UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act File Number:
811-23812
Elevation Series Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
1700 Broadway, Suite 2100
Denver, CO 80290
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Anne Berg
Elevation Series Trust
1700 Broadway, Suite 2100
Denver, CO 80290
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:
303-226-4150
With a copy to:
JoAnn M. Strasser
Thompson Hine LLP
17th Floor
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Date of Fiscal Year End: July 31st
Date of Reporting Period: August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2026
| Item 1. | Reports to Shareholders. |
| (a) | The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| Item 2. | Code of Ethics. |
| (a) | As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party. |
| (b) | For purposes of this item, “code of ethics” means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote: |
(1) Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
(2) Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a Registrant files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the Registrant;
(3) Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations;
(4) The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and
(5) Accountability for adherence to the code.
| (c) | During the period covered by this report, there were no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) of this report. |
| (d) | During the period covered by this report, the Registrant had not granted any express or implicit waivers from the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) of this report. |
| (e) | Not applicable. |
| (f) | The Registrant’s code of ethics referred to in Item 2(a) above is attached as Exhibit 19(a)(l), hereto. |
| Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
As of the end of the period covered by the report, the Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Kimberly Storms is qualified to serve as an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee and that she is “independent,” as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.
| Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
The following table sets forth the aggregate audit and non-audit fees billed to the Registrant for each of the fiscal years/periods indicated below for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant, Cohen & Company, Ltd. (“Cohen”).
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund |
Fiscal year ended July 31, 2026 |
Fiscal year ended July 31, 2025 |
| (a) Audit Fees (1) | $15,100 | $15,100 |
| (b) Audit-Related Fees (2) | $0 | $0 |
| (c) Tax Fees (3) | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| (d) All Other Fees (4) | $0 | $0 |
| (g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees (5) | $0 | $0 |
| (1) | Audit Fees are fees billed for professional services rendered by Cohen for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements and for the services that are normally provided by Cohen in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. |
| (2) | Audit-Related Fees are fees billed for assurance and related services by Cohen that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the caption “Audit Fees”. |
| (3) | Tax Fees are fees billed for professional services rendered by Cohen for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, and include preparation of Form 1120 RIC, Form 8613, state tax returns, and the review of excise dividend calculations. |
| (4) | All Other Fees are fees billed for products and services provided by Cohen, other than the services reported under the captions “Audit Fees”, “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees”. |
| (5) | Aggregate Non-Audit Fees are non-audit fees billed by Cohen for services rendered to the Registrant. The Aggregate Non-Audit Fee includes the Tax Fees disclosed pursuant to Footnote 3 above. |
| NPF Core Equity ETF |
Fiscal period March 10, 2026 - July 31, 2026 |
| (a) Audit Fees (1) | $12,850 |
| (b) Audit-Related Fees (2) | $0 |
| (c) Tax Fees (3) | $3,500 |
| (d) All Other Fees (4) | $0 |
| (g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees (5) | $0 |
| (1) | Audit Fees are fees billed for professional services rendered by Cohen for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements and for the services that are normally provided by Cohen in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. |
| (2) | Audit-Related Fees are fees billed for assurance and related services by Cohen that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the caption “Audit Fees”. |
| (3) | Tax Fees are fees billed for professional services rendered by Cohen for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, and include preparation of Form 1120 RIC, Form 8613, state tax returns, and the review of excise dividend calculations. |
| (4) | All Other Fees are fees billed for products and services provided by Cohen, other than the services reported under the captions “Audit Fees”, “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees”. |
| (5) | Aggregate Non-Audit Fees are non-audit fees billed by Cohen for services rendered to the Registrant. The Aggregate Non-Audit Fee includes the Tax Fees disclosed pursuant to Footnote 3 above. |
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF |
Fiscal period ended July 31, 2026 |
Fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 |
| (a) Audit Fees (1) | $17,600 | $20,100 |
| (b) Audit-Related Fees (2) | $0 | $0 |
| (c) Tax Fees (3) | $3,500 | $4,500 |
| (d) All Other Fees (4) | $0 | $0 |
| (g) Aggregate Non-Audit Fees (5) | $0 | $0 |
| (1) | Audit Fees are fees billed for professional services rendered by Cohen for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements and for the services that are normally provided by Cohen in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. |
| (2) | Audit-Related Fees are fees billed for assurance and related services by Cohen that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the caption “Audit Fees”. |
| (3) | Tax Fees are fees billed for professional services rendered by Cohen for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, and include preparation of Form 1120 RIC, Form 8613, state tax returns, and the review of excise dividend calculations. |
| (4) | All Other Fees are fees billed for products and services provided by Cohen, other than the services reported under the captions “Audit Fees”, “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees”. |
| (5) | Aggregate Non-Audit Fees are non-audit fees billed by Cohen for services rendered to the Registrant. The Aggregate Non-Audit Fee includes the Tax Fees disclosed pursuant to Footnote 3 above. |
| (e) | (1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures: All services to be performed by the Registrant’s principal auditors must be pre-approved by the Registrant’s audit committee. |
| (e) | (2) No services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. |
| (f) | Not applicable. |
| (h) | The Registrant’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm to the Registrant’s investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled, or under common control with the investment advisor that provided ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved by the Committee was compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. |
| (i) | Not applicable. |
| (j) | Not applicable. |
| Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
The Registrant has an audit committee which was established by its Board of Trustees in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended. The members of the Registrant’s audit committee are Kimberly Storms, Steven Norgaard and Corey Dillon.
| Item 6. | Investments. |
| (a) | The Registrant’s full schedule of investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 7 of this Form. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| Item 7. | Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies |
NPF Core Equity ETF
(Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.: NPFE)
Annual Financial Statements
July 31, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NPF Core Equity ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% | ||||||||
| Banking - 0.16% | ||||||||
| AIB Group PLC - ADR | 361 | $ | 8,588 | |||||
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA - Sponsored ADR | 401 | 11,208 | ||||||
| Banco Santander SA - Sponsored ADR | 1,401 | 19,754 | ||||||
| Bank of America Corp. | 1,309 | 81,093 | ||||||
| Barclays PLC - Sponsored ADR | 286 | 7,865 | ||||||
| BNP Paribas SA - Sponsored ADR | 205 | 12,962 | ||||||
| Citigroup, Inc. | 351 | 46,490 | ||||||
| Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Sponsored ADR | 10 | 1,255 | ||||||
| DBS Group Holdings Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 14 | 3,230 | ||||||
| DNB Bank ASA - Sponsored ADR | 158 | 5,084 | ||||||
| First Internet Bancorp | 2,098 | 61,807 | ||||||
| First Merchants Corp. | 6,828 | 294,560 | ||||||
| HDFC Bank Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 279 | 6,676 | ||||||
| HSBC Holdings PLC - Sponsored ADR | 19 | 2,022 | ||||||
| Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 1,036 | 17,653 | ||||||
| ICICI Bank Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 88 | 2,639 | ||||||
| ING Groep NV - Sponsored ADR | 78 | 2,725 | ||||||
| KeyCorp | 2,581 | 58,305 | ||||||
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC - ADR | 360 | 2,221 | ||||||
| Mercantile Bank Corp. | 824 | 49,506 | ||||||
| NU Holdings Ltd., Class A(a) | 632 | 9,057 | ||||||
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 247 | 61,718 | ||||||
| Regions Financial Corp. | 1,111 | 34,385 | ||||||
| Societe Generale SA - Sponsored ADR | 316 | 5,919 | ||||||
| Svenska Handelsbanken AB - ADR | 490 | 3,719 | ||||||
| Truist Financial Corp. | 122 | 6,324 | ||||||
| UniCredit SpA - Sponsored ADR | 1,570 | 73,853 | ||||||
| United Overseas Bank Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 200 | 13,362 | ||||||
| US Bancorp | 849 | 53,496 | ||||||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 967 | 83,597 | ||||||
| 1,041,073 | ||||||||
| Consumer Discretionary Products - 0.02% | ||||||||
| Cie Financiere Richemont SA - ADR | 148 | 3,499 | ||||||
| Ford Motor Co. | 999 | 14,665 | ||||||
| General Motors Co. | 19 | 1,688 | ||||||
| Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. - ADR | 174 | 1,987 | ||||||
| Hermes Intl. SCA - ADR | 93 | 16,414 | ||||||
| HNI Corp. | 283 | 12,738 | ||||||
| Kontoor Brands, Inc. | 22 | 1,842 | ||||||
| Masco Corp. | 400 | 28,592 | ||||||
| Mercedes-Benz Group AG - ADR | 311 | 4,192 | ||||||
| Midea Group Co. Ltd. | 239 | 3,015 | ||||||
| Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A | 4 | 1,521 | ||||||
| Tapestry, Inc. | 12 | 1,829 | ||||||
| Toyota Motor Corp. - Sponsored ADR | 60 | 11,340 | ||||||
| 103,322 | ||||||||
| Consumer Discretionary Services - 0.17% | ||||||||
| Carnival Corp. Ltd. | 100 | 2,781 | ||||||
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 124 | 25,244 | ||||||
| Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 3 | 1,042 | ||||||
| Marriott Intl., Inc., Class A | 114 | 42,503 | ||||||
| McDonald’s Corp. | 1,709 | 462,524 | ||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Consumer Discretionary Services - 0.17% (continued) | ||||||||
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | 29 | $ | 9,231 | |||||
| Starbucks Corp. | 5,422 | 570,665 | ||||||
| TKO Group Holdings, Inc., Class A | 6 | 1,091 | ||||||
| Yum! Brands, Inc. | 9 | 1,379 | ||||||
| 1,116,460 | ||||||||
| Consumer Staple Products - 0.34% | ||||||||
| Altria Group, Inc. | 775 | 52,956 | ||||||
| British American Tobacco PLC - Sponsored ADR | 239 | 14,495 | ||||||
| Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 5,495 | 542,961 | ||||||
| Coca-Cola Co. | 6,934 | 607,349 | ||||||
| Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | 1,192 | 130,476 | ||||||
| Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV - Sponsored ADR | 78 | 8,445 | ||||||
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 131 | 11,960 | ||||||
| Diageo PLC - Sponsored ADR | 500 | 44,030 | ||||||
| J M Smucker Co. | 66 | 7,871 | ||||||
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 84 | 9,182 | ||||||
| Kraft Heinz Co. | 49 | 1,267 | ||||||
| L’Oreal SA - ADR | 31 | 2,761 | ||||||
| Mondelez Intl. Inc, Class A | 2,895 | 180,388 | ||||||
| Monster Beverage Corp.(a) | 31 | 2,988 | ||||||
| Nestle SA - Sponsored ADR | 324 | 32,384 | ||||||
| PepsiCo, Inc. | 2,059 | 287,354 | ||||||
| Philip Morris Intl., Inc. | 656 | 125,178 | ||||||
| Procter & Gamble Co. | 725 | 104,755 | ||||||
| Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 453 | 26,256 | ||||||
| 2,193,056 | ||||||||
| Financial Services - 2.15% | ||||||||
| Adyen NV - ADR(a) | 400 | 4,040 | ||||||
| Ally Financial, Inc. | 4,296 | 186,146 | ||||||
| American Express Co. | 593 | 199,396 | ||||||
| Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 12 | 1,507 | ||||||
| Ares Capital Corp. | 234 | 4,390 | ||||||
| Ares Management Corp., Class A | 9 | 1,153 | ||||||
| Blackrock, Inc. | 1,311 | 1,429,501 | ||||||
| Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., Class A | 266 | 12,875 | ||||||
| Brookfield Corp. | 410 | 17,437 | ||||||
| Capital One Financial Corp. | 296 | 61,867 | ||||||
| Charles Schwab Corp. | 66 | 6,946 | ||||||
| CME Group, Inc. | 271 | 72,571 | ||||||
| Evercore, Inc., Class A | 14 | 4,488 | ||||||
| FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 45 | 11,844 | ||||||
| Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | 257 | 13,259 | ||||||
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 392 | 399,205 | ||||||
| Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. - ADR | 63 | 3,273 | ||||||
| Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 400 | 61,616 | ||||||
| LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 81 | 28,650 | ||||||
| Moody’s Corp. | 23,764 | 11,368,222 | ||||||
| Morgan Stanley | 279 | 58,707 | ||||||
| MSCI, Inc. | 5 | 2,861 | ||||||
| S&P Global, Inc. | 38 | 15,653 | ||||||
| State Street Corp. - ADR | 21 | 3,867 | ||||||
| T Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 6 | 671 | ||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
3
NPF Core Equity ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Financial Services - 2.15% (continued) | ||||||||
| UBS Group AG | 241 | $ | 12,710 | |||||
| 13,982,855 | ||||||||
| Health Care - 15.41% | ||||||||
| Abbott Laboratories | 157,169 | 16,612,763 | ||||||
| AbbVie, Inc. | 3,985 | 999,996 | ||||||
| Abivax SA - ADR(a) | 12 | 1,499 | ||||||
| Alcon AG | 20 | 1,379 | ||||||
