As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2015

 

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 x  
  Pre-Effective Amendment No.  o  
  Post Effective Amendment No. 1,945 x  
  and/or    
  Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 x  
  Amendment No. 1,949 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.

 

 

IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)

x 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.
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This filing relates solely to the following series of the Registrant: Market Vectors Global Spin-Off ETF.

 

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 26th day of June 2015.

 

 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   June 26, 2015
David H. Chow        
         
/s/ R. Alastair Short*   Trustee   June 26, 2015
R. Alastair Short        
         
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom*   Trustee   June 26, 2015
Peter J. Sidebottom        
         
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*   Trustee   June 26, 2015
Richard D. Stamberger        
         
/s/ Jan F. van Eck   President, Chief   June 26, 2015
Jan F. van Eck   Executive Officer and
Trustee
   
         
/s/ John J. Crimmins*   Treasurer, Chief   June 26, 2015
John J. Crimmins   Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting
Officer
   

 

*By:/s/ Jonathan R. Simon  
 Jonathan R. Simon  
 Attorney in Fact  
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EX-101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
     
EX-101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
EX-101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
     
EX-101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
     
EX-101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase