10/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/01/2024 15:23
As filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2024
Investment Company Act File No. 811-22078
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 Amendment No. 64 |
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Master Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
c/o UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC
787 Seventh Avenue,
New York, New York, 10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (888) 793-8637
Keith A. Weller, Esq. UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC One North Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) |
With copies to: Stephen H. Bier, Esq. Dechert LLP
Three Bryant Park |
It is intended that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing in accordance with Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder.
The following fund is a series of Master Trust (the "Trust"), a professionally managed open-end investment company.
Tax-Free Master Fund
Explanatory Note
The Trust has filed this Amendment No. 64 to the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form N-1A (File No. 811-22078) (the "Registration Statement") pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). Beneficial interests in the Trust ("Interests") are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), since such interests will be issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any "public offering" within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act. Only investment companies, insurance company separate accounts, common or commingled trust funds or other organizations, entities or investors that are "accredited investors" within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act may make investments in the Trust. Such investors are referred to herein as "interestholders." This Registration Statement is not an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any Interests in the Trust.
This Amendment No. 64 to the Registration Statement is being filed under the 1940 Act to amend and supplement Amendment No. 63 to the Registration Statement under the 1940 Act, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") on August 23, 2024 (Accession No. 0001193125-24-206250) ("Amendment 63"), as pertaining to Parts A and B of the Registration Statement with respect to Tax-Free Master Fund. Parts A and B of the Registration Statement with respect to Tax-Free Master Fund, as filed in Amendment 63, are incorporated by reference herein.
Master Trust
Tax-Free Master Fund
Amendment dated October 1, 2024
To the Parts A and B dated August 23, 2024
Dear Interestholder:
This amendment announces the planned liquidation in December of the Tax-Free Master Fund (the "Fund") and updates certain information contained in Parts A and B for the Fund.
Upon the recommendation of UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC ("UBS AM"), the Fund's investment adviser/administrator, the Board of Trustees of Master Trust (the "Trust") has approved the liquidation of the Fund pursuant to a Plan of Liquidation (the "Plan"). Accordingly, all interests of the Fund will be liquidated on or about December 13, 2024 (the "Liquidation Date").
Liquidation of assets. On or about the Liquidation Date, the Fund will be liquidated, and any assets of the Fund will be paid in cash to interestholders remaining in the Fund.
On or about the Liquidation Date, the Trust will distribute pro rata to the Fund's interestholders of record as of the close of business on the Liquidation Date all of the remaining assets of the Fund, after paying, or setting aside the amount to pay, any liabilities (the "Liquidating Distribution"). UBS AM, and not the Fund, will bear the usual expenses incurred in connection with the carrying-out of the Plan (for example, the costs of preparing and sending this amendment and the costs of preparing and making certain related regulatory filings); however, expenses incurred by the Fund in the ordinary course during the liquidation, such as transaction costs, will be borne by the Fund.
Redemptions prior to the liquidation. At any time prior to the Liquidation Date, interestholders may redeem their interests of the Fund and receive the net asset value thereof, as provided in the Fund's Part A.
Certain tax information. If an interestholder remains invested in the Fund as of the Liquidation Date, the interestholder's interests will be redeemed automatically, on or promptly after the Liquidation Date, at net asset value per interest as of the Liquidation Date. Redemption of interests by an interestholder as part of a liquidation generally will be considered a taxable event. Prior to the liquidation, the Fund may make distributions of income and capital gains. Although the dividends and distributions you receive from the Fund generally are not subject to federal income tax, these distributions may have tax and other consequences described in the Fund's Parts A and B. You should consult your tax adviser for information regarding all tax consequences applicable to your investment in the Fund.
If you have questions regarding this matter, please contact your Financial Advisor.
PLEASE BE SURE TO RETAIN THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
PART C
Item 28. Exhibits.
(10) | Other opinions, appraisals, rulings and consents: Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 7/ | |
(12) | Not applicable | |
(13) | Not applicable | |
(14) | Not applicable | |
(15) | Code of Ethics - not applicable. |
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Incorporated by reference from Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 23, 2007. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 27, 2010. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed June 10, 2015. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed January 11, 2016. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed March 28, 2016. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 57 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed March 11, 2024. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 63 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 23, 2024. |
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Incorporated by reference from Articles IV, V, VI, IX and X of Registrant's Trust Instrument and from Articles V, VI, IX and XI of Registrant's By-Laws. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 28, 2009. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 24, 2016. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed March 16, 2012. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 27, 2018. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 26, 2021. |
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Incorporated by reference from Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Registrant's registration statement, SEC File No. 811-22078, filed August 27, 2020. |
Item 29. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant.
None.
