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Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate ETF (VGSR)
Listed on Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Prospectus
November 9, 2023
Telephone: 1-844-740-VERT
www.vertfunds.com











The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.



Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate ETF
a series of Manager Directed Portfolios (the “Trust”)


TABLE OF CONTENTS



FUND SUMMARY
Investment Objective
The Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). 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 0.40%
Other Expenses(1)
0.22%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.62%
Less: Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements -0.17%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements(2)
0.45%
(1)On December 4, 2023, the Fund is expected to acquire the assets of the Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”), as part of a tax-free reorganization. Accordingly, “Other Expenses” are based on amounts estimated to be incurred for the current fiscal year after giving effect to this transaction.
(2)Vert Asset Management, LLC (the “Advisor”), the Fund’s investment advisor, has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse certain expenses for the Fund to limit the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding certain expenses such as taxes, extraordinary expenses, expenses incurred in connection with borrowings made by the Fund, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, expenses incurred with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation (collectively, “Excludable Expenses”)) to 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. To the extent the Fund incurs Excludable Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements may be greater than 0.45%. The waivers and reimbursements will remain in effect through December 4, 2026 unless terminated sooner by mutual agreement of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and the Advisor. The Advisor may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund for three years from the date such fees and expenses were waived or paid, if such reimbursement will not cause the Fund's total expense ratio to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment.
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 continue to hold or 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. The fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement discussed above is reflected only through December 4, 2026. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
One Year Three Years Five Years Ten Years
$46 $144 $292 $723
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 Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the Predecessor Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 9% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to provide exposure to a broad portfolio of sustainable real estate companies. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the real estate industry that meet the Advisor’s environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) criteria, as described below. The Fund invests in the securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies with a focus on real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) or other pooled investment vehicles or companies that manage a portfolio of income producing real estate or real estate-related loans and that the Advisor considers to be similar to REITs because of the way they are treated by tax authorities or because of the way they are required to conduct their business (“REIT-like entities”). REIT-like entities may include companies that own properties, real estate developers and operating companies with substantial real estate holdings.
REITs and REIT-like entities are types of real estate companies that pool investors’ funds for investment primarily in income-producing real estate or real estate related loans or interests, and may include foreign REIT-like entities. The Fund generally considers a company to be principally engaged in the real estate industry if the company: (i) derives at least 50% of its revenue or profits from the ownership, management, development, construction, or sale of residential, commercial, industrial, or other real estate; (ii) has at least 50% of the value of its assets invested in residential, commercial, industrial, or other real estate; or (iii) is organized as a REIT or REIT‑like entity.
The Advisor takes into account the impact that real estate companies have on the environment and other sustainability considerations when making investment decisions for the Fund’s investment portfolio. In assessing sustainability, the Advisor will consider ESG criteria. Some of the environmental criteria the Advisor will consider include emissions, energy use, water use, waste, and risks due to climate change vulnerability such as flood risk, among others. Some of the social criteria the Advisor will consider include employee policies and labor management, health and safety, and tenant engagement, among others. Some of the governance criteria that the Advisor will consider include reporting and disclosure, board diversity and independence, and bribery and corruption, among others. The Advisor sources data from company disclosures, industry bodies, and research companies. The Advisor seeks data that is aligned to an international reporting standard or framework. Data that has the potential for material financial impact is prioritized. The Advisor avoids using third-party ESG ratings where possible.
The Fund invests in the securities of companies associated with countries that the Advisor has identified as approved markets for investment for the Fund (which may include issuers in emerging markets). As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund may invest in securities of companies associated with: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States (collectively, the “Approved Markets”). The Advisor also may authorize other countries for investment in the future, in addition to the Approved Markets listed above. In addition, the Fund may continue to hold securities of countries that are not listed above as Approved Markets, but had been authorized for investment in the past, and may reinvest distributions received in connection with such existing investments in such previously Approved Markets.
The Fund invests in companies principally engaged in the real estate industry using a modified market capitalization weighted approach. A company’s market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. In general, the higher the relative market capitalization of a real estate company within an Approved Market, the greater its representation in the Fund. The Advisor may modify such market capitalization weightings by adjusting the representation in the Fund of an eligible company, or excluding a company, after considering the sustainability of the company, as well as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, profitability, and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate. The Advisor also may limit or fix the Fund’s exposure to a particular country or issuer.
The Advisor has engaged Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (“DFA” or the “Sub-Advisor”) as sub-advisor to provide portfolio management and trading services to the Fund with respect to securities identified as eligible for the Fund by the Advisor.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to generate additional income.
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As part of the Fund’s ESG strategy, the Advisor participates in shareholder engagement, which typically includes dialogue with company management, proxy voting on ESG matters (through the Sub-Advisor’s voting of the proxies), and/or participation with shareholder resolutions.
Principal Risks
Before investing in the Fund, you should carefully consider your own investment goals, the amount of time you are willing to leave your money invested, and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Remember, in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund over long or even short periods of time. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are:
Equity Market Risk. Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations due to economic, market, political and issuer-specific considerations and to potential volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change.
General Market Risk; Recent Market Events. The market value of a security may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations may cause a security to be worth less than the price originally paid for it, or less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole. U.S. and international markets have experienced volatility in recent months and years due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors, including rising inflation, problems in the banking sector, the war between Russia and Ukraine and the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. While U.S. and global economies are recovering from the effects of COVID-19, labor shortages and the inability to meet consumer demand have restricted growth. Uncertainties regarding the level of central banks’ interest rate increases, political events, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, trade tensions and the possibility of a national or global recession have also contributed to market volatility.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent market conditions or other events may have adverse effects on the Fund’s returns. The Advisor and Sub-Advisor will monitor developments and seek to manage the Fund in a manner consistent with achieving the Fund’s investment objective, but there can be no assurance that they will be successful in doing so.
Real Estate Investment Risk. The risks related to investments in real estate securities include, but are not limited to, adverse changes in general economic and local market conditions; adverse developments in employment; changes in supply or demand for similar or competing properties; unfavorable changes in applicable taxes, governmental regulations, or interest rates; operating or developmental expenses and lack of available financing.
Real Estate-Related Securities Concentration Risk. The Fund could lose money due to the performance of real estate-related securities even if securities markets generally are experiencing positive results.
Foreign Securities and Currency Risk. Foreign securities are subject to risks relating to political, social and economic developments abroad and differences between U.S. and foreign regulatory requirements and market practices, including fluctuations in foreign currencies. Income earned on foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes. The Fund may invest in emerging market countries, which can involve higher degrees of risk as compared with developed economies.
Sustainability Considerations Risk. The Fund’s focus on sustainability considerations (ESG criteria) may limit the number of investment opportunities available to the Fund, and as a result, at times, the Fund may underperform funds that are not subject to similar investment considerations.
