Post Effective Amendment to Post Effective Amendment by Investment Company Form 485BXT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2024.

1933 Act Registration No. 333-146827

1940 Act Registration No. 811-22135

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-1A

Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933	☐
Pre-Effective Amendment No. __	☐
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1348	☒
and/or
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940	☐
Amendment No. 1349	☒

Innovator ETFs Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

109 North Hale Street

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 208-5212

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Morrison C. Warren, Esq.

Chapman and Cutler LLP

320 South Canal Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

☐	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
☒	on November 21, 2024 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:

☒	this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Contents of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1348

This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement comprises the following papers and contents:

The Facing Sheet

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1168, as it relates to Innovator U.S. Small Cap Power Buffer ETF - December (the "Fund"), a series of the Registrant, until November 21, 2024. Parts A, B and C of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1168, filed on May 15, 2024, are incorporated by reference herein.

Signatures

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 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 Wheaton, and State of Illinois, on November 14, 2024.

	Innovator ETFs Trust
	By:	/s/ H. Bruce Bond
		H. Bruce Bond
		President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ H. Bruce Bond		Chief Executive Officer,		November 14, 2024
H. Bruce Bond		President and Trustee
/s/ Kathy Meyer		Vice President, Treasurer and		November 14, 2024
Kathy Meyer		Principal Financial Accounting Officer
			)
Mark Berg*		Trustee	)
			)
					By:	/s/ H. Bruce Bond
		)			H. Bruce Bond
Joe Stowell*		Trustee	)			Attorney-In-Fact
			)			November 14, 2024
			)
Brian J. Wildman*		Trustee	)
			)

*

An original power of attorney authorizing H. Bruce Bond to execute this Registration Statement, and amendments thereto, for each of the trustees of the Registrant on whose behalf this Registration Statement is filed, were previously executed, filed as an exhibit and are incorporated by reference herein.

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