| AstraZeneca PLC | 128 | 21,714 | ||||||
| Becton Dickinson & Co. | 9 | 1,491 | ||||||
| Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 24 | 1,122 | ||||||
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 1,345 | 87,842 | ||||||
| Cardinal Health, Inc. | 7 | 1,610 | ||||||
| Cencora, Inc. | 233 | 72,542 | ||||||
| Cigna Group | 21 | 5,860 | ||||||
| CVS Health Corp. | 276 | 28,823 | ||||||
| Danaher Corp. | 118,897 | 23,182,537 | ||||||
| DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 3,297 | 44,081 | ||||||
| Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) | 498 | 42,863 | ||||||
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 590 | 677,816 | ||||||
| EssilorLuxottica SA - ADR | 11 | 1,047 | ||||||
| Exelixis, Inc.(a) | 15 | 795 | ||||||
| Galderma Group AG - ADR | 219 | 9,548 | ||||||
| GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc. | 66 | 4,489 | ||||||
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 26 | 3,385 | ||||||
| IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a) | 7 | 3,913 | ||||||
| Illumina, Inc.(a) | 41 | 8,409 | ||||||
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) | 950 | 335,663 | ||||||
| Johnson & Johnson | 82,446 | 21,135,032 | ||||||
| McKesson Corp. | 56 | 47,947 | ||||||
| Medtronic PLC | 79 | 6,746 | ||||||
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 144,621 | 18,829,654 | ||||||
| Natera, Inc.(a) | 112 | 29,989 | ||||||
| Novartis AG - Sponsored ADR | 85 | 13,273 | ||||||
| Novo Nordisk A/S - Sponsored ADR | 351 | 16,525 | ||||||
| Pfizer, Inc. | 3,605 | 90,161 | ||||||
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | 1,525 | ||||||
| Solventum Corp.(a) | 50 | 4,272 | ||||||
| Stryker Corp. | 14,071 | 4,582,925 | ||||||
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 22,941 | 13,175,016 | ||||||
| UCB SA - ADR | 8 | 1,028 | ||||||
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 114 | 47,242 | ||||||
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 9 | 4,294 | ||||||
| 100,136,816 | ||||||||
| Industrial Products - 7.33% | ||||||||
| 3M Co. | 1,136 | 200,254 | ||||||
| ABB Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 24 | 2,367 | ||||||
| Airbus SE - ADR | 97 | 5,667 | ||||||
| Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 194,420 | 22,268,867 | ||||||
| BAE Systems PLC - Sponsored ADR | 403 | 45,769 | ||||||
| Boeing Co.(a) | 50 | 10,807 | ||||||
| Deere & Co. | 237 | 140,463 | ||||||
| Dover Corp. | 355 | 72,640 | ||||||
| Eaton Corp. PLC | 18,856 | 7,829,011 | ||||||
| Emerson Electric Co. | 127 | 19,027 | ||||||
| Entegris, Inc. | 33,479 | 3,985,675 | ||||||
| General Dynamics Corp. | 14 | 5,368 | ||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Industrial Products - 7.33% (continued) | ||||||||
| General Electric Co. | 657 | $ | 236,566 | |||||
| Graco, Inc. | 12 | 953 | ||||||
| HEICO Corp. | 16 | 5,702 | ||||||
| HEICO Corp., Class A | 6 | 1,544 | ||||||
| Hitachi Ltd. - ADR | 229 | 7,488 | ||||||
| Honeywell Aerospace, Inc.(a) | 5 | 1,034 | ||||||
| Honeywell Intl., Inc. | 5 | 1,215 | ||||||
| Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | 107 | 30,202 | ||||||
| Johnson Controls Intl. PLC | 459 | 67,317 | ||||||
| Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 651 | 4,485 | ||||||
| Komatsu Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 179 | 7,763 | ||||||
| Lennox Intl., Inc | 2 | 832 | ||||||
| Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 669 | 174,816 | ||||||
| Lockheed Martin Corp. | 200 | 116,548 | ||||||
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. - ADR | 132 | 1,548 | ||||||
| Nordson Corp. | 17,915 | 5,334,729 | ||||||
| Otis Worldwide Corp. | 1,971 | 141,813 | ||||||
| Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 201 | 196,283 | ||||||
| Rheinmetall AG - ADR | 22 | 5,788 | ||||||
| Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 158 | 75,853 | ||||||
| Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC - Sponsored ADR | 12,135 | 240,758 | ||||||
| Saab AB - ADR | 2,328 | 73,076 | ||||||
| TE Connectivity PLC | 4 | 823 | ||||||
| Trane Technologies PLC | 5 | 2,275 | ||||||
| Trimble, Inc.(a) | 109,985 | 6,222,951 | ||||||
| Veralto Corp. | 137 | 12,901 | ||||||
| Vertiv Holdings Co., Class A | 306 | 73,920 | ||||||
| Volvo AB - ADR | 161 | 6,165 | ||||||
| Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 9 | 2,618 | ||||||
| Xylem, Inc. | 100 | 11,697 | ||||||
| 47,645,578 | ||||||||
| Industrial Services - 7.47% | ||||||||
| Canadian National Railway Co. | 1,249 | 158,885 | ||||||
| Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | 7 | 622 | ||||||
| Cintas Corp. | 12 | 2,456 | ||||||
| CSX Corp. | 2,933 | 147,823 | ||||||
| Deutsche Post AG - ADR | 174 | 5,798 | ||||||
| Everus Construction Group, Inc.(a) | 23 | 2,885 | ||||||
| Fluor Corp.(a) | 999 | 50,120 | ||||||
| GFL Environmental, Inc. | 31 | 1,281 | ||||||
| Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc., Class A | 135,468 | 9,419,090 | ||||||
| Mobility Global, Inc.(a) | 38 | 774 | ||||||
| Norfolk Southern Corp. | 975 | 327,093 | ||||||
| Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 14 | 2,970 | ||||||
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 4,919 | 3,282,744 | ||||||
| Union Pacific Corp. | 59,895 | 17,497,126 | ||||||
| United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a) | 19 | 2,305 | ||||||
| United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 123 | 12,819 | ||||||
| United Rentals, Inc. | 70 | 75,548 | ||||||
| Waste Management, Inc. | 77,474 | 17,551,735 | ||||||
| WW Grainger, Inc. | 3 | 4,147 | ||||||
| 48,546,221 | ||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
4
NPF Core Equity ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Insurance - 3.59% | ||||||||
| Aflac, Inc. | 56 | $ | 7,139 | |||||
| Allstate Corp. | 75 | 19,806 | ||||||
| Aon PLC, Class A | 150 | 54,083 | ||||||
| Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | 153 | 38,161 | ||||||
| Assurant, Inc. | 379 | 105,813 | ||||||
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 44,510 | 22,768,645 | ||||||
| Chubb Ltd. | 61 | 21,391 | ||||||
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 799 | 141,966 | ||||||
| Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. | 23 | 3,264 | ||||||
| Manulife Financial Corp. | 150 | 6,666 | ||||||
| Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 585 | 110,969 | ||||||
| Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG - ADR | 295 | 3,543 | ||||||
| Old Republic Intl. Corp. | 416 | 17,975 | ||||||
| Swiss Life Holding AG - ADR | 23 | 1,361 | ||||||
| Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. - Sponsored ADR | 203 | 10,284 | ||||||
| Travelers Cos., Inc. | 36 | 13,477 | ||||||
| Unum Group | 69 | 5,942 | ||||||
| 23,330,485 | ||||||||
| Materials - 10.77% | ||||||||
| Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 221 | 32,105 | ||||||
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 34 | 10,026 | ||||||
| Anglogold Ashanti PLC | 230 | 18,244 | ||||||
| Ball Corp. | 473,836 | 30,751,956 | ||||||
| Cameco Corp. | 874 | 75,496 | ||||||
| Carlisle Cos., Inc. | 2 | 720 | ||||||
| Cie de Saint-Gobain SA - ADR | 643 | 6,064 | ||||||
| Commercial Metals Co. | 659 | 45,286 | ||||||
| Corteva, Inc. | 189 | 14,876 | ||||||
| CRH PLC | 52 | 4,941 | ||||||
| DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 43 | 5,891 | ||||||
| Ecolab, Inc. | 34,197 | 9,494,113 | ||||||
| Franco-Nevada Corp. | 115 | 24,486 | ||||||
| Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Class B | 1,102 | 69,018 | ||||||
| Heidelberg Materials AG | 77 | 2,867 | ||||||
| Linde PLC | 36,427 | 17,425,948 | ||||||
| MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 94 | 1,875 | ||||||
| Newmont Corp. | 218 | 20,429 | ||||||
| Nutrien Ltd. | 79 | 5,457 | ||||||
| PPG Industries, Inc. | 188 | 20,778 | ||||||
| Ramaco Resources, Inc., Class A(a) | 500 | 4,585 | ||||||
| Rio Tinto PLC - Sponsored ADR | 34 | 3,293 | ||||||
| Sherwin-Williams Co. | 34,573 | 11,784,207 | ||||||
| Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 15 | 3,769 | ||||||
| UFP Industries, Inc. | 1,299 | 112,675 | ||||||
| Vulcan Materials Co. | 190 | 51,028 | ||||||
| Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | 200 | 21,806 | ||||||
| 70,011,939 | ||||||||
| Media - 6.33% | ||||||||
| Alphabet, Inc., Class A | 100,450 | 35,773,259 | ||||||
| Alphabet, Inc., Class C | 9,467 | 3,376,406 | ||||||
| Booking Holdings, Inc. | 25 | 4,823 | ||||||
| Comcast Corp., Class A | 938 | 22,474 | ||||||
| Electronic Arts, Inc. | 5 | 1,049 | ||||||
| Fox Corp., Class B | 71 | 3,688 | ||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Media - 6.33% (continued) | ||||||||
| Liberty Media Corp., Class C(a) | 14 | $ | 1,374 | |||||
| Match Group, Inc. | 32 | 1,261 | ||||||
| Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 3,157 | 1,757,533 | ||||||
| Netflix, Inc.(a) | 431 | 30,907 | ||||||
| Omnicom Group, Inc. | 16 | 1,259 | ||||||
| Prosus NV - Sponsored ADR | 349 | 3,235 | ||||||
| Reddit, Inc., Class A(a) | 25 | 3,517 | ||||||
| Roku, Inc., Class A(a) | 10 | 1,450 | ||||||
| Spotify Technology SA(a) | 24 | 11,999 | ||||||
| Tencent Holdings Ltd. - ADR | 81 | 4,976 | ||||||
| Uber Technologies, Inc.(a) | 9 | 633 | ||||||
| VeriSign, Inc. | 22 | 6,380 | ||||||
| Versant Media Group, Inc. | 24 | 864 | ||||||
| Walt Disney Co. | 1,155 | 111,099 | ||||||
| Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a) | 209 | 5,497 | ||||||
| 41,123,683 | ||||||||
| Oil & Gas - 0.33% | ||||||||
| Antero Midstream Corp. | 75 | 1,648 | ||||||
| BP PLC - Sponsored ADR | 328 | 14,832 | ||||||
| Chevron Corp. | 2,435 | 479,281 | ||||||
| ConocoPhillips | 4,394 | 529,389 | ||||||
| Devon Energy Corp. | 585 | 26,401 | ||||||
| DT Midstream, Inc. | 99 | 13,662 | ||||||
| Enbridge, Inc. | 296 | 16,120 | ||||||
| EOG Resources, Inc. | 6 | 892 | ||||||
| EQT Corp. | 250 | 13,323 | ||||||
| ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. | 1,183 | 183,886 | ||||||
| Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 4,996 | 160,771 | ||||||
| Marathon Petroleum Corp., Class A | 286 | 90,510 | ||||||
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Sponsored ADR | 75 | 1,455 | ||||||
| Phillips 66 | 628 | 132,935 | ||||||
| SLB Ltd. | 450 | 22,316 | ||||||
| Suncor Energy, Inc. | 56 | 3,768 | ||||||
| Targa Resources Corp. | 106 | 28,659 | ||||||
| Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 330 | 132,851 | ||||||
| TotalEnergies SE | 553 | 48,587 | ||||||
| Valero Energy Corp. | 706 | 220,907 | ||||||
| Williams Cos., Inc. | 457 | 32,694 | ||||||
| 2,154,887 | ||||||||
| Real Estate - 0.06% | ||||||||
| AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 154 | 28,584 | ||||||
| Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 131 | 24,696 | ||||||
| Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 94 | 2,052 | ||||||
| Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 17 | 2,250 | ||||||
| Realty Income Corp. | 1,342 | 85,713 | ||||||
| Tanger, Inc. | 388 | 15,776 | ||||||
| VICI Properties, Inc. | 119 | 3,136 | ||||||
| Welltower, Inc. | 1,032 | 241,942 | ||||||
| 404,149 | ||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Renewable Energy - 0.01% | ||||||||
| First Solar, Inc.(a) | 297 | $ | 62,676 | |||||
| Retail & Wholesale - Discretionary - 5.55% | ||||||||
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 250 | 30,563 | ||||||
| Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 88,304 | 23,981,600 | ||||||
| Burlington Stores, Inc.(a) | 2 | 737 | ||||||
| Copart, Inc.(a) | 13,988 | 407,331 | ||||||
| Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 34 | 6,661 | ||||||
| eBay, Inc. | 21 | 2,394 | ||||||
| Home Depot, Inc. | 16,540 | 5,490,618 | ||||||
| Industria de Diseno Textil SA - ADR | 314 | 5,131 | ||||||
| Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 117 | 24,314 | ||||||
| MercadoLibre, Inc.(a) | 16 | 30,047 | ||||||
| O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | 1,014 | 90,601 | ||||||
| QXO, Inc.(a) | 624 | 8,299 | ||||||
| Ross Stores, Inc. | 4 | 1,004 | ||||||
| Sea Ltd. - ADR(a) | 235 | 25,084 | ||||||
| TJX Cos., Inc. | 37,848 | 5,955,004 | ||||||
| Tractor Supply Co. | 100 | 3,077 | ||||||
| Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 4 | 915 | ||||||
| 36,063,380 | ||||||||
| Retail & Wholesale - Staples - 0.03% | ||||||||
| PriceSmart, Inc. | 61 | 11,829 | ||||||
| Sysco Corp. | 1,822 | 155,307 | ||||||
| Target Corp. | 29 | 4,190 | ||||||
| Tesco PLC - Sponsored ADR | 236 | 4,689 | ||||||
| 176,015 | ||||||||
| Software & Tech Services - 20.64% | ||||||||
| Accenture PLC, Class A | 184 | 30,529 | ||||||
| Adobe, Inc.(a) | 16,013 | 4,009,815 | ||||||
| Autodesk, Inc.(a) | 6 | 1,405 | ||||||
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 682 | 181,726 | ||||||
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) | 22 | 7,481 | ||||||
| Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(a) | 27 | 7,533 | ||||||
| Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 140 | 26,720 | ||||||
| EPAM Systems, Inc.(a) | 65,219 | 6,884,518 | ||||||
| Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 544 | 29,343 | ||||||
| Fortinet, Inc.(a) | 17 | 2,753 | ||||||
| Fujitsu Ltd. - ADR | 64 | 1,464 | ||||||
| Gartner, Inc.(a) | 58 | 8,759 | ||||||
| HubSpot, Inc.(a) | 10,852 | 2,575,831 | ||||||
| Intl. Business Machines Corp. | 226 | 50,545 | ||||||
| Intuit, Inc. | 19 | 6,005 | ||||||
| Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 26,240 | 15,038,144 | ||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 139,649 | 64,897,683 | ||||||
| MongoDB, Inc., Class A(a) | 2 | 675 | ||||||
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a) | 244 | 80,967 | ||||||
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 162 | 9,268 | ||||||
| Salesforce, Inc. | 154 | 28,339 | ||||||
| SAP SE - Sponsored ADR | 73 | 13,404 | ||||||
| Shopify, Inc., Class A(a) | 167 | 19,564 | ||||||
| Snowflake, Inc., Class A(a) | 70 | 20,530 | ||||||
| SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 76,621 | 5,903,648 | ||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Software & Tech Services - 20.64% (continued) | ||||||||
| Synopsys, Inc.(a) | 13 | $ | 5,054 | |||||
| Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a) | 13,371 | 4,139,662 | ||||||
| Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a) | 649 | 132,253 | ||||||
| Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A | 49,579 | 9,660,468 | ||||||
| Visa, Inc., Class A | 55,564 | 20,343,647 | ||||||
| 134,117,733 | ||||||||
| Tech Hardware & Semiconductors - 19.07% | ||||||||
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | 394 | 187,603 | ||||||
