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WISDOMTREE ISSUER PLC UNAUDITED INTERIM REPORT AND CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2019 WisdomTree Issuer Plc Unaudited Interim Report and Condensed Financial Statements For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Directors and Other Information 3 General Information 4 Investment Managers’ Reports 17 Irish Life Investment Managers Limited 17 Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 29 Statement of Comprehensive Income 31 Statement of Financial Position 36 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Attributable to Holders of Redeemable Participating Shares 42 Statement of Cash Flows 47 Notes to the Financial Statements 52 Schedule of Investments WisdomTree US Equity Income UCITS ETF 87 WisdomTree US SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 101 WisdomTree Europe Equity Income UCITS ETF 122 WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 140 WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income UCITS ETF 166 WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 191 WisdomTree ISEQ 20® UCITS ETF 231 WisdomTree Germany Equity UCITS ETF 233 WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF 238 WisdomTree Europe Equity UCITS ETF 254 WisdomTree UK Equity Income UCITS ETF 263 WisdomTree Emerging Asia Equity Income UCITS ETF 268 WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF 287 WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF 289 WisdomTree Global Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF 299 WisdomTree Eurozone Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF 324 WisdomTree India Quality UCITS ETF 331 WisdomTree AT1 CoCo Bond UCITS ETF 337 WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite UCITS ETF 341 WisdomTree EUR Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield UCITS ETF 342 WisdomTree EUR Government Bond Enhanced Yield UCITS ETF 347 WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 353 WisdomTree US Multifactor UCITS TEF 372 WisdomTree Artificial Intelligence UCITS ETF 380 WisdomTree USD Floating Rate Treasury Bond UCITS ETF 383 Summary of Significant Portfolio Changes 384 Appendix I – Securities Financing Transactions 433 2 WisdomTree Issuer Plc Directors and Other Information Directors* Manager David Abner (US) (resigned on 31 July 2019) WisdomTree Management Limited Gregory Barton (US) (Chairperson) (resigned 25-28 North Wall Quay on 15 March 2019) Dublin 1 Vincent Dodd (Ireland)** Ireland Denise Kinsella (Ireland)** Company’s Registered Number: Amit Muni (US) 503861 Peter Ziemba (US) (Chairperson) (appointed on 11 June 2019) Promoter Bryan Governey (Ireland) (appointed on 31 July 2019) WisdomTree Asset Management Inc. Alexis Marinof (Belgium) (appointed on 13 August 2019) 245 Park Avenue 35th Floor Investment Managers New York Irish Life Investment Managers Limited*** NY 10167 Beresford Court United States Beresford Place Secretary Dublin 1 Wilton Secretarial Limited Ireland 6th Floor Assenagon Asset Management SA 2 Grand Canal Square Aerogolf Center Dublin 2 1B Heienhaff Ireland Senningerberg, 1736 Legal Advisers (as to Irish law) Luxembourg A&L Goodbody Administrator, Registrar and Transfer Agent International Financial Services Centre State Street Fund Services (Ireland) Limited North Wall Quay 78 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin 1 Dublin 2 Ireland Ireland Listing Sponsor Davy Depositary Davy House State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited 49 Dawson Street 78 Sir John Rogerson’s QuayDublin 2 Dublin 2 Ireland Ireland UK Facilities Agent and Marketing Agent Currency Manager (As to the provision of WisdomTree UK Limited foreign currency hedging services) 3 Lombard Street Irish Life Investment Managers Limited 31-41 Worship Street Beresford Court London EC3V 9AA Beresford Place United Kingdom Dublin 1 Ireland Auditors Ernst & Young Assenagon Asset Management SA Ernst & Young Building Aerogolf Center Harcourt Centre 1B Heienhaff Harcourt Street Senningerberg, 1736 Dublin 2 Luxembourg Ireland Registered Office Swiss Representative and Paying Agent 25-28 North Wall Quay Société Générale Dublin 1 Zurich Branch Ireland Talacker 50 PO Box 1928 8021 Zurich Switzerland * All Directors are non-executive Directors. ** Independent Non-Executive Directors, as defined by the Irish Funds (“IF”) Corporate Governance Code. *** Irish Life Investment Managers Limited is acting as Investment Manager for all funds apart from WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF, WisdomTree AT1 CoCo Bond UCITS ETF and WisdomTree S&P 500 Put Write UCITS ETF for which Assenagon Asset Management SA is the Investment Manager. 