KraneShares Trust and Krane Funds Advisors, LLC; Notice of Application, 39004-39007 [2014-15969]
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reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be
notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
Applicants, 1350 Avenue of the
Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, New
York 10019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
Ehrlich, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551–
Dated: July 2, 2014.
6819, or David P. Bartels, Branch Chief,
Jill M. Peterson,
at (202) 551–6821 (Division of
Assistant Secretary.
Investment Management, Chief
Counsel’s Office).
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following is a summary of the
application. The complete application
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KraneShares Trust and Krane Funds
calling (202) 551–8090.
Advisors, LLC; Notice of Application
Applicants’ Representations:
1. The Trust is organized as a
July 2, 2014.
Delaware statutory trust and is
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange
registered with the Commission as an
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
open-end management investment
ACTION: Notice of an application under
company under the Act. The Trust may
section 6(c) of the Investment Company
offer one or more series of shares (each,
Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) for an exemption
a ‘‘Fund’’ and collectively the ‘‘Funds’’)
from section 15(a) of the Act and rule
with its own distinct investment
18f–2 under the Act, as well as from
objectives, policies and restrictions.1
certain disclosure requirements.
Currently, the Trust has registered
twelve Funds, three of which are
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants
request an order that would permit them operational. Applicants state that each
Fund that has commenced operations to
to enter into and materially amend
date operates as a passively-managed
subadvisory agreements with Whollya
Owned Sub-Advisers (as defined below) exchange-traded fund in reliance on 2
previously granted exemptive order.
and non-affiliated sub-advisers without
The Adviser is a limited liability
shareholder approval and would grant
company organized under the laws of
relief from certain disclosure
the State of Delaware and is registered
requirements.
with the Commission as an investment
APPLICANTS: KraneShares Trust (the
adviser under the Investment Advisers
‘‘Trust’’) and Krane Funds Advisors,
Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’).
LLC (the ‘‘Initial Adviser’’).
2. Applicants request an order to
DATES: Filing Dates: The application was
permit the Adviser,3 subject to the
filed on February 27, 2014, and
amended on June 12, 2014.
1 Future Funds may be operated as a masterHearing or Notification of Hearing: An feeder structure pursuant to section 12(d)(1)(E) of
the Act. In such a structure, certain Funds (each,
order granting the requested relief will
be issued unless the Commission orders a ‘‘Feeder Fund’’) may invest substantially all of
their assets in a Fund (a ‘‘Master Fund’’) pursuant
a hearing. Interested persons may
to section 12(d)(1)(E) of the Act. No Feeder Fund
request a hearing by writing to the
will engage any sub-advisers other than through
approving the engagement of one or more of the
Commission’s Secretary and serving
Master Fund’s sub-advisers.
applicants with a copy of the request,
2 Krane Funds Advisors, et al., Investment
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
Company Act Release Nos. 30425 (March 14, 2013)
should be received by the Commission
(Notice) and 30452 (April 8, 2013) (Order).
by 5:30 p.m. on July 28, 2014, and
3 The term ‘‘Adviser’’ includes (i) the Initial
Adviser and (ii) any entity controlling, controlled
should be accompanied by proof of
by or under common control with, the Initial
service on applicants, in the form of an
Adviser or its successors that serves as investment
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of
adviser to the Funds. For purposes of the requested
service. Hearing requests should state
order, ‘‘successor’’ is limited to an entity that
results from a reorganization into another
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to Thomas Bayer, Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, C/O Remi Pavlik-Simon,
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approval of the board of trustees of the
Trust (the ‘‘Board’’), including a
majority of the trustees who are not
‘‘interested persons’’ of the Funds or the
Adviser as defined in section 2(a)(19) of
the Act (the ‘‘Independent Trustees’’),
to, without obtaining shareholder
approval: (i) select Sub-Advisers 4 to
manage all or a portion of the assets of
a Fund and enter into Sub-Advisory
Agreements (as defined below) with the
Sub-Advisers, and (ii) materially amend
Sub-Advisory Agreements with the SubAdvisers.5 Applicants request that the
relief apply to the named applicants, as
well as to any future Fund and any
other existing or future registered openend management investment company
or series thereof that is advised by the
Adviser, uses the multi-manager
structure described in the application,
and complies with the terms and
conditions set forth in the application
(each, a ‘‘Subadvised Funds’’).6 The
requested relief will not extend to any
sub-adviser, other than a Wholly-Owned
Sub-Adviser, who is an affiliated
person, as defined in section 2(a)(3) of
the Act, of the Subadvised Fund, of any
Feeder Fund, or of the Adviser, other
than by reason of serving as a subadviser to one or more of the
Subadvised Funds (‘‘Affiliated SubAdviser’’).
jurisdiction or a change in the type of business
organization.
4 A ‘‘Sub-Adviser’’ for a Fund is (1) an indirect
or direct ‘‘wholly owned subsidiary’’ (as such term
is defined in the Act) of the Adviser for that Fund,
or (2) a sister company of the Adviser for that Fund
that is an indirect or direct ‘‘wholly-owned
subsidiary’’ (as such term is defined in the Act) of
the same company that, indirectly or directly,
wholly owns the Adviser (each of (1) and (2) a
‘‘Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser’’ and collectively, the
‘‘Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers’’), or (3) not an
‘‘affiliated person’’ (as such term is defined in
section 2(a)(3) of the Act) of the Fund, any Feeder
Fund invested in a Master Fund, the Trust, or the
Adviser, except to the extent that an affiliation
arises solely because the Sub-Adviser serves as a
sub-adviser to a Fund (each, a ‘‘Non-Affiliated SubAdviser’’).
