iShares Trust

07/01/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/01/2022 10:48

Post-Effective Amendment to Post-Effective Amendment by Investment Company (Form 485BXT)

Form 485BXT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2022

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. 2,558
and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 2,558

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

iShares Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o BlackRock Fund Advisors

60 State Street

Boston, MA 02109

(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:

BENJAMIN HASKIN, ESQ. MARISA ROLLAND, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP

BLACKROCK FUND

ADVISORS

1875 K STREET, NW 400 HOWARD STREET
WASHINGTON, DC 20006-1238 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

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

Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

On July 29, 2022, 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. 2,558 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 July 29, 2022, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,539 on April 20, 2022, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,558 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,539.

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. 2,558 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 1st day of July, 2022.

iSHARES TRUST

By:
Armando Senra*
President
Date: July 1, 2022

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,558 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: July 1, 2022
John E. Martinez*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022
Cecilia H. Herbert*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022
John E. Kerrigan*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022
Robert S. Kapito*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022
Madhav V. Rajan*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022
Jane D. Carlin*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022
Drew E. Lawton*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022
Richard L. Fagnani*
Trustee
Date: July 1, 2022

/s/ Trent W. Walker

Trent W. Walker*
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date: July 1, 2022
*By:

/s/ Trent W. Walker

Trent W. Walker
Attorney-in-fact
Date: July 1, 2022
*

Powers of Attorney, each dated June 15, 2022, 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. 2,556, filed June 27, 2022.