As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2018

 

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 x
  Pre-Effective Amendment No. o
  Post Effective Amendment No. 2,611 x
  and/or  
  Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 x
  Amendment No. 2,615 x

 

 

 

VANECK VECTORS ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10017

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(212) 293-2000

Registrant’s Telephone Number

 

Jonathan R. Simon, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Van Eck Associates Corporation
666 Third Avenue, 9th 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) 
   
o Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x On August 15, 2018 pursuant to paragraph (b)
o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
o On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485
   
  IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX:
x 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. 2,605 to its Registration Statement until August 15, 2018. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,605 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 2,609 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on May 2, 2018, 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 16th day of July 2018.

 

VANECK VECTORS ETF TRUST
       
  By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon
    Name:  Jonathan R. Simon
    Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal 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   July 16, 2018
David H. Chow        
/s/ R. Alastair Short*   Trustee   July 16, 2018
R. Alastair Short        
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom*   Trustee    July 16, 2018
Peter J. Sidebottom         
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*   Trustee   July 16, 2018
Richard D. Stamberger        
/s/ Jan F. van Eck*   President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee   July 16, 2018
Jan F. van Eck        
/s/ John J. Crimmins*   Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer   July 16, 2018
John J. Crimmins        
         
*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon        
Jonathan R. Simon        
Attorney-in-Fact
July 16, 2018