AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 18, 2008.
No. 333-132380
No. 811-21864
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |X|
Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___ |_|
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 |X|
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |X|
Amendment No. 14 |X|
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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WISDOMTREE TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
380 Madison Avenue
21st Floor
New York, NY 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (866) 909-9973
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.
Ropes & Gray LLP WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc.
1211 Avenue of the Americas 380 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, New York 10036 New York, New York 10017
Attention: Robert J. Borzone, Jr. Esq.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
box):
|_| immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
|X| on March 28, 2008 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
|_| 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.
|_| on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.
|_| 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
|_| on [date] pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485.
The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to its Registration Statement until March 28,
2008. Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 13 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, filed on January 4, 2008, are incorporated by reference herein.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment
Company Act, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and
State of New York, on the 18th day of March, 2008.
WisdomTree Trust
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Jonathan Steinberg
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Name: Jonathan Steinberg
Title: President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
President (Principal Executive March 18, 2008
/s/ Jonathan Steinberg Officer) and Trustee
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Jonathan Steinberg
Interim Treasurer and Interim March 18, 2008
Secretary (Principal Financial
/s/ Bruce Lavine* and Accounting Officer)
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Bruce Lavine
/s/ Gregory Barton* Trustee March 18, 2008
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Gregory Barton
/s/ Toni Massaro* Trustee March 18, 2008
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Toni Massaro
/s/ Victor Ugolyn* Trustee March 18, 2008
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Victor Ugolyn
*By: /s/ Jonathan Steinberg
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Jonathan Steinberg
Attorney-in-Fact