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EUCG |
Euclid
Capital Growth ETF |
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listed
on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. |
PROSPECTUS
March
30, 2022
The
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
has not approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy
or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Investment Objective
The Euclid Capital Growth ETF (the
“Fund”) seeks capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
This table describes the fees
and expenses that 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.
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
Management
Fees |
0.65% |
Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses 1 |
0.14% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.79% |
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1
Acquired Fund Fees
and Expenses (“AFFE”) are the indirect costs of investing in other investment
companies. Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the expense
ratio in the Fund’s Financial Highlights because the Financial Highlights
include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund and exclude
AFFE.
Expense Example
This Example is
intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of
investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the
Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the
end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5%
return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The
Example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on
your purchases and sales of Shares. Although your actual costs may be higher
or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would
be:
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1 Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
$81 |
$252 |
$439 |
$978 |
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 total annual fund operating expenses or
in the expense example above, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most
recent fiscal period December 31, 2020 (commencement of operations) to November
30, 2021, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 591% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies
The Fund is an actively-managed
exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by
utilizing systematic trend-following techniques, market analysis and risk
management to direct its exposure to various U.S. and non-U.S. equity sectors,
styles, and asset classes in a low-risk environment (e.g., a bull market) and to
fixed income securities, cash, or cash equivalents for non-equity exposure in a
higher-risk environment (e.g., a bear market). In pursuing the Fund’s investment
objective, Euclid Investment Advisory, LLC, the Fund’s investment sub-adviser
(the “Sub-Adviser”), will generally invest the Fund’s assets in shares of ETFs
that seek to track various indices (“Underlying ETFs”). On an ongoing basis, the
Sub-Adviser assesses the level and direction of systemic or market risk by
reviewing selected market breadth indicators and the relative performance
strength of economic sectors and asset classes versus the S&P 500 Index. A
“low-risk environment,” or a “bull” market, is one in which the Sub-Adviser
perceives systemic market risk to be low or decreasing. A “higher-risk
environment,” or a “bear” market, is one in which the Sub-Adviser perceives
systemic market risk to be elevated or increasing. The Sub-Adviser seeks to
identify and invest in Underlying ETFs outperforming the S&P 500 Index in
any market environment.
The
Sub-Adviser determines the Fund’s “ETF Universe,” from which the Fund’s
Underlying ETFs are selected, by identifying ETFs that represent exposure to the
following asset classes: U.S. large-, mid-, and small-capitalization companies;
growth- and value-oriented companies; sector-specific companies; real estate
companies, including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); dividend-paying
securities; foreign developed and emerging markets companies; master limited
partnerships (“MLPs”); and fixed income securities, primarily U.S. Treasury
notes and bonds. MLPs are publicly traded limited partnerships with investments
often focused in the natural resources or real estate sectors. The Fund may be
indirectly exposed to MLPs through investments in Underlying ETFs comprised of
multiple MLPs but will not invest in MLPs directly. ETFs to be included in the
ETF Universe must be listed on a major U.S. Exchange and meet certain liquidity,
trading volume, and expense ratio criteria as determined by the Sub-Adviser.
With
respect to the Fund’s equity exposure, the Sub-Adviser conducts strategic and
tactical analysis of each sector, style, and asset class of candidate ETFs in
the ETF Universe to identify which sectors, styles, and asset classes
demonstrate the best performance relative to the S&P 500 Index and, for
sectors, to determine the extent each such sector should be weighted by the Fund
relative to the weight of each such sector in the S&P 500 Index (i.e., to
overweight, remain neutral, or underweight relative to the S&P 500 Index).
The Sub-Adviser rates and ranks each candidate ETF and selects the best
candidate ETF(s) to utilize as Underlying ETFs in the Fund to achieve the Fund’s
investment objective.
In
addition, the Sub-Adviser reviews selected market indicators and conducts
inter-market analysis of diverse asset classes, including equity and credit
markets, currencies, gold, real estate, commodities, and interest rates. The
results of such reviews and analysis are used by the Sub-Adviser to assess the
level of risk in the market and to adjust the portfolio’s market exposure
accordingly. For example, if the Sub-Adviser determines that the level of market
risk is increasing, it may increase the Fund’s weight to traditionally defensive
sectors, including fixed income, increase the Fund’s cash position, or reduce
exposure to certain sectors. The Sub-Adviser’s evaluation of systemic market
risk and relative strength of sectors and securities involves the use of a
proprietary model that combines institutional portfolio management with
computer-generated measurements and market indicators.
The
Sub-Adviser will generally adjust the Fund’s portfolio by selling shares of
underperforming Underlying ETFs when the Sub-Adviser’s ongoing analyses indicate
weakness in one or more sectors, styles, or asset classes and buying ETF(s)
selected from the ETF Universe that the Sub-Adviser determines would be more
advantageous for the Fund’s investment objective. The Sub-Adviser expects that
the Fund will typically hold approximately 6‑12 Underlying ETFs. The Fund may
engage in active and frequent trading and have a high portfolio turnover rate.
The
Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest a
greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified
fund.
Principal Investment
Risks
You can lose money on your investment in the
Fund. The Fund is subject to the risks described below. Because
the Adviser invests the Fund’s assets primarily in Underlying ETFs, the Fund is
also subject to the risks associated with the Underlying ETFs in which it
invests, as described below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objective. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s Prospectus titled
“Additional Information About the Fund—Principal Risks of Investing in the
Fund.” The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate
finding particular risks and comparing them with those of other funds. Each risk
summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund,
regardless of the order in which they appear.
Asset
Allocation Risk. The
Fund may favor an asset class or investment style that performs poorly relative
to other asset classes and investment styles for short or long periods of time.
Additionally, because the Fund may weight certain asset classes or investment
styles at zero, the Fund may miss positive changes in an asset class’ or
investment style’s performance and fail to capture upside performance for an
asset class or investment style.
Emerging
Markets Risk.
The Fund may invest in Underlying ETFs that invest in securities issued by
companies domiciled or headquartered in emerging market nations. Investments in
securities traded in developing or emerging markets, or that provide exposure to
such securities or markets, can involve additional risks relating to political,
economic, currency, or regulatory conditions not associated with investments in
U.S. securities and investments in more developed international markets. Such
conditions may impact the ability of the Fund to buy, sell or otherwise transfer
securities, adversely affect the trading market and price for Fund Shares and
cause the Fund to decline in value.
Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held by the Underlying ETFs in which the Fund invests may
experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in
value. This may occur because of factors that affect securities markets
generally or factors affecting specific issuers, industries, or sectors in which
an Underlying ETF invests. Common
stocks
are generally exposed to greater risk than other types of securities, such as
preferred stock and debt obligations, because common stockholders generally have
inferior rights to receive payment from issuers. Securities in an Underlying
ETF’s portfolio may underperform in comparison to securities in the general
securities markets, a particular financial market, or other asset classes, due
to a number of factors, including inflation (or expectations for inflation),
interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural
disasters or events, pandemic diseases, terrorism, regulatory events, or
government controls.
ETF
Risk.
◦Authorized
Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that are authorized to
purchase and redeem Shares directly from the Fund (known as “Authorized
Participants” or “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.
◦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.
◦Trading.
Although Shares are listed on a national securities exchange, such as Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc. (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.
Fixed
Income Securities Risk. The
Fund may invest in Underlying ETFs that invest in fixed income securities. The
prices of fixed income securities may be affected by changes in interest rates,
the creditworthiness and financial strength of the issuer and other factors. An
increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing
fixed income securities to fall and often has a greater impact on
longer-duration and/or higher quality fixed income securities. Falling interest
rates will cause an Underlying ETF to reinvest the proceeds of fixed income
securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates and may
also reduce such Underlying ETF’s distributable income because interest payments
on floating rate fixed income instruments held by the Underlying ETF will
decline. The Fund could lose money on indirect investments in fixed income
securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make
interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner.
Foreign
Securities Risks.
Foreign securities held by Underlying ETFs in which the Fund invests involve
certain risks not involved in domestic investments and may experience more rapid
and extreme changes in value than investments in securities of U.S. companies.
Financial markets in foreign countries often are not as developed, efficient or
liquid as financial markets in the United States, and therefore, the prices of
non-U.S. securities can be more volatile. In addition, the Fund will be subject
to risks associated with adverse political and economic developments in foreign
countries, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions. Generally,
there is less readily available and reliable information about non-U.S. issuers
due to less rigorous disclosure or accounting standards and regulatory
practices.
General
Market Risk. Securities
markets and individual securities may increase or decrease in value. Security
prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to market
or economic news and conditions, and securities markets also tend to move in
cycles. If there is a general decline in the securities markets, it is possible
your investment may lose value regardless of the individual results of the
companies in which the Fund invests. The magnitude of up and down price or
market fluctuations over time is sometimes referred to as “volatility”, and it
can be significant. In addition, different asset classes and geographic markets
may experience periods of significant correlation with each other. As a result
of this correlation, the securities and markets in which the Fund invests may
experience volatility due to market, economic, political
or
social events and conditions that may not readily appear to directly relate to
such securities, the securities’ issuer or the markets in which they
trade.
High
Portfolio Turnover Risk. The
Fund may actively and frequently trade all or a significant portion of the
securities in its portfolio. A high portfolio turnover rate increases
transaction costs, which may increase the Fund’s expenses. Frequent trading may
also cause adverse tax consequences for investors in the Fund due to an increase
in short-term capital gains.
Management
Risk.
The Fund is actively-managed and may not meet its investment objective based on
the Sub-Adviser’s success or failure to implement investment strategies for the
Fund.
Market
Capitalization Risk. These
risks apply to the extent the Underlying ETFs in which the Fund invests hold
securities of large-, mid- and small-capitalization companies.
◦Large-Capitalization
Investing. The
securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared
to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of
economic expansion. Large-capitalization companies may also be unable to respond
quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and
consumer tastes.
◦Mid-Capitalization
Investing. The
securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse
issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of
large-capitalization companies. The securities of mid-capitalization companies
generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than large capitalization stocks or the stock market
as a whole.
◦Small-Capitalization
Investing.
The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to
adverse issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of
large- or mid-capitalization companies. The securities of small-capitalization
companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than large- or mid-capitalization stocks or the
stock market as a whole. There is typically less publicly available information
concerning smaller-capitalization companies than for larger, more established
companies.
MLP
Risk.
The Fund’s exposure to MLPs held by Underlying ETFs in which the Fund invests
may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional
securities. The value of MLPs and MLP based exchange traded funds and notes may
be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility,
changes in interest rates, or sectors affecting a particular industry or
commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes,
tariffs, and international economic, political and regulatory developments. To
the extent the Underlying ETFs’ investments in MLPs expose the Fund’s portfolio
to the energy sector, such as the oil and gas industries, the Fund may
experience additional risks related to these industries.
Models
and Data Risk.
The composition of the Fund’s portfolio is heavily dependent on proprietary
quantitative models as well as information and data supplied by third parties
(“Models and Data”). When Models and Data prove to be incorrect or incomplete,
any decisions made in reliance thereon may lead to the inclusion or exclusion of
securities from the Fund’s portfolio universe that would have been excluded or
included had the Models and Data been correct and complete.
Non-Diversification
Risk.
Because the Fund is “non-diversified,” it may
invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer
or a smaller number of issuers than if it was a diversified fund. As a result, a
decline in the value of an investment in a single issuer or a smaller number of
issuers could cause the Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than
if the Fund held a more diversified portfolio.
Recent
Market Events Risk.
U.S. and international markets have experienced significant periods of
volatility in recent years and months due to a number of economic, political and
global macro factors including the impact of COVID-19 as a global pandemic,
which has resulted in a public health crisis, disruptions to business operations
and supply chains, stress on the global healthcare system, growth concerns in
the U.S. and overseas, staffing shortages and the inability to meet consumer
demand, and widespread concern and uncertainty. The global recovery from
COVID-19 is proceeding at slower than expected rates due to the emergence of
variant strains and may last for an extended period of time. Continuing
uncertainties regarding interest rates, rising inflation, political events,
rising government debt in the U.S. and trade tensions also contribute to market
volatility. As a result of continuing political tensions and armed conflicts,
including the war between Ukraine and Russia, the U.S. and the European Union
imposed sanctions on certain Russian individuals and companies, including
certain financial institutions, and have limited certain exports and imports to
and from Russia. The war has contributed to recent market volatility and may
continue to do so.
