0001104659-24-036356.txt : 20240320 0001104659-24-036356.hdr.sgml : 20240320 20240320141405 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-24-036356 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240320 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240320 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Morgan Stanley ETF Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001676326 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-41602 FILM NUMBER: 24767367 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212.296.1404 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 8-A12B/A 1 tm249303d1_8a12b.htm 8-A12B/A

 

 

 

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

 

 

Morgan Stanley ETF Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

State of Delaware   See Below
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
1585 Broadway
New York, New York
  10036
(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 so
Registered
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number
Shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share, of:        
Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF   The New York Stock Exchange   23-2463207

 

 

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) or (e), 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) or (e), check the following box. ¨

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-266913

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

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

 

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share, of the Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF, a series of Morgan Stanley ETF Trust (the “Trust”) to be registered hereunder, is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-266913; 811-23820) filed on December 15, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any form of amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement that is subsequently filed that relates to the shares of these series of the Trust is hereby also incorporated by reference herein. This amendment is being filed to change the primary listing exchange on which the Fund’s shares are listed to the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

1. The Trust’s Certificate of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(1) to the Trust’s initial Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 811-23820), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2022.

 

2. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(2) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-266913; 811-23820), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2022.

 

3. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Schedule A to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated December 6, 2023, is included as Exhibit (a)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-266913; 811-23820), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2023.

 

4. The Trust’s By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-266913; 811-23820), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2022.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

March 19, 2024

 

  MORGAN STANLEY ETF TRUST
     
  By:

/s/ John H. Gernon

  Name: John H. Gernon
  Title: President and Principal Executive Officer