| Advantest Corp. - Sponsored ADR | 68 | 13,442 | ||||||
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 486 | 178,561 | ||||||
| Apple, Inc. | 13,557 | 4,187,893 | ||||||
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 56,504 | 28,685,386 | ||||||
| Arista Networks, Inc.(a) | 21,671 | 3,908,365 | ||||||
| ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. - ADR | 2,045 | 71,923 | ||||||
| ASML Holding NV - Sponsored ADR | 15 | 24,435 | ||||||
| Astera Labs, Inc.(a) | 35 | 10,893 | ||||||
| Broadcom, Inc. | 1,144 | 445,336 | ||||||
| Coherent Corp.(a) | 52,363 | 13,765,709 | ||||||
| F5, Inc.(a) | 6 | 2,415 | ||||||
| HP, Inc. | 165 | 4,500 | ||||||
| Intel Corp.(a) | 669 | 60,344 | ||||||
| KLA Corp. | 55,684 | 10,180,149 | ||||||
| Lam Research Corp. | 318 | 93,180 | ||||||
| Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 3 | 4,278 | ||||||
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 24,663 | 10,746,902 | ||||||
| NetApp, Inc. | 25 | 4,463 | ||||||
| NVIDIA Corp. | 111,700 | 22,423,775 | ||||||
| ON Semiconductor Corp.(a) | 110 | 8,977 | ||||||
| QUALCOMM, Inc. | 679 | 100,227 | ||||||
| Semtech Corp.(a) | 411 | 48,424 | ||||||
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - Sponsored ADR | 59,340 | 23,988,195 | ||||||
| Teradyne, Inc. | 7 | 2,574 | ||||||
| Texas Instruments, Inc. | 441 | 121,601 | ||||||
| Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | 15,945 | 4,684,960 | ||||||
| 123,954,510 | ||||||||
| Telecommunications - 0.01% | ||||||||
| AT&T, Inc. | 939 | 21,832 | ||||||
| Deutsche Telekom AG - Sponsored ADR | 151 | 4,655 | ||||||
| NTT, Inc. - ADR | 290 | 6,951 | ||||||
| SoftBank Corp. - ADR | 579 | 8,112 | ||||||
| SoftBank Group Corp. - ADR | 368 | 5,693 | ||||||
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | 6 | 1,036 | ||||||
| Verizon Communications, Inc. | 665 | 31,129 | ||||||
| 79,408 | ||||||||
| Utilities - 0.09% | ||||||||
| American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 35 | 4,475 | ||||||
| Atmos Energy Corp. | 18 | 3,110 | ||||||
| CMS Energy Corp. | 65 | 4,679 | ||||||
| Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 799 | 86,971 | ||||||
| Dominion Energy, Inc. | 899 | 62,184 | ||||||
| DTE Energy Co. | 100 | 14,187 | ||||||
| Duke Energy Corp. | 802 | 100,595 | ||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.53% (continued) | ||||||||
| Utilities - 0.09% (continued) | ||||||||
| Entergy Corp. | 374 | $ | 40,250 | |||||
| Evergy, Inc. | 19 | 1,577 | ||||||
| FirstEnergy Corp. | 659 | 31,836 | ||||||
| Iberdrola SA - Sponsored ADR | 96 | 9,171 | ||||||
| National Fuel Gas Co. | 200 | 16,462 | ||||||
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 608 | 52,847 | ||||||
| NRG Energy, Inc. | 29 | 3,895 | ||||||
| Ormat Technologies, Inc. | 140 | 13,661 | ||||||
| PPL Corp. | 112 | 3,944 | ||||||
| Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 60 | 4,601 | ||||||
| Talen Energy Corp.(a) | 92 | 30,737 | ||||||
| UGI Corp. | 149 | 5,382 | ||||||
| Vistra Corp. | 170 | 25,192 | ||||||
| WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 304 | 33,264 | ||||||
| Xcel Energy, Inc. | 187 | 14,623 | ||||||
| 563,643 | ||||||||
| TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||||
| (Cost $377,293,211) | 646,807,889 | |||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| RIGHTS - 0.00%(a) | ||||||||
| Hologic CVR 2027 | ||||||||
| Subscription Price $0.01, Expires 9/25/27 | 2,006 | — | ||||||
| TOTAL RIGHTS | ||||||||
| (Cost $—) | — | |||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 0.48% | ||||||||
| State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund, Institutional Class, 3.37% (7-day yield)(b) | 3,099,211 | 3,099,211 | ||||||
| TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS | ||||||||
| (Cost $3,099,211) | 3,099,211 | |||||||
| TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.01% | ||||||||
| (Cost $380,392,422) | $ | 649,907,100 | ||||||
| Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.01)% | (64,482 | ) | ||||||
| NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 649,842,618 | ||||||
| (a) | Non-income producing security. |
| (b) | Rate disclosed is a 7-Day Yield as of July 31, 2026. |
Investment Abbreviations:
AB – Aktiebolag (Swedish: Limited Liability Company)
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
AG - Aktiengesellschaft (German: Stock Corporation)
ASA - Allnennaksjegelskap (Norwegian: Public Limited Company)
A/S - Aktieselskab (Danish: Joint Stock Company)
CVR - Contingent Value Right
Intl. – International
Ltd. – Limited
NV - Naamloze Vennootschap (Dutch: Public Limited Company)
PLC - Public Limited Company
SA - Sociedad Anónima (Portuguese/Spanish: Public Limited Company)
SA - Société Anonyme (French: Public Limited Company)
SAB de CV - Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable
(Spanish: Publicly Traded Company)
SCA - Société en Commandite (French: Limited Partnership)
SE - Société Européenne (French: European Society/Company)
SpA - Società per azioni (Italian: Joint Stock Company)
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
July 31, 2026
| ASSETS: | ||||
| Investments, at value | $ | 649,907,100 | ||
| Cash | 5 | |||
| Dividends receivable | 153,437 | |||
| Total Assets | 650,060,542 | |||
| LIABILITIES: | ||||
| Payable to Investment Advisor | 217,924 | |||
| Total Liabilities | 217,924 | |||
| NET ASSETS | $ | 649,842,618 | ||
| NET ASSETS CONSIST OF | ||||
| Paid in capital | $ | 386,857,704 | ||
| Total distributable earnings | 262,984,914 | |||
| NET ASSETS | $ | 649,842,618 | ||
| INVESTMENTS, AT COST | $ | 380,392,422 | ||
| Net asset value: | ||||
| Net assets | $ | 649,842,618 | ||
| Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 23,415,445 | |||
| Net asset value, price per share | $ | 27.75 | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Period March 10, 2026 (Commencement of Operations) through July 31, 2026
| INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
| Dividends* | $ | 2,074,170 | ||
| Total Investment Income | 2,074,170 | |||
| EXPENSES: | ||||
| Investment advisory fees | 965,241 | |||
| Total Expenses | 965,241 | |||
| NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 1,108,929 | |||
| Net realized gain/(loss) on: | ||||
| Investments | (7,638,621 | ) | ||
| Investments sold in-kind | 93,191,071 | |||
| Foreign currency related transactions | (70 | ) | ||
| Total Net Realized Gain | 85,552,380 | |||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on: | ||||
| Investments | (21,760,321 | ) | ||
| Total Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation | (21,760,321 | ) | ||
| NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS | 63,792,059 | |||
| NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 64,900,988 | ||
| *Foreign taxes withheld on dividends | $ | 25,844 | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| For the Period | ||||
| March 10, 2026 | ||||
| (Commencement of | ||||
| Operations) through | ||||
| July 31, 2026 | ||||
| OPERATIONS | ||||
| Net investment income | $ | 1,108,929 | ||
| Net realized gain | 85,552,380 | |||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | (21,760,321 | ) | ||
| Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 64,900,988 | |||
| BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS | ||||
| Shares sold | 136,858,092 | |||
| Shares issued in connection with reorganization (Note 1) | 585,886,139 | |||
| Shares redeemed | (137,802,601 | ) | ||
| Net increase in net assets derived from share transactions | 584,941,630 | |||
| Net increase in net assets | 649,842,618 | |||
| NET ASSETS | ||||
| Beginning of period | — | |||
| End of period | $ | 649,842,618 | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| For the Period | ||||
| March 10, 2026 | ||||
| (Commencement of | ||||
| Operations) through | ||||
| July 31, 2026 | ||||
| Net Asset Value - Beginning of Period | $ | 25.00 | (a) | |
| INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | ||||
| Net investment income(b) | 0.05 | |||
| Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | 2.70 | |||
| Total from Investment Operations | 2.75 | |||
| Net Increase in net asset value | 2.75 | |||
| Net Asset Value - End of Period | $ | 27.75 | ||
| TOTAL RETURN(c) | 11.00 | % | ||
| RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||
| Net Assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 649,843 | ||
| Ratio of net operating expenses to average net assets | 0.40 | %(d) | ||
| Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.46 | %(d) | ||
| Portfolio turnover rate(e)(f) | 19 | % | ||
| (a) | The net asset value at the beginning of the period represents initial shares outstanding on March 10, 2026 (Commencement of Operations). |
| (b) | Calculated based on the average number of Fund shares outstanding during each fiscal period. |
| (c) | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period and redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| (d) | Annualized. |
| (e) | Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions. |
| (f) | Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION
Elevation Series Trust (the “Trust”) was organized on March 7, 2022, as a Delaware statutory trust, and is authorized to issue multiple investment series. The Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. These financial statements relate to one series of the Trust, NPF Core Equity ETF (the “Fund”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation, and as a secondary objective, current income, and is a non-diversified open-end management company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund commenced operations on March 10, 2026.
The Fund currently offers an unlimited number of shares of a single class, without par value, which are listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”). The Fund issues and redeems shares only in creation units (“Creation Units”) which are offered on a continuous basis through Paralel Distributors LLC (the “Distributor”), without a sales load (but subject to transaction fees, if applicable), at the net asset value (“NAV”) per share next determined after receipt of an order in proper form pursuant to the terms of the Authorized Participant Agreement, calculated as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the Exchange on any day on which the Exchange is open for business. The Fund does not issue fractional Creation Units. The offering of the Fund’s shares is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Fund is considered a single operating segment, and its performance and operating results are reviewed to make informed decisions regarding performance. An operating segment is a component of a Fund that engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, has operating results that are regularly reviewed by the Fund’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 financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within the Fund’s financial statements. The lead Portfolio Manager acts as the Fund’s CODM.
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the Schedule of Investments. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies” including FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-08.
Portfolio Valuation: The net asset value (“NAV”) per share of the Fund is determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The NAV is determined by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less its liabilities by the number of shares outstanding.
Domestic equity securities traded on any exchange other than the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last sale price on the business day. If there has been no sale that business day, the securities are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and ask prices on the business day. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price as determined by NASDAQ. Portfolio securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the business day. Portfolio securities traded in the over-the-counter market, but excluding NASDAQ, are valued at the last quoted sale price in such market. Debt obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost.
Investments in money market funds, including short-term investments, are generally priced at the ending NAV provided by the service agent of the funds. These securities will be categorized as level 1 securities.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which Norris Perne and French LLP d/b/a NPF Investment Advisors (the “Adviser”) determines that prices received are unreliable, are valued at fair value according to procedures established and adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Adviser as the Fund’s valuation designee with respect to the fair valuation of the Fund’s portfolio securities, subject to oversight by and periodic reporting to the Board.
The Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments. These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 – Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
Level 3 – Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
The following is a summary of the Fund’s investments in the fair value hierarchy as of July 31, 2026:
NPF Core Equity ETF
| Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted | Level 2 - Other Significant | Level 3 - Significant | ||||||||||||||
| Investments in Securities at Value(a) | Prices | Observable Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
| Common Stocks | $ | 646,807,889 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 646,807,889 | ||||||||
| Rights | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Money Market Funds | 3,099,211 | — | — | 3,099,211 | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 649,907,100 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 649,907,100 | ||||||||
| (a) | For detailed descriptions and other security classifications, see the accompanying Schedule of Investments. |
In-Kind Seeding: The capital required to purchase the initial shares of the Fund was provided by in-kind seeding. The Fund was seeded through the exchange of ETF shares for securities held by a revocable trust and a limited liability company (the “Transferors”) on March 10, 2026. The transaction was structured as a tax-free exchange of shares. The Fund carried forward the historical cost basis of investments and cumulative unrealized gains and losses as reported by the Transferors prior to the in-kind seeding to align ongoing financial reporting. Investment companies carry substantially all their assets at fair value for periodic and ongoing reporting. The primary use of historical cost basis is to determine both realized and unrealized gains and losses.