Recently
Organized Fund Risk. The
Fund is a recently organized, non-diversified management investment company with
a limited operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited
track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be
no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable
size.
REIT
Risk.
A REIT is a company that owns or finances income-producing real estate. The Fund
may invest in Underlying ETFs that invest in REITs. Through the Underlying ETFs’
investments in REITs, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in the real
estate market, including decreases in property revenues, increases in interest
rates, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, legal and regulatory
changes, a lack of credit or capital, defaults by borrowers or tenants,
environmental problems and natural disasters. REITs are subject to additional
risks, including those related to adverse governmental actions; declines in
property value and the real estate market; the potential failure to qualify for
tax-free pass through of income; and exemption from registration as an
investment company. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and an
Underlying ETF that invests in REITs will bear a proportionate share of those
expenses, in addition to the expenses of the Underlying ETF.
Sector
Risk. At
times, the Fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a
particular sector or group of industries. The prices of securities of issuers in
a particular sector may be more susceptible to fluctuations due to changes in
economic or business conditions, government regulations, availability of basic
resources or supplies, or other events that affect that industry or sector more
than securities of issuers in other industries and sectors. To the extent that
the Fund increases the relative emphasis of its investments in a particular
industry or sector, the value of Shares may fluctuate in response to events
affecting that industry or sector.
Style
Risk. At
times, the Fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a
particular style, such as value-oriented or growth-oriented stocks. Certain
styles of investing may over time go in and out of favor. To the extent the Fund
favors a particular style that is out of favor, the Fund may underperform other
funds that use different investing styles.
Tracking
Error Risk.
The Fund invests in Underlying ETFs that seek to track various indices. Although
an Underlying ETF may seek to match the returns of an index, the Underlying
ETF’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the
return of its applicable index due to differences in securing holdings,
operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, operational inefficiencies
and tax considerations.
Underlying ETFs
Risks. The Fund will incur higher and duplicative
expenses because it invests in Underlying ETFs. There is also the risk that the
Fund may suffer losses due to the investment practices of the Underlying ETFs.
The Fund will be subject to substantially the same risks as those associated
with the direct ownership of securities held by the Underlying ETFs.
Additionally, Underlying ETFs are also subject to the “ETF Risks” described
above.
Performance
The following
performance information for the Fund provides some indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s
performance for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021. The table illustrates
how the Fund’s average annual returns for the 1-year and since inception periods
compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the
future. Updated performance information is available on the
Fund’s website at euclidetfs.com.
Calendar Year Ended December
31,
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return
was 8.81% for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and the
lowest quarterly return was
-4.11% for the quarter ended September 30,
2021.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Periods Ended December 31, 2021
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1
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Since
Inception
(12/31/2020) |
Return Before
Taxes |
7.61% |
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7.61% |
Return After Taxes on
Distributions |
7.18% |
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7.18% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Fund Shares |
4.76% |
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4.76% |
S&P
500® Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes) |
28.71% |
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28.71% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above 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. After-tax
returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through
tax-deferred arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or
other tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Toroso
Investments, LLC (“Toroso” or the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Investment
Sub-Adviser
Euclid
Investment Advisory, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as investment sub-adviser to
the Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
Michael
Venuto, Chief Investment Officer for the Adviser, has been a portfolio manager
of the Fund since its inception in 2020.
Charles
A. Ragauss, CFA, Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, has been a portfolio manager
of the Fund since its inception in 2020.
William
H. Hoover, MA, Principal for the Sub-Adviser, has been a portfolio manager of
the Fund since its inception in 2020.
Frederic
M. Smoak, CFA, MBA, Principal for the Sub-Adviser, has been a portfolio manager
of the Fund since its inception in 2020.
John
Creekmur, CFP, MBA, Principal for the Sub-Adviser, has been a portfolio manager
of the Fund since its inception in 2020.
Purchase
and Sale of Shares
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 (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a designated amount of U.S.
cash.
Shares
are listed on a national securities exchange, such as 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).
An
investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Shares (the “bid” price) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (the “ask” price) when
buying or selling Shares in the secondary market. This difference in bid and ask
prices is often referred to as the “bid-ask spread.”
Recent
information regarding the Fund’s NAV, market price, how often Shares traded on
the Exchange at a premium or discount, and bid-ask spreads can be found on the
Fund’s website at www.euclidetfs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable to shareholders as ordinary income,
qualified dividend income, qualified REIT dividend income or capital gains (or a
combination), unless an 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.
Financial
Intermediary Compensation
If
you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary
(such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, or their
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 salesperson to recommend
the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in
increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s
website for more information.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND
Investment
Objective
The
Fund seeks capital appreciation.
An
investment objective is fundamental if it cannot be changed without the consent
of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares. The Fund’s investment
objective has not been adopted as a fundamental investment policy and therefore
may be changed without the consent of the Fund’s shareholders upon approval by
the Tidal ETF Trust’s (the “Trust”) Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and 60 days’
written notice to shareholders.
Principal
Investment Strategies
The
following information is in addition to, and should be read along with, the
description of the Fund’s principal investment strategies in the section titled
“Fund Summary—Principal Investment Strategies” above.
To
achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser invests the Fund’s assets
primarily in shares of Underlying ETFs.
Section
12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts investments by investment companies in the
securities of other investment companies, including Underlying ETFs. The Fund
may rely on Section 12(d)(1)(F) and Rule 12d1-3 of the 1940 Act, which provide
an exemption from Section 12(d)(1) that allows the Fund to invest all of its
assets in other registered funds, including ETFs, if, among other conditions:
(1) the Fund, together with its affiliates, acquires no more than three percent
of the outstanding voting stock of any acquired fund; and (2) the sales load
charged on Shares is no greater than the limits set forth in Rule 2830 of the
Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. The Fund may
also rely on Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act, which provides an exemption from
Section 12(d)(1) that allows the Fund to invest all of its assets in other
registered funds, including ETFs, if the Fund satisfies certain conditions
specified in the Rule, including, among other conditions, that the Fund and its
advisory group will not control (individually or in the aggregate) an acquired
fund (e.g., hold more than 25% of the outstanding voting securities of an
acquired fund that is a registered open-end management investment company).