5 Shareholder approval will continue to be
required for any other sub-adviser changes (not
otherwise permitted by rule or other action of the
Commission or staff) and material amendments to
an existing Sub-Advisory Agreement with any subadviser other than a Non-Affiliated Sub-Adviser or
Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser (all such changes
referred to as ‘‘Ineligible Sub-Adviser Changes’’).
6 All registered open-end investment companies
that currently intend to rely on the requested order
are named as applicants. All Funds that currently
are, or that currently intend to be, Subadvised
Funds are identified in the application. Any entity
that relies on the requested order will do so only
in accordance with the terms and conditions
contained in the application. If the name of any
Subadvised Fund contains the name of a SubAdviser, the name of the Adviser that serves as the
primary adviser to the Subadvised Fund, or a
trademark or trade name that is owned by or
publicly used to identify that Adviser, will precede
the name of the Sub-Adviser.
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3. The Adviser serves as the
investment adviser to each Fund
pursuant to an investment advisory
agreement with the Trust (‘‘Investment
Management Agreement’’). Any other
Adviser will be registered with the
Commission as an investment adviser
under the Advisers Act. The Investment
Management Agreement was approved
by the Board, including a majority the
Independent Trustees, and by the
shareholders of each Fund in the
manner required by sections 15(a) and
15(c) of the Act and rule 18f–2
thereunder. The terms of the Investment
Management Agreement comply with
section 15(a) of the Act. Each other
investment management agreement with
respect to a Fund (included in the term
‘‘Investment Management Agreement’’)
will comply with section 15(a) of the
Act and will be similarly approved.
4. Pursuant to the terms of the
Investment Management Agreement, the
Adviser, subject to the supervision of
the Board, provides continuous
investment management of the assets of
each Fund. The Adviser periodically
reviews a Fund’s investment policies
and strategies and, based on the need of
a particular Fund, may recommend
changes to the investment policies and
strategies of the Fund for consideration
by the Board. For its services to each
Fund under the Investment
Management Agreement, the Adviser
receives an investment management fee
from that Fund. Consistent with the
terms of the Investment Management
Agreement, the Adviser may, subject to
the approval of the Board, including a
majority of the Independent Trustees,
and the shareholders of the applicable
Subadvised Fund (if required), delegate
portfolio management responsibilities of
all or a portion of the assets of a
Subadvised Fund to one or more SubAdvisers. The Adviser continues to have
overall responsibility for the
management and investment of the
assets of each Subadvised Fund, and the
Adviser’s responsibilities include, for
example, recommending the removal or
replacement of Sub-Advisers and
determining the portion of that
Subadvised Fund’s assets to be managed
by any given Sub-Adviser and
reallocating those assets as necessary
from time to time.
5. The Adviser has entered into subadvisory agreements with various SubAdvisers (‘‘Sub-Advisory Agreements’’)
on behalf of the Subadvised Funds. The
Adviser may also, in the future, enter
into Sub-Advisory Agreements on
behalf of other Funds. The SubAdvisory Agreements were approved by
the Board, including a majority of the
Independent Trustees, and the
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shareholders of the applicable
Subadvised Fund in accordance with
sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the Act and
rule 18f–2 thereunder. In addition, the
terms of each Sub-Advisory Agreement
comply fully with the requirements of
section 15(a) of the Act. The SubAdvisers, subject to the supervision of
the Adviser and oversight of the Board,
determine the securities and other
instruments to be purchased, sold or
entered into by a Subadvised Fund’s
portfolio or a portion thereof, and place
orders with brokers or dealers that they
select. The Adviser will compensate
each Sub-Adviser out of the fee paid to
the Adviser under the Investment
Management Agreement.
6. Subadvised Funds will inform
shareholders of the hiring of a new SubAdviser pursuant to the following
procedures (‘‘Modified Notice and
Access Procedures’’): (a) within 90 days
after a new Sub-Adviser is hired for any
Subadvised Fund, that Subadvised
Fund will send its shareholders 7 either
a Multi-manager Notice or a Multimanager Notice and Multi-manager
Information Statement; 8 and (b) the
Subadvised Fund will make the Multimanager Information Statement
available on the Web site identified in
the Multi-manager Notice no later than
when the Multi-manager Notice (or
Multi-manager Notice and Multimanager Information Statement) is first
sent to shareholders, and will maintain
it on that Web site for at least 90 days.
Applicants state that, in the
circumstances described in the
application, a proxy solicitation to
approve the appointment of new SubAdvisers provides no more meaningful
information to shareholders than the
proposed Multi-manager Information
7 If the Subadvised Fund is a Master Fund, for
purposes of the Modified Notice and Access
Procedures, ‘‘shareholders’’ include both the
shareholders of the applicable Master Fund and the
shareholders of its Feeder Funds.
8 A ‘‘Multi-manager Notice’’ will be modeled on
a Notice of Internet Availability as defined in rule
14a-16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Exchange Act’’), and specifically will, among
other things: (a) Summarize the relevant
information regarding the new Sub-Adviser; (b)
inform shareholders that the Multi-manager
Information Statement is available on a Web site;
(c) provide the Web site address; (d) state the time
period during which the Multi-manager Information
Statement will remain available on that Web site;
(e) provide instructions for accessing and printing
the Multi-manager Information Statement; and (f)
instruct the shareholder that a paper or email copy
of the Multi-manager Information Statement may be
obtained, without charge, by contacting the
Subadvised Fund.
A ‘‘Multi-manager Information Statement’’ will
meet the requirements of Regulation 14C, Schedule
14C and Item 22 of Schedule 14A under the
Exchange Act for an information statement. Multimanager Information Statements will be filed with
the Commission via the EDGAR system.
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Statement. Applicants also state that
each Board would comply with the
requirements of sections 15(a) and 15(c)
of the Act before entering into or
amending Sub-Advisory Agreements.
