iShares Trust
03/04/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/04/2021 10:20
Amendment to Post-Effective Amendment (SEC Filing - 485BXT)
Form 485BXT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2021
File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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| Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,445 | ☒ | |||
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
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| Amendment No. 2,445 | ☒ |
(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 SFC0805
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. | DEEPA DAMRE SMITH, ESQ. | |
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WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP |
BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS |
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| 787 SEVENTH AVENUE | 400 HOWARD STREET | |
| NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 |
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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On April 2, 2021, pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
If appropriate, check the following box:
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The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,445 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 April 2, 2021, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Canada IMI ETF (the 'Fund'), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,118 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:
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PEA No. |
Date Filed |
Automatic Effective Date |
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| 2,160 |
August 2, 2019 |
August 30, 2019 |
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| 2,175 |
August 29, 2019 |
September 27, 2019 |
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| 2,190 |
September 26, 2019 |
October 18, 2019 |
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| 2,200 |
October 17, 2019 |
November 15, 2019 |
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| 2,222 |
November 14, 2019 |
December 13, 2019 |
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| 2,236 |
December 12, 2019 |
January 10, 2020 |
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| 2,255 |
January 9, 2020 |
February 7, 2020 |
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| 2,274 |
February 6, 2020 |
March 6, 2020 |
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| 2,318 |
March 5, 2020 |
April 3, 2020 |
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| 2,336 |
April 2, 2020 |
May 1, 2020 |
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| 2,346 |
April 30, 2020 |
May 29, 2020 |
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| 2,355 |
May 28, 2020 |
June 26, 2020 |
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| 2,370 |
June 25, 2020 |
July 24, 2020 |
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| 2,387 |
July 23, 2020 |
August 21, 2020 |
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| 2,395 |
August 20, 2020 |
September 18, 2020 |
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| 2,406 |
September 17, 2020 |
October 16, 2020 |
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| 2,415 |
October 15, 2020 |
November 13, 2020 |
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| 2,424 |
November 12, 2020 |
December 11, 2020 |
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| 2,428 |
December 10, 2020 |
January 8, 2021 |
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| 2,432 |
January 7, 2021 |
February 5, 2021 |
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| 2,436 |
February 4, 2021 |
March 5, 2021 |
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,445 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,118.
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. 2,445 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 4th day of March, 2021.
iSHARES TRUST
| By: | ||
| Armando Senra* | ||
| President | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,445 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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| Salim Ramji* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| John E. Martinez* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| Cecilia H. Herbert* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| John E. Kerrigan* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| Robert S. Kapito* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 |
| Madhav V. Rajan* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| Jane D. Carlin* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| Drew E. Lawton* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| Richard L. Fagnani* | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
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/s/ Trent W. Walker |
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| Trent W. Walker* | ||
| Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | ||
| *By: |
/s/ Trent W. Walker |
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| Trent W. Walker | ||
| Attorney-in-fact | ||
| Date: March 4, 2021 |
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Powers of Attorney, each dated January 1, 2020, 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 Trent W. Walker are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,257, filed January 9, 2020. |