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Inspire Fidelis Multi Factor ETF
FDLS

 

a series of Northern Lights Fund Trust IV

 

SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
August 18, 2022

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated August 18, 2022, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can obtain these documents and other information about the Fund online at www.inspireetf.com/fund-documents/. You can also obtain these documents at no cost by calling 877.658.9473 or by sending an email request to OrderInspireETFs@UltimusFundSolutions.com. Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on NYSE Arca (the “Exchange”).

 

 

Investment Objective: The Inspire Fidelis Multi Factor ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to replicate investment results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the WI Fidelis Multi-Cap, Multi-Factor Index (the “Index”).

 

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

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year
as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Management Fees 0.45%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees None
Other Expenses(1) 0.40%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.85%
(1)Estimated for the current fiscal year.

 

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 sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year 3 Years
$87 $271

 

Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund has had no turnover as it first commenced operations on the date of this prospectus.

 

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Principal Investment Strategies: The Fund generally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that meet the following criteria (the “Multi Factor” criteria) that are the components of the Index in an attempt to track the Index.

 

The universe of eligible index components consists of common stocks that meet the following “Multi-Factor” criteria :

·have an Inspire Impact Score that is positive (i.e., greater than or equal to zero).
·are listed on a major US stock exchange, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”);
·have market capitalization of $250 million or greater;
·are in the top 60% of stocks for combined value, growth and momentum factors (as described below);
·are not in the bottom 20% of stocks for value, growth or momentum factors individually;
·are not limited partnerships;
·are not companies based in China; and
·are not a manufacturer of military weapons or a medical facility providing access to abortion services.

 

The Inspire Impact Score® is a proprietary selection methodology that is designed to assign a score to a particular security based on the security’s alignment with biblical values and the positive impact the issuing company has on its customers, communities, workforce and the world. The Inspire Impact Score® methodology removes from the investment universe the securities of any company that has any degree of participation in the following activities or products that do not align with biblical values, which removes them from the eligible investment universe of securities of potential Fund investments. Software is used that analyzes publicly available data relating to the primary business activities, products and services, philanthropy, legal activities, policies and practices when assigning Inspire Impact Scores® to a company. Inspire Investing, LLC, the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), selects domestic equity securities, including ADRs, from a global universe of publicly traded equity securities of companies with a market capitalization of $250 million or greater which have an Inspire Impact Score® of zero or higher. A score of zero is assigned to companies where no information is available about their participation in the following activities or products:

·Abortifacients - Company produces abortifacient drugs. This category includes all pharmaceuticals used to terminate a pregnancy anytime from the moment of conception onward, including those labeled as “contraceptives” but which may cause a fertilized egg to be destroyed.
·Abortion Philanthropy - Corporate guided philanthropy to organizations that advocate for or provide abortions (excludes employee matching programs.)
·Abortion Legislation - Corporate sponsored political, legal or other activism that advocates for or provides abortions.
·Abortion Procedures - Company offers abortion procedures as a service.
·Alcohol - Company produces or specifically distributes alcoholic beverages.
·Cannabis Retail THC – Company produces or distributes retail cannabis products containing THC, which is the psychoactive component of cannabis.
·Cannabis Cultivation/Processing – Company cultivates or processes cannabis for retail or wholesale distribution.
·Embryonic Stem Cell Research — Company is engaged directly or indirectly in embryonic stem cell research. This category includes companies which perform research on or produce products using embryonic stem cells, companies which provide embryonic stem cells, companies which provide embryonic stem cells to other entities and companies which utilize propagated stem cell lines which originally derived from embryonic stem cells.
·Gambling - Company generates revenue from gambling. This category includes the operation of casinos or other gambling facilities, as well as manufacturing gambling machinery and or other gambling specific equipment.
·Human Rights – Company has exploitative labor practices, working conditions or partnerships with exploitative supply partners, including unjust governmental entities and regimes.
·In Vitro Fertilization—Company offers In Vitro Fertilization services or manufactures equipment to aid in procedures.
·LGBT Legislation - Corporate sponsored legal, political or other activism that advocates for the promotion and acceptance of the LGBT lifestyle.
·LGBT Philanthropy - Corporate guided philanthropy to organizations that advocate for the promotion and acceptance of the LGBT lifestyle (excludes employee match programs).
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·LGBT Promotion – Company provides products or services designed specifically for the promotion and acceptance of the LGBT lifestyle, or otherwise uses corporate influence for the promotion and acceptance of the LGBT lifestyle.
·Pornography - Company produces or distributes pornography. This category includes all media types, such as film, print and online. Also included are companies that produce AO (Adult Only) rated video games which contain pornographic content.
·State Owned Enterprise — Company is owned and controlled by a Nation State or government that is a known human rights violator, including situations where the State has veto power, or a “golden share” is owned by the State or State controlled agency.
·Tobacco - Company derives revenue from growing, manufacture or distribution of tobacco products.

