SEC Company Response from Tidal Trust I (CIK 0001742912) — Apr 14, 2025
Tidal Trust I (CIK 0001742912)
Date: April 14, 2025 · CIK: 0001742912 · Accession: 0001999371-25-004169
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Tidal ETF Trust
234 West Florida Street, Suite 203
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
April 14, 2025
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Mr. Raymond Be
Division of Investment Management, Disclosure Review
Office
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Tidal
ETF Trust (the “Trust”)
Form
N-14
File
No. 333-285813
Dear Mr. Be:
This correspondence responds to comments
the Trust received from the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff” or the “Commission”)
on April 10, 2025, with respect to the Form N-14 Proxy Statement/Prospectus (the “N-14”) regarding the proposed reorganization
of the ATAC Rotation Fund (“Target Fund”), a series of Managed Portfolio Series, into the ATAC Rotation Fund (“Acquiring
Fund”), a newly created series of the Trust.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
have the same meaning as in the filing.
For your convenience, the comments have
been reproduced with responses following each comment. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined have the same meaning as in the filing.
1. With respect to the “Quorum Requirement and Adjournment”
section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, it incorrectly states that “non-votes” are not expected because of the non-discretionary
nature of the proposal. The reverse should be true since brokers will not be able to vote without shareholder direction.
Response: The Trust responds by
supplementally noting that broker non-votes generally occur in instances where there are both “routine” and “non-routine”
matters presented to shareholders for approval and where the beneficial owners have not provided instructions on how to vote on the “non-routine”
matters to the broker that is the record owner of the shares. In those instances, the broker will vote on the “routine” matters
but will not submit a vote on “non-routine” matters where it does not have the authority under applicable exchange rules to
vote without instruction from the beneficial owner, resulting in a broker non-vote. With respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, because
there are no “routine” matters presented for shareholder approval, the Trust does not anticipate receiving any broker non-votes.
To clarify the treatment of broker
non-votes, the disclosure in the “Quorum Requirement and Adjournment” section is revised as follows:
“Broker non-votes are proxies
from brokers or nominees that indicate that they have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner or other person entitled
to vote shares on a particular matter for which the brokers or nominees do not have discretionary authority to vote. Because the Proposal
is expected to “affect substantially” a shareholder’s rights or privileges, a broker may not vote shares if the broker
has not received instructions from beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote, even if the broker has discretionary voting power (i.e.,
the Proposal is non-discretionary). Because the Proposal is non-discretionary, the Target Fund does not expect to receive broker non-votes.
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Abstentions will be counted for purposes
of determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Proposal
because an absolute percentage of affirmative votes is required to approve the Proposal.”
2. The Trust’s Declaration of Trust includes the following requirements
for shareholders to bring a derivative action:
a. the shareholders make a pre-suit demand upon the Board;
b. shareholders holding a majority of the shares of the Trust join in the
request;
c. the Board is given time to consider and investigate the request, and
d. the Board may require an undertaking by the shareholders to reimburse
the Trust for the expense of any advisors the Board hires in its investigation of the demand if the Board determines not to bring the
action.
The Staff notes that the Trust
will be making forthcoming changes to its Declaration of Trust. If it will not require shareholder approval, please revise requirements
(b) and (d) above in the Declaration of Trust to state that the provisions do not apply to claims arising under the federal securities
laws. Please also disclose in an appropriate location in the registration statement these four provisions and that the provisions do not
apply to claims arising under the federal securities laws.
Response: The Trust responds by
noting that the Board has already approved the changes referenced in the N-14, but agrees that it will consider such changes the next
time it makes revisions to the Declaration of Trust. In addition, the Trust will add the following disclosure to the “Description
of Shares” section of the Statement of Additional Information:
“Derivative Actions
Pursuant to the Trust’s Declaration
of Trust, and subject to the limitations disclosed in the Declaration of Trust, a Fund shareholder may not bring a derivative action unless
(i) the complaining shareholders have made a written demand (a “pre-suit demand”) to the Board requesting that they cause
the Trust or affected series or class of the Trust, as applicable, to file the action itself; (ii) shareholders owning shares representing
no less than a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Trust or the affected series or class, as applicable, must join in bringing
the derivative action; and (iii) the Board has been given at least 30 days to consider the demand for derivative action. The Declaration
of Trust further provides that in evaluating a pre-suit demand the Board may retain counsel or other advisors in considering the merits
of the request and may require an undertaking by the shareholders making such pre-suit demand to reimburse the Trust for the expense of
any such advisors in the event that the Board determines not to bring such action. The provision requiring a majority of shareholders
of the Trust, or the affected series or class, as applicable, and the provision that the Board may require an undertaking by the shareholders
making a pre-suit demand to reimburse the Trust for the expense of any advisers retained by the Board in evaluating the merits of the
pre-suit demand do not apply to claims arising under federal securities laws.”
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If you have any questions or require further information,
please contact John Hadermayer at (262) 318-8236 or jhadermayer@tidalfg.com.
Sincerely,
/s/ John Hadermayer
John Hadermayer
SVP Legal
Tidal Investments LLC
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