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Form N-CSR Trust for Advised Portfo For: Jun 30

September 7, 2021 2:55 PM EDT


As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2021


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES




Investment Company Act file number 811-21422



Trust for Advised Portfolios
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Christopher E. Kashmerick
Trust for Advised Portfolios
2020 East Financial Way, Suite 100
Glendora, CA 91741
(Name and address of agent for service)



(626) 914-7385
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end: June 30

Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2021


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

(a)

 

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ZEVENBERGEN GROWTH FUND

INVESTOR CLASS (ZVNBX)

INSTITUTIONAL CLASS (ZVNIX)

 

ZEVENBERGEN GENEA FUND  

INVESTOR CLASS (ZVGNX)

INSTITUTIONAL CLASS (ZVGIX)

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

JUNE 30, 2021

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SHAREHOLDER LETTER FROM FUNDS’ ADVISER

1

   

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

5

   

ZEVENBERGEN GROWTH FUND

 

   

Allocation of Portfolio Holdings

7

   

Schedule of Investments

8

   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

10

   

Statement of Operations

11

   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

12

   

Financial Highlights

13

   

ZEVENBERGEN GENEA FUND

 

   

Allocation of Portfolio Holdings

15

   

Schedule of Investments

16

   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

18

   

Statement of Operations

19

   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

20

   

Financial Highlights

21

   

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

23

   

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

30

   

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

32

   

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

33

   

TRUSTEES AND OFFICER INFORMATION

35

   

PRIVACY NOTICE

37

 

 

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For the twelve months ending June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

 

It’s not hyperbole to say that the world was changed in many ways by the events of 2020. Stepping back, one of the bigger epiphanies for the last year (and likely a lasting impact of the crisis) is the remarkable acceleration of the digital transformation. Equity returns in Q3 2020 saw shares of large cap technology companies surge, generating bubble comparisons, driving index gains and confounding many with the sheer velocity and strength of the rally. At the outset of Q4 2020, equities retreated, as global COVID-19 cases climbed, and lack of stimulus progress weakened investor enthusiasm. The brief pullback reversed on promising vaccine news, providing light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. After posting several false starts over recent years, value indices topped growth beginning in Q4 2020, as optimism increased regarding the “re-opening” and an economy potentially reclaiming strength. After rewarding high growth again to start the 2021 calendar year, equity markets swung aggressively toward cyclical and value-based strategies beginning in mid-February of 2021.

 

Continuing to invest in companies benefiting from the significant changes underway in how we live, work and play, the Zevenbergen Funds posted strong relative performance for the fiscal year. The Zevenbergen Growth Fund Investor Share Class (ZVNBX) returned 47.2% and the Zevenbergen Genea Fund Investor Share Class (ZVGNX) increased 69.3%, both exceeding the 43.0% gain of the Funds’ benchmark, the Russell 3000® Growth Index. 

 

Zevenbergen Growth Fund:

 

Fund performance benefited from investments in consumer discretionary (electric transportation, advertising technology) and technology (graphics processors). Performance detractors included health care (biotechnology) and technology (insurance & analytics software). 

 

Contributors:

 

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA):

Founder-led technology company helping accelerate the world’s transition efforts to sustainable energy. We believe the future of transportation is electric, and Tesla continues to demonstrate industry leading technology and demand. Strong fundamental results despite continued challenging industry supply chain dynamics supported price appreciation and led to S&P 500 inclusion late in 2020. Additional product expansions, progress on Gigafactories Shanghai, Berlin and Austin, battery investments, and full-self driving deployments point to a company committed to driving innovation in large addressable markets.

 

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA):

Founder-led manufacturer of high-powered graphics processing chips. Demand for energy efficient, high-performance devices among gamers, remote workers, digital creators, and cryptocurrency miners continues to support growth. Laptop and desktop upgrades and deferred enterprise spending have been catalysts for Gaming segment wins, while data center processor sales have been propelled by hyperscale customers shifting workloads to the cloud and building artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company recently completed its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (supplier of end-to-end high-speed networking equipment), expanding its ability to serve global enterprise customers with complex data science and storage needs.

 

The Trade Desk, Inc. (TTD):

Founder-led advertising technology platform company benefitting from the ongoing shift of advertising budgets from offline to online channels. Advertisers continue to be attracted to Trade Desk’s transparent, data-driven alternative to the dominant search and social media companies. The accelerating adoption of streaming video has definitively changed the advertising landscape and Trade Desk’s leadership in Connected TV and a redesigned software platform should enable the company to capitalize on the opportunity.

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Detractors:

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BMRN):

Leading biotech company with established products and a pipeline focused on discovering, researching, and commercializing first-to-market treatments for life-threatening rare diseases and medical conditions. Management and investors were surprised and disappointed by new guidance from the FDA which included a request for additional data on the company’s most meaningful pipeline product; potentially delaying approval and commercial launch by two years. The position was sold due to the increasingly binary nature of clinical trial outcomes and lack of transparency around the ultimate timeline for approval.

 

Alteryx, Inc. (AYX):

Founder-led analytics software provider cited elongated sales cycles, smaller than average deal sizes, and “less favorable” business trends as reasons for tepid Q3 2020 results and full year 2020 guidance. The company struggled to onboard new sales hires amid COVID-19 lockdowns and experienced sales and marketing productivity declines, as prospective customers focused on operational continuity projects, not data science initiatives. Given management’s belief that soft performance will likely continue until 2021, the position was sold for better growth alternatives.

 

EverQuote, Inc. (EVER):

Founder-led digital insurance marketplace positioned to capture share of growing insurance carrier sales and online spending. The announced acquisition of a direct-to-consumer health insurance agency overshadowed positive fundamental results and guidance in Q3 2020, as investors contemplated the business and financial model implications. The sudden and unfortunate passing of the company’s Co-Founder/CEO in late November 2020 led to further uncertainty and the position was sold for higher conviction holdings.

 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund:

 

Similar to the Growth Fund, the Genea Fund benefited from strong fundamental growth in innovative, technology-driven companies. Tesla, Inc. was also a top contributor for the period, in addition to investments in industrials (financial technology) and real estate. Alteryx, Inc. and EverQuote, Inc. were also detractors to performance as well as financials (cryptocurrency trading). 

 

Contributors:

 

Please see Growth Fund commentary for discussion on Tesla, Inc.

 

Zillow Group, Inc. (ZG):

Founder-led real estate information and services provider, giving consumers transparency and tools to buy, rent, and sell homes. Extended work-from-home mandates led many individuals to re-evaluate their living situations. For large swaths of the American population, the home is no longer just a place to eat and sleep, but where one works, lives, learns, and plays. This shift in utility, along with favorable mortgage rates, contributed to record traffic on Zillow’s website and mobile app. After an operational pause early in 2020, Zillow resumed its Offers business (home buying program), which adds a fast-growing revenue source and allows it to participate in multiple areas of a real estate transaction.

 

Square, Inc. (SQ):

Founder-led commerce and consumer finance platform, empowering economic participation for entrepreneurs and individuals. In response to the difficult retail environment, Square supported its merchant customers through contactless functionality, such as curbside pickup and online shopping, while reinvigorated mainstream interest in Bitcoin led to strong engagement for Cash App. Longer term, additional investments in Cash App, omnichannel solutions and international markets could help Square become the preferred financial platform for individuals and sellers in the digital age.

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Detractors:

 

Please see Growth Fund commentary for discussions on Alteryx, Inc., and EverQuote, Inc.

