Metaurus Equity Component Trust (the “Trust”) was formed in September 2016 and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios. The Trust is a statutory trust formed under the laws of the state of Delaware. The Trust currently has one series or fund traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. exchange (“NYSE Arca”), U.S. Equity Cumulative Dividends Fund–Series 2027 (the “Dividend Fund, “Fund” or “ETF”). Metaurus Advisors LLC (the “Sponsor” or “Advisor”) serves as the sponsor, commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor of the Fund. The Dividend Fund commenced operations on January 17, 2018 and commenced investment operations on February 5, 2018.

The Trust has had no investment operations prior to February 5, 2018 other than matters relating to its organization, the registration of each series/Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and matters relating to their establishment and the capital contribution by the Sponsor of $1,000 to the Fund on December 22, 2017.

The investment objective of the ETF is to employ a passive management, or indexing, investment approach designed to correspond to the performance of each underlying index, before fees and expenses.

Individual Shares of the ETF may be purchased and sold only on a national securities exchange, an alternative trading system or in the over-the-counter market and not directly from the ETF. Only broker-dealers who have entered into agreements with the Trust to act as authorized participants of the Trust (“Authorized Participants”) may purchase or redeem shares directly with the ETF. Shares of the ETF are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. exchange. The Fund will issue and redeem Shares on a continuous basis, through SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”), at net asset value (“NAV”) per Share only in one or more large blocks of Shares, called “Baskets” as set forth in the ETF’s current Prospectus and any prospectus supplements thereto. Baskets may be issued and redeemed for cash but are expected to be issued and redeemed principally through exchange for related positions (“EFRP”) transactions for (i) futures contracts, Treasury securities and other financial instruments designed to track such Fund’s underlying index (“Deposit Instruments”) and (ii) a cash amount that includes a variable charge. Creation and redemption prices of Baskets are directly linked to a Fund’s next computed NAV and will vary from NAV by a market-determined trading cost, which may be zero. Shares generally will trade in the secondary market in amounts less than a Basket at market prices that change throughout the day. Trading prices in the secondary market for the Shares may be different from the NAV of the ETF.

Undefined capitalized terms shall have the meaning as set forth in the registration statement.

The Dividend Fund is an investment company, as defined by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. As such, the ETF follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In the opinion of management, all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim period financial statements have been made. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period.

Following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund:

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase. The Fund maintains deposits with financial institutions in amounts that may, at times, exceed the insured limits under applicable law.

Short-Term Investments

The Fund may purchase U.S. Treasury Bills and cash equivalents. Additionally, the Fund may enter into short-term loans and reverse repurchase agreements for liquidity purposes. There were no short-term loans or reverse repurchase agreements held in the Fund as of and during the period ended September 30, 2022 nor as of and during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Accounting for Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the ETF’s Schedules of Investments. The ETF utilized a varying level of derivative instruments in conjunction with investment securities in seeking to meet their investment objective during the period. While the volume of open positions may vary on a daily basis as the ETF transacts derivatives contracts in order to achieve the appropriate exposure to meet its investment objective, the volume of these open positions relative to the net assets of the ETF at the date of this report is generally representative of open positions throughout the reporting period. Following is a description of the derivative instruments used by the ETF during the reporting period, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type.

Futures Contracts

The ETF enters into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of, or as a substitute for investing directly in (or shorting), an underlying index, currency or commodity, as set forth above. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future delivery of a specified quantity and type of asset at a specified time and place. The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller may generally be satisfied by taking or making physical delivery of the underlying commodity, if applicable, or by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery, or by cash settlement at expiration of contract. The particular futures contracts utilized by the ETF permit settlement only in cash. Upon entering into a futures contract, the ETF is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected.

The initial margin is segregated as cash and/or securities balances with brokers for futures contracts, as disclosed in the Statements of Financial Condition and Schedules of Investments, and is restricted as to its use. The ETF that enters into futures contracts maintain collateral at the broker in the form of cash and/or securities. Pursuant to the futures contract, the Fund generally agrees to receive from or pay to the broker(s) an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing of a futures transaction. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically commodity price risk or equity market volatility risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin. The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure the Fund has in the particular classes of instruments. Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying index or commodity and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract. With futures contracts, there is minimal but some counterparty risk to the ETF since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default. Many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified times during the trading day. Futures contracts prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting a Fund to substantial losses. If trading is not possible, or if a Fund determines not to close a futures position in anticipation of adverse price movements, the Fund will be required to make daily cash payments of variation margin. The risk that the Fund will be unable to close out a futures position will be minimized by entering into such transactions on a national exchange with an active and liquid secondary market.

