As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 6, 2020
1933 Act Registration No. 333-125751
1940 Act Registration No. 811-21774
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 111
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[X]
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and/or
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Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Amendment No. 111
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First Trust Exchange-Traded
Fund
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone
Number, including Area Code: (800) 621-1675
W. Scott Jardine, Esq., Secretary
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
First Trust Advisors L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Eric F. Fess, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
(check appropriate box):
[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] on __________ 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:
[ ] this post-effective
amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
This Registration
Statement relates to First Trust Capital Strength ETF, First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, First Trust Dow Jones Select
MicroCap Index Fund, First Trust Chindia ETF, First Trust Natural Gas ETF, First Trust Water ETF, First Trust Morningstar Dividend
Leaders Index Fund, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund,
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund, First Trust NASDAQ® ABA Community Bank Index Fund, First Trust
NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund, First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund, First
Trust S&P REIT Index Fund, First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF, First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded
Fund, First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund, First Trust Dorsey Wright People’s Portfolio ETF, First
Trust Dow 30 Equal Weight ETF, First Trust Lunt U.S. Factor Rotation ETF and First Trust Total US Market AlphaDEX®
ETF, each a series of the Registrant.
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, duly authorized in the
City of Wheaton, and State of Illinois, on the 6th day of May, 2020.
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First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
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By:
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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James M. Dykas, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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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:
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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President and Chief Executive
Officer
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May 6, 2020
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James M. Dykas
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/s/ Donald P. Swade
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Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
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May 6, 2020
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Donald P. Swade
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James A. Bowen*
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Trustee )
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Richard E. Erickson*
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Trustee )
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Thomas R. Kadlec*
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Trustee )
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By:
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/s/ W. Scott Jardine
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Robert F. Keith*
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Trustee )
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W. Scott Jardine
Attorney-In-Fact
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May 6, 2020
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Niel B. Nielson *
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Trustee )
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Original powers of attorney authorizing James A. Bowen, W. Scott Jardine, James M. Dykas, Eric
F. Fess and
Kristi A. Maher to execute Registrant's Registration Statement, and
Amendments thereto, for each of the trustees of the Registrant
on whose behalf this Registration Statement is filed, were previously executed, filed as an exhibit and are
incorporated by reference herein.
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