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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2024
Securities Act File No. 333-191151
Investment Company Act File No. 811-22887
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. 43 | ☒ |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
☐ | |
Amendment No. 45 | ☒ |
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Calamos ETF Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
2020 Calamos Court
Naperville, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60563
(Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (630) 245-7200
Erik D. Ojala
2020 Calamos Court
Naperville, Illinois 60563
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With Copies to:
Paulita A. Pike and Rita Rubin
Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
☒ on September 26, 2024 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.
CALAMOS ETF TRUST
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 36, as it relates to Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF - Month TBD 1, Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF - Month TBD 2, Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF - Month TBD 3 and Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF - Month TBD 4 (the "Funds"), a series of the Registrant, until September 26, 2024.
On September 20, 2024, the Registrant submitted Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to its Registration Statement under the Securities Act and Amendment No. 43 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act (the "First Delaying Amendment") solely to designate September 24, 2024 as the new effective date for the Post-Effective Amendment pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act. The First Delaying Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.
On September 23, 2024, the Registrant submitted Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to its Registration Statement under the Securities Act and Amendment No. 44 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act (the "Second Delaying Amendment") solely to designate September 25, 2024 as the new effective date for the Post-Effective Amendment pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act. The Second Delaying Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.
The Registrant is submitting this Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to its Registration Statement under the Securities Act and Amendment No. 45 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act solely to designate September 26, 2024 as the new effective date for the Post-Effective Amendment pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act.
CONTENTS OF POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 43
This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement comprises the following papers and documents:
The Facing Sheet
Parts A, B and C of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 under the Securities Act of 1933 as it relates to the Funds, filed on July 10, 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 43 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in this City of Naperville and State of Illinois, on the 24th day of September 2024.
Calamos ETF Trust | ||
By: | /s/ John P. Calamos, Sr. | |
John P. Calamos, Sr. | ||
Trustee and 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:
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ John P. Calamos, Sr. |
Trustee and President (principal executive officer) |
September 24, 2024 | ||
John P. Calamos, Sr. | ||||
/s/ John E. Neal* | Trustee | September 24, 2024 | ||
John E. Neal | ||||
/s/ William Rybak* | Trustee | September 24, 2024 | ||
William Rybak | ||||
/s/ Virginia G. Breen* | Trustee | September 24, 2024 | ||
Virginia G. Breen | ||||
/s/ Lloyd A. Wennlund* | Trustee | September 24, 2024 | ||
Lloyd A. Wennlund | ||||
/s/ Karen L. Stuckey* | Trustee | September 24, 2024 | ||
Karen L. Stuckey | ||||
/s/ Christopher M. Toub* | Trustee | September 24, 2024 | ||
Christopher M. Toub | ||||
/s/ Thoms E. Herman |
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal accounting officer) |
September 24, 2024 | ||
Thomas E. Herman |
* John P. Calamos, Sr. signs this document pursuant to powers of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on April 12, 2024.
By: | /s/ John P. Calamos, Sr. | |
John P. Calamos, Sr. Attorney-in-Fact September 24, 2024 |