Item 30. Indemnification.
Section 2 of Article IX of the Trust Instrument ("Trust Instrument"), "Indemnification," provides that the appropriate series of the Registrant will indemnify the trustees and officers of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law against claims and expenses asserted against or incurred by them by virtue of being or having been a trustee or officer; provided that no such person shall be indemnified where there has been an adjudication or other determination, as described in Article IX, that such person is liable to the Registrant or its interestholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office, or did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Registrant. Section 2 of Article IX also provides that the Registrant may maintain insurance policies covering such rights of indemnification.
Additionally, "Limitation of Liability" in Section 1 of Article IX of the Trust Instrument provides that the trustees or officers of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to any person extending credit to, contracting with or having a claim against the Registrant or a particular series; and that, provided they have exercised reasonable care and have acted under the reasonable belief that their actions are in the best interest of the Registrant, the trustees and officers shall not be liable for neglect or wrongdoing by them or by any officer, agent, employee, investment advisor or independent contractor of the Registrant.
Section 9 of the Management Contract with respect to Government Master Fund, Prime CNAV Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund and Section 10 of the Management Contract with respect to 100% US Treasury Master Fund (the "Management Contracts"), with UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC ("UBS AM") provides that UBS AM shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by any series ("Fund") of the Registrant in connection with the matters to which the Management Contracts relate, except for a loss resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence of UBS AM in the performance of its duties or from its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Management Contracts. Section 11 of the Management Contracts provides that the Trustees shall not be liable for any obligations of the Trust or any series under the Management Contracts and that UBS AM shall look only to the assets and property of the Registrant in settlement of such right or claim and not to the assets and property of the trustees.
The Exclusive Placement Agency Agreement provides that the Trust will indemnify UBS AM (US) and its officers, directors and controlling persons against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arising from (1) any alleged untrue statement of material fact in the Registration Statement or from any alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement a material fact required to be stated in it or necessary to make the statements in it, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as liability arises from untrue statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished by UBS AM (US) to the Trust for use in the Registration Statement; or (2) the Trust's material breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in the Exclusive Placement Agency Agreement; provided that this indemnity shall not protect any such persons against liabilities arising by reason of their bad faith, gross negligence or willful misfeasance or by the reckless disregard of their obligations and duties under the Exclusive Placement Agency Agreement. The Exclusive Placement Agency Agreement also provides that UBS AM (US) agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Trust, its officers and trustees free and harmless of any claims arising out of any alleged untrue statement or any alleged omission of material fact contained in information furnished by UBS AM (US) for use in the Registration Statement or arising out of an agreement between UBS AM (US) and any retail dealer, or arising out of supplementary literature or advertising used by UBS AM (US) in connection with the Agreement.
Item 31. Business and Other Connections of Investment Advisor.
UBS AM, a Delaware limited liability company, is a registered investment advisor and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Group AG. UBS AM is primarily engaged in the investment advisory and financial services business. Set forth below in alphabetical order is a list of certain executive officers and each board manager of UBS AM indicating each business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each such person has been engaged during the last two fiscal years. (While each board manager is named below, the list of executive officers has been shortened as the full list would be very long and contain names of persons whose functions are unrelated to the Registrant.)
Name | Position(s) Held with UBS AM |
Other Substantial Business, Profession, Vocation or Employment |
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Mark E. Carver | Executive Director | Trust Officer and Director (Board) of UBS Asset Management Trust Company | ||
Lisa N. DiPaolo | Executive Director and Portfolio Manager | None | ||
Charles W. Grande | Managing Director and Head of the Municipal Fixed Income Team | None | ||
Emily Kulback | Manager | Head of Products Americas; Trust Officer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company | ||
Ralph Mattone | Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, and Managing Director | Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director and Regional Group Controller of UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services Inc.; Treasurer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company | ||
Leesa Merrill | Executive Director | Chief Compliance Officer of certain UBS registered fund families; Executive Director of UBS AM (US) | ||
Barry Mullen | Executive Director and Chief Compliance Officer - Americas | Executive Director and Chief Compliance Officer of UBS AM (US); Chief Compliance Officer and Trust Officer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company | ||
Ryan Nugent | Executive Director, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Municipal Trading | None | ||
James Poucher | Manager, Managing Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Head of UBS Asset Management Americas | Head AM Americas and AM Operations, Accounting and Control; Trust Officer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company | ||
Michael Rongetti | Manager | Head of Credit Suisse AM | ||
Robert Sabatino | Managing Director and Global Head of Liquidity Portfolio Management | Trust Officer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company | ||
Eric Sanders | Director (Non-Board), Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary | Director (Non-Board), Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of UBS AM (US) | ||
Philip Stacey | Managing Director, Head of Legal - UBS AM Americas, and Secretary |
Managing Director, Head of Legal - UBS AM Americas, and Assistant Secretary of UBS AM (US); Assistant Secretary and Trust Officer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company |
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David Walczak | Managing Director and Head of US Money Markets Portfolio Management | Trust Officer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company |
Keith Weller | Executive Director, Deputy General Counsel, Head of Registered Funds Legal, and Assistant Secretary | Executive Director, Deputy General Counsel, Head of Registered Funds Legal, and Assistant Secretary of UBS AM (US) | ||
Meggan Zabel | Manager | Head of Investments Business Management; Director (Board) of UBS Asset Management Trust Company |
Messrs. Mullen, Sanders, Stacey and Weller and Ms. Merrill are employed by UBS Business Solutions US LLC.