 

Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN):

Founder-led financial technology company operating the largest U.S. platform for cryptocurrency trading and custody. Cryptocurrencies (or crypto, for short) are digital mediums of exchange and stores of value secured by complex cryptography (encoded data) offering security, anonymity and independence from central authorities to transaction participants. Earning transaction and subscription fees, Coinbase serves as a trusted digital asset service provider (zero reported security breaches since 2012 founding) and provides equity investors exposure to the rapidly evolving, yet relatively nascent, crypto industry. Following the company’s April 2021 direct public listing, shares reflected volatility in underlying crypto prices.

 

Manager Perspective:

 

Given the stellar gains in U.S. stocks over the twelve months ended June 30, 2021, investors with a cynical view have been trying in vain to predict when stock prices would start falling in earnest. While there is no perfect historical comparison that can be used as a road map for future market performance, we are reminded of a lesson learned from the pandemic: the world is rapidly changing. The continuous evolution and widespread adoption of technology are helping a multitude of industries, allowing users and enterprises to connect, create and achieve more than what was previously thought possible. We believe this is the key to future resilience and growth, and the bigger risk may be overestimating the significance of negatives and underestimating the magnitude of positives.

 

In health and prosperity.

 

Zevenbergen Capital Investments Portfolio Management Team

 

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Brooke de Boutray, CFA, CIC

 

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Joe Dennison, CFA

 

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Leslie Tubbs, CFA, CIC

 

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Anthony Zackery, CFA

 

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Nancy Zevenbergen, CFA, CIC

 

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Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

Opinions expressed are subject to change at any time, are not guaranteed and should not be considered investment advice.

 

Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments in this report for a complete list of fund holdings.

 

Russell 3000® Growth Index: A market capitalization weighted index based on the Russell 3000® Index. The Russell 3000® Growth Index includes companies that display signs of above average growth. The Index is used to provide a gauge of the performance of growth stocks in the U.S. One cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Mutual fund investing involves risk, including the loss of principal. The Funds invest in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. Non-diversified funds may hold a significant percentage of their assets in the securities of fewer companies and therefore events affecting those companies have a greater impact on the funds than on a diversified fund. If the Funds invest in a few sectors they may have increased exposure to price movements of those sectors. Small and medium capitalization companies tend to have limited liquidity and greater price volatility than large capitalization companies.

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund

Performance Summary
June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)  

 

 

Comparison of a Hypothetical $50,000 Investment
in the Zevenbergen Growth Fund - Institutional Class
and Russell 3000® Growth Index

 

 

Investment Returns
For the Periods Ended June 30, 2021

 

 

One Year

 

Three Year*

 

Five Year*

 

Since Inception*

Zevenbergen Growth Fund **

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

47.22%

 

37.84%

 

36.42%

 

28.29%

Institutional Class

      47.63%***

 

38.20%

 

36.78%

 

28.62%

Russell 3000® Growth Index

42.99%

 

24.47%

 

23.31%

 

20.74%

 

*

Annualized.

**

Inception date on August 31, 2015.

*** Returns are based on unadjusted net asset values and differ from returns shown in Financial Highlights which include adjustments in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Zevenbergen Genea Fund

Performance Summary
June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Comparison of a Hypothetical $50,000 Investment
in the Zevenbergen Genea Fund - Institutional Class
and Russell 3000® Growth Index

 

 

Investment Returns

For the Periods Ended June 30, 2021

 

 

One Year

 

Three Year*

 

Five Year*

 

Since Inception*

Zevenbergen Genea Fund **

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

      69.27%***

 

39.68%

 

43.20%

 

34.61%

Institutional Class

      69.80%***

 

40.01%

 

43.59%

 

34.95%

Russell 3000® Growth Index

42.99%

 

24.47%

 

23.31%

 

20.74%

 


*

Annualized.


**

Inception date on August 31, 2015.


*** Returns are based on unadjusted net asset values and differ from returns shown in Financial Highlights which include adjustments in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund

Allocation of Portfolio Holdings

(Calculated as a percentage of Total Investments)

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

 


*

Short-Term Investments consist of amounts held in money market funds. The Fund strategy does not seek to hold large cash balances (more than 5% of total investments), and any significant cash holdings are typically due to trade settlement timing.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2021

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS 98.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 35.6%

 

 

 

 

 

16,675

 

 

Airbnb, Inc. (a)

 

 

$

2,553,610

 

1,200

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

4,128,192

 

25,485

 

 

Chegg, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

2,118,058

 

28,000

 

 

Chewy, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

2,231,880

 

16,500

 

 

Coursera, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

652,740

 

4,030

 

 

MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

6,277,894

 

5,500

 

 

Netflix, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

2,905,155

 

24,700

 

 

Peloton Interactive, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

3,063,294

 

13,200

 

 

Tesla, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

8,972,040

 

91,000

 

 

The Trade Desk, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

7,039,760

 

73,575

 

 

Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

3,687,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,630,202

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

3,950

 

 

Coinbase Global, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,000,535

 

9,975

 

 

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.

 

 

 

1,269,817

 

10,250

 

 

Lemonade, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,121,453

 

11,500

 

 

Silvergate Capital Corporation (a)

 

 

 

1,303,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,694,985

 

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE 13.4%

 

 

 

 

 

23,350

 

 

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (a)

 

 

 

954,081

 

12,000

 

 

Castle Biosciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

879,960

 

48,850

 

 

Exact Sciences Corporation (a)

 

 

 

6,072,543

 

35,000

 

 

GoodRx Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,260,350

 

7,225

 

 

Seagen Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,140,683

 

25,325

 

 

Teladoc Health, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

4,211,294

 

6,050

 

 

Veeva Systems Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,881,248

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,400,159

 

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS 7.6%

 

 

 

 

 

22,600

 

 

Desktop Metal, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

259,900

 

14,300

 

 

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

4,168,164

 

19,775

 

 

Square, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

4,821,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,249,209

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)

As of June 30, 2021

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

36,200

 

 

Zillow Group, Inc. Class C (a)

 

 

$

4,424,364

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY 33.5%

 

 

 

 

 

2,315

 

 

Coupa Software Incorporated (a)

 

 

 

606,785

 

4,450

 

 

Fiverr International Ltd. ― ADR (a)

 

 

 

1,079,081

 

13,900

 

 

Global-e Online Ltd. ― ADR (a)

 

 

 

793,412

 

8,000

 

 

NVIDIA Corporation

 

 

 

6,400,800

 

17,275

 

 

Okta, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

4,226,847

 

4,200

 

 

Sea Limited ― ADR (a)

 

 

 

1,153,320

 

5,300

 

 

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

2,912,615

 

5,650

 

 

Shopify Inc. ― ADR (a)

 

 

 

8,254,537

 

57,625

 

 

Snap Inc. (a)

 

 

 

3,926,567

 

8,500

 

 

Snowflake Inc. (a)

 

 

 

2,055,300

 

22,150

 

 

Sprout Social, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,980,653

 

3,350

 

 

Twilio Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,320,436

 

8,500

 

 

UiPath, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

577,405

 

24,400

 

 

Unity Software Inc. (a)

 

 

 

2,679,852

 

7,800

 

 

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

 

3,018,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,986,444

 

 

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

46,050

 

 

fuboTV Inc. (a)

 

 

 

1,478,665

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $71,455,954)

 

 

$

120,864,028

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

1,081,861

 

 

First American U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund, Class Z, 0.06%(b)

 

 

 

1,081,861

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,081,861)

 

 

$

1,081,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS 99.6% (Cost $72,537,815)

 

 

 

121,945,889

 

 

 

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities ― 0.4%

 

 

 

478,778

 

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%

 

 

$

122,424,667

 

 


ADR: American Depository Receipt.

(a): Non Income Producing.

