Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 033-60973

Investment Company Act of 1940 Registration No. 811-07319

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]

[ ] Pre-Effective Amendment No.  ______

[X] Post-Effective Amendment No.  69

and

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

[X] Amendment No.  69

Fidelity Covington Trust

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number: 617-563-7000

Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary

245 Summer Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Exhibit No.
XBRL Instance Document	EX-101.INS
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document	EX-101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document	EX-101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document	EX-101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document	EX-101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document	EX-101.PRE

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 of the requirements for the 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. 69 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 15th day of June 2020.

	Fidelity Covington Trust
	By	/s/Stacie M. Smith
		Stacie M. Smith, 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 dates indicated.

(Signature)		(Title)	(Date)
/s/Stacie M. Smith		President and Treasurer	June 15, 2020
Stacie M. Smith		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John J. Burke III		Chief Financial Officer	June 15, 2020
John J. Burke III		(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/Dennis J. Dirks	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Dennis J. Dirks
/s/Donald F. Donahue	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Donald F. Donahue
/s/Bettina Doulton	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Bettina Doulton
/s/Vicki L. Fuller	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Vicki L. Fuller
/s/Alan J. Lacy	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Alan J. Lacy
/s/Ned C. Lautenbach	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Ned C. Lautenbach
/s/Patricia L. Kampling	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Patricia L. Kampling
/s/Robert A. Lawrence	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Robert A. Lawrence
/s/Joseph Mauriello	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Joseph Mauriello
/s/Cornelia M. Small	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Cornelia M. Small
/s/Garnett A. Smith	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Garnett A. Smith
/s/David M. Thomas	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
David M. Thomas
/s/Susan Tomasky	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Susan Tomasky
/s/Michael E. Wiley	*	Trustee	June 15, 2020
Michael E. Wiley

*	By:	/s/Megan C. Johnson
		Megan C. Johnson, pursuant to powers of attorney dated June 9, 2020 and filed herewith.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned Directors or Trustees, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:

Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Financial Trust	Fidelity Hastings Street Trust Fidelity Investment Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust Fidelity Securities Fund Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III Variable Insurance Products Fund IV

in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individuals serve as Directors or Trustees (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney we have given to sign and otherwise act in our names and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after June 9, 2020.

WITNESS our hands on this ninth day of June 2020.

/s/Dennis J. Dirks	/s/Joseph Mauriello
Dennis J. Dirks	Joseph Mauriello
/s/Donald F. Donahue	/s/Cornelia M. Small
Donald F. Donahue	Cornelia M. Small
/s/Vicki L. Fuller	/s/Garnett A. Smith
Vicki L. Fuller	Garnett A. Smith
/s/Alan J. Lacy	/s/David M. Thomas
Alan J. Lacy	David M. Thomas
/s/Ned C. Lautenbach	/s/Susan Tomasky
Ned C. Lautenbach	Susan Tomasky
/s/Patricia L. Kampling	/s/Michael E. Wiley
Patricia L. Kampling	Michael E. Wiley
/s/Robert A. Lawrence
Robert A. Lawrence

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, the undersigned Trustee of the following investment companies:

Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Financial Trust	Fidelity Hastings Street Trust Fidelity Investment Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust Fidelity Securities Fund Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III Variable Insurance Products Fund IV

in addition to any other Fidelity Fund for which the undersigned individual serves as Director or Trustee (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacity, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after June 9, 2020.

WITNESS my hand on this 9^th day of June, 2020.

/s/Bettina Doulton
Bettina Doulton