INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 5 OpinionLetter5.htm

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

  

  

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of 

Simplify Exchange Traded Funds 

  

Opinion on the Financial Statements 

  

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Simplify US Equity PLUS Convexity ETF, Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF, and Simplify US Equity PLUS Upside Convexity ETF (the “Funds”), each a series of Simplify Exchange Traded Funds, as of June 30, 2024, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for the years ended June 30, 2024, 2023, and 2022, and for the period from September 4, 2020 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of June 30, 2024, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the four periods in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 

  

Basis for Opinion 

  

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits.  We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.  

  

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.  

  

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2024, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

  

We have served as the auditor of one of more funds advised by Simplify Asset Management, Inc. since 2020.  

  

 

/s/Cohen & Company, LTD.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD. 

Cleveland, Ohio  

August 29, 2024