DBBR Xtrackers Msci Brazil Hedged Equity Etf (delisted)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.   x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.   ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 

333-170122; 811-22487

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

NONE

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, of db X-trackers Regulated Utilities Fund and db X-trackers Municipal Infrastructure Revenue Bond ETF, each a series of DBX ETF Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-170122; 811-22487) filed on May 21, 2013, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

1. The Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(2) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-170122; 811-22487), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2011.

2. The Trust’s By-Laws are included as Exhibit (b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-170122; 811-22487), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2011.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.