As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 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
  
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 854
  
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and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
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Amendment No. 854
  
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(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 2, 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. 854 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 2, 2013, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares 2016 Investment Grade Corporate Financial Sector Bond ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 818 on January 18, 2013, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 854 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 818.



 
 
 
 


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. 854 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 2 nd day of April, 2013.

iSHARES TRUST 
   
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President and Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 854 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 2, 2013
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
   
 
George G.C. Parker*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013

 
 
 
 


   
   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Trustee
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date: April 2, 2013
   
* By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date: April 2, 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.