Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

(a) A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) [17 CFR § 270.30e-1], is attached hereto.

KraneShares Trust

Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF

Ticker: IVOL

Principal Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca

Annual Shareholder Report: March 31, 2026

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF (the "Fund") for the period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://kfafunds.com/ivol/. You can also request this information by contacting us at 1-833-IVOL-ETF (1-833-486-5383).This annual shareholder report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.

What were the Fund costs for the last year?

(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Table Summary
Fund Name	Costs of a $10,000 investment	Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF	$102	1.00%

How did the Fund perform in the last year?

IVOL is a fixed income ETF that seeks to hedge relative interest rate movements, whether these movements arise from falling short-term interest rates or rising long-term interest rates, and to benefit from market stress when fixed income volatility increases, while providing the potential for enhanced inflation-protected income.

The Fund outperformed the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury U.S. TIPS Index during the period because of the options held by the Fund. The options held by the Fund during the period were long the difference between the 2-year and 10-year yield on a U.S. Treasury bond, which increased, leading the Fund to outperform a portfolio of inflation-protected securities.

How did the Fund perform since inception?

Total Return Based on $10,000 Investment

Table Summary
	Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (USD) (TR)^{Footnote Reference*}
May/19	$10,000	$10,000
Mar/20	$10,695	$10,628
Mar/21	$12,155	$11,429
Mar/22	$11,319	$11,919
Mar/23	$10,419	$11,196
Mar/24	$9,033	$11,247
Mar/25	$9,217	$11,941
Mar/26	$9,545	$12,299

Footnote	Description
Footnote^*	Total Return (TR) - Reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes.

Average Annual Total Returns as of March 31, 2026

Table Summary
Fund/Index Name	1 Year	5 Years	Annualized Since Inception
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF	3.56%	-4.72%	-0.67%
Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (USD) (TR)^{Footnote Reference*}	3.00%	1.48%	3.05%

The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since its inception on May 13, 2019. Returns shown are total returns, which assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The table and graph presented above do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.Call 1-833-IVOL-ETF (1-833-486-5383) or visit https://kfafunds.com/ivol/ for current month-end performance.

Key Fund Statistics as of March 31, 2026

Table Summary
	Total Net Assets	Number of Holdings	Total Advisory Fees Paid	Portfolio Turnover Rate
	$477,679,987	11	$4,175,599	0%

What did the Fund invest in?

IVOL Composition

Table Summary
Value	Value
Long Interest Rate Options	10.0%
Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF	79.0%
Cash	11.0%

Top Ten Holdings

Table Summary
Holding Name			Percentage of Total Net Assets
Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF			79.0%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.20%, 04/14/27^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.7%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.55%, 05/17/28^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.6%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.50%, 09/15/27^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.4%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.38%, 10/18/29^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.4%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.85%, 09/15/28^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.1%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.28%, 12/09/26^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.1%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.70%, 06/15/27^{Footnote Reference(1)}			0.9%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.43%, 11/13/26^{Footnote Reference(1)}			0.5%
Purchased Option - CMS 10Y - 2Y, 0.48%, 08/13/26^{Footnote Reference(1)}			0.2%

Footnote	Description
Footnote⁽¹⁾	At market value.

Material Fund Changes

This is a summary of certain changes to the Fund since April 1, 2025. For more complete information, you may review the Fund’s prospectus, which is available at https://kfafunds.com/etf/ivol/#documents or upon request at 1-855-857-2638.

Effective April 1, 2026, the Adviser contractually agreed to waive its management fee equal to 0.04% of the Fund’s average annual net assets. The waiver will remain in effect through August 1, 2028, unless terminated earlier by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

Krane Funds Advisors, LLC (“Krane” or the “Adviser”), the investment adviser to the Fund, entered into an agreement whereby its officers and employees, among others, through KFA Two Holdings, LLC, will acquire a majority interest in the Adviser from China International Capital Corporation (USA) Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of China International Capital Corporation Limited (the “Transaction”). Consummation of the Transaction could, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, result in the automatic termination of the Fund’s existing advisory agreement and, as a result of the termination of the advisory agreement, the sub-advisory agreement. In anticipation of the Transaction, the Board approved new advisory and sub-advisory agreements on terms identical to the existing agreements (other than effective and termination dates), subject to shareholder approval. To ensure continuity of management pending such shareholder approval, the Board also approved interim advisory and sub-advisory agreements, each with terms substantially identical to the current agreements, to remain in effect for up to 150 days while shareholder approval is sought.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants

There were no changes in or disagreements with accountants during the reporting period.

Additional Information

For additional information about the Fund, including its prospectus, financial information, holdings, and proxy voting information, visit https://kfafunds.com/ivol/.

Householding

You may have consented to receive one copy of a shareholder report at your address if you and one or more individuals in your home have multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses. If you wish to change your householding status or receive individual copies of your shareholder report, please contact us at 1-833-IVOL-ETF (1-833-486-5383) or your financial intermediary.

KraneShares Trust

Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF: IVOL

Principal Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca

Annual Shareholder Report: March 31, 2026

IVOL-AR-2026

KraneShares Trust

Quadratic Deflation ETF

Ticker: BNDD

Principal Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca

Annual Shareholder Report: March 31, 2026

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Quadratic Deflation ETF (the "Fund") for the period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://kfafunds.com/bndd/. You can also request this information by contacting us at 1-888-BNDD-007 (1-888-263-3007).This annual shareholder report describes changes to the Fund that occurred during the reporting period.

What were the Fund costs for the last year?

(based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Table Summary
Fund Name	Costs of a $10,000 investment	Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment
Quadratic Deflation ETF	$98	1.00%

How did the Fund perform in the last year?

BNDD is a fixed income ETF that seeks to benefit from lower growth, deflation, lower or negative long-term interest rates, and/or a reduction in the spread between shorter and longer term interest rates by investing in U.S. Treasuries and options.

The Fund underperformed the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index during the period because of the options held by the Fund. The options held by the Fund during the period were short the difference between the 2-year and 30-year yield on a U.S. Treasury bond, which increased, leading the Fund to underperform a portfolio of U.S. Treasuries.

How did the Fund perform since inception?

Total Return Based on $10,000 Investment

Table Summary
	Quadratic Deflation ETF	Bloomberg Long U.S. Treasury Index
Sep/21	$10,000	$10,000
Mar/22	$10,497	$8,832
Mar/23	$9,229	$7,419
Mar/24	$9,130	$6,967
Mar/25	$8,430	$7,055
Mar/26	$8,040	$7,088

Average Annual Total Returns as of March 31, 2026

Table Summary
Fund/Index Name	1 Year	Annualized Since Inception
Quadratic Deflation ETF	-4.62%	-4.70%
Bloomberg Long U.S. Treasury Index	0.47%	-7.32%

The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since its inception on September 20, 2021. Returns shown are total returns, which assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The table and graph presented above do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.Call 1-888-BNDD-007 (1-888-263-3007) or visit https://kfafunds.com/bndd/ for current month-end performance.

Key Fund Statistics as of March 31, 2026

Table Summary
	Total Net Assets	Number of Holdings	Total Advisory Fees Paid	Portfolio Turnover Rate
	$7,440,356	3	$83,962	0%

What did the Fund invest in?

BNDD Composition

Table Summary
Value	Value
Long Interest Rate Options	3.1%
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF	78.8%
Cash	18.1%

Top Holdings

Table Summary
Holding Name			Percentage of Total Net Assets
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF			78.7%
Purchased Option - CMS 30Y – 2Y, 0.60%, 04/21/27^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.7%
Purchased Option - CMS 30Y – 2Y, 0.80%, 10/14/26^{Footnote Reference(1)}			1.5%

Footnote	Description
Footnote⁽¹⁾	At market value.

Material Fund Changes

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants

There were no changes in or disagreements with accountants during the reporting period.

Additional Information

For additional information about the Fund, including its prospectus, financial information, holdings, and proxy voting information, visit https://kfafunds.com/bndd/.

Householding

You may have consented to receive one copy of a shareholder report at your address if you and one or more individuals in your home have multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses. If you wish to change your householding status or receive individual copies of your shareholder report, please contact us at 1-888-BNDD-007 (1-888-236-3007) or your financial intermediary.

KraneShares Trust

Quadratic Deflation ETF: BNDD

Principal Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca

Annual Shareholder Report: March 31, 2026

BNDD-AR-2026

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and any person who performs a similar function. During the period covered by the report, there were no amendments to the code of ethics, and the Registrant did not grant any waivers from a provision of the code of ethics.

(a)(1) The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has an audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.

(a)(2) The audit committee financial expert, John Ferguson, is an independent trustee as defined in Form N-CSR Item 3 (a)(2).

KPMG billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years as follows:

(e)(1) Pursuant to the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC adopted Rule 2-01 under Regulation S-X, which, among other things, requires a fund’s audit committee to pre-approve certain audit and non-audit services that are provided by its independent auditors in order to ensure the auditors’ independence. The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has established an Audit Committee that has been charged with, among other things, assisting the Board of Trustees in its oversight of: the Registrant’s independent auditors; preapproving all audit and non-audit services provided by the Registrant’s independent auditors; the integrity of the Funds’ financial statements; the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence; and the use of appropriate accounting principles.