 

The methodology then assigns a positive score based on the company’s track record of acting in alignment with biblical values across the following categories:

·Corporate Governance - Company exhibits above average Corporate Governance performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers ownership structure, voting, proxy procedures, board structure and tenure, ethical business practices and executive compensation.
·Data Security & Privacy - Company exhibits above average Data Security & Privacy performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers data and privacy policies and practices related to the corporation and customer data.
·Environmental Stewardship - Company exhibits above average Environmental stewardship performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers impacts on the atmosphere, land and water including carbon emissions, deforestation, biodiversity, waste water, water pollution and other environmental stewardship issues.
·Innovation - Company exhibits above average Innovation performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers quality and innovation throughout all aspects of product development and distribution, including R&D, packaging and disposal.
·Labor Practices - Company exhibits above average Labor Practices performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers compliance with fair labor standards for union and non-union employees, including employee retention, education, training, health, safety, compensation, benefits, diversity and mentoring programs.
·Marketing Ethics - Company exhibits above average Marketing Ethics performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers honest and appropriate communications and marketing channels, transparent product labeling and social impact of marketing efforts.
·Political Action - Company exhibits above average Political Action performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers lobbying practices, attempts at regulatory capture and undue political influence such that undermines the government’s ability to serve the public interest.
·Renewable Energy - Company exhibits above average Renewable Energy performance relative to its industry peer group for the production and/or use of renewable, sustainable energy.
·Social Impact - Company exhibits above average Social Impact performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers a company’s overall impact on their communities, positive human rights behaviors, philanthropy and charity.
·Supply Chain - Company exhibits above average Supply Chain performance relative to its industry peer group. This category considers a company’s overall governance of their supply chain, including social and environmental impacts and ensuring proper compliance with international human rights standards.

 

After selecting the index universe, Wallick Investments, LLC (the “Index Provider”) uses a proprietary ranking system to provide each common stock with an overall Fidelis Multi-Factor Score (“Fidelis Multi-Factor Score”). The Index Provider’s Fidelis Multi-Factor Score ranks securities based on their exposure to traditional factors: quality, value and momentum. Quality also includes a Christian values component and the value factor includes a dividend and low volatility component. Quality refers to a company’s profitability, financial health and potential for economic growth. Value refers to a company’s dividend yield, price to sale ratio, price to earnings ratio, price to book value, price to cash flow ratio and volatility in relation to the market. Momentum refers to whether a company is showing an upward price trend.

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The Index is composed of 100 constituents. The Index Provider selects the 40 companies with the highest Fidelis Multi-Factor Score for the Index. The Index Provider then chooses the remaining 60 constituents of the Index by adding the companies from each sector with the highest Fidelis Multi-Factor Score in accordance with the Index’s target sector weightings. The Index is weighted to permit significant exposure, up to 27% in the information technology sector. If necessary, due to restrictions that may eliminate a company in the top 40, the Index Provider will select the next highest scoring stocks until a total of 40 have been selected. Next, the Index Provider selects the highest-ranking stocks within each sector, to complete the needed weightings. The process is repeated for each sector. The Index Provider then assigns each of the final 100 Index constituents an equal weight of 1%. If the resulting Index has weightings to international stocks greater than 35%, the Index Provider makes an adjustment to keep the weighting at or below 35%. When a common stock within the Index is no longer available due to a corporate action or its Inspire Impact Score drops below zero, the stock will be replaced.

 

The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis. Deletions from the Index may be made at any time due to changes in business, mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, suspensions, de-listings and spin-offs. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Weightings will be changed between rebalances based on market movements.