7. Applicants also request an order
under section 6(c) of the Act exempting
the Subadvised Funds from certain
disclosure obligations that may require
each Subadvised Fund to disclose fees
paid by the Adviser to each SubAdviser. Applicants seek relief to permit
each Subadvised Fund to disclose (as a
dollar amount and a percentage of the
Subadvised Fund’s net assets): (a) The
aggregate fees paid to the Adviser and
any Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers; (b)
the aggregate fees paid to Non-Affiliated
Sub-Advisers; and (c) the fee paid to
each Affiliated Sub-Adviser
(collectively, the ‘‘Aggregate Fee
Disclosure’’). An exemption is requested
to permit the Funds to include only the
Aggregate Fee Disclosure. All other
items required by sections 6–07(2)(a),
(b) and (c) of Regulation S–X will be
disclosed.
Applicants’ Legal Analysis
1. Section 15(a) of the Act states, in
part, that it is unlawful for any person
to act as an investment adviser to a
registered investment company ‘‘except
pursuant to a written contract, which
contract, whether with such registered
company or with an investment adviser
of such registered company, has been
approved by the vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of such
registered company.’’ Rule 18f–2 under
the Act provides that each series or class
of stock in a series investment company
affected by a matter must approve that
matter if the Act requires shareholder
approval.
2. Form N–1A is the registration
statement used by open-end investment
companies. Item 19(a)(3) of Form N–1A
requires a registered investment
company to disclose in its statement of
additional information the method of
computing the ‘‘advisory fee payable’’
by the investment company, including
the total dollar amounts that the
investment company ‘‘paid to the
adviser (aggregated with amounts paid
to affiliated advisers, if any), and any
advisers who are not affiliated persons
of the adviser, under the investment
advisory contract for the last three fiscal
years.’’
3. Rule 20a–1 under the Act requires
proxies solicited with respect to a
registered investment company to
comply with Schedule 14A under the
Exchange Act. Items 22(c)(1)(ii),
22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and 22(c)(9) of
Schedule 14A, taken together, require a
proxy statement for a shareholder
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meeting at which the advisory contract
will be voted upon to include the ‘‘rate
of compensation of the investment
adviser,’’ the ‘‘aggregate amount of the
investment adviser’s fee,’’ a description
of the ‘‘terms of the contract to be acted
upon,’’ and, if a change in the advisory
fee is proposed, the existing and
proposed fees and the difference
between the two fees.
4. Regulation S–X sets forth the
requirements for financial statements
required to be included as part of
investment company registration
statements and shareholder reports filed
with the Commission. Sections 6–
07(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation S–X
require registered investment companies
to include in their financial statements
information about investment advisory
fees.
5. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that
the Commission by order upon
application may conditionally or
unconditionally exempt any person,
security, or transaction or any class or
classes of persons, securities, or
transactions from any provisions of the
Act, or from any rule thereunder, if such
exemption is necessary or appropriate
in the public interest and consistent
with the protection of investors and the
purposes fairly intended by the policy
and provisions of the Act. Applicants
state that their requested relief meets
this standard for the reasons discussed
below.
6. Applicants assert that the
shareholders expect the Adviser, subject
to the review and approval of the Board,
to select the Sub-Advisers who are in
the best position to achieve the
Subadvised Funds’ investment
objectives. Applicants assert that, from
the perspective of the shareholder, the
role of the Sub-Advisers is substantially
equivalent to the role of the individual
portfolio managers employed by an
investment adviser to a traditional
investment company. Applicants
believe that permitting the Adviser to
perform the duties for which the
shareholders of the Subadvised Fund
are paying the Adviser—the selection,
supervision and evaluation of the SubAdvisers—without incurring
unnecessary delays or expenses is
appropriate in the interest of the
Subadvised Fund’s shareholders and
will allow such Subadvised Fund to
operate more efficiently. Applicants
state that the Investment Management
Agreement will continue to be fully
subject to section 15(a) of the Act and
rule 18f–2 under the Act and approved
by the Board, including a majority of the
Independent Trustees, in the manner
required by sections 15(a) and 15(c) of
the Act. Applicants are not seeking an
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exemption with respect to the
Investment Management Agreement.
7. Applicants assert that disclosure of
the individual fees that the Adviser
would pay to the Sub-Advisers of
Subadvised Funds that operate in the
multi-manager structure described in
the application does not serve any
meaningful purpose. Applicants
contend that the primary reasons for
requiring disclosure of individual fees
paid to Sub-Advisers are to inform
shareholders of expenses to be charged
by a particular Subadvised Fund and to
enable shareholders to compare the fees
to those of other comparable investment
companies. Applicants believe that the
requested relief satisfies these objectives
because the advisory fee paid to the
Adviser will be fully disclosed and,
therefore, shareholders will know what
the Subadvised Fund’s fees and
expenses are and will be able to
compare the advisory fees a Subadvised
Fund is charged to those of other
investment companies. Applicants
assert that the requested disclosure
relief would benefit shareholders of the
Subadvised Fund because it would
improve the Adviser’s ability to
negotiate the fees paid to Sub-Advisers.
Applicants state that if the Adviser is
not required to disclose the SubAdvisers’ fees to the public, the Adviser
may be able to negotiate rates that are
below a Sub-Adviser’s ‘‘posted’’
amounts. Applicants assert that the
relief will also encourage Sub-Advisers
to negotiate lower sub-advisory fees
with the Adviser if the lower fees are
not required to be made public.
8. Applicants submit that the
requested relief meets the standards for
relief under section 6(c) of the Act.
