0001752724-20-153548.txt : 20200811 0001752724-20-153548.hdr.sgml : 20200811 20200811115919 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-153548 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200811 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200811 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200811 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: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23475 FILM NUMBER: 201091642 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 0001779306 S000067196 AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF C000216184 AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF ARB N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0201 N-CEN LIVE 0001779306 XXXXXXXX 811-23475 false false false N-1A true AltShares Trust 811-23475 0001779306 549300MJC5CESCLT8M40 41 Madison Avenue 42nd Floor New York 10010 US-NY US 855-955-1607 State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Lincoln Street Boston 02111 617-786-3000 Custody and Accounting records Y N N N-1A 1 Y John S. Orrico 000000000 Y Nancy M. Morris 000000000 N Francis X. Tracy 000000000 N Philip Channen 004814848 41 Madison Avenue 42nd Floor New York 10010 XXXXXX N N N N N N Foreside Financial Services, LLC 8-68027 000148477 00000000000000000000 N N Ernst & Young LLP 42 00000000000000000000 N N N N N N N AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF S000067196 549300253RKVXL6EB213 Y 1 1 0 Exchange-Traded Fund Y Y -0.85000000 -0.66000000 0.10000000 0.09000000 Y N Y N N/A N/A N/A Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4) N N N N Water Island Capital, LLC 801-57341 000113358 IEUW0AW31PB5M40NL881 2020-05-06 State Street Bank and Trust Company 85-05003 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N N Y Refinitiv US Holdings Inc. 549300NF240HXJO7N016 N Bloomberg L.P. 549300B56MD0ZC402L06 N IHS Markit Ltd. 549300HLPTRASHS0E726 GB N J.P. Morgan Securities LLC ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 N ICE Data Services, Inc. 13-3668779 Tax ID N Y State Street Bank and Trust Company (Edinburgh, GB, Branch) 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 GB N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 SE N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Royal Bank of Canada ES7IP3U3RHIGC71XBU11 CA N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Euroclear Bank 549300OZ46BRLZ8Y6F65 BE N Y Foreign securities depository - rule 17f-7 (17 CFR 270.17f-7) Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG 549300CWR0W0BCS9Q144 CH N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Auckland, Auckland, NZ, Branch) 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 NZ N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) BNP Paribas Securities Services (Athens, Attica, GR, Branch) 549300WCGB70D06XZS54 GR N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 2W8N8UU78PMDQKZENC08 IT N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Sydney, NSW, AU, Branch) 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 AU N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 HK N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) State Street Bank International GmbH ZMHGNT7ZPKZ3UFZ8EO46 DE N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) State Street Bank and Trust Company 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N N Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) Citibank, National Association (Singapore, SG, Branch) E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76 SG N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Chuo ku, Tokyo, JP, Branch) 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 JP N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Vienna, Vienna, AT, Branch) 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 AT N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., Integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex 2SFFM4FUIE05S37WFU55 MX N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) FirstRand Bank Limited ZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690 ZA N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Oslo, Oslo, NO, Branch) F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 NO N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Helsinki, Uusimaa, FI, Branch) F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 FI N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Clearstream Banking S.A. 549300OL514RA0SXJJ44 LU N Y Foreign securities depository - rule 17f-7 (17 CFR 270.17f-7) State Street Trust Company Canada 549300L71XG2CTQ2V827 CA N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken A/S F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 DK N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Madrid, Madrid, ES, Branch) 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 ES N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL, Branch) 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 NL N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Citibank Europe Public Limited Company (Budapest, HU, Branch) N1FBEDJ5J41VKZLO2475 HU N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) Y DST Systems, Inc. 21B7QCD05XOK0YTYOP98 N N Y State Street Bank and Trust Company 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 N N Y Cowen and Company, LLC 8-22522 000007616 549300WR155U7DVMIW58 289.61000000 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 8-15869 000008209 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 5.92000000 Bofa Securities, Inc. 8-69787 000283942 549300HN4UKV1E2R3U73 752.06000000 1047.59000000 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 8-15869 000008209 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 58602.60000000 58602.60000000 Y 3768500.74000000 N N N AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF S000067196 Y 50000.00000000 7.26000000 0.19798989 92.74000000 0.19798989 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 250.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 250.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 Y true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 NCEN_1168059903528235.txt Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of AltShares Trust In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of AltShares Trust ("the Trust") as of May 31, 2020 and for the period May 7, 2020 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2020, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Trust's internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trust's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of May 31, 2020. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of AltShares Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ Ernst & Young, LLP Minneapolis, MN July 28, 2020