The Fund held futures equity contracts as of and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. The value and detail of these contracts are disclosed on the Fund’s Schedules of Investments. The corresponding gains and losses associated with these contracts are disclosed on the Fund’s Statements of Operations.

The average volume of futures contracts for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:

U.S. Equity Cumulative Dividends Fund–Series 2027

The average volume of futures contracts for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 are as follows:

U.S. Equity Cumulative Dividends Fund–Series 2027

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The Futures Account Agreement includes provisions permitting the Clearing FCM to net and set off its obligations to the Fund against the obligations of the Fund to the Clearing FCM upon the termination of the agreement or occurrence of an Event of Default, as defined in the agreement. As described above, the Fund utilizes derivative instruments to pursue their investment objective during the period. The amounts shown in the Statements of Financial Condition do not take into consideration the effects of legally enforceable master netting agreements or similar arrangements.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Financial Condition. The following table presents the Fund’s derivatives by investment type and by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and the related collateral received or pledged by the Fund as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

U.S. Equity Cumulative Dividends Fund—Series 2027

September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

Offsetting of Derivative Assets

Offsetting of Derivative Liabilities

December 31, 2021 (Audited)

Offsetting of Derivative Assets

Offsetting of Derivative Liabilities

Sponsor

Among other things, the prospectus dated May 9, 2022 (the “Prospectus”) provides for a unitary fee structure pursuant to which the Fund pays the Sponsor a management fee in consideration of the services provided by the Sponsor and other services provided to the Fund that the Sponsor pays directly (the “Management Fee”). The Sponsor pays for all of the routine operational, administrative, and other ordinary expenses of the Fund as determined by the Sponsor as set forth in the Prospectus any supplements thereto. The Fund will pay for certain other expenses and all of the Fund’s extraordinary fees and expenses, if any, as determined by the Sponsor, as set forth in the Prospectus any supplements thereto. 

Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent

SEI Investments Global Fund Services, Inc. (the “Administrator”) serves as the Fund’s Administrator pursuant to an administration agreement. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (the “Custodian”) serves as the Fund’s custodian and transfer agent pursuant to a custodian and transfer agent agreement.

Clearing FCM

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS&Co.” or the “Clearing FCM”) serves as the Fund’s Clearing FCM pursuant to the terms of a commodity futures customer agreement among the Sponsor, on behalf of the Fund, severally and not jointly, and the Clearing FCM (the “Futures Account Agreement”). As Clearing FCM, MS&Co. serves as the Fund’s clearing broker and as such arranges for the execution and clearing of the Fund’s futures transactions. As such, MS&Co. holds, on behalf of the Fund, positions in futures contracts and Treasury Securities, cash and cash equivalents as futures margin. Treasury Securities, cash and cash equivalents not held as futures margin will be held by the Custodian. The Fund may engage additional and/or other futures commission merchants in the future.

Distribution Agreement

SEI Investments Distribution Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments and an affiliate of the Administrator, serves as the Fund’s distributor of Baskets pursuant to a distribution agreement. The Distributor does not maintain any secondary market in the Shares.

Management Fee/Advisory Fee

The Management Fee is paid to the Sponsor in consideration of its services as sponsor, commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, and for managing the business and affairs of the Fund. The Sponsor supervises and directs the investment of the assets of the Fund in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives and investment strategies outlined in the Fund’s Prospectus.

The Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV in one or more large blocks of Shares called Baskets as set forth in the Fund’s Prospectus and any prospectus supplements thereto. The Fund intends to create and redeem Baskets primarily through exchange for related position (“EFRP”) transactions. In certain instances, the Fund may effect creations and redemptions partly or wholly for cash, rather than through an EFRP transaction.

