M&A - Transparent Value Trust

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Form Type: N-8F/A

Filing Date: 2025-03-20

Corporate Action: Merger

Type: Update

Accession Number: 000119312525059387

Filing Summary: Transparent Value Trust has filed an amendment to Form N-8F for deregistration as an investment company due to a merger. The fund has received necessary approvals from both its board of directors and shareholders. These votes occurred on May 24, 2024, and October 24, 2024, respectively. The fund confirmed it has distributed assets to its shareholders in connection with the merger, with the final distribution date recorded as October 25, 2024. Legal expenses totaled $245,000, accounting expenses amounted to $60,000, with other expenses bringing the total to $366,200 related to the merger activities. The series of Transparent Value Trust have been reorganized into New Age Alpha Funds Trust, which survives the merger. This document signifies the company's compliance and completion of the necessary steps to cease operations as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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Additional details:

Reason For Deregistering: Merger


Board Approval Date: 2024-05-24


Shareholder Approval Date: 2024-10-24


Distributions Made: Yes


Distribution Date: 2024-10-25


Total Expenses: 366200


Legal Expenses: 245000


Accounting Expenses: 60000


Other Expenses: (a) Printing and mailing expenses: 52200; (b) trustee expenses: 5400; (c) professional expenses: 3600.


Fund Surviving Merger: New Age Alpha Funds Trust


Surviving Fund File Number: 811-23945


Form Type: N-8F

Filing Date: 2025-01-30

Corporate Action: Merger

Type: New

Accession Number: 000119312525017169

Filing Summary: Transparent Value Trust filed a Form N-8F with the SEC on January 30, 2025, indicating its application for deregistration as an investment company due to a merger. The application is classified as an initial application. The fund has disclosed that it obtained necessary approvals for the merger from both its board of directors and shareholders, with board approval dated May 24, 2024, and shareholder approval dated October 24, 2024. It confirms that distributions to shareholders were made in connection with the merger, specifically on October 25, 2024, based on net assets and pro rata according to share ownership. The total expenses related to the merger amounted to $366,200, which included legal, accounting, printing, mailing, and trustee expenses. The series of Transparent Value Trust has been reorganized into newly-formed series of New Age Alpha Funds Trust with the corresponding SEC file number 811-23945. The fund is no longer engaged in any business activities beyond winding up its affairs and is not party to any litigation or administrative proceedings.

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Additional details:

Reason For Deregistering: merger


Company Name: Transparent Value Trust


Principal Executive Office: 330 Madison Avenue, 10th Fl. New York, New York 10017


Contact Name: Julien Bourgeois


Contact Phone: (202) 261-3451


Investment Adviser Name: Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC


Investment Adviser Address: 100 Wilshire Boulevard, 5th Floor Santa Monica, California 90401


Principal Underwriter Name: Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC


Principal Underwriter Address: 702 King Farm Blvd., Suite 200 Rockville, Maryland 20850


Shareholder Approval Date: 2024-10-24


Distributions Date: 2024-10-25


Total Expenses: 366200


Merger Surviving Fund Name: New Age Alpha Funds Trust


Investment Company Act File Number: 811-23945


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