that
the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. The Index and, therefore, the Fund may also from time to time have significant exposure to particular sectors. As of December 31, 2025,
the Index has significant exposure to the financials sector. The components of the Index, the number of components and the degree to which these components represent certain sectors, industries, or groups of
industries may change over time.
The Fund uses an
indexing investment approach to attempt to approximate, before fees and expenses, the investment performance of the Index. The Fund generally will use a replication strategy, which
means that the Fund seeks to hold each security found in the Index in approximately the same proportion as represented in the Index itself. However, the Fund may under certain circumstances use a
representative sampling strategy, which means the Fund would invest in a representative sample of securities with an investment profile, collectively, similar to that of the Index. The
Fund does not take temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The Fund may also invest in cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds.
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 five risks) include:
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.
Equity Risk: The values of equity securities 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.
Value Style Risk: Securities issued by companies that may be perceived as undervalued may fail to appreciate for long periods of time and
may never realize their full potential value. Over time, a value oriented investing style may go in and out of favor, which may cause the Fund to underperform other equity funds that use different investing
styles.
Risks Associated
with Index Funds: The Fund is managed to seek to track, before fees and
expenses, the performance of the Index. Therefore, unless a specific security is removed from the Index because it no longer qualifies to be included in the Index, the Fund
generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer is in financial trouble. If a specific security is removed from the Index, it is possible that the Fund may be forced to sell such
security at an inopportune time or for prices other than at current market values, which could have a negative effect on the Fund’s
performance. The Advisor will not use techniques or defensive strategies designed to lessen the effects of market volatility or to reduce
the impact of periods of market decline. Thus, based on market and economic conditions, the Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that actively shift their portfolio assets to take
advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more securities. Unusual market conditions or other unforeseen circumstances (such as natural
disasters, pandemics, political unrest or war) may impact the Index Provider and could cause the Index Provider to change the rebalance schedule of the Index. This could cause the Index to
vary from its normal or expected composition. Apart from scheduled rebalances, the Index Provider or its agents may carry out additional ad hoc rebalances to the Index due to reaching certain
weighting constraints, unusual market conditions or corporate events or, for example, to correct an error in the selection of index constituents. When the Index is rebalanced and the Fund in turn
rebalances its portfolio to attempt to increase the correlation between the Fund’s portfolio and the Index, any transaction costs and market exposure arising from such portfolio rebalancing will be borne
directly by the Fund and its shareholders. Therefore, errors and additional ad hoc rebalances carried out by the Index Provider to the Index may increase the costs to and the tracking error risk of the
Fund.
Additional risks associated with index funds include:
Index Construction Risk: The Index Provider identifies companies
for the Index based on a proprietary methodology. The theories
and assumptions upon which the Index Provider bases the Index
and/or the methodology used in evaluating companies for the
Index may be unsound. The Index Provider and Solactive rely on
third-party data they believe to be reliable in constructing the Index, but the providers of such data do not guarantee its accuracy, availability or timeliness. The Fund may outperform or underperform other
funds that invest in similar asset classes but employ different investment styles. Errors in the construction or calculation of the Index may occur from time to time and any such errors may
not be immediately identified and corrected, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. There is no guarantee that the construction methodology will accurately provide the
intended exposure.
Index Tracking Risk: The Fund
is not expected to track the performance of the Index at all times with perfect accuracy. The Fund’s return may not track the performance of the Index for a number
of reasons. For example, tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities held in the Fund’s portfolio and the Index constituents, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the
Fund’s holding of uninvested cash, or differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or interest. Any transaction costs and market exposure arising from rebalancing the
Fund’s portfolio to reflect changes in the composition of the Index will be borne directly by the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund may not be able to invest in certain Index constituents or may
not be able to invest in them in the exact proportions in which they are represented in the Index, due to legal restrictions, potential adverse tax consequences or other regulatory reasons. The risk that the Fund
may not track the performance of the Index may be magnified during times of heightened market volatility or other unusual market conditions. For tax efficiency purposes, the Fund may sell
certain securities to realize losses causing it to deviate from the
Index.
Concentration Risk: To the extent that a significant portion of
the Index consists of a particular industry or group of industries,