Additionally, the Fund may rely on exemptive relief issued by the SEC to other
registered funds, including ETFs, to invest in such other funds in excess of the
limits of Section 12(d)(1) if the Fund complies with the terms and conditions of
such exemptive relief.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
The
principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with those of other funds. Each risk
summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund,
regardless of the order in which they appear. As with any investment, there is a
risk that you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. Some
or all of these risks may adversely affect the Fund’s NAV per share, trading
price, yield, total return and/or ability to meet its investment objective. The
following risks could affect the value of your investment in the Fund:
Asset
Allocation Risk. The
Fund may favor an asset class or investment style that performs poorly relative
to other asset classes and investment styles for short or long periods of time.
Additionally, because the Fund may weight certain asset classes or investment
styles at zero, the Fund may miss positive changes in an asset class’ or
investment style’s performance and fail to capture upside performance for an
asset class or investment style.
Emerging
Markets Risk.
The Fund may invest in Underlying ETFs that invest in securities issued by
companies domiciled or headquartered in emerging market nations. Investments in
securities and instruments traded in developing or emerging markets, or that
provide exposure to such securities or markets, can involve additional risks
relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions not associated with
investments in U.S. securities and instruments. For example, developing and
emerging markets may be subject to (i) greater market volatility, (ii) lower
trading volume and liquidity, (iii) greater social, political and economic
uncertainty, (iv) governmental controls on foreign investments and limitations
on repatriation of invested capital, (v) lower disclosure, corporate governance,
auditing and financial reporting standards, (vi) fewer protections of property
rights, (vii) restrictions on the transfer of securities or currency, and (viii)
settlement and trading practices that differ from those in U.S. markets. Each of
these factors may impact the ability of the Fund to buy, sell or otherwise
transfer securities, adversely affect the trading market and price for Fund
Shares and cause the Fund to decline in value.
Equity
Market Risk. The
Fund invests in Underlying ETFs that hold equity securities. Common stocks 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.
Common stock, or common stock equivalents are generally exposed to greater risk
than other types of securities, such as preferred stocks and debt obligations,
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. Securities in an Underlying ETF’s portfolio may underperform in
comparison to securities in the general securities markets, a particular
financial market, or other asset classes, due to a number of factors, including
inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for
particular products or resources, natural disasters or events, pandemic
diseases, terrorism, regulatory events, or government controls.
ETF
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.
◦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 bid-ask
spread. The bid-ask spread varies over time for Shares based on trading volume
and market liquidity, and 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 the 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 the 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 the
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 Adviser believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price
discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage
opportunities.
◦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.
Fixed
Income Securities Risk.
The Fund may invest in Underlying ETFs that invest in fixed income securities.
The prices of fixed income securities may be affected by changes in interest
rates, the creditworthiness and financial strength of the issuer and other
factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of
existing fixed income securities to fall and often has a greater impact on
longer-duration and/or higher quality fixed income securities. Falling interest
rates will cause an Underlying ETF to reinvest the proceeds of fixed income
securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates and may
also reduce such Underlying ETF’s distributable income because interest payments
on floating rate fixed income instruments held by the Underlying ETF will
decline. The Fund could lose money on indirect investments in fixed income
securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make
interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. If an issuer
seeks to restructure the terms of its borrowings or the Underlying ETF is
required to
seek
recovery upon a default in the payment of interest or the repayment of
principal, the Underlying ETF may incur additional expenses. Changes in an
issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the
credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt
securities. The Underlying ETF’s investment adviser’s credit analysis may fail
to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a fixed income security
at an inopportune time or failing to sell a fixed income security in advance of
a price decline or other credit event.
Foreign
Securities Risks.
These risks apply to foreign securities held by Underlying ETFs in which the
Fund invests. Certain foreign countries may impose exchange control regulations,
restrictions on repatriation of profit on investments or of capital invested,
local taxes on investments, and restrictions on the ability of issuers of
non-U.S. securities to make payments of principal and interest to investors
located outside the country, whether from currency blockage or otherwise. In
addition, the Fund will be subject to risks associated with adverse political
and economic developments in foreign countries, including seizure or
nationalization of foreign deposits, the imposition of economic sanctions,
different legal systems and laws relating to bankruptcy and creditors’ rights
and the potential inability to enforce legal judgments, all of which could cause
the Fund to lose money on its investments in non-U.S. securities. The cost of
servicing external debt will also generally be adversely affected by rising
international interest rates, as many external debt obligations bear interest at
rates which are adjusted based upon international interest rates. Because
non-U.S. securities may trade on days when Shares are not priced, NAV may change
at times when Shares cannot be sold.
Foreign
banks and securities depositories at which the Fund holds its foreign securities
and cash may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business and
may be subject to only limited or no regulatory oversight. Additionally, many
foreign governments do not supervise and regulate stock exchanges, brokers, and
the sale of securities to the same extent as does the United States and may not
have laws to protect investors that are comparable to U.S. securities laws.
Settlement and clearance procedures in certain foreign markets may result in
delays in payment for or delivery of securities not typically associated with
settlement and clearance of U.S. investments.
In
recent years, the European financial markets have experienced volatility and
adverse trends due to concerns about economic downturns in, or rising government
debt levels of, several European countries. These events may spread to other
countries in Europe, including countries that do not use the Euro. These events
may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Fund’s
investments.
General
Market Risk.
Securities markets and individual securities may increase or decrease in value.
Security prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response
to market or economic news and conditions, and securities markets also tend to
move in cycles. If there is a general decline in the securities markets, it is
possible your investment may lose value regardless of the individual results of
the companies in which the Fund invests. The magnitude of up and down price or
market fluctuations over time is sometimes referred to as “volatility”, and it
can be significant. In addition, different asset classes and geographic markets
may experience periods of significant correlation with each other. As a result
of this correlation, the securities and markets in which the Fund invests may
experience volatility due to market, economic, political or social events and
conditions that may not readily appear to directly relate to such securities,
the securities’ issuer or the markets in which they trade.
High
Portfolio Turnover Risk.
