UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT
COMPANIES
Investment Company
Act file number 811-23112
Janus Detroit Street
Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
151 Detroit Street, Denver
Colorado 80206
(address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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(Name and address of agent
for service)
Cara Owen
151 Detroit Street
Denver, Colorado 80206
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(Copy to:)
Eric S. Purple
Stradley Ronon Steven & Young LLP
2000 K Street, N.W. Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20006
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Registrant's telephone number,
including area code: 303-333-3863
Date of fiscal year end: 10/31
Date of reporting period: 10/31/24
Item 1.
Reports to Shareholders.
(a) The Registrant’s report transmitted to shareholders
pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as
follows:
(b)
Not applicable.
Item 2
- Code of Ethics
Code of Ethics
(a) As of
the end of the period covered by this report, the Registrant has adopted a code
of ethics (the “Fund Code of Ethics for Principal Executive Officer and Senior
Financial Officers”) that applies to the Registrant’s Principal Executive
Officer and Principal Financial Officer; the Registrant’s Principal Financial
Officer also serves as the Principal Accounting Officer.
(c) There
was no amendment to the Registrant’s code of ethics described in Item 2(a)
above during the period covered by the report.
(d) There
was no waiver granted, either actual or implicit, from a provision to the
Registrant’s code of ethics described in Item 2(a) above during the period
covered by the report.
(e) Not
applicable.
(f)(3) The
Registrant hereby undertakes to provide any person, without charge, upon
request, a copy of the code of ethics. To request a copy of the code of ethics,
contact the Registrant at 1-877-335-2687, and ask for a copy of the Registrant’s
Code of Ethics for its Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial
Officers.
Item 3
- Audit Committee Financial Expert
The
Registrant's Board of Trustees has determined that Jeffrey B. Weeden, the
Chairman of the Board’s Audit and Pricing Committee is an "audit committee
financial expert" as defined in Item 3 to Form N-CSR. Jeffery B. Weeden is
"independent" under the standards set forth in Item 3 to Form N-CSR.
Item 4
- Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a)
Audit Fees
The
aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional
services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s
annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the
accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements
for those fiscal years were $492,660 in the fiscal year ended 2024 and $437,485
in the fiscal year ended 2023.
(b)
Audit-Related Fees
The
aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and
related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the
performance of the audit of the Registrant’s' financial statements and are not
reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 in the fiscal year ended 2024
and $0 in the fiscal year ended 2023.
(c) Tax
Fees
The
aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional
services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice,
and tax planning were $0 in the fiscal year ended 2024 and $0 in the fiscal
year ended 2023.
The nature
of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category includes tax
compliance, tax planning, tax advice, and corporate actions review.
(d) All
Other Fees
The
aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and
services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported
in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item were $0 in the fiscal year ended
2024 and $0 in the fiscal year ended 2023.
(e) Pre-Approval
Policies and Procedures
(1)
The Registrant's Audit Committee Charter requires the Registrant's Audit
Committee to pre-approve any engagement of the principal accountant (i) to
provide audit or non-audit services to the Registrant or (ii) to provide
non-audit services to the Registrant's investment adviser or any entity
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser
that provides ongoing services to the Registrant, if the engagement relates
directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant, except
for those non-audit services that were subject to the pre-approval exception
under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The Chairman of the Audit Committee or, if
the Chairman is unavailable, another member of the Audit Committee who is an
independent Trustee, may grant the pre-approval. All such delegated
pre-approvals must be presented to the Audit Committee no later than the next
Audit Committee meeting.
(2)
No services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were approved
by the Registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule
2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable as less than 50%
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees
billed by the Registrant's accountant for services rendered to the Registrant,
and rendered to the Registrant's investment adviser (not including any
sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted
with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing
services to the Registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the
Registrant were $0 in the fiscal year ended 2024 and $0 in the fiscal year
ended 2023.
(h) The Registrant's audit committee
of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit
services that were rendered to the Registrant's investment adviser (not
including any subadviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is
subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser
that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved
pursuant to paragraph (c) (7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible
with maintaining the principal accountant's independence.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
Item 5
- Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
The Registrant
has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance
with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 consisting of all the independent trustees
of the Registrant. The members of the committee are Jeffrey B Weeden, Maureen
T. Upton and Clifford J. Weber.
Item 6
- Investments
(a) Schedule
of Investments is contained in the Reports to Shareholders included under Item
7 of this Form N-CSR.
(b) Not
applicable.
Item 7
- Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-Ended Management
Investment Companies
Item 12
- Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies
Not
applicable.
Item 13
- Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not
applicable.
Item 14
- Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company
and Affiliated Purchasers
Not
applicable.
Item 15
- Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There have
been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend
nominees to the Registrant's Board of Trustees.
Item 16
- Controls and Procedures
(a) The
Registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have
evaluated the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) within 90
days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.
(b) There
have been no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended) that occurred during the period covered by this report that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 17
- Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 18
- Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 19
- Exhibits
(a)(1) Not
applicable because the Registrant has posted its Code of Ethics (as defined in
Item 2(b) of Form N-CSR) on its website pursuant to paragraph (f)(3) of Item 2
of Form N-CSR.
(a)(2) Not
applicable.
(a)(4) Not
applicable.
(a)(5) Not
applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
JANUS
DETROIT STREET TRUST
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By:
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/s/
Nick Cherney
Nick
Cherney
President
and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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Date: December
30, 2024
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By:
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/s/
Nick Cherney
Nick
Cherney
President
and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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Date: December
30, 2024
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By:
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/s/ Jesper Nergaard
Jesper
Nergaard
Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Principal Accounting
Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
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Date:
December 30, 2024