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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2014
 
SECURITIES ACT FILE NO. 333-135105
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NO. 811-21910
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
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CLAYMORE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST 2
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
227 WEST MONROE STREET
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(312) 827-0100
Registrant's Telephone Number
 
AMY J. LEE, ESQ.
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC
227 WEST MONROE STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
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DECHERT LLP
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 
 
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Summary Information 
3
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF 
3
Additional Information About the Fund’s Principal Investment 
 
Strategies and Principal Investment Risks 
7
Non-Principal Investment Strategies 
8
Non-Principal Risk Considerations 
8
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings 
10 
Investment Management Services 
10 
Purchase and Redemption of Shares 
11 
How to Buy and Sell Shares 
11 
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions 
14 
Fund Service Providers 
14 
Index Provider 
14 
Disclaimers 
14 
Federal Income Taxation 
15 
Tax-Advantaged Product Structure 
16 
Other Information 
16 
Financial Highlights 
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Summary Information
 
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF (EMRE)
 
 
Investment Objective
 
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the AlphaShares Emerging Markets Real Estate 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 (“Shares”). Investors purchasing Shares in the secondary market may be subject to costs (including customary brokerage commissions) charged by their broker.
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management fees (comprehensive management fee) 
0.65% 
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees 
0.00% 
Other expenses(1) 
0.00% 
Total annual Fund operating expenses 
0.65%  
1. “Other expenses” have been 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 does not take into account brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares.
 
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
 
One Year 
Three Years 
$66 
$262  
 
Portfolio Turnover
 
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance.
 
Principal Investment Strategies
 
The Fund, using a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach, seeks to replicate, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Index is designed to measure and monitor the performance of the investable universe of publicly-traded companies and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) deriving a majority of their revenues from real estate development, management and/or ownership of property in emerging market countries in the Index. As of the date of this prospectus, these countries are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. The Index was created by AlphaShares, LLC (“AlphaShares” or the “Index Provider”) and is maintained by Solactive AG (the “Index Administrator”). The Index includes equity securities of companies of all categories of market capitalizations, as defined by AlphaShares (subject to the minimum capitalization requirements set forth in the Index methodology.
 
A substantial portion of the Index may consist of the securities of Chinese issuers. The Index may include Hong Kong listed securities, including China H-shares (which are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China), Red Chip shares (which are issued by companies with controlling Chinese shareholders that are incorporated outside mainland China), and N-Shares (which are issued by companies based in mainland China and listed on the NYSE Arca or NASDAQ). The Index will not include China A-Shares or China B-Shares, each of which trade on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
 
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks, American depositary receipts (“ADRs”), American depositary shares (“ADSs”), global depositary receipts (“GDRs”) and international depositary receipts (“IDRs”) that comprise the Index and depositary receipts representing common stocks included in the Index (or underlying securities representing the ADRs, ADSs, GDRs and IDRs included in the Index). The Fund has adopted a policy that requires the Fund to provide shareholders with at least 60 days notice prior to any material change in this policy or the Index. The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 2 (the “Trust”) may change the Fund’s investment strategy and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated.
 
 
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The Fund may invest directly in one or more underlying securities represented by the ADRs included in the Index under the following limited circumstances: (a) when market conditions result in the underlying security providing more liquidity than the ADR; (b) when an ADR is trading at a significantly different price than its underlying security; or (c) the timing of trade execution is improved due to the local market in which an underlying security is traded being open at different times than the market in which the security’s corresponding ADR is traded.
 
The Fund generally will invest in all of the securities comprising the Index in proportion to their weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the Index in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of the securities in the Index in proportions expected by the Investment Adviser to replicate generally the performance of the Index as a whole. There may also be instances, such as: (i) regulatory requirements which may affect the Fund’s ability to hold a security included in the Index, (ii) restrictions or requirements in local markets which may render it infeasible or inefficient for the Fund to purchase or sell a security included in the Index or (iii) liquidity concerns that may affect the Fund’s ability to purchase or sell a security included in the Index, in which the Investment Adviser may choose to overweight another security in the Index, or purchase (or sell) securities not in the Index which the Investment Adviser believes are appropriate to substitute for one or more Index components, in seeking to accurately track the Index. In addition, from time to time securities are added to or removed from the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index or purchase securities that are not yet represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from or addition to the Index pursuant to scheduled reconstitutions and rebalancings of the Index. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent the Index is so concentrated. As of the date of this prospectus, the real estate industry of the financial services sector represented a substantial portion of the Index.
 
Principal Investment Risks
 
Investors should consider the following risk factors and special considerations associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause you to lose money. The Fund’s Shares will change in value, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund may not achieve its investment objective. An investment in the Fund has not been guaranteed, sponsored, recommended, or approved by the United States, or any agency, instrumentality or officer of the United States, has not been insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and is not guaranteed by and is not otherwise an obligation of any bank or insured depository institution.
 
Equity Risk. The value of the equity securities held by the Fund may fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities held by the Fund participate, or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of equity securities of an issuer held by the Fund; the price of common stock of an issuer may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the common stocks and other equity securities held by the Fund. In addition, common stock of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition. Common stock is subordinated to preferred stocks, bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure, in terms of priority to corporate income, and therefore will be subject to greater dividend risk than preferred stocks or debt instruments of such issuers. In addition, while broad market measures of common stocks have historically generated higher average returns than fixed income securities, common stocks have also experienced significantly more volatility in those returns.
 
Real Estate Securities and REIT Risk. The Fund invests in companies in the real estate industry, including REITs. Therefore, the Fund is subject to the risks associated with investing in real estate, which may include possible declines in the value of real estate, increased competition and other risks related to national, state or local real estate conditions, obsolescence of properties, changes in the availability, cost and terms of mortgage funds (including changes in interest rates), the impact of changes in environmental laws and possible environmental liabilities, overbuilding in a real estate company’s market, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, regulatory limitations on rent and fluctuations in rental income.
 
Certain real estate securities have a relatively small market capitalization, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of these securities. Real estate securities are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. Real estate securities are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency and defaults by borrowers.
 
In addition, the federal tax requirement that a REIT distribute substantially all of its net income to its shareholders may result in a REIT having insufficient capital for future expenditures. The value of a REIT can depend on the structure of and cash flow generated by the REIT. In addition, like mutual funds, REITs have expenses, including advisory and administration fees, that are paid by their shareholders. As a result, you will absorb duplicate levels of fees when the Fund invests in REITs. In addition, REITs are subject to certain provisions under federal tax law. The failure of a company to qualify as a REIT could have adverse consequences for the Fund, including significantly reducing return to the Fund on its investment in any such company.
 
Foreign Investment Risk. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. issuers may involve unique risks compared to investing in securities of U.S. issuers, including less market liquidity, generally greater market volatility than U.S. securities and less complete financial information than for U.S. issuers. In addition, adverse political, economic or social developments could undermine the value of the Fund’s investments or prevent the Fund from realizing the full value of its investments. Financial reporting standards for companies based in foreign markets differ from those in the United States. Finally, the value of the currency of the country in which the Fund has invested could decline relative to the value of the U.S. dollar, which may affect the value of the investment to U.S. investors. The Fund will not enter into transactions to hedge against declines in the value of the Fund’s assets that are denominated in a foreign currency.
 
Emerging market countries are countries that major international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, generally consider to be less economically mature than developed nations. Emerging market countries can include every nation in the world except the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most countries located in Western Europe. Investing in foreign countries, particularly emerging market countries, entails the risk that news and events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. Countries with emerging markets may have relatively unstable governments, may present the risks of nationalization of businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership and prohibitions on the
 
 
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repatriation of assets. The economies of emerging markets countries also may be based on only a few industries, making them more vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions and more sensitive to debt burdens or inflation rates. Local securities markets may trade a small number of securities and may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of holdings difficult or impossible at times.
 
China Investment Risk. A substantial portion of the Index may consist of securities of Chinese companies. Investing in securities of Chinese companies involves additional risks, including, but not limited to: the economy of China differs, often unfavorably, from the U.S. economy in such respects as structure, general development, government involvement, wealth distribution, rate of inflation, growth rate, allocation of resources and capital reinvestment, among others; the central government has historically exercised substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through administrative regulation and/or state ownership; and actions of the Chinese central and local government authorities continue to have a substantial effect on economic conditions in China. In addition, the Chinese government has from time to time taken actions that influence the prices at which certain goods may be sold, encourage companies to invest or concentrate in particular industries, induce mergers between companies in certain industries and induce private companies to publicly offer their securities to increase or continue the rate of economic growth, control the rate of inflation or otherwise regulate economic expansion. It may do so in the future as well, potentially having a significant adverse effect on economic conditions in China, the economic prospects for, and the market prices and liquidity of, the securities of Chinese companies and the payments of dividends and interest by Chinese companies.
 
From time to time, certain of the companies comprising the Index that are located in China may operate in, or have dealings with, countries subject to sanctions or embargoes imposed by the U.S. government and the United Nations and/or in countries identified by the U.S. government as state sponsors of terrorism. One or more of these companies may be subject to constraints under U.S. law or regulations which could negatively affect the company’s performance, and/or could suffer damage to its reputation if it is identified as a company which invests or deals with countries which are identified by the U.S. government as state sponsors of terrorism or subject to sanctions. As an investor in such companies, the Fund is indirectly subject to those risks.
 
Financial Services Sector Risk. The financial services sector is subject to extensive government regulation, can be subject to relatively rapid change due to increasingly blurred distinctions between service segments, and can be significantly affected by availability and cost of capital funds, changes in interest rates, the rate of corporate and consumer debt defaults, and price competition. In addition, the deterioration of the credit markets since late 2007 generally has caused an adverse impact in a broad range of markets, including U.S. and international credit and interbank money markets generally, thereby affecting a wide range of financial institutions and markets. In particular, events in the financial services sector since late 2008 have resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign. This situation has created instability in the financial markets and caused certain financial services companies to incur large losses. Numerous financial services companies have experienced substantial declines in the valuations of their assets, taken action to raise capital (such as the issuance of debt or equity securities), or even ceased operations.
 
Depositary Receipt Risk. The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs, GDRs and IDRs. ADRs are negotiable certificates issued by a U.S. financial institution that represent a specified number of shares in a foreign stock and trade on a U.S. national securities exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange. Sponsored ADRs are issued with the support of the issuer of the foreign stock underlying the ADRs and carry all of the rights of common shares, including voting rights. GDRs and IDRs are similar to ADRs, but may be issued in bearer form and are typically offered for sale globally and held by a foreign branch of an international bank. The underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities. Issuers of unsponsored depositary receipts are not contractually obligated to disclose material information in the U.S. and, therefore, such information may not correlate to the market value of the unsponsored depositary receipt. The underlying securities of the ADRs, GDRs and IDRs in the Fund’s portfolio are usually denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. As a result, changes in foreign currency exchange rates may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, because the underlying securities of ADRs, GDRs and IDRs trade on foreign exchanges at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs, GDRs and IDRs may change materially at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, regardless of whether there is an active U.S. market for shares of the Fund.
 
Small and Medium-Sized Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium-sized companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with investing in larger, more established companies. Securities of these companies present additional risks because their earnings are less predictable and they are more likely than larger companies to have narrower product lines, markets or financial resources. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger, more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall stock market.
 
Micro-Cap Company Risk. Micro-cap stocks involve substantially greater risks of loss and price fluctuations because their earnings and revenues tend to be less predictable (and some companies may be experiencing significant losses), and their share prices tend to be more volatile and their markets less liquid than companies with larger market capitalizations. Micro-cap companies may be newly formed or in the early stages of development, with limited product lines, markets or financial resources and may lack management depth. In addition, there may be less public information available about these companies. The shares of micro-cap companies tend to trade less frequently than those of larger, more established companies, which can adversely affect the pricing of these securities and the future ability to sell these securities. Also, it may take a long time before the Fund realizes a gain, if any, on an investment in a micro-cap company.
 
Non-Correlation Risk. The Fund’s return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of the Index.
 
The Fund may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into the Fund or reserves of cash held by the Fund to meet redemptions and expenses. If the Fund utilizes a sampling approach, its return may not correlate as well with the return on the Index, as would be the case if it purchased all of the securities in the Index with the same weightings as the Index.
 
 
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Passive Management Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund is not “actively” managed. Therefore, it would not necessarily sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble unless that security is removed from the Index. In addition, the Fund will not otherwise take defensive positions in declining markets unless such positions are reflected in the Index.
 
Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
 
Non-Diversified Fund Risk. The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. Even though no single security weight may exceed 5% of the Index at the time of each annual rebalance, changes in the market value of the Index’s constituent securities may result in the Fund being invested in the securities of individual issuers (and making additional such investments in the case of creations of additional Creation Units) in greater proportions. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in Share price than would occur in a diversified fund.
 
Risk of Cash Transactions. In certain instances, unlike most exchange-traded funds (" ETFs"), the Fund may effect creations and redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in a more conventional ETF. ETFs generally are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gain on the distributed portfolio securities at the Fund level. Because the Fund may effect redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind distributions, it may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. If the Fund recognizes gain on these sales, this generally will cause the Fund to recognize gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind. The Fund generally intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the Fund level and otherwise comply with the special tax rules that apply to it. This strategy may cause shareholders to be subject to tax on gains they would not otherwise be subject to, or at an earlier date than, if they had made an investment in a different ETF. Moreover, cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities market is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. These brokerage fees and taxes, which will be higher than if the Fund sold and redeemed its Shares principally in-kind, will be passed on to purchasers and redeemers of Creation Units in the form of creation and redemption transaction fees. In addition, these factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Fund’s Shares than for more conventional ETFs.
 
Fund Performance
 
As of the date of this prospectus, the Fund has not yet completed a full calendar year of investment operations. When the Fund has completed a full calendar year of investment operations, this section will include charts that show annual total returns, highest and lowest quarterly returns and average annual total returns (before and after taxes) compared to the Index and a broad measure of market performance.
 
Management
 
Investment Adviser. Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC.
 
Portfolio Managers. The portfolio managers who are currently responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are Michael P. Byrum, CFA, Senior Vice President, James R. King, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Cindy Gao, ETF Analyst. Each portfolio manager has managed the Fund’s portfolio since its inception.
 
Purchase and Sale of Shares
 
The Fund will issue and redeem Shares at net asset value (“NAV”) only in a large specified number of Shares called a “Creation Unit” or multiples thereof. A Creation Unit consists of 100,000 Shares. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units principally in-kind. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund. Individual Shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”) and because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares of the Fund may trade at a price greater than or less than NAV.
 
Tax Information
 
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.
 
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
 
If you purchase Shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Investment Adviser or other related companies may pay the intermediary for marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs, the support of technology platforms and/or reporting systems or other services related to the sale or promotion of the Fund. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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Additional Information About the Principal Investment Fund’s Strategies and Principal Investment Risks
 
Investment Objective
 
The Fund’s investment objective is non-fundamental and may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval.
 
Index Methodology
 
AlphaShares Emerging Markets Real Estate Index
 
The Index was created by AlphaShares and is designed to measure and monitor the performance of publicly issued common equity securities of publicly-traded companies and REITs which are open to foreign ownership and derive a majority of their revenues from real estate development, management and/or ownership of property in emerging market countries in the Index. As of the date of this prospectus, these countries are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. As September 18, 2014, the Index’s constituent countries were represented (in approximate market capitalization) in the Index as follows: Brazil: 7.68%, Chile: 0.79%, China: 35.38%, Egypt: 1.35%, India: 1.34%, Indonesia: 5.17%, Malaysia: 4.19%, Mexico: 7.71%, Morocco: 0.88%, Philippines: 8.01%, Poland: 0.31%, Russia: 0.86%, South Africa: 12.06%, Taiwan: 5.91%, Thailand: 6.38% and Turkey: 1.98%. Proprietary and third-party financial and economic information and research are utilized to: (1) identify potential Index constituents and verify that such companies derive a majority of their revenue from property in emerging market countries in the Index; and (2) calculate the number of shares of each potential Index constituent outstanding, adjusted for free-float, for usage in the modified float-adjusted market capitalization weighting methodology. Constituents must have a market capitalization of $250 million or greater for initial inclusion in the Index. A market capitalization of $150 million or greater is required for ongoing inclusion in the Index. The Index is maintained by Solactive AG (the “Index Administrator”), and is rebalanced and reconstituted annually. The AlphaShares Index Committee will meet annually in December to review the Index methodology. Any changes to the methodology will be communicated to the Index Administrator the next business day and will be publicly disclosed at alphashares.com at least 10 business days prior to implementation of the change.
 
Index Construction
 
AlphaShares Emerging Markets Real Estate Index
 
1.
Emerging Markets Real Estate Exposure. To be considered for inclusion in the Index, a company must derive a majority of its revenues from real estate development, management and/or ownership of property in the emerging market countries in the Index. As of the date of this prospectus, these countries are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. With respect to Chinese securities, these companies include a) Hong Kong-based real estate management companies and REITs and b) mainland China-based real estate management companies and REITs.
 
2.
Market Capitalization. The Index will include equity securities of companies of all categories of market capitalizations, subject to the following requirements: (i) constituents must have a market capitalization of $250 million or greater for initial inclusion in the Index and (ii) market capitalization of $150 million or greater is required for ongoing inclusion in the Index.
 
3.
Liquidity. To ensure adequate liquidity, constituents must have a three month average daily turnover of at least $500,000.
 
4.
Chinese Company Investability. With respect to Chinese securities, to ensure adequate investability, only shares open to foreign ownership that meet the criteria below are eligible for inclusion:
 
  a.
China A-shares are not eligible.
 
  b.
China B-shares are not eligible.
 
  c.
Hong Kong listed securities including China H-shares and Red Chips are eligible.
 
  d.
N-Shares trading in New York and their equivalents trading in other foreign markets are eligible.
 
5.
Equity Securities. Only publicly issued common equity securities, including REITs, are eligible for inclusion in the Index. Debt or quasi-debt securities, such as convertible securities, are not eligible for inclusion.
 
6.
Depositary Receipts. Exchange-traded ADRs, ADSs, GDRs and IDRs are eligible for inclusion in the Index if they meet the other eligibility criteria set forth in this section. For countries that do not support the free, in-kind transfer of securities, while the local share would be considered for Index inclusion criteria purposes, if an exchange-traded ADR or GDR is available, the ADR or GDR would be included in the Index.
 
7.
Target Weights. The Index uses a modified float-adjusted market capitalization weighting methodology to weight individual positions. The weight of any one position cannot be greater than 5.0% of the Index at the time of each rebalance. Any excess weight will be redistributed evenly across the Index.
 
 
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Rebalancing. Except in unusual circumstances (including, but not limited to, tender offers, mergers, spin-offs, or the acquisition or bankruptcy of the company or similar corporate actions), the Index is rebalanced and reconstituted annually on the third Friday of December based on data as of the last business day in November. Changes to the Index resulting from the rebalancing and reconstitution will be implemented before market open on the first trading day following the rebalancing and reconstitution. The AlphaShares Index Committee will meet annually in December to review the Index methodology. Any changes to the methodology will be communicated to the Index Administrator the next business day and will be publicly disclosed at alphashares.com at least 10 days prior to the implementation of the change. IPOs that meet all the eligibility criteria and fall within the top twenty stocks by capitalization of the Index will be added at the end of each calendar quarter, on the third Friday of the final month of the quarter. Any addition will be funded on a pro-rata basis from the remainder of the Index, net of any deletions. A security will be deleted from the Index immediately due to bankruptcy, acquisition or merger of the company by or into another company, spin-offs, tender offers or other similar corporate actions. In the case of such deletions, including any relisting of suspended securities, no replacements will be made until the annual rebalance. Any proceeds resulting from the deletions will be invested on a pro-rata basis over the remainder of the Index, net of any additions.
 
Non-Principal Investment Strategies
 
As non-principal investment strategies, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities not included in its underlying Index, including repurchase agreements or money market funds, convertible securities, structured notes (notes on which the amount of principal repayment and interest payments are based on the movement of one or more specified factors, such as the movement of a particular stock or bond or index comprised of either), participation notes, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and in swaps, options and futures contracts. Swaps, options and futures contracts (and convertible securities, structured notes and participation notes) may be used by the Fund in seeking performance that corresponds to its underlying Index (whether by gaining exposure to the Index as a whole or to certain specific Index components in lieu of the Fund holding such Index components directly), and in managing cash flows, but will not be used for hedging purposes. The Fund will not invest in money market instruments as part of a temporary defensive strategy to protect against potential stock market declines. The Investment Adviser anticipates that it may take approximately five business days (i.e., each day the NYSE Arca is open) for additions and deletions to the Fund’s Index to be reflected in the portfolio composition of the Fund.
 
