

  Robert S. Kapito*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019


 

 

  Madhav V. Rajan*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019
 

 

  Jane D. Carlin*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019
 

 

  Drew E. Lawton*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019
 

 

  Richard L. Fagnani*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2019
 

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

  Neal J. Andrews*
 

Treasurer and Chief

Financial Officer

  Date: December 12, 2019
*By:  

/s/ Neal J. Andrews

  Neal J. Andrews
  Attorney-in-fact
  Date: December 12, 2019

 

*

Powers of Attorney, each dated September 13, 2019, 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 Neal J. Andrews are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,179, filed September 16, 2019.

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