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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811- 22733

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Salvatore Schiavone

Treasurer
200 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4497

Date of fiscal year end:   April 30
   
Date of reporting period:   April 30, 2019



ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.



John Hancock

Multifactor ETFs

Annual report 4/30/19

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Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund's shareholder reports like this one will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change, and you do not need to take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications electronically by calling John Hancock Investment Management or by contacting your financial intermediary.

You may elect to receive all reports in paper, free of charge, at any time. You can inform John Hancock Investment Management or your financial intermediary that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by following the instructions listed above. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with John Hancock Investment Management or your financial intermediary.


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A message to shareholders

Dear shareholder,

There were highs and lows during the 12 months ended April 30, 2019. Market volatility was the big story in the latter half of 2018, as stocks sank in the fourth quarter, hurt by fears of slowing global economic growth, mounting trade tensions between the United States and China, and a pullback in oil prices. Many of those fears were quelled as favorable earnings reports, progress with the China trade dispute, and signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) that interest-rate hikes were on hold sparked a market rebound in the first four months of 2019.

Fixed-income markets have improved as well, with credit sectors leading returns and most indexes in positive territory for the year so far. Subsequent to period end, however, we saw reignited trade tensions with China and Mexico partially offset by more dovish comments on interest rates from the Fed.

Your best resource in unpredictable and volatile markets is your financial advisor, who can help position your portfolio so that it's sufficiently diversified to meet your long-term objectives and to withstand the inevitable turbulence along the way. 

On behalf of everyone at John Hancock Investment Management, I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome new shareholders and thank existing shareholders for the continued trust you've placed in us.

Sincerely,

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Andrew G. Arnott
President and CEO,
John Hancock Investment Management
Head of Wealth and Asset Management,
United States and Europe

This commentary reflects the CEO's views, which are subject to change at any time. Investing involves risks, including the potential loss of principal. Diversification does not guarantee a profit or eliminate the risk of a loss. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. For more up-to-date information, please visit our website at jhinvestments.com.


John Hancock
Multifactor ETFs

Table of contents

     
2   Multifactor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at a glance
3   Discussion of fund performance
9   John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF
10   John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
11   John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF
12   John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
13   John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF
14   John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF
15   John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF
16   John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF
17   John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF
18   John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF
19   John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF
20   John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
21   John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF
22   John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF
23   John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF
24   Premium/discount analysis
27   Your expenses
29   Funds' investments
80   Financial statements
93   Financial highlights
101   Notes to financial statements
112   Report of independent registered public accounting firm
113   Tax information
114   Evaluation of advisory and subadvisory agreements by the Board of Trustees
118   Trustees and officers
122   More information

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Multifactor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at a glance

Many traditional indexes and index funds are weighted by market capitalization, a bias that can expose investors to certain risks and potentially reduce returns. Strategic beta strategies such as John Hancock Multifactor ETFs offer a different approach. Each ETF seeks to improve on cap-weighted strategies by tracking an index that combines active management insight with the discipline of a rules-based approach.

STRATEGIC BETA1: STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE INVESTING


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PHILOSOPHY BACKING INDEX DESIGN


According to Dimensional Fund Advisors, subadvisor for all John Hancock Multifactor ETFs, there are four key factors that drive higher expected returns, and these factors guide Dimensional's index construction and semiannual reconstitution.

Market
Equity premium—stocks over bonds

Company size
Small-cap premium—small company stocks over large company stocks

Relative price2
Value premium—value stocks over growth stocks

Profitability3
Profitability premium—stocks of highly profitable companies over stocks of less profitable companies

To be considered a true factor, a premium must be sensible, persistent across time periods, pervasive across markets, robust in data, and cost effective.

WHY MULTIFACTOR?


Individual factors can be volatile: there's no telling which will be the best performing from year to year. Adopting a multifactor approach is one way investors can pursue more consistent—and more attractive—risk-adjusted returns.
   

1 Strategic beta (also known as smart beta) defines a set of investment strategies that seek to improve on traditional market-capitalization weighted indexes in order to lower risk and achieve better diversification.
2 Relative price as measured by the price-to-book ratio; value stocks are those with lower price-to-book ratios.
3 Profitability is a measure of current profitability, based on information from individual companies' income statements.
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Discussion of fund performance

What's the fund's investment philosophy and how does it drive the composition of the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) managed for John Hancock Investment Management?

We have identified four characteristics, or dimensions, of expected returns that academic research has shown to account for most of the variation in historical asset returns and that we believe will account for most of the variation in future returns. These dimensions are the overall market, company size, relative price, and profitability.

The overall market dimension reflects the excess return over the risk-free rate, which is typically measured by short-term U.S. Treasury bills, that market participants demand for investing in a broadly diversified portfolio of equity securities without any style or market capitalization bias. That premium is called the equity premium.

The company size dimension reflects the excess return that investors demand for investing in small-capitalization stocks relative to large-capitalization stocks. The premium associated with this dimension is the small-cap, or size premium.

The relative price dimension reflects the excess return that investors expect from investing in low relative price, or value, stocks—as measured, for instance, by their price-to-book ratios—in comparison with high relative price, or growth stocks. The premium associated with this dimension is the value premium.

Finally, the profitability dimension provides a way to discern the expected returns of companies with similar price-driven characteristics. Our research shows that if two companies trade at the same relative price, the one with higher profitability should have a higher expected return over time. The premium associated with this dimension is called the profitability premium.

Relative to a cap-weighted measure of the market, we believe that incorporating the four dimensions of expected returns—market, company size, relative price, and profitability—into a single investment strategy offers the potential for outperformance over time, and an ETF is a vehicle well suited to our systematic and transparent investment approach.

The indexes we developed for John Hancock Multifactor ETFs are designed to capture these dimensions over time, and the funds are, in turn, designed to track their respective indexes.

What drives changes to the composition of the funds?

Changes are made to the funds as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions, a semiannual process by which the list of stocks and their weights in each index are updated, as well as any unscheduled changes to the index driven by company events. Reconstitution ensures that the indexes that the funds track maintain their intended exposure to the dimensions of expected returns. In addition, we impose a maximum issuer cap in each index at the time of reconstitution to control stock-specific risk.

How did the broad equity market perform during the 12 months ended April 30, 2019, particularly in terms of the dimensions of expected returns that you've identified?

In the United States, the market had positive performance for the period, outperforming both developed ex-U.S. and emerging markets. The Russell 3000 Index gained 12.68%, as compared to a loss of 3.37% for the MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index (IMI) and a decline of 5.85% for the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI, both net of dividends.

Along the market capitalization dimension, small caps, as measured by the Russell 2000 Index, underperformed large caps, as measured by the Russell 1000 Index. Mid caps, as measured by the Russell Midcap Index, a subset of the large-cap universe, underperformed large caps but outperformed small caps. Along the relative price dimension, large-cap value stocks, as measured by the Russell 1000 Value Index, underperformed large-cap growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Small-cap value stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000 Value Index, underperformed small-cap growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000 Growth Index. Mid-cap value stocks, as measured by the Russell Midcap Value Index, underperformed mid-cap growth stocks, as measured by the Russell Midcap Growth Index.

