Annual Report

 

August 31, 2022

 

Nationwide ETFs

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF| NUSI
(formerly known as Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF)

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF| NDJI

 

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF| NTKI

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF| NSPI

 

 

 

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Nationwide ETFs

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

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Letter to Investors

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Fund Commentaries

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Fund Performance

12

Portfolio Allocations

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Schedules of Investments

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

53

Statements of Operations

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

55

Financial Highlights

59

Notes to Financial Statements

63

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

73

Trustees and Officers

74

Expense Examples

76

Review of Liquidity Risk Management Program

78

Approval of Advisory Agreements and Board Considerations

79

Federal Tax Information

82

Information About Portfolio Holdings

82

Information About Proxy Voting

82

Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts

82

 

 

 

Letter to Investors (Unaudited)

 

 

August 31, 2022

 

Dear Investor,

 

During this continued period of volatility, Nationwide is focused on caring for our employees, communities and you, our investors. We remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting people, businesses and futures with extraordinary care.

 

Equity markets faced a convergence of macro uncertainties and volatility during the annual reporting period ended August 31, 2022, as investors dealt with a challenging global economic recovery, supply chain disruptions, decelerating Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the highest inflation in 40 years, and the Federal Reserve ending the COVID-19 quantitative easing program started in March 2020.

 

Economic growth fluctuated during the reporting period, increasing at 2.3% during third quarter 2021, the slowest growth rate since the economic recovery began. Growth at a +6.9% during fourth quarter 2021 was primarily driven by consumer activity and sizeable increases in business inventories. In the first and second quarters of 2022, geopolitical risk, high inflation, and recession expectations led GDP to fall by -1.6% and -0.6% respectively. Economists lowered third and fourth quarter GDP estimates for 2022 as decades-high inflation and rising interest rates weigh on consumer sentiment and business confidence. Corporate profits have been resilient, with double-digit revenue and earnings growth occurring in third and fourth quarter 2021. Given the consecutive GDP decline during the first half of 2022, analysts expect more modest earnings growth for third quarter 2022. Similarly, 2023 earnings estimates are likely to moderate as margin pressure from high inflation will challenge corporate profits.

 

Significant macro weakness driven primarily by central banks, geopolitical risks, decades-high inflation, and recessionary risks will continue to cloud the investment horizon.

 

Markets endured unrelenting volatility during the reporting period, with increasing negative headlines challenging investor sentiment. In the early phase of the reporting period, negative headlines included news about the COVID-19 Delta variant, debt ceiling issues, growing inflation concerns, and the Federal Reserve deliberating over asset tapering*. The S&P 500® Index (S&P 500) started the period with a modest cumulative return between September and December 2021. During first quarter 2022, the market’s upward trend was upended as markets faced rising interest rates, spiking inflation, persistent supply-chain issues, and the Russia-Ukraine war. As a result, the S&P 500 fell to finish the turbulent quarter. Likewise, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index suffered its most significant quarterly loss since 1980 during first quarter 2022. The S&P 500 fell into a bear market in June 2022, down over 20% from its all-time high on January 3, 2022.

 

Aggressive monetary policy, high inflation, geopolitical instability, and recessionary fears contributed to the bear-market selloff. Investor sentiment reached pessimism levels not seen since 2008. The S&P 500 Index closed second quarter 2022 with an approximate loss of -16%, the ninth-worst quarter since World War II, and fell approximately -21% during the first half of 2022, one of the worst declines since 1970. Similarly, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index finished the first half of 2022 with a loss of -11.6%. For the last five weeks of the reporting period, investor sentiment was bolstered by softer-than-expected inflation data, a tight labor market, and improving supply chains, which reduced fears that the Federal Reserve will continue to aggressively raise rates. During the last week of August 2022, the Federal Reserve reiterated its commitment to fighting inflation, convincing investors that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher “for some time.” For the reporting period, the S&P 500 finished with a return of -11.2% and the U.S. Aggregate Bond Index closed at -11.5%. The MSCI EAFE® Index returned -19.8%, and the MSCI Emerging Markets® Index returned -21.8%, continuing to lag domestic markets for much of the past decade. The dismal performance directly results from the global recovery facing strong headwinds. For example, European economies are struggling with much higher energy prices because of the war in Ukraine. In addition, stubbornly high inflation and hawkish central banks worldwide will continue to raise rates, causing a deceleration in economic growth.

 

The S&P 500 was higher in six of the 12 months during the reporting period.

 

Arguably the first four months of the reporting period can be characterized as a deep breath before the plunge; equities rose in fourth quarter 2021, with the forward price-to-earnings (P/E) for the S&P 500 reaching 21.9x at the beginning of 2022, even with mounting macroeconomic warning signs. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 kicked off a global shock, roiling equities, increasing inflation pressures, exacerbating supply chains, and driving commodity prices higher. Value stocks outperformed growth stocks while large-capitalization stocks beat small-cap stocks.

 

The Federal Reserve’s tone turned more hawkish during the reporting period, and the “lift-off” from zero came as expected in March 2022, with

 

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the Federal Reserve implementing a 0.25% rate hike. Fixed income markets were volatile over the reporting period. The spread between the 10-year and 2-year Treasury yields narrowed to -0.30% during the reporting period; an inversion of this size that hasn’t occurred since 2000. Cautionary indicators in the bond market, comprising credit spreads, commercial paper spreads, and the TED spread**, are all wide but far below levels from the early stages of the pandemic. As the reporting period evolved, central banks turned more hawkish as global inflation intensified, with the Consumer Price Index hitting a 40-year high annual increase of 9.1% in June 2022. As the markets digested evolving hawkish Fed commentary, a repricing of the speed and number of rate hikes gripped the markets. For example, the 3-month Treasury bill was 0.04% in September 2021 and climbed over 2.90% during the reporting period. The magnitude of the move highlights how volatile and uncertain the economic outlook has been.

 

Although negative sentiment and volatility continue to impact markets, the labor market remains a bright spot for the economy, with the unemployment rate falling to 3.5%, a 50-year low. Following a strong 2021 in which S&P 500 earnings rose by double-digits, future estimates for companies may prove too optimistic due to various economic headwinds, including rising wages, higher input costs, and fear of a looming recession. Nevertheless, investors must remember that focusing on fundamentals and valuations rather than investing based on emotions will produce better investment outcomes.

 

At Nationwide, we continue to take a steady approach to long-term growth, despite the economic and market environment. Thank you for your continued support and confidence. We value your trust.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

John Carter
President
Nationwide Fund Advisors

 

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Tapering modifies a central bank’s monetary expansion policies and can be initiated to stimulate an economy. During a program of quantitative easing, a nation’s central bank may buy asset-backed securities from its member banks, injecting money into the economy, to boost recovery and stimulate an economy.

 

** The TED spread is the difference between the three-month Treasury bill and the three-month LIBOR based in U.S. dollars.

 

The following chart provides returns for various market segments for the twelve-month reporting period ended August 31, 2022:

 

Index

 

Annual Total
Return
(as of
August 31,
2022)

 

Bloomberg Emerging Markets USD Aggregate Bond

    -17.68%

Bloomberg Municipal Bond

    -8.63%

Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond

    -3.98%

Bloomberg U.S. 10-20 Year Treasury Bond

    -20.68%

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond

    -11.52%

Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield

    -10.60%

Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index

    -10.11%

Cboe Russell 2000® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index

    -13.31%

MSCI EAFE®

    -19.80%

MSCI Emerging Markets®

    -21.80%

MSCI ACWI ex USA

    -19.52%

Russell 1000® Growth

    -19.06%

Russell 1000® Value

    -6.23%

Russell 2000®

    -17.88%

S&P 500®

    -11.23%

 

Source: Morningstar

 

Index Definitions

 

Bloomberg Emerging Markets USD Aggregate Bond Index: An unmanaged index that includes fixed and floating-rate US dollar-denominated debt issued from sovereign, quasi sovereign, and corporate emerging markets issuers.

 

Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index: An unmanaged index that covers the USD-denominated long-term tax-exempt bond market. The index has four main sectors: state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, insured bonds and pre-refunded bonds.

 

Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-3 Year Index: An unmanaged index that measures the performance of non-securitized component of the U.S. Aggregate Index with maturities of 1-3 years, including Treasuries, government-related issues and corporates.

 

Bloomberg U.S. 10-20 Year Treasury Bond Index: An unmanaged index that measures U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate, nominal debt issued by the U.S. Treasury with 10 to 20 years to maturity.

 

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index: An unmanaged, market value-weighted index of U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable debt issues, which includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities (agency and non-agency).

 

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Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index: An unmanaged index that measures the U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market.

 

Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index: A benchmark index designed to track the performance of a hypothetical low volatility strategy that (1) holds a long position indexed to the S&P 500 Index (SPX Index), (2) buys a monthly 2.5% Out-of-the-Money (OTM) SPX Put option to reduce the risk and sells a monthly 5% OTM SPX Put option (SPX Put Spread), and (3) sells a OTM monthly SPX Call option(s) to cover the cost of the Put spread.

 

Cboe Russell 2000® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index: A benchmark index designed to track the performance of a hypothetical low volatility strategy that (1) holds a long position indexed to the Russell 2000 Index, (2) buys a monthly 2.5% Out-of-the-Money (OTM) RUT Put option to reduce the risk and sells a monthly 5% OTM RUT Put option (RUT Put Spread), and (3) sells an OTM monthly RUT Call option(s) to cover the cost of the Put spread.

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average Index: A price-weighted index that measures the daily stock market movements of 30 U.S. publicly traded companies listed on the NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The 30 publicly owned companies are considered leaders in the United States economy.

 

MSCI EAFE® Index: An unmanaged, free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of large-cap and mid-cap stocks in developed markets as determined by MSCI; excludes the United States and Canada.

 

MSCI Emerging Markets® Index: An unmanaged, free float adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of large-cap and mid-cap stocks in emerging-country markets as determined by MSCI.

 

MSCI ACWI® ex USA: An unmanaged, free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of large-cap and mid-cap stocks in global developed and emerging markets as determined by MSCI; excludes the United States.

 

Russell 1000® Growth Index: An unmanaged index that measures the performance of the large-capitalization growth segment of the U.S. equity universe; includes those Russell 1000® Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

 

Russell 1000® Value Index: An unmanaged index that measures the performance of the large-capitalization value segment of the U.S. equity universe; includes those Russell 1000® Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

 

Russell 2000® Index: An unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization segment of the U.S. equity universe.

 

S&P 500® Index: An unmanaged, market capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks of leading large-cap U.S. companies in leading industries; gives a broad look at the U.S. equities market and those companies’ stock price performance.

 

Russell Investment Group is the source and owner of the trademarks, service marks and copy rights related to the Russell Indexes. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by Russell, and Russell bears no liability with respect to any such funds or securities or any index on which such funds or securities are based. Russell® is a trademark of Russell Investment Group.

 

Bloomberg® and its indexes are service marks of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates including Bloomberg Index Services Limited, the administrator of the index, and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Nationwide. Bloomberg is not affiliated with Nationwide, and Bloomberg does not approve, endorse, review or recommend this product. Bloomberg does not guarantee the timeliness, accurateness, or completeness of any date or information relating to this product.

 

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. The Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the underlying index.

 

KEY RISKS: The Funds are subject to the risks of investing in equity securities. The Funds may also be subject to the risks of investing in foreign securities (which are volatile, harder to price and less liquid than U.S. securities), including emerging markets (which may include currency fluctuations, political risks, differences in account and limited availability of information). Please refer to the summary prospectus for a more detailed explanation of the Funds’ principal risks. There is no assurance that the investment objectives of any fund will be achieved.

 

Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market.

 

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Nationwide Fund Advisors (NFA) is the registered investment advisor to Nationwide ETFs, which are distributed by Quasar Distributors LLC. NFA is not affiliated with any distributor, subadviser, or index provider contracted by NFA for the Nationwide ETFs. Nationwide is not an affiliate of third-party sources such as Morningstar, Inc. or MSCI. Representatives of the Nationwide ETF Sales Desk are registered with Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio.

 

Nationwide, the Nationwide N and Eagle and Nationwide is on your side are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company © 2022 Nationwide Services LLC.

 

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Fund Commentaries (Unaudited)

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

August 31, 2022

 

During the reporting period, the Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF (the “Fund”) was down -24.09% (net asset value (“NAV”)) compared to its benchmark index, the Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index (CLLZ), which returned -10.11%.

 

The Fund’s underperformance during the reporting period is directly attributable to the market environment during the 2022 calendar year. The growth sector of the market was in risk-off mode starting in January as the market started to digest the reality of higher inflation and a Fed that was more likely to aggressively raise rates. Starting in March with a 25 basis points hike, then 50 basis points in May, and an even higher 75 basis points in June and July, the underlying reference index to the Fund, the Nasdaq 100® Index, could not gain any ground from the beginning of the year. Performance year to date through the end of the reporting period, August 31, 2022, for the Nasdaq 100® Index was down -24.38%, while the Fund was down -24.09% at NAV.

 

The Fund consists of an underlying equity portfolio that seeks to fully replicate the constituents of the Nasdaq-100 Index and implements a rules-based, systematic option collar strategy. The option collar strategy consists of a short NDX Index call option and a long NDX Index put option. The option collar is rolled monthly with an expiration going out one month.

 

On a weighted basis, the top contributing equity holdings during the reporting period were Tesla, Inc., Apple, Inc., and Costco Wholesale Corporation, which returned 0.54%, 0.46%, and 0.28%, respectively. Conversely, the top detractors from Fund performance were Amazon.com, Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc. – Class A, and Microsoft Corporation, which returned -1.77%, -1.56%, and -1.32%, respectively. The Fund continues to hold these securities as they are part of the Nasdaq 100 Index.

 

All sectors during this period detracted from the Fund’s performance. The sectors down the least were Utilities, Consumer Staples, and Industrials, which returned -0.04%, -0.36%, and -0.47%, respectively. The Fund’s exposure to Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary, and Communication Services were the largest detractors, with their performance at -10.97%, -4.46%, and -3.28%, respectively.

 

The Fund seeks to maintain relatively stable monthly distributions, although the amount of income earned by a Fund varies from period-to-period. Each month, the Fund determines the amount of distribution to pay based on a combination of the amount of options premium generated from the Fund’s options collar strategy implemented for the applicable month, the dividends generated by the Fund’s underlying equity portfolio, and the appreciation of the Fund’s equity holdings. As a result of such distribution strategy, the Fund’s distributions are expected to exceed its earnings and profits in some or all tax years, and consequently, all or a portion of the distributions made for a taxable year may be characterized as a return of capital to shareholders.

 

The Fund made monthly distributions of approximately 0.65% of net assets during each calendar month of the fiscal year. Approximately 98.8% was return of capital for the current fiscal period.

 

Harvest Volatility Management

 

Portfolio Managers: Troy Cates, Garrett Paolella, and Curt Brockelman

 

Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

 

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

 

KEY RISKS: The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities, including tracking stock (a class of common stock that “tracks” the performance of a unit or division within a larger company). A tracking stock’s value may decline even if the larger company’s stock increases in value. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in foreign securities (currency fluctuations, political risks, differences in accounting and limited availability of information, all of which are magnified in emerging markets). The Fund may invest in more-aggressive investments such as derivatives (which create investment leverage and illiquidity and are highly volatile). The Fund employs a collared options strategy (using call and put options is speculative and can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the reference asset). The success of the Fund’s investment strategy may depend on the effectiveness of the subadviser’s quantitative tools for screening securities and on data provided by third parties.

 

The Fund expects to invest a portion of its assets to replicate the holdings of an index. Correlation between Fund performance and index performance may be affected by Fund expenses and because the Fund may not be invested fully in the securities of the index or may hold securities not included in the index. The Fund frequently may buy and sell portfolio securities and other assets to rebalance its exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in higher levels of transaction costs paid by the Fund and greater tax liabilities for shareholders. The Fund may concentrate on specific sectors or industries, subjecting it to greater volatility than that of other ETFs. The Fund may hold large positions in a small number of securities, and an increase or decrease in the value of such securities may have a disproportionate impact on the Fund’s value and total return. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund will be considered nondiversified. Additional Fund risk includes:

 

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Collared options strategy risk, correlation risk, derivatives risk, foreign investment risk, and industry concentration risk.

 

The Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the underlying index. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities. Please refer to the summary prospectus for a more detailed explanation of the Fund’s principal risks. There is no assurance that the investment objective of any fund will be achieved. Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. Fund holdings and/or sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. For a complete listing of the Fund’s holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments in this report.

 

Nasdaq-100® Index: A rules-based, market capitalization-weighted index of the 100 largest, most actively traded U.S companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Index includes companies from various industries except for the financial industry, like commercial and investment banks. These non-financial sectors include retail, biotechnology, industrial, technology, health care, and others.

 

Nasdaq® and the Nasdaq-100® are registered trademarks of Nasdaq, Inc. (which with its affiliates is referred to as the “Corporations”) and are licensed for use by Nationwide Fund Advisors. The Product has not been passed on by the Corporations as to their legality or suitability. The Product is not issued, endorsed, sold, or promoted by the Corporations. The Corporations make no warranties and bear no liability with respect to the product.

 

Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index: An index designed to track the performance of a hypothetical option trading strategy that 1) holds a long position indexed to the S&P 500 Index; 2) on a monthly basis buys a 2.5% - 5% S&P 500 Index (SPX) put option spread; and 3) sells a monthly out-of-the-money (OTM) SPX call option to cover the cost of the put spread.

 

Definitions

 

Annualized Distribution Yield: Calculated by annualizing the most recent distribution and dividing by the most recent fund NAV. The yield represents a single distribution from the fund and does not represent total return of the fund.

 

Basis Point: A common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance. One basis point is equivalent to one hundredth of one percent. Accordingly, one hundred basis points is the equivalent of one percentage point.

 

Call options: Financial contracts that give the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.

 

Out-of-the-money: When the market price of an instrument on which you hold an option is not close to the strike price.

 

Options Collar: A collar is an options strategy that involves buying a downside put and selling an upside call that is implemented to protect against large losses, but which also limits large upside gains. The protective collar strategy involves two strategies known as a protective put and covered call.

 

Put: An option that gives the right, but not the obligation, to sell a certain amount of the underlying asset at a set price within a specific time.

 

Rolling positions: An effective way to increase trade duration and gives you more time to be right with assumptions and let the probabilities work.

 

Topping out: Denoting a market or a security that is at the end of a period of rising prices and can now be expected to stay on a plateau or even to decline.

 

Nationwide Fund Advisors (NFA) is the registered investment advisor to Nationwide ETFs, which are distributed by Quasar Distributors LLC. NFA is not affiliated with any distributor, subadvisor, or index provider contracted by NFA for the Nationwide ETFs. Nationwide is not an affiliate of third-party sources such as Morningstar, Inc. or MSCI. Representatives of the Nationwide ETF Sales Desk are registered with Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio. Indexes are unmanaged and have been provided for comparison purposes only. No fees or expenses have been reflected. Individuals cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Nationwide, the Nationwide N and Eagle, and Nationwide is on your side are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. © 2022 Nationwide

 

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Fund Commentaries (Unaudited)

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

August 31, 2022

 

During the reporting period (inception on December 16, 2021 through August 31, 2022), the Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF (the “Fund”) returned -11.97% (net asset value (“NAV”)) compared to its benchmark index, the Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index (CLLZ), which returned -11.38%.

 

The Fund’s underperformance during the reporting period is attributable to the risk of the market environment during 2022. The market sell-off hit most asset classes, including the large cap names of the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. The market has continued to adjust and react to inflation data and Fed hikes throughout the year. The Fund was launched in December 2021 and has largely performed in line with the underlying reference index while paying a monthly distribution to shareholders and attracting new assets. The Fund was down -11.97% at NAV vs. – 10.90% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average® since inception.

 

The Fund consists of an underlying equity portfolio that seeks to fully replicate the constituents of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index and implements a rules-based, systematic option collar strategy. The option collar strategy consists of a short DJX Index call option and a long DJX Index put option. The option collar is rolled monthly with an expiration going out one month.

 

On a weighted basis, the top contributing equity holdings during the reporting period were Chevron Corporation, UnitedHealth Group, Inc., and Amgen, Inc., which returned 1.24%, 0.68%, and 0.38%, respectively. Conversely, the top detractors from Fund performance were Home Depot, Inc., Salesforce, Inc., and Microsoft Corporation, which returned -1.48%, -1.21%, and -1.00%, respectively. The Fund continues to hold these securities as they are part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average® Index.

 

At a sector level, the two sectors that contributed to Fund performance were Energy and Health Care which returned 1.24% and 1.15%, respectively. All other sectors were detractors of performance, with Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary, and Industrials down the most at -3.17%, -2.39%, and -1.85%, respectively.

 

The Fund seeks to maintain relatively stable monthly distributions, although the amount of income earned by a Fund varies from period-to-period. Each month, the Fund determines the amount of distribution to pay based on a combination of the amount of options premium generated from the Fund’s options collar strategy implemented for the applicable month, the dividends generated by the Fund’s underlying equity portfolio, and the appreciation of the Fund’s equity holdings. As a result of such distribution strategy, the Fund’s distributions are expected to exceed its earnings and profits in some or all tax years, and consequently, all or a portion of the distributions made for a taxable year may be characterized as a return of capital to shareholders.

 

The Fund made monthly distributions of approximately 0.58% of net assets during each calendar month of the fiscal year. Approximately 79.9% was return of capital for the current fiscal period.

 

Harvest Volatility Management

 

Portfolio Managers: Troy Cates, Garrett Paolella, and Curt Brockelman

 

Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

 

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

 

KEY RISKS: The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities, including tracking stock (a class of common stock that “tracks” the performance of a unit or division within a larger company). A tracking stock’s value may decline even if the larger company’s stock increases in value. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in foreign securities (currency fluctuations, political risks, differences in accounting and limited availability of information, all of which are magnified in emerging markets). The Fund may invest in more-aggressive investments such as derivatives (which create investment leverage and illiquidity and are highly volatile). The Fund employs a collared options strategy (using call and put options is speculative and can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the reference asset). The success of the Fund’s investment strategy may depend on the effectiveness of the subadviser’s quantitative tools for screening securities and on data provided by third parties.

 

The Fund expects to invest a portion of its assets to replicate the holdings of an index. Correlation between Fund performance and index performance may be affected by Fund expenses and because the Fund may not be invested fully in the securities of the index or may hold securities not included in the index. The Fund frequently may buy and sell portfolio securities and other assets to rebalance its exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in higher levels of transaction costs paid by the Fund and greater tax liabilities for shareholders. The Fund may concentrate on specific sectors or industries, subjecting it to greater volatility than that of other ETFs. The Fund may hold large positions in a small number of securities, and an increase or decrease in the value of such securities may have a disproportionate impact on the Fund’s value and total return. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund will be considered nondiversified. Additional Fund risk includes: Collared options strategy risk, correlation risk, derivatives risk, foreign investment risk, and industry concentration risk.

 

The Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the underlying index. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities. Please refer

 

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to the summary prospectus for a more detailed explanation of the Fund’s principal risks. There is no assurance that the investment objective of any fund will be achieved. Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. Fund holdings and/or sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. For a complete listing of the Fund’s holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments in this report.

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average®: A price-weighted index composed of 30 “blue-chip” U.S. stocks. The index covers all industries except transportation and utilities, respectively.

 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average® is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“SPDJI”), and has been licensed for use by Nationwide Fund Advisors. Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”); Dow Jones®, Dow Jones Industrial Average®, DJIA® and The Dow® are registered trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); and these trademarks have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by Nationwide Fund Advisors. The Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF (“NDJI”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P or their respective affiliates, and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s), nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions of the Dow Jones Industrial Average®.

 

Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index: An index designed to track the performance of a hypothetical option trading strategy that 1) holds a long position indexed to the S&P 500 Index; 2) on a monthly basis buys a 2.5% - 5% S&P 500 Index (SPX) put option spread; and 3) sells a monthly out-of-the-money (OTM) SPX call option to cover the cost of the put spread.

 

Definitions

 

Annualized Distribution Yield: Calculated by annualizing the most recent distribution and dividing by the most recent fund NAV. The yield represents a single distribution from the fund and does not represent total return of the fund.

 

Basis Point: A common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance. One basis point is equivalent to one hundredth of one percent. Accordingly, one hundred basis points is the equivalent of one percentage point.

 

Call options: Financial contracts that give the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.

 

Out-of-the-money: When the market price of an instrument on which you hold an option is not close to the strike price.

 

Options Collar: A collar is an options strategy that involves buying a downside put and selling an upside call that is implemented to protect against large losses, but which also limits large upside gains. The protective collar strategy involves two strategies known as a protective put and covered call.

 

Put: An option that gives the right, but not the obligation, to sell a certain amount of the underlying asset at a set price within a specific time.

 

Rolling positions: An effective way to increase trade duration and gives you more time to be right with assumptions and let the probabilities work.

 

Topping out: Denoting a market or a security that is at the end of a period of rising prices and can now be expected to stay on a plateau or even to decline.

 

Nationwide Fund Advisors (NFA) is the registered investment advisor to Nationwide ETFs, which are distributed by Quasar Distributors LLC. NFA is not affiliated with any distributor, subadvisor, or index provider contracted by NFA for the Nationwide ETFs. Nationwide is not an affiliate of third-party sources such as Morningstar, Inc. or MSCI. Representatives of the Nationwide ETF Sales Desk are registered with Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio. Indexes are unmanaged and have been provided for comparison purposes only. No fees or expenses have been reflected. Individuals cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Nationwide, the Nationwide N and Eagle, and Nationwide is on your side are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. © 2022 Nationwide

 

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Fund Commentaries (Unaudited)

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

August 31, 2022

 

During the reporting period (inception of December 16, 2021 through August 31, 2022), the Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF (the “Fund”) was down -11.37% (net asset value (“NAV”)) compared to its benchmark index, the Cboe Russell 2000® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index (CLLR), which returned -12.08%.

 

The Fund outperformed both its benchmark, CLLR Index, and its reference index, the Russell 2000® Index, since its inception in December of 2021. While facing the headwinds of higher inflation, geopolitical tensions, and the Fed raising rates, the Fund’s option portfolio assisted in Fund outperformance. The Russell 2000 Index was lower by -14.42%, while the Fund was down -11.37% at NAV since inception.

 

The Fund consists of an underlying equity portfolio that seeks to fully replicate the constituents of the Russell 2000® Index and implements a rules-based, systematic option collar strategy. The option collar strategy consists of a short RTY Index call option and a long RTY Index put option. The option collar is rolled monthly with an expiration going out one month.

 

On a weighted basis, the top contributing equity holdings during the reporting period were Lantheus Holdings, Inc., PBF Energy, Inc. – Class A, and Shockwave Medical, Inc., which returned 0.36%, 0.28%, and 0.28%, respectively. Conversely, the top detractors from Fund performance were Synaptics, Inc., Crocs, Inc., and Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. which returned -0.10%, -0.08%, and -0.07%, respectively. The Fund continues to hold these securities as they are part of the Russell 2000® Index.

 

Three sectors contributed to Fund performance during the reporting period. Energy, Materials, and Utilities returned 3.05%, 0.22%, and 0.14%, respectively. All other sectors detracted from Fund performance, with Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary, and Financials down the most at -2.32%, -1.83%, and -1.32%, respectively.

