WisdomTree Trust

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2014

Securities Act File No. 333-132380

Investment Company Act File No. 811-21864

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

    THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933    x
    Pre-Effective Amendment No.         ¨
    Post-Effective Amendment No. 284    x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

    THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940    x
    Amendment No. 286    x

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

 

 

WISDOMTREE TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

380 Madison Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

1-866-909-9473

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

JONATHAN STEINBERG

WISDOMTREE TRUST

380 Madison Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10017

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

Copies to:

W. John McGuire

Bingham McCutchen LLP

2020 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

 

Ryan Louvar

WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc.

380 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor

New York, NY 10017

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

  x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  ¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
  ¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  ¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  ¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  ¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

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

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 284 relates solely to the WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), a separate series of WisdomTree Trust (the “Trust”). The sole purpose of the filing is to file as an Exhibit to the Trust’s Registration Statement, risk/return summary information in interactive data format for the Fund.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 3rd day of January, 2014.

 

WISDOMTREE TRUST
(Registrant)

By:

  /s/ Jonathan Steinberg*
  Jonathan Steinberg
  President (Principal Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 284 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacity and on the dates indicated.

 

Signatures

  

Title

  

Date

/s/ Jonathan Steinberg*

Jonathan Steinberg

   President (Principal Executive Officer) and Trustee    January 3, 2014

/s/ David Castano*

David Castano

   Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    January 3, 2014

/s/ Joel Goldberg*

Joel Goldberg

   Trustee    January 3, 2014

/s/ Toni Massaro*

Toni Massaro

   Trustee    January 3, 2014

/s/ Victor Ugolyn*

Victor Ugolyn

   Trustee    January 3, 2014

 

*By:  

/s/ Ryan Louvar

  Ryan Louvar
  (Attorney-in-Fact)


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

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 Taxomony Extension Presentation Linkbase