The Fund may borrow money from a bank up to a limit of 10% of the value of its assets, but only for temporary or emergency purposes.
 
The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions desiring to borrow securities to complete transactions and for other purposes. In connection with such loans, the Fund receives liquid collateral equal to at least 102% of the value of the portfolio securities being lent. This collateral is marked to market on a daily basis. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities in an amount up to 33 1 / 3 % of its assets. Securities lending is not a principal investment strategy of the Fund.
 
The Fund may invest in shares of other investment companies, including ETFs, to gain exposure to countries in the Index.
 
The policies described herein constitute non-fundamental policies that may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval. Certain fundamental and other non-fundamental policies of the Fund are set forth in the Statement of Additional Information under “Investment Restrictions.”
 
Non-Principal Risk Considerations
 
In addition to the principal risks described previously, there are certain non-principal risks related to investing in the Fund.
 
Derivatives Risk. A derivative is a financial contract, whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset such as a security or index. The Fund may invest in certain types of “over-the-counter” derivatives contracts, including futures, options and swaps. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives. Specific risks relating the Fund’s investments in derivatives are set forth below:
 
Futures Risk. While the Fund may benefit from the use of futures, unanticipated changes in interest rates, securities prices or currency exchange rates may result in poorer overall performance than if the Fund had not entered into any futures contracts. Because perfect correlation between a futures position and an index position that is intended to be simulated is impossible to achieve, the desired protection may not be obtained and the Fund may be exposed to additional risk of loss. The loss incurred by the Fund in entering into futures contracts is potentially unlimited and may exceed the amount invested. Even a well-conceived futures transaction may be unsuccessful due to market events. Futures markets are highly volatile and the use of futures may increase the volatility of the Fund’s NAV. As a result of the low margin deposits normally required in futures trading, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in substantial losses to the Fund. Futures contracts may be illiquid, and exchanges may limit fluctuations in futures contract prices during a single day. Foreign exchanges may not provide the same protection as U.S. exchanges.
 
Options Risk. The buyer of an American option acquires the right to buy (a call option) or sell (a put option) a certain quantity of a security (the underlying security) or instrument at a certain price up to a specified point in time. The buyer of a European option acquires the right to buy (a European call option) or sell (a European put option) a certain quantity of a security (the underlying security) or instrument at a certain price only on the option expiration date. The seller or writer of the option is obligated to sell (a call option) or buy (a put option) the underlying security. All options written (sold) by the Fund will be covered. When writing (selling) call options on securities or a securities index, the Fund may cover its positions by owning the underlying security or securities on which the option is written or by owning a call option on the underlying security (or, in the case of options on a securities index, by owning securities whose price changes are expected to be equal to those of the securities in the index). Alternatively, the Fund may cover its positions by maintaining, in a segregated account, cash or liquid securities equal in value to the exercise price of the call options written by the Fund. When the Fund writes (sells) an option, if the underlying securities do not increase or decrease to a price level that would make the exercise of the option profitable to the holder thereof, the option generally will expire without being exercised and the Fund will realize as profit the premium received for such option. When a covered call option which the Fund writes (sells) is exercised, the Fund will be required to sell the underlying securities to the option holder at the strike price, and will not participate in any increase in the price of such
 
 
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securities above the strike price. When a covered put option which the Fund writes (sells) is exercised, the Fund will be required to purchase the underlying securities at a price in excess of the market value of such securities. A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment and even a well conceived option transaction may be unsuccessful because of market behavior or unexpected events. The prices of options can be highly volatile and the use of options can lower total returns. There may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the securities underlying them. There may not be a liquid secondary market for options.
 
Swaps Risk. An over-the-counter swap is a two-party contract that generally obligates one party to pay the positive return and the other party to pay the negative return on a specified reference security, basket of securities, security index or index component. Swaps can involve greater risks than direct investment in securities, because swaps may be leveraged and are subject to counterparty risk (e.g., the risk of a counterparty’s defaulting on the obligation or bankruptcy), credit risk and pricing risk (i.e., swaps may be difficult to value). Swaps may also be considered illiquid. It may not be possible for the Fund to liquidate a swap position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses. The swaps market is subject to extensive regulation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules promulgated thereunder. It is possible that developments in the swaps market, including new and additional government regulation, could result in higher Fund costs and expenses and could adversely affect the Fund’s ability, among other things, to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.
 
Participation Notes. Participation notes are issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to offer a return linked to the performance of a particular underlying equity security or market. Participation notes can have the characteristics or take the form of various instruments, including, but not limited to, certificates or warrants. The holder of a participation note that is linked to a particular underlying security is entitled to receive any dividends paid in connection with the underlying security. However, the holder of a participation note generally does not receive voting rights as it would if it directly owned the underlying security. The Fund may invest in a participation note as an alternative to investing directly in the underlying security, in circumstances where the Investment Adviser determines that investing in the participation note will enable the Fund to track its Index more efficiently (such as where, in the Investment Adviser’s determination, the participation note offers greater liquidity than the underlying security and/or may reduce the Fund’s tracking error against its Index due to additional costs involved with holding the underlying security directly).
 
Participation notes constitute direct, general and unsecured contractual obligations of the banks or broker-dealers that issue them, which therefore subject the Fund to counterparty risk, as discussed below.
 
Investments in participation notes involve certain risks in addition to those associated with a direct investment in the underlying foreign companies or foreign securities markets whose return they seek to replicate. For instance, there can be no assurance that the trading price of a participation note will equal the underlying value of the foreign company or foreign securities market that it seeks to replicate. As the purchaser of a participation note, the Fund is relying on the creditworthiness of the counterparty issuing the participation note and has no rights under a participation note against the issuer of the underlying security. Therefore, if such counterparty were to become insolvent, the Fund would lose its investment. The risk that the Fund may lose its investments due to the insolvency of a single counterparty may be amplified to the extent the Fund purchases participation notes issued by one issuer or a small number of issuers. Participation notes also include transaction costs in addition to those applicable to a direct investment in securities. In addition, the Fund’s use of participation notes may cause the Fund’s performance to deviate from the performance of the portion of the index to which the Fund is gaining exposure through the use of participation notes.
 
Due to liquidity and transfer restrictions, the secondary markets on which participation notes are traded may be less liquid than the markets for other securities, which may lead to the absence of readily available market quotations for securities in the Fund’s portfolio. The ability of the Fund to value its securities becomes more difficult and the judgment in the application of fair value procedures may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund’s securities due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data. Consequently, while such determinations will be made in good faith, it may nevertheless be more difficult for the Fund to accurately assign a daily value to such securities.
 
Trading Issues. Trading in Shares on the NYSE Arca may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the NYSE Arca, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in Shares on the NYSE Arca is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to the NYSE Arca “circuit breaker” rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the NYSE Arca necessary to maintain the listing of the Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged.
 
Fluctuation of NAV. The NAV of the Fund’s Shares will generally fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The market prices of the Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of and demand for the Shares on the NYSE Arca. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether the Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of the Index trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.
 
However, given that the Shares can be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units (unlike shares of many closed-end funds, which frequently trade at appreciable discounts from, and sometimes premiums to, their NAV), the Investment Adviser believes that large discounts or premiums to the NAV of the Shares should not be sustained for long.
 
Securities Lending. Although the Fund will receive collateral in connection with all loans of its securities holdings, the Fund would be exposed to a risk of loss should a borrower default on its obligation to return the borrowed securities (e.g., the loaned securities may have appreciated beyond the value of the collateral held by the Fund). In addition, the Fund will bear the risk of loss of any cash collateral that it invests.
 
Leverage. To the extent that the Fund borrows money in the limited circumstances described above under “Non-Principal Investment Strategies,” it may be leveraged. Leveraging generally exaggerates the effect on NAV of any increase or decrease in the market value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.
 
Risk of Investing in Other Investment Companies. Shares of other investment companies, including ETFs, are subject to the management fees and other expenses of those companies, and the purchase of shares of some investment companies may sometimes require the payment of substantial premiums above the value of such companies’ portfolio securities or net asset values. The Fund must continue, at the same time, to pay its own management fees and expenses with respect to all of its investments, including shares of other investment companies. The securities of other investment companies may also be leveraged and will therefore be subject to certain leverage risks.
 
 
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Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
 
A description of the Trust’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
 
Investment Management Services
 
Investment Adviser
 
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (“Guggenheim Funds Advisors” or the “Investment Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guggenheim Funds Services, LLC (“Guggenheim Funds Services”), acts as the Fund’s investment adviser pursuant to an advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). The Investment Adviser is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal offices located at 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60606. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (“Guggenheim Funds Distributors”), an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, currently offers exchange-traded funds, unit investment trusts and closed-end funds. Guggenheim Funds Services is a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), a global, diversified financial services firm with more than $186 billion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2014. Guggenheim, through its affiliates, provides investment management, investment advisory, insurance, investment banking and capital markets services. Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management division of Guggenheim. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and New York with a global network of offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Investment Adviser administers the affairs of each Fund to the extent requested by the Board and manages the investment and reinvestment of each Fund’s assets. The Investment Adviser also acts as investment adviser to closed-end and open-end management investment companies.
 
Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF pays the Investment Adviser a unitary management fee for the services and facilities it provides payable on a monthly basis at the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets set forth in the chart below.
 
Fund(s) 
Advisory Fee 
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF 
0.65%  
 
Out of the unitary management fee, the Investment Adviser pays substantially all expenses of the Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for the fee payments under the Investment Advisory Agreement, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (such as expenses relating to a meeting of the Fund’s Shareholders).
 
The Investment Adviser’s unitary management fee is designed to pay the expenses of the Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF and to compensate the Investment Adviser for providing services for the Fund.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
The portfolio managers who are currently responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio are Michael P. Byrum, CFA, Senior Vice President, James R. King, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Cindy Gao, ETF Analyst. Each portfolio manager has managed the Fund’s portfolio since its inception.
 
Mr. Byrum is a Senior Vice President of Guggenheim Investments and joined Guggenheim Investments in 1993. He has ultimate responsibility for the management of the Fund. In addition to generally overseeing all aspects of the management of several other funds in the Guggenheim Investments fund complex, Mr. Byrum reviews the activities of the portfolio managers of the Fund. During his time at Guggenheim Investments, he has played a key role in the development of the firm’s investment strategies and product offerings. As Portfolio Manager, Mr. Byrum was instrumental in the launch of several funds in the Guggenheim Investments fund complex, including the NASDAQ-100®, Precious Metals, Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy, Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy, Inverse S&P 500 Strategy and Inverse NASDAQ-100® Strategy Funds, and helped to create the Sector Funds. He was named Vice President of Guggenheim Investments in 1998, and Executive Vice President in 2000. Prior to joining Guggenheim Investments, Mr. Byrum worked for Money Management Associates, the investment adviser for Rushmore Funds, Inc. He holds a degree in finance from Miami University of Ohio and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Washington Society of Investment Analysts.
 
Mr. King is a Portfolio Manager of Guggenheim Investments and rejoined Guggenheim Investments in 2011 as the lead portfolio manager for exchange-traded products. In the interval between 2008 and 2011, he served as special consultant to a pair of hedge funds ventures, one focused on long-short equity and the other on market neutral statistical arbitrage. Prior to that, he served in a variety of roles for Guggenheim Investments ranging from shareholder services representative to portfolio manager and director of trading. At the time of his departure in 2008, he was director of portfolio management, overseeing a suite of trader-friendly mutual funds with nearly $15 billion in assets. Mr. King holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Maryland, and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He has been quoted in several publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and BusinessWeek. He has also been a speaker at several industry events, discussing ETFs, trading strategies, index construction and trader-friendly mutual funds.
 
Ms. Gao is an ETF Analyst, ETF Portfolio Management of Guggenheim Investments, and joined Guggenheim Investments in December 2010. Prior to joining Guggenheim Investments, Ms. Gao served as an analyst at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois from 2008-2010. Ms. Gao received a M.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
 
The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers’ compensation structure, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers’ ownership of securities of the Fund.
 
 
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Purchase and Redemption of Shares
 
General
 
The Shares are issued or redeemed by the Fund at net asset value per Share only in Creation Unit size.
 
Most investors buy and sell Shares of the Fund in secondary market transactions through brokers. Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on the secondary market on the NYSE Arca. Shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded shares. There is no minimum investment. Although Shares are generally purchased and sold in “round lots” of 100 Shares, brokerage firms typically permit investors to purchase or sell Shares in smaller “odd lots,” at no per-Share price differential. When buying or selling Shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges, and you may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price in the secondary market on each leg of a round trip (purchase and sale) transaction. The Fund trades on the NYSE Arca at prices that may differ to varying degrees from the daily NAV of the Shares. Given that the Fund’s Shares can be issued and redeemed in Creation Units, the Investment Adviser believes that large discounts and premiums to NAV should not be sustained for long. The Fund trades under the NYSE Arca symbol set forth in the chart below.
 
Name of Fund 
NYSE Arca Ticker Symbol 
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF 
EMRE 
 
The Fund may liquidate and terminate at any time without shareholder approval.
 
Share prices are reported in dollars and cents per Share.
 
Investors may acquire Shares directly from the Fund, and shareholders may tender their Shares for redemption directly to the Fund, only in Creation Units of the applicable number of Shares as set forth in the table below. In certain circumstances, the Fund may restrict or reject a creation or redemption order, and notify a shareholder of such restriction or rejection, as described in “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information and in the Fund’s authorized participant agreement.
 
Fund(s) 
Creation Unit Size 
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF 
100,000 Shares  
 
Book Entry
 
Shares are held in book-entry form, which means that no stock certificates are issued. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record owner of all outstanding Shares of the Fund and is recognized as the owner of all Shares for all purposes. Investors owning Shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all Shares. Participants in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other institutions that directly or indirectly maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of Shares, you are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates or to have Shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a registered owner of Shares. Therefore, to exercise any right as an owner of Shares, you must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants. These procedures are the same as those that apply to any other stocks that you may hold in book entry or “street name” form.
 
How to Buy and Sell Shares
 
Pricing Fund Shares
 
The trading price of the Fund’s shares on the NYSE Arca may differ from the Fund’s daily net asset value and can be affected by market forces of supply and demand, economic conditions and other factors.
 
The NYSE Arca disseminates the approximate value of Shares of the Fund every fifteen seconds. The approximate value calculations are based on local closing prices and may not reflect events that occur subsequent to the local market’s close. As a result, premiums and discounts between the approximate value and the market price could be affected. This approximate value should not be viewed as a “real-time” update of the NAV per Share of the Fund because the approximate value may not be calculated in the same manner as the NAV, which is computed once a day, generally at the end of the business day. The Fund is not involved in, or responsible for, the calculation or dissemination of the approximate value and the Fund does not make any warranty as to its accuracy.
 
The net asset value per Share for the Fund is determined once daily as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, each day the NYSE is open for trading. Shares will not be priced on regular or national holidays or other days on which the NYSE is closed. NAV per Share is determined by dividing the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities, cash and other assets (including accrued interest), less all liabilities (including accrued expenses), by the total number of shares outstanding.
 
Equity securities are valued at the last reported sale price on the principal exchange or on the principal OTC market on which such securities are traded, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on the day the securities are being valued or, if there are no sales, at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices. Equity securities that are traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price.
 
 
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Debt securities are valued using information from financial intermediaries or a third-party pricing service, and such values are set at the mean between the last available bid and ask prices for such securities or, if such prices are not available, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, quality, and type, or other equivalent indications of value. Short-term securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
Securities for which market quotations (or other market valuations such as those obtained from a pricing service) are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, including restricted securities, are valued by the Investment Adviser using a method that the Investment Adviser believes accurately reflects fair value, pursuant to policies adopted by the Board and subject to the ultimate supervision of the Board. Securities will be valued at fair value when market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, such as when a security’s value or meaningful portion of the Fund’s portfolio is believed to have been materially affected by a significant event. Such events may include a natural disaster, an economic event like a bankruptcy filing, a trading halt in a security, an unscheduled early market close or a substantial fluctuation in domestic and foreign markets that has occurred between the close of the principal exchange and the NYSE. In such a case, the value for a security is likely to be different from the last quoted market price. In addition, due to the subjective and variable nature of fair market value pricing, it is possible that the value determined for a particular asset may be materially different from the value realized upon such asset’s sale.
 
Trading in securities on many foreign securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets is normally completed before the close of business on each U.S. business day. In addition, securities trading in a particular country or countries may not take place on all U.S. business days or may take place on days that are not U.S. business days. Changes in valuations on certain securities may occur at times or on days on which the Fund’s net asset value is not calculated and on which the Fund does not effect sales, redemptions and exchanges of its Shares.
 
Creation Units
 
Investors such as market makers, large investors and institutions who wish to deal in Creation Units directly with the Fund must have entered into an authorized participant agreement with the distributor, or purchase through a dealer that has entered into such an agreement. Set forth below is a brief description of the procedures applicable to purchase and redemption of Creation Units. For more detailed information, see “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
How to Buy Shares
 
In order to purchase Creation Units of the Fund, an investor must generally deposit a designated portfolio of securities constituting a substantial replication, or a representation, of the securities included in the Index (the “Deposit Securities”) (and/or an amount of cash in lieu of some or all of the Deposit Securities) and generally make a small cash payment referred to as the “Cash Component.” For those Authorized Participants (as defined below) that are not eligible for trading a Deposit Security, custom orders are available. The list of the names and the amounts of the Deposit Securities is made available by the Fund’s custodian through the facilities of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, commonly referred to as NSCC, immediately prior to the opening of business each day of the NYSE. The Cash Component represents the difference between the net asset value of a Creation Unit and the market value of the Deposit Securities. In the case of custom orders, cash-in-lieu may be added to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Securities that the Authorized Participant (as defined below) may not be eligible to trade or the Investment Adviser believes are in the best interests of the Fund not to accept in kind.
 
Orders must be placed by or through a participant of DTC (“DTC Participant”) that has entered into an agreement with the Trust and the distributor, with respect to purchases and redemptions of Creation Units (collectively, “Authorized Participant” or “AP”) and must be in proper form pursuant to the requirements regarding submission and logistics set forth in such agreement. See “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information. All standard orders must be placed for one or more whole Creation Units of Shares of the Fund and must be received by the distributor in proper form no later than the close of regular trading on the NYSE Arca, (ordinarily 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) (“Closing Time”) in order to receive that day’s closing NAV per Share. In the case of certain custom orders, placed at the request of the AP and as further described in the Statement of Additional Information, the order must be received by the distributor no later than one hour prior to Closing Time in order to receive that day’s closing NAV per Share. A custom order may be placed by an Authorized Participant in the event that the Trust permits or requires the substitution of an amount of cash to be added to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Security which may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or which may not be eligible for trading by such Authorized Participant or the investor for which it is acting or any other relevant reason. See “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
The following fixed creation transaction fee per transaction for the Fund (the “Creation Transaction Fee”) set forth in the table below is applicable to each transaction regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased in the transaction.
 
 
Fixed Creation 
 
Transaction Fee 
Fund 
(Per Transaction) 
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF 
$3,500 
 
An additional variable charge for cash creations or partial cash creations may also be imposed to compensate the Fund for the costs associated with buying the applicable securities. The Fund may adjust these fees from time to time based on actual experience.
 
The Fund reserves the right to effect creations in cash. A shareholder may request a cash creation in lieu of securities, however, the Fund may, in its discretion, reject any such request. See “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information. The price for each Creation Unit will equal the daily NAV per Share times the number of Shares in a Creation Unit plus the fees described above and, if applicable, any transfer taxes.
 
 
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Shares of the Fund may be issued in advance of receipt of all Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 115% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. See “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
Legal Restrictions on Transactions in Certain Securities
 
An investor subject to a legal restriction with respect to a particular security required to be deposited in connection with the purchase of a Creation Unit may, at the Fund’s discretion, be permitted to deposit an equivalent amount of cash in substitution for any security which would otherwise be included in the Deposit Securities applicable to the purchase of a Creation Unit. For more details, see “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
Redemption of Shares
 
Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units at their NAV and only on a day the NYSE Arca is open for business. The Fund’s custodian makes available immediately prior to the opening of business each day of the NYSE Arca, through the facilities of the NSCC, the list of the names and the number of shares of the Fund’s portfolio securities that will be applicable that day to redemption requests in proper form (“Fund Securities”). Fund Securities received on redemption may not be identical to Deposit Securities, which are applicable to purchases of Creation Units. Unless cash redemptions or partial cash redemptions are available or specified for the Fund, the redemption proceeds consist of the Fund Securities, plus cash in an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of Shares being redeemed as next determined after receipt by the transfer agent of a redemption request in proper form, and the value of the Fund Securities (the “Cash Redemption Amount”), less the applicable redemption fee and, if applicable, any transfer taxes. Should the Fund Securities have a value greater than the NAV of Shares being redeemed, a compensating cash payment to the Trust equal to the differential, plus the applicable redemption fee and, if applicable, any transfer taxes will be required to be arranged for, by or on behalf of the redeeming shareholder. For more details, see “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
An order to redeem Creation Units of the Fund may only be effected by or through an Authorized Participant. An order to redeem must be placed for one or more whole Creation Units and must be received by the transfer agent in proper form no later than the Closing Time in order to receive that day’s closing NAV per Share. In the case of certain custom orders, placed at the request of the AP and as further described in the Statement of Additional Information, the order must be received by the transfer agent no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern time.
 