Applicants state that each Subadvised
Fund will be required to obtain
shareholder approval to operate as a
‘‘multiple manager’’ fund as described
in the application before relying on the
requested order. Applicants assert that
conditions 6, 10, and 11 are designed to
provide the Board with sufficient
independence and the resources and
information it needs to monitor and
address any conflicts of interest.
Applicants state that, accordingly, they
believe the requested relief is necessary
or appropriate in the public interest and
consistent with the protection of
investors and the purposes fairly
intended by the policy and provisions of
the Act.
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Applicants’ Conditions
Applicants agree that any order
granting the requested relief will be
subject to the following conditions: 9
1. Before a Subadvised Fund may rely
on the order requested in the
application, the operation of the
Subadvised Fund in the manner
described in the application, including
the hiring of Wholly-Owned SubAdvisers, will be approved by a majority
of the Subadvised Fund’s outstanding
voting securities as defined in the Act,
which in the case of a Master Fund will
include voting instructions provided by
shareholders of the Feeder Funds
investing in such Master Fund or other
voting arrangements that comply with
section 12(d)(1)(E)(iii)(aa) of the Act or,
in the case of a new Subadvised Fund
whose public shareholders purchase
shares on the basis of a prospectus
containing the disclosure contemplated
by condition 2 below, by the initial
shareholder(s) before offering the
Subadvised Fund’s shares to the public.
2. The prospectus for each
Subadvised Fund, and in the case of a
Master Fund relying on the requested
relief, the prospectus for each Feeder
Fund investing in such Master Fund,
will disclose the existence, substance
and effect of any order granted pursuant
to the application. Each Subadvised
Fund (and any such Feeder Fund) will
hold itself out to the public as
employing the multi-manager structure
described in the application. Each
prospectus will prominently disclose
that the Adviser has the ultimate
responsibility, subject to oversight by
the Board, to oversee the Sub-Advisers
and recommend their hiring,
termination, and replacement.
3. The Adviser will provide general
management services to a Subadvised
Fund, including overall supervisory
responsibility for the general
management and investment of the
Subadvised Fund’s assets. Subject to
review and approval of the Board, the
Adviser will (a) set a Subadvised Fund’s
overall investment strategies, (b)
evaluate, select, and recommend SubAdvisers to manage all or a portion of
a Subadvised Fund’s assets, and (c)
implement procedures reasonably
designed to ensure that Sub-Advisers
comply with a Subadvised Fund’s
investment objective, policies and
restrictions. Subject to review by the
Board, the Adviser will (a) when
appropriate, allocate and reallocate a
Subadvised Fund’s assets among Sub9 Applicants will only comply with conditions 7,
8, 9, and 12 if they rely on the relief that would
allow them to provide Aggregate Fee Disclosure.
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Advisers; and (b) monitor and evaluate
the performance of Sub-Advisers.
4. A Subadvised Fund will not make
any Ineligible Sub-Adviser Changes
without such agreement, including the
compensation to be paid thereunder,
being approved by the shareholders of
the applicable Subadvised Fund, which
in the case of a Master Fund will
include voting instructions provided by
shareholders of the Feeder Fund
investing in such Master Fund or other
voting arrangements that comply with
section 12(d)(1)(E)(iii)(aa) of the Act.
5. Subadvised Funds will inform
shareholders, and if the Subadvised
Fund is a Master Fund, shareholders of
any Feeder Funds, of the hiring of a new
Sub-Adviser within 90 days after the
hiring of the new Sub-Adviser pursuant
to the Modified Notice and Access
Procedures.
6. At all times, at least a majority of
the Board will be Independent Trustees,
and the selection and nomination of
new or additional Independent Trustees
will be placed within the discretion of
the then-existing Independent Trustees.
7. Independent Legal Counsel, as
defined in rule 0–1(a)(16) under the Act,
will be engaged to represent the
Independent Trustees. The selection of
such counsel will be within the
discretion of the then-existing
Independent Trustees.
8. The Adviser will provide the
Board, no less frequently than quarterly,
with information about the profitability
of the Adviser on a per Subadvised
Fund basis. The information will reflect
the impact on profitability of the hiring
or termination of any sub-adviser during
the applicable quarter.
9. Whenever a sub-adviser is hired or
terminated, the Adviser will provide the
Board with information showing the
expected impact on the profitability of
the Adviser.
10. Whenever a sub-adviser change is
proposed for a Subadvised Fund with
an Affiliated Sub-Adviser or a WhollyOwned Sub-Adviser, the Board,
including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, will make a separate finding,
reflected in the Board minutes, that
such change is in the best interests of
the Subadvised Fund and its
shareholders, and if the Subadvised
Fund is a Master Fund, the best interests
of any applicable Feeder Funds and
their respective shareholders, and does
not involve a conflict of interest from
which the Adviser or the Affiliated SubAdviser or Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser
derives an inappropriate advantage.
11. No Trustee or officer of the Trust,
a Fund or a Feeder Fund, or partner,
director, manager or officer of the
Adviser, will own directly or indirectly
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(other than through a pooled investment
vehicle that is not controlled by such
person) any interest in a Sub-Adviser
except for (a) ownership of interests in
the Adviser or any entity, except a
Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, that
controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with the Adviser, or (b)
ownership of less than 1% of the
outstanding securities of any class of
equity or debt of any publicly traded
company that is either a Sub-Adviser or
an entity that controls, is controlled by,
or under common control with a SubAdviser.
12. Each Subadvised Fund and any
Feeder Fund that invests in a
Subadvised Fund that is a Master Fund
will disclose the Aggregate Fee
Disclosure in its registration statement.
13. Any new Sub-Advisory
Agreement or any amendment to a
Subadvised Fund’s existing Investment
Management Agreement or SubAdvisory Agreement that directly or
indirectly results in an increase in the
aggregate advisory fee rate payable by
the Subadvised Fund will be submitted
to the Subadvised Fund’s shareholders
for approval.
