- Designate a new effective date for a post-effective amendment previously filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485BXT)

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2012

 

1933 Act File No. 333-150525

1940 Act File No. 811-22201

 

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.	74		[	X	]

 

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940			[	X	]
Amendment No.	76		[	X	]

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

33 Whitehall Street, 10 th Floor

New York, New York 10004

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: [phone]

Daniel D. O’Neill, President

33 Whitehall Street, 10 th Floor

New York, New York 10004

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Adam R. Henkel	Francine J. Rosenberger
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC	K&L Gates LLP
615 East Michigan	1601 K Street, NW
Milwaukee, WI 53202	Washington, DC  20006

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

 

[		]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[	X	]	On August 29, 2012 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

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

 

 

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Designation of New Effective Date for Previously Filed Amendment

Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 (the “Amendment”) was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) on June 6, 2012, and pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) would become effective on August 20, 2012.

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 74 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) for the sole purpose of designating August 29, 2012 as the new date upon which the Amendment shall become effective.

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 74 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of the Amendment.

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 74 to its Registration Statement meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 74 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on August 17, 2012.

DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST

By:   /s/ Daniel D. O’Neill

              Daniel D. O’Neill

              President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 74 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Daniel D. O’Neill	President and Chairman of the Board	August 17, 2012
Daniel D. O’Neill
/s/ Patrick J. Rudnick	Principal Financial	August 17, 2012
Patrick J. Rudnick	Officer and Treasurer
/s/ Daniel J. Byrne*	Trustee	August 17, 2012
Daniel J. Byrne
/s/ Gerald E. Shanley III*	Trustee	August 17, 2012
Gerald E. Shanley III
/s/ John Weisser*	Trustee	August 17, 2012
John Weisser
*By: Patrick J. Rudnick
Patrick J. Rudnick, Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer and Attorney-In Fact

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