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Invesco Annual Report to Shareholders

 

August 31, 2023

IIGD  Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF


 

Table of Contents

 

The Market Environment

     3  

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

     4  

Liquidity Risk Management Program

     7  

Schedule of Investments

  

Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)

     8  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     12  

Statement of Operations

     13  

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

     14  

Financial Highlights

     15  

Notes to Financial Statements

     16  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     23  

Fund Expenses

     24  

Tax Information

     25  

Trustees and Officers

     26  

Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

     36  

 

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The Market Environment

 

Fixed Income

The beginning of the fiscal year was headlined by the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) continuing its rapid tightening of monetary policy in an effort to combat inflation via higher interest rates while simultaneously engineering a soft landing to not push the economy into a recession. The Fed aggressively raised its federal funds rate at the beginning of the fiscal year: a 0.75% hike in November, its largest hike since 1994, a 0.50% hike in December and a 0.25% hike in January, to a target federal funds rate of 4.50% to 4.75%.1

A January rally gave way to a February selloff as higher-than-expected inflation, a tight labor market and solid economic growth indicated that the Fed’s monetary policy would remain tight for the foreseeable future, raising the risk of a deeper than expected recession. In March, significant volatility plagued fixed income markets as the failure of two US regional banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, prompted steep losses in the banking sector. The subsequent takeover of Credit Suisse and ongoing fear that bank troubles would spread pushed overall corporate spread premiums wider over the fiscal year. However, issues did not seem to be systemic as policymakers responded swiftly which calmed markets. The Fed, aiming to further stabilize markets, continued course with their hawkish policy with two 0.25% hikes in March and May to a target federal funds rate of 5.00% to 5.25%. Markets stabilized due to milder inflation data and better-than-expected corporate earnings.

Through the second quarter of 2023, global economic growth remained resilient but bifurcated as emerging markets and Asian economies showed robust growth while developed western economies had sluggish yet positive growth. US labor markets maintained momentum with unemployment still at historic lows despite a slight uptick at the end of May. Inflation generally eased in developed economies, largely driven by moderation in the goods component of inflation. However, core inflation remained more stubborn and led to developed central banks to continue tightening, showcased by another 0.25% hike by the Fed in July, bringing the target rate from 5.25% to 5.50%, its highest level since June 2006.1 While rates remained elevated across all maturities on the yield curve, the two-year Treasury rates increased from 3.45% to 4.85% during the fiscal year, while 10-year Treasury rates increased from 3.53% to 4.48%.2 At the end of the fiscal year, the yield curve remained inverted. Additionally, in August, US debt was downgraded by the Fitch credit rating agency from AAA to AA on the premise of expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years.3

We believe markets have priced in that the Fed is near the end or has finished its interest rate hiking cycle, with the expectations that the US is likely to avoid a substantial broad-based recession. We expect some weakness in the

second half of the calendar year as policymakers accomplish a bumpy landing. We anticipate economic activity will remain relatively resilient. In the US, we believe rate hikes are ending and inflation will continue to fall significantly, albeit imperfectly. As we enter 2024, we expect a more positive growth outlook to unfold as the US economy recovers.

 

1 

Source: Federal Reserve of Economic Data

2 

Source: US Department of the Treasury

3 

Source: Fitch Ratings

A credit rating is an assessment provided by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) of the creditworthiness of an issuer with respect to debt obligations, including specific securities, money market instruments or other debts. Ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest); ratings are subject to change without notice.

 

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IIGD    Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance
   Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)

 

As an index fund, the Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (the “Fund”) is passively managed and seeks to track the investment results (before fees and expenses) of the Invesco Investment Grade Defensive Index (the “Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index.

Strictly in accordance with its guidelines and mandated procedures, Invesco Indexing LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles and maintains the Index, which is designed to provide exposure to U.S. investment grade bonds having the highest “quality scores” (within the eligible universe of U.S. investment grade bonds) as determined by the Index Provider using its methodology described below. The Index Provider is affiliated with Invesco Capital Management LLC, the Fund’s investment adviser and Invesco Distributors, Inc. the Fund’s distributor.

In selecting components for inclusion in the Index, the Index Provider begins with an investment universe of all U.S. dollar- denominated bonds issued by U.S. companies. To be eligible for inclusion in the Index, bonds must (i) have an average credit rating that is higher than BBB- (or equivalent), as derived from ratings by S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., Fitch Ratings Inc. and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. credit rating agencies; (ii) have at least $600 million in face value outstanding, with only the largest bond from each issuer eligible; (iii) have at least two years, and no more than ten years, until final maturity; and (iv) make coupon payments. Qualifying securities include: fixed rate, bullet bonds, sinking funds, amortizing, puttable, extendable, callable, and step-up bonds with schedules known at issuance. Securities issued in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, bonds registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, publicly underwritten medium-term notes and Eurodollar bonds are all eligible for inclusion in the Index.

The Index Provider assigns a quality score (“Quality Score”) to each eligible bond, which is calculated based on such bond’s maturity and credit rating. With respect to the maturity factor, each bond is scored based on the number of years remaining to maturity, with bonds having fewer years to maturity receiving higher scores. With respect to the credit rating factor, each rating agency’s rating is converted into a numerical value and a bond’s credit score is calculated as an equally-weighted average of the numerical scores of each agency that has rated the bond. The maturity and credit scores for each bond are standardized across the universe of eligible bonds, and the Quality Score for each bond is computed as an equally-weighted combination of these two factors.

All eligible securities are ranked by Quality Score. Initially, bonds with Quality Scores in the top 40% of eligible securities are selected for inclusion in the Index. At each monthly rebalance, any new eligible security with a Quality Score in the top 30% of eligible securities is added to the Index, and current Index constituents with a Quality Score in the top 50% of eligible securities remain in

the Index, provided that they satisfy all other eligibility criteria. Index constituents are equally-weighted. The Fund does not purchase all of the securities in the Index; instead, the Fund utilizes a “sampling” methodology to seek to achieve its investment objective.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, on a market price basis, the Fund returned 1.24%. On a net asset value (“NAV”) basis, the Fund returned 0.99%. During the same time period, the Index returned 1.18%. During the fiscal year, the Fund’s performance, on a NAV basis, differed from the return of the Index primarily due to the fees and expenses that the Fund incurred during the period.

During this same time period, the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index (the “Benchmark Index”) returned 0.78%. The Benchmark Index is an unmanaged index weighted by market capitalization based on the average performance of approximately 2,500 securities. The Benchmark Index was selected for its recognition in the marketplace, and its performance comparison is a useful measure for investors as a broad representation of the broad-based U.S. corporate bond market.

The performance of the Fund differed from the Benchmark Index because the Fund seeks to track an Index that employs a proprietary bond selection and weighting methodology, whereas the Benchmark Index selects and weights bonds based on market capitalization.

Relative to the Benchmark Index, the Fund was most overweight in the insurance industry and most underweight in the banking industry during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the Benchmark Index during that period can be attributed to the Fund’s overweight allocation in the insurance industry, followed by its overweight allocation to the capital markets industry.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, the insurance industry contributed the most to the Fund’s performance followed by the capital markets industry. The life sciences tools & services industry detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return, followed by the machinery and the energy equipment & services industries, respectively.

Positions that contributed most significantly to the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, included Adobe, Inc., 2.30% coupon, due 02/01/2030, a software company (portfolio average weight of 0.70%), and DTE Electric Co., 2.25% coupon, due 03/01/2030, a multi-utilities company (positions average weight of 0.70%). Positions that detracted most significantly from the Fund’s return for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, included Cummins, Inc., 1.50% coupon, due 09/01/2030, a machinery company (portfolio average weight of 0.70%), and Medtronic Global Holdings SCA, 4.25% coupon, due 11/15/2027, a health care equipment & supplies company (portfolio average weight of 0.70%).

 

 

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Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD) (continued)

 

Sector Breakdown
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of August 31, 2023

 
Financials      33.52  
Utilities      11.11  
Industrials      9.84  
Energy      9.74  
Health Care      8.33  
Information Technology      7.62  
Consumer Staples      6.28  
Consumer Discretionary      5.56  
Sector Types Each Less Than 3%      7.01  
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      0.99  

Top Ten Fund Holdings*
(% of the Fund’s Net Assets)

as of August 31, 2023

 
Security   
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I,
4.05%, 08/25/2025
     0.79  
National Securities Clearing Corp.,
0.75%, 12/07/2025
     0.77  
Truist Bank, 3.63%, 09/16/2025      0.76  
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.,
4.65%, 01/27/2026
     0.76  
Cummins, Inc., 1.50%, 09/01/2030      0.75  
Truist Bank, 3.30%, 05/15/2026      0.73  
Discover Bank, 3.45%, 07/27/2026      0.73  
Athene Global Funding, 2.55%, 11/19/2030      0.71  
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I,
3.45%, 12/18/2026
     0.71  
Norfolk Southern Corp.,
2.90%, 06/15/2026
     0.71  
Total      7.42  

 

*

Excluding money market fund holdings.

