485BPOS 1 d114392d485bpos.htm SPDR SERIES TRUST SPDR Series Trust

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2020

Securities Act File No. 333-57793

Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-08839

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933   ☒
Post-Effective Amendment No. 237   ☒

And

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940   ☒
Amendment No. 239   ☒

 

 

SPDR® SERIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: (617) 664-1465

 

 

Sean O’Malley, Esq.

Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

Copies to:

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

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immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

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on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

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on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

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75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

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on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

 

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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, SPDR® Series Trust, the Registrant, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 6th day of August, 2020.

 

SPDR® SERIES TRUST
By:  

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

  Ellen M. Needham
  President

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

SIGNATURES

   TITLE   DATE

/s/ Bonny E. Boatman*

   Trustee   August 6, 2020
Bonny E. Boatman    

/s/ Dwight D. Churchill*

   Trustee   August 6, 2020
Dwight D. Churchill    

/s/ Frank Nesvet*

   Trustee   August 6, 2020
Frank Nesvet    

/s/ Clare S. Richer*

   Trustee   August 6, 2020
Clare S. Richer    

/s/ Sandra G. Sponem*

   Trustee   August 6, 2020
Sandra G. Sponem    

/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur*

   Trustee   August 6, 2020
Carl G. Verboncoeur    

/s/ James E. Ross*

   Trustee   August 6, 2020
James E. Ross    

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

   President and Principal Executive Officer   August 6, 2020
Ellen M. Needham    

/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg

   Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer   August 6, 2020
Bruce S. Rosenberg    
*By:  

/s/ Andrew DeLorme

    
  Andrew DeLorme    
 

As Attorney-in-Fact

Pursuant to Power of Attorney

    

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

     
EX-101.INS    XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase