- Post-Effective Amendment (investment company, rule 485(b)) (485BPOS)

As Filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2012

 

File Nos. 333-101625 and 811-21261

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. 23     (X)

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT

 COMPANY ACT OF 1940  (X)

Amendment No. 24                 (X)

RYDEX ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

805 King Farm Boulevard

Suite 600

Rockville, Maryland 20850

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

County of New Castle

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Richard M. Goldman 805 King Farm Boulevard Suite 600 Rockville, Maryland 20850

W. John McGuire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Washington, D.C.  20004

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

ý	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485
¨	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(v) 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

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 relates to each series of Rydex ETF Trust.

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 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. 23 to Registration Statement 333-101625 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Rockville, State of Maryland on this 21st day of March, 2012.

						Rydex ETF Trust
						*
						Richard M. Goldman
						President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
*		President and Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
Richard M. Goldman
*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
Donald C. Cacciapaglia
*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
J.Kenneth Dalton
*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
John O.  Demaret
*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
Patrick T. McCarville
*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
Roger Somers
*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
Corey A. Colehour
*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
Werner E. Keller

 

 

 

 

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*		Member of the Board of Trustees		March 21, 2012
Thomas F. Lydon
/s/ Nick Bonos		Vice President and Treasurer		March 21, 2012
Nick Bonos
* /s/ Nick Bonos
Nick Bonos

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

 

 

 

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E xhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number	Description
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 Taxomony Extension Presentation Linkbase