(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services approved pursuant to the “de minimis” exception of Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) were as follows for KPMG:

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by KPMG for the last two fiscal years were $0 and $0, respectively.

(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by the Registrant’s principal accountant to either the Registrant’s investment adviser or to entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were pre-approved by the Audit Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Trustees. Included in the audit committee’s pre-approval was the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

(i) Not applicable. The Registrant has not retained, for the preparation of the audit report on the financial statements included in the Form N-CSR, a registered public accounting firm that has a branch or office that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) has determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction.

(j) Not applicable. The Registrant is not a “foreign issuer,” as defined in 17 CFR 240.3b-4.

(a) The Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee, which is composed of the Registrant’s Independent Trustees, Messrs. Luis Berruga, John Ferguson and Matthew Stroyman.

(a) The Schedules of Investments and Consolidated Schedules of Investments are included as part of the Registrant’s Financial Statements and Other Information filed under Item 7 of this form.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

Fund shares may only be purchased or redeemed from a Fund in Creation Unit aggregations. Investors who cannot transact in Creation Units of a Fund’s shares must buy or sell Fund shares in the secondary market at their market price, which may be at a premium or discount to a Fund’s net asset value, with the assistance of a broker. In doing so, the investor may incur brokerage commissions and may pay more than net asset value when buying Fund shares and receive less than net asset value when selling Fund shares.

A list of open option contracts held by the Fund as of March 31, 2026 was as follows:

The following summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments and other financial instruments used as of March 31, 2026, based on the inputs used to value them:

A list of open option contracts held by the Fund as of March 31, 2026 was as follows:

The following summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments used as of March 31, 2026, based on the inputs used to value them:

KraneShares Trust (the “Trust”) is a Delaware Statutory Trust formed on February 3, 2012. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), as an open-end management investment company. As of March 31, 2026, the Trust had 34 operational series. The financial statements herein and the related notes pertain to the Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF and the Quadratic Deflation ETF, (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are non-diversified Funds, as defined under Section 5(b)(1) of the Investment Company Act. Krane Funds Advisors, LLC (“Krane” or the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the investment adviser for the Funds and is subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Quadratic Capital Management LLC (“Quadratic” or “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the sub-adviser to the Funds and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds.

China International Capital Corporation (USA) Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of China International Capital Corporation Limited owns a majority stake in Krane. As of March 31, 2026, KFA One Holdings, LLC (“KFA1”), located at 280 Park Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10017, held the remaining equity interests in Krane. As of the same date, officers and certain employees of Krane, among others, had agreed to acquire, through KFA Two Holdings, LLC (“KFA2”), at 280 Park Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10017, the entire interest of China International Capital Corporation Limited in Krane. Such transaction is expected to close no later than June 30. Jonathan Krane, through his equity interests in KFA1 and KFA2, may be deemed to control Krane. Jonathan Krane, being a Trustee, the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Trust, is also an affiliated person of the Trust.

Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange” or the “NYSE”). Market prices for Fund shares (“Shares”) may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in large blocks of Shares each called a “Creation Unit”. This does not mean, however, that individual investors will be able to redeem and purchase Shares directly with the series of the Trust. Only Authorized Participants can redeem and purchase Creation Units of Shares directly. Each Fund will issue and redeem Shares for a basket of securities and/or a balancing cash amount. Individual shares trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

As of March 31, 2026, all shares issued by the Funds were in Creation Units to Authorized Participants through primary market transactions (e.g., transactions directly with the Funds). However, the individual shares that make up those Creation Units are traded on the Exchange (i.e., secondary market transactions). Some of those individual shares have been bought and sold by persons that are not Authorized Participants. Each Authorized Participant has entered into an agreement with the Funds’ Distributor.

The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF is a fixed income ETF that seeks to hedge relative interest rate movements, whether these movements arise from falling short-term interest rates or rising long-term interest rates, and to benefit from market stress when fixed income volatility increases, while providing the potential for enhanced inflation-protected income. The Fund is actively managed and does not track an index. The Fund’s investment in the Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF represents greater than 75% of the Fund’s total investments. For further financial information, available upon request, on the Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF, please go to the Commission’s website at https://www.sec.gov.

The Quadratic Deflation ETF is a fixed income ETF that seeks to benefit from lower growth, deflation, lower or negative long-term interest rates, and/or a reduction in the spread between shorter and longer term interest rates by investing in U.S. Treasuries and options. The Fund is actively managed and does not track an index. The Fund’s investment in the Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF represents greater than 75% of the Fund’s total investments. For further financial information, available upon request, on the Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF, please go to the Commission’s website at https://www.sec.gov.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds. The Funds are investment companies that apply the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

USE OF ESTIMATES — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and could have a material impact to the Funds.

SECURITY VALUATION — The NAV per share of each Fund is computed by dividing the value of the net assets of a Fund (i.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities and withholdings) by the total number of shares of a Fund outstanding, rounded to the nearest cent. Expenses and fees, including without limitation, the management, administration and distribution fees, are accrued daily and taken into account for purposes of determining NAV. The NAV per share for each Fund normally is calculated by the Administrator (as defined below) and determined as of the regularly scheduled close of the normal trading on each day that the NYSE is scheduled to be open for business (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time). Any assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted into U.S. dollars at the current market rates on the date of valuation as quoted by one or more sources.

Securities listed on a securities exchange (i.e. exchange-traded equity securities), market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued by independent pricing agents at the last reported sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded (or at the time as of which the Fund’s NAV is calculated if a security’s exchange is normally open at that time). If there is no such reported sale, such securities are valued at the most recently reported bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. If a security price cannot be obtained from an independent, third-party pricing agent, the Administrator seeks to obtain bid and ask prices from two broker-dealers who make a market in the portfolio instrument and determines the average of the submission(s) or may determine a fair value using a different methodology. If a broker-dealer is unable or unwilling to provide both bid and ask prices, the Administrator will seek to obtain a bid price.

If available, debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by independent third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or

other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value.

The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates. The exchange rates used for valuation are captured as of the close of the London Stock Exchange each day normally at 4:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time.

The value of a swap contract is equal to the obligation (or rights) under the swap contract, which will generally be equal to the net amounts to be paid or received under the contract based upon the relative values of the positions held by each party to the contract as determined by the applicable independent, third party pricing agent.

Swaps cleared through a central clearing house (“centrally cleared swaps”) are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of the exchange on which they are listed. The daily settlement prices for centrally cleared swaps are provided by an Independent Pricing Agent. Swaps which are not centrally cleared are priced based on valuations provided by an Independent Pricing Agent.

Exchange-traded options, except as discussed below for FLEX options, are valued at the mean of their most recent bid and asked price, if available, and otherwise, long positions will be valued at the most-recent bid price, and short positions will be valued at the most-recent ask price. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options are valued based upon prices determined by the applicable independent, third party pricing agent. FLEX (short for flexible) options are normally valued using a model-based price provided by a third-party pricing vendor. On days when a trade in a FLEX option occurs, the trade price will be used to value such FLEX options in lieu of the model price.

Futures are valued at the settlement price established by the board of trade on which they are traded. Foreign currency forward contracts are valued at the current day’s interpolated foreign exchange rate, as calculated using the current day’s spot rate and the 30-, 60-, 90- and 180-day forward rates provided by an independent pricing agent. As of and during the year ended March 31, 2026, the Funds did not hold swaps, futures or foreign currency forward contracts.

Investments in open-end investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued in the same manner as other exchange-traded equity securities (described above).

Investments for which market prices are not “readily available,” or are not deemed to reflect current market values, or are debt securities where no evaluated price is available from third-party pricing agents pursuant to established methodologies, are fair valued in accordance with the Adviser’s valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using “fair value” pricing may include, but are not limited to: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed; or the security has not been traded for an extended period of time.

In addition, a Fund may fair value its securities if an event that may materially affect the value of a Fund’s securities that trade outside of the United States (a “Significant Event”) has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time that a Fund calculates its NAV. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector, country or region. Events that may be Significant Events may include: government actions, natural disasters, armed conflict, acts of terrorism and significant market fluctuations. If Krane becomes aware of a Significant Event that has

occurred with respect to a portfolio instrument or group of portfolio instruments after the closing of the exchange or market on which the portfolio instrument or portfolio instruments principally trade, but before the time at which a Fund calculates its NAV, it will notify the Administrator and may request that an ad hoc meeting of the Fair Value Pricing Committee be called.

With respect to trade-halted securities, the Adviser typically will fair value a trade-halted security by adjusting the security’s last market close price by the security’s sector performance, as measured by a predetermined index, unless Krane’s Fair Value Pricing Committee determines to make additional adjustments.

Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that a fair value determination for a security is materially different than the value that could actually be realized upon the sale of the security or that another fund that uses market quotations or its own fair value procedures to price the same securities.

