# AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF — new fund registration

AltShares Trust registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2019-12-31. Featured series: AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF.

## Registration

- Registrant / trust: AltShares Trust
- CIK: 0001779306
- Form: 485APOS
- Filed: 2019-12-31
- State of incorporation: DE
- Accession: 0001104659-19-077245
- Reported net assets: $103.1M

## Series & classes (1)

| Series | Class | Ticker | New |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000067196) | AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF | ARB | — |

## Fees (from the effective prospectus)

- 12b-1 fee: 0.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.76%
- Management fee: 0.75%
- Net expense ratio: 0.67%
- Other expenses: 0.00%

## Investment objective

AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its underlying index, the Water Island Merger Arbitrage USD Hedged Index (the "Underlying Index").

## Advisers

- [Water Island Capital, LLC (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/113358)

## Other filings by this registrant (4)

- [485APOS — 2021-05-28 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001104659-21-074293)
- [N-1A/A — 2020-02-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001104659-20-022502)
- [N-1A/A — 2020-01-02](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001104659-20-000390)
- [N-1A — 2019-09-16 (1 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001104659-19-050159)

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- [Registrant profile: AltShares Trust](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1779306)
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