8-A12B 1 d772613d8a12b.htm DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST Direxion Shares ETF Trust

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2024

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 (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Direxion Shares ETF Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

See List Below

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

1301 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue), 28th Floor

New York, New York 10019

(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)

  

  

 

 Title of each class of securities to be registered    Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered  
 Shares of Beneficial Interest    The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

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.

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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.

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Securities Act Registration file number to which this form relates:  333-150525

  

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  Not applicable.

  

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

A description of the shares of beneficial interest of the Direxion Daily BRKB Bull 2X Shares, Direxion Daily BRKB Bear 1X Shares, Direxion Daily PLTR Bull 2X Shares, and the Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares, at no par value, each a series of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust (the “Trust”), registered hereunder is as set forth for the Funds in Post-Effective Amendment No. 423 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Amendment No. 425 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-150525; 811-22201), which description is incorporated herein by reference, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2024.

The Trust currently consists of 120 separate series. The Funds’ I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers are as follows:

 

Title of Class of Securities to be Registered

    IRS Employer ID Number            

Direxion Daily BRKB Bull 2X Shares

    33-1857982   

Direxion Daily BRKB Bear 1X Shares

    33-1899344   

Direxion Daily PLTR Bull 2X Shares

    33-1794280   

Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares

    33-1778962   

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

1.

The Trust’s Certificate of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(i) to the Trust’s initial Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-150525; 811-22201), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2008 (Accession Number: 0000898432-08-000403).

 

2.

The Trust’s Trust Instrument is included as Exhibit (a)(ii) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-150525; 811-22201), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2008 (Accession Number: 0000898432-08-000845).

 

3.

The Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 239 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-150525; 811-22201), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019 (Accession Number: 0001193125-19-052231).

SIGNATURES

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 Direxion Shares ETF Trust
 December 3, 2024

 /s/ Patrick Rudnick

 Patrick Rudnick

 Principal Executive Officer