Mohr Growth ETF

Ticker Symbol: MOHR

 

Adaptive Core ETF 

Ticker Symbol: RULE

 

Mindful Conservative ETF 

Ticker Symbol: MFUL

 

PROSPECTUS  

February 1, 2023

 

  Advised by:
  Retireful, LLC
  120 N. Washington
  Suite 300
  Lansing, MI 48933
   
www.mohrfunds.com (866) 464-6608

 

This Prospectus provides important information about each Fund that you should know before investing. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference. These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The Funds are listed on the CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

FUND SUMMARY: MOHR GROWTH ETF 1
FUND SUMMARY: ADAPTIVE CORE ETF 7
FUND SUMMARY: MINDFUL CONSERVATIVE ETF 14
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RELATED RISKS 21
Investment Objectives 21
Principal Investment Strategies 21
Principal Investment Risks 24
Temporary Investments 26
Portfolio Holdings Disclosure 27
       Cybersecurity 27
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS 27
Investment Adviser 27
Investment Sub-Adviser 27
Portfolio Manager 28
NET ASSET VALUE 28
HOW TO BUY AND SELL SHARES 30
FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF FUND SHARES 31
DIVIDENDS, OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES 31
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 35
PRIVACY NOTICE 39

 

 

FUND SUMMARY: MOHR GROWTH ETF

 

Investment Objectives:

The Mohr Growth ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation.

 

Fees and Expenses of the Fund:

This table describes the fees and expenses, excluding any brokerage fees, that you may pay if you buy, sell, and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
   
Management Fees 0.70%
Other Expenses 0.32%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (1) 0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.06%

 

(1) Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are estimated for the Fund’s initial fiscal year, are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s highlights because the financial statements include only direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund.

 

Example:

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$108 $337 $585 $1,294

 

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER:

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, may adversely affect the Fund’s performance. For the period ended September 30, 2022, the Fund had a portfolio turnover of 1,223%.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that is managed by Retireful, LLC (the “Adviser”) and designed for investors looking for long-term growth and who can tolerate large principal value fluctuations. The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by using a tactical go-anywhere approach to invest in a wide variety of asset classes, which the Fund defines based on the market capitalization and/or industry classification. The Fund invests in ETFs that invest in equity securities of any market capitalization that are representative of an asset class or an investment style and individual equity securities without regard to market capitalization. The Fund may invest in U.S., foreign, and emerging market issuers. The Fund defines emerging market issuers as those found in countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Market index. The Adviser delegates trading the Fund’s securities to Tuttle Capital Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”).

 

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The Fund may invest in asset classes and investment styles such as:

 

Blend - ETFs that include a mix of both value and growth stocks.

Global- ETFs that invest in companies located anywhere in the world including the investor’s own country.

Growth - ETFs with capital appreciation as their primary goal, with little or no dividend payouts.

International - ETFs that invest in companies located anywhere in the world outside of its investors' country of residence.

Technology - ETFs that invest in assets of companies involved in the sector of technology.

Value - ETFs that follow a value investing strategy and seek to invest in stocks that are deemed to be undervalued in price based on fundamental characteristics.

Cash.

 

The Adviser utilizes a proprietary technology that primarily analyzes the price of securities and ETFs and attempts to identify upward and downward trends. The price of a security is analyzed using multiple mathematical formulas. Each formula is combined to create a composite score for each potential investment and recommends when to buy and sell and how long to hold each security. The Adviser uses composite scores to create a portfolio, generally composed of approximately thirty ETFs. Between ETFs with similar ranks, those with lower expenses and higher liquidity are preferred by the Sub-Adviser. When an unexpected market event occurs, the Adviser’s proprietary technology may signal a move of up to the entire portfolio to cash or ETFs that invest in money market funds. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in ETFs of a particular asset class or investment style. In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser will engage in frequent trading, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate.

 

PRINCIPAL RISKS:

As with all ETFs, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and performance.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk: At any time, the Fund may have significant investments in cash or cash equivalents. When a substantial portion of a portfolio is held in cash or cash equivalents, there is the risk that the value of the cash account, including interest, will not keep pace with inflation, thus reducing purchasing power over time.

 

Emerging Markets Risk: Investing in emerging markets involves not only the risks described below with respect to investing in foreign securities, but also other risks, including exposure to economic structures that are generally less diverse and mature, limited availability and reliability of information material to an investment decision, and exposure to political systems that can be expected to have less stability than those of developed countries. The market for the securities of issuers in emerging market typically is small, and a low or nonexistent trading volume in those securities may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility.

 

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ETF Structure Risk: The Fund is structured as an ETF and as a result is subject to the special risks, including:

 

The market prices of shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and demand for shares and will include a “bid-ask spread” charged by the exchange specialists, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. There may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. This means that Shares may trade at a discount to NAV.

 

In times of market stress, market makers may step away from their role market making in shares of ETFs and in executing trades, which can lead to differences between the market value of Fund shares and the Fund’s NAV.

 

In stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Fund’s shares may, in turn, lead to differences between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s NAV.

 

Exchange Traded Funds Risk: The cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in the ETFs in which it invests and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each other ETF is subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the ETF.

 

Foreign Securities Risk: Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies. Foreign companies are generally not subject to the same regulatory requirements of U.S. companies thereby resulting in less publicly available information about these companies. In addition, foreign accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards generally differ from those applicable to U.S. companies.

 

Large Capitalization Stock Risk: Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities market.

 

Management Risk: The portfolio manager’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular stocks or other securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the portfolio manager’s judgment will produce the desired results.

 

Market and Geopolitical Risk: The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate change and climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S. or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have and the duration of those effects.

 

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Money Market Risk: The Fund’s investment in a money market fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds seek to preserve the value of their shares at $1.00 per share, although there can be no assurance that they will do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. A major or unexpected change in interest rates or a decline in the credit quality of an issuer or entity providing credit support, an inactive trading market for money market instruments, or adverse market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, and other conditions could cause the share price of such a money market fund to fall below $1.00. Other money market funds price and transact at a “floating” NAV that will fluctuate along with changes in the market-based value of fund assets. Shares sold utilizing a floating NAV may be worth more or less than their original purchase price. Recent changes in the regulation of money market funds may affect the operations and structures of money market funds.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk: A higher portfolio turnover will result in higher transactional and brokerage costs. Such transactional and brokerage costs have a negative effect on Fund performance. Frequent trading may result in the Fund realizing more short-term capital gains than other funds.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk: The earnings and prospects of small and medium sized companies are more volatile than larger companies and may experience higher failure rates than larger companies. Small and medium sized companies normally have a lower trading volume than larger companies, which may tend to make their market price fall more disproportionately than larger companies in response to selling pressures and may have limited markets, product lines, or financial resources and lack management experience.

 

Performance:

 

The performance table below shows the variability of the Fund’s returns over time, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows performance of the Fund’s shares for each full calendar year since the Fund’s inception. The performance table compares the performance of the Fund’s shares over time to the performance of a broad-based market index. You should be aware that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) may not be an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by calling (866) 904-0406 and may also be available at www.mohrfunds.com.

 

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Performance Bar Chart

 

 

 

 

Best quarter: 12/21/2022 0.01%

Worst quarter: 6/30/2022- -11.07%

 

The Fund’s year-to-date return as of the most recent fiscal quarter, which ended December 31, 2022, was -21.44%

 

  One Year Life of Fund
Return Before Taxes -21.44% -18.98%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -21.44% -18.98%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -12.69% -14.40%
S&P 500 Index(1) -18.11% -13.50%

 

(1) The S&P 500 Index measures the performance of 500 widely held stocks in US equity market. Standard and Poor’s chooses member companies for the index based on market size, liquidity and industry group representation. Included are the stocks of industrial, financial, utility and transportation companies. Since mid 1989, this composition has been more flexible and the number of issues in each sector has varied. It is market capitalization-weighted. Index returns, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Investment Adviser: Retireful, LLC.

 

Investment Sub-Adviser: Tuttle Capital Management, LLC.

 

Portfolio Manager: Dan Mohr, chief executive officer of the adviser, has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since the Fund’s inception in Novermber 2021.

 

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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: The Fund will issue and redeem shares at NAV only in large blocks of 25,000 shares (each block of Shares is called a “Creation Unit”). Creation Units are issued and redeemed for cash and/or in-kind for securities. Individual shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

 

Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”) and trade at market prices rather than NAV. Shares of the Fund may trade at a price that is greater than, at, or less than NAV.

 

Tax Information: Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-free plan. If you are investing through a tax free plan, you will be taxed upon withdrawal from your account.

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Adviser may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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FUND SUMMARY: ADAPTIVE CORE ETF

 

Investment Objectives:

Adaptive Core ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation.

 

Fees and Expenses of the Fund:

This table describes the fees and expenses, excluding any brokerage fees, that you may pay if you buy, sell, and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
   
Management Fees 0.70%
Other Expenses 0.39%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1) 0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.13%

 

(1) Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are estimated for the Fund’s current fiscal year, are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund.

 

Example:

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years  
$115 $359 $622 $1,375  

 

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER:

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, may adversely affect the Fund’s performance. For the period ended September 30, 2022, the Fund had a portfolio turnover of 1,180%.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that is managed by Retireful, LLC (the “Adviser”). The Adviser believes the Fund is ideal for investors seeking long-term capital appreciation but who prefer to minimize principal fluctuation. The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by using a tactical go-anywhere approach to invest in a wide variety of asset classes, which the Fund defines based on the market capitalization and/or industry classification. The Fund invests in individual equity securities without regard to market capitalization and ETFs that invest in equity securities of any market capitalization including convertible equity securities and fixed income ETFs.

 

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The Fund’s portfolio may hold securities from issuers of any market capitalization, credit quality, maturity, or country. Fixed income securities may include securities with credit quality below investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bond” credit quality). The Fund defines junk bonds as those rated below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service or below BBB- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, or, if unrated, determined by the Sub-Adviser to be of similar credit quality. Foreign securities include issuers from emerging market countries. The Fund defines emerging market issuers as those found in countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Market index.

 

The Fund may invest in asset classes and investment styles such as:

 

Blend - ETFs that include a mix of both value and growth stocks.

Bonds - a fixed income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower.

Convertibles - bonds or preferred shares, that can be converted into common stock.

Core - ETFs seeking stable growth in safer sectors of the economy.

Growth - ETFs with capital appreciation as their primary goal, with little or no dividend payouts.

High Yield Bonds (Junk Bonds).

Income - ETFs that emphasize current income, either on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to capital gains or appreciation.

Multi-Sector Bond - ETFs that seek income by diversifying their assets among several fixed-income sectors, usually U.S. government obligations, U.S. corporate bonds, foreign bonds, and high-yield U.S. debt securities.

Cash.

 

The Adviser utilizes a proprietary technology that primarily analyzes the price of securities and ETFs and attempts to identify upward and downward trends. The price of a security is analyzed using multiple mathematical formulas. Each formula is combined to create a composite score for each potential investment and recommends when to buy and sell and how long to hold each security. The Adviser uses composite scores to create a portfolio, generally composed of approximately thirty ETFs. Between ETFs with similar ranks, those with lower expenses and higher liquidity are preferred by the Adviser. When an unexpected event occurs, the Adviser’s proprietary technology may signal a move of the entire portfolio to cash or ETFs that invest in money market funds.. The Fund may invest in up to 100% of its assets in ETFs of a particular asset class or investment style. In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser will engage in frequent trading, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate. The Adviser delegates trading the Fund’s securities to Tuttle Capital Management, LLC.

 

Adaptive Core in the Fund’s name refers to the ability of the Adviser’s proprietary technology to adapt to market conditions. The Fund’s proprietary technology allows the Adviser to shift the Fund’s portfolio from a growth to conservative position based on current market conditions.

 

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PRINCIPAL RISKS:

As with all ETFs, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s NAV and performance.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk: At any time, the Fund may have significant investments in cash or cash equivalents. When a substantial portion of a portfolio is held in cash or cash equivalents, there is the risk that the value of the cash account, including interest, will not keep pace with inflation, thus reducing purchasing power over time.

 

Emerging Markets Risk: Investing in emerging markets involves not only the risks described below with respect to investing in foreign securities, but also other risks, including exposure to economic structures that are generally less diverse and mature, limited availability and reliability of information material to an investment decision, and exposure to political systems that can be expected to have less stability than those of developed countries. The market for the securities of issuers in emerging market typically is small, and a low or nonexistent trading volume in those securities may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility.

 

ETF Structure Risk: The Fund is structured as an ETF and as a result is subject to the special risks, including:

 

The market prices of shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and demand for shares and will include a “bid-ask spread” charged by the exchange specialists, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. There may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. This means that Shares may trade at a discount to NAV.

 

In times of market stress, market makers may step away from their role market making in shares of ETFs and in executing trades, which can lead to differences between the market value of Fund shares and the Fund’s NAV.

 

In stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Fund’s shares may, in turn, lead to differences between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s NAV.

 

Exchange Traded Funds Risk: The cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in the ETFs in which it invests and may be higher than other funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each other ETF is subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the ETF.

 

Fixed Income Securities Risk: When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default), extension risk (an issuer may exercise its right to repay principal on a fixed rate obligation held by the Fund later than expected), and prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligation early, reducing the amount of interest payments). These risks could affect the value of a particular investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.

 

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Foreign Securities Risk: Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies. Foreign companies are generally not subject to the same regulatory requirements of U.S. companies thereby resulting in less publicly available information about these companies. In addition, foreign accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards generally differ from those applicable to U.S. companies.

 

High Yield Bond Risk: Lower-quality bonds, known as “high yield” or “junk” bonds, present greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased risk of default. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these bonds and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its bonds. The lack of a liquid market for these bonds could decrease the Fund’s share price.

 

Management Risk: The Adviser’s assessment of the attractiveness and potential appreciation of particular investments or markets in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the Adviser’s investment strategy will produce the desired results.

 

Market and Geopolitical Risk: The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate change and climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S. or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have and the duration of those effects.

 

Money Market Risk: The Fund’s investment in a money market fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds seek to preserve the value of their shares at $1.00 per share, although there can be no assurance that they will do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. A major or unexpected change in interest rates or a decline in the credit quality of an issuer or entity providing credit support, an inactive trading market for money market instruments, or adverse market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, and other conditions could cause the share price of such a money market fund to fall below $1.00. Other money market funds price and transact at a “floating” NAV that will fluctuate along with changes in the market-based value of fund assets. Shares sold utilizing a floating NAV may be worth more or less than their original purchase price. Recent changes in the regulation of money market funds may affect the operations and structures of money market funds.

 

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Portfolio Turnover Risk: A higher portfolio turnover will result in higher transactional and brokerage costs. Such transactional and brokerage costs have a negative effect on Fund performance. Frequent trading may result in the Fund realizing more short-term capital gains than other funds.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk: The earnings and prospects of small and medium sized companies are more volatile than larger companies and may experience higher failure rates than larger companies. Small and medium sized companies normally have a lower trading volume than larger companies, which may tend to make their market price fall more disproportionately than larger companies in response to selling pressures and may have limited markets, product lines, or financial resources and lack management experience.

 

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Performance:

 

The performance table below shows the variability of the Fund’s returns over time, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows performance of the Fund’s shares for each full calendar year since the Fund’s inception. The performance table compares the performance of the Fund’s shares over time to the performance of a broad-based market index. You should be aware that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) may not be an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by calling (866) 464-6608 and may also be available at www.mohrfunds.com.