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It is important to consider the interactions between size, value, and profitability when reviewing the performance of the dimensions. Considering all three dimensions simultaneously in the U.S. market, stocks with higher profitability and lower relative prices generally underperformed stocks with lower profitability and higher relative prices among both large and small caps. However, performance of the premiums may vary depending on the particular segment of the market under analysis.

In U.S. dollar terms, markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East (EAFE markets) had negative performance for the period, trailing the U.S. market but outperforming emerging markets. Most EAFE market currencies, particularly the Swedish krona and Danish krone, depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar. Overall, currency movements had a negative impact on the U.S. dollar-denominated returns of EAFE markets.

Globally along the market-capitalization dimension, mid caps, as measured by the MSCI EAFE Mid Cap Index, net dividends, a subset of the large-cap universe (MSCI EAFE Index), underperformed large caps. Along the relative price dimension, large-cap value stocks, as measured by the MSCI EAFE Value Index, underperformed large-cap growth stocks (MSCI EAFE Growth Index), and mid-cap value stocks, as measured by the MSCI EAFE Mid Value Index, underperformed mid-cap growth stocks (MSCI EAFE Mid Growth Index).

Considering all three dimensions simultaneously in EAFE markets, stocks with lower relative prices and higher profitability underperformed stocks with higher relative prices and lower profitability among large caps but outperformed among small caps.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF (JHMC)

On a net asset value (NAV) basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Consumer Discretionary Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the consumer discretionary sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as smaller stocks underperformed for the period. Conversely, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability had a positive impact on relative performance, as higher-profitability stocks outperformed in the consumer discretionary sector.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to specialty retail and hotels, restaurants, and leisure. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Nike, Inc. and Intuit, Inc. and decreased weights in Comcast Corp. and The Walt Disney Company, both of which were sold by period end.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF (JHMS)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Consumer Staples Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the consumer staples sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as smaller stocks underperformed for the period. Conversely, certain constituency differences between the fund and the Russell 1000 Consumer Staples Index had a positive impact on relative performance. Additionally, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability had a positive impact on relative performance, as higher-profitability stocks outperformed in the consumer staples sector.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to food products and food and staples retailing. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in General Mills, Inc. and Philip Morris International, Inc. and the sales of CVS Health Corp. and Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

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JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (JHMD)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the MSCI EAFE Index (net dividends), a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for developed ex-U.S. stock markets. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks for the period, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. Conversely, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability had a positive impact on relative performance, as higher-profitability stocks generally outperformed.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest sector exposures were to financials and industrials. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Toyota Motor Corp. and oil and gas company BP PLC and decreased weights in supermarket chain Tesco PLC and auto firm Daimler AG.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (JHEM)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net dividends), a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for emerging stock markets, for the since-inception period ( September 27, 2018, through April 30, 2019). The fund's greater emphasis on mid-cap stocks detracted from relative performance, as mid-cap stocks generally underperformed large-cap stocks for the period. Additionally, some of the smaller stocks held by the index but not by the fund had relatively strong performance, which also detracted from relative returns. Conversely, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability contributed positively to relative performance, as higher-profitability stocks generally outperformed.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest sector exposures were to financials and information technology. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Chinese information technology firm Tencent Holdings, Ltd. and biofuel distributor Petrobras Distribuidora SA and decreased weights in oil company CNOOC, Ltd. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF (JHME)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Energy Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the energy sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as smaller stocks generally underperformed for the period. Issuer capping also had a negative impact on relative performance, as certain securities that represented a relatively higher proportion of the index did well. Conversely, with low relative price (value) stocks generally outperforming high relative price (growth) stocks in the energy sector, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks contributed positively to relative performance.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposure was to oil, gas, and consumable fuels. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in natural gas firm ONEOK, Inc. and Baker Hughes, a GE company, and decreased weights in Energen Corp., which was acquired by Diamondback Energy, Inc., and OGE Energy Corp., which was sold prior to period end.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (JHMF)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Financial Services Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the financials sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as smaller stocks underperformed for the period. The fund's general exclusion of real estate investment trusts (REITs) also had a negative impact on relative performance, as REITs outperformed the overall Russell 1000 Financial Services Index.

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Conversely, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability contributed positively to relative performance, as higher-profitability stocks outperformed in the financials sector.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to banks, insurance, and capital markets. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Accenture PLC and PayPal Holdings, Inc. and decreased weights in Citigroup, Inc. and CME Group, Inc.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF (JHMH)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 HealthCare Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the healthcare sector of the U.S. stock market. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks for the period, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. Additionally, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability had a negative impact on relative performance, as higher-profitability stocks underperformed in the healthcare sector. Certain constituency differences between the fund and the Russell 1000 Health Care Index also had a negative impact on relative performance.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to healthcare equipment and supplies and pharmaceuticals. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Cigna Corp. and CVS Health Corp. and decreased weights in Express Scripts Holding Company and Aetna Inc., both of which were acquired prior to period end.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (JHMI)

On a NAV basis, the fund outperformed the Russell 1000 Producer Durables Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the industrials sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations contributed positively to relative performance, as smaller stocks outperformed in the industrials sector. Certain constituency differences between the fund and the Russell 1000 Producer Durables Index also had a positive impact on relative performance.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to machinery and aerospace and defense. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in The Boeing Company and Aptiv PLC and decreased weights in Accenture PLC and PayPal Holdings, Inc., both of which were sold prior to period end.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (JHML)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the broad large-cap U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as smaller stocks generally underperformed for the period. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks also had a negative impact on relative performance.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. The fund's largest absolute exposure was to the information technology sector. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Cigna Corp. and Linde PLC and decreased weights in Apple, Inc. and Express Scripts Holding Company, which was acquired prior to period end.

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JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF (JHMA)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Materials & Processing Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the materials sector of the U.S. stock market. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. Certain constituency differences between the fund and the index also had a negative impact on relative performance. Conversely, with higher-profitability stocks outperforming lower-profitability stocks in the materials sector, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability contributed positively to relative performance.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposure was to chemicals. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Linde PLC and The Sherwin-Williams Company and decreased weights in Praxair, Inc., which was acquired, and Ecolab, Inc., which was sold.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF (JHCS)

As this fund has less than six months of return history, an overview of its performance will not be included at this time.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (JHMM)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell Midcap Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the broad mid-cap U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on low relative price (value) stocks detracted from relative performance, as value stocks underperformed high relative price (growth) stocks for the period. With higher-profitability stocks generally underperforming lower-profitability stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability also had a negative impact on relative performance.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. The fund's largest absolute sector exposures were to the information technology, industrials, and financials sectors. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Cardinal Health, Inc. and Nielsen Holdings PLC and decreased weights in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and Roper Technologies, Inc., both of which were sold prior to period end.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (JHSC)