The following fixed redemption transaction fee per transaction for the Fund (the “Redemption Transaction Fee”) set forth in the table below is applicable to each redemption transaction regardless of the number of Creation Units redeemed in the transaction.
 
 
Fixed Creation 
 
Transaction Fee 
Fund 
(Per Transaction) 
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF 
$3,500 
 
An additional variable charge may be imposed for cash redemptions or partial cash redemptions (to compensate the Fund for the costs associated with selling the applicable securities). The Fund may adjust these fees from time to time based on actual experience. The Fund reserves the right to effect redemptions wholly or partially in cash. A shareholder may request a cash redemption or partial cash redemption in lieu of securities, however, the Fund may, in its discretion, reject any such request. See “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” in the Statement of Additional Information.
 
Distributions
 
Dividends and Capital Gains. Fund shareholders are entitled to their share of the Fund’s income and net realized gains on its investments. The Fund pays out substantially all of its net earnings to its shareholders as “distributions.”
 
The Fund typically earns income dividends from stocks and may earn interest from debt securities. These amounts, net of expenses, are passed along to Fund shareholders as “income dividend distributions.” The Fund realizes capital gains or losses whenever it sells securities. Net long-term capital gains are distributed to shareholders as “capital gain distributions.”
 
Income dividends, if any, are distributed to shareholders quarterly. Net capital gains are distributed at least annually. Dividends may be declared and paid more frequently to improve Index tracking or to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that are applicable to regulated investment companies. Some portion of each distribution may result in a return of capital. Fund shareholders will be notified regarding the portion of the distribution that represents a return of capital.
 
Distributions in cash may be reinvested automatically in additional whole Shares only if the broker through which the Shares were purchased makes such option available.
 
Distribution and Service Plan
 
The Board has adopted a distribution and service plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Under the Plan, the Fund is authorized to pay distribution fees in connection with the sale and distribution of its shares and pay service fees in connection with the provision of ongoing services to shareholders of each class and the maintenance of shareholder accounts in an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year.
 
 
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No 12b-1 fees are currently paid by the Fund, and there are no current plans to impose these fees. In addition, no such fee may be paid in the future without further approval by the Board, and the Board has adopted a resolution that no such fee will be paid for at least 12 months from the date of this prospectus. However, in the event 12b-1 fees are charged in the future, because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, these fees will increase the cost of your investment in the Fund. By purchasing shares subject to distribution fees and service fees, you may pay more over time than you would by purchasing shares with other types of sales charge arrangements. Long-term shareholders may pay more than the economic equivalent of the maximum front-end sales charge permitted by the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The net income attributable to the Shares will be reduced by the amount of distribution fees and service fees and other expenses of the Fund.
 
The Investment Adviser or its affiliates may make payments to broker-dealers, banks or other financial intermediaries (together, “intermediaries”) related to marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs, the support of technology platforms and/or reporting systems, or their making shares of the Fund and certain other Guggenheim Funds ETFs available to their customers. Such payments, which may be significant to the intermediary, are not made by the Fund. Rather, such payments are made by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates from their own resources, which come directly or indirectly in part from fees paid by the Guggenheim Funds ETF complex. Payments of this type are sometimes referred to as revenue-sharing payments. A financial intermediary may make decisions about which investment options it recommends or makes available, or the level of services provided, to its customers based on the revenue-sharing payments it is eligible to receive. Therefore, such payments to an intermediary create conflicts of interest between the intermediary and its customers and may cause the intermediary to recommend the Fund or other Guggenheim Funds ETFs over another investment. More information regarding these payments is contained in the Fund’s SAI. Please contact your salesperson or other investment professional for more information regarding any such payments his or her firm may receive from the Investment Adviser or its affiliates.
 
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions
 
The Fund imposes no restrictions on the frequency of purchases and redemptions. The Board evaluated the risks of market timing activities by the Fund’s shareholders when it considered that no restriction or policy was necessary. The Board noted that the Fund’s Shares can only be purchased and redeemed directly from the Fund in Creation Units by APs and that the vast majority of trading in the Fund’s Shares occurs on the secondary market. Because the secondary market trades do not involve the Fund directly, it is unlikely those trades would cause many of the harmful effects of market timing, including dilution, disruption of portfolio management, increases in the Fund’s trading costs and the realization of capital gains. To the extent the Fund may effect the purchase or redemption of Creation Units in exchange wholly or partially for cash, the Board noted that such trades could result in dilution to the Fund and increased transaction costs, which could negatively impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. However, the Board noted that direct trading by APs is critical to ensuring that the Fund’s Shares trade at or close to NAV. In addition, the Fund imposes fixed and variable transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of Creation Units to cover brokerage fees and custodial and other costs incurred by the Fund in effecting trades, thus reducing the risk of dilution to the Fund. Finally, the Investment Adviser monitors orders from APs for patterns of abusive trading and the Fund reserves the right to not accept orders from APs that the Investment Adviser has determined may be disruptive to the management of the Fund or otherwise not in the Fund’s best interests.
 
Fund Service Providers
 
Rydex Fund Services, LLC, an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, is the administrator of the Fund.
 
The Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian and fund accounting and transfer agent for the Fund.
 
Dechert LLP serves as legal counsel to the Fund.
 
Ernst & Young LLP serves as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the annual financial statements of the Fund and performs other audit-related and tax services.
 
Index Provider
 
AlphaShares is the Index Provider for the Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF. AlphaShares is not affiliated with the Trust, the Investment Adviser or the distributor. The Investment Adviser has entered into a license agreement with AlphaShares to use the Index.
 
The Fund is entitled to use the Index pursuant to a sub-licensing arrangement with the Investment Adviser.
 
Disclaimers
 
The “AlphaShares Emerging Markets Real Estate Index” is a registered trademark of AlphaShares and has been licensed for use by the Investment Adviser. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by AlphaShares and AlphaShares makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in Shares of the Fund.
 
The Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF and its Shares are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by AlphaShares and its affiliates. AlphaShares makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the shareholders of the Fund or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly or the ability of the Index to track general stock market performance. AlphaShares’ only relationship to the Investment Adviser is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of AlphaShares and of the Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by AlphaShares without regard to Investment Adviser or the Fund. AlphaShares has no obligation to take the needs of the Investment Adviser or the shareholders of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. AlphaShares is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the prices of the Shares of the Fund or the timing of the issuance or sale of such
 
 
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Shares or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Shares are to be converted into cash. AlphaShares has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing, or trading of the Fund or its Shares.
 
The Investment Adviser does not guarantee the accuracy and/or the completeness of the Index or any data included therein, and the Investment Adviser shall have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions therein.
 
Federal Income Taxation
 
As with any investment, you should consider how your investment in Shares will be taxed. The tax information in this Prospectus is provided as general information. You should consult your own tax professional about the tax consequences of an investment in Shares.
 
Unless your investment in Shares is made through a tax-exempt entity or tax-deferred retirement account, such as an IRA plan, you need to be aware of the possible tax consequences when:
 
• Your Fund makes distributions,
 
• You sell your Shares listed on the NYSE Arca, and
 
• You purchase or redeem Creation Units.
 
Taxes on Distributions
 
Income dividends, if any, are distributed to shareholders quarterly, and long-term capital gains, if any, are distributed to shareholders annually. The Fund may also pay a special distribution at the end of the calendar year to comply with federal tax requirements. In general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax when they are paid, whether you take them in cash or reinvest them in the Fund. Dividends paid out of the Fund’s income and net short-term gains, if any, are taxable as ordinary income. Distributions of net long-term capital gains, if any, in excess of net short-term capital losses are taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long you have held the Shares.
 
Dividends that are designated as qualified dividend income are eligible for the reduced maximum rate to individuals of 15% or 20% (depending on whether the individual’s income exceeds certain threshold amounts) to the extent that the Fund receives qualified dividend income and subject to certain limitations.
 
Long-term capital gains of non-corporate taxpayers are generally taxed at a maximum rate of either 15% or 20% depending on whether the individual’s income exceeds certain threshold amounts.
 
An additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on certain net investment income (including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from the Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Fund shares) of U.S. individuals, estates and trusts to the extent that such person’s “modified adjusted gross income” (in the case of an individual) or “adjusted gross income” (in the case of an estate or trust) exceeds certain threshold amounts.
 
Distributions in excess of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits are treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of your basis in the Shares, and as capital gain thereafter. A distribution will reduce the Fund’s net asset value per Share and may be taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gain even though, from an investment standpoint, the distribution may constitute a return of capital.
 
If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or if you are a foreign entity, the Fund’s ordinary income dividends (which include distributions of net short-term capital gains) will generally be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower treaty rate applies or unless such income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. Additionally, under certain circumstances, certain distributions of capital gains may be subject to a 35% withholding tax. Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the applicability of the U.S. withholding tax.
 
Dividends, interest and gains received by the Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes. Shareholders of the Fund may, subject to certain limitations, be entitled to claim a credit or a deduction with respect to foreign taxes if the Fund is eligible to and elects to pass through these taxes to you. If the Fund makes such an election, the shareholders would also be required to include in their income their proportionate share of the foreign taxes covered by the election.
 
By law, the Fund must withhold a percentage of your distributions and proceeds if you have not provided a taxpayer identification number or social security number. The backup withholding rate for individuals is currently 28%.
 
Taxes on Exchange-Listed Shares Sales
 
Currently, any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Shares is generally treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for one year or less. Capital loss realized on the sale or exchange of Shares held for six months or less will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain dividends received by the shareholder. The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited.
 
 
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Taxes on Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units
 
An Authorized Participant who exchanges equity securities for Creation Units generally will recognize a gain or a loss. The gain or loss will be equal to the difference between the market value of the Creation Units at the time and the exchanger’s aggregate basis in the securities surrendered and the Cash Component paid. A person who exchanges Creation Units for equity securities will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the exchanger’s basis in the Creation Units and the aggregate market value of the securities received and the Cash Redemption Amount. The Internal Revenue Service, however, may assert that a loss realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted currently under the rules governing “wash sales” 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 the wash sale rules apply and when a loss might be deductible.
 
Under current federal tax laws, any capital gain or loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year and as a short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for one year or less.
 
If you purchase or redeem Creation Units, you will be sent a confirmation statement showing how many and at what price you purchased or sold Shares.
 
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 may also be subject to state and local taxation on Fund distributions and sales of Fund Shares. You are advised to consult your personal tax advisor about the potential tax consequences of an investment in Fund Shares under all applicable tax laws.
 
Tax-Advantaged Product Structure
 
Unlike interests in many conventional mutual funds, the Shares are traded throughout the day on a national securities exchange, whereas mutual fund interests are typically only bought and sold at closing net asset values. The Shares have been designed to be tradable in the secondary market on a national securities exchange on an intra-day basis, and to be created and redeemed in-kind and/or for cash in Creation Units at each day’s next calculated NAV. To the extent Creation Units are created and redeemed in-kind, those arrangements are designed to protect ongoing shareholders from adverse effects on the Fund’s portfolio that could arise from frequent cash creation and redemption transactions. In a conventional mutual fund, redemptions can have an adverse tax impact on taxable shareholders because the mutual fund may need to sell portfolio securities to obtain cash to meet fund redemptions. These sales may generate taxable gains for the shareholders of the mutual fund, whereas to the extent Creation Units are redeemable in-kind, the Share’s in-kind redemption mechanism generally will not lead to a tax event for the Fund or its ongoing shareholders.
 
Other Information
 
For purposes of the 1940 Act, the Fund is treated as a registered investment company. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts investments by investment companies in the securities of other investment companies, including shares of the Fund. Registered investment companies are permitted to invest in the Fund beyond the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in an SEC exemptive order issued to the Trust, including that such investment companies enter into an agreement with the Fund.
 
Financial Highlights
 
Because the Shares of the Fund are newly offered, there is no financial information available for the Shares as of the date of this prospectus.
 
Premium/Discount Information
 
Information about the differences between the daily market price on secondary markets for Shares and the NAV of the Fund can be found at guggenheiminvestments.com.
 
Total Return Information
 
Information about the total return of the Fund’s Index in comparison to the total return of the Fund can be found at guggenheiminvestments.com.
 
 
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For More Information
 
 
Existing Shareholders or Prospective Investors
• Call your broker
• Visit guggenheiminvestments.com
 
Dealers
• Visit guggenheiminvestments.com
• Distributor Telephone: 800.820.0888
 
Investment Adviser
Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC
227 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60606
 
Distributor
Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC
227 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60606
 
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
101 Barclay Street
New York, New York 10286
 
Transfer Agent
The Bank of New York Mellon
101 Barclay Street
New York, New York 10286
 
Legal Counsel
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036-6797
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
155 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
 
 
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A Statement of Additional Information dated September 29, 2014, which contains more details about the Fund, is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this prospectus, which means that it is legally part of this prospectus.
 
You will find additional information about the Fund’s investments in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, when available. The annual report will explain the market conditions and investment strategies affecting the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.
 
You can ask questions or obtain a free copy of the Fund’s shareholder reports or the Statement of Additional Information by calling 800.820.0888. Free copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports and the Statement of Additional Information are available from our website at guggenheiminvestments.com.
 
Information about the Fund, including its reports and the Statement of Additional Information, has been filed with the SEC. It can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC or on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s internet site (http://www.sec.gov). Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, 100 F Street NE, Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549.
 
 
PROSPECTUS
 
Distributor
Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC
227 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60606
guggenheiminvestments.com
 
September 29, 2014
 
Investment Company Act File No. 811-21910.
 
 
 
 
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INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NO. 811-21910
 
CLAYMORE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST 2
 
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
 
This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a prospectus. It should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus dated September 29, 2014 for the following series of the Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 2 (the “Trust”), as it may be revised from time to time:


Name of Fund
NYSE Arca Ticker Symbol
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF
EMRE

Capitalized terms used herein that are not defined have the same meaning as in the Prospectus, unless otherwise noted. A copy of the Prospectus may be obtained without charge by writing to the Trust’s Distributor, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, or by calling toll free 800.820.0888.

 
 
 

 
 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
Page
   
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST AND THE FUND
3
   
EXCHANGE LISTING AND TRADING
3
   
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES
3
   
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS
5
   
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RISKS
8
   
MANAGEMENT
9
   
BROKERAGE TRANSACTIONS
20
   
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUST
21
   
CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNIT AGGREGATIONS
23
   
TAXES
35
   
FEDERAL TAX TREATMENT OF FUTURES AND OPTIONS CONTRACTS
39
   
DETERMINATION OF NAV
40
   
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
40
   
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
40
   
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST AND THE FUND
 
The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 8, 2006 and is authorized to have multiple series or portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Trust currently consists of 12 investment portfolios. This SAI relates to the Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”). The Fund is based on an underlying index (the “Underlying Index”). The Fund is “non-diversified” and, as such, the Fund’s investments are not required to meet certain diversification requirements under the 1940 Act, which, if applicable, would restrict the Fund’s investments in particular issuers. The shares of the Fund are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund Shares.”
 
The Fund is managed by Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (“Guggenheim Funds Advisors” or the “Investment Adviser”).
 
The Fund offers and issues Shares at net asset value (“NAV”) only in aggregations of a specified number of Shares (each a “Creation Unit” or a “Creation Unit Aggregation”), generally in exchange for a basket of component securities included in the Underlying Index (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or an amount of cash in lieu of some or all of the Deposit Securities, together with the deposit of a specified cash payment (the “Cash Component”). The Fund Shares are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “NYSE Arca”). Fund Shares will trade on the NYSE Arca at market prices that may be below, at or above NAV. Shares are redeemable only in Creation Unit Aggregations and, generally, in exchange for portfolio securities and/or a specified cash payment. Creation Units are aggregations of large specified blocks of Shares set forth in the table below. In the event of the liquidation of the Fund, the Trust may lower the number of Shares in a Creation Unit.
 

Fund
Creation Unit Size
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF
100,000 Shares
 
The Trust reserves the right to offer a “cash” option for creations and redemptions of Fund Shares. Fund Shares may be issued in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 115% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. See the “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations” section. In each instance of such cash creations or redemptions, transaction fees may be imposed that will be higher than the transaction fees associated with in-kind creations or redemptions. In all cases, such fees will be limited in accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) applicable to management investment companies offering redeemable securities.
 
 
EXCHANGE LISTING AND TRADING
 
There can be no assurance that the requirements of the NYSE Arca necessary to maintain the listing of Shares will continue to be met. The NYSE Arca may, but is not required to, remove the Shares from listing if (i) following the initial 12-month period beginning at the commencement of trading of the Fund, there are fewer than 50 beneficial owners of the Shares for 30 or more consecutive trading days; (ii) the value of the Underlying Index is no longer calculated or available; or (iii) such other event shall occur or condition exist that, in the opinion of the NYSE Arca, makes further dealings on the NYSE Arca inadvisable. The NYSE Arca will remove the Shares from listing and trading upon termination of the Fund.
 
As in the case of other stocks traded on the NYSE Arca, broker’s commissions on transactions will be based on negotiated commission rates at customary levels.
 
The Trust reserves the right to adjust the price levels of the Shares in the future to help maintain convenient trading ranges for investors. Any adjustments would be accomplished through stock splits or reverse stock splits, which would have no effect on the net assets of the Fund.


INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS AND POLICIES
 
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
  
The investment objective of the Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF is to provide investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund’s fees and expenses, of an equity index called the “AlphaShares Emerging Markets Real Estate Index.”
  
 INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) has adopted as fundamental policies the Fund’s
 
 
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investment restrictions, numbered (1) through (7) below. The Fund, as a fundamental policy, may not:

 (1) Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in securities of issuers in any one industry or group of industries, except to the extent that the Underlying Index that the Fund replicates, concentrates in an industry or group of industries. This restriction does not apply to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
 
(2) Borrow money, except that the Fund may (i) borrow money from banks for temporary or emergency purposes (but not for leverage or the purchase of investments) up to 10% of its total assets and (ii) make other investments or engage in other transactions permissible under the 1940 Act that may involve a borrowing, provided that the combination of (i) and (ii) shall not exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed), less the Fund’s liabilities (other than borrowings).
 
(3) Act as an underwriter of another issuer’s securities, except to the extent that the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities.
 
(4) Make loans to other persons, except through (i) the purchase of debt securities permissible under the Fund’s investment policies, (ii) repurchase agreements or (iii) the lending of portfolio securities, provided that no such loan of portfolio securities may be made by the Fund if, as a result, the aggregate of such loans would exceed 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets.
 
(5) Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the Fund (i) from purchasing or selling options, futures contracts or other derivative instruments, or (ii) from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
 
(6) Purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prohibit the Fund from purchasing or selling securities or other instruments backed by real estate or of issuers engaged in real estate activities).
 
(7) Issue senior securities, except as permitted under the 1940 Act.
 
Pursuant to restriction (1), if the Fund’s Underlying Index is concentrated in an industry or group of industries, the Fund will concentrate its investments accordingly. If the Fund’s Underlying Index ceases to be concentrated in an industry or group of industries, the Fund will cease concentrating its investments accordingly.
 
Except for restriction (2), if a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of investment, a later increase in percentage resulting from a change in market value of the investment or the total assets, or the sale of a security out of the portfolio, will not constitute a violation of that restriction.
 
With respect to restriction (2)(ii) above, the Fund does not currently intend to make investments or engage in other transactions constituting borrowing for 1940 Act purposes where such investments or transactions are for leverage or the purchase of investments.
 
Senior securities may include any obligation or instrument issued by an investment company evidencing indebtedness. The 1940 Act generally prohibits a fund from issuing senior securities, although it provides allowances for certain borrowings and certain other investments, such as short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and firm commitment agreements, when such investments are “covered” or with appropriate earmarking or segregation of assets to cover such obligations. Under the 1940 Act, an investment company may only make loans if expressly permitted by its investment policies.

The foregoing fundamental investment policies cannot be changed without approval by holders of a “majority of its outstanding voting securities.” As defined in the 1940 Act, this means the vote of (i) 67% or more of the Fund’s shares present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the Fund’s shares are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s shares, whichever is less.
 