 

Performance Bar Chart

 

 

 

Best quarter: 12/31/2022- 0.62%

Worst quarter: 6/30/2022 - -10.78%

 

The Fund’s year-to-date return as of the most recent fiscal quarter, which ended December 31, 2022, was -22.69%

 

  One Year Life of Fund
Return Before Taxes -22.69% -19.08%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -22.69% -19.08%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -13.43% -14.48%
S&P 500 Index(1) -18.11% -13.50%

 

(1) The S&P 500 Index measures the performance of 500 widely held stocks in US equity market. Standard and Poor’s chooses member companies for the index based on market size, liquidity and industry group representation. Included are the stocks of industrial, financial, utility and transportation companies. Since mid 1989, this composition has been more flexible and the number of issues in each sector has varied. It is market capitalization-weighted. Index returns, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Investment Adviser: Retireful, LLC.

 

Investment Sub-Adviser: Tuttle Capital Management, LLC.

 

Portfolio Manager: Dan Mohr, chief executive officer of the Adviser, has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since the Fund’s inception in November 2021.

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: The Fund will issue and redeem Shares at NAV per Share only in large blocks of 25,000 shares (each block of Shares is called a “Creation Unit”). Creation Units are issued and redeemed for cash and/or in-kind for securities. Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

 

Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”) and trade at market prices rather than NAV. Shares of the Fund may trade at a price that is greater than, at, or less than NAV.

 

Tax Information: Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-free plan. If you are investing through a tax free plan, you will be taxed upon withdrawal from your account.

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Adviser may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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FUND SUMMARY: MINDFUL CONSERVATIVE ETF

 

Investment Objectives:

Mindful Conservative ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation.

 

Fees and Expenses of the Fund:

This table describes the fees and expenses, excluding any brokerage fees, that you may pay if you buy, sell, and hold shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
   
Management Fees 0.70%
Other Expenses 0.35%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(1) 0.07%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.12%

 

(1) Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are estimated for the Fund’s current fiscal year, are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund.

 

Example:

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$114 $356 $617 $1,363

 

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER:

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, may adversely affect the Fund’s performance. For the period ended September 30, 2022, the Fund had a portfolio turnover of 665%.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES:

The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that is managed by Retireful, LLC (the “Adviser”). The Adviser believes the Fund is ideal for conservative investors who cannot tolerate too much fluctuation in portfolio value and who are seeking current income. The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by using a tactical go-anywhere approach to invest in a wide variety of asset classes, which the Fund defines based on the market capitalization and/or industry classification. The Fund invests in individual equity securities without regard to market capitalization and ETFs that invest in equity securities of any market capitalization including convertible equity securities and fixed income ETFs.

 

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The Fund’s portfolio may hold securities from issuers of any market capitalization, credit quality, maturity, or country. Fixed income securities may include securities with credit quality below investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bond” credit quality). The Fund defines junk bonds as those rated below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service or below BBB- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, or, if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of similar credit quality. Foreign securities include issuers from emerging market countries. The Fund defines emerging market issuers as those found in countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Market index. The Adviser delegates trading the Fund’s securities to Tuttle Capital Management, LLC.

 

The Fund may invest in asset classes and investment styles such as:

 

Blend - ETFs that include a mix of both value and growth stocks.

Bonds - Corporate and Treasury Intermediate and long term bonds.

Bonds/Convertibles - bonds or preferred shares, that can be converted into common stock.

Growth - ETFs with capital appreciation as their primary goal, with little or no dividend payouts.

Income - ETFs that emphasize current income, either on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to capital gains or appreciation.

Cash.

 

The Adviser utilizes a proprietary technology that primarily analyzes the price of securities and ETFs and attempts to identify upward and downward trends. The price of a security is analyzed using multiple mathematical formulas. Each formula is combined to create a composite score for each potential investment and recommends when to buy and sell and how long to hold each security. The Adviser uses composite scores to create a portfolio, generally composed of approximately thirty ETFs. Between ETFs with similar ranks, those with lower expenses and higher liquidity are preferred by the Adviser. When an unexpected event occurs, the Adviser’s proprietary technology may signal a move of up to the entire portfolio to cash or ETFs that invest in money market funds. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in ETFs of a particular asset class or investment style. In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser will engage in frequent trading, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate.

 

Mindful Conservative in the Fund’s name refers to the Fund’s strategy, which the Adviser designed for investors who want an adaptive, conservative strategy but also is designed to provide adequate performance during a recovery.

 

PRINCIPAL RISKS:

As with all ETFs, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s NAV and performance.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk: At any time, the Fund may have significant investments in cash or cash equivalents. When a substantial portion of a portfolio is held in cash or cash equivalents, there is the risk that the value of the cash account, including interest, will not keep pace with inflation, thus reducing purchasing power over time.

 

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ETF Structure Risk: The Fund is structured as an ETF and as a result is subject to the special risks, including:

 

The market prices of shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and demand for shares and will include a “bid-ask spread” charged by the exchange specialists, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. There may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. This means that Shares may trade at a discount to NAV.

 

In times of market stress, market makers may step away from their role market making in shares of ETFs and in executing trades, which can lead to differences between the market value of Fund shares and the Fund’s NAV.

 

In stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Fund’s shares may, in turn, lead to differences between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the Fund’s NAV.

 

Emerging Markets Risk: Investing in emerging markets involves not only the risks described below with respect to investing in foreign securities, but also other risks, including exposure to economic structures that are generally less diverse and mature, limited availability and reliability of information material to an investment decision, and exposure to political systems that can be expected to have less stability than those of developed countries. The market for the securities of issuers in emerging market typically is small, and a low or nonexistent trading volume in those securities may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility.

 

Exchange Traded Funds Risk: The cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in the ETFs in which it invests and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each ETF is subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the ETF.

 

Fixed Income Securities Risk: When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default), extension risk (an issuer may exercise its right to repay principal on a fixed rate obligation held by the Fund later than expected), and prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligation early, reducing the amount of interest payments). These risks could affect the value of a particular investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.

 

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Foreign Securities Risk: Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund than a mutual fund that invests exclusively in U.S. companies. Foreign companies are generally not subject to the same regulatory requirements of U.S. companies thereby resulting in less publicly available information about these companies. In addition, foreign accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards generally differ from those applicable to U.S. companies.

 

High Yield Bond Risk: Lower-quality bonds, known as “high yield” or “junk” bonds, present greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased risk of default. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these bonds and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its bonds. The lack of a liquid market for these bonds could decrease the Fund’s share price.

 

Large Capitalization Stock Risk: Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities market.

 

Management Risk: The Adviser’s assessment of the attractiveness and potential appreciation of particular investments or markets in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the Adviser’s investment strategy will produce the desired results.

 

Market and Geopolitical Risk: The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate change and climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S. or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have and the duration of those effects.

 

Money Market Risk: The Fund’s investment in a money market fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds seek to preserve the value of their shares at $1.00 per share, although there can be no assurance that they will do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. A major or unexpected change in interest rates or a decline in the credit quality of an issuer or entity providing credit support, an inactive trading market for money market instruments, or adverse market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, and other conditions could cause the share price of such a money market fund to fall below $1.00. Other money market funds price and transact at a “floating” NAV that will fluctuate along with changes in the market-based value of fund assets. Shares sold utilizing a floating NAV may be worth more or less than their original purchase price. Recent changes in the regulation of money market funds may affect the operations and structures of money market funds.

 

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Portfolio Turnover Risk: A higher portfolio turnover will result in higher transactional and brokerage costs. Such transactional and brokerage costs have a negative effect on Fund performance. Frequent trading may result in the Fund realizing more short-term capital gains than other funds.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk: The earnings and prospects of small and medium sized companies are more volatile than larger companies and may experience higher failure rates than larger companies. Small and medium sized companies normally have a lower trading volume than larger companies, which may tend to make their market price fall more disproportionately than larger companies in response to selling pressures and may have limited markets, product lines, or financial resources and lack management experience.

