# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001064642
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-244402
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 7502
**Document Hash:** 146aa5c15bb33e96e32efbc15d0b4dae
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-244402.hdr.sgml**: 20251021

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-244402

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251021

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251021

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SPDR SERIES TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001064642

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-08839
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251405569

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE CONGRESS STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02114
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6176643920

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE CONGRESS STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02114

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** STREETTRACKS SERIES TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000925

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** INDEX EXCHANGE LISTED SECURITIES TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19980622
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SPDR SERIES TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001064642

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-57793
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251405568

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE CONGRESS STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02114
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6176643920

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE CONGRESS STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02114

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** STREETTRACKS SERIES TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000925

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** INDEX EXCHANGE LISTED SECURITIES TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19980622

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Leveraged Loan ETF (Series ID: S000095649)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                        | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000264380 | State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Leveraged Loan ETF | LVLN            |

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2025** 

**Securities Act File No. 333-57793** 

**Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-08839** 

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM N-1A** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

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| ***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933*** | ☒ |
| **Post-Effective Amendment No. 328** | ☒ |

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**And** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

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| ***THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940*** | ☒ |
| **Amendment No. 330** | ☒ |

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## SPDR<sup>®</sup><sup></sup>SERIES TRUST
**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)** 

**One Congress Street** 

**Boston, Massachusetts 02114** 

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** 

**Registrant's Telephone Number: (617) 664-1465** 

**Andrew J. DeLorme, Esq.** 

**Chief Legal Officer** 

**c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.** 

**One Congress Street** 

**Boston, Massachusetts 02114** 

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

***Copies to:***

**W. John McGuire, Esq.** 

**Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP** 

**1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW** 

**Washington, DC 20004** 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ on October 30, 2025 pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (b)

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

☐ on _________________ pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(1)

☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

☐ on _________________ pursuant to Rule 485, paragraph (a)(2)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;☒ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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NOTE: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 328 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of delaying, until October 30, 2025, the effectiveness of [Post-Effective Amendment No. 323](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064642/000119312525160553/d59724d485apos.htm) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, with respect to the State Street<sup>®</sup> SPDR<sup>®</sup> S&P<sup>®</sup> Leveraged Loan ETF, which was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act on July 17, 2025 (the "Amendment").

Part A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS

<u>[Part A is incorporated by reference to Part A of the Amendment.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064642/000119312525160553/d59724d485apos.htm)</u> 

Part B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

<u>[Part B is incorporated by reference to Part B of the Amendment.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064642/000119312525160553/d59724d485apos.htm)</u> 

Part C. OTHER INFORMATION

<u>[Part C is incorporated by reference to Part C of the Amendment.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064642/000119312525160553/d59724d485apos.htm)</u> 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, SPDR<sup>®</sup> Series Trust, the Registrant, certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 21<sup>st</sup> day of October, 2025.

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| SPDR SERIES TRUST | SPDR SERIES TRUST |
| By: | /s/ Ann M. Carpenter |
|  | Ann M. Carpenter<br> President |

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

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| **SIGNATURES** | **TITLE** | **DATE** |
| /s/ Carolyn M. Clancy\* | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| Carolyn M. Clancy |  |  |
| /s/ Dwight D. Churchill\* | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| Dwight D. Churchill |  |  |
| /s/ Clare S. Richer\* | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| Clare S. Richer |  |  |
| /s/ Kristi L. Rowsell\*<br> Kristi L. Rowsell | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| /s/ Sandra G. Sponem\* | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| Sandra G. Sponem |  |  |
| /s/ Carl G. Verboncoeur\* | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| Carl G. Verboncoeur |  |  |
| /s/ Jeanne LaPorta\* | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| Jeanne LaPorta |  |  |
| /s/ James E. Ross\* | Trustee | October 21, 2025 |
| James E. Ross |  |  |
| /s/ Ann M. Carpenter<br> Ann M. Carpenter | President and Principal Executive Officer | October 21, 2025 |
| /s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg<br> Bruce S. Rosenberg | Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer (fulfills the role of Principal Accounting Officer) | October 21, 2025 |

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| \*By: | /s/ Edmund Gerard Maiorana, Jr. |
|  | Edmund Gerard Maiorana, Jr.<br> As Attorney-in-Fact<br> Pursuant to Power of Attorney |

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