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07/19/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/19/2024 06:43

Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Unified Series Trust and Efficient Capital Management, LLC

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 35278; 812-15601]

Unified Series Trust and Efficient Capital Management, LLC

July 16, 2024.

Agency

Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC").

Action

Notice.

Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from Section 15(a) of the Act, as well as from certain disclosure requirements in Rule 20a-1 under the Act, Item 19(a)(3) of Form N-1A, Items 22(c)(1)(ii), 22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and 22(c)(9) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Sections 6-07(2)(a), (b), and (c) of Regulation S-X ("Disclosure Requirements").

Summary of Application

The requested exemption would permit Applicants to enter into and materially amend subadvisory agreements with certain subadvisors without shareholder approval and grant relief from the Disclosure Requirements as they relate to fees paid to the subadvisors.

Applicants

Unified Series Trust and Efficient Capital Management, LLC.

Filing Dates

The application was filed on July 12, 2024.

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 on any application by emailing the SEC's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on August 12, 2024, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the Applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule0-5 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.

Addresses

The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: Elisabeth Dahl, Unified Series Trust, c/o Efficient Capital Management, LLC, 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 and Cassandra W. Borchers, Esq., [email protected].

For Further Information Contact

Adam Lovell, Senior Counsel, or Terri Jordan, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

Supplementary Information

For Applicants' representations, legal analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' application filed July 12, 2024, which may be obtained via the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.

For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated authority.

J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-15944 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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