(b): Variable rate security. The rate disclosed is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of June 30, 2021.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at value (cost $72,537,815)

 

$

121,945,889

 

Dividend and interest receivable

 

 

1,281

 

Receivable for Fund shares sold

 

 

1,252,021

 

Receivable for investments sold

 

 

1,407,052

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

22,777

 

Total Assets

 

 

124,629,020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

 

 

10,572

 

Payable for securities purchased

 

 

1,950,232

 

Payable to Adviser

 

 

136,234

 

Shareholder Service Fees

 

 

23,256

 

Distribution fees - Investor Class

 

 

13,710

 

Accrued other expenses and other liabilities

 

 

70,349

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

2,204,353

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

$

122,424,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components of Net Assets

 

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

71,722,395

 

Total distributable earnings

 

 

50,702,272

 

Net Assets

 

$

122,424,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class:

 

 

 

 

Net assets

 

$

40,471,655

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

 

 

946,910

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share *

 

$

42.74

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

 

 

 

 

Net assets

 

$

81,953,012

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

 

 

1,888,696

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share *

 

$

43.39

 

 

* Shares redeemed or exchanged within 90 days of purchase are charged a 1.00% redemption fee (Note 9).

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2021

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

 

Dividends and interest income

 

$

52,462

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

Advisory fees

 

 

806,382

 

Administration fees (Note 3)

 

 

124,117

 

Shareholder servicing fees (Note 6)

 

 

119,656

 

Distribution fees - Investor Class

 

 

94,289

 

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 3)

 

 

55,450

 

Registration fees

 

 

37,624

 

Legal fees

 

 

29,310

 

Custody fees (Note 3)

 

 

17,863

 

Trustees’ fees

 

 

17,548

 

Audit fees

 

 

15,695

 

Compliance fees (Note 3)

 

 

12,680

 

Shareholder reporting fees

 

 

5,205

 

Miscellaneous expenses

 

 

4,758

 

Insurance fees

 

 

2,919

 

Total expenses

 

 

1,343,496

 

Expenses waived by the Adviser (Note 3)

 

 

(222,372

)

         

Net Expenses

 

 

1,121,124

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss

 

 

(1,068,662

)

 

 

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments

 

 

 

 

Net realized gain on investments

 

 

2,557,399

 

Change in unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

26,632,067

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments

 

 

29,189,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

 

$

28,120,804

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 

 

Operations   For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2021
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2020
 
Net investment loss   $ (1,068,662 )   $ (272,739 )
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     2,557,399       (499,239 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments     26,632,067       15,723,445  
Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations     28,120,804       14,951,467  
                 
Distributions to shareholders from                
Net realized gain on investments                
Investor Class     (28,529 )      
Institutional Class     (44,887 )      
Total distributions to shareholders     (73,416 )      
                 
                 
Capital Transactions                
Proceeds from shares sold                
Investor Class     43,165,174       13,574,932  
Institutional Class     52,153,468       15,697,643  
Proceeds from shares reinvested                
Investor Class     28,457        
Institutional Class     44,273        
Cost of shares redeemed                
Investor Class     (30,756,770 )     (3,969,298 )
Institutional Class     (26,179,707 )     (3,633,206 )
Redemption fees                
Investor Class     49,185       7,748  
Institutional Class     80,175       17,169  
Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions     38,584,255       21,694,988  
                 
Total Increase in Net Assets     66,631,643       36,646,455  
                 
Net Assets                
Beginning of year     55,793,024       19,146,569  
End of year   $ 122,424,667     $ 55,793,024  
                 
Capital Shares Transactions                
Investor Class                
Shares sold     1,100,673       601,012  
Shares reinvested     631        
Shares redeemed     (790,935 )     (199,182 )
Net increase in shares outstanding     310,369       401,830  
                 
Institutional Class                
Shares sold     1,321,445       672,998  
Shares reinvested     968        
Shares redeemed     (702,266 )     (169,981 )
Net increase in shares outstanding     620,147       503,017  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Financial Highlights
Investor Class

 

For a Capital Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year Presented:

 

    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2021
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2020
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2019
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2018
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2017
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 29.05     $ 19.00     $ 16.33     $ 12.27     $ 9.05  
                                         
Gain (Loss) from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment loss (1)     (0.49 )     (0.27 )     (0.20 )     (0.17 )     (0.13 )
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments     14.16       10.30       2.85       4.22       3.35  
Total Gain from Investment Operations     13.67       10.03       2.65       4.05       3.22  
                                         
Less Distributions:     (0.03 )                        
                                         
Redemption Fee Proceeds (1)     0.05       0.02       0.02       0.01        
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 42.74     $ 29.05     $ 19.00     $ 16.33     $ 12.27  
                                         
Total Return     47.22 %     52.89 %     16.35 %     33.09 %     35.58 %
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:                                        
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)   $ 40,472     $ 18,492     $ 4,460     $ 1,292     $ 194  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                                        
Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     1.52 %     2.14 %     2.78 %     3.63 %     5.89 %
After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.30 %     1.30 %
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets                                        
Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     -1.47 %     -2.12 %     -2.69 %     -3.53 %     -5.76 %
After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     -1.25 %     -1.28 %     -1.21 %     -1.20 %     -1.17 %
Portfolio turnover rate (2)     43.12 %     38.74 %     28.68 %     31.12 %     25.90 %

 


(1) Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method

(2) Portfolio turnover rate is calculated for the Fund without distinguishing between classes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Financial Highlights
Institutional Class

 

For a Capital Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year Presented:

 

    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2021
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2020
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2019
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2018
    For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2017
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 29.40     $ 19.18     $ 16.45     $ 12.33     $ 9.07  
                                         
Gain (Loss) from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment loss (1)     (0.37 )     (0.20 )     (0.15 )     (0.13 )     (0.09 )
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments     14.34       10.40       2.87       4.24       3.35  
Total Gain from Investment Operations     13.97       10.20       2.72       4.11       3.26  
                                         
Less Distributions:     (0.03 )                        
                                         
Redemption Fee Proceeds (1)     0.05       0.02       0.01       0.01        *
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 43.39     $ 29.40     $ 19.18     $ 16.45     $ 12.33  
                                         
Total Return     47.68 %     53.28 %     16.60 %     33.41 %     35.94 %
                                         
Supplemental Data and Ratios:                                        
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)   $ 81,953     $ 37,302     $ 14,686     $ 10,970     $ 6,427  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                                        
Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     1.22 %     1.90 %     2.52 %     3.55 %     5.86 %
After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets                                        
Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     -1.17 %     -1.88 %     -2.43 %     -3.45 %     -5.72 %
After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser     -0.95 %     -0.98 %     -0.91 %     -0.90 %     -0.87 %
Portfolio turnover rate (2)     43.12 %     38.74 %     28.68 %     31.12 %     25.90 %

 


* Less than $0.01 per share

(1) Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method

(2) Portfolio turnover rate is calculated for the Fund without distinguishing between classes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

14 

 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund
Allocation of Portfolio Holdings
(Calculated as a percentage of Total Investments)
June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

 


* Short-Term Investments consist of amounts held in money market funds. The Fund strategy does not seek to hold large cash balances (more than 5% of total investments), and any significant cash holdings are typically due to trade settlement timing.

