# EULAV SECURITIES LLC X-17A-5 (2025-06-24) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: EULAV SECURITIES LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2025-06-24 - Period: 2025-04-30 - Accession: 0001510900-25-000002 - CIK: 1510900 - File #: 8-68789 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: Cohen & Company ltd - Auditor location: Philadelphia, PA - Contact: Mitchell Appel - Phone: 2129071827 - Email: mappel@vlfunds.com - Website: vlfunds.com - Signed by: Michell Appel (President) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1510900/000151090025000002/ulav25s.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ | SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | | 0MB APPROVAL
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C!J Broker-dealer
0 Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer | □ Security-based swap dealer | | □ Major security-based swap participant | | | | | | ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.) | | | | | | | | | 1605 Main Street, Suite 912 | | | | | | | | | | (No. and Street) | | | | | | | | Sarasota | FL | 34236 | | | | | | | (City) | (State) | (Zip Code) | | | | | | | PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FILING | | | | | | | | | Mitchell Appel
212.907.1827 | | | mappel@vlfunds.com | | | | | | (Name) | (Area Code -Telephone Number) | (Email Address) | | | | | | | | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | | | | | INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT whose reports are contained in this filing*
Cohen & Company Ltd. | | | | | | | | | | (Name - if individual, state last, first, and middle name) | | | | | | | | 1835 Market St. Suite 31 O | Philadelphia | PA | 19103 | | | | | | l"
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12/17/2003 | (City) | (State)
925 | (Zip Code) | | | | | | of R""'trat;o, w;th PCAOB)Of appUoob•J FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | | | (PCAOB Regt4/30 | is true and correct. I further swear (or affirm) that neither the company nor any | | | partner, officer, director, or equivalent person, as the case may be, has any proprietary interest in any account classified solely | as that of a customer. ; ' Title: / ' President , Notary Public #### **This filing\*\* contains (check all applicable boxes):** - **ii** (a) Statement of financial condition. - **ii** (bl Notes to consolidated statement of financial condition. - □ (c) Statement of income (loss) or, if there is other comprehensive income in the period(s) presented, a statement of comprehensive income (as defined in § 210.1-02 of Regulation **S-X).** - □ (d) Statement of cash flows. - □ (e) Statement of changes in stockholders' or partners' or sole proprietor's equity. - □ (f) Statement of changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of creditors. - D (g) Notes to consolidated financial statements. - □ (h) Computation of net capital under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1 or 17 CFR 240.18a-1, as applicable. - □ (i) Computation of tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.18a-2. - D (j) Computation for determination of customer reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - D (k) Computation for determination of security-based swap reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit B to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - □ (I) Computation for Determination of PAB Requirements under Exhibit A to§ 240.1Sc3-3. - □ (m) Information relating to possession or control requirements for customers under 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-3. - □ (n) Information relating to possession or control requirements for security-based swap customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(p)(2) or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - D (o) Reconciliations, including appropriate explanations, of the FOCUS Report with computation of net capital or tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1, 17 CFR 240.18a-1, or 17 CFR 240.18a-2, as applicable, and the reserve requirements under 17 CFR 240.1Sc3-3 or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable, if material differences exist, or a statement that no material differences exist. - D (p) Summary of financial data for subsidiaries not consolidated in the statement of financial condition. - !! (q) Oath or affirmation in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.17a-12, or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - D (r) Compliance report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - D (s) Exemption report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - D (t) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the statement of financial condition. - D (u) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the financial report or financial statements under 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.18a-7, or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - D (v) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of certain statements in the compliance report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (w) Independent public accountant's report based on a review of the exemption report under 17 CFR 240.17a-S or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (x) Supplemental reports on applying agreed-upon procedures, in accordance with 17 CFR 240.15c3-le or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - □ (y) Report describing any material inadequacies found to exist or found to have existed since the date of the previous audit, or a statement that no material inadequacies exist, under 17 CFR 240.17a-12(k). D(z) Other:------------ ---------------------------- - - \*\*To request confidential treatment of certain portions of this filing, see 17 CFR 240.17a-5{e)(3) or 17 CFR 240.18a-7(d){2), as applicable. {2}------------------------------------------------ #### STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDIDON **APRIL** 30, 2025 {3}------------------------------------------------ # **Cohen&Cg®** #### **REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** To the Member of EU LAV Securities LLC #### **Opinion on the Financial Statement** We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of EU LAV Securities LLC (the "Company") as of April 30, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statement). In our opinion, the statement of financial condition presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of April 30, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. #### **Basis for Opinion** This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statement based on our audit. 