On a NAV basis, the fund outperformed the Russell 2000 Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as proxy for the broad small-cap U.S. stock market. The fund's lesser exposure to micro caps contributed positively to relative performance, as micro caps underperformed small caps for the period. Conversely, the fund's exclusion of stocks with the lowest profitability and highest relative price detracted from relative performance, as those stocks outperformed.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest sector exposures were to financials and industrials. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in H&R Block, Inc. and Eaton Vance Corp. and decreased weights in Fair Isaac Corp. and Encompass Health Corp. We sold the fund's holdings in both prior to period end.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (JHMT)

On a NAV basis, the fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Technology Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the information technology sector of the U.S. stock market. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. The fund's greater emphasis on

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higher-profitability stocks also detracted from relative performance, as stocks with higher profitability generally underperformed. Issuer capping also had a negative impact on relative performance as certain positions that were relatively larger in the index did well.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, its largest industry exposures were to software and semiconductors and semiconductor equipment. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Intel Corp. and Verisk Analytics, Inc. and decreased weights in Facebook, Inc. and Alphabet, Inc.; both were eventually sold.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF (JHMU)

On a NAV basis, the fund outperformed the Russell 1000 Utilities Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we use as a proxy for the utilities sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund holds companies involved in the provision of gas, electric, and water power, as well as energy trading or the provision of related infrastructure or services. The fund excludes communication services, a sector that is included in the Russell 1000 Utilities Index. The fund's lack of exposure to communication services securities contributed positively to relative performance, as those stocks generally underperformed. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability also had a positive impact on relative performance, as higher-profitability stocks outperformed in the utilities sector. Conversely, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as smaller stocks generally underperformed.

Compared with the index, the fund ended the period with greater weights in stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposure was to electric utilities. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in PPL Corp. and The Southern Company and decreased weights in ONEOK, Inc. and PG&E Corp., both of which were eventually sold.


A note about risks

Each fund is subject to various risks as described in the fund's prospectus. For more information, please refer to the "Principal risk" section of the prospectus. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to change and risk. Investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal. There is no guarantee that a fund's investment strategy will be successful and there can be no assurance that active trading markets for shares will develop of be maintained by market makers or authorized participants.

A note about the performance shown on the following pages
Net asset value (NAV) performance is based on the NAV calculated each business day. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing investment company shares as of the close of regular trading hours on the NYSE (see Note 2 to financial statements). Market price is determined using the bid/ask midpoint at 4 P.M. Eastern time, when the NAV is typically calculated. Your returns may differ if you traded shares at other times during the day.

   

The past performance shown here reflects reinvested distributions and the beneficial effect of any expense reductions, and does not guarantee future results. Returns for periods shorter than one year are cumulative. Shares will fluctuate in value and, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance cited. For the most recent month-end performance, visit jhinvestments.com/etf.

MANAGED BY


   
  lukasjsmart.jpg Lukas J. Smart, CFA
On the funds since inception
Investing since 2003
  joelpschneider.jpg Joel P. Schneider
On the funds since inception
Investing since 2011
  josephfhohn.jpg Joseph F. Hohn
On the funds since 2018
Investing since 2012

 

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The views expressed in this report are exclusively those of Joseph F. Hohn, Dimensional Fund Advisors and are subject to change. They are not meant as investment advice. Please note that the holdings discussed in this report may not have been held by the fund for the entire period. Portfolio composition is subject to review in accordance with the fund's investment strategy and may vary in the future. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk. A price-to-book ratio is calculated by dividing the market price of a stock by its book value per share. A price-to-earnings ratio is calculated by dividing the market price of a stock by its earnings per share. Actual performance data provided for any MSCI IMI indexes in the market performance commentary are net dividends.
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Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 11.57 10.07     41.12
Market price 11.61 10.08     41.21
John Hancock Dimensional
Consumer Discretionary Index2
12.02 10.57     43.46
Russell 1000 Consumer
Discretionary Index3
17.31 15.34     66.95

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Specialty retail 28.3
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 22.6
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods 11.0
Internet and direct marketing retail 10.1
Multiline retail 7.7
Automobiles 5.3
Distributors 2.4
Diversified consumer services 2.3
Commercial services and supplies 2.1
Software 1.9
Other 6.3
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Amazon.com, Inc. 6.7
The Home Depot, Inc. 6.2
NIKE, Inc., Class B 3.8
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 3.4
McDonald's Corp. 3.1
The TJX Companies, Inc. 2.4
General Motors Company 2.3
Marriott International, Inc., Class A 2.2
Ross Stores, Inc. 2.0
Dollar Tree, Inc. 2.0
TOTAL 34.1

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $14,121.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Discretionary Index is designed to comprise securities in the consumer discretionary sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The consumer discretionary sector is composed of companies in areas such as restaurants, media, consumer retail, leisure equipment and products, hotels, apparel, automobiles, and consumer durable goods. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Consumer Discretionary Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the consumer discretionary sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.78
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       9


Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 13.89 5.79     19.02
Market price 13.85 5.79     19.01
John Hancock Dimensional
Consumer Staples Index2
14.35 6.27     20.71
Russell 1000 Consumer
Staples Index3
15.13 4.05     13.06

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Food products 33.0
Food and staples retailing 21.1
Beverages 19.6
Household products 16.3
Tobacco 9.4
Personal products 0.6
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
PepsiCo, Inc. 6.3
The Coca-Cola Company 6.1
The Procter & Gamble Company 6.1
Walmart, Inc. 5.9
General Mills, Inc. 5.1
Altria Group, Inc. 5.0
Philip Morris International, Inc. 4.5
Costco Wholesale Corp. 4.4
The Kroger Company 3.9
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 3.2
TOTAL 50.5

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $11,901.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Staples Index is designed to comprise securities in the consumer staples sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The consumer staples sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of food, beverages, tobacco, household goods, or personal products. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Consumer Staples Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the consumer staples sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 1.04
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       10


Multifactor Developed International ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1 year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -4.54 7.97     19.99
Market price -4.43 8.04     20.15
John Hancock Dimensional
Developed International Index2
-3.98 8.76     22.08
MSCI EAFE Index3 -3.22 8.39     21.10

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Financials 17.2
Industrials 16.7
Consumer discretionary 12.8
Materials 9.4
Consumer staples 8.5
Health care 8.3
Communication services 6.4
Energy 5.5
Information technology 5.5
Utilities 4.9
Other 4.8
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
BP PLC 1.5
Nestle SA 1.3
Toyota Motor Corp. 1.2
Novartis AG 0.9
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.9
Roche Holding AG 0.8
Vonovia SE 0.8
ABB, Ltd. 0.7
TOTAL SA 0.7
Orange SA 0.7
TOTAL 9.5

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $12,015.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 12-15-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Developed International Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities of companies associated with developed markets outside of the United States and Canada. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis.
3 The MSCI Europe, Australasia, and Far East (EAFE) Index comprises securities of publicly traded large- and mid-cap stocks of companies in those regions.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2019 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.84
Net (%) 0.45