In addition to the foregoing fundamental investment policies, the Fund is also subject to the following non-fundamental restrictions and policies, which may be changed at any time by the Board without shareholder approval. The Fund may not:
 
(1) Sell securities short, unless the Fund owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short at no added cost, and provided that transactions in options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts or other derivative instruments are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
 
(2) Purchase securities on margin, except that the Fund may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions; and provided that margin deposits in connection with futures contracts, options on futures contracts or other derivative instruments shall not constitute purchasing securities on margin.
 
(3) Purchase securities of open-end or closed-end investment companies except in compliance with the 1940 Act.
 
 
 
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(4) Invest in direct interests in oil, gas or other mineral exploration programs or leases; however, the Fund may invest in the securities of issuers that engage in these activities.
 
(5) Invest in illiquid securities if, as a result of such investment, more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets would be invested in illiquid securities.
 
With respect to investment in illiquid securities, if changes in the values of the Fund’s securities cause the Fund’s holdings of illiquid securities to exceed the 15% limitation (as if liquid securities have become illiquid), the Fund will take such actions as it deems appropriate and practicable to attempt to reduce its holdings of illiquid securities.
 
The Fund does not currently intend to engage in short sales.
 
The investment objective of the Fund is a non-fundamental policy that can be changed by the Board without approval by shareholders.


INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS
 
The discussion below supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the “Non-Principal Investment Strategies” and “Non-Principal Risk Considerations” sections of the Prospectus.
  
Loans of Portfolio Securities. The Fund may lend its investment securities to approved borrowers. Any gain or loss on the market price of the securities loaned that might occur during the term of the loan would be for the account of the Fund. Pursuant to the positions of the SEC staff, these loans cannot exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund’s total assets. Voting rights in respect of such lent securities will typically pass to the borrower, but the Fund retains the right to recall any security in anticipation of a vote that the Investment Adviser deems material to the security on loan.
 
Approved borrowers are brokers, dealers, domestic and foreign banks, or other financial institutions that meet credit or other requirements as established by, and subject to the review of, the Trust’s Board, so long as the terms, the structure and the aggregate amount of such loans are not inconsistent with the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or interpretations of the SEC, which require that (a) the borrowers pledge and maintain with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government having a value at all times of not less than 102% of the value of the securities loaned (on a “mark-to-market” basis); (b) the loan be made subject to termination by the Fund at any time; and (c) the Fund receives reasonable interest on the loan. From time to time, the Fund may return a part of the interest earned from the investment of collateral received from securities loaned to the borrower and/or a third party that is unaffiliated with the Fund and that is acting as a finder.
 
Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, which are agreements pursuant to which securities are acquired by the Fund from a third party with the understanding that they will be repurchased by the seller at a fixed price on an agreed date. These agreements may be made with respect to any of the portfolio securities in which the Fund is authorized to invest. Repurchase agreements may be characterized as loans secured by the underlying securities. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with (i) member banks of the Federal Reserve System having total assets in excess of $500 million and (ii) securities dealers (“Qualified Institutions”). The Investment Adviser will monitor the continued creditworthiness of Qualified Institutions.
 
The use of repurchase agreements involves certain risks. For example, if the seller of securities under a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligation to repurchase the underlying securities, as a result of its bankruptcy or otherwise, the Fund will seek to dispose of such securities, which action could involve costs or delays. If the seller becomes insolvent and subject to liquidation or reorganization under applicable bankruptcy or other laws, the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities may be restricted. Finally, it is possible that the Fund may not be able to substantiate its interest in the underlying securities. To minimize this risk, the securities underlying the repurchase agreement will be held by the custodian at all times in an amount at least equal to the repurchase price, including accrued interest. If the seller fails to repurchase the securities, the Fund may suffer a loss to the extent proceeds from the sale of the underlying securities are less than the repurchase price. The resale price reflects the purchase price plus an agreed upon market rate of interest. The collateral is marked to market daily.
 
Reverse Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements, which involve the sale of securities with an agreement to repurchase the securities at an agreed-upon price, date and interest payment and have the characteristics of borrowing. The securities purchased with the funds obtained from the agreement and securities collateralizing the agreement will have maturity dates no later than the repayment date. Generally the effect of such transactions is that the Fund can recover all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities involved during the term of the reverse repurchase agreement, while in many cases the Fund is able to keep some of the interest income associated with those securities. Such transactions are only advantageous if the Fund has an opportunity to earn a greater rate of return on the cash derived from these transactions than the interest cost of obtaining the same amount of cash. Opportunities to realize earnings from the use of the proceeds equal to or greater than the interest required to be paid may not always be available and the Fund intends to use the
 
 
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reverse repurchase technique only when the Investment Adviser believes it will be advantageous to the Fund. The use of reverse repurchase agreements may exaggerate any interim increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s assets. The custodian bank will maintain a separate account for the Fund with securities having a value equal to or greater than such commitments. Under the 1940 Act, reverse repurchase agreements are considered a form of borrowing. Accordingly, the Fund may invest up to 33 1/3% of its total assets in reverse repurchase agreements, but the Fund currently expects to only invest in reverse repurchase agreements to a much more limited extent. Reverse repurchase agreements are not part of the Fund’s principal investment strategy.
 
Money Market Instruments. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in high-quality money market instruments on an ongoing basis to provide liquidity. The instruments in which the Fund may invest include: (i) short-term obligations issued by the U.S. Government; (ii) negotiable certificates of deposit (“CDs”), fixed time deposits and bankers’ acceptances of U.S. and foreign banks and similar institutions; (iii) commercial paper rated at the date of purchase at least “Prime-2” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or “A2” by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) or, if unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Investment Adviser; (iv) repurchase agreements; and (v) money market mutual funds. CDs are short-term negotiable obligations of commercial banks. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained in banking institutions for specified periods of time at stated interest rates. Banker’s acceptances are time drafts drawn on commercial banks by borrowers, usually in connection with international transactions.
 
Investment Companies. The Fund may invest in the securities of other investment companies (including money market funds). Under the 1940 Act, or as otherwise permitted by the SEC, the Fund’s investment in investment companies is limited to, subject to certain exceptions, (i) 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of any one investment company, (ii) 5% of the Fund’s total assets with respect to any one investment company and (iii) 10% of the Fund’s total assets of investment companies in the aggregate.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may invest in the securities of real estate investment trusts to the extent allowed by law, which pool investors’ funds for investments primarily in commercial real estate properties. Investment in REITs may be the most practical available means for the Fund to invest in the real estate industry. As a shareholder in a REIT, the Fund would bear its ratable share of the REIT’s expenses, including its advisory and administration fees. At the same time, the Fund would continue to pay its own investment advisory fees and other expenses, as a result of which the Fund and its shareholders in effect will be absorbing duplicate levels of fees with respect to investments in REITs.
 
Illiquid Securities. The Fund may invest up to an aggregate amount of 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities include securities subject to contractual or other restrictions on resale and other instruments that lack readily available markets.
 
Currency Transactions. The Fund does not expect to engage in currency transactions for the purpose of hedging against declines in the value of the Fund’s assets that are denominated in a foreign currency. The Fund may enter into foreign currency forward and foreign currency futures contracts to facilitate local securities settlements or to protect against currency exposure in connection with their distributions to shareholders, but may not enter into such contracts for speculative purposes.
 
A forward currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. A currency futures contract is a contract involving an obligation to deliver or acquire the specified amount of a specific currency, at a specified price and at a specified future time. Futures contracts may be settled on a net cash payment basis rather than by the sale and delivery of the underlying currency.
 
Futures and Options. The Fund may utilize exchange-traded futures and options contracts and swap agreements.
 
Futures contracts generally provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified commodity at a specified future time and at a specified price. Index futures contracts are settled daily with a payment by one party to the other of a cash amount based on the difference between the level of the index specified in the contract from one day to the next. Futures contracts are standardized as to maturity date and underlying instrument and are traded on futures exchanges.
  
Futures traders are required to make a good faith margin deposit in cash or U.S. government securities with a broker or custodian to initiate and maintain open positions in futures contracts. A margin deposit is intended to assure completion of the contract (delivery or acceptance of the underlying commodity or payment of the cash settlement amount) if it is not terminated prior to the specified delivery date. Brokers may establish deposit requirements which are higher than the exchange minimums. Futures contracts are customarily purchased and sold on margin deposits which may range upward from less than 5% of the value of the contract being traded.
 
After a futures contract position is opened, the value of the contract is marked to market daily. If the futures contract price changes to the extent that the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, payment of additional “variation” margin will be required. Conversely, change in the contract value may reduce the required margin, resulting in a repayment of excess margin to the contract holder. Variation margin payments are made to and from the futures broker for as long as the contract remains open. In such case, the Fund would expect to earn interest income on its margin deposits. Closing out an open futures position is done by taking an opposite position (“buying” a contract which has previously been “sold,” or “selling” a
 
 
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contract previously “purchased”) in an identical contract to terminate the position. Brokerage commissions are incurred when a futures contract position is opened or closed.
 
The Fund may use exchange-traded futures and options, together with positions in cash and money market instruments, to simulate full investment in its Underlying Index, but will not use such instruments for hedging purposes. Under such circumstances, the Investment Adviser may seek to utilize other instruments that it believes to be correlated to the underlying index components or a subset of the components. The Fund will not use such instruments for hedging purposes.

An option on a futures contract, as contrasted with the direct investment in such a contract, gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in the underlying futures contract at a specified exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option in the case of an American option, or only upon the expiration date in the case of a European option. Upon exercise of an option, the delivery of the futures position by the writer of the option to the holder of the option will be accompanied by delivery of the accumulated balance in the writer’s futures margin account that represents the amount by which the market price of the futures contract exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the futures contract. The potential for loss related to the purchase of an option on a futures contract is limited to the premium paid for the option plus transaction costs. Because the value of the option is fixed at the point of purchase, there are no daily cash payments by the purchaser to reflect changes in the value of the underlying contract; however, the value of the option changes daily and that change would be reflected in the NAV of the Fund. The potential for loss related to writing call options on equity securities or indices is unlimited. The potential for loss related to writing put options is limited only by the aggregate strike price of the put option less the premium received.
 
The Fund may purchase and write put and call options on futures contracts that are traded on a U.S. exchange as a hedge against changes in value of its portfolio securities, or in anticipation of the purchase of securities, and may enter into closing transactions with respect to such options to terminate existing positions. There is no guarantee that such closing transactions can be effected.
 
Restrictions on the Use of Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts.  Pursuant to a claim for exemption filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) on behalf of the Fund, neither the Fund nor the Trust is deemed to be a “commodity pool operator” (“CPO”) under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”), and they are not subject to registration or regulation as a CPO under the CEA.  The Investment Adviser is not deemed to be a “commodity trading advisor” with respect to its services as an investment adviser to the Fund.  In February 2012, the CFTC adopted certain regulatory changes that may subject the Investment Adviser to register with the CFTC as a CPO if the Fund is unable to comply with certain trading and marketing limitations on its investments in futures and certain other instruments.  With respect to investments in swap transactions, commodity futures, commodity options or certain other derivatives used for purposes other than bona fide hedging purposes, the Fund must meet one of the following tests under the amended regulations in order to claim an exemption from being considered a CPO.  First, the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish the Fund’s positions in such investments may not exceed five percent (5%) of the liquidation value of the Fund’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such investments).  Alternatively, the aggregate net notional value of such instruments, determined at the time of the most recent position established, may not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the liquidation value of the Fund’s portfolio (after accounting for unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such positions).  In addition to meeting one of the foregoing trading limitations, the Fund may not market itself as a commodity pool or otherwise as a vehicle for trading in the commodity futures, commodity options or swaps and derivatives markets.  In the event that the Investment Adviser is required to register as a CPO with respect to the Fund, the disclosure and operations of the Fund would need to comply with all applicable CFTC regulations.  Compliance with these registration and regulatory requirements may increase operational expenses.
 
Swap Agreements. Over-the-counter swap agreements are contracts between parties in which one party agrees to make periodic payments to the other party (the “Counterparty”) based on the change in market value or level of a specified rate, index or asset. In return, the Counterparty agrees to make periodic payments to the first party based on the return of a different specified rate, index or asset. Swap agreements will usually be done on a net basis, with the Fund receiving or paying only the net amount of the two payments. The net amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to each swap is accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash or highly liquid securities having an aggregate value at least equal to the accrued excess is maintained in an account at the Trust’s custodian bank.
 
The use of interest-rate and index swaps is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio security transactions. These transactions generally do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets or principal.
 
The use of swap agreements involves certain risks. For example, if the Counterparty under an over-the-counter swap agreement defaults on its obligation to make payments due from it, as a result of its bankruptcy or otherwise, the Fund may lose such payments altogether, or collect only a portion thereof, which collection could involve costs or delays.
 
 
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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RISKS
 
A discussion of the risks associated with an investment in the Fund is contained in the Prospectus in the “Principal Investment Risks” and “Non-Principal Risk Considerations” sections. The discussion below supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the “Principal Investment Risks” section of the Prospectus.
 
An investment in the Fund should be made with an understanding that the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities may fluctuate in accordance with changes in the financial condition of the issuers of the portfolio securities, the value of securities in general and other factors that affect the market.
 
An investment in the Fund should also be made with an understanding of the risks inherent in an investment in securities, including the risk that the financial condition of issuers may become impaired or that the general condition of the stock market may deteriorate (either of which may cause a decrease in the value of the portfolio securities and thus in the value of Fund Shares). Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence 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 or banking crises.
 
Holders of common stocks incur more risk than holders of preferred stocks and debt obligations because common stockholders, as owners of the issuer, have generally inferior rights to receive payments from the issuer in comparison with the rights of creditors, or holders of debt obligations or preferred stocks. Further, unlike debt securities which typically have a stated principal amount payable at maturity (whose value, however, is subject to market fluctuations prior thereto), or preferred stocks, which typically have a liquidation preference and which may have stated optional or mandatory redemption provisions, common stocks have neither a fixed principal amount nor a maturity.
 
The existence of a liquid trading market for certain securities may depend on whether dealers will make a market in such securities. There can be no assurance that a market will be made or maintained or that any such market will be or remain liquid. The price at which securities may be sold and the value of the Fund Shares will be adversely affected if trading markets for the Fund’s portfolio securities are limited or absent, or if bid/ask spreads are wide.
  
The discussion below supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the “Non-Principal Risk Considerations” section of the Prospectus.
 
Risks of Currency Transactions. Foreign exchange transactions involve a significant degree of risk and the markets in which foreign exchange transactions are effected are highly volatile, highly specialized and highly technical. Significant changes, including changes in liquidity prices, can occur in such markets within very short periods of time, often within minutes. Foreign exchange trading risks include, but are not limited to, exchange rate risk, maturity gap, interest rate risk, and potential interference by foreign governments through regulation of local exchange markets, foreign investment or particular transactions in foreign currency. If the Fund utilizes foreign exchange transactions at an inappropriate time or judges market conditions, trends or correlations incorrectly, foreign exchange transactions may not serve their intended purpose of improving the correlation of the Fund’s return with the performance of its Underlying Index and may lower the Fund’s return. The Fund could experience losses if the value of its currency forwards, options and futures positions were poorly correlated with its other investments or if it could not close out its positions because of an illiquid market. In addition, the Fund could incur transaction costs, including trading commissions, in connection with certain foreign currency transactions.
 
Risks of Futures and Options Transactions. There are several risks accompanying the utilization of futures contracts and options on futures contracts. First, while the Fund plans to utilize futures contracts only if an active market exists for such contracts, there is no guarantee that a liquid market will exist for the contract at a specified time.

Furthermore, because, by definition, futures contracts project price levels in the future and not current levels of valuation, market circumstances may result in a discrepancy between the price of the stock index future and the movement in the Underlying Index. In the event of adverse price movements, the Fund would continue to be required to make daily cash payments to maintain its required margin. In such situations, if the Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell portfolio securities to meet daily margin requirements at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so. In addition, the Fund may be required to deliver the instruments underlying futures contracts it has sold.
 
The risk of loss in trading futures contracts or uncovered call options in some strategies (e.g., selling uncovered stock index futures contracts) is potentially unlimited. The Fund does not plan to use futures and options contracts in this way. The risk of a futures position may still be large as traditionally measured due to the low margin deposits required. In many cases, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in immediate and substantial loss or gain to the investor relative to the size of a required margin deposit. The Fund, however, intends to utilize futures and options contracts in a manner designed to limit their risk exposure to levels comparable to direct investment in stocks.
 
Utilization of futures and options on futures by the Fund involves the risk of imperfect or even negative correlation to the Underlying Index if the index underlying the futures contract differs from the Underlying Index. There is also the risk of loss by the Fund of margin deposits in the event of bankruptcy of a broker with whom the Fund has an open position in the futures contract or option; however, this risk is substantially minimized because (a) of the regulatory requirement that the broker has to “segregate” customer funds from its corporate funds, and (b) in the case of regulated exchanges in the United States, the clearing
 
 
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corporation stands behind the broker to make good losses in such a situation. The purchase of put or call options could be based upon predictions by the Investment Adviser as to anticipated trends, which predictions could prove to be incorrect and a part or all of the premium paid therefore could be lost.
 
Because the futures market imposes less burdensome margin requirements than the securities market, an increased amount of participation by speculators in the futures market could result in price fluctuations. Certain financial futures exchanges limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. The daily limit establishes the maximum amount by which the price of a futures contract may vary either up or down from the previous day’s settlement price at the end of a trading session. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular type of contract, no trades may be made on that day at a price beyond that limit. It is possible that futures contract prices could move to the daily limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and subjecting the Fund to substantial losses. In the event of adverse price movements, the Fund would be required to make daily cash payments of variation margin.
 
Although the Fund intends to enter into futures contracts only if there is an active market for such contracts, there is no assurance that an active market will exist for the contracts at any particular time.
 
Risks of Swap Agreements. The risk of loss with respect to swaps generally is limited to the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make. Over the counter swap agreements are also subject to the risk that the swap counterparty will default on its obligations. If such a default were to occur, the Fund will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. However, such remedies may be subject to bankruptcy and insolvency laws which could affect the Fund’s rights as a creditor - (e.g., the Fund may not receive the net amount of payments that it contractually is entitled to receive). The Fund, however, intends to utilize swaps in a manner designed to limit its risk exposure to levels comparable to direct investments in securities.


MANAGEMENT
 
Trustees and Officers
 
Oversight of the management and affairs of the Trust, including general supervision of the duties performed by the Investment Adviser for the Fund under the Investment Advisory Agreement, is the responsibility of the Board. Among other things, the Board considers the approval of contracts, described herein, under which certain companies provide essential management and administrative services to the Trust. Once the contracts are approved, the Board monitors the level and quality of services. Annually, the Board evaluates the services received under the contracts by receiving reports covering, among other things, investment performance, administrative services and the Investment Adviser’s profitability in order to determine whether to continue existing contracts or negotiate new contracts.

On November 12, 2013, the Board, and at a special meeting of shareholders held in April 2014, shareholders of the Trust elected the following individuals, each of whom serves as a Trustee on the Board of certain open-end funds and exchange-traded funds advised by Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, affiliates of the Investment Adviser, to serve as Trustees: Donald A. Chubb, Jr., Jerry B. Farley and Maynard F. Oliverius. The term of the aforementioned Trustees began on April 3, 2014. In addition, during that meeting, shareholders also formally elected Mr. Donald C. Cacciapaglia to the Board.  Mr. Cacciapaglia previously was appointed to the Board and has served as a Trustee since 2012.

The Board currently has 9 Trustees, 8 of whom have no affiliation or business connection with the Investment Adviser, the Distributor or any of their affiliated persons and do not own any stock or other securities issued by the Investment Adviser or Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (“Guggenheim Funds Distributors” or the “Distributor”). These are the “non-interested” or “independent” Trustees (“Independent Trustees”). Mr. Donald C. Cacciapaglia is an “interested person” (as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) (“Interested Trustee”) of the Trust because of his position with the Investment Adviser and the Distributor.

The Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Guggenheim Funds Group fund complex (the “Fund Complex”) overseen by each Trustee, and other directorships, if any, held by the Trustee are shown below. The Fund Complex includes all closed- and open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) and exchange-traded funds advised by the Investment Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser or servicing agent that is an affiliated person of the Investment Adviser. The Fund Complex is comprised of 13 closed-end funds, 64 exchange-traded funds and 148 open-end funds advised or serviced by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates.
 