The manner by which redemptions are made is dictated by the terms of the respective authorized participant agreement between an Authorized Participant and the Trust (“Authorized Participant Agreement”). Except when aggregated in Baskets, Shares are not redeemable securities of a Fund. Shares of the Fund may be purchased or redeemed only by Authorized Participants. An Authorized Participant is an institution that (i) is a broker-dealer; (ii) is a registered futures commission merchant and/or clears through a registered futures commission merchant; (iii) is a Depository Trust Company Participant and a member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; (iv) has entered into an Authorized Participant agreement with the Trust; and (v) is in a position to transfer the required Deposit Instruments and/or the cash to buy and sell whole Baskets. Investors will purchase Shares in the secondary market, generally with the assistance of a broker or investment advisor and will be subject to customary brokerage commissions, mark ups and mark downs and fees.

Authorized Participants will pay a transaction fee per Basket created or redeemed. The Sponsor may choose to pay transaction fees on behalf of Authorized Participants and has done so to date on Baskets that have been created. There is no guarantee that Sponsor will continue to do so. In addition, to the extent that cash is delivered or received in lieu of any of the Deposit Instruments upon the creation or redemption of Shares by an Authorized Participant, such Authorized Participants will pay an additional variable charge up to 2% of the cash that is delivered or received in lieu of any of the Deposit Instruments to a Fund to pay for any additional transaction costs and fees and price changes associated with the purchase or disposition of any of the Deposit Instruments.

Selected data for a Share outstanding throughout the periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

Financial Highlights

Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)  

Amounts designated as “-” are $0.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

Amounts designated as “-” are $0.

Financial Highlights 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

Amounts designated as “-” are $0.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

Amounts designated as “-” are $0.

Principal Risks

A shareholder of the Fund is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. The Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect a Fund’s NAV, trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment objective. A more complete description of principal risks is included in the Prospectus under the heading “Principal Risks.” This could result in the Fund’s underperformance compared to other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Trading Risks

Individual Shares may be purchased and sold only on a national securities exchange, an alternative trading system, or in the over-the-counter market and may not be directly purchased or redeemed from the Fund. There can be no guarantee that an active trading market for Shares will develop or be maintained, or that the listing of the Shares will continue unchanged. Buying and selling Shares may require a shareholder to pay brokerage commissions and expose a shareholder to other trading costs. Due to brokerage commissions and other transaction costs that may apply, frequent trading may detract from realized investment returns. Trading prices of Shares may be above, at or below the Fund’s NAV, will fluctuate in relation to NAV based on supply and demand in the market for Shares and other factors, and may vary significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility. The return on an investor’s investment will be reduced when the investor sells Shares at a discount or buys Shares at a premium to NAV.

Contingent Pricing Risks

Creation and redemption prices of Baskets are directly linked to the Fund’s next-computed NAV, which is normally determined at the end of each business day. Buyers and sellers of Shares will not know the value of their purchases and sales until the Fund’s NAV is determined at the end of the trading day. Like mutual funds, the Fund does not offer opportunities to purchase or redeem Baskets intraday at currently determined (as opposed to end-of-day) prices. Creation and redemption prices of Baskets are contingent upon the determination of NAV and may vary significantly from anticipated levels (including estimates based on intraday indicative values disseminated by the Fund) during periods of market volatility. Although limit orders can be used to restrict differences between prices of the Shares in the secondary market and NAV (i.e., premiums and discounts to NAV), they cannot be used to specify trade execution prices. However, unlike shares of mutual funds, Shares will trade on NYSE Arca, Inc. during the day at market-determined prices. The Fund will disseminate an indicative NAV every 15 seconds during the trading day.

Cash Transactions Risk

The Fund intends to create and redeem Baskets primarily through EFRP transactions. In certain instances, the Fund may effect creations and redemptions partly or wholly for cash, rather than through an EFRP transaction. Because the Fund may effect redemptions for cash, rather than through an EFRP transaction, it may be required to sell Deposit Instruments in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds, and they may subsequently recognize gains on such sales. As a result, an investment in Shares redeemed partially or wholly for cash may be less tax-efficient than if the Shares were redeemed through an EFRP transaction which generally will not trigger any tax consequences to Shareholders. Moreover, cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the market for any of the Deposit Instruments is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. These brokerage fees and taxes, which generally are expected to be higher than if the Basket was created or redeemed through an EFRP transaction, may be passed on to purchasers and redeemers of Baskets in the form of creation and redemption transaction fees. In addition, these factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Shares.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk

Only an Authorized Participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund may have relationships with a limited number of institutions that act as Authorized Participants. To the extent these institutions exit the business or are unable or unwilling to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem Baskets, Shares of the Fund may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.