 

15 

 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund
Schedule of Investments
As of June 30, 2021

 

Number of            
Shares         Value  
        COMMON STOCKS ― 99.3%        
        CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ― 38.8%        
  31,202     Airbnb, Inc. (a)   $ 4,778,274  
  2,520     Amazon.com, Inc. (a)     8,669,203  
  65,850     Chegg, Inc. (a)     5,472,793  
  55,500     Chewy, Inc. (a)     4,423,905  
  37,100     Coursera, Inc. (a)     1,467,676  
  7,575     MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)     11,800,259  
  8,500     Netflix, Inc. (a)     4,489,785  
  57,250     Peloton Interactive, Inc. (a)     7,100,145  
  42,425     Poshmark, Inc. (a)     2,025,370  
  26,205     Tesla, Inc. (a)     17,811,539  
  176,400     The Trade Desk, Inc. (a)     13,646,304  
  139,400     Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)     6,986,728  
              88,671,981  
        FINANCIALS ― 4.5%        
  12,000     Coinbase Global, Inc. (a)     3,039,600  
  45,815     Lemonade, Inc. (a)     5,012,619  
  18,900     Silvergate Capital Corporation (a)     2,141,748  
              10,193,967  
        HEALTH CARE ― 0.9%        
  65,500     Green Thumb Industries Inc. ADR (a)     2,161,500  
                 
        INDUSTRIALS ― 7.4%        
  19,830     Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)     3,505,944  
  21,600     Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)     3,956,688  
  38,300     Square, Inc. (a)     9,337,540  
              16,800,172  
        REAL ESTATE ― 5.1%        
  94,615     Zillow Group, Inc. Class C (a)     11,563,845  
                 
        TECHNOLOGY ― 41.6%        
  39,900     Bumble Inc. (a)     2,298,240  
  9,830     Coupa Software Incorporated (a)     2,576,541  
  10,860     Datadog, Inc. (a)     1,130,309  
  39,750     Global-e Online Ltd. ADR (a)     2,268,930  
  17,240     MongoDB, Inc. (a)     6,232,605  
  14,525     NVIDIA Corporation     11,621,452  
  24,575     Okta, Inc. (a)     6,013,011  
  47,591     Olo Inc. (a)     1,779,427  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

16 

 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
As of June 30, 2021

 

Number of            
Shares         Value  
        TECHNOLOGY ― 41.6% (Continued)        
  82,030     Pinterest, Inc. (a)   $ 6,476,269  
  9,500     Shopify Inc. (a)     13,879,310  
  123,800     Snap Inc. (a)     8,435,732  
  23,800     Snowflake Inc. (a)     5,754,840  
  42,540     Sprout Social, Inc. (a)     3,803,927  
  19,350     Twilio Inc. (a)     7,626,996  
  24,300     UiPath, Inc. (a)     1,650,699  
  46,000     Unity Software Inc. (a)     5,052,180  
  21,000     Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (a)     8,127,630  
              94,728,098  
        TELECOMMUNICATIONS ― 1.0%        
  74,100     fuboTV Inc. (a)     2,379,352  
                 
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS        
        (Cost $152,428,981)   $ 226,498,915  
                 
        SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS ― 0.7%        
  1,496,779     First American U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund, Class Z, 0.06%(b)     1,496,779  
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,496,779)   $ 1,496,779  
                 
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS ― 100.0% (Cost $153,925,760)     227,995,694  
        Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets ― 0.0%     (98,064 )
        TOTAL NET ASSETS ― 100.0%   $ 227,897,630  

 


ADR: American Depository Receipt.

(a): Non Income Producing.

(b): Variable rate security. The rate disclosed is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of June 30, 2021.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

17 

 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

 

Assets

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at value (cost $153,925,760)

 

$

227,995,694

 

Receivable for Fund shares sold

 

 

671,952

 

Receivable for investments sold

 

 

1,312,329

 

Dividends and Interest receivable

 

 

2,277

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

35,214

 

Total Assets

 

 

230,017,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

 

 

89,639

 

Payable for securities purchased

 

 

1,495,736

 

Payable to Adviser

 

 

350,932

 

Shareholder Service Fees

 

 

51,535

 

Distribution fees - Investor Class

 

 

56,691

 

Accrued other expenses and other liabilities

 

 

75,303

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

2,119,836

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

$

227,897,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components of Net Assets

 

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

158,434,120

 

Total distributable earnings

 

 

69,463,510

 

Net Assets

 

$

227,897,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class:

 

 

 

 

Net assets

 

$

120,715,711

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

 

 

2,140,332

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share *

 

$

56.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

 

 

 

 

Net assets

 

$

107,181,919

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

 

 

1,872,478

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share *

 

$

57.24

 

 

* Shares redeemed or exchanged within 90 days of purchase are charged a 1.00% redemption fee (Note 9). 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


18 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended June 30, 2021

 

Investment Income

 

 

 

Dividends and interest income

 

$

8,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

Advisory fees

 

 

1,359,261

 

Distribution fees - Investor Class

 

 

218,645

 

Shareholder servicing fees (Note 6)

 

 

200,677

 

Administration fees (Note 3)

 

 

119,624

 

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 3)

 

 

61,075

 

Registration fees

 

 

42,620

 

Legal fees

 

 

32,289

 

Trustees’ fees

 

 

16,956

 

Custody fees (Note 3)

 

 

16,176

 

Audit fees

 

 

15,695

 

Compliance fees (Note 3)

 

 

11,683

 

Shareholder reporting fees

 

 

9,125

 

Miscellaneous expenses

 

 

6,846

 

Insurance fees

 

 

3,196

 

Total expenses

 

 

2,113,868

 

Expenses waived by the Adviser (Note 3)

 

 

(178,337

)

 

 

 

 

 

Net Expenses

 

 

1,935,531

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Loss

 

 

(1,926,699

)

 

 

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments

 

 

 

 

Net realized gain on investments

 

 

229,375

 

Change in unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

45,466,313

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments

 

 

45,695,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

 

$

43,768,989

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


19 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

 

 

For the Year
Ended

 

 

For the Year
Ended

 

Operations

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Net investment loss

 

$

(1,926,699

)

 

$

(503,696

)

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

 

 

229,375

 

 

 

(2,559,382

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

45,466,313

 

 

 

17,999,600

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

 

 

43,768,989

 

 

 

14,936,522

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

 

 

123,929,435

 

 

 

13,742,698

 

Institutional Class

 

 

93,591,974

 

 

 

6,071,493

 

Cost of shares redeemed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

 

 

(61,416,630

)

 

 

(17,810,000

)

Institutional Class

 

 

(30,234,551

)

 

 

(4,320,587

)

Redemption fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

 

 

176,080

 

 

 

12,696

 

Institutional Class

 

 

140,670

 

 

 

10,340

 

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

126,186,978

 

 

 

(2,293,360

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

 

 

169,955,967

 

 

 

12,643,162

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

 

57,941,663

 

 

 

45,298,501

 

End of year

 

$

227,897,630

 

 

$

57,941,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Shares Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

 

 

2,373,277

 

 

 

544,623

 

Shares reinvested

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(1,215,594

)

 

 

(815,815

)

Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding

 

 

1,157,683

 

 

 

(271,192

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

 

 

1,715,120

 

 

 

248,310

 

Shares reinvested

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(588,952

)

 

 

(201,126

)

Net increase in shares outstanding

 

 

1,126,168

 

 

 

47,184

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


20 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund
Financial Highlights
Investor Class

 

For a Capital Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year Presented:

  

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2021

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2020

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2019

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2018

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2017

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

33.34

 

 

$

23.12

 

 

$

20.77

 

 

$

14.20

 

 

$

9.40

 

Gain (Loss) from Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment loss (1)

 

 

(0.69

)

 

 

(0.32

)

 

 

(0.29

)

 

 

(0.23

)

 

 

(0.16

)

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

 

 

23.65

 

 

 

10.53

 

 

 

2.68

 

 

 

6.79

 

 

 

4.96

 

Total Gain from Investment Operations

 

 

22.96

 

 

