As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2013
Securities Act File No. 33-26305
Investment Company Act File No. 811-05742
 
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. 285 [X]
and/or  
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE  
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 287 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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BLACKROCK FUNDS SM  
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)  
   
100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809  
(Address of Principal Executive Office)  
   
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (800) 441-7762  
   

John M. Perlowski
BlackRock Funds
55 East 52 nd Street
New York, New York 10055
United States of America
 
 
 
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)  
Copies to:  

Counsel for the Fund:  
John A. MacKinnon, Esq. Benjamin Archibald, Esq.
Sidley Austin LLP BlackRock Advisors, LLC
787 Seventh Avenue 55 East 52 nd Street
New York, New York 10019-6018 New York, New York 10055
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[_] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on April 22, 2013 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:
[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.001 per share.
       
 
   

 

Explanatory Note

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 285 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (Amendment No. 287 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) of BlackRock Funds SM (the “Registrant”) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of delaying, until April 22, 2013, the effectiveness of the registration statement for BlackRock Emerging Market Allocation Portfolio (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 271 on January 30, 2013, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act.

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 285 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 271 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement.

 

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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 the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act and duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and the State of New York on April 12, 2013.

 

  BLACKROCK FUNDS SM , on behalf of its series,
BlackRock Emerging Market Allocation Portfolio
     
  By: /s/ John M. Perlowski                 
    John M. Perlowski
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

 

  Signature   Title Date
         
  /s/ John M. Perlowski  

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

April 12, 2013
  John M. Perlowski      
         
  /s/ Neal J. Andrews   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) April 12, 2013
  Neal J. Andrews      
         
  Paul L. Audet*   Trustee  
  Paul L. Audet      
         
  Henry Gabbay*   Trustee  
  Henry Gabbay      
         
  David O. Beim*   Trustee  
  David O. Beim      
         
  Ronald W. Forbes*   Trustee  
  Ronald W. Forbes      
         
  Dr. Matina S. Horner*   Trustee  
  Dr. Matina S. Horner      
         
  Rodney D. Johnson*   Trustee  
  Rodney D. Johnson      
         
  Herbert I. London*   Trustee  
  Herbert I. London      
         
  Ian A. MacKinnon*   Trustee  
  Ian A. MacKinnon      
         
  Cynthia A. Montgomery*   Trustee  
  Cynthia A. Montgomery      
         
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  Joseph P. Platt*   Trustee  
  Joseph P. Platt      
         
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.*   Trustee  
  Robert C. Robb, Jr.      
         
  Toby Rosenblatt*   Trustee  
  Toby Rosenblatt      
         
  Kenneth L. Urish*   Trustee  
  Kenneth L. Urish      
         
  Frederick W. Winter*   Trustee  
  Frederick W. Winter      
         
*By: /s/ Benjamin Archibald     April 12, 2013
  Benjamin Archibald (Attorney-In-Fact)      

 

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