 

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Performance:

 

The performance table below shows the variability of the Fund’s returns over time, which is some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows performance of the Fund’s shares for each full calendar year since the Fund’s inception. The performance table compares the performance of the Fund’s shares over time to the performance of a broad-based market index. You should be aware that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) may not be an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by calling (866) 464-6608 and may also be available at www.mohrfunds.com.

 

Performance Bar Chart

 

 

 

Best quarter: 12/31/2022- 0.63

Worst quarter: 6/30/2022- -7.11%

 

The Fund’s year-to-date return as of the most recent fiscal quarter, which ended December 31, 2022, was -12.48%

 

  One Year Life of Fund
Return Before Taxes -12.48% -12.02%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -12.58% -12.11%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -7.39% -9.17%
Dow Jones U.S. Moderately Conservative Portfolio Index (1) -13.16% -11.39%

 

(1) Dow Jones U.S. Moderately Conservative Portfolio Index is designed to measure a portfolio of equities, bonds, and cash, representative of an investor’s risk profile. The equities position represents 40%, which is a mix of Dow Jones U.S. Indexes. Bonds and cash represent the remaining 60% of the portfolio. Index returns, unlike the Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Investment Adviser: Retireful, LLC.

 

Investment Sub-Adviser: Tuttle Capital Management, LLC.

 

Portfolio Manager: Dan Mohr, chief executive officer of the adviser, has served as the Fund’s portfolio manager since the Fund’s inception in November 2021.

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: The Fund will issue and redeem Shares at NAV per Share only in large blocks of 25,000 shares (each block of Shares is called a “Creation Unit”). Creation Units are issued and redeemed for cash and/or in-kind for securities. Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

 

Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”) and trade at market prices rather than NAV. Shares of the Fund may trade at a price that is greater than, at, or less than NAV.

 

Tax Information: Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-free plan. If you are investing through a tax free plan, you will be taxed upon withdrawal from your account.

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Adviser may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RELATED RISKS

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES

 

Fund Investment Objective
Mohr Growth ETF The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Adaptive Core ETF The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Mindful Conservative ETF The Fund seeks capital appreciation.

 

Each Fund’s investment objective may be changed by the Collaborative Investment Series Trust (the “Trust”) board of trustees (the “Board”) upon 60 days’ written notice to shareholders.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

 

Mohr Growth ETF

 

The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that is managed by Retireful, LLC (the “Adviser”). The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by using a tactical go-anywhere approach to invest in a wide variety of asset classes, which the Fund defines based on the market capitalization and/or industry classification. The Fund invests in ETFs that invest in equity securities of any market capitalization that are representative of an asset class or an investment style and individual equity securities without regard to market capitalization. Additionally, the Fund may invest directly in equities without regard to market capitalization. The Fund may invest in U.S., foreign, and emerging market issuers. The Fund defines emerging market issuers as those found in countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Market index. The Fund is designed investors looking for long-term growth and who can tolerate large principal value fluctuations.

 

The Fund may invest in asset classes and investment styles such as:

 

Blend - ETFs that include a mix of both value and growth stocks.

Global - ETFs that invest in companies located anywhere in the world including the investor’s own country.

Growth - ETFs with capital appreciation as their primary goal, with little or no dividend payouts.

International - ETFs that invest in companies located anywhere in the world outside of its investors' country of residence.

Technology - ETFs that invest in assets of companies involved in the sector of technology.

Value - ETFs that follow a value investing strategy and seek to invest in stocks that are deemed to be undervalued in price based on fundamental characteristics.

Cash.

 

The Adviser utilizes a proprietary technology that primarily analyzes the price of securities and ETFs attempts to identify upward and downward trends. The price of a security is analyzed using multiple mathematical formulas. Each formula is combined to create a composite score for each potential investment and recommends when to buy and sell and how long to hold each security. The Adviser uses composite scores to create a portfolio, generally composed of approximately thirty ETFs. Between ETFs with similar ranks, those with lower expenses and higher liquidity are preferred by the Adviser. When an unexpected market event occurs, the Adviser’s proprietary technology may signal a move of the up to the entire portfolio to cash or ETFs that invest in money market funds. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in ETFs or individual equities of a particular asset class or investment style. In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser will engage in frequent trading, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate.

 

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Mohr Growth in the Fund’s name is a combination of the last name of the Fund’s portfolio manager, Dan Mohr as well as a description of the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund is an ETF that invests in companies primed for revenue or earnings growth at a pace that is faster than that of industry peers or the market overall.

 

Adaptive Core ETF

 

The Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by using a tactical go-anywhere approach to invest in a wide variety of asset classes, which the Fund defines based on the market capitalization and/or industry classification. The Fund invests in individual equity securities without regard to market capitalization and ETFs that invest in equity securities of any market capitalization including convertible equity securities and fixed income ETFs.

 

The Fund’s portfolio may hold securities from issuers of any market capitalization, credit quality, maturity, or country. Fixed income securities may include securities with credit quality below investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bond” credit quality). The Fund defines junk bonds as those rated below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service or below BBB- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, or, if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of similar credit quality. Foreign securities include issuers from emerging market countries. The Fund defines emerging market issuers as those found in countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Market index. The Adviser believes the Fund is ideal for investors seeking long-term capital appreciation but who prefer to keep principal value fluctuation to a minimum.

 

The Fund may invest in asset classes and investment styles such as:

 

Blend - ETFs that include a mix of both value and growth stocks.

Bonds - Corporate and Treasury Intermediate and long term bonds.

Bonds/Convertible - bonds or preferred shares, that can be converted into common stock.

Core - ETFs seeking stable growth in safer sectors of the economy.

Growth - ETFs with capital appreciation as their primary goal, with little or no dividend payouts.

High Yield Bonds (Junk Bonds)

Income - ETFs that emphasize current income, either on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to capital gains or appreciation.

Multi-Sector Bond - ETFs that seek income by diversifying their assets among several fixed-income sectors, usually U.S. government obligations, U.S. corporate bonds, foreign bonds, and high-yield U.S. debt securities.

Cash.

 

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The Adviser utilizes a proprietary technology that primarily analyzes the price of securities and ETFs and attempts to identify upward and downward trends. The price of a security is analyzed using multiple mathematical formulas. Each formula is combined to create a composite score for each potential investment and recommends when to buy and sell and how long to hold each security. The Adviser uses composite scores to create a portfolio, generally composed of approximately thirty ETFs. Between ETFs with similar ranks, those with lower expenses and higher liquidity are preferred by the Adviser. When an unexpected market event occurs, the Adviser’s proprietary technology may signal a move of the up to the entire portfolio to cash or ETFs that invest in money market funds. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in ETFs of a particular asset class or investment style. In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser will engage in frequent trading, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate.

 

Adaptive Core in the Fund’s name refers to the ability of the Adviser’s proprietary technology to adapt to market conditions. The Fund’s proprietary technology allows the Adviser to shift the Fund’s portfolio from a growth to conservative position based on current market conditions.

 

Mindful Conservative ETF

 

The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that is managed by the Adviser. The Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by using a tactical go-anywhere approach to invest in a wide variety of asset classes, which the Fund defines based on the market capitalization and/or industry classification. The Fund invests in individual equity securities without regard to market capitalization and ETFs that invest in equity securities of any market capitalization including convertible equity securities and fixed income ETFs.

 

The Fund’s portfolio may hold securities from issuers of any market capitalization, credit quality, maturity, or country. Fixed income securities may include securities with credit quality below investment grade (commonly referred to as “junk bond” credit quality). The Fund defines junk bonds as those rated below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service or below BBB- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, or, if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of similar credit quality. Foreign securities include issuers from emerging market countries. The Fund defines emerging market issuers as those found in countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Market index. Unlike the Mohr Growth and Adaptive Core, the Fund is ideal for conservative investors who cannot tolerate too much fluctuation in portfolio value and who are seeking current income.

