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: 811-21622
Thrivent Cash Management Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
John D. Jackson, Assistant Secretary
Thrivent Cash Management Trust
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (612) 844-7190
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: October 31, 2020
Item 1. Report to Stockholders
[Insert shareholder report]
As of the end of the period covered by this report, registrant has adopted a code of ethics (as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR) applicable to registrant’s Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. No waivers were granted to such code of ethics during the period covered by this report. A copy of this code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Robert J. Chersi, an independent trustee, is the Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a) Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed by registrant’s independent public accountants, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered in connection with the audit of registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $18,600 for the year ended October 31, 2019 and $19,150 for the year ended October 31, 2020.
The aggregate fees PwC billed to registrant for each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and other services that are reasonably related to the performance of registrant’s audit and are not reported under Item 4(a) were $0 for the year ended October 31, 2019 and $0 for the year ended October 31, 2020. The aggregate fees PwC billed to registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with registrant’s investment adviser for assurance and other services directly related to the operations and financial reporting of registrant were $29,000 for the year ended October 31, 2019 and $0 for the year ended October 31, 2020. The 2019 payments were for Thrivent Municipal Bond Fund amortization review.
The aggregate tax fees PwC billed to registrant for each of the last two fiscal years for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning services were $6,425 for the year ended October 31, 2019 and $5,290 for the year ended October 31, 2020. These fees include payment for tax return compliance services, excise distribution review services, and other tax related matters. The aggregate tax fees PwC billed to registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with registrant’s investment adviser for services directly related to the operations and financial reporting of registrant were $0 for the year ended October 31, 2019 and $0 for the year ended October 31, 2020.
The aggregate fees PwC billed to registrant for each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this item, were $0 for the years ended October 31, 2019 and October 31, 2020. The aggregate fees PwC billed to registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with registrant’s investment adviser for products and services provided, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this item, were $14,220 for the year ended October 31, 2019 and $3,600 for the year ended October 31, 2020. The 2019 and 2020 payments were for access to a PwC-sponsored online library that provides interpretive guidance regarding U.S. and foreign accounting standards. In addition, for fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 there were fees related to the merger of certain series of Thrivent Mutual Funds and/or certain series of Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. These figures are also reported in response to item 4(g) below.
Registrant’s audit committee charter provides that the audit committee (comprised of the independent Trustees of registrant) is responsible for pre-approval of all auditing services performed for the registrant. The audit committee also is responsible for pre-approval (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in Section 10A(i)(1)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of all non-auditing services performed for the registrant or an affiliate of registrant. In addition, registrant’s audit committee charter permits a designated member of the audit committee to pre-approve, between meetings, one or more audit or non-audit service projects, subject to an expense limit and notification to the audit committee at the next committee meeting. Registrant’s audit committee pre-approved all fees described above that PwC billed to registrant.
Less than 50% of the hours billed by PwC for auditing services to registrant for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 were for work performed by persons other than full-time permanent employees of PwC.
The aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC to registrant and to registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with registrant’s investment adviser for the fiscal years ending October 31, 2019 and October 31, 2020 were $14,220 and $3,600 respectively. These figures are also reported in response to item 4(d) above.
Registrant’s audit committee has considered the non-audit services provided to the registrant and registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with registrant’s investment adviser as described above and determined that these services do not compromise PwC’s independence.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included in the report to shareholders filed under
Item 1.
Not applicable to this filing.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
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 registrant’s board of trustees implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to this Item.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a) Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There were no changes in registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
(a)(1)
Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: See EX-99.CODE attached hereto.
(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) in the exact form set forth below: See EX-99.CERT attached hereto.
(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons: Not applicable.
(a)(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant: Not applicable
If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference: See EX-99.906CERT attached hereto.
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.
Date: December 30, 2020 Thrivent Cash Management Trust
President and Chief Investment Officer
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.
Date: December 30, 2020 By: /s/ David S. Royal
President and Chief Investment Officer
(principal executive officer)
Date: December 30, 2020 By: /s/ Gerard V. Vaillancourt
Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer
(principal financial officer)