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    <oef:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock contextRef="c-1" id="f-1">&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;TBG Dividend Focus ETF (TBG) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;(the &#x201c;Fund&#x201d;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;July 17, 2026 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Supplement to the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;and Statement of Additional Information (&#x201c;SAI&#x201d;), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;each dated November 30, 2025, as previously supplemented&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Fund&#x2019;s management fee is being reduced to an annual rate of 0.45% of its average daily net assets effective&#160;July&#160;20, 2026. 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style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;EXAMPLE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;padding-right:36pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then hold or sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. 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