Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2013

Securities Act File No. 333-148826                    

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22175                    

		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.		¨
		Post Effective Amendment No. 167		x
		and/or
		REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		x
		Amendment No. 168		x
		(Check appropriate box or boxes)   ALPS ETF TRUST (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)   1290 Broadway Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   [phone] Registrant’s Telephone Number   Tané T. Tyler, Esq. ALPS Fund Services, Inc. 1290 Broadway Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 (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

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

x

Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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On (date) 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.

If appropriate, check the following box:

This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

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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 the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 167 of its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, and State of Colorado, on the 11 ^th day of June, 2013.

 

ALPS ETF TRUST
By:		/s/ Thomas A. Carter
		Thomas A. Carter
		President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signatures		Title		Date
/s/ Mary K. Anstine		Trustee		June 11, 2013
Mary K. Anstine*
/s/ Jeremy W. Deems		Trustee		June 11, 2013
Jeremy W. Deems*
/s/ Rick A. Pederson		Trustee		June 11, 2013
Rick A. Pederson*
/s/ Thomas A. Carter		Trustee and President		June 11, 2013
Thomas A. Carter
/s/ Patrick D. Buchanan		Treasurer		June 11, 2013
Patrick D. Buchanan

 

*	Signature affixed by Tané T. Tyler pursuant to a power of attorney dated December 8, 2008.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No.		Description of Exhibit
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