Substantial Interests of the Fund are Held by a Small Number of Investors and Authorized Participants.

A substantial portion of the Shares of the Fund are held by a small number of investors, Beneficial Owners and Authorized Participants. Additionally, at any future time, and from time to time, a substantial portion of the Shares of the Fund may be held by one or a small number of investors, Beneficial Owners and/or Authorized Participants. In the event of substantial redemptions of Shares by one or more of these persons the Shares could be impacted adversely.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with third-party service providers that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnifications. Additionally, under the Fund’s organizational documents, the Sponsor, Wilmington Trust, N.A., a national banking association and the trustee of the Trust, and their officers and affiliates are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as it involves possible future claims that may or may not be made against the Fund. Based on experience, the Sponsor is of the view that the risk of loss to the Fund in connection with the Fund’s indemnification obligations is remote; however, there can be no assurance that such obligations will not result in material liabilities that adversely affect the Fund.

Natural Disaster/Epidemic Risk.

Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics (for example, the novel coronavirus COVID-19), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and have recently led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and significant market losses. Such natural disaster and health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned, and result in significant breakdowns, delays, shutdowns, social isolation, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains affected, with potential corresponding results on the operating performance of the Fund. A climate of uncertainty and panic, including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may adversely affect global, regional, and local economies. These circumstances may adversely impact the Fund’s performance. Further, such events can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, significantly disrupt the operations of individual companies (including, but not limited to, the Fund’s Sponsor and third-party service providers), sectors, industries, markets, securities and commodity exchanges, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s Underlying Indexes. These factors can cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, changes in the availability of and the margin requirements for certain instruments, and can impact the ability of the Fund to complete redemptions and otherwise affect the Fund’s performance and the Fund’s trading in the secondary market. A widespread crisis may also affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the current time. How long such events will last and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted. Impacts from these could have a significant impact on the Fund’s performance, resulting in losses to your investment.

Risk that Current Assumptions and Expectations Could Become Outdated as a Result of Global Economic Shock.

The onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and subsequent variants thereof has caused significant shocks to global financial markets and economies, with many governments taking extreme actions to slow and contain the spread of COVID-19. These actions have had, and likely will continue to have, a severe economic impact on global economies as economic activity in some instances has essentially ceased. Financial markets across the globe experienced severe distress at least equal to what was experienced during the global financial crisis in 2008. In March 2020, U.S. equity markets entered a bear market in the fastest such move in the history of U.S. financial markets. Contemporaneous with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, oil experienced shocks to supply and demand, impacting the price and volatility of oil. The global economic shocks being experienced as of the date hereof may result in significant losses to your investment.

During certain periods of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state and local governments enacted various measures, including restricted travel and stay-at-home/shelter-at-home orders. The Sponsor cannot determine or predict what impact such measures may have now or in the future on the Sponsor’s ability to operate or conduct day-to-day activities.

COVID-19 may cause key personnel of the Sponsor to be absent from work or work remotely for prolonged periods of time. The ability of any such personnel to work effectively on a remote basis may adversely impact the day-to-day operations of the Fund or its net performance. Any future outbreak or pandemic could also have potential adverse effects on the global economy, the Sponsor or the Fund in ways the Sponsor cannot predict or anticipate

On November 11, 2022, the Sponsor notified the NYSE Arca stock exchange that it has determined to close the Dividend Fund and delist and liquidate the Dividend Fund’s shares from trading on the NYSE Arca. The Dividend Fund will no longer accept creation and redemption orders after December 8, 2022. Trading in the Dividend Fund shares will be suspended following the market close on December 9, 2022. Proceeds of the liquidation are currently scheduled to be sent to shareholders on or about December 21, 2022.

In preparing these financial statements, management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued. Management has determined that there are no material events, except as set forth above that would require disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements through this date.