485BPOS 1 gug54040-485bxbrl.htm CLAYMORE ETF TRUST gug54040-485bxbrl.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2012
 
SECURITIES ACT FILE NO. 333-134551
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NO. 811-21906
======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
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. 190
x
 
and/or
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
x
Amendment No. 193
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
CLAYMORE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
2455 CORPORATE WEST DRIVE
LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(630) 505-3700
Registrant's Telephone Number
 
KEVIN M. ROBINSON, ESQ.
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
2455 CORPORATE WEST DRIVE
LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
Copy to:
STUART M. STRAUSS, ESQ.
DECHERT LLP
1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10036
 
APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING:
 
IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)
 
x
IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF RULE 485.
¨
ON [DATE] PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF RULE 485.
¨
60 DAYS AFTER FILING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A)(1) OF RULE 485.
¨
ON [DATE] PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF RULE 485.
¨
75 DAYS AFTER FILING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A)(2) OF RULE 485.
¨
ON [DATE] PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A)(2) OF RULE 485.
 
 
 
 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This filing relates to the following series of the Registrant:
 
Guggenheim BulletShares 2016 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
 
 
2
 
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 pursuant to 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 Lisle and State of Illinois on the 10th day of May, 2012.
 
CLAYMORE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST

By:          /s/ Kevin M. Robinson
  Kevin M. Robinson
  Chief Executive Officer

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
*
    
Randall C. Barnes
Trustee
May 10, 2012
*
    
Roman Friedrich III
Trustee
May 10, 2012
*
    
Robert B. Karn III
Trustee
May 10, 2012
*
    
Ronald A. Nyberg
Trustee
May 10, 2012
*
    
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
Trustee
May 10, 2012
     
/s/ John L. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan
Treasurer,
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer
May 10, 2012
     
/s/ Kevin M. Robinson
  
May 10, 2012
Kevin M. Robinson
*Attorney-In-Fact, pursuant to power of attorney


 
3
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
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

4