# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001454889
**File Stem:** 0001104659-23-039992
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 6252
**Document Hash:** 3175cf34a8fab65a46a0291faee4e4e0
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-23-039992.hdr.sgml**: 20230331

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-23-039992

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230331

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230331

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001454889
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-22311
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23785840

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 211 MAIN STREET
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94105
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 1-415-667-7000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 211 MAIN STREET
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94105

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Schwab Strategic Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20090127
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001454889
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-160595
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23785839

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 211 MAIN STREET
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94105
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 1-415-667-7000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 211 MAIN STREET
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94105

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Schwab Strategic Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20090127

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Schwab High Yield Bond ETF (Series ID: S000080101)

| Class ID   | Class Name                 | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000241773 | Schwab High Yield Bond ETF | SCYB            |

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023**

**File Nos. 333-160595<br> 811-22311**

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**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM N-1A<br> REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

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| ***UNDER<br> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***<br> **Post-Effective Amendment No. 155** | ⌧ |

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**and**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

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| ***UNDER<br> THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940*<br> Amendment No. 157** | ⌧ |

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**SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

**211 Main Street<br> San Francisco, California 94105**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)**

**(800) 648-5300**

**(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)**

**Catherine M. MacGregor, Esq.<br> 211 Main Street<br> San Francisco, California 94105**

**(Name and Address of Agent for Service)**

***Copies of communications to:***

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| **Douglas P. Dick, Esq. <br> Dechert LLP <br> 1900 K Street, N.W. <br> Washington, DC 20006** | **John M. Loder, Esq. <br> Ropes & Gray LLP <br> 800 Boylston Street <br> Boston, MA 02199-3600** |

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

◻ Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

⌧ On April 11, 2023, 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.

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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 155 to the Registration Statement of Schwab Strategic Trust (the Registrant) is being filed, pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), for the sole purpose of delaying, until April 11, 2023, the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed on January 17, 2023, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act (Accession Number: 0001104659-23-004135) (referred to herein as PEA No. 154).

This Post-Effective Amendment [incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B, and C of PEA No. 154](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1454889/000110465923004135/tm232526-1_485apos.htm) to the Registrant's Registration Statement.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 155 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 155 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, on the 31st day of March, 2023.

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| **SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST <br> Registrant** |
| Jonathan de St. Paer\*<br>Jonathan de St. Paer, President and Chief Executive Officer |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 155 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated this 31st day of March, 2023.

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| **Signature** | **Title** |
| Walter W. Bettinger II\* | Chairman and Trustee |
| Walter W. Bettinger II |  |
| Michael J. Beer\* | Trustee |
| Michael J. Beer |  |
| Robert W. Burns\* | Trustee |
| Robert W. Burns |  |
| Nancy F. Heller\* | Trustee |
| Nancy F. Heller |  |
| David L. Mahoney\* | Trustee |
| David L. Mahoney |  |
| Jane P. Moncreiff\* | Trustee |
| Jane P. Moncreiff |  |
| Kimberly S. Patmore\* | Trustee |
| Kimberly S. Patmore |  |
| J. Derek Penn\* | Trustee |
| J. Derek Penn |  |
| Richard A. Wurster\* | Trustee |
| Richard A. Wurster |  |
| Dana S. Smith\* | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
| Dana S. Smith |  |

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| \*By: | /s/ Douglas P. Dick |
|  | Douglas P. Dick, Attorney-in-Fact |
|  | Pursuant to Power of Attorney |

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