As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2012
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. 128 | x | |||
| and/or | ||||
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT | ||||
| UNDER | ||||
| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |||
| Amendment No. 130 | 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)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code): 1-866-909-9473
JONATHAN STEINBERG
WISDOMTREE TRUST
380 Madison Avenue
21st Floor
New York, NY 10017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
| W. John McGuire, Esq. | Richard Morris, Esq. | |
| Bingham McCutchen LLP | WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. | |
| 2020 K Street NW | 380 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | 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. 128 relates to the following series of the Trust: the Total Dividend Fund, Equity Income Fund, Dividend ex-Financials Fund, LargeCap Dividend Fund, MidCap Dividend Fund, SmallCap Dividend Fund, Total Earnings Fund, Earnings 500 Fund, MidCap Earnings Fund, SmallCap Earnings Fund, LargeCap Value Fund, LargeCap Growth Fund, DEFA Fund, DEFA Equity Income Fund, International Hedged Equity Fund, International LargeCap Dividend Fund, International MidCap Dividend Fund, International SmallCap Dividend Fund, International Dividend ex-Financials Fund, Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund, Japan Hedged Equity Fund, Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund, Australia Dividend Fund, Global Equity Income Fund, Global Natural Resources Fund, Global ex-U.S. Growth Fund, Global ex-U.S. Utilities Fund, Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Fund, Asia Pacific ex-Japan Fund, Commodity Country Equity Fund, Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund, Middle East Dividend Fund, and India Earnings 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 15th day of August, 2012.
| 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 | August 15, 2012 | ||
| * Amit Muni |
Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) and Assistant Secretary | August 15, 2012 | ||
| * Gregory Barton |
Trustee | August 15, 2012 | ||
| * Toni Massaro |
Trustee | August 15, 2012 | ||
| * Victor Ugolyn* |
Trustee | August 15, 2012 | ||
| *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 | |