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       11


Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


     
Cumulative total returns (%)
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value   3.71
Market price   4.22
John Hancock Dimensional
Emerging Markets Index2
  3.35
MSCI Emerging Markets Index3   4.10

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Financials 26.8
Information technology 13.8
Energy 11.7
Communication services 11.3
Consumer discretionary 10.2
Materials 7.6
Consumer staples 5.5
Industrials 5.5
Real estate 2.9
Utilities 2.6
Other 2.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. 4.3
Reliance Industries, Ltd., GDR 4.1
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. 3.7
Infosys, Ltd., ADR 2.6
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 2.6
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR 2.3
Ping An Insurance Group Company of China, Ltd., H Shares 1.8
China Construction Bank Corp., H Shares 1.6
China Mobile, Ltd. 1.5
ICICI Bank, Ltd., ADR 1.5
TOTAL 26.0

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $10,422.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-27-18.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities of companies associated with emerging markets, which may include frontier markets (Emerging markets in an earlier stage of development). The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis.
3 The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is an unmanaged index designed to measure the performance of developing markets.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.87
Net (%) 0.55

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       12


Multifactor Energy ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -12.84 3.94     12.68
Market price -12.91 3.93     12.65
John Hancock Dimensional
Energy Index2
-12.43 4.44     14.38
Russell 1000 Energy Index3 -8.05 4.43     14.35

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 87.1
Energy equipment and services 10.9
Gas utilities 0.9
Multi-utilities 0.9
Short-term investments and other 0.2
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Exxon Mobil Corp. 5.9
Chevron Corp. 5.8
EOG Resources, Inc. 4.6
Pioneer Natural Resources Company 4.1
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 4.0
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 3.8
Valero Energy Corp. 3.7
ConocoPhillips 3.7
Concho Resources, Inc. 3.6
ONEOK, Inc. 3.6
TOTAL 42.8

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $11,265.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Energy Index is designed to comprise securities in the energy sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The energy sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as the production, distribution, or sale of alternative fuels, coal, electricity, natural gas, nuclear power, oil, and other forms of energy. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Energy Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index s classified in the energy sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 1.05
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       13


Multifactor Financials ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 5.15 13.82     59.19
Market price 5.05 13.81     59.14
John Hancock Dimensional
Financials Index2
5.60 14.36     61.92
Russell 1000 Financial
Services Index3
10.73 14.76     63.94

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Banks 31.3
Insurance 22.1
Capital markets 19.5
IT services 12.4
Consumer finance 6.8
Diversified financial services 4.9
Professional services 1.7
Thrifts and mortgage finance 1.0
Software 0.2
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.1
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B 4.1
Bank of America Corp. 3.9
Visa, Inc., Class A 3.8
Wells Fargo & Company 3.3
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 3.1
Citigroup, Inc. 2.7
Capital One Financial Corp. 1.4
American Express Company 1.4
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 1.3
TOTAL 29.1

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $15,914.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Financials Index is designed to comprise securities in the financials sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The financials sector is composed of companies in areas such as banking, savings and loans, insurance, consumer finance, investment brokerage, asset management, or other diverse financial services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Financial Services Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the financial services sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.68
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       14


Multifactor Healthcare ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 7.89 9.18     37.07
Market price 7.80 9.17     37.03
John Hancock Dimensional
Healthcare Index2
8.33 9.68     39.36
Russell 1000 Health Care Index3 11.76 10.40     42.65

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Health care equipment and supplies 24.9
Pharmaceuticals 24.9
Health care providers and services 23.2
Biotechnology 16.3
Life sciences tools and services 9.5
Health care technology 1.0
Commercial services and supplies 0.1
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Johnson & Johnson 6.4
Pfizer, Inc. 5.3
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 4.9
Merck & Company, Inc. 4.1
Abbott Laboratories 2.6
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.6
Medtronic PLC 2.3
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 2.3
Amgen, Inc. 2.2
Cigna Corp. 1.9
TOTAL 34.6

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $13,703.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Healthcare Index is designed to comprise securities in the healthcare sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The healthcare sector is composed of companies in areas such as the manufacture of healthcare equipment and supplies, biotechnology, home or long-term healthcare facilities, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, or the provision of basic healthcare services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Health Care Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the health care sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.76
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       15


Multifactor Industrials ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 13.16 15.37     55.64
Market price 13.13 15.38     55.66
John Hancock Dimensional
Industrials Index2
13.67 15.94     58.00
Russell 1000 Producer
Durables Index3
12.02 14.39     51.56

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Machinery 22.2
Aerospace and defense 17.4
Road and rail 7.9
Industrial conglomerates 7.1
Electrical equipment 6.3
Airlines 6.2
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 5.4
Household durables 4.1
Air freight and logistics 4.0
Commercial services and supplies 3.8
Other 15.6
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
The Boeing Company 4.1
Union Pacific Corp. 2.5
3M Company 2.5
Honeywell International, Inc. 2.1
PACCAR, Inc. 2.1
United Technologies Corp. 2.1
United Continental Holdings, Inc. 2.0
Caterpillar, Inc. 2.0
Aptiv PLC 1.8
Deere & Company 1.8
TOTAL 23.0

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $15,566.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Industrials Index is designed to comprise securities in the industrials sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The industrials sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as aerospace and defense, construction and engineering, machinery, building products and equipment, road/rail/air/marine transportation and infrastructure, industrial trading and distribution, and related services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Producer Durables Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the industrials sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.94
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       16


Multifactor Large Cap ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 11.74 13.86     59.41
Market price 11.75 13.87     59.44
John Hancock Dimensional
Large Cap Index2
12.04 14.22     61.20
Russell 1000 Index3 13.33 14.54     62.82

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Information technology 20.3
Financials 14.2
Health care 12.5
Industrials 12.4
Consumer discretionary 10.9
Communication services 7.3
Consumer staples 6.4
Energy 4.6
Utilities 4.4
Real estate 3.5
Other 3.5
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Apple, Inc. 2.9
Microsoft Corp. 2.2
Amazon.com, Inc. 1.7
Alphabet, Inc., Class A 1.4
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.1
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B 1.1
Johnson & Johnson 1.0
Facebook, Inc., Class A 0.9
Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.8
Intel Corp. 0.8
TOTAL 13.9

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $15,944.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Large Cap Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities in the U.S. universe issued by companies whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 801st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Index comprises 1000 publicly-traded large-cap companies in the United States.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2019 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.40
Net (%) 0.35

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

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Multifactor Materials ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -2.76 10.31     35.47
Market price -2.71 10.34     35.57
John Hancock Dimensional
Materials Index2
-2.32 10.82     37.39
Russell 1000 Materials &
Processing Index3
3.43 11.09     38.45

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Chemicals 52.7
Containers and packaging 20.2
Metals and mining 17.4
Construction materials 5.8
Building products 2.6
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 1.1
Electrical equipment 0.1
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Linde PLC 6.1
PPG Industries, Inc. 4.5
International Paper Company 4.1
Nucor Corp. 3.9
The Sherwin-Williams Company 3.9
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 3.9
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 3.5
DowDuPont, Inc. 3.5
Ball Corp. 3.5
Newmont Gold Corp. 3.2
TOTAL 40.1