 

The Fund may invest in asset classes and investment styles such as:

 

Blend - ETFs that include a mix of both value and growth stocks.

Bonds - Corporate and Treasury Intermediate and long term bonds.

Bonds/Convertibles - bonds or preferred shares, that can be converted into common stock.

Growth - ETFs with capital appreciation as their primary goal, with little or no dividend payouts.

Income - ETFs that emphasize current income, either on a monthly or quarterly basis, as opposed to capital gains or appreciation.

Cash.

 

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The Adviser utilizes a proprietary technology that primarily analyzes the price of securities and ETFs and attempts to identify upward and downward trends. The price of a security is analyzed using multiple mathematical formulas. Each formula is combined to create a composite score for each potential investment and recommends when to buy and sell and how long to hold each security. The Adviser uses composite scores to create a portfolio, generally composed of approximately thirty ETFs. Between asset class representative ETFs with similar ranks, those with lower expenses and higher liquidity are preferred by the Adviser. When an unexpected market event occurs, the Adviser’s proprietary technology may signal a move of the up to the entire portfolio to cash or ETFs that invest in money market funds. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in ETFs of a particular asset class or investment style. In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Adviser will engage in frequent trading, resulting in a high portfolio turnover rate.

 

Mindful Conservative in the Fund’s name refers to Mindful Conservative in the Fund’s name refers to the Fund’s strategy, which the Adviser designed for investors who want an adaptive, conservative strategy but also is designed to provide adequate performance during a recovery.

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS

 

The following describes the risks born by each Fund with respect to its investments.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk: At any time, the Fund may have significant investments in cash or cash equivalents. When a substantial portion of a portfolio is held in cash or cash equivalents, there is the risk that the value of the cash account, including interest, will not keep pace with inflation, thus reducing purchasing power over time.

 

ETF Structure Risk: Each Fund is structured as an ETF and as a result is subject to the special risks, including:

 

The market prices of each Fund’s shares will fluctuate in response to changes in net asset value (“NAV”) and supply and demand for Shares and will include a “bid-ask spread” charged by the exchange specialists, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security. There may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. This means that Shares may trade at a discount to NAV.

 

In times of market stress, market makers may step away from their role market making in shares of ETFs and in executing trades, which can lead to differences between the market value of Fund shares and a Fund’s NAV.

 

In stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s shares may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of a Fund’s shares may, in turn, lead to differences between the market value of a Fund’s shares and a Fund’s NAV.

 

Exchange Traded Funds Risk: The cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in the ETFs in which it invests and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each other ETF is subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the ETF.

 

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Fixed Income Securities Risk: When the Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Other risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default), extension risk (an issuer may exercise its right to repay principal on a fixed rate obligation held by the Fund later than expected), and prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligation early, reducing the amount of interest payments). These risks could affect the value of a particular investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments.

 

High Yield Bond Risk (Mindful Conservative ETF and Adaptive Core ETF only): Lower-quality bonds, known as “high yield” or “junk” bonds, present a significant risk for loss of principal and interest. These bonds offer the potential for higher return, but also involve greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased possibility that the bond’s issuer, obligor or guarantor may not be able to make its payments of interest and principal (credit quality risk). If that happens, the value of the bond may decrease, and the Fund’s share price may decrease and its income distribution may be reduced. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates (interest rate risk) could adversely affect the market for these bonds and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its bonds (liquidity risk). Such securities may also include “Rule 144A” securities, which are subject to resale restrictions. The lack of a liquid market for these bonds could decrease the Fund’s share price.

 

Large Capitalization Stock Risk: Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities market.

 

Management Risk: The Adviser’s assessment of the attractiveness and potential appreciation of particular investments or markets in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and there is no guarantee that the Adviser’s investment strategy will produce the desired results.

 

Market and Geopolitical Risk: The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in each Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate change and climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, international conflicts, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years, such as terrorist attacks around the world, natural disasters, social and political discord or debt crises and downgrades, among others, may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on both the U.S. and global financial markets. It is difficult to predict when similar events affecting the U.S. or global financial markets may occur, the effects that such events may have and the duration of those effects. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value and risk profile of each Fund’s portfolio. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic and the aggressive responses taken by many governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines or similar restrictions, as well as the forced or voluntary closure of, or operational changes to, many retail and other businesses, had negative impacts, and in many cases severe negative impacts, on markets worldwide. It is not known how long such impacts, or any future impacts of other significant events described above, will or would last, but there could be a prolonged period of global economic slowdown, which may impact your Fund investment. Therefore, each Fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during more prolonged market downturns.

 

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Money Market Risk: The Fund’s investment in a money market fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Certain money market funds seek to preserve the value of their shares at $1.00 per share, although there can be no assurance that they will do so, and it is possible to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. A major or unexpected change in interest rates or a decline in the credit quality of an issuer or entity providing credit support, an inactive trading market for money market instruments, or adverse market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, and other conditions could cause the share price of such a money market fund to fall below $1.00. Other money market funds price and transact at a “floating” NAV that will fluctuate along with changes in the market-based value of fund assets. Shares sold utilizing a floating NAV may be worth more or less than their original purchase price. Recent changes in the regulation of money market funds may affect the operations and structures of money market funds.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk: A higher portfolio turnover may result in higher transactional and brokerage costs associated with the turnover which may reduce the Fund’s return, unless the securities traded can be bought and sold without corresponding commission costs. Active trading of securities may also increase the Fund’s realized capital gains or losses, which may affect the taxes you pay as a Fund shareholder.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk: The earnings and prospects of small and medium sized companies are more volatile than larger companies and may experience higher failure rates than larger companies. Small and medium sized companies normally have a lower trading volume than larger companies, which may tend to make their market price fall more disproportionately than larger companies in response to selling pressures and may have limited markets, product lines, or financial resources and lack management experience.

 

Temporary Investments: To respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions, each Fund may invest 100% of its total assets, without limitation, in high-quality short-term debt securities and money market instruments. These short-term debt securities and money market instruments include: shares of money market mutual funds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, and U.S. Government securities. While a Fund is in a defensive position, a Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Furthermore, to the extent that a Fund invests in money market mutual funds for cash positions, there will be some duplication of expenses because a Fund pays its pro-rata portion of such money market funds’ advisory fees and operational fees. A Fund may also invest a substantial portion of its assets in such instruments at any time to maintain liquidity or pending selection of investments in accordance with its policies.

 

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Portfolio Holdings Disclosure: A description of each Fund’s policies and regarding the release of portfolio holdings information is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

 

Cybersecurity: The computer systems, networks and devices used by a Fund and its service providers to carry out routine business operations employ a variety of protections designed to prevent damage or interruption from computer viruses, network failures, computer and telecommunication failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches. Despite the various protections utilized by a Fund and their service providers, systems, networks, or devices potentially can be breached. Each Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result of a cybersecurity breach.

 

Cybersecurity breaches can include unauthorized access to systems, networks, or devices; infection from computer viruses or other malicious software code; and attacks that shut down, disable, slow, or otherwise disrupt operations, business processes, or website access or functionality. Cybersecurity breaches may cause disruptions and impact a Fund’s business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses; interference with a Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV; impediments to trading; the inability of a Fund, the Adviser, and other service providers to transact business; violations of applicable privacy and other laws; regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs; as well as the inadvertent release of confidential information.

 

Similar adverse consequences could result from cybersecurity breaches affecting issuers of securities in which a Fund invests; counterparties with which a Fund engages in transactions; governmental and other regulatory authorities; exchange and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies, and other financial institutions (including financial intermediaries and service providers for a Fund’s shareholders); and other parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred by these entities in order to prevent any cybersecurity breaches in the future.