Trading in securities on many foreign exchanges is normally completed before the close of business on each Business Day (a “Business Day”, as used herein, is any day on which the Exchange is open for business). In addition, securities trading in a particular country or countries may not take place on each Business Day or may take place on days that are not Business Days. Changes in valuations on certain securities may occur at times or on days on which a Fund’s NAV is not calculated and on which Fund shares do not trade and sales and redemptions of shares do not occur. As a result, the value of a Fund’s portfolio securities and the net asset value of its shares may change on days when share purchases or sales cannot occur. Fund shares are purchased or sold on a national securities exchange at market prices, which may be higher or lower than NAV. Transactions in Fund shares will be priced at NAV only if shares are purchased or redeemed directly from a Fund in Creation Units. No secondary sales will be made to brokers or dealers at a concession by the Distributor or by a Fund. Purchases and sales of shares in the secondary market, which will not involve a Fund, will be subject to customary brokerage commissions and charges.

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in non-active markets, quoted prices for similar investments, fair value of investments for which the Funds have the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term, and short-term investments valued at amortized cost).

Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments, broker quotes, fair value of investments for which the Fund does not have the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term).

Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement. For details of the investment classification, refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — It is each Fund’s intention to qualify or continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes by complying with the appropriate provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its taxable income and gains to shareholders. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes have been made in the financial statements.

The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” (i.e., greater than 50 percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provisions in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last three tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

As of March 31, 2026, management of the Funds has reviewed all open tax years since inception and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns. The Funds are also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME — Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are based on specific identification. Dividend income is recorded, net of any applicable withholding tax, on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Funds. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis from the settlement date and includes the amortization of premiums and the accretion of discount calculated using the effective interest method.

OPTIONS — The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF purchases options seeking to benefit from relative interest rate movements, whether these movements arise from falling short-term interest rates or rising long-term interest rates (i.e., the spread between interest rates on U.S. interest rates and shorter-term interest widens), and to benefit from market stress when fixed income volatility increases. The Quadratic Deflation ETF purchases options seeking to benefit from relative interest rate movements, whether these movements arise from rising short-term interest rates or falling long-term interest rates (i.e., the spread between interest rates on U.S. interest rates and shorter-term interest narrows). When each Fund purchases an option, the Fund pays a cost (premium) to purchase the option. The Funds’ investments in options will be traded in the OTC market. OTC derivative instruments generally have more flexible terms negotiated between the buyer and the seller. These instruments would generally be subject to greater counterparty risk. Many of the protections afforded to exchange participants will not be available for OTC options and there are no daily price fluctuation limits. OTC instruments also may be subject to greater liquidity risk. Under the Funds’ option contracts, the Funds pay upfront for the option contracts (i.e., the premium), and counterparties are not required to post variation margin. There is no potential

additional cash outflow or future liability for the Funds under the options; the Funds’ only potential loss on such options is the premium paid in advance. However, the Funds’ options contracts are subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk of non-performance by an options counterparty. Such non-performance could result in a material loss to the Funds.

As of March 31, 2026, the Funds have open purchased option positions. Refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for details regarding open options as of March 31, 2026.

For the year ended March 31, 2026, the average monthly cost for purchased options in the Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF and Quadratic Deflation ETF was $47,999,285 and $287,996, respectively.

The following is a summary by counterparty of the market value of OTC financial derivative instruments and collateral (received)/pledged for each Fund as of March 31, 2026:

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — Each Fund has a practice of seeking to pay monthly distributions at a level rate. To help maintain more stable monthly distributions, the distribution paid by a Fund for any particular monthly period may be more or less than the amount of net income actually earned by the Fund during such period. The practice of seeking to pay

distributions at a level rate may result in a return of capital to shareholders, which is not taxable but reduces a shareholder’s basis in his or her shares, if the Fund’s income and gains are not sufficient to support the level rate distribution.

Ordinarily, each Fund typically distributes any net investment income monthly and makes any capital gain distributions once a year (usually in December). Each Fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis. All distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

All of the Funds’ distributions were treated as return of capital. The Funds expects that its losses with respect to its investment in rate-linked options are treated as ordinary losses, which can only be used to offset ordinary income earned by the Fund in the same taxable year in which the losses occur, subject to an exception for late-year losses.

CASH OVERDRAFT CHARGES — Per the terms of an agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”), the Funds’ Custodian, if a Fund has a cash overdraft on a given day, it will be assessed an overdraft charge of BBH Overdraft Base Rate plus 2.00%. Cash overdraft charges are included in “Interest Expense” on the Statements of Operations.

CREATION UNITS — The Funds issue and redeem Shares at NAV and only in large blocks of Shares (each block of Shares is a “Creation Unit”, Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF issues and redeems in 25,000 Shares and the Quadratic Deflation ETF issues and redeems in 5,000 Shares, or multiples thereof). In its discretion, the Trust reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of each Fund’s shares that constitute a Creation Unit.

Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable securities of a Fund. Shares of a Fund may only be purchased or redeemed by certain Authorized Participants. An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a Depository Trust Company participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the Distributor. Most retail investors will not qualify as Authorized Participants or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the Shares directly from a Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker and will be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees when buying or selling Shares. If a Creation Unit is purchased or redeemed for cash, a higher transaction fee may be charged.

The Adviser may adjust the transaction fees from time to time based on actual experience.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS — Idle cash balances may be swept into various overnight sweep accounts and are classified as cash equivalents on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. These amounts, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts swept are usually available on the next business day. For that reason, each Fund is subject to custodial risk as a result of (1) holding cash at the Fund’s custodian because such cash deposits are unsecured liabilities of the custodian and (2) the custodian, at times, sweeping excess cash to other banks, which would be unsecured liabilities of those other banks.

SEGMENT REPORTING — An operating segment is defined in Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”) as a component of a public entity that engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, has operating results that are regularly reviewed by the public entity’s chief operating decision maker (CODM) to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess

its performance, and has discrete financial information available. The Funds’ Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer act as the Funds’ CODM. The Funds represent a single operating segment, as the CODM monitors the operating results of the Funds as a whole and the Funds’ long-term strategic asset allocation is predetermined in accordance with the Funds’ single investment objective which is executed by the Funds’ portfolio manager. The financial information in the form of the Funds’ schedule of investments, total returns, expense ratios and changes in net assets (i.e., changes in net assets resulting from operations, subscriptions and redemptions), which are used by the CODM to assess the segment’s performance versus the Funds’ comparative benchmarks and to make resource allocation decisions for the Funds’ single segment, is consistent with that presented within the Funds’ financial statements. Segment assets are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities as “Total Assets” and significant segment expenses are listed on the accompanying Statements of Operations.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT — The Adviser serves as investment adviser to each Fund pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust on behalf of each Fund and the Adviser (the “Agreement”). Under the Agreement, Krane is responsible for reviewing, supervising and administering each Fund’s investment program and the general management and administration of the Trust. The Board supervises Krane and establishes policies that Krane must follow in its management activities.

The Agreement requires the Adviser to pay all operating expenses of the Funds, except: (a) interest and taxes (including, but not limited to, income, excise, transaction, transfer and withholding taxes); (b) expenses of the Funds incurred with respect to the acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities and the execution of portfolio transactions, including brokerage commissions and short sale dividend or interest expense; (c) expenses incurred in connection with any distribution plan adopted by the Trust in compliance with Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act, including distribution fees; (d) “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” (as defined by Form N-1A under the Investment Company Act); (e) litigation expenses; (f) the compensation payable to the Adviser under the Agreement; (g) compensation and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including any fees of independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees); and (h) any expenses determined to be extraordinary expenses by the Board. Under the Agreement, a portion of the premium for the insurance policy, which covers the Trust and Independent Trustees, is treated as an expense of the Independent Trustees.

The Agreement provides that each Fund pays a unitary (or unified) fee to the Adviser for advisory and management services provided to the Funds, subject to the exceptions noted herein. In this context, there exists a risk that a Trust service provider will seek recourse against the Trust if it is not timely paid by Krane for the fees and expenses for which it is responsible, which could materially adversely affect the Funds. Pursuant to the Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, the Funds pay the Adviser a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at the following annual rates, based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund.

The Adviser bears all of its own costs associated with providing these advisory services.

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT — Quadratic serves as the Sub-Adviser to the Funds and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds, subject to the supervision by the Adviser and the Board. For the services Quadratic provides to the Funds, the Adviser pays Quadratic a fee equal to 76% of the sum of: (i) the total gross management fee due to the Adviser from the Fund under the terms of the Advisory Agreement minus (ii) any applicable fee waivers from time to time entered into between the Fund and the Adviser. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the fee will be calculated daily and paid monthly.

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT — SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, and an affiliate of the Administrator, serves as the Funds’ distributor of Creation Units pursuant to a Distribution Agreement. The Distributor does not maintain any secondary market in Fund shares.