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $13,557.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Materials Index is designed to comprise securities in the materials sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The materials sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as chemicals, metals, paper products, containers and packaging, and construction materials. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Materials & Processing Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the materials sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.98
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

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Multifactor Media and Communications ETF

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Media 31.9
Entertainment 23.0
Interactive media and services 19.5
Diversified telecommunication services 14.0
Wireless telecommunication services 3.2
Professional services 2.3
Internet and direct marketing retail 1.9
Software 1.4
IT services 1.2
Communications equipment 1.2
Other 0.4
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

TOP TEN HOLDINGS1 (%)


   
The Walt Disney Company 8.1
Facebook, Inc., Class A 6.7
Comcast Corp., Class A 6.3
Verizon Communications, Inc. 5.6
AT&T, Inc. 5.4
Netflix, Inc. 5.0
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A 3.5
Alphabet, Inc., Class C 3.1
Twitter, Inc. 3.1
Alphabet, Inc., Class A 2.9
TOTAL 49.7

1 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.
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Multifactor Mid Cap ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 8.98 12.38     52.06
Market price 8.98 12.40     52.16
John Hancock Dimensional
Mid Cap Index2
9.33 12.84     54.35
Russell Midcap Index3 10.69 12.34     51.89

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Information technology 17.8
Industrials 16.4
Financials 15.1
Consumer discretionary 11.8
Health care 11.1
Real estate 6.2
Materials 5.9
Utilities 5.8
Energy 3.3
Communication services 3.3
Other 3.3
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
United Continental Holdings, Inc. 0.5
Xcel Energy, Inc. 0.4
Amphenol Corp., Class A 0.4
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 0.4
Republic Services, Inc. 0.4
Fifth Third Bancorp 0.4
Align Technology, Inc. 0.4
Centene Corp. 0.4
Dollar Tree, Inc. 0.4
NetApp, Inc. 0.4
TOTAL 4.1

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $15,216.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Mid Cap Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities in the U.S. universe issued by companies whose market capitalizations are between the 200th and 951st largest U.S. companies at the time of reconstitution. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell Midcap Index comprises approximately 800 publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the United States.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2019 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.52
Net (%) 0.45

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       20


Multifactor Small Cap ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 5.71 5.77     8.64
Market price 5.65 5.78     8.65
John Hancock Dimensional
Small Cap Index2
6.17 6.26     9.37
Russell 2000 Index3 4.61 6.49     9.74

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Financials 19.4
Industrials 15.9
Information technology 12.9
Consumer discretionary 11.3
Real estate 10.7
Health care 8.2
Materials 6.0
Utilities 4.9
Communication services 3.8
Consumer staples 3.6
Other 3.3
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Primerica, Inc. 0.5
ITT, Inc. 0.4
EMCOR Group, Inc. 0.4
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 0.4
IDACORP, Inc. 0.4
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 0.4
Versum Materials, Inc. 0.4
MAXIMUS, Inc. 0.4
Portland General Electric Company 0.4
Entegris, Inc. 0.4
TOTAL 4.1

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $10,865.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 11-8-17.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities in the U.S. universe issued by companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than the 750th largest U.S. company but excluding the smallest 4% of U.S. companies at the time of reconstitution. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE American, LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 2000 Index comprises 2000 publicly-traded small-cap companies in the United States.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2019 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.68
Net (%) 0.50

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       21


Multifactor Technology ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 19.25 22.88     109.62
Market price 19.20 22.88     109.60
John Hancock Dimensional
Technology Index2
19.31 23.28     112.09
Russell 1000 Technology Index3 21.75 23.65     114.37

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Software 29.0
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 28.2
IT services 15.6
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals 11.9
Communications equipment 8.3
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 4.8
Professional services 1.4
Health care technology 0.8
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Microsoft Corp. 6.4
Apple, Inc. 6.4
Intel Corp. 5.3
Cisco Systems, Inc. 4.8
Oracle Corp. 3.1
Broadcom, Inc. 2.8
IBM Corp. 2.2
Texas Instruments, Inc. 1.9
salesforce.com, Inc. 1.9
QUALCOMM, Inc. 1.8
TOTAL 36.6

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $20,960.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Technology Index is designed to comprise securities in the technology sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The technology sector is composed of companies in areas such as the creation, development or provision of software, hardware, internet services, database management, information technology consulting and services, data processing, or semi-conductors. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Technology Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the technology sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.66
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

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Multifactor Utilities ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 18.21 10.35     35.60
Market price 18.12 10.34     35.58
John Hancock Dimensional
Utilities Index2
18.73 10.92     37.78
Russell 1000 Utilities Index3 14.88 7.14     23.78

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Electric utilities 57.1
Multi-utilities 29.3
Gas utilities 5.8
Independent power and renewable electricity producers 4.5
Water utilities 3.2
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Exelon Corp. 5.8
PPL Corp. 5.2
Xcel Energy, Inc. 5.0
The Southern Company 4.9
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 4.7
Eversource Energy 4.1
Entergy Corp. 3.8
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 3.8
Edison International 3.7
DTE Energy Company 3.7
TOTAL 44.7

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $13,558.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Utilities Index is designed to comprise securities in the utilities sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The utilities sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as the provision of gas, electric, and water power, energy trading, or the provision of related infrastructure or services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Utilities Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the utilities sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until June 30, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 1.07
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

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Premium/discount analysis (unaudited)

ETF shares are bought and sold through exchange trading at market price—not net asset value (NAV)—and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Due to various factors, shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market, and as a result you may pay more than NAV when you buy shares and receive less than NAV when you sell shares. Additionally, due to various factors, a fund's holdings and returns may deviate from those of its index. These variations may be greater when markets are volatile or subject to unusual conditions.

A premium exists when the closing market price is trading above NAV, while a discount indicates that the closing market price is trading below NAV. The differences are expressed as basis points, with one basis point equaling 1/100 of 1%.

The chart below presents information about the differences between each fund's daily closing market price and the fund's NAV. The closing market price is determined using the bid/ask midpoint as reported on the NYSE Arca, Inc., at 4 P.M. Eastern time, when the NAV is typically calculated.

Data presented represents past performance and cannot be used to predict future results.

PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2019


                       
    Closing Price Below NAV   Closing Price Above or Equal to NAV
Basis Point Differential   Number of Days   % of Total Days   Number of Days   % of Total Days
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF                
0 - < 25   51   41.80%   70   57.38%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   1   0.82%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   51   41.80%   71   58.20%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
0 - < 25   43   35.25%   78   63.93%
25 - < 50   1   0.82%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   44   36.07%   78   63.93%
Multifactor Developed International ETF
0 - < 25   25   20.49%   30   24.59%
25 - < 50   5   4.10%   31   25.41%
50 - < 75   6   4.92%   10   8.20%
75 - < 100   1   0.82%   6   4.92%
100 or Above   4   3.28%   4   3.28%
Total   41   33.61%   81   66.39%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
0 - < 25   4   3.28%   22   18.03%
25 - < 50   6   4.92%   33   27.05%
50 - < 75   2   1.64%   19   15.57%
75 - < 100   4   3.28%   15   12.30%
100 or Above   2   1.64%   15   12.30%
Total   18   14.75%   104   85.25%
Multifactor Energy ETF
0 - < 25   51   41.80%   70   57.38%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   1   0.82%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   51   41.80%   71   58.20%

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PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2019


                       
    Closing Price Below NAV   Closing Price Above or Equal to NAV
Basis Point Differential   Number of Days   % of Total Days   Number of Days   % of Total Days
Multifactor Financials ETF
0 - < 25   44   36.07%   77   63.11%
25 - < 50   1   0.82%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   45   36.89%   77   63.11%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF
0 - < 25   40   32.79%   79   64.75%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   3   2.46%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   40   32.79%   82   67.21%
Multifactor Industrials ETF
0 - < 25   39   31.97%   82   67.21%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   1   0.82%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   39   31.97%   83   68.03%
Multifactor Large Cap ETF
0 - < 25   47   38.52%   75   61.48%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   47   38.52%   75   61.48%
Multifactor Materials ETF
0 - < 25   37   30.33%   84   68.85%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   1   0.82%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   37   30.33%   85   69.67%
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF
0 - < 25   4   11.11%   32   88.89%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   4   11.11%   32   88.89%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
0 - < 25   9   7.38%   113   92.62%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   9   7.38%   113   92.62%

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PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2019


                       
    Closing Price Below NAV   Closing Price Above or Equal to NAV
Basis Point Differential   Number of Days   % of Total Days   Number of Days   % of Total Days
Multifactor Small Cap ETF
0 - < 25   7   5.74%   113   92.62%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   2   1.64%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   7   5.74%   115   94.26%
Multifactor Technology ETF
0 - < 25   48   39.34%   73   59.84%
25 - < 50   1   0.82%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   49   40.16%   73   59.84%
Multifactor Utilities ETF
0 - < 25   58   47.54%   64   52.46%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   58   47.54%   64   52.46%

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Your expenses  
These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing operating expenses of investing in the fund so you can compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.
Understanding fund expenses
As a shareholder of a fund, you incur two types of costs:
Transaction costs, which may include creation and redemption fees and brokerage charges.
Ongoing operating expenses, including management fees, and other fund expenses.
We are presenting only your ongoing operating expenses here.
Actual expenses/actual returns
The first line in the table on the following page is intended to provide information about a fund’s actual ongoing operating expenses, and is based on the fund’s actual NAV return. It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on November 1, 2018, with the same investment held until April 30, 2019.
Together with the value of your account, you may use this information to estimate the operating expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value at April 30, 2019, by $1,000.00, then multiply it by the “expenses paid” from the table. For example, for an account value of $8,600.00, the operating expenses should be calculated as follows:
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The second line in the table on the following page allows you to compare a fund’s ongoing operating expenses with those of any other fund. It provides an example of the fund’s hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% annualized return before expenses (which is not the fund’s actual return). It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on November 1, 2018, with the same investment held until April 30, 2019. Look in any other fund shareholder report to find its hypothetical example and you will be able to compare these expenses. Please remember that these hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Remember, these examples do not include any transaction costs. A fund charges a transaction fee per creation unit to those creating or redeeming creation units, and those buying or selling shares in the secondary market will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges. Therefore, these examples will not help you to determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, your expenses would have been higher. See the prospectus for details regarding transaction costs.
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE CHART

  Account
value on
11-1-2018
Ending
value on
4-30-2019
Expenses
paid during
4-30-20191
Annualized
expense
ratio
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,101.50 $2.24 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,052.40 $2.19 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Developed International ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,068.90 $2.31 0.45%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.60 2.26 0.45%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,128.80 $2.90 0.55%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.10 2.76 0.55%
Multifactor Energy ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 961.90 $2.14 0.44%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.60 2.21 0.44%
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SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE CHART  (continued)

  Account
value on
11-1-2018
Ending
value on
4-30-2019
Expenses
paid during
4-30-20191
Annualized
expense
ratio
Multifactor Financials ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,104.60 $2.24 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,007.70 $2.14 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Industrials ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,149.20 $2.29 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Large Cap ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,098.30 $1.77 0.34%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,023.10 1.71 0.34%
Multifactor Materials ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,065.10 $2.20 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Media And Communications ETF2
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $0.53 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.80 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,110.20 $2.25 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Small Cap ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,070.50 $2.57 0.50%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.30 2.51 0.50%
Multifactor Technology ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,181.10 $2.33 0.43%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.16 0.43%
Multifactor Utilities ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,112.80 $2.30 0.44%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.60 2.21 0.44%
    