 

The Fund seeks to maintain relatively stable monthly distributions, although the amount of income earned by a Fund varies from period-to-period. Each month, the Fund determines the amount of distribution to pay based on a combination of the amount of options premium generated from the Fund’s options collar strategy implemented for the applicable month, the dividends generated by the Fund’s underlying equity portfolio, and the appreciation of the Fund’s equity holdings. As a result of such distribution strategy, the Fund’s distributions are expected to exceed its earnings and profits in some or all tax years, and consequently, all or a portion of the distributions made for a taxable year may be characterized as a return of capital to shareholders.

 

The Fund made monthly distributions of approximately 0.58% of net assets during each calendar month of the fiscal year. Approximately 92.8% was return of capital for the current fiscal period.

 

Harvest Volatility Management

 

Portfolio Managers: Troy Cates, Garrett Paolella, and Curt Brockelman

 

Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

 

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

 

KEY RISKS: The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities, including tracking stock (a class of common stock that “tracks” the performance of a unit or division within a larger company). A tracking stock’s value may decline even if the larger company’s stock increases in value. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in foreign securities (currency fluctuations, political risks, differences in accounting and limited availability of information, all of which are magnified in emerging markets). The Fund may invest in more-aggressive investments such as derivatives (which create investment leverage and illiquidity and are highly volatile). The Fund employs a collared options strategy (using call and put options is speculative and can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the reference asset). The success of the Fund’s investment strategy may depend on the effectiveness of the subadviser’s quantitative tools for screening securities and on data provided by third parties.

 

The Fund expects to invest a portion of its assets to replicate the holdings of an index. Correlation between Fund performance and index performance may be affected by Fund expenses and because the Fund may not be invested fully in the securities of the index or may hold securities not included in the index. The Fund frequently may buy and sell portfolio securities and other assets to rebalance its exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in higher levels of transaction costs paid by the Fund and greater tax liabilities for shareholders. The Fund may concentrate on specific sectors or industries, subjecting it to greater volatility than that of other ETFs. The Fund may hold large positions in a small number of securities, and an increase or decrease in the value of such securities may have a disproportionate impact on the Fund’s value and total return. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund will be considered nondiversified. Additional Fund risk includes: Collared options strategy risk, correlation risk, derivatives risk, foreign investment risk, and industry concentration risk.

 

The Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the underlying index. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities. Please refer to the summary prospectus for a more detailed explanation of the Fund’s principal risks. There is no assurance that the investment objective of any fund will be achieved. Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining

 

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Fund Commentaries (Unaudited) (Continued)

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

August 31, 2022

 

market. Fund holdings and/or sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. For a complete listing of the Fund’s holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments in this report.

 

Russell 2000® Index: An unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization segment of the U.S. equity universe.

 

FTSE Russell (“Russell”) is the Index Provider for the Russell 2000® Index (“Russell 2000®” or the “Index”). Russell is not affiliated with the Fund, Nationwide Fund Advisors, the Distributor nor any of their respective affiliates. Nationwide Fund Advisors has entered into a license agreement with Russell to use the Russell 2000®.

 

The Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF (“NTKI”) has been developed solely by Nationwide Fund Advisors. NTKI is not in any way connected to nor sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group”). FTSE Russell is a trading name of certain of the LSE Group companies. All rights in the Russell 2000® vest in the relevant LSE Group company which owns the Index. “Russell®” is a trademark of the relevant LSE Group company and is used by any other LSE Group company under license. The Index is calculated by or on behalf of FTSE International Limited or its affiliate, agent or partner. The LSE Group does not accept any liability whatsoever to any person arising out of (a) the use of reliance on or any error in the Index or (b) investment in or operation of NTKI. The LSE Group makes no claim, prediction, warranty nor representation either as to the results to be obtained from NTKI or the suitability of the Index for the purpose to which it is being put by Nationwide Fund Advisors.

 

Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index: An index designed to track the performance of a hypothetical option trading strategy that 1) holds a long position indexed to the S&P 500 Index; 2) on a monthly basis buys a 2.5% - 5% S&P 500 Index (SPX) put option spread; and 3) sells a monthly out-of-the-money (OTM) SPX call option to cover the cost of the put spread.

 

Definitions

 

Annualized Distribution Yield: Calculated by annualizing the most recent distribution and dividing by the most recent fund NAV. The yield represents a single distribution from the fund and does not represent total return of the fund.

 

Basis Point: A common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance. One basis point is equivalent to one hundredth of one percent. Accordingly, one hundred basis points is the equivalent of one percentage point.

 

Call options: Financial contracts that give the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.

 

Out-of-the-money: When the market price of an instrument on which you hold an option is not close to the strike price.

 

Options Collar: A collar is an options strategy that involves buying a downside put and selling an upside call that is implemented to protect against large losses, but which also limits large upside gains. The protective collar strategy involves two strategies known as a protective put and covered call.

 

Put: An option that gives the right, but not the obligation, to sell a certain amount of the underlying asset at a set price within a specific time.

 

Rolling positions: An effective way to increase trade duration and gives you more time to be right with assumptions and let the probabilities work.

 

Topping out: Denoting a market or a security that is at the end of a period of rising prices and can now be expected to stay on a plateau or even to decline.

 

Nationwide Fund Advisors (NFA) is the registered investment advisor to Nationwide ETFs, which are distributed by Quasar Distributors LLC. NFA is not affiliated with any distributor, subadvisor, or index provider contracted by NFA for the Nationwide ETFs. Nationwide is not an affiliate of third-party sources such as Morningstar, Inc. or MSCI. Representatives of the Nationwide ETF Sales Desk are registered with Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio. Indexes are unmanaged and have been provided for comparison purposes only. No fees or expenses have been reflected. Individuals cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Nationwide, the Nationwide N and Eagle, and Nationwide is on your side are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. © 2022 Nationwide

 

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Fund Commentaries (Unaudited)

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

August 31, 2022

 

During the reporting period (inception of December 16, 2021 through August 31, 2022, the Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF (the “Fund”) returned -12.84% (net asset value (“NAV”)) compared to its benchmark index, the Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index (CLLZ), which returned -11.38%.

 

The Fund’s underperformance can largely be attributed to the risk of the market environment of 2022. The Fund was launched in December 2021, right into headwinds of rising inflation and talk of the Fed raising rates. With geopolitical tensions rising and inflation making the cost of goods higher, the Fed started to raise rates in March 2022 and continued during the next few meetings while also increasing the size of each hike.

 

The Fund consists of an underlying equity portfolio that seeks to fully replicate the constituents of the S&P 500® Index and implements a rules-based, systematic option collar strategy. The option collar strategy consists of a short SPX Index call option and a long SPX Index put option. The option collar is rolled monthly with an expiration going out one month.

 

On a weighted basis, the top contributing equity holdings during the reporting period were Exxon Mobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation, and Occidental Petroleum Corporation, which returned 0.70%, 0.36%, and 0.29%, respectively. Conversely, the largest detractors from Fund performance were Microsoft Corporation, Amazon, Inc., and Apple, Inc., which returned -1.06%, -0.80%, and -0.56%, respectively. The Fund continues to hold these securities as they are part of the S&P 500® Index.

 

Only two sectors during the reporting period contributed to Fund performance. Energy and Utilities returned 2.45% and 0.25%, respectively. All other sectors detracted from fund performance, with Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary, and Communication Services down the most at -4.51%, -2.12%, and -1.97%, respectively.

 

The Fund seeks to maintain relatively stable monthly distributions, although the amount of income earned by a Fund varies from period-to-period. Each month, the Fund determines the amount of distribution to pay based on a combination of the amount of options premium generated from the Fund’s options collar strategy implemented for the applicable month, the dividends generated by the Fund’s underlying equity portfolio, and the appreciation of the Fund’s equity holdings. As a result of such distribution strategy, the Fund’s distributions are expected to exceed its earnings and profits in some or all tax years, and consequently, all or a portion of the distributions made for a taxable year may be characterized as a return of capital to shareholders.

 

The Fund made monthly distributions of approximately 0.58% of net assets during each calendar month of the fiscal year. Approximately 87.8% was return of capital for the current fiscal period.

 

Harvest Volatility Management

 

Portfolio Managers: Troy Cates, Garrett Paolella, and Curt Brockelman

 

Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

 

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

 

KEY RISKS: The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities, including tracking stock (a class of common stock that “tracks” the performance of a unit or division within a larger company). A tracking stock’s value may decline even if the larger company’s stock increases in value. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in foreign securities (currency fluctuations, political risks, differences in accounting and limited availability of information, all of which are magnified in emerging markets). The Fund may invest in more-aggressive investments such as derivatives (which create investment leverage and illiquidity and are highly volatile). The Fund employs a collared options strategy (using call and put options is speculative and can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the reference asset). The success of the Fund’s investment strategy may depend on the effectiveness of the subadviser’s quantitative tools for screening securities and on data provided by third parties.

 

The Fund expects to invest a portion of its assets to replicate the holdings of an index. Correlation between Fund performance and index performance may be affected by Fund expenses and because the Fund may not be invested fully in the securities of the index or may hold securities not included in the index. The Fund frequently may buy and sell portfolio securities and other assets to rebalance its exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in higher levels of transaction costs paid by the Fund and greater tax liabilities for shareholders. The Fund may concentrate on specific sectors or industries, subjecting it to greater volatility than that of other ETFs. The Fund may hold large positions in a small number of securities, and an increase or decrease in the value of such securities may have a disproportionate impact on the Fund’s value and total return. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund will be considered nondiversified. Additional Fund risk includes: Collared options strategy risk, correlation risk, derivatives risk, foreign investment risk, and industry concentration risk.

 

The Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the underlying index. The Fund is subject to the risks of investing in equity securities. Please refer to the summary prospectus for a more detailed explanation of the Fund’s principal risks. There is no assurance that the investment objective of any fund will be achieved. Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining

 

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Fund Commentaries (Unaudited) (Continued)

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

August 31, 2022

 

market. Fund holdings and/or sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. For a complete listing of the Fund’s holdings, please refer to the Schedule of Investments in this report.

 

S&P 500® Index: An unmanaged, market capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks of leading large-cap U.S. companies in leading industries; gives a broad look at the U.S. equities market and those companies’ stock price performance.

 

The S&P 500® Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“SPDJI”) and has been licensed for use by Nationwide Fund Advisors. Standard & Poor’s®, S&P®, and S&P 500® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); and these trademarks have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by Nationwide Fund Advisors. The Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF (“NSPI”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P or their respective affiliates, and none of such parties makes any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s) nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions of the S&P 500® Index.

 

Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index: An index designed to track the performance of a hypothetical option trading strategy that 1) holds a long position indexed to the S&P 500 Index; 2) on a monthly basis buys a 2.5% - 5% S&P 500 Index (SPX) put option spread; and 3) sells a monthly out-of-the-money (OTM) SPX call option to cover the cost of the put spread.

 

Definitions

 

Annualized Distribution Yield: Calculated by annualizing the most recent distribution and dividing by the most recent fund NAV. The yield represents a single distribution from the fund and does not represent total return of the fund.

 

Basis Point: A common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance. One basis point is equivalent to one hundredth of one percent. Accordingly, one hundred basis points is the equivalent of one percentage point.

 

Call options: Financial contracts that give the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.

 

Out-of-the-money: When the market price of an instrument on which you hold an option is not close to the strike price.

 

Options Collar: A collar is an options strategy that involves buying a downside put and selling an upside call that is implemented to protect against large losses, but which also limits large upside gains. The protective collar strategy involves two strategies known as a protective put and covered call.

 

Put: An option that gives the right, but not the obligation, to sell a certain amount of the underlying asset at a set price within a specific time.

 

Rolling positions: An effective way to increase trade duration and gives you more time to be right with assumptions and let the probabilities work.

 

Topping out: Denoting a market or a security that is at the end of a period of rising prices and can now be expected to stay on a plateau or even to decline.

 

Nationwide Fund Advisors (NFA) is the registered investment advisor to Nationwide ETFs, which are distributed by Quasar Distributors LLC. NFA is not affiliated with any distributor, subadvisor, or index provider contracted by NFA for the Nationwide ETFs. Nationwide is not an affiliate of third-party sources such as Morningstar, Inc. or MSCI. Representatives of the Nationwide ETF Sales Desk are registered with Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio. Indexes are unmanaged and have been provided for comparison purposes only. No fees or expenses have been reflected. Individuals cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Nationwide, the Nationwide N and Eagle, and Nationwide is on your side are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. © 2022 Nationwide

 

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Fund Performance (Unaudited)

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Growth of $10,000

 

 

Average Annual Returns
August 31, 2022

One Year

Since
Inception
(12/19/2019)

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF — NAV

-24.09%

-0.15%

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF — Market

-23.98%

-0.07%

Cboe S&P 500 Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index

-10.11%

4.11%

 

This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 19, 2019 and is not intended to imply any future performance. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The chart assumes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance; Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, go to etf.nationwide.com or call 800-617-0004. The gross expense ratio as of the most recent prospectus is 0.68%.

 

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Fund Performance (Unaudited)

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Growth of $10,000

 

 

Cumulative Returns
August 31, 2022

Since
Inception
(12/16/2021)

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF — NAV

-11.97%

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF — Market

-11.88%

Cboe S&P 500 Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index

-11.38%

 

This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 16, 2021 and is not intended to imply any future performance. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The chart assumes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance; Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, go to etf.nationwide.com or call 800-617-0004. The gross expense ratio as of the most recent prospectus is 0.68%.

 

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Fund Performance (Unaudited)

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Growth of $10,000

 

 

Cumulative Returns
August 31, 2022

Since
Inception
(12/16/2021)

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF — NAV

-11.37%

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF — Market

-11.33%

Cboe Russell 2000 Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index

-12.08%

 

This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 16, 2021 and is not intended to imply any future performance. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The chart assumes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance; Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, go to etf.nationwide.com or call 800-617-0004. The gross expense ratio as of the most recent prospectus is 0.68%.

 

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Fund Performance (Unaudited)

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Growth of $10,000

 

 

Cumulative Returns
August 31, 2022

Since
Inception
(12/16/2021)

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF — NAV

-12.84%

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF — Market

-12.69%

Cboe S&P 500 Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index

-11.38%

 

This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 16, 2021 and is not intended to imply any future performance. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The chart assumes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance; Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, go to etf.nationwide.com or call 800-617-0004. The gross expense ratio as of the most recent prospectus is 0.68%.

 

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Portfolio Allocations

Nationwide ETFs

 

As of August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed
Income ETF

Sector/Asset Class

Percentage
of Net
Assets

Information Technology (a)

47.4%

Consumer Discretionary

15.7

Communication Services

15.5

Consumer Staples

6.1

Health Care

5.7

Purchased Options

4.9

Industrials

3.3

Utilities

1.3

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets and Liabilities

0.1

Total

100.0%

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Sector/Asset Class

Percentage
of Net
Assets

Health Care

20.7%

Information Technology

20.2

Financials

15.7

Industrials

13.6

Consumer Discretionary

13.3

Consumer Staples

7.6

Energy

3.2

Communication Services

3.2

Materials

1.0

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets and Liabilities

0.8

Purchased Options

0.7

Total

100.0%

 

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed
Income ETF

Sector/Asset Class

Percentage
of Net
Assets

Financials

16.1%

Health Care

15.1

Industrials

14.2

Information Technology

11.3

Consumer Discretionary

9.7

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets and Liabilities

8.0

Real Estate

5.9

Energy

5.5

Materials

4.1

Utilities

3.2

Consumer Staples

3.2

Communication Services

2.5

Purchased Options

1.2

Total

100.0%

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Sector/Asset Class

Percentage
of Net
Assets

Information Technology (a)

25.9%

Health Care

13.2

Consumer Discretionary

10.9

Financials

10.3

Communication Services

7.9

Industrials

7.6

Consumer Staples

6.4

Energy

4.6

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets and Liabilities

4.3

Utilities

2.9

Real Estate

2.6

Materials

2.4

Purchased Options

1.0

Total

100.0%

 

(a)

To the extent that the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. See Note 8 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedules of Investments

 

August 31, 2022

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Shares

 

Security Description

 

Value

 
     

COMMON STOCKS — 95.0%

       
       

Communication Services — 15.5%

    37,888  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

  $ 2,973,829  
    176,789  

Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (a)

    19,132,106  
    184,816  

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (a)

    20,172,666  
    11,789  

Baidu, Inc. - ADR (a)

    1,697,262  
    8,448  

Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,485,898  
    219,340  

Comcast Corporation - Class A

    7,937,914  
    13,713  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    1,739,768  
    13,924  

Match Group, Inc. (a)

    787,124  
    101,084  

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A (a)

    16,469,616  
    10,242  

NetEase, Inc. - ADR

    906,519  
    21,634  

Netflix, Inc. (a)

    4,836,498  
    191,496  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

    1,166,211  
    60,632  

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

    8,728,583  
              90,033,994  
       

Consumer Discretionary — 15.7%

       
    18,125  

Airbnb, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,050,300  
    297,661  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    37,734,486  
    2,073  

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,888,554  
    11,024  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

    1,495,736  
    28,568  

eBay, Inc.

    1,260,706  
    29,054  

JD.com, Inc. - ADR

    1,844,638  
    80,201  

Lucid Group, Inc. (a)

    1,230,283  
    6,101  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

    1,830,056  
    15,893  

Marriott International, Inc. - Class A

    2,443,390  
    2,519  

MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)

    2,154,652  
    3,354  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

    2,338,141  
    21,541  

Pinduoduo, Inc. - ADR (a)

    1,535,873  
    17,237  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    1,487,036  
    55,873  

Starbucks Corporation

    4,697,243  
    90,963  

Tesla, Inc. (a)

    25,070,313  
              91,061,407  
       

Consumer Staples — 6.1%

       
    21,600  

Costco Wholesale Corporation

    11,277,360  
    68,814  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    2,623,190  
    59,408  

Kraft Heinz Company

    2,221,859  
    67,338  

Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A

    4,165,529  
    25,791  

Monster Beverage Corporation (a)

    2,291,015  
    67,175  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    11,572,236  
    41,927  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    1,469,961  
              35,621,150  
                 
                 
       

Health Care — 5.7%

       
    3,911  

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

  953,111  
    27,082  

Amgen, Inc.

    6,507,804  
    27,727  

AstraZeneca plc - ADR

    1,729,610  
    7,196  

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    1,405,954  
    18,997  

DexCom, Inc. (a)

    1,561,743  
    60,848  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    3,862,023  
    4,151  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    1,442,971  
    7,723  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

    1,557,266  
    17,381  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

    3,575,967  
    19,599  

Moderna, Inc. (a)

    2,592,360  
    5,249  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    3,049,984  
    8,982  

Seagen, Inc. (a)

    1,385,833  
    12,445  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    3,506,503  
              33,131,129  
       

Industrials — 3.3%

       
    5,083  

Cintas Corporation

    2,067,967  
    11,604  

Copart, Inc. (a)

    1,388,419  
    106,402  

CSX Corporation

    3,367,623  
    27,975  

Fastenal Company

    1,407,982  
    33,302  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    6,305,734  
    5,632  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    1,528,581  
    16,878  

PACCAR, Inc.

    1,476,994  
    7,879  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    1,474,634  
              19,017,934  
       

Information Technology — 47.4% (b)

    22,951  

Adobe, Inc. (a)

    8,570,821  
    82,228  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

    6,978,690  
    25,470  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    3,859,469  
    4,322  

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

    1,073,153  
    476,977  

Apple, Inc.

    74,990,324  
    42,893  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    4,034,945  
    4,081  

ASML Holding NV - NY

    1,999,445  
    6,917  

Atlassian Corporation plc - Class A (a)

    1,713,064  
    10,722  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    2,163,056  
    20,431  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    4,993,541  
    19,926  

Broadcom, Inc.

    9,945,266  
    13,509  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,347,459  
    201,452  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    9,008,933  
    25,500  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - Class A

    1,610,835  
    10,133  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,850,387  
    12,900  

Datadog, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,353,855  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Shares     Security Description   Value  
      COMMON STOCKS — 95.0% (Continued)
        Information Technology — 47.4% (b) (Continued)        
  9,642     DocuSign, Inc. (a)   $ 561,357  
  31,692     Fiserv, Inc. (a)     3,206,913  
  39,077     Fortinet, Inc. (a)     1,902,659  
  197,486     Intel Corporation     6,303,753  
  13,798     Intuit, Inc.     5,957,700  
  7,366     KLA Corporation     2,534,862  
  6,812     Lam Research Corporation     2,983,043  
  40,920     Marvell Technology, Inc.     1,915,874  
  27,012     Microchip Technology, Inc.     1,762,533  
  54,307     Micron Technology, Inc.     3,069,975  
  219,133     Microsoft Corporation     57,296,707  
  102,892     NVIDIA Corporation     15,530,518  
  12,804     NXP Semiconductors NV     2,107,282  
  7,245     Okta, Inc. (a)     662,193  
  4,879     Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)     2,716,676  
  17,567     Paychex, Inc.     2,166,714  
  56,554     PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)     5,284,405  
  54,796     QUALCOMM, Inc.     7,247,867  
  8,052     Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     793,525  
  7,742     Splunk, Inc. (a)     697,012  
  7,518     Synopsys, Inc. (a)     2,601,378  
  44,846     Texas Instruments, Inc.     7,409,008  
  5,412     VeriSign, Inc. (a)     986,175  
  9,609     Workday, Inc. - Class A (a)     1,581,257  
  11,820     Zoom Video Communications, Inc. - Class A (a)     950,328  
  6,845     Zscaler, Inc. (a)     1,089,998  
              275,812,955  
        Utilities — 1.3%        
  24,500     American Electric Power Company, Inc.     2,454,900  
  15,902     Constellation Energy Corporation     1,297,444  
  47,636     Exelon Corporation     2,091,697  
  26,473     Xcel Energy, Inc.     1,965,620  
              7,809,661  
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $625,622,235)     552,488,230  

 

 

Contracts

 

Security
Description

 

Notional
Amount

   

Value

 
       

PURCHASED OPTIONS (c) — 4.9%

    450  

Nasdaq 100 Index Put, Expiration: 09/16/2022, Exercise Price: $12,850.00

  $ 552,241,350     $ 28,631,250  
       

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $6,373,896)

    28,631,250  
                         
 

Shares

                   
       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.7%

       

Money Market Funds — 0.7%

    4,112,732  

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio - Institutional Class, 2.22% (d)

    4,112,732  
       

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $4,112,732)

    4,112,732  
                         
       

Total Investments (Cost $636,108,863) — 100.6%

    585,232,212  
       

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)%

    (3,592,251 )
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

  $ 581,639,961  

 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

ADR

American Depositary Receipt.

NY

New York Registry Shares.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. See Note 8 in Notes to Financial Statements.

(c)

Exchange traded.

(d)

Rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of August 31, 2022.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Value

 
       

COMMON STOCKS — 98.5%

       
       

Communication Services — 3.2%

    6,243  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

  $ 261,020  
    6,243  

Walt Disney Company (a)

    699,715  
              960,735  
       

Consumer Discretionary — 13.3%

       
    6,243  

Home Depot, Inc.

    1,800,606  
    6,243  

McDonald’s Corporation

    1,574,984  
    6,243  

NIKE, Inc. - Class B

    664,567  
              4,040,157  
       

Consumer Staples — 7.6%

       
    6,243  

Coca-Cola Company

    385,256  
    6,243  

Procter & Gamble Company

    861,159  
    6,243  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    218,880  
    6,243  

Walmart, Inc.

    827,509  
              2,292,804  
       

Energy — 3.2%

       
    6,243  

Chevron Corporation

    986,769  
                 
       

Financials — 15.7%

       
    6,243  

American Express Company

    948,936  
    6,243  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    2,076,859  
    6,243  

JPMorgan Chase & Company

    710,016  
    6,243  

Travelers Companies, Inc.

    1,009,119  
              4,744,930  
       

Health Care — 20.7%

       
    6,243  

Amgen, Inc.

    1,500,193  
    6,243  

Johnson & Johnson

    1,007,246  
    6,243  

Merck & Company, Inc.

    532,902  
    6,243  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    3,242,177  
              6,282,518  
       

Industrials — 13.6%

       
    6,243  

3M Company

    776,317  
    6,243  

Boeing Company (a)

    1,000,441  
    6,243  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    1,153,145  
    6,243  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    1,182,111  
              4,112,014  
       

Information Technology — 20.2%

       
    6,243  

Apple, Inc.

    981,524  
    6,243  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    279,187  
    6,243  

Intel Corporation

    199,277  
    6,243  

International Business Machines Corporation

    801,913  
    6,243  

Microsoft Corporation

    1,632,357  
    6,243  

Salesforce, Inc. (a)

    974,657  
    6,243  

Visa, Inc. - Class A

    1,240,547  
              6,109,462  
       

Materials — 1.0%

       
    6,243  

Dow, Inc.

  318,393  
                 
       

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $32,516,614)

    29,847,782  

 

 

Contracts

     

Notional
Amount

         
       

PURCHASED OPTIONS (b) — 0.7%

    937  

Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Put, Expiration: 09/16/2022, Exercise Price: $305.00

    $29,524,870       200,050  
       

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $42,498)

    200,050  
                         
 

Shares

                   
       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.8%

       

Money Market Funds — 3.8%

    1,139,533  

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio - Institutional Class, 2.22% (c)

    1,139,533  
       

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,139,533)

    1,139,533  
                         
       

Total Investments (Cost $33,698,645) — 103.0%

    31,187,365  
       

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.0)%

    (907,270 )
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

  $ 30,280,095  

 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Exchange traded.

(c)

Rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of August 31, 2022.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Value

 
       

COMMON STOCKS — 90.8%

       
       

Communication Services — 2.5%

    77  

AdTheorent Holding Company, Inc. (a)

  $ 203  
    429  

Advantage Solutions, Inc. (a)

    1,562  
    161  

AMC Networks, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,313  
    65  

Anterix, Inc. (a)

    2,759  
    60  

Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    631  
    60  

ATN International, Inc.

    2,811  
    686  

Audacy, Inc. (a)

    378  
    122  

Bandwidth, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,891  
    114  

Boston Omaha Corporation - Class A (a)

    3,059  
    385  

Bumble, Inc. - Class A (a)

    9,644  
    182  

Cardlytics, Inc. (a)

    2,410  
    517  

Cargurus, Inc. (a)

    9,668  
    369  

Cars.com, Inc. (a)

    4,705  
    573  

Charge Enterprises, Inc. (a)

    1,392  
    557  

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)

    7,843  
    1,969  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,150  
    229  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    12,194  
    412  

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,365  
    100  

Cumulus Media, Inc. - Class A (a)

    932  
    6  

Daily Journal Corporation (a)

    1,567  
    210  

DHI Group, Inc. (a)

    1,071  
    202  

EchoStar Corporation - Class A (a)

    3,719  
    330  

Entravision Communications Corporation - Class A

    1,676  
    391  

Eventbrite, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,780  
    104  

EverQuote, Inc. - Class A (a)

    900  
    290  

EW Scripps Company - Class A (a)

    4,336  
    727  

fuboTV, Inc. (a)

    2,632  
    45  

Gambling.com Group, Ltd. (a)

    356  
    756  

Gannett Company, Inc. (a)

    1,754  
    3,413  

Globalstar, Inc. (a)

    6,826  
    310  

Gogo, Inc. (a)

    4,607  
    462  

Gray Television, Inc.

