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WISDOMTREE ISSUER PLC ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 WisdomTree Issuer Plc Annual Report For the financial year ended 31 December 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Directors and Other Information 3 Directors’ Report 4 Investment Managers’ Reports 23 Irish Life Investment Managers Limited 23 Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 38 Depositary’s Report 40 Independent Auditor’s Report 41 Statement of Comprehensive Income 48 Statement of Financial Position 53 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Attributable to Holders of Redeemable Participating Shares 58 Statement of Cash Flows 63 Notes to the Financial Statements 68 Schedule of Investments WisdomTree US Equity Income UCITS ETF 159 WisdomTree US SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 173 WisdomTree Europe Equity Income UCITS ETF 194 WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 211 WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income UCITS ETF 235 WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 261 WisdomTree ISEQ 20® UCITS ETF 303 WisdomTree Germany Equity UCITS ETF 305 WisdomTree Japan Equity UCITS ETF 310 WisdomTree Europe Equity UCITS ETF 325 WisdomTree UK Equity Income UCITS ETF 334 WisdomTree Emerging Asia Equity Income UCITS ETF 339 WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity UCITS ETF 359 WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF 361 WisdomTree Global Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF 371 WisdomTree Eurozone Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF 396 WisdomTree India Quality UCITS ETF 403 WisdomTree AT1 CoCo Bond UCITS ETF 409 WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite UCITS ETF 413 WisdomTree EUR Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield UCITS ETF 414 WisdomTree EUR Government Bond Enhanced Yield UCITS ETF 419 WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend UCITS ETF 424 WisdomTree US Multifactor UCITS TEF 443 WisdomTree Artificial Intelligence UCITS ETF 450 Summary of Significant Portfolio Changes (Unaudited) 453 Appendix I – Remuneration Policy (Unaudited) 500 Appendix II – Securities Financing Transactions (Unaudited) 501 2 WisdomTree Issuer Plc Directors and Other Information Directors* Manager David Abner (US) WisdomTree Management Limited Gregory Barton (US) (Chairperson) 25-28 North Wall Quay Vincent Dodd (Ireland)** Dublin 1 Denise Kinsella (Ireland)** Ireland Amit Muni (US) Company’s Registered Number: Peter Ziemba (US) 503861 Investment Managers Promoter (Up to 26 January 2018) WisdomTree Asset Management Inc. Mellon Capital Management Corporation 245 Park Avenue 50 Freemont St #3900 35th Floor San Francisco New York CA 94105-2240 NY 10167 United States United States Irish Life Investment Managers Limited*** Secretary Beresford Court Wilton Secretarial Limited Beresford Place 6th Floor Dublin 1 2 Grand Canal Square Ireland Dublin 2 Assenagon Asset Management SA Ireland Aerogolf Center Legal Advisers (as to Irish law) 1B Heienhaff A&L Goodbody Senningerberg, 1736 International Financial Services Centre Luxembourg North Wall Quay Dublin 1 Administrator, Registrar and Transfer Agent Ireland State Street Fund Services (Ireland) Limited 78 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Listing Sponsor Dublin 2 Davy Ireland Davy House 49 Dawson Street Depositary Dublin 2 State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited Ireland 78 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin 2 UK Facilities Agent and Marketing Agent Ireland WisdomTree UK Limited 3 Lombard Street Currency Manager (As to the provision of 31-41 Worship Street foreign currency hedging services) London EC3V 9AA Irish Life Investment Managers Limited United Kingdom Beresford Court Auditors Beresford Place Ernst & Young Dublin 1 Ernst & Young Building Ireland Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street Assenagon Asset Management SA Dublin 2 Aerogolf Center Ireland 1B Heienhaff Swiss Representative and Paying Agent Senningerberg, 1736 Société Générale Luxembourg Zurich Branch Talacker 50 Registered Office PO Box 1928 25-28 North Wall Quay 8021 Zurich Dublin 1 Switzerland Ireland * All Directors are non-executive Directors. ** Independent Non-Executive Directors, as defined by the Irish Funds (“IF”) Corporate Governance Code. *** From 26 January 2018, Irish Life Investment Managers Limited was appointed 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 Directors’ Report For the financial year ended 31 December 2018 The Directors present to the shareholders the annual report together with the audited financial statements for the financial year, (“year”), ended 31 December 2018 of WisdomTree Issuer Plc (the “Company”). Review of the development of the business 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 2015) (collectively the “UCITS Regulations”). As at 31 December 2018, the Company comprised 24 active sub-funds, (collectively the “Sub-Funds” or each individually a “Sub-Fund”), (31 December 2017: 17 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 Directors’ Report (continued) For the financial year ended 31 December 2018 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 Directors’ Report (continued) For the financial year ended 31 December 2018 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