capital
shares
issued
on
the
Statements
of
Assets
and
Liabilities.
Transaction
fees
assessed
during
the
period,
which
are
included
in
the
proceeds
from
shares
issued
on
the
Statements
of
Changes
in
Net
Assets,
were
as
follows:
11.
Investment
Transactions
For
the
period
ended
November
30,
2023,
the
cost
of
securities
purchased
and
proceeds
from
sales
of
securities
(U.S.
government
securities
for
the
Inflation
Expectations
ETF),
excluding
short-term
securities,
derivatives
and
in-kind
transactions,
were:
12.
In-Kind
Transactions
During
the
period
presented
in
this
report,
certain
Funds
delivered
portfolio
securities
in
exchange
for
the
redemption
of
shares
(redemption-in-kind).
Cash
and
securities
were
transferred
for
redemptions
at
fair
value.
For
financial
reporting
purposes,
the
Funds
recorded
net
realized
gains
and
losses
in
connection
with
each
transaction.
For
the
periods
ended
A
Six
Months
Ended
November
30,
2023
A
Year
Ended
May
31,
2023
A
Big
Data
Refiners
ETF
..........................................................
$
—
$
117
High
Yield-Interest
Rate
Hedged
..................................................
1,538
—
Inflation
Expectations
ETF
.......................................................
8,455
16,687
Investment
Grade-Interest
Rate
Hedged
............................................
58,781
64,150
MSCI
Transformational
Changes
ETF
..............................................
1,094
2,707
S&P
Global
Core
Battery
Metals
ETF
...............................................
—
3,200
Fund
A
Purchases
A
Sales
A
Big
Data
Refiners
ETF
..............................................................
$
568,021
$
565,281
DJ
Brookfield
Global
Infrastructure
ETF
.................................................
9,934,540
9,714,243
Equities
for
Rising
Rates
ETF
........................................................
21,855,677
33,682,156
Global
Listed
Private
Equity
ETF
......................................................
953,092
1,366,419
Hedge
Replication
ETF
.............................................................
1,219,061
1,273,028
High
Yield-Interest
Rate
Hedged
......................................................
26,773,593
23,118,331
Investment
Grade-Interest
Rate
Hedged
................................................
97,999,735
123,342,566
Large
Cap
Core
Plus
...............................................................
114,384,886
111,246,400
Long
Online
/Short
Stores
ETF
.......................................................
11,607,884
9,843,305
Merger
ETF
......................................................................
11,276,745
24,013,317
Metaverse
ETF
...................................................................
1,672,809
1,668,228
MSCI
EAFE
Dividend
Growers
ETF
....................................................
23,623,900
23,833,935
MSCI
Emerging
Markets
Dividend
Growers
ETF
..........................................
9,600,475
9,207,629
MSCI
Europe
Dividend
Growers
ETF
...................................................
1,860,744
1,918,730
MSCI
Transformational
Changes
ETF
..................................................
1,793,862
4,560,109
Nanotechnology
ETF
...............................................................
623,105
619,676
Nasdaq-100
Dorsey
Wright
Momentum
ETF
.............................................
7,658,339
7,675,015
On-Demand
ETF
..................................................................
117,799
120,718
Online
Retail
ETF
.................................................................
47,078,511
47,159,118
Pet
Care
ETF
....................................................................
17,826,413
17,802,245
Russell
2000
Dividend
Growers
ETF
...................................................
242,476,513
241,349,119
Russell
U.S.
Dividend
Growers
ETF
....................................................
1,336,321
1,342,570
S&P
500
®
Bond
ETF
...............................................................
6,452,900
6,470,325
S&P
500
®
Dividend
Aristocrats
ETF
....................................................
1,021,933,394
1,019,176,373
S&P
500
®
Ex-Energy
ETF
...........................................................
807,505
818,577
S&P
500
®
Ex-Financials
ETF
.........................................................
1,061,227
910,256
S&P
500
®
Ex-Health
Care
ETF
........................................................
421,933
400,405
S&P
500
®
Ex-Technology
ETF
........................................................
2,646,381
2,482,084
S&P
Global
Core
Battery
Metals
ETF
...................................................
1,022,963
1,029,559
S&P
Kensho
Cleantech
ETF
.........................................................
721,132
742,310
S&P
Kensho
Smart
Factories
ETF
.....................................................
114,950
116,405
S&P
MidCap
400
®
Dividend
Aristocrats
ETF
.............................................
301,911,324
298,707,481
S&P
Technology
Dividend
Aristocrats
ETF
...............................................
24,491,010
23,974,816
Smart
Materials
ETF
...............................................................
388,076
389,934
Supply
Chain
Logistics
ETF
..........................................................
270,101
292,341