485BXT 1 clay42338-485bxt2.txt CLAYMORE ETF TRUST As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2008 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. 54 |X| and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |X| Amendment No. 57 |X| (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 NICHOLAS DALMASO, ESQ. CLAYMORE ADVISORS, LLC 2455 CORPORATE WEST DRIVE LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) Copy to: STUART M. STRAUSS, ESQ. CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP 31 WEST 52ND STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019 APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING: IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX) _________ IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF RULE 485. X ON JUNE 6, 2008 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) OF RULE 485. The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to its Registration Statement until June 6, 2008. Parts A, B and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 53 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on March 14, 2008, 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 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 9th day of May, 2008. CLAYMORE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST By: /s/ Nicholas Dalmaso ------------------------------ Nicholas Dalmaso 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 * May 9, 2008 -------------------------- Randall C. Barnes Trustee * May 9, 2008 -------------------------- Ronald A. Nyberg Trustee * May 9, 2008 -------------------------- Ronald E. Toupin, Jr. Trustee /s/ Nicholas Dalmaso May 9, 2008 -------------------------- Trustee and Chief Nicholas Dalmaso Executive Officer /s/ Steven M. Hill May 9, 2008 -------------------------- Treasurer, Chief Financial Steven M. Hill Officer and Chief Accounting Officer */s/ Nicholas Dalmaso May 9, 2008 -------------------------- Nicholas Dalmaso Attorney-In-Fact, pursuant to power of attorney