 

 

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Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD) (continued)

 

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception

 

 

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Fund Performance History as of August 31, 2023

 

    1 Year    

3 Years

Average
Annualized

   

3 Years

Cumulative

   

5 Years

Average
Annualized

   

5 Years

Cumulative

          Fund Inception  
Index         Average
Annualized
    Cumulative  
Invesco Investment Grade Defensive Index     1.18     (1.97 )%      (5.79 )%      1.64     8.47       1.75     9.23
iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index     0.78       (4.92     (14.03     1.52       7.84         1.60       8.45  
Fund                
NAV Return     0.99       (2.18     (6.41     1.44       7.43         1.55       8.18  
Market Price Return     1.24       (2.17     (6.38     1.43       7.38         1.57       8.26  

 

Fund Inception: July 25, 2018

Performance quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, and shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”), when redeemed or sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See the current prospectus for more information.

According to the Fund’s current prospectus, the Fund’s expense ratio of 0.13% is expressed as a unitary management fee to cover operating expenses and expenses incurred in connection with managing the portfolio. NAV and Market Price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and Market Price, respectively. The returns shown in the table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund

distributions or the redemption or sale of Fund Shares. See invesco.com/ETFs to find the most recent month-end performance numbers.

Performance results for the indexes stated above are based upon a hypothetical investment in their respective constituent securities. The returns of an index do not represent Fund returns. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. The indexes do not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the hypothetical performance shown. In addition, the results actual investors might have achieved would have differed from those shown because of differences in the timing, amounts of their investments, and fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund.

Notes Regarding Indexes and Fund Performance History:

 

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Average Annualized and Cumulative Inception returns for the Fund and indexes are based on the inception date of the Fund.

 

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”) in order to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders. The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program in accordance with the Liquidity Rule (the “Program”). The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has appointed Invesco Capital Management LLC (“Invesco”), the Fund’s investment adviser, as the Program’s administrator, and Invesco has delegated oversight of the Program to the Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”), which is composed of senior representatives from relevant business groups at Invesco and its affiliates.

As required by the Liquidity Rule, the Program includes policies and procedures providing for an assessment, no less frequently than annually, of the Fund’s liquidity risk that takes into account, as relevant to the Fund’s liquidity risk: (1) the Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; (2) short-term and long-term cash flow projections for the Fund during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; (3) the Fund’s holdings of cash and cash equivalents and any borrowing arrangements; (4) the relationship between the Fund’s portfolio liquidity and the way in which, and the prices and spreads at which, Fund shares trade, including the efficiency of the arbitrage function and the level of active participation by market participants, including authorized participants; and (5) the effect of the composition of baskets on the overall liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. The Liquidity Rule also requires the classification of the Fund’s investments into categories that reflect the assessment of their relative liquidity under current market conditions. The Fund classifies its investments into one of four categories defined in the Liquidity Rule: “Highly Liquid,” “Moderately Liquid,” “Less Liquid,” and “Illiquid.” Funds that are not invested primarily in “Highly Liquid Investments” that are assets (cash or investments that are reasonably expected to be convertible into cash within three business days without significantly changing the market value of the investment) are required to establish a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum” (“HLIM”), which is the minimum percentage of net assets that must be invested in Highly Liquid Investments. Funds with HLIMs have procedures for addressing HLIM shortfalls, including reporting to the Board and the SEC (on a non-public basis) as required by the Program and the Liquidity Rule. In addition, the Fund may not acquire an investment if, immediately after the acquisition, over 15% of the Fund’s net assets would consist of “Illiquid Investments” that are assets (an investment that cannot reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment). The Liquidity Rule and the Program also require reporting to the Board and the SEC (on a non-public basis) if a Fund’s holdings of Illiquid Investments exceed 15% of the Fund’s assets.

At a meeting held on March 24, 2023, the Committee presented a report to the Board that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed the Program’s adequacy and effectiveness of implementation (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 (the “Program Reporting Period”). The Report discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including the impact of the Russia-Ukraine War, and resulting sanctions, inflation concerns and the overall market. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period.

The Report stated, in relevant part, that during the Program Reporting Period:

 

 

The Program, as adopted and implemented, remained reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk and was operated effectively to achieve that goal;

 

 

The Fund’s investment strategy remained appropriate for an open-end fund;

 

 

The Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund;

 

 

The Fund did not breach the 15% limit on Illiquid Investments; and

 

 

The Fund primarily held Highly Liquid Investments and therefore has not adopted an HLIM.

 

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Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)

August 31, 2023

Schedule of Investments(a)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

U.S. Dollar Denominated Bonds & Notes-99.01%

 

Aerospace & Defense-0.71%

     

Lockheed Martin Corp., 3.55%, 01/15/2026

   $  539,000      $ 521,918  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics-0.69%

 

United Parcel Service, Inc., 3.05%, 11/15/2027(b)

     545,000        510,777  
     

 

 

 

Automobile Components-0.70%

 

ERAC USA Finance LLC, 4.60%, 05/01/2028(c)

     530,000        516,216  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles-0.67%

 

General Motors Co., 6.13%, 10/01/2025

     490,000        492,241  
     

 

 

 

Banks-9.12%

 

Bank of America Corp., 3.50%, 04/19/2026

     535,000        508,925  

Fifth Third Bank N.A., 3.85%, 03/15/2026

     530,000        494,765  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.95%, 10/01/2026

     555,000        518,757  

KeyBank N.A., 5.85%, 11/15/2027

     520,000        501,906  

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., 4.65%, 01/27/2026(b)

     580,000        555,383  

National Securities Clearing Corp., 0.75%, 12/07/2025(c)

     625,000        566,635  

Truist Bank

     

3.63%, 09/16/2025(b)

     590,000        559,532  

3.30%, 05/15/2026

     580,000        539,386  

3.80%, 10/30/2026

     550,000        508,486  

Truist Financial Corp., 1.13%, 08/03/2027

     610,000        516,157  

U.S. Bancorp, Series V, 2.38%, 07/22/2026(b)

     510,000        470,353  

Wells Fargo & Co., 3.00%, 04/22/2026

     485,000        454,771  

Wells Fargo Bank N.A., 5.45%, 08/07/2026

     510,000        511,719  
     

 

 

 
          6,706,775  
     

 

 

 

Beverages-0.70%

 

PepsiCo, Inc., 3.00%, 10/15/2027(b)

     545,000        512,960  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology-1.40%

 

Biogen, Inc., 4.05%, 09/15/2025

     530,000        514,189  

Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.65%, 03/01/2026

     532,000        511,974  
     

 

 

 
        1,026,163  
     

 

 

 

Broadline Retail-0.69%

 

Amazon.com, Inc., 3.15%, 08/22/2027

     542,000        510,018  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets-7.65%

 

Apollo Management Holdings L.P., 4.87%, 02/15/2029(c)

     530,000        510,565  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), 3.85%, 04/28/2028

     540,000        514,033  

BlackRock, Inc., 1.90%, 01/28/2031(b)

     635,000        515,700  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc., 3.65%, 01/12/2027

     535,000        512,264  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 2.45%, 03/03/2027(b)

     570,000        513,287  

FMR LLC, 7.57%, 06/15/2029(c)

     470,000        510,954  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 3.85%, 01/26/2027

     550,000        522,217  

KKR Group Finance Co. VI LLC, 3.75%, 07/01/2029(c)

     570,000        516,514  

Morgan Stanley, 3.88%, 01/27/2026

     505,000        486,284  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Capital Markets-(continued)

     

Northern Trust Corp., 4.00%, 05/10/2027

   $  535,000      $ 514,101  

State Street Corp., 5.27%, 08/03/2026

     515,000        515,262  
     

 

 

 
          5,631,181  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals-2.10%

 

Ecolab, Inc., 2.70%, 11/01/2026

     545,000        510,609  

EIDP, Inc., 4.50%, 05/15/2026

     530,000        519,924  

Linde, Inc., 3.20%, 01/30/2026

     534,000        514,285  
     

 

 

 
        1,544,818  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies-0.70%

 

Cintas Corp. No. 2, 3.70%, 04/01/2027

     535,000        513,906  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment-0.70%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc., 2.50%, 09/20/2026(b)

     550,000        515,274  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance-1.41%

     

