As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2016
 

Securities Act File No. 333-148826

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22175

 

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. 276	[X]

 

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

[X]

 

Amendment No. 277

[X]

 

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

ALPS ETF TRUST

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

1290 Broadway
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(303) 623-2577
 Registrant’s Telephone Number

 

Abigail Murray, Esq.
ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
1290 Broadway
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
 (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

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

[X]	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[   ]

On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

[   ]

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[   ]

75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

[   ]

On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[   ]

On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

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 of this Registration Statement pursuant to rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 276 of its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, and State of Colorado, on May 3, 2016.

	ALPS ETF TRUST
	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Carter
		Thomas A. Carter
		President

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
/s/ Mary K. Anstine		Trustee		May 3, 2016
Mary K. Anstine*
/s/ Jeremy W. Deems		Trustee		May 3, 2016
Jeremy W. Deems*
/s/ Rick A. Pederson		Trustee		May 3, 2016
Rick A. Pederson*
/s/ Thomas A. Carter		Trustee and President		May 3, 2016
Thomas A. Carter
/s/ Patrick D. Buchanan		Treasurer		May 3, 2016
Patrick D. Buchanan

*	Signature affixed by Abigail Murray pursuant to a power of attorney dated June 8, 2015.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
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