The Trust has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act. In accordance with the Plan, each Fund is authorized to pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year for certain distribution-related activities. For the year ended March 31, 2026, no fees were charged under the Plan, since no such fees are currently paid by the Funds and the Board has not currently approved the commencement of any payments under the Plan. Fees would only be charged under the Plan upon approval by the Board.

ADMINISTRATOR, CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT — SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”) serves as the Funds’ Administrator pursuant to an Administration Agreement. BBH serves as the Funds’ Custodian and Transfer Agent pursuant to a Custodian and Transfer Agent Agreement.

For the year ended March 31, 2026, the following Funds had purchases and sales of investments in securities excluding in-kind transactions, long-term U.S. Government and short-term securities transactions:

For the year ended March 31, 2026, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were:

The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions to be paid, if any, are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. For example, the income or loss resulting from the Funds’ investments in derivatives tied to interest rates is characterized as ordinary income or loss, even though such derivatives may be characterized as capital assets and realized gain (loss) for purposes of U.S. GAAP. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. These book/tax differences may be

temporary or permanent. The permanent difference is income or loss resulting from the Funds’ investments in derivatives tied to interest rates that is characterized as ordinary income or loss, even though such derivatives may be characterized as capital assets for purposes of U.S. GAAP.

The permanent difference that is credited or charged to Paid-in-Capital and Distributable Earnings is redemption in-kind transactions and net operating loss. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such as redemption in kind transactions and net operating loss, they are charged or credited to distributable earnings (loss) or paid-in capital, as appropriate, in the period that the differences arise.

The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the years ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 were as follows:

As of March 31, 2026, the components of tax basis distributable losses were as follows:

Qualified late year ordinary and Post-October capital losses represent losses realized from January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026 and November 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, respectively, that, in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, the Funds have elected to defer and treat as having arisen in the following fiscal year.

The federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments held by the Fund at March 31, 2026, were as follows:

The Funds did not pay any federal or state and local income taxes. Certain Funds may have paid income taxes in foreign jurisdictions for the year ended March 31, 2026. Taxes paid to specific jurisdictions, if applicable, represent less than 5% of income taxes paid (net of refunds received).

As with all exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), shareholders of the Funds are subject to the risk that their investment could lose money. Each Fund is subject to certain of 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 each Fund’s prospectus under the heading “Principal Risks”.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS RISK — The Funds may hold cash or cash equivalents. Generally, such positions offer less potential for gain than other investments. Holding cash or cash equivalents, even strategically, may lead to missed investment opportunities. This is particularly true when the market for other investments in which the Funds may invest is rapidly rising. If a Fund holds cash uninvested it will be subject to the credit risk of the depositing institution holding the cash.

DERIVATIVES RISK — The use of derivatives (including swaps, futures, forwards, structured notes and options) may involve leverage, which includes risks that are different from, and greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in a reference asset, because a small investment in a derivative can result in a large impact on a Fund and may cause a Fund to be more volatile. Derivatives may at times be highly illiquid, and a Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative at a particular time or at an anticipated price. Derivatives can be difficult to value and valuation may be more difficult in times of market turmoil. There may be imperfect correlation between the derivative and that of the reference asset, resulting in unexpected returns that could materially adversely affect a Fund. Certain derivatives (such as swaps and options) are bi-lateral agreements that expose the Funds to counterparty risk, which is the risk of loss in the event that the counterparty to an agreement fails to make required payments or otherwise comply with the terms of derivative. In that case, the Funds may suffer losses potentially equal to, or greater than, the full value of the derivative if the counterparty fails to perform its obligations. That risk is generally thought to be greater with over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives than with derivatives that are exchange traded or centrally cleared. Counterparty risks are compounded by the fact that there are

only a limited number of ways available to invest in certain reference assets and, therefore, there may be few counterparties to swaps or options based on those reference assets. Many derivatives are subject to segregation requirements that require the Funds to segregate the market or notional value of the derivatives, which could impede the portfolio management of the Funds.

The derivative instruments and techniques that the Funds may principally use include:

Options Risk. If a Fund buys an option, it buys a legal contract giving it the right to buy or sell a specific amount of the underlying instrument or swap on the underlying instrument at an agreed-upon price typically in exchange for a premium paid by the Funds. In general, most options on interest rate swaps are “European-style” options, which means that they can only be exercised at the end of the option term. A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment and even a well-conceived option transaction may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or unexpected events. The prices of options can be highly volatile and the use of options can lower total returns.

The options strategies used by Quadratic Deflation ETF may involve writing covered options and are structured as long call spreads, long put spreads or long butterflies. If there is a broad market move, the strategies may not have the same return as a strategy composed of only long options. The Funds will pay a premium for their options strategies and they are structured to limit the potential loss to the Funds to the market value of the options strategy; however, there is no guarantee that this will occur. If an option that a Fund has purchased is never exercised or closed out, the Fund will lose the amount of the premium it paid and the use of those funds.

OTC options generally have more flexible terms negotiated between the buyer and the seller, but the counterparties may be required to post “variation margin” as frequently as daily to reflect any gains or losses in such options contracts. Where, as here, such variation margin is not required to be posted, such instruments are generally subject to greater credit risk and counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party to the derivative will fail to make required payments or otherwise comply with the terms of the option. Counterparty risk may arise because of market activities and developments, the counterparty’s financial condition (including financial difficulties, bankruptcy, or insolvency), or other reasons. OTC instruments also may be subject to greater liquidity risk.

Authorized Participants Concentration Risk. The Funds have a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or are otherwise unable to proceed in creation and redemption transactions with the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem, shares of that Fund may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts or delisting. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for ETFs, such as the Funds, that invest in securities issued by non-U.S. issuers or other securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes.

Premium/Discount Risk. There may be times when the market price of a Fund’s shares is more than the NAV intra-day (at a premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (at a discount). As a result, shareholders of that Fund may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and

receive less than NAV when selling Fund shares. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility or periods of steep market declines. In such market conditions, market or stop loss orders to sell Fund shares may be executed at prices well below NAV.

Secondary Market Trading Risk. Investors buying or selling shares in the secondary market will normally pay brokerage commissions, which are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors buying or selling relatively small amounts of shares. Secondary market trading is subject to bid-ask spreads and trading in a Fund’s shares may be halted by the Exchange because of market conditions or other reasons. If a trading halt occurs, a shareholder may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell shares of a Fund. In addition, although the Funds’ shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares will develop or be maintained or that a Fund’s shares will continue to be listed.

FIXED INCOME SECURITIES RISK — Investing in fixed income securities subjects the Funds to the following risks:

Credit Risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not be able to make payments of interest and principal when due. Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of an investment in that issuer.

Event Risk. Event risk is the risk that an unexpected event could interfere with an issuer’s ability to make timely interest or principal payments or that causes market speculation about the issuer’s ability to make such payments, which could cause the credit quality and market value of an issuer’s bonds and/or other debt securities to decline significantly.

Interest Rate Risk. Generally, the value of fixed income securities will change inversely with changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market value of fixed income securities tends to decrease. Conversely, as interest rates fall, the market value of fixed income securities tends to increase. This risk will be greater for long-term securities than for short-term securities. The current low interest rate environment increases the risks associated with rising interest rates.

Maturity Risk. The value of the Funds’ fixed income investments is also dependent on their maturity. Generally, the longer the maturity of a fixed income security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates.

HEDGING RISK — The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF seeks to mitigate (or hedge) the risk associated with the potential impact of a steepening U.S. interest rate curve (“curve risk”), an increase in inflation and inflation expectations, and an increase in interest rate volatility on the performance of U.S. government bonds. The Quadratic Deflation ETF seeks to mitigate (or hedge) the risk associated with the potential impact of a flattening or inverting U.S. interest rate curve (“curve risk”), deflation and deflationary expectations on the performance of U.S. government bonds.

Neither of the Funds seek to mitigate credit risk, non-curve interest rate risk, or other factors influencing the price of U.S. government bonds, which factors may have a greater impact on the bonds’ returns than the U.S. interest rate curve or inflation. Further, there is no guarantee that the

Funds’ investments will eliminate or mitigate curve risk, inflation (deflation) risk or the potential impact of interest rate volatility on long positions in U.S. government bonds. If interest rates rise or fall in parallel within the U.S. interest rate curve, the Funds will not be hedged.

In addition, for the Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF, when the U.S. interest rate curve flattens or inverts, the Fund’s investments in options may lose value or end up worthless. Under such circumstances, the Fund will generally underperform a portfolio comprised solely of U.S. government bonds (without the options owned by the Fund). In a flattening or inverted curve environment, the Fund’s hedging strategy could result in disproportionately larger losses in the Fund’s options as compared to gains or losses in its U.S. government bond positions attributable to interest rate changes. There is no guarantee that the Fund will have positive returns, even in environments of sharply rising inflation rates in which the Fund’s options might be expected to mitigate the effects of such rises. The Fund will incur expenses when entering into positions in rate-linked options. Moreover, to the extent that curve risk has been priced into the U.S. government bonds owned by the Fund, the Fund will underperform other investments even during periods of curve steepening.

