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Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba
Schwab Asset Management, has entered into a license agreement with ICE Data
Indices, LLC to use the ICE AMT-Free Core U.S. National Municipal Index. Fees
payable under the license agreement are paid by the investment adviser. ICE Data
Indices, LLC has no obligation to continue to provide the ICE AMT-Free Core U.S.
National Municipal Index to Schwab Asset Management beyond the term of the
license agreement.
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Source ICE Data Indices, LLC (ICE Data), is used
with permission. “ICE®” is a registered trademark of ICE Data Indices,
LLC or its affiliates. This trademark has been licensed, along with the ICE
AMT-Free Core U.S. National Municipal Index (Index) for use by Charles Schwab
Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management, in connection with the
Schwab Municipal Bond ETF (the Fund). Neither Schwab Asset Management, Schwab
Strategic Trust (the Trust) nor the Fund, as applicable, is sponsored, endorsed,
sold or promoted by ICE Data Indices, LLC, its affiliates or its Third Party
Suppliers (ICE Data and its Suppliers). ICE Data and its Suppliers make no
representations or warranties regarding the advisability of investing in
securities generally, in the Fund particularly, the Trust or the ability of the
Index to track general stock market performance. ICE Data’s only relationship to
Schwab Asset Management is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names
and the Index or components thereof. The Index is determined, composed and
calculated by ICE Data without regard to Schwab Asset Management or the Fund or
its holders. ICE Data has no obligation to take the needs of Schwab Asset
Management or the holders of the Fund into consideration in determining,
composing or calculating the Index. ICE Data is not responsible for and has not
participated in the determination of the timing of, prices of, or quantities of
the Fund to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by
which the Fund is to be priced, sold, purchased, or redeemed. Except for certain
custom index calculation services, all information provided by ICE Data is
general in nature and not tailored to the needs of Schwab Asset Management or
any other person, entity or group of persons. ICE Data has no obligation or
liability in connection with the administration, marketing, or trading of the
Fund. ICE Data is not an investment advisor. Inclusion of a security within an
index is not a recommendation by ICE Data to buy, sell, or hold such security,
nor is it considered to be investment advice.
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OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, INCLUDING THE
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COMPLETENESS OF THE INDICES AND THE INDEX DATA, WHICH ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”
BASIS AND YOUR USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Shares of the fund are not sponsored, endorsed
or promoted by NYSE Arca, Inc. NYSE Arca makes no representation or warranty,
express or implied, to the owners of the shares of the fund or any member of the
public regarding the ability of the fund to track the total return performance
of its underlying index or the ability of the underlying index to track stock or
bond market performance. NYSE Arca is not responsible for, nor has it
participated in, the determination of the compilation or the calculation of any
underlying index, nor in the determination of the timing of, prices of, or
quantities of shares of the fund to be issued, nor in the determination or
calculation of the equation by which the shares are redeemable. NYSE Arca has no
obligation or liability to owners of the shares of the fund in connection with
the administration, marketing or trading of the shares of the fund.
NYSE Arca shall have no liability for damages,
claims, losses or expenses caused by any errors, omissions, or delays in
calculating or disseminating any current index or portfolio value; the current
value of the portfolio of securities required to be deposited to the fund; the
amount of any dividend equivalent payment or cash distribution to holders of
shares of the fund; net asset value; or other information relating to the
creation, redemption or trading of shares of the fund, resulting from any
negligent act or omission by NYSE Arca, or any act, condition or cause beyond
the reasonable control of NYSE Arca, including, but not limited to, an act of
God; fire; flood; extraordinary weather conditions; war; insurrection; riot;
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equipment or software malfunction; or any error, omission or delay in the
reporting of transactions in one or more underlying securities. NYSE Arca makes
no warranty, express or implied, as to results to be obtained by any person or
entity from the use of any underlying index or data included therein and NYSE
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merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to shares of
the fund or any underlying index or data included therein.
The fund and Schwab Asset Management do not
guarantee the accuracy and/or the completeness of the index or any data included
therein and shall have no liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions
therein. The fund and Schwab Asset Management make no warranty, express or
implied, as to results to be obtained by the fund, or any other person or entity
from the use of the index or any data included therein.