As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2014
Securities Act File No. 333-123257
Investment Company Act File No. 811-10325
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
| Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 | S | |
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | £ | |
| Post Effective Amendment No. 1,639 | S | |
| and/or | ||
| Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 | S | |
| Amendment No. 1,643 | x |
MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 293-2000
Registrant’s Telephone Number
Jonathan R. Simon, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Van Eck Associates Corporation
335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
registration statement.
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IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX) | |
| £ | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| S | On October 17, 2014 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 |
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IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX: | |
| S | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 to its Registration Statement until October 17, 2014. Parts A and B of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 237 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on January 7, 2011, are incorporated by reference herein. Part C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,632 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 1,636 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on September 18, 2014, is incorporated by reference herein.
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 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, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 18th day of September 2014.
| MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST | ||||
| By: | /s/ Jan F. van Eck* | |||
| Name: | Jan F. van Eck | |||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ David H. Chow* |
Trustee | September 18, 2014 | ||
| David H. Chow | ||||
/s/ R. Alastair Short* |
Trustee | September 18, 2014 | ||
| R. Alastair Short | ||||
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom* |
Trustee | September 18, 2014 | ||
| Peter J. Sidebottom | ||||
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger* |
Trustee | September 18, 2014 | ||
| Richard D. Stamberger | ||||
/s/ Jan F. van Eck |
President, Chief Executive Officer | September 18, 2014 | ||
| Jan F. van Eck | and Trustee | |||
| /s/ John J. Crimmins* | Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer | September 18, 2014 | ||
| John J. Crimmins | and Principal Accounting Officer |
| *By: | /s/ Jonathan R. Simon | |
| Jonathan R. Simon | ||
| Attorney in Fact |