In addition, for the Quadratic Deflation ETF when the U.S. interest rate curve steepens, the Fund’s investments in options may lose value or end up worthless. Under such circumstances, the Fund will generally underperform a portfolio comprised solely of U.S. government bonds (without the options owned by the Fund). In a steepening curve environment, the Fund’s hedging strategy could result in disproportionately larger losses in the Fund’s options as compared to gains or losses in its U.S. government bond positions attributable to interest rate changes. There is no guarantee that the Fund will have positive returns, even in environments of sharply declining inflation rates. The Fund will incur expenses when entering into positions in rate-linked options. Moreover, to the extent that curve risk has been priced into the U.S. government bonds owned by the Fund, the Fund will underperform other investments even during periods of curve flattening.

HIGH PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK — The Funds may incur high portfolio turnover rates, which may increase the Funds’ brokerage commission costs and negatively impact the Funds’ performance. Such portfolio turnover also may generate net short-term capital gains.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK — When a Fund invests in other investment companies (or funds), it will indirectly be exposed to the risks of such funds’ investments. Moreover, a Fund will incur its pro rata share of such funds’ expenses. Additionally, investments in ETFs are subject to ETF Risk.

LARGE SHAREHOLDER RISK — To the extent a large number of shares of a Fund is held by a single shareholder or a small group of shareholders, the Fund is subject to the risk that redemption by those shareholders of all or a large portion of their shares will adversely affect the Fund’s performance by forcing the Fund to sell securities, potentially at disadvantageous prices, to raise the cash needed to satisfy such redemption requests. This risk may be heightened during periods of declining or illiquid markets, or to the extent that such large shareholders have short investment horizons or unpredictable cash flow needs. Such redemptions may also increase transaction costs and/or have adverse tax consequences for remaining shareholders.

LIQUIDITY RISK — The Funds’ investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult or impossible to purchase or sell at an advantageous time and price. Liquidity risk may be the result of, among other things, market turmoil, the reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants, or the lack of an active trading market. Markets

for securities or financial instruments could be disrupted by a number of events, including, but not limited to, an economic crisis, natural disasters, new legislation or regulatory changes inside or outside the U.S. Liquid investments may become less liquid after being purchased by a Fund, particularly during periods of market stress. In addition, if a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position, which may cause a Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by a Fund stop trading, it may have a cascading effect and cause a Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of a Fund being subject to a trading halt.

MANAGEMENT RISK — The Funds are actively-managed and may not meet their investment objectives based on the Sub-Adviser’s success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Funds. The Sub-Adviser’s evaluations and assumptions regarding investments, interest rates, inflation, and other factors may not successfully achieve the Funds’ investment objective given actual market conditions.

MARKET RISK — The values of the Funds’ holdings could decline generally or could underperform other investments. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by the U.S. Government, Federal Reserve, and/or other government actors, including those in foreign countries, or changes in global trade relationships could cause volatility in global financial markets, negative sentiment and higher levels of Fund redemptions, which could have a negative impact on the Fund and could result in losses. Geopolitical and other risks, including environmental and public health risks may add to instability in world economies and markets generally. Changes in value may be temporary or may last for extended periods and can occur suddenly and unexpectedly. Further, the Funds are susceptible to the risk that certain investments may be difficult or impossible to sell at a favorable time or price. Market developments may also cause the Funds’ investments to become less liquid and subject to erratic price movements.

NON-DIVERSIFIED FUND RISK — Because the Funds are non-diversified and may invest a greater portion of their assets in fewer issuers than a diversified fund, changes in the market value of a single portfolio holding could cause greater fluctuations in a Fund’s share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase a Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a single portfolio holding or a relatively small number of portfolio holdings to have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance.

OPERATIONAL AND CYBERSECURITY RISK — The Funds, Krane, its service providers and your ability to transact with the Funds may be negatively impacted due to operational matters arising from, among other problems, human errors, systems and technology disruptions or failures, or cybersecurity incidents. Cybersecurity incidents may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to fund assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or cause the Funds or its service providers, as well as the securities trading venues and their service provides, to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. It is not possible for Krane or the other Funds service providers to identify all of the cybersecurity or other operational risks that may affect the Funds or to develop processes and controls to completely eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects.

RATE-LINKED DERIVATIVES INVESTMENT RISK — The Funds’ exposure to derivatives tied to interest rates subjects the Funds to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Investing in derivatives tied to interest rates, including through options tied to the shape of the U.S. interest rate curve, can be extremely volatile. The value of such investments

may fluctuate rapidly based on a variety of factors, including overall market movements; economic events and policies; changes in interest rates or inflation rates; changes in monetary and exchange control programs; war; acts of terrorism; natural disasters; and technological developments.

The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF is expected to benefit from the options it holds if the U.S. interest rate curve steepens during the time period in which the Fund holds the options. However, if the U.S. interest rate curve flattens or inverts, the Fund will lose money on the options, up to the amount invested in option premiums, and underperform an otherwise identical bond fund that had not used such options. Rate-linked derivatives may lose money if interest rates change in a manner not anticipated by the Sub-Adviser. An increase in interest rates may cause the value of securities held directly or indirectly by the Fund to decline to the extent that the increase is not linked to a steepening of the U.S. interest rate curve or the Fund’s hedging strategy is not effectively implemented. Even if the Fund is hedged against losses due to interest rate increases linked to U.S. interest rate curve steepening, outright interest rate increases may lead to heightened volatility in the fixed-income markets and may positively affect the value of the Fund’s options while negatively impacting the Fund’s investments in TIPS. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s interest-rate linked options will accurately deliver positive returns if inflation experienced in the United States or the rate of expected future inflation reflected in the prices and yields of bonds held by the Fund rises. The Fund could lose money on the options held by the Fund, and the present value of the Fund’s portfolio investments could decrease if inflation increases. These interest rate-linked options may also cause the Fund’s net asset value and returns to be more volatile and expose the Fund to increased counterparty risk. Fluctuations in the steepness of the U.S. interest rate curve or the price of the options owned by the Fund could materially adversely affect an investment in the Fund. The Fund’s investments in options are not intended to mitigate duration and credit risk or other factors influencing the price of U.S. government bonds, which may have a greater impact on the bonds’ returns than curve risk. Moreover, to the extent that curve risk has been priced into the government bonds owned directly or indirectly by the Fund, the Fund could underperform other investments even during inflationary periods. There is no guarantee that the Fund will have positive performance even in environments of sharply rising inflation. There is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to successfully mitigate inflation risk or that bond values and interest rates will match changes in inflation rates.

The Quadratic Deflation ETF is expected to benefit from the options it holds if the U.S. interest rate curve flattens or inverts during the time period in which the Fund holds the options. However, if the U.S. interest rate curve steepens, the Fund will lose money on the options, up to the amount invested in option premiums, and underperform an otherwise identical bond fund that had not used such options. Rate-linked derivatives may lose money if interest rates change in a manner not anticipated by the Sub-Adviser. An increase in interest rates may cause the value of securities held directly or indirectly by the Fund to decline to the extent that the increase is not linked to a flattening or inverting of the U.S. interest rate curve or the Fund’s hedging strategy is not effectively implemented. Even if the Fund is hedged against losses due to interest rate increases linked to U.S. interest rate curve flattening or inverting, outright interest rate increases may lead to heightened volatility in the fixed-income markets and may positively affect the value of the Fund’s options while negatively impacting the Fund’s investments in Treasuries. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s interest-rate linked options will accurately deliver positive returns if deflation experienced in the United States or the rate of expected future inflation reflected in the prices and yields of bonds held by the Fund declines. The Fund could lose money on the options held by the Fund, and the present value of the Fund’s portfolio investments could decrease if deflation occurs. These interest

rate-linked options may also cause the Fund’s net asset value and returns to be more volatile and expose the Fund to increased counterparty risk. Fluctuations in the steepness of the U.S. interest rate curve or the price of the options owned by the Fund could materially adversely affect an investment in the Fund. The Fund’s investments in options are not intended to mitigate duration and credit risk or other factors influencing the price of U.S. government bonds, which may have a greater impact on the bonds’ returns than curve risk. Moreover, to the extent that curve risk has been priced into the government bonds owned directly or indirectly by the Fund, the Fund could underperform other investments even during deflationary periods. There is no guarantee that the Fund will have positive performance even in environments of sharply declining inflation. There is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to successfully mitigate deflation risk or that bond values and interest rates will match changes in inflation rates.

RETURN OF CAPITAL DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FUND REDUCE THE TAX BASIS OF FUND SHARES — Historically, a portion of the Funds’ distributions have been treated as a return of capital for tax purposes. Return of capital distributions are not taxable income to you but reduce your tax basis in your shares of a Fund. Such a reduction in tax basis will result in larger taxable gains and/or lower tax losses on a subsequent sale of shares of a Fund. There is no guarantee that the character of the Funds’ distributions will be similar in the future.

