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

 

AS FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 3, 2012

 

File No. 333-156529

File No. 811-22263

 

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U.S. 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. 14 x

 

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 x

 

AMENDMENT NO. 17 x

 

EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

3555 Northwest 58th Street

Suite 410

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code )

 

J. Garrett Stevens

Exchange Traded Concepts Trust

3555 Northwest 58th Street

Suite 410

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copy to:

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

 

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

 

	¨	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
	ý	On May 3, 2012 pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485
	¨	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
	¨	On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
	¨	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
	¨	On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

ý

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

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for Exchange Traded Concepts Trust (the “Trust”) is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) solely for the purpose of delaying, until May 3, 2012, the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 (“PEA No. 7”), which was filed with the Commission via EDGAR Accession No. 0001144204-12-003258 on January 20, 2012, pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 under the 1933 Act. Since no other changes are intended to be made to PEA No. 7 by means of this filing, Parts A, B and C of PEA No. 7 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

PART A – PROSPECTUS

 

The Prospectus for the Sustainable North American Oil Sands ETF is incorporated herein by reference to Part A of PEA No. 7.

 

PART B – STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

The Statement of Additional Information for the Sustainable North American Oil Sands ETF is incorporated herein by reference to Part B of PEA No. 7.

 

PART C – OTHER INFORMATION

 

The Part C for the Sustainable North American Oil Sands ETF is incorporated herein by reference to Part C of PEA No. 7.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) 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 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registration Statement No. 333-156529 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma on this 3rd day of April, 2012.

 

	Exchange Traded Concepts Trust
	/s/ J. Garrett Stevens
	J. Garrett Stevens
	Trustee and President

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacity and on the date indicated.

 

Signature		Title	Date
*		Trustee	April 3, 2012
Gary L. French
*		Trustee	April 3, 2012
Edward A. Kerbs
*		Trustee	April 3, 2012
David M. Mahle
		Trustee	April 3, 2012
Kurt Wolfgruber
*		Trustee	April 3, 2012
Mark A. Zurack
/s/ J. Garrett Stevens		Trustee and President	April 3, 2012
J. Garrett Stevens
*		Treasurer and Secretary	April 3, 2012
Richard Hogan
*/s/ J. Garrett Stevens
J. Garrett Stevens

 

* Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to power of attorney.