14. In the event the Commission
adopts a rule under the Act providing
substantially similar relief to that
requested in the application, the
requested order will expire on the
effective date of that rule.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, under delegated
authority.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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of Application
July 2, 2014.
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and non-affiliated sub-advisers without
shareholder approval and would grant
relief from certain disclosure
requirements.
APPLICANTS: Janus Investment Fund and
Janus Aspen Series (each a ‘‘Trust’’),
and Janus Capital Management (‘‘the
Adviser’’).
DATES: Filing Dates: The application was
filed on March 31, 2014, and amended
on June 2, 2014.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An
order granting the application will be
issued unless the Commission orders a
hearing. Interested persons may request
a hearing by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary and serving
applicants with a copy of the request,
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
should be received by the Commission
by 5:30 p.m. on July 28, 2014, and
should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of
service. Hearing requests should state
the nature of the writer’s interest, the
reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be
notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
Applicants: Janus Capital Management
LLC, 151 Detroit Street, Denver, CO
80206.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda A. Schneider, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551–6859, or Holly Hunter-Ceci,
Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6869
(Division of Investment Management,
Chief Counsel’s Office).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is a summary of the
application. The Complete application
may be obtained via the Commission’s
Web site by searching for the file
number or an applicant using the
Company name box, at https://
www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by
calling (202) 551–8090.
AGENCY:
Applicants’ Representations
Applicants
request an order that would permit them
to enter into and materially amend
subadvisory agreements with WhollyOwned Sub-Advisers (as defined below)
1. Janus Investment Fund is organized
as a Massachusetts business trust and
Janus Aspen Series is registered
Delaware statutory trust. Each Trust is
registered under the Act as an open-end
management investment company. Each
Trust currently has, or intends to
introduce, at least one series of shares
(each, a ‘‘Series’’) with its own distinct
investment objective, policies and
restrictions that would operate under a
multi-manager structure. The Adviser is
a Delaware limited liability company
Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of an application under
section 6(c) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) for an exemption
from section 15(a) of the Act and rule
18f–2 under the Act, as well as from
certain disclosure requirements.
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 31144; File No. 812-14284]
KraneShares Trust and Krane Funds Advisors, LLC; Notice of
Application
July 2, 2014.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').
ACTION: Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of
the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as from certain
disclosure requirements.
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Summary of Application: Applicants request an order that would permit
them to enter into and materially amend subadvisory agreements with
Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers (as defined below) and non-affiliated sub-
advisers without shareholder approval and would grant relief from
certain disclosure requirements.
Applicants: KraneShares Trust (the ``Trust'') and Krane Funds Advisors,
LLC (the ``Initial Adviser'').
Dates: Filing Dates: The application was filed on February 27, 2014,
and amended on June 12, 2014.
Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by
5:30 p.m. on July 28, 2014, and should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a
certificate of service. Hearing requests should state the nature of the
writer's interest, the reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the Commission's Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F
Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants, 1350 Avenue of the
Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Ehrlich, Senior Counsel, at (202)
551-6819, or David P. Bartels, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821
(Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained via the
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or for an
applicant using the Company name box, at https://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.
Applicants' Representations:
1. The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is
registered with the Commission as an open-end management investment
company under the Act. The Trust may offer one or more series of shares
(each, a ``Fund'' and collectively the ``Funds'') with its own distinct
investment objectives, policies and restrictions.\1\ Currently, the
Trust has registered twelve Funds, three of which are operational.
Applicants state that each Fund that has commenced operations to date
operates as a passively-managed exchange-traded fund in reliance on a
previously granted exemptive order.\2\ The Adviser is a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and
is registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act'').
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\1\ Future Funds may be operated as a master-feeder structure
pursuant to section 12(d)(1)(E) of the Act. In such a structure,
certain Funds (each, a ``Feeder Fund'') may invest substantially all
of their assets in a Fund (a ``Master Fund'') pursuant to section
12(d)(1)(E) of the Act. No Feeder Fund will engage any sub-advisers
other than through approving the engagement of one or more of the
Master Fund's sub-advisers.
\2\ Krane Funds Advisors, et al., Investment Company Act Release
Nos. 30425 (March 14, 2013) (Notice) and 30452 (April 8, 2013)
(Order).
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2. Applicants request an order to permit the Adviser,\3\ subject to
the approval of the board of trustees of the Trust (the ``Board''),
including a majority of the trustees who are not ``interested persons''
of the Funds or the Adviser as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Act
(the ``Independent Trustees''), to, without obtaining shareholder
approval: (i) select Sub-Advisers \4\ to manage all or a portion of the
assets of a Fund and enter into Sub-Advisory Agreements (as defined
below) with the Sub-Advisers, and (ii) materially amend Sub-Advisory
Agreements with the Sub-Advisers.\5\ Applicants request that the relief
apply to the named applicants, as well as to any future Fund and any
other existing or future registered open-end management investment
company or series thereof that is advised by the Adviser, uses the
multi-manager structure described in the application, and complies with
the terms and conditions set forth in the application (each, a
``Subadvised Funds'').\6\ The requested relief will not extend to any
sub-adviser, other than a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, who is an
affiliated person, as defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act, of the
Subadvised Fund, of any Feeder Fund, or of the Adviser, other than by
reason of serving as a sub-adviser to one or more of the Subadvised
Funds (``Affiliated Sub-Adviser'').
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\3\ The term ``Adviser'' includes (i) the Initial Adviser and
(ii) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control
with, the Initial Adviser or its successors that serves as
investment adviser to the Funds. For purposes of the requested
order, ``successor'' is limited to an entity that results from a
reorganization into another jurisdiction or a change in the type of
business organization.
