The
Fund is classified as non-diversified, which means the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, the performance of a
limited number of issuers may have a significant effect on the Fund’s overall performance and volatility. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in the industries and groups of industries comprising the energy
sector. The Fund will invest in or have exposure to U.S. and non-U.S. companies.
Each of the Munificent Seven companies is registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). As such, each is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange
Act and files reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Reports and other information filed with the SEC by each company pursuant to the Exchange Act
can be found on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding each company may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and
other publicly disseminated documents.
There is no guarantee that the investment objective of the Fund will be achieved. Stocks fluctuate in price and the value of your investment
in the Fund may go down. This means that you could lose money on your
investment in the Fund or the Fund may not perform as well as other investment options. Principal risks impacting the Fund (in alphabetical order after the first 7 risks) include:
Energy Sector Risk: Companies in the energy sector may be adversely affected by changes in energy prices, supply and demand, commodity
price volatility, geopolitical events, economic conditions, government regulation, environmental and climate-related policies, and technological developments. Oil and gas companies are subject to
significant operational, environmental, and litigation risks, as well as risks associated with exploration, production, reserve depletion, and fluctuations in the prices of crude oil and natural gas.
Securities of energy companies may experience substantial price volatility and may be more susceptible to adverse economic, political, and regulatory developments than companies in other sectors.
Market Risk: Securities markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse
market, economic, political, regulatory or other developments, which may lower the value of securities held by the Fund, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Events such
as war, military conflict, geopolitical disputes, acts of terrorism, social or political unrest, natural disasters, recessions, inflation, rapid interest rate changes, supply chain disruptions, tariffs
and other restrictions on trade, sanctions, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments, could also significantly impact the
Fund and its investments.
Non-Diversification Risk: Because the Fund is non-diversified and may invest a greater percentage of its assets in securities of a single
issuer, and/or invest in a relatively small number of issuers, it is more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a more diversified portfolio.
Issuer Risk: An adverse event affecting
a particular issuer in which the Fund is invested, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of that issuer’s securities, sometimes rapidly or
unpredictably. Because the Fund’s portfolio may be concentrated among a limited number of issuers, a significant decline in the value of any
single issuer’s securities may have a disproportionately large adverse impact on the Fund’s overall portfolio.
Equity Risk: The values of equity or equity-related securities or instruments may decline due to general market conditions that are not
specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or
adverse investor sentiment generally. They may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions
within an industry. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed income securities.
Swap Agreement Risk: Swap agreements are a type of derivative instrument that subject the Fund to counterparty
credit, liquidity, leverage and correlation risks. Swap agreements may not reflect the performance of the applicable reference security as expected due to
differences in calculation methods, expenses, timing, financing costs, collateral requirements or other factors. Moreover, if a particular swap agreement is terminated or otherwise closed out, the
Fund may be unable to enter into another swap agreement or invest in other derivatives to achieve the desired exposure consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. A counterparty may be
entitled to terminate a swap agreement upon the occurrence of certain extraordinary market events, termination events or after providing notice to the Fund. If the Fund is unable to enter into a
replacement swap agreement with a suitable counterparty, the Fund may be unable to pursue its investment strategy and may not achieve its investment objective. Swap agreements are generally traded
over the counter and, therefore, may not receive regulatory protection.
Risks Associated with
Exchange-Traded Funds: As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized Participant
Concentration/Trading Risk: Only authorized participants (“APs”)
may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as APs and such APs have no
obligation to submit creation or redemption orders. Consequently, there is no assurance that APs will establish or maintain an active trading market for the shares. This risk may be
heightened to the extent that securities held by the Fund are traded outside a collateralized settlement system. In that case, APs may be required to post collateral on certain trades on an agency basis
(i.e., on behalf of other market participants), which only a limited number of APs may be able to do. In addition, to the extent that APs exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation
and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other AP is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units (as defined below), this may result in a significantly diminished
trading market for shares, and shares may be more likely to trade
at a premium or discount to the Fund’s net asset value and to face trading halts and/or delisting. This risk may be heightened during periods of
volatility or market disruptions.
Cash Transactions Risk: The Fund may effect some or all of its
creations and redemptions for cash rather than in-kind. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an
ETF that effects all of its creations and redemptions in-kind. Because the Fund may effect redemptions for cash, it may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed
to distribute redemption proceeds. A sale of portfolio securities may result in capital gains or losses and may also result in higher brokerage costs. To the extent costs are not offset by transaction
fees charged by the Fund to APs, the costs of cash transactions will be borne by the Fund.
Large Shareholder Risk: Certain large shareholders, including APs, may from time to time own a substantial amount
of the Fund’s shares. There is no requirement that these shareholders maintain