 

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS

 

Investment Adviser

 

Retireful, LLC, located at 120 N. Washington, Suite 300, Lansing, MI 48933, serves as investment adviser to the Funds. Subject to the authority of the Board, the Adviser is responsible for management of each Fund’s portfolio. The Adviser is responsible for assuring each Fund’s investments according to the respective Fund’s investment objective, policies, and restrictions. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and the Adviser (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”), the Funds pay the Adviser, on a monthly basis, an annual advisory fee of 0.70% of the respective Fund’s average daily net assets. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, the Adviser earned an advisory fee with respect to each Fund of 0.70% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

Investment Sub-Adviser

 

Tuttle Capital Management, LLC, located at 500 West Putnam Ave, Ste 400, Greenwich, CT 06830, serves as investment sub-adviser to the Funds. Subject to the authority and oversight of the Board of Trustees and the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser is responsible for management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser is entitled to receive from the Adviser (not the Fund), on a monthly basis, an annual advisory fee equal to 0.15% of each Fund’s net assets.

 

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A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the Sub-Advisory Agreement for will be available in the Funds’ next annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Dan Mohr is responsible for the day-to-day management of each Fund. Mr. Mohr founded Retireful, LLC in 2017 and serves as its chief executive officer. Prior to founding the Adviser, he served in various roles with Principal Financial Group from 2008 to 2017.

 

The Funds’ SAI provides additional information about the portfolio manager’s compensation structure, other accounts managed by each portfolio manager, and the portfolio managers’ ownership of Fund shares.

 

NET ASSET VALUE

 

The NAV and offering price (NAV plus any applicable sales charges) of each class of shares is determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on each day the NYSE is open for business (the “Valuation Time”). NAV is computed by determining, on a per class basis, the aggregate market value of all assets of a Fund, less its liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding ((assets-liabilities)/number of shares = NAV). The NYSE is closed on weekends and New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The NAV takes into account, on a per class basis, the expenses and fees of a Fund, including management, administration, and distribution fees, which are accrued daily. The determination of NAV for a share class for a particular day is applicable to all applications for the purchase of shares, as well as all requests for the redemption of shares, received by a Fund (or an authorized broker or agent, or its authorized designee) before the close of trading on the NYSE on that day.

 

Each Fund’s securities or other investment assets for which market quotations are readily available will be valued at current market value based upon such market quotations as of the Valuation Time. Each Fund may use independent pricing agents to provide current market values. Generally, a Fund’s securities are valued each day at the last quoted sales price on each security’s primary exchange. Securities traded or dealt in upon one or more securities exchanges (whether domestic or foreign) for which market quotations are readily available and not subject to restrictions against resale shall be valued at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, in the absence of a sale on the primary exchange, at the mean between the current bid and ask prices on such exchange. If market quotations are not readily available, securities will be valued at their fair market value as determined in good faith and evaluated as to the reliability of the fair value method used by the Board on a quarterly basis, in accordance with procedures approved by the Board. Securities primarily traded in the National Association of Securities Dealers’ Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) National Market System for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. If market quotations are not readily available, securities will be valued at their fair market value as determined using the “fair value” procedures approved by the Board. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security. The fair value prices can differ from market prices when they become available or when a price becomes available. The Board has designated execution of these procedures to the Adviser as fair value designee. The Adviser may also enlist third party consultants such as an audit firm or financial officer of a security issuer on an as-needed basis to assist in determining a security-specific fair value. The Board reviews and ratifies the execution of this process and the resultant fair value prices at least quarterly to assure the process produces reliable results.

 

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A Fund may use independent pricing services to assist in calculating the value of a Fund’s securities. In addition, market prices for foreign securities are not determined at the same time of day as the NAV for a Fund. A Fund may invest in foreign securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that may trade on weekends or other days when a Fund does not price its shares, the value of a Fund’s portfolio may change on days when you may not be able to buy or sell Fund shares. In computing the NAV, a Fund values foreign securities held by a Fund at the latest closing price on the exchange in which they are traded immediately prior to closing of the NYSE. Prices of foreign securities quoted in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at current rates. If events materially affecting the value of a security in a Fund’s portfolio, particularly foreign securities, occur after the close of trading on a foreign market but before a Fund prices its shares, the securities will be valued at fair value. For example, if trading in a portfolio security is halted and does not resume before a Fund calculates its NAV, the Adviser may need to price the security using a Fund’s fair value pricing guidelines. Without a fair value price, short-term traders could take advantage of the arbitrage opportunity and dilute the NAV of long-term investors. Fair valuation of a Fund’s portfolio securities can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing policies will prevent dilution of a Fund’s NAV by short term traders. The determination of fair value involves subjective judgments. As a result, using fair value to price a security may result in a price materially different from the prices used by other mutual funds to determine net asset value or the price that may be realized upon the actual sale of the security.

 

With respect to any portion of a Fund’s assets that are invested in one or more open-end management investment companies that are registered under the 1940 Act, a Fund’s net asset value is calculated based upon the net asset values of the registered open-end management investment companies in which a Fund invests, and the prospectuses for these companies explain the circumstances under which those companies will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.

 

Premium/Discount Information

 

Most investors will buy and sell Shares of a Fund in secondary market transactions through brokers at market prices and a Fund’s Shares will trade at market prices. The market price of Shares of a Fund may be greater than, equal to, or less than NAV. Market forces of supply and demand, economic conditions and other factors may affect the trading prices of Shares of a Fund.

 

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Information regarding how often the Shares of a Fund traded at a price above (at a premium to) or below (at a discount to) the NAV of a Fund during the past four calendar quarters, when available, can be found at www.mohrfunds.com.

 

How to Buy and Sell Shares

 

Shares of each Fund will be listed for trading on the Exchange under the symbols MOHR, RULE and MFUL. Share prices are reported in dollars and cents per Share. Shares can be bought and sold on the secondary market throughout the trading day like other publicly traded shares, and Shares typically trade in blocks of less than a Creation Unit. There is no minimum investment required. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the secondary market when the Exchange is open for trading. The Exchange is open for trading Monday through Friday and is closed on weekends and the following holidays, as observed: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

 

When buying or selling Shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges, and you may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price in the secondary market on each leg of a round trip (purchase and sale) transaction.

 

Authorized Participants that have entered into contracts with a Fund’s distributor may acquire Shares directly from a Fund, and Authorized Participants may tender their Shares for redemption directly to a Fund, at NAV per Share only in large blocks, or Creation Units, of 25,000 shares. Purchases and redemptions directly with a Fund must follow the Fund’s procedures, which are described in the SAI.

 

Each Fund may liquidate and terminate at any time without shareholder approval.

 

Share Trading Prices

 

The approximate value of Shares of a Fund, an amount representing on a per share basis the sum of the current market price of the securities accepted by a Fund in exchange for Shares of a Fund and an estimated cash component will be disseminated every 15 seconds throughout the trading day through the facilities of the Consolidated Tape Association. This approximate value should not be viewed as a “real-time” update of the NAV per Share of a Fund because the approximate value may not take into account certain Fund expenses and may not be calculated in the same manner as the NAV, which is computed once a day, generally at the end of the business day. Each Fund is not involved in, or responsible for, the calculation or dissemination of the approximate value of the Shares, and each Fund does not make any warranty as to the accuracy of these values.

 

Book Entry

 

Shares are held in book entry form, which means that no stock certificates are issued. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record owner of all outstanding Shares of a Fund and is recognized as the owner of all Shares for all purposes.

 

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Investors owning Shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all Shares. Participants in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other institutions that directly or indirectly maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of Shares, you are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates or to have Shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a registered owner of Shares. Therefore, to exercise any right as an owner of Shares, you must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants. These procedures are the same as those that apply to any other securities that you hold in book entry or “street name” form.

