As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2011
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. 61 | x |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | x | |
| Amendment No. 63 | 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)
| Counsel for the Trust: | Richard Morris, Esq. | |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP | WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. | |
| 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | 380 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | New York, NY 10017 | |
| Attention: W. John McGuire, Esq. |
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
| x |
Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 | |
| ¨ |
On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 | |
| ¨ |
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 | |
| ¨ |
On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 | |
| ¨ |
75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 | |
| ¨ |
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 amendment is being filed solely to submit as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement, risk/return summary information in interactive data format for the following series of the Trust: WisdomTree Total Dividend Fund; WisdomTree Equity Income Fund; WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund; WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree Total Earnings Fund; WisdomTree Earnings 500 Fund; WisdomTree MidCap Earnings Fund; WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings Fund; WisdomTree LargeCap Value Fund; WisdomTree LargeCap Growth Fund; WisdomTree DEFA Fund; WisdomTree DEFA Equity Income Fund; WisdomTree International Hedged Equity Fund; WisdomTree International Dividend ex-Financials Fund; WisdomTree International LargeCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree International MidCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree Global Equity Income Fund; WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund; WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Growth Fund; WisdomTree Asia Pacific ex-Japan Fund; WisdomTree Australia Dividend Fund; WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund; WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund; WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund; WisdomTree India Earnings Fund; WisdomTree Commodity Country Equity Fund; WisdomTree Global Natural Resources Fund; WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Utilities Fund; and WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Real Estate 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, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 19th day of August, 2011.
| 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 19, 2011 | ||||||
| /s/ Amit Muni* Amit Muni |
Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) and Assistant Secretary | August 19, 2011 | ||||||
| /s/ Gregory Barton* Gregory Barton |
Trustee | August 19, 2011 | ||||||
| /s/ Toni Massaro* Toni Massaro |
Trustee | August 19, 2011 | ||||||
| /s/ Victor Ugolyn* Victor Ugolyn |
Trustee | August 19, 2011 | ||||||
| *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 | |