Fidelity Covington Trust
01/06/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/06/2026 08:31
Post-Effective Amendment to Post-Effective Amendment by Investment Company (Form 485BXT)
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. _143____
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
[X] Amendment No. __143___
Fidelity Covington Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number: 617-563-7000
Nicole Macarchuk, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
245 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
[X] This Post-Effective Amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is to designate a new effective date, January 30, 2026, for the Post-Effective Amendment previously filed on October 9, 2025, for the fund(s).
The Prospectus(es) and Statement(s) of Additional Information (SAI) for the fund(s) are identical to those filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 138, the Part C is identical to the Part C filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 142, and the Prospectus(es), SAI(s), and Part C are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference to those previously filed Post-Effective Amendments.
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. 143 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 6th day of January 2026.
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Fidelity Covington Trust |
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/s/Stacie M. Smith |
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Stacie M. Smith, President |
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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.
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/s/Stacie M. Smith |
President and Treasurer |
January 6, 2026 |
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Stacie M. Smith |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/Stephanie Caron |
Chief Financial Officer |
January 6, 2026 |
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Stephanie Caron |
(Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/Vijay C. Advani |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Vijay C. Advani |
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/s/Thomas P. Bostick |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Thomas P. Bostick |
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/s/Donald F. Donahue |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Donald F. Donahue |
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/s/Bettina Doulton |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Bettina Doulton |
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/s/Vicki L. Fuller |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Vicki L. Fuller |
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/s/Patricia L. Kampling |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Patricia L. Kampling |
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/s/Thomas Kennedy |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Thomas Kennedy |
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/s/Robert A. Lawrence |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Robert A. Lawrence |
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/s/Oscar Munoz |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Oscar Munoz |
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/s/Karen B. Peetz |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Karen B. Peetz |
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/s/Sabra Purtill |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Sabra Purtill |
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/s/Susan Tomasky |
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Trustee |
January 6, 2026 |
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Susan Tomasky |
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/s/Megan C. Johnson |
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Megan C. Johnson,pursuant to a power of attorney dated January 1, 2026, and filed herewith. |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors or Trustees, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:
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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. OHanlon, and Megan C. Johnson, 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 attorneysin-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 January 1, 2026.
WITNESS our hands on this first day of January 2026.
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/s/Vijay C. Advani |
/s/Thomas Kennedy |
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Vijay C. Advani |
Thomas Kennedy |
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/s/Thomas P. Bostick |
/s/Robert A. Lawrence |
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Thomas P. Bostick |
Robert A. Lawrence |
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/s/Donald F. Donahue |
/s/Oscar Munoz |
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Donald F. Donahue |
Oscar Munoz |
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/s/Bettina Doulton |
/s/Karen B. Peetz |
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Bettina Doulton |
Karen B. Peetz |
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/s/Vicki L. Fuller |
/s/Sabra Purtill |
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Vicki L. Fuller |
Sabra Purtill |
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/s/Patricia L. Kampling |
/s/Susan Tomasky |
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Patricia L. Kampling |
Susan Tomasky |
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