The transaction resulted in the following:
| Initial Fair Value of Securities Acquired by Fund | 585,886,139 | |||
| Cost Basis | 294,611,140 | |||
| Net Unrealized Gain | 291,274,999 |
The above securities as well as $4,750 of cash were contributed in exchange for 23,435,445 shares at a NAV of $25.00.
Securities Transactions and Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded as of the ex-dividend date or for certain foreign securities when the information becomes available to the Fund. Certain dividend income from foreign securities will be recorded, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date and may be subject to withholding taxes in these jurisdictions. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is recorded on the accrual basis using the effective yield method.
Cash and Cash Equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents may include demand deposits and highly liquid investments, typically with original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.
Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared and paid quarterly or as the Board may determine from time to time. Distributions of net realized capital gains earned by the Fund, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually.
Federal Income Tax: For federal income tax purposes, the Fund currently intends to qualify, as a regulated investment company under the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, by distributing substantially all of its earnings to its stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise taxes has been made.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined and characterized in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund as a whole.
As of and during the period ended July 31, 2026, the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expenses, in the Statement of Operations. As of July 31, 2026, there were no interest or penalties incurred by the Fund. The Fund files U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The Fund’s tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return for federal purposes and four years for most state returns. There are no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes.
NOTE 3 - ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS
Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser a unitary management fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay substantially all of the expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, securities lending and other non-distribution related services necessary for the Fund to operate, except for: the fee paid to the Adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, interest charges on any borrowings, dividends and other expense on securities sold short, taxes and related services, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, accrued deferred tax liability, any distribution fees and expenses paid by the Fund under any distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and litigation expenses and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses.
Vident Asset Management (“VA” or the “Sub-Adviser”), serves as the sub-adviser to the Fund. Pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Trust, the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser is responsible for trading portfolio securities on behalf of the Fund. For the services it provides to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser is compensated by the Adviser out of its unitary management fee.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
Paralel Technologies LLC (the “Administrator”), the parent company of the Distributor, serves as the Fund’s administrator and fund accountant pursuant to an Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement. The Administrator provides the Fund with certain administrative, tax and accounting services. Fees for these services are paid by the Adviser out of its unitary management fee.
The Distributor, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Administrator, acts as the principal underwriter for the Fund and distributes shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement. Shares are continuously offered for sale by the Distributor only in Creation Units as described in Note 1. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the custodian of the Fund’s assets pursuant to a Custody Agreement and as the transfer agent pursuant to a Transfer Agent Agreement. Fees for these services are paid by the Adviser out of its unitary management fee.
The officers and the Interested Trustee of the Trust are officers or employees of the Administrator and/or Distributor. No persons (other than the Independent Trustees) receive compensation for acting as a trustee or officer. For their services, Independent Trustees receive a quarterly retainer, meeting fees, as well as reimbursement for reasonable travel, lodging and other expenses in connection with attendance at meetings. Trustee fees and expenses are paid by the Adviser out of its unitary management fee.
NOTE 4 - PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
For the period March 10, 2026 (Commencement of Operations) through July 31, 2026, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
| Fund | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
| NPF Core Equity ETF | $ | 120,102,676 | $ | 120,699,348 | ||||
For the period March 10, 2026 (Commencement of Operations) through July 31, 2026, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:
| Fund | In-Kind Purchases | In-Kind Sales | ||||||
| NPF Core Equity ETF | $ | 135,448,997 | $ | 137,721,526 | ||||
NOTE 5 - BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
Shares are purchased from or redeemed by the Fund only in Creation Unit size aggregations generally of 20,000 Shares with Authorized Participants. Authorized Participants must be either broker-dealers or other participants in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC, clearing agencies registered with the SEC, or DTC Participants and must execute a Participant Agreement with the Distributor and accepted by State Street. Transactions of Creation Units generally consist of an in-kind designated portfolio of securities (“Deposit Securities”), with a cash component equal to the difference between the Deposit Securities and the NAV per unit of the Fund on the transaction date. The Fund may require cash to replace Deposit Securities if such securities are not available in sufficient quantities for delivery, are not eligible to be transferred or traded, are restricted under securities laws, or as a result of other situations.
Beneficial Interest transactions were as follows:
| For the Period | ||||
| March 10, 2026 | ||||
| (Commencement of | ||||
| Operations) through | ||||
| July 31, 2026 | ||||
| NPF Core Equity ETF | ||||
| Shares sold | 5,420,190 | |||
| Shares issued in connection with reorganization | 23,435,445 | |||
| Shares redeemed | (5,440,190 | ) | ||
| Net increase in shares outstanding | 23,415,445 | |||
NOTE 6 - TAX BASIS DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX BASIS INFORMATION
As determined on July 31, 2026, permanent differences resulting primarily from in-kind redemptions were reclassified at fiscal year-end. These reclassifications had no effect on net increase in net assets resulting from operations, net assets applicable to common stockholders or net asset value per common share outstanding. Permanent book and tax basis differences of the below were reclassified at July 31, 2026 among paid-in capital and total distributable earnings/ (accumulated deficit) for the Fund.
| Total Distributable | ||||||||
| Fund | Paid-in Capital | Earnings | ||||||
| NPF Core Equity ETF | $ | 93,191,073 | $ | (93,191,073 | ) | |||
No distributions occurred during the year ended July 31, 2026.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
The amount of net unrealized appreciation/depreciation and the cost of investment securities for tax purposes at July 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Gross | Gross | Net | Cost of | |||||||||||||||||
| Appreciation | Depreciation | Appreciation/ | Net Unrealized | Investments for | ||||||||||||||||
| (excess of value | (excess of tax | (Depreciation) | Appreciation/ | Income Tax | ||||||||||||||||
| over tax cost)(a) | cost over value)(a) | of Foreign Currency | (Depreciation)(a) | Purposes(a) | ||||||||||||||||
| NPF Core Equity ETF | $ | 276,473,300 | $ | (6,963,424 | ) | $ | — | $ | 269,509,876 | $ | 380,397,224 | |||||||||
| (a) | Represents cost and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for federal income tax purposes and differs from the cost and unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) for financial reporting purposes due to various book-to-tax differences. Those differences primarily relate to investments in passive foreign investment companies. |
As of July 31, 2026, the components of distributable earnings/(accumulated deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:
| Undistributed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net | Accumulated Net | Unrealized | Other | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment | Realized | Appreciation/ | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||
| Income/(Loss) | Gain/(Loss) | (Depreciation) | Gain/(Loss) | Total | ||||||||||||||||
| NPF Core Equity ETF | $ | 1,113,661 | $ | (7,638,623 | ) | $ | 269,509,876 | $ | — | $ | 262,984,914 | |||||||||
As of July 31, 2026, the following amounts were available as capital loss carry forwards to the next year:
| No Expiration | No Expiration | |||||||
| Fund | Short-Term | Long-Term | ||||||
| NPF Core Equity ETF | $ | (3,094,220 | ) | $ | (4,544,403 | ) | ||
NOTE 7 - INDEMNIFICATIONS
In the normal course of business, the Trust or Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. Additionally, the Declaration of Trust provides that the Trust shall indemnify each person who is, or has been, a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, however, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
NOTE 8 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date these financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events to report through the issuance of these financial statements.
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NPF Core Equity ETF
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of NPF Core Equity ETF and Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of NPF Core Equity ETF (the “Fund”), a series of Elevation Series Trust, as of July 31, 2026, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the period March 10, 2026 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2026, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of July 31, 2026, the results of its operations, the changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audit. 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 Fund 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 audit 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 are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2026, by correspondence with the custodian. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Fund’s auditor since 2026.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Greenwood Village, Colorado
September 25, 2026
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NPF Core Equity ETF
UNAUDITED TAX DESIGNATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
July 31, 2026 (Unaudited)
The Fund will notify shareholders in early 2027 of amounts paid to them by the Fund, if any, during the calendar year 2026.
PROXY VOTING
The policies and procedures used by the Fund to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Fund are available, without charge, (i) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or (ii) by calling toll-free 1-800-748-0544. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge at (i) www.sec.gov or (ii) by calling toll-free 1-800-748-0544 or (iii) the Fund’s website at https://npfinvestetfs.com/etfs/npfe/.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
(Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.: CEFZ)
Annual Financial Statements
July 31, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RiverNorth Active Income ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES - 5.31% | ||||||||
| Blue Owl Capital Corp. | 36,955 | $ | 397,266 | |||||
| Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. | 110,593 | 1,099,295 | ||||||
| Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. | 19,736 | 197,163 | ||||||
| Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. | 18,352 | 200,587 | ||||||
| New Mountain Finance Corp. | 28,603 | 197,075 | ||||||
| TOTAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES | ||||||||
| (Cost $2,210,181) | 2,091,386 |
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 2.03% | ||||||||
| Financial Services - 1.05% | ||||||||
| Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. | 24,188 | 415,066 | ||||||
| Real Estate - 0.98% | ||||||||
| Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc.(a) | 6,036 | 385,821 | ||||||
| TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||||
| (Cost $802,174) | 800,887 |
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| CLOSED-END FUNDS - 80.68% | ||||||||
| Barings Corporate Investors | 7,280 | 120,353 | ||||||
| Barings Participation Investors | 3,289 | 53,479 | ||||||
| BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. | 146,408 | 1,222,507 | ||||||
| BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust | 89,102 | 1,379,299 | ||||||
| BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust | 24,962 | 305,285 | ||||||
| BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust | 64,471 | 1,832,910 | ||||||
| BlackRock Technology and Private | ||||||||
| Equity Term Trust | 32,012 | 257,697 | ||||||
| Blackstone Senior Floating Rate 2027 Term Fund | 81,056 | 1,049,675 | ||||||
| Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund | 11,921 | 143,886 | ||||||
| Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust | 91,440 | 1,206,094 | ||||||
| Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund | 35,884 | 722,704 | ||||||
| Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund | 70,130 | 441,118 | ||||||
| Clough Global Equity Fund | 212,215 | 1,723,186 | ||||||
| Clough Global Opportunities Fund | 214,201 | 1,250,934 | ||||||
| Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc. | 8,242 | 103,684 | ||||||
| Credit Suisse High Yield Credit Fund | 114,786 | 200,875 | ||||||
| First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund | 36,562 | 498,340 | ||||||
| Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 12,615 | 115,301 | ||||||
| FS Credit Opportunities Corp. | 215,200 | 1,065,240 | ||||||
| FS Specialty Lending Fund | 99,687 | 1,110,513 | ||||||
| Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc. | 146,338 | 820,956 | ||||||
| Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund | 46,721 | 491,038 | ||||||
| India Fund, Inc. | 8,996 | 105,343 | ||||||
| Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund | 65,677 | 960,198 | ||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| CLOSED-END FUNDS - 80.68% (continued) | ||||||||
| Liberty All-Star Equity Fund | 135,084 | $ | 784,838 | |||||
| Neuberger High Yield Strategies Fund, Inc. | 31,542 | 189,252 | ||||||
| Pershing Square Holdings Ltd. | 33,612 | 1,707,490 | ||||||
| Pershing Square USA Ltd.(a) | 101,144 | 3,792,900 | ||||||
| PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 11,609 | 185,744 | ||||||
| PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund | 3,877 | 82,813 | ||||||
| Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. | 114,687 | 1,562,037 | ||||||
| Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. | 80,331 | 1,453,188 | ||||||
| Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | 60,224 | 398,081 | ||||||
| Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II | 293,375 | 2,417,410 | ||||||
| Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 17,456 | 229,197 | ||||||
| Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. | 4,634 | 198,706 | ||||||
| Total Return Securities Fund(a) | 10,252 | 60,487 | ||||||
| Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund | 185,178 | 1,529,570 | ||||||
| TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS | ||||||||
| (Cost $27,988,285) | 31,772,328 |
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 9.67% | ||||||||
| Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF | 63,100 | 1,829,900 | ||||||
| iShares Flexible Income Active ETF | 38,074 | 1,979,467 | ||||||
| TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS | ||||||||
| (Cost $3,177,878) | 3,809,367 |
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 2.43% | ||||||||
| State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, 3.62% (7-day yield)(b) | 954,998 | 954,998 | ||||||
| TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS | ||||||||
| (Cost $954,998) | 954,998 | |||||||
| TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.12% | ||||||||
| (Cost $35,133,516) | $ | 39,428,966 | ||||||
| Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.12)% | (48,888 | ) | ||||||
| NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 39,380,078 | ||||||
| (a) | Non-income producing security. |
| (b) | Rate disclosed is a 7-Day Yield as of July 31, 2026. |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
Bullet Total Return Swap Contracts
| Reference Index Return | Rate Paid by the |
Value/Net Unrealized |
||||||||||||
