# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002061770
**File Stem:** 0001580642-26-002165
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 4891
**Document Hash:** e9cf466f520946d35d717894b067433b
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## Filing Summary
**0001580642-26-002165.hdr.sgml**: 20260401

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001580642-26-002165

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260401

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260401

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Rayliant Funds Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002061770

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-42860
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26827435

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5140 BIRCH STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 300
- **CITY:** NEWPORT
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92660
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (626) 407-4581

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5140 BIRCH STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 300
- **CITY:** NEWPORT
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92660

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, DC 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**

<br> <u>Rayliant Funds Trust</u> <br> (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

<br> <u>Delaware</u> <u>See Below</u> <br> (State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

<br> <u>225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH</u> <u>45246</u> <br> (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

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

<br> Title of each class <u>to be so registered</u> Name of the exchange on which <u>each class is to be registered</u> <br> Shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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), check the following box. ☒

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), check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-286029.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: <u>Not applicable</u>

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**ITEM 1.**

**DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.**

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the Rayliant NxtGen Multifactor International Equity ETF, a series of Rayliant Funds Trust (the "Trust") to be registered hereunder is set forth in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as amended (File Nos. 333-286029; 811-22718) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

The series of the Trust to which this filing relates and its I.R.S. Employer Identification Number are as follows:

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Series Name** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**EIN** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Rayliant NxtGen Multifactor International Equity ETF | &nbsp;&nbsp;41-2788413 |

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**ITEM 2.**

**EXHIBITS.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. [The Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-286029; 811-24067), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2025.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2061770/000139834425018104/fp0095404-1_ex9928a2.htm)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. [The Trust's Certificate of Trust, as filed with the State of Delaware on January 24, 2025, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(1) to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-286029; 811-24067), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2025.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2061770/000139834425005844/fp0092571-2_ex9928a1.htm)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. [The Trust's By-Laws are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-286029; 811-24067), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2025.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2061770/000139834425018104/fp0095404-1_ex9928b.htm)

**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.

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|:---|:---|
| Date: April 1, 2026 | Date: April 1, 2026 |
| **<br>Rayliant Funds Trust** | **<br>Rayliant Funds Trust** |
| By: | /s/ David Scott |
| Name: | David Scott |
| Title: | President |

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