TAX RISK — To qualify for the favorable U.S. federal income tax treatment accorded to a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), each Fund must satisfy certain income, asset diversification and distribution requirements each year. Among other requirements, each Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year from certain qualifying sources of income and the Fund’s assets must be diversified so that at least 50% of the value of the Fund’s total assets is represented by cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs, and other securities, subject to certain other limitations (see the “Taxes” section in the SAI for additional information). The Funds’ investments in certain rate-linked derivative instruments (such as rate-linked options) may generate income that is not qualifying income and such investments may not be treated as investments in “securities” for purposes of the asset diversification requirement. The Funds will also need to manage their exposure to derivatives counterparties for purposes of satisfying the diversification test. If a Fund were to fail to meet the qualifying income test or asset diversification test and fail to qualify as a RIC, it would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation, and distributions to its shareholders would not be deductible by the Fund in computing its taxable income, which would adversely affect the Fund’s performance. The failure by the Fund to qualify as a RIC would have significant negative tax consequences to Fund shareholders and would significantly and adversely affect a shareholder’s return on its investment in the Fund. Under certain circumstances, the Fund may be able to cure a failure to meet the qualifying income test or asset diversification test if such failure was due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, but to do so the Fund may incur significant fund-level taxes, which would effectively reduce (and could eliminate) the Fund’s returns.

TIPS RISK — U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”) are debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury. The principal of TIPS increases with inflation and decreases with deflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). When TIPS mature, investors are paid the adjusted principal or original principal, whichever is greater. Interest payments on TIPS are unpredictable and will fluctuate as the principal and corresponding interest payments are adjusted for inflation. Inflation-indexed bonds generally pay a lower nominal interest rate than a comparable non-inflation-indexed bond. There can be no assurance that the CPI will

accurately measure the real rate of inflation in the prices of goods and services. Any increases in the principal amount of TIPS will be considered taxable ordinary income, even though the Fund or applicable underlying ETF will not receive the principal until maturity. As a result, the Fund may make income distributions to shareholders that exceed the cash it receives. In addition, TIPS are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, and maturity risk.

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS RISK — Obligations of U.S. Government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, which could affect a Fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the U.S. Government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so. Additionally, market prices and yields of securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government or other countries may decline or be negative for short or long periods of time.

VALUATION RISK — Independent market quotations for certain investments held by the Funds may not be readily available, and such investments may be fair valued or valued by a pricing service at an evaluated price. These valuations involve subjectivity and different market participants may assign different prices to the same investment. As a result, there is a risk that a Fund may not be able to sell an investment at the price assigned to the investment by the Fund.

In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

The Board of the Trust approved a reverse share split of one to eight (1:8) of the issued and outstanding shares of KraneShares Quadratic Deflation ETF (the “Reverse Share Split”). The Reverse Share Split was completed after the close of business on September 4, 2025. The effect of this transaction for the Fund was to reduce the number of outstanding shares of the Fund to one-eighth of the original number of outstanding shares, resulting in a corresponding increase in the NAV per share. The capital share activity presented on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets for each of the years in the period ended and the per share data in the financial highlights for each of the years ended in the period then ended, have been given retroactive effect to reflect the reverse share split. There were no changes in net assets, results of operations or total return as a result of this transaction.

In this reporting period, the Funds adopted FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-09 (“ASU 2023-09”), Income Taxes (Topic 740) Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which amends quantitative and qualitative income tax disclosure requirements in order to increase disclosure consistency, bifurcate income tax information by jurisdiction and remove information that is no longer beneficial. Adoption of the new standard impacted financial statement disclosures only and did not affect any Funds’ financial position or the results of its operations.

Effective April 1, 2026, Krane has contractually agreed to waive its management fee by 0.04% of the Fund’s average annual net assets (the “Fee Waiver”). The Fee Waiver will continue until August 1, 2028, and may only be terminated prior thereto by the Board.

The Funds have evaluated the need for additional disclosures (other than what is disclosed in the preceding paragraph) and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures and/or adjustments were required to the financial statements.

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the funds listed in the Appendix, two of the funds comprising KraneShares Trust (the Funds), including the schedules of investments, as of March 31, 2026, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods listed in the Appendix. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2026, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods listed in the Appendix, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2026, by correspondence with custodian, transfer agent, and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures when replies from brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more KraneShares investment companies since 2017.

Statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2026

Financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period ended March 31, 2026

Statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2026

Financial highlights for each of the years in the four-year period ended March 31, 2026 and the period from September 20, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2022

For shareholders that do not have a March 31, 2026 tax year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with a March 31, 2026 tax year end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Funds are designating the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.

Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

On May 7, 2026, at a joint special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of the respective shareholders of each series of the Trust, the approval of a new investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Trust on behalf of each Fund, to be voted on separately by the shareholders of each Fund, was submitted to the shareholders of each Fund. The Special Meeting has been adjourned to June 4, 2026, as the requisite number of votes had not been cast, and may be further adjourned at the June 4 adjournment.

Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.

Remuneration is shown on the Statements of Operations of the financial statements included in Item 7.

Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.

Approval of the New Advisory Agreement, Interim Advisory Agreement and New Sub-Advisory Agreement – Quadratic

Effective March 31, 2026, Krane Fund Advisors, LLC (“Krane”) entered into an agreement with China International Capital Corporation Limited (“CICC”) whereby Krane’s officers and certain of its employees, among others, through KFA Two Holdings, LLC, will acquire a majority interest in Krane from CICC, resulting in a change of control of Krane (the “Transaction”). Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the closing of the Transaction (“Closing”) could result in an “assignment” and termination of the current investment advisory agreement between Krane and the Trust, on behalf of each Fund. The Transaction is expected to close no later than June 30, 2026.

To ensure that the management of each Fund (as defined below) will continue without any interruption following the Closing, at a meeting held on February 20, 2026, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust, including all of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, (the “Independent Trustees”), considered and approved a new Investment Advisory Agreement (the “New KFA Agreement”) between Krane and the Trust on behalf of each of the following separate series of the Trust (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

The New KFA Agreement and Interim Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Advisory Agreements.” The Sub-Advisory Agreements and the Advisory Agreements are collectively referred to herein as the “Agreements.”

In advance of the meeting, and at a separate meeting of the Independent Trustees in executive session held on February 20, 2026, the Board received and considered information provided by Krane in response to the Independent Trustees’ written requests relating to the Board’s consideration of the Advisory Agreements with respect to each Fund. The Board also considered information provided by Quadratic in response to a separate written request relating to the Board’s consideration of the Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the Agreements, the Board considered, among other matters: (1) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to each Fund by Krane and Quadratic; (2) the compensation proposed to be paid by each Fund under the Advisory Agreements; (3) the costs of the services to be provided by Krane and the profitability of Krane with respect to its relationship with the Funds; (4) the extent to which economies of scale could be realized as the Funds grow and whether the unitary fee charged to the Funds under the Advisory Agreements will enable investors in the Funds to share in any such economies of scale; and (5) other benefits Krane and Quadratic will receive from their respective relationship with the Funds.

Based on written and oral reports received by the Board prior to and at the February 20, 2026 executive session of the Independent Trustees and the February 20, 2026 meeting of the Board, the Board considered the nature, quality, and extent of the overall services that will be provided by Krane and Quadratic under the Agreements. The Board considered that the services currently provided by Krane will continue under the Agreements, and that there will be no change to the Krane personnel providing such services to the Funds. The Board considered the responsibilities of Krane with respect to each Fund under the Advisory Agreements, including its obligation to oversee the services provided by Quadratic. The Board also discussed the nature, quality and extent of services to be provided by Quadratic under the Sub-Advisory Agreement.

The materials provided in advance of the meeting contained information related to each Fund’s performance versus its broad Morningstar peer group, as well as a select group of competitors identified by Krane and, in certain cases, a second peer group curated to better reflect the strategy of a particular Fund. The Board noted the limitations of comparisons versus such large and undifferentiated peer groups, considering that the Funds offer shareholders access to unique investment opportunities.

The Board noted that the Funds are actively managed, and it considered that the performance of each actively managed Fund relative to its respective peer group is an appropriate measurement of performance.

The Board considered that the one-year and since-inception performance of each of IVOL and BNDD was in the bottom quartile relative to its secondary peer group, primarily because risk-oriented strategies, such as long-short equity and managed futures, represented approximately 70% of the peer universe and benefited from the risk-on market environment during the periods. With respect to BNDD, the Board also noted that yield curve steepening detracted from the Fund’s performance.

The Board considered that the unitary fee paid by each Fund will be unchanged after the Transaction. Under the unitary fee arrangement, Krane will continue to be responsible for paying most of each Fund’s expenses, including those of the Fund’s principal service providers and Sub-Adviser. The Board considered the information provided by Krane regarding the amounts it pays to the Trust’s service providers under the unitary fee arrangement. The Board reviewed and considered the fees to be paid by each Fund in light of the nature, quality and extent of the services provided or obtained by Krane. The Board discussed a proposed additional fee waiver for IVOL and considered that such waiver would benefit the shareholders of IVOL. The Board also considered the net expense ratios of the Funds compared to those of their Morningstar peer groups.