    8,824  
    110  

IDT Corporation - Class B (a)

    2,813  
    598  

iHeartMedia, Inc. - Class A (a)

    5,292  
    265  

IMAX Corporation (a)

    4,155  
    103  

Innovid Corporation (a)

    378  
    91  

Integral Ad Science Holding Corporation (a)

  740  
    645  

Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)

    28,632  
    241  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - Class A

    11,092  
    169  

KORE Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    505  
    22  

Leafly Holdings, Inc. (a)

    35  
    228  

Liberty Latin America, Ltd. - Class A (a)

    1,596  
    880  

Liberty Latin America, Ltd. - Class C (a)

    6,134  
    56  

Liberty Media Corporation-Liberty Braves - Class A (a)

    1,574  
    198  

Liberty Media Corporation-Liberty Braves - Class C (a)

    5,413  
    290  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation - Class A (a)

    2,857  
    606  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation - Class B (a)

    5,654  
    106  

Loyalty Ventures, Inc. (a)

    224  
    140  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation (a)

    7,778  
    655  

Magnite, Inc. (a)

    4,932  
    114  

Marcus Corporation

    1,834  
    101  

MediaAlpha, Inc. - Class A (a)

    843  
    114  

Ooma, Inc. (a)

    1,379  
    39  

Outbrain, Inc. (a)

    172  
    380  

Playstudios, Inc. (a)

    1,376  
    203  

PubMatic, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,973  
    254  

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

    3,051  
    316  

Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,351  
    97  

Reservoir Media, Inc. (a)

    635  
    140  

Scholastic Corporation

    6,427  
    264  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company

    5,885  
    114  

Shutterstock, Inc.

    6,317  
    241  

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. - Class A

    5,324  
    1,374  

Skillz, Inc. (a)

    1,827  
    303  

Stagwell, Inc. (a)

    2,054  
    130  

Starry Group Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a)

    293  
    140  

TechTarget, Inc. (a)

    9,086  
    1,209  

TEGNA, Inc.

    25,872  
    541  

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

    8,802  
    39  

Thryv Holdings, Inc. (a)

    998  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF (Continued)

 

 

Shares

 

Security Description

 

Value

 
       

COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Communication Services — 2.5% (Continued)

    492  

TrueCar, Inc. (a)

  $ 1,073  
    78  

United States Cellular Corporation (a)

    2,230  
    43  

Urban One, Inc. - Class A (a)

    235  
    62  

Urban One, Inc. - Class D (a)

    260  
    692  

Vimeo, Inc. (a)

    4,097  
    1,088  

Vinco Ventures, Inc. (a)

    1,055  
    111  

Wejo Group, Ltd. (a)

    125  
    290  

WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)

    5,162  
    365  

Yelp, Inc. (a)

    12,472  
    228  

Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)

    17,619  
    372  

ZipRecruiter, Inc. - Class A (a)

    6,205  
              343,794  
       

Consumer Discretionary — 9.7%

       
    144  

1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,250  
    33  

1stdibs.com, Inc. (a)

    223  
    391  

2U, Inc. (a)

    2,784  
    170  

Aaron’s Company, Inc.

    2,023  
    320  

Abercrombie & Fitch Company - Class A (a)

    4,605  
    424  

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

    18,266  
    308  

Accel Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    2,898  
    189  

Acushnet Holdings Corporation

    9,007  
    529  

Adient plc (a)

    17,563  
    264  

Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)

    9,950  
    54  

aka Brands Holding Corporation (a)

    112  
    423  

Allbirds, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,739  
    638  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,603  
    837  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    9,425  
    105  

American Public Education, Inc. (a)

    1,085  
    34  

America’s Car-Mart, Inc./TX (a)

    2,741  
    430  

AMMO, Inc. (a)

    1,638  
    657  

Arko Corporation

    6,261  
    130  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

    22,682  
    145  

Aterian, Inc. (a)

    331  
    166  

Bally’s Corporation (a)

    3,933  
    257  

BARK, Inc. (a)

    596  
    500  

Beachbody Company, Inc. (a)

    580  
    154  

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a)

    2,193  
    557  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

    5,308  
    118  

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation

  1,444  
    174  

Big Lots, Inc.

    3,579  
    4  

Biglari Holdings, Inc. - Class B (a)

    539  
    119  

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)

    2,985  
    481  

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

    9,726  
    78  

Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corporation

    1,626  
    160  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

    10,659  
    194  

Bowlero Corporation (a)

    2,293  
    62  

Boxed, Inc. (a)

    66  
    242  

Brinker International, Inc. (a)

    5,931  
    170  

Buckle, Inc.

    5,488  
    80  

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.

    1,226  
    208  

Caleres, Inc.

    5,308  
    620  

Callaway Golf Company (a)

    13,722  
    232  

Camping World Holdings, Inc. - Class A

    6,988  
    616  

Canoo, Inc. (a)

    1,965  
    241  

CarParts.com, Inc. (a)

    1,562  
    82  

Carriage Services, Inc.

    2,904  
    108  

Cato Corporation - Class A

    1,167  
    52  

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

    12,169  
    880  

Cenntro Electric Group, Ltd. (a)

    1,162  
    147  

Century Casinos, Inc. (a)

    1,083  
    160  

Century Communities, Inc.

    7,470  
    247  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

    7,563  
    662  

Chegg, Inc. (a)

    13,029  
    642  

Chico’s FAS, Inc. (a)

    3,647  
    78  

Children’s Place, Inc. (a)

    3,290  
    107  

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,389  
    44  

Citi Trends, Inc. (a)

    889  
    148  

Clarus Corporation

    2,245  
    97  

Conn’s, Inc. (a)

    932  
    166  

Container Store Group, Inc. (a)

    1,125  
    2,803  

ContextLogic, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,644  
    398  

Coursera, Inc. (a)

    4,577  
    129  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

    13,924  
    318  

Crocs, Inc. (a)

    23,437  
    807  

Dana, Inc.

    12,484  
    215  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    8,888  
    332  

Denny’s Corporation (a)

    3,137  
    330  

Designer Brands, Inc. - Class A

    5,630  
    293  

Destination XL Group, Inc. (a)

    1,614  
    32  

Dillard’s, Inc. - Class A

    9,480  
    84  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

    5,594  

 

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Consumer Discretionary — 9.7% (Continued)

    147  

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)

  $ 13,326  
    104  

Dream Finders Homes, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,284  
    66  

Duluth Holdings, Inc. - Class B (a)

    585  
    116  

Duolingo, Inc. (a)

    10,906  
    101  

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (a)

    914  
    252  

Ermenegildo Zegna NV

    2,580  
    122  

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

    2,900  
    72  

European Wax Center, Inc. - Class A

    1,557  
    437  

Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)

    8,085  
    312  

EVgo, Inc. (a)

    2,961  
    320  

Express, Inc. (a)

    486  
    111  

F45 Training Holdings, Inc. (a)

    278  
    302  

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, Inc. (a)

    338  
    66  

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

    1,107  
    898  

Fisker, Inc. (a)

    8,109  
    433  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    15,952  
    260  

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)

    1,100  
    233  

Fox Factory Holding Corporation (a)

    21,717  
    155  

Franchise Group, Inc.

    5,253  
    426  

Frontdoor, Inc. (a)

    10,002  
    187  

Full House Resorts, Inc. (a)

    1,260  
    135  

Funko, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,006  
    81  

Genesco, Inc. (a)

    4,583  
    176  

Gentherm, Inc. (a)

    10,542  
    242  

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (a)

    5,099  
    90  

Golden Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    3,443  
    1,465  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (a)

    20,554  
    695  

GoPro, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,233  
    21  

Graham Holdings Company - Class B

    11,874  
    168  

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)

    4,092  
    98  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

    17,502  
    118  

Groupon, Inc. (a)

    1,169  
    308  

GrowGeneration Corporation (a)

    1,463  
    221  

Guess?, Inc.

    3,861  
    94  

Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.

    2,521  
    132  

Helen of Troy, Ltd. (a)

    16,318  
    83  

Hibbett, Inc.

    4,864  
    456  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)

    18,596  
    262  

Holley, Inc. (a)

  1,486  
    29  

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,163  
    56  

Inspirato, Inc. (a)

    156  
    118  

Inspired Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    1,235  
    131  

Installed Building Products, Inc.

    11,863  
    511  

International Game Technology plc

    9,167  
    147  

iRobot Corporation (a)

    8,655  
    119  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    9,503  
    66  

JOANN, Inc.

    469  
    30  

Johnson Outdoors, Inc. - Class A

    1,834  
    441  

KB Home

    12,635  
    294  

Kontoor Brands, Inc.

    10,946  
    132  

Krispy Kreme, Inc.

    1,551  
    19  

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,420  
    78  

Lands’ End, Inc. (a)

    1,078  
    52  

Landsea Homes Corporation (a)

    348  
    166  

Latham Group, Inc. (a)

    948  
    528  

Laureate Education, Inc.

    5,819  
    228  

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

    6,017  
    127  

LCI Industries

    14,715  
    39  

Legacy Housing Corporation (a)

    667  
    114  

LGI Homes, Inc. (a)

    10,820  
    202  

Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,394  
    65  

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

    580  
    518  

Light & Wonder, Inc. (a)

    25,502  
    153  

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,183  
    140  

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

    2,449  
    140  

LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,140  
    792  

Lordstown Motors Corporation - Class A (a)

    1,695  
    52  

Lovesac Company (a)

    1,604  
    26  

Lulu’s Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. (a)

    166  
    1,197  

Luminar Technologies, Inc. (a)

    10,318  
    153  

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

    6,616  
    114  

Malibu Boats, Inc. - Class A (a)

    6,843  
    39  

Marine Products Corporation

    387  
    117  

MarineMax, Inc. (a)

    4,252  
    101  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,433  
    303  

MDC Holdings, Inc.

    9,417  
    202  

Meritage Homes Corporation (a)

    15,826  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Consumer Discretionary — 9.7% (Continued)

    264  

Modine Manufacturing Company (a)

  $ 3,955  
    65  

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)

    3,925  
    166  

Monro, Inc.

    7,687  
    101  

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (a)

    1,501  
    78  

Movado Group, Inc.

    2,487  
    82  

Mullen Automotive, Inc. (a)

    55  
    127  

Murphy USA, Inc.

    36,851  
    455  

National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)

    15,120  
    52  

NEOGAMES SA (a)

    831  
    254  

Nerdy, Inc. (a)

    777  
    202  

Noodles & Company (a)

    960  
    254  

ODP Corporation (a)

    9,081  
    101  

ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (a)

    721  
    277  

OneSpaWorld Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    2,440  
    52  

OneWater Marine, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,072  
    241  

Overstock.com, Inc. (a)

    6,290  
    88  

Oxford Industries, Inc.

    9,392  
    166  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    13,418  
    554  

Party City Holdco, Inc. (a)

    1,091  
    140  

Patrick Industries, Inc.

    7,416  
    352  

Perdoceo Education Corporation (a)

    4,076  
    101  

PetMed Express, Inc.

    2,078  
    140  

PLBY Group, Inc. (a)

    630  
    417  

Porch Group, Inc. (a)

    897  
    114  

Portillo’s, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,510  
    233  

Poshmark, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,521  
    303  

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a)

    5,454  
    303  

Purple Innovation, Inc. (a)

    867  
    466  

Quotient Technology, Inc. (a)

    867  
    2,056  

Qurate Retail, Inc. - Series A

    6,373  
    39  

RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.

    2,543  
    430  

RealReal, Inc. (a)

    920  
    303  

Red Rock Resorts, Inc. - Class A

    11,581  
    88  

Rent the Runway, Inc. - Class A (a)

    392  
    329  

Rent-A-Center, Inc./TX

    8,501  
    189  

Revolve Group, Inc. (a)

    4,440  
    26  

Rocky Brands, Inc.

    679  
    457  

Rover Group, Inc. (a)

    1,741  
    50  

RumbleON, Inc. - Class B (a)

    1,093  
    264  

Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (a)

    1,278  
    166  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

  3,025  
    593  

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

    8,824  
    264  

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    13,266  
    189  

Shake Shack, Inc. - Class A (a)

    9,008  
    88  

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    2,094  
    277  

Signet Jewelers, Ltd.

    18,107  
    277  

Skyline Champion Corporation (a)

    15,698  
    127  

Sleep Number Corporation (a)

    5,262  
    228  

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

    3,032  
    65  

Snap One Holdings Corporation (a)

    727  
    267  

Solid Power, Inc. (a)

    1,757  
    67  

Solo Brands, Inc. - Class A (a)

    278  
    243  

Sonder Holdings, Inc. (a)

    452  
    114  

Sonic Automotive, Inc. - Class A

    6,064  
    616  

Sonos, Inc. (a)

    9,265  
    254  

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,022  
    114  

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    4,184  
    430  

Steven Madden, Ltd.

    12,517  
    518  

Stitch Fix, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,600  
    166  

StoneMor, Inc. (a)

    571  
    140  

Stoneridge, Inc. (a)

    2,660  
    127  

Strategic Education, Inc.

    8,217  
    228  

Stride, Inc. (a)

    8,696  
    88  

Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc.

    4,598  
    65  

Superior Group of Companies, Inc.

    722  
    73  

Sweetgreen, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,234  
    127  

Target Hospitality Corporation (a)

    1,688  
    642  

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (a)

    16,120  
    365  

Tenneco, Inc. - Class A (a)

    6,884  
    365  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    32,398  
    296  

ThredUp, Inc. - Class A (a)

    713  
    188  

Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.

    737  
    114  

Tilly’s, Inc. - Class A

    855  
    68  

Torrid Holdings, Inc. (a)

    381  
    129  

Traeger, Inc. (a)

    341  
    65  

TravelCenters of America, Inc. (a)

    3,515  
    593  

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)

    10,277  
    254  

Tupperware Brands Corporation (a)

    2,855  
    65  

Udemy, Inc. (a)

    966  
    65  

Unifi, Inc. (a)

    738  
    65  

Universal Electronics, Inc. (a)

    1,445  

 

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Consumer Discretionary — 9.7% (Continued)

    166  

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (a)

  $ 1,139  
    365  

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

    7,347  
    232  

Vacasa, Inc. - Class A (a)

    928  
    303  

Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)

    8,520  
    140  

Visteon Corporation (a)

    16,776  
    121  

Vivid Seats, Inc. - Class A

    979  
    505  

Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (a)

    3,161  
    307  

Vizio Holding Corporation - Class A (a)

    3,291  
    522  

Volta, Inc. (a)

    1,117  
    303  

Vuzix Corporation (a)

    2,276  
    427  

Warby Parker, Inc. - Class A (a)

    5,367  
    101  

Weber, Inc. - Class A

    725  
    30  

Weyco Group, Inc.

    768  
    153  

Wingstop, Inc.

    17,421  
    13  

Winmark Corporation

    2,683  
    176  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    10,134  
    440  

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    8,598  
    655  

Workhorse Group, Inc. (a)

    2,050  
    290  

WW International, Inc. (a)

    1,514  
    39  

Xometry, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,911  
    88  

XPEL, Inc. (a)

    6,031  
    39  

Xponential Fitness, Inc. - Class A (a)

    715  
    114  

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

    2,959  
              1,328,810  
       

Consumer Staples — 3.2%

       
    857  

22nd Century Group, Inc. (a)

    1,148  
    33  

Alico, Inc.

    1,120  
    170  

Andersons, Inc.

    6,295  
    396  

AppHarvest, Inc. (a)

    1,140  
    359  

B&G Foods, Inc.

    7,776  
    430  

Beauty Health Company (a)

    4,988  
    217  

BellRing Brands, Inc. (a)

    5,141  
    744  

Benson Hill, Inc. (a)

    2,641  
    264  

Beyond Meat, Inc. (a)

    6,442  
    130  

BRC, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,268  
    91  

Calavo Growers, Inc.

    3,826  
    229  

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

    12,277  
    292  

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)

    30,220  
    54  

Central Garden & Pet Company (a)

    2,156  
    219  

Central Garden & Pet Company - Class A (a)

    8,269  
    169  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (a)

    5,634  
    22  

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

    10,435  
    176  

Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (a)

  3,210  
    293  

Edgewell Personal Care Company

    11,415  
    262  

elf Beauty, Inc. (a)

    9,990  
    374  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    10,509  
    190  

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

    5,195  
    385  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (a)

    7,800  
    529  

Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (a)

    13,802  
    193  

HF Foods Group, Inc. (a)

    982  
    438  

Honest Company, Inc. (a)

    1,581  
    704  

Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)

    16,319  
    77  

Ingles Markets, Inc. - Class A

    6,740  
    95  

Inter Parfums, Inc.

    7,459  
    80  

J & J Snack Foods Corporation

    11,922  
    47  

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

    3,794  
    101  

Lancaster Colony Corporation

    17,023  
    140  

Landec Corporation (a)

    1,470  
    88  

Local Bounti Corporation (a)

    327  
    65  

Medifast, Inc.

    8,156  
    78  

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

    8,538  
    215  

Mission Produce, Inc. (a)

    3,462  
    131  

National Beverage Corporation

    7,265  
    52  

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.

    747  
    52  

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. (a)

    504  
    264  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Class A

    10,808  
    127  

PriceSmart, Inc.

    8,035  
    844  

Primo Water Corporation

    11,090  
    277  

Rite Aid Corporation (a)

    1,989  
    26  

Seneca Foods Corporation - Class A (a)

    1,374  
    453  

Simply Good Foods Company (a)

    13,839  
    127  

Sovos Brands, Inc. (a)

    1,939  
    189  

SpartanNash Company

    5,751  
    616  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

    17,803  
    474  

SunOpta, Inc. (a)

    4,707  
    241  

Tattooed Chef, Inc. (a)

    1,605  
    39  

Thorne HealthTech, Inc. (a)

    183  
    77  

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

    2,759  
    277  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

    12,908  
    78  

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

    1,819  
    264  

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

    11,638  
    127  

Universal Corporation/VA

    6,482  
    65  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

    4,194  
    303  

Utz Brands, Inc.

    5,048  
    782  

Vector Group, Ltd.

    7,664  

 

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Consumer Staples — 3.2% (Continued)

    329  

Veru, Inc. (a)

  $ 5,034  
    39  

Village Super Market, Inc. - Class A

    857  
    165  

Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. (a)

    975  
    53  

Vita Coco Company, Inc. (a)

    794  
    127  

Vital Farms, Inc. (a)

    1,645  
    65  

WD-40 Company

    12,296  
    88  

Weis Markets, Inc.

    6,838  
    209  

Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (a)

    1,068  
              430,128  
       

Energy — 5.5%

       
    167  

Aemetis, Inc. (a)

    1,523  
    380  

Alto Ingredients, Inc. (a)

    1,642  
    187  

Amplify Energy Corporation (a)

    1,393  
    80  

Arch Resources, Inc.

    11,646  
    316  

Archaea Energy, Inc. (a)

    6,244  
    743  

Archrock, Inc.

    5,491  
    184  

Ardmore Shipping Corporation (a)

    1,774  
    14  

Battalion Oil Corporation (a)

    185  
    374  

Berry Corporation

    3,422  
    814  

Borr Drilling, Ltd. (a)

    3,264  
    215  

Brigham Minerals, Inc. - Class A

    6,396  
    114  

Bristow Group, Inc. (a)

    3,307  
    290  

Cactus, Inc. - Class A

    11,586  
    470  

California Resources Corporation

    23,481  
    258  

Callon Petroleum Company (a)

    10,980  
    972  

Centennial Resource Development, Inc./DE - Class A (a)

    8,000  
    39  

Centrus Energy Corporation - Class A (a)

    1,943  
    1,112  

ChampionX Corporation

    24,254  
    218  

Chord Energy Corporation

    30,858  
    242  

Civitas Resources, Inc.

    16,260  
    847  

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation (a)

    5,692  
    1,183  

CNX Resources Corporation (a)

    20,904  
    506  

Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)

    9,918  
    173  

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

    12,418  
    171  

Crescent Energy Company - Class A

    2,929  
    154  

CVR Energy, Inc.

    5,030  
    355  

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

    10,029  
    281  

Denbury, Inc. (a)

    24,989  
    777  

DHT Holdings, Inc.

    6,068  
    540  

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)

  3,839  
    101  

DMC Global, Inc. (a)

    2,254  
    153  

Dorian LPG, Ltd.

    2,226  
    195  

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

    4,315  
    144  

Earthstone Energy, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,189  
    36  

Empire Petroleum Corporation (a)

    531  
    805  

Energy Fuels, Inc./Canada (a)

    6,537  
    2,230  

Equitrans Midstream Corporation

    20,672  
    86  

Excelerate Energy, Inc. - Class A

    2,208  
    228  

Expro Group Holdings NV (a)

    3,083  
    146  

FLEX LNG, Ltd.

    4,828  
    649  

Frontline, Ltd./Bermuda (a)

    7,697  
    1,142  

Gevo, Inc. (a)

    3,574  
    520  

Golar LNG, Ltd. (a)

    14,180  
    262  

Green Plains, Inc. (a)

    9,597  
    67  

Gulfport Energy Corporation (a)

    6,550  
    747  

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

    3,227  
    549  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    23,470  
    29  

HighPeak Energy, Inc.

    734  
    257  

International Seaways, Inc.

    7,589  
    33  

Kinetik Holdings, Inc.

    1,217  
    2,366  

Kosmos Energy, Ltd. (a)

    16,728  
    52  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)

    4,036  
    453  

Liberty Energy, Inc. (a)

    6,795  
    743  

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation - Class A

    17,735  
    554  

Matador Resources Company

    33,019  
    769  

Murphy Oil Corporation

    29,968  
    26  

Nabors Industries, Ltd. (a)

    3,445  
    22  

NACCO Industries, Inc. - Class A

    989  
    189  

National Energy Services Reunited Corporation (a)

    1,327  
    479  

Newpark Resources, Inc. (a)

    1,380  
    140  

NextDecade Corporation (a)

    1,032  
    844  

NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)

    7,908  
    189  

Noble Corporation (a)

    5,736  
    818  

Nordic American Tankers, Ltd.

    2,127  
    264  

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.

    8,353  
    528  

Oceaneering International, Inc. (a)

    4,673  
    316  

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

    1,548  
    241  

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (a)

    4,531  
    906  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    13,499  
    554  

PBF Energy, Inc. - Class A (a)

    18,925  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Energy — 5.5% (Continued)

    454  

Peabody Energy Corporation (a)

  $ 11,196  
    440  

ProPetro Holding Corporation (a)

    4,030  
    114  

Ranger Oil Corporation - Class A

    4,445  
    78  

REX American Resources Corporation (a)

    2,363  
    153  

Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.

    3,846  
    469  

Ring Energy, Inc. (a)

    1,520  
    342  

RPC, Inc.

    2,719  
    162  

SandRidge Energy, Inc. (a)

    3,399  
    228  

Scorpio Tankers, Inc.

    9,485  
    303  

Select Energy Services, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,154  
    655  

SFL Corporation, Ltd.

    7,009  
    63  

SilverBow Resources, Inc. (a)

    2,505  
    56  

Sitio Royalties Corporation

    1,425  
    593  

SM Energy Company

    26,134  
    153  

Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. - Class A

    1,637  
    202  

Talos Energy, Inc. (a)

    4,187  
    365  

Teekay Corporation (a)

    1,274  
    114  

Teekay Tankers, Ltd. - Class A (a)

    2,804  
    2,014  

Tellurian, Inc. (a)

    8,056  
    642  

TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,555  
    202  

Tidewater, Inc. (a)

    4,476  
    1,258  

Uranium Energy Corporation (a)

    5,686  
    932  

Ur-Energy, Inc. (a)

    1,286  
    378  

US Silica Holdings, Inc. (a)

    5,303  
    316  

VAALCO Energy, Inc.

    1,583  
    323  

Valaris, Ltd. (a)

    16,467  
    274  

Vertex Energy, Inc. (a)

    2,329  
    492  

W&T Offshore, Inc. (a)

    3,198  
    406  

Weatherford International plc (a)

    11,425  
    335  

World Fuel Services Corporation

    8,643  
              749,036  
       

Financials — 16.1%

       
    88  

1st Source Corporation

    4,153  
    44  

ACNB Corporation

    1,565  
    66  

AFC Gamma, Inc.

    1,148  
    80  

Alerus Financial Corporation

    1,901  
    104  

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.

    4,405  
    72  

Amalgamated Financial Corporation

    1,620  
    94  

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

  2,906  
    244  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (a)

    3,682  
    154  

Amerant Bancorp, Inc.

    4,033  
    443  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company

    16,834  
    55  

American National Bankshares, Inc.

    1,811  
    369  

Ameris Bancorp

    17,225  
    109  

AMERISAFE, Inc.

    5,212  
    41  

Angel Oak Mortgage, Inc.

    569  
    758  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    8,831  
    775  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,610  
    232  

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation

    3,060  
    172  

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.

    3,376  
    482  

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

    3,422  
    77  

Arrow Financial Corporation

    2,472  
    324  

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. - Class A

    10,938  
    104  

AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,011  
    802  

Associated Banc-Corp

    16,072  
    9  

Associated Capital Group, Inc. - Class A

    356  
    408  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

    13,240  
    27  

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation (a)

    769  
    318  

Axos Financial, Inc. (a)

    13,286  
    101  

B Riley Financial, Inc.

    5,027  
    262  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (a)

    679  
    295  

Banc of California, Inc.

    4,980  
    93  

BancFirst Corporation

    10,031  
    171  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA

    2,497  
    290  

Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    6,879  
    34  

Bank First Corporation

    2,763  
    86  

Bank of Marin Bancorp

    2,657  
    264  

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son, Ltd.

    8,612  
    493  

BankUnited, Inc.

    18,266  
    30  

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

    946  
    189  

Banner Corporation

    11,484  
    82  

Bar Harbor Bankshares

    2,323  
    66  

BayCom Corporation

    1,228  
    75  

BCB Bancorp, Inc.

    1,350  
    271  

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

    7,645  
    1,739  

BGC Partners, Inc. - Class A

    6,991  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Financials — 16.1% (Continued)

    858  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. - Class A

  $ 24,864  
    262  

Blucora, Inc. (a)

    5,261  
    158  

Blue Foundry Bancorp (a)

    1,796  
    95  

Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.

    1,394  
    254  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.

    9,761  
    114  

Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (a)

    1,959  
    298  

Bright Health Group, Inc. (a)

    450  
    332  

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

    5,674  
    450  

BrightSpire Capital, Inc.

    3,780  
    708  

Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.

    4,567  
    425  

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    5,300  
    253  

BRP Group, Inc. - Class A (a)

    7,944  
    108  

Business First Bancshares, Inc.

    2,548  
    134  

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

    2,923  
    1,024  

Cadence Bank

    26,091  
    40  

Cambridge Bancorp

    3,289  
    77  

Camden National Corporation

    3,483  
    437  

Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)

    9,444  
    45  

Capital Bancorp, Inc.

    1,115  
    70  

Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

    2,235  
    713  

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

    6,460  
    110  

Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc.

    2,217  
    143  

Carter Bankshares, Inc. (a)

    2,355  
    407  

Cathay General Bancorp

    17,070  
    102  

CBTX, Inc.

    3,040  
    148  

Central Pacific Financial Corporation

    3,225  
    34  

Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    519  
    1,255  

Chimera Investment Corporation

    10,668  
    83  

Citizens & Northern Corporation

    1,992  
    82  

City Holding Company

    6,971  
    79  

Civista Bancshares, Inc.

    1,671  
    477  

Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    8,152  
    88  

CNB Financial Corporation/PA

    2,316  
    675  

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

    12,427  
    47  

Coastal Financial Corporation/WA (a)

    1,889  
    140  

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    9,993  
    87  

Colony Bankcorp, Inc.

    1,228  
    424  

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

    12,699  
    209  

Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)

    4,458  
    291  

Community Bank System, Inc.

    19,026  
    84  

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    3,549  
    286  

Compass Diversified Holdings

  5,966  
    207  

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

    5,181  
    78  

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (a)

    908  
    144  

Cowen, Inc. - Class A

    5,537  
    90  

Crawford & Company - Class A

    547  
    255  

CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. (a)

    3,361  
    111  

Curo Group Holdings Corporation

    733  
    157  

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    5,446  
    715  

CVB Financial Corporation

    18,762  
    17  

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.

    2,908  
    187  

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

    5,846  
    80  

Donegal Group, Inc. - Class A

    1,162  
    156  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (a)

    6,622  
    198  

Dynex Capital, Inc.

    3,071  
    177  

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

    8,590  
    945  

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

    18,333  
    132  

eHealth, Inc. (a)

    845  
    291  

Ellington Financial, Inc.

    4,272  
    156  

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    6,109  
    80  

Enact Holdings, Inc.

    2,032  
    156  

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

    8,530  
    196  

Enova International, Inc. (a)

    6,848  
    66  

Enstar Group, Ltd. (a)

    12,491  
    53  

Enterprise Bancorp, Inc./MA

    1,706  
    192  

Enterprise Financial Services Corporation

    8,778  
    72  

Equity Bancshares, Inc. - Class A

    2,249  
    34  

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.

    1,271  
    605  

Essent Group, Ltd.

    24,195  
    273  

EZCORP, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,389  
    64  

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc.

    1,828  
    169  

Farmers National Banc Corporation

    2,415  
    180  

FB Financial Corporation

    7,132  
    47  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation - Class C

    5,134  
    522  

Federated Hermes, Inc.

    17,778  
    104  

Finance Of America Companies, Inc. - Class A (a)

    127  
    85  

Financial Institutions, Inc.

    2,213  
    56  

First Bancorp, Inc.

    1,624  
    1,112  

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

    15,902  
    189  

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

    6,881  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Financials — 16.1% (Continued)

    111  

First Bancshares, Inc.

  $ 3,319  
    86  

First Bank/Hamilton NJ

    1,289  
    281  

First Busey Corporation

    6,463  
    43  

First Business Financial Services, Inc.

    1,431  
    509  

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

    6,861  
    93  

First Community Bankshares, Inc.

    2,932  
    518  

First Financial Bancorp

    11,178  
    704  

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

    29,926  
    52  

First Financial Corporation/IN

    2,418  
    220  

First Foundation, Inc.

    4,171  
    32  

First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.

    713  
    52  

First Internet Bancorp

    1,907  
    482  

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. - Class A

    19,405  
    307  

First Merchants Corporation

    12,225  
    91  

First Mid Bancshares, Inc.

    3,217  
    129  

First of Long Island Corporation

    2,375  
    40  

First Western Financial, Inc. (a)

    1,061  
    216  

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

    16,839  
    66  

Five Star Bancorp

    1,678  
    281  

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

    10,827  
    161  

Flushing Financial Corporation

    3,325  
    323  

Focus Financial Partners, Inc. - Class A (a)

    12,645  
    196  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.

    2,528  
    859  

Fulton Financial Corporation

    13,942  
    62  

FVCBankcorp, Inc. (a)

    1,194  
    30  

GAMCO Investors, Inc. - Class A

    607  
    243  

GCM Grosvenor, Inc. - Class A

    1,908  
    2,795  

Genworth Financial, Inc. - Class A (a)

    11,795  
    133  

German American Bancorp, Inc.

    4,995  
    606  

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    30,711  
    96  

Goosehead Insurance, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,992  
    293  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    2,760  
    55  

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

    3,233  
    296  

Green Dot Corporation - Class A (a)

    6,006  
    17  

Greene County Bancorp, Inc.

    904  
    144  

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. - Class A (a)

    1,136  
    45  

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc./TX

    1,559  
    198  

Hamilton Lane, Inc. - Class A

    13,777  
    472  

Hancock Whitney Corporation

  22,764  
    170  

Hanmi Financial Corporation

    4,202  
    418  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

    16,518  
    260  

HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.

    3,546  
    56  

HBT Financial, Inc.

    1,012  
    33  

HCI Group, Inc.

    1,577  
    220  

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

    9,827  
    323  

Heritage Commerce Corporation

    3,647  
    193  

Heritage Financial Corporation/WA

    5,016  
    342  

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

    9,029  
    8  

Hingham Institution For Savings

    2,375  
    1,209  

Hippo Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,173  
    42  

Home Bancorp, Inc.

    1,640  
    839  

Home BancShares, Inc./AR

    19,742  
    39  

Home Point Capital, Inc.

    90  
    109  

HomeStreet, Inc.

    3,794  
    80  

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

    1,858  
    638  

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

    9,232  
    231  

Horace Mann Educators Corporation

    8,263  
    235  

Horizon Bancorp, Inc./IN

    4,446  
    278  

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

    21,822  
    249  

Independent Bank Corporation

    19,479  
    110  

Independent Bank Corporation/MI

    2,257  
    193  

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

    13,000  
    294  

International Bancshares Corporation

    12,269  
    175  

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

    2,781  
    7  

Investors Title Company

    1,031  
    408  

Jackson Financial, Inc. - Class A

    12,753  
    205  

James River Group Holdings, Ltd.

    4,871  
    55  

John Marshall Bancorp, Inc.

    1,387  
    378  

Kearny Financial Corporation/MD

    4,294  
    119  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    30,176  
    192  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc.

    3,698  
    616  

Ladder Capital Corporation

    6,813  
    264  

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

    4,301  
    127  

Lakeland Financial Corporation

    9,568  
    177  

Lemonade, Inc. (a)

    3,915  
    505  

LendingClub Corporation (a)

    6,600  
    65  

LendingTree, Inc. (a)

    1,982  
    166  

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

    6,016  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Financials — 16.1% (Continued)

    78  

Luther Burbank Corporation

  $ 1,023  
    140  

Macatawa Bank Corporation

    1,333  
    82  

Manning & Napier, Inc.

    1,044  
    90  

MarketWise, Inc. (a)

    251  
    254  

MBIA, Inc. (a)

    2,995  
    78  

Mercantile Bank Corporation

    2,580  
    78  

Merchants Bancorp/IN

    2,104  
    133  

Mercury General Corporation

    4,243  
    101  

Metrocity Bankshares, Inc.

    2,019  
    52  

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corporation (a)

    3,723  
    574  

MFA Financial, Inc.

    6,274  
    78  

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.

    2,269  
    114  

Midland States Bancorp, Inc.

    2,860  
    78  

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.

    2,379  
    329  

Moelis & Company - Class A

    13,706  
    760  

Moneylion, Inc. (a)

    1,087  
    342  

Mr Cooper Group, Inc. (a)

    14,467  
    52  

MVB Financial Corporation

    1,663  
    153  

National Bank Holdings Corporation - Class A

    6,140  
    13  

National Western Life Group, Inc. - Class A

    2,474  
    844  

Navient Corporation

    12,989  
    228  

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

    8,842  
    88  

Nelnet, Inc. - Class A

    7,413  
    121  

NerdWallet, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,257  
    2,014  

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

    5,639  
    42  

Nexpoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.

    862  
    39  

NI Holdings, Inc. (a)

    512  
    65  

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (a)

    4,978  
    440  

NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a)

    9,033  
    35  

Northeast Bank

    1,357  
    241  

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

    3,552  
    681  

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    9,582  
    316  

OceanFirst Financial Corporation

    6,143  
    264  

OFG Bancorp

    7,181  
    1,605  

Old National Bancorp/IN

    26,786  
    140  

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

    1,921  
    567  

Open Lending Corporation - Class A (a)

    5,506  
    101  

Oportun Financial Corporation (a)

    516  
    52  

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. - Class A

    1,888  
    65  

OppFi, Inc. (a)

  176  
    141  

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.

    1,904  
    114  

Origin Bancorp, Inc.

    4,657  
    52  

Orrstown Financial Services, Inc.

    1,338  
    554  

Oscar Health, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,673  
    518  

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

    16,970  
    127  

Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a)

    10,070  
    78  

Park National Corporation

    10,283  
    52  

Parke Bancorp, Inc.

    1,153  
    172  

Pathward Financial, Inc.

    5,669  
    61  

PCB Bancorp

    1,146  
    65  

PCSB Financial Corporation

    1,203  
    88  

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation

    2,963  
    166  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

    8,818  
    518  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    7,692  
    140  

Peoples Bancorp, Inc./OH

    4,185  
    39  

Peoples Financial Services Corporation

    1,899  
    232  

Perella Weinberg Partners

    1,668  
    65  

Pioneer Bancorp, Inc./NY (a)

    608  
    88  

Piper Sandler Companies

    10,082  
    127  

PJT Partners, Inc. - Class A

    8,791  
    228  

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

    8,422  
    65  

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    4,410  
    189  

Premier Financial Corporation

    5,107  
    133  

Primis Financial Corporation

    1,744  
    277  

ProAssurance Corporation

    5,925  
    67  

Professional Holding Corporation - Class A (a)

    1,873  
    352  

PROG Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,526  
    78  

Provident Bancorp, Inc.

    1,130  
    417  

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

    9,687  
    78  

Pzena Investment Management, Inc. - Class A

    743  
    78  

QCR Holdings, Inc.

    4,356  
    968  

Radian Group, Inc.

    20,434  
    78  

RBB Bancorp

    1,724  
    316  

Ready Capital Corporation

    4,140  
    13  

Red River Bancshares, Inc.

    664  
    593  

Redwood Trust, Inc.

    4,596  
    39  

Regional Management Corporation

    1,314  
    303  

Renasant Corporation

    10,102  
    52  

Republic Bancorp, Inc./KY - Class A

    2,210  
    231  

Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    735  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Financials — 16.1% (Continued)

    215  

RLI Corporation

  $ 23,598  
    41  

Root, Inc./OH - Class A (a)

    508  
    202  

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

    5,987  
    78  

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

    7,024  
    241  

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

    9,283  
    114  

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.

    1,075  
    290  

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida

    9,373  
    303  

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    24,064  
    730  

Selectquote, Inc. (a)

    810  
    264  

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

    22,270  
    91  

Shore Bancshares, Inc.

    1,734  
    78  

Sierra Bancorp

    1,616  
    52  

Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc. - Class A

    929  
    140  

Silvergate Capital Corporation - Class A (a)

    12,757  
    681  

Simmons First National Corporation - Class A

    16,065  
    453  

SiriusPoint, Ltd. (a)

    2,025  
    65  

SmartFinancial, Inc.

    1,631  
    52  

South Plains Financial, Inc.

    1,411  
    39  

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (a)

    1,681  
    39  

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.

    2,056  
    166  

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

    6,255  
    418  

SouthState Corporation

    32,620  
    202  

StepStone Group, Inc. - Class A

    5,513  
    88  

Sterling Bancorp, Inc./MI (a)

    518  
    140  

Stewart Information Services Corporation

    7,090  
    127  

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

    8,415  
    88  

StoneX Group, Inc. (a)

    8,170  
    52  

Summit Financial Group, Inc.

    1,483  
    125  

Sunlight Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)

    383  
    19  

SWK Holdings Corporation (a)

    332  
    264  

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

    15,584  
    13  

Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. (a)

    237  
    114  

Tiptree, Inc.

    1,362  
    78  

Tompkins Financial Corporation

    5,588  
    365  

Towne Bank/Portsmouth VA

    10,399  
    316  

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc.

    2,926  
    88  

Trean Insurance Group, Inc. (a)

    392  
    153  

TriCo Bancshares

    7,220  
    127  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    7,863  
    140  

Trupanion, Inc. (a)

    9,881  
    101  

TrustCo Bank Corporation NY

    3,367  
    342  

Trustmark Corporation

    10,787  
    1,812  

Two Harbors Investment Corporation

    8,788  
    228  

UMB Financial Corporation

    20,399  
    730  

United Bankshares, Inc./WV

    27,082  
    563  

United Community Banks, Inc./GA

    18,877  
    114  

United Fire Group, Inc.

    3,355  
    37  

Unity Bancorp, Inc.

    1,037  
    140  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

    1,672  
    153  

Univest Financial Corporation

    3,794  
    57  

USCB Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)

    741  
    2,177  

Valley National Bancorp

    25,296  
    127  

Value Line, Inc.

    10,415  
    233  

Velocity Financial, Inc. (a)

    2,661  
    264  

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

    7,949  
    84  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. - Class A

    2,250  
    39  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

    7,459  
    153  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

    15,370  
    352  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    11,268  
    88  

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    4,455  
    114  

Waterstone Financial, Inc.

    1,971  
    342  

WesBanco, Inc.

    11,700  
    78  

West BanCorp, Inc.

    1,920  
    140  

Westamerica BanCorp

    7,833  
    704  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    3,527  
    13  

World Acceptance Corporation (a)

    1,511  
    343  

WSFS Financial Corporation

    16,584  
              2,200,983  
       

Health Care — 15.1%

       
    616  

1Life Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    10,601  
    771  

23andMe Holding Company - Class A (a)

    2,598  
    101  

2seventy bio, Inc. (a)

    1,488  
    147  

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,155  
    70  

Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (a)

    949  
    997  

AbCellera Biologics, Inc. (a)

    10,648  
    79  

Absci Corporation (a)

    266  
    812  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    13,341  
    275  

Accolade, Inc. (a)

    2,800  
    273  

Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    4,343  
    132  

Adagio Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    602  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Health Care — 15.1% (Continued)

    386  

AdaptHealth Corporation (a)

  $ 6,936  
    473  

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (a)

    4,219  
    84  

Addus HomeCare Corporation (a)

    7,494  
    110  

Adicet Bio, Inc. (a)

    1,558  
    853  

ADMA Biologics, Inc. (a)

    2,303  
    231  

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    3,488  
    54  

Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,071  
    627  

Affimed NV (a)

    1,643  
    1,241  

Agenus, Inc. (a)

    3,351  
    129  

Agiliti, Inc. (a)

    2,072  
    296  

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    7,548  
    32  

AirSculpt Technologies, Inc.

    279  
    143  

Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,680  
    71  

Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    809  
    89  

Albireo Pharma, Inc. (a)

    1,558  
    320  

Alector, Inc. (a)

    3,312  
    437  

Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    6,647  
    883  

Alkermes plc (a)

    20,901  
    378  

Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    5,182  
    161  

Allovir, Inc. (a)

    1,209  
    616  

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)

    10,472  
    26  

Alpha Teknova, Inc. (a)

    117  
    379  

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,877  
    66  

Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. (a)

    496  
    102  

ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,326  
    1,015  

American Well Corporation - Class A (a)

    4,618  
    1,365  

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    15,329  
    247  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

    25,351  
    506  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,098  
    203  

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    6,009  
    55  

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,388  
    22  

AN2 Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    377  
    105  

AnaptysBio, Inc. (a)

    2,438  
    369  

Anavex Life Sciences Corporation (a)

    3,539  
    203  

AngioDynamics, Inc. (a)

    4,494  
    58  

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,140  
    79  

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,785  
    391  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    23,658  
    204  

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (a)

  8,799  
    438  

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (a)

    972  
    54  

Arcellx, Inc. (a)

    970  
    116  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,629  
    241  

Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    5,803  
    143  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)

    3,854  
    557  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    22,118  
    209  

Artivion, Inc. (a)

    4,631  
    246  

Arvinas, Inc. (a)

    10,416  
    461  

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,849  
    354  

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,655  
    176  

Athira Pharma, Inc. (a)

    595  
    364  

ATI Physical Therapy, Inc. - Class A (a)

    328  
    242  

AtriCure, Inc. (a)

    11,040  
    7  

Atrion Corporation

    4,228  
    33  

Aura Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    441  
    649  

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    4,777  
    257  

Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)

    6,330  
    217  

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (a)

    395  
    322  

Avid Bioservices, Inc. (a)

    5,545  
    202  

Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    3,963  
    231  

Axogen, Inc. (a)

    2,164  
    244  

Axonics, Inc. (a)

    17,629  
    145  

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    9,251  
    517  

Babylon Holdings, Ltd./Jersey - Class A (a)

    369  
    278  

Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    15,179  
    247  

Berkeley Lights, Inc. (a)

    906  
    973  

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    13,525  
    291  

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company, Ltd. (a)

    43,460  
    56  

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)

    1,322  
    1,661  

Bionano Genomics, Inc. (a)

    4,119  
    155  

Bioventus, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,133  
    96  

Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,313  
    345  

Bluebird Bio, Inc. (a)

    2,015  
    309  

Blueprint Medicines Corporation (a)

    22,625  
    593  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (a)

    6,227  
    995  

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)

    4,378  
    682  

Butterfly Network, Inc. (a)

    4,249  
    208  

C4 Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,097  
    654  

Cano Health, Inc. (a)

    4,035  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Health Care — 15.1% (Continued)

    246  

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

  $ 2,539  
    216  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,853  
    281  

CareDx, Inc. (a)

    5,505  
    242  

CareMax, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,655  
    110  

Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    1,086  
    189  

Cassava Sciences, Inc. (a)

    4,863  
    118  

Castle Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    3,422  
    536  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    7,257  
    253  

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    7,691  
    72  

Celularity, Inc. (a)

    195  
    66  

Century Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    694  
    209  

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,082  
    914  

Cerus Corporation (a)

    3,757  
    294  

ChemoCentryx, Inc. (a)

    14,988  
    391  

Chimerix, Inc. (a)

    860  
    210  

Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    4,368  
    84  

CinCor Pharma, Inc. (a)

    2,837  
    1,711  

Clover Health Investments Corporation (a)

    4,466  
    331  

Codexis, Inc. (a)

    2,320  
    206  

Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    3,397  
    341  

Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    3,812  
    190  

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

    3,340  
    671  

Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)

    1,785  
    78  

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,380  
    156  

CONMED Corporation

    13,817  
    66  

Convey Health Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

    692  
    492  

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    12,703  
    47  

CorVel Corporation (a)

    7,303  
    567  

Covetrus, Inc. (a)

    11,833  
    243  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    4,588  
    192  

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    4,873  
    218  

CryoPort, Inc. (a)

    7,120  
    416  

CTI BioPharma Corporation (a)

    2,612  
    66  

Cue Health, Inc. (a)

    220  
    134  

Cullinan Oncology, Inc. (a)

    1,806  
    95  

Cutera, Inc. (a)

    4,536  
    93  

Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    1,083  
    408  

Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)

    21,608  
    65  

Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

  1,527  
    210  

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    3,408  
    520  

Denali Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    14,388  
    141  

Design Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,857  
    77  

DICE Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,209  
    378  

DocGo, Inc. (a)

    3,856  
    638  

Dynavax Technologies Corporation (a)

    7,318  
    166  

Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,627  
    65  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc./DE (a)

    2,130  
    215  

Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,167  
    380  

Editas Medicine, Inc. (a)

    5,586  
    181  

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,495  
    308  

Embecta Corporation

    9,831  
    267  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)

    6,413  
    104  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    6,332  
    106  

Enochian Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    262  
    282  

Ensign Group, Inc.

    24,054  
    587  

EQRx, Inc. (a)

    2,870  
    132  

Erasca, Inc. (a)

    1,191  
    154  

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,149  
    447  

Evolent Health, Inc. - Class A (a)

    16,428  
    170  

Evolus, Inc. (a)

    1,634  
    117  

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,170  
    420  

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    10,979  
    473  

FibroGen, Inc. (a)

    5,884  
    638  

Figs, Inc. - Class A (a)

    7,375  
    105  

Foghorn Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,044  
    187  

Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,506  
    154  

Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,140  
    110  

Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)

    4,782  
    52  

Gelesis Holdings, Inc. (a)

    63  
    230  

Generation Bio Company (a)

    1,178  
    1,717  

Geron Corporation (a)

    4,533  
    246  

Glaukos Corporation (a)

    11,943  
    330  

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    22,407  
    343  

Gossamer Bio, Inc. (a)

    4,785  
    74  

GreenLight Biosciences Holdings PBC (a)

    210  
    291  

Haemonetics Corporation (a)

    21,834  
    748  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    30,465  
    209  

Hanger, Inc. (a)

    3,894  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Health Care — 15.1% (Continued)

    122  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)

  $ 5,357  
    286  

Health Catalyst, Inc. (a)

    3,432  
    421  

HealthEquity, Inc. (a)

    27,819  
    134  

HealthStream, Inc. (a)

    2,965  
    508  

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,078  
    55  

Heska Corporation (a)

    5,009  
    56  

HilleVax, Inc. (a)

    667  
    550  

Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (a)

    3,498  
    82  

Humacyte, Inc. (a)

    299  
    77  

Icosavax, Inc. (a)

    363  
    172  

Ideaya Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    1,691  
    44  

IGM Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    854  
    53  

Imago Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    770  
    404  

ImmunityBio, Inc. (a)

    1,616  
    1,069  

ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)

    6,211  
    221  

Immunovant, Inc. (a)

    1,138  
    176  

Inari Medical, Inc. (a)

    12,206  
    160  

Inhibrx, Inc. (a)

    2,838  
    98  

Innovage Holding Corporation (a)

    360  
    244  

Innoviva, Inc. (a)

    3,211  
    111  

Inogen, Inc. (a)

    3,178  
    65  

Inotiv, Inc. (a)

    1,272  
    1,210  

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,771  
    638  

Insmed, Inc. (a)

    15,708  
    144  

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

    27,575  
    264  

Instil Bio, Inc. (a)

    1,373  
    180  

Integer Holdings Corporation (a)

    11,353  
    329  

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    19,760  
    141  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,449  
    319  

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)

    16,032  
    1,007  

Invitae Corporation (a)

    3,061  
    701  

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)

    7,515  
    33  

iRadimed Corporation

    1,107  
    154  

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (a)

    22,707  
    796  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    8,565  
    108  

iTeos Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,395  
    607  

IVERIC bio, Inc. (a)

    5,973  
    78  

Janux Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    844  
    70  

Joint Corporation (a)

    1,277  
    173  

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    633  
    119  

KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,960  
    115  

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    29,331  
    363  

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,837  
    80  

Keros Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,830  
    192  

Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (a)

    1,974  
    170  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - Class A (a)

    1,992  
    142  

Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. (a)

    2,056  
    178  

Kodiak Sciences, Inc. (a)

    1,782  
    204  

Kronos Bio, Inc. (a)

    816  
    99  

Krystal Biotech, Inc. (a)

    6,941  
    321  

Kura Oncology, Inc. (a)

    4,449  
    174  

Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    4,919  
    342  

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)

    26,950  
    101  

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    4,987  
    352  

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    968  
    140  

LHC Group, Inc. (a)

    22,605  
    228  

LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (a)

    1,434  
    78  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    7,206  
    245  

Liquidia Corporation (a)

    1,414  
    277  

LivaNova plc (a)

    15,581  
    114  

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (a)

    764  
    316  

MacroGenics, Inc. (a)

    1,255  
    65  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    4,688  
    1,372  

MannKind Corporation (a)

    5,008  
    479  

MaxCyte, Inc. (a)

    2,491  
    153  

Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)

    22,584  
    127  

MeiraGTx Holdings plc (a)

    1,054  
    241  

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (a)

    7,854  
    277  

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

    16,407  
    365  

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,738  
    26  

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

    4,442  
    606  

MiMedx Group, Inc. (a)

    2,139  
    13  

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    325  
    65  

ModivCare, Inc. (a)

    7,041  
    67  

Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    531  
    114  

Morphic Holding, Inc. (a)

    3,137  
    2,138  

Multiplan Corporation (a)

    7,526  
    417  

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)

    9,316  
    228  

NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)

    3,092  
    187  

Nano-X Imaging, Ltd. (a)

    2,489  
    65  

National HealthCare Corporation

    4,514  
    78  

National Research Corporation

    2,661  
    222  

Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

    491  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Health Care — 15.1% (Continued)

    870  

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

  $ 3,428  
    580  

Neogen Corporation (a)

    12,122  
    580  

NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)

    5,829  
    189  

Nevro Corporation (a)

    8,565  
    303  

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    5,193  
    166  

NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    2,342  
    65  

Nkarta, Inc. (a)

    935  
    153  

Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,407  
    201  

Nutex Health, Inc. (a)

    541  
    52  

Nuvalent, Inc. - Class A (a)

    878  
    277  

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

    11,775  
    893  

Nuvation Bio, Inc. (a)

    2,500  
    945  

Ocugen, Inc. (a)

    2,438  
    365  

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (a)

    1,854  
    228  

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

    23,322  
    81  

Oncology Institute, Inc. (a)

    514  
    2,112  

OPKO Health, Inc. (a)

    4,604  
    88  

OptimizeRx Corporation (a)

    1,397  
    857  

Option Care Health, Inc. (a)

    26,532  
    404  

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

    1,652  
    202  

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. (a)

    725  
    101  

Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)

    2,010  
    78  

OrthoPediatrics Corporation (a)

    3,829  
    440  

Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    493  
    241  

Outset Medical, Inc. (a)

    4,408  
    378  

Owens & Minor, Inc.

    11,155  
    80  

Owlet, Inc. (a)

    130  
    132  

P3 Health Partners, Inc. (a)

    649  
    1,007  

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)

    5,901  
    228  

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)

    11,965  
    52  

Paragon 28, Inc. (a)

    913  
    133  

Pardes Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    467  
    466  

Patterson Companies, Inc.

    12,997  
    404  

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (a)

    7,199  
    127  

Pennant Group, Inc. (a)

    1,990  
    38  

PepGen, Inc. (a)

    361  
    140  

PetIQ, Inc. (a)

    1,308  
    101  

Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    863  
    114  

Phibro Animal Health Corporation - Class A

    1,688  
    329  

Phreesia, Inc. (a)

    8,442  
    140  

PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,949  
    340  

Point Biopharma Global, Inc. (a)

    3,315  
    176  

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (a)

  549  
    492  

Precigen, Inc. (a)

    1,087  
    277  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    14,011  
    78  

Privia Health Group, Inc. (a)

    3,104  
    39  

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation (a)

    1,579  
    342  

Progyny, Inc. (a)

    13,752  
    140  

Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    7,323  
    241  

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,102  
    189  

Prothena Corporation plc (a)

    5,211  
    290  

Provention Bio, Inc. (a)

    1,253  
    378  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    18,877  
    127  

Pulmonx Corporation (a)

    2,333  
    153  

Quanterix Corporation (a)

    1,431  
    402  

Quantum-Si, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,254  
    629  

R1 RCM, Inc. (a)

    13,744  
    241  

RadNet, Inc. (a)

    4,842  
    39  

Rallybio Corporation (a)

    431  
    101  

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,698  
    241  

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Class A (a)

    5,762  
    606  

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Class A (a)

    6,369  
    202  

REGENXBIO, Inc. (a)

    5,959  
    352  

Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    8,085  
    65  

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,894  
    153  

Replimune Group, Inc. (a)

    2,916  
    342  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    6,806  
    316  

REVOLUTION Medicines, Inc. (a)

    6,582  
    906  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    1,287  
    215  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    3,313  
    39  

RxSight, Inc. (a)

    488  
    242  

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    9,114  
    417  

Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

    2,840  
    642  

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    3,467  
    228  

Schrodinger, Inc./United States (a)

    6,256  
    289  

Science 37 Holdings, Inc. (a)

    457  
    166  

SeaSpine Holdings Corporation (a)

    1,062  
    189  

Seer, Inc. (a)

    1,909  
    593  

Select Medical Holdings Corporation

    15,205  
    644  

Sema4 Holdings Corporation (a)

    657  
    2,177  

Senseonics Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,875  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Health Care — 15.1% (Continued)

    378  

Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

  $ 1,943  
    264  

Sharecare, Inc. (a)

    483  
    176  

Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)

    52,248  
    166  

SI-BONE, Inc. (a)

    2,739  
    241  

SIGA Technologies, Inc.

    3,634  
    52  

Sight Sciences, Inc. (a)

    362  
    176  

Silk Road Medical, Inc. (a)

    7,010  
    78  

Simulations Plus, Inc.

    4,684  
    65  

Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. (a)

    174  
    682  

SomaLogic, Inc. (a)

    2,510  
    1,359  

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,786  
    127  

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    3,527  
    254  

STAAR Surgical Company (a)

    24,026  
    101  

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,521  
    264  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    9,037  
    166  

Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)

    4,570  
    65  

Surmodics, Inc. (a)

    2,190  
    241  

Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (a)

    1,364  
    228  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,383  
    101  

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)

    833  
    101  

Talaris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    334  
    224  

Tango Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    918  
    39  

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    600  
    78  

Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    342  
    17  

Tenon Medical, Inc. (a)

    34  
    681  

TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    4,856  
    264  

Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)

    2,379  
    65  

Theseus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    443  
    127  

TransMedics Group, Inc. (a)

    6,608  
    316  

Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    8,456  
    153  

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. (a)

    3,065  
    155  

Tricida, Inc. (a)

    1,941  
    241  

Twist Bioscience Corporation (a)

    9,669  
    65  

Tyra Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    430  
    26  

UFP Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,418  
    65  

US Physical Therapy, Inc.

    5,370  
    13  

Utah Medical Products, Inc.

    1,195  
    290  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    3,068  
    202  

Varex Imaging Corporation (a)

    4,260  
    606  

Vaxart, Inc. (a)

    1,879  
    202  

Vaxcyte, Inc. (a)

    5,284  
    870  

VBI Vaccines, Inc. (a)

  779  
    52  

Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. (a)

    1,061  
    65  

Vera Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    1,412  
    342  

Veracyte, Inc. (a)

    6,977  
    241  

Vericel Corporation (a)

    6,013  
    78  

Verve Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,992  
    261  

Vicarious Surgical, Inc. (a)

    974  
    642  

ViewRay, Inc. (a)

    2,196  
    290  

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

    6,888  
    121  

Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,687  
    945  

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    174  
    303  

Xencor, Inc. (a)

    7,996  
    599  

Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,000  
    176  

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    2,830  
    189  

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,067  
    106  

Zimvie, Inc. (a)

    1,613  
    110  

Zynex, Inc.

    983  
              2,067,960  
       

Industrials — 14.2%

       
    231  

AAON, Inc.

    13,278  
    181  

AAR Corporation (a)

    7,761  
    373  

ABM Industries, Inc.

    17,307  
    518  

ACCO Brands Corporation

    3,072  
    528  

ACV Auctions, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,493  
    408  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (a)

    17,572  
    128  

AeroVironment, Inc. (a)

    11,347  
    52  

AerSale Corporation (a)

    1,003  
    319  

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)

    9,611  
    56  

Alamo Group, Inc.

    7,323  
    161  

Albany International Corporation - Class A

    14,199  
    1,611  

Alight, Inc. - Class A (a)

    12,695  
    79  

Allegiant Travel Company (a)

    7,624  
    66  

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc.

    2,311  
    105  

Alta Equipment Group, Inc.

    1,236  
    357  

Altra Industrial Motion Corporation

    13,548  
    168  

Ameresco, Inc. - Class A (a)

    11,567  
    89  

American Woodmark Corporation (a)

    4,613  
    1,086  

API Group Corporation (a)

    16,887  
    128  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    5,228  
    210  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    22,263  
    141  

ArcBest Corporation

    11,355  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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August 31, 2022

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Industrials — 14.2% (Continued)

    591  

Archer Aviation, Inc. - Class A (a)

  $ 2,092  
    270  

Arcosa, Inc.

    15,782  
    81  

Argan, Inc.

    2,802  
    106  

Aris Water Solution, Inc. - Class A

    1,802  
    722  

Array Technologies, Inc. (a)

    15,090  
    280  

ASGN, Inc. (a)

    27,075  
    128  

Astec Industries, Inc.

    4,887  
    694  

Astra Space, Inc. (a)

    592  
    140  

Astronics Corporation (a)

    1,289  
    257  

Atkore, Inc. (a)

    21,694  
    154  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

    15,388  
    79  

Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (a)

    673  
    133  

AZZ, Inc.

    5,667  
    308  

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (a)

    2,458  
    259  

Barnes Group, Inc.

    8,042  
    41  

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

    3,306  
    308  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

    16,912  
    232  

Berkshire Grey, Inc. (a)

    469  
    748  

Bird Global, Inc. - Class A (a)

    318  
    274  

Blade Air Mobility, Inc. (a)

    1,414  
    205  

Blink Charging Company (a)

    4,381  
    784  

Bloom Energy Corporation - Class A (a)

    19,921  
    91  

Blue Bird Corporation (a)

    1,080  
    52  

BlueLinx Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,645  
    210  

Boise Cascade Company

    13,089  
    257  

Brady Corporation - Class A

    11,961  
    241  

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,439  
    269  

Brink’s Company

    14,870  
    144  

Brookfield Business Corporation - Class A

    3,502  
    33  

Cadre Holdings, Inc.

    842  
    121  

Caesarstone, Ltd.

    1,233  
    278  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. - Class A (a)

    22,778  
    272  

CBIZ, Inc. (a)

    11,876  
    207  

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

    40,128  
    96  

Cimpress plc (a)

    3,224  
    99  

CIRCOR International, Inc. (a)

    1,614  
    154  

Columbus McKinnon Corporation/NY

    4,717  
    195  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

    19,566  
    8  

CompX International, Inc.

    192  
    144  

Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (a)

  965  
    153  

Construction Partners, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,477  
    636  

CoreCivic, Inc. (a)

    6,061  
    286  

Costamare, Inc.

    3,226  
    66  

Covenant Logistics Group, Inc.

    1,856  
    41  

CRA International, Inc.

    3,748  
    82  

CSW Industrials, Inc.

    10,381  
    253  

Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (a)

    1,665  
    219  

Daseke, Inc. (a)

    1,327  
    231  

Deluxe Corporation

    4,444  
    1,048  

Desktop Metal, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,333  
    26  

Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

    1,033  
    114  

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

    3,317  
    58  

Ducommun, Inc. (a)

    2,552  
    98  

DXP Enterprises, Inc./TX (a)

    2,605  
    161  

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

    18,051  
    47  

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.

    2,042  
    294  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    34,962  
    101  

Encore Wire Corporation

    13,140  
    230  

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)

    5,276  
    138  

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (a)

    760  
    367  

Enerpac Tool Group Corporation

    7,120  
    234  

EnerSys

    14,595  
    132  

Eneti, Inc.

    1,105  
    141  

Ennis, Inc.

    2,993  
    526  

Enovix Corporation (a)

    11,635  
    114  

EnPro Industries, Inc.

    10,324  
    144  

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

    11,726  
    344  

ESS Tech, Inc. (a)

    1,527  
    632  

Evoqua Water Technologies Corporation (a)

    22,170  
    286  

Exponent, Inc.

    26,843  
    53  

Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation (a)

    201  
    335  

Federal Signal Corporation

    13,356  
    297  

First Advantage Corporation (a)

    4,110  
    166  

Fluence Energy, Inc. (a)

    3,312  
    790  

Fluor Corporation (a)

    20,888  
    60  

Forrester Research, Inc. (a)

    2,495  
    144  

Forward Air Corporation

    13,974  
    67  

Franklin Covey Company (a)

    3,187  
    255  

Franklin Electric Company, Inc.

    22,146  
    176  

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,270  
    107  

FTC Solar, Inc. (a)

    443  
    2,002  

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)

    8,388  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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August 31, 2022

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Industrials — 14.2% (Continued)

    191  

GATX Corporation

  $ 18,453  
    174  

Genco Shipping & Trading, Ltd.

    2,386  
    658  

GEO Group, Inc. (a)

    5,382  
    166  

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

    6,947  
    70  

Global Industrial Company

    2,106  
    231  

GMS, Inc. (a)

    11,134  
    657  

Golden Ocean Group, Ltd.

    6,301  
    127  

Gorman-Rupp Company

    3,354  
    1,125  

GrafTech International, Ltd.

    6,615  
    247  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    7,405  
    358  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (a)

    3,426  
    170  

Greenbrier Companies, Inc.

    4,847  
    242  

Griffon Corporation

    7,587  
    178  

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

    5,635  
    424  

Harsco Corporation (a)

    2,404  
    264  

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,957  
    418  

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

    5,881  
    259  

Heartland Express, Inc.

    3,924  
    108  

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

    3,074  
    92  

Heliogen, Inc. (a)

    221  
    179  

Helios Technologies, Inc.

    9,777  
    143  

Herc Holdings, Inc.

    16,092  
    85  

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (a)

    2,768  
    404  

Hillenbrand, Inc.

    16,835  
    704  

Hillman Solutions Corporation (a)

    5,907  
    131  

HireRight Holdings Corporation (a)

    2,130  
    242  

HNI Corporation

    7,744  
    181  

Hub Group, Inc. - Class A (a)

    14,446  
    215  

Hudson Technologies, Inc. (a)

    1,785  
    122  

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

    8,162  
    209  

Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. (a)

    711  
    650  

Hyliion Holdings Corporation (a)

    2,282  
    56  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

    1,631  
    394  

Hyzon Motors, Inc. (a)

    839  
    103  

ICF International, Inc.

    10,461  
    46  

IES Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,398  
    145  

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (a)

    2,060  
    202  

Insperity, Inc.

    22,022  
    103  

Insteel Industries, Inc.

    2,977  
    303  

Interface, Inc.

    3,385  
    397  

Janus International Group, Inc. (a)

    4,101  
    498  

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)

    5,553  
    1,237  

Joby Aviation, Inc. (a)

    6,556  
    171  

John Bean Technologies Corporation

    17,657  
    67  

Kadant, Inc.

    12,022  
    155  

Kaman Corporation

    4,917  
    661  

KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)

    9,651  
    22  

Karat Packaging, Inc. (a)

    394  
    194  

Kelly Services, Inc. - Class A

    3,125  
    457  

Kennametal, Inc.

    10,712  
    111  

Kforce, Inc.

    6,074  
    202  

Kimball International, Inc. - Class B

    1,545  
    293  

Korn Ferry

    17,850  
    671  

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)

    8,414  
    507  

Legalzoom.com, Inc. (a)

    5,222  
    675  

Li-Cycle Holdings Corporation (a)

    4,867  
    177  

Lightning eMotors, Inc. (a)

    503  
    52  

Lindsay Corporation

    8,339  
    153  

Luxfer Holdings plc

    2,517  
    176  

Manitowoc Company, Inc. (a)

    1,681  
    153  

ManTech International Corporation/VA - Class A

    14,674  
    558  

Markforged Holding Corporation (a)

    1,356  
    316  

Marten Transport, Ltd.

    6,260  
    132  

Masonite International Corporation (a)

    10,800  
    228  

Matson, Inc.

    16,793  
    166  

Matthews International Corporation - Class A

    4,152  
    378  

Maxar Technologies, Inc.

    9,008  
    127  

McGrath RentCorp

    10,734  
    792  

Microvast Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,948  
    52  

Miller Industries, Inc./TN

    1,223  
    378  

MillerKnoll, Inc.

    10,463  
    288  

Momentus, Inc. (a)

    510  
    140  

Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (a)

    5,629  
    153  

Moog, Inc. - Class A

    11,471  
    430  

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

    4,184  
    290  

Mueller Industries, Inc.

    18,319  
    844  

Mueller Water Products, Inc. - Class A

    9,520  
    88  

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

    8,179  
    26  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

    1,774  

 

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Industrials — 14.2% (Continued)

    1,222  

Nikola Corporation (a)

  $ 6,550  
    39  

NL Industries, Inc.

    344  
    52  

Northwest Pipe Company (a)

    1,646  
    588  

NOW, Inc. (a)

    7,127  
    88  

NuScale Power Corporation (a)

    1,207  
    65  

NV5 Global, Inc. (a)

    9,149  
    13  

Omega Flex, Inc.

    1,313  
    26  

PAM Transportation Services, Inc. (a)

    772  
    101  

Park Aerospace Corporation

    1,163  
    140  

Parsons Corporation (a)

    5,793  
    303  

PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)

    6,339  
    932  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    2,693  
    744  

Planet Labs PBC (a)

    4,077  
    39  

Powell Industries, Inc.

    962  
    13  

Preformed Line Products Company

    1,011  
    277  

Primoris Services Corporation

    5,615  
    1,058  

Proterra, Inc. (a)

    6,390  
    140  

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

    5,376  
    182  

Quad/Graphics, Inc. (a)

    575  
    176  

Quanex Building Products Corporation

    3,925  
    215  

Radiant Logistics, Inc. (a)

    1,505  
    153  

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

    36,823  
    48  

Red Violet, Inc. (a)

    912  
    99  

Redwire Corporation (a)

    273  
    805  

Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)

    16,760  
    166  

Resources Connection, Inc.

    3,244  
    153  

REV Group, Inc.

    1,763  
    1,010  

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (a)

    5,555  
    26  

Rush Enterprises, Inc. - Class A

    1,317  
    215  

Rush Enterprises, Inc. - Class B

    10,118  
    352  

Safe Bulkers, Inc.

    1,123  
    127  

Saia, Inc. (a)

    26,267  
    367  

Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation (a)

    1,204  
    529  

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. - Class A (a)

    13,950  
    176  

Shyft Group, Inc.

    4,215  
    228  

Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc.

    21,122  
    408  

Skillsoft Corporation (a)

    1,314  
    264  

SkyWest, Inc. (a)

    5,621  
    114  

SP Plus Corporation (a)

    3,778  
    617  

Spire Global, Inc. (a)

    833  
    505  

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)

    11,453  
    241  

SPX Technologies, Inc. (a)

    13,751  
    65  

Standex International Corporation

    5,877  
    466  

Steelcase, Inc. - Class A

    5,210  
    580  

Stem, Inc. (a)

    9,118  
    88  

Sterling Check Corporation (a)

    1,873  
    140  

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (a)

    3,541  
    166  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,307  
    440  

SunPower Corporation (a)

    10,560  
    101  

Tennant Company

    6,095  
    352  

Terex Corporation

    11,693  
    108  

Terran Orbital Corporation (a)

    454  
    241  

Textainer Group Holdings, Ltd.

    7,322  
    176  

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,089  
    254  

Titan International, Inc. (a)

    3,564  
    101  

Titan Machinery, Inc. (a)

    3,109  
    202  

TPI Composites, Inc. (a)

    3,755  
    26  

Transcat, Inc. (a)

    1,926  
    215  

TriNet Group, Inc. (a)

    17,716  
    404  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    9,850  
    352  

Triton International, Ltd.

    20,975  
    329  

Triumph Group, Inc. (a)

    4,274  
    189  

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

    3,882  
    636  

TuSimple Holdings, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,573  
    215  

Tutor Perini Corporation (a)

    1,458  
    316  

UFP Industries, Inc.

    25,086  
    78  

UniFirst Corporation/MA

    14,060  
    39  

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc.

    1,424  
    629  

Upwork, Inc. (a)

    10,945  
    52  

V2X, Inc. (a)

    1,802  
    240  

Velo3D, Inc. (a)

    1,034  
    78  

Veritiv Corporation (a)

    9,297  
    101  

Viad Corporation (a)

    3,856  
    114  

Vicor Corporation (a)

    8,110  
    681  

View, Inc. (a)

    1,212  
    1,014  

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (a)

    5,993  
    52  

VSE Corporation

    2,176  
    264  

Wabash National Corporation

    4,343  
    153  

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. - Class A

    21,194  
    329  

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

    13,091  
    744  

Wheels Up Experience, Inc. (a)

    1,391  
    52  

Willdan Group, Inc. (a)

    1,184  
    235  

Xos, Inc. (a)

    357  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Industrials — 14.2% (Continued)

    642  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation

  $ 17,706  
              1,940,690  
       

Information Technology — 11.3%

       
    675  

3D Systems Corporation (a)

    6,838  
    619  

8x8, Inc. (a)

    3,225  
    88  

908 Devices, Inc. (a)

    1,773  
    316  

A10 Networks, Inc.

    4,392  
    634  

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)

    15,026  
    232  

ACM Research, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,918  
    260  

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

    6,042  
    207  

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

    18,587  
    597  

Aeva Technologies, Inc. (a)

    1,839  
    122  

AEye, Inc. (a)

    188  
    110  

Agilysys, Inc. (a)

    5,695  
    264  

Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (a)

    1,156  
    254  

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)

    16,916  
    146  

Alkami Technology, Inc. (a)

    2,117  
    114  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. (a)

    4,407  
    253  

Altair Engineering, Inc. - Class A (a)

    13,159  
    181  

Ambarella, Inc. (a)

    12,286  
    170  

American Software, Inc./GA - Class A

    2,878  
    550  

Amkor Technology, Inc.

    11,072  
    253  

Amplitude, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,833  
    102  

Appfolio, Inc. - Class A (a)

    10,341  
    209  

Appian Corporation (a)

    9,802  
    39  

Applied Blockchain, Inc. (a)

    92  
    434  

Arlo Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,643  
    28  

Arteris, Inc. (a)

    199  
    368  

Asana, Inc. - Class A (a)

    7,047  
    109  

Atomera, Inc. (a)

    1,409  
    458  

Avaya Holdings Corporation (a)

    728  
    600  

AvePoint, Inc. (a)

    2,808  
    57  

Aviat Networks, Inc. (a)

    1,784  
    198  

Avid Technology, Inc. (a)

    5,415  
    143  

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,114  
    178  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)

    11,915  
    210  

AXT, Inc. (a)

    1,804  
    161  

Badger Meter, Inc.

    15,245  
    242  

Belden, Inc.

    15,846  
    186  

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

    5,106  
    132  

Benefitfocus, Inc. (a)

    978  
    257  

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (a)

    4,284  
    261  

Blackbaud, Inc. (a)

    13,650  
    297  

Blackline, Inc. (a)

    20,178  
    808  

Blend Labs, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,545  
    782  

Box, Inc. - Class A (a)

    20,137  
    221  

Brightcove, Inc. (a)

    1,467  
    360  

BTRS Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,434  
    331  

C3.ai, Inc. - Class A (a)

    5,958  
    292  

Calix, Inc. (a)

    17,185  
    55  

Cambium Networks Corporation (a)

    1,070  
    323  

Cantaloupe, Inc. (a)

    2,058  
    171  

Casa Systems, Inc. (a)

    663  
    77  

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

    2,824  
    35  

Cepton, Inc. (a)

    62  
    202  

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation (a)

    549  
    209  

Cerence, Inc. (a)

    4,182  
    121  

CEVA, Inc. (a)

    3,542  
    157  

ChannelAdvisor Corporation (a)

    2,369  
    160  

Cipher Mining, Inc. (a)

    322  
    193  

Cleanspark, Inc. (a)

    826  
    292  

Clear Secure, Inc. - Class A (a)

    6,698  
    57  

Clearfield, Inc. (a)

    6,618  
    255  

Cohu, Inc. (a)

    6,842  
    981  

CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (a)

    11,085  
    253  

CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)

    13,735  
    42  

CompoSecure, Inc. (a)

    243  
    142  

Comtech Telecommunications Corporation

    1,603  
    897  

Conduent, Inc. (a)

    3,669  
    86  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. (a)

    4,330  
    959  

Core Scientific, Inc. (a)

    2,110  
    155  

Corsair Gaming, Inc. (a)

    2,385  
    55  

Couchbase, Inc. (a)

    912  
    133  

Credo Technology Group Holding, Ltd. (a)

    1,834  
    26  

CS Disco, Inc. (a)

    359  
    173  

CSG Systems International, Inc.

    10,008  
    168  

CTS Corporation

    7,110  
    395  

Cvent Holding Corporation (a)

    1,999  
    35  

CyberOptics Corporation (a)

    1,863  
    208  

Cyxtera Technologies, Inc. (a)

    1,319  
    396  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. (a)

    1,378  
    183  

Digi International, Inc. (a)

    6,059  
    66  

Digimarc Corporation (a)

    1,176  
    467  

Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)

    8,625  
    253  

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (a)

    10,649  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Information Technology — 11.3% (Continued)

    231  

Diodes, Inc. (a)

  $ 16,440  
    147  

Domo, Inc. - Class B (a)

    2,831  
    355  

Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. (a)

    4,225  
    94  

DZS, Inc. (a)

    1,251  
    1,060  

E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (a)

    7,282  
    247  

Eastman Kodak Company (a)

    1,336  
    146  

Ebix, Inc.

    3,799  
    580  

Edgio, Inc. (a)

    2,134  
    117  

eGain Corporation (a)

    1,078  
    121  

Enfusion, Inc. - Class A (a)

    1,499  
    81  

EngageSmart, Inc. (a)

    1,618  
    297  

Envestnet, Inc. (a)

    15,554  
    65  

ePlus, Inc. (a)

    3,063  
    196  

Everbridge, Inc. (a)

    7,797  
    92  

EverCommerce, Inc. (a)

    1,071  
    331  

EVERTEC, Inc.

    11,122  
    256  

Evo Payments, Inc. - Class A (a)

    8,530  
    393  

Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)

    892  
    177  

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)

    29,685  
    689  

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

    9,873  
    203  

Fabrinet (a)

    20,877  
    99  

FARO Technologies, Inc. (a)

    3,321  
    495  

Fastly, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,628  
    331  

Flywire Corporation (a)

    8,229  
    80  

Focus Universal, Inc. (a)

    860  
    132  

ForgeRock, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,252  
    418  

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

    12,239  
    63  

Greenidge Generation Holdings, Inc. (a)

    153  
    254  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (a)

    5,133  
    132  

Hackett Group, Inc.

    2,710  
    494  

Harmonic, Inc. (a)

    5,562  
    117  

I3 Verticals, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,733  
    32  

IBEX Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    540  
    155  

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    4,762  
    119  

Identiv, Inc. (a)

    1,775  
    88  

Impinj, Inc. (a)

    7,857  
    471  

indie Semiconductor, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,008  
    1,012  

Infinera Corporation (a)

    5,546  
    176  

Information Services Group, Inc.

    1,016  
    474  

Inseego Corporation (a)

    1,280  
    176  

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

    16,037  
    66  

Instructure Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,500  
    55  

Intapp, Inc. (a)

    797  
    167  

InterDigital, Inc.

  8,377  
    179  

International Money Express, Inc. (a)

    4,010  
    552  

IonQ, Inc. (a)

    3,279  
    278  

IronNet, Inc. (a)

    562  
    253  

Itron, Inc. (a)

    12,038  
    149  

Kaleyra, Inc. (a)

    237  
    133  

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (a)

    2,865  
    355  

KnowBe4, Inc. - Class A (a)

    6,823  
    483  

Knowles Corporation (a)

    7,317  
    333  

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

    13,999  
    331  

Latch, Inc. (a)

    354  
    474  

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (a)

    3,778  
    329  

LivePerson, Inc. (a)

    3,816  
    329  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,531  
    118  

LiveVox Holdings, Inc. (a)

    253  
    241  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

    13,291  
    518  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,138  
    2,096  

Marqeta, Inc. - Class A (a)

    16,328  
    976  

Matterport, Inc. (a)

    4,499  
    329  

Maximus, Inc.

    19,934  
    352  

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)

    12,647  
    65  

MeridianLink, Inc. (a)

    1,129  
    215  

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    8,699  
    39  

MicroStrategy, Inc. - Class A (a)

    9,031  
    818  

MicroVision, Inc. (a)

    3,959  
    621  

Mirion Technologies, Inc. (a)

    4,701  
    228  

Mitek Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,330  
    176  

Model N, Inc. (a)

    5,262  
    616  

Momentive Global, Inc. (a)

    4,367  
    440  

MoneyGram International, Inc. (a)

    4,532  
    328  

N-able, Inc. (a)

    3,267  
    153  

Napco Security Technologies, Inc. (a)

    4,538  
    153  

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

    3,609  
    352  

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

    11,173  
    242  

NextNav, Inc. (a)

    820  
    228  

nLight, Inc. (a)

    2,848  
    176  

Novanta, Inc. (a)

    23,529  
    434  

Olo, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,390  
    127  

ON24, Inc. (a)

    1,138  
    167  

Ondas Holdings, Inc. (a)

    788  
    189  

OneSpan, Inc. (a)

    2,175  
    254  

Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)

    18,031  
    88  

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

    7,332  
    844  

Ouster, Inc. (a)

    1,266  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Information Technology — 11.3% (Continued)

    391  

PagerDuty, Inc. (a)

  $ 10,182  
    127  

PAR Technology Corporation (a)

    4,470  
    430  

Paya Holdings, Inc. (a)

    2,696  
    982  

Payoneer Global, Inc. (a)

    6,501  
    1,653  

Paysafe, Ltd. (a)

    2,727  
    60  

PC Connection, Inc.

    2,981  
    153  

PDF Solutions, Inc. (a)

    4,036  
    153  

Perficient, Inc. (a)

    11,949  
    88  

PFSweb, Inc. (a)

    832  
    241  

Photronics, Inc. (a)

    4,049  
    316  

Ping Identity Holding Corporation (a)

    8,892  
    153  

Plexus Corporation (a)

    14,341  
    316  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    22,603  
    52  

Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (a)

    208  
    228  

Progress Software Corporation

    10,974  
    202  

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)

    4,212  
    277  

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

    11,002  
    166  

Qualys, Inc. (a)

    25,216  
    290  

Rackspace Technology, Inc. (a)

    1,293  
    541  

Rambus, Inc. (a)

    13,952  
    290  

Rapid7, Inc. (a)

    16,675  
    65  

Remitly Global, Inc. (a)

    715  
    430  

Repay Holdings Corporation (a)

    3,995  
    352  

Ribbon Communications, Inc. (a)

    1,236  
    128  

Rigetti Computing, Inc. (a)

    509  
    241  

Rimini Street, Inc. (a)

    1,215  
    505  

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a)

    3,621  
    452  

Rockley Photonics Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    642  
    101  

Rogers Corporation (a)

    25,302  
    1,529  

Sabre Corporation (a)

    10,994  
    342  

Sanmina Corporation (a)

    16,594  
    166  

Sapiens International Corporation NV

    3,672  
    127  

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

    3,679  
    52  

SecureWorks Corporation - Class A (a)

    541  
    329  

Semtech Corporation (a)

    15,197  
    39  

ShotSpotter, Inc. (a)

    1,273  
    202  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    25,318  
    78  

SiTime Corporation (a)

    8,300  
    39  

SkyWater Technology, Inc. (a)

    507  
    176  

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)

    3,230  
    550  

SmartRent, Inc. (a)

  1,777  
    235  

SolarWinds Corporation (a)

    2,131  
    228  

Sprout Social, Inc. - Class A (a)

    13,689  
    189  

SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)

    23,082  
    144  

Squarespace, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,024  
    1,309  

StoneCo, Ltd. - Class A (a)

    12,409  
    440  

Sumo Logic, Inc. (a)

    3,863  
    228  

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

    14,839  
    202  

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

    23,354  
    215  

Telos Corporation (a)

    2,129  
    479  

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)

    18,973  
    90  

Terawulf, Inc. (a)

    134  
    99  

Transphorm, Inc. (a)

    549  
    88  

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

    4,607  
    554  

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

    8,714  
    52  

Tucows, Inc. - Class A (a)

    2,443  
    83  

Turtle Beach Corporation (a)

    779  
    228  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

    6,674  
    342  

Unisys Corporation (a)

    3,184  
    153  

Upland Software, Inc. (a)

    1,602  
    53  

UserTesting, Inc. (a)

    220  
    541  

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)

    14,796  
    264  

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

    5,581  
    391  

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (a)

    489  
    329  

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

    15,953  
    140  

Veritone, Inc. (a)

    1,029  
    805  

Verra Mobility Corporation (a)

    12,832  
    67  

Viant Technology, Inc. - Class A (a)

    303  
    1,271  

Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)

    17,897  
    704  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

    13,848  
    65  

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (a)

    2,230  
    26  

Weave Communications, Inc. (a)

    150  
    329  

WM Technology, Inc. (a)

    862  
    215  

Workiva, Inc. (a)

    14,596  
    589  

Xerox Holdings Corporation

    9,789  
    541  

Xperi Holding Corporation

    8,607  
    593  

Yext, Inc. (a)

    2,639  
    146  

Zeta Global Holdings Corporation - Class A (a)

    1,022  
    580  

Zuora, Inc. - Class A (a)

    4,454  
              1,550,006  
       

Materials — 4.1%

       
    156  

5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (a)

    2,340  
    148  

AdvanSix, Inc.

