As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2026
File No. 333-271700
File No. 811-23872
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. 284 | ☒ | |
| and/or | ||
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | |
| Amendment No. 286 | ☒ | |
Themes ETF Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
34 East Putnam Avenue, Suite 112
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
646-206-1788
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Jose C. Gonzalez
34 East Putnam Avenue, Suite 112
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Karen Aspinall, Esq.
Practus, LLP
11300 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 310
Leawood, Kansas 66211
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practical after the effective date of this Registration Statement
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
| ☒ | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) | |
| ☐ | on _____________ 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. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 284 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Registration Statement of Themes ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is being filed solely for the purpose of filing certain exhibits to the Trust’s Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Post-Effective Amendment consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration Statement, including the exhibits listed as “filed herewith” below. The Post-Effective Amendment does not modify any other part of the Trust’s Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, the Post-Effective Amendment shall become effective immediately upon filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The contents of the Trust’s Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 28. Exhibits:
| (a) | Articles of Incorporation |
| (b) | Bylaws of the Themes ETF Trust – Incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s initial registration statement filed on May 5, 2023 on Form N-1A. |
| (c) | Not applicable |
| (d) | Advisory Agreements |
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| (f) | Not applicable |
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| (h) | Other Material Contracts. |
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| (i) | Not applicable. |
| (j) | Not applicable. |
| (k) | Not applicable. |
| (l) | Initial Capital Agreement – Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement filed on November 9, 2023 on Form N-1A. |
| (m) | Rule 12b-1 Plan – Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement filed on November 9, 2023 on Form N-1A. |
| (n) | Not applicable. |
| (o) | Reserved. |
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| (p) | Code of Ethics |
| (1) | Code of Ethics of Themes ETF Trust – Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement filed on November 9, 2023 on Form N-1A. |
| (q) | Other |
| (1) | Powers of Attorney – Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement filed on November 9, 2023 on Form N-1A. |
Item 29. Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control with the Registrant:
None.
Item 30. Indemnification:
Under the terms of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (“DSTA”) and the Registrant’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”), no officer or trustee of the Registrant shall have any liability to the Registrant, its shareholders, or any other party for damages, except to the extent such limitation of liability is precluded by Delaware law, the Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws of the Registrant.
Subject to the standards and restrictions set forth in the Declaration of Trust, DSTA, Section 3817, permits a statutory trust to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee, beneficial owner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. DSTA, Section 3803 protects trustees, officers, managers and other employees, when acting in such capacity, from liability to any person other than the Registrant or beneficial owner for any act, omission or obligation of the Registrant or any trustee thereof, except as otherwise provided in the Declaration of Trust.
The Declaration of Trust provides that any person who is or was a Trustee, officer, employee or other agent, including the underwriter, of such Trust shall be liable to the Trust and its shareholders only for (1) any act or omission that constitutes a bad faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing, or (2) the person’s own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such person (such conduct referred to herein as Disqualifying Conduct) and for nothing else. Except in these instances and to the fullest extent that limitations of liability of agents are permitted by the DSTA, these Agents (as defined in the Declaration of Trust) shall not be responsible or liable for any act or omission of any other Agent of the Trust or any investment adviser or principal underwriter. Moreover, except and to the extent provided in these instances, none of these Agents, when acting in their respective capacity as such, shall be personally liable to any other person, other than such Trust or its shareholders, for any act, omission or obligation of the Trust or any trustee thereof.
The Trust shall indemnify, out of its property, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, any of the persons who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (as defined in the Declaration of Trust) because the person is or was an Agent of such Trust. These persons shall be indemnified against any Expenses (as defined in the Declaration of Trust), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the Proceeding if the person acted in good faith or, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not in itself create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful. There shall nonetheless be no indemnification for a person’s own Disqualifying Conduct.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to Trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, 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 a Trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such Trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with securities being registered, the Registrant may be required, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, to submit to a court or appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 31. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
This Item incorporates by reference the investment adviser’s Uniform Application for Investment Adviser Registration (“Form ADV”) on file with the SEC, as listed below. The Form ADV may be obtained, free of charge, at the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Additional information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by each officer and director of the investment adviser is included in Form ADV is incorporated herein by reference. The investment adviser’s SEC registration number is 801-128358.
Item 32. Principal Underwriters
| (1) | ALPS Distributors, Inc. acts as the distributor for the Registrant and the following investment companies: |
1290 Funds
1WS Credit Income Fund
Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund
abrdn ETFs
abrdn Funds
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
Accordant ODCE Index Fund
Alpha Alternative Assets Fund
ALPS Series Trust
Alternative Credit Income Fund
Apollo Diversified Credit Fund
Apollo Diversified Real Estate Fund
AQR Funds
Arrowmark Financial Corp.
Axonic Alternative Income Fund
Axonic Funds
BBH Trust
Bluerock High Income Institutional Credit Fund
Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund
Bridge Builder Trust
Cambria ETF Trust
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CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund
CION Grosvenor Infrastructure Fund
Columbia ETF Trust
Columbia ETF Trust I
Columbia ETF Trust II
Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.
