Magda El Guindi-Rosenbaum
+1.202.373.6091
mer@morganlewis.com
VIA EDGAR
October 11, 2016
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re: | AdvisorShares Trust (File Nos. 333-157876 and 811-22110) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”), we are filing, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, a preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A, including a notice of special meeting of shareholders of the AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF (the “Fund”) and a form of proxy card.
The special meeting is being called for the purpose of (i) approving an investment sub-advisory agreement between AdvisorShares Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”) and Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC on behalf of the Fund and (ii) implementing a manager of managers arrangement for the Fund that will permit the Adviser, in its capacity as the Trust’s investment adviser and subject to prior approval by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, to enter into and materially amend agreements with unaffiliated sub-advisers without obtaining the approval of the Fund’s shareholders.
Please contact me at (202) 373-6091 with questions or comments.
Sincerely, | |
/s/ Magda El Guindi-Rosenbaum | |
Magda El Guindi-Rosenbaum |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius llp | ||
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | ||
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