0001379491-19-004560.txt : 20191022 0001379491-19-004560.hdr.sgml : 20191022 20191022170008 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001379491-19-004560 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20191022 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20191022 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIDELITY COVINGTON TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000945908 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36143 FILM NUMBER: 191162168 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175637000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 8-A12B 1 filing712.htm PRIMARY DOCUMENT


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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



Fidelity Covington Trust

______________________________________

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Massachusetts


(State of incorporation or organization)




245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts

02210

(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 registered

Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered

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

Fidelity Stocks for Inflation ETF

Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.

84-2938951



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. [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), check the following box. ____


Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 033-60973 (if applicable)


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


 (Title of class)



INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


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


A description of the Shares is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (“Registration Statement”) (Commission File Nos. 033-60973 and 811-07319), as filed with the Securities and





Exchange Commission on October 22, 2019, which description is incorporated herein by reference. Any amendment or form of supplement to the Registration Statement that is subsequently filed that relates to the Fund is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.


Item 2. Exhibits.


(a)

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated July 16, 2013, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 9.


(b)

Bylaws of the Trust, as amended and dated June 17, 2004, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of Fidelity Summer Street Trust’s (File No. 002-58542) Post-Effective Amendment No. 63.






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, in the City of Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 22nd day of October 2019.



Fidelity Covington Trust


By:

/s/Stacie M. Smith

Stacie M. Smith

President