As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 8, 2020
1933 Act Registration No. 333-210186
1940 Act Registration No. 811-23147
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 141
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[X]
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and/or
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Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Amendment No. 143
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First Trust Exchange-Traded
Fund VIII
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone
Number, including Area Code: (800) 621-1675
W. Scott Jardine, Esq., Secretary
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
First Trust Advisors L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Eric F. Fess, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
(check appropriate box):
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X ] on June 16, 2020 pursuant to
paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[X] this post-effective
amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Contents of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 141
This Registration
Statement comprises the following papers and contents:
The Facing
Sheet
The sole purpose
of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 106, as it relates to the FT
Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer Strategy ETF, a series of the Registrant, until June 16, 2020.
Parts A, B and C of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 106 under the Securities Act of 1933 as it relates to the
FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer Strategy ETF, filed on March 10, 2020, are incorporated by reference herein.
Signatures