12/03/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/03/2021 16:12
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2021
1933 Act Registration No. 333-182308
1940 Act Registration No. 811-22717
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. 151 | [X] |
and/or | |
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 | [ ] |
Amendment No. 153 | [X] |
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 621-1675
W. Scott Jardine, Esq., Secretary
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI
First Trust Advisors L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Eric F. Fess, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on January 2, 2022 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:
[X] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Contents of Post-Effective Amendment No. 151
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. 149, as it relates to the First Trust S-Network Global E-Commerce ETF (formerly, First Trust Nasdaq Retail ETF), a series of the Registrant, until January 2, 2022. Parts A and B of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 138 and Part C of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 149 under the Securities Act of 1933 as it relates to the First Trust S-Network Global E-Commerce ETF (formerly, First Trust Nasdaq Retail ETF), filed on May 18, 2021 and November 12, 2021, respectively, are incorporated by reference herein.
Part C - Other Information
Signatures
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 of 1933 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 the 3rd day of December, 2021.
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI | ||
By: | /s/ James M. Dykas | |
James M. Dykas, President and Chief Executive 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 date indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | |
/s/ James M. Dykas |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
December 3, 2021 | |
James M. Dykas | |||
/s/ Donald P. Swade |
Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
December 3, 2021 | |
Donald P. Swade | |||
James A. Bowen* |
) Trustee ) |
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Richard E. Erickson* |
) Trustee ) |
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Thomas R. Kadlec* |
) Trustee ) |
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Denise M. Keefe* |
) Trustee ) |
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Robert F. Keith* |
) Trustee ) |
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) | By: | /s/ W. Scott Jardine | |
Niel B. Nielson * |
) Trustee ) |
W. Scott Jardine Attorney-In-Fact |
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) | December 3, 2021 |
* | Original powers of attorney dated December 31, 2015 or November 1, 2021, authorizing James A. Bowen, W. Scott Jardine, James M. Dykas, Eric F. Fess and Kristi A. Maher to execute Registrant's 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. |
Index to Exhibits