As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       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
  
x
 
   
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,056
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No. 1,056
  
x
 
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
iShares Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(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.
 
BENJAMIN J. HASKIN, ESQ.
 
EDWARD BAER, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
 
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
 
BLACKROCK FUND
ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
 
1875 K STREET, N.W.
 
400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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)
  
x    On March 21, 2014, 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:
 
x
The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 
 
 
 


Explanatory Note


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,056 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 March 21, 2014, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares Barclays Global Aggregate ex USD Bond Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 760 on August 20, 2012, 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
 
785
November 2, 2012
November 30, 2012
 
796
November 29, 2012
December 28, 2012
 
804
December 27, 2012
January 25, 2013
 
827
January 24, 2013
February 22, 2013
 
836
February 21, 2013
March 22, 2013
 
844
March  21, 2013
April 19, 2013
 
866
April 18, 2013
May 17, 2013
 
885
May 16, 2013
June 14, 2013
 
904
June 13, 2013
July 12, 2013
 
924
July 11, 2013
August 9, 2013
 
939
August 8, 2013
September 6, 2013
 
950
September 5, 2013
October 4, 2013
 
966
October 3, 2013
November 1, 2013
 
983
October 31, 2013
November 29, 2013
 
997
November 27, 2013
December 27, 2013
 
1,017
December 26, 2013
January 24, 2014
 
1,033
January 23, 2014
February 21, 2014


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,056 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 760.



 
 
 
 


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. 1,056 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 20 th day of February, 2014.

iSHARES TRUST 
   
By:
 
 
Manish Mehta*
 
President
   
 
Date:  February 20, 2014
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,056 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
 
By:
 
 
Mark Wiedman*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
   
 
George G.C. Parker*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014

 
 
 
 


   
   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
   
* By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: February 20, 2014
 
 
*
Powers of Attorney, each dated December 31, 2013, for Manish Mehta, Mark Wiedman, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, George G.C. Parker, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,021, filed January 10, 2014.
 
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