485BPOS 1 e4212_485bpos.htm FORM 485BPOS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2019

Securities Act Registration No. 333-187668

Investment Company Act Reg. No. 811-22819

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  ☒

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No. ___      ☐

Post-Effective Amendment No. 156       ☒

and/or

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940  ☒

Amendment No. 157              ☒

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

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ETFis Series Trust I

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(212) 593-4383

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

ETFis Series Trust I

c/o Corporation Service Company

2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400

Wilmington, DE 19808

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

with a copy to:

 

Michael D. Mabry, Esq.

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[   ] on _______________ pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[   ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[   ] on _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[   ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
[   ] on _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

[   ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

This post-effective amendment relates only to the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, InfraCap MLP ETF, InfraCap REIT Preferred ETF, Virtus LifeSci Biotech Products ETF, Virtus LifeSci Biotech Clinical Trials ETF, Virtus Newfleet Multi-Sector Bond ETF, Virtus Cumberland Municipal Bond ETF, Virtus Glovista Emerging Markets ETF and Virtus WMC Global Factor Opportunities ETF series of the Registrant. No information relating to the other series of the Registrant is amended or superseded hereby.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 18th day of March, 2019.

ETFIS SERIES TRUST I

(Registrant)

 

 

By:   /s/ William J. Smalley                          

           William J. Smalley, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person(s) in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.

Name Title Date

/s/ William J. Smalley                                         

William J. Smalley

Trustee, President

(Principal Executive Officer)

 March 18, 2019

 /s/ Brinton Frith                                                

Brinton Frith

Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 March 18, 2019

 /s/ Stephen G. O’Grady*                                  

Stephen G. O’Grady

 Trustee March 18, 2019

 /s/ James Simpson*                                          

James Simpson

 Trustee March 18, 2019

 /s/ Robert S. Tull*                                           

Robert S. Tull

 Trustee March 18, 2019

Myles J. Edwards

 

 Trustee  

 

* By:  /s/ William J. Smalley                                

William J. Smalley, Attorney-in-fact

   March 18, 2019

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

     

Index No.

   Description of Exhibit
   
EX-101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
   
EX-101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
EX-101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
   
EX-101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
   
EX-101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
   
EX-101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase