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Amounts in the table are rounded to the nearest basis point, which in some cases may be “0.00.” The investment advisory agreement between BlackRock ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) provides that BFA will pay all operating expenses of the Fund, except: (i) the management fees, (ii) interest expenses, (iii) taxes, (iv) expenses incurred with respect to the acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities and the execution of portfolio transactions, including brokerage commissions, (v) distribution fees or expenses, and (vi) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses. The Fund may incur “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.” Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses reflect the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund as a result of investing in other investment companies. The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the total returns of the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.</div> Annual Fund Operating Expenses(ongoing expenses that you pay each year as apercentage of the value of your investments) 0.0065 0 0.0000 0.0065 0.0000 0.0065 June 30, 2028 Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year. Example. This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of owning shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: 66 208 Portfolio Turnover <div style="margin-top: 4pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. There has been no portfolio turnover because the Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus (the “Prospectus”).</div> Principal Investment Strategies <div style="margin-top: 4pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities issued by robotics companies and related technology companies and derivatives that provide investment exposure to such securities or to one or more market risk factors associated with such securities.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Fund management focuses on robotics companies and related technology companies in the value chain by seeking to invest in companies that are expected to focus on, support, supply, service, enable or implement the automation of physical tasks by using intelligent machines across industry, services, infrastructure and adjacent applications. As used herein, the robotics and related technologies value chain refers to the range of activities, technologies and components relevant to developing, enabling, producing, deploying and commercializing robotics and autonomous technologies, including both robotics applications and the hardware, sensing, compute, artificial intelligence (“AI”), connectivity and other enabling technologies that support them.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">For purposes of the Fund’s 80% policy, robotics companies and related technology companies are those that, as determined by Fund management in its discretion, (i) are classified by a third-party classification system as being in an industry or sub-industry that Fund management has mapped to robotics and related technology value chain functions, (ii) meet current or forecasted revenue thresholds in robotics or related technologies in the value chain or (iii) are projected by Fund management to be future market leaders in robotics or related technologies in the value chain. In each case, Fund management has developed a proprietary framework to map companies across two themes within the robotics or related technologies value chain (applications and enabling technologies) and to evaluate companies based on factors including current and forecast revenue or profit related to robotics and related technologies, related capital investment,</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">research and development activity, product development and testing activity, commercial partnerships, regulatory milestones, corporate engagement and the company’s current and expected competitive position, including market share.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Fund management’s investment process includes, but is not limited to, direct engagement with company management, evaluation of corporate strategies and vision, and the development of proprietary forecasts to model expected outcomes.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Robotics companies may include companies that offer or enable automated solutions for physical tasks and may operate in any industry, including but not limited to, aerospace and defense; automobiles; electronic equipment, instruments and components; machinery; passenger airlines; professional services; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; and software. The industries represented by such companies may change from time to time.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Fund management considers related technologies to be the enabling technologies necessary to develop, operate or deploy robotics and autonomous systems. These include, but are not limited to, hardware systems; sensing and control; compute and AI for autonomy; and automation enablement technologies such as connectivity, integration platforms and digital twins. These may include companies operating in any industry including, but not limited to, communications equipment; diversified telecommunication services; electronic equipment, instruments and components; IT services; interactive media and services; technology hardware, storage and peripherals; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; software; automobiles; aerospace and defense; broadline retail; machinery; and media. The industries represented by such companies may change from time to time.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Because the Fund’s 80% policy is measured in aggregate across robotics and related technologies, at a given time the Fund may have less than 80% of its net assets invested in either robotics or related technology companies. BFA determines, in its discretion, whether a company is a robotics company or related technology company.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., invest at least 25% of its total assets) in one or more industries or groups of industries within the industrials and information technology sectors, in aggregate. Because this concentration is measured in aggregate across both groups of industries, at a given time the Fund may have less than 25% of its total assets invested in either the industrials or information technology sector.</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization located anywhere in the world, including companies located in emerging markets. Equity securities in which the Fund may invest include common stocks, preferred stock, warrants, depositary receipts, and equity interests in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and master limited partnerships (“MLPs”). The Fund may also invest in privately placed securities, including Rule 144A securities. The Fund may also invest in convertible securities. From time to time, the Fund may invest in shares of companies through initial public offerings (“IPOs”).