CRM Mutual Fund Trust
DBX ETF Trust
Diameter Dynamic Credit Fund
Eagle Point Defensive Income Trust
Eagle Point Enhanced Income Trust
EA Series Trust (Cambria Series)
ETF Series Solutions (Vident Series)
Financial Investors Trust
Firsthand Funds
FS Credit Income Fund
FS Credit Opportunities Corp.
FS MVP Private Markets Fund
Gemcorp Commodities Alternative Products Fund
Goehring & Rozencwajg Investment Funds
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II
Graniteshares ETF Trust
Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust
Heartland Group, Inc.
Investment Managers Series Trust II (AXS-Advised Funds)
Investment Managers Series Trust II (Alternative Access-Advised Fund)
Janus Detroit Street Trust
Lattice Strategies Trust
Litman Gregory Funds Trust
Longleaf Partners Funds Trust
Manager Directed Portfolios (Spyglass Growth Fund)
Meridian Fund, Inc.
Natixis ETF Trust
Natixis ETF Trust II
New York Life Investments Active ETF Trust
New York Life Investments ETF Trust
Opportunistic Credit Interval Fund
PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds
Principal Exchange-Traded Funds
RiverNorth Funds
RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth/DoubleLine Strategic Opportunity Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Opportunistic Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Managed Duration Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Capital and Income Fund, Inc.
RiverNorth Flexible Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
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RiverNorth Managed Duration Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust
Sphinx Opportunity Fund II
Sprott Funds Trust
The Arbitrage Funds
Themes ETF Trust
Tidal Trust II (Cambria Series)
Thornburg ETF Trust
Thrivent ETF Trust
Trust for Professional Managers (PT Asset Management Series)
USCF ETF Trust
USVC Venture Capital Access Fund
Valkyrie ETF Trust II
Wasatch Funds
Wilmington Funds
X-Square Balanced Fund
X-Square Series Trust
| (2) | To the best of Registrant’s knowledge, the directors and executive officers of ALPS Distributors, Inc., are as follows: |
| Name* | Position with Underwriter | Positions with Fund |
| Stephen J. Kyllo | President, Chief Operating Officer, Director, Chief Compliance Officer | None |
| Brian Schell** | Vice President & Treasurer | None |
| Eric Parsons | Vice President, Controller and Assistant Treasurer | None |
| Jason White*** | Secretary | None |
| Richard C. Noyes | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Assistant Secretary | None |
| Eric Theroff^ | Assistant Secretary | None |
| Adam Girard^^ | Tax Officer | None |
| Liza Price | Vice President, Managing Counsel | None |
| Jed Stahl | Vice President, Managing Counsel | None |
| James Stegall | Vice President | None |
| Hilary Quinn | Vice President | None |
| * | Except as otherwise noted, the principal business address for each of the above directors and executive officers is 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203. | |
| ** | The principal business address for Mr. Schell is 100 South Wacker Drive, 19th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606. | |
| *** | The principal business address for Mr. White is 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036. | |
| ^ | The principal business address for Mr. Theroff is 1055 Broadway Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64105. | |
| ^^ | The principal business address for Mr. Girard is 80 Lamberton Road, Windsor, CT 06095. |
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Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records
The books, accounts and other documents required by Section 31(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder will be maintained at the offices of:
| Records Relating to: | Are located at: |
| Registrant’s Transfer Agent, Fund Administrator and Fund Accountant | U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC 615 East Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 |
| Registrant’s Custodian | U.S. Bank National Association 1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302 Milwaukee, WI 53212 |
| Registrant’s Investment Adviser | Themes Management Company, LLC 34 East Putnam Avenue, Suite 112 Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 |
| Registrant’s Distributor | ALPS Distributors, Inc. 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000 Denver, Colorado 80203 |
Item 34. Management Services:
None.
Item 35. Undertakings:
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 284 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Greenwich and State of Connecticut on the 6th day of July, 2026.
| THEMES ETF TRUST | ||
| By: | /s/ Jose C. Gonzalez | |
| Jose C. Gonzalez | ||
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Trustee and President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
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 dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Jose C. Gonzalez | Trustee and President | July 6, 2026 | ||
| Jose C. Gonzalez | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
| /s/ Dobromir Kamburov | Treasurer | July 6, 2026 | ||
| Dobromir Kamburov | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
| Sanjay R. Bharwani* | Trustee | July 6, 2026 | ||
| Sanjay R. Bharwani | ||||
| Neil Fleming* | Trustee | July 6, 2026 | ||
| Neil Fleming | ||||
| Tracy N. Packwood* | Trustee | July 6, 2026 | ||
| Tracy N. Packwood |
| *By: |
/s/ Jose C. Gonzalez |
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| Jose C. Gonzalez | ||
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Attorney-In-Fact pursuant to powers of attorney filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement on November 9, 2023 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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