REIT Risk. A REIT’s share price may decline because of adverse developments affecting the real estate industry, including changes in interest rates. The returns from REITs may trail returns from the overall market. The Fund’s investments in REITs may be subject to special tax rules, or a particular REIT may fail to qualify for the favorable federal income tax treatment applicable to REITs, the effect of which may have adverse tax consequences for the Fund and shareholders.
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ETF Risks. The Fund is an ETF, and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it is exposed to the following risks:
Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to net asset value (“NAV”) and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid-ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Because the Fund’s investments have exposure to securities that may trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when the Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current price of a security and the security’s last quoted price from the closed foreign market. This may result in premiums and discounts that are greater than those experienced by domestic ETFs.
Trading. Although Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Exchange”) and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares, and this could lead to differences between the market price of the Shares and the underlying value of those Shares.
Operational Risk. Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various operational events or circumstances are outside the Advisor’s or Sub-Advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. The Fund, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.
Liquidity Risk. The Fund may make investments that are illiquid or that may become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perceptions. Illiquid investments may be more difficult to value. Liquidity risk may be the result of, among other things, the reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in the specific security type or the lack of an active market.
Management Risk. Investment strategies employed by the Advisor or Sub-Advisor in selecting investments for the Fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments.
Cybersecurity Risk. With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service providers may cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
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fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. As a result, the Fund may lose money and there may be a delay in recovering the loaned securities. The Fund could also lose money if it does not recover the securities and/or the value of the collateral falls, including the value of investments made with cash collateral. Securities lending also may have certain adverse tax consequences.
Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) Risk. Many foreign entities that operate similarly to REITs may be deemed for U.S. federal income tax purposes to be PFICs, which could result in taxable distributions to you at unfavorable tax rates.
Performance Information
The Fund is the successor to the Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”), a series of the Trust, as a result of the reorganization of the Predecessor Fund into the Fund that is expected to occur on or about December 4, 2023 (the “Reorganization”). As a result of the Reorganization, the Fund will adopt the financial and performance history of the Predecessor Fund. Accordingly, the performance shown in the bar chart and performance table for periods prior to the Reorganization represents the performance of the Predecessor Fund, which operated as a mutual fund. The Predecessor Fund was also advised by the Advisor and sub-advised by the Sub-Advisor and had the same investment objective and substantially similar investment strategies as the Fund. The Fund will commence operations on the date of the Reorganization. Returns of the Fund will be different from returns of the Predecessor Fund because they have different expenses.
The performance information demonstrates the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s (and the Predecessor Fund’s) performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s (and the Predecessor Fund’s) average annual returns for the one-year, five-year, and since inception periods compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Remember, the Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Had the Predecessor Fund been organized as an ETF, its performance may have differed from the performance shown below. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.vertfunds.com or by calling 1-844-740-VERT.
Calendar Year Returns as of December 31
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The Predecessor Fund’s calendar year-to-date return as of September 30, 2023 was -3.58%. During the period of time shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 15.36% for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, and the lowest return for a calendar quarter was -28.98% for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.
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Average Annual Total Returns
(For the periods ended December 31, 2022)
1 Year 5 Year
Since Inception (10/31/2017)
Return Before Taxes -26.19  % -0.20  % 0.51  %
Return After Taxes on Distributions -26.47  % -1.06  % -0.36  %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares -15.32  % -0.33  % 0.20  %
S&P Global REIT Index (Net)
(reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes, but reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
-24.36  % 0.92  % 1.67  %
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who are exempt from tax or hold their Shares through tax-deferred or other tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). In certain cases, the figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an assumed tax benefit to the investor.
Management
Investment Advisor and Sub-Advisor. Vert Asset Management, LLC is the Fund’s investment advisor. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is the Fund’s sub-advisor.
Portfolio Managers.
Samuel Adams, Chief Executive Officer of the Advisor, has been responsible for the oversight of the Fund, the Predecessor Fund, and the Sub-Advisor since inception. Mr. Adams has been responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund since October 2019.
Jed S. Fogdall, Vice President, Global Head of Portfolio Management, and a Senior Portfolio Manager of DFA, and Allen Pu, Vice President, Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, and a Senior Portfolio Manager of DFA, have managed the Fund and the Predecessor Fund since inception in October 2017. William B. Collins-Dean, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of DFA, has managed the Fund and the Predecessor Fund since March 2019. Joseph F. Hohn, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of DFA, has managed the Fund since the Reorganization. Each of the Sub-Advisor’s portfolio managers are equally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Shares are listed on the Exchange, and individual Shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices, rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).
The Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in large blocks known as “Creation Units,” which only APs (typically, broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or a designated amount of U.S. cash.
Investors may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). When available, information about the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads will be available on the Fund’s website at www.vertfunds.com.
Tax Information
Fund distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA or other tax-advantaged account. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
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Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), the Advisor or its affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your advisor to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your advisor or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Change in Investment Objective and 80% Policy. The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without the approval of the Fund’s shareholders upon Board approval and 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders. However, the Fund will not make any change in its investment policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets in investments suggested by the Fund’s name without first changing the Fund’s name and providing shareholders with at least 60 days’ prior written notice.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to provide exposure to a broad portfolio of sustainable real estate companies. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the real estate industry that meet the Advisor’s ESG criteria, as described below. The Fund invests in the securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies, with a focus on REITs and REIT-like entities. REIT-like entities may include companies that own properties, real estate developers and operating companies with substantial real estate holdings. The Fund may invest in companies of any size.
REITs and REIT-like entities are types of real estate companies that pool investors’ funds for investment primarily in income-producing real estate or real estate related loans or interests. The Fund may invest in U.S. REITs and similar REIT and REIT-like entities domiciled in foreign countries. While the Fund is not limited to investing in REITs and REIT-like entities, the Fund focuses on these types of entities.
The Fund generally considers a company to be principally engaged in the real estate industry if the company: (i) derives at least 50% of its revenue or profits from the ownership, management, development, construction, or sale of residential, commercial, industrial, or other real estate; (ii) has at least 50% of the value of its assets invested in residential, commercial, industrial, or other real estate; or (iii) is organized as a REIT or REIT‑like entity.
The Fund purchases securities of companies associated with countries that the Advisor has identified as Approved Markets. The Advisor also may authorize other countries for investment in the future, in addition to the Approved Markets. In addition, the Fund may continue to hold securities of countries that are not listed as Approved Markets, but had been authorized for investment in the past, and may reinvest distributions received in connection with such existing investments in such previously Approved Markets. The Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in the securities of issuers located in multiple countries throughout the world. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in securities of issuers from at least three different countries (including the U.S.). An issuer is considered to be of a country if it is organized, has the majority of its assets, or derives a majority of its income in that country.
The Fund invests in companies principally engaged in the real estate industry using a modified market capitalization weighted approach. A company’s market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. In general, the higher the relative market capitalization of a real estate company within an eligible country, the greater its representation in the Fund. The Advisor may modify such market capitalization weightings by adjusting the representation in the Fund of an eligible company, or excluding a company, after considering the sustainability of the company, as well as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, profitability, and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate. The Advisor also may limit or fix the Fund’s exposure to a particular country or issuer.