American Express Co., 2.55%, 03/04/2027

     550,000        500,310  

Discover Bank, 3.45%, 07/27/2026

     585,000        535,960  
     

 

 

 
        1,036,270  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail-2.80%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp., 1.60%, 04/20/2030

     625,000        516,066  

Kroger Co. (The), 2.65%, 10/15/2026(b)

     560,000        518,229  

Target Corp., 2.50%, 04/15/2026(b)

     545,000        516,405  

Walmart, Inc., 1.80%, 09/22/2031

     620,000        507,920  
     

 

 

 
        2,058,620  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities-7.62%

 

Duke Energy Florida LLC, 2.50%, 12/01/2029

     600,000        518,077  

Entergy Arkansas LLC, 3.50%, 04/01/2026

     537,000        515,281  

Entergy Corp., 0.90%, 09/15/2025

     575,000        522,785  

Florida Power & Light Co., 2.45%, 02/03/2032

     610,000        506,199  

Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 4.30%, 01/15/2026(c)

     535,000        519,071  

MidAmerican Energy Co., 3.65%, 04/15/2029

     547,000        510,206  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 3.40%, 02/07/2028

     544,000        507,348  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 5.75%, 09/01/2025

     460,000        461,316  

PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 3.10%, 05/15/2026

     545,000        514,615  

Southern California Edison Co., 5.85%, 11/01/2027

     500,000        512,134  

Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series A, 3.15%, 01/15/2026

     549,000        522,609  
     

 

 

 
        5,609,641  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment-0.70%

 

Emerson Electric Co., 2.00%, 12/21/2028(b)

     595,000        517,366  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services-0.70%

     

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC/Baker Hughes Co-Obligor, Inc., 3.34%, 12/15/2027

     555,000        515,036  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)–(continued)

August 31, 2023

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Entertainment-1.41%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc., 3.40%, 09/15/2026

   $  540,000      $ 516,204  

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp., 1.85%, 07/30/2026

     570,000        522,278  
     

 

 

 
          1,038,482  
     

 

 

 

Financial Services-2.79%

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 3.13%, 03/15/2026

     533,000        511,283  

Mastercard, Inc., 3.35%, 03/26/2030(b)

     550,000        505,867  

Nuveen LLC, 4.00%, 11/01/2028(c)

     544,000        512,193  

Visa, Inc., 3.15%, 12/14/2025

     544,000        522,029  
     

 

 

 
        2,051,372  
     

 

 

 

Food Products-1.40%

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., 2.50%, 08/11/2026(b)

     549,000        515,565  

Mars, Inc., 4.55%, 04/20/2028(c)

     525,000        516,552  
     

 

 

 
        1,032,117  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities-1.39%

 

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 5.25%, 03/01/2028

     510,000        509,124  

Southern California Gas Co., 2.95%, 04/15/2027

     550,000        511,300  
     

 

 

 
        1,020,424  
     

 

 

 

Ground Transportation-1.40%

 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., 3.88%, 03/01/2026

     520,000        504,078  

Norfolk Southern Corp., 2.90%, 06/15/2026

     555,000        523,290  
     

 

 

 
        1,027,368  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies-2.08%

 

Abbott Laboratories, 3.75%, 11/30/2026

     529,000        512,857  

Medtronic Global Holdings S.C.A., 4.25%, 11/15/2027

     520,000        506,064  

Stryker Corp., 3.50%, 03/15/2026

     535,000        513,967  
     

 

 

 
        1,532,888  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services-2.10%

 

Ascension Health, Series B, 2.53%, 11/15/2029

     599,000        518,354  

Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group, Series 19-A, 2.53%, 10/01/2029

     611,000        519,019  

Sutter Health, Series 20-A, 2.29%, 08/15/2030

     615,000        509,039  
     

 

 

 
        1,546,412  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure-0.71%

 

McDonald’s Corp., 3.70%, 01/30/2026

     540,000        522,526  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables-0.71%

 

DR Horton, Inc., 1.30%, 10/15/2026

     590,000        520,535  
     

 

 

 

Household Products-0.69%

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 3.00%, 03/25/2030

     555,000        507,558  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers-0.70%

 

NSTAR Electric Co., 3.20%, 05/15/2027

     552,000        517,408  
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Industrial Conglomerates-1.40%

 

3M Co., 2.38%, 08/26/2029(b)

   $  595,000      $ 513,385  

Honeywell International, Inc., 2.50%, 11/01/2026

     556,000        519,184  
     

 

 

 
          1,032,569  
     

 

 

 

Insurance-12.55%

 

American International Group, Inc., 3.90%, 04/01/2026

     495,000        478,061  

Aon Global Ltd., 3.88%, 12/15/2025

     490,000        474,104  

Athene Global Funding, 2.55%, 11/19/2030(c)

     670,000        525,158  

Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 3.35%, 05/03/2026

     538,000        515,964  

Equitable Financial Life Global Funding, 1.80%, 03/08/2028(c)

     611,000        519,296  

F&G Global Funding, 1.75%, 06/30/2026(b)(c)

     585,000        520,746  

GA Global Funding Trust, 1.63%, 01/15/2026(c)

     540,000        483,275  

Jackson National Life Global Funding, 3.05%, 04/29/2026(c)

     565,000        521,076  

MassMutual Global Funding II, 4.50%, 04/10/2026(b)(c)

     530,000        520,655  

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 4.05%, 08/25/2025(b)(c)

     600,000        581,867  

3.45%, 12/18/2026(b)(c)

     555,000        523,633  

New York Life Global Funding, 4.85%, 01/09/2028(b)(c)

     525,000        519,792  

New York Life Insurance Co., 5.88%, 05/15/2033(c)

     500,000        511,661  

Northwestern Mutual Global Funding 0.80%, 01/14/2026(c)

     581,000        522,717  

4.90%, 06/12/2028(c)

     520,000        514,640  

Pacific Life Global Funding II, 1.38%, 04/14/2026(c)

     580,000        522,587  

Pricoa Global Funding I, 1.20%, 09/01/2026(b)(c)

     520,000        461,006  

Principal Life Global Funding II, 3.00%, 04/18/2026(c)

     552,000        515,288  
     

 

 

 
        9,231,526  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services-0.70%

 

Alphabet, Inc., 1.10%, 08/15/2030

     639,000        512,401  
     

 

 

 

Machinery-3.54%

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 4.35%, 05/15/2026

     520,000        512,028  

Cummins, Inc., 1.50%, 09/01/2030(b)

     685,000        550,530  

Fortive Corp., 3.15%, 06/15/2026

     545,000        512,381  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc., 2.65%, 11/15/2026(b)

     550,000        515,328  

John Deere Capital Corp., 4.95%, 07/14/2028

     515,000        517,065  
     

 

 

 
        2,607,332  
     

 

 

 

Media-0.70%

 

Omnicom Group, Inc./Omnicom Capital, Inc., 3.60%, 04/15/2026

     535,000        512,138  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)–(continued)

August 31, 2023

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Multi-Utilities-1.40%

 

DTE Electric Co., 2.25%, 03/01/2030

   $ 605,000      $ 514,191  

WEC Energy Group, Inc., 4.75%, 01/09/2026

     525,000        518,095  
  

 

 

 
          1,032,286  
  

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels-9.04%

 

Chevron Corp., 2.95%, 05/16/2026

      540,000        514,809  

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC/Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. L.P., 3.40%, 12/01/2026(c)

     540,000        510,824  

Chevron USA, Inc., 1.02%, 08/12/2027

     600,000        521,206  

ConocoPhillips Co., 6.95%, 04/15/2029

     465,000        511,900  

EOG Resources, Inc., 4.15%, 01/15/2026(b)

     528,000        517,203  

Exxon Mobil Corp., 3.04%, 03/01/2026

     540,000        516,082  

Gray Oak Pipeline LLC, 2.60%, 10/15/2025(c)

     530,000        490,477  

Magellan Midstream Partners L.P., 5.00%, 03/01/2026

     515,000        509,071  

PDC Energy, Inc., 5.75%, 05/15/2026

     500,000        499,063  

Phillips 66 Co., 4.95%, 12/01/2027

     515,000        510,073  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 5.10%, 03/29/2026

     515,000        511,158  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, 7.85%, 02/01/2026

     500,000        522,847  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The), 4.00%, 09/15/2025

     535,000        518,358  
  

 

 

 
        6,653,071  
  

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products-0.71%

 

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 0.95%, 05/15/2026(c)

     585,000        519,779  
  

 

 

 

Personal Care Products-0.69%

     

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), 4.38%, 05/15/2028

     520,000        507,921  
  

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals-2.75%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 3.40%, 07/26/2029

     555,000        514,366  

Johnson & Johnson, 2.45%, 03/01/2026

     543,000        512,490  

Pfizer, Inc., 3.00%, 12/15/2026

     550,000        520,634  

Zoetis, Inc., 4.50%, 11/13/2025

     480,000        473,100  
  

 

 

 
        2,020,590  
  

 

 

 

Professional Services-0.70%

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc., 3.38%, 09/15/2025

     533,000        515,941  
  

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development-0.69%

 

CBRE Services, Inc., 4.88%, 03/01/2026(b)

     520,000        508,891  
  

 

 

 

Residential REITs-0.70%

     

Mid-America Apartments L.P., 3.60%, 06/01/2027

     545,000        516,214  
  

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment-3.50%

 

Applied Materials, Inc., 3.30%, 04/01/2027

     540,000        512,858  

Lam Research Corp., 4.00%, 03/15/2029

     535,000        513,345  

Microchip Technology, Inc., 4.25%, 09/01/2025

     530,000        515,990  

Investment Abbreviations:

     

REIT -Real Estate Investment Trust

     
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment-(continued)

 

NVIDIA Corp., 2.85%, 04/01/2030(b)

   $  570,000      $ 512,023  

QUALCOMM, Inc., 3.25%, 05/20/2027(b)

     550,000        519,659  
  

 

 

 
        2,573,875  
  

 

 

 

Software-2.09%

 

Adobe, Inc., 2.30%, 02/01/2030

     595,000        516,932  

Microsoft Corp., 2.40%, 08/08/2026

     545,000        511,320  

Salesforce, Inc., 3.70%, 04/11/2028

     530,000        508,082  
  

 

 

 
          1,536,334  
  

 

 

 

Specialty Retail-1.38%

 

Home Depot, Inc. (The), 2.95%, 06/15/2029

     565,000        513,542  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The), 2.25%, 09/15/2026

     545,000        502,705  
  

 

 

 
        1,016,247  
  

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals-1.33%

 

Apple, Inc., 3.25%, 02/23/2026

     535,000        514,632  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 4.90%, 10/15/2025

     470,000        463,995  
  

 

 

 
        978,627  
  

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods-0.70%

 

NIKE, Inc., 2.85%, 03/27/2030

     575,000        513,770  
  

 

 

 

Total U.S. Dollar Denominated Bonds & Notes (Cost $75,680,841)

        72,845,782  
  

 

 

 
     Shares         

Money Market Funds-0.20%

     

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 5.25%(d)(e)
(Cost $150,154)

     150,154        150,154  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES
(excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)-99.21%
(Cost $75,830,995)

 

     72,995,936  
  

 

 

 
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan

 

  

Money Market Funds-16.09%

     

Invesco Private Government Fund,
5.30%(d)(e)(f)

     3,313,996        3,313,996  

Invesco Private Prime Fund, 5.51%(d)(e)(f)

     8,521,578        8,521,578  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan
(Cost $11,835,310)

 

     11,835,574  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES-115.30%
(Cost $87,666,305)

 

     84,831,510  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES-(15.30)%

 

     (11,257,469
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS-100.00%

 

   $ 73,574,041  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)–(continued)

August 31, 2023

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a) 

Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security was out on loan at August 31, 2023.

(c) 

Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at August 31, 2023 was $13,453,177, which represented 18.29% of the Fund’s Net Assets.

(d) 

Affiliated holding. Affiliated holdings are investments in entities which are under common ownership or control of Invesco Ltd. or are investments in entities in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. The table below shows the Fund’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investments in affiliates for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023.

 

     Value
August 31, 2022
   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sales
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Realized
Gain
(Loss)
  Value
August 31, 2023
   Dividend
Income

Investments in Affiliated Money Market Funds:

                               

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class

     $ 15,399      $ 4,438,032      $ (4,303,277 )     $ -     $ -     $ 150,154      $ 5,513

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan:

                               

Invesco Private Government Fund

       1,808,355        28,095,911        (26,590,270 )       -       -       3,313,996        140,287 *

Invesco Private Prime Fund

       4,650,056        62,331,787        (58,458,817 )       (43 )       (1,405 )       8,521,578        380,616 *
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

     $ 6,473,810      $ 94,865,730      $ (89,352,364 )     $ (43 )     $ (1,405 )     $ 11,985,728      $ 526,416
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

*

Represents the income earned on the investment of cash collateral, which is included in securities lending income on the Statement of Operations. Does not include rebates and fees paid to lending agent or premiums received from borrowers, if any.

 

(e)

The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of August 31, 2023.

(f)

The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 2I.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

August 31, 2023

 

     Invesco Investment
Grade Defensive

ETF (IIGD)
 

Assets:

       

Unaffiliated investments in securities, at value(a)

          $ 72,845,782        

Affiliated investments in securities, at value

        11,985,728    

Cash

        5,325    

Receivable for:

       

Dividends and interest

        747,538    

Securities lending

        2,155    

Investments sold

        7,482,164    
     

 

 

   

Total assets

        93,068,692    
     

 

 

   

Liabilities:

       

Payable for:

       

Investments purchased

        7,651,130    

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

        11,835,310    

Accrued unitary management fees

        8,211    
     

 

 

   

Total liabilities

        19,494,651    
     

 

 

   

Net Assets

      $ 73,574,041    
     

 

 

   

Net assets consist of:

       

Shares of beneficial interest

      $ 79,827,034    

Distributable earnings (loss)

        (6,252,993  
     

 

 

   

Net Assets

      $ 73,574,041    
     

 

 

   

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

        3,100,001    

Net asset value

      $ 23.73    
     

 

 

   

Market price

      $ 23.73    
     

 

 

   

Unaffiliated investments in securities, at cost

      $ 75,680,841    
     

 

 

   

Affiliated investments in securities, at cost

      $ 11,985,464    
     

 

 

   

(a) Includes securities on loan with an aggregate value of:

      $ 10,052,859    
     

 

 

   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended August 31, 2023

 

     Invesco Investment
Grade Defensive

ETF (IIGD)
 

Investment income:

       

Unaffiliated interest income

          $ 2,653,348        

Affiliated dividend income

        5,513    

Securities lending income, net

        24,299    
     

 

 

   

Total investment income

        2,683,160    
     

 

 

   

Expenses:

       

Unitary management fees

        101,032    
     

 

 

   

Less: Waivers

        (130  
     

 

 

   

Net expenses

        100,902    
     

 

 

   

Net investment income

        2,582,258    
     

 

 

   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

       

Net realized gain (loss) from:

       

Unaffiliated investment securities

        (2,437,341  

Affiliated investment securities

        (1,405  

In-kind redemptions

        (1,319,970  
     

 

 

   

Net realized gain (loss)

        (3,758,716  
     

 

 

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

       

Unaffiliated investment securities

        1,226,192    

Affiliated investment securities

        (43  
     

 

 

   

Change in net unrealized appreciation

        1,226,149    
     

 

 

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

        (2,532,567  
     

 

 

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      $ 49,691    
     

 

 

   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets 

For the years ended August 31, 2023 and 2022 

 

     Invesco Investment Grade
Defensive ETF (IIGD)
 
     2023     2022  

Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 2,582,258     $ 1,086,424  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (3,758,716     (4,015,993

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,226,149       (4,735,024
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     49,691       (7,664,593
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders from:

    

Distributable earnings

     (2,622,032     (1,784,051
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholder Transactions:

    

Proceeds from shares sold

     127,540,684       22,100,889  

Value of shares repurchased

     (108,435,431     (53,265,895
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

     19,105,253       (31,165,006
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     16,532,912       (40,613,650
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     57,041,129       97,654,779  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 73,574,041     $ 57,041,129  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding:

    

Shares sold

     5,300,000       850,000  

Shares repurchased

     (4,550,000     (2,150,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

     2,350,001       3,650,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

     3,100,001       2,350,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)

 

     Years Ended August 31,  
     2023     2022     2021     2020     2019  

Per Share Operating Performance:

          

Net asset value at beginning of year

   $ 24.27     $ 26.75     $ 27.43     $ 26.30     $ 25.16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

     0.80       0.31       0.33       0.53       0.66  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (0.58     (2.30     (0.27     1.14       1.03  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.22       (1.99     0.06       1.67       1.69  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.76     (0.32     (0.33     (0.53     (0.78

Net realized gains

     -       (0.17     (0.41     (0.02     (0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (0.76     (0.49     (0.74     (0.55     (0.79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transaction fees(a)

     -       -       -       0.01       0.24  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value at end of year

   $ 23.73     $ 24.27     $ 26.75     $ 27.43     $ 26.30  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market price at end of year(b)

   $ 23.73     $ 24.20     $ 26.76     $ 27.41     $ 26.37  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Total Return(c)

     0.95     (7.55 )%      0.21     6.50     7.81

Market Price Total Return(c)

     1.24     (7.82 )%      0.32     6.13     8.05

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 73,574     $ 57,041     $ 97,655     $ 83,647     $ 65,744  

Ratio to average net assets of:

          

Expenses

     0.13     0.13     0.13     0.13     0.15 %(d) 

Net investment income

     3.32     1.21     1.21     1.98     2.57 %(d) 

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

     84     51     53     74     71

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

The mean between the last bid and ask prices.