The Fund may actively and frequently trade all or a significant portion of the
securities in its portfolio. A high portfolio turnover rate increases
transaction costs, which may increase the Fund’s expenses. Frequent trading may
also cause adverse tax consequences for investors in the Fund due to an increase
in short-term capital gains.
Management
Risk.
The
Fund is actively-managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the
Sub-Adviser’s success or failure to implement investment strategies for the
Fund.
Market
Capitalization Risk. These
risks apply to the extent the Underlying ETFs in which the Fund invests hold
securities of large-, mid-cap and small-capitalization companies.
◦Large-Capitalization
Investing. The
securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared
to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of
economic expansion. Large-capitalization companies may also be unable to respond
quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and
consumer tastes.
◦Mid-Capitalization
Investing. The
securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse
issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of
large-capitalization companies. The securities of mid-capitalization companies
generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than large capitalization stocks or the stock market
as a whole.
◦Small-Capitalization
Investing.
The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to
adverse issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of
large- or mid-capitalization companies. The securities of small-capitalization
companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than large- or mid-capitalization stocks or the
stock market as a whole. There is typically less publicly available information
concerning smaller-capitalization companies than for larger, more established
companies.
MLP
Risk.
The Fund’s exposure to MLPs held by Underlying ETFs in which the Fund invests
may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional
securities. The value of MLPs and MLP based exchange traded funds and notes may
be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility,
changes in interest rates, or sectors affecting a particular industry or
commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes,
tariffs, and international economic, political and regulatory developments. To
the extent the Underlying ETFs’ investments in MLPs expose the Fund’s portfolio
to the energy sector, such as the oil and gas industries, the Fund may
experience additional risks related to these industries.
Models
and Data Risk.
The composition of the Fund’s portfolio is heavily dependent on Models and Data.
When Models and Data prove to be incorrect or incomplete, any decisions made in
reliance thereon may lead to the inclusion or exclusion of securities from the
Fund’s portfolio universe that would have been excluded or included had the
Models and Data been correct and complete.
Non-Diversification
Risk.
Because the Fund is “non-diversified,” it may invest a greater percentage of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
if it was a diversified fund. As a result, a decline in the value of an
investment in a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers could cause the
Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund held a more
diversified portfolio. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and have a
greater impact on the Fund’s performance.
Recent
Market Events Risk.
U.S. and international markets have experienced significant periods of
volatility in recent years and months due to a number of economic, political and
global macro factors including the impact of COVID-19 as a global pandemic and
related public health crisis, growth concerns in the U.S. and overseas,
uncertainties regarding interest rates, rising inflation, trade tensions, and
the threat of tariffs imposed by the U.S. and other countries. In particular,
the global spread of COVID-19 has resulted in disruptions to business operations
and supply chains, stress on the global healthcare system, growth concerns in
the U.S. and overseas, staffing shortages and the inability to meet consumer
demand, and widespread concern and uncertainty. The global recovery from
COVID-19 is proceeding at slower than expected rates due to the emergence of
variant strains and may last for an extended period of time.
Health
crises and related political, social and economic disruptions caused by the
spread of COVID-19 may also exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and
economic risks in certain countries. As a result of continuing political
tensions and armed conflicts, including the war between Ukraine and Russia, the
U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on certain Russian individuals and
companies, including certain financial institutions, and have limited certain
exports and imports to and from Russia. The war has contributed to recent market
volatility and may continue to do so. These developments, as well as other
events, could result in further market volatility and negatively affect
financial asset prices, the liquidity of certain securities and the normal
operations of securities exchanges and other markets, despite government efforts
to address market disruptions. As a result, the risk environment remains
elevated. The Adviser and the Sub-Adviser 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.
Recently
Organized Fund Risk.
The Fund is a recently organized, non-diversified management investment company
with a limited operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a
limited track record or history on which to base their investment decision.
There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically
viable size.
REIT
Risk.
A REIT is a company that owns or finances income-producing real estate. The Fund
may invest in Underlying ETFs that invest in REITs. Through the Underlying ETFs’
investments in REITs, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in the real
estate market, including decreases in property revenues, increases in interest
rates, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, legal and regulatory
changes, a lack of credit or capital, defaults by borrowers or tenants,
environmental problems and natural disasters.
REITs
are subject to additional risks, including those related to adverse governmental
actions; declines in property value and the real estate market; the potential
failure to qualify for tax-free pass through of income; and exemption from
registration as an investment company. REITs are dependent upon specialized
management skills and may invest in relatively few properties, a small
geographic area, or a small number of property types. As a result, investments
in REITs may be volatile. To the extent the Underlying ETFs invests in REITs
concentrated in specific geographic areas or property types, the Fund
may
be subject to a greater loss as a result of adverse developments affecting such
area or property types. REITs are pooled investment vehicles with their own fees
and expenses and the Fund through the Underlying ETFs will indirectly bear a
proportionate share of those fees and expenses.
Sector
Risk. At
times, the Fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a
particular sector or group of industries. The prices of securities of issuers in
a particular sector may be more susceptible to fluctuations due to changes in
economic or business conditions, government regulations, availability of basic
resources or supplies, or other events that affect that industry or sector more
than securities of issuers in other industries and sectors. To the extent that
the Fund increases the relative emphasis of its investments in a particular
industry or sector, the value of Shares may fluctuate in response to events
affecting that industry or sector.
Style
Risk. At
times, the Fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a
particular style, such as value-oriented or growth-oriented stocks. Certain
styles of investing may over time go in and out of favor. To the extent the Fund
favors a particular style that is out of favor, the Fund may underperform other
funds that use different investing styles.
Tracking
Error Risk.
The Fund invests in Underlying ETFs that seek to track various indices. Although
an Underlying ETF may seek to match the returns of an index, the Underlying
ETF’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the
return of its applicable index due to differences in securing holdings,
operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, operational inefficiencies
and tax considerations.
Underlying
ETFs Risks.
The assets of the Fund are invested primarily in shares of the Underlying ETFs,
and the investment performance of the Fund is directly related to the investment
performance of the Underlying ETFs in which it invests. The Fund is exposed to
the same risks as the Underlying ETFs. Generally, it is expected that the Fund
will be exposed to the risks of each Underlying ETF in proportion to the Fund’s
holdings of such Underlying ETF. In addition, the Underlying ETFs in which the
Fund invests are subject to additional risks that do not apply to conventional
mutual funds, including the risks that the market price of an Underlying ETF’s
shares may trade at a discount to its NAV per share, an active secondary trading
market may not develop or be maintained, and trading may be halted by, or the
Underlying ETF may be delisted from, the exchange in which it trades, which may
impact the Fund’s ability to sell its Shares. (See “ETF Risks” described above.)