 

FREQUENT PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF FUND SHARES

 

Each Fund’s Shares can only be purchased and redeemed directly from a Fund in Creation Units by Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with a Fund’s distributor. The vast majority of trading in a Fund’s Shares occurs on the secondary market. Because the secondary market trades do not directly involve a Fund, it is unlikely those trades would cause the harmful effects of market timing, including dilution, disruption of portfolio management, increases in a Fund’s trading costs and the realization of capital gains. With regard to the purchase or redemption of Creation Units directly with a Fund, to the extent effected in-kind (i.e., for securities), those trades do not cause the harmful effects that may result from frequent cash trades. To the extent trades are effected in whole or in part in cash, those trades could result in dilution to a Fund and increased transaction costs, which could negatively impact a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. However, direct trading by Authorized Participants is critical to ensuring that a Fund’s Shares trade at or close to NAV. Each Fund also employ fair valuation pricing to minimize potential dilution from market timing. In addition, the Fund impose transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of Fund Shares to cover the custodial and other costs incurred by a Fund in effecting trades. These fees increase if an investor substitutes cash in part or in whole for securities, reflecting the fact that a Fund’s trading costs increase in those circumstances. Given this structure, the Trust has determined that it is not necessary to adopt policies and procedures to detect and deter market timing of a Fund’s Shares.

 

DIVIDENDS, OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

 

Unlike interests in conventional mutual funds, which typically are bought and sold from and to the fund only at closing NAVs, a Fund’s Shares are traded throughout the day in the secondary market on a national securities exchange on an intra-day basis and are created and redeemed in-kind and/or for cash in Creation Units at each day’s next calculated NAV. In-kind arrangements are designed to protect ongoing shareholders from the adverse effects on a Fund’s portfolio that could arise from frequent cash redemption transactions. In a conventional mutual fund, redemptions can have an adverse tax impact on taxable shareholders if the mutual fund needs to sell portfolio securities to obtain cash to meet net fund redemptions. These sales may generate taxable gains for the ongoing shareholders of the mutual fund, whereas the Shares’ in-kind redemption mechanism generally will not lead to a tax event for a Fund or its ongoing shareholders.

 

Ordinarily, dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually by a Fund. Each Fund distributes its net realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders annually.

 

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Distributions in cash may be reinvested automatically in additional whole Shares only if the broker through whom you purchased Shares makes such option available.

 

Taxes

 

As with any investment, you should consider how your investment in Shares will be taxed. The tax information in this Prospectus is provided as general information. You should consult your own tax professional about the tax consequences of an investment in Shares.

 

Unless your investment in Shares is made through a tax-exempt entity or tax-deferred retirement account, such as an individual retirement account, you need to be aware of the possible tax consequences when:

 

A Fund makes distributions,

You sell your Shares listed on the Exchange, and

You purchase or redeem Creation Units.

 

Taxes on Distributions

 

As stated above, dividends from net investment income, if any, ordinarily are declared and paid annually by a Fund. Each Fund may also pay a special distribution at the end of a calendar year to comply with federal tax requirements. Distributions from a Fund’s net investment income, including net short-term capital gains, if any, are taxable to you as ordinary income, except that a Fund’s dividends attributable to its “qualified dividend income” (i.e., dividends received on stock of most domestic and certain foreign corporations with respect to which the Fund satisfies certain holding period and other restrictions), if any, generally are subject to federal income tax for non-corporate shareholders who satisfy those restrictions with respect to their Fund shares at the rate for net capital gain -- a maximum of 15% for taxable years beginning before 2013. A part of a Fund’s dividends also may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to corporations -- the eligible portion may not exceed the aggregate dividends each Fund receives from domestic corporations subject to federal income tax (excluding REITs) and excludes dividends from foreign corporations -- subject to similar restrictions. However, dividends a corporate shareholder deducts pursuant to that deduction are subject indirectly to the federal alternative minimum tax.

 

In general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax when they are paid, whether you take them in cash or reinvest them in a Fund (if that option is available). Distributions reinvested in additional Shares of a Fund through the means of a dividend reinvestment service, if available, will be taxable to shareholders acquiring the additional Shares to the same extent as if such distributions had been received in cash. Distributions of net long-term capital gains, if any, in excess of net short-term capital losses are taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long you have held the Shares.

 

Distributions in excess of a Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits are treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your basis in the Shares and as capital gain thereafter. A distribution will reduce a Fund’s NAV per Share and may be taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gain (as described above) even though, from an investment standpoint, the distribution may constitute a return of capital.

 

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By law, a Fund is required to withhold 28% of your distributions and redemption proceeds if you have not provided a Fund with a correct Social Security number or other taxpayer identification number and in certain other situations.

 

Taxes on Exchange-Listed Share Sales

 

Any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Shares is generally treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for one year or less. The ability to deduct capital losses from sales of Shares may be limited.

 

Taxes on Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units

 

An Authorized Participant who exchanges securities for Creation Units generally will recognize a gain or a loss equal to the difference between the market value of the Creation Units at the time of the exchange and the sum of the exchanger’s aggregate basis in the securities surrendered plus any Cash Component it pays. An Authorized Participant that exchanges Creation Units for securities will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the exchanger’s basis in the Creation Units and the sum of the aggregate market value of the securities received plus any cash equal to the difference between the NAV of the Shares being redeemed and the value of the securities. The Internal Revenue Service (“Service”), however, may assert that a loss realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted currently under the rules governing “wash sales” or for other reasons. Persons exchanging securities should consult their own tax advisor with respect to whether wash sale rules apply and when a loss might be deductible.

 

Any capital gain or loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for one year or less.

 

If you purchase or redeem Creation Units, you will be sent a confirmation statement showing how many Shares you purchased or sold and at what price. See “Tax Status” in the SAI for a description of the newly effective requirement regarding basis determination methods applicable to Share redemptions and a Fund’s obligation to report basis information to the Service.

 

The foregoing discussion summarizes some of the possible consequences under current federal tax law of an investment in a Fund. It is not a substitute for personal tax advice. Consult your personal tax advisor about the potential tax consequences of an investment in the Shares under all applicable tax laws. See “Tax Status” in the SAI for more information.

 

Fund Service Providers

 

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. is the Funds’ administrator and fund accountant. It has its principal office at 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43219, and is primarily in the business of providing administrative, fund accounting and regulatory filing services to retail and institutional mutual funds.

 

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Citibank, N.A., is the Funds’ custodian. It has its principal office at 388 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10048.

 

ACA Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”), located at Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100 Portland, ME 04101, is the distributor for the shares of the Funds. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). 

Thompson Hine LLP, 41 South High Street, Suite 1700, Columbus, Ohio 43215, serves as legal counsel to the Trust.

 

Cohen & Company, Ltd., located at 342 North Water Street, Suite 830, Milwaukee, WI 53202 serves as each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the annual financial statements of each Fund.

 

Other Information

 

Continuous Offering

 

The method by which Creation Units of Shares are created and traded may raise certain issues under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units of Shares are issued and sold by a Fund on an ongoing basis, a “distribution,” as such term is used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), may occur at any point. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery requirement and liability provisions of the Securities Act.

 

For example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the Distributor, breaks them down into constituent Shares and sells the Shares directly to customers or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for Shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for purposes of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could lead to a characterization as an underwriter.

 

Broker-dealer firms should also note that dealers who are not “underwriters” but are effecting transactions in Shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of Shares, are generally required to deliver a prospectus. This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act is not available in respect of such transactions as a result of Section 24(d) of the 1940 Act. As a result, broker-dealer firms should note that dealers who are not “underwriters” but are participating in a distribution (as contrasted with engaging in ordinary secondary market transactions) and thus dealing with the Shares that are part of an overallotment within the meaning of Section 4(3)(C) of the Securities Act, will be unable to take advantage of the prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(3) of the Securities Act. For delivery of prospectuses to exchange members, the prospectus delivery mechanism of Rule 153 under the Securities Act is only available with respect to transactions on a national exchange.