The Fund expects to generally invest in companies for the long term however there are situations where the Fund may sell a security. If a company has a serious controversy of an ESG nature, the Fund may divest. The Fund may also sell a company if it falls into severe financial distress, has excessive leverage, has filed for bankruptcy, or is under investigation or facing material legal proceedings. The Advisor will also regularly assess whether companies are maintaining a commitment to sustainability, at least annually, and more frequently if new information becomes available, and will sell firms that do not continue to perform well on ESG criteria.
The Fund may lend portfolio securities to generate additional income. To respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions, the Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in a temporary defensive manner by holding all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash, cash equivalents, or other high quality short-term investments. Examples of temporary defensive investments include short-term U.S. government securities,
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commercial paper, bank obligations, repurchase agreements, money market fund shares, and other money market instruments. The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including other ETFs, in a temporary defensive manner. The Fund also may invest in these types of defensive investments or hold cash while looking for suitable investment opportunities or to maintain liquidity. In these circumstances, the Fund may be unable to achieve its investment objective.
About ESG Investing
The Advisor takes into account the impact that real estate companies have on the environment and other sustainability considerations when making investment decisions for the Fund’s investment portfolio. In assessing sustainability, the Advisor will consider ESG criteria. Some of the environmental criteria the Advisor will consider include emissions, energy use, water use, waste, and risks due to climate change vulnerability such as flood risk, among others. Some of the social criteria the Advisor will consider include employee policies and labor management, health and safety, and tenant engagement, among others. Some of the governance criteria that the Advisor will consider include reporting and disclosure, board diversity and independence, and bribery and corruption, among others. The Advisor sources data from company disclosures, industry bodies, and research companies. The Advisor seeks data that is aligned to an international reporting standard or framework. Data that has the potential for material financial impact is prioritized. The Advisor avoids using third-party ESG ratings where possible.
Company Engagement
The Advisor believes that shareholder advocacy is a critical component of ESG investing and is actively involved in advocating for positive changes in companies. The Advisor uses strategic engagement to press for greater environmental, social, and corporate governance accountability. The Fund’s and the Advisor’s activities may include, but are not limited to:
Direct Dialogue with Company Management. The Advisor may initiate dialogue with management through phone calls, letters, and in-person meetings. Through its interaction, the Advisor seeks to advocate for improvement on ESG issues.
Proxy Voting. The Sub-Advisor votes proxies consistent with the Fund’s proxy voting guidelines. In doing so, the Fund has an opportunity to express its views on ESG issues.
Shareholder Resolutions. The Advisor, on behalf of the Fund, may propose, or participate in the creation of, shareholder resolutions on a variety of sustainability issues. In doing so, the Advisor is encouraging companies to take action.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Before investing in the Fund, you should carefully consider your own investment goals, the amount of time you are willing to leave your money invested, and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Remember, in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. The following principal risks are applicable to investments in the Fund:
Equity Market Risk. Equity securities are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. These investor perceptions are based on various and unpredictable factors including: expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal policies; inflation and interest rates; economic expansion or contraction; and global or regional political, economic and banking crises. If you hold common stock, or common stock equivalents, of any given issuer you will generally be exposed to greater risk than preferred stocks and debt obligations of the issuer because common stockholders, or holders of equivalent interests, generally have inferior rights to receive payments from issuers in comparison with the rights of preferred stockholders, bondholders and other creditors of such issuers.
General Market Risk; Recent Market Events. The market value of a security may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. These fluctuations may cause a security to be worth less than the price originally paid for it, or less than it was worth at an earlier time. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole. U.S. and international markets have experienced volatility in recent months and years due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors, including rising inflation, problems in the banking sector, the war between Russia and Ukraine and the impact of COVID-19. While U.S. and global economies are
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recovering from the effects of COVID-19, labor shortages and the inability to meet consumer demand have restricted growth. Uncertainties regarding the level of central banks’ interest rate increases, political events, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, trade tensions and the possibility of a national or global recession have also contributed to market volatility.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. In particular, a rise in protectionist trade policies, slowing global economic growth, risks associated with epidemic and pandemic diseases, risks surrounding the uncertainty of the UK’s economy, the risk of trade disputes, and the possibility of changes to some international trade agreements, could affect the economies of many nations, including the United States, in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent market conditions or other events may have adverse effects on your account. The Advisor and Sub-Advisor will monitor developments and seek to manage the Fund in a manner consistent with achieving the Fund’s investment objective, but there can be no assurance that it will be successful in doing so.
Real Estate Investment Risk. Investments in real estate-related companies are subject to numerous risks, including, but not limited to, adverse changes in general economic and local market conditions; adverse developments in employment or local economic performance; changes in supply or demand for similar or competing properties; unfavorable changes in applicable taxes, governmental regulations or interest rates, and lack of available financing. Real estate-related companies may improve or operate real properties as well as buy and sell them, and accordingly those investments are also subject to risks associated with improving and operating property, such as the inability to maintain rental rates and occupancy levels in highly competitive markets, unavailability or increases in the cost of insurance, unexpected increases in the costs of refurbishment and improvements, unfavorable rent control laws and costs of complying with environmental regulations.
Real Estate-Related Securities Concentration Risk. The Fund’s investment portfolio is expected to be largely composed of securities that are real estate-related, principally shares of REITs and other real estate-related companies. Because the investment strategies of the Fund are focused principally on real estate-related securities, the Fund does not intend to diversify its investments among securities from issuers in other industries. Due to this investment strategy focus, the performance of investments made by the Fund may be determined to a great extent by the current status of the real estate industry in general, or on other factors (such as interest rates and the availability of loan capital) that may affect the real estate industry, even if other industries would not be so affected. Consequently, the Fund’s investment strategies could lead to securities investment results that may be significantly different from investments in securities of other industries or sectors (e.g., technology, financial services, retail or manufacturing) or in a more broad-based portfolio generally. The Fund could lose money due to the performance of real estate-related securities even if stock markets generally are experiencing positive results.
Foreign Securities and Currency Risk. Foreign securities risks include risks relating to political, social and economic developments abroad and differences between U.S. and foreign regulatory requirements and market practices. Those risks are increased for investments in emerging markets. Securities that are denominated in foreign currencies are subject to the further risk that the value of the foreign currency will fall in relation to the U.S. dollar and/or will be affected by volatile currency markets or actions of U.S. and foreign governments or central banks. Income earned on foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes.
Sustainability Considerations Risk. Sustainability considerations such as ESG criteria applied to the Fund’s investment decisions may limit the number of investment opportunities available to the Fund, and as a result, at times, the Fund may produce more modest gains than funds that are not subject to similar investment considerations. For example, the Fund may decline to purchase or underweight its investment in certain securities due to sustainability considerations when other investment considerations would suggest that a more significant investment in such securities would be advantageous. In addition, the Fund may sell certain securities due to sustainability considerations when it is otherwise disadvantageous to do so. The sustainability considerations may cause the Fund’s industry allocation to deviate from that of funds without these considerations and from conventional benchmarks.