</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">The Fund may, when consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, buy or sell options or futures on a security or an index of securities and may buy options on a currency or a basket of currencies, or enter into foreign currency transactions, including swaps (collectively, commonly known as derivatives). An option is the right to buy or sell a security or an index of securities at a specific price on or before a specific date. A future is an agreement to buy or sell a security or an index of securities at a specific price on a specific date. A swap is an agreement whereby one party exchanges its right to receive or its obligation to pay one type of currency for another party’s obligation to pay or its right to receive another type of currency in the future or for a period of time. The Fund typically uses derivatives as a substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or as part of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to other risks, such as currency risk. The Fund may also use derivatives to enhance returns, in which case their use would involve leveraging risk. The Fund may also use forward foreign currency exchange contracts (obligations to buy or sell a currency at a set rate in the future). The Fund may seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its primary investment strategies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">The Fund is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).</div> <div style="margin-top: 4pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities issued by robotics companies and related technology companies and derivatives that provide investment exposure to such securities or to one or more market risk factors associated with such securities.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Because the Fund’s 80% policy is measured in aggregate across robotics and related technologies, at a given time the Fund may have less than 80% of its net assets invested in either robotics or related technology companies. BFA determines, in its discretion, whether a company is a robotics company or related technology company.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Fund management focuses on robotics companies and related technology companies in the value chain by seeking to invest in companies that are expected to focus on, support, supply, service, enable or implement the automation of physical tasks by using intelligent machines across industry, services, infrastructure and adjacent applications. As used herein, the robotics and related technologies value chain refers to the range of activities, technologies and components relevant to developing, enabling, producing, deploying and commercializing robotics and autonomous technologies, including both robotics applications and the hardware, sensing, compute, artificial intelligence (“AI”), connectivity and other enabling technologies that support them.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Robotics companies may include companies that offer or enable automated solutions for physical tasks and may operate in any industry, including but not limited to, aerospace and defense; automobiles; electronic equipment, instruments and components; machinery; passenger airlines; professional services; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; and software. The industries represented by such companies may change from time to time.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Fund management considers related technologies to be the enabling technologies necessary to develop, operate or deploy robotics and autonomous systems. These include, but are not limited to, hardware systems; sensing and control; compute and AI for autonomy; and automation enablement technologies such as connectivity, integration platforms and digital twins. These may include companies operating in any industry including, but not limited to, communications equipment; diversified telecommunication services; electronic equipment, instruments and components; IT services; interactive media and services; technology hardware, storage and peripherals; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; software; automobiles; aerospace and defense; broadline retail; machinery; and media. The industries represented by such companies may change from time to time.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">For purposes of the Fund’s 80% policy, robotics companies and related technology companies are those that, as determined by Fund management in its discretion, (i) are classified by a third-party classification system as being in an industry or sub-industry that Fund management has mapped to robotics and related technology value chain functions, (ii) meet current or forecasted revenue thresholds in robotics or related technologies in the value chain or (iii) are projected by Fund management to be future market leaders in robotics or related technologies in the value chain. In each case, Fund management has developed a proprietary framework to map companies across two themes within the robotics or related technologies value chain (applications and enabling technologies) and to evaluate companies based on factors including current and forecast revenue or profit related to robotics and related technologies, related capital investment,</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">research and development activity, product development and testing activity, commercial partnerships, regulatory milestones, corporate engagement and the company’s current and expected competitive position, including market share.</div> The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., invest at least 25% of its total assets) in one or more industries or groups of industries within the industrials and information technology sectors, in aggregate. Because this concentration is measured in aggregate across both groups of industries, at a given time the Fund may have less than 25% of its total assets invested in either the industrials or information technology sector. As with any investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Robotics-Related Companies Risk </span></span>—<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span> Companies involved in, or exposed to, robotics-related businesses may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. These companies face intense competition and potentially rapid product obsolescence, and many depend significantly on retaining and growing the consumer base of their respective products and services. Many of these companies are also reliant on the end-user demand of products and services in various industries that may in part utilize robotics. Further, many companies involved in, or exposed to, robotics-related businesses (as determined by the Investment Manager) may be substantially exposed to the market and business risks of other industries or sectors, and the Fund may be adversely affected by negative developments impacting those companies, industries or sectors.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">In addition, these companies are heavily dependent on intellectual property rights and may be adversely affected by loss or impairment of those rights. There can be no assurance that companies involved in robotics will be able to successfully protect their intellectual property to prevent the misappropriation of their technology, or that competitors will not develop technology that is substantially similar or superior to such companies’ technology. Legal and regulatory changes, particularly related to information privacy and data protection, may have an impact on a company’s products or services. Robotics-related companies typically engage in significant amounts of spending on research and development, and there is no guarantee that the products or services produced by these companies will be successful. Robotics-related companies, especially smaller companies, tend to be more volatile than companies that do not rely heavily on technology. Robotics-related companies are potential targets for cyberattacks, which can have a materially adverse impact on the performance of these companies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Robotics technology could face increasing regulatory scrutiny in the future, which may limit the development of this technology and impede the growth of companies that develop and/or utilize this technology.</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Artificial Intelligence Technology Risk</span></span> — Artificial intelligence technology is generally highly reliant on the collection and analysis of large amounts of data, and it is not possible or practicable to incorporate all relevant data into the model that such artificial intelligence utilizes to operate. Certain data in such models will inevitably contain a degree of inaccuracy and error — potentially materially so — and could otherwise be inadequate or flawed, which would be likely to degrade the effectiveness of the artificial intelligence technology.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Companies involved in, or exposed to, artificial intelligence-related businesses may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. These companies face intense competition and potentially rapid product obsolescence, and many depend significantly on retaining and growing the consumer base of their respective products and services. Many of these companies are also reliant on the end-user demand of products and services in various industries that may in part utilize artificial intelligence. Further, many companies involved in, or exposed to, artificial intelligence-related businesses may be substantially exposed to the market and business risks of other industries or sectors, and the Fund may be adversely affected by negative developments impacting those companies, industries or sectors. It can be difficult to accurately capture what qualifies as an AI company.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">AI technology could face increasing regulatory scrutiny in the future, which may limit the development of this technology and impede the growth of companies that develop and/or utilize this technology. Similarly, the collection of data from consumers and other sources could face increased scrutiny as regulators consider how the data is collected, stored, safeguarded and used. AI companies may face regulatory fines and penalties, including potential forced break-ups, that could hinder the ability of the companies to operate on an ongoing basis. Country, government, and/or region-specific regulations or restrictions could have an impact on AI and big data companies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Technology Companies Risk</span></span> — Technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources, supply chains and personnel. These companies typically face intense competition, potentially rapid product obsolescence and changes in product cycles and customer preferences. They may face unexpected risks and costs associated with technological developments, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Technology companies also depend heavily on intellectual property rights and may be adversely affected by the loss or impairment of those rights. Technology companies may face increased government scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or legal action.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Industrials Sector Risk</span></span> — Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by changes in the supply of and demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental damage or product liability and changes in general economic conditions, among other factors.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Equity Securities Risk</span></span> — Stock markets are volatile. The price of equity securities fluctuates based on changes in a company’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Non-Diversification Risk</span></span> — The Fund is a non-diversified fund. Because the Fund may invest in securities of a smaller number of issuers, it may be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer than a fund that invests more widely.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Authorized Participant Concentration Risk</span></span> — Only an Authorized Participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. There are a limited number of institutions that may act as Authorized Participants for the Fund, including on an agency basis on behalf of other market participants. No Authorized Participant is obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or do not place creation or redemption orders for the Fund and no other Authorized Participant places orders, Fund shares are more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts or delisting.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cash Transactions Risk</span></span> — The Fund may effect some or all of its creations and redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, the Fund may have to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times in order to obtain the cash needed to meet redemption orders. This may cause the Fund to sell a security and recognize a capital gain or loss that might not have been incurred if it had made a redemption in-kind. The use of cash creations and redemptions may also cause the Fund’s shares to trade in the market at wider bid- ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV.</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Concentration Risk</span></span> — The Fund’s strategy of concentrating in the industrials and information technology sectors means that its performance will be closely tied to the performance of a particular market segment. The Fund’s concentration in these companies may present more risks than if it were broadly diversified over numerous industries and sectors of the economy. A downturn in these companies would have a larger impact on the Fund than on a mutual fund that does not concentrate in such companies. At times, the performance of these companies will lag the performance of other industries or the broader market as a whole.