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.)

 

335 Madison Avenue, 19th 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 BDC Income ETF

 

 

 

 

NYSE Arca, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

45-2717000

 

 

 

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. ý

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. ¨

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 BDC Income ETF, an investment portfolio of Market Vectors ETF Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 995 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325) filed on February 7, 2013, 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. 38 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 February 6, 2009.

 

2.     The Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws is included as Exhibit (b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 765 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 July 5, 2012.

 


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: February 8, 2013

By:

/s/ Jonathan R. Simon

  
   

Jonathan R. Simon
Vice President