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 Company. 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 audit 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 statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, 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 audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. We have served as EU LAV Securities LLC's auditor since 2023. Cow Cfc1~L/J COHEN & COMPAN\-1'. LTD. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 23, 2025 **COHEN** & **COMPANY,** LTD. Registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board {4}------------------------------------------------ #### **Statement of Financial Condition April 30, 2025** #### **ASSETS** | Cash
12b-1 fees receivable from affiliates
Prepaid expenses and other assets | \$ 1,341,392
448,257
87,808 | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | | \$ 1877457 | | LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | \$
513,132 | | Total member's equity | 1,364,325 | | | s j,877,~57 | {5}------------------------------------------------ # **Notes to Statement of Financial Condition April 30, 2025** ## **NOTE A** - **ORGANIZATION AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES** EULAV Securities LLC (the "Company"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of EULAV Asset Management (the "Parent"), is a Delaware limited liability company. The Company is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority "(FINRA)". It seNes as the underwriter and distributor of shares of the Value Line mutual funds ("Value Line Funds"). Each of the Value Line Funds has a distribution agreement with the Company pursuant to which the Company acts as principal underwriter and sole distributor of the Value Line Funds for the sale and distribution of its shares. The Company is eligible to receive service and distribution fees under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 from Value Line Funds managed by the Parent. The Company and certain of the Value Line Funds have agreed to waive a portion of the funds' respective Rule 12b-1 fees and the fees received by the Company from the Value Line Funds are net of any contractual fee waivers. Certain of the Value Line Funds compensate financial intermediaries that provide sub-transfer agency and related services to investors that hold their fund shares in omnibus accounts maintained by the financial intermediaries with the Value Line Funds. The Company follows ASC 280, Segment Reporting (including adoption of ASU 2023-07), which requires companies to disclose segment data based on how management makes decisions about allocating resources to segments and evaluating performance. The Company is primarily engaged in a single line of business, which is comprised of being the distributor of the Value Line Funds. The Company has identified its President as the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") who uses net income to evaluate the results of the business to manage the Company. Additionally, the CODM uses excess net capital (see Note E), which is not a measure of profit and loss, to make operational decisions while maintaining capital adequacy. The Company's operations constitute a single reportable segment because the CODM manages the business activities using information of the Company as a whole. The accounting policies used to measure profit and loss of the segment are the same as described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company claims exemption from the provisions of SEC Rule 15c3-3 under paragraph (k)(1). #### NOTE B - **SUMMARY** OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES # **[1] Use of estimates:** The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. #### **[2] Cash:** The Company maintains substantially all of its cash at a single major financial institution, which may at times exceed federally insured limits. In the event of a financial institution's insolvency, recovery of cash may be limited. While this represents a concentration of credit risk, management does not consider the Company to be at risk with respect to its cash. #### **[3] Revenues:** The revenue recognition guidance of ASC Topic 606 requires that an entity recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance requires an entity to follow a five-step model to (a) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (b) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (c) determine the transaction price, (d) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (e) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. In {6}------------------------------------------------ # **Notes to Statement of Financial Condition April 30, 2025** # **NOTE B** • **SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)** # **[3] Revenues: (continued)** determining the transaction price, an entity may include variable consideration only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized would not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved. The Company believes its performance obligation is the distribution of the Value Line Funds. Future estimates of payments are not recognized as there is significant uncertainty as to their amounts, which are dependent upon factors outside the Company's control, such as fund shareholder activity and market appreciation/depreciation. Service and distribution fees as well as Sub-transfer agency fees are recognized in the current period and are primarily related to performance obligations that have been satisfied in the same period. Service and distribution fees are received solely from the Value Line Funds in accordance with service and distribution plans under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The plans are compensation plans, which means that the Company's fees under the plans are receivable without regard to actual expenses incurred by the Company. The Company may earn a profit under the plans. Service and