0001145549-22-047275.txt : 20220810 0001145549-22-047275.hdr.sgml : 20220810 20220810165945 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-22-047275 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220810 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220810 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220810 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Investment Managers Series Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001318342 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21719 FILM NUMBER: 221152534 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 BUSINESS PHONE: 626-914-4141 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Claymore Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050603 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Claymore Equity Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050218 0001318342 S000037462 Bernzott U.S. Small Cap Value Fund C000115661 Bernzott U.S. Small Cap Value Fund BSCVX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001318342 XXXXXXXX true false false N-1A S000037462 true INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST 811-21719 0001318342 549300ESWU4ZNAH5Y054 235 WEST GALENA STREET MILWAUKEE 532123948 US-WI US 4142992000 UMB FUND SERVICES, INC. 235 WEST GALENA STREET MILWAUKEE 53212 4142992000 TRANSFER AGENT, FUND ACCOUNTANT AND CO-ADMINISTRATOR MUTUAL FUND ADMINISTRATION, LLC 2220 E. ROUTE 66, SUITE 226 GLENDORA 91740 6269144141 CO-ADMINISTRATOR UMB BANK, N.A. 928 GRAND BOULEVARD, 5TH FLOOR KANSAS CITY 64106 8168601142 CUSTODIAN IMST DISTRIBUTORS, LLC THREE CANAL PLAZA, SUITE 100 PORTLAND 04101 8662516920 DISTRIBUTOR Bernzott Capital Advisors 2802 Flintrock Trace, Suite B111 Lakeway 78738 8008562646 INVESTMENT ADVISER N N N-1A 54 Y CHARLES H. MILLER N/A N ASHLEY TOOMEY RABUN N/A N WILLIAM H. YOUNG N/A N JOHN P. ZADER N/A N ERIC M. BANHAZL N/A Y MAUREEN QUILL 001421521 Y MARTIN W. 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MORGAN SECURITIES LLC 8-35008 000000079 ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 4206.000000000000 COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC 8-22522 000007616 549300WR155U7DVMIW58 3953.000000000000 JMP SECURITIES LLC 8-39613 000022208 549300IDHEFHQ741DW68 521.000000000000 PIPER JAFFRAY & CO. 8-15204 000000665 N/A 440.000000000000 105250.000000000000 0.000000000000 N 135049752.760000000000 N N N N true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 bernzottauditletter.txt BERNZOTT AUDIT LETTER REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Investment Managers Series Trust Glendora, California 91740 In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the Bernzott U.S. Small Cap Value Fund as of and for the year ended May 31, 2022, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered their internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Investment Managers Series Trust Page Two Our consideration of the Funds internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, which we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of May 31, 2022. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Investment Managers Series Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 21, 2022