3 WisdomTree Issuer Plc General Information For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 The Company is an umbrella fund with segregated liability between sub-funds and an open-ended investment company with variable capital incorporated in Ireland on 20 September 2011 with limited liability authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank”) under the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2011, as amended, and under The Central Bank (Supervision And Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1) (Undertakings For Collective Investment In Transferable Securities) Regulations 2019) (collectively the “UCITS Regulations”). As at 30 June 2019, the Company comprised 25 active sub-funds, (collectively the “Sub-Funds” or each individually a “Sub-Fund”), (31 December 2018: 24 active sub-funds). The names and initial launch dates are as follows: Active Sub-Funds, share classes and launch dates WisdomTree US Equity Income UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“DHS”) 21 October 2014 USD USD Acc (“DHSA”) 03 November 2016 USD GBP Hedged Acc (“DHSG”) 01 November 2016 GBP EUR Hedged Acc (“DHSF”) 07 November 2016 EUR WisdomTree US SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“DESE”) 21 October 2014 USD WisdomTree Europe Equity Income UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency EUR (“EEI”) 21 October 2014 EUR EUR Acc (“EEIA”) 03 November 2016 EUR WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency EUR (“DFE”) 21 October 2014 EUR EUR Acc (“DFEA”) 03 November 2016 EUR WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“DEM”) 14 November 2014 USD USD Acc (“DEMR”) 02 November 2016 USD WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“DGSE”) 14 November 2014 USD WisdomTree ISEQ 20® UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency EUR (“ISEQ”) 17 April 2015 EUR 4 WisdomTree Issuer Plc General Information (continued) For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 WisdomTree Germany Equity UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency GBP Hedged (“DXGP”) 11 May 2015 GBP USD Hedged (“DXGE”) 02 November 2015 USD CHF Hedged Acc (“DXGD”) 02 February 2016 CHF EUR Acc (“DXGY”) 02 November 2015 EUR WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD Hedged (“DXJ”) 18 May 2015 USD GBP Hedged (“DXJP”) 02 November 2015 GBP JPY Acc (“DXJZ”) 02 November 2015 JPY CHF Hedged Acc (“DXJD”) 02 February 2016 CHF EUR Hedged Acc (“DXJF”) 03 November 2015 EUR USD Hedged Acc (“DXJA”) 09 March 2017 USD WisdomTree Europe Equity UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD Hedged (“HEDJ”) 18 May 2015 USD EUR Acc (“HEDF”) 02 November 2015 EUR CHF Hedged Acc (“HEDD”) 02 February 2016 CHF GBP Hedged (“HEDP”) 02 November 2015 GBP USD Hedged Acc (“HEDK”) 01 November 2016 USD WisdomTree UK Equity Income UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency GBP (“WUKD”) 28 September 2015 GBP WisdomTree Emerging Asia Equity Income UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“DEMA”) 28 September 2015 USD WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“WCOG”) 27 April 2016 USD USD Acc (“WCOA”) 27 April 2016 USD GBP Hedged Acc (“WCOM”) 14 August 2018 GBP EUR Hedged Acc (“WCOE”) 14 August 2018 EUR WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD Acc (“DGRA”) 03 June 2016 USD USD (“DGRW”) 03 November 2016 USD WisdomTree Global Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD Acc (“GGRA”) 03 June 2016 USD USD (“GGRW”) 02 November 2016 USD 5 WisdomTree Issuer Plc General Information (continued) For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 WisdomTree Eurozone Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency EUR Acc (“EGRA”) 29 June 2016 EUR EUR (“EGRW”) 03 November 2016 EUR WisdomTree India Quality UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“EPIQ”) 28 February 2017 USD USD Acc (“EPIE”) 28 February 2017 USD WisdomTree AT1 CoCo Bond UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“CCBO”) 14 May 2018 USD USD Acc (“COCB”) 14 May 2018 USD USD Hedged (“CODO”) 21 August 2018 USD EUR Hedged (“COBO”) 21 August 2018 EUR GBP Hedged (“COGO”) 21 August 2018 GBP WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD Acc (“PUTW”) 21 May 2018 USD WisdomTree EUR Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency EUR (“YLD”) 02 July 2018 EUR EUR Acc (“EYLD”) 02 July 2018 EUR WisdomTree EUR Government Bond Enhanced Yield UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency EUR (“GOVE”) 02 July 2018 EUR EUR Acc (“WGOV”) 02 July 2018 EUR WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“DFJ”) 09 July 2018 USD USD Acc (“DFJA”) 09 July 2018 USD WisdomTree US Multifactor UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD (“USMF”) 10 July 2018 USD USD Acc (“FCTR”) 10 July 2018 USD WisdomTree Artificial Intelligence UCITS ETF Share classes Launch Date Currency USD Acc (“WTAI”) 30 November 2018 USD 6 WisdomTree Issuer Plc General Information (continued) For the