 

10.21

 

 

 

2.39

 

 

 

6.56

 

 

 

4.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.06

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fee Proceeds (1)

 

 

0.10

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

56.40

 

 

$

33.34

 

 

$

23.12

 

 

$

20.77

 

 

$

14.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

 

 

69.17

%

 

 

44.20

%

 

 

11.72

%

 

 

46.27

%

 

 

51.06

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data and Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

 

$

120,716

 

 

$

32,763

 

 

$

28,986

 

 

$

12,633

 

 

$

2,074

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

1.48

%

 

 

1.98

%

 

 

2.09

%

 

 

3.35

%

 

 

7.96

%

After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

1.37

%

 

 

1.40

%

 

 

1.40

%

 

 

1.40

%

 

 

1.40

%

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

-1.47

%

 

 

-1.96

%

 

 

-2.04

%

 

 

-3.27

%

 

 

-7.89

%

After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

-1.36

%

 

 

-1.38

%

 

 

-1.35

%

 

 

-1.32

%

 

 

-1.33

%

Portfolio turnover rate (2)

 

 

32.40

%

 

 

61.63

%

 

 

35.25

%

 

 

22.35

%

 

 

67.59

%

 

*

Less than $0.01 per share

(1)

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method

(2)

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated for the Fund without distinguishing between classes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


21 

Zevenbergen Genea Fund
Financial Highlights
Institutional Class

 

For a Capital Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year Presented:

 

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2021

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2020

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2019

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2018

 

 

For the Year
Ended
June 30, 2017

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

 

$

33.74

 

 

$

23.33

 

 

$

20.93

 

 

$

14.30

 

 

$

9.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain (Loss) from Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment loss (1)

 

 

(0.54

)

 

 

(0.25

)

 

 

(0.22

)

 

 

(0.18

)

 

 

(0.12

)

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

 

 

23.94

 

 

 

10.65

 

 

 

2.66

 

 

 

6.80

 

 

 

4.99

 

Total Gain from Investment Operations

 

 

23.40

 

 

 

10.40

 

 

 

2.44

 

 

 

6.62

 

 

 

4.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.06

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fee Proceeds (1)

 

 

0.10

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Year

 

$

57.24

 

 

$

33.74

 

 

$

23.33

 

 

$

20.93

 

 

$

14.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

 

 

69.65

%

 

 

44.62

%

 

 

11.87

%

 

 

46.36

%

 

 

51.97

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data and Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of year (in thousands)

 

$

107,182

 

 

$

25,179

 

 

$

16,312

 

 

$

9,073

 

 

$

3,669

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

1.18

%

 

 

1.70

%

 

 

1.80

%

 

 

3.21

%

 

 

8.08

%

After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

1.07

%

 

 

1.10

%

 

 

1.10

%

 

 

1.10

%

 

 

1.10

%

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

-1.17

%

 

 

-1.68

%

 

 

-1.75

%

 

 

-3.14

%

 

 

-8.02

%

After fees waived and reimbursed by the Adviser

 

 

-1.06

%

 

 

-1.08

%

 

 

-1.05

%

 

 

-1.03

%

 

 

-1.04

%

Portfolio turnover rate (2)

 

 

32.40

%

 

 

61.63

%

 

 

35.25

%

 

 

22.35

%

 

 

67.59

%

 

(1)

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method

(2)

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated for the Fund without distinguishing between classes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Zevenbergen Funds

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021

  

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION

 

Zevenbergen Growth Fund (the “Growth Fund”) and Zevenbergen Genea Fund (the “Genea Fund”; each a “Fund” collectively the “Funds”) are non-diversified series of Trust for Advised Portfolios (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Delaware Statutory Trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end management investment company. Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC (the “Adviser”) serves as the investment manager to the Funds. The inception date of the Funds was August 31, 2015. The Funds’ investment objective is long-term capital appreciation.

 

Growth Fund and Genea Fund, each, currently offer two classes of shares, Institutional Class and Investor Class. Each share class represents an equal interest in the Fund, except the difference of class specific expenses, which reflects the difference in the range of services provided to each class. Income, expenses (other than class specific), and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated daily to each class based on relative net assets.

 

NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for investment companies. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946. The presentation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

 

A. Securities Valuation

 

The Funds follow a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Funds’ own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). The inputs or methodology used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized into three broad categories as defined below:

 

Level 1 -  Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. An active market for a security is a market in which transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. A quoted price in an active market provides the most reliable evidence of fair value.

 

Level 2 -  Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates, and similar data.

 

Level 3 -  Significant unobservable inputs, including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining fair value of investments.

 

Equity securities that are traded on a national securities exchange are stated at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Short-term investments classified as money market instruments are valued at NAV. These investments are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.


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Zevenbergen Funds

Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

June 30, 2021

 

 

NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the fair values of the Funds’ investments in each category investment type as of June 30, 2021:

 

Growth Fund

  

Description

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

120,864,028

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

120,864,028

 

Short-Term Investments

 

 

1,081,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,081,861

 

Total Assets

 

$

121,945,889

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

121,945,889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genea Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

 

 

Level 1

 

 

 

Level 2

 

 

 

Level 3

 

 

 

Total

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

  $

226,498,915

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

226,498,915

 

Short-Term Investments

 

 

1,496,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,496,779

 

Total Assets

 

$

227,995,694

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

227,995,694

 

 

Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for further classification.

 

B. Security Transactions, Investment Income and Distributions

 

The Funds record security transactions based on trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of securities are calculated by comparing the original cost of the specifically identified security lot sold with the net sales proceeds. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Trust’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.

 

C. Federal Income Taxes

 

The Funds have elected to be taxed as Regulated Investment Companies (“RIC”) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and intend to maintain this qualification and to distribute substantially all of their net taxable income to their shareholders. Therefore, no provision is made for federal income taxes. Due to the timing of dividend distributions (if any) and the differences in accounting for income and realized gains and losses for financial statement and federal income tax purposes, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the income and realized gains and losses are recorded by the Funds.

 

Management of the Funds is required to analyze all open tax years, as defined by IRS statute of limitations for all major jurisdictions, including federal tax authorities and certain state tax authorities. As of and during the period ended June 30, 2021, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. Generally, tax authorities can examine tax returns filed for the preceding three years. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.


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Zevenbergen Funds

Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)

June 30, 2021

 

 

NOTE 3 – INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Trust entered into an agreement for the Adviser to furnish investment advisory services to the Funds. Under the terms of this agreement, Growth Fund and Genea Fund will pay the Adviser a monthly fee based on each Fund’s average daily net assets at the annual rate of 0.80%.

 

Effective April 1, 2021, the advisory fee of the Zevenbergen Genea Fund decreased from 0.90% to 0.80%, and the limits on total annual fund operating expenses decreased from 1.25% to 1.15% for the Fund’s Investor Class and from 1.00% to 0.90% for the Fund’s Institutional Class shares as detailed in the following section.

 

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or reimburse each Fund’s operating expenses (excluding shareholder servicing fees, any front-end or contingent deferred loads, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, merger or reorganization-related expenses, portfolio transaction expenses, interest expense and dividends paid on short sales, and extraordinary expenses) to ensure they do not exceed, on an annual basis, the expense limitations, expressed as a percentage rate of the average daily net assets of each Fund, listed below. Waivers or reimbursements are calculated daily and settled monthly or quarterly in conjunction with each Fund’s payment of advisory fees.

 

Fund

Investor Class

Institutional Class

Growth Fund

1.15%

0.90%

Genea Fund

1.15%

0.90%

 

See Note 6 – Shareholder Servicing Plan for shareholder servicing fees charged in addition to fees outlined in this table.

