Correspondence 0001398344-24-014852 from Roundhill ETF Trust (CIK 0001976517)
Roundhill ETF Trust (CIK 0001976517)
Date: Aug. 16, 2024 · CIK: 0001976517 · Accession: 0001398344-24-014852
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Morrison Warren
Partner
Chapman and Cutler LLP
320 South Canal Street, 27th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
T (312) 845-3484
warren@chapman.com
August 16, 2024
VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE
Michael Rosenberg
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Roundhill ETF Trust (the “Trust”)
File Nos. 333-273052; 811-23887
Dear Mr. Rosenberg:
This letter responds to your comments
regarding the registration statement filed on Form N-1A for the Trust with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”)
on June 21, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement relates to the Roundhill Small Cap 0DTE
Covered Call Strategy ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust. Capitalized terms used herein, but not otherwise defined,
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Registration Statement.
Comment
1 – Principal Investment Strategies
The Staff believes that it is
appropriate for the section entitled “Principal Investment Strategies” to be augmented to further disclose that a return of
capital distribution will not be taxable but will reduce a shareholder’s tax basis and will result in a higher capital gain or lower
capital loss when those Fund Shares on which the distribution was received are sold, and that because a portion of the Fund’s distributions
may consist of return of capital, the Fund may not be an appropriate investment for investors who do not want their principal investments
in the Fund to decrease over time or who do not wish to receive return of capital in a given period.
Response
to Comment 1
Pursuant to the Staff’s
comment, the sixth paragraph of the section entitled “Principal Investment Strategies” has been revised to include the following
disclosure:
A return of capital distribution generally
will not be taxable but will reduce the shareholder’s cost basis and will result in a higher capital gain or lower capital loss
when those Fund Shares on which the distribution was received are sold. Because a portion of the Fund’s distributions may consist
of return of capital, the Fund may not be an appropriate investment for investors who do not want their principal investment in the Fund
to decrease over time or who do not wish to receive return of capital in a given period.
Comment
2 – Principal Investment Strategies
Please disclose whether there
is anything in particular about the proposed principal investment strategy that the Fund believes might ultimately result in distributions
consisting “significantly” of a return of capital.
Response
to Comment 2
The Registrant confirms that there
is nothing in particular about the proposed principal investment strategy to distinguish it from other covered call strategies regarding
the likelihood that the Fund’s distribution may be composed significantly of return of capital. For reference, the disclosure at
issue has been set forth below.
The Fund intends to make weekly distribution
payments to shareholders. Such distributions generally reflect all or a portion of the option premium income earned by the Fund’s
sold call options. However, a significant portion of the weekly distributions may be characterized as a return of capital.
The Registrant believes that this
disclosure is accurate. The Fund’s distribution may be significantly composed of return of capital, not that it will.
In many instances it will not. The Registrant included this disclosure because it felt that it would be helpful to investors to be put
on notice of the possibility. However, if the Staff feels that the word “significantly” ought to be removed, the Registrant
will comply with the Staff’s direction.
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Please call me at (312) 845-3484
if you have any questions or issues you would like to discuss regarding these matters.
Sincerely yours,
Chapman and Cutler LLP
By:
/s/ Morrison C. Warren
Morrison C. Warren
cc: Richard Coyle, Esq., Chapman and Cutler LLP
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