485BPOS 1 d153869d485bpos.htm SPDR SERIES TRUST SPDR Series Trust

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2016

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   x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 173  

And

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

   THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940   x
   Amendment No. 175  

 

 

SPDR® SERIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: (617) 664-7037

Joshua A. Weinberg, Esq.

Vice President and Managing Counsel

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(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:

 

x immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)
¨ on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)
¨ on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)
¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)
¨ on                      pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

 

¨ 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 16th day of March, 2016.

 

        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*

Bonny E. Boatman

      Trustee   March 16, 2016

/s/ Dwight D. Churchill*

Dwight D. Churchill

      Trustee   March 16, 2016

/s/ David M. Kelly*

David M. Kelly

      Trustee   March 16, 2016

/s/ Frank Nesvet *

Frank Nesvet

      Trustee   March 16, 2016

/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur *

Carl G. Verboncoeur

      Trustee   March 16, 2016

/s/ James E. Ross*

James E. Ross

      Trustee   March 16, 2016

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

Ellen M. Needham

      President and Principal Executive Officer  

March 16, 2016

/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg

Bruce S. Rosenberg

      Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer  

March 16, 2016

 

*By:  

/s/ Christopher A. Madden

  Christopher A. Madden
  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