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Please retain this supplement for future reference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:98.900%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr style="height:3pt"&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;SUMMARY FOR PRINCIPAL CAPITAL APPRECIATION SELECT ETF &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;On September 15, 2026, the Fund&#x2019;s Board of Trustees approved a change to the Fund&#x2019;s diversification classification from &#x201c;diversified&#x201d; to &#x201c;non-diversified&#x201d; and a change to the related fundamental investment restriction (together, the &#x201c;Proposed Change&#x201d;). Fund shareholders of record on October 5, 2026, are entitled to vote on the Proposed Change at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund tentatively scheduled for November 24, 2026. Additional information about the Proposed Change will be provided in the Proxy Statement that is expected to be sent to record date Fund shareholders on or about October 12, 2026. The Proposed Change, if approved by Fund shareholders, is expected to be effective on or about December 1, 2026. However, the Fund&#x2019;s officers have the discretion to change these dates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;On or about December 1, 2026, subject to shareholder approval, under &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Principal Investment Strategies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt; add the following after the first paragraph:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Fund is considered non-diversified, which means it can invest a higher percentage of assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in the Fund's share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;On or about December 1, 2026, subject to shareholder approval, in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Principal Risks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt; section, add the following to the alphabetical list of risks:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Non-Diversification Risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;. 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