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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2019

 

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. 297 [X]

 

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]

 

  Amendment No. 298 [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

 

Sharon Akselrod, Assistant Secretary
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. 297 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 April 17, 2019.

 

  ALPS ETF TRUST  
     
  By: /s/ Edmund J. Burke  
    Edmund J. Burke  
    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   April 17, 2019
Mary K. Anstine*        
         
/s/ Jeremy W. Deems   Trustee   April 17, 2019
Jeremy W. Deems*        
         
/s/ Rick A. Pederson   Trustee and Chairman   April 17, 2019
Rick A. Pederson*        
         
/s/ Edmund J. Burke   Trustee and President   April 17, 2019
Edmund J. Burke        
         
/s/ Kathryn Burns   Treasurer   April 17, 2019
Kathryn Burns      

 

*Signature affixed by Sharon Akselrod pursuant to a power of attorney dated June 4, 2018.

 

 

 

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