[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 142 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44559-44561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15903]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 33929, File No. 812-15122]
Spinnaker ETF Series, et al.
July 17, 2020.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the
Investment
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Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32),
5(a)(1), 22(d) and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, under
sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections
17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the
Act for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of the
Act.
Applicants: Spinnaker ETF Series (the ``Trust''), OBP Capital LLC
(the ``Adviser'') and Capital Investment Group, Inc. (the
``Distributor'').
Summary of Application: Applicants request an order (``Order'')
that permits: (a) Shielded Alpha ETFs (as described in the Reference
Order (defined below)) to issue shares (``Shares'') redeemable in large
aggregations only (``creation units''); (b) secondary market
transactions in Shares to occur at negotiated market prices rather than
at net asset value; (c) certain Shielded Alpha ETFs to pay redemption
proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days after the
tender of Shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of a
Shielded Alpha ETF to deposit securities into, and receive securities
from, the Shielded Alpha ETF in connection with the purchase and
redemption of creation units; and (e) certain registered management
investment companies and unit investment trusts outside of the same
group of investment companies as the Shielded Alpha ETFs to acquire
Shares of the Shielded Alpha ETFs. The Order would incorporate by
reference terms and conditions of a previous order granting the same
relief sought by applicants, as that order may be amended from time to
time (``Reference Order'').\1\
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\1\ Blue Tractor ETF Trust and Blue Tractor Group, LLC,
Investment Company Act Rel. Nos. 33682 (Nov. 14, 2019) (notice) and
33710 (Dec. 10, 2019) (order).
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Filing Date: The application was filed on April 16, 2020.
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 emailing the Commission's
Secretary at [email protected] and serving applicants with a
copy of the request by email. Hearing requests should be received by
the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on August 11, 2020, and should be
accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule
0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the
writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing
on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested.
Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification
by emailing the Commission's Secretary at [email protected].
ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
[email protected]. Applicants: c/o Tracie Coop, Secretary,
Spinnaker ETF Series, [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay M. Vobis, Senior Counsel, at (202)
551-6728 or Trace W. Rakestraw, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825
(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 website by searching for the file number, or for an
applicant using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.
Applicants
1. The Trust is a statutory trust organized under the laws of
Delaware and will consist of one or more series operating as a Shielded
Alpha ETFs. The Trust is registered as an open-end management
investment company under the Act. Applicants seek relief with respect
to Funds (as defined below), including an initial Fund (the ``Initial
Fund''). The Funds will operate as Shielded Alpha ETFs as described in
the Reference Order.\2\
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\2\ To facilitate arbitrage, among other things, each day a Fund
would publish a basket of securities and cash that, while different
from the Fund's portfolio, is designed to closely track its daily
performance.
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2. The Adviser, a North Carolina limited liability company, will be
the investment adviser to the Initial Fund. Subject to approval by the
Fund's board of trustees, the Adviser (as defined below) will serve as
investment adviser to each Fund. The Adviser is, and any other Adviser
will be, registered as an investment adviser under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act''). The Adviser may enter into
sub-advisory agreements with other investment advisers to act as sub-
advisers with respect to the Funds (each a ``Sub-Adviser''). Any Sub-
Adviser to a Fund will be registered under the Advisers Act.
3. The Distributor is a North Carolina corporation and a broker-
dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and will act as the principal underwriter of Shares of the
Funds. Applicants request that the requested relief apply to any
distributor of Shares, whether affiliated or unaffiliated with the
Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser (included in the term ``Distributor''). Any
Distributor will comply with the terms and conditions of the Order.
Applicants' Requested Exemptive Relief
4. Applicants seek the requested Order under section 6(c) of the
Act for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d) and 22(e)
of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b)
of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(2) of the
Act, and under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act for an exemption from
sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. The requested Order
would permit applicants to offer Funds that operate as Shielded Alpha
ETFs. Because the relief requested is the same as the relief granted by
the Commission under the Reference Order and because the Adviser has
entered into a licensing agreement with Blue Tractor Group LLC, or an
affiliate thereof, in order to offer Funds that operate as Shielded
Alpha ETFs, the Order would incorporate by reference the terms and
conditions of the Reference Order.
5. Applicants request that the Order apply to the Initial Fund and
to any other existing or future registered open-end management
investment company or series thereof that: (a) Is advised by the
Adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with the Adviser (any such entity included in the term
``Adviser''); (b) operates as a Shielded Alpha ETF as described by the
Reference Order; and (c) complies with the terms and conditions of the
Order and of the Reference Order, which is incorporated by reference
into the Order (each such company or series and the Initial Fund, a
``Fund'').\3\
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\3\ All entities that currently intend to rely on the Order are
named as applicants. Any other entity that relies on the Order in
the future will comply with the terms and conditions of the Order
and of the Reference Order, which is incorporated by reference into
the Order.
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6. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that the Commission may exempt
any person, security or transaction, or any class of persons,
securities or transactions, from any provisions of the Act, if and to
the extent that 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 17(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to exempt a proposed
transaction from section 17(a) of the Act if evidence
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establishes that the terms of the transaction, including the
consideration to be paid or received, are reasonable and fair and do
not involve overreaching on the part of any person concerned, and the
transaction is consistent with the policies of the registered
investment company and the general purposes 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 of persons, securities
or transactions, from any provision of section 12(d)(1) if the
exemption is consistent with the public interest and the protection of
investors. Applicants submit that for the reasons stated in the
Reference Order the requested relief meets the exemptive standards
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under sections 6(c), 17(b) and 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
pursuant to delegated authority.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-15903 Filed 7-22-20; 8:45 am]
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