As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 10, 2020
1933 Act Registration No. 333-174332
1940 Act Registration No. 811-22559
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
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Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
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Post-Effective
Amendment No. 171
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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. 173
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First Trust Exchange-Traded
Fund IV
(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 IV
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):
[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] on ___________ 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:
[ ] this post-effective
amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
This Registration Statement relates to First Trust Enhanced Short
Maturity ETF, First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF, First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund, First Trust Senior
Loan Fund, First Trust SSI Strategic Convertible Securities ETF, First Trust Strategic Income ETF, First Trust Tactical High Yield
ETF, First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF and First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF, each a series of the Registrant.
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 effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Wheaton,
and State of Illinois, on the 10th day of March, 2020.
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First Trust
Exchange-Traded Fund IV
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By:
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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James M. Dykas, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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President and Chief Executive
Officer
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March 10, 2020
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James M. Dykas
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/s/ Donald P. Swade
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Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
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March 10, 2020
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Donald P. Swade
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James A. Bowen*
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Richard E. Erickson*
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Thomas R. Kadlec*
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By:
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/s/ W. Scott Jardine
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Robert F. Keith*
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Trustee )
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W. Scott Jardine
Attorney-In-Fact
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March 10, 2020
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Niel B. Nielson*
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Trustee )
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Original powers of attorney authorizing James A. Bowen, W. Scott Jardine, James M. Dykas, Eric F. Fess and Kristi A. Maher to execute Registrant's Registration Statement, and Amendments thereto, for each of the trustees of the Registrant on whose behalf this Registration Statement is filed, were previously executed, filed as an exhibit and are incorporated by reference herein.
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Index to Exhibits
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(101)
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Risk/return summary in interactive data format
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Grafico Azioni First Trust Long Duratio... (AMEX:LGOV)
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