The lack of liquidity in a particular Underlying ETF could result in it being
more volatile than the Underlying ETF’s underlying portfolio of securities.
Underlying ETFs are also subject to the risks of the underlying securities or
sectors the Underlying ETF is designed to track. In addition, there are
brokerage commissions paid in connection with buying or selling Underlying ETF
shares.
Portfolio
Holdings Information
Information
about the Fund’s daily portfolio holdings is available on the Fund’s website at
www.euclidetfs.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”).
Management
Investment
Adviser
Toroso
Investments, LLC, located at 898 N. Broadway, Suite 2, Massapequa, New York
11758, is an SEC-registered investment adviser and a Delaware limited liability
company. Toroso was founded in and has been managing investment companies since
March 2012 and is dedicated to understanding, researching and managing assets
within the expanding ETF universe. As of February 28, 2022, Toroso had assets
under management of approximately $7.7 billion and served as the investment
adviser or sub-adviser for 50 registered funds.
Toroso
serves as investment adviser to the Fund and has overall responsibility for the
general management and administration of the Fund pursuant to an investment
advisory agreement with the Trust, on behalf of the Fund (the “Advisory
Agreement”). The Adviser provides oversight of the Sub-Adviser and review of the
Sub-Adviser’s performance. The Adviser also arranges for sub-advisory, transfer
agency, custody, fund administration, and all other related services necessary
for the Fund to operate.
The
Adviser is also responsible for trading portfolio securities for the Fund,
including selecting broker-dealers to execute purchase and sale transactions.
For the services provided to the Fund, the Fund pays the Adviser a unified
management fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of
0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Under
the Advisory Agreement, in exchange for a single unitary management fee from the
Fund, the Adviser has agreed to pay all expenses incurred by the Fund except for
interest charges on any borrowings, dividends and other expenses on securities
sold short, taxes, brokerage commissions, and other expenses incurred in placing
orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments,
acquired fund fees and expenses, accrued deferred tax liability, extraordinary
expenses,
distribution fees, and expenses paid by the Fund under any distribution plan
adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and the unified management
fee payable to the Adviser (collectively, the “Excluded Expenses”).
Investment
Sub-Adviser
Euclid
Investment Advisory, LLC, 4701 Sangamore Road, N100, Bethesda, Maryland 20816,
serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund pursuant to a sub-advisory
agreement between the Adviser and Sub-Adviser (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”).
Euclid is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio,
including determining the securities purchased and sold by the Fund, subject to
the supervision of the Adviser and the Board. For its services, Euclid is paid a
fee by the Adviser, which fee is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual
rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
The
Sub-Adviser has agreed to assume the Adviser’s obligation to pay all expenses
incurred by the Fund, except for Excluded Expenses. For assuming the payment
obligations, the Adviser has agreed to pay to the Sub-Adviser the profits, if
any, generated by the Fund’s unified management fee. Expenses incurred by the
Fund and paid by the Sub-Adviser include fees charged by Tidal ETF Services,
LLC, the Fund’s administrator and an affiliate of the Adviser. See the section
of the SAI titled “Administrator” for additional information about the Fund’s
administrator.
A
discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the Fund’s Advisory
Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement is available in the Fund’s semi-annual
report to shareholders dated May 31, 2021.
Portfolio
Managers
The
following individuals (each, a “Portfolio Manager”) have each served as a
portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2020. Messrs. Hoover,
Smoak, and Creekmur are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund, and Messrs. Venuto and Ragauss oversee trading and execution for the
Fund.
Michael
Venuto, Chief Investment Officer for the Adviser
Mr.
Venuto is a co-founder and has been the Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser
since 2012. Mr. Venuto is an ETF industry veteran with over a decade of
experience in the design and implementation of ETF-based investment strategies.
Previously, he was Head of Investments at Global X Funds where he provided
portfolio optimization services to institutional clients. Before that, he was
Senior Vice President at Horizon Kinetics where his responsibilities included
new business development, investment strategy and client and strategic
initiatives.
Charles
A. Ragauss, CFA, Portfolio Manager for the Adviser
Mr.
Ragauss serves as Portfolio Manager of the Adviser, having joined the Adviser in
September 2020. Mr. Ragauss previously served as Chief Operating Officer and in
other roles at CSat Investment Advisory, L.P. from April 2016 to September 2020.
Previously, Mr. Ragauss was Assistant Vice President at Huntington National Bank
(“Huntington”), where he was Product Manager for the Huntington Funds and
Huntington Strategy Shares ETFs, a combined fund complex of almost $4 billion in
assets under management. At Huntington, he led ETF development bringing to
market some of the first actively managed ETFs. Mr. Ragauss joined Huntington in
2010. Mr. Ragauss attended Grand Valley State University where he received his
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and International Business, as
well as a minor in French. He is a member of both the National and West Michigan
CFA societies and holds the CFA designation.
William
H. Hoover, MA, Principal at the Sub-Adviser
Mr.
Hoover has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2020. Mr.
Hoover joined the Sub-Adviser in 2014, after serving as President of AMS Group,
an investment management sales and advisory firm focusing on separate accounts
and mutual funds. Mr. Hoover started his career as a fixed income trader for
Euro Brokers/Maxcor Financial Group, and headed several statewide trust
organizations, including Chase Manhattan Bank and Midlantic National Bank and
Trust of Florida. Mr. Hoover also previously headed the private banking sales
and service effort for Fleet Boston Financials’ Quick & Reilly Brokerage
firm where he was responsible for the wholesaling effort for investment
management, private banking, and fiduciary services to the client base of the
firm. Mr. Hoover is a graduate of Emory University, where he earned both a B.A.
and M.A. in economic history.
Frederic
M. Smoak, CFA, MBA, Principal at the Sub-Adviser
Mr.
Smoak has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2020. Mr.
