Securities Act File No. 333-235943
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2020
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-14
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933x
| Pre-Effective Amendment No.¨ | Post-Effective Amendment No. 2x | |
REALITY SHARES ETF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
402 West Broadway, Suite 2800
San Diego, CA 92101
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(619) 487-1445
(Registrant’s Area Code and Telephone Number)
Eric Ervin
c/o Reality Shares Advisors, LLC
402 West Broadway, Suite 2800
San Diego, CA 92101
(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)
Copy to:
Laura E. Flores
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004-2541
It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Reality Shares ETF Trust’s (the “Registrant”) Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-235943) (the “N-14 Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of filing certain exhibits to the N-14 Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the N-14 Registration Statement consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note, and Part C. The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the Combined Information Statement and Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, filed asParts A and B, respectively, in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the N-14 Registration Statement, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 28, 2020 (Accession No. 0001104659-20-027252).
As permitted by Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 shall become effective upon filing with the SEC.
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Please see Article VII of the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated November 7, 2013 (the “Declaration of Trust”) of Reality Shares ETF Trust (the “Registrant” or the “Trust”), which is filed as Exhibit (1)(c) to the Registrant’s Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) may be permitted to trustees, directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Declaration of Trust or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suite or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.
(1) | The Registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act, the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for the reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form. |
(2) | The Registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them. |
(3) | The Registrant agrees to file by post-effective amendment the opinion of counsel regarding the tax consequences of the proposed reorganization required by Item 16(12) of Form N-14 within a reasonable time after receipt of such opinion. |
SIGNATURES
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the Registrant, in the City of San Diego, and State of California on this 15th day of May, 2020.
| REALITY SHARES ETF TRUST |
| |
| By: | /s/ Eric Ervin |
| | Eric Ervin |
| | President (Principal Executive Officer) |
As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | | Title | | Date |
| | | | |
/s/ Michael S. Rosen* | | Trustee | | May 15, 2020 |
Michael Rosen | | | | |
| | | | |
/s/ Nathaniel R. Singer* | | Trustee | | May 15, 2020 |
Nathaniel Singer | | | | |
| | | | |
/s/ Robert Buscher* | | Trustee | | May 15, 2020 |
Robert Buscher | | | | |
| | | | |
/s/ Eric Ervin | | President (Principal Executive Officer) | | May 15, 2020 |
Eric Ervin | | | | |
| | | | |
/s/ Kasey Price | | Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | | May 15, 2020 |
Kasey Price | | | | |
*By: | /s/ Eric Ervin | |
| Eric Ervin | |
| Attorney-in-Fact | |