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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2016
 
 
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. 2,184
x
 
and/or
 
 
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
x
 
Amendment No. 2,188
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 January 26, 2016 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. 2,034 to its Registration Statement until January 26, 2016. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,034 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 2,038 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on September 16, 2015, 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 22nd day of January 2016.
 
 
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
January 22, 2016
David H. Chow
   
/s/ R. Alastair Short*
Trustee
January 22, 2016
R. Alastair Short
   
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom* Trustee  January 22, 2016
Peter J. Sidebottom     
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*
Trustee
January 22, 2016
Richard D. Stamberger
   
/s/ Jan F. van Eck*
President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
January 22, 2016
Jan F. van Eck
   
/s/ John J. Crimmins*
Chief Financial Officer
January 22, 2016
John J. Crimmins
   
     
*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon    
       Jonathan R. Simon    
       Attorney‑in‑Fact