 

The Adviser is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within three years if the class’s total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. However, in no case will the Adviser recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Funds, in the class’s total annual operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

 

At June 30, 2021, the expenses reimbursed and contractual fees waived by the Adviser and subject to potential recapture by period were as follows:

 

Fiscal Year

waived/reimbursed

 

Growth Fund

 

 

Genea Fund

 

 

    Expiration

 

FYE June 30, 2019

 

$

227,826

 

 

$

224,757

 

 

 

June 30, 2022

 

FYE June 30, 2020

 

 

230,107

 

 

 

236,776

 

 

 

June 30, 2023

 

FYE June 30, 2021

 

 

222,372

 

 

 

178,337

 

 

 

June 30, 2024

 

 

 

$

680,305

 

 

$

639,870

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”), serves as the Funds’ administrator, fund accountant, and transfer agent. The officers of the Trust are employees of Fund Services. U.S. Bank serves as the Funds’ custodian and provides compliance services to the Funds. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Funds incurred the following expenses for administration and fund accounting, custody, transfer agent and compliance fees:

  

 

 

Growth Fund

 

 

Genea Fund

 

Administration

 

$

124,117

 

 

$

119,624

 

Custody

 

 

17,863

 

 

 

16,176

 

Transfer Agency

 

 

55,450

 

 

 

61,075

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

12,680

 

 

 

11,683

 

                 
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Zevenbergen Funds

Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
June 30, 2021

 

 

 

At June 30, 2021, the Funds had payables due to Fund Services and its affiliates for administration and fund accounting, custody, transfer agent and compliance fees in the following amounts:

 



Growth Fund



Genea Fund


Administration

 

$

24,110

 

 

$

21,187

 

Custody

 

 

5,521

 

 

 

2,878

 

Transfer Agency

 

 

13,925

 

 

 

15,672

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

3,204

 

 

 

3,219

 

 

The above payable amounts are included in the Accrued other expenses and other liabilities line item in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The Independent Trustees were paid $34,504 for their services to the Funds during the year ended June 30, 2021. No compensation is paid directly by the Funds to the Interested Trustee or officers of the Trust.

 

NOTE 4 – INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

 

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for each Fund for the year ended June 30, 2021, were as follows:

 

Growth Fund




Purchases

 

$

79,037,774

 

Sales

 

$

42,899,999

 

 

 

 


 

Genea Fund

 

 


 

Purchases

 

$

173,288,076

 

Sales

 

$

50,112,496

 

 

NOTE 5 – FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION

 

At June 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings for income tax purposes were as follows:

 



Growth

Fund



Genea

Fund


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

Cost of investments

 

$

72,558,536

 

 

$

154,258,793

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

 

52,666,310

 

 

 

83,885,935

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(3,278,957

)

 

 

(10,149,034

)

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

49,387,353

 

 

 

73,736,901

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

Undistributed ordinary income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undistributed long-term capital gains

 

 

1,961,571

 

 

 

 

Accumulated earnings

 

 

1,961,571

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

Capital loss carryforwards

 

 

 

 

 

(3,090,082

)

Other book/tax temporary differences

 

 

(646,652

)

 

 

(1,183,309

)

Total distributable earnings

 

$

50,702,272

 

 

$

69,463,510

 


The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is attributable in part to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

 

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Zevenbergen Funds

Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
June 30, 2021

 

 

 

GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. For the year ended June 30, 2021, permanent differences, due to net operating losses, in book and tax accounting have been reclassified to capital and distributable earnings as follows:

 

    Distributable Earnings   Paid In Capital
Growth Fund   $ 586,334     $ (586,334 )
Genea Fund   $ 875,671     $ (875,671 )

 

The following table summarizes the characteristics of distributions paid during the year ended June 30, 2021:

 

    Short-Term   Long-Term   Total
    Capital Gains   Capital Gains   Distributions Paid
Growth Fund   $     $ 73,416     $ 73,416  
Genea Fund   $     $     $  

 

No distributions were paid by the Growth Fund or Genea Fund during the year ended June 30, 2020.

 

The following capital loss carryovers were utilized during the year ended June 30, 2021:

 

Growth Fund:  $ 523,514
Genea Fund:    $ 241,399

 

The Funds are required, in order to meet certain excise tax requirements, to measure and distribute annually, net capital gains realized during the twelve month period ending October 31. In connection with this requirement, the Funds are permitted, for tax purposes, to defer into their next fiscal year any net capital losses incurred from November 1 through the end of the fiscal year. Late year losses incurred after December 31 within the fiscal year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the following fiscal year for tax purposes. At June 30, 2021, the Funds deferred the following, on a tax basis, losses:

 

 

 

Late Year Loss


Post October Loss

Growth Fund

 

$

(646,652

)

 

$

 

Genea Fund

 

$

(1,183,309

)

 

$

 

 

At June 30, 2021, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards, which reduce the Funds’ taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus will reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Funds of any liability for federal tax. Pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, the character of such capital loss carryforwards is as follows:

 

   

Capital Loss Carryforwards Not Subject to Expiration

   

Short-Term

 

Long-Term

 

Total

Growth Fund   $     $     $  
Genea Fund   $ (3,090,082 )   $     $ (3,090,082 )

 

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Zevenbergen Funds

Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
June 30, 2021

 

 

 

NOTE 6 – SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLAN

 

The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has adopted a Shareholder Servicing Plan to pay a fee at an annual rate on average daily net assets as follows:

 

Fund


Investor Class


Institutional Class

Growth Fund

 

 

0.15

%

 

 

0.10

%

Genea Fund

 

 

0.15

%

 

 

0.10

%

 

The Shareholder Servicing Plan authorizes payment of a shareholder servicing fee to the financial intermediaries and other service providers who provide administrative and support services to Fund shareholders.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2021, class specific Shareholder Servicing fees were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Investor Class

 

 

Institutional Class


Growth Fund

 

$

56,573

 

 

$

63,083

 

Genea Fund

 

 

131,187

 

 

 

69,490

 

 

NOTE 7 – DISTRIBUTION PLAN

 

The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act that allows each Fund to pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of its Investor Class shares. The Plan provides for the payment of distribution fees at the annual rate of up to 0.25% of average daily net assets of the Investor Class shares. For the year ended June 30, 2021, distribution fees incurred are disclosed on the Statement of Operations.

 

NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications by each Fund to the counterparty to the contract. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against each Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

 

NOTE 9 – REDEMPTION FEES

 

Each Fund charges a 1.00% redemption fee on the redemption of Investor Class and Institutional Class shares held for 90 days or less. This fee (which is paid into the Fund) is imposed in order to help offset the transaction costs and administrative expenses associated with the activities of short-term “market timers” that engage in the frequent purchase and sale of Fund shares. The fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. Each Fund reserves the right to modify the terms of or terminate the fee at any time. There are limited exceptions to the imposition of the redemption fee. Please refer to Statements of Changes in Net Assets for fees recognized.

 

NOTE 10 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In preparing these financial statements, the Funds have evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were available to be issued. The Funds have determined that there were no subsequent events that would need to be disclosed in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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Zevenbergen Funds

Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
June 30, 2021

 

 

 

NOTE 11 – COVID-19 RISK

 

The global outbreak of COVID-19 (commonly referred to as “coronavirus”) has disrupted economic markets and the prolonged economic impact is uncertain. The ultimate economic fallout from the pandemic, and the long-term impact on economies, markets, industries and individual issuers, are not known. The operational and financial performance of the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, and such uncertainty may in turn adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Funds’ investments, impair the Funds’ ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Trustees of Trust for Advised Portfolios

and the Shareholders of Zevenbergen Growth Fund and Zevenbergen Genea Fund

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Zevenbergen Growth Fund and Zevenbergen Genea Fund, each a series of shares of beneficial interest in Trust for Advised Portfolios (the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of June 30, 2021, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of June 30, 2021, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended and their financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 


Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities law and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. 