   
1 Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
2 The inception date for fund is 3-12-19. Actual Expenses are equal to the fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 48/365 (to reflect the period).
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Funds' investments  
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $42,139,443
(Cost $38,649,854)    
Communication services – 0.7% 325,487
Entertainment – 0.7%  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 3,587 150,833
The Madison Square Garden Company, Class A (A) 559 174,654
Consumer discretionary – 92.5% 39,007,431
Auto components – 0.3%  
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 7,295 140,137
Automobiles – 5.3%  
Ford Motor Company 45,283 473,207
General Motors Company 24,864 968,453
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 4,815 179,262
Tesla, Inc. (A)(B) 2,186 521,776
Thor Industries, Inc. 1,317 86,751
Distributors – 2.4%  
Genuine Parts Company 4,781 490,244
LKQ Corp. (A) 6,808 204,921
Pool Corp. 1,676 307,948
Diversified consumer services – 2.3%  
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (A) 1,643 210,550
Chegg, Inc. (A) 3,264 116,362
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (A) 1,460 169,199
H&R Block, Inc. 6,009 163,505
Service Corp. International 7,213 300,133
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 22.6%  
Caesars Entertainment Corp. (A) 1,783 16,689
Carnival Corp. 4,558 250,052
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (A) 757 520,846
Choice Hotels International, Inc. 951 78,971
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (B) 1,170 197,426
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 4,485 527,436
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 970 262,463
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 1,989 148,439
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 9,391 816,923
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A 1,280 98,214
International Game Technology PLC (B) 2,471 36,151
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 6,057 406,122
Marriott International, Inc., Class A 6,938 946,482
McDonald's Corp. 6,689 1,321,546
MGM Resorts International 11,363 302,597
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (A) 7,652 431,495
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (A) 2,245 169,947
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 5,723 692,140
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 1,655 87,864
Starbucks Corp. 10,420 809,426
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 1,967 106,238
The Wendy's Company 5,295 98,540
Vail Resorts, Inc. 797 182,393
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Hotels, restaurants and leisure (continued)  
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 2,530 $110,207
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 3,029 168,776
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 2,255 325,735
Yum! Brands, Inc. 4,064 424,241
Household durables – 1.4%  
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (A) 1,274 173,583
Newell Brands, Inc. 9,465 136,107
Whirlpool Corp. 1,992 276,529
Internet and direct marketing retail – 10.1%  
Amazon.com, Inc. (A) 1,456 2,805,013
Booking Holdings, Inc. (A) 373 691,911
Expedia Group, Inc. 4,270 554,417
Wayfair, Inc., Class A (A) 1,161 188,256
Leisure products – 1.1%  
Hasbro, Inc. 3,420 348,361
Mattel, Inc. (A)(B) 10,395 126,715
Multiline retail – 7.7%  
Dollar General Corp. 4,241 534,748
Dollar Tree, Inc. (A) 7,727 859,861
Kohl's Corp. 6,409 455,680
Macy's, Inc. 9,202 216,615
Nordstrom, Inc. (B) 6,538 268,189
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,659 158,667
Target Corp. 9,808 759,335
Specialty retail – 28.3%  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 2,434 404,823
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 3,504 83,325
AutoZone, Inc. (A) 658 676,628
Best Buy Company, Inc. 11,345 844,181
Burlington Stores, Inc. (A) 2,296 387,817
CarMax, Inc. (A) 5,433 423,013
Carvana Company (A)(B) 767 54,887
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 3,772 139,564
Five Below, Inc. (A) 1,814 265,551
Foot Locker, Inc. 3,451 197,432
L Brands, Inc. 3,883 99,560
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 12,774 1,445,250
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (A) 1,304 493,655
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. 862 39,583
Ross Stores, Inc. 8,824 861,752
The Gap, Inc. 7,141 186,237
The Home Depot, Inc. 12,795 2,606,342
The TJX Companies, Inc. 18,634 1,022,634
Tiffany & Company 3,695 398,395
Tractor Supply Company 4,203 435,011
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (A) 1,966 686,095
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (B) 3,149 180,028
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 11.0%  
Capri Holdings, Ltd. (A) 4,176 184,078
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MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods (continued)  
Carter's, Inc. 1,266 $134,082
Columbia Sportswear Company 1,061 106,068
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) 1,119 177,037
Hanesbrands, Inc. 20,616 372,531
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (A) 2,891 509,828
NIKE, Inc., Class B 18,322 1,609,221
PVH Corp. 1,684 217,219
Ralph Lauren Corp. 1,681 221,186
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (A) 2,867 90,769
Tapestry, Inc. 6,057 195,459
Under Armour, Inc., Class A (A) 5,710 131,844
Under Armour, Inc., Class C (A) 5,912 122,497
VF Corp. 6,144 580,055
Consumer staples – 1.8% 751,153
Personal products – 1.8%  
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Class A 4,372 751,153
Industrials – 2.1% 876,565
Commercial services and supplies – 2.1%  
Copart, Inc. (A) 9,645 649,301
Rollins, Inc. 5,877 227,264
Information technology – 2.8% 1,178,807
IT services – 0.9%  
Sabre Corp. 18,918 392,738
Software – 1.9%  
Intuit, Inc. 3,131 786,069
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 2.8% $1,156,793
(Cost $1,156,784)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 115,596 1,156,793
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $51,439
(Cost $51,439)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 51,439
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 51,439 51,439
Total investments (Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF) (Cost $39,858,077) 102.8% $43,347,675
Other assets and liabilities, net (2.8%)   (1,186,029)
Total net assets 100.0%   $42,161,646
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 100.0%   $28,844,811
(Cost $27,670,779)    
Consumer staples – 100.0% 28,844,811
Beverages – 19.6%  
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A 3,382 176,879
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 9,686 516,167
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 2,610 552,459
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. 3,422 99,478
Molson Coors Brewing Company, Class B 5,925 380,326
Monster Beverage Corp. (A) 6,021 358,852
PepsiCo, Inc. 14,132 1,809,600
The Coca-Cola Company 36,046 1,768,417
Food and staples retailing – 21.1%  
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 1,704 225,524
Costco Wholesale Corp. 5,178 1,271,354
Performance Food Group Company (A) 5,973 244,594
Sysco Corp. 8,999 633,260
The Kroger Company 43,811 1,129,448
US Foods Holding Corp. (A) 9,575 349,966
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 9,941 532,539
Walmart, Inc. 16,509 1,697,786
Food products – 33.0%  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 20,754 925,628
Bunge, Ltd. 4,721 247,428
Campbell Soup Company (B) 8,164 315,865
Conagra Brands, Inc. 16,901 520,213
Flowers Foods, Inc. 6,577 142,984
General Mills, Inc. 28,345 1,458,917
Hormel Foods Corp. 9,639 384,982
Ingredion, Inc. 2,837 268,806
Kellogg Company 10,855 654,557
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 4,217 295,401
Lancaster Colony Corp. 707 105,138
McCormick & Company, Inc. 3,521 542,128
