0001580642-23-006934.txt : 20240205 0001580642-23-006934.hdr.sgml : 20240205 20231228101900 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001580642-23-006934 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIAMSBURG INVESTMENT TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000842512 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 566344591 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ULTIMUS FUND SOLUTIONS, LLC STREET 2: 225 PICTORIA DRIVE, SUITE 450 CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45246 BUSINESS PHONE: 513-587-3400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ULTIMUS FUND SOLUTIONS, LLC STREET 2: 225 PICTORIA DRIVE, SUITE 450 CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45246 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOTTINGHAM INVESTMENT TRUST /NC/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940125 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOTTINGHAM INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940125 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

Williamsburg Investment Trust

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

 

December 28, 2023

 

FILED VIA EDGAR

 

Ms. Mindy Rotter, Esq., CPA

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

Disclosure Review Office

100 F Street NE

Washington, D.C. 20549-8626

 

Re:Williamsburg Investment Trust (the “Trust”)

File Nos. 811-05685; 33-25301

Response to Comments on Form N-CSR for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2023

 

Dear Ms. Rotter:

 

Set forth below is the Trust’s response to oral comments provided by the Division of Investment Management’s staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2023, on the Trust’s annual shareholder report on Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 (“Fiscal Year”). For your convenience, the Staff’s comments are set forth below in italics, followed by the Trust’s response.

 

Management Discussion of Fund Performance (“MDFP”) for the Davenport Funds

 

1.The Staff notes that the primary benchmark used in the MDFP for the Davenport Value & Income Fund and the Davenport Equity Opportunities Fund is the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index (the “Index”), but the Index is not included in the line graph comparison of the initial and subsequent account values at the end of the most recently completed 10 fiscal years (“Line Graphs”). Please explain why the primary benchmark is not included in the Line Graphs.

 

Response: While the MDFP for the Davenport Value & Income Fund and the Davenport Equity Opportunities Fund includes the performance results of the Index during the Fiscal Year, there is no suggestion in the MDFP that the Index is the primary broad-based index used by either the Davenport Value & Income Fund or the Davenport Equity Opportunities Fund. The MDFP for the Davenport Value & Income Fund states that the Russell 1000® Value Index

 

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is the Fund’s primary index, while the MDFP for the Davenport Equity Opportunities Fund states that the Russell Midcap® Index is the Fund’s primary index.

 

2.The Staff notes that the MDFP for the Davenport Value & Income Fund identifies the Russell 1000® Value Index as the Fund’s primary index. Please explain the discrepancy regarding the Davenport Value & Income Fund’s primary benchmark and confirm going forward the Fund will provide consistent disclosure.

 

RESPONSE: The MDFP for the Davenport Value & Income Fund correctly states that the Russell 1000® Value Index is the Fund’s primary index. While the MDFP for the Davenport Value & Income Fund includes the performance results of the Index, it does not identify the Index as the Fund’s primary index. The Trust believes that is has provided consistent disclosure regarding the benchmark for the Davenport Value & Income Fund.

 

3.The MDFP for the Davenport Core Leaders Fund, the Davenport Value & Income Fund, and the Davenport Equity Opportunities Fund (the “Funds”) should be enhanced to include a broader discussion of the factors that materially affected the Funds’ performance during the Fiscal Year, including the relevant market conditions and the investment strategies and techniques used by the Funds’ investment adviser. Please explain how the Funds will address these requirements going forward.

 

Response: While the Trust believes the MDFP sufficiently addresses the factors that materially affected the Funds’ performance during the Fiscal Year, the Trust confirms that going forward, the Funds’ investment adviser will consider whether a broader discussion of the factors that materially affected the Funds’ performance during the Fiscal Year is warranted, in accordance with Item 27(b)(7) of Form N-1A.

 

Thank you for your comments. If you have any questions, please contact me at (513) 587-3454.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ David James  

David James

Secretary

 

 

 

cc: John L. Chilton, Esq. Sullivan and Worcester LLP

 

Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC

www.ultimusfundsolutions.com

  225 Pictoria Dive, Suite 450
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
  Phone: 513 587 3400
Fax: 513 587 3450

 

 

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