We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

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Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

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BBD, LLP

 

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the Funds in the Trust for Advised Portfolios since 2010.

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

August 26, 2021

 

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Zevenbergen Funds

Expense Example

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six month period and held for the entire six month period from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021 (the “six month period”).

 

Actual Expenses

 

The “Actual Fund Return” lines in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in these lines, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the six month period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 equals 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the corresponding line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Six Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the six month period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The information in the table with the lines titled “Hypothetical 5% Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the six month period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the information in the lines titled “Hypothetical 5% Return” is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Expenses Paid During the Six Month Period

 

 

Beginning
Account Value

Ending
Account Value

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Expenses Paid
During the Six
Month Period (1)

Growth Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

 

 

 

 

Actual Fund Return

$1,000.00

$1,000.70

1.30%

$6.45

Hypothetical 5% Return

$1,000.00

$1,018.35

1.30%

$6.51

         

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Actual Fund Return

$1,000.00

$1,002.10

1.00%

$4.96

Hypothetical 5% Return

$1,000.00

$1,019.84

1.00%

$5.01

         

Genea Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

 

 

 

 

Actual Fund Return

$1,000.00

$1,038.10

1.30%

$6.57

Hypothetical 5% Return

$1,000.00

$1,018.35

1.30%

$6.51

         

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Actual Fund Return

$1,000.00

$1,039.80

1.00%

$5.06

Hypothetical 5% Return

$1,000.00

$1,019.84

1.00%

$5.01

 

(1)

Expenses are equal to each of the Funds’ annualized expense ratio as indicated, multiplied by the average account value over the six month period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the “six month period”)

 

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Zevenbergen Funds

Additional Information
June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Form N-Q

 

The Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q or Part F of Form N-PORT (beginning with filings after March 31, 2020). The Funds’ Forms N-Q or Part F of Form N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800- SEC-0330.

 

Proxy Voting

 

You may obtain a description of the Funds’ proxy voting policy and voting records, without charge, upon request by contacting the Funds directly at 1-844-986-2746 or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds file their proxy voting records annually as of June 30, with the SEC on Form N-PX. The Funds’ Form N-PX is available without charge by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

Tax Information

 

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, certain dividends paid by the Funds may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 23.8%, as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The percentage of dividends declared from ordinary income designated as qualified dividend income was as follows:

 

Growth Fund

0.00%

Genea Fund

0.00%

 

For corporate shareholders, the percent of ordinary income distributions qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, was as follows:

 

Growth Fund

0.00%

Genea Fund

0.00%

 

The percentage of taxable ordinary income distributions that are designated as short-term capital gain distributions under Internal Revenue Section 871 (k)(2)(C) for each Fund were as follows:

 

Growth Fund

0.00%

Genea Fund

0.00%

 

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Zevenbergen Funds

Additional Information (Continued)

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

Each Fund has adopted a liquidity risk management program. The Funds’ Board has designated a Liquidity Risk Committee (“Committee”) of the Adviser to serve as the administrator of the program. The Committee conducts the day-to-day operation of the program pursuant to policies and procedures administered by the Committee.

 

Under the program, the Committee manages each Fund’s  liquidity risk, which is the risk that a Fund could not meet shareholder redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in a Fund. This risk is managed by monitoring the degree of liquidity of each Fund’s investments, limiting the amount of each  Fund’s illiquid investments, and utilizing various risk management tools and facilities available to each Fund for meeting shareholder redemptions, among other means.

 

The Funds’ Board reviewed a report prepared by the Committee regarding the operation and effectiveness of the program for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. No liquidity events impacting either of the Funds were noted in the report. In addition, the Committee  provided its assessment that the program had been effective in  managing each Fund’s liquidity risk.

 

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Zevenbergen Funds

Trustees and Officer Information (Unaudited)

 

 

Name, Address
and Age

Position(s)
Held with
Trust

Term of
Office(1)
and Length of
Time Served

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex(2)
Overseen by
Trustee

Other
Directorships(3)
Held During
Past 5 Years
by Trustee

Independent Trustees(4)

 

 

 

 

 

John Chrystal
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth: 1958

Trustee

Since 2011

Insurance Acquisition Corp., Director (February 2019 – present); Founder and Managing Partner of Bent Gate Advisors, LLC, a consulting firm that provided strategic advice and assistance to financial institutions (2009 – 2012)

2

The Bancorp, Inc. (2013 to present), Javelin Mortgage Investments, Inc. (2012 – 2016)

Harry E. Resis
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth: 1945

Trustee

Since 2012

Private investor. Previously served as Director of US Fixed Income for Henderson Global Investors

2

None

Brian S. Ferrie
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth: 1958

Trustee

Since 2020

Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer, The Jensen Quality Growth Fund (2004 to 2020); Treasurer, Jensen Investment Management (2003 to 2020)

2

None

Wan-Chong Kung
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth: 1960

Trustee

Since 2020

Senior Fund Manager, Nuveen Asset Management (FAF Advisors/First American Funds) (2011 to 2019)

2

None

Interested Trustee(5)

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher E. Kashmerick
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth: 1974

Trustee, Chairman, President and Principal Executive Officer

Trustee since 2018, Chairman, President and Principal Executive Officer since 2014

Senior Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2011 to present)

2

None

           
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Zevenbergen Funds

Trustees and Officer Information (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

Name, Address and Age

Position(s) Held
with Trust

Term of Office(1) and
Length of Time
Served

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years

Officers

 

 

 

Steven J. Jensen
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth: 1957

Vice President,
Chief Compliance
Officer and AML
Officer

Since 2014

Senior Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2011 to present)

Russell B. Simon
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth:1980

Treasurer and
Principal Financial
Officer

Since 2014

Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2011 to present)

Scott A. Resnick
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Year of birth: 1983

Secretary

Since 2019

Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2018 – present); Associate, Legal & Compliance, PIMCO (2012–2018)

 

(1)

Each Trustee serves an indefinite term; however, under the terms of the Board’s retirement policy, a Trustee shall retire at the end of the calendar year in which he or she reaches the age of 75 (this policy does not apply to any Trustee serving at the time the policy was adopted). Each officer serves an indefinite term until the election of a successor.

 

(2)

The Trust is comprised of numerous series managed by unaffiliated investment advisers. The term “Fund Complex” applies only to the Funds. The Funds do not hold themselves out as related to any other series within the Trust for purposes of investment and investor services, nor do they share the same investment advisor with any other series.

 

(3)

“Other Directorships Held” includes only directorships of companies required to register or file reports with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (that is, “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

 

(4)

The Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined under the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”).

 

(5)

Mr. Kashmerick is an “interested person” of the Trust as defined by the 1940 Act. Mr. Kashmerick is an interested Trustee of the Trust by virtue of the fact that he is an interested person of U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ administrator, fund accountant, and transfer agent.

 

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes information about the Funds’ Trustees and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-844-986-2746.


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PRIVACY NOTICE

 

The Funds collect non-public information about you from the following sources:

 

  Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;

 

  Information you give us orally; and/or

 

  Information about your transactions with us or others.

 

We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities. We may share information with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Funds. We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.

 

In the event that you hold shares of the Funds through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared by those entities with unaffiliated third parties.