 

The Fund employs a “passive management” investment strategy in seeking to achieve its investment objective. The Adviser generally will use a replication methodology, meaning it will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to the weightings in the Index. However, the Adviser may utilize a representative sampling methodology under various circumstances, including when it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the Index. Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable index. The Fund will not concentrate in any particular industry.

 

The Index Provider is not affiliated with the Fund or the Adviser. The Index Provider developed the methodology for determining the securities to be included in the Index and is responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the Index. The Index is calculated by Solactive AG, which is not affiliated with the Fund or the Adviser.

 

Principal Investment Risks: As with all funds, there is a risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset value and performance.

 

The following describes the risks the Fund bears with respect to its investments. As with any fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal.

 

Asset Class Risk. Securities in the Index or in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes.

 

Authorized Participant Risk. Only an Authorized Participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as Authorized Participants on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants). To the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units, Fund shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and possibly face trading halts or delisting. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for ETFs that invest in non-U.S. securities or other securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes.

 

Biblically Responsible Investment Risk. The Fund invests its assets in securities with an Inspire Impact Score® of zero or higher. As a result of its strategy, the Fund’s exclusion of securities of certain issuers for nonfinancial reasons may cause the Fund to forgo some market opportunities available to funds that do not use these criteria. This could be due to biblically responsible companies falling out of favor with investors or failing to perform as well as companies that do not receive a favorable Inspire Impact Score®. The Fund uses data provided by third parties in assessing an Inspire Impact Score®. The amount and accuracy of publicly available data varies from company to company

 

Depositary Receipt Risk. Depositary Receipts are generally subject to the same sort of risks as direct investments in a foreign country, such as, currency risk, political and economic risk, and market risk, because their values depend on the performance of a foreign security denominated in its home currency.

 

Early Close/Trading Halt Risk. An exchange or market may close or impose a market trading halt or issue trading halts on specific securities, or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted, which may prevent the Fund from buying or selling certain securities or financial instruments. In these circumstances, the Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and may incur substantial trading losses.

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Equity Securities Risk. Fluctuations in the value of equity securities held by the Fund will cause the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund and the price of its shares (“Shares”) to fluctuate.

·Common Stock Risk. Common stock of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments. Common stock will be subject to greater dividend risk than preferred stocks or debt instruments of the same issuer. In addition, common stocks have experienced significantly more volatility in returns than other asset classes.
·Preferred Stock Risk. Generally, preferred stockholders (such as the Fund) have no voting rights with respect to the issuing company unless certain events occur. In addition, preferred stock will be subject to greater credit risk than debt instruments of an issuer, and could be subject to interest rate risk like fixed income securities, as described below. An issuer’s board of directors is generally not under any obligation to pay a dividend (even if dividends have accrued), and may suspend payment of dividends on preferred stock at any time. There is also a risk that the issuer of any of the Fund’s holdings will default and fail to make scheduled dividend payments on the preferred stock held by the Fund).

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

·Not Individually Redeemable. Shares are not individually redeemable to retail investors and may be redeemed only by the ETF only to Authorized Participants at NAV in large blocks known as “Creation Units.” An Authorized Participant may incur brokerage costs purchasing enough Shares to constitute a Creation Unit.
·Trading Issues. An active trading market for the Shares may not be developed or maintained. Trading in Shares on NYSE Arca (the “Exchange”) may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable, such as extraordinary market volatility. There can be no assurance that Shares will continue to meet the listing requirements of the Exchange, which may result in the trading of the Shares being suspended or the Shares being delisted. An active trading market for the Shares may not be developed or maintained. If the Shares are traded outside a collateralized settlement system, the number of financial institutions that can act as Authorized Participants that can post collateral on an agency basis is limited, which may limit the market for the Shares and lead to a difference in the market price of the Shares and their underlying market value.
·Market Price Variance Risk. The market prices of Shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and demand for Shares and will include a “bid-ask spread” charged by the exchange specialists, market makers or other participants that trade the particular security.
oIn times of market stress, market makers may step away from their role market making in the Shares of ETFs and in executing trades, which can lead to differences between the market value of Shares and an ETF’s NAV.
oThe market price of the Shares may deviate from an ETF’s NAV, particularly during times of market stress, with the result that investors may pay significantly more or significantly less for Shares than an ETF’s NAV, which is reflected in the bid and ask price for Shares or in the closing price.
oWhen all or a portion of an ETFs underlying securities trade in a market that is closed when the market for the Shares is open, there may be changes from the last quote of the closed market and the quote from an ETF’s domestic trading day, which could lead to differences between the market value of the Shares and an ETF’s NAV.
oIn stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of an ETF’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares may, in turn, lead to differences between the market value of the Shares and an ETF’s NAV.

 

Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not be present with investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations or to expropriation, nationalization or adverse political or economic developments. Foreign securities may have relatively low market liquidity and decreased publicly available information about issuers. Investments in non-U.S. securities also may be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject to additional trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. Non-U.S. issuers may also be subject to inconsistent and potentially less stringent accounting, auditing, financial reporting and investor protection standards than U.S. issuers. These and other factors can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially less liquid than other types of investments. In addition, where all or a portion of the Fund’s portfolio holdings trade in markets that are closed when the Fund’s market is open, there may be valuation differences that could lead to differences between the Fund’s market price and the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings.

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Issuer Risk. The performance of the Fund depends on the performance of individual securities to which the Fund has exposure. Changes in the financial condition or credit rating of an issuer of those securities may cause the value of the securities to decline.

 

Large Capitalization Company Risk.  The value of investments in larger companies may not rise as much as smaller companies, or larger companies may be unable to respond quickly to competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes.

 

Limited History of Operations Risk. The Fund is a new ETF with a limited history of operations for investors to evaluate.

 

Market Risk. The increasing interconnectivity between global economies and financial markets increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform due to inflation (or expectations for inflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, natural disasters, climate-change and climate-related events, pandemics, epidemics, terrorism, regulatory events and governmental or quasi-governmental actions. The occurrence of global events similar to those in recent years may result in market volatility and may have long term effects on the U.S. financial market.

 

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

 

Passive Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser will not sell shares of an equity security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that security is otherwise required upon a rebalancing of the Index as addressed in the Index methodology.

 

Sampling Risk. The Fund’s use of a representative sampling approach, if used, could result in its holding a smaller number of securities than are in the Index. As a result, an adverse development with an issuer of securities held by the Fund could result in a greater decline in NAV than would be the case if the Fund held all of the securities in the Index. To the extent the assets in the Fund are smaller, these risks will be greater.

 

Sector Risk. The Fund may have significant exposure to a limited number of issuers conducting business in the same sector or group of sectors. Market conditions, interest rates, and economic, regulatory, or financial developments could significantly affect a single sector or a group of sectors, and the securities of companies in that sector or group of sectors could react similarly to these or other developments.

·Information Technology Sector Risk. Information technology companies face intense competition and potentially rapid product obsolescence.

 

Tracking Error Risk. Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Index. Tracking error may occur because of an imperfect correlation between the Fund’s holdings of portfolio securities and those in the Index, pricing differences, the Fund’s holding of cash, differences on timing of the accrual of dividends, changes to the Index or the need to meet various regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Index does not.

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Performance: Because the Fund has only recently commenced investment operations, no performance information is presented for the Fund at this time. In the future, performance information will be presented in this section of the Prospectus. Also, shareholder reports containing financial and performance information will be mailed to shareholder semi-annually. Updated performance information will be available at no cost by visiting www.inspireetf.com or by calling 877.658.9473.

 

Investment Adviser: Inspire Investing, LLC

 

Portfolio Managers: Darrell Jayroe, CFA®, Chief Investment Officer; Robert Netzly, Chief Executive Officer, and Tim Schwarzenberger, CFA®; have each served the Fund as a portfolio manager since it commenced operations.

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Individual Shares of the Fund may be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through a broker dealer or at market price. Shares are listed for trading on the Exchange and trade at market prices rather than NAV. Shares may trade at a price that is greater than, at, or less than NAV. An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when buying or selling shares in the second market (the “bid-ask spread”). Because the Fund has only recently commenced investment operations, no information on the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts and bid-asks spreads is presented at this time. In the future, this information will be presented in this section of the Prospectus and on the Fund’s website at www.inspireetf.com.

 

Tax Information: The Fund’s distributions generally will be taxable as ordinary income or long-term capital gains. A sale of Shares may result in capital gain or loss.

 

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