    5,366  
    99  

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.

    15,558  
    160  

American Vanguard Corporation

    3,189  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Materials — 4.1% (Continued)

    946  

Amyris, Inc. (a)

  $ 2,781  
    583  

Arconic Corporation (a)

    14,697  
    115  

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (a)

    1,496  
    688  

ATI, Inc. (a)

    20,592  
    498  

Avient Corporation

    21,827  
    178  

Balchem Corporation

    23,464  
    311  

Cabot Corporation

    22,383  
    270  

Carpenter Technology Corporation

    9,172  
    260  

Century Aluminum Company (a)

    2,007  
    42  

Chase Corporation

    3,703  
    103  

Clearwater Paper Corporation (a)

    4,382  
    1,361  

Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)

    3,756  
    683  

Commercial Metals Company

    27,668  
    191  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

    7,734  
    672  

Constellium SE (a)

    8,951  
    94  

Cryptyde, Inc. (a)

    74  
    236  

Dakota Gold Corporation (a)

    805  
    506  

Danimer Scientific, Inc. (a)

    2,252  
    410  

Diversey Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    2,513  
    284  

Ecovyst, Inc. (a)

    2,624  
    145  

FutureFuel Corporation

    1,057  
    272  

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a)

    8,546  
    242  

Glatfelter Corporation

    1,179  
    145  

Greif, Inc. - Class A

    9,722  
    34  

Greif, Inc. - Class B

    2,219  
    105  

Hawkins, Inc.

    4,024  
    67  

Haynes International, Inc.

    2,659  
    285  

HB Fuller Company

    18,485  
    2,816  

Hecla Mining Company

    11,095  
    852  

Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (a)

    682  
    215  

Ingevity Corporation (a)

    15,080  
    140  

Innospec, Inc.

    13,084  
    55  

Intrepid Potash, Inc. (a)

    2,570  
    86  

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

    6,171  
    111  

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

    2,534  
    122  

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

    1,571  
    880  

Livent Corporation (a)

    28,319  
    170  

LSB Industries, Inc. (a)

    2,683  
    101  

Materion Corporation

    8,717  
    285  

Mativ Holdings, Inc.

    6,732  
    176  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    10,254  
    189  

Myers Industries, Inc.

  3,651  
    1,271  

Novagold Resources, Inc. (a)

    5,631  
    870  

O-I Glass, Inc. (a)

    11,319  
    39  

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    1,026  
    501  

Origin Materials, Inc. (a)

    3,131  
    316  

Orion Engineered Carbons SA

    5,328  
    241  

Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.

    2,675  
    633  

Perimeter Solutions SA (a)

    6,172  
    88  

Piedmont Lithium, Inc. (a)

    5,381  
    166  

PolyMet Mining Corporation (a)

    518  
    264  

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,410  
    78  

Quaker Chemical Corporation

    13,597  
    122  

Ramaco Resources, Inc.

    1,286  
    202  

Ranpak Holdings Corporation (a)

    1,069  
    303  

Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. (a)

    1,370  
    174  

Resolute Forest Products, Inc. (a)

    3,525  
    88  

Ryerson Holding Corporation

    2,508  
    140  

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. - Class A

    4,626  
    228  

Sensient Technologies Corporation

    18,165  
    114  

Stepan Company

    11,882  
    629  

Summit Materials, Inc. - Class A (a)

    17,876  
    430  

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

    2,834  
    187  

Sylvamo Corporation

    8,310  
    241  

TimkenSteel Corporation (a)

    3,697  
    140  

Tredegar Corporation

    1,429  
    228  

TriMas Corporation

    6,275  
    202  

Trinseo plc

    5,359  
    593  

Tronox Holdings plc - Class A

    8,676  
    52  

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

    5,345  
    127  

Valhi, Inc.

    4,437  
    269  

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

    8,756  
    176  

Worthington Industries, Inc.

    8,974  
              553,955  
       

Real Estate — 5.9%

       
    462  

Acadia Realty Trust

    7,360  
    374  

Agree Realty Corporation

    28,171  
    391  

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

    7,323  
    11  

Alexander’s, Inc.

    2,606  
    273  

American Assets Trust, Inc.

    7,578  
    9  

American Realty Investors, Inc. (a)

    125  
    606  

Anywhere Real Estate, Inc. (a)

    5,921  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Real Estate — 5.9% (Continued)

    821  

Apartment Investment and Management Company - Class A (a)

  $ 7,258  
    1,134  

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

    18,042  
    321  

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

    4,215  
    86  

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (a)

    789  
    149  

Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.

    3,971  
    295  

Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    1,519  
    933  

Brandywine Realty Trust

    7,492  
    869  

Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

    16,633  
    55  

BRT Apartments Corporation

    1,313  
    532  

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

    11,459  
    265  

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. - Class A

    2,822  
    132  

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    3,820  
    77  

Centerspace

    5,804  
    255  

Chatham Lodging Trust (a)

    3,101  
    230  

City Office REIT, Inc.

    2,657  
    66  

Clipper Realty, Inc.

    555  
    132  

Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.

    4,869  
    1,211  

Compass, Inc. - Class A (a)

    3,463  
    606  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    15,659  
    92  

CTO Realty Growth, Inc.

    1,942  
    749  

Cushman & Wakefield plc (a)

    11,205  
    1,082  

DiamondRock Hospitality Company (a)

    9,446  
    658  

DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (a)

    11,712  
    1,265  

Diversified Healthcare Trust

    1,847  
    649  

Doma Holdings, Inc. (a)

    391  
    391  

Douglas Elliman, Inc.

    1,803  
    480  

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

    8,616  
    790  

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. - Class A

    5,506  
    643  

Equity Commonwealth (a)

    16,917  
    658  

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

    14,897  
    342  

eXp World Holdings, Inc.

    4,422  
    156  

Farmland Partners, Inc.

    2,264  
    95  

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

    1,182  
    421  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    11,321  
    538  

Franklin Street Properties Corporation

    1,512  
    39  

FRP Holdings, Inc. (a)

  2,243  
    220  

Getty Realty Corporation

    6,618  
    203  

Gladstone Commercial Corporation

    3,871  
    166  

Gladstone Land Corporation

    3,903  
    323  

Global Medical REIT, Inc.

    3,501  
    573  

Global Net Lease, Inc.

    7,890  
    166  

Hersha Hospitality Trust (a)

    1,610  
    611  

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

    11,884  
    31  

Indus Realty Trust, Inc.

    1,904  
    352  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

    2,636  
    131  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

    12,015  
    339  

InvenTrust Properties Corporation

    8,902  
    352  

iStar, Inc.

    4,847  
    638  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

    11,203  
    1,160  

Kite Realty Group Trust

    22,458  
    202  

LTC Properties, Inc.

    9,068  
    1,496  

LXP Industrial Trust

    15,050  
    1,209  

Macerich Company

    11,570  
    127  

Marcus & Millichap, Inc.

    4,747  
    228  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    14,936  
    626  

Necessity Retail REIT, Inc.

    4,670  
    215  

NETSTREIT Corporation

    4,227  
    782  

Newmark Group, Inc. - Class A

    8,016  
    114  

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

    6,021  
    312  

Offerpad Solutions, Inc. (a)

    474  
    254  

Office Properties Income Trust

    4,463  
    78  

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

    1,884  
    303  

Orion Office REIT, Inc.

    2,991  
    769  

Outfront Media, Inc.

    13,611  
    981  

Paramount Group, Inc.

    6,798  
    681  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

    11,999  
    101  

Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.

    3,300  
    1,210  

Physicians Realty Trust

    20,159  
    655  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. - Class A

    7,716  
    166  

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

    3,365  
    65  

Postal Realty Trust, Inc. - Class A

    965  
    342  

PotlatchDeltic Corporation

    15,876  
    88  

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. - Class A

    2,003  
    541  

Redfin Corporation (a)

    4,431  
    629  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation

    10,536  
    857  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    10,335  
    78  

RMR Group, Inc. - Class A

    2,031  
    453  

RPT Realty

    4,362  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 90.8% (Continued)

       

Real Estate — 5.9% (Continued)

    264  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (a)

  $ 21,706  
    1,209  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    18,099  
    101  

Safehold, Inc.

    3,841  
    66  

Saul Centers, Inc.

    2,923  
    202  

Seritage Growth Properties - Class A (a)

    2,533  
    906  

Service Properties Trust

    6,197  
    968  

SITE Centers Corporation

    12,545  
    178  

St Joe Company

    6,800  
    958  

STAG Industrial, Inc.

    29,507  
    33  

Stratus Properties, Inc. (a)

    1,175  
    543  

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

    4,268  
    1,144  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (a)

    12,458  
    567  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    8,743  
    101  

Tejon Ranch Company (a)

    1,592  
    391  

Terreno Realty Corporation

    23,848  
    8  

Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. (a)

    344  
    228  

UMH Properties, Inc.

    4,113  
    1,069  

Uniti Group, Inc.

    10,038  
    65  

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

    3,308  
    616  

Urban Edge Properties

    9,690  
    153  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. - Class A

    2,558  
    453  

Veris Residential, Inc. (a)

    6,088  
    453  

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

    8,883  
    241  

Whitestone REIT

    2,371  
    606  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)

    9,611  
              803,836  
       

Utilities — 3.2%

       
    286  

ALLETE, Inc.

    16,925  
    194  

Altus Power, Inc. (a)

    2,033  
    205  

American States Water Company

    17,008  
    44  

Artesian Resources Corporation - Class A

    2,404  
    396  

Avista Corporation

    16,089  
    352  

Black Hills Corporation

    26,570  
    513  

Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation - Class A

    24,419  
    286  

California Water Service Group

    16,740  
    95  

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation

    11,999  
    194  

Clearway Energy, Inc. - Class A

    6,689  
    453  

Clearway Energy, Inc. - Class C

  16,806  
    71  

Global Water Resources, Inc.

    967  
    189  

MGE Energy, Inc.

    14,557  
    88  

Middlesex Water Company

    7,812  
    301  

Montauk Renewables, Inc. (a)

    5,343  
    518  

New Jersey Resources Corporation

    22,865  
    153  

Northwest Natural Holding Company

    7,284  
    277  

NorthWestern Corporation

    14,675  
    277  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    21,681  
    241  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

    22,528  
    215  

Otter Tail Corporation

    16,241  
    466  

PNM Resources, Inc.

    22,102  
    479  

Portland General Electric Company

    24,751  
    101  

Pure Cycle Corporation (a)

    1,042  
    140  

SJW Group

    9,002  
    541  

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    18,313  
    329  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

    25,612  
    277  

Spire, Inc.

    19,360  
    466  

Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (a)

    11,753  
    78  

Unitil Corporation

    4,063  
    65  

Via Renewables, Inc.

    554  
    65  

York Water Company

    2,858  
              431,045  
       

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $14,311,651)

    12,400,243  
                 
       

CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS — 0.0%

       

Health Care — 0.0%

       
    580  

Radius Health, Inc. Contingent Value Right (a)(c)(d)

    0  
    308  

Zogenix, Inc. Contingent Value Right (a)(c)(d)

    0  
              0  
       

TOTAL CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS (Cost $0)

    0  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Description

 

Notional
Amount

   

Value

 
       

PURCHASED OPTIONS (e) — 1.2%

    65  

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  $ 11,986,780     $ 169,975  
       

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $47,672)

    169,975  
                         
 

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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 8.0%

       

Money Market Funds — 8.0%

    1,093,726  

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio - Institutional Class, 2.22% (f)

    1,093,726  
       

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,093,726)

    1,093,726  
                         
       

Total Investments (Cost $15,453,049) — 100.0%

    13,663,944  
       

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.0% (b)

    4,026  
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

  $ 13,667,970  

 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(c)

Value determined using significant unobservable inputs. Classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d)

This security has been deemed illiquid according to the Fund’s liquidity guidelines. The value of these securities is $0, which represents 0.00% of net assets.

(e)

Exchange traded.

(f)

Rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of August 31, 2022.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 94.7%

       
       

Communication Services — 7.9%

    670  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

  $ 52,588  
    5,072  

Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (a)

    548,891  
    4,640  

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (a)

    506,456  
    5,949  

AT&T, Inc.

    104,345  
    99  

Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A (a)

    40,850  
    3,746  

Comcast Corporation - Class A

    135,568  
    211  

DISH Network Corporation - Class A (a)

    3,661  
    243  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    30,829  
    270  

Fox Corporation - Class A

    9,229  
    128  

Fox Corporation - Class B

    4,047  
    336  

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

    9,287  
    120  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    10,843  
    803  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

    7,998  
    247  

Match Group, Inc. (a)

    13,963  
    1,940  

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A (a)

    316,084  
    359  

Netflix, Inc. (a)

    80,258  
    334  

News Corporation - Class A

    5,651  
    104  

News Corporation - Class B

    1,793  
    175  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    11,708  
    520  

Paramount Global - Class B

    12,163  
    135  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

    16,546  
    495  

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

    71,260  
    652  

Twitter, Inc. (a)

    25,265  
    3,551  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    148,468  
    1,538  

Walt Disney Company (a)

    172,380  
    1,867  

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (a)

    24,719  
              2,364,850  
       

Consumer Discretionary — 10.9%

    51  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    8,601  
    7,346  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    931,252  
    231  

Aptiv plc (a)

    21,582  
    19  

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

    40,265  
    207  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    7,727  
    177  

Best Buy Company, Inc.

    12,512  
    37  

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

    69,405  
    204  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    7,691  
    184  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    7,934  
    135  

CarMax, Inc. (a)

    11,939  
    681  

Carnival Corporation (a)

    6,442  
    28  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

    44,710  
    260  

D.R. Horton, Inc.

    18,499  
    105  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    12,990  
    197  

Dollar General Corporation

    46,772  
    196  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

    26,593  
    31  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    11,528  
    466  

eBay, Inc.

    20,565  
    104  

Etsy, Inc. (a)

    10,983  
    131  

Expedia Group, Inc. (a)

    13,447  
    3,333  

Ford Motor Company

    50,795  
    129  

Garmin, Ltd.

    11,415  
    1,228  

General Motors Company

    46,922  
    123  

Genuine Parts Company

    19,189  
    113  

Hasbro, Inc.

    8,907  
    245  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    31,203  
    879  

Home Depot, Inc.

    253,521  
    295  

Las Vegas Sands Corporation (a)

    11,101  
    214  

Lennar Corporation - Class A

    16,574  
    222  

LKQ Corporation

    11,815  
    558  

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

    108,330  
    245  

Marriott International, Inc. - Class A

    37,666  
    622  

McDonald’s Corporation

    156,918  
    304  

MGM Resorts International

    9,923  
    46  

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

    5,077  
    315  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    5,623  
    1,113  

NIKE, Inc. - Class B

    118,478  
    354  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    4,630  
    3  

NVR, Inc. (a)

    12,420  
    55  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

    38,342  
    138  

Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)

    4,310  
    35  

Pool Corporation

    11,872  
    200  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    8,132  
    59  

PVH Corporation

    3,319  
    42  

Ralph Lauren Corporation

    3,836  
    307  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    26,485  
    193  

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (a)

    7,884  
    971  

Starbucks Corporation

    81,632  
    224  

Tapestry, Inc.

    7,780  
    403  

Target Corporation

    64,617  
    2,154  

Tesla, Inc. (a)

    593,664  
    1,000  

TJX Companies, Inc.

    62,350  
    100  

Tractor Supply Company

    18,515  
    48  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

    20,154  
    278  

V.F. Corporation

    11,523  
    52  

Whirlpool Corporation

    8,143  
    93  

Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (a)

    5,635  
    244  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    27,143  
              3,257,280  

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 94.7% (Continued)

       

Consumer Staples — 6.4%

       
    1,703  

Altria Group, Inc.

  $ 76,839  
    491  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

    43,154  
    156  

Brown-Forman Corporation - Class B

    11,341  
    175  

Campbell Soup Company

    8,817  
    203  

Church & Dwight Company, Inc.

    16,993  
    103  

Clorox Company

    14,867  
    3,295  

Coca-Cola Company

    203,334  
    700  

Colgate-Palmolive Company

    54,747  
    408  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    14,027  
    139  

Constellation Brands, Inc. - Class A

    34,201  
    378  

Costco Wholesale Corporation

    197,354  
    199  

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. - Class A

    50,622  
    513  

General Mills, Inc.

    39,398  
    128  

Hershey Company

    28,758  
    242  

Hormel Foods Corporation

    12,168  
    96  

J.M. Smucker Company

    13,439  
    222  

Kellogg Company

    16,148  
    626  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

    23,863  
    282  

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

    35,961  
    596  

Kraft Heinz Company

    22,290  
    571  

Kroger Company

    27,374  
    123  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    9,782  
    215  

McCormick & Company, Inc.

    18,075  
    160  

Molson Coors Beverage Company - Class B

    8,267  
    1,170  

Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A

    72,377  
    323  

Monster Beverage Corporation (a)

    28,692  
    1,167  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    201,039  
    1,333  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    127,289  
    2,004  

Procter & Gamble Company

    276,432  
    442  

Sysco Corporation

    36,341  
    253  

Tyson Foods, Inc. - Class A

    19,071  
    603  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    21,141  
    1,208  

Walmart, Inc.

    160,120  
              1,924,321  
       

Energy — 4.6%

       
    311  

APA Corporation

    12,163  
    823  

Baker Hughes Company

    20,789  
    1,743  

Chevron Corporation

    275,499  
    1,172  

ConocoPhillips

    128,275  
    702  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    21,699  
    553  

Devon Energy Corporation

  39,053  
    152  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    20,259  
    526  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    63,804  
    3,710  

Exxon Mobil Corporation

    354,639  
    800  

Halliburton Company

    24,104  
    250  

Hess Corporation

    30,195  
    1,686  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    30,888  
    651  

Marathon Oil Corporation

    16,659  
    471  

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

    47,453  
    784  

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

    55,664  
    392  

ONEOK, Inc.

    24,002  
    431  

Phillips 66

    38,557  
    200  

Pioneer Natural Resources Company

    50,644  
    1,235  

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    47,115  
    354  

Valero Energy Corporation

    41,460  
    1,051  

Williams Companies, Inc.

    35,766  
              1,378,687  
       

Financials — 10.3%

       
    507  

Aflac, Inc.

    30,126  
    234  

Allstate Corporation

    28,197  
    520  

American Express Company

    79,039  
    681  

American International Group, Inc.

    35,242  
    97  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    25,997  
    179  

Aon plc - Class A

    49,988  
    176  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Company

    31,956  
    50  

Assurant, Inc.

    7,925  
    6,045  

Bank of America Corporation

    203,173  
    636  

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

    26,413  
    1,544  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B (a)

    433,555  
    125  

BlackRock, Inc.

    83,299  
    199  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    12,545  
    339  

Capital One Financial Corporation

    35,873  
    93  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    10,971  
    1,277  

Charles Schwab Corporation

    90,603  
    361  

Chubb, Ltd.

    68,246  
    126  

Cincinnati Financial Corporation

    12,217  
    1,677  

Citigroup, Inc.

    81,854  
    418  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    15,332  
    305  

CME Group, Inc.

    59,661  
    114  

Comerica, Inc.

    9,154  
    242  

Discover Financial Services

    24,319  
    35  

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

    9,417  

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 94.7% (Continued)

       

Financials — 10.3% (Continued)

    33  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

  $ 14,300  
    581  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    19,841  
    151  

First Republic Bank/CA

    22,926  
    240  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    6,257  
    78  

Globe Life, Inc.

    7,581  
    295  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    98,138  
    278  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    17,878  
    1,222  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    16,375  
    475  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    47,904  
    287  

Invesco, Ltd.

    4,727  
    2,503  

JPMorgan Chase & Company

    284,667  
    802  

KeyCorporation

    14,187  
    142  

Lincoln National Corporation

    6,541  
    168  

Loews Corporation

    9,292  
    154  

M&T Bank Corporation

    27,994  
    33  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    8,203  
    424  

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

    68,420  
    597  

MetLife, Inc.

    38,405  
    136  

Moody’s Corporation

    38,695  
    1,194  

Morgan Stanley

    101,752  
    71  

MSCI, Inc.

    31,896  
    300  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    17,859  
    178  

Northern Trust Corporation

    16,926  
    351  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    55,458  
    203  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    15,176  
    503  

Progressive Corporation

    61,693  
    324  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    31,023  
    169  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    17,639  
    799  

Regions Financial Corporation

    17,314  
    292  

S&P Global, Inc.

    102,836  
    53  

Signature Bank

    9,241  
    316  

State Street Corporation

    21,599  
    50  

SVB Financial Group (a)

    20,326  
    430  

Synchrony Financial

    14,083  
    192  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    23,040  
    203  

Travelers Companies, Inc.

    32,813  
    1,131  

Truist Financial Corporation

    52,976  
    1,149  

U.S. Bancorp

    52,406  
    181  

W.R. Berkley Corporation

    11,729  
    3,245  

Wells Fargo & Company

    141,840  
    97  

Willis Towers Watson plc

    20,063  
    131  

Zions Bancorporation

    7,209  
              3,094,330  
       

Health Care — 13.2%

       
    1,470  

Abbott Laboratories

  150,895  
    1,449  

AbbVie, Inc.

    194,833  
    40  

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

    10,371  
    254  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    32,576  
    62  

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

    15,109  
    128  

AmerisourceBergen Corporation

    18,760  
    453  

Amgen, Inc.

    108,856  
    426  

Baxter International, Inc.

    24,478  
    244  

Becton Dickinson and Company

    61,590  
    127  

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    24,813  
    21  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - Class A (a)

    10,186  
    35  

Bio-Techne Corporation

    11,613  
    1,192  

Boston Scientific Corporation (a)

    48,050  
    1,806  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

    121,742  
    228  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    16,124  
    150  

Catalent, Inc. (a)

    13,200  
    492  

Centene Corporation (a)

    44,152  
    46  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

    9,442  
    267  

Cigna Corporation

    75,681  
    45  

Cooper Companies, Inc.

    12,935  
    1,106  

CVS Health Corporation

    108,554  
    546  

Danaher Corporation

    147,370  
    52  

DaVita, Inc. (a)

    4,435  
    182  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    5,964  
    329  

DexCom, Inc. (a)

    27,047  
    521  

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (a)

    46,942  
    203  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    98,477  
    653  

Eli Lilly & Company

    196,703  
    1,049  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    66,580  
    193  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    38,189  
    119  

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

    8,736  
    213  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

    14,390  
    109  

Humana, Inc.

    52,514  
    74  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    25,724  
    134  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

    27,020  
    159  

Incyte Corporation (a)

    11,198  
    298  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

    61,311  
    160  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    34,026  
    2,192  

Johnson & Johnson

    353,658  
    78  

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

    17,571  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCKS — 94.7% (Continued)

       

Health Care — 13.2% (Continued)

    127  

McKesson Corporation

  $ 46,609  
    1,131  

Medtronic plc

    99,438  
    2,111  

Merck & Company, Inc.

    180,195  
    22  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

    26,674  
    278  

Moderna, Inc. (a)

    36,771  
    53  

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

    17,881  
    212  

Organon & Company

    6,048  
    106  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    14,316  
    4,661  

Pfizer, Inc.

    210,817  
    101  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    12,656  
    94  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    54,620  
    127  

ResMed, Inc.

    27,930  
    84  

STERIS plc

    16,916  
    285  

Stryker Corporation

    58,482  
    42  

Teleflex, Inc.

    9,503  
    328  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    178,864  
    781  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    405,597  
    57  

Universal Health Services, Inc. - Class B

    5,577  
    217  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    61,142  
    1,026  

Viatris, Inc.

    9,798  
    51  

Waters Corporation (a)

    15,229  
    65  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    19,285  
    176  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    18,712  
    396  

Zoetis, Inc.

    61,986  
              3,946,861  
       

Industrials — 7.6%

       
    482  

3M Company

    59,937  
    112  

A.O. Smith Corporation

    6,322  
    109  

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)

    4,748  
    78  

Allegion plc

    7,418  
    553  

American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)

    7,183  
    198  

AMETEK, Inc.

    23,792  
    473  

Boeing Company (a)

    75,798  
    112  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    12,785  
    727  

Carrier Global Corporation

    28,440  
    474  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    87,552  
    77  

Cintas Corporation

    31,327  
    181  

Copart, Inc. (a)

    21,657  
    1,851  

CSX Corporation

    58,584  
    124  

Cummins, Inc.

    26,706  
    247  

Deere & Company

    90,216  
    549  

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)

    17,057  
    126  

Dover Corporation

  15,745  
    341  

Eaton Corporation plc

    46,594  
    516  

Emerson Electric Company

    42,178  
    101  

Equifax, Inc.

    19,064  
    146  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    15,022  
    487  

Fastenal Company

    24,510  
    205  

FedEx Corporation

    43,216  
    302  

Fortive Corporation

    19,126  
    112  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    6,880  
    57  

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

    12,563  
    199  

General Dynamics Corporation

    45,557  
    950  

General Electric Company

    69,768  
    588  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    111,338  
    324  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

    11,479  
    35  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    8,059  
    66  

IDEX Corporation

    13,280  
    243  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    47,343  
    349  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    16,532  
    111  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

    13,828  
    76  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    13,226  
    589  

Johnson Controls International plc

    31,889  
    165  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

    37,651  
    118  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    11,216  
    202  

Lockheed Martin Corporation

    84,862  
    203  

Masco Corporation

    10,327  
    306  

Nielsen Holdings plc

    8,519  
    49  

Nordson Corporation

    11,131  
    202  

Norfolk Southern Corporation

    49,112  
    125  

Northrop Grumman Corporation

    59,749  
    79  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    21,441  
    368  

Otis Worldwide Corporation

    26,577  
    302  

PACCAR, Inc.