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Convertible Securities Risk</span></span> — The market value of a convertible security performs like that of a regular debt security; that is, if market interest rates rise, the value of a convertible security usually falls. In addition, convertible securities are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest, principal or dividends when due, and their market value may change based on changes in the issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. Since it derives a portion of its value from the common stock into which it may be converted, a convertible security is also subject to the same types of market and issuer risks that apply to the underlying common stock, including the potential for increased volatility in the price of the convertible security.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Depositary Receipts Risk </span></span>— Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition to investment risks associated with the underlying issuer, depositary receipts expose the Fund to additional risks associated with the non-uniform terms that apply to depositary receipt programs, credit exposure to the depository bank and to the sponsors and other parties with whom the depository bank establishes the programs, currency risk and the risk of an illiquid market for depositary receipts. The issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose information that is, in the United States, considered material. Therefore, there may be less information available regarding these issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts. While depositary receipts provide an alternative to directly purchasing underlying foreign securities in their respective markets and currencies, they continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities, including political, economic, and currency risk.</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Derivatives Risk</span></span> — The Fund’s use of derivatives may increase its costs, reduce the Fund’s returns and/or increase volatility. Derivatives involve significant risks, including:</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage Risk</span> — The Fund’s use of derivatives can magnify the Fund’s gains and losses. Relatively small market movements may result in large changes in the value of a derivatives position and can result in losses that greatly exceed the amount originally invested.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Market Risk</span> — Some derivatives are more sensitive to interest rate changes and market price fluctuations than other securities. The Fund could also suffer losses related to its derivatives positions as a result of unanticipated market movements, which losses are potentially unlimited. Finally, BFA may not be able to predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates and other economic factors, which could cause the Fund’s derivatives positions to lose value.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Counterparty Risk</span> — Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will be unable or unwilling to fulfill its contractual obligation, and the related risks of having concentrated exposure to such a counterparty.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Illiquidity Risk</span> — The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for derivatives and the resulting inability of the Fund to sell or otherwise close a derivatives position could expose the Fund to losses and could make derivatives more difficult for the Fund to value accurately.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Operational Risk</span> — The use of derivatives includes the risk of potential operational issues, including documentation issues, settlement issues, systems failures, inadequate controls and human error.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Legal Risk</span> — The risk of insufficient documentation, insufficient capacity or authority of counterparty, or legality or enforceability of a contract.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Volatility and Correlation Risk</span> — Volatility is defined as the characteristic of a security, an index or a market to fluctuate significantly in price within a short time period. A risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate with the overall securities markets.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Valuation Risk</span> — Valuation for derivatives may not be readily available in the market. Valuation may be more difficult in times of market turmoil since many</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">investors and market makers may be reluctant to purchase complex instruments or quote prices for them.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hedging Risk</span> — Hedges are sometimes subject to imperfect matching between the derivative and the underlying security, and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s hedging transactions will be effective. The use of hedging may result in certain adverse tax consequences.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tax Risk</span> — Certain aspects of the tax treatment of derivative instruments, including swap agreements and commodity-linked derivative instruments, are currently unclear and may be affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority. Such treatment may be less favorable than that given to a direct investment in an underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character and amount of income the Fund realizes from its investments.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Emerging Markets Risk</span></span> — Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. Investments in emerging markets may be considered speculative. Emerging markets are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, many emerging financial markets have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Foreign Securities Risk</span></span> — Foreign investments often involve special risks not present in U.S. investments that can increase the chances that the Fund will lose money. These risks include:</div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="width: 20.25pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 19.5pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">•</td> <td style="width: 0.75pt; vertical-align: top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">The Fund generally holds its foreign securities and cash in foreign banks and securities depositories, which may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business and may be subject to only limited or no regulatory oversight.</td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="width: 20.25pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 19.5pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">•</td> <td style="width: 0.75pt; vertical-align: top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">Changes in foreign currency exchange rates can affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio.</td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="width: 20.25pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 19.5pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">•</td> <td style="width: 0.75pt; vertical-align: top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">The economies of certain foreign markets may not compare favorably with the economy of the United States with respect to such issues as growth of gross national product, reinvestment of capital, resources and balance of payments position.</td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="width: 20.25pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 19.5pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">•</td> <td style="width: 0.75pt; vertical-align: top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">The governments of certain countries, or the U.S. Government with respect to certain countries, may prohibit or impose substantial restrictions through capital</td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="width: 39.75pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000; text-align: left;"> </td> <td style="width: 0.75pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">controls and/or sanctions on foreign investments in the capital markets or certain industries in those countries, which may prohibit or restrict the ability to own or transfer currency, securities, derivatives or other assets.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="width: 20.25pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 19.5pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">•</td> <td style="width: 0.75pt; vertical-align: top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">Many foreign governments do not supervise and regulate stock exchanges, brokers and the sale of securities to the same extent as does the United States and may not have laws to protect investors that are comparable to U.S. securities laws.</td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="width: 20.25pt;"> </td> <td style="width: 19.5pt; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">•</td> <td style="width: 0.75pt; vertical-align: top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">Settlement and clearance procedures in certain foreign markets may result in delays in payment for or delivery of securities not typically associated with settlement and clearance of U.S. investments.</td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">The Fund’s claims to recover foreign withholding taxes may not be successful, and if the likelihood of recovery of foreign withholding taxes materially decreases, due to, for example, a change in tax regulation or approach in the foreign country, accruals in the Fund’s net asset value for such refunds may be written down partially or in full, which will adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">High Portfolio Turnover Risk</span></span> — The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities. High portfolio turnover (more than 100%) may result in increased transaction costs to the Fund, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of the securities and on reinvestment in other securities. The sale of Fund portfolio securities may result in the realization and/or distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains or losses as compared to a fund with less active trading policies, such as index ETFs. These effects of higher than normal portfolio turnover may adversely affect Fund performance.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Issuer Risk</span></span> — Fund performance depends on the performance of individual securities to which the Fund has exposure. Changes in the financial condition or credit rating of an issuer of those securities may cause the value of the securities to decline.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Large Shareholder and Large-Scale Redemption Risk</span></span> — Certain shareholders, including an Authorized Participant, a third-party investor, the Fund’s adviser or an affiliate of the Fund’s adviser, a market maker, or another entity, may from time to time own or manage a substantial amount of Fund shares, or may invest in the Fund and hold their</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">investment for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder or large group of shareholders would not redeem their investment.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Redemptions of a large number of Fund shares could require the Fund to dispose of assets to meet the redemption requests, which can accelerate the realization of taxable income and/or capital gains and cause the Fund to make taxable distributions to its shareholders earlier than the Fund otherwise would have. In addition, under certain circumstances, non-redeeming shareholders may be treated as receiving a disproportionately large taxable distribution during or with respect to such tax year. In some circumstances, the Fund may hold a relatively large proportion of its assets in cash in anticipation of large redemptions, diluting its investment returns. <span>To the extent the Fund permits redemptions in cash, t</span>hese large redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund’s NAV, increase the Fund’s brokerage costs and/or have a material effect on the market price of the Fund shares.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage Risk</span></span> — Some transactions may give rise to a form of economic leverage. These transactions may include, among others, derivatives, and may expose the Fund to greater risk and increase its costs. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to meet the applicable requirements of the Investment Company Act, and the rules thereunder. Increases and decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio will be magnified when the Fund uses leverage.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Market Risk and Selection Risk</span></span> — Market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. An investor could lose money over short periods due to fluctuation in the Fund’s net asset value in response to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns. Securities or other investments held by the Fund may underperform the markets, the relevant indices or benchmarks, or the securities selected by other funds with similar investment objectives and investment strategies, or may otherwise fail to perform as intended. The value of a security or other asset may decline due to changes in general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or other asset, or factors that affect a particular issuer or issuers, exchange, country, group of countries,</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">region, market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class. The success of the Fund’s activities could be affected by interest rates, availability of credit, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in laws, tariffs and trade barriers, supply chain disruptions, economic sanctions, currency exchange controls, and local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, natural and environmental disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Recent policy initiatives undertaken by the U.S. government have the potential to impact international relations, trade agreements and the overall regulatory environment in ways that could create uncertainty and instability in domestic and global markets, and could adversely affect the investment performance of the Fund. In particular, actions taken by the U.S. government in respect of international trade relations could lead to trade wars, increased costs for imported goods, disruptions in supply chains, reduced foreign investment, and instability in regions where the Fund invests.