485BPOS 1 c62936_485bpos.htm Untitled Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2011

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. 377   x
and/or    
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940   x
Amendment No. 381   x
         
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
Joseph J. McBrien, Esq. 
Senior 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)

       x   Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
    On [date] 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.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This filing relates solely to the following series of the Registrant: Market Vectors LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF.


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 1st day of June, 2011.

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   June 1, 2011
David H. Chow        
/s/ R. Alastair Short*   Trustee   June 1, 2011
R. Alastair Short        
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*   Trustee   June 1, 2011
Richard D. Stamberger        
    President, Chief Executive    
/s/ Jan F. van Eck*   Officer and Trustee   June 1, 2011
Jan F. van Eck        
/s/ Bruce J. Smith*   Chief Financial Officer   June 1, 2011
Bruce J. Smith        
 
*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon        
  Jonathan R. Simon        
  Attorney-in-Fact        


EXHIBIT INDEX
     
EX-101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
     
EX-101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
EX-101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
     
EX-101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
     
EX-101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase