0001214659-24-004627.txt : 20240315 0001214659-24-004627.hdr.sgml : 20240315 20240315165825 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001214659-24-004627 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240315 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240315 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20240315 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WisdomTree Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001350487 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-132380 FILM NUMBER: 24755692 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 WEST 34TH STREET STREET 2: 3RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10119 BUSINESS PHONE: 212.801.2080 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 WEST 34TH STREET STREET 2: 3RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10119 0001350487 S000021346 WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund C000060975 WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund CEW 0001350487 S000026387 WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund C000079238 WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund WTMF 0001350487 S000028984 WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund C000088998 WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund ELD 0001350487 S000033843 WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund C000104506 WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund EMCB 0001350487 S000042991 WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund C000133150 WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund USDU 0001350487 S000043384 WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund C000134336 WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund AGZD 0001350487 S000043390 WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund C000134342 WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund HYZD 0001350487 S000043966 WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund C000136444 WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund USFR 0001350487 S000048315 WisdomTree PutWrite Strategy Fund C000152580 WisdomTree PutWrite Strategy Fund PUTW 0001350487 S000049575 WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund C000156663 WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund AGGY 0001350487 S000057664 WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund C000184315 WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund SHAG 0001350487 S000065063 WisdomTree Mortgage Plus Bond Fund C000210706 WisdomTree Mortgage Plus Bond Fund MTGP 0001350487 S000069359 WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund C000221364 WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund GCC 0001350487 S000069835 WisdomTree Target Range Fund C000222596 WisdomTree Target Range Fund GTR 0001350487 S000071174 WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund C000225934 WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund HYIN 0001350487 S000073567 WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy Fund C000230569 WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Equity Strategy Fund GDE 0001350487 S000073568 WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy Fund C000230570 WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy Fund GDMN 0001350487 S000079043 WisdomTree Voya Yield Enhanced USD Universal Bond Fund C000239876 WisdomTree Voya Yield Enhanced USD Universal Bond Fund UNIY 497 1 d315242497.htm 8-31 FUNDS

 

WisdomTree Trust

 

WisdomTree Currency Strategy ETFs

WisdomTree Fixed Income ETFs

WisdomTree Alternative ETFs

WisdomTree Capital Efficient ETFs

 

Supplement dated March 15, 2024 to the currently effective

Statement of Additional Information dated January 1, 2024 (the “SAI”)

 

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the SAI listed above.

 

 

 

Effective February 27, 2024, Phillip Goff was appointed as an Independent Trustee of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of WisdomTree Trust (the “Trust”). The Board also appointed Mr. Goff as a member of the Audit and Investment Committees at that time. Accordingly, effective immediately, the disclosure in the SAI pertaining to the Board, its Committees, and its Trustees is hereby revised as shown below.

 

·Under the heading “MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST – Members of the Board and Officers of the Trust”, the table identifying the Trustees and Officers of the Trust is deleted and replaced in its entirety by the table below.

 

Name and Year of
Birth of
Trustee/Officer		 Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served		 Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years		 Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer+		 Other
Directorships Held
by Trustee
Trustees Who Are Interested Persons of the Trust
Jonathan Steinberg (1964) Trustee, 2005- present; President, 2005-present Chief Executive Officer of WisdomTree and WisdomTree Asset Management since 2005; President of WisdomTree and WisdomTree Asset Management from 2012 to 2019. 79 Director, WisdomTree  and WisdomTree Asset Management
Trustees Who Are Not Interested Persons of the Trust

David G. Chrencik1

(1948)

 Trustee, 2014-present Chief Financial Officer of Sarus Indochina Select LP (a hedge fund) from 2012 to 2022. 79 None

Phillip Goff5

(1963)

 Trustee, 2024-present Private Investor from 2017 to present; Trustee of RBC Funds Trust from 2020 to 2024; Senior Vice President/ Corporate Controller and Funds Treasurer at TIAA from 2006 to 2017. 79 None

Joel Goldberg2,3

(1945)

 Trustee, 2012-present Attorney, Partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP from 2010 to 2018; Attorney, Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP from 2006 to 2010. 79 Director, Better Business Bureau (Metropolitan New York, Long Island and the Mid-Hudson Region)

 

  
 

 

Name and Year of
Birth of
Trustee/Officer		 Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served		 Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years		 Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer+		 Other
Directorships Held
by Trustee

Toni Massaro3

(1955)

 Trustee, 2006-present Dean Emerita at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (“Rogers College of Law”) since 2009 (distinguished Emerita in July 2009); Dean of the Rogers College of Law from 1999 to 2009; Regents’ Professor since 2006; Milton O. Riepe Chair in Constitutional Law since 1997; Professor at the Rogers College of Law since 1990. 79 None

Melinda A. 
Raso Kirstein4

(1955)

 Trustee, 2014-present Retired since 2004; Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income Management, and Director of Tax Exempt Fund Management at Merrill Lynch Investment Management from 1982 to 2004. 79 Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, Chair of Investment Committee.

Victor Ugolyn

(1947)

 Trustee, 2006-present; Chairman of the Board, 2006-present Private Investor from 2005 to present; President and Chief Executive Officer at William D. Witter, Inc. from 2005 to 2006; Chairman of MONY Securities Corporation, and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Enterprise Capital Management from 1999 to 2004. 79 None

 

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Name and Year of
Birth of
Trustee/Officer		 Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served		 Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years		 Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer+		 Other
Directorships Held
by Trustee
Officers of the Trust

Jonathan Steinberg

(1964)

President, 2005-

present; Trustee, 2005-present

 Chief Executive Officer of WisdomTree and WisdomTree Asset Management since 2005; President of WisdomTree and WisdomTree Asset Management from 2012 to 2019. 79 See Interested Trustees Table Above.

David Castano

(1971)

 Treasurer, 2013-present Head of Fund Accounting & Administration at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2020; Director of Fund Accounting & Administration at WisdomTree Asset Management from 2011 to 2020. 79 None

Terry Jane Feld

(1960)

 Chief Compliance Officer, 2012-present Head of U.S. Compliance at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2022; Chief Compliance Officer at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2012. 79 None

Joanne Antico

(1975)       

 

 Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, 2021-present General Counsel at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2021; Assistant General Counsel at WisdomTree Asset Management from 2016 to 2021; Executive Director and Assistant Secretary at Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. from 2005 to 2016. 79 None

Clint Martin

(1977)

 

 Assistant Treasurer, 2015-present Director of Fund Accounting & Administration at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2020; Fund Manager, Fund Accounting & Administration at WisdomTree Asset Management from 2012 to 2020. 79 None

Angela Borreggine

(1964)

 Assistant Secretary, 2022-present Assistant General Counsel at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2022; Vice President and Senior Counsel at Virtus Investment Partners from 2021 to 2022; Secretary and Chief Legal Officer at Allianz Global Investors family of funds from 2016 to 2021 and of The Korea Fund, Inc. from 2016 to 2020; Director, Senior Counsel at Allianz Global Investors from 2007 to 2021. 79 None

 

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Name and Year of
Birth of
Trustee/Officer		 Position(s) Held
with the Trust,
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served		 Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years		 Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee/Officer+		 Other
Directorships Held
by Trustee

TJ Darnowski

(1984)

 Assistant Secretary, 2021-present Senior Investment Management Paralegal at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2021; Senior Legal Administrator at Ultimus Fund Solutions from 2019 to 2021; Assistant Vice President at State Street Bank & Trust Company from 2010 to 2019. 79 None

Sherry Scarvey

(1967)

Assistant Secretary,

2023-present

 Senior Investment Management Paralegal at WisdomTree Asset Management since 2023; Senior Legal Analyst at Eagle Point Credit Management, LLC from 2021 to 2023; Senior Legal Analyst at Jennison & Associates LLC from 2019 to 2021; Senior Legal Specialist at Legg Mason & Co. LLC from 2005 to 2019. 79 None

                    

 

1Chair of the Audit Committee.
2Chair of the Contracts Review Committee.
3Co-Chair of the Governance, Nominating and Compliance Committee.
4Chair of the Investment Committee.
5Appointed to the Board on February 27, 2024.
+As of the date of this SAI.

 

·Under the heading “MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST – Audit Committee.”, Mr. Goff is hereby identified as a member of the Audit Committee in the first sentence.

 

·Under the heading “MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST – Investment Committee.”, Mr. Goff is hereby identified as a member of the Board’s Investment Committee in the first sentence.

 

·Under the heading “MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST – Individual Trustee Qualifications.”, the following is hereby added as the third paragraph of the section.

 

The Board has concluded that Mr. Goff is qualified to serve as a Trustee of the Funds because of the experience he gained as an independent trustee of the RBC Funds Trust, Senior Vice President and Funds Treasurer with TIAA, and senior audit manager in a major public accounting firm, as well as his experience in and knowledge of mutual fund administration and the financial services industry more generally.

 

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·Under the heading “MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST”, the following information for Mr. Goff is added to the table under the sub-heading “Fund Shares Owned by Board Members.”

 

Name of Trustee Name of Fund(s) Dollar Range of
Equity Securities in
the Funds*		 Aggregate Dollar Range
of Equity Securities in
All Registered
Investment Companies
Overseen by Trustee in
Family of Investment
Companies*
Phillip Goff Floating Rate Treasury Fund $50,001 - $100,000 Over $100,000

 

*Values for Mr. Goff are based on values of Trustee ownership as of March 1, 2024.

 

In the future, the SAI will also disclose the compensation paid to Mr. Goff by the Trust for the previous fiscal year. Mr. Goff was appointed to the Board on February 27, 2024, and, therefore, did not receive compensation from the Trust for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023.

 

 

 

PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

 

WIS-SP-831-0324

 

 

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