0001398344-18-017598.txt : 20181206 0001398344-18-017598.hdr.sgml : 20181206 20181206172433 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001398344-18-017598 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181206 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20181206 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALPS Series Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001558107 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22747 FILM NUMBER: 181221608 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80203 BUSINESS PHONE: 303.623.2577 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80203 0001558107 S000050589 Clarkston Partners Fund C000159696 Founders Class CFSMX C000159697 Institutional Class CISMX 0001558107 S000050590 Clarkston Fund C000159698 Institutional Class CILGX 0001558107 S000053614 Clarkston Select Fund C000168468 Institutional Class CIDDX 0001558107 S000053615 Clarkston Founders Fund C000168469 Institutional Class CIMDX DEFA14A 1 fp0037576_defa14a.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

 

INFORMATION RE QUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

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[X] Soliciting Material under Rule 14a-12

 

ALPS SERIES TRUST

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
 
 
(Name of Person Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

 

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ALPS Series Trust

 

Clarkston Partners Fund

Clarkston Fund

Clarkston Select Fund

Clarkston Founders Fund

(the “Funds”)

 

Supplement dated December 6, 2018

to the

Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated January 29, 2018

 

Proposed New Investment Advisory Agreement

 

Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC (“Clarkston” or the “Adviser”) currently serves as the investment adviser for the Funds, each a series of ALPS Series Trust (the “Trust”). Clarkston is undergoing an internal reorganization. As part of the reorganization, on or about December 31, 2018, subject to certain conditions to closing, the ownership interests of the principal owners of Clarkston will be restructured (the “Transaction”). This restructuring is deemed to be a “change in control” of Clarkston for the purpose of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”). This “change of control” will constitute an “assignment,” as such term is understood under 1940 Act, of the current advisory agreement between Clarkston and the Trust, with respect to the Funds. Under the 1940 Act and the terms of the advisory agreement, this assignment will automatically terminate the advisory agreement. Although the ownership interests of the principals will be restructured, the management of Clarkston will remain the same. No third parties will be introduced into the ownership structure, and all owners will have the same controlling influence over Clarkston after the Transaction as they did before the Transaction. The principals and employees of Clarkston responsible for managing the Funds will remain employees of Clarkston and continue to manage the Funds after the Transaction.

 

At a meeting held on November 29, 2018 (the “Board Meeting”), the Board of Trustees of ALPS Series Trust (the “Board”) approved entering into an interim advisory agreement between Clarkston and the Funds and the new investment advisory agreement between Clarkston and the Funds. The new investment advisory agreement will require shareholder approval.

 

Proposed Merger of Clarkston Select Fund

 

At the Board Meeting, the Board approved the merger of the Clarkston Select Fund with and into the Clarkston Fund, each a series of ALPS Series Trust (“Merger”), subject to the approval of shareholders of the Clarkston Select Fund. The Board also called for a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Clarkston Select Fund to vote on the Merger.

 

You should read the proxy statement when it is available because it contains important information. You will also be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov once the proxy statements have been mailed. You can also obtain free copies of the Funds’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, as well as the Funds’ Annual Report, by calling 1-844-680-6562, by writing ALPS Fund Services, Inc., 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80201, by calling 1-844-680-6562 or by going to the Funds’ website at www.clarkstonfunds.com.

 

 

 

The foregoing is not an offer to sell, nor is it a solicitation of an offer to buy, any shares of any Fund.

 

INVESTORS SHOULD RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE