As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2013
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         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. 867
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No. 867
  
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  May 17, 2013, 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. 867 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 May 17, 2013, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares FTSE China A50 Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 502 on January 25, 2011, 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
 
518
April 8 , 2011
May 3, 2011
 
531
May 2, 2011
June 1, 2011
 
543
May 31, 2011
June 30, 2011
 
552
June 29, 2011
July 29, 2011
 
562
July 28, 2011
August 26, 2011
 
574
August 25, 2011
September 23, 2011
 
584
September 22, 2011
October 21, 2011
 
608
October 20, 2011
November 18, 2011
 
616
November 17, 2011
December 16, 2011
 
631
December 15, 2011
January 13, 2012
 
673
January 12, 2012
February 10, 2012
 
704
February 9, 2012
March 9, 2012
 
719
March 8, 2012
April 6, 2012
 
725
April 5, 2012
May 4, 2012
 
734
May 3, 2012
June 1, 2012
 
739
May 31, 2012
June 29, 2012
 
743
June 28, 2012
July 27, 2012
 
752
July 26, 2012
August 24, 2012
 
764
August 23, 2012
September 21, 2012
 
769
September 20, 2012
October 19, 2012
 
776
October 18, 2012
November 16, 2012
 
791
November 15, 2012
December 14, 2012
 
798
December 13, 2012
December 28, 2012
 
805
December 27, 2012
January 25, 2013
 
828
January 24, 2013
February 22, 2013
 
837
February 21, 2013
March 22, 2013
 
845
March 21, 2013
April 19, 2013


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 867 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 502.



 
 
 
 


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. 867 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 18 th   day of April, 2013.

iSHARES TRUST 
   
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President and Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 867 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President and Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
   
 
George G.C. Parker*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date:  April 18, 2013
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013

 
 
 
 

   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013
   
* By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: April 18, 2013


*
Powers of Attorney, each dated December 6, 2011, for Michael Latham, 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 Exhibit (q) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 717, filed March 8, 2012.