\4\ A ``Sub-Adviser'' for a Fund is (1) an indirect or direct
``wholly owned subsidiary'' (as such term is defined in the Act) of
the Adviser for that Fund, or (2) a sister company of the Adviser
for that Fund that is an indirect or direct ``wholly-owned
subsidiary'' (as such term is defined in the Act) of the same
company that, indirectly or directly, wholly owns the Adviser (each
of (1) and (2) a ``Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser'' and collectively, the
``Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers''), or (3) not an ``affiliated person''
(as such term is defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act) of the Fund,
any Feeder Fund invested in a Master Fund, the Trust, or the
Adviser, except to the extent that an affiliation arises solely
because the Sub-Adviser serves as a sub-adviser to a Fund (each, a
``Non-Affiliated Sub-Adviser'').
\5\ Shareholder approval will continue to be required for any
other sub-adviser changes (not otherwise permitted by rule or other
action of the Commission or staff) and material amendments to an
existing Sub-Advisory Agreement with any sub-adviser other than a
Non-Affiliated Sub-Adviser or Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser (all such
changes referred to as ``Ineligible Sub-Adviser Changes'').
\6\ All registered open-end investment companies that currently
intend to rely on the requested order are named as applicants. All
Funds that currently are, or that currently intend to be, Subadvised
Funds are identified in the application. Any entity that relies on
the requested order will do so only in accordance with the terms and
conditions contained in the application. If the name of any
Subadvised Fund contains the name of a Sub-Adviser, the name of the
Adviser that serves as the primary adviser to the Subadvised Fund,
or a trademark or trade name that is owned by or publicly used to
identify that Adviser, will precede the name of the Sub-Adviser.
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3. The Adviser serves as the investment adviser to each Fund
pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Trust
(``Investment Management Agreement''). Any other Adviser will be
registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under the
Advisers Act. The Investment Management Agreement was approved by the
Board, including a majority the Independent Trustees, and by the
shareholders of each Fund in the manner required by sections 15(a) and
15(c) of the Act and rule 18f-2 thereunder. The terms of the Investment
Management Agreement comply with section 15(a) of the Act. Each other
investment management agreement with respect to a Fund (included in the
term ``Investment Management Agreement'') will comply with section
15(a) of the Act and will be similarly approved.
4. Pursuant to the terms of the Investment Management Agreement,
the Adviser, subject to the supervision of the Board, provides
continuous investment management of the assets of each Fund. The
Adviser periodically reviews a Fund's investment policies and
strategies and, based on the need of a particular Fund, may recommend
changes to the investment policies and strategies of the Fund for
consideration by the Board. For its services to each Fund under the
Investment Management Agreement, the Adviser receives an investment
management fee from that Fund. Consistent with the terms of the
Investment Management Agreement, the Adviser may, subject to the
approval of the Board, including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, and the shareholders of the applicable Subadvised Fund (if
required), delegate portfolio management responsibilities of all or a
portion of the assets of a Subadvised Fund to one or more Sub-Advisers.
The Adviser continues to have overall responsibility for the management
and investment of the assets of each Subadvised Fund, and the Adviser's
responsibilities include, for example, recommending the removal or
replacement of Sub-Advisers and determining the portion of that
Subadvised Fund's assets to be managed by any given Sub-Adviser and
reallocating those assets as necessary from time to time.
5. The Adviser has entered into sub-advisory agreements with
various Sub-Advisers (``Sub-Advisory Agreements'') on behalf of the
Subadvised Funds. The Adviser may also, in the future, enter into Sub-
Advisory Agreements on behalf of other Funds. The Sub-Advisory
Agreements were approved by the Board, including a majority of the
Independent Trustees, and the shareholders of the applicable Subadvised
Fund in accordance with sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the Act and rule
18f-2 thereunder. In addition, the terms of each Sub-Advisory Agreement
comply fully with the requirements of section 15(a) of the Act. The
Sub-Advisers, subject to the supervision of the Adviser and oversight
of the Board, determine the securities and other instruments to be
purchased, sold or entered into by a Subadvised Fund's portfolio or a
portion thereof, and place orders with brokers or dealers that they
select. The Adviser will compensate each Sub-Adviser out of the fee
paid to the Adviser under the Investment Management Agreement.
6. Subadvised Funds will inform shareholders of the hiring of a new
Sub-Adviser pursuant to the following procedures (``Modified Notice and
Access Procedures''): (a) within 90 days after a new Sub-Adviser is
hired for any Subadvised Fund, that Subadvised Fund will send its
shareholders \7\ either a Multi-manager Notice or a Multi-manager
Notice and Multi-manager Information Statement; \8\ and (b) the
Subadvised Fund will make the Multi-manager Information Statement
available on the Web site identified in the Multi-manager Notice no
later than when the Multi-manager Notice (or Multi-manager Notice and
Multi-manager Information Statement) is first sent to shareholders, and
will maintain it on that Web site for at least 90 days. Applicants
state that, in the circumstances described in the application, a proxy
solicitation to approve the appointment of new Sub-Advisers provides no
more meaningful information to shareholders than the proposed Multi-
manager Information Statement. Applicants also state that each Board
would comply with the requirements of sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the
Act before entering into or amending Sub-Advisory Agreements.
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\7\ If the Subadvised Fund is a Master Fund, for purposes of the
Modified Notice and Access Procedures, ``shareholders'' include both
the shareholders of the applicable Master Fund and the shareholders
of its Feeder Funds.
