0001104659-21-115993.txt : 20210915 0001104659-21-115993.hdr.sgml : 20210915 20210915172243 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-115993 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210915 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210915 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AltShares Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001779306 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39284 FILM NUMBER: 211256131 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 42ND FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10010 BUSINESS PHONE: 1-800-560-8210 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 42ND FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10010 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: wicShares Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20190930 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AltShares Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20190926 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: wicShares Trusts DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20190926 8-A12B 1 a21-27748_18a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

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

 

AltShares Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

47-2058781

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

41 Madison Avenue, 42nd Floor
New York, New York

 

10010

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

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

 

Title of each class
to be so registered

 

Name of the exchange on which
each class is to be registered

AltShares Event-Driven ETF, shares of beneficial interest, no par value

 

NYSE Arca, Inc.

 

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. 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), check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-233772.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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 AltShares Event-Driven ETF, a series of AltShares Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-233772; 811-23475) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 2021, which description is incorporated herein by reference.  Any form of supplement to the Registration Statement which was subsequently filed after September 15, 2021, is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 2.                EXHIBITS.

 

1.             The Trust’s Certificate of Trust, dated June 5, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(1) to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-233772; 811-23475), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2019.

 

2.             The Trust’s Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust, dated October 1, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-233772; 811-23475), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2020.

 

3.             The Trust’s Amended and Restated Trust Instrument, dated June 5, 2019, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-233772; 811-23475), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2020.

 

4.             The Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, dated June 5, 2019, are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-233772; 811-23475), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2020.

 

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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.

 

Date: September 15, 2021

 

 

AltShares Trust

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John S. Orrico

 

Name:

John S. Orrico

 

Title:

President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees

 

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