| Received by the Fund(a) | Counterparty | Fund(a) | Termination Date | Notional Amount | Depreciation | |||||||||
| Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II | TD Securities | OBFR + 45 bps | 1/21/28 | $ | 824 | $ | (1 | ) | ||||||
| $ | 824 | $ | (1 | ) | ||||||||||
| (a) | Payments are netted and settled when the swap contract closes. |
Investment Abbreviations:
BDC – Business Development Company
Bps – Basis points (1 bp = 0.01%)
Ltd. – Limited
OBFR – Overnight Bank Funding Rate
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
| STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | ||||
| July 31, 2026 | ||||
| ASSETS: | ||||
| Investments, at value | $ | 39,428,966 | ||
| Foreign currencies, at value | 801 | |||
| Dividends receivable | 26,839 | |||
| Total Assets | 39,456,606 | |||
| LIABILITIES: | ||||
| Payable to Investment Advisor | 29,933 | |||
| Payable for investments purchased | 46,576 | |||
| Unrealized depreciation on bullet total return swap contracts | 1 | |||
| Other payables and accrued expenses | 18 | |||
| Total Liabilities | 76,528 | |||
| NET ASSETS | $ | 39,380,078 | ||
| NET ASSETS CONSIST OF | ||||
| Paid in capital | $ | 36,104,055 | ||
| Total distributable earnings | 3,276,023 | |||
| NET ASSETS | $ | 39,380,078 | ||
| INVESTMENTS, AT COST | $ | 35,133,516 | ||
| FOREIGN CURRENCIES, AT COST | $ | 801 | ||
| Net asset value: | ||||
| Net assets | $ | 39,380,078 | ||
| Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 4,884,455 | |||
| Net asset value, price per share | $ | 8.06 | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| For the Period | For the Year | |||||||
| October 1, 2025 | Ended | |||||||
| to | September 30, | |||||||
| July 31, 2026(a) | 2025(b) | |||||||
| INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||||||
| Dividends | $ | 1,383,790 | $ | 1,407,991 | ||||
| Interest and other income | 1,149 | 265,636 | ||||||
| Total Investment Income | 1,384,939 | 1,673,627 | ||||||
| EXPENSES: | ||||||||
| Investment advisory fees | 279,560 | 406,224 | ||||||
| Administrative fees | — | 32,993 | ||||||
| Custodian fees | 2,850 | 5,747 | ||||||
| Legal fees | 2,126 | 9,579 | ||||||
| Trustee fees | 6 | 4,781 | ||||||
| Registration fees | — | 36,148 | ||||||
| Transfer agent fees | — | 49,966 | ||||||
| Audit fees | — | 27,118 | ||||||
| Compliance expenses | — | 15,115 | ||||||
| Facility loan fees | — | 7,541 | ||||||
| 12b-1 fees – Class R shares(c) | — | 28,975 | ||||||
| Other expenses | 2,164 | 16,984 | ||||||
| Total Expenses | 286,706 | 641,171 | ||||||
| NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 1,098,233 | 1,032,456 | ||||||
| Net realized gain/(loss) on: | ||||||||
| Investments | 2,264,088 | 2,705,720 | ||||||
| Investments sold in-kind | 592,849 | 169,092 | ||||||
| Bullet total return swap contracts | (52 | ) | — | |||||
| Foreign currency related transactions | 27 | — | ||||||
| Total Net Realized Gain | 2,856,912 | 2,874,812 | ||||||
| Long-term capital gain distributions from other investment companies | 441,215 | 108,965 | ||||||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on: | ||||||||
| Investments | (1,858,378 | ) | 981,753 | |||||
| Bullet total return swap contracts | (1 | ) | — | |||||
| Foreign currency related translations | (35 | ) | 15 | |||||
| Total Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation | (1,858,414 | ) | 981,768 | |||||
| NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS | 1,439,713 | 3,965,545 | ||||||
| NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 2,537,946 | $ | 4,998,001 | ||||
| (a) | Effective July 1, 2026, the Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust approved changing the fiscal year-end of the Fund from September 30 to July 31. |
| (b) | The Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of RiverNorth Core Opportunity Fund, a series of the RiverNorth Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”), in a tax free reorganization that occurred as of the close of business on August 1, 2025. Performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares have been adopted by the Fund and will be used going forward. As a result, the information for the period prior to the close of business on August 1, 2025, reflects that of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares, which ceased operations as of the date of the reorganization. |
| (c) | The Board of Trustees of the RiverNorth Funds approved the termination of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R share Rule 12b-1 plan, effective June 30, 2025. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| For the Period | For the Year | For the Year | ||||||||||
| October 1, 2025 | Ended September | Ended September | ||||||||||
| to July 31, 2026(a) | 30, 2025(b) | 30, 2024(b) | ||||||||||
| OPERATIONS | ||||||||||||
| Net investment income | $ | 1,098,233 | $ | 1,032,456 | $ | 1,191,185 | ||||||
| Net realized gain | 2,856,912 | 2,874,812 | 1,118,215 | |||||||||
| Long-term capital gain distributions from other investment companies | 441,215 | 108,965 | 7,043 | |||||||||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | (1,858,414 | ) | 981,768 | 7,775,920 | ||||||||
| Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 2,537,946 | 4,998,001 | 10,092,363 | |||||||||
| DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS | ||||||||||||
| From distributable earnings | ||||||||||||
| Shares of beneficial interest(c) | (2,450,430 | ) | (1,343,665 | ) | (1,512,964 | ) | ||||||
| Class I(d) | — | (1,204,425 | ) | (838,913 | ) | |||||||
| From tax return of capital | ||||||||||||
| Shares of beneficial interest(c) | (703,505 | ) | (207,998 | ) | — | |||||||
| Class I(d) | — | (139,581 | ) | — | ||||||||
| Net decrease in net assets from distributions | (3,153,935 | ) | (2,895,669 | ) | (2,351,877 | ) | ||||||
| BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS(c) | ||||||||||||
| Shares sold | 6,780,711 | 953,782 | 260,679 | |||||||||
| Dividends reinvested | — | 928,057 | 830,330 | |||||||||
| Shares redeemed | (2,560,940 | ) | (5,983,421 | ) | (4,411,797 | ) | ||||||
| Shares issued in connection with reorganization (Note 1) | — | 22,163,161 | — | |||||||||
| Net increase/decrease in net assets derived from share transactions | 4,219,771 | 18,061,579 | (3,320,788 | ) | ||||||||
| Class I(d) | ||||||||||||
| Shares sold | — | 2,084,480 | 2,025,510 | |||||||||
| Dividends reinvested | — | 1,236,113 | 1,385,727 | |||||||||
| Shares redeemed | — | (11,202,871 | ) | (5,391,971 | ) | |||||||
| Shares redeemed in connection with reorganization (Note 1) | — | (22,163,161 | ) | — | ||||||||
| Net decrease in net assets derived from share transactions | — | (30,045,439 | ) | (1,980,734 | ) | |||||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in net assets | 3,603,782 | (9,881,528 | ) | 2,438,964 | ||||||||
| NET ASSETS | ||||||||||||
| Beginning of period | 35,776,296 | 45,657,824 | 43,218,860 | |||||||||
| End of period | $ | 39,380,078 | $ | 35,776,296 | $ | 45,657,824 | ||||||
| (a) | Effective July 1, 2026, the Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust approved changing the fiscal year-end of the Fund from September 30 to July 31. |
| (b) | The Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of RiverNorth Core Opportunity Fund, a series of the RiverNorth Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”), in a tax free reorganization that occurred as of the close of business on August 1, 2025. Performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares have been adopted by the Fund and will be used going forward. As a result, the information for the period prior to the close of business on August 1, 2025, reflects that of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares, which ceased operations as of the date of the reorganization. |
| (c) | Distributions and beneficial interest transactions reflect the effects of the tax free reorganization from the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares on August 1, 2025. |
| (d) | After the close of business on July 7, 2025, Class I shares of the Predecessor Fund were converted to Class R shares of the Predecessor Fund. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| For the Period | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | For the Year | |||||||||||||||||||
| October 1, | Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 to July 31, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2026(a) | 2025(b) | 2024(b) | 2023(b) | 2022(b) | 2021(b) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net Asset Value - Beginning of Period | $ | 8.20 | $ | 7.73 | $ | 6.51 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 9.31 | $ | 7.44 | ||||||||||||
| INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net investment income(c) | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.14 | 0.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments | 0.30 | 0.83 | 1.41 | 0.38 | (1.39 | ) | 2.12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total from Investment Operations | 0.54 | 1.02 | 1.59 | 0.68 | (1.25 | ) | 2.37 | |||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From net investment income | (0.30 | ) | (0.48 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.28 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.37 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net realized gains | (0.23 | ) | — | — | — | (1.61 | ) | (0.13 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| From tax return of capital | (0.15 | ) | (0.07 | ) | — | (0.02 | ) | (0.06 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||
| Total Distributions | (0.68 | ) | (0.55 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.30 | ) | (1.93 | ) | (0.50 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net Increase/(Decrease) in net asset value | (0.14 | ) | 0.47 | 1.22 | 0.38 | (3.18 | ) | 1.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Asset Value - End of Period | $ | 8.06 | $ | 8.20 | $ | 7.73 | $ | 6.51 | $ | 6.13 | $ | 9.31 | ||||||||||||
| TOTAL RETURN(d) | 6.84 | % | 13.84 | % | 24.83 | % | 11.07 | % | (16.88 | %) | 32.58 | % | ||||||||||||
| RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 39,380 | $ | 35,776 | $ | 16,135 | $ | 16,557 | $ | 17,380 | $ | 25,705 | ||||||||||||
| Ratio of net operating expenses to average net assets(e) | 0.91 | %(f) | 1.55 | % | 1.84 | % | 1.74 | % | 1.64 | % | 1.58 | % | ||||||||||||
| Ratio of net investment income to average net assets(e) | 3.50 | %(f) | 2.50 | % | 2.45 | % | 4.51 | % | 1.86 | % | 2.88 | % | ||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate(g)(h) | 73 | % | 58 | % | 41 | % | 60 | % | 106 | % | 182 | % | ||||||||||||
| (a) | Effective July 1, 2026, the Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust approved changing the fiscal year-end of the Fund from September 30 to July 31. |
| (b) | The Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of RiverNorth Core Opportunity Fund, a series of the RiverNorth Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”), in a tax free reorganization that occurred as of the close of business on August 1, 2025. Performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares have been adopted by the Fund and will be used going forward. As a result, the information for the period prior to the close of business on August 1, 2025, reflects that of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares, which ceased operations as of the date of the reorganization. |
| (c) | Calculated based on the average number of Fund shares outstanding during each fiscal period. |
| (d) | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period and redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| (e) | The ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests as represented on the Schedule of Investments. |
| (f) | Annualized. |
| (g) | Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized. |
| (h) | Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION
Elevation Series Trust (the “Trust”) was organized on March 7, 2022, as a Delaware statutory trust, and is authorized to issue multiple investment series. The Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. These financial statements relate to one series of the Trust, RiverNorth Active Income ETF (the “Fund”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation and income and is a diversified open-end management company registered under the 1940 Act.
The Fund commenced operations on December 27, 2006 as RiverNorth Core Opportunity Fund, a mutual fund that was a series of the RiverNorth Funds (the “Predecessor Fund”). On April 3, 2025, the Board of Trustees of RiverNorth Funds approved a tax-free reorganization wherein all of the assets and liabilities of the Predecessor Fund were acquired by the Fund in exchange for whole shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, of the Fund. The Agreement and Plan of Reorganization approved by the Board of Trustees also contained provisions for the merging of the Fund’s Class I share class into the Class R share class which took place on July 7, 2025 and the termination of the Fund’s Class R share Rule 12b-1 plan which occurred on June 30, 2025. In connection with this acquisition as of the close of business on August 1, 2025, shares of the Predecessor Fund’s Class R shares were exchanged for an equivalent number of shares of the Fund, and the Fund’s net assets and net asset value (“NAV”) per share of $35,169,145 and $7.86, respectively, shares outstanding of 4,474,446, net unrealized appreciation/depreciation of $3,669,232 and the results of operations of the Fund were unchanged from that of the Predecessor Fund as a result of the reorganization. RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC, the Fund’s sub-adviser, was the investment adviser to the Predecessor Fund. The Predecessor Fund had an investment objective substantially similar to that of the Fund. The Fund is a continuation of the Predecessor Fund, and therefore, the performance and financial history of the Predecessor Fund has been adopted by the Fund and will be used going forward. As a result, the information in these financial statements and notes to the financial statements for the periods prior to the close of business on August 1, 2025, reflects that of the Predecessor Fund, which ceased operations as of the date of the reorganization.
Effective July 1, 2026, the Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust approved changing the fiscal year-end of the Fund from September 30 to July 31.
The Fund currently offers an unlimited number of shares of a single class, without par value, which is listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe” or the “Exchange”). The Fund issues and redeems shares only in creation units (“Creation Units”) which are offered on a continuous basis through Paralel Distributors LLC (the “Distributor”), without a sales load (but subject to transaction fees, if applicable), at the NAV per share next determined after receipt of an order in proper form pursuant to the terms of the Authorized Participant Agreement, calculated as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the Exchange on any day on which the Exchange is open for business. The Fund does not issue fractional Creation Units. The offering of the Fund’s shares is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Fund is considered a single operating segment, and its performance and operating results are reviewed to make informed decisions regarding performance. An operating segment is a component of a Fund that engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, has operating results that are regularly reviewed by the Fund’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 financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within the Fund’s financial statements. The Operations & Risk Committee of TrueMark Investments, LLC (the “Adviser”) acts as the Fund’s CODM.
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its Financial Statements. The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies, including FASB Accounting Standard Update 2013-08.”
During the period ended July 31, 2026, the Fund adopted FASB Update 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). The amendments enhanced income tax disclosures by requiring greater disaggregation in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid by jurisdiction, while removing certain disclosure requirements. ASU 2023-09 had no material impact to the Fund’s financial statements during the period.
Portfolio Valuation – The NAV per share of the Fund is determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The NAV is determined by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less its liabilities by the number of shares outstanding.
Equity securities, including common stocks, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, business development companies, rights and warrants, traded on any exchange other than the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last sale price on the business day. If there has been no sale that business day, the securities are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and ask prices on the business day. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price as determined by NASDAQ. Portfolio securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the business day. Portfolio securities traded in the over-the-counter market, but excluding NASDAQ, are valued at the last quoted sale price in such market. Investments in mutual funds, including short-term investments and open-end funds, are generally priced at the ending NAV provided by the service agent of the funds.
U.S. government bonds and notes are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices on the business day. Options are valued at the mean of the highest bid and lowest ask prices on the principal exchange on which the option trades. Swaps valued using evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or the prime broker. If no quotations are available, fair value procedures will be used. Debt obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost. Most securities listed on a foreign exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange on which the security is primarily traded. In certain countries market maker prices are used since they are the most representative of the daily trading activity. Market maker prices are usually the mean between the bid and ask prices. Certain markets are not closed at the time that the Fund’s price its portfolio securities. In these situations, snapshot prices are provided by the individual pricing services or other alternate sources at the close of the NYSE as appropriate. Securities not traded on a particular day are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and the asked quotes, or the last sale price when appropriate; otherwise fair value will be determined.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
Investments in money market funds, including short-term investments, are generally priced at the ending NAV provided by the service agent of the funds. These securities will be categorized as level 1 securities.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which the Adviser determines that prices received are unreliable, are valued at fair value according to procedures established and adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Adviser as the Fund’s valuation designee with respect to the fair valuation of the Fund’s portfolio securities, subject to oversight by and periodic reporting to the Board.
The Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments. These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 – Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
Level 3 – Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.
The following is a summary of the Fund’s investments in the fair value hierarchy as of July 31, 2026:
RiverNorth Active Income ETF
| Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted | Level 2 - Other Significant | Level 3 - Significant | ||||||||||||||
| Investments in Securities at Value(a) | Prices | Observable Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
| Business Development Companies | $ | 2,091,386 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,091,386 | ||||||||
| Common Stocks | 800,887 | — | — | 800,887 | ||||||||||||
| Closed-End Funds | 31,772,328 | — | — | 31,772,328 | ||||||||||||
| Exchange-Traded Funds | 3,809,367 | — | — | 3,809,367 | ||||||||||||
| Money Market Funds | 954,998 | — | — | 954,998 | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 39,428,966 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 39,428,966 | ||||||||
| Other Financial Instruments(b) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bullet Total Return Swap Contracts(c) | $ | — | $ | (1 | ) | $ | — | $ | (1 | ) | ||||||
| Total | $ | — | $ | (1 | ) | $ | — | $ | (1 | ) | ||||||
| (a) | For detailed descriptions and other security classifications, see the accompanying Schedule of Investments. |
| (b) | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments reflected in the Schedule of Investments. |
| (c) | Swap contracts are reported at their unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. |
Cash and Cash Equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents may include demand deposits and highly liquid investments, typically with original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.
Securities Transactions and Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded as of the ex-dividend date or for certain foreign securities when the information becomes available to the Fund. Certain dividend income from foreign securities will be recorded, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date and may be subject to withholding taxes in these jurisdictions. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is recorded on the accrual basis using the effective yield method.
Foreign Securities – The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in foreign securities. In the event that the Fund executes a foreign security transaction, the Fund will generally enter into a foreign currency spot contract to settle the foreign security transaction. Foreign securities may carry more risk than U.S. securities, such as political, market and currency risks.
The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Prices of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange at period end. Amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and investment income are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at market close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
A foreign currency spot contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date, at a negotiated rate. The Fund may enter into foreign currency spot contracts to settle specific purchases or sales of securities denominated in a foreign currency and for protection from adverse exchange rate fluctuation. Risks to a Fund include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract.
Distributions to Shareholders: The Fund generally pays out dividends from net investment income, if any, monthly. The Fund will declare and pay capital gain distributions, if any, in cash at least annually. The Fund may also pay a special distribution at the end of the calendar year to comply with Federal tax requirements.
Federal Income Tax: For federal income tax purposes, the Fund intends to qualify, as a regulated investment company under the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, by distributing substantially all of its earnings to its stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise taxes has been made.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined and characterized in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund as a whole.
As of and during the period ended July 31, 2026, the Fund did not have liabilities for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expenses, in the Statements of Operations. As of July 31, 2026, there were no interest or penalties incurred by the Fund. The Fund files U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The Fund’s tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return for federal purposes and four years for most state returns. There are no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes.
NOTE 3 - DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
As a part of its investment strategy, the Fund may invest to a lesser extent in derivatives contracts. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market factors. Central to those strategies are features inherent in derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity or debt securities; they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of affecting a similar response to market factors.
Risk of Investing in Derivatives: The Fund’s use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected, resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.
Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance.
Associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that a Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives.
Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund will not be able to sell or close out the derivative in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. In addition, use of derivatives may increase or decrease exposure to the following risk factors:
Equity Risk: Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.
Bullet Swaps: The Fund may enter into bullet total return swap contracts (“bullet swaps”). The Fund may utilize swap agreements in an attempt to gain exposure to the securities in a market without actually purchasing those securities, or to hedge a position. A swap agreement is a contract in which one party agrees to make a payment to another party based on the change in market value of the assets underlying the contract, which may include a specified security, basket of securities, or securities indices during the specified period. Swap agreements will usually be done on a net basis, i.e., where the two parties make net payments with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. The net amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to each swap is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash or equivalents having an aggregate value at least equal to the accrued excess is maintained by the Fund. In the case of bullet swaps, the net settlement of the total return and financing legs will generally be paid or received at the contract termination date rather than periodically.
The bullet swap contracts are subject to master netting agreements, which are agreements between the Fund and its counterparties that provide for the net settlement of all transactions and collateral with the Fund through a single payment, in the event of default or termination.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
As of July 31, 2026, the effects of derivatives instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | ||||||
| Risk Exposure | Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location | Value | ||||
| Equity Contracts (Bullet Total Return Swaps) | Unrealized depreciation on bullet total return swap contracts | $ | (1 | ) | ||
| Total | $ | (1 | ) | |||
For the period ended July 31, 2026, the effects of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Operations were as follows:
RiverNorth Active Income ETF
| Change in Unrealized | ||||||||||
| Realized Gain/ | Appreciation/ | |||||||||
| (Loss) on | Depreciation on | |||||||||
| Risk Exposure | Statements of Operations Location | Derivatives | Derivatives | |||||||
| Equity Contracts (Bullet Total Return Swaps) | Net realized gain/(loss) on bullet total return swap contracts/Net change in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on bullet total return swap contracts | $ | (52 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | |||
| Total | $ | (52 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | ||||
The average monthly notional value of total return swap contracts for the period ended July 31, 2026 was $841.
NOTE 4 - ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS
On December 31, 2025, RiverNorth Strategic Holdings, an affiliate of RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC (the Sub-Adviser), exercised an option to convert an outstanding note into equity of TrueMark Group, LLC (“TMG”), the controlling shareholder of the Adviser, and became the Adviser’s controlling shareholder by virtue of its acquisition of a majority of the voting securities in TMG. The Board and the Fund approved the continuance of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, prior to the close of the change in control. Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser a Unitary Management Fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.89% of the Fund’s daily net assets.
Out of the Unitary Management Fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay substantially all of the expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, securities lending and other non-distribution related services necessary for the Fund to operate, except for: the fees paid to the Adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, interest charges on any borrowings, dividends and other expenses on securities sold short, taxes and related services, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, accrued deferred tax liability, any distribution fees and expenses paid by the Fund under any distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and litigation expenses and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses.
The Sub-Adviser is responsible for selecting the Fund’s investments. For its services, the Sub-Adviser is paid a fee by the Adviser, not the Fund, out of the Unitary Management Fee.
Paralel Technologies LLC (the “Administrator”), the parent company of the Distributor, serves as the Fund’s administrator and fund accountant pursuant to an Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement. The Administrator provides the Fund with certain administrative, tax and accounting services. Fees for these services are paid by the Adviser out of its Unitary Management Fees.
Paralel Distributors LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Administrator, acts as the principal underwriter for the Fund and distributes shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement. Shares are continuously offered for sale by the Distributor only in Creation Units. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the custodian of the Fund’s assets pursuant to a Custody Agreement and also serves as the Fund’s transfer agent pursuant to a Transfer Agent Agreement. Fees for these services are paid by the Adviser out of its Unitary Management Fee.
The officers and the Interested Trustee of the Trust are officers and/or employees of the Administrator and/or Distributor. No persons (other than the Independent Trustees) receive compensation for acting as a trustee or officer. For their services, Independent Trustees receive a quarterly retainer, meeting fees, as well as reimbursement for reasonable travel, lodging and other expenses in connection with attendance at meetings. Trustee fees and expenses are paid by the Adviser out of its Unitary Management Fee.
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RiverNorth Active Income ETF
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
NOTE 5 - PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
For the period ended July 31, 2026, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments), and in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:
| Purchases | Sales | In-Kind Purchases | In-Kind Sales | |||||||||||
| $ | 28,451,203 | $ | 25,591,083 | $ | 6,001,782 | $ | 2,347,727 | |||||||
NOTE 6 - BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
Shares are purchased from or redeemed by the Fund only in Creation Unit size aggregations generally of 10,000 Shares with Authorized Participants. Authorized Participants must be either broker-dealers or other participants in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC, clearing agencies registered with the SEC, or DTC Participants and must execute a Participant Agreement with the Distributor and accepted by State Street. Transactions of Creation Units generally consist of an in-kind designated portfolio of securities (“Deposit Securities”), with a cash component equal to the difference between the Deposit Securities and the NAV per unit of a Fund on the transaction date. The Fund may require cash to replace Deposit Securities if such securities are not available in sufficient quantities for delivery, are not eligible to be transferred or traded, are restricted under securities laws, or as a result of other situations.
| Beneficial Interest transactions were as follows: | ||||||||||||
| For the Period | For the Year Ended | For the Year Ended | ||||||||||
| Ended | September 30, | September 30, | ||||||||||
| July 31, 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Shares Outstanding(a) | ||||||||||||
| Shares sold | 830,000 | 121,215 | 36,705 | |||||||||
| Dividends reinvested | — | 120,314 | 113,920 | |||||||||
| Shares redeemed | (310,000 | ) | (758,226 | ) | (604,103 | ) | ||||||
| Shares issued in connection with reorganization | — | 2,792,513 | — | |||||||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding | 520,000 | 2,275,816 | (453,478 | ) | ||||||||
| Class I Shares Outstanding(b) | ||||||||||||
| Shares sold | — | 278,298 | 285,587 | |||||||||
| Dividends reinvested | — | 161,779 | 190,089 | |||||||||
| Shares redeemed | — | (1,470,577 | ) | (747,875 | ) | |||||||
| Shares issued in connection with reorganization | — | (2,797,586 | ) | — | ||||||||
| Net decrease in shares outstanding | — | (3,828,086 | ) | (272,199 | ) | |||||||
| (a) | Beneficial interest transactions reflect the tax free reorganization from the Predecessor Fund’s Class R Shares on August 1, 2025. |
| (b) | After the close of business on July 7, 2025, Class I shares of the Predecessor Fund were converted to Class R shares of the Predecessor Fund. |
NOTE 7 - TAX BASIS DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX BASIS INFORMATION
As determined on July 31, 2026, permanent differences resulting primarily from in-kind redemptions and return of capital from underlying investments were reclassified at fiscal year-end. These reclassifications had no effect on net increase in net assets resulting from operations, net assets applicable to common stockholders or net asset value per common share outstanding. Permanent book and tax basis differences of the below were reclassified at July 31, 2026 among paid-in capital and total distributable earnings/(accumulated deficit) for the Fund.
| Total Distributable | ||||||||
| Earnings/(Accumulated | ||||||||
| Fund | Paid-in Capital | Deficit) | ||||||
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | $ | (125,599 | ) | $ | 125,599 | |||
The character of distributions paid on a tax basis during the period ended July 31, 2026 was as follows:
| Long-Term | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary | Tax Exempt | Capital | ||||||||||||||
| Fund | Income | Income | Gain | Return of Capital | ||||||||||||
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | $ | 1,372,017 | $ | 8,837 | $ | 1,069,576 | $ | 703,505 | ||||||||
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
The character of distributions paid on a tax basis during the year ended September 30, 2025 was as follows:
| Ordinary | Tax-exempt | |||||||||||
| Fund | Income | Income | Return of Capital | |||||||||
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | $ | 2,449,224 | $ | 98,866 | $ | 347,579 | ||||||
The character of distributions paid on a tax basis during the year ended September 30, 2024 was as follows:
| Ordinary | Tax Exempt | |||||||
| Fund | Income | Income | ||||||
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | $ | 2,254,209 | $ | 97,668 | ||||
The amounts of net unrealized appreciation/depreciation and the costs of investment securities (including derivatives) for tax purposes at July 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Gross | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross | Depreciation | Net | Cost of | |||||||||||||||||
| Appreciation | (excess of tax | Appreciation/ | Net Unrealized | Investments for | ||||||||||||||||
| (excess of value | cost over | (Depreciation) | Appreciation/ | Income Tax | ||||||||||||||||
| over tax cost)(a) | value)(a) | of Foreign Currency | (Depreciation)(a) | Purposes(a) | ||||||||||||||||
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | $ | 4,478,151 | $ | (1,202,128 | ) | $ | — | $ | 3,276,023 | $ | 36,152,943 | |||||||||
| (a) | Represents cost and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for federal income tax purposes and differs from the cost and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for financial reporting purposes due to various book-to-tax differences. Those differences primarily relate to wash sale loss deferrals and investments in passive foreign investment companies. |
As of July 31, 2026, the components of distributable earnings/(accumulated deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:
| Undistributed Net | Accumulated Net | Unrealized | ||||||||||||||
| Investment | Realized | Appreciation/ | ||||||||||||||
| Income/(Loss) | Gain/(Loss) | (Depreciation) | Total | |||||||||||||
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,276,023 | $ | 3,276,023 | ||||||||
Capital loss carryovers utilized during the period ended July 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Fund | ||||
| RiverNorth Active Income ETF | $ | 286,490 | ||
NOTE 8 - INDEMNIFICATIONS
In the normal course of business, the Trust or Fund enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. Additionally, the Declaration of Trust provides that the Trust shall indemnify each person who is, or has been, a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, however, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
NOTE 9 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On August 31, 2026 the Fund paid a distribution of $0.06774 per share to shareholders of record on August 28, 2026.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of RiverNorth Active Income ETF and Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of RiverNorth Active Income ETF (the “Fund”), a series of Elevation Series Trust, as of July 31, 2026, the related statements of operations for the period October 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026 and for the year ended September 30, 2025, the statements of changes in net assets for the period October 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026 and for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2025, the financial highlights for the period October 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026 and for each of the five years in the period ended September 30, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of July 31, 2026, the results of its operations for the period October 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026 and for the year ended September 30, 2025, the changes in its net assets for the period October 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026 and for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2025, and the financial highlights for the period October 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026 and for each of the five years in the period ended September 30, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements 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 Fund 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 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, 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2026, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies advised by TrueMark Investments, LLC since 2019.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Greenwood Village, Colorado
September 25, 2026
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UNAUDITED TAX DESIGNATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
July 31, 2026 (Unaudited)
The Fund designated the following for federal income tax purposes for the period ended July 31, 2026:
| Foreign Taxes Paid | $ | 14,832 | ||
| Foreign Source Income | $ | 173,923 | ||
| Tax Exempt Percentage | 0.64 | % |
The Fund designated the following as a percentage of taxable ordinary income distributions, or up to the maximum amount allowable, for the calendar year ended December 31, 2025:
| Qualified Dividend Income | 6.66 | % | ||
| Dividend Received Deduction | 0.00 | % |
Pursuant to Section 852 (b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund designated $1,069,576 as long-term capital gain distribution for the year ended July 31, 2026.
