Ark ETF Trust
12/23/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/23/2025 09:47
Post-Effective Amendment to Post-Effective Amendment by Investment Company (Form 485BXT)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2025
No. 333-191019
No. 811-22883
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
☒ | |
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ☐ | |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 | ☒ | |
| and/or | ||
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | |
| Amendment No. 50 | ☒ | |
| (Check appropriate box or boxes) |
ARK ETF Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o ARK Investment Management LLC
200 Central Avenue, Suite 220
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (727) 810-8160
| With a copy to | With a copy to: | |
| Corporation Service Company | Kellen Carter, Esq. | Philip T. Hinkle, Esq. |
| 251 Little Falls Drive | Chief Compliance Officer | Dechert LLP |
| Wilmington, DE 19808 | ARK Investment Management LLC | 1900 K Street, NW |
| (Name and Address of Agent for | 200 Central Avenue, Suite 220 | Washington, DC 20006 |
| Service) | St. Petersburg, FL 33701 |
IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)
| ☐ | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ☒ | On January 22, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ☐ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| ☐ | On _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| ☐ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
| ☐ | On _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485 |
IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX:
| ☒ | 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 Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to its Registration Statement until January 22, 2026. Parts A, B and C of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 44 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on October 14, 2025, 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 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of St. Petersburg, and State of Florida, on the 23rd day of December, 2025.
| ARK ETF Trust | ||
| By: | /s/ Kellen Carter | |
| Name: | Kellen Carter | |
| Title: | Chief Compliance Officer | |
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.
| Signature | Title | |
| /s/ Scott R. Chichester* | Trustee | |
| Scott R. Chichester | ||
| /s/ Darlene T. DeRemer* | Trustee | |
| Darlene T. DeRemer | ||
| /s/ Robert G. Zack* | Trustee | |
| Robert G. Zack | ||
| /s/ Catherine D. Wood* | Trustee, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer | |
| Catherine D. Wood | ||
| /s/ Kellen Carter | Chief Compliance Officer | |
| Kellen Carter | ||
| /s/ William C. Cox | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | |
| William C. Cox |
| * By: | /s/ Kellen Carter | |
| Kellen Carter | ||
| Attorney-in-Fact |
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