-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VyQZMj5D3n7uCtEO2ekIBuCT9Mj/wdWmNMMLWfEPGXLg+8HRSL84vIen8ut6sfhK TPe1d/VSAX6lJILMXPBT5w== 0000930413-08-004201.txt : 20080708 0000930413-08-004201.hdr.sgml : 20080708 20080708172746 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-08-004201 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080708 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080708 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001137360 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32880 FILM NUMBER: 08943473 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 99 PARK AVENUE - 8TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122932054 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 99 PARK AVENUE - 8TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10016 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MARKET VECTORS TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050516 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VAN ECK ALTERNATIVES INDEX FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030327 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VAN ECK ECONOMEX INDUSTRIES INDEX FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010329 8-A12B 1 c54203_8-a12b1.htm c54203_8-a12b1.htm -- Converted by SEC Publisher, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
__________________
FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Market Vectors ETF Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware (See Below)
(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
99 Park Avenue, 8th Floor, 10016
New York, New York (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class   Name of the Exchange on   I.R.S.
to be so Registered:   Which Each Class is to be so Registered   Employer Identification Number
Shares of beneficial interest, no par value per      
share, of:        
Market Vectors—Gulf States Index ETF NYSE Arca, Inc.   26-2589370
Market Vectors—Africa Index ETF NYSE Arca, Inc.   26-2588674

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x  

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. £

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-123257; 811-10325.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
NONE

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

Descriptions of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the Market Vectors—Gulf States Index ETF and of the Market Vectors—Africa Index ETF, investment portfolios of Market Vectors ETF Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder are set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333 123257; 811-10325) filed on July 8, 2008, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 2. Exhibits

1.       The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2006.

2.       The Trust’s By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-123257; 811 10325), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2006.


 

 

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 
MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
 
Date: July 8, 2008 By: /s/Joseph J. McBrien
    Joseph J. McBrien
    Senior Vice President

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