(c) 

Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.

(d) 

Ratios include non-recurring costs associated with a proxy statement of 0.02%.

(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

August 31, 2023

NOTE 1–Organization

Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). This report includes the following portfolio:

 

 Full Name

  

Short Name

 Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)    “Investment Grade Defensive ETF”

The portfolio (the “Fund”) represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Fund are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” The Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc.

The market price of a Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units by authorized participants (“APs”), the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Fund.

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to track the investment results (before fees and expenses) of the Invesco Investment Grade Defensive Index (the “Underlying Index”).

NOTE 2–Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in preparation of its financial statements.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services–Investment Companies.

A.

Security Valuation - Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange is generally valued at its trade price or official closing price that day as of the close of the exchange where the security is principally traded or, lacking any trades or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued using prices provided by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the daily settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. U.S. exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Non-U.S. exchange-traded options are valued at the final settlement price set by the exchange on which they trade. Options not listed on an exchange and swaps generally are valued using pricing provided from independent pricing services.

Securities of investment companies that are not exchange-traded (e.g., open-end mutual funds) are valued using such company’s end-of-business-day NAV per share.

Deposits, other obligations of U.S. and non-U.S. banks and financial institutions are valued at their daily account value. Fixed income securities (including convertible debt securities) generally are valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing services. Prices provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but the Fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots, and their value may be adjusted accordingly. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Invesco Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) may use various pricing services to obtain market quotations as well as fair value prices. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), closing market quotations may become not representative of market value in the Adviser’s judgment (“unreliable”). If, between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, a significant event occurs that makes the

 

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closing price of the security unreliable, the Adviser may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith in accordance with Board-approved policies and related Adviser procedures (“Valuation Procedures”). Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American depositary receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, the potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Unlisted securities will be valued using prices provided by independent pricing services or by another method that the Adviser, in its judgment, believes better reflects the security’s fair value in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value exchange-traded equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices may be used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans, and unlisted equity securities.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued by the Adviser in accordance with the Valuation Procedures. If a fair value price provided by a pricing service is unreliable, the Adviser will fair value the security using the Valuation Procedures. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general market conditions which are not specifically related to the particular issuer, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for revenues or corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, regional or global instability, natural or environmental disasters, widespread disease or other public health issues, war, acts of terrorism, significant governmental actions or adverse investor sentiment generally and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

The price the Fund could receive upon the sale of any investment may differ from the Adviser’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that are valued using a fair valuation technique. When fair valuation techniques are applied, the Adviser uses available information, including both observable and unobservable inputs and assumptions, to determine a methodology that will result in a valuation that the Adviser believes approximates market value. Fund securities that are fair valued may be subject to greater fluctuation in their value from one day to the next than would be the case if market quotations were used. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, and the degree of subjectivity in such decisions, the Fund could realize a greater or lesser than expected gain or loss upon the sale of the investment.

B.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income - Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis from settlement date and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from REITs is recorded based on the income included in the distributions received from the REIT investments using published REIT classifications, including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of this estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from the estimated amounts. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by the Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to the Fund’s investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the

 

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Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s NAV and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the Adviser.

C.

Country Determination - For the purposes of presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include whether the Fund’s Underlying Index has made a country determination and may include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues, the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities and its “country of risk” as determined by a third party service provider, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

D.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders - The Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders monthly and records such dividends on the ex-dividend date. Generally, the Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in the Fund’s financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

E.

Federal Income Taxes - The Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the 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 GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Fund files U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

F.

Expenses - The Fund has agreed to pay an annual unitary management fee to the Adviser. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the costs of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses, including proxy expenses (except for such proxies related to: (i) changes to the Investment Advisory Agreement, (ii) the election of any Board member who is an “interested person” of the Trust or the Adviser (an “Interested Trustee”), or (iii) any other matters that directly benefit the Adviser).

Expenses of the Trust that are excluded from the Fund’s unitary management fee and are directly identifiable to the Fund are applied to the Fund. Expenses of the Trust that are excluded from the Fund’s unitary management fee and are not readily identifiable to the Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Fund.

To the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

G.

Accounting Estimates - The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.

H.

Indemnifications - Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Each Board member who is not an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust or the Adviser (each, an “Independent Trustee”) is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers

 

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that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

I.

Securities Lending - The Fund may participate in securities lending and may loan portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by cash collateral equal to no less than 102% (105% for international securities) of the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated, unregistered investment companies that comply with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act and money market funds (collectively, “affiliated money market funds”) and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. It is the policy of the Fund to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. When loaning securities, the Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase, and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to the Fund the securities loaned and the Fund will return the collateral. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to the Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Securities lending income on the Statement of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as an affiliated securities lending agent for the Fund. The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”) also serves as a securities lending agent. To the extent the Fund utilizes Invesco as an affiliated securities lending agent, the Fund conducts its securities lending in accordance with, and in reliance upon, no-action letters issued by the SEC staff that provide guidance on how an affiliate may act as a direct agent lender and receive compensation for those services in a manner consistent with the federal securities laws. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, there were no affiliated securities lending transactions with Invesco.

J.

Other Risks

AP Concentration Risk. Only APs may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as APs, and such APs have no obligation to submit creation or redemption orders. Consequently, there is no assurance that APs will establish or maintain an active trading market for the Shares. This risk may be heightened to the extent that securities held by the Fund are traded outside a collateralized settlement system. In that case, APs may be required to post collateral on certain trades on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants), which only a limited number of APs may be able to do. In addition, to the extent that APs exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other AP is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units, this may result in a significantly diminished trading market for Fund Shares, and Shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to the Fund’s NAV and to face trading halts and/or delisting. Investments in non-U.S. securities, which may have lower trading volumes or could experience extended market closures or trading halts, may increase the risk that APs may not be able to effectively create or redeem Creation Units or the risk that the Shares may be halted and/or delisted.

Call Risk. If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of callable securities with high interest coupons will “call” (or prepay) their bonds before their maturity date. If an issuer exercises such a call during a period of declining interest rates, the Fund may have to replace such called security with a lower yielding security. If that were to happen, the Fund’s net investment income could fall.

Changing Fixed-Income Market Conditions Risk. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign interest rates or other changes to monetary policy or regulatory actions may expose fixed-income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed-income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. It is difficult to predict the impact of interest rate changes on various markets. In addition, decreases in fixed-income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed-income markets. As a result, the value of the Fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal redemptions by APs which could potentially increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs.

Fixed-Income Securities Risk. Fixed-income securities are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income securities go up. Fixed-income securities with longer maturities typically are more sensitive to changes in interest rates, making them more volatile than securities with shorter maturities. Credit risk

 

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refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will be unable and/or unwilling to make timely interest payments and/or repay the principal on its debt. Debt instruments are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, which may be reflected in credit ratings. There is a possibility that the credit rating of a fixed-income security may be downgraded after purchase, which may occur quickly and without advance warning following sudden market downturns or unexpected developments involving an issuer, and which may adversely affect the liquidity and value of the security.

Index Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not utilize an investing strategy that seeks returns in excess of its Underlying Index. Therefore, the Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from its Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming. Additionally, the Fund rebalances its portfolio in accordance with its Underlying Index, and, therefore, any changes to the Underlying Index’s rebalance schedule will result in corresponding changes to the Fund’s rebalance schedule.

Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, the Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers operating in a single industry or industry group. To the extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or industry group, the Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or industry group, the Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or industry groups. Such industry-based risks, any of which may adversely affect the companies in which the Fund invests, may include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand in a particular industry; competition for resources, adverse labor relations, political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in an industry. In addition, at times, such industry or industry group may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole.

Non-Correlation Risk. The Fund’s return may not match the return of its Underlying Index for a number of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to the Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of its Underlying Index. Additionally, the Fund’s use of a representative sampling approach may cause the Fund not to be as well-correlated with the return of its Underlying Index as would be the case if the Fund purchased all of the securities in its Underlying Index in the proportions represented in the Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of the Fund and its Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between the Fund’s portfolio and its Underlying Index resulting from legal restrictions, costs or liquidity constraints.