Smoak has served as Principal, Client Advisor and Portfolio Manager for the
Sub-Adviser since 2005. Prior to joining the Sub-Adviser, he was a portfolio
manager at American Security Bank in Washington, D.C. Mr. Smoak earned an MBA
from American University and a degree in psychology from Emory University, and
he also holds the CFA designation.
John
Creekmur, CFP, MBA, Principal at the Sub-Adviser
Mr.
Creekmur has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2020.
Mr. Creekmur joined the Sub-Adviser in 2020. He founded Creekmur Wealth Advisors
in 1995 and continues to serve as President and Senior Financial Advisor of that
firm. Mr. Creekmur received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from
Cedarville University and has passed the Series 7, 63, and 65 securities
examinations. He also holds an MBA degree and the Certified Financial Planner
(CFP®)
designation.
CFA®
is a registered trademark owned by the CFA Institute.
The
Fund’s SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Managers’
compensation structure, other accounts that a Portfolio Manager manages, and the
Portfolio Managers’ ownership of Shares.
How
to Buy and Sell Shares
The
Fund issues and redeems Shares only in Creation Units at the NAV per share next
determined after receipt of an order from an AP. 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.
Individual 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 spread between the
bid and the offer price in the secondary market on each leg of a round trip
(purchase and sale) transaction. 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.
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 Adviser reserve the right to reject any purchase order at any
time.
Determination
of Net Asset Value
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 for the Fund is calculated by dividing
the Fund’s net assets by its Shares outstanding.
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 at fair value estimates under guidelines established by the Board (as
described below).
Fair
Value Pricing
The
Board 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 delisted
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, the Fund 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 included in the Board-adopted valuation procedures. Due to
the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no
assurance that the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser will be able to obtain the fair
value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security.
Investments
by Other Registered Investment Companies in the Fund
Section 12(d)(1)
of the 1940 Act restricts investments by registered investment companies in the
securities of other investment companies, including Shares. Because the Fund
primarily invests in other ETFs, other investment companies are generally not
permitted to invest in the Fund beyond the limits of Section
12(d)(1).
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 and interest income, if any, annually, and
distribute any net realized capital gains to its shareholders at least annually.
The Fund will declare and pay income and capital gain distributions, if any, 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.
The
Fund intends to qualify each year for treatment as a regulated investment
company (a “RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 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 plan, 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 (institutional
investors only).
The
following general discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences is
based on provisions of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder as in
effect on the date of this Prospectus. New legislation, as well as
administrative changes or court decisions, may significantly change the
conclusions expressed herein, and may have a retroactive effect with respect to
the transactions contemplated herein.
Taxes
on Distributions
For
federal income tax purposes, distributions of net investment income are
generally taxable to shareholders as ordinary income or qualified dividend
income. Taxes on distributions of net 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 their 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 to shareholders.
Distributions of short-term capital gain will generally be taxable to
shareholders 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 certain 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 receives 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. 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.
Dividends received, directly or indirectly, by the Fund from a REIT generally
may be treated as qualified dividend income only to the extent so reported by
such REIT.
Shortly
after the close of each calendar year, you will be informed of the character of
any distributions received from the Fund.
In
addition to the federal income tax, certain individuals, trusts, and estates may
be subject to a Net Investment Income (“NII”) tax of 3.8%. The NII tax is
imposed on the lesser of: (i) a taxpayer’s investment income, net of deductions
properly allocable to such income; or (ii) the amount by which such 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). The Fund’s distributions are
includable in a shareholder’s investment income for purposes of this NII
tax. In addition, any capital gain realized by a shareholder upon a sale
or redemption of Fund shares is includable in such shareholder’s investment
income for purposes of this NII tax.
In
general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax for the year in
which they are paid. Certain distributions paid in January, 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).
You
may wish to avoid investing in the Fund shortly before a dividend or other
distribution, because such a distribution will generally be taxable to you even
though it may economically represent a return of a portion of your
investment.
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. 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.
Under
the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), the Fund may be required to
withhold a generally nonrefundable 30% tax on (i) distributions of investment
company taxable income and (ii) distributions of net capital gain and the gross
proceeds of a sale or redemption of Fund shares paid to (A) certain “foreign
financial institutions” unless such foreign financial institution agrees to
verify, monitor, and report to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) the identity
of certain of its account-holders, among other items (or unless such entity is
otherwise deemed compliant under the terms of an intergovernmental agreement
between the United States and the foreign financial institution’s country of
residence), and (B) certain “non-financial foreign entities” unless such entity
certifies to the Fund that it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or
provides the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each
substantial U.S. owner, among other items. In December 2018, the IRS and
Treasury Department released proposed Treasury Regulations that would eliminate
FATCA withholding on Fund distributions of net capital gain and the gross
proceeds from a sale or redemption of Fund shares. Although taxpayers are
entitled to rely on these proposed Treasury Regulations until final Treasury
Regulations are issued, these proposed Treasury Regulations have not been
finalized, may not be finalized in their proposed form, and are potentially
subject to change. This FATCA withholding tax could also affect the Fund’s
return on its investments in foreign securities or affect a shareholder’s return
if the shareholder holds its Fund shares through a foreign intermediary. You are
urged to consult
your
tax adviser regarding the application of this FATCA withholding tax to your
investment in the Fund and the potential certification, compliance, due
diligence, reporting, and withholding obligations to which you may become
subject in order to avoid this withholding tax.
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 of the taxable distributions and sale or redemption 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 they are not subject to such withholding.
Taxes
When Shares are Sold on the Exchange
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. Any loss realized on a sale will be
disallowed to the extent Shares are acquired, including through reinvestment of
dividends, within a 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days
after the sale of substantially identical Shares.
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 IRS 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 their holdings) or on the basis
that there has been no significant change in economic position. Persons
exchanging securities should consult their own tax advisor with respect to
whether wash sale rules apply and when a loss might be deductible.
Any
capital gain or loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally
treated as long-term capital gain or loss if Shares comprising the Creation
Units have been held for more than one year and as a short-term capital gain or
loss if such Shares have been held for one year or less.
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 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.
