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:
☒ | 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 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 |
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Andrew DeLorme | ||||||
As Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Power of Attorney |
Exhibit Index
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