Sampling Risk. The Fund’s use of a representative sampling approach may result in the Fund holding a smaller number of securities than are in its Underlying Index. As a result, an adverse development with respect to an issuer of securities held by the Fund could result in a greater decline in NAV than would be the case if the Fund held all of the securities in its Underlying Index. To the extent the assets in the Fund are smaller, these risks will be greater.

NOTE 3–Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Fund’s investments, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services.

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly to the Adviser an annual unitary management fee of 0.13% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses, including proxy expenses (except for such proxies related to: (i) changes to the Investment Advisory Agreement, (ii) the election of an Interested Trustee, or (iii) any other matters that directly benefit the Adviser).

Through at least August 31, 2025, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive the management fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to the lesser of: (i) 100% of the net advisory fees earned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser that are attributable to the Fund’s investments in money market funds that are managed by affiliates of the Adviser and other funds (including ETFs) managed by the Adviser or affiliates of the Adviser or (ii) the management fee available to be waived. This waiver does not apply to the Fund’s investment of cash collateral received for securities lending. There is no guarantee that the Adviser will extend the waiver of these fees past that date.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, the Adviser waived fees of $130.

The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for the Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Fund is not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Adviser has entered into a licensing agreement on behalf of the Fund with Invesco Indexing LLC (the “Licensor”).

The Underlying Index name trademark is owned by the Licensor. This trademark has been licensed to the Adviser for use by the Fund. The Fund is entitled to use its Underlying Index pursuant to the Trust’s sub-licensing agreement with the Adviser. The Fund

 

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is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Licensor, and the Licensor makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby BNYM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for the Fund.

NOTE 4–Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

Level 1 –   Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
Level 2 –   Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
Level 3 –   Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Adviser’s assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of August 31, 2023. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

     Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Investments in Securities

                   

U.S. Dollar Denominated Bonds & Notes

     $ -      $ 72,845,782      $ -      $ 72,845,782

Money Market Funds

       150,154        11,835,574        -        11,985,728
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 150,154      $ 84,681,356      $ -      $ 84,831,510
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NOTE 5–Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets 

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended August 31, 2023 and 2022: 

 

     2023    2022

Ordinary income

     $ 2,622,032      $ 1,244,059

Long-term capital gain

       -        539,992

Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — investments

     $ (3,003,738 )

Capital loss carryforward

       (3,249,255 )

Shares of beneficial interest

       79,827,034
    

 

 

 

Total net assets

     $ 73,574,041
    

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of August 31, 2023, as follows:

 

     No expiration       
     Short-Term      Long-Term      Total*
   $1,318,011      $1,931,244      $3,249,255

 

*

Capital loss carryforwards are reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

 

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NOTE 6–Investment Transactions

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, the cost of securities purchased and the proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Government obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were $63,785,711 and $63,646,589, respectively.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2023, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were $125,936,918 and $107,403,174, respectively.

Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes.

As of August 31, 2023, the aggregate cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end:

 

 Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ 17,011  

 Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

     (3,020,749
  

 

 

 

 Net unrealized appreciation of investments

   $ (3,003,738
  

 

 

 

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $87,835,248.

  

NOTE 7–Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions, undistributed net investment income (loss) was increased by $39,774, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $1,565,051 and Shares of beneficial interest were decreased by $1,604,825. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

NOTE 8–Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

The Adviser, as a result of the Fund’s unitary management fee, pays remuneration to the Independent Trustees and an Officer of the Trust on behalf of the Fund. The Interested Trustee does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, each Independent Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of their compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select Invesco ETFs. The Deferral Fees payable to a Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to a Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 9—Capital

Shares are issued and redeemed by the Fund only in Creation Units consisting of a specified number of Shares as set forth in the Fund’s prospectus. Only APs are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Fund. Such transactions are principally permitted in exchange for Deposit Securities, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of the Fund on the transaction date. However, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the AP or as a result of other market circumstances.

To the extent that the Fund permits transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, the Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an AP, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the AP to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the AP’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Fund for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

Transactions in the Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust and Shareholders of Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (one of the funds constituting Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of August 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year ended August 31, 2023, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2023, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2023 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of August 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2023 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements 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 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent, and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois
October 23, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not been able to determine the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (the “Fund”), you incur a unitary management fee. In addition to the unitary management fee, a shareholder may pay distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses, including proxy expenses (except for such proxies related to: (i) changes to the Investment Advisory Agreement, (ii) the election of an Interested Trustee, or (iii) any other matters that directly benefit the Adviser). The expense example below is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period March 1, 2023 through August 31, 2023.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the following table provides information about actual account values 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 “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annualized rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s 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 Fund 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 transaction costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2023
     Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2023
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 

 Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF (IIGD)

          

Actual

     $1,000.00        $1,019.70        0.13%       $0.66  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

      1,000.00         1,024.55        0.13          0.66  

 

(1) 

Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended August 31, 2023. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 184/365. Expense ratios for the most recent six-month period may differ from expense ratios based on the annualized data in the Financial Highlights.

 

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Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2023:

 

 Qualified Business Income*      0
 Qualified Dividend Income*      0
 Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*      0
 U.S. Treasury Obligations*      0
 Business Interest Income*      98
 Qualified Interest Income*      97

 

*

The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

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Trustees and Officers

The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by each Independent Trustee are shown below:

As of August 31, 2023

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Independent Trustees

  

Position(s)

Held

with Trust

  

Term of

Office

and

Length of

Time

Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

  

Number of
Portfolios

in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Independent

Trustees During

the Past 5 Years

Ronn R. Bagge–1958

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice Chair of the Board; Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee    Vice Chair since 2018; Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Trustee since 2016    Founder and Principal, YQA Capital Management LLC (1998-Present); formerly, Owner/CEO of Electronic Dynamic Balancing Co., Inc. (high-speed rotating equipment service provider).    211    Chair (since 2021) and member (since 2017) of the Joint Investment Committee, Mission Aviation Fellowship and MAF Foundation; Trustee, Mission Aviation Fellowship (2017-Present).

Todd J. Barre–1957

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2016    Formerly, Assistant Professor of Business, Trinity Christian College (2010-2016); Vice President and Senior Investment Strategist (2001-2008), Director of Open Architecture and Trading (2007- 2008), Head of Fundamental Research (2004-2007) and Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Strategist (1994-2001), BMO Financial Group/Harris Private Bank.    211    None.

 

*

This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Independent Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

**

Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any affiliated person of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of
Birth of Independent Trustees
  

Position(s)

Held

with Trust

  

Term of

Office

and

Length of

Time

Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

  

Number of
Portfolios

in Fund

Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Independent

Trustees During

the Past 5 Years

Edmund P. Giambastiani,

Jr.–1948

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2019    President, Giambastiani Group LLC (national security and energy consulting) (2007-Present); Director, First Eagle Alternative Credit LLC (2020-Present); Advisory Board Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (federally-funded research development) (2010-Present); Defense Advisory Board Member, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2013-Present); formerly, Director, The Boeing Company (2009-2021); Trustee, MITRE Corporation (federally funded research development) (2008-2020); Director, THL Credit, Inc. (alternative credit investment manager) (2016-2020); Chair (2015-2016), Lead Director (2011-2015) and Director (2008-2011), Monster Worldwide, Inc. (career services); United States Navy, career nuclear submarine officer (1970-2007); Seventh Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2005-2007); first NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (2003-2005); Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command (2002-2005).    211    Trustee, U.S. Naval Academy Foundation Athletic & Scholarship Program (2010- Present); formerly, Trustee, certain funds of the Oppenheimer Funds complex (2013-2019); Advisory Board Member, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University (2012-2016).

 

*

This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Independent Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

**

Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any affiliated person of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Independent Trustees

  

Position(s)

Held

with Trust

  

Term of
Office

and

Length of

Time
Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

  

Number of
Portfolios

in Fund

Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Independent

Trustees During

the Past 5 Years

Victoria J. Herget–1951

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2019    Formerly, Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978), Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms).    211    Trustee Emerita (2017-Present), Trustee (2000-2017) and Chair (2010-2017), Newberry Library; Trustee, Chikaming Open Lands (2014-Present); Member (2002- Present), Rockefeller Trust Committee; formerly, Trustee, Mather LifeWays (2001-2021); Trustee, certain funds in the Oppenheimer Funds complex (2012-2019); Board Chair (2008-2015) and Director (2004-2018), United Educators Insurance Company; Independent Director, First American Funds (2003-2011); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010), Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (2006-2009); Trustee, Chicago City Day School (1994-2005).