 
 
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Name,
Address* and
Year of Birth
of Trustees
Position (s)
Held
with Trust
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
Other
Directorships
Held by
Trustees
Independent Trustees
Randall C. Barnes
 
(1951)
Trustee
Since 2006
Current: Private Investor (2001-present).
 
Former: Senior Vice President and Treasurer, PepsiCo, Inc. (1993-1997); President, Pizza Hut International (1991-1993); Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and New Business Development, PepsiCo, Inc. (1987-1990).
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Current: Trustee, Purpose, Inc. (2014-present).
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
 
(1946)
Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Board
Since 2014
Current:  Business broker and manager of commercial real estate, Griffith & Blair, Inc. (1997-present).
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None.
Jerry B. Farley
 
(1946)
Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Audit Committee
Since 2014
Current:  President, Washburn University (1997-present).
88
Current: Westar Energy, Inc. (2004-present); CoreFirst Bank & Trust (2000-present).
Roman Friedrich III
 
(1946)
Trustee and Chairman of the Contracts Review Committee
Since 2010
Current: Founder and President, Roman Friedrich & Company (1998-present).
 
Former: Senior Managing Director, MLV & Co. LLC (2010-2011).
88
Current: Zincore Metals, Inc. (2009-present).
 
Former: Mercator Minerals Ltd. (2013-2014); First Americas Gold Corp. (2012-2014); Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (2011-2012); Axiom Gold and Silver Corp. (2011-2012); Stratagold Corp. (2003-2009); GFM Resources Ltd. (2005-2010).
Robert B. Karn III
 
(1942)
Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Since 2010
Current: Consultant (1998-present).
 
Former: Arthur Andersen (1965-1997) and Managing Partner, Financial and Economic Consulting, St. Louis office (1987-1997).
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Current: Peabody Energy Company (2003-present); GP Natural Resource Partners, LLC (2002-present).
Ronald A. Nyberg
 
(1953)
Trustee and Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Since 2006
Current: Partner, Nyberg & Cassioppi, LLC (2000-present).
 
Former: Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Van Kampen Investments (1982-1999).
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Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare System (2012-present).
Maynard F. Oliverius
 
(1943)
Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Contracts Review Committee
Since 2014
Retired.
 
Former: President and CEO, Stormont-Vail HealthCare (1996-2012).
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None.
 
 
 
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Name,
Address* and
Year of Birth
of Trustees
Position (s)
Held
with Trust
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
Other
Directorships
Held by
Trustees
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
 
(1958)
Trustee and Chairman of the Board
Since 2006
Current: Portfolio Consultant (2010-present).
 
Former: Vice President, Manager and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Asset Management (1998-1999); Vice President, Nuveen Investment Advisory Corp. (1992-1999); Vice President and Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1991-1999); and Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Unit Investment Trusts (1988-1999), each of John Nuveen & Co., Inc. (1982-1999).
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Former: Bennett Group of Funds (2011-2013).
Interested Trustee
Donald C. Cacciapaglia
 
(1951)
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
Since 2012
Current: President and CEO, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present); Vice Chairman, Guggenheim Investments (2010-present).
 
Former: Chairman and CEO, Channel Capital Group, Inc. (2002-2010).
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Current: Delaware Life (2013-present); Guggenheim Life and Annuity Company (2011-present); Paragon Life Insurance Company of Indiana (2011-present).
 
*
The business address of each Trustee is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606.
**
Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected and qualified.

The executive officers of the Trust who are not Trustees, the term of office and length of time served, and their principal business occupations during the past five years are shown below.
 
Name, Address* and
Year of Birth of the Officers
Position(s) held
with the Trust
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served**
Principal Occupation(s) during the Past 5 Years
Joseph M. Arruda
 
(1966)
 
Assistant
Treasurer
 
Since 2010
 
Current: Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2006-present); Vice President, Security Investors, LLC (2010-present); CFO and Manager, Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC
(2009-present).
 
Former: Vice President, Security Global Investors, LLC (2010-2011); Vice President, Rydex Advisors, LLC (2010); Vice President, Rydex Advisors II, LLC (2010).
William H. Belden, III
 
(1965)
Vice President
Since 2006
Current: Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2006-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC (2005-present).
 
Former: Vice President of Management, Northern Trust Global Investments (1999-2005).
Joanna Catalucci
 
(1966)
Chief
Compliance
Officer
Since 2012
Current: Chief Compliance Officer of certain funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present).
 
Former: Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2008-2012); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC and certain affiliates (2010-2012); Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President, Rydex Advisors, LLC and certain affiliates (2010-2011).
 
 
 
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Name, Address* and
Year of Birth of the Officers
Position(s) held
with the Trust
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served**
Principal Occupation(s) during the Past 5 Years
Mark J. Furjanic
 
(1959)
 
Assistant Treasurer
Since 2008
Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2005-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2008-present).
 
Former: Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP (1999-2005).
James Howley
 
(1972)
Assistant Treasurer
Since 2006
Current: Director, Guggenheim Investments (2004-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2006-present).  
Former: Manager, Mutual Fund Administration of Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (1996-2004).
Amy J. Lee
 
(1961)
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Since 2013 (Chief Legal Officer) Since 2014 (Vice President)
Current: Chief Legal Officer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2013-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present).
 
Former: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security Benefit Corporation (2004-2012).
 
Mark E. Mathiasen
 
(1978)
Secretary
Since 2011
Current: Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2007-present); Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2007-present).
Michael P. Megaris
 
(1984)
 
Assistant Secretary
Since 2014
Current: Assistant Secretary, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (April 2014-present); Associate, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present).
 
Former: J.D., University of Kansas School of Law (2009-2012).
Kimberly Scott
 
(1974)
Assistant Treasurer
Since 2012
Current: Vice President, Guggenheim Investments (2012-present); Assistant Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2012-present).  
 
Former: Financial Reporting Manager, Invesco, Ltd. (2010-2011); Vice President/Assistant Treasurer, Mutual Fund Administration for Van Kampen Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2009-2010); Manager of Mutual Fund Administration, Van Kampen Investments, Inc./Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2005-2009).
Bryan Stone
 
(1979)
Vice President
Since 2014
Current: Vice President, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (April 2014-present); Director, Guggenheim Investments (2013-present).
 
Former: Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2009-2013); Vice President, Morgan Stanley (2002-2009).
John L. Sullivan
 
(1955)
 
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
Since 2010
Current: CFO, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer, certain other funds in the Fund Complex (2010-present); Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments (2010-present).
 
Former: Managing Director and CCO, each of the funds in the Van Kampen Investments fund complex (2004-2010); Managing Director and Head of Fund Accounting and Administration, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2002-2004); CFO and Treasurer, Van Kampen Funds (1996-2004).
 
 
 
 
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*
The business address of each officer is c/o Guggenheim Investments, 227 West Monroe Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606.
**
Each officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
 
For each Trustee, the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustee in the Fund and in all registered investment companies in the same family of investment companies overseen by the Trustee is shown below.


NAME OF TRUSTEE
DOLLAR RANGE OF EQUITY SECURITIES IN THE GUGGENHEIM EMERGING MARKETS REAL ESTATE ETF (AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013)
AGGREGATE DOLLAR RANGE OF EQUITY SECURITIES IN ALL REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES OVERSEEN BY TRUSTEE IN FAMILY OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES (AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013)
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
   
 
Randall C. Barnes
None
Over $100,000
 
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
None
Over $100,000
 
Jerry B. Farley
None
Over $100,000
 
Roman Friedrich III
None
$50,001-100,000
 
Robert B. Karn III
None
$10,001-50,000
 
Ronald A. Nyberg
 
None
 
Over $100,000
 
Maynard F. Oliverius
 
None
 
Over $100,000
 
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
 
None
 
$10,001-50,000
     
INTERESTED TRUSTEE
   
Donald C. Cacciapaglia
None
None


As to each Independent Trustee and his immediate family members, no person owned beneficially or of record securities in an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund, or a person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund.
 
Board Leadership Structure

            The Board has appointed an Independent Chairman, Ronald E. Toupin, Jr., who presides at Board meetings and who is responsible for, among other things, participating in the planning of Board meetings, setting the tone of Board meetings and seeking to encourage open dialogue and independent inquiry among the Trustees and management. The Board has established four standing committees (as described below) and has delegated certain responsibilities to those committees, each of which is comprised solely of Independent Trustees. The Board and its committees meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund’s activities, review contractual arrangements with service providers, review the Fund’s financial statements, oversee compliance with regulatory requirements, and review performance. The Independent Trustees are advised by independent legal counsel experienced in 1940 Act matters and are represented by such independent legal counsel at Board and committee meetings. The Board has determined that this leadership structure, including an Independent Chairman, a supermajority of Independent Trustees and committee membership limited to Independent Trustees, is appropriate in light of the characteristics and circumstances of the Trust.
 
 
 
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Qualifications and Experience of Trustees
 
The Trustees considered the educational, business and professional experience of each Board member and the service by each Trustee as a trustee of certain other funds in the Fund Complex. The Trustees were selected to serve and continue on the Board based upon their skills, experience, judgment, analytical ability, diligence, ability to work effectively with other Trustees, availability and commitment to attend meetings and perform the responsibilities of a Trustee and, for the Independent Trustees, a demonstrated willingness to take an independent and questioning view of management. The Trustees also considered, among other factors, the particular attributes described below with respect to the individual Board members.
 
Randall C. Barnes—Mr. Barnes has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2006 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 2004. Through his service as a Trustee of the Trust and other funds in the Fund Complex, prior employment experience as President of Pizza Hut International and as Treasurer of PepsiCo, Inc. and his personal investment experience, Mr. Barnes is experienced in financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters.
 
Donald C. Cacciapaglia—Mr. Cacciapaglia has served as a Trustee of the Trust and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 2012. Mr. Cacciapaglia has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry and has gained experience in financial, regulatory, distribution and investment matters.
 
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.—Mr. Chubb has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2014 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 1994.  Through his service as a Trustee of the Trust and other funds in the Fund Complex, as well as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Trust, his experience in the commercial brokerage and commercial real estate market, and his prior experience, including as a director of Fidelity Bank and Trust, Mr. Chubb is experienced in financial, regulatory and investment matters.
 
Dr. Jerry B. Farley—Dr. Farley has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2014 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 2005. Through his service as a Trustee of the Trust and other funds in the Fund Complex, as well as Vice Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Trust, and his experience in the administration of the academic, business and fiscal operations of educational institutions, including currently serving as President of Washburn University and previously in various executive positions for the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, and on other boards, Dr. Farley is experienced in financial, regulatory and investment matters.
 
Roman Friedrich III—Mr. Friedrich has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2010 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 2003. Through his service as a Trustee of the Trust and other funds in the Fund Complex, as well as Chairman of the Contracts Review Committee of the Trust, his service on other public company boards, his experience as founder and chairman of Roman Friedrich & Company, a financial advisory firm, and his prior experience as a senior executive of various financial securities firms, Mr. Friedrich is experienced in financial, investment and regulatory matters.
 
Robert B. Karn III—Mr. Karn has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2010 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 2004. Through his service as a Trustee of the Trust and other funds in the Fund Complex, as well as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Trust, his service on other public and private company boards, his experience as an accountant and consultant, and his prior experience, including Managing Partner of the Financial and Economic Consulting Practice of the St. Louis office at Arthur Andersen, LLP, Mr. Karn is experienced in accounting, financial, investment and regulatory matters. The Board has determined that Mr. Karn is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC.
 
Ronald A. Nyberg—Mr. Nyberg has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2006 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 2003. Through his service as a Trustee of the Trust and other funds in the Fund Complex, as well as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Trust, his professional training and experience as an attorney and partner of a law firm, Nyberg & Cassioppi, LLC, and his prior employment experience, including Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Van Kampen Investments, an asset management firm, Mr. Nyberg is experienced in financial, regulatory and governance matters.
 
Maynard F. Oliverius—Mr. Oliverius has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2014 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 1998. Through his service as a Trustee the Trust and of other funds in the Fund Complex, as well as Vice Chairman of the Contracts Review Committee of the Trust, and his experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of Stormont-Vail HealthCare and on the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association, Mr. Oliverius is experienced in financial and regulatory matters.
 
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.—Mr. Toupin has served as a Trustee of the Trust since 2006 and of other funds in the Fund Complex since 2003. Through his service as a Trustee of the Trust and other funds in the Fund Complex, as well as the Independent Chairman of the Board of the Trust, and his professional training and employment experience, including Vice President and Portfolio Manager for Nuveen Asset Management, an asset management firm, Mr. Toupin is experienced in financial, regulatory and investment matters.
 
Each Trustee also now has considerable familiarity with the Trust, the Investment Adviser and other service providers, and their operations, as well as the special regulatory requirements governing regulated investment companies and the special responsibilities of investment company trustees as a result of his substantial prior service as a trustee of certain funds in the Fund
 
 
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Complex or, with respect to Mr. Cacciapaglia, his extensive experience in the financial industry, including his experience with the parent of the Investment Adviser.
 
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight
 
             The day-to-day business of the Fund, including the day-to-day management and administration of the Fund and of the risks that arise from the Fund’s investments and operations, is performed by third-party service providers, primarily the Investment Adviser and the Distributor. Consistent with its responsibility for oversight of the Trust, the Board is responsible for overseeing the service providers and thus, has oversight responsibility with respect to the risk management functions performed by those service providers. Risks to the Fund include, among others, investment risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, valuation risk and operational risk, as well as the overall business risk relating to the Fund. Risk management seeks to identify and mitigate the potential effects of risks, i.e., events or circumstances that could have material adverse effects on the business, operations, investment performance or reputation of the Fund. Under the oversight of the Board, the service providers to the Fund employ a variety of processes, procedures and controls to seek to identify risks relevant to the operations of the Fund and to lessen the probability of the occurrence of such risks and/or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur. Each service provider is responsible for one or more discrete aspects of the Fund’s business and consequently, for managing risks associated with that activity. Each of the Investment Adviser, the Distributor and other service providers has its own independent interest in risk management, and its policies and methods of carrying out risk management functions will depend, in part, on its analysis of the risks, functions and business models. As part of the Board’s periodic review of the Fund’s advisory and other service provider agreements, the Board may consider risk management aspects of the service providers’ operations and the functions for which they are responsible.
 
The Board oversees risk management for the Fund directly and through the committee structure it has established. The Board has established the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Contracts Review Committee to assist in its oversight functions, including its oversight of the risks the Fund faces. For instance, the Audit Committee receives reports from the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm on internal control and financial reporting matters. In addition, the Board has established an Executive Committee to act on the Board’s behalf, to the extent permitted and as necessary, in between meetings of the Board. Each committee reports its activities to the Board on a regular basis. The Board also oversees the risk management of the Fund’s operations by requesting periodic reports from and otherwise communicating with various personnel of the Trust and its service providers, including, in particular, the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, its independent registered public accounting firm and internal auditors for the Investment Adviser or its affiliates, as applicable. In connection with this, the Board requires officers of the Trust to report to the full Board on a variety of matters at regular and special meetings of the Board and its committees, as applicable, including matters relating to risk management. On at least a quarterly basis, the Board meets with the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, including separate meetings with the Independent Trustees in executive session, to discuss compliance matters and, on at least an annual basis, receives a report from the Chief Compliance Officer regarding the effectiveness of the Trust’s compliance program. The Board, with the assistance of Trust management, reviews investment policies and risks in connection with its review of the Fund’s performance. In addition, the Board receives reports from the Investment Adviser on the investments and securities trading of the Fund. With respect to valuation, the Board oversees a pricing committee comprised of Trust officers and Investment Adviser personnel and has approved Fair Valuation procedures applicable to valuing the Fund’s securities, which the Board and the Audit Committee periodically review. The Board also requires the Investment Adviser to report to the Board on other matters relating to risk management on a regular and as-needed basis.
 
            The Board recognizes that not all risks that may affect the Fund can be identified, that it may not be practical or cost-effective to eliminate or mitigate certain risks, that it may be necessary to bear certain risks (such as investment-related risks) to seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, and that the processes, procedures and controls employed to address certain risks may be limited in their effectiveness. Moreover, despite the periodic reports the Board receives, it may not be made aware of all of the relevant information of a particular risk. Most of the Fund’s investment management and business affairs are carried out by or through the Investment Adviser, Distributor and other service providers, each of which has an independent interest in risk management, which interest could differ from or conflict with that of the other funds that are advised by the Investment Adviser. As a result of the foregoing and other factors, the Board’s risk management oversight is subject to limitations.
 
Role of Diversity in Considering Board Candidates
 
In considering Trustee nominee candidates, the Nominating and Governance Committee takes into account a wide variety of factors, including the overall diversity of the Board’s composition. The Nominating and Governance Committee believes the Board generally benefits from diversity of background, experience and views among its members, and considers this a factor in evaluating the composition of the Board, but has not adopted any specific policy in this regard.
 
Board Committees
 
Messrs. Barnes, Chubb, Friedrich, Karn, Nyberg, Oliverius and Toupin and Dr. Farley, who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, serve on the Trust’s Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is generally responsible for reviewing and evaluating issues related to the accounting and financial reporting policies and internal controls of the Trust and, as appropriate, the internal controls of certain service providers, overseeing the quality and objectivity of the Trust’s financial
 
 
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statements and the audit thereof and acting as a liaison between the Board and the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee held five meetings during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014.
 
 Messrs. Barnes, Chubb, Friedrich, Karn, Nyberg, Oliverius and Toupin and Dr. Farley, who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, serve on the Trust’s Contracts Review Committee. The purpose of the Contracts Review Committee is to assist the Board in overseeing certain contracts to which the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, is or is proposed to be a party to ensure that the interests of the Fund and its shareholders are served by the terms of these contracts. The Committee’s primary function is to oversee the process of evaluating existing investment advisory and subadvisory agreements, administration agreements, distribution agreements and distribution and/or shareholder services plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. In addition, at its discretion or at the request of the Board, the Committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Board with respect to any contract to which the Trust on behalf of the Fund is or is proposed to be a party. The Contracts Review Committee held one meeting during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014.
 
Messrs. Toupin and Chubb, who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, serve on the Trust’s Executive Committee.  In between meetings of the full Board, the Executive Committee generally may exercise all the powers of the full Board in the management of the business of the Trust.  However, the Executive Committee cannot, among other things, authorize dividends or distributions on shares, amend the bylaws or recommend to the shareholders any action which requires shareholder approval.  The Executive Committee is recently organized and did not hold any meetings during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014.
 
Messrs. Barnes, Chubb, Friedrich, Karn, Nyberg, Oliverius and Toupin and Dr. Farley, who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, serve on the Trust’s Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for recommending qualified candidates to the Board in the event that a position is vacated or created. The Nominating and Governance Committee would consider recommendations by shareholders if a vacancy were to exist and shall assess shareholder recommendations in the same manner as it reviews its own candidates. Such recommendations should be submitted to the Secretary of the Trust. The Trust does not have a standing compensation committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee held two meetings during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014.
 
Remuneration of Trustees and Officers
 
The Independent Trustees of the Trust receive from the Fund Complex a general retainer of $232,000 for service on covered boards. Additional annual retainer fees are paid as follows: $40,000 to the Independent Chair of the Board; $6,000 to the Independent Vice Chair of the Board; $6,000 to the Audit Committee Chair; $6,000 to the Audit Committee Vice Chair; $6,000 to the Contracts Review Committee Chair; $6,000 to the Contracts Review Committee Vice Chair; and $6,000 to the Nominating and Governance Committee Chair.  In addition, fees are paid for special Board or Committee meetings, with $5,000 paid for a special in-person Board meeting; $5,000 paid for a special in-person Committee meeting; and $1,000 for a special telephone Board or Committee meeting. The Fund pays proportionately its respective share of Independent Trustees’ fees and expenses based on its relative net assets.  The Independent Trustees had a different compensation structure prior to April 3, 2014.
 
Officers who are employed by the Investment Adviser and the Interested Trustee receive no compensation or expense reimbursements from the Trust.
 
The table below shows the estimated compensation to be paid to Trustees for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015:
 

NAME OF TRUSTEE
AGGREGATE COMPENSATION FROM TRUST
PENSION OR RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACCRUED AS PART OF FUND EXPENSES
TOTAL COMPENSATION PAID FROM FUND COMPLEX
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
     
Randall C. Barnes
$17,846
N/A
$340,500
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.
$18,308
N/A
$238,000
Jerry B. Farley
$18,308
N/A
$238,000
Roman Friedrich III
$18,308
N/A
$238,000
Robert B. Karn III
$18,308
N/A
$238,000
Ronald A. Nyberg
$18,308
N/A
$419,625
Maynard F. Oliverius
$18,308
N/A
$238,000
Ronald E. Toupin, Jr.
$20,923
N/A
$353,500

The officers and Trustees of the Trust, in the aggregate, own less than 1% of the Fund Shares.
 
           Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser manages the investment and reinvestment of the Fund’s assets and administers the affairs of the Fund to the extent requested by the Board.
 
 
 
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Portfolio Managers. Michael P. Byrum, CFA, Senior Vice President of Guggenheim Investments, James R. King, CFA, Portfolio Manager of Guggenheim Investments, and Cindy Gao, ETF Analyst of Guggenheim Investments, serve as portfolio managers for the Fund and are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.
 
Other Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Managers. As of July 31, 2014, the portfolio managers managed the following other registered investment companies, pooled investment vehicles or other accounts.

Michael P. Byrum:
 
Type of Account
Number of Accounts
Total Assets in the Accounts
Number of Accounts in
Which the Advisory Fee
is Based on Performance
Total Assets in the Accounts
in Which the Advisory Fee
is Based on Performance
Registered investment companies
170
$31,927,260,302
0
$0
Other pooled investment vehicles
0
$0
0
$0
Other accounts
1
$53,766, 320
0
$0

 
James R. King:
 
Type of Account
Number of Accounts
Total Assets in the Accounts
Number of Accounts in
Which the Advisory Fee
is Based on Performance
Total Assets in the Accounts
in Which the Advisory Fee
is Based on Performance
Registered investment companies
60
$25,406,100,366
0
$0
Other pooled investment vehicles
0
$0
0
$0
Other accounts
0
$0
0
$0

 
Cindy Gao:
 
Type of Account
Number of Accounts
Total Assets in the Accounts
Number of Accounts in
Which the Advisory Fee
is Based on Performance
Total Assets in the Accounts
in Which the Advisory Fee
is Based on Performance
Registered investment companies
8
$1,166,298,247
0
$0
Other pooled investment vehicles
0
$0
0
$0
Other accounts
0
$0
0
$0


Although the funds in the Trust that are managed by the portfolio managers may have different investment strategies, each has an investment objective of replicating its Underlying Index. The Investment Adviser does not believe that management of the different funds of the Trust presents a material conflict of interest for the portfolio managers or the Investment Adviser.

Portfolio Manager Compensation. Each portfolio manager’s compensation consists of the following elements:
 
Base salary: Each portfolio manager is paid a fixed base salary by the Investment Adviser or one of its affiliates which is set at a level determined to be appropriate based upon the portfolio manager’s experience and responsibilities.
 
Annual bonus: Each portfolio manager is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus. There is no policy regarding, or agreement with, a portfolio manager to receive bonuses or any other compensation in connection with the performance of any of the accounts managed by the portfolio manager. Each portfolio manager also participates in benefit plans and programs generally available to all employees of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates.
 
 
 
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Securities Ownership of the Portfolio Managers. As of the date of this SAI, the portfolio managers did not own any Fund Shares.

Investment Advisory Agreement.  Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Investment Adviser and the Trust, the Fund pays the Investment Adviser a unitary management fee for the services and facilities it provides, payable on a monthly basis at the annual percentage rate of its average daily net assets set forth in the chart below:


FUND
FEE
Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF
0.65% of average daily net assets
  
 Out of the unitary management fee, the Investment Adviser pays substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for the fee payments under the Investment Advisory Agreement, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (such as expenses related to a meeting of the Fund’s shareholders).
 
Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Investment Adviser will not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the performance of the Investment Advisory Agreement, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Investment Adviser in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard of its duties and obligations thereunder. The Investment Advisory Agreement continues until August 19, 2016, and thereafter only if approved annually by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Investment Advisory Agreement terminates automatically upon assignment and is terminable at any time without penalty as to the Fund by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities on 60 days written notice to the Investment Adviser, or by the Investment Adviser on 60 days written notice to the Fund.
 
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board’s approval of the Advisory Agreement will be available in the semi-annual report to shareholders to be dated November 30, 2014.
 
Guggenheim Funds Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guggenheim Funds Services, LLC (“Guggenheim Funds Services”), acts as the Fund’s investment adviser pursuant to an advisory agreement with the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”). The Investment Adviser is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal offices located at 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, currently offers closed-end funds, unit investment trusts and exchange-traded funds. Guggenheim Funds Services is a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), a global, diversified financial services firm with more than $186 billion in assets under supervision as of June 30, 2014. Guggenheim, through its affiliates, provides investment management, investment advisory, insurance, investment banking and capital markets services. Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management division of Guggenheim. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and New York with a global network of offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Investment Adviser manages the investment and reinvestment of the Fund’s assets and administers the affairs of the Fund to the extent requested by the Board. The Investment Adviser also acts as investment adviser to closed-end and open-end management investment companies. 
 
Administrator. Rydex Fund Services, LLC (“RFS”), an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, located at 805 King Farm Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20850 serves as the Trust’s administrator. Pursuant to an administration agreement, RFS provides certain administrative, bookkeeping and accounting services to the Trust. RFS is compensated for its administrative, bookkeeping and accounting services to the Fund solely from the unitary management fee pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement. Prior to May 14, 2013, Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC served as the Trust’s administrator.
 
Custodian and Transfer Agent. The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”), located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as custodian for the Fund pursuant to a Custodian Agreement. As custodian, BNY holds the Fund’s assets, calculates the net asset value of Shares and calculates net income and realized capital gains or losses. BNY also serves as the Fund’s transfer agent pursuant to a Transfer Agency Agreement. As compensation for the foregoing services, BNY receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly by the Investment Adviser from the management fee pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement.

Distributor. Guggenheim Funds Distributors is the Distributor of Fund Shares. Its principal address is 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The Distributor has entered into a Distribution Agreement with the Trust pursuant to which it distributes Fund Shares. Shares are continuously offered for sale by the Fund through the Distributor only in Creation Unit Aggregations, as described in the Prospectus and below under the heading “Creation and Redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations.”
 
12b-1 Plan. The Trust has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “Plan”) pursuant to which the Fund may reimburse the Distributor up to a maximum annual rate of 0.25% of its average daily net assets.
 
 
 
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The Trust may pay a monthly fee not to exceed 0.25% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets to reimburse the Distributor for actual amounts expended to finance any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of Creation Units of the Fund or the provision of investor services, including but not limited to (i) delivering copies of the Trust’s then-current prospectus to prospective purchasers of such Creation Units; (ii) marketing and promotional services including advertising; (iii) facilitating communications with beneficial owners of Fund Shares; and (iv) such other services and obligations as are set forth in the Distribution Agreement. Distribution expenses incurred in any one year in excess of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets may be reimbursed in subsequent years subject to the annual 0.25% limit and subject further to the approval of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Distributor may use all or any portion of the amount received pursuant to the Plan to compensate securities dealers or other persons that are Authorized Participants for providing distribution assistance, including broker-dealer and shareholder support and educational and promotional services, pursuant to agreements with the Distributor, or to pay any of the expenses associated with other activities authorized under the Plan.
 
The Plan shall, unless terminated as set forth below, remain in effect with respect to the Fund provided that its continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of both a majority of the Trustees and a majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the Plan. The Plan may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund. In the event of termination or non-continuance of the Plan, the Trust may reimburse any expense which it incurred prior to such termination or non-continuance, provided that such reimbursement is specifically approved by both a majority of the Board and a majority of the Independent Trustees.
 
Under the Plan and as required by Rule 12b-1, the Trustees will receive and review after the end of each calendar quarter a written report provided by the Distributor of the amounts expended under the Plan and the purpose for which such expenditures were made.
 
The Plan was adopted in order to permit the implementation of the Fund’s method of distribution. However, no such fee is currently charged to the Fund, and there are no plans in place to impose such a fee. In addition, the Board has adopted a resolution that no such fee shall be paid in the first 12 months of the Fund’s operations.
 
Financial Intermediary Compensation. The Investment Adviser and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates (“Guggenheim Entities”) may pay certain broker-dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries (“Intermediaries”) for certain activities related to the Fund or other Guggenheim funds (“Payments”). Any Payments made by Guggenheim Entities will be made from their own assets and not from the assets of the Fund. Although a portion of Guggenheim Entities’ revenue comes directly or indirectly in part from fees paid by the Fund and other Guggenheim funds, Payments do not increase the price paid by investors for the purchase of shares of, or the cost of owning, the Fund or other Guggenheim funds. Guggenheim Entities may make Payments for Intermediaries’ participating in activities that are designed to make registered representatives, other professionals and individual investors more knowledgeable about the Fund or for other activities, such as participation in marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs, the support of technology platforms and/or reporting systems (“Education Costs”). Guggenheim Entities may also make Payments to Intermediaries for certain printing, publishing and mailing costs associated with the Fund or materials relating to exchange-traded funds in general (“Publishing Costs”). In addition, Guggenheim Entities may make Payments to Intermediaries that make Shares and certain other Guggenheim funds available to their clients or for otherwise promoting the Fund and other Guggenheim funds. Payments of this type are sometimes referred to as revenue-sharing payments.  

The Distributor and its affiliates have established a revenue sharing arrangement with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”). Under this arrangement, Schwab has agreed not to charge its customers any trading commissions when those customers purchase or sell shares of certain Guggenheim funds online. In addition, Schwab will promote the availability of commission-free ETF trading to its customers.
 
Payments to an Intermediary may be significant to the Intermediary, and amounts that Intermediaries pay to your salesperson or other investment professional may also be significant for your salesperson or other investment professional. Because an Intermediary may make decisions about which investment options it will recommend or make available to its clients or what services to provide for various products based on payments it receives or is eligible to receive, Payments create conflicts of interest between the Intermediary and its clients and these financial incentives may cause the Intermediary to recommend the Fund and other Guggenheim funds over other investments. The same conflict of interest exists with respect to your salesperson or other investment professional if he or she receives similar payments from his or her Intermediary firm.
 
Guggenheim Entities may determine to make Payments based on any number of metrics. For example, Guggenheim Entities may make Payments at year-end or other intervals in a fixed amount, an amount based upon an Intermediary’s services at defined levels or an amount based on the Intermediary’s net sales of one or more Guggenheim funds in a year or other period, any of which arrangements may include an agreed-upon minimum or maximum payment, or any combination of the foregoing. As of the date of this SAI, Guggenheim anticipates that the Payments paid by Guggenheim Entities in connection with the Fund and other Guggenheim funds will be immaterial to Guggenheim Entities in the aggregate for the next year. Please contact your salesperson or other investment professional for more information regarding any Payments his or her Intermediary firm may receive. Any payments made by the Guggenheim Entities to an Intermediary may create the incentive for an Intermediary to encourage customers to buy shares of Guggenheim funds.
 
 
 
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Aggregations. Fund Shares in less than Creation Unit Aggregations are not distributed by the Distributor. The Distributor will deliver the Prospectus and, upon request, this SAI to persons purchasing Creation Unit Aggregations and will maintain records of both orders placed with it and confirmations of acceptance furnished by it. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").
 
The Distribution Agreement for the Fund provides that it may be terminated as to the Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on at least 60 days written notice by the Trust to the Distributor (i) by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or (ii) by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund. The Distribution Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).
 
The Distributor may also enter into agreements with securities dealers ("Soliciting Dealers") who will solicit purchases of Creation Unit Aggregations of Fund Shares. Such Soliciting Dealers may also be Participating Parties (as defined in "Procedures for Creation of Creation Unit Aggregations" below) and DTC Participants (as defined in "DTC Acts as Securities Depository" below).
 
                                Index Provider. The Fund is based on the AlphaShares Emerging Markets Real Estate Index. AlphaShares LLC (“AlphaShares”) compiles the Underlying Index (the “Index Provider”).
  
The Index Provider is not affiliated with the Fund or with the Investment Adviser. The Fund is entitled to use its Underlying Index pursuant to a sub-licensing arrangement with the Investment Adviser, which in turn has a licensing agreement with the Index Provider.
 
The only relationship that the Index Provider has with the Investment Adviser or Distributor of the Fund in connection with the Fund is that it has licensed certain of its intellectual property, including the determination of the component stocks of the Underlying Index and the name of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is selected and calculated without regard to the Investment Adviser, Distributor or owners of the Fund. The Index Provider has no obligation to take the specific needs of the Investment Adviser, Distributor or owners of the Fund into consideration in the determination and calculation of the Underlying Index. The Index Provider is not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of pricing or the timing of the issuance or sale of Fund Shares or in the determination or calculation of the net asset value of the Fund. The Index Provider has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Fund.
 
THE INDEX PROVIDER SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INTERRUPTIONS RELATED TO THE FUND OR UNDERLYING INDEX. EACH INDEX PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE INVESTMENT ADVISER, DISTRIBUTOR OR OWNERS OF THE FUND, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, FROM THE USE OF THE UNDERLYING INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE INDEX PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, WITH RESPECT TO THE FUND OR TO UNDERLYING INDEX OR TO ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX PROVIDER HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) IN CONNECTION WITH THE FUND OR THE UNDERLYING INDEX, EVEN IF THE INDEX PROVIDER IS NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

BROKERAGE TRANSACTIONS
 
The policy of the Trust regarding purchases and sales of securities is that primary consideration will be given to obtaining the most favorable prices and efficient executions of transactions. Consistent with this policy, when securities transactions are effected on a stock exchange, the Trust’s policy is to pay commissions that are considered fair and reasonable without necessarily determining that the lowest possible commissions are paid in all circumstances. In seeking to determine the reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid in any transaction, the Investment Adviser relies upon its experience and knowledge regarding commissions generally charged by various brokers. The sale of Fund Shares by a broker-dealer is not a factor in the selection of broker-dealers.
 
In seeking to implement the Trust’s policies, the Investment Adviser effects transactions with those brokers and dealers that the Investment Adviser believes provide the most favorable prices and are capable of providing efficient executions. The Investment Adviser and its affiliates do not currently participate in soft dollar transactions.
 
The Investment Adviser assumes general supervision over placing orders on behalf of the Fund for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities. If purchases or sales of portfolio securities by the Fund and one or more other investment companies or clients supervised by the Investment Adviser are considered at or about the same time, transactions in such securities are allocated among the Fund, the several investment companies and clients in a manner deemed equitable to all by the Investment Adviser. In some cases, this procedure could have a detrimental effect on the price or volume of the security as far as the Fund is concerned. However, in other cases, it is possible that the ability to participate in volume transactions and to negotiate lower brokerage
 
 
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commissions will be beneficial to the Fund. The primary consideration is prompt execution of orders at the most favorable net price. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUST
 
The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 8, 2006.
 
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares in one or more series or “funds.” The Trust currently is comprised of 12 funds. The Board has the right to establish additional series or liquidate existing series in the future, to determine the preferences, voting powers, rights and privileges thereof and to modify such preferences, voting powers, rights and privileges without shareholder approval.
 
 Each Share issued by the Fund has a pro rata interest in the assets of the Fund. Fund Shares have no preemptive, exchange, subscription or conversion rights and are freely transferable. Each Share is entitled to participate equally in dividends and distributions declared by the Board with respect to the Fund, and in the net distributable assets of the Fund on liquidation. The Trustees may at any time, by majority vote and without shareholder approval, cause the Fund to redeem all of its Shares and liquidate.
 
Each Share has one vote with respect to matters upon which a shareholder vote is required consistent with the requirements of the 1940 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder. Shares of all funds, including the Fund, of the Trust vote together as a single class except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act, or if the matter being voted on affects only a particular fund, and, if a matter affects a particular fund differently from other funds, the shares of that fund will vote separately on such matter.
 
The Declaration of Trust may, except in limited circumstances, be amended or supplemented by the Trustees without shareholder vote. The holders of Fund Shares are required to disclose information on direct or indirect ownership of Fund Shares as may be required to comply with various laws applicable to the Fund, and ownership of Fund Shares may be disclosed by the Fund if so required by law or regulation.
 
            The Trust is not required and does not intend to hold annual meetings of shareholders. Shareholders owning more than 51% of the outstanding shares of the Trust have the right to call a special meeting to remove one or more Trustees or for any other purpose.
 
The Trust does not have information concerning the beneficial ownership of Shares held by DTC Participants (as defined below).
 
Shareholders may make inquiries by writing to the Trust, c/o Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
 
Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities. As of September 26, 2014, no persons owned 5% or more of the Fund’s securities.

Book Entry Only System. The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the section in the Prospectus entitled “Book Entry.”
 
DTC Acts as Securities Depository for Fund Shares. Fund Shares are represented by securities registered in the name of DTC or its nominee and deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC.
 
DTC, a limited-purpose trust company, was created to hold securities of its participants (the “DTC Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among the DTC Participants in such securities through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the DTC Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives) own DTC. More specifically, DTC is owned by a number of its DTC Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the NYSE Arca and FINRA. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly (the “Indirect Participants”).
 
Beneficial ownership of Shares is limited to DTC Participants, Indirect Participants and persons holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in Shares (owners of such beneficial interests are referred to herein as “Beneficial Owners”) is shown on, and the transfer of ownership is effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to DTC Participants) and on the records of DTC Participants (with respect to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners that are not DTC Participants). Beneficial Owners will receive from or through the DTC Participant a written confirmation relating to their purchase and sale of Shares.
 
 
 
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Conveyance of all notices, statements and other communications to Beneficial Owners is effected as follows. Pursuant to the Depositary Agreement between the Trust and DTC, DTC is required to make available to the Trust upon request and for a fee to be charged to the Trust a listing of the Fund Shares held by each DTC Participant. The Trust shall inquire of each such DTC Participant as to the number of Beneficial Owners holding Shares, directly or indirectly, through such DTC Participant. The Trust shall provide each such DTC Participant with copies of such notice, statement or other communication, in such form, number and at such place as such DTC Participant may reasonably request, in order that such notice, statement or communication may be transmitted by such DTC Participant, directly or indirectly, to such Beneficial Owners. In addition, the Trust shall pay to each such DTC Participant a fair and reasonable amount as reimbursement for the expenses attendant to such transmittal, all subject to applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
 
Fund distributions shall be made to DTC or its nominee, Cede & Co., as the registered holder of all Fund Shares. DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any such distributions, shall immediately credit DTC Participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in Fund Shares as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. Payments by DTC Participants to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners of Shares held through such DTC Participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in a “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such DTC Participants.
 
The Trust has no responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or notices to Beneficial Owners, or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in such Shares, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for any other aspect of the relationship between DTC and the DTC Participants or the relationship between such DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners owning through such DTC Participants.
 
DTC may decide to discontinue providing its service with respect to Shares at any time by giving reasonable notice to the Trust and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Trust shall take action to find a replacement for DTC to perform its functions at a comparable cost.
 
Proxy Voting. The Board has delegated responsibility for decisions regarding proxy voting for securities held by the Fund to the Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser engages a third-party proxy service, such as Glass Lewis or a similar service, to vote all proxies on behalf of the Fund. The Investment Adviser periodically reviews the proxy voting results to ensure that proxies are voted in accordance with the service’s guidelines and that proxies are voted in a timely fashion. To avoid any conflicts of interest, the Investment Adviser does not have authority to override the recommendations of the third party service provider, except upon the written authorization of the client directing the Investment Adviser to vote in a specific manner. All overrides shall be approved by the Chief Compliance Officer.
 
To the extent that a third party service provider seeks the Investment Adviser’s direction on how to vote on any particular matter, the Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer shall determine whether any potential conflict of interest is present. If a potential conflict of interest is present, the Investment Adviser shall seek instructions from clients on how to vote that particular item.
 
Special Issues with Voting Foreign Proxies. Voting proxies with respect to shares of foreign stocks may involve significantly greater effort and corresponding cost due to the variety of regulatory schemes and corporate practices in foreign countries with respect to proxy voting. Because the cost of voting on a particular proxy proposal could exceed the expected benefit to a client (including an ERISA Plan), the Investment Adviser may weigh the costs and benefits of voting on proxy proposals relating to foreign securities and make an informed decision on whether voting a given proxy proposal is prudent.
 
