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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 2015
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. 397                                           |X|
 
and/or
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940               |X|
 
Amendment No. 400            |X|
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
CLAYMORE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
227 WEST MONROE STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(312) 827-0100
Registrant's Telephone Number
 
AMY J. LEE, ESQ.
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
227 WEST MONROE STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
(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:
 
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) OF RULE 485.




EXPLANATORY NOTE

This filing relates to the following series of the Registrant:

Guggenheim BulletShares 2023 High Yield Corporate 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 the requirements for effectiveness 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 Chicago and the State of Illinois on the 23rd day of October, 2015.
  
CLAYMORE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST 
 
By: /s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia 
      -------------------------------------
      Donald C. Cacciapaglia
      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 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Randall C. Barnes 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
 
 
 
 
 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Jerry B. Farley
 
 
 
 
 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Roman Friedrich III
                           
 
 
 
 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Robert B. Karn III
                           
 
 
 
 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Ronald A. Nyberg 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Maynard F. Oliverius
 
 
 
 
 
*
Trustee 
October 23, 2015
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia
Trustee and
October 23, 2015
Donald C. Cacciapaglia
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
       
 
 /s/ John L. Sullivan
Treasurer, Chief
October 23, 2015
John L. Sullivan
Financial Officer and 
 
 
Chief Accounting Officer 
 
 
 
 
*/s/ Mark E. Mathiasen
      
 October 23, 2015
Mark E. Mathiasen
      
 
Attorney-In-Fact, pursuant to power of attorney 
 




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