As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 20, 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. 135
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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. 137
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[X]
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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):
[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 the First Trust Multi-Manager Large Growth ETF, 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 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 20th day of May, 2020.
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First Trust
Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
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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:
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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May 20, 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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May 20, 2020
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Donald P. Swade
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James A. Bowen*
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Trustee )
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Richard E. Erickson*
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Trustee )
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Thomas R. Kadlec*
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Trustee )
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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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May 20, 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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