Correspondence 0001213900-24-025077 from Investment Managers Series Trust (CIK 0001318342)
Investment Managers Series Trust (CIK 0001318342)
Date: March 22, 2024 · CIK: 0001318342 · Accession: 0001213900-24-025077
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INVESTMENT
MANAGERS SERIES TRUST
235
W. Galena Street
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53212
VIA
EDGAR
March
22, 2024
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Attention:
Division of Investment Management
Re: Investment
Managers Series Trust (the “Trust” or “Registrant”) (File Nos. 333-122901
and 811-21719) on behalf of the Gramercy Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This
letter includes a corrected fees and expenses table and expense example with respect to the Gramercy Emerging Markets Debt Fund (the
“Fund”), a series of the Trust. The fees and expenses table and expense example below replaces the version included in the
response letter filed on March 21, 2024, which summarized the comments provided to me by Mr. David Orlic of the staff of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by telephone on March 5, 2024, regarding Post-Effective Amendment No. 1220 to
the Registrant’s Form N-1A registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) filed on January 17, 2024, with respect
to the Fund. The corrected fees and expenses table and expense example will be reflected in a Post-Effective Amendment to the Fund’s
Registration Statement (the “Amendment”) that will be filed separately.
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
SECTION
Fees
and Expenses Table
1. Please
provide the Fund’s completed fees and expenses table and expense example to the Commission
for review at least five business days prior to filing the Amendment.
Response:
The Fund’s completed fees and expenses table and expense example are as follows:
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. You
may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Class A Shares
of the Fund in a single transaction. More information about these fees and other discounts is available from your financial professional
and in the section titled “Choosing a Share Class” on page 29 of the Prospectus and in “APPENDIX A – Waivers
and Discounts Available from Intermediaries and Conversion Policies” of the Prospectus.
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Class
A
Shares
Class
C
Shares
Institutional
Class
Shares
Shareholder
Fees
(fees
paid directly from your investment)
Maximum
sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
4.25%(1)
None
None
Maximum
deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of the value redeemed or the amount invested)
1.00%(2)
1.00%(2)
None
Wire
fee
$20
$20
$20
Overnight
check delivery fee
$25
$25
$25
Retirement
account fees (annual maintenance fee)
$15
$15
$15
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management
fees
0.75%
0.75%
0.75%
Distribution
and service (Rule 12b-1) fees
0.25%
1.00%
None
Other
expenses (3)
0.51%
0.51%
0.51%
Shareholder
service fee
0.08%
0.08%
0.08%
All
other expenses
0.43%
0.43%
0.43%
Total
annual fund operating expenses
1.51%
2.26%
1.26%
Fees
waived and/or expenses reimbursed (4)
(0.41%)
(0.41%)
(0.41%)
Total
annual fund operating expenses after waiving fees and/or reimbursing expenses (4)
1.10%
1.85%
0.85%
1 No
initial sales charge is applied to purchases of $1 million or more.
2 A
contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be charged on certain
Class A Share purchases of $1 million or more that are redeemed in whole or in part within
12 months of the date of purchase. A CDSC of 1.00% will be charged on Class C Share purchases
that are redeemed in whole or in part within 12 months of the date of purchase.
3 Other
expenses for Class A, Class C and Institutional Class shares are estimated for the current
fiscal year, based on current expenses for the existing share classes.
4 The
Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or pay for operating
expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding, as applicable,
taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short
sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with Form N-1A), professional
fees related to services for the collection of foreign tax reclaims, expenses incurred in
connection with any merger or reorganization and extraordinary expenses such as litigation
expenses) do not exceed 1.10%, 1.85% and 0.85% of the average daily net assets of the Class
A Shares, Class C Shares and Institutional Shares, respectively. Class C Shares are not available
for purchase. This agreement is in effect through April 30, 2025, and may be terminated before
that date only by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. The Fund’s adviser is permitted
to seek reimbursement from the Fund for a period ending three full fiscal years after the
date of the waiver or payment. This reimbursement may be requested from the Fund if the reimbursement
will not cause the Fund’s annual expense ratio to exceed the lesser of (a) the expense
limitation in effect at the time such fees were waived or payments made, or (b) the expense
limitation in effect at the time of the reimbursement.
Example
This
example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The
example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those
periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain
the same. The example reflects the Fund’s contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement only for the term of the contractual
fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement.
Although
your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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One
Year
Three
Years
Class
A Shares
$532
$843
Class
C Shares
$291
$667
Institutional
Class Shares
$87
$359
You
would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:
One
Year
Three
Years
Class
C Shares
$188
$667
If
you have any questions or require further clarification, please contact me at (626) 385-5777 or diane.drake@mfac-ca.com.
Sincerely,
/s/
Diane J. Drake
Diane
J. Drake
Secretary
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