REIT Risk. Due to certain special considerations that apply to REITs, investments in REITs may carry additional risks not necessarily present in investments in other securities. As discussed below, REIT securities (including those trading on national exchanges) typically have trading volumes that are less than those of common stocks of non-real
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estate-related companies traded on national exchanges, which may affect the Fund’s ability to trade or liquidate those securities. In addition, an investment in REITs may be adversely affected or lost if the REIT fails to comply with applicable laws and regulations. Specifically, to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), a REIT must satisfy certain important requirements. For example, to qualify as a REIT in the U.S., and to avoid federal income taxes at the REIT level, a REIT is generally required to distribute 90% of its net income on an annual basis. In addition, to avoid federal excise tax, a REIT must generally distribute in each calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of 85% of its ordinary income for the calendar year plus 95% of its capital gain net income for the calendar year. Consequently, a REIT may be required to dispose of its holdings under disadvantageous circumstances if the REIT’s obligation to distribute its income exceeds its available cash to meet those distribution requirements. Further, at least 75% of a REIT’s gross income generally must be derived from rents from real property, gain from the sale or disposition of real property (excluding gross income from the sale or disposition of real property held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business), interest on loans secured by mortgages on real property or certain other types of real estate-related income; and at least 75% of a REIT’s total assets must consist of certain real estate assets, cash and cash items, or government securities. REITs are also subject to special ownership requirements that are imposed by law or, in some cases, by the terms of their governing instruments. For example, to qualify as a REIT, the REIT must have at least one hundred beneficial owners. No more than 50% of the outstanding shares of a REIT may be owned directly or indirectly by five or fewer shareholders, and for purposes of that calculation, shares owned by entities such as a corporation, partnership or trust are treated as being owned proportionately by its shareholders, partners or beneficiaries. In addition to these requirements imposed by the Code, the governing instrument of a REIT may also impose more stringent restrictions on the ownership of the REIT. The Fund will not be in a position to assure that a REIT in which it invests will comply at all times with such requirements. Failure to qualify with any of these requirements or other requirements applicable to REITs could jeopardize a company’s status as a REIT. The Fund will have no control over the operations and policies of the REITs, and the Fund will have no ability to cause a REIT to take the actions necessary to qualify as a REIT. If the Fund invests in a REIT that subsequently fails to qualify as a REIT under the Code, it is highly likely that the REIT will be subject to a substantial additional federal income tax liability that could cause it to liquidate investments or borrow funds under adverse conditions. In addition, if a company fails to qualify as a REIT for a year, even after re-qualifying as a REIT in a subsequent tax year, the company may incur additional federal income tax liability in such subsequent time periods relating to the prior REIT disqualification. Because the Fund’s investment in securities issued by a REIT may be based on the assumption that the company will continue to qualify as a REIT, any such disqualification or failure to comply with REIT regulation could adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment in those securities.
“Qualified REIT dividends” (i.e., ordinary REIT dividends other than capital gain dividends and portions of REIT dividends designated as qualified dividend income eligible for capital gain tax rates) are eligible for a 20% deduction by non-corporate taxpayers. This deduction, if allowed in full, equates to a maximum effective tax rate of 29.6% (37% top rate applied to income after 20% deduction). Pursuant to proposed Treasury regulations on which the Fund may rely, distributions by the Fund to its shareholders that are attributable to qualified REIT dividends received by the Fund and which the Fund properly reports as “section 199A dividends,” are treated as “qualified REIT dividends” in the hands of non-corporate shareholders. A section 199A dividend is treated as a qualified REIT dividend only if the shareholder receiving such dividend holds the dividend-paying RIC shares for at least 46 days of the 91-day period beginning 45 days before the shares become ex-dividend, and is not under an obligation to make related payments with respect to a position in substantially similar or related property. The Fund is permitted to report such part of its dividends as section 199A dividends as are eligible, but is not required to do so.
ETF Risks. The Fund is an ETF, and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it is exposed to the following risks:
APs, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as APs. In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
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Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Investors buying or selling Shares in the secondary market will pay brokerage commissions or other charges imposed by brokers, as determined by that broker. Brokerage commissions are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell relatively small amounts of Shares. In addition, secondary market investors will also incur the cost of the difference between the price at which an investor is willing to buy Shares (the “bid” price) and the price at which an investor is willing to sell Shares (the “ask” price). This difference in bid and ask prices is often referred to as the “spread” or “bid-ask spread.” The bid-ask spread varies over time for Shares based on trading volume and market liquidity, and the spread is generally lower if Shares have more trading volume and market liquidity and higher if Shares have little trading volume and market liquidity. Further, a relatively small investor base in the Fund, asset swings in the Fund, and/or increased market volatility may cause increased bid-ask spreads. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including bid-ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility or periods of steep market declines. The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid-ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers or other participants that trade Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid-ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities. Because the Fund’s investments have exposure to securities that may trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when the Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current price of a security and the security’s last quoted price from the closed foreign market. This may result in premiums and discounts that are greater than those experienced by domestic ETFs.
Trading. Although Shares are listed for trading on the Exchange and may be listed or traded on U.S. and non-U.S. stock exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such Shares will develop or be maintained. Trading in Shares may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to Exchange “circuit breaker” rules, which temporarily halt trading on the Exchange when a decline in the S&P 500® Index during a single day reaches certain thresholds (e.g., 7%, 13%, and 20%). Additional rules applicable to the Exchange may halt trading in Shares when extraordinary volatility causes sudden, significant swings in the market price of Shares. There can be no assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares, and this could lead to differences between the market price of the Shares and the underlying value of those Shares.
Operational Risk. Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various operational events or circumstances are outside the Advisor’s or Sub-Advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. The Fund, the Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.
Liquidity Risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, such as securities that are not publicly traded, it can become more difficult to sell the securities in a timely manner at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the Fund's share price may fall dramatically. Additionally, illiquid investments may be more difficult to value. Liquidity risk may be the result of, among other things, the reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in the specific security type or the lack of an active market.
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Liquidity risk also may refer to the risk that the Fund will not be able to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period stated in this prospectus because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. To meet redemption requests, the Fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions, which may adversely affect the Fund's share price.
Management Risk. The ability of the Fund to meet its investment objective is directly related to the Advisor’s and Sub-Advisor’s management of the Fund. The value of your investment in the Fund may vary with the effectiveness of the Advisor’s research, analysis and asset allocation among portfolio securities. If the investment strategies do not produce the expected results, your investment could be diminished or even lost.
Cybersecurity Risk. With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users). Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service providers may cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could result from cyber incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, counterparties with which the 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 shareholders) and other parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund’s service providers have established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent, such cyber incidents, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by its service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect the Fund or its shareholders. As a result, the Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted.