distribution fees are earned on a monthly basis and calculated on the average daily net assets of the month of the respective mutual fund in accordance with each fund's prospectus and received in arrears the following month. Expenses incurred by the Company include payments to securities dealers, banks, financial institutions and other organizations (including an allocation of the Parent's expenses), that provide distribution, marketing, and administrative services with respect to the distribution of the mutual funds' shares. Sub-transfer agency fees are received solely from the Value Line Funds in accordance with a sub-transfer agency plan approved by the Board of the Value Line Funds. The sub-transfer agency fee, which may be paid directly to the financial intermediary or indirectly via the Company, is equal to the lower of (i) the aggregate amount of additional transfer agency fees and expenses that the Value Line Funds would otherwise pay to the Value Line Funds' transfer agent, if each subaccount in the omnibus account maintained by the financial intermediary with the fund were a direct account with the fund and (ii) the amount by which the fees charged by the financial intermediary for including the fund on its platform and providing shareholder, subtransfer agency and related services exceeds the amount paid under the fund's plan with respect to fund assets attributable to shares held by the financial intermediary in the omnibus account. If the sub-transfer agency fee is paid to financial intermediaries indirectly via the Company, the Company does not retain any amount thereof and such fee otherwise reduces the amount that the Company is contractually obligated to pay to the financial intermediary. ## **[4] Income taxes:** The Company, as a single member limited liability company, is a disregarded entity for federal, state and local income tax purposes and, accordingly, is not subject to federal, state, or local income taxes. Tax laws are complex and subject to different interpretations by the taxpayer and taxing authorities. Significant judgment is required when evaluating tax provisions and related uncertainties. Future events such as changes in tax legislation could require a provision for income taxes. Any such changes could significantly affect the amounts reported in the statement of operations. {7}------------------------------------------------ # **Notes to Statement of Financial Condition April 30, 2025** # **NOTE C- RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS** The Parent allocated expenses to the Company for salaries and benefits, office facilities and other administrative expenses in accordance with an expense sharing agreement. The Company and the Parent incur trade receivables and payables throughout the year. Interest is not charged on intercompany balances. As of April 30, 2025, the Company did not owe any money to its Parent for expenses pursuant to the expense sharing agreement. The 12b-1 fees and sub-transfer agency fees, as described in Note B(3), are received solely from related parties. The Company has a history of net losses and does not expect to be profitable in the near future. The Parent intends to continue to support the Company's operations. Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. ## **NOTED- FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS** In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the Company has categorized its financial instruments, based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. Financial assets and liabilities recorded on the Statement of Financial Condition are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows: Level 1: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market. LE~vel 2: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or model inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 3: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect management's own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability. The following table presents the Company's assets and liabilities by level within the fair value hierarchy at April 30, 2025: | | Cari:ying Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |---------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------|---------------|---------|------------------| | Assets: | | | | | | | Cash | \$
1,341,392 | \$ 1,341,392 | \$ | \$ | \$
1,341 ,392 | | Receivables | 448,257 | | 448,257 | | 448,257 | | Total Assets | \$
1,789,649 | \$ 1,341,392 | \$
448,257 | \$ | \$
1,789,649 | | | Car!}'.ing Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | | Liabilities: | | | | | | | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities \$ | 513,132 | \$ | \$
513,132 | \$ | \$
513,132 | | Total Liabilities | \$
513,132 | \$ | \$
513,132 | \$ | \$
513,132 | There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the year. {8}------------------------------------------------ # **Notes to Statement of Financial Condition April 30, 2025** # **NOTE E -NET CAPITAL** The Company is subject to the net capital provisions of Rule 15c3-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital of \$5,000 or one-fifteenth of aggregate indebtedness, if greater. At April 30, 2025, the Company's net capital, as defined, of approximately \$828,000 exceeded required net capital of approximately \$34,000 by approximately \$794,000 and the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital was 0.62 to 1. #### **NOTE F - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS** The Company has evaluated subsequent events through June 23, 2025, which is the date the financial statements were issued and determined that no events have occurred subsequent to April 30, 2025 that warrant additional disclosure or recognition in these financial statements. # **NOTE G - CONTINGENCIES** Markets may be impacted by negative external and /or direct and indirect economic factors such as pandemics, natural disasters, and political unrest or uncertainties. The adverse impact of any one or more of these events on the Company could be significant and cause losses. The Company cannot predict the likelihood of occurrence or the effects of such direct and indirect factors in the future and the Company's financial performance may be adversely affected. Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.