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Market Trading Risk</span></span> — The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for Fund shares (including through a trading halt), losses from trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility, and disruptions in the process of creating and redeeming Fund shares. Any of these factors, among others, may lead to the Fund’s shares trading in the secondary market at a premium or discount to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. If you buy Fund shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to NAV or sell Fund shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to NAV, you may pay significantly more or receive significantly less than the underlying value of the Fund shares.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Master Limited Partnerships Risk</span></span> — The common units of a MLP are listed and traded on U.S. securities exchanges and their value fluctuates predominantly based on prevailing market conditions and the success of the MLP. Unlike owners of common stock of a corporation, owners of common units have limited voting rights and have no ability to annually elect directors. In the event of liquidation, common units have preference over subordinated units, but not over debt or preferred units, to the remaining assets of the MLP.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">New Fund Risk</span></span> — The Fund is new and has limited or no performance history as of the date of this prospectus. Like other new funds, large inflows and outflows may impact the Fund’s market exposure, and</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">in turn, the Fund’s returns for limited periods of time. While the Fund is new, it may temporarily not be fully invested consistent with the principal investment strategies disclosed in its prospectus.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“New Issues” Risk</span></span> — “New issues” are IPOs of equity securities. Securities issued in IPOs have no trading history, and information about the companies may be available for very limited periods. In addition, the prices of securities sold in IPOs may be highly volatile or may decline shortly after the IPO.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Operational and Technology Risks</span></span> — The Fund is directly and indirectly susceptible to operational and technology risks, including those related to human errors, processing errors, communication errors, systems failures, cybersecurity incidents, and the use of AI, which may result in losses for the Fund and its shareholders or may impair the Fund’s operations. While the Fund’s service providers are required to have appropriate operational, information security and cybersecurity risk management policies and procedures, their methods of risk management may differ from those of the Fund. Operational and technology risks for the issuers in which the Fund invests could also result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund’s investments in such issuers to lose value.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Preferred Securities Risk</span></span> — Preferred securities may pay fixed or adjustable rates of return. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. In addition, a company’s preferred securities generally pay dividends only after the company makes required payments to holders of its bonds and other debt. For this reason, the value of preferred securities will usually react more strongly than bonds and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects. Preferred securities of smaller companies may be more vulnerable to adverse developments than preferred securities of larger companies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Purchase and Sale Contracts Risk</span></span> — If the other party to a repurchase agreement or purchase and sale contract defaults on its obligation under the agreement, the Fund may suffer delays and incur costs or lose money in exercising its rights under the agreement. If the seller fails to repurchase the security in either situation and the market value of the security declines, the Fund may lose money.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Real Estate-Related Securities Risk</span></span> — The main risk of real estate-related securities is that the value of the underlying real estate may go down. Many factors</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">may affect real estate values. These factors include both the general and local economies, vacancy rates, changes in rent schedules, tenant bankruptcies, the ability to re-lease space under expiring leases on attractive terms, the amount of new construction in a particular area, the laws and regulations (including zoning, environmental and tax laws) affecting real estate and the costs of owning, maintaining and improving real estate. The availability of mortgage financing and changes in interest rates may also affect real estate values. If the Fund’s real estate-related investments are concentrated in one geographic area or in one property type, the Fund will be particularly subject to the risks associated with that area or property type. Many issuers of real estate-related securities are highly leveraged, which increases the risk to holders of such securities. The value of the securities the Fund buys will not necessarily track the value of the underlying investments of the issuers of such securities. In addition, certain issuers of real estate-related securities may have developed or commenced development on properties and may develop additional properties in the future. Real estate development involves significant risks in addition to those involved in the ownership and operation of established properties. Real estate securities may have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. Real estate securities are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency and defaults by borrowers or tenants.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">REIT Investment Risk</span></span> — Investments in REITs involve unique risks. REITs may have limited financial resources, may trade less frequently and in limited volume, may engage in dilutive offerings of securities and may be more volatile than other securities. REIT issuers may also fail to maintain their exemptions from investment company registration or fail to qualify for the “dividends paid deduction” under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), which allows REITs to reduce their corporate taxable income for dividends paid to their shareholders.