As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2020

 

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

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
   
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [   ]
Post Effective Amendment No. 300 [X]

 

and/or

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]

 

  Amendment No. 301 [X]

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

ALPS ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

1290 Broadway
Suite 1000
Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(303) 623-2577
Registrant’s Telephone Number

 

Richard C. Noyes, Secretary
ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
1290 Broadway
Suite 1000
Denver, Colorado 80203

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Copy to:

Adam T. Teufel, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20006

 

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

[X] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[   ] On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[   ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[   ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[   ] On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[   ] 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

 

 

 

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 the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 300 of 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 April 21, 2020.

 

  ALPS ETF TRUST  
     
  By: /s/ Bradley J. Swenson  
    Bradley J. Swenson  
    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.

Signatures   Title   Date
         
/s/ Mary K. Anstine   Trustee   April 21, 2020
Mary K. Anstine*        
         
/s/ Jeremy W. Deems   Trustee   April 21, 2020
Jeremy W. Deems*        
         
/s/ Rick A. Pederson   Trustee   April 21, 2020
Rick A. Pederson*        
         
/s/ Edmund J. Burke   Trustee   April 21, 2020
Edmund J. Burke*        
         
/s/ Bradley J. Swenson   President   April 21, 2020
Bradley J. Swenson        
         
/s/ Kathryn Burns   Treasurer   April 21, 2020
Kathryn Burns        

 

  * Signature affixed by Cara Owen pursuant to a power of attorney dated March 2, 2020 to the Registrant's Registration Statement in Post-Effective Amendment No. 299 filed on March 27, 2020.

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No. Description of Exhibit
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 Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

 

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