 

*

This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Independent Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

**

Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any affiliated person of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Independent Trustees

  

Position(s)

Held

with Trust

  

Term of
Office

and

Length of

Time
Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

  

Number of
Portfolios

in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Independent

Trustees During

the Past 5 Years

Marc M. Kole–1960

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chair of the Audit Committee and Trustee    Chair of the Audit Committee and Trustee since 2016    Formerly, Managing Director of Finance (2020-2021) and Senior Director of Finance (2015-2020), By The Hand Club for Kids (not-for-profit); Chief Financial Officer, Hope Network (social services) (2008-2012); Assistant Vice President and Controller, Priority Health (health insurance) (2005-2008); Regional Chief Financial Officer, United Healthcare (2005); Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance, Oxford Health Plans (2000-2004); Audit Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (1996-2000).    211    Formerly, Treasurer (2018-2021), Finance Committee Member (2015-2021) and Audit Committee Member (2015), Thornapple Evangelical Covenant Church; Board and Finance Committee Member (2009-2017) and Treasurer (2010-2015, 2017), NorthPointe Christian Schools.

Yung Bong Lim–1964

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chair of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee    Chair of the Investment Oversight Committee and Trustee since 2016    Managing Partner, RDG Funds LLC (real estate) (2008-Present); formerly, Managing Director, Citadel LLC (1999-2007).    211    Board Director, Beacon Power Services, Corp. (2019-Present); formerly, Advisory Board Member, Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC (2008-2020).

 

*

This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Independent Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

**

Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any affiliated person of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Independent Trustees

  

Position(s)
Held

with Trust

  

Term of

Office

and

Length of
Time
Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

  

Number of
Portfolios

in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Independent

Trustees During

the Past 5 Years

Joanne Pace–1958

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2019    Formerly, Senior Advisor, SECOR Asset Management, LP (2010-2011); Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2006-2010); Partner and Chief Operating Officer, FrontPoint Partners, LLC (alternative investments) (2005-2006); Managing Director (2003-2005), Global Head of Human Resources and member of Executive Board and Operating Committee (2004-2005), Global Head of Operations and Product Control (2003-2004), Credit Suisse (investment banking); Managing Director (1997-2003), Controller and Principal Accounting Officer (1999-2003), Chief Financial Officer (temporary assignment) for the Oversight Committee, Long Term Capital Management (1998-1999), Morgan Stanley.    211    Board Director, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (2012- Present); Governing Council Member (2016-Present) and Chair of Education Committee (2017-2021), Independent Directors Council (IDC); Council Member, New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Leadership Council on Children’s and Women’s Health (2012-Present); formerly, Advisory Board Director, The Alberleen Group LLC (2012-2021); Board Member, 100 Women in Finance (2015-2020); Trustee, certain funds in the Oppenheimer Funds complex (2012-2019); Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Audit and Nominating Committee of The Global Chartist Fund, LLC, Oppenheimer Asset Management (2011-2012); Board Director, Managed Funds Association (2008-2010); Board Director (2007-2010) and Investment Committee Chair (2008-2010), Morgan Stanley Foundation.

 

*

This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Independent Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

**

Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any affiliated person of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Independent Trustees

  

Position(s)
Held

with Trust

  

Term of
Office

and

Length of
Time
Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

  

Number of
Portfolios

in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Independent
Trustees

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Independent

Trustees During

the Past 5 Years

Gary R. Wicker–1961

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee    Since 2016    Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Financial Officer, RBC Ministries (publishing company) (2013-Present); formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Zondervan Publishing (a division of Harper Collins/NewsCorp) (2007-2012); Senior Vice President and Group Controller (2005- 2006), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2003-2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001-2003), Vice President, Finance and Controller (1999-2001) and Assistant Controller (1997-1999), divisions of The Thomson Corporation (information services provider); Senior Audit Manager (1994-1997), PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.    211    Board Member and Treasurer, Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada (2015- Present); Board and Finance Committee Member, West Michigan Youth For Christ (2010- Present).

Donald H. Wilson–1959

c/o Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chair of the Board and Trustee    Since 2016    Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, McHenry Bancorp Inc. and McHenry Savings Bank (subsidiary) (2018-Present); formerly, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Advisors, Ltd. (2010-2017); President and Chief Executive Officer, Stone Pillar Investments, Ltd. (advisory services to the financial sector) (2016-2018); Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Financial Shares, Inc. and Community Bank—Wheaton/Glen Ellyn (subsidiary) (2013-2015); Chief Operating Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company) (2007-2009); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AMCORE Financial, Inc. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (bank holding company) (1995-2006).    211    Director, Penfield Children’s Center (2004-Present); Board Chair, Gracebridge Alliance, Inc. (2015-Present).

 

*

This is the date the Independent Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Independent Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

**

Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any affiliated person of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

The Interested Trustee and the executive officers of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during at least the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (as defined below) overseen by the Interested Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee are shown below:

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Interested Trustee

  

Position(s)

Held

with Trust

  

Term of
Office

and

Length of
Time
Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

  

Number of

Portfolios

in Fund
Complex**
Overseen by
Interested
Trustee

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Interested

Trustee During

the Past 5 Years

Anna Paglia–1974

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer    Trustee since 2022, President and Principal Executive Officer since 2020    President and Principal Executive Officer (2020-Present) and Trustee (2022-Present), Invesco Exchange- Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Managing Director and Global Head of ETFs and Indexed Strategies, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2020-Present); Chief Executive Officer, Manager and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2020-Present); Manager, Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC (2023-Present); formerly, Vice President, Invesco Indexing LLC (2020-2022); Secretary, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2020), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2020) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2015- 2020); Head of Legal (2010-2020) and Secretary (2015-2020), Invesco Capital Management LLC; Manager and Assistant Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-2020); Head of Legal and Secretary, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-2020); Partner, K&L Gates LLP (formerly, Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP) (2007-2010); and Associate Counsel at Barclays Global Investors Ltd. (2004-2006).    211    None.

 

*

This is the date the Interested Trustee began serving the Trust. The Interested Trustee serves an indefinite term, until her successor is elected.

**

Fund Complex includes all open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Adviser and any affiliated person of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Executive Officers

  

Position(s)

Held

with Trust

  

Length of

Time

Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

Adrien Deberghes–1967

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

11 Greenway Plaza

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2020    Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange- Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2020-Present); Head of the Fund Office of the CFO, Fund Administration and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2020-Present); Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (2020-Present); formerly, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Fidelity Investments (2008- 2020).

Kelli Gallegos–1970

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

11 Greenway Plaza

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2018    Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2020-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer- Pooled Investments, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-Present); Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2018-Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer-Pooled Investments, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2018-Present); Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (2008-Present), The Invesco Funds; formerly, Principal Financial Officer (2016-2020) and Assistant Vice President (2008-2016), The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018); Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange- Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-2018), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2018) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-2018); and Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2013-2018).

Adam Henkel–1980

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Secretary    Since 2020    Head of Legal and Secretary, Invesco Capital Management LLC and Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2020-present); Secretary, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange- Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2020-Present); Assistant Secretary, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (2020-Present); Assistant Secretary, The Invesco Funds (2014-Present); Manager (2020-Present) and Secretary (2022-Present), Invesco Indexing LLC; Assistant Secretary, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (2020-Present); formerly, Assistant Secretary of Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2020); Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Capital Management LLC (2017); Chief Compliance Officer of Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2017); Senior Counsel, Invesco, Ltd. (2013-2020); Assistant Secretary, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-2020).

 

*

This is the date each Officer began serving the Trust in their current position. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year of

Birth of Executive Officers

  

Position(s)

Held

with Trust

  

Length of

Time

Served*

  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

Peter Hubbard–1981

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2016    Vice President, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-Present); Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2009-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2010-Present); Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2020-Present); formerly, Vice President of Portfolio Management, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2008-2010); Portfolio Manager, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2007- 2008); Research Analyst, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2005-2007); Research Analyst and Trader, Ritchie Capital, a hedge fund operator (2003-2005).

Sheri Morris–1964

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

11 Greenway Plaza

Houston, TX 77046

   Vice President    Since 2016    Head of Global Fund Services, Invesco Ltd. (2019-Present); Vice President, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2019-Present); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (2016-Present); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2020-Present); Director, Invesco Trust Company (2022-Present) and Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014- Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); formerly, Treasurer (2008-2020), Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds (2008-2016); Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2011-2013); Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Treasurer, Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2009-2020).

Rudolf E. Reitmann–1971

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Vice President    Since 2016    Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Services, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-Present); Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-Present), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014- Present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-Present); Head of Global Exchange Traded Funds Services, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2013-Present); Vice President, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (2018-Present).