Securities Lending Risk. The Fund may lend securities from its portfolio. Securities lending involves the risk of a default or insolvency of the borrower. In either of these cases, the Fund could experience delays in recovering securities or collateral or could lose all or part of the value of the loaned securities. The Fund also could lose money in the event of a decline in the value of the collateral provided for loaned securities. Additionally, the loaned portfolio securities may not be available to the Fund on a timely basis and the Fund may therefore lose the opportunity to sell the securities at a desirable price. Any decline in the value of a security that occurs while the security is out on loan would continue to be borne by the Fund.
Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) Risk. Many foreign entities that operate similarly to REITs may be deemed for U.S. federal income tax purposes to be PFICs, which could result in taxable distributions to you at unfavorable tax rates. In general, a PFIC is any foreign corporation if 75% or more of its gross income for its taxable year is passive income, or 50% or more of its average assets (determined by value or by adjusted basis of assets) are held for the production of passive income. When investing in PFIC stock, the Fund intends to make an election to mark-to-market such stock, which will cause the Fund to recognize any unrealized gains in the stock as ordinary income at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year, regardless of whether the Fund sells the stock or receives any distributions. Deductions for unrealized losses on any PFIC stock are allowable only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to that stock included in the Fund’s gross income for prior taxable years under the election. These gains (reduced by allowable losses) are treated as ordinary income that the Fund is required to distribute, even though it has not sold or received dividends from the PFIC stock. You should also be aware that the designation of a foreign corporation as a PFIC will cause its dividends to fall outside of the definition of qualified foreign corporation dividends. Thus PFIC dividends generally will not qualify for the reduced rate of federal income taxation on qualified dividends when distributed to you by the Fund. Due to various complexities in identifying PFICs, the Fund can give no assurances that it will be able to identify portfolio securities in foreign corporations that are PFICs in time for the Fund to make a mark-to-market election. If the Fund is unable to identify a foreign
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corporation that the Fund invests in as a PFIC and thus does not make a mark-to-market election, the Fund may be subject to U.S. federal income taxes on any “excess distribution” in respect of PFIC stock even if such income is distributed as a taxable dividend by the Fund to its shareholders. Generally, excess distributions are distributions received by the Fund from a PFIC, with respect to which the Fund has not made a mark-to-market election, which are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by the Fund in the three preceding taxable years, or, the Fund’s holding period, if the Fund’s holding period is less than three years. Additionally, gain on the sale of a PFIC stock is treated as if it were an excess distribution. If there were an excess distribution, an amount of the excess distribution would be allocated pro rata to each day the Fund owned stock in the PFIC. The amount allocated to the current year would be included as ordinary income in the Fund’s gross income for the current year. Any amounts allocated to prior PFIC years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the Fund in that year, and an interest charge would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year. Any such taxes or interest charges could in turn reduce the Fund’s distributions paid to you.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
Information about the Fund’s daily portfolio holdings is available at www.vertfunds.com. A complete description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio holdings is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
VOLUNTARY FEE WAIVERS AND/OR EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS
Service providers to the Fund may, from time to time, voluntarily waive all or a portion of any fees to which they are entitled and/or reimburse certain expenses as they may determine from time to time. The Fund’s service providers may discontinue or modify these voluntary actions at any time without notice. The Fund’s performance will reflect the voluntary waiver of fees and/or the reimbursement of expenses, if any. Without these waivers and/or expense reimbursements, performance would be less favorable.
MANAGEMENT
Investment Advisor and Sub-Advisor
Investment Advisor. Vert Asset Management, LLC, located at 85 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 201, Sausalito, CA 94965, provides sustainable investment management and education services. The Advisor is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm formed in 2016. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Advisor, and subject to general oversight by the Board of Trustees, the Advisor manages and supervises the investment operations and business affairs of the Fund. The Advisor is responsible for overseeing and implementing the Fund’s investment program and provides oversight of portfolio management, investment research, and security selection for the Fund. The Advisor also screens securities for ESG considerations and provides an eligible securities list to the Sub-Advisor. The Advisor also conducts research into the sustainability of individual securities, and the real estate industry in general. The Advisor also furnishes the Fund with office space and certain administrative services and provides personnel needed to fulfill its obligations under its advisory agreement.
For its services, the Advisor receives a fee from the Fund, based on 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Prior to the Reorganization, the Advisor had entered into an advisory agreement with the Trust, on behalf of the Predecessor Fund, pursuant to which the Advisor also received a fee from the Predecessor Fund equal to 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the Advisor received 0.28% in advisory fees of the Predecessor Fund after waiving fees pursuant to the Predecessor Fund’s expense limitation agreement.
Sub-Advisor. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, located at 6300 Bee Cave Road, Austin, TX 78746, provides global investment management and investment advisory services to investment companies. The Advisor has retained the Sub-Advisor to manage on a day-to-day basis the Fund’s portfolio assets, subject to oversight by the Advisor. The Sub-Advisor is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm formed in 1981.
Subject to supervision by the Advisor and the oversight of the Board of Trustees, the Sub-Advisor provides a continual investment program for the Fund, including the purchase, retention and disposition of investments in the Fund’s portfolio, in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions. The Advisor has ultimate responsibility to oversee the Sub-Advisor and recommend to the Board of Trustees its hiring, termination,
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and replacement. In this capacity, the Advisor, among other things: (i) monitors the compliance of the Sub-Advisor with the investment objective and related policies of the Fund; (ii) reviews the performance of the Sub-Advisor; and (iii) reports periodically on such performance to the Board of Trustees. For its services as sub-advisor to the Fund, the Sub-Advisor is paid a sub-advisory fee by the Advisor.
Fund Expenses. The Fund is responsible for its own operating expenses. However, pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement between the Advisor and the Fund, the Advisor has agreed to waive its management fees and/or reimburse expenses to ensure that the total amount of the Fund’s operating expenses (excluding Excludable Expenses) does not exceed 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. To the extent the Fund incurs Excludable Expenses, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement may exceed 0.45%. The Advisor may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund for three years from the date such fees and expenses were waived or paid, subject to the operating expense limitation agreement, if such reimbursement will not cause the Fund’s total expense ratio to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment. The Fund must pay its current ordinary operating expenses before the Advisor is entitled to any recoupment of management fees and/or expenses. This operating expense limitation agreement is in effect through at least December 4, 2026, and may be terminated only by, or with the consent of, the Board of Trustees. Prior to the Reorganization, the Advisor agreed to waive its management fees and/or reimburse expenses to ensure that the total amount of the Predecessor Fund’s operating expenses (excluding Excludable Expenses) did not exceed 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Predecessor Expense Limitation Agreement”). The Advisor may not recoup any previously waived fees or reimbursed expenses under the Predecessor Expense Limitation Agreement.
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the investment advisory agreement between the Advisor and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the sub‑advisory agreement between the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor will be included in the Fund’s next annual or semi-annual report to shareholders.
Portfolio Managers
The portfolio managers perform trading and day‑to‑day portfolio management for the Fund according to investment guidelines established by the Advisor using the investment strategies and policies described in this Prospectus and the eligible securities list provided by the Advisor.