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Restricted Securities Risk</span></span> — Limitations on the resale, including any required lock up or holding periods, of restricted securities may have an adverse effect on their marketability and their liquidity, and may prevent the Fund from disposing of them promptly at advantageous prices, if at all. Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may have no active trading market. In order to sell certain restricted securities, the Fund may have to bear the expense of registering the securities for resale and</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">the risk of substantial delays in effecting the registration. Other transaction costs may be higher for restricted securities than unrestricted securities. Restricted securities may be difficult to value because market quotations may not be readily available, there may be limited other information regarding the investment’s market or fair value, and the securities’ values may have significant volatility. Also, the Fund may get only limited information about the issuer of a given restricted security, and therefore may be less able to determine the security’s market or fair value or assess the investment risks as fully as for other issuers for which more information is available. Certain restricted securities may involve a high degree of business and financial risk and may result in substantial losses to the Fund. Certain restricted securities may represent limited investment opportunities and each shareholder’s proportionate investment exposure to such limited investment opportunities may be reduced proportionately as the Fund’s net assets grow from new or additional investments made in the Fund by other shareholders.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Risk of Investing in the United States</span></span> — Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Small and Mid-Capitalization Company Risk</span></span> — Companies with small or mid-size market capitalizations will normally have more limited product lines, markets and financial resources and will be dependent upon a more limited management group than larger capitalized companies. In addition, it is more difficult to get information on smaller companies, which tend to be less well known, have shorter operating histories, do not have significant ownership by large investors and are followed by relatively few securities analysts.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Small Fund Risk</span></span> — When the Fund’s size is small, the Fund may experience low trading volume and wide bid/ask spreads. The Fund’s performance near its inception date may not represent how the Fund will perform in the future or with a larger asset base. In addition, the Fund may face the risk of being delisted if it does not meet certain requirements set by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund could lead to elevated transaction costs for the Fund and negative tax consequences for its shareholders.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Telecommunications Risk</span></span> — The telecommunications industry is subject to</div> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">governmental regulation and a greater price volatility than the overall market and the products and services of telecommunications companies may be subject to rapid obsolescence resulting from changing consumer tastes, intense competition, and strong market reactions to technological developments throughout the industry. Companies in the telecommunications sector may encounter distressed cash flows due to the need to commit substantial capital to meet increasing competition, particularly in formulating new products and services using new technology.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Valuation Risk</span></span> — The price that the Fund could receive upon the sale (or other disposition) of a security or other asset may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the security or other asset, particularly for securities or other assets that trade in low volume or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology. In addition, the value of the securities or other assets in the Fund’s portfolio may change on days or during time periods when investors are not able to purchase or sell Fund shares.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Authorized Participants that create or redeem Fund shares on days when the Fund is holding fair-valued securities or other assets may receive fewer or more shares, or lower or higher redemption proceeds, than they would have received had the securities or other assets not been fair valued or been valued using a different methodology. The ability to value investments may be impacted by technological issues or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.</div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Warrants Risk</span></span> — If the price of the underlying stock does not rise above the exercise price before the warrant expires, the warrant generally expires without any value and the Fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant. Thus, investments in warrants may involve substantially more risk than investments in common stock. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of the warrant does not necessarily move with the price of the underlying stock.</div> Performance Information <div style="margin-top: 4pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;">Because the Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus, it does not have performance information an investor would find useful in evaluating the risks of investing in the Fund.</div> Because the Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus, it does not have performance information an investor would find useful in evaluating the risks of investing in the Fund. As described in the “Management” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 17, BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fees in an amount equal to the aggregate Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any, attributable to investments by the Fund in other equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) advised by BFA or its affiliates through June 30, 2028. As described in the “Management” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 17, BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fees in an amount equal to the aggregate Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any, attributable to investments by the Fund in money market funds managed by BFA or its affiliates through June 30, 2028. The agreement (with respect to either waiver) may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested trustees of the Trust or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the Fund’s current fiscal year.