The Trust is required to disclose annually the Fund’s complete proxy voting record on Form N-PX covering the period July 1 through June 30 and file it with the SEC no later than August 31. Form N-PX for the Fund will be available at no charge upon request by calling 800.820.0888 or by writing to Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 2 at 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The Fund’s Form N-PX will also be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
 
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule. The Trust is required to disclose, after its first and third fiscal quarters, the complete schedule of the Fund’s portfolio holdings with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Trust also discloses a complete schedule of the Fund’s portfolio holdings with the SEC on Form N-CSR after its second and fourth quarters. Form N-Q and Form N-CSR for the Fund will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q and Form N-CSR may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090. The Fund’s Form N-Q and Form N-CSR will be available without charge, upon request, by calling 800.820.0888 or by writing to Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 2 at 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
 
Portfolio Holdings Policy. The Trust has adopted a policy regarding the disclosure of information about the Trust’s portfolio holdings. The Fund and its service providers may not receive compensation or any other consideration (which includes any agreement to maintain assets in the Fund or in other investment companies or accounts managed by the Investment Adviser or any affiliated person of the Investment Adviser) in connection with the disclosure of portfolio holdings information of the Fund. The Trust’s policy is implemented and overseen by the Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund, subject to the oversight of the
 
 
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Board. Periodic reports regarding these procedures will be provided to the Board. The Board must approve all material amendments to this policy. The Fund’s complete portfolio holdings are publicly disseminated each day the Fund is open for business through financial reporting and news services, including publicly accessible Internet web sites. In addition, a basket composition file, which includes the security names and share quantities to deliver in exchange for Fund Shares, together with estimates and actual cash components, is publicly disseminated daily prior to the opening of the NYSE Arca via the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”). The basket represents one Creation Unit of the Fund. The Trust, the Investment Adviser and the Distributor will not disseminate non-public information concerning the Trust.
 
               Codes of Ethics. Pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, the Board has adopted a Code of Ethics for the Trust and approved Codes of Ethics adopted by the Investment Adviser and the Distributor (collectively the “Codes”). The Codes are intended to ensure that the interests of shareholders and other clients are placed ahead of any personal interest, that no undue personal benefit is obtained from the person’s employment activities and that actual and potential conflicts of interest are avoided.
 
The Codes apply to the personal investing activities of Trustees and officers of the Trust, the Investment Adviser and the Distributor (“Access Persons”). Rule 17j-1 and the Codes are designed to prevent unlawful practices in connection with the purchase or sale of securities by Access Persons. Under the Codes, Access Persons are permitted to engage in personal securities transactions, but are required to report their personal securities transactions for monitoring purposes. The Codes permit personnel subject to the Codes to invest in securities subject to certain limitations, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund. In addition, Access Persons are required to obtain approval before investing in initial public offerings or private placements. The Codes are on file with the SEC, and are available to the public.

 
CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNIT AGGREGATIONS
 
Creation. The Trust issues and sells Fund Shares only in Creation Unit Aggregations on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without a sales load, at its NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined below), of an order in proper form.
 
A “Business Day” is any day on which the NYSE is open for business. As of the date of this SAI, the NYSE observes the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington’s Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
 
Deposit of Securities and Deposit or Delivery of Cash. The consideration for purchase of Creation Unit Aggregations of the Fund generally consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities—the “Deposit Securities”— per each Creation Unit Aggregation constituting a substantial replication, or representation, of the securities included in the Underlying Index (“Fund Securities”) and an amount of cash—the “Cash Component”—computed as described below. Together, the Deposit Securities and the Cash Component constitute the “Fund Deposit,” which represents the minimum initial and subsequent investment amount for a Creation Unit Aggregation of the Fund.
 
The Cash Component.  The Cash Component is sometimes also referred to as the Balancing Amount. The Cash Component serves the function of compensating for any differences between the NAV per Creation Unit Aggregation and the Deposit Amount (as defined below). The Cash Component is an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of the Fund Shares (per Creation Unit Aggregation) and the “Deposit Amount”—an amount equal to the market value of the Deposit Securities. If the Cash Component is a positive number (i.e., the NAV per Creation Unit Aggregation exceeds the Deposit Amount), the creator will deliver the Cash Component. If the Cash Component is a negative number (i.e., the NAV per Creation Unit Aggregation is less than the Deposit Amount), the creator will receive the Cash Component.
 
The Custodian, through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) (discussed below), makes available on each Business Day, prior to the opening of business on the NYSE Arca (currently 9:30 a.m., Eastern time), the list of the names and the required number of shares of each Deposit Security to be included in the current Fund Deposit (based on information at the end of the previous Business Day) for the Fund.
 
Such Fund Deposit is applicable, subject to any adjustments as described below, in order to effect creations of Creation Unit Aggregations of the Fund until such time as the next-announced composition of the Deposit Securities is made available.
 
The identity and number of shares of the Deposit Securities required for a Fund Deposit for the Fund changes as rebalancing adjustments and corporate action events are reflected within the Fund from time to time by the Investment Adviser with a view to the investment objective of the Fund. The composition of the Deposit Securities may also change in response to adjustments to the weighting or composition of the Component Securities of the Underlying Index. In addition, the Trust reserves the right to permit or require the substitution of an amount of cash—i.e., a “cash in lieu” amount—to be added to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Security that may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or that may not be eligible for transfer through the systems of DTC, or which might not be eligible for trading by an Authorized Participant (as defined below) or the investor for which it is acting or other relevant reason. Brokerage commissions incurred in connection with the acquisition of Deposit Securities not eligible for transfer through the systems of DTC will be at the expense of the Fund and will affect the value of all Shares; but the Investment Adviser, subject to the approval of the Board, may adjust the transaction fee
 
 
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within the parameters described above to protect ongoing shareholders. The adjustments described above will reflect changes known to the Investment Adviser on the date of announcement to be in effect by the time of delivery of the Fund Deposit, in the composition of the Underlying Index or resulting from certain corporate actions.
 
In addition to the list of names and numbers of securities constituting the current Deposit Securities of a Fund Deposit, the Custodian, through the NSCC, also makes available on each Business Day, the estimated Cash Component, effective through and including the previous Business Day, per outstanding Creation Unit Aggregation of the Fund.
 
Procedures for Creation of Creation Unit Aggregations. To be eligible to place orders with the Distributor and to create a Creation Unit Aggregation of the Fund, an entity must be a DTC Participant (see the Book Entry Only System section), and, in each case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor, with respect to creations and redemptions of Creation Unit Aggregations (“Participant Agreement”) (such entities being “Authorized Participants”). Investors should contact the Distributor for the names of Authorized Participants that have signed a Participant Agreement. All Fund Shares will be entered on the records of DTC in the name of Cede & Co. for the account of a DTC Participant.
 
All orders to create Creation Unit Aggregations (through an Authorized Participant) must be received by the Distributor no later than the closing time of the regular trading session on the NYSE Arca (“Closing Time”) (ordinarily 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) in each case on the date such order is placed in order for creation of Creation Unit Aggregations to be effected based on the NAV of Shares of the Fund as next determined on such date after receipt of the order in proper form. In the case of custom orders placed by an Authorized Participant in the event that the Trust permits the substitution of an amount of cash to be added to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Security which may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or which may not be eligible for trading by such Authorized Participant or the investor for which it is acting or other relevant reason, the order must be received by the Distributor no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on the trade date. A custom order placed by an Authorized Participant must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the trade date in the event that the Trust requires the substitution of an amount of cash to be added to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Security which may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or which may not be eligible for trading by such Authorized Participant or the investor for which it is acting or other relevant reason. The date on which an order to create Creation Unit Aggregations (or an order to redeem Creation Unit Aggregations, as discussed below) is placed is referred to as the “Transmittal Date.” Orders must be transmitted by an Authorized Participant by telephone or other transmission method acceptable to the Distributor pursuant to procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement, as described below (see the “Placement of Creation Orders” section). Severe economic or market disruptions or changes, or telephone or other communication failure may impede the ability to reach the Distributor or an Authorized Participant.
  
            All orders from investors who are not Authorized Participants to create Creation Unit Aggregations shall be placed with an Authorized Participant, as applicable, in the form required by such Authorized Participant. In addition, the Authorized Participant may request the investor to make certain representations or enter into agreements with respect to the order, e.g., to provide for payments of cash, when required. Investors should be aware that their particular broker may not have executed a Participant Agreement and that, therefore, orders to create Creation Unit Aggregations of the Fund have to be placed by the investor’s broker through an Authorized Participant that has executed a Participant Agreement. In such cases there may be additional charges to such investor. At any given time, there may be only a limited number of broker-dealers that have executed a Participant Agreement. Those placing orders for Creation Unit Aggregations should afford sufficient time to permit proper submission of the order to the Distributor prior to the Closing Time on the Transmittal Date.
 
Orders for Creation Unit Aggregations. Those placing orders should ascertain the deadlines applicable to DTC and the Federal Reserve Bank wire system by contacting the operations department of the broker or depository institution effectuating such transfer of Deposit Securities and Cash Component.

Placement of Creation Orders. The Custodian shall cause the sub-custodian of the Fund to maintain an account into which the Authorized Participant shall deliver, on behalf of itself or the party on whose behalf it is acting, the securities included in the designated Fund Deposit (or the cash value of all or part of such securities, in the case of a permitted or required cash purchase or “cash in lieu” amount), with any appropriate adjustments as advised by the Trust. Deposit Securities must be delivered to an account maintained at the applicable local sub-custodian(s). Orders to purchase Creation Unit Aggregations must be received by the Distributor from an Authorized Participant on its own or another investor’s behalf by the closing time of the regular trading session on the NYSE Arca on the relevant Business Day. However, when a relevant local market is closed due to local market holidays, the local market settlement process will not commence until the end of the local holiday period. Settlement must occur by 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the contractual settlement date.
 
The Authorized Participant must also make available no later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the contractual settlement date, by means satisfactory to the Trust, immediately-available or same-day funds estimated by the Trust to be sufficient to pay the Cash Component next determined after acceptance of the purchase order, together with the applicable purchase transaction fee. Any excess funds will be returned following settlement of the issue of the Creation Unit Aggregation.
 
To the extent contemplated by the applicable Participant Agreement, Creation Unit Aggregations of the Fund will be issued to such Authorized Participant notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Fund Deposits have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as
 
 
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possible, which undertaking shall be secured by such Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked to market daily) at least equal to 115%, which the Investment Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities. Such cash collateral must be delivered no later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the contractual settlement date. The Participant Agreement will permit the Fund to buy the missing Deposit Securities at any time and will subject the Authorized Participant to liability for any shortfall between the cost to the Trust of purchasing such securities and the value of the collateral.
 
Creation Unit Aggregations may be created in advance of receipt by the Trust of all or a portion of the applicable Deposit Securities as described below. In these circumstances, the initial deposit will have a value greater than the NAV of the Fund Shares on the date the order is placed in proper form since, in addition to available Deposit Securities, cash must be deposited in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Cash Component, plus (ii) 115% of the market value of the undelivered Deposit Securities (the “Additional Cash Deposit”). The order shall be deemed to be received on the Business Day on which the order is placed provided that the order is placed in proper form prior to 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on such date, and federal funds in the appropriate amount are deposited with the Custodian by 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, the following Business Day. If the order is not placed in proper form by 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, or federal funds in the appropriate amount are not received by 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, the next Business Day, then the order may be deemed to be canceled and the Authorized Participant shall be liable to the Fund for losses, if any, resulting therefrom. An additional amount of cash shall be required to be deposited with the Trust, pending delivery of the missing Deposit Securities to the extent necessary to maintain the Additional Cash Deposit with the Trust in an amount at least equal to 115% of the daily marked to market value of the missing Deposit Securities. To the extent that missing Deposit Securities are not received by 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the third (3rd) Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is deemed received by the Distributor or in the event a marked-to-market payment is not made within one Business Day following notification by the Distributor that such a payment is required, the Trust may use the cash on deposit to purchase the missing Deposit Securities. Authorized Participants will be liable to the Trust and the Fund for the costs incurred by the Trust in connection with any such purchases. These costs will be deemed to include the amount by which the actual purchase price of the Deposit Securities exceeds the market value of such Deposit Securities on the day the purchase order was deemed received by the Distributor plus the brokerage and related transaction costs associated with such purchases. The Trust will return any unused portion of the Additional Cash Deposit once all of the missing Deposit Securities have been properly received by the Custodian or purchased by the Trust and deposited into the Trust. In addition, a transaction fee, as listed below, will be charged in all cases. The delivery of Creation Unit Aggregations so created will occur no later than the third Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is deemed received by the Distributor.
 
Acceptance of Orders for Creation Unit Aggregations. The Trust reserves the absolute right to reject a creation order transmitted to it by the Distributor in respect of the Fund if: (i) the order is not in proper form; (ii) the investor(s), upon obtaining the Fund Shares ordered, would own 80% or more of the currently outstanding Fund Shares; (iii) the Deposit Securities delivered are not as disseminated for that date by the Custodian, as described above; (iv) acceptance of the Deposit Securities would have certain adverse tax consequences to the Fund; (v) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would, in the opinion of counsel, be unlawful; (vi) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would otherwise, in the discretion of the Trust or the Investment Adviser, have an adverse effect on the Trust or the rights of beneficial owners; or (vii) in the event that circumstances outside the control of the Trust, the Custodian, the Distributor and the Investment Adviser make it for all practical purposes impossible to process creation orders. Examples of such circumstances include acts of God; public service or utility problems such as fires, floods, extreme weather conditions and power outages resulting in telephone, telecopy and computer failures; market conditions or activities causing trading halts; systems failures involving computer or other information systems affecting the Trust, the Investment Adviser, the Distributor, the Custodian or sub-custodian or any other participant in the creation process, and similar extraordinary events. The Distributor shall notify a prospective creator of a Creation Unit and/or the Authorized Participant acting on behalf of such prospective creator of its rejection of the order of such person. The Trust, the Custodian, any sub-custodian and the Distributor are under no duty, however, to give notification of any defects or irregularities in the delivery of Fund Deposits nor shall any of them incur any liability for the failure to give any such notification.
 
All questions as to the number of shares of each security in the Deposit Securities and the validity, form, eligibility, and acceptance for deposit of any securities to be delivered shall be determined by the Trust, and the Trust’s determination shall be final and binding.
 
Creation Transaction Fee. Investors will be required to pay a fixed creation transaction fee, described below, payable to the Distributor regardless of the number of creations made each day.  Investors are responsible for the costs of transferring the securities constituting the Deposit Securities to the account of the Trust.
 
The standard Creation/Redemption Transaction Fee for the Fund will be $3,500.
 
In the case of cash creations or where the Trust permits or requires an Authorized Participant to substitute cash in lieu of depositing a portion of the Deposit Securities, the Authorized Participant may be assessed an additional variable charge to compensate the Fund for the costs associated with purchasing the applicable securities. The Trust may adjust these fees from time to time based upon actual experience. As a result, in order to seek to replicate the in-kind creation order process, the Trust expects to purchase, in the secondary market or otherwise gain exposure to, the portfolio securities that could have been delivered as a result of an in-kind creation order pursuant to local law or market convention, or for other reasons ("Market Purchases"). In such cases where the Trust makes Market Purchases, the Authorized Participant will reimburse the Trust for, among other things, any
 
 
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difference between the market value at which the securities and/or financial instruments were purchased by the Trust and the cash in lieu amount (which amount, at the Investment Adviser's discretion, may be capped), applicable registration fees, brokerage commissions and certain taxes. The Investment Adviser may adjust the transaction fee to the extent the composition of the creation securities changes or cash in lieu is added to the Cash Component to protect ongoing shareholders. Creators of Creation Units are responsible for the costs of transferring the securities constituting the Deposit Securities to the account of the Trust.

Redemption of Fund Shares in Creation Units Aggregations. Fund Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Unit Aggregations at their NAV next determined after receipt of a redemption request in proper form by the Fund through the Transfer Agent and only on a Business Day. The Fund will not redeem Shares in amounts less than Creation Unit Aggregations. Beneficial owners must accumulate enough Shares in the secondary market to constitute a Creation Unit Aggregation in order to have such Shares redeemed by the Trust. There can be no assurance, however, that there will be sufficient liquidity in the public trading market at any time to permit assembly of a Creation Unit Aggregation. Investors should expect to incur brokerage and other costs in connection with assembling a sufficient number of Fund Shares to constitute a redeemable Creation Unit Aggregation.
 
An Authorized Participant submitting a redemption request is deemed to represent to the Trust that it (or its client) (i) owns outright or has full legal authority and legal beneficial right to tender for redemption the requisite number of Shares to be redeemed and can receive the entire proceeds of the redemption, and (ii) the Shares to be redeemed have not been loaned or pledged to another party nor are they the subject of a repurchase agreement, securities lending agreement or such other arrangement which would preclude the delivery of such Shares to the Trust. The Trust reserves the right to verify these representations at its discretion, but will typically require verification with respect to a redemption request from the Fund in connection with higher levels of redemption activity and/or short interest in the Fund. If the Authorized Participant, upon receipt of a verification request, does not provide sufficient verification of its representations as determined by the Trust, the redemption request will not be considered to have been received in proper form and may be rejected by the Trust.
 
With respect to the Fund, the Custodian, through the NSCC, makes available prior to the opening of business on the NYSE Arca (currently 9:30 a.m., Eastern time) on each Business Day, the identity of the Fund Securities that will be applicable (subject to possible amendment or correction) to redemption requests received in proper form (as described below) on that day. Fund Securities received on redemption may not be identical to Deposit Securities that are applicable to creations of Creation Unit Aggregations.
 
Unless cash or partial cash redemptions are available or specified for the Fund, the redemption proceeds for a Creation Unit Aggregation generally consist of Fund Securities - as announced on the Business Day of the request for redemption received in proper form - plus or minus cash in an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of the Fund Shares being redeemed, as next determined after a receipt of a request in proper form, and the value of the Fund Securities (the “Cash Redemption Amount”), less a redemption transaction fee as listed below. In the event that the Fund Securities have a value greater than the NAV of the Fund Shares, a compensating cash payment equal to the difference is required to be made by or through an Authorized Participant by the redeeming shareholder.
 
The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed (i) for any period during which the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings); (ii) for any period during which trading on the NYSE is suspended or restricted; (iii) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of Fund Shares or determination of the Fund’s NAV is not reasonably practicable; or (iv) in such other circumstances as is permitted by the SEC.
 
Redemption Transaction Fee. A redemption transaction fee is imposed to offset transfer and other transaction costs that may be incurred by the Fund. Investors will also bear the costs of transferring the Fund Securities from the Trust to their account or on their order. An additional variable charge for cash redemptions or partial cash redemptions may also be imposed to compensate the Fund for the costs associated with buying the applicable securities. The Fund may adjust these fees from time to time based on actual experience. As a result, in order to seek to replicate the in-kind redemption order process, the Trust expects to sell, in the secondary market, the portfolio securities that will not be delivered as part of an in-kind redemption order (“Market Sales”). In such cases where the Trust makes Market Sales, the Authorized Participant will reimburse the Trust for, among other things, any difference between the market value at which the securities were sold by the Trust and the cash in lieu amount (which amount, at the Investment Adviser's discretion, may be capped), applicable registration fees, brokerage commissions and taxes. To the extent applicable, brokerage commissions incurred in connection with the Trust's sale of portfolio securities will be at the expense of the Fund and will affect the value of all Shares; but the Investment Adviser may adjust the transaction fee to the extent the composition of the redemption securities changes or cash in lieu is added to the Cash Redemption Amount to protect ongoing shareholders.  Investors who use the services of a broker or other such intermediary may be charged a fee for such services. The standard redemption transaction fees for the Fund otherwise are the same as the standard creation fees set forth above.  In no event will a redemption transaction fee exceed 2% of the amount redeemed.
 
Placement of Redemption Orders. Orders to redeem Creation Unit Aggregations must be delivered through an Authorized Participant that has executed a Participant Agreement. Investors other than Authorized Participants are responsible for making arrangements for a redemption request to be made through an Authorized Participant. An order to redeem Creation Unit Aggregations is deemed received by the Trust on the Transmittal Date if: (i) such order is received by the Custodian not later than the Closing Time on the Transmittal Date; (ii) such order is accompanied or followed by the requisite number of Fund Shares specified in such order, which delivery must be made through DTC to the Custodian no later than 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the

 
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next Business Day following the Transmittal Date; and (iii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed. Deliveries of Fund Securities to redeeming investors generally will be made within three Business Days. Due to the schedule of holidays in certain countries, however, the delivery of in-kind redemption proceeds may take longer than three Business days after the day on which the redemption request is received in proper form. In such cases, the local market settlement procedures will not commence until the end of the local holiday periods. See below for a list of the local holidays in the foreign countries relevant to the Fund.
 
In connection with taking delivery of shares of Fund Securities upon redemption of Fund Shares, a redeeming Beneficial Owner, or Authorized Participant action on behalf of such Beneficial Owner must maintain appropriate security arrangements with a qualified broker-dealer, bank or other custody provider in each jurisdiction in which any of the Fund Securities are customarily traded, to which account such Fund Securities will be delivered.
 
To the extent contemplated by an Authorized Participant’s agreement, in the event the Authorized Participant has submitted a redemption request in proper form but is unable to transfer all or part of the Creation Unit Aggregation to be redeemed to the Fund’s Transfer Agent, the Distributor will nonetheless accept the redemption request in reliance on the undertaking by the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing shares as soon as possible. Such undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing shares as soon as possible. Such understanding shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash having a value (marked to market daily) at least equal to 115%, which the Investment Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing shares.
 
