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positions) except as specified in the
application.
4. Because shares will not be
individually redeemable, applicants
request an exemption from section
5(a)(1) and section 2(a)(32) of the Act
that would permit the Funds to register
as open-end management investment
companies and issue shares that are
redeemable in Creation Units (other
than pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment program).
5. Applicants also request an
exemption from section 22(d) of the Act
and rule 22c–1 under the Act as
secondary market trading in shares will
take place at negotiated prices, not at a
current offering price described in a
Fund’s prospectus, and not at a price
based on NAV. Applicants state that (a)
secondary market trading in shares does
not involve a Fund as a party and will
not result in dilution of an investment
in shares, and (b) to the extent different
prices exist during a given trading day,
or from day to day, such variances occur
as a result of third-party market forces,
such as supply and demand. Therefore,
applicants assert that secondary market
transactions in shares will not lead to
discrimination or preferential treatment
among purchasers. Finally, applicants
represent that share market prices will
be disciplined by arbitrage
opportunities, which should prevent
shares from trading at a material
discount or premium from NAV.
6. With respect to Funds that effect
creations and redemptions of Creation
Units in kind and that are based on
certain Underlying Indexes that include
foreign securities, applicants request
relief from the requirement imposed by
section 22(e) in order to allow such
Funds to pay redemption proceeds
within fifteen calendar days following
the tender of Creation Units for
redemption. Applicants assert that the
requested relief would not be
inconsistent with the spirit and intent of
section 22(e) to prevent unreasonable,
undisclosed or unforeseen delays in the
actual payment of redemption proceeds.
7. Applicants request an exemption to
permit Funds of Funds to acquire Fund
shares beyond the limits of section
12(d)(1)(A) of the Act; and the Funds,
and any principal underwriter for the
Funds, and/or any broker or dealer
registered under the Exchange Act, to
sell shares to Funds of Funds beyond
the limits of section 12(d)(1)(B) of the
Act. The application’s terms and
conditions are designed to, among other
things, help prevent any potential (i)
undue influence over a Fund through
control or voting power, or in
connection with certain services,
transactions, and underwritings, (ii)
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excessive layering of fees, and (iii)
overly complex fund structures, which
are the concerns underlying the limits
in sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the
Act.
8. Applicants request an exemption
from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the
Act to permit persons that are Affiliated
Persons, or Second-Tier Affiliates, of the
Funds, solely by virtue of certain
ownership interests, to effectuate
purchases and redemptions in-kind. The
deposit procedures for in-kind
purchases of Creation Units and the
redemption procedures for in-kind
redemptions of Creation Units will be
the same for all purchases and
redemptions and Deposit Instruments
and Redemption Instruments will be
valued in the same manner as those
investment positions currently held by
the Funds. Applicants also seek relief
from the prohibitions on affiliated
transactions in section 17(a) to permit a
Fund to sell its shares to and redeem its
shares from a Fund of Funds, and to
engage in the accompanying in-kind
transactions with the Fund of Funds.3
The purchase of Creation Units by a
Fund of Funds directly from a Fund will
be accomplished in accordance with the
policies of the Fund of Funds and will
be based on the NAVs of the Funds.
9. Applicants also request relief to
permit a Feeder Fund to acquire shares
of another registered investment
company managed by the Adviser
having substantially the same
investment objectives as the Feeder
Fund (‘‘Master Fund’’) beyond the
limitations in section 12(d)(1)(A) and
permit the Master Fund, and any
principal underwriter for the Master
Fund, to sell shares of the Master Fund
to the Feeder Fund beyond the
limitations in section 12(d)(1)(B).
10. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the
Commission to exempt any persons or
transactions from any provision of the
Act 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. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act
provides that the Commission may
exempt any person, security, or
transaction, or any class or classes of
persons, securities, or transactions, from
3 The requested relief would apply to direct sales
of shares in Creation Units by a Fund to a Fund of
Funds and redemptions of those shares. Applicants,
moreover, are not seeking relief from section 17(a)
for, and the requested relief will not apply to,
transactions where a Fund could be deemed an
Affiliated Person, or a Second-Tier Affiliate, of a
Fund of Funds because an Adviser or an entity
controlling, controlled by or under common control
with an Adviser provides investment advisory
services to that Fund of Funds.
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any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the
exemption is consistent with the public
interest and the protection of investors.
Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the
Commission to grant an order
permitting a transaction otherwise
prohibited by section 17(a) if it finds
that (a) the terms of the proposed
transaction are fair and reasonable and
do not involve overreaching on the part
of any person concerned; (b) the
proposed transaction is consistent with
the policies of each registered
investment company involved; and (c)
the proposed transaction is consistent
with the general purposes of the Act.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, under delegated
authority.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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Sunshine Act Meetings
10:00 a.m. on
Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
TIME AND DATE:
PLACE:
Auditorium, Room L–002.
STATUS:
This meeting will be open to the
public.
The
Commission will consider whether to
propose amendments based on the
recommendations in the staff’s Report
on Modernization and Simplification of
Regulation S–K, as required by Section
72003 of the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act, and to modernize
and simplify certain disclosure
requirements in Regulation S–K and
related rules and forms. The
Commission also will consider certain
parallel amendments to investment
company and investment adviser rules
and forms.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For further information and to ascertain
what, if any, matters have been added,
deleted or postponed; please contact
Brent J. Fields from the Office of the
Secretary at (202) 551–5400.
Dated: October 4, 2017.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
PLACE: Auditorium, Room L-002.
STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission will consider whether to
propose amendments based on the recommendations in the staff's Report
on Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K, as required by
Section 72003 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, and
to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements in Regulation
S-K and related rules and forms. The Commission also will consider
certain parallel amendments to investment company and investment
adviser rules and forms.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed;
please contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of the Secretary at
(202) 551-5400.
Dated: October 4, 2017.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-21705 Filed 10-5-17; 11:15 am]
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