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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2015
 
 
Securities Act File No. 333-123257
Investment Company Act File No. 811-10325


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.
 o
 
Post Effective Amendment No. 2,122
x
 
and/or
 
 
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
x
 
Amendment No. 2,126
x

 
MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 

 
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 
(212) 293-2000
Registrant’s Telephone Number
 
 
Jonathan R. Simon, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Van Eck Associates Corporation
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(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
 

 
 
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:  As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
 

 
 
 IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)
 
 
Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x
On December 31, 2015 pursuant to paragraph (b)
 
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
 
On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
 
75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
 
On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485
 
 
IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX:
x
This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
 
 

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
 
The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,746 to its Registration Statement until December 31, 2015. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,746 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 1,750 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on December 22, 2014, are incorporated by reference herein.
 
 
 
 

 
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 effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 4th day of December 2015.
 
 
MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
 
 
   By:    /s/ Jan F. van Eck*
                Name: Jan F. van Eck
                                               Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.
 
/s/ David H. Chow*
Trustee
December 4, 2015
David H. Chow
   
/s/ R. Alastair Short*
Trustee
December 4, 2015
R. Alastair Short
   
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom* Trustee December 4, 2015
Peter J. Sidebottom    
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*
Trustee
December 4, 2015
Richard D. Stamberger
   
/s/ Jan F. van Eck*
President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
December 4, 2015
Jan F. van Eck
   
/s/ John J. Crimmins*
Chief Financial Officer
December 4, 2015
John J. Crimmins
   
     
*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon    
       Jonathan R. Simon    
       Attorney‑in‑Fact