0001437749-23-035187.txt : 20231222 0001437749-23-035187.hdr.sgml : 20231222 20231222120942 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-23-035187 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Innovator ETFs Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001415726 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36910 FILM NUMBER: 231508276 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 109 NORTH HALE STREET CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-621-1675 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 109 NORTH HALE STREET CITY: WHEATON STATE: IL ZIP: 60187 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INNOVATOR ETFS TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20170825 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Academy Funds Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071019 8-A12B 1 inetfs20231221h_8a12b.htm FORM 8-A12B inetfs20231221h_8a12b.htm

 

Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C.

Form 8-A

 

For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Innovator ETFs Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Delaware

See Exhibit 1

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   

109 North Hale Street
Wheaton, Illinois

60187

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

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

 

Title of each class
to be so registered

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

 

Common Shares of Beneficial Interest,

$.01 par value per share,
of

 

Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF

– 2 Yr to January 2026

 

Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.

 

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), check the following box. ☒

 

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), check the following box. ☐

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-146827

 

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

 

None

Title of Each Class to be Registered

 

 
 

 

Information Required in Registration Statement

 

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

 

The securities to be registered hereunder are common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share (the “Shares”), of the Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF – 2 Yr to January 2026 (the “Fund”), a series of the Innovator ETFs Trust (the “Registrant”). An application for listing of the Shares of the Fund has been filed with and approved by Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. A description of the Shares is contained in the Fund’s preliminary prospectus, which is a part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1078 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Registration Nos. 333-146827 and 811-22135), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about December 15, 2023. Such description is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.         Exhibits

 

1.         Registrant’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 333-146827) filed on October 19, 2007.

 

2.         Registrant’s Certificate of Trust, incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 333-146827) filed on October 19, 2007.

 

3.         Registrant’s Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Trust, incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 333-146827) filed on November 7, 2017.

 

4.         By-laws of the Registrant, incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 333-146827) filed on October 19, 2007.

 

 
 

 

Signature

 

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

 

 

Innovator ETFs Trust 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ H. Bruce Bond

 

 

 

H. Bruce Bond

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 22, 2023

 

 

 
 EX-1 3 ex_609327.htm EXHIBIT 1 ex_609327.htm

Exhibit 1

 

Fund

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF – 2 Yr to January 2026

93-3779533