Vert Asset Management, LLC
Samuel Adams is Chief Executive Officer and co-founded the Advisor in 2016. Mr. Adams has a BA from University of Colorado, Boulder and an MBA from UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Prior to founding the Advisor, Mr. Adams worked at Dimensional Fund Advisors LP for 17 years in various roles, including the Head of Financial Advisor Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Jed S. Fogdall is Global Head of Portfolio Management, Chair of the Sub-Advisor’s Investment Committee, Vice President, and a Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Advisor. Mr. Fogdall has an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BS from Purdue University. Mr. Fogdall joined the Sub-Advisor as a portfolio manager in 2004.
Allen Pu is Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, member of the Sub-Advisor’s Investment Committee, Vice President, and a Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Advisor. Mr. Pu has an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MS and PhD from the California Institute of Technology, and a BS from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Mr. Pu joined the Sub-Advisor as a portfolio manager in 2006.
William B. Collins-Dean is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of the Sub-Advisor. Mr. Collins-Dean has an MBA from the University of Chicago, with honors, and with concentrations in analytic finance, economics, econometrics, and statistics. He earned a BS from Wake Forest University. Mr. Collins-Dean joined the Sub-Advisor in 2014 and has been a portfolio manager since 2016.
Joseph F. Hohn is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of the Sub-Advisor. Mr. Hohn has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management with a concentration in finance. He also holds a MS in aerospace
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engineering from the University of Southern California and a BS in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University. Mr. Hohn joined the Sub-Advisor in 2012 and has been a portfolio manager since 2015.
The portfolio managers are equally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers’ ownership of securities in the Fund.
HOW TO BUY AND SELL SHARES
The Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in Creation Units. Only APs may acquire Shares directly from the Fund, and only APs may tender their Shares for redemption directly to the Fund, at NAV. APs must be a member or participant of a clearing agency registered with the SEC and must execute a Participant Agreement that has been agreed to by the Distributor (defined below), and that has been accepted by the Fund’s transfer agent, with respect to purchases and redemptions of Creation Units. Once created, Shares trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit.
Most investors buy and sell Shares in secondary market transactions through brokers. Shares are listed for trading on the secondary market on the Exchange and can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities.
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 bid-ask spread on your transactions. In addition, because secondary market transactions occur at market prices, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares and receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares.
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.
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. DTC’s participants 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” through your brokerage account.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Shares
The Fund imposes no restrictions on the frequency of purchases and redemptions of Shares. In determining not to approve a written, established policy, the Board evaluated the risks of market timing activities by Fund shareholders. Purchases and redemptions by APs, who are the only parties that may purchase or redeem Shares directly with the Fund, are an essential part of the ETF process and help keep Share trading prices in line with NAV. As such, the Fund accommodates frequent purchases and redemptions by APs. However, the Board has also determined that frequent purchases and redemptions for cash may increase tracking error and portfolio transaction costs and may lead to the realization of capital gains. To minimize these potential consequences of frequent purchases and redemptions, the Fund employs fair value pricing and may impose transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of Creation Units to cover the custodial and other costs incurred by the Fund in effecting trades. In addition, the Fund and the Advisor reserve the right to reject any purchase order at any time.
Determination of NAV
The Fund’s NAV is calculated as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, each day the NYSE is open for business. The NAV is calculated by dividing the Fund’s net assets by its Shares outstanding.
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In calculating its NAV, the Fund generally values its assets on the basis of market quotations, last sale prices, or estimates of value furnished by a pricing service or brokers who make markets in such instruments. If such information is not available for a security held by the Fund or is determined to be unreliable, the security will be valued by the Advisor at fair value pursuant to procedures established by the Advisor and approved by the Board (as described below).
Fair Value Pricing
The Advisor has been designated by the Board as the valuation designee for the Fund pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, subject to the oversight of the Board. In its capacity as valuation designee, the Advisor has adopted procedures and methodologies to fair value Fund securities whose market prices are not “readily available” or are deemed to be unreliable. For example, such circumstances may arise when: (i) a security has been de-listed or has had its trading halted or suspended; (ii) a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; (iii) a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours; or (iv) a security’s value is materially affected by events occurring after the close of the security’s primary trading market. Generally, when fair valuing a security held by the Fund, the Advisor will take into account all reasonably available information that may be relevant to a particular valuation including, but not limited to, fundamental analytical data regarding the issuer, information relating to the issuer’s business, recent trades or offers of the security, general and/or specific market conditions and the specific facts giving rise to the need to fair value the security. Fair value determinations are made in good faith and in accordance with the fair value methodologies established by the Advisor. Due to the subjective and variable nature of determining the fair value of a security or other investment, there can be no assurance that the Advisor’s fair value will match or closely correlate to any market quotation that subsequently becomes available or the price quoted or published by other sources. In addition, the Fund may not be able to obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security.
Investments by Registered Investment Companies
Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts investments by registered investment companies in the securities of other investment companies, including Shares. Registered investment companies are permitted to invest in the Fund beyond the limits set forth in section 12(d)(1) subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in the 1940 Act, or the rules promulgated thereunder.
Delivery of Shareholder Documents – Householding
Householding is an option available to certain investors of the Fund. Householding is a method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which a single copy of certain shareholder documents can be delivered to investors who share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different names. Householding for the Fund is available through certain broker-dealers. If you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, please contact your broker-dealer. If you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change your householding status, please contact your broker-dealer.
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES
Dividends and Distributions
The Fund intends to pay out dividends, if any, and distribute any net realized capital gains to its shareholders at least annually. The Fund will declare and pay capital gain distributions in cash. Distributions in cash may be reinvested automatically in additional whole Shares only if the broker through whom you purchased Shares makes such option available. Your broker is responsible for distributing the income and capital gain distributions to you.
Taxes
The following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to investments in the Fund. Your investment in the Fund may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of an investment in Shares, including the possible application of foreign, state, and local tax laws. This summary does not apply to Shares held in an IRA or other tax-qualified plans, which are generally not subject to current tax. Transactions relating to Shares held in such accounts may, however,
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be taxable at some time in the future. This summary is based on current tax laws, which may change, potentially with retroactive effect, and could impact the Fund’s investments or the tax consequences to you.
The Fund intends to elect and qualify each year for treatment as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the Code. If it meets certain minimum distribution requirements, a RIC is not subject to tax at the fund level on income and gains from investments that are timely distributed to shareholders. However, the Fund’s failure to qualify as a RIC or to meet minimum distribution requirements would result (if certain relief provisions were not available) in fund-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for distribution to shareholders.
Unless your investment in Shares is made through a tax-exempt entity or tax-advantaged account, such as an IRA, you need to be aware of the possible tax consequences when the Fund makes distributions, when you sell your Shares listed on the Exchange, and when you purchase or redeem Creation Units (APs only).
