07/01/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/01/2022 10:53
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. 2,559 | ☒ |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | ||
Amendment No. 2,559 | ☒ |
(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 |
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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:
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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. 2,559 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 High Yield Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,540 on April 20, 2022, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,559 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,540.
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. 2,559 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. 2,559 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 |
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Trent W. Walker* | ||
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: July 1, 2022 | ||
*By: |
/s/ Trent W. Walker |
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Trent W. Walker | ||
Attorney-in-fact | ||
Date: July 1, 2022 |
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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. |