10/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/01/2024 07:47
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2024
Securities Act File No. 333-92106
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-21145
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. 193 | ☒ |
And
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | ||
Amendment No. 196 | ☒ |
SPDR® INDEX SHARES FUNDS
(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 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 October 31, 2024 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. |
NOTE: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of delaying, until October 31, 2024, the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, relating to the registration of to SPDR MSCI EAFE Climate Paris Aligned ETF and SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned ETF, which was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act on May 19, 2022 (the "Amendment").
Part A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS
Part A is incorporated by reference to Part A of the Amendment.
Part B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Part B is incorporated by reference to Part B of the Amendment.
Part C. OTHER INFORMATION
Part C is incorporated by reference to Part C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 173, which was filed on June 2, 2023.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, SPDR® Index Shares Funds, the Registrant, certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) 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 1st day of October, 2024.
SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS | ||
By: |
/s/ Ann M. Carpenter |
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Ann M. Carpenter | ||
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/ Dwight D. Churchill* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
Dwight D. Churchill | ||||
/s/ Clare S. Richer* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
Clare S. Richer | ||||
/s/ Sandra G. Sponem* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
Sandra G. Sponem | ||||
/s/ Carolyn Clancy* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
Carolyn Clancy | ||||
/s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
Carl G. Verboncoeur | ||||
/s/ Kristi Rowsell* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
Kristi Rowsell | ||||
/s/ Gunjan Chauhan* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
Gunjan Chauhan | ||||
/s/ James E. Ross* |
Trustee | October 1, 2024 | ||
James E. Ross | ||||
/s/ Ann M. Carpenter Ann M. Carpenter |
President and Principal Executive Officer | October 1, 2024 | ||
/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg Bruce S. Rosenberg |
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer | October 1, 2024 |
*By: |
/s/ E. Gerard Maiorana, Jr. |
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E. Gerard Maiorana, Jr. | ||
As Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Power of Attorney |