The Board considered that the primary Morningstar peer groups for the Funds do not reflect the unique exposure and thematic approach of the Funds and considered that the Funds are competitively priced when evaluated against an actively managed peer group seeking to provide uncorrelated returns to more traditional investment options. The Board considered that Krane applies a methodical and consistent approach to pricing the Funds and conducts significant competitive research with respect to such pricing. The Board considered that the Funds offer unique investment exposure for investors in U.S. registered funds and considered the operational costs incurred by Krane under the unitary fee structure. The Board also considered the effect of each Fund’s assets under management on its net expense ratio.

Although the Board received information regarding the fees to be paid to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board noted the arm’s-length nature of the relationship between Krane and the Sub-Adviser with respect to the negotiation of sub-advisory fee rates. The Board also considered that Krane (and not the Funds) will continue to pay the Sub-Adviser’s fees.

The Board considered that, under the Interim Advisory Agreement, fees to be paid to Krane by each Fund would be escrowed, but that Krane would have to continue to pay Quadratic.

The Board considered a report of Fund-by-Fund profitability prepared by Krane. The Board considered the effect of each Fund’s assets under management on the potential profitability of such Fund under the unitary fee structure.

The Board considered the extent to which Krane could derive ancillary benefits from the Funds’ operations. The Board acknowledged that neither Krane nor Quadratic engages or plans to engage in soft dollar transactions on behalf of IVOL or BNDD, and that neither IVOL nor BNDD participates in the Trust’s securities lending program. The Board did not observe any other potential benefits to be realized by Krane from its relationship with the Funds.

The Board noted that certain members of management will participate in ownership of Krane subsequent to the Transaction. The Board did not observe any other specific benefits to be realized by Krane or its management as a result of the Transaction.

The Board considered whether fees under the Agreements reflect the potential for economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders. The Board determined that, at present, economies of scale are not a material factor for the Board to consider in connection with the Agreements.

The Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance, and different Trustees may have given different weight to different factors in their review of the Agreements. The Board reviewed a memorandum from Independent Trustee counsel discussing the legal standards and judicial precedent applicable to its consideration of the Agreements. Based on its review, including consideration of each of the factors referenced above, the Board determined, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that the advisory arrangements, as outlined in the Agreements, are reasonable in light of the factors considered by the Board.

This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Funds described.

Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.

Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.

Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Item 14. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(c))) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.13a-15(b) or § 240.15d-15(b)).

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

The certification furnished pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), 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, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

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.

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.

		2026			2025
		All fees and services to the Registrant that were pre-approved	All fees and services to service affiliates that were pre-approved	All other fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval	All fees and services to the Registrant that were pre-approved	All fees and services to service affiliates that were pre-approved	All other fees and services to service affiliates that did not require pre-approval
(a)	Audit Fees	$730,750	$0	N/A	$662,000	$0	N/A
(b)	Audit-Related Fees	$0	$0	N/A	$7,500	$0	N/A
(c)	Tax Fees⁽¹⁾	$202,880	$0	N/A	$172,195	$0	N/A
(d)	All Other Fees	$18,675	$0	N/A	$4,076	$0	N/A

	Shares		Value
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND — 79.0%
Fixed Income — 79.0%
Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF^(A)		14,182,470	$	377,395,527
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND (Cost $414,169,981)				377,395,527

PURCHASED OPTIONS^(B) — 10.0%
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $59,986,250)				47,715,921

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 89.0% (Cost $474,156,231)				425,111,448
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES – 11.0%				52,568,539
NET ASSETS - 100%			$	477,679,987

(A)	For financial information on the Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF, please go to the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
(B)	Refer to option table below.

Description	Counterparty	Number of Contracts^	Notional Amount^†		Exercise Price			Expiration Date	Market Value
PURCHASED OPTIONS — 10.0%
Call Options
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Goldman Sachs	215,000	$	10,212,500		0.20	%	04/14/27	$	8,002,354
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Goldman Sachs	275,000		8,825,000		0.55		05/17/28		7,807,086
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Morgan Stanley	250,000		8,375,000		0.50		09/15/27		6,725,507
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Goldman Sachs	175,000		6,868,750		0.38		10/18/29		6,720,810
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Nomura	300,000		6,348,750		0.85		09/15/28		5,400,390
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Morgan Stanley	200,000		9,500,000		0.28		12/09/26		5,057,884
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Goldman Sachs	280,000		4,707,500		0.70		06/15/27		4,423,244
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Morgan Stanley	150,000		2,718,750		0.43		11/13/26		2,477,745
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Morgan Stanley	125,000		1,625,000		0.48		08/13/26		1,086,675
CMS 10Y - 2Y	Nomura	100,000		805,000		0.53		04/16/26		14,226
Total Purchased Options			$	59,986,250					$	47,715,921

Investments in Securities	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Exchange-Traded Fund	$	377,395,527	$	—	$	—	$	377,395,527
Purchased Options		—		47,715,921		—		47,715,921
Total Investments in Securities	$	377,395,527	$	47,715,921	$	—	$	425,111,448

Financial Statements (Form N-CSR Item 7)
Schedules of Investments
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF		1
Quadratic Deflation ETF		2
Glossary		3
Statements of Assets and Liabilities		4
Statements of Operations		5
Statements of Changes in Net Assets		6
Financial Highlights		8
Notes to Financial Statements		10
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		29
Notice To Shareholders (Unaudited)		31
Other Information (Form N-CSR Items 8-11) (Unaudited)		32

	†	Represents cost.
	^	Value equals 10,000 x Number of Contracts x Market Price

	Shares		Value
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND — 78.8%
Fixed Income — 78.8%
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF^(A)		105,824	$	5,857,888
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND (Cost $6,937,339)				5,857,888

PURCHASED OPTIONS^(B) — 3.1%
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $195,990)				232,231

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 81.9% (Cost $7,133,329)				6,090,119
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES – 18.1%				1,350,237
NET ASSETS - 100%			$	7,440,356

(A)	For financial information on the Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF, please go to the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
(B)	Refer to option table below.

Description	Counterparty	Number of Contracts^	Notional Amount^†		Exercise Price			Expiration Date	Market Value
PURCHASED OPTIONS — 3.1%
Put Options
CMS 30Y - 2Y	Goldman Sachs	4,500	$	144,990		0.60	%	04/21/27	$	123,567
CMS 30Y - 2Y	Goldman Sachs	3,000		51,000		0.80		10/14/26		108,664
Total Purchased Options			$	195,990					$	232,231

Investments in Securities	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Exchange-Traded Fund	$	5,857,888	$	—	$	—	$	5,857,888
Purchased Options		—		232,231		—		232,231
Total Investments in Securities	$	5,857,888	$	232,231	$	—	$	6,090,119

	Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF			Quadratic Deflation ETF
Assets:
Investments at Value	$	425,111,448		$	6,090,119
Cash and Cash Equivalents		52,781,112			1,353,116
Receivable for Capital Shares Sold		466,029			—
Dividend and Interest Receivable		163,224			3,444
Total Assets		478,521,813			7,446,679

Liabilities:
Payable for Investment Securities Purchased		429,299			—
Payable for Management Fees		409,449			6,276
Payable for Trustees’ Fees		3,078			47
Total Liabilities		841,826			6,323
Net Assets	$	477,679,987		$	7,440,356

Net Assets Consist of:
Paid-in Capital	$	552,385,240		$	12,568,212
Total Distributable Loss		(74,705,253	)		(5,127,856	)
Net Assets	$	477,679,987		$	7,440,356
Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest (unlimited authorization - no par value)		25,625,002			75,605
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share	$	18.64		$	98.41
Cost of Investments	$	474,156,231		$	7,133,329

	Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF			Quadratic Deflation ETF
Investment Income:
Dividend Income	$	12,168,183		$	316,136
Interest Income		2,097,005			38,639
Total Investment Income		14,265,188			354,775

Expenses:
Management Fees^†		4,175,599			83,962
Trustees’ Fees		30,109			621
Insurance Expense		5,361			122
Total Expenses		4,211,069			84,705
Net Investment Income		10,054,119			270,070

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:
Investments		(30,038,631	)		(4,072,253	)
Purchased Options		(2,883,750	)		(723,865	)
Net Realized Loss		(32,922,381	)		(4,796,118	)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:
Investments		22,044,788			3,782,232
Purchased Options		11,477,043			231,275
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)		33,521,831			4,013,507
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)		599,450			(782,611	)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations	$	10,653,569		$	(512,541	)

	Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF
	Year Ended March 31, 2026			Year Ended March 31, 2025
Operations:
Net Investment Income	$	10,054,119		$	11,515,653
Net Realized Loss		(32,922,381	)		(134,510,720	)
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)		33,521,831			126,012,555
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations		10,653,569			3,017,488
Return of Capital		(15,031,382	)		(21,677,257	)