Foreign
Investments by the Fund
Interest
and other income received by the Fund, directly or indirectly, with respect to
foreign securities may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by
foreign countries. Tax treaties or conventions between certain countries and the
United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes. If the Fund meets the
definition of a “qualified fund of funds” under Code Section 852 the Fund may be
eligible to elect to “pass through” to investors the amount of certain
qualifying foreign income and similar taxes paid by the Fund or other regulated
investment companies held by the Fund during a taxable year. The Fund will
generally be treated as a qualified fund of funds if at least 50% of the value
of the Fund’s total assets (at the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable
year) is represented by interests in other RICs. If the Fund makes this
election, this means that investors would be considered to have received as
additional income their respective shares of such foreign taxes, but may be
entitled to either a corresponding tax deduction in calculating taxable income,
or, subject to certain limitations, a credit in calculating federal income tax.
If the Fund does not so elect, the Fund will be entitled to claim a deduction
for certain foreign taxes incurred by the Fund. The Fund (or its administrative
agent) will notify you if it makes such an election and provide you with the
information necessary to reflect foreign taxes paid on your income tax
return.
Taxation
of REIT Investments
In
general, qualified REIT dividends that an investor receives directly from a REIT
are automatically eligible for the 20% qualified business income deduction. The
IRS has issued final Treasury Regulations that permit a dividend or part of a
dividend paid by a RIC and reported as a “section 199A dividend” to be treated
by the recipient as a qualified REIT dividend for purposes of the 20% qualified
business income deduction, if certain holding period and other requirements have
been
satisfied
by the recipient with respect to its Fund shares. Although the Fund does not
anticipate investing directly in REITs, the Fund may invest in Underlying ETFs
that invest in REITs. The final Treasury Regulations do not extend such conduit
treatment to qualified publicly traded partnership income, as defined under
Section 199A of the Code, earned by a RIC. Therefore, non-corporate shareholders
may not include any qualified publicly traded partnership income earned through
a Fund in their qualified business income deduction. The IRS and Treasury
Department are continuing to evaluate whether it is appropriate to provide such
conduit treatment.
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 foreign, 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
Foreside
Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”), the Fund’s distributor, 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 Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine
04101.
The
Board has adopted a Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule
12b-1 under the 1940 Act. In accordance with the Plan, the Fund is authorized to
pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year
to
pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of its Shares.
No
Rule 12b-1 fees are currently paid by the Fund, and there are no plans to impose
these fees. However, in the event Rule 12b-1 fees are charged in the future,
because the fees are paid out of Fund assets on an ongoing basis, over time
these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than
certain other types of sales charges.
Premium/Discount
Information
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 of the Fund can be found on the
Fund’s website at www.euclidetfs.com.
Additional
Notices
Shares
are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by the Exchange. The Exchange is not
responsible for, nor has it participated in the determination of, the timing,
prices, or quantities of Shares to be issued, nor in the determination or
calculation of the equation by which Shares are redeemable. The Exchange has no
obligation or liability to owners of Shares in connection with the
administration, marketing, or trading of Shares.
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
Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and the Fund make no representation or warranty,
express or implied, to the owners of Shares or any member of the public
regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund
particularly.
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
The
Financial Highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s
financial performance for the fiscal period shown. Certain information reflects
financial results for a single Fund share. The total return in the table
represents the rate that an investor would have earned on an investment in the
Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This
information has been audited by Tait, Weller & Baker LLP, the Fund’s
independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the
Fund’s financial statements, is included in the Fund’s annual report, which is
available upon request.
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS For a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
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Period
Ended
November
30,
2021
(1) |
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Net
asset value, beginning of period |
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$ |
25.00 |
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Income
from Investment Operations: |
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Net
investment income (loss)
(2) |
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0.20 |
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Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
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1.48 |
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Total
from investment operations |
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1.68 |
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Less
Distributions: |
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From
net investment income |
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— |
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Total
distributions |
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— |
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Net
asset value, end of period |
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$ |
26.68 |
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Total
return (3)
(4) |
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6.73 |
% |
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Ratios
/ Supplemental Data: |
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Net
assets, end of period/year (millions) |
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$ |
39.0 |
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Portfolio
turnover rate (3) |
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591 |
% |
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Ratio
of expenses to average net assets (5) |
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0.65 |
% |
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Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (5) |
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0.82 |
% |
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(1)
The Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2020. The information
presented is from December 31, 2020 to November 30,
2021. |
(2)
Calculated using average shares outstanding method. |
(3)
Not annualized. |
(4)
The total return is based on the Fund’s net asset value.
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(5)
Annualized. |
Euclid
Capital Growth ETF
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Adviser |
Toroso
Investments, LLC
898
N. Broadway, Suite 2
Massapequa,
New York 11758 |
Administrator |
Tidal
ETF Services LLC
898
N. Broadway, Suite 2
Massapequa,
New York 11758 |
Sub-Adviser |
Euclid
Investment Advisory, LLC
4701
Sangamore Road, N100
Bethesda,
Maryland 20816 |
Distributor |
Foreside
Fund Services, LLC
Three
Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland,
Maine 04101 |
Custodian |
U.S.
Bank National Association
1555
N. Rivercenter Dr.
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53212 |
Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Tait,
Weller & Baker LLP
Two
Liberty Place
50
S. 16th
Street
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19102 |
Sub-Administrator,
Fund Accountant, and Transfer Agent |
U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC,
doing
business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services
615
East Michigan Street
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53202 |
Legal
Counsel |
Godfrey
& Kahn, S.C.
833
East Michigan Street, Suite 1800
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53202 |
Investors
may find more information about the Fund in the following documents:
Statement
of Additional Information: The
Fund’s SAI provides additional details about the investments of the Fund and
certain other additional information. A current SAI dated March 30, 2022, as
supplemented from time to time, is on file with the SEC and is herein
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. It is legally considered a part
of this Prospectus.
Annual/Semi-Annual
Reports: Additional
information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s annual and
semi-annual reports to shareholders. In the annual report you will find a
discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly
affected the Fund’s performance during the 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 Euclid Capital Growth
ETF, c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53201-0701 or calling 833-340-7099.
Shareholder
reports, the Fund’s current Prospectus and SAI and other information about the
Fund are also available:
•Free
of charge from the SEC’s EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at
http://www.sec.gov; or
•Free
of charge from the Fund’s Internet website at euclidetfs.com; or
(SEC
Investment Company Act File No. 811-23377)