Form 485BXT Calamos ETF Trust

 

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2024

 

Securities Act File No. 333-191151

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22887

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

	UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	☐
	Pre-Effective Amendment No.	☐
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 42	☒

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

	UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	☐
	Amendment No. 44	☒

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

Calamos ETF Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

2020 Calamos Court
Naperville, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

60563
(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (630) 245-7200

 

Erik D. Ojala

2020 Calamos Court

Naperville, Illinois 60563

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

With Copies to:

 

Paulita A. Pike and Rita Rubin
Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32^nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☒ on September 25, 2024 pursuant to paragraph (b)

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐ on [ ] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

☐ 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.

 

 

 

 

CALAMOS ETF TRUST

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 36, as it relates to Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF – Month TBD 1, Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF – Month TBD 2, Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF – Month TBD 3 and Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF – Month TBD 4 (the “Funds”), a series of the Registrant, until September 25, 2024.

 

On September 20, 2024, the Registrant submitted Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to its Registration Statement under the Securities Act and Amendment No. 43 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act (the “First Delaying Amendment”) solely to designate September 24, 2024 as the new effective date for the Post-Effective Amendment pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act. The First Delaying Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Registrant is submitting this Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to its Registration Statement under the Securities Act and Amendment No. 44 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act solely to designate September 25, 2024 as the new effective date for the Post-Effective Amendment pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act.

 

CONTENTS OF POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 42

 

This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement comprises the following papers and documents:

 

The Facing Sheet

 

Parts A, B and C of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 under the Securities Act of 1933 as it relates to the Funds, filed on July 10, 2024, are incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

 

Signatures

 

Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in this City of Naperville and State of Illinois, on the 23^rd day of September 2024.

 

	Calamos ETF Trust
	By:	/s/ John P. Calamos, Sr.
		John P. Calamos, Sr.
		Trustee and President

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Name		Title		Date
/s/ John P. Calamos, Sr.		Trustee and President (principal executive officer)		September 23, 2024
John P. Calamos, Sr.
/s/ John E. Neal*		Trustee		September 23, 2024
John E. Neal
/s/ William Rybak*		Trustee		September 23, 2024
William Rybak
/s/ Virginia G. Breen*		Trustee		September 23, 2024
Virginia G. Breen
/s/ Lloyd A. Wennlund*		Trustee		September 23, 2024
Lloyd A. Wennlund
/s/ Karen L. Stuckey*		Trustee		September 23, 2024
Karen L. Stuckey
/s/ Christopher M. Toub*		Trustee		September 23, 2024
Christopher M. Toub
/s/ Thomas E. Herman		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal accounting officer)		September 23, 2024
Thomas E. Herman

 

* John P. Calamos, Sr. signs this document pursuant to powers of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on April 12, 2024.

 

By:	/s/ John P. Calamos, Sr.
	John P. Calamos, Sr. Attorney-in-Fact September 23, 2024