Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 033-60973
Investment Company Act of 1940 Registration No. 811-07319
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
[ ] Pre-Effective Amendment No. ______
[X[Post-Effective Amendment No. 68
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
[X] Amendment No. 68
Fidelity Covington Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number: 617-563-7000
Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary
245 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
[X] This Post-Effective Amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment is to designate a new effective date, July 2, 2020, for the Post-Effective Amendment previously filed on January 29, 2020, for the fund(s).
The Prospectus(es) and Statement(s) of Additional Information (SAI) for the fund(s) are identical to those filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 59, the Part C is identical to the Part C filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 67, and the Prospectus(es), SAI(s), and Part C are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference to those previously filed Post-Effective Amendments.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 3rd day of June 2020.
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By:
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/s/Megan C. Johnson
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Megan C. Johnson, pursuant to powers of attorney dated March 2, 2018 and January 1, 2019 and filed herewith.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors or Trustees, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:
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Fidelity Advisor Series I
Fidelity Advisor Series VII
Fidelity Advisor Series VIII
Fidelity Beacon Street Trust
Fidelity Capital Trust
Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II
Fidelity Concord Street Trust
Fidelity Congress Street Fund
Fidelity Contrafund
Fidelity Covington Trust
Fidelity Destiny Portfolios
Fidelity Devonshire Trust
Fidelity Exchange Fund
Fidelity Financial Trust
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Fidelity Hanover Street Trust
Fidelity Hastings Street Trust
Fidelity Investment Trust
Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity Puritan Trust
Fidelity Securities Fund
Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Trend Fund
Variable Insurance Products Fund
Variable Insurance Products Fund II
Variable Insurance Products Fund III
Variable Insurance Products Fund IV
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in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individuals serve as Directors or Trustees (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney we have given to sign and otherwise act in our names and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after January 1, 2019.
WITNESS our hands on this first day of January 2019.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned Director or Trustee, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:
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Fidelity Advisor Series I
Fidelity Advisor Series VII
Fidelity Beacon Street Trust
Fidelity Capital Trust
Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II
Fidelity Congress Street Fund
Fidelity Contrafund
Fidelity Covington Trust
Fidelity Destiny Portfolios
Fidelity Devonshire Trust
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Fidelity Exchange Fund
Fidelity Financial Trust
Fidelity Hanover Street Trust
Fidelity Hastings Street Trust
Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Trend Fund
Variable Insurance Products Fund II
Variable Insurance Products Fund III
Variable Insurance Products Fund IV
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in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individual serves as Director or Trustee (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revokes all previous powers of attorney I have given to sign and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I
hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after March 2, 2018.
WITNESS our hands on this second day of March 2018.
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/s/ Michael E. Wiley
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Michael E. Wiley
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