10/21/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/21/2021 09:10
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2021
1933 Act Registration No. 333-210186
1940 Act Registration No. 811-23147
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. 316 | [X] |
and/or | |
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 | [ ] |
Amendment No. 318 | [X] |
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
(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 VIII
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 October 25, 2021 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. 316
This 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. 299, as it relates to the FT Cboe Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF, a series of the Registrant, until October 25, 2021. Parts A, B and C of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 299 under the Securities Act of 1933 as it relates to the FT Cboe Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF, filed on August 9, 2021, are incorporated by reference herein.
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 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 21st day of October, 2021
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | ||
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 |
October 21, 2021 | |
James M. Dykas | |||
/s/ Donald P. Swade |
Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |
October 21, 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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) | By: | /s/ W. Scott Jardine | |
Robert F. Keith* |
) Trustee ) |
W. Scott Jardine Attorney-In-Fact |
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) | October 21, 2021 | ||
Niel B. Nielson * |
) Trustee ) |
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* | Original powers of attorney 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. |