8-A12B 1 form8a.htm GemCom, LLC



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

Northern Lights ETF Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware

See Below

(State of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


4020 South 147th Street, Omaha, NE

68137

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)


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


Title of each class

to be so registered

Name of the exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share

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), check the following box.

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), check the following box.

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-177651.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Not applicable



INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 1.

DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF, a series of Northern Lights ETF Trust (the "Trust") to be registered hereunder is set forth in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-177651; 811-22624) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2012, and declared effective on April 4, 2012, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

The series of the Trust to which this filing relates and its I.R.S. Employer Identification Number is as follows:

Series Name

EIN

Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF

45-4058119



ITEM 2.

EXHIBITS.


1.

The Trust's Trust Instrument is included as exhibit (a)(ii) to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-177651; 811-22624), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2011.  


2.

The Trust's By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b) to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-177651; 811-22624), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2011.




SIGNATURE

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.

Date:  May 7, 2012


NORTHERN LIGHTS ETF TRUST

By:  /s/ James Ash 

Name:

James Ash

Title:

Assistant Secretary