Taxes on Distributions
The Fund intends to distribute, at least annually, substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains. For federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable as ordinary income or qualified dividend income. Taxes on distributions of capital gains (if any) are determined by how long the Fund owned the investments that generated them, rather than how long a shareholder has owned his or her Shares. Sales of assets held by the Fund for more than one year generally result in long-term capital gains and losses, and sales of assets held by the Fund for one year or less generally result in short-term capital gains and losses. Distributions of the Fund’s net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) that are reported by the Fund as capital gain dividends (“Capital Gain Dividends”) will be taxable as long-term capital gains, which for non-corporate shareholders are subject to tax at reduced rates of up to 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax brackets). Distributions of short-term capital gain will generally be taxable as ordinary income. Dividends and distributions are generally taxable to you whether you receive them in cash or reinvest them in additional Shares.
Distributions reported by the Fund as “qualified dividend income” are generally taxed to non-corporate shareholders at rates applicable to long-term capital gains, provided holding period and other requirements are met. “Qualified dividend income” generally is income derived from dividends paid by U.S. corporations or certain foreign corporations that are either incorporated in a U.S. possession or eligible for tax benefits under certain U.S. income tax treaties. In addition, dividends that the Fund received in respect of stock of certain foreign corporations may be qualified dividend income if that stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities market. Dividends received by the Fund from an ETF, a REIT, or an underlying fund taxable as a RIC may be treated as qualified dividend income generally only to the extent so reported by such ETF, REIT or underlying fund. Corporate shareholders may be entitled to a dividends received deduction for the portion of dividends they receive from the Fund that are attributable to dividends received by the Fund from U.S. corporations, subject to certain limitations.
Shortly after the close of each calendar year, you will be informed of the amount and character of any distributions received from the Fund.
In addition to federal income tax, certain U.S. individuals with income exceeding specified thresholds are subject to a 3.8% tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,” which includes interest, dividends, and certain capital gains (generally including capital gains distributions and capital gains realized on the sale of Shares). The net investment income tax is imposed on the lesser of: (i) the taxpayer’s investment income, net of deductions properly allocable to such income; or (ii) the amount by which the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain thresholds ($250,000 for married individuals filing jointly, $200,000 for unmarried individuals and $125,000 for married individuals filing separately). This 3.8% tax also applies to all or a portion of the undistributed net investment income of certain shareholders that are estates and trusts.
In general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax for the year in which they are paid. Certain distributions declared in October, November or December and paid in January of the following year, however, may be treated as paid on December 31 of the prior year. Distributions are generally taxable even if they are paid from income or gains earned by the Fund before your investment (and thus were included in the Shares’ NAV when you purchased your Shares).
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You may wish to avoid investing in the Fund shortly before a dividend or other distribution, because such a distribution will generally be taxable even though it may economically represent a return of a portion of your investment.
If the Fund’s distributions exceed its earnings and profits, all or a portion of the distributions made for a taxable year may be recharacterized as a return of capital to shareholders. A return of capital distribution will generally not be taxable, but will reduce each shareholder’s cost basis in Shares and result in a higher capital gain or lower capital loss when the Shares are sold. After a shareholder’s basis in Shares has been reduced to zero, distributions in excess of earnings and profits in respect of those Shares will be treated as gain from the sale of the Shares.
If you are neither a resident nor a citizen of the United States or if you are a foreign entity, distributions (other than Capital Gain Dividends) paid to you by the Fund will generally be subject to a U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30%, unless a lower treaty rate applies. Gains from the sale or other disposition of Shares by non-U.S. shareholders generally are not subject to U.S. taxation, unless you are a nonresident alien individual who is physically present in the U.S. for 183 days or more per year. The Fund may, under certain circumstances, report all or a portion of a dividend as an “interest-related dividend” or a “short-term capital gain dividend,” which would generally be exempt from this 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided certain other requirements are met. Different tax consequences may result if you are a foreign shareholder engaged in a trade or business within the United States or if a tax treaty applies.
The Fund (or a financial intermediary, such as a broker, through which a shareholder owns Shares) generally is required to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury a percentage (currently 24%) of the taxable distributions and sale proceeds paid to any shareholder who fails to properly furnish a correct taxpayer identification number, who has underreported dividend or interest income, or who fails to certify that the shareholder is not subject to such withholding.
Taxes When Shares are Sold on the Exchange
Provided that a shareholder holds Shares as capital assets, any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Shares generally is treated as a long-term capital gain or loss if Shares have been held for more than one year and as a short-term capital gain or loss if Shares have been held for one year or less. However, any capital loss on a sale of Shares held for six months or less is treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of Capital Gain Dividends paid with respect to such Shares. Under “wash sale” rules, any loss realized on a sale will be disallowed to the extent Shares of the Fund are acquired, including through reinvestment of dividends, within a 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition of Shares. The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited.
The cost basis of Shares of the Fund acquired by purchase will generally be based on the amount paid for the Shares and then may be subsequently adjusted for other applicable transactions as required by the Code. The difference between the selling price and the cost basis of Shares generally determines the amount of the capital gain or loss realized on the sale or exchange of Shares. Contact the broker through whom you purchased your Shares to obtain information with respect to the available cost basis reporting methods and elections for your account.
Taxes on Purchases and Redemptions of Creation Units
An AP having the U.S. dollar as its functional currency for U.S. federal income tax purposes who exchanges securities for Creation Units generally recognizes a gain or a loss. The gain or loss will be equal to the difference between the value of the Creation Units at the time of the exchange and the exchanging AP’s aggregate basis in the securities delivered, plus the amount of any cash paid for the Creation Units. An AP who exchanges Creation Units for securities will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the exchanging AP’s basis in the Creation Units and the aggregate U.S. dollar market value of the securities received, plus any cash received for such Creation Units. The Internal Revenue Service may assert, however, that a loss that is realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units may not be currently deducted under the rules governing “wash sales” (for an AP who does not mark-to-market its holdings), or on the basis that there has been no significant change in economic position. APs exchanging securities should consult their own tax advisor with respect to whether the wash sales rule applies and when a loss might be deductible.
The Fund may include a payment of cash in addition to, or in place of, the delivery of a basket of securities upon the redemption of Creation Units. The Fund may sell portfolio securities to obtain the cash needed to distribute
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redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize investment income and/or capital gains or losses that it might not have recognized if it had completely satisfied the redemption in-kind. As a result, the Fund may be less tax efficient if it includes such a cash payment in the proceeds paid upon the redemption of Creation Units.
Taxation of REIT Investments
The Fund invests in REITs. “Qualified REIT dividends” (i.e., ordinary REIT dividends other than capital gain dividends and portions of REIT dividends designated as qualified dividend income eligible for capital gain tax rates) are eligible for a 20% deduction by non-corporate taxpayers. This deduction, if allowed in full, equates to a maximum effective tax rate of 29.6% (37% top rate applied to income after 20% deduction). Pursuant to proposed Treasury regulations on which the Fund may rely, distributions by the Fund to its shareholders that are attributable to qualified REIT dividends received by the Fund and which the Fund properly reports as “section 199A dividends,” are treated as “qualified REIT dividends” in the hands of non-corporate shareholders. A section 199A dividend is treated as a qualified REIT dividend only if the shareholder receiving such dividend holds the dividend-paying RIC shares for at least 46 days of the 91-day period beginning 45 days before the shares become ex-dividend, and is not under an obligation to make related payments with respect to a position in substantially similar or related property. The Fund is permitted to report such part of its dividends as section 199A dividends as are eligible, but is not required to do so.
