As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2013
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. 174 | x |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |||
| Amendment No. 176 | 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. 174 relates solely to the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Growth Fund, a separate series of WisdomTree Trust.
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 7th day of June, 2013.
| WISDOMTREE TRUST (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Jonathan Steinberg | |
| Jonathan Steinberg | ||
| President (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 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 | June 7, 2013 | ||||
| /s/ David Castano* David Castano* |
Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | June 7, 2013 | ||||
| /s/ Joel Goldberg* Joel Goldberg* |
Trustee | June 7, 2013 | ||||
| /s/ Toni Massaro* Toni Massaro* |
Trustee | June 7, 2013 | ||||
| /s/ Victor Ugolyn* Victor Ugolyn* |
Trustee | June 7, 2013 | ||||
| *By: | /s/ Jonathan Steinberg | |
| Jonathan Steinberg | ||
| (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 | |