Item 32. Principal Underwriter.
(a) UBS AM (US) is the placement agent for the Registrant and its series, Government Master Fund, Prime CNAV Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and 100% US Treasury Master Fund. UBS AM (US) serves as principal underwriter or placement agent for the following other investment companies:
SMA RELATIONSHIP TRUST
PACE SELECT ADVISORS TRUST
THE UBS FUNDS
UBS INVESTMENT TRUST
UBS SERIES FUNDS
CREDIT SUISSE COMMODITY STRATEGY FUNDS
CREDIT SUISSE OPPORTUNITY FUNDS
CREDIT SUISSE TRUST
CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT INCOME FUND, INC.
CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
(b) UBS AM (US) is the Registrant's principal underwriter or placement agent. The directors and certain principal executive officers of UBS AM (US), their principal business addresses, and their positions and offices with UBS AM (US), are identified below along with those directors and officers of UBS AM (US) who also serve as trustees or officers of the Registrant. (While each board director is named below, the list of executive officers has been shortened as the full list would be very long and contain names of persons whose functions are unrelated to the Registrant.)
Name and Address |
Position(s) Held with Registrant |
Positions and Offices with Underwriter or Dealer |
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Michael Belasco* | None | Board Director, President, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, and Head of Americas Wholesale and Wealth Management Client Coverage of UBS AM (US) | ||
Rose Ann Bubloski*** | Vice President and Assistant Treasurer | None | ||
Mark E. Carver* | President | None | ||
Lisa N. DiPaolo* | Vice President | None | ||
Charles W. Grande* | Vice President | None | ||
Kathleen Horan*** | None | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of UBS AM (US) |
Joanne M. Kilkeary*** | Vice President and Treasurer | None | ||
Leesa Merrill** | Chief Compliance Officer | Executive Director (Non-Board) of UBS AM (US) | ||
Barry Mullen* | None | Executive Director and Chief Compliance Officer - Americas of UBS AM (US) | ||
Stephen Murphy**** | None | Board Director | ||
Ryan Nugent* | Vice President | None | ||
Robert Sabatino** | Vice President | None | ||
Eric Sanders* | Vice President and Assistant Secretary | Director (Non-Board), Associate General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary of UBS AM (US) | ||
Philip Stacey** | Vice President and Assistant Secretary | Managing Director, Head of Legal - UBS AM Americas, and Assistant Secretary of UBS AM (US); Assistant Secretary and Trust Officer of UBS Asset Management Trust Company | ||
David Walczak** | Vice President | None | ||
Keith A. Weller** | Vice President and Secretary | Executive Director, Deputy General Counsel, Head of Registered Funds Legal, and Assistant Secretary of UBS AM (US) | ||
Meggan Zabel** | None | Board Director |
* This person's business address is 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019.
** This person's business address is One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.
***This person's business address is 1000 Harbor Boulevard, Weehawken, NJ 07086.
****This person's business address is 555 California Street San Francisco, California 94104.
(c) None.
Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.
The books and other documents required (i) by paragraphs (b)(4), (c) and (d) of Rule 31a-1 and (ii) by paragraphs (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), (c) and (e) of Rule 31a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are maintained in the physical possession of UBS AM, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, 1000 Harbor Boulevard, Weehawken, NJ 07086 and One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606. Certain information required by Rule 31a-1(b)(1) to be maintained by a money market fund is maintained in the possession of UBS AM, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, 1000 Harbor Boulevard, Weehawken, NJ 07086 and One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606. All other accounts, books and documents required by Rule 31a-1 are maintained in the physical possession of Registrant's transfer agent and custodian.
Item 34. Management Services.
Not applicable.
Item 35. Undertakings.
Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 1st day of October, 2024.
MASTER TRUST |
By: /s/ Keith A. Weller |
Keith A. Weller |
Vice President and Secretary |