The percentage of the total ordinary distributions paid during the calendar year ended December 31, 2025, that qualify as 163(j) interest dividends was 6.82%.
In early 2026, if applicable, shareholders of record received this information for the distributions paid to them by the Fund during the calendar year 2025 via Form 1099. The Fund will notify shareholders in early 2027 of amounts paid to them by the Fund, if any, during the calendar year 2026.
PROXY VOTING
The policies and procedures used by the Fund to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Fund are available, without charge, (i) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or (ii) by calling toll-free (877) 774-TRUE (8783). Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge at (i) www.sec.gov or (ii) by calling toll-free (877) 774-TRUE (8783) or (iii) the Fund’s website at https://www.true-shares.com/etf/cefz.
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Annual Financial Statements
July 31, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| COMMON STOCKS - 99.78% | ||||||||
| Banking - 1.73% | ||||||||
| Triumph Financial, Inc.(a) | 19,955 | $ | 1,515,183 | |||||
| Consumer Discretionary Products - 5.92% | ||||||||
| Columbia Sportswear Co. | 1,006 | 59,736 | ||||||
| Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a) | 19,765 | 2,872,645 | ||||||
| LCI Industries | 17,646 | 1,806,245 | ||||||
| Miller Industries, Inc. | 8,677 | 436,453 | ||||||
| 5,175,079 | ||||||||
| Consumer Staple Products - 2.13% | ||||||||
| Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | 3,750 | 704,624 | ||||||
| J & J Snack Foods Corp. | 2,891 | 221,162 | ||||||
| Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 6,384 | 370,017 | ||||||
| Westrock Coffee Co.(a) | 69,114 | 561,206 | ||||||
| 1,857,009 | ||||||||
| Financial Services - 8.45% | ||||||||
| Charles Schwab Corp. | 8,557 | 900,539 | ||||||
| CME Group, Inc. | 2,416 | 646,981 | ||||||
| Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 32,909 | 1,473,336 | ||||||
| LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 5,845 | 2,067,376 | ||||||
| Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 8,680 | 1,527,506 | ||||||
| S&P Global, Inc. | 1,849 | 761,659 | ||||||
| 7,377,397 | ||||||||
| Health Care - 9.64% | ||||||||
| Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 18,894 | 3,696,044 | ||||||
| Option Care Health, Inc.(a) | 104,151 | 2,398,598 | ||||||
| ResMed, Inc. | 838 | 176,801 | ||||||
| U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. | 22,695 | 1,794,267 | ||||||
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 3,781 | 355,149 | ||||||
| 8,420,859 | ||||||||
| Industrial Products - 3.53% | ||||||||
| AZZ, Inc. | 8,510 | 1,231,568 | ||||||
| CSW Industrials, Inc. | 3,028 | 965,720 | ||||||
| Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | 4,279 | 188,832 | ||||||
| IDEX Corp. | 951 | 219,158 | ||||||
| ITT, Inc. | 1,203 | 235,764 | ||||||
| Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 930 | 243,018 | ||||||
| 3,084,060 | ||||||||
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| Industrial Services - 11.50% | ||||||||
| APi Group Corp.(a) | 10,625 | $ | 421,600 | |||||
| EMCOR Group, Inc. | 276 | 220,091 | ||||||
| Fastenal Co. | 11,233 | 535,926 | ||||||
| Fermi, Inc.(a) | 130,984 | 745,299 | ||||||
| H&R Block, Inc. | 19,095 | 840,753 | ||||||
| Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a) | 8,675 | 202,128 | ||||||
| Insperity, Inc. | 47,762 | 2,417,234 | ||||||
| J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 2,116 | 575,023 | ||||||
| Kforce, Inc. | 11,821 | 671,078 | ||||||
| Mobility Global, Inc.(a) | 1,849 | 37,683 | ||||||
| SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a) | 11,508 | 1,086,816 | ||||||
| United Parcel Service, Inc., Class A | 17,963 | 1,872,103 | ||||||
| Waste Connections, Inc. | 2,491 | 416,944 | ||||||
| 10,042,678 | ||||||||
| Insurance - 10.44% | ||||||||
| American Financial Group, Inc. | 15,132 | 2,144,507 | ||||||
| Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 7,813 | 1,948,718 | ||||||
| Erie Indemnity Co., Class A | 1,754 | 424,538 | ||||||
| Primerica, Inc. | 7,544 | 2,413,779 | ||||||
| The Progressive Corp. | 10,363 | 2,190,945 | ||||||
| 9,122,487 | ||||||||
| Materials - 1.65% | ||||||||
| Greif, Inc., Class A | 16,653 | 1,441,317 | ||||||
| Media - 0.18% | ||||||||
| Advantage Solutions, Inc.(a) | 3,923 | 153,939 | ||||||
| Oil & Gas - 0.26% | ||||||||
| APA Corp. | 1,976 | 73,744 | ||||||
| Devon Energy Corp. | 1,583 | 71,441 | ||||||
| Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 411 | 83,413 | ||||||
| 228,598 | ||||||||
| Real Estate - 2.99% | ||||||||
| Camden Property Trust | 3,846 | 426,175 | ||||||
| CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 12,282 | 1,803,121 | ||||||
| SBA Communications Corp., Class A | 2,130 | 385,487 | ||||||
| 2,614,783 | ||||||||
| Retail & Wholesale - Staples - 2.99% | ||||||||
| Copart, Inc.(a) | 8,087 | 235,493 | ||||||
| O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | 5,237 | 467,926 | ||||||
| Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a) | 12,271 | 1,069,540 | ||||||
| US Foods Holding Corp.(a) | 5,379 | 541,074 | ||||||
| Walmart, Inc. | 2,699 | 300,129 | ||||||
| 2,614,162 | ||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
| Shares | Value | |||||||
| Software & Tech Services - 26.49%(b) | ||||||||
| Alkami Technology, Inc.(a) | 170,886 | $ | 3,104,999 | |||||
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 5,325 | 1,418,900 | ||||||
| Endava PLC - Sponsored ADR(a) | 14,904 | 44,563 | ||||||
| Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a) | 39,425 | 2,812,185 | ||||||
| Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 48,583 | 2,620,567 | ||||||
| HubSpot, Inc.(a) | 679 | 161,167 | ||||||
| Paycom Software, Inc. | 22,347 | 3,664,014 | ||||||
| Paylocity Holding Corp.(a) | 14,164 | 1,953,145 | ||||||
| Repay Holdings Corp., Class A(a) | 834,335 | 3,337,340 | ||||||
| Science Applications International Corp. | 3,337 | 390,863 | ||||||
| ServiceNow, Inc.(a) | 6,183 | 687,735 | ||||||
| SPS Commerce, Inc.(a) | 37,171 | 2,727,980 | ||||||
| Verra Mobility Corp., Class A(a) | 40,781 | 215,731 | ||||||
| 23,139,189 | ||||||||
| Tech Hardware & Semiconductors - 7.13% | ||||||||
| Arista Networks, Inc.(a) | 7,328 | 1,321,605 | ||||||
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 12,411 | 1,439,552 | ||||||
| Diodes, Inc.(a) | 16,673 | 1,372,521 | ||||||
| NetApp, Inc. | 3,501 | 624,929 | ||||||
| Qualcomm, Inc. | 9,947 | 1,468,276 | ||||||
| 6,226,883 | ||||||||
| Utilities - 4.75% | ||||||||
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 14,837 | 1,289,632 | ||||||
| Vistra Corp. | 19,280 | 2,857,103 | ||||||
| 4,146,735 | ||||||||
| TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||||
| (Cost $88,638,551) | 87,160,358 | |||||||
| MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 0.28% | ||||||||
|
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 7-Day Yield - 3.64%(c) |
247,502 | 247,502 | ||||||
| TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS | ||||||||
| (Cost $247,502) | 247,502 | |||||||
| TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.06% | ||||||||
| (Cost $88,886,053) | $ | 87,407,860 | ||||||
| Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets - (0.06%) | (54,265 | ) | ||||||
| NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 87,353,595 | ||||||
| (a) | Non-income producing security. |
| (b) | To the extent that the Fund invests more heavily in a particular industry or sector of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect these industries or sectors. |
| (c) | Rate disclosed is 7-Day Yield as of July 31, 2026. |
Investment Abbreviations:
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
PLC - Public Limited Company
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
July 31, 2026
| ASSETS: | ||||
| Investments, at value | $ | 87,407,860 | ||
| Dividends receivable | 6,210 | |||
| Total Assets | 87,414,070 | |||
| LIABILITIES: | ||||
| Payable to Investment Advisor | 60,475 | |||
| Total Liabilities | 60,475 | |||
| NET ASSETS | $ | 87,353,595 | ||
| NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | ||||
| Paid in capital | $ | 107,321,635 | ||
| Total distributable earnings/(accumulated deficit) | (19,968,040 | ) | ||
| NET ASSETS | $ | 87,353,595 | ||
| INVESTMENTS, AT COST | $ | 88,886,053 | ||
| Net asset value: | ||||
| Net assets | $ | 87,353,595 | ||
| Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 2,841,164 | |||
| Net asset value, price per share | $ | 30.75 | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Year Ended July 31, 2026
| INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
| Dividends* | $ | 1,574,585 | ||
| Total Investment Income | 1,574,585 | |||
| EXPENSES: | ||||
| Investment advisory fees (Note 3) | 770,629 | |||
| Total Expenses | 770,629 | |||
| NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 803,956 | |||
| Net realized gain/(loss) on: | ||||
| Investments | (13,417,114 | ) | ||
| Investments sold in-kind | 15,350,358 | |||
| Total Net Realized Gain | 1,933,244 | |||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on: | ||||
| Investments | 738,505 | |||
| Total Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation | 738,505 | |||
| NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS | 2,671,749 | |||
| NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 3,475,705 | ||
| *Foreign taxes withheld on dividends | $ | 645 | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| For the Year | For the Year | |||||||
| Ended July 31, 2026 | Ended July 31, 2025 | |||||||
| OPERATIONS | ||||||||
| Net investment income | $ | 803,956 | $ | 584,707 | ||||
| Net realized gain | 1,933,244 | 3,080,910 | ||||||
| Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | 738,505 | (7,941,216 | ) | |||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 3,475,705 | (4,275,599 | ) | |||||
| DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS | ||||||||
| From distributable earnings | (778,617 | ) | (273,101 | ) | ||||
| Net decrease in net assets from distributions | (778,617 | ) | (273,101 | ) | ||||
| BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 5) | ||||||||
| Shares sold | 39,587,810 | 89,490,569 | ||||||
| Shares redeemed | (69,362,203 | ) | (29,008,195 | ) | ||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in net assets derived from share transactions | (29,774,393 | ) | 60,482,374 | |||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in net assets | (27,077,305 | ) | 55,933,674 | |||||
| NET ASSETS | ||||||||
| Beginning of period | 114,430,900 | 58,497,226 | ||||||
| End of period | $ | 87,353,595 | $ | 114,430,900 | ||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
| For the Period | ||||||||||||
| September 29, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| For the Year | For the Year | (Commencement of | ||||||||||
| Ended | Ended | Operations) through | ||||||||||
| July 31, 2026 | July 31, 2025 | July 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Net Asset Value - Beginning of Period | $ | 29.64 | $ | 30.93 | $ | 25.00 | (a) | |||||
| INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | ||||||||||||
| Net investment income(b) | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.12 | |||||||||
| Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments | 1.11 | (1.40 | ) | 5.86 | ||||||||
| Total from Investment Operations | 1.34 | (1.20 | ) | 5.98 | ||||||||
| DISTRIBUTIONS: | ||||||||||||
| From net investment income | (0.23 | ) | (0.09 | ) | (0.05 | ) | ||||||
| Total Distributions | (0.23 | ) | (0.09 | ) | (0.05 | ) | ||||||
| Net Increase/(Decrease) in net asset value | 1.11 | (1.29 | ) | 5.93 | ||||||||
| Net Asset Value - End of Period | $ | 30.75 | $ | 29.64 | $ | 30.93 | ||||||
| TOTAL RETURN(c) | 4.54 | % | (3.88 | %) | 23.94 | % | ||||||
| RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||
| Net Assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 87,354 | $ | 114,431 | $ | 58,497 | ||||||
| Ratio of net operating expenses to average net assets | 0.75 | % | 0.75 | % | 0.75 | %(d) | ||||||
| Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.78 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.49 | %(d) | ||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate(e)(f) | 46 | % | 40 | % | 41 | % | ||||||
| (a) | The net asset value at the beginning of the period represents the initial shares outstanding on September 29, 2023 (Commencement of Operations). |
| (b) | Calculated based on the average number of Fund shares outstanding during each fiscal period. |
| (c) | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period and redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| (d) | Annualized. |
| (e) | Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions. |
| (f) | Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION
Elevation Series Trust (the “Trust”) was organized on March 7, 2022, as a Delaware statutory trust, and is authorized to issue multiple investment series. The Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. These financial statements relate to one series of the Trust, Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests primarily in common stock of publicly traded U.S. companies that are selected by Sovereign’s Capital Management, LLC (the “Adviser”). The Adviser selects companies that are led by faith-driven CEOs that seek to build exceptional corporate cultures based on biblical values that allow employees to flourish. A company is considered a “U.S. company” if (i) the security is listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, (ii) the issuer is headquartered in the U.S., or (iii) the issuer derives a substantial portion of their revenues from, or has a substantial portion of its operations in, the U.S. The Fund commenced operations on September 29, 2023.