Capital Share Transactions:⁽¹⁾
Issued		435,672,682			169,670,962
Redeemed		(431,398,203	)		(463,726,513	)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions		4,274,479			(294,055,551	)
Total Decrease in Net Assets		(103,334	)		(312,715,320	)

Net Assets:
Beginning of Year		477,783,321			790,498,641
End of Year	$	477,679,987		$	477,783,321

Share Transactions:
Issued		22,400,000			9,050,000
Redeemed		(22,375,000	)		(25,150,000	)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions		25,000			(16,100,000	)

	Quadratic Deflation ETF^‡
	Year Ended March 31, 2026			Year Ended March 31, 2025
Operations:
Net Investment Income	$	270,070		$	592,947
Net Realized Loss		(4,796,118	)		(8,959,418	)
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)		4,013,507			6,881,450
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations		(512,541	)		(1,485,021	)
Return of Capital		(301,022	)		(692,544	)

Capital Share Transactions:⁽¹⁾
Issued		7,796,522			2,833,280
Redeemed		(9,905,555	)		(20,308,806	)
Decrease in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions		(2,109,033	)		(17,475,526	)
Total Decrease in Net Assets		(2,922,596	)		(19,653,091	)

Net Assets:
Beginning of Year		10,362,952			30,016,043
End of Year	$	7,440,356		$	10,362,952

Share Transactions:
Issued		80,000			200,000
Redeemed		(101,270	)		(1,425,000	)
Net Decrease in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions		(21,270	)		(1,225,000	)

	Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year ($)	Net Investment Income ($)*	Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($)	Total from Operations ($)	Distribution from Net Investment Income ($)	Return of Capital ($)***
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF
2026	18.66	0.46	0.22	0.68	—	(0.70)
2025	18.96	0.35	0.02	0.37	—	(0.67)
2024	22.67	0.36	(3.32)	(2.96)	—	(0.75)
2023	25.53	1.15	(3.16)	(2.01)	—	(0.85)
2022	28.47	0.93	(2.84)	(1.91)	(0.82)	(0.21)
Quadratic Deflation ETF
2026⁽¹⁾	106.96	3.16	(8.14)	(4.98)	—	(3.57)
2025⁽¹⁾	120.08	3.44	(12.48)	(9.04)	—	(4.08)
2024⁽¹⁾	126.64	2.96	(4.40)	(1.44)	(4.56)	(0.56)
2023⁽¹⁾	205.92	2.32	(30.32)	(28.00)	(51.28)	—
2022⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	200.00	0.24	9.68⁽³⁾	9.92	(4.00)	—

	‡	Share transactions have been adjusted to reflect the effect of a 1 for 8 reverse share split on September 5, 2025 (See Note 8 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
	(1)	Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

*	Per share data calculated using average shares method.
**	Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the year or period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Excludes effects of standard creation and redemption transaction fees associated with creation units.
***	See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
~	During the periods, certain fees were waived. (See Note 3 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
†	Annualized.
††	Portfolio turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind transfers.
‡	The ratios of expenses and net investment income/(loss) to Average Net Assets reflect the expenses and net investment income/(loss), respectively, for the year/period as reported in the Statements of Operations and do not reflect the Fund’s proportionate share of the income and expenses from investments in other investment companies.
(1)	Share transactions have been adjusted to reflect the effect of a 1 for 8 reverse share split on September 5, 2025 (See Note 8 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
(2)	The Fund’s inception date was on September 20, 2021.
(3)	Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statements of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

Total from Distributions ($)	Net Asset Value, End of Year ($)	Total Return (%)**	Net Assets, End of Year ($)(000)	Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%)^~	Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, as applicable) (%)^~	Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets (%)	Portfolio Turnover Rate (%)

(0.70)	18.64	3.56	477,680	1.00^‡	1.00^‡	2.38^‡	—
(0.67)	18.66	2.03	477,783	1.00^‡	1.00^‡	1.89^‡	—
(0.75)	18.96	(13.30)	790,499	1.00^‡	1.00^‡	1.71^‡	—
(0.85)	22.67	(7.95)	786,055	1.00^‡	1.00^‡	4.82^‡	—
(1.03)	25.53	(6.88)	1,737,542	0.98^‡	0.99^‡	3.38^‡	—

(3.57)	98.41	(4.62)	7,440	1.00^‡	1.00^‡	3.18^‡	—
(4.08)	106.96	(7.66)	10,363	1.00^‡	1.00^‡	2.98^‡	—
(5.12)	120.08	(1.08)	30,016	0.98^‡	1.00^‡	2.48^‡	—
(51.28)	126.64	(12.08)	88,638	0.95^‡	1.00^‡	1.37^‡	—
(4.00)	205.92	4.97	138,994	0.94^†‡	0.99^†‡	0.24^†‡	—^††

Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF
	Financial Derivative Assets				Financial Derivative Liabilities				Net Market Value of OTC		Collateral
Counterparty	Option		Total Over the Counter		Option		Total Over the Counter		Purchased Options		(Received)/ Pledged		Net Exposure^†
Goldman Sachs	$	26,953,494	$	26,953,494	$	—	$	—	$	26,953,494	$	—	$	26,953,494
Morgan Stanley		15,347,811		15,347,811		—		—		15,347,811		—		15,347,811
Nomura		5,414,616		5,414,616		—		—		5,414,616		—		5,414,616
Total over the counter	$	47,715,921	$	47,715,921	$	—	$	—

Quadratic Deflation ETF
	Financial Derivative Assets				Financial Derivative Liabilities				Net Market Value of OTC		Collateral
Counterparty	Option		Total Over the Counter		Option		Total Over the Counter		Purchased Options		(Received)/ Pledged		Net Exposure^†
Goldman Sachs	$	232,231	$	232,231	$	—	$	—	$	232,231	$	—	$	232,231
Total over the counter	$	232,231	$	232,231	$	—	$	—

		Management Fee
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF		0.99%
Quadratic Deflation ETF		0.99%

	Purchases		Sales		Realized Gain/(Loss)
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF	$	400,409,586	$	396,197,369	$	(30,038,630	)
Quadratic Deflation ETF		6,324,866		8,046,247		(3,641,692	)

	Distributable Earnings/(Loss)		Paid-in Capital
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF	$	43,844,937	$	(43,844,937	)
Quadratic Deflation ETF		4,257,620		(4,257,620	)

	Ordinary Income		Long-Term Capital Gain		Return of Capital		Totals
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF
2026	$	—	$	—	$	15,031,382	$	15,031,382
2025		—		—		21,677,257		21,677,257

Quadratic Deflation ETF
2026	$	—	$	—	$	301,022	$	301,022
2025		—		—		692,544		692,544

	Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF			Quadratic Deflation ETF
Capital Loss Carryforwards		(22,620,861	)		(3,965,780	)
Qualified Late-Year
Loss Deferrals		(3,039,607	)		(118,865	)
Unrealized Depreciation on Investments and Foreign Currency		(49,044,783	)		(1,043,210	)
Other Temporary Differences		(2	)		(1	)
Total Distributable Loss	$	(74,705,253	)	$	(5,127,856	)

	Long-Term Loss		Total
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF	$	22,620,861	$	22,620,861
Quadratic Deflation ETF		3,965,780		3,965,780

	Federal Tax Cost		Aggregated Gross Unrealized Appreciation		Aggregated Gross Unrealized Depreciation			Net Unrealized Depreciation
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF	$	474,156,231	$	—	$	(49,044,783	)	$	(49,044,783	)
Quadratic Deflation ETF		7,133,329		57,664		(1,100,874	)		(1,043,210	)

Return of Capital⁽¹⁾		Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions			Ordinary Income Distributions			Total Distributions			Qualifying for Corporate Dividends Received Deduction⁽²⁾			Qualifying Dividend Income⁽³⁾			U.S. Government Interest⁽⁴⁾			Interest Related Dividends⁽⁵⁾			Short Term Capital Gain Dividends⁽⁶⁾			Foreign Tax Credit⁽⁷⁾
Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF
100.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		100.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%
Quadratic Deflation ETF
100.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		100.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%

(1)	Return of capital is a payment received from the fund that is not considered to be taxable income. The return of capital distribution is considered to be a return of the investor’s original investment and reduces the investor’s cost basis in the fund.
(2)	Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction and are reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions).
(3)	The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Dividend Income” as created by the Jobs and Growth Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). It is the intention of each of the aforementioned funds to designate the maximum amount permitted by law.
(4)	“U.S. Government Interest” represents the amount of interest that was derived from U.S. Government obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government obligations is exempt from state income tax. However, for shareholders who are residents of California, Connecticut and New York, the statutory threshold requirements were not satisfied to permit exemption of these amounts from state income.
(5)	The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Interest Related Dividends” and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.
(6)	The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Short Term Capital Gain Dividends” and is reflected as a percentage of short term capital gain distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid for foreign investors.
(7)	The allocable share of foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099-DIV.

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By (Signature and Title)	/s/ Jonathan Krane
	Jonathan Krane
	Principal Executive Officer