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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012
1933 Act Registration No. 33-17619
1940 Act Registration No. 811-05349
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 þ
Pre-Effective Amendment No . ________ o
Post-Effective Amendment No. 315 þ
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 þ
Amendment No. 316 þ
( Check appropriate box or boxes )
GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (312) 655-4400
PETER V. BONANNO, ESQ.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
STEPHEN H. BIER, ESQ.
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the registration statement
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
þ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
o on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
o on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
o this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
 
 

 


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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This filing relates solely to the following series and classes of the Registrant:
Class A, Class C, Class R, Class IR and Institutional Shares of the Goldman Sachs Managed Futures Strategy Fund.

 


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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 of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 315 under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 315 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City and State of New York on the 15 th day of March, 2012.
GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST
(A Delaware statutory trust)
         
By:
  /s/ Peter V. Bonanno
 
Peter V. Bonanno
   
 
  Secretary    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to said Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
         
Name   Title   Date
1 James A. McNamara
 
James A. McNamara
  President (Chief Executive Officer) and Trustee   March 15, 2012
 
       
1 George F. Travers
 
George F. Travers
  Principal Financial Officer and Senior Vice President   March 15, 2012
 
       
1 Ashok N. Bakhru
 
  Chairman and Trustee    March 15, 2012
Ashok N. Bakhru
       
 
       
1 Donald C. Burke
 
  Trustee    March 15, 2012
Donald C. Burke
       
 
       
1 John P. Coblentz, Jr.
 
  Trustee    March 15, 2012
John P. Coblentz, Jr.
       
 
       
1 Diana M. Daniels
 
Diana M. Daniels
  Trustee    March 15, 2012
 
       
1 Joseph P. LoRusso
 
  Trustee    March 15, 2012
Joseph P. LoRusso
       
 
       
1 Jessica Palmer
 
Jessica Palmer
  Trustee    March 15, 2012
 
       
1 Alan A. Shuch
 
  Trustee    March 15, 2012
Alan A. Shuch
       
 
       
1 Richard P. Strubel
 
  Trustee    March 15, 2012
Richard P. Strubel
       
             
 
  By:   /s/ Peter V. Bonanno
 
Peter V. Bonanno,
   
 
      Attorney-In-Fact    
 
1   Pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.

 


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CERTIFICATE
The undersigned Secretary for Goldman Sachs Trust (the “Trust”) hereby certifies that the Board of Trustees of the Trust duly adopted the following resolution at a meeting of the Board held on June 16, 2011.
      RESOLVED , that the Trustees and Officers of the Trust who may be required to execute any amendments to the Trust’s Registration Statement be, and each hereby is, authorized to execute a power of attorney appointing Peter V. Bonanno and James A. McNamara, jointly and severally, their attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution, for said Trustees and Officers in any and all capacities to sign the Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the Trust and any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, the Trustees and Officers hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or may have caused to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 15, 2012
     
 
  /s/ Peter V. Bonanno
 
   
 
  Peter V. Bonanno,
 
  Secretary

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
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 Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase