0000891092-17-000554.txt : 20170126 0000891092-17-000554.hdr.sgml : 20170126 20170126124752 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891092-17-000554 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170126 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170126 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IndexIQ ETF Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001415995 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34265 FILM NUMBER: 17548887 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O INDEXIQ ADVISORS LLC STREET 2: 800 WESTCHESTER AVENUE SUITE S-710 CITY: Rye Brook STATE: NY ZIP: 10573 BUSINESS PHONE: (914) 481-8397 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O INDEXIQ ADVISORS LLC STREET 2: 800 WESTCHESTER AVENUE SUITE S-710 CITY: Rye Brook STATE: NY ZIP: 10573 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IQSHARES Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080808 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IQSHARES Trust 1 DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071024 8-A12B 1 e72698_8a12b.htm FORM 8-A

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-A

For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

IndexIQ ETF Trust

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Delaware (State of incorporation or organization)	(see next page) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o IndexIQ Advisors LLC 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite S710 Rye Brook, New York	10573
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered Shares of beneficial interest, no par value	Each Class is to be so Registered NYSE Arca, Inc.

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

Securities Act registration statement file numbers to which this form relates:
333-152915

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the funds listed below, each a separate series of IndexIQ ETF Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 94 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 96 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-152915; 811-22227) (the “Registration Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 11, 2017:

Fund Name:	EIN
IQ S&P High Yield Low Volatility Bond ETF	81-4167547

Item 2. Exhibits.

1. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit 28(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 85 to the Trust’s Registration Statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2016.

2. The Trust’s By-Laws is included as Exhibit 28(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


	INDEXIQ ETF TRUST

January 26, 2017	/s/ Adam S. Patti

	Name:	Adam S. Patti
	Title:	Chairman, Trustee, President and CEO