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Schwab Strategic Trust, et al. – ‘485BPOS’ on 4/27/21 – ‘JSON’

On: Tuesday, 4/27/21, at 5:42pm ET · As of: 4/28/21 · Effective: 4/28/21 · Accession #: 1104659-21-55726 · File #s: 811-22311, 333-160595

Previous ‘485BPOS’: ‘485BPOS’ on 3/23/21 · Next: ‘485BPOS’ on 6/25/21 · Latest: ‘485BPOS’ on 4/26/24 · 28 References:

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/28/21  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/28/21   29:7.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
          → Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF ⇒ SCHJ
          → Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF ⇒ SCHI
          → Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF ⇒ SCHR
          → Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF ⇒ SCHQ
          → Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF ⇒ SCHO
          → Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ⇒ SCHZ
          → Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF ⇒ SCHP

Post-Effective Amendment of a Form N-1 or N-1A Registration — Rule 485(b)
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485BPOS     Post-Effective Amendment of a Form N-1 or N-1A      HTML   1.46M 
                Registration                                                     
 2: EX-99.(I)   Opinion and Consent of Counsel                      HTML     14K 
 3: EX-99.(J)(1)  Consent of Deloitte & Touche                      HTML     12K 
 4: EX-99.(J)(1)(A)  Consent of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP          HTML     12K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     50K 
12: R2          Risk/Return Summary- Schwab?? 1-5 Year Corporate    HTML    100K 
                Bond ETF                                                         
13: R8          Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab?? 1-5 Year          HTML    157K 
                Corporate Bond ETF                                               
14: R9          Risk/Return Summary- Schwab?? 5-10 Year Corporate   HTML    100K 
                Bond ETF                                                         
15: R15         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab?? 5-10 Year         HTML    157K 
                Corporate Bond ETF                                               
16: R16         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab?? U.S. Aggregate Bond   HTML    125K 
                ETF                                                              
17: R22         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab?? U.S. Aggregate    HTML    186K 
                Bond ETF                                                         
18: R23         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab?? U.S. TIPS ETF         HTML    120K 
19: R29         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab?? U.S. TIPS ETF     HTML    180K 
20: R30         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab?? Short-Term U.S.       HTML    119K 
                Treasury ETF                                                     
21: R36         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab?? Short-Term U.S.   HTML    179K 
                Treasury ETF                                                     
22: R37         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab?? Intermediate-Term     HTML    119K 
                U.S. Treasury ETF                                                
23: R43         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab??                   HTML    179K 
                Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF                              
24: R44         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab?? Long-Term U.S.        HTML     98K 
                Treasury ETF                                                     
25: R50         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab?? Long-Term U.S.    HTML    154K 
                Treasury ETF                                                     
26: R51         Risk/Return Detail Data                             HTML     13K 
27: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     48K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- tm2113331d8_485bpos_htm             XML    390K 
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28: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              161±   440K 
29: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-21-055726-xbrl      Zip    482K

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 4/05/21  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS¶    4/05/21    4:1M                                     Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/23/21  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     3/23/21   20:2.2M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
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12/18/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/18/20   38:10M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/26/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     6/26/20    5:2.8M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/17/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS     4/16/20    3:1M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/24/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS     2/21/20    3:1.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/18/19  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/18/19    9:3.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/03/19  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    10/03/19    5:1.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/26/19  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/26/19    8:1.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/26/18  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     6/28/18    5:2.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/28/17  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/29/17    7:2.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/05/17  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    10/05/17   10:959K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/28/17  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/29/17    5:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/28/16  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/29/16    8:2.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/27/16  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/29/16    6:1.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/12/16  Schwab Strategic Trust            POS EX      1/12/16   13:272K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/26/13  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/27/13    8:3.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/08/13  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     8/08/13    9:2M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/14/11  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    10/14/11   10:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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 4/21/10  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS               10:890K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/27/09  Schwab Strategic Trust            N-1A/A¶    10/26/09    9:1.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/08/09  Schwab Strategic Trust            N-1A/A¶               16:1.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/15/09  Schwab Strategic Trust            N-1A¶                  5:1.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

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