The current procedures for collateralization of missing shares require, among other things, that any cash collateral shall be in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately-available funds and shall be held by the Custodian and marked to market daily, and that the fees of the Custodian and any sub-custodians in respect of the delivery, maintenance and redelivery of the cash collateral shall be payable by the Authorized Participant. The Authorized Participant’s agreement will permit the Trust, on behalf of the affected Fund, to purchase the missing shares or acquire the Deposit Securities and the Cash Component underlying such shares at any time and will subject the Authorized Participant to liability for any shortfall between the cost to the Trust of purchasing such shares, Deposit Securities or Cash Component and the value of the collateral.
 
The calculation of the value of the Fund Securities and the Cash Redemption Amount to be delivered upon redemption will be made by the Custodian according to the procedures set forth under Determination of NAV computed on the Business Day on which a redemption order is deemed received by the Trust. Therefore, if a redemption order in proper form is submitted to the Custodian by a DTC Participant not later than Closing Time on the Transmittal Date, and the requisite number of Fund Shares are delivered to the Custodian prior to the DTC Cut-Off-Time, then the value of the Fund Securities and the Cash Redemption Amount to be delivered will be determined by the Custodian on such Transmittal Date. If, however, a redemption order is submitted to the Custodian by a DTC Participant not later than the Closing Time on the Transmittal Date but either (i) the requisite number of Fund Shares are not delivered by the DTC Cut-Off-Time, as described above, on such Transmittal Date, or (ii) the redemption order is not submitted in proper form, then the redemption order will not be deemed received as of the Transmittal Date. In such case, the value of the Fund Securities and the Cash Redemption Amount to be delivered will be computed on the Business Day that such order is deemed received by the Trust, i.e., the Business Day on which the Fund Shares are delivered through DTC to the Custodian by the DTC Cut-Off-Time on such Business Day pursuant to a properly submitted redemption order.
 
If it is not possible to effect deliveries of the Fund Securities, the Trust may in its discretion exercise its option to redeem such shares in cash, and the redeeming Beneficial Owner will be required to receive its redemption proceeds in cash. In addition, an investor may request a redemption in cash that the Fund may, in its sole discretion, permit. In either case, the investor will receive a cash payment equal to the NAV of its Shares based on the NAV of Shares of the Fund next determined after the redemption request is received in proper form (minus a redemption transaction fee and additional charge for requested cash redemptions specified above, to offset the Trust’s brokerage and other transaction costs associated with the disposition of Fund Securities). The Fund may also, in its sole discretion, upon request of a shareholder, provide such redeemer a portfolio of securities that differs from the exact composition of the Fund Securities but does not differ in NAV.
 
Redemptions of shares for Fund Securities will be subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and the Fund (whether or not it otherwise permits cash redemptions) reserves the right to redeem Creation Unit Aggregations for cash to the extent that the Trust could not lawfully deliver specific Fund Securities upon redemptions or could not do so without first registering the Fund Securities under such laws. An Authorized Participant or an investor for which it is acting subject to a legal restriction with respect to a particular stock included in the Fund Securities applicable to the redemption of a Creation Unit Aggregation may be paid an equivalent amount of cash. The Authorized Participant may request the redeeming Beneficial Owner of the shares to complete an order form or to enter into agreements with respect to such matters as compensating cash payment.
 
Because the Portfolio Securities of the Fund may trade on the relevant exchange(s) on days that the NYSE Arca is closed or are otherwise not Business Days for the Fund, shareholders may not be able to redeem their Fund Shares, or to purchase and sell Fund Shares on the NYSE Arca on days when the NAV of the Fund could be significantly affected by events in the relevant foreign markets.
 
Regular Holidays. The Fund generally intends to effect deliveries of Creation Units and Portfolio Securities on a basis
 
 
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of “T” plus three Business Days (i.e., days on which the national securities exchange is open). The Fund may effect deliveries of Creation Units and Portfolio Securities on a basis other than T plus three or T plus two in order to accommodate local holiday schedules, to account for different treatment among foreign and U.S. markets of dividend record dates and ex-dividend dates, or under certain other circumstances. The ability of the Trust to effect in-kind creations and redemptions within three Business Days of receipt of an order in good form is subject, among other things, to the condition that, within the time period from the date of the order to the date of delivery of the securities, there are no days that are holidays in the applicable foreign market. For every occurrence of one or more intervening holidays in the applicable foreign market that are not holidays observed in the U.S. equity market, the redemption settlement cycle will be extended by the number of such intervening holidays. In addition to holidays, other unforeseeable closings in a foreign market due to emergencies may also prevent the Trust from delivering securities within normal settlement period.
 
The securities delivery cycles currently practicable for transferring Portfolio Securities to redeeming investors, coupled with foreign market holiday schedules, will require a delivery process longer than seven calendar days for the Fund, in certain circumstances. The holidays applicable to the Fund during such periods are listed below, as are instances where more than seven days will be needed to deliver redemption proceeds. Although certain holidays may occur on different dates in subsequent years, the number of days required to deliver redemption proceeds in any given year is not expected to exceed the maximum number of days listed below for the Fund. The proclamation of new holidays, the treatment by market participants of certain days as “informal holidays” (e.g., days on which no or limited securities transactions occur, as a result of substantially shortened trading hours), the elimination of existing holidays, or changes in local securities delivery practices, could affect the information set forth herein at some time in the future.
 
          The dates in calendar years 2014 and 2015 in which the regular holidays affecting the relevant securities markets of the below listed countries are as follows:
 
 
2014
       
Brazil
       
January 1
April 18
July 9
December 31
 
January 20
April 21
November 20
   
March 3
May 1
December 24
   
March 4
June 19
December 25
   
         
Chile
       
January 1
June 16
December 8
   
April 18
August 15
December 25
   
May 1
September 18
December 31
   
May 21
September 19
     
 
China
       
January 1
February 6
May 7
October 6
 
January 20
February 7
May 26
October 7
 
January 30
February 17
July 4
October 13
 
January 31
May 1
September 1
November 11
 
February 3
May 2
October 1
November 27
 
February 4
May 5
October 2
December 25
 
February 5
May 6
October 3
   
         
Colombia
       
January 1
May 1
August 18
December 25
 
January 6
June 2
October 13
December 31
 
March 24
June 23
November 3
   
April 17
June 30
November 17
   
April 18
August 7
December 8
   
         
Czech Republic
       
January 1
October 28
December 26
   
April 21
November 17
December 31
   
May 1
December 24
     
May 8
December 25
     
         
Egypt
       
January 1
April 21
July 28
 October 6
 
January 7
May 1
July 29
   
January 13
July 1
July 30
   
April 20
July 23
October 5
   
The Egyptian market is closed every Friday.
   
 
 
 
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Greece
       
January 1
April 18
August 15
   
January 6
April 21
October 28
   
March 3
May 1
December 25
   
March 25
June 9
December 26
   
         
Hungary
       
January 1
June 9
December 24
   
April 21
August 20
December 25
   
May 1
October 23
December 26
   
May 2
October 24
     

India
       
January 14
April 18
August 15
October 6
 
February 27
May 1
August 18
October 23
 
March 17
May 14
August 23
November 4
 
March 31
June 30
August 29
November 6
 
April 1
July 1
September 30
December 25
 
April 8
July 29
October 2
   
April 14
July 30
October 3
   
         
Indonesia
       
January 1
May 15
July 29
August 18
December 26
January 13
May 26
July 30
October 6
December 30
January 31
May 29
July 31
December 24
December 31
April 18
July 28
August 1
December 25
 
         
Malaysia
       
January 1
February 3
June 7
October 6
 
January 14
May 1
July 28
October 22
 
January 30
May 13
July 29
October 23
 
January 31
May 15
July 30
October 25
 
February 1
May 30
September 1
December 25
 

Mexico
       
January 1
March 21
September 16
December 25
 
February 3
April 17
November 17
   
February 5
April 18
November 20
   
March 17
May 1
December 12
   
         
Morocco
       
January 1
July 28
August 20
November 18
 
January 14
July 29
August 21
   
January 15
July 30
October 6
   
May 1
August 14
November 6
   
         
Peru
       
January 1
July 28
December 24
   
April 17
July 29
December 25
   
April 18
October 8
December 31
   
May 1
December 8
     
         
Philippines
       
January 1
April 18
July 29
December 30
 
February 25
May 1
August 21
December 31
 
April 7
June 12
December 24
   
April 17
July 28
December 25
   
         
Poland
       
January 1
May 1
November 11
   
April 18
June 19
December 25
   
April 21
August 15
December 26
   
 
 
 
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Russia
       
January 1
January 7
May 1
June 13
 
January 2
January 8
May 2
November 3
 
January 3
February 24
May 9
November 4
 
January 6
March 10
June 12
   
         
South Africa
       
January 1
April 28
December 16
   
March 21
May 1
December 25
   
April 18
June 16
December 26
   
April 21
September 24
     
         
Taiwan
       
January 1
February 12
April 4
October 10
 
February 7
February 13
May 1
   
February 8
February 14
June 12
   
February 11
February 28
September 19
   
         
Thailand
       
January 1
April 16
July 1
December 5
 
February 25
May 1
July 23
December 10
 
April 8
May 6
August 12
December 31
 
April 15
May 27
October 23
   
         
Turkey
       
January 1
July 28
October 3
October 28
 
April 23
July 29
October 6
October 29
 
May 19
July 30
October 7
   
 
 
 2015
Brazil
       
January 1
April 3
June 4
November 15
 
February 16
April 5
September 7
December 24
 
February 17
April 21
October 12
December 25
 
February 18
May 1
November 2
December 31
 
         
Chile
       
January 1
June 29
December 8
   
April 3
July 16
December 25
   
May 1
September 18
December 31
   
May 21
October 12
 
   
 
China
       
January 1
February 23
September 27
October 7
 
January 2
February 24
October 1
December 25
 
February 18
April 6
October 2
 
 
February 19
May 1
October 5
 
 
February 20
June 20
October 6
   
         
Colombia
       
January 1
May 1
July 20
November 16
 
January 12
May 18
August 7
December 8
 
March 23
June 8
August 17
December 25
 
April 2
June 15
October 12
December 31 
 
April 3
June 29
November 2
   
         
Czech Republic
       
January 1
July 6
December 24
   
April 6
September 28
December 25
   
May 1
October 28
 
   
May 8
November 17
 
   
 
 
 
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Egypt
       
January 1
July 1
September 25
   
January 7
July 20
October 6
   
April 13
July 23
October 15
   
May 1
September 24
December 24
   
*The Egyptian market is closed every Friday.
   
         
Greece
       
January 1
April 3
June 1
   
January 6
April 6
October 28
   
February 23
April 13
December 25
   
March 25
May 1
     
         
Hungary
       
January 1
May 25
December 25
   
April 6
August 20
     
May 1
October 23
     

India
       
January 1
April 2
July 17
October 15
December 25
January 26
April 3
August 15
October 22
 
February 17
May 1
September 17
November 11
 
March 6
May 25
October 2
November 25
 
         
Indonesia
       
January 1
May 14
October 15
   
February 19
May 15
December 24
   
April 3
August 17
December 25
   
May 1
September 24
     
         
Malaysia
       
January 1
June 1
October 13
   
January 3
June 6
November 11
   
February 1
July 18
December 25
   
February 19
August 31
     
May 1
September 23
     

Mexico
       
January 1
March 16
May 5
November 20
 
January 6
April 2
September 16
December 25
 
February 2
April 3
November 2
   
February 5
May 1
November 16
   
         
Morocco
       
January 1
August 21
December 24
   
May 1
October 13
     
August 14
November 6
     
August 20
November 18
     
         
Peru
       
January 1
June 29
December 25
   
April 2
July 28
December 31
   
April 3
October 8
     
May 1
December 8
     
         
Philippines
       
January 1
April 3
August 21
November 30
December 31 
February 19
April 9
August 31
December 24
 
February 25
May 1
September 24
December 25
 
April 2
June 12
November 2
December 30
 
         
Poland
       
January 1
April 6
November 11
   
January 6
May 1
December 25
   
April 3
June 4
     
 
 
 
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Russia
       
January 1
January 7
May 1
December 30
 
January 2
January 8
May 11
December 31
 
January 5
February 23
June 12
 
 
January 6
March 9
November 4
 
 
         
South Africa
       
January 1
May 1
December 16
   
April 3
June 16
December 25
   
April 6
August 10
     
April 27
September 24
     
         
Taiwan
       
January 1
February 28
September 27
   
February 19
April 5
October 10
   
February 20
May 1
     
February 23
June 20
     
         
Thailand
       
January 1
April 13
May 5
December 4
 December 31
February 19
April 14
July 1
December 10
 
February 20
April 15
August 12
December 24
 
April 6
May 1
October 23
December 25
 
         
Turkey
       
January 1
May 19
September 24
October 29
 
April 23
July 20
September 25
   
May 1
September 23
October 3
   



SETTLEMENT PERIODS GREATER THAN
SEVEN DAYS FOR YEAR 2014
         
 
Beginning of Settlement
Period
 
End of Settlement
Period
 
Number of Days in
Settlement Period
China
01/27/14
 
02/10/14
 
14
 
01/28/14
 
02/11/14
 
14
 
01/29/14
 
02/12/14
 
14
 
04/28/14
 
05/08/14
 
10
 
04/29/14
 
05/09/14
 
10
 
04/30/14
 
05/12/14
 
12
 
09/26/14
 
10/08/14
 
12
 
09/29/14
 
10/09/14
 
10
 
09/30/14
 
10/10/14
 
10
Czech Republic
12/23/13
 
01/02/14
 
10
 
12/19/14
 
12/29/14
 
10
 
12/22/14
 
12/13/14
 
8
 
12/23/14
 
01/02/15
 
10
Egypt
12/31/13
 
01/08/14
 
8
 
01/06/14
 
01/14/14
 
8
 
04/14/14
 
04/22/14
 
8
 
04/15/14
 
04/23/14
 
8
 
04/16/14
 
04/24/14
 
8
 
04/17/14
 
04/27/14
 
10
 
07/21/14
 
07/31/14
 
10
 
07/22/14
 
08/03/14
 
12
 
07/24/14
 
08/04/14
 
11
 
09/29/14
 
10/07/14
 
8
 
09/30/14
 
10/08/14
 
8
 
10/01/14
 
10/09/14
 
8
 
10/02/14
 
10/12/14
 
10
 
 
 
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Indonesia
12/23/13
 
01/02/14
 
10
 
07/23/14
 
08/04/14
 
12
 
07/24/14
 
08/05/14
 
12
 
07/25/14
 
08/06/14
 
12
 
12/19/14
 
12/29/14
 
10
 
12/22/14
 
12/30/14
 
8
 
12/23/14
 
01/02/15
 
11
Malaysia
01/27/14
 
02/04/14
 
8
 
01/28/14
 
02/05/14
 
8
 
01/29/14
 
02/06/14
 
8
 
07/23/14
 
07/31/14
 
8
 
07/24/14
 
08/01/14
 
8
 
07/25/14
 
08/04/14
 
10
Philippines
12/23/13
 
01/02/14
 
10
 
12/26/13
 
01/03/14
 
8
 
12/27/13
 
01/06/14
 
10
 
12/23/14
 
01/02/15
 
10
 
12/26/14
 
01/05/15
 
10
 
12/29/14
 
01/06/15
 
8
South Africa
12/23/13
 
01/02/14
 
10
 
12/24/13
 
01/03/14
 
10
 
12/27/13
 
01/06/14
 
10
 
12/30/13
 
01/07/14
 
8
 
12/31/13
 
01/08/14
 
8
 
03/14/14
 
03/24/14
 
10
 
03/17/14
 
03/25/14
 
8
 
03/18/14
 
03/26/14
 
8
 
03/19/14
 
03/27/14
 
8
 
03/20/14
 
03/28/14
 
8
 
04/11/14
 
04/22/14
 
9
 
04/14/14
 
04/23/14
 
9
 
04/15/14
 
04/24/14
 
9
 
04/16/14
 
04/25/14
 
9
 
04/17/14
 
04/29/14
 
12
 
04/22/14
 
04/30/14
 
8
 
04/23/14
 
05/02/14
 
9
 
04/24/14
 
05/05/14
 
11
 
04/25/14
 
05/06/14
 
11
 
04/29/14
 
05/07/14
 
8
 
04/30/14
 
05/08/14
 
8
 
06/09/14
 
06/17/14
 
8
 
06/10/14
 
06/18/14
 
8
 
06/11/14
 
06/19/14
 
8
 
06/12/14
 
06/20/14
 
8
 
06/13/14
 
06/23/14
 
10
 
09/17/14
 
09/25/14
 
8
 
09/18/14
 
09/26/14
 
8
 
09/19/14
 
09/29/14
 
10
 
09/22/14
 
09/30/14
 
8
 
09/23/14
 
10/01/14
 
8
 
12/09/14
 
12/17/14
 
8
 
12/10/14
 
12/18/14
 
8
 
12/11/14
 
12/19/14
 
8
 
12/12/14
 
12/22/14
 
10
 
12/15/14
 
12/23/14
 
8
 
12/18/14
 
12/29/14
 
11
 
12/19/14
 
12/30/14
 
11
 
12/22/14
 
12/31/14
 
9
 
12/23/14
 
01/02/15
 
10
 
12/14/14
 
01/05/15
 
12
 
12/29/14
 
01/06/15
 
8
 
12/30/14
 
01/07/15
 
8
 
12/31/14
 
01/08/15
 
8
Taiwan
01/24/14
 
02/05/14
 
12
 
01/27/14
 
02/06/14
 
10

 
 
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SETTLEMENT PERIODS GREATER THAN
SEVEN DAYS FOR YEAR 2015

 
Beginning of Settlement Period
End of Settlement Period
Number of Days in Settlement Period
China
02/13/15
02/25/15
12
 
02/16/15
02/26/15
10
 
02/17/15
02/27/15
10
 
09/28/15
10/08/15
10
 
09/29/15
10/09/15
10
 
09/30/15
10/12/15
12
Philippines
12/22/2014
1/2/2015
11
 
12/23/2014
1/4/2015
12
 
12/23/2014
1/5/2015
13
 
12/28/2014
1/5/2015
8
 
12/29/2014
1/6/2015
8
Russia
12/24/2014
1/9/2015
16
 
12/26/2014
1/12/2015
17
 
12/29/2014
1/13/2015
15
 
12/24/2015
1/11/2016
18
 
12/28/2015
1/15/2016
15
 
12/29/2015
1/18/2015
18
South Africa
12/23/2014
1/2/2015
10
 
12/24/2014
1/5/2015
12
 
12/29/2014
1/6/2015
8
 
12/30/2014
1/7/2015
8
 
12/31/2014
1/8/2015
8
 
3/27/2015
4/7/2015
11
 
3/30/2015
4/8/2015
9
 
3/31/2015
4/9/2015
9
 
4/1/2015
4/10/2015
9
 
4/2/2015
4/13/2015
11
 
4/20/2015
4/28/2015
8
 
4/21/2015
4/29/2015
8
 
4/22/2015
4/30/2015
8
 
4/23/2015
5/1/2015
8
 
4/23/2015
5/4/2015
11
 
4/24/2015
5/5/2015
11
 
4/28/2015
5/6/2015
8
 
4/29/2015
5/7/2015
8
 
4/30/2015
5/8/2015
8
 
6/9/2015
6/17/2015
8
 
6/10/2015
6/18/2015
8
 
6/11/2015
6/19/2015
8
 
6/12/2015
6/22/2015
10
 
6/15/2015
6/23/2015
8
 
8/3/2015
8/11/2015
8
 
8/4/2015
8/12/2015
8
 
8/5/2015
8/13/2015
8
 
8/6/2015
8/14/2015
8
 
8/7/2015
8/17/2015
10
 
9/17/2015
9/25/2015
8
 
9/18/2015
9/28/2015
10
 
9/21/2015
9/29/2015
8
 
9/22/2015
9/30/2015
8
 
9/23/2015
10/1/2015
8
 
12/9/2015
12/17/2015
8
 
12/10/2015
12/18/2015
8
 
12/11/2015
12/21/2015
10
 
12/14/2015
12/22/2015
8
 
12/15/2015
12/23/2015
8
 
12/18/2015
12/28/2015
10
 
12/21/2015
12/29/2015
8
 
12/22/2015
12/30/2015
8
 
 
 
34

 
 
 
 
12/23/2015
12/31/2015
8
 
12/24/2015
1/4/2016
11
 
12/28/2015
1/5/2016
8
 
12/29/2015
1/6/2016
8
 
12/30/2015
1/7/2016
8
 
12/31/2015
1/8/2016
8
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