The Fund currently offers an unlimited number of shares of a single class, without par value, which are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc (the “Exchange”). The Fund issues and redeems shares only in creation units (“Creation Units”) which are offered on a continuous basis through Paralel Distributors LLC (the “Distributor”), without a sales load (but subject to transaction fees, if applicable), at the net asset value per share next determined after receipt of an order in proper form pursuant to the terms of the Authorized Participant Agreement, calculated as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the Exchange on any day on which the Exchange is open for business. The Fund does not issue fractional Creation Units. The offering of the Fund’s shares is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Fund is considered a single operating segment, and its performance and operating results are reviewed to make informed decisions regarding performance. An operating segment is a component of a Fund that engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, has operating results that are regularly reviewed by the Fund’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 financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within the Fund's financial statements. The Portfolio Manager acts as the Fund's CODM.
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies” including FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-08.
Portfolio Valuation: The net asset value per share (“NAV”) of the Fund is determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The NAV is determined by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less its liabilities by the number of shares outstanding.
Domestic equity securities traded on any exchange other than the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last sale price on the business day. If there has been no sale that business day, the securities are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and ask prices on the business day. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price as determined by NASDAQ. Portfolio securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the business day. Portfolio securities traded in the over-the-counter market, but excluding NASDAQ, are valued at the last quoted sale price in such market. Debt obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost.
Investments in money market funds, including short-term investments, are generally priced at the ending NAV provided by the service agent of the funds. These securities will be categorized as level 1.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which the Adviser determines that prices received are unreliable, are valued at fair value according to procedures established and adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Adviser as the Fund’s valuation designee with respect to the fair valuation of the Fund's portfolio securities, subject to oversight by and periodic reporting to the Board.
The Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments. These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 – Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
Level 3 – Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
The following is a summary of the Fund’s investments in the fair value hierarchy as of July 31, 2026:
| Investments in Securities at Value(a) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
| Common Stocks | $ | 87,160,358 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 87,160,358 | ||||||||
| Money Market Funds | 247,502 | — | — | 247,502 | ||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 87,407,860 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 87,407,860 | ||||||||
| (a) | For detailed descriptions and other security classifications, see the accompanying Schedule of Investments. |
Securities Transactions and Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded as of the ex-dividend date or for certain foreign securities when the information becomes available to the Fund. Certain dividend income from foreign securities will be recorded, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date and may be subject to withholding taxes in these jurisdictions. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund's understanding of the applicable country's tax rules and rates. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is recorded on the accrual basis using the effective yield method.
Cash and Cash Equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents may include demand deposits and highly liquid investments, typically with original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.
Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared and paid annually or as the Board may determine from time to time. Distributions of net realized capital gains earned by the Fund, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually.
Federal Income Tax: For federal income tax purposes, the Fund currently intends to qualify, as a regulated investment company under the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, by distributing substantially all of its earnings to its stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise taxes has been made.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined and characterized in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by the Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by the Fund as a whole.
As of and during the period ended July 31, 2026, the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expenses, in the Statement of Operations. As of July 31, 2026, there were no interest or penalties incurred by the Fund. The Fund files U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The Fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return for federal purposes and four years for most state returns. There are no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes.
NOTE 3 - ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS
The Adviser serves as the investment adviser to the Fund. Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser a unitary management fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay substantially all of the expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, securities lending and other non-distribution related services necessary for the Fund to operate, except for: the fee paid to the Adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, interest charges on any borrowings, dividends and other expense on securities sold short, taxes and related services, brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund fees and expenses, accrued deferred tax liability, distribution fees and expenses paid by the Fund under any distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, litigation expenses and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses.
Vident Asset Management (“VA” or the “Sub-Adviser”), which shares a parent company with the Adviser, serves as the sub-adviser to the Fund. Pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Trust, the Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser is responsible for trading portfolio securities on behalf of the Fund. For the services it provides to the Fund, the Sub-Adviser is compensated by the Adviser out of its Unitary Management Fee.
Paralel Technologies LLC (the “Administrator”), the parent company of the Distributor, serves as the Fund’s administrator and fund accountant pursuant to an Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement. The Administrator provides the Fund with certain administrative, tax and accounting services. Fees for these services are paid by the Adviser out of its unitary management fee.
The Distributor, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Administrator, acts as the principal underwriter for the Fund and distributes shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement. Shares are continuously offered for sale by the Distributor only in Creation Units as described in Note 1. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the custodian of the Fund’s assets pursuant to a Custody Agreement and as the transfer agent pursuant to a Transfer Agent Agreement. Fees for these services are paid by the Adviser out of its Unitary Management Fee.
The officers and the Interested Trustee of the Trust are officers and/or employees of the Administrator and/or Distributor. No persons (other than the Independent Trustees) receive compensation for acting as a trustee or officer. For their services, Independent Trustees receive a quarterly retainer, meeting fees, as well as reimbursement for reasonable travel, lodging and other expenses in connection with attendance at meetings. Trustee fees and expenses are paid by the Adviser out of its unitary management fee.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
NOTE 4 - PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
For the year ended July 31, 2026, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
| Fund | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | 46,590,420 | $ | 48,129,708 | ||||
For the year ended July 31, 2026, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:
| Fund | In-Kind Purchases | In-Kind Sales | ||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | 39,486,455 | $ | 67,580,198 | ||||
NOTE 5 - BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
Shares are purchased from or redeemed by the Fund only in Creation Unit size aggregations generally of 10,000 Shares with Authorized Participants. Authorized Participants must be either broker-dealers or other participants in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC, clearing agencies registered with the SEC, or DTC Participants and must execute a Participant Agreement with the Distributor and accepted by State Street. Transactions of Creation Units generally consist of an in-kind designated portfolio of securities (“Deposit Securities”), with a cash component equal to the difference between the Deposit Securities and the NAV per unit of the Fund on the transaction date. The Fund may require cash to replace Deposit Securities if such securities are not available in sufficient quantities for delivery, are not eligible to be transferred or traded, are restricted under securities laws, or as a result of other situations.
Beneficial Interest transactions were as follows:
| For the Year Ended | For the Year Ended | |||||||
| July 31, 2026 | July 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Shares sold | 1,350,000 | 2,920,000 | ||||||
| Shares redeemed | (2,370,000 | ) | (950,000 | ) | ||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding | (1,020,000 | ) | 1,970,000 | |||||
NOTE 6 - TAX BASIS DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAX BASIS INFORMATION
As determined on July 31, 2026, permanent differences resulting primarily from in-kind redemptions were reclassified at fiscal year-end. These reclassifications had no effect on net increase in net assets resulting from operations, net assets applicable to common stockholders or net asset value per common share outstanding. Permanent book and tax basis differences of the below were reclassified at July 31, 2026 among paid-in capital and total distributable earnings/(accumulated deficit) for the Fund.
| Total Distributable Earnings/ | ||||||||
| Fund | Paid-in Capital | (Accumulated Deficit) | ||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | 13,993,797 | $ | (13,993,797 | ) | |||
The character of distributions paid on a tax basis during the period ended July 31, 2026 was as follows:
| Long-Term | ||||||||
| Ordinary | Capital | |||||||
| Fund | Income | Gain | ||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | 778,617 | $ | — | ||||
The character of distributions paid on a tax basis during the period ended July 31, 2025 was as follows:
| Long-Term | ||||||||
| Ordinary | Capital | |||||||
| Fund | Income | Gain | ||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | 273,101 | $ | — | ||||
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
July 31, 2026 (Continued)
The amount of net unrealized appreciation/depreciation and the cost of investment securities for tax purposes at July 31, 2026 were as follows:
| Gross | Gross | Net | Cost of | |||||||||||||||||
| Appreciation | Depreciation | Appreciation/ | Net Unrealized | Investments for | ||||||||||||||||
| (excess of value | (excess of tax | (Depreciation) | Appreciation/ | Income Tax | ||||||||||||||||
| over tax cost)(a) | cost over value)(a) | of Foreign Currency | (Depreciation)(a) | Purposes(a) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | 8,704,385 | $ | (10,763,027 | ) | $ | — | $ | (2,058,642 | ) | $ | 89,466,502 | ||||||||
| (a) | Represents cost and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for federal income tax purposes and differs from the cost and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for financial reporting purposes due to various book-to-tax differences. Those differences primarily relate to wash sales. |
As of July 31, 2026, the components of distributable earnings/(accumulated deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:
| Undistributed Net | Accumulated Net | Unrealized | ||||||||||||||
| Investment | Realized | Appreciation/ | ||||||||||||||
| Income/(Loss) | Gain/(Loss) | (Depreciation) | Total | |||||||||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | 422,323 | $ | (18,331,721 | ) | $ | (2,058,642 | ) | $ | (19,968,040 | ) | |||||
As of July 31, 2026, the following amount is available as capital loss carry forwards to the next year:
| No Expiration | No Expiration | |||||||
| Fund | Short-Term | Long-Term | ||||||
| Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund | $ | (9,301,511 | ) | $ | (9,030,210 | ) | ||
NOTE 7 - INDEMNIFICATIONS
In the normal course of business, the Trust or Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. Additionally, the Declaration of Trust provides that the Trust shall indemnify each person who is, or has been, a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, however, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
NOTE 8 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Sovereign's Capital Management, LLC ("Sovereign's") is transitioning the operations and day-to-day management of the Fund to Vident Asset Management ("Vident"), an affiliate of Sovereign's. On September 15, 2026, the Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust approved a new investment advisory agreement between Elevation Series Trust, the Fund, and Vident, subject to approval by the Fund's shareholders at a later date.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund and Board of Trustees of Elevation Series Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Sovereign’s Capital Flourish Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Elevation Series Trust, as of July 31, 2026, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for the years ended July 31, 2026 and 2025 and for the period September 29, 2023 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of July 31, 2026, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for the years ended July 31, 2026 and 2025 and for the period September 29, 2023 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements 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 Fund 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 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, 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2026, by correspondence with the custodian. 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Fund’s auditor since 2023.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Greenwood Village, Colorado
September 25, 2026
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UNAUDITED TAX DESIGNATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
July 31, 2026 (Unaudited)
The Fund designated the following as a percentage of taxable ordinary income distributions, or up to the maximum amount allowable, for the calendar year ended December 31, 2025:
Qualified Dividend Income Percentage 100%
Dividends Received Deduction 100%
In early 2026, if applicable, shareholders of record received this information for the distributions paid to them by the Fund during the calendar year 2025 via Form 1099. The Fund will notify shareholders in early 2027 of amounts paid to them by the Fund, if any, during the calendar year 2026.
PROXY VOTING
The policies and procedures used by the Fund to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Fund are available, without charge, (i) on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or (ii) by calling toll-free (877) 524-9155. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge at (i) www.sec.gov or (ii) by calling toll-free (877) 524-9155 or (iii) the Fund’s website https://scetfs.com/sovf.
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Fund distributed by Paralel Distributors LLC
Must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus.
| Item 8. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies. |
There were no changes in or disagreements with accountants on accounting and financial disclosure during the period covered by this report.
| Item 9. | Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies. |
There were no matters submitted to a vote of shareholders during the period covered by this report.
| Item 10. | Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies. |
The aggregate remuneration paid by the Registrant is included in the financial statements as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 7 of this Form.
| Item 11. | Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract. |
Not applicable.
| Item 12. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
| Item 13. | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
| Item 14. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers. |
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
| Item 15. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
No material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees have been implemented after the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.
| Item 16. | Controls and Procedures. |
| (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 Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)). |
| (b) | There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 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. |
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
| Item 18. | Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. |
| (a) | Not applicable. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| Item 19. | Exhibits. |
| (a)(1) | Code of Ethics, or any amendment thereto, that is the subject of disclosure required by Item 2 is attached hereto. |
| (a)(2) | Not applicable. |
| (a)(3) | Certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are attached hereto. |
|
(a)(4) |
Not applicable to open-end investment companies. |
| (a)(5) | There was no change in the Registrant’s independent public accountant during the period covered by the report. |
| (b) | Certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) are attached hereto. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| ELEVATION SERIES TRUST | ||
| By: | /s/ Bradley Swenson | |
|
Bradley Swenson, President (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| Date: | October 8, 2026 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| By: | /s/ Bradley Swenson | |
| Bradley Swenson, President | ||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| Date: | October 8, 2026 |
| By: | /s/ Nicholas Austin | |
| Nicholas Austin, Treasurer | ||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||
| Date: | October 8, 2026 |