Correspondence 0001104659-24-121072 from Calamos ETF Trust (CIK 0001579881)
Calamos ETF Trust (CIK 0001579881)
Date: Nov. 20, 2024 · CIK: 0001579881 · Accession: 0001104659-24-121072
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File numbers found in text: 333-191151, 811-22887
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ROPES & GRAY LLP
191 North Wacker Drive,
32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
WWW.ROPESGRAY.COM
November 20, 2024 Rita Rubin
T +312-845-1241
Rita.Rubin@ropesgray.com
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re:
Calamos ETF Trust (“Registrant” or “Trust”) on behalf of ten of its series,
Calamos Bitcoin 100% Protection Strategy (6 mo) ETF — Month TBD 1
Calamos Bitcoin 100% Protection Strategy (6 mo) ETF — Month TBD 2
Calamos Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF —
Month TBD 1
Calamos Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF —
Month TBD 2
Calamos Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF —
Month TBD 3
Calamos Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF —
Month TBD 4
Calamos Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD
1
Calamos Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD
2
Calamos Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD
3
Calamos Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD
4
(each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”)
(File Nos. 333-191151 and 811-22887)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On
behalf of the Registrant, in connection with the establishment of ten new series of Calamos ETF Trust, we are filing today by electronic
submission via EDGAR pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) three post-effective amendments (Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 45, 46,
and 47) to the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-1A a copy of each of the following:
1. Prospectuses relating to the ten new ETFs (the “Prospectuses”); and
2. Statements of additional information relating to the ten new ETFs (the “SAIs”).
Except
as indicated below, the disclosure for each of the ETFs is based on and substantially similar to disclosure previously reviewed by the
staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in the Registrant’s filing on Form N-1A (SEC Accession
Number 0001104659-24-102657) filed on September 25, 2024 pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, (the “Securities Act”) (the “Precedent Filing”).
The
Registrant requests selective review of Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 45, 46, and 47 in accordance with the SEC’s release
on selective review, Revised Procedures For Processing Registration Statements, Post-Effective Amendments and Preliminary Proxy Materials
Filed by Registered Investment Companies, Investment Company Act Release No. 13768 (February 15, 1984).
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Prospectuses
The
Precedent Filing registered the following ETFs which had the following characteristics:
Fund Name
Launch Date
Start of Outcome Period
Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF — Month TBD 1
TBD
TBD
Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF — Month TBD 2
TBD
TBD
Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF — Month TBD 3
TBD
TBD
Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF — Month TBD 4
TBD
TBD
The Registrant requests selective review of the Prospectuses listed
below. The Prospectuses are substantially similar to the prospectuses in the Precedent Filing. The primary differences are the ETF names,
launch dates, downside protection limits, the investment objective and strategy with respect to the underlying ETP(s) and index,
the types of options the Fund may use to implement its strategy and the dates on which the respective outcome periods begin and reset
for each of the ten new ETFs:1
Fund Name per Upcoming
Pre-Effective Registration
Statement Filing
Launch Date per
Upcoming Pre-Effective
Registration Statement
Filing
Outcome Period Reset dates per
Upcoming Pre-Effective
Registration Statement Filing
Calamos
Bitcoin 100% Protection Strategy (6 mo) ETF — Month TBD 1
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 100% Protection Strategy (6 mo) ETF — Month TBD 2
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 1
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 2
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 3
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 90% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 4
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 1
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 2
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 3
TBD
TBD
Calamos
Bitcoin 80% Protection Strategy ETF — Month TBD 4
TBD
TBD
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As explained in more detail in the Prospectus of each new series, the outcome period is an approximate six-month or one-year
period, depending on the series, over which each Fund seeks to produce a targeted result. The Funds will not terminate after the conclusion
of the Outcome Period. After the conclusion of the Outcome Period, another will begin.
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SAIs
The
Registrant requests selective review of the SAIs, which are being filed with language that is substantially similar to the Precedent
Filing. The differences in the disclosure in these SAIs is that the new SAIs will contain new ETF names, launch dates, downside protection
limits, the investment objective and strategy with respect to the underlying ETP(s) and index, the types of options the Fund may
use to implement its strategy and the dates on which the outcome periods begin and reset.
Please direct any questions you may have with respect to this filing
to me at (312) 845-1241.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Rita Rubin
Rita Rubin, Esq.
cc:
John P. Calamos, Sr.
Erik D. Ojala, Esq.
J. Christopher Jackson, Esq.
Susan L. Schoenberger, Esq.
Paulita Pike, Esq.
Elizabeth Madsen, Esq.
C. Lawrence Zmerega, Esq.
Daniel Koningisor, Esq.