    26,428  
    109  

Parker-Hannifin Corporation

    28,885  
    141  

Pentair plc

    6,275  
    125  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    17,663  
    1,262  

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

    113,265  
    175  

Republic Services, Inc.

    24,976  
    95  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    7,312  
    101  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    23,931  
    192  

Rollins, Inc.

    6,482  
    49  

Snap-on, Inc.

    10,675  
    503  

Southwest Airlines Company (a)

    18,461  
    129  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    11,365  
    184  

Textron, Inc.

    11,478  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Schedules of Investments (Continued)

 

August 31, 2022

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF (Continued)

 

 

Shares

 

Security Description

 

Value

 
       

COMMON STOCKS — 94.7% (Continued)

       

Industrials — 7.6% (Continued)

    201  

Trane Technologies plc

  $ 30,968  
    47  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    28,218  
    535  

Union Pacific Corporation

    120,113  
    277  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

    9,698  
    622  

United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B

    120,985  
    63  

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

    18,399  
    134  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    25,080  
    39  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    21,643  
    325  

Waste Management, Inc.

    54,934  
    158  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

    13,849  
    151  

Xylem, Inc.

    13,756  
              2,272,143  
       

Information Technology — 25.9% (b)

    527  

Accenture plc - Class A

    152,018  
    399  

Adobe, Inc. (a)

    149,002  
    1,366  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

    115,932  
    138  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

    12,459  
    508  

Amphenol Corporation - Class A

    37,353  
    449  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    68,037  
    77  

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

    19,119  
    13,049  

Apple, Inc.

    2,051,563  
    751  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    70,647  
    195  

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

    23,377  
    183  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    36,918  
    353  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    86,277  
    350  

Broadcom, Inc.

    174,689  
    103  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    17,631  
    239  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    41,531  
    117  

CDW Corporation

    19,972  
    118  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (a)

    7,038  
    3,558  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    159,114  
    107  

Citrix Systems, Inc.

    10,996  
    447  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation - Class A

    28,237  
    656  

Corning, Inc.

    22,514  
    209  

DXC Technology Company (a)

    5,179  
    117  

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

    33,513  
    51  

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

    21,752  
    52  

F5, Inc. (a)

    8,167  
    526  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    48,061  
    494  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

    49,988  
    70  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

  14,877  
    567  

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

    27,607  
    71  

Gartner, Inc. (a)

    20,258  
    241  

Global Payments, Inc.

    29,939  
    1,117  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

    15,191  
    910  

HP, Inc.

    26,126  
    3,494  

Intel Corporation

    111,528  
    768  

International Business Machines Corporation

    98,650  
    238  

Intuit, Inc.

    102,764  
    64  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    12,301  
    277  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    7,872  
    156  

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

    25,567  
    127  

KLA Corporation

    43,705  
    122  

Lam Research Corporation

    53,425  
    731  

Mastercard, Inc. - Class A

    237,114  
    477  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    31,124  
    952  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    53,817  
    6,331  

Microsoft Corporation

    1,655,366  
    40  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    18,127  
    140  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    34,077  
    189  

NetApp, Inc.

    13,633  
    493  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    11,137  
    2,142  

NVIDIA Corporation

    323,313  
    225  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    37,031  
    378  

ON Semiconductor Corporation (a)

    25,995  
    1,350  

Oracle Corporation

    100,103  
    277  

Paychex, Inc.

    34,165  
    43  

Paycom Software, Inc. (a)

    15,102  
    962  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

    89,889  
    92  

PTC, Inc. (a)

    10,570  
    96  

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

    8,619  
    965  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    127,641  
    92  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    37,037  
    835  

Salesforce, Inc. (a)

    130,360  
    173  

Seagate Technology Holdings plc

    11,584  
    171  

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

    74,320  
    140  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    13,797  
    51  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)

    14,074  
    131  

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

    45,329  
    281  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    35,465  
    42  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

    15,471  
    138  

Teradyne, Inc.

    11,680  
    786  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    129,855  
    215  

Trimble, Inc. (a)

    13,599  
    36  

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

    13,374  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Schedules of Investments (Continued)

 

August 31, 2022

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF (Continued)

 

 

Shares

 

Security Description

 

Value

 
       

COMMON STOCKS — 94.7% (Continued)

       

Information Technology — 25.9% (b) (Continued)

    83  

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

  $ 15,124  
    1,401  

Visa, Inc. - Class A

    278,392  
    275  

Western Digital Corporation (a)

    11,622  
    47  

Zebra Technologies Corporation - Class A (a)

    14,177  
              7,752,977  
       

Materials — 2.4%

       
    191  

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    48,218  
    102  

Albemarle Corporation

    27,332  
    1,287  

Amcor plc

    15,456  
    72  

Avery Dennison Corporation

    13,221  
    276  

Ball Corporation

    15,404  
    98  

Celanese Corporation

    10,864  
    180  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    18,623  
    637  

Corteva, Inc.

    39,131  
    651  

Dow, Inc.

    33,201  
    440  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    24,482  
    112  

Eastman Chemical Company

    10,192  
    207  

Ecolab, Inc.

    33,913  
    109  

FMC Corporation

    11,781  
    1,328  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    39,309  
    211  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    23,311  
    324  

International Paper Company

    13,485  
    428  

Linde plc

    121,063  
    230  

LyondellBasell Industries NV - Class A

    19,090  
    53  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    18,429  
    317  

Mosaic Company

    17,077  
    678  

Newmont Corporation

    28,042  
    237  

Nucor Corporation

    31,507  
    82  

Packaging Corporation of America

    11,227  
    199  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    25,269  
    128  

Sealed Air Corporation

    6,888  
    203  

Sherwin-Williams Company

    47,116  
    116  

Vulcan Materials Company

    19,312  
    228  

Westrock Company

    9,255  
              732,198  
       

Real Estate — 2.6%

       
    128  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    19,635  
    383  

American Tower Corporation

    97,302  
    121  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    24,310  
    125  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    9,929  
    91  

Camden Property Trust

    11,694  
    277  

CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A (a)

  21,872  
    350  

Crown Castle, Inc.

    59,791  
    234  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    28,929  
    317  

Duke Realty Corporation

    18,655  
    75  

Equinix, Inc.

    49,303  
    291  

Equity Residential

    21,295  
    56  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    14,843  
    113  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    22,456  
    62  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    6,279  
    451  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

    11,839  
    637  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    11,319  
    243  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    12,784  
    526  

Kimco Realty Corporation

    11,088  
    99  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    16,401  
    610  

Prologis, Inc.

    75,952  
    128  

Public Storage

    42,346  
    500  

Realty Income Corporation

    34,140  
    132  

Regency Centers Corporation

    8,031  
    90  

SBA Communications Corporation

    29,273  
    279  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    28,452  
    250  

UDR, Inc.

    11,218  
    329  

Ventas, Inc.

    15,746  
    831  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    27,415  
    136  

Vornado Realty Trust

    3,566  
    378  

Welltower, Inc.

    28,974  
    633  

Weyerhaeuser Company

    21,623  
              796,460  
       

Utilities — 2.9%

       
    559  

AES Corporation

    14,227  
    213  

Alliant Energy Corporation

    13,002  
    220  

Ameren Corporation

    20,376  
    433  

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

    43,387  
    151  

American Water Works Company, Inc.

    22,416  
    120  

Atmos Energy Corporation

    13,606  
    534  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    16,837  
    245  

CMS Energy Corporation

    16,547  
    301  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    29,420  
    282  

Constellation Energy Corporation

    23,008  
    680  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    55,625  
    166  

DTE Energy Company

    21,636  
    649  

Duke Energy Corporation

    69,384  
    326  

Edison International

    22,093  
    175  

Entergy Corporation

    20,178  
    196  

Evergy, Inc.

    13,432  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

51

 

 

 

Schedules of Investments (Continued)

 

August 31, 2022

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF (Continued)

 

 

Shares

 

Security Description

 

Value

 
       

COMMON STOCKS — 94.7% (Continued)

       

Utilities — 2.9% (Continued)

    291  

Eversource Energy

  $ 26,100  
    826  

Exelon Corporation

    36,270  
    481  

FirstEnergy Corporation

    19,024  
    1,619  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    137,711  
    342  

NiSource, Inc.

    10,092  
    204  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    8,421  
    97  

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

    7,309  
    618  

PPL Corporation

    17,971  
    426  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    27,417  
    267  

Sempra Energy

    44,048  
    896  

Southern Company

    69,054  
    264  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    27,229  
    456  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    33,858  
              879,678  
       

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $31,451,718)

    28,399,785  

 

 

Contracts

     

Notional
Amount

         
       

PURCHASED OPTIONS (c) — 1.0%

    71  

S&P 500 Index Put, Expiration: 09/16/2022, Exercise Price: $3,860.00

  $ 28,080,500       298,200  
       

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $58,532)

    298,200  
 

Shares

                   
       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.2%

       

Money Market Funds — 4.2%

    1,252,335  

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio - Institutional Class, 2.22% (d)

            1,252,335  
       

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,252,335)

    1,252,335  
                 
       

Total Investments (Cost $32,762,585) — 99.9%

    29,950,320  
       

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%

    33,943  
       

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

  $ 29,984,263  

 

 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. See Note 8 in Notes to Financial Statements.

(c)

Exchange traded.

(d)

Rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of August 31, 2022.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

August 31, 2022

 

   

Nationwide
Nasdaq-100
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

   

Nationwide
Dow Jones
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

   

Nationwide
Russell 2000
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

   

Nationwide
S&P 500
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

 

ASSETS

                               

Investments in securities, at value * (Note 2)

  $ 585,232,212     $ 31,187,365     $ 13,663,944     $ 29,950,320  

Dividends and interest receivable

    532,788       109,563       12,312       52,268  

Reclaims receivable

                48       31  

Total assets

    585,765,000       31,296,928       13,676,304       30,002,619  
                                 

LIABILITIES

                               

Management fees payable

    347,908       18,085       8,334       18,356  

Payable for securities purchased

    3,777,131       998,748              

Total liabilities

    4,125,039       1,016,833       8,334       18,356  
                                 

NET ASSETS

  $ 581,639,961     $ 30,280,095     $ 13,667,970     $ 29,984,263  
                                 

Net Assets Consist of:

                               

Paid-in capital

  $ 804,467,168     $ 34,130,927     $ 15,680,356     $ 33,877,725  

Total distributable earnings (accumulated deficit)

    (222,827,207 )     (3,850,832 )     (2,012,386 )     (3,893,462 )

Net assets

  $ 581,639,961     $ 30,280,095     $ 13,667,970     $ 29,984,263  
                                 
                                 

Net Asset Value:

                               

Net assets

  $ 581,639,961     $ 30,280,095     $ 13,667,970     $ 29,984,263  

Shares outstanding ^

    28,950,000       1,450,000       650,000       1,450,000  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

  $ 20.09     $ 20.88     $ 21.03     $ 20.68  

* Identified cost:

                               

Investments in securities

  $ 636,108,863     $ 33,698,645     $ 15,453,049     $ 32,762,585  

 

^    No par value, unlimited number of shares authorized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

 

For the Year/Period Ended August 31, 2022

 

   

Nationwide
Nasdaq-100
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

   

Nationwide
Dow Jones
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF
(1)

   

Nationwide
Russell 2000
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF
(1)

   

Nationwide
S&P 500
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF
(1)

 

INCOME

                               

Dividends*

  $ 5,776,390     $ 429,658     $ 129,047     $ 303,941  

Interest

    27,923       2,944       4,352       4,537  

Total investment income

    5,804,313       432,602       133,399       308,478  
                                 

EXPENSES

                               

Management fees

    5,083,438       134,802       75,141       133,188  

Total expenses

    5,083,438       134,802       75,141       133,188  

Net investment income (loss)

    720,875       297,800       58,258       175,290  
                                 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS

                               

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                               

Investments

    (9,923,866 )     (893,430 )     (1,075,067 )     (692,423 )

Written options

    (64,947,378 )     (446,122 )     822,864       (388,774 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                               

Investments

    (144,816,994 )     (2,511,280 )     (1,789,105 )     (2,812,265 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    (219,688,238 )     (3,850,832 )     (2,041,308 )     (3,893,462 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ (218,967,363 )   $ (3,553,032 )   $ (1,983,050 )   $ (3,718,172 )
                                 

* Net of foreign withholding taxes

  $ 11,363     $     $ 277     $ 80  

 

(1)

The Fund commenced operations on December 16, 2021. The information presented is for the period from December 16 , 2021 to August 31, 2022.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF    

 

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2022

   

Year Ended
August 31,
2021

 

OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 720,875     $ 189,278  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and written options

    (74,871,244 )     (36,835,528 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (144,816,994 )     70,848,932  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (218,967,363 )     34,202,682  
                 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

               

Net distributions to shareholders

    (720,875 )     (189,278 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (57,824,445 )     (20,717,538 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (58,545,320 )     (20,906,816 )
                 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    490,662,925       468,649,890  

Payments for shares redeemed

    (213,810,745 )     (27,653,610 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions (a)

    276,852,180       440,996,280  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ (660,503 )   $ 454,292,146  
                 

NET ASSETS

               

Beginning of year

  $ 582,300,464     $ 128,008,318  

End of year

  $ 581,639,961     $ 582,300,464  

 

(a)

A summary of capital share transactions is as follows:

   

Shares

   

Shares

 

Shares sold

    17,750,000       16,850,000  

Shares redeemed

    (9,150,000 )     (1,050,000 )

Net increase (decrease)

    8,600,000       15,800,000  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

 

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

   

Period Ended
August 31,
2022
(1)

 

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 297,800  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and written options

    (1,339,552 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (2,511,280 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (3,553,032 )
         

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

       

Net distributions to shareholders

    (297,800 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (1,183,693 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1,481,493 )
         

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Proceeds from shares sold

    35,314,620  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions (a)

    35,314,620  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ 30,280,095  
         

NET ASSETS

       

Beginning of period

  $  

End of period

  $ 30,280,095  

 

(a)

A summary of capital share transactions is as follows:

   

Shares

 

Shares sold

    1,450,000  

Net increase (decrease)

    1,450,000  

 

(1)

Fund inception date of December 16, 2021. The information shown is for the period from December 16, 2021 to August 31, 2022.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

 

 

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

   

Period Ended
August 31,
2022
(1)

 

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 58,258  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and written options

    (252,203 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (1,789,105 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,983,050 )
         

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

       

Net distributions to shareholders

    (58,656 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (759,694 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (818,350 )
         

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Proceeds from shares sold

    17,551,575  

Payments for shares redeemed

    (1,082,205 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions (a)

    16,469,370  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ 13,667,970  
         

NET ASSETS

       

Beginning of period

  $  

End of period

  $ 13,667,970  

 

(a)

A summary of capital share transactions is as follows:

   

Shares

 

Shares sold

    700,000  

Shares redeemed

    (50,000 )

Net increase (decrease)

    650,000  

 

(1)

Fund inception date of December 16, 2021. The information shown is for the period from December 16, 2021 to August 31, 2022.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

 

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

   

Period Ended
August 31,
2022
(1)

 

OPERATIONS

       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 175,290  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and written options

    (1,081,197 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    (2,812,265 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (3,718,172 )
         

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

       

Net distributions to shareholders

    (175,290 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (1,267,310 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1,442,600 )
         

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

       

Proceeds from shares sold

    35,145,035  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions (a)

    35,145,035  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ 29,984,263  
         

NET ASSETS

       

Beginning of period

  $  

End of period

  $ 29,984,263  

 

(a)

A summary of capital share transactions is as follows:

   

Shares

 

Shares sold

    1,450,000  

Net increase (decrease)

    1,450,000  

 

(1)

Fund inception date of December 16, 2021. The information shown is for the period from December 16, 2021 to August 31, 2022.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a capital share outstanding throughout the year/period

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF    

 

   

Year Ended August 31,

      Period Ended August 31,  
   

2022

   

2021

   

2020(1)

 

Net asset value, beginning of year/period

  $ 28.61     $ 28.13     $ 25.00  
                         

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                       

Net investment income (loss) (2)

    0.02       0.02       0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (3)

    (6.64 )     2.59       4.61  

Total from investment operations

    (6.62 )     2.61       4.66  
                         

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

                       

From net investment income

    (0.02 )     (0.02 )     (0.04 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (1.88 )     (2.11 )     (1.49 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.90 )     (2.13 )     (1.53 )
                         

Net asset value, end of year/period

  $ 20.09     $ 28.61     $ 28.13  
                         

Total return

    -24.09 %     9.61 %(5)     19.72 %(4)(5)
                         

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

                       

Net assets at end of year/period (000’s)

  $ 581,640     $ 582,300     $ 128,008  
                         

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

                       

Expenses to average net assets

    0.68 %     0.68 %     0.68 %(6)

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.10 %     0.07 %     0.25 %(6)
                         

Portfolio turnover rate (7)

    24 %     10 %     11 %(4)

 

(1)

Inception date of December 19, 2019.

(2)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the year/period.

(3)

Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

(4)

Not annualized.

(5)

The return reflects the actual performance for the period and does not include the impact of adjustments made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Had the adjustments been included, the total return for the periods ended August 31, 2021 and 2020 would have been 9.96% and 19.33%, respectively.

(6)

Annualized

(7)

Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

For a capital share outstanding throughout the period

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

   

Period Ended
August 31,
2022
(1)

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 25.00  
         

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income (loss) (2)

    0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (3)

    (3.15 )

Total from investment operations

    (2.91 )
         

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

       

From net investment income

    (0.24 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (0.97 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.21 )
         

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 20.88  
         

Total return

    -11.97 %(4)
         

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

       

Net assets at end of period (000’s)

  $ 30,280  
         

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

       

Expenses to average net assets

    0.68 %(5)

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    1.50 %(5)
         

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

    15 %(4)

 

(1)

Inception date of December 16, 2021.

(2)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(3)

Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

(4)

Not annualized.

(5)

Annualized

(6)

Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

For a capital share outstanding throughout the period

 

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

   

Period Ended
August 31,
2022
(1)

 
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 25.00  
         

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income (loss) (2)

    0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (3)

    (2.84 )

Total from investment operations

    (2.75 )
         

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

       

From net investment income

    (0.09 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (1.13 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.22 )
         

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 21.03  
         

Total return

    -11.37 %(4)
         

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

       

Net assets at end of period (000’s)

  $ 13,668  
         

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

       

Expenses to average net assets

    0.68 %(5)

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.53 %(5)
         

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

    23 %(4)

 

(1)

Inception date of December 16, 2021.

(2)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(3)

Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

(4)

Not annualized.

(5)

Annualized

(6)

Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

For a capital share outstanding throughout the period

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

   

Period Ended
August 31,
2022
(1)

 
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 25.00  
         

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income (loss) (2)

    0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (3)

    (3.26 )

Total from investment operations

    (3.12 )
         

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

       

From net investment income

    (0.14 )

Tax return of capital to shareholders

    (1.06 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (1.20 )
         

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 20.68  
         

Total return

    -12.84 %(4)
         

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

       

Net assets at end of period (000’s)

  $ 29,984  
         

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

       

Expenses to average net assets

    0.68 %(5)

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.89 %(5)
         

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

    13 %(4)

 

(1)

Inception date of December 16, 2021.

(2)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(3)

Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share in this caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

(4)

Not annualized.

(5)

Annualized

(6)

Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

August 31, 2022

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF and Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF are each a non-diversified series (individually each a “Fund” or collectively the “Funds”) of ETF Series Solutions (“ESS” or the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company consisting of multiple investment series, organized as a Delaware statutory trust on February 9, 2012. The Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company and the offering of the Funds’ shares is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The investment objective of Nationwide Nasdaq 100® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF and Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF is to seek current income with downside protection. The inception date for Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF is December 19, 2019. The inception date for Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF and Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF is December 16, 2021.

 

The end of the reporting period for the Funds is August 31, 2022, and the period covered by these Notes to Financial Statements is the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022 for Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF and the period from December 16, 2021 through August 31, 2022 for Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF and Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF (each, respectively, the “current fiscal period”).

 

NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The Funds are investment companies and accordingly follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies.

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds. These policies are in conformity with U.S. GAAP.

 

A.

Security Valuation. All equity securities, including domestic and foreign common stocks, preferred stocks and exchange traded funds that are traded on a national securities exchange, except those listed on the Nasdaq Global Market®, Nasdaq Global Select Market® and the Nasdaq Capital Market® exchanges (collectively, “Nasdaq”) are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on Nasdaq will be valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded or Nasdaq security does not trade, then the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices will be used. All equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are valued at the last sale price in the over-the-counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. Prices denominated in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents at the current exchange rate, which approximates fair value.

 

Investments in mutual funds, including money market funds, are valued at their net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

 

Debt securities, including short-term debt instruments, are valued in accordance with prices provided by a pricing service. Pricing services may use various valuation methodologies such as the mean between the bid and asked prices, matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer quotations.

 

Exchange traded options are valued at the composite mean price, which calculates the mean of the highest bid price and lowest asked price across the exchanges where the option is principally traded. On the last trading day prior to expiration, expiring options will be priced at intrinsic value. The Trust’s valuation committee may also use other valuation methods in certain instances.

 

Securities for which quotations are not readily available are valued at their respective fair values in accordance with pricing procedures adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”). When a security is “fair valued,” consideration is given to the facts and circumstances relevant to the particular situation, including a review of various factors set forth in the pricing procedures adopted by the Board.

 

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August 31, 2022

 

The use of fair value pricing by the Funds may cause the NAV of their shares to differ significantly from the NAV that would be calculated without regard to such considerations.

 

As described above, the Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis. U.S. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuations methods. The three levels of inputs are:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access.

 

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and based on the best information available.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

 

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of the end of the current fiscal period:

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

Assets^

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Common Stocks

  $ 552,488,230     $     $     $ 552,488,230  

Purchased Options

          28,631,250             28,631,250  

Short-Term Investments

    4,112,732                   4,112,732  

Total Investments in Securities, at value

  $ 556,600,962     $ 28,631,250     $     $ 585,232,212  

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

Assets^

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Common Stocks

  $ 29,847,782     $     $     $ 29,847,782  

Purchased Options

          200,050             200,050  

Short-Term Investments

    1,139,533                   1,139,533  

Total Investments in Securities, at value

  $ 30,987,315     $ 200,050     $     $ 31,187,365  

 

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August 31, 2022

 

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

Assets^

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Common Stocks

  $ 12,400,243     $     $     $ 12,400,243  

Contingent Value Rights

                0 *     0 *

Purchased Options

          169,975             169,975  

Short-Term Investments

    1,093,726                   1,093,726  

Total Investments in Securities, at value

  $ 13,493,969     $ 169,975     $ 0 *   $ 13,663,944  

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

Assets^

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Common Stocks

  $ 28,399,785     $     $     $ 28,399,785  

Purchased Options

          298,200             298,200  

Short-Term Investments

    1,252,335                   1,252,335  

Total Investments in Securities, at value

  $ 29,652,120     $ 298,200     $     $ 29,950,320  

 

 

^

See Schedule of Investments for breakout of investments by sector classification.

 

*

Represents less than $0.50.

 

During the current fiscal period, the Funds did not recognize any transfers to or from Level 3.

 

B.

Foreign Currency. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments. The Funds report net realized foreign exchange gains or losses that arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

 

C.

Federal Income Taxes. The Funds’ policy is to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of their net investment income and net capital gains to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Each Fund plans to file U.S. Federal and various state and local tax returns.

 

Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed each Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions.

 

Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits on uncertain tax positions as income tax expenses in the Statements of Operations. During the current fiscal period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

 

D.

Security Transactions and Investment Income. Investment securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses realized on sales of securities are determined on a specific identification basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income or separately disclosed, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the security received. Interest

 

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August 31, 2022

 

income is recorded on an accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations.

 

Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain, or a return of capital. The proper characterization of REIT distributions is generally not known until after the end of each calendar year. As such, the Funds must use estimates in reporting the character of their income or return of capital and distributions received during the current calendar year for financial statement purposes. The actual character of distributions to the Funds’ shareholders will be reflected on the Form 1099 received by shareholders after the end of the calendar year. Due to the nature of REIT investments, a portion of the distributions received by the Funds’ shareholders may represent a return of capital.

 

E.

Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income or return of capital are declared and paid monthly and realized gains on securities are declared and paid by the Funds on an annual basis. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

F.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

G.

Share Valuation. The NAV per share of each Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by each Fund, plus cash and other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses) by the total number of outstanding shares for each Fund, rounded to the nearest cent. The Funds’ shares will not be priced on the days on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (“NYSE”) is closed for trading. The offering and redemption price per share of each Fund is equal to each Fund’s NAV per share.

 

H.

Guarantees and Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

 

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August 31, 2022

 

I.

Reclassification of Capital Accounts. U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share and are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions. For the fiscal year/period ended August 31, 2022, the following table shows the reclassifications made:

 

 

 

Distributable
Earnings
(Accumulated
Deficit)

   

Paid-In Capital

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ (35,548,034 )   $ 35,548,034  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

           

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    29,320       (29,320 )

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

           

 

During the fiscal year/period ended August 31, 2022, the Funds realized the following net capital gains/losses resulting from in-kind redemptions, in which shareholders exchanged Fund shares for securities held by the Funds rather than for cash. Because such gains/losses are not taxable to the Funds, and gains are not distributed to shareholders, they have been reclassified from distributable earnings (accumulated deficit) to paid-in capital.

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ 35,548,034  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

     

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    (29,320 )

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

     

 

J.

Subsequent Events. In preparing these financial statements, management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued. There were no events or transactions that occurred during the period subsequent to the end of the current fiscal period that materially impacted the amounts or disclosures in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

NOTE 3 – COMMITMENTS AND OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Nationwide Fund Advisors (“NFA” or the “Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser to the Funds. Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement (“Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and the Adviser, the Adviser provides investment advice to the Funds and oversees the day-to-day operations of the Funds, subject to the direction and control of the Board and the officers of the Trust. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is responsible for arranging, in consultation with Harvest Volatility Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”): transfer agency, custody, fund administration and accounting, and all other related services necessary for the Funds to operate. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser has agreed to pay all expenses of the Funds, except for: the fee paid to the Adviser pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, interest charges on any borrowings, dividends and other expenses on securities sold short, taxes, 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, extraordinary expenses and distribution (12b-1) fees and expenses. For services provided to the Funds, each Fund pays the Adviser 0.68%, at an annual rate based on each Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser is paid monthly, and the Adviser is responsible for paying the Sub-Adviser.

 

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services” or “Administrator”) acts as the Funds’ Administrator and, in that capacity, performs various administrative and accounting services for the Funds. The Administrator prepares various federal and state regulatory filings, reports and returns for the Funds, including regulatory compliance monitoring and financial reporting; prepares reports and materials to be supplied to the Board; and monitors the activities of the Funds’ Custodian, transfer

 

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August 31, 2022

 

agent and accountant. Fund Services also serves as the transfer agent and fund accountant to the Funds. U.S. Bank N.A. (the “Custodian”), an affiliate of Fund Services, serves as the Funds’ Custodian.

 

A Trustee and all officers of the Trust are affiliated with the Administrator and Custodian.

 

NOTE 4 – PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

 

During the current fiscal period, purchases and sales of securities by the Funds, excluding short-term securities, options, and in-kind transactions were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Purchases

   

Sales

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ 174,432,482     $ 300,500,602  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    4,218,861       4,982,655  

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    3,463,322       4,146,011  

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    3,499,959       5,021,215  

 

During the current fiscal period, there were no purchases or sales of U.S. Government securities.

