Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2013

 

 

Securities Act File No. 333-123257

Investment Company Act File No. 811-10325

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United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM N-1A

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	Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933	x
	Pre-Effective Amendment No.	o
	Post Effective Amendment No. 984	x
	and/or
	Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940	x
	Amendment No. 988	x

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

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335 Madison Avenue, 19 th Floor

New York, New York 10017 


(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


 

[phone]

Registrant’s Telephone Number

 

 

Joseph J. McBrien, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Van Eck Associates Corporation

335 Madison Avenue, 19 th Floor

New York, New York 10017

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

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Copy to:

Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

 

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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)
x	On March 1, 2013 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

	IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX:
x	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

 

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 239 to its Registration Statement until March 1, 2013. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 239 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 243 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on January 18, 2011, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

 

 

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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 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 1 st day of February 2013.

 

 

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

 

 

   By:    /s/ Jan F. van Eck*

                Name: Jan F. van Eck

                                               Ti tle: 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	February 1, 2013
David H. Chow
/s/ R. Alastair Short *	Trustee	February 1, 2013
R. Alastair Short
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom *	Trustee	February 1, 2013
Peter J. Sidebottom
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger *	Trustee	February 1, 2013
Richard D. Stamberger
/s/ Jan F. van Eck *	President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee	February 1, 2013
Jan F. van Eck
/s/ John J. Crimmins	Chief Financial Officer	February 1, 2013
John J. Crimmins
*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon
Jonathan R. Simon
Attorney‑in‑Fact