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Investment Adviser

Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC

601 Union Street, Suite 4600

Seattle, Washington 98101

 

Distributor

Quasar Distributors, LLC

111 East Kilbourn Ave. Suite 2200

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Custodian

U.S. Bank National Association

Custody Operations

1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212

 

Transfer Agent, Fund Accountant and Fund Administrator

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

615 East Michigan Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BBD, LLP

1835 Market Street, 3rd Floor

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

 

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

This report has been prepared for shareholders and may be distributed to others only if preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.


 


(b)
Not applicable.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer.  The registrant has not made any substantive amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report.  The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

(1)
File:  A copy of the registrant’s Code of Ethics is filed herewith.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that there is at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.  Each of (John Chrystal), (Harry E. Resis), and
(Brian Ferrie) is an “audit committee financial experts” and are considered to be “independent” as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N‑CSR.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years.  “Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.  “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit.  “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.  There were no “Other services” provided by the principal accountant. The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.

Zevenbergen Growth Fund
 
FYE  06/30/2021
FYE  06/30/2020
( a ) Audit Fees
$13,400
$13,400
( b ) Audit-Related Fees
None
None
( c ) Tax Fees
$2,100
$2,100
( d ) All Other Fees
None
None

Zevenbergen Genea Fund
 
FYE  06/30/2021
FYE  06/30/2020
( a ) Audit Fees
$13,400
$13,400
( b ) Audit-Related Fees
None
None
( c ) Tax Fees
$2,100
$2,100
( d ) All Other Fees
None
None
(e)(1) The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre‑approve all audit and non‑audit services of the registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the registrant.

(e)(2) The percentage of fees billed by the principal accountant applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:

Zevenbergen Growth Fund
 
FYE  06/31/2021
FYE  06/31/2020
Audit-Related Fees
0%
0%
Tax Fees
0%
0%
All Other Fees
0%
0%

Zevenbergen Genea Fund
 
FYE  06/31/2021
FYE  06/31/2020
Audit-Related Fees
0%
0%
Tax Fees
0%
0%
All Other Fees
0%
0%

(f) All of the principal accountant’s hours spent on auditing the registrant’s financial statements were attributed to work performed by full‑time permanent employees of the principal accountant.

(g) The following table indicates the non-audit fees billed or expected to be billed by the registrant’s accountant for services to the registrant and to the registrant’s investment adviser (and any other controlling entity, etc.—not sub-adviser) for the last two years.

Zevenbergen Growth Fund
Non-Audit Related Fees
FYE  06/30/2021
FYE  06/3/2020
Registrant
N/A
N/A
Registrant’s Investment Adviser
N/A
N/A


Zevenbergen Genea Fund
Non-Audit Related Fees
FYE  06/30/2021
FYE  06/3/2020
Registrant
N/A
N/A
Registrant’s Investment Adviser
N/A
N/A

(h) The audit committee of the board of trustees/directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant's investment adviser is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.

( i )  Not applicable

( j )  Not applicable



Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to registrants who are not listed issuers (as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Item 6. Investments.

(a)
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
 
(b)
 
Not Applicable

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed‑End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d 15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

(b)
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.



Item 13. Exhibits.



(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c‑1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant.  There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Trust for Advised Portfolios                     


By  /s/ Christopher E. Kashmerick            
      Christopher E. Kashmerick, President


Date  September 3, 2021                           



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By  /s/ Christopher E. Kashmerick            
      Christopher E. Kashmerick, President


Date  September 3, 2021                            


By  /s/ Russell B. Simon,                            
      Russell B. Simon, Treasurer


Date  September 3, 2021                            







TRUST FOR ADVISED PORTFOLIOS

Code of Ethics
For Principal Executive Officer & Principal Financial Officer


This Code of Ethics is designed to comply with Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder.  This Code of Ethics is in addition to, not in replacement of, the Trust for Advised Portfolios (the “Trust”) Code of Ethics for access persons (the “Investment Company Code of Ethics”), adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The persons covered by this Code of Ethics may also be subject to the Investment Company Code of Ethics.

The Trust requires its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, or other Trust officers performing similar functions (the “Principal Officers”), to maintain the highest ethical and legal standards while performing their duties and responsibilities to the Trust and each of its series (each a “Fund,” collectively the “Funds”), with particular emphasis on those duties that relate to the preparation and reporting of the financial information of the Funds.  The following principles and responsibilities shall govern the professional conduct of the Principal Officers:

1.
HONEST AND ETHICAL CONDUCT.

The Principal Officers shall act with honesty and integrity, avoiding actual or apparent conflicts of interest in personal and professional relationships, and shall report any material transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to such conflict between their interests and those of a Fund to the Audit Committee, the full Board of Trustees of the Trust, and, in addition, to any other appropriate person or entity that may reasonably be expected to deal with any conflict of interest in timely and expeditious manner.

The Principal Officers shall act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing their independent judgment to be subordinated or compromised.

2.
FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING

The Principal Officers shall provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and/or other documents to be filed with or submitted to the SEC or other applicable body by a Fund, or that is otherwise publicly disclosed or communicated.  The Principal Officers shall comply with applicable rules and regulations of federal, state, and local governments, and other appropriate private and public regulatory agencies.

The Principal Officers shall respect the confidentiality of information acquired in the course of their work and shall not disclose such information except when authorized or legally obligated to disclose.  The Principal Officers will not use confidential information acquired in the course of their duties as Principal Officers.

The Principal Officers shall share knowledge and maintain skills important and relevant to the Trust’s needs; shall proactively promote ethical behavior of the Trust’s employees and as a partner with industry peers and associates; and shall maintain control over and responsibly manage assets and resources employed or entrusted to them by the Trust.

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3.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS

The Principal Officers shall establish and maintain mechanisms to oversee the compliance of the Funds with applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or administrative rule, and to identify, report and correct in a swift and certain manner, any detected deviations from applicable federal, state or local law regulation or rule.

4.
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CODE OF ETHICS

The Principal Officers shall promptly report any violations of this Code of Ethics to the Audit Committee as well as the full Board of Trustees of the Trust and shall be held accountable for strict adherence to this Code of Ethics.  A proven failure to uphold the standards stated herein shall be grounds for such sanctions as shall be reasonably imposed by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

5.
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

This Code of Ethics may only be amended or modified by approval of the Board of Trustees.  Any substantive amendment that is not technical or administrative in nature or any material waiver, implicit or otherwise, of any provision of this Code of Ethics, shall be communicated publicly in accordance with Item 2 of Form N-CSR under the Investment Company Act.



Adopted by the Board of Trustees on February 14, 2014


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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Christopher E. Kashmerick, certify that:

 
1.
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Trust for Advised Portfolios;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
 

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
 

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
 

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 


Date:  September 3, 2021             
 
/s/ Christopher E. Kashmerick                 
Christopher E. Kashmerick, President


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Russell B. Simon, certify that:

 
1.
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Trust for Advised Portfolios;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
 

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
 

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
 

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 


Date:  September 3, 2021            
 
/s/ Russell B. Simon                      
Russell B. Simon, Treasurer






Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned officers of the Trust for Advised Portfolios, does hereby certify, to such officer’s knowledge, that the report on Form N-CSR of the Trust for Advised Portfolios for the year ended June 30, 2021 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable, and that the information contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust for Advised Portfolios for the stated period.


 
/s/ Christopher E. Kashmerick                 
Christopher E. Kashmerick
President, Trust for Advised Portfolios
 
/s/ Russell B. Simon                                 
Russell B. Simon
Treasurer, Trust for Advised Portfolios
 
 
Dated:  September 3, 2021                      
 
 
Dated:  September 3, 2021                      

   

This statement accompanies this report on Form N-CSR pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed as filed by Trust for Advised Portfolios for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.















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