 

*

This is the date each Officer began serving the Trust in their current position. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

 

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Trustees and Officers–(continued)

 

Name, Address and Year

of Birth of Executive Officers

  

Position(s)
Held

with Trust

   Length of
Time
Served*
  

Principal

Occupation(s) During

the Past 5 Years

Melanie Zimdars–1976

Invesco Capital

Management LLC

3500 Lacey Road,

Suite 700

Downers Grove, IL 60515

   Chief Compliance Officer    Since 2017    Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-Present); Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2017-Present); Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2017-Present); formerly, Vice President and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, ALPS Holding, Inc. (2009-2017); Mutual Fund Treasurer/ Chief Financial Officer, Wasatch Advisors, Inc. (2005-2008); Compliance Officer, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2001-2005).

 

*

This is the date each Officer began serving the Trust in their current position. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

Availability of Additional Information About the Trustees

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 983-0903.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

At a meeting held on April 18, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for the following series (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

Invesco BulletShares 2023 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2023 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2024 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2024 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2025 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2025 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2026 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2027 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2027 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2028 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2028 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2029 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2029 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2030 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2030 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco BulletShares 2031 Municipal Bond ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2023 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2024 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2025 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco Racial and Gender Diversity ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2026 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco RAFITM Strategic US ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2027 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco Russell 1000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2028 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF    Invesco Russell 2000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF
Invesco BulletShares 2029 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF   

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided or to be provided, (ii) the investment performance of each Fund, as applicable, and the Adviser, (iii) the fees paid or to be paid by the Funds and comparisons to amounts paid by other comparable registered investment companies, (iv) the costs of services provided or to be provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, as applicable, (v) the extent to which economies of scale may be realized as a Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders and (vi) any further benefits realized by the Adviser or its affiliates from the Adviser’s relationship with the Funds.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed or to be performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds.

The Trustees reviewed information on the performance of the Funds (except Invesco Racial and Gender Diversity ETF which had not yet commenced operations as of December 31, 2022) and their underlying indexes for the one-year, three-year, five-year and since-inception periods ended December 31, 2022, as applicable, including reports for each of those periods on the correlation and tracking error between each Fund’s performance and the performance of its underlying index, as well as the Adviser’s analysis of the tracking error between certain Funds and their underlying indexes. In reviewing the tracking error reports, the Trustees considered information provided by Invesco’s independent performance and risk management group with respect to general expected tracking error ranges. The Trustees also considered that certain Funds were created in connection with the purchases by Invesco of the exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) businesses of Guggenheim Capital LLC (“Guggenheim”) on April 6, 2018 or May 18, 2018 and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Oppenheimer”) on May 24, 2019 (each, a “Transaction”), and that each such Fund’s performance prior to the closing of the applicable Transaction is that of its predecessor Guggenheim ETF or Oppenheimer ETF. The Trustees noted that, for each applicable period, the correlation and tracking error for each Fund was within the targeted range set forth in the Trust’s registration statement. The Board concluded that each Fund’s correlation to its underlying index and the tracking error for each Fund were within an acceptable range given that Fund’s particular circumstances.

The Trustees considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts–(continued)

 

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided or to be provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were or were expected to be appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on each Fund’s net expense ratio and unitary advisory fee. The Trustees noted that the annual advisory fee charged or to be charged to each Fund, as set forth below, is a unitary advisory fee and that the Adviser pays all other operating expenses of each Fund, except that each Fund pays its brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses, costs incurred in connection with proxies (except certain proxies) and other extraordinary expenses:

 

   

0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of Invesco BulletShares 2023 Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2024 Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2025 Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2026 Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2027 Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2028 Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2029 Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2030 Corporate Bond ETF and Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF;

 

   

0.13% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF;

 

   

0.18% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of Invesco BulletShares 2023 Municipal Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2024 Municipal Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2025 Municipal Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2027 Municipal Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2028 Municipal Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2029 Municipal Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2030 Municipal Bond ETF and Invesco BulletShares 2031 Municipal Bond ETF;

 

   

0.19% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Invesco RAFITM Strategic US ETF;

 

   

0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Invesco Racial and Gender Diversity ETF;

 

   

0.29% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Invesco Russell 1000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF;

 

   

0.34% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF;

 

   

0.39% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Invesco Russell 2000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF; and

 

   

0.42% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for each of Invesco BulletShares 2023 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2024 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2025 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2026 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2027 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, Invesco BulletShares 2028 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Invesco BulletShares 2029 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

The Trustees compared each Fund’s net expense ratio to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper Inc. databases on the net expense ratios of comparable ETFs, open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds, as applicable. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratios for certain Funds were equal to or lower than the median net expense ratios of their ETF and open-end index peer funds, as applicable, as illustrated in the table below. The Trustees also noted that the net expense ratios for all of the Funds were lower than the median net expense ratios of their open-end actively-managed peer funds.

 

Invesco Fund    Equal
to/Lower
than ETF
Peer Median
          Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Peer Median*
          Lower than
Open-End
Active Fund
Peer Median

 Invesco BulletShares 2023 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2024 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2025 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2026 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2027 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2028 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2029 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2030 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF

   X             X

 Invesco BulletShares 2023 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts–(continued)

 

Invesco Fund    Equal
to/Lower
than ETF
Peer Median
          Equal to/Lower
than Open-End
Index Fund
Peer Median*
          Lower than
Open-End
Active Fund
Peer Median

 Invesco BulletShares 2024 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2025 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2026 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2027 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2028 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2029 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2023 Municipal Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2024 Municipal Bond ETF

         N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2025 Municipal Bond ETF

   X       N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF

   X       N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2027 Municipal Bond ETF

   X       N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2028 Municipal Bond ETF

   X       N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2029 Municipal Bond ETF

   X       N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2030 Municipal Bond ETF

   X       N/A       X

 Invesco BulletShares 2031 Municipal Bond ETF

   X       N/A       X

 Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF

               X

 Invesco Investment Grade Defensive ETF

   X       X       X

 Invesco Racial and Gender Diversity ETF

   X       X       X

 Invesco RAFITM Strategic US ETF

   X             X

 Invesco Russell 1000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF

   X             X

 Invesco Russell 2000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF

               X

 

*

The information provided by the Adviser indicated that certain Funds did not have any open-end index fund peers. Those Funds have been designated in this column with an “N/A” for not available.

The Trustees noted information, including fee information, provided by the Adviser regarding other investment products to which it provides investment advisory services, including products that have investment strategies comparable to that of Invesco Russell 1000® Dynamic Multifactor ETF. The Trustees considered the Adviser’s explanation of the differences between the services provided or to be provided to the Funds and to the other investment products it advises, noting the Adviser’s statement that the management and oversight of the Funds requires substantially more labor and expense.

Based on all of the information provided, the Board concluded that the unitary advisory fee charged or to be charged to each Fund was reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided or to be provided, the nature of the index, the distinguishing factors of the Fund and the administrative, operational and management oversight costs for the Adviser.

In conjunction with their review of the unitary advisory fees, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser regarding its overall profitability, as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to each Fund. The Trustees did not consider the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement or the estimated profitability of the Adviser in managing Invesco Racial and Gender Diversity ETF because the Fund had not yet commenced operations as of December 31, 2022. With respect to the Adviser’s profitability information, the Trustees considered that there is no recognized standard or uniform methodology for determining profitability for this purpose. Furthermore, the Trustees noted that there are limitations inherent in allocating costs and calculating profitability for an organization such as the Adviser’s. Based on the information provided, the Board concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale may be realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of the Fund’s shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size and unitary advisory fee. The Trustees noted that any reduction in fixed costs associated with the management of the Funds would be enjoyed by the

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts–(continued)

 

Adviser, but a unitary advisory fee provides a level of certainty in expenses for the Funds. The Trustees also noted that the Adviser has reduced advisory fees for the Invesco ETFs numerous times since 2011, including through permanent advisory fee reductions and various advisory fee waivers. The Board considered whether the unitary advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund and concluded that the unitary advisory fee rates were reasonable and appropriate.

Fall-out Benefits. The Trustees considered that the Adviser identified no additional benefits it receives from its relationship with the Funds, and noted that the Adviser is not a party to any soft-dollar, commission recapture or directed brokerage arrangements with respect to the Funds. The Trustees considered benefits received by affiliates of the Adviser that may be directly or indirectly attributed to the Adviser’s relationship with the Funds, including brokerage fees, advisory fees from affiliated money market cash management vehicles and fees as the Funds’ securities lending agent. The Trustees also considered that Invesco Distributors, Inc. and Invesco Indexing LLC, affiliates of the Adviser, serve as each Fund’s distributor and index provider and are paid a distribution fee and licensing fee, respectively, by the Adviser. The Board concluded that each Fund’s unitary advisory fee was reasonable, taking into account any ancillary benefits received by affiliates of the Adviser.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Fund with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Forms N-PORT are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of the Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invesco.com/ETFs.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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