As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 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. 1,633 S
  and/or  
  Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 S
  Amendment No. 1,637 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 October 17, 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 purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,338 to its Registration Statement until October 17, 2014. Parts A and B of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,338 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 1,342 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on December 20, 2013, are incorporated by reference herein. Part C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,632 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 1,636 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on September 18, 2014, is 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 18th day of September 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   September 18, 2014
David H. Chow        
         
/s/ R. Alastair Short*   Trustee   September 18, 2014
R. Alastair Short        
         
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom*   Trustee   September 18, 2014
Peter J. Sidebottom        
         
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*   Trustee   September 18, 2014
Richard D. Stamberger        
         
/s/ Jan F. van Eck   President, Chief Executive Officer   September 18, 2014
Jan F. van Eck   and Trustee    
         
/s/ John J. Crimmins*   Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer   September 18, 2014
John J. Crimmins   and Principal Accounting Officer    

 

*By:   /s/ Jonathan R. Simon  
  Jonathan R. Simon  
  Attorney in Fact