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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 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 / X /

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 228 (X)

 

And

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 / X /

 

Amendment No. 230 (X)

 

SPDR® SERIES TRUST

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

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(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:

[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 14th day of May, 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 May 14, 2020
Bonny E. Boatman      
       
/s/ Dwight D. Churchill*   Trustee May 14, 2020
Dwight D. Churchill      
       
/s/ Frank Nesvet*   Trustee May 14, 2020
Frank Nesvet      
       
/s/ Clare S. Richer*   Trustee May 14, 2020
Clare S. Richer      
       
/s/ Sandra G. Sponem*   Trustee May 14, 2020
Sandra G. Sponem      
       
/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur*   Trustee May 14, 2020
Carl G. Verboncoeur      
       
/s/ James E. Ross*   Trustee May 14, 2020
James E. Ross      
       

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

   President and Principal Executive Officer May 14, 2020
Ellen M. Needham      
       

/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg

   Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer May 14, 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