REITs in which the Fund invests often do not provide complete and final tax information to the Fund until after the time that the Fund issues a tax reporting statement. As a result, the Fund may at times find it necessary to reclassify the amount and character of its distributions to you after it issues your tax reporting statement. When such reclassification is necessary, the Fund (or a financial intermediary, such as a broker, through which a shareholder owns Shares) will send you a corrected, final Form 1099-DIV to reflect the reclassified information. If you receive a corrected Form 1099-DIV, use the information on this corrected form, and not the information on the previously issued tax reporting statement, in completing your tax returns.
Foreign Taxes
To the extent the Fund invests in foreign securities, it may be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund received from sources in foreign countries. In some countries a portion of these taxes is recoverable, the non-recoverable portion will reduce the return on the Fund’s securities.
The foregoing discussion summarizes some of the possible consequences under current federal tax law of an investment in the Fund. It is not a substitute for personal tax advice. You also may be subject to state and local tax on Fund distributions and sales of Shares. Consult your personal tax advisor about the potential tax consequences of an investment in Shares under all applicable tax laws. For more information, please see the section entitled “Federal Income Taxes” in the SAI.
DISTRIBUTION
The Distributor, Quasar Distributors, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, LLC (d/b/a ACA Group), is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC. The Distributor distributes Creation Units for the Fund on an agency basis and does not maintain a secondary market in Shares. The Distributor has no role in determining the policies of the Fund or the securities that are purchased or sold by the Fund. The Distributor’s principal address is 111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 2200, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
PREMIUM/DISCOUNT INFORMATION
When available, information regarding how often Shares traded on the Exchange at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV per Share will be available, free of charge, on the Fund’s website at www.vertfunds.com.
ADDITIONAL NOTICES
Shares of the Trust are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by the Exchange. The Exchange makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the shares of the Fund. The Exchange is not
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responsible for, nor has it participated in, the determination of the timing of, prices of, or quantities of the shares of the Fund to be issued, or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares are redeemable.
The Exchange has no obligation or liability to owners of the shares of the Fund in connection with the administration, marketing, or trading of the shares of the Fund. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall the Exchange have any liability for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special, or consequential damages even if notified of the possibility thereof.
The Advisor and the Fund make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of shares of the Fund or any members of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
On or about December 4, 2023, the Fund is expected to acquire all of the assets and liabilities of the Predecessor Fund in exchange for shares of beneficial interest of the Fund. As a result of such reorganization, the Fund will adopt the financial and performance history of the Predecessor Fund. The financial highlights table below is intended to help you understand the Fund’s (and Predecessor Fund’s) financial performance information for the Fund’s (and Predecessor Fund’s) five most recent fiscal years. The financial highlights for the Fund include the historical financial highlights of the Predecessor Fund for the periods prior to December 4, 2023. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (and the Predecessor Fund) (assuming investment of all dividends and other distributions).
Information in the table for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 has been audited by Cohen & Company, Ltd. (“Cohen”), the independent registered public accounting firm of the Predecessor Fund. Information in the table for prior fiscal years was audited by BBD, LLP. Cohen’s report, along with the Predecessor Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Predecessor Fund’s 2023 annual report to shareholders, which is available, without charge, upon request.
For a capital share outstanding throughout each year
Institutional Shares Year Ended
June 30, 2023
Year Ended
June 30, 2022
Year Ended
June 30, 2021
Year Ended
June 30, 2020
Year Ended
June 30, 2019
Net Asset Value – Beginning of Year $ 9.62  $ 11.39  $ 8.59  $ 10.45    $ 10.13 
Income from Investment Operations:      
Net investment income1
0.30  0.21  0.19  0.32    0.28 
Net realized and unrealized      
gain (loss) on investments (0.67) (1.55) 2.76  (1.84)   0.38 
Total from investment operations (0.37) (1.34) 2.95  (1.52)   0.66 
Less Distributions:      
Dividends from net investment income (0.04) (0.26) (0.15) (0.34) (0.33)
Distributions from net realized gains (0.10) (0.17) —  —  (0.01)
Total distributions (0.14) (0.43) (0.15) (0.34) (0.34)
Net Asset Value – End of Year $ 9.11  $ 9.62  $ 11.39  $ 8.59    $ 10.45 
Total Return (3.84) % (12.41) % 34.72  % (15.14) % 6.64  %
Ratios and Supplemental Data:      
Net assets, end of year (thousands) $ 291,849  $ 159,356  $ 125,923  $ 50,637    $ 24,184 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets:      
Before reimbursements 0.62  % 0.67  % 0.80  % 1.12  % 1.92  %
After reimbursements 0.50  % 0.50  % 0.50  % 0.50  % 0.50  %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:      
Before reimbursements 3.11  % 1.64  % 1.66  % 2.64  % 1.36  %
After reimbursements 3.23  % 1.80  % 1.96  % 3.26  % 2.78  %
Portfolio turnover rate % 11  % 19  % 18  % 10  %
1 The net investment income per share was calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
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VERT GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE ETF
Advisor
Vert Asset Management, LLC
85 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 201
Sausalito, California 94965
Sub-Advisor
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
6300 Bee Cave Road
Austin, Texas 78746
Transfer Agent, Fund Accountant and Fund Administrator
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC 
d/b/a U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
615 East Michigan Street 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Custodian
U.S. Bank, N.A.
1555 N. Rivercenter Drive
Suite 302 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 
Legal Counsel
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
833 East Michigan Street
Suite 1800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Cohen & Company, Ltd.
1835 Market Street, Suite 310
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Distributor
Quasar Distributors, LLC
111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 2200
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 
You can find more information about the Fund in the following documents:
Statement of Additional Information
The SAI provides additional details about the investments and techniques of the Fund and certain other additional information. A current SAI is on file with the SEC and is incorporated into this Prospectus by reference. This means that the SAI is legally considered a part of this Prospectus even though it is not physically within this Prospectus.
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports
The Fund’s (and Predecessor Fund’s) annual and semi-annual reports provide additional information about the Fund’s investments, including the most recent financial reports and portfolio holdings. The annual reports contain a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that affected the Fund’s performance during the Fund’s (and Predecessor Fund’s) prior fiscal year.
You can obtain free copies of these documents, request other information or make general inquiries about the Fund by contacting the Fund at Vert Global Sustainable Real Estate ETF, c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701 or calling 1-844-740-VERT.
Reports and other information about the Fund are also available:
free of charge from the SEC’s EDGAR database on the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov; or
for a fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: [email protected].
(The Trust’s SEC Investment Company Act of 1940 file number is 811‑21897)
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