 

During the current fiscal period, the in-kind security transactions associated with creations and redemptions were as follows:

 

Fund

 

In-Kind
Purchases

   

In-Kind
Sales

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ 484,355,296     $ 207,477,327  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    33,842,920        

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    16,669,641       1,006,133  

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    33,855,331        

 

NOTE 5 – ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES ABOUT DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 

The following disclosures provide information on the Funds’ use of derivatives. The location and value of these instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the realized gains and losses and changes in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on the Statements of Operations are included in the following tables.

 

Options Contracts. Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF and Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF may purchase call and put options. The Funds may also write options. When the Funds purchase a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment and is subsequently adjusted to reflect the value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Funds enter into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Funds exercise a call option, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Funds exercise a put option, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such a sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the loss of the premium paid.

 

A written (sold) call option gives the seller the obligation to sell shares of the underlying asset at a specified price (“strike price”) at a specified date (“expiration date”). The writer (seller) of the call option receives an amount (premium) for writing (selling) the option. In the event the underlying asset appreciates above the strike price as of the expiration date, the writer (seller) of the call option will have to pay the difference between the value of the underlying asset and the strike price (which loss is offset by the premium initially received), and in the event the underlying asset declines in value, the call option may end up worthless and the writer (seller) of the call option retains the premium. When the Funds write an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Funds is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Funds on the expiration date as realized gains from written options. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or, if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a

 

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August 31, 2022

 

realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Funds have realized a gain or loss. The Funds, as a writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.

 

The Funds’ use of derivatives is to hedge or mitigate the downside risk associated with owning equity securities.

 

The average monthly volume of derivative activity during the current fiscal period was as follows:

 

   

Average Monthly Value

 

Fund

 

Purchased Options

   

Written Options

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ 9,876,065     $ (10,364,875 )

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    161,015       (505,011 )

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    172,433       (452,267 )

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    224,855       (751,813 )

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of the current fiscal period end is as follows:

 

   

Asset Derivatives

Fund

Derivatives Not Accounted
for as Hedging Instruments

Location

 

Value

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

Investments in securities, at value

  $ 28,631,250  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

Investments in securities, at value

  $ 200,050  

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

Investments in securities, at value

  $ 169,975  

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

Investments in securities, at value

  $ 298,200  

 

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August 31, 2022

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations for the current fiscal period is as follows:

 

Fund

Derivatives Not Accounted
for as Hedging Instruments

 

Net Realized
Gain (Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

  $ (2,894,940 )*   $ 26,489,638 **

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Written Options

    (64,947,378 )      

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

  $ (330,918 )*   $ 157,552 **

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Written Options

    (446,122 )      

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

  $ (461,520 )*   $ 122,303 **

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Written Options

    822,864        

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Purchased Options

  $ 183,140 *   $ 239,668 **

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Equity Contracts - Written Options

    (388,774 )      

 

*

Included in net realized gain (loss) on investments as reported in the Statements of Operations.

**

Included in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments as reported in the Statements of Operations.

 

NOTE 6 – INCOME TAX INFORMATION

 

The components of tax basis cost of investments and distributable earnings (accumulated deficit) for federal income tax purposes at August 31, 2022, was as follows:

 

 

 

Nationwide
Nasdaq-100
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

   

Nationwide
Dow Jones
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

   

Nationwide
Russell 2000
®
Risk-Managed
Income ETF

   

Nationwide S&P
500
® Risk-Managed
Income ETF

 

Tax cost of investments

  $ 677,574,519     $ 34,280,431     $ 15,575,705     $ 33,071,818  

Gross tax unrealized appreciation

  $ 50,245,571     $ 857,482     $ 990,143     $ 1,167,128  

Gross tax unrealized depreciation

    (142,587,878 )     (3,950,548 )     (2,901,904 )     (4,288,626 )

Net tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (92,342,307 )     (3,093,066 )     (1,911,761 )     (3,121,498 )

Undistributed ordinary income

                       

Undistributed long-term capital gains

                       

Other accumulated gain (loss)

    (130,484,900 )     (757,766 )     (100,625 )     (771,964 )

Distributed earnings (accumulated deficit)

  $ (222,827,207 )   $ (3,850,832 )   $ (2,012,386 )   $ (3,893,462 )

 

The difference between book and tax-basis cost is due primarily to timing differences in recognizing wash sale losses in security transactions and tax treatment of certain derivatives.

 

A regulated investment company may elect for any taxable year to treat any portion of any qualified late year loss as arising on the first day of the next taxable year. Qualified late year losses are certain capital and ordinary losses which occur during the portion of the Funds’ taxable year subsequent to October 31 and December 31, respectively. For the taxable year ended August 31, 2022, the Funds did not elect to defer any post-October capital losses or late-year ordinary losses.

 

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August 31, 2022

 

As of August 31, 2022, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforward available for federal income tax purposes, with an indefinite expiration:

 

 

 

Short-Term

   

Long-Term

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ 64,875,326     $ 65,609,574  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    386,073       371,693  

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    100,625        

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    495,283        

 

The tax character of distributions declared by the Funds during the year/period ended August 31, 2022 and period ended August 31, 2021 was as follows:

 

   

Year/Period Ended August 31, 2022

 

Fund

 

Ordinary
Income

   

Long Term
Capital Gain

   

Return of
Capital

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ 720,875     $     $ 57,824,445  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    297,800             1,183,693  

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    58,656             759,694  

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    175,290             1,267,310  

 

   

Year Ended August 31, 2021

 

Fund

 

Ordinary
Income

   

Long Term
Capital Gain

   

Return of
Capital

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

  $ 189,278     $     $ 20,717,538  

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    N/A       N/A       N/A  

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    N/A       N/A       N/A  

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    N/A       N/A       N/A  

 

NOTE 7 – SHARE TRANSACTIONS

 

Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on New York Stock Exchange Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”). Market prices for the shares may be different from their NAV. The Funds issue and redeem shares on a continuous basis at NAV generally in blocks of 50,000 shares. The general blocks of shares issued or redeemed are called “Creation Units.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in-kind for securities included in a specified universe. Once created, shares generally trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares are not redeemable securities of a Fund. Creation Units may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (“Authorized Participants”). An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a Depository Trust Company participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the Distributor. Most retail investors do not qualify as Authorized Participants nor have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they are unable to purchase or redeem shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors may purchase shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker and are subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees.

 

The Funds each currently offer one class of shares, which has no front-end sales load, no deferred sales charge, and no redemption fee. A fixed transaction fee is imposed for the transfer and other transaction costs associated with the purchase or sale of Creation Units. The standard fixed transaction fee for Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF and Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF is $500, payable to the Custodian. The standard fixed transaction fee for Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF is $750, payable to the Custodian. The fixed transaction fee may be waived on certain orders if the Funds’ Custodian has determined to waive some or all of the costs associated with the order, or another party, such as the Adviser, has agreed to pay such fee. In addition, a variable fee may

 

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August 31, 2022

 

be charged on all cash transactions or substitutes for Creation Units of up to a maximum of 2% as a percentage of the value of the Creation Units subject to the transaction. Variable fees are imposed to compensate the Funds for the transaction costs associated with the cash transactions. Variable fees received by each Fund, if any, are displayed in the Capital Shares Transactions section of each Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The Funds may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, with no par value. Shares of the Funds have equal rights and privileges.

 

NOTE 8 – RISKS

 

COVID-19 Risk. The recent global outbreak of COVID-19 has disrupted economic markets and the prolonged economic impact is uncertain. The operational and financial performance of the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest depends on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, and such uncertainty may in turn impact the value of the Funds’ investments.

 

Derivatives Risk. The Funds invest in options that derive their performance from the performance of an underlying reference asset. Derivatives, such as the options in which the Funds invest, can be volatile and involve various types and degrees of risks, depending upon the characteristics of a particular derivative. Derivatives may have investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest, meaning that a small investment in a derivative could have a substantial impact on the performance of the Funds. The Funds could experience a loss if its derivatives do not perform as anticipated, the derivatives are not correlated with the performance of their reference asset, or if the Funds are unable to purchase or liquidate a position because of an illiquid secondary market. The market for many derivatives is, or suddenly can become, illiquid. Changes in liquidity may result in significant, rapid, and unpredictable changes in the prices for derivatives.

 

Sector Risk. To the extent the Funds invest more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, their performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors.

 

NOTE 9 – BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

 

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the voting securities of a fund creates a presumption of control of a fund, under section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. As of the end of the current fiscal period, ownership by affiliated funds and the parent company of the Adviser was as follows:

 

Fund

 

Shares Owned

   

Percentage of Total
Shares Outstanding

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    600,000       41.38 %

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    590,000       90.77 %

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

    600,000       41.38 %

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Shareholders of Nationwide ETFs and
Board of Trustees of ETF Series Solutions

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Nationwide Nasdaq-100 Risk-Managed Income ETF (formerly, Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF), Nationwide Dow Jones Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Russell 2000 Risk-Managed Income ETF, and Nationwide S&P 500 Risk-Managed Income ETF (the “Funds”), each a series of ETF Series Solutions, as of August 31, 2022, the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2022, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated below in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Fund Name

Statements of
Operations

Statements of
Changes in Net Assets

Financial
Highlights

Nationwide Nasdaq-100 Risk-Managed Income ETF

For the year ended August 31, 2022

For the years ended August 31, 2022 and 2021

For the years ended August 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the period from December 19, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2020

Nationwide Dow Jones Risk-Managed Income ETF, Nationwide Russell 2000 Risk-Managed Income ETF, and Nationwide S&P 500 Risk-Managed Income ETF

For the period from December 16, 2021 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ 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 Funds 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 August 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. 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 Nationwide Funds Advisors’ investment companies since 2017.

 

 

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October 17, 2022

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

 

 

Additional information about each Trustee of the Trust is set forth below. The address of each Trustee of the Trust is c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, 615 E. Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202.

 

Name and
Year of Birth

Position
Held with
the Trust

Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years

Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee

Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees

Leonard M. Rush, CPA Born: 1946

Lead Independent Trustee and Audit Committee Chairman

Indefinite term;
since 2012

Retired; formerly Chief Financial Officer, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (wealth management firm) (2000–2011).

52

Independent Trustee, Managed Portfolio Series (34 portfolios) (since 2011).

David A. Massart

Born: 1967

Trustee

Indefinite term;
since 2012

Partner and Managing Director, Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC (since 2022); Co-Founder, President, and Chief Investment Strategist, Next Generation Wealth Management, Inc. (2005-2021).

52

Independent Trustee, Managed Portfolio Series (34 portfolios) (since 2011).

Janet D. Olsen

Born: 1956

Trustee

Indefinite term;
since 2018

Retired; formerly Managing Director and General Counsel, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (investment adviser) (2000–2013); Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (2012–2013); Vice President and General Counsel, Artisan Funds, Inc. (investment company) (2001–2012).

52

Independent Trustee, PPM Funds (2 portfolios) (since 2018).

Interested Trustee

Michael A. Castino

Born: 1967

Trustee and Chairman

Indefinite term; Trustee since 2014; Chairman since 2013

Senior Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2013); Managing Director of Index Services, Zacks Investment Management (2011–2013).

52

None

 

 

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Name and
Year of Birth

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust

Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years

Principal Officers of the Trust

Kristina R. Nelson
Born: 1982

President

Indefinite term;
since 2019

Senior Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2020); Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2014–2020).

Alyssa M. Bernard
Born: 1988

Vice President

Indefinite term;
since 2021

Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2021); Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2018–2021); Attorney, Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (2017–2018).

Cynthia L. Andrae
Born: 1971

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Indefinite term;
since 2022 (other roles since 2021)

Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2019); Compliance Officer, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2015-2019).

Kristen M. Weitzel
Born: 1977

Treasurer

Indefinite term;
since 2014 (other roles since 2013)

Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2015); Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2011–2015).

Isabella K. Zoller
Born: 1994

Secretary

Indefinite term;
since 2021 (other roles since 2020)

Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2021); Regulatory Administration Attorney, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2019); Regulatory Administration Intern, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2018–2019); Law Student (2016–2019).

Elizabeth A. Winske

Born: 1983

Assistant Treasurer

Indefinite term;
since 2017

Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2020); Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2016–2020).

Jason E. Shlensky
Born: 1987

Assistant Treasurer

Indefinite term;
since 2019

Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2019); Officer, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2014–2019).

Jessica L. Vorbeck

Born: 1984

Assistant Treasurer

Indefinite term;
since 2020

Officer, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (since 2018; 2014-2017).

 

The Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll free at (800) 617-0004, or by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by accessing the Funds’ website at www.etf.nationwide.com.

 

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Expense Examples

 

For the Six-Months Ended August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Fund shares, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below in the Expense Example tables.

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line of the table provides information about actual account values based on actual returns and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then, multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period’’ to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The second line of the table provides information about hypothetical account values based on a hypothetical return and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2022

Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2022

Expenses Paid
During the
Period
(1)

Actual

$1,000.00

$ 850.10

$3.17

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$ 1,021.78

$3.47

 

(1)

The dollar amounts shown as expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio, 0.68%, multiplied by the average account value during the six-month period, multiplied by 184/365, to reflect the one-half year period.

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2022

Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2022

Expenses Paid
During the
Period
(2)

Actual

$1,000.00

$ 921.90

$3.29

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$ 1,021.78

$3.47

 

(2)

The dollar amounts shown as expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio, 0.68%, multiplied by the average account value during the six-month period, multiplied by 184/365, to reflect the one-half year period.

 

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For the Six-Months Ended August 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2022

Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2022

Expenses Paid
During the
Period
(3)

Actual

$1,000.00

$ 920.10

$3.29

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$ 1,021.78

$3.47

 

(3)

The dollar amounts shown as expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio, 0.68%, multiplied by the average account value during the six-month period, multiplied by 184/365, to reflect the one-half year period.

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2022

Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2022

Expenses Paid
During the
Period
(4)

Actual

$1,000.00

$ 922.10

$3.29

Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$ 1,021.78

$3.47

 

(4)

The dollar amounts shown as expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized expense ratio, 0.68%, multiplied by the average account value during the six-month period, multiplied by 184/365, to reflect the one-half year period.

 

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Review of Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

 

 

Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Trust, on behalf of the series of the Trust covered by this shareholder report (the “Series”), has adopted a liquidity risk management program to govern the Trust’s approach to managing liquidity risk. Rule 22e-4 seeks to promote effective liquidity risk management, thereby reducing the risk that a fund will be unable to meet its redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders. The Trust’s liquidity risk management program is tailored to reflect the Series’ particular risks, but not to eliminate all adverse impacts of liquidity risk, which would be incompatible with the nature of such Series.

 

The investment adviser to the Series has adopted and implemented its own written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) tailored specifically to assess and manage the liquidity risk of the Series.

 

At a recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the Trustees received a report pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program for the period ended December 31, 2021. The report concluded that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Series’ liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage such risk. The report reflected that there were no liquidity events that impacted the Series’ ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders. The report further noted that no material changes have been made to the Program since its implementation.

 

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the prospectus for more information regarding the Series’ exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Series may be subject.

 

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Approval of Advisory Agreements and Board Considerations (Unaudited)

 

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

 

APPROVAL OF ADVISORY AGREEMENTS AND BOARD CONSIDERATIONS

 

Pursuant to Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), at a meeting held on July 21, 2022 (the “Meeting”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of ETF Series Solutions (the “Trust”) approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between Nationwide Fund Advisors (the “Adviser”) and the Trust, on behalf of the Nationwide Nasdaq-100 Risk-Managed Income ETF (the “Fund”), and the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) (together, the “Agreements”) among the Adviser, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and Harvest Volatility Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser” and, together with the Adviser, the “Advisers”).

 

Prior to the Meeting, the Board, including the Trustees who are not parties to the Agreements or “interested persons” of any party thereto, as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed written materials (the “Materials”), including information from the Advisers regarding, among other things: (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Advisers; (ii) the historical performance of the Fund; (iii) the cost of the services provided and the profits realized by the Advisers or their affiliates from services rendered to the Fund; (iv) comparative fee and expense data for the Fund and other investment companies with similar investment objectives, including a report prepared by Barrington Partners, an independent third party, that compares the Fund’s investment performance, fees and expenses to relevant market benchmarks and peer groups (the “Barrington Report”); (v) the extent to which any economies of scale realized by the Advisers in connection with their services to the Fund are shared with Fund shareholders; (vi) any other financial benefits to the Advisers and their affiliates resulting from services rendered to the Fund; and (vii) other factors the Board deemed to be relevant.

 

The Board also considered that the Advisers, along with other service providers of the Fund, had provided written and oral updates on the firm over the course of the year with respect to their roles as investment adviser and sub-adviser, respectively, to the Fund, and the Board considered that information alongside the Materials in its consideration of whether the Agreements should be continued. Additionally, representatives from the Advisers provided an oral overview of the Fund’s strategy, the services provided to the Fund by the Advisers, and additional information about the Advisers’ personnel and business operations. The Board then discussed the Materials and the Advisers’ oral presentations, as well as any other relevant information received by the Board at the Meeting, and deliberated on the approval of the continuation of the Agreements in light of this information.

 

Approval of the Continuation of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser

 

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Trustees considered the scope of services provided under the Advisory Agreement, noting that the Adviser had provided and would continue to provide investment management services to the Fund. In considering the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board considered the quality of the Adviser’s compliance program and past reports from the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) regarding the CCO’s review of the Adviser’s compliance program. The Board also considered its previous experience with the Adviser providing investment management services to the Fund. The Board noted that it had received a copy of the Adviser’s registration form and financial statements, as well as the Adviser’s response to a detailed series of questions that included, among other things, information about the Adviser’s decision-making process, the background and experience of the firm’s key personnel, and the firm’s compliance policies, marketing practices, and brokerage information.

 

The Board also considered other services provided by the Adviser to the Fund, including oversight of the Fund’s sub-adviser, monitoring the Fund’s adherence to its investment restrictions and compliance with the Fund’s policies and procedures and applicable securities regulations, as well as monitoring the extent to which the Fund achieves its investment objective as an actively managed fund.

 

Historical Performance. The Trustees next considered the Fund’s performance. The Board observed that additional information regarding the Fund’s past investment performance, for periods ended March 31, 2022, had been included in the Materials, including the Barrington Report, which compared the performance results of the Fund with the returns of a group of comparable ETFs selected by Barrington Partners (the “Peer Group”) as well as with funds in the Fund’s Morningstar category – U.S. Fund Options Trading (the “Category Peer Group”). Additionally, at the Board’s request, the Adviser identified the funds the Adviser considered to be the Fund’s most direct competitors (the “Selected Peer Group”) and provided the Selected Peer Group’s

 

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performance results. The funds included by the Adviser in the Selected Peer Group include those that, based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative considerations made by the Adviser, have similar investment objectives and principal investment strategies as the Fund. The Board took into consideration the Adviser’s view that none of the funds in the Selected Peer Group provide the same three areas of focus as the Fund: (1) options trading to reduce downside risk, (2) high current income, and (3) growth style stock investing.

 

The Board noted that, for each of the one-year and since inception periods ended March 31, 2022, the Fund underperformed its broad-based benchmark, the Cboe S&P 500® Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index. The Cboe S&P 500 Zero-Cost Put Spread Collar Index is designed to track the performance of a hypothetical option trading strategy that (1) holds a long position indexed to the S&P 500® Index; (2) on a monthly basis buys a 2.5% to 5% S&P 500 Index (“SPX”) put option spread; and (3) sells a monthly out-of-the-money SPX call option to cover the cost of the put option spread.

 

The Board noted that, for the one-year period ended March 31, 2022, the Fund significantly underperformed the median return of its Peer Group and Category Peer Group. The Board also considered that the Fund had worse performance than all of the funds in the Selected Peer Group for the same one-year period.

 

Cost of Services Provided and Economies of Scale. The Board then reviewed the Fund’s fees and expenses. The Board took into consideration that the Adviser had charged, and would continue to charge, a “unified fee,” meaning the Fund pays no expenses other than the advisory fee and, if applicable, certain other costs such as interest, brokerage, acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and, to the extent it is implemented, fees pursuant to a Distribution and/or Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Plan. The Board noted that the Adviser had been and would continue to be responsible for compensating the Trust’s other service providers and paying the Fund’s other expenses out of its own fee and resources.

 

The Board noted that the Fund’s net expense ratio was equal to its unified fee (described above). The Board compared the Fund’s net expense ratio to its Peer Group and Category Peer Group as shown in the Barrington Report, as well as its Selected Peer Group. The Board noted that the Fund’s net expense ratio was lower than the median net expense ratio, but within the range, of the funds in the Peer Group and Category Peer Group. In addition, the Board noted that the Fund’s net expense ratio was within the range of net expense ratios of the funds in its Selected Peer Group.

 

The Board then considered the Adviser’s financial resources and information regarding the Adviser’s ability to support its management of the Fund and obligations under the unified fee arrangement, noting that the Adviser had provided its financial statements for the Board’s review. The Board also evaluated the compensation and benefits received by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund, taking into account an analysis of the Adviser’s profitability with respect to the Fund at various actual and projected Fund asset levels.

 

The Board expressed the view that it currently appeared that the Adviser might realize economies of scale in managing the Fund as assets grow in size. The Board noted that, should the Adviser realize economies of scale in the future, the Board would evaluate whether those economies were appropriately shared with Fund shareholders, whether through the structure and amount of the fee or by other means.

 

Conclusion. No single factor was determinative of the Board’s decision to approve the continuation of the Advisory Agreement; rather, the Board based its determination on the total mix of information available to it. Based on a consideration of all the factors in their totality, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined that the Advisory Agreement, including the compensation payable under the agreement, was fair and reasonable to the Fund. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined that the approval of the continuation of the Advisory Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

Approval of the Continuation of the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Sub-Adviser

 

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Trustees considered the scope of services provided under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, noting that the Sub-Adviser had provided and would continue to provide investment management services to the Fund. In considering the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Sub-Adviser, the Board considered the quality of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program and past reports from the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) regarding the CCO’s review of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance program. The Board also considered its previous experience with the Sub-Adviser providing investment management services to the Fund. The Board noted that it had received a copy of the

 

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Sub-Adviser’s registration form and financial statements, as well as the Sub-Adviser’s response to a detailed series of questions that included, among other things, information about the Sub-Adviser’s decision-making process, the background and experience of the firm’s key personnel, and the firm’s compliance policies, and marketing practices.

 

The Board noted the responsibilities that the Sub-Adviser has as the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, including: responsibility for the general management of the day-to-day investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Fund; determining the daily basket of deposit securities and cash components; executing portfolio security trades for purchases and redemptions of the Fund’s shares conducted on a cash-in-lieu basis; oversight of general portfolio compliance with applicable securities laws, regulations, and investment restrictions; responsibility for quarterly reporting to the Board; and implementation of Board directives as they relate to the Fund. The Board also considered the Sub-Adviser’s resources and capacity with respect to portfolio management, compliance, and operations given the number of funds and/or accounts for which it provides sub-advisory services.

 

Historical Performance. The Trustees next reviewed the Fund’s performance, noting that the Sub-Adviser’s portfolio managers actively manage the Fund’s investments. The Board considered the same performance information that it reviewed as part of its due diligence with respect to the Adviser’s performance. In particular, the Board considered the Barrington Report, which compared the Fund’s performance with the returns of the Peer Group and the Category Peer Group for the periods ended March 31, 2022, as well as other relevant information contained in the Materials, including a comparison of the Fund’s performance with the returns of the Selected Peer Group. The Board considered the Sub-Adviser’s performance with respect to the Fund’s past investment performance in light of these reports.

 

Cost of Services Provided and Economies of Scale. The Board reviewed the sub-advisory fees paid by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser for its services to the Fund. The Board considered that the fees paid to the Sub-Adviser are paid by the Adviser and noted that the fee reflected an arm’s-length negotiation between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser. The Board further determined that the fees reflected an appropriate allocation of the advisory fee paid to each firm given the work performed by each firm and noted that the fees were generally lower than or in line with those charged by the Sub-Adviser in connection with other exchange-traded funds managed by the Sub-Adviser. The Board also evaluated the compensation and benefits received by the Sub-Adviser from its relationship with the Fund, taking into account an analysis of the Sub-Adviser’s profitability with respect to the Fund at various actual and projected Fund asset levels.

 

The Board expressed the view that it currently appeared that the Sub-Adviser might realize economies of scale in managing the Fund as assets grow in size, noting that the Fund’s sub-advisory fee rate increases when Fund assets under management rise above specified levels. As a result, any benefits from the existing sub-advisory fee schedule would accrue to the Sub-Adviser; whereas, if the sub-advisory fee schedule included breakpoints, any benefits from an increase in assets under management would accrue to the Adviser due to its unified fee. Consequently, the Board determined that it would monitor advisory and sub-advisory fees as the Fund grows to determine whether economies of scale were being effectively shared with the Fund and its shareholders.

 

Conclusion. No single factor was determinative of the Board’s decision to approve the continuation of the Sub-Advisory Agreement; rather, the Board based its determination on the total mix of information available to it. Based on a consideration of all the factors in their totality, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined that the Sub-Advisory Agreement, including the compensation payable under the agreement, was fair and reasonable to the Fund. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined that the approval of the continuation of the Sub-Advisory Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

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Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

For the fiscal year/period ended August 31, 2022, certain dividends paid by the Funds may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 23.8% as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The percentage of dividends declared from ordinary income designated as qualified dividend income was as follows:

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

 

For corporate shareholders, the percent of ordinary income distributions qualifying for the corporate dividends received deduction for the year/period ended August 31, 2022 was as follows:

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

100%

 

The percentage of taxable ordinary income distributions that are designated as short-term capital gain distributions under Internal Revenue Section 871(k)(2)(C) for each Fund were as follows:

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

0%

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

0%

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

0%

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

0%

 

Information About Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited)

 

The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings for their first and third fiscal quarters with the SEC on Part F of Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Part F of Form N-PORT is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free at (800) 617-0004 or by accessing the Funds’ website at www.etf.nationwide.com. Furthermore, you may obtain the Part F of Form N-PORT on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s portfolio holdings are posted on their website at www.etf.nationwide.com daily.

 

Information About Proxy Voting (Unaudited)

 

A description of the policies and procedures the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is provided in the SAI. The SAI is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free at (800) 617-0004, by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by accessing the Funds’ website at www.etf.nationwide.com.

 

When available, information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the period ending June 30 is available by calling toll-free at (800) 617-0004 or by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts (Unaudited)

 

Information regarding how often shares of the Funds trade on an exchange at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Funds is available, without charge, on the Funds’ website at www.etf.nationwide.com.

 

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Adviser

Nationwide Fund Advisors
One Nationwide Plaza
Columbus, Ohio 43215

 

Sub-Adviser

Harvest Volatility Management, LLC
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2620
New York, New York, 10170

 

Distributor

Quasar Distributors, LLC
111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 2200
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Custodian

U.S. Bank National Association
1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212

 

Transfer Agent

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Cohen & Company, Ltd.
342 North Water Street, Suite 830
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004

 

Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Symbol – NUSI

CUSIP – 26922A172

 

Nationwide Dow Jones® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Symbol – NDJI

CUSIP – 26922B758

 

Nationwide Russell 2000® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Symbol – NTKI

CUSIP – 26922B741

 

Nationwide S&P 500® Risk-Managed Income ETF

Symbol – NSPI

CUSIP – 26922B766

 

 

AR-ETF (10/22)