\8\ A ``Multi-manager Notice'' will be modeled on a Notice of
Internet Availability as defined in rule 14a-16 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), and specifically will,
among other things: (a) Summarize the relevant information regarding
the new Sub-Adviser; (b) inform shareholders that the Multi-manager
Information Statement is available on a Web site; (c) provide the
Web site address; (d) state the time period during which the Multi-
manager Information Statement will remain available on that Web
site; (e) provide instructions for accessing and printing the Multi-
manager Information Statement; and (f) instruct the shareholder that
a paper or email copy of the Multi-manager Information Statement may
be obtained, without charge, by contacting the Subadvised Fund.
A ``Multi-manager Information Statement'' will meet the
requirements of Regulation 14C, Schedule 14C and Item 22 of Schedule
14A under the Exchange Act for an information statement. Multi-
manager Information Statements will be filed with the Commission via
the EDGAR system.
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7. Applicants also request an order under section 6(c) of the Act
exempting the Subadvised Funds from certain disclosure obligations that
may require each Subadvised Fund to disclose fees paid by the Adviser
to each Sub-Adviser. Applicants seek relief to permit each Subadvised
Fund to disclose (as a dollar amount and a percentage of the Subadvised
Fund's net assets): (a) The aggregate fees paid to the Adviser and any
Wholly-Owned Sub-Advisers; (b) the aggregate fees paid to Non-
Affiliated Sub-Advisers; and (c) the fee paid to each Affiliated Sub-
Adviser (collectively, the ``Aggregate Fee Disclosure''). An exemption
is requested to permit the Funds to include only the Aggregate Fee
Disclosure. All other items required by sections 6-07(2)(a), (b) and
(c) of Regulation S-X will be disclosed.
Applicants' Legal Analysis
1. Section 15(a) of the Act states, in part, that it is unlawful
for any person to act as an investment adviser to a registered
investment company ``except pursuant to a written contract, which
contract, whether with such registered company or with an investment
adviser of such registered company, has been approved by the vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of such registered
company.'' Rule 18f-2 under the Act provides that each series or class
of stock in a series investment company affected by a matter must
approve that matter if the Act requires shareholder approval.
2. Form N-1A is the registration statement used by open-end
investment companies. Item 19(a)(3) of Form N-1A requires a registered
investment company to disclose in its statement of additional
information the method of computing the ``advisory fee payable'' by the
investment company, including the total dollar amounts that the
investment company ``paid to the adviser (aggregated with amounts paid
to affiliated advisers, if any), and any advisers who are not
affiliated persons of the adviser, under the investment advisory
contract for the last three fiscal years.''
3. Rule 20a-1 under the Act requires proxies solicited with respect
to a registered investment company to comply with Schedule 14A under
the Exchange Act. Items 22(c)(1)(ii), 22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and
22(c)(9) of Schedule 14A, taken together, require a proxy statement for
a shareholder
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meeting at which the advisory contract will be voted upon to include
the ``rate of compensation of the investment adviser,'' the ``aggregate
amount of the investment adviser's fee,'' a description of the ``terms
of the contract to be acted upon,'' and, if a change in the advisory
fee is proposed, the existing and proposed fees and the difference
between the two fees.
4. Regulation S-X sets forth the requirements for financial
statements required to be included as part of investment company
registration statements and shareholder reports filed with the
Commission. Sections 6-07(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation S-X require
registered investment companies to include in their financial
statements information about investment advisory fees.
5. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that the Commission by order
upon application may conditionally or unconditionally exempt any
person, security, or transaction or any class or classes of persons,
securities, or transactions from any provisions of the Act, or from any
rule thereunder, if such exemption is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest and consistent with the protection of investors and the
purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the Act.
Applicants state that their requested relief meets this standard for
the reasons discussed below.
6. Applicants assert that the shareholders expect the Adviser,
subject to the review and approval of the Board, to select the Sub-
Advisers who are in the best position to achieve the Subadvised Funds'
investment objectives. Applicants assert that, from the perspective of
the shareholder, the role of the Sub-Advisers is substantially
equivalent to the role of the individual portfolio managers employed by
an investment adviser to a traditional investment company. Applicants
believe that permitting the Adviser to perform the duties for which the
shareholders of the Subadvised Fund are paying the Adviser--the
selection, supervision and evaluation of the Sub-Advisers--without
incurring unnecessary delays or expenses is appropriate in the interest
of the Subadvised Fund's shareholders and will allow such Subadvised
Fund to operate more efficiently. Applicants state that the Investment
Management Agreement will continue to be fully subject to section 15(a)
of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act and approved by the Board,
including a majority of the Independent Trustees, in the manner
required by sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the Act. Applicants are not
seeking an exemption with respect to the Investment Management
Agreement.
7. Applicants assert that disclosure of the individual fees that
the Adviser would pay to the Sub-Advisers of Subadvised Funds that
operate in the multi-manager structure described in the application
does not serve any meaningful purpose. Applicants contend that the
primary reasons for requiring disclosure of individual fees paid to
Sub-Advisers are to inform shareholders of expenses to be charged by a
particular Subadvised Fund and to enable shareholders to compare the
fees to those of other comparable investment companies. Applicants
believe that the requested relief satisfies these objectives because
the advisory fee paid to the Adviser will be fully disclosed and,
therefore, shareholders will know what the Subadvised Fund's fees and
expenses are and will be able to compare the advisory fees a Subadvised
Fund is charged to those of other investment companies. Applicants
assert that the requested disclosure relief would benefit shareholders
of the Subadvised Fund because it would improve the Adviser's ability
to negotiate the fees paid to Sub-Advisers. Applicants state that if
the Adviser is not required to disclose the Sub-Advisers' fees to the
public, the Adviser may be able to negotiate rates that are below a
Sub-Adviser's ``posted'' amounts. Applicants assert that the relief
will also encourage Sub-Advisers to negotiate lower sub-advisory fees
with the Adviser if the lower fees are not required to be made public.
