As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2014
Securities Act File No. 333-123257
Investment Company Act File No. 811-10325
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
| Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 | S | |
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | £ | |
| Post Effective Amendment No. 1,434 | S | |
| and/or | ||
| Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 | S | |
| Amendment No. 1,438 | S |
MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 293-2000
Registrant’s Telephone Number
Jonathan R. Simon, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Van Eck Associates Corporation
335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(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
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
| IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX) | |
| £ | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| S | On March 28, 2014 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: | |
| S | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,337 to its Registration Statement until March 28, 2014. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,337 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 1,341 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on December 20, 2013, are incorporated by reference herein.
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 21st day of March 2014.
| MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST | ||||
| By: | /s/ Jan F. van Eck* | |||
| Name: | Jan F. van Eck | |||
| Title: | 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 | March 21, 2014 | |
| David H. Chow | |||
| /s/ R. Alastair Short* | Trustee | March 21, 2014 | |
| R. Alastair Short | |||
| /s/ Peter J. Sidebottom* | Trustee | March 21, 2014 | |
| Peter J. Sidebottom | |||
| /s/ Richard D. Stamberger* | Trustee | March 21, 2014 | |
| Richard D. Stamberger | |||
| /s/ Jan F. van Eck | President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee | March 21, 2014 | |
| Jan F. van Eck | |||
| /s/ John J. Crimmins* | Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and | March 21, 2014 | |
| John J. Crimmins | Principal Accounting Officer |
| *By: | /s/ Jonathan R. Simon | |
| Jonathan R. Simon | ||
| Attorney in Fact |