 

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Dealers effecting transactions in the Shares, whether or not participating in this distribution, are generally required to deliver a Prospectus. This is in addition to any obligation of dealers to deliver a Prospectus when acting as underwriters.

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

The financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand each Fund’s financial performance for the period of each Fund’s operations. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund. The September 30, 2022 information for each Fund has been derived from the financial statements audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd., the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Funds’ financial statements, are included in the Funds’ September 30, 2022 annual report, which is available upon request.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Mohr Growth ETF

 

November 2, 2021(a)
through

September 30, 2022

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $25.00
     
Net Investment Income (Loss)(b)   (0.08)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments   (5.34)
Total from Investment Activities   (5.42)
     
Distributions from Net Investment Income  
Distributions from Net Realized Gains on Investments  
Total Distributions  
     
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $19.58
Net Assets at End of Period (000's)   $118,920
     
Total Return at NAV(c)(d)   (21.70)%
Total Return at Market(d)(e)   (21.68)%
     
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets(f)(g)   1.02%
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets(f)(h)   (0.40)%
Portfolio Turnover(d)(i)   1,223%

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Calculated based on average shares method.
(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, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at net asset value. This percentage is not an indication of the performance of a shareholder's investment in the Fund based on market value due to differences between the market price of the shares and the net asset value per share of the Fund.
(d) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(e) Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at market value. Market value is determined by the composite closing price. Composite closing security price is defined as the last reported sale price from any primary listing market (e.g., Cboe BZX) or participating regional exchanges or markets. The composite closing price is the last reported sale price from any of the eligible sources, regardless of volume and not an average price and may have occurred on a date prior to the close of the reporting period. Market value may be greater or less than net asset value, depending on the Fund's closing price on the listing market.
(f) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(g) Excludes expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.
(h) Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. The ratio does not include net investment income of the underlying investment companies.
(i) Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions.

 

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Mindful Conservative ETF

 

November 2, 2021(a)
through

September 30, 2022

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $25.00
     
Net Investment Income (Loss)(b)   (0.09)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments   (3.50)
Total from Investment Activities   (3.59)
     
Distributions from Net Investment Income  
Distributions from Net Realized Gains on Investments  
Total Distributions  
     
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $21.41
Net Assets at End of Period (000's)   $95,812
     
Total Return at NAV(c)(d)   (14.36)%
Total Return at Market(d)(e)   (14.32)%
     
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets(f)(g)   1.05%
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets(f)(h)   (0.47)%
Portfolio Turnover(d)(i)   665%

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Calculated based on average shares method.
(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, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at net asset value. This percentage is not an indication of the performance of a shareholder's investment in the Fund based on market value due to differences between the market price of the shares and the net asset value per share of the Fund.
(d) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(e) Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at market value. Market value is determined by the composite closing price. Composite closing security price is defined as the last reported sale price from any primary listing market (e.g., Cboe BZX) or participating regional exchanges or markets. The composite closing price is the last reported sale price from any of the eligible sources, regardless of volume and not an average price and may have occurred on a date prior to the close of the reporting period. Market value may be greater or less than net asset value, depending on the Fund's closing price on the listing market.
(f) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(g) Excludes expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.
(h) Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. The ratio does not include net investment income of the underlying investment companies.
(i) Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions.

 

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Adaptive Core ETF

 

November 2, 2021(a)
through

September 30, 2022

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $25.00
     
Net Investment Income (Loss)(b)   (0.04)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments   (5.53)
Total from Investment Activities   (5.57)
     
Distributions from Net Investment Income  
Distributions from Net Realized Gains on Investments  
Total Distributions  
     
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $19.43
Net Assets at End of Period (000's)   $69,463
     
Total Return at NAV(c)(d)   (22.28)%
Total Return at Market(d)(e)   (22.28)%
     
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets(f)(g)   1.09%
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets(f)(h)   (0.23)%
Portfolio Turnover(d)(i)   1,180%

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Calculated based on average shares method.
(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, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at net asset value. This percentage is not an indication of the performance of a shareholder's investment in the Fund based on market value due to differences between the market price of the shares and the net asset value per share of the Fund.
(d) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(e) Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, if any, and redemption on the last day of the period at market value. Market value is determined by the composite closing price. Composite closing security price is defined as the last reported sale price from any primary listing market (e.g., Cboe BZX) or participating regional exchanges or markets. The composite closing price is the last reported sale price from any of the eligible sources, regardless of volume and not an average price and may have occurred on a date prior to the close of the reporting period. Market value may be greater or less than net asset value, depending on the Fund's closing price on the listing market.
(f) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(g) Excludes expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests.
(h) Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests. The ratio does not include net investment income of the underlying investment companies.
(i) Excludes the impact of in-kind transactions..

 

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PRIVACY NOTICE

 

Collaborative Investment Series Trust

 

Rev. November 2017

 

FACTS WHAT DOES COLLABORATIVE INVESTMENT SERIES TRUST DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

 

Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some, but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.

 

What?

The types of personal information we collect and share depends on the product or service that you have with us. This information can include: 

●     Social Security number and wire transfer instructions 

●     account transactions and transaction history 

●     investment experience and purchase history 

When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. 

 

How? All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Collaborative Investment Series Trust chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

Reasons we can share your personal information: Does Collaborative Investment Series Trust share information? Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes - such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus. YES NO
For our marketing purposes - to offer our products and services to you. NO We don’t share
For joint marketing with other financial companies. NO We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your transactions and records. NO We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes - information about your credit worthiness. NO We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you NO We don’t share
QUESTIONS?   Call 1-800-595-4866  
       

 

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Collaborative Investment Series Trust

 

What we do:

How does Collaborative Investment Series Trust protect my personal information?

 

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.

 

Our service providers are held accountable for adhering to strict policies and procedures to prevent any misuse of your nonpublic personal information.

 

How does Collaborative Investment Series Trust collect my personal information?

 

We collect your personal information, for example, when you 

 

●     open an account or deposit money 

 

●     direct us to buy securities or direct us to sell your securities 

 

●     seek advice about your investments 

 

We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. 

 

Why can’t I limit all sharing?

 

Federal law gives you the right to limit only: 

 

●     sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness.

 

●     affiliates from using your information to market to you. 

 

●     sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you. 

 

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. 

 

 

Definitions
Affiliates

 

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

 

●     Collaborative Investment Series Trust does not share with our affiliates.

 

Nonaffiliates

 

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

 

●     Collaborative Investment Series Trust does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.

 

Joint marketing

 

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

 

●       Collaborative Investment Series Trust doesn’t jointly market.

 

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Adviser

Retireful, LLC

120 N. Washington, Suite 300 

Lansing, MI 48933

Sub-Adviser

Tuttle Capital Management, LLC 

500 West Putnam Ave, Ste 400 

Greenwich, CT 06830

Distributor

ACA Foreside Fund Services, LLC 

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100 

Portland, ME 04101 

Legal Counsel

Thompson Hine LLP
41 South High Street, Suite 1700 

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Custodian

Citibank, N.A. 

388 Greenwich Street 

New York, NY 10048 

Independent
Registered Public
Accounting Firm

Cohen & Company, Ltd. 

342 North Water Street, Suite 830,
Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

Additional information about each Fund, including each Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of a Fund’s portfolio holdings, is included in the Funds’ SAI. The SAI is incorporated into this Prospectus by reference (i.e., legally made a part of this Prospectus). The SAI provides more details about a Fund’s policies and management. Additional information about each Fund’s investments will also available in each Fund’s Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders.

 

To obtain a free copy of the SAI or other information about each Fund, or to make shareholder inquiries about a Fund, please call (866) 464-6608 or visit www.mohrfunds.com

 

Reports and other information about each Fund are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: [email protected].

 

Investment Company Act File #811-23306

 

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