8. Applicants submit that the requested relief meets the standards
for relief under section 6(c) of the Act. Applicants state that each
Subadvised Fund will be required to obtain shareholder approval to
operate as a ``multiple manager'' fund as described in the application
before relying on the requested order. Applicants assert that
conditions 6, 10, and 11 are designed to provide the Board with
sufficient independence and the resources and information it needs to
monitor and address any conflicts of interest. Applicants state that,
accordingly, they believe the requested relief is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection
of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and
provisions of the Act.
Applicants' Conditions
Applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief will
be subject to the following conditions: \9\
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\9\ Applicants will only comply with conditions 7, 8, 9, and 12
if they rely on the relief that would allow them to provide
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1. Before a Subadvised Fund may rely on the order requested in the
application, the operation of the Subadvised Fund in the manner
described in the application, including the hiring of Wholly-Owned Sub-
Advisers, will be approved by a majority of the Subadvised Fund's
outstanding voting securities as defined in the Act, which in the case
of a Master Fund will include voting instructions provided by
shareholders of the Feeder Funds investing in such Master Fund or other
voting arrangements that comply with section 12(d)(1)(E)(iii)(aa) of
the Act or, in the case of a new Subadvised Fund whose public
shareholders purchase shares on the basis of a prospectus containing
the disclosure contemplated by condition 2 below, by the initial
shareholder(s) before offering the Subadvised Fund's shares to the
public.
2. The prospectus for each Subadvised Fund, and in the case of a
Master Fund relying on the requested relief, the prospectus for each
Feeder Fund investing in such Master Fund, will disclose the existence,
substance and effect of any order granted pursuant to the application.
Each Subadvised Fund (and any such Feeder Fund) will hold itself out to
the public as employing the multi-manager structure described in the
application. Each prospectus will prominently disclose that the Adviser
has the ultimate responsibility, subject to oversight by the Board, to
oversee the Sub-Advisers and recommend their hiring, termination, and
replacement.
3. The Adviser will provide general management services to a
Subadvised Fund, including overall supervisory responsibility for the
general management and investment of the Subadvised Fund's assets.
Subject to review and approval of the Board, the Adviser will (a) set a
Subadvised Fund's overall investment strategies, (b) evaluate, select,
and recommend Sub-Advisers to manage all or a portion of a Subadvised
Fund's assets, and (c) implement procedures reasonably designed to
ensure that Sub-Advisers comply with a Subadvised Fund's investment
objective, policies and restrictions. Subject to review by the Board,
the Adviser will (a) when appropriate, allocate and reallocate a
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Advisers; and (b) monitor and evaluate the performance of Sub-Advisers.
4. A Subadvised Fund will not make any Ineligible Sub-Adviser
Changes without such agreement, including the compensation to be paid
thereunder, being approved by the shareholders of the applicable
Subadvised Fund, which in the case of a Master Fund will include voting
instructions provided by shareholders of the Feeder Fund investing in
such Master Fund or other voting arrangements that comply with section
12(d)(1)(E)(iii)(aa) of the Act.
5. Subadvised Funds will inform shareholders, and if the Subadvised
Fund is a Master Fund, shareholders of any Feeder Funds, of the hiring
of a new Sub-Adviser within 90 days after the hiring of the new Sub-
Adviser pursuant to the Modified Notice and Access Procedures.
6. At all times, at least a majority of the Board will be
Independent Trustees, and the selection and nomination of new or
additional Independent Trustees will be placed within the discretion of
the then-existing Independent Trustees.
7. Independent Legal Counsel, as defined in rule 0-1(a)(16) under
the Act, will be engaged to represent the Independent Trustees. The
selection of such counsel will be within the discretion of the then-
existing Independent Trustees.
8. The Adviser will provide the Board, no less frequently than
quarterly, with information about the profitability of the Adviser on a
per Subadvised Fund basis. The information will reflect the impact on
profitability of the hiring or termination of any sub-adviser during
the applicable quarter.
9. Whenever a sub-adviser is hired or terminated, the Adviser will
provide the Board with information showing the expected impact on the
profitability of the Adviser.
10. Whenever a sub-adviser change is proposed for a Subadvised Fund
with an Affiliated Sub-Adviser or a Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, the
Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, will make a
separate finding, reflected in the Board minutes, that such change is
in the best interests of the Subadvised Fund and its shareholders, and
if the Subadvised Fund is a Master Fund, the best interests of any
applicable Feeder Funds and their respective shareholders, and does not
involve a conflict of interest from which the Adviser or the Affiliated
Sub-Adviser or Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser derives an inappropriate
advantage.
11. No Trustee or officer of the Trust, a Fund or a Feeder Fund, or
partner, director, manager or officer of the Adviser, will own directly
or indirectly (other than through a pooled investment vehicle that is
not controlled by such person) any interest in a Sub-Adviser except for
(a) ownership of interests in the Adviser or any entity, except a
Wholly-Owned Sub-Adviser, that controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with the Adviser, or (b) ownership of less than 1% of
the outstanding securities of any class of equity or debt of any
publicly traded company that is either a Sub-Adviser or an entity that
controls, is controlled by, or under common control with a Sub-Adviser.
12. Each Subadvised Fund and any Feeder Fund that invests in a
Subadvised Fund that is a Master Fund will disclose the Aggregate Fee
Disclosure in its registration statement.
13. Any new Sub-Advisory Agreement or any amendment to a Subadvised
Fund's existing Investment Management Agreement or Sub-Advisory
Agreement that directly or indirectly results in an increase in the
aggregate advisory fee rate payable by the Subadvised Fund will be
submitted to the Subadvised Fund's shareholders for approval.
14. In the event the Commission adopts a rule under the Act
providing substantially similar relief to that requested in the
application, the requested order will expire on the effective date of
that rule.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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