UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Market Vectors ETF Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware
(State of Incorporation or Organization)
  (See Below)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor,
New York, New York
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  10017
(Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class
to be so Registered:

 

Name of the Exchange on
Which Each Class is to be so Registered

 

I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number

Shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, of:        
         
Market Vectors Biotech ETF   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC   45-3509979

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-123257; 811-10325.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

NONE

 

 
 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the Market Vectors Biotech ETF, an investment portfolio of Market Vectors ETF Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,185 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325) filed on January 25, 2016, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 2. Exhibits

 

1.      The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,341 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2013.

 

2.      The Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws is included as Exhibit (b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,341 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2013.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

  Market Vectors ETF Trust  
     
Date:  January 25, 2016 By: /s/ Laura I. Martínez  
    Laura I. Martínez
Assistant Vice President