Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)
March 22 2013 - 12:22PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2013
Securities Act File No. 333-148826
Investment Company Act File No. 811-22175
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post Effective Amendment No. 153
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
ALPS ETF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
1290 Broadway
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(303) 623-2577
Registrant’s Telephone Number
Tané T. Tyler, Esq.
ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
1290 Broadway
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
(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
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
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Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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On April 19, 2013 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
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If appropriate, check the following box:
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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment
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The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to its Registration Statement until April 19, 2013. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 34 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on May 12, 2011, 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 has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 153 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, and State of Colorado, on the 22
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day of March.
ALPS ETF TRUST
By:
/s/ Thomas A. Carter
Thomas A. Carter
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Signatures
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Date
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/s/ Mary K. Anstine
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Trustee
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March 22, 2013
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Mary K. Anstine*
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/s/ Jeremy W. Deems
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Trustee
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March 22, 2013
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Jeremy W. Deems*
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/s/ Rick A. Pederson
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Trustee
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March 22, 2013
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Rick A. Pederson*
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/s/ Thomas A. Carter
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Trustee and President
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March 22, 2013
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Thomas A. Carter
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/s/ Patrick D. Buchanan
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Treasurer
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March 22, 2013
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Patrick D. Buchanan
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*Signature affixed by Tané T. Tyler pursuant to a power of attorney dated December 8, 2008.