- Post-Effective Amendment (investment company, rule 485(b)) (485BPOS)
March 15 2012 - 12:17PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 15, 2012
File Nos. 333-76651, 811-09301
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment
No.
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Post-Effective
Amendment No. 55
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and/or
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 58
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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TIAA-CREF Funds
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
730 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3206
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 842-2733
Stewart P. Greene, Esq.
TIAA-CREF Funds
730 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3206
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-2401
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
It is proposed
that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
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Immediately
upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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On March
1, 2012 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days
after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days
after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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On (date)
pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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On (date)
pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485
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If
appropriate, check the following box:
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This
post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously
filed post-effective amendment.
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Explanatory Note
This post-effective amendment on Form 485BPOS is being submitted for
the sole purpose of furnishing, in Exhibit 101, XBRL Interactive Data for the
related official 485BPOS filing which was submitted to the Commission on
February 28, 2012.
No other changes have been made to the Form 485BPOS. This Form 485BPOS does not reflect events
that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date, and does not
modify or update any related disclosures made in the related official Form
485BPOS.
Pursuant to
Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto
are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for
purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are
deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those
sections.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, TIAA-CREF Funds certifies that it meets all the requirements for
effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 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 15
th
day of March, 2012.
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TIAA-CREF
FUNDS
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By:
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/s/ Scott C.
Evans
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Name:
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Scott C.
Evans
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Title:
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Principal
Executive Officer and President
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Scott C.
Evans
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Principal
Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
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March 15, 2012
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Scott C.
Evans
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/s/ Phillip
G. Goff
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Principal
Financial Officer,
Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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March 15, 2012
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Phillip G.
Goff
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SIGNATURE OF TRUSTEE
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DATE
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SIGNATURE OF TRUSTEE
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DATE
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*
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March 15, 2012
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*
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March 15, 2012
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Forrest Berkley
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Thomas J. Kenny
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*
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March 15, 2012
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*
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March 15, 2012
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Nancy Eckl
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Bridget A. Macaskill
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March 15, 2012
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*
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March 15, 2012
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Michael A.
Forrester
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James M. Poterba
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March 15, 2012
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*
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March 15, 2012
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Howell E.
Jackson
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Maceo K. Sloan
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March 15, 2012
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March 15, 2012
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Nancy L.
Jacobs
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Laura T. Starks
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/s/ Stewart
P. Greene
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March 15, 2012
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Stewart P.
Greene
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as
attorney-in-fact
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* Signed by
Stewart P. Greene pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
EXHIBIT LIST
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101.
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INS XBRL
Instance Document
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101.
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SCH XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Schema
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101.
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DEF XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
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101.
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LAB XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
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101.
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PRE XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
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