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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2011
1933 Act File No. 333-150525
1940 Act File No. 811-22201
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
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DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code: (646) 572-3390
Daniel D. ONeill, President
33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
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Adam R. Henkel
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Francine J. Rosenberger |
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
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K&L Gates LLP |
615 East Michigan
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1601 K Street, NW |
Milwaukee, WI 53202
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This amendment is being filed solely to submit exhibits containing risk/return summary information
in interactive data format that is identical to the risk/return information contained in the
Registrants prospectus that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Registrants registration statement on November 2, 2011.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the Securities
Act) and the 1940 Act, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to its
Registration Statement meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of
the Securities Act, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to
its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on November 23, 2011.
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DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST
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/s/ Daniel D. ONeill*
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Daniel D. ONeill |
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President |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to
its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
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President and Chairman of the Board
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November 23, 2011 |
Daniel D. ONeill |
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Principal Financial
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November 23, 2011 |
Patrick J. Rudnick
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Officer and Treasurer |
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Trustee
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November 23, 2011 |
Daniel J. Byrne |
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/s/ Gerald E. Shanley III*
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Trustee
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November 23, 2011 |
Gerald E. Shanley III |
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Trustee
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November 23, 2011 |
John Weisser |
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*By:
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Patrick J. Rudnick
Patrick J. Rudnick, Principal
Financial Officer, Treasurer and
Attorney-In Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Exhibit No. |
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Instance Document
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EX-101.INS |
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Schema Document
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EX-101.SCH |
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Calculation Linkbase Document
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EX-101.CAL |
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Definition Linkbase Document
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EX-101.DEF |
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Label Linkbase Document
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EX-101.LAB |
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Presentation Linkbase Document
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EX-101.PRE |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST
The undersigned trustees and officers of the DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST, a Delaware business trust
(the Trust), do hereby constitute and appoint Daniel D. ONeill, Patrick J. Rudnick and Robert
J. Zutz (with full power to each of them to act alone) his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for him/her and on his/her behalf and in his/her name, place and stead in any and all
capacities, to make, execute and sign the Trusts registration statement on Form N 1A and any
and all amendments to such registration statement of the Trust, and to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and any other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the offer
and sale of the shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, such registration statement and any
such amendment, and any and all supplements thereto or to any prospectus or statement of
additional information forming a part thereof, and any and all exhibits and other documents
requisite in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the Trust and the undersigned
officers and trustees themselves might or could do.
The undersigned trustees and officers hereby execute this Power of Attorney as of this
1st day of June, 2011.
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Signature |
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President and Chairman of the Board |
Daniel D. ONeill |
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Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Patrick J. Rudnick |
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Trustee |
Daniel J. Byrne |
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/s/ Gerald E. Shanley III
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Trustee |
Gerald E. Shanley III |
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Trustee |
John Weisser |
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