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 17,779 904,062
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (A) 2,824 75,994
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 3,544 399,692
Seaboard Corp. 12 53,947
The Hershey Company 5,198 648,970
The J.M. Smucker Company 4,209 516,150
The Kraft Heinz Company 6,265 208,249
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 11,223 841,837
Household products – 16.3%  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. 8,745 655,438
Colgate-Palmolive Company 12,112 881,632
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 4,903 629,447
The Clorox Company 4,752 759,037
The Procter & Gamble Company 16,588 1,766,290
Personal products – 0.6%  
Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (A) 3,326 175,779
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MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer staples (continued)  
Tobacco – 9.4%  
Altria Group, Inc. 26,321 $1,430,020
Philip Morris International, Inc. 14,898 1,289,571
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 0.7% $216,306
(Cost $216,302)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 21,615 216,306
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $24,804
(Cost $24,804)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 24,804
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 24,804 24,804
Total investments (Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF) (Cost $27,911,885) 100.8% $29,085,921
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.8%)   (223,624)
Total net assets 100.0%   $28,862,297
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.6% $504,568,878
(Cost $471,537,449)    
Australia - 6.9% 35,526,844
AGL Energy, Ltd. 48,596 760,362
Alumina, Ltd. 40,117 63,249
Amcor, Ltd. 39,339 443,851
AMP, Ltd. (A) 333,410 532,702
APA Group 74,985 507,726
Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. 28,760 527,930
ASX, Ltd. 10,157 532,601
Aurizon Holdings, Ltd. 236,771 793,260
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. 75,501 1,445,446
BHP Group PLC 69,437 1,637,897
BHP Group, Ltd. 97,658 2,570,749
BlueScope Steel, Ltd. 66,634 630,810
Brambles, Ltd. 53,685 455,324
Caltex Australia, Ltd. 18,608 356,376
CIMIC Group, Ltd. 7,470 265,990
Cochlear, Ltd. 4,400 580,150
Coles Group, Ltd. (A)(B) 48,241 428,165
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 42,980 2,254,340
Computershare, Ltd. 34,980 438,987
Crown Resorts, Ltd. 28,474 266,351
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Australia (continued)  
CSL, Ltd. 13,280 $1,856,060
Dexus 29,162 256,571
Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd. 132,050 664,545
Goodman Group 27,576 255,427
Insurance Australia Group, Ltd. 55,841 309,713
LendLease Group 47,575 445,359
Macquarie Group, Ltd. 11,017 1,044,506
Medibank Pvt., Ltd. 215,535 433,874
Mirvac Group 107,036 213,205
National Australia Bank, Ltd. 65,825 1,174,489
Newcrest Mining, Ltd. 25,281 445,029
Oil Search, Ltd. 109,485 599,535
Origin Energy, Ltd. 99,685 517,104
Qantas Airways, Ltd. 140,770 555,844
QBE Insurance Group, Ltd. 94,170 857,021
Ramsay Health Care, Ltd. (A) 9,071 417,044
REA Group, Ltd. 4,075 229,168
Santos, Ltd. 199,120 1,007,683
Scentre Group 66,209 178,017
Sonic Healthcare, Ltd. 25,148 454,016
South32, Ltd. 169,992 399,627
Stockland 86,572 229,720
Suncorp Group, Ltd. 43,749 408,620
Sydney Airport 116,093 622,646
Tabcorp Holdings, Ltd. 121,234 408,733
Telstra Corp., Ltd. 401,580 955,364
The GPT Group 56,649 228,469
TPG Telecom, Ltd. 13,897 65,927
Transurban Group 30,647 289,913
Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd. 25,390 307,377
Vicinity Centres 91,944 164,376
Wesfarmers, Ltd. 23,573 597,473
Westpac Banking Corp. (A) 95,417 1,847,551
Woodside Petroleum, Ltd. 30,206 752,409
Woolworths Group, Ltd. 37,567 842,163
Austria - 0.2% 911,577
ANDRITZ AG 2,312 110,120
Erste Group Bank AG (B) 8,095 323,873
OMV AG 3,204 171,457
Raiffeisen Bank International AG 3,724 99,204
Telekom Austria AG (B) 3,108 23,267
Verbund AG 1,065 52,779
voestalpine AG 4,079 130,877
Belgium - 1.1% 5,745,240
Ackermans & van Haaren NV 2,674 429,734
Ageas 20,055 1,056,356
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA 17,956 1,594,973
Colruyt SA 6,770 487,550
Galapagos NV (B) 617 70,813
KBC Group NV 8,395 621,135
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Belgium (continued)  
Proximus SADP (A) 12,697 $355,027
Solvay SA 2,496 299,727
Telenet Group Holding NV 1,420 75,305
UCB SA 4,278 339,057
Umicore SA (A) 10,748 415,563
Chile - 0.1% 245,562
Antofagasta PLC 20,745 245,562
China - 0.0% 229,663
Evergrande Health Industry Group, Ltd. (A)(B) 165,000 229,663
Denmark - 1.6% 8,061,866
A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S, Series A 177 215,483
A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S, Series B 148 192,663
Carlsberg A/S, Class B 3,559 459,350
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S 6,214 633,373
Coloplast A/S, B Shares 2,675 288,395
Danske Bank A/S 16,696 295,867
DSV A/S 9,385 866,418
Genmab A/S (B) 2,802 464,781
H Lundbeck A/S 7,996 336,085
Novo Nordisk A/S, B Shares 46,144 2,254,677
Novozymes A/S, B Shares 18,646 868,252
Orsted A/S (C) 4,116 314,864
The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (B) 650 49,860
Tryg A/S 3,305 100,911
Vestas Wind Systems A/S 6,682 603,839
William Demant Holding A/S (B) 3,713 117,048
Finland - 1.2% 5,879,685
Elisa OYJ 10,834 459,319
Fortum OYJ 14,050 296,652
Kesko OYJ, A Shares 710 34,056
Kesko OYJ, B Shares 2,126 110,315
Kone OYJ, Class B 11,256 616,350
Neste OYJ 12,138 400,474
Nokia OYJ 107,363 562,986
Nokian Renkaat OYJ 8,884 296,897
Nordea Bank ABP 79,997 629,000
Orion OYJ, Class A 1,408 47,023
Orion OYJ, Class B 7,221 239,783
Sampo OYJ, A Shares 8,681 396,546
Stora Enso OYJ, R Shares 41,952 520,228
UPM-Kymmene OYJ 28,169 792,698
Wartsila OYJ ABP 29,954 477,358
France - 10.4% 52,956,291
Aeroports de Paris 2,087 424,745
Air Liquide SA 13,561 1,801,702
Airbus SE 13,678 1,868,292
AXA SA (A) 57,640 1,533,860
BNP Paribas SA 27,519 1,463,385
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
France (continued)  
Bouygues SA (A) 39,890 $1,499,397
Capgemini SE 10,024 1,214,385
Carrefour SA 17,449 339,672
Cie de Saint-Gobain 39,822 1,626,264
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA 21,863 2,821,391
CNP Assurances (A) 10,989 259,116
Credit Agricole SA 57,596 789,420
Danone SA 14,784 1,194,253
Dassault Aviation SA 44 66,520
Dassault Systemes SA 4,654 735,680
Electricite de France SA 50,309 723,936
Engie SA 93,536 1,384,225
EssilorLuxottica SA (B) 3,800 462,065
Hermes International 709 498,359
Kering SA 1,598 943,794
Legrand SA 22,136 1,625,409
L'Oreal SA (A) 5,763 1,583,002
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 7,590 2,969,060
Natixis SA 75,244 442,543
Orange SA 222,574 3,483,413
Pernod Ricard SA 2,420 421,324
Peugeot SA (A) 94,314 2,469,100
Publicis Groupe SA 16,097 953,951
Renault SA 19,562 1,333,366
Safran SA 11,117 1,618,402
Sanofi 24,886 2,161,177
Schneider Electric SE 11,290 954,773
Societe Generale SA 23,661 748,307
Sodexo SA 7,600 870,896
Thales SA 8,530 1,017,617
TOTAL SA 63,245 3,511,686
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (Euronext Amsterdam) 5,628 966,594
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (Euronext Paris) 563 96,694
Vinci SA (A) 17,604 1,775,988
Vivendi SA (A) 79,418 2,302,528
Germany - 8.8% 45,057,592
adidas AG 5,341 1,371,315
Allianz SE 11,694 2,815,055
BASF SE 29,628 2,406,966
Bayer AG 22,283 1,481,872
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 21,366 1,817,417
Beiersdorf AG 5,182 565,880
Commerzbank AG (B) 59,757 536,561
Continental AG 3,803 628,052
Covestro AG (C) 12,454 680,414
Daimler AG 28,675 1,874,819
Deutsche Bank AG 133,202 1,100,041
Deutsche Boerse AG 11,577 1,542,650
Deutsche Lufthansa AG 64,784 1,562,427
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Germany (continued)  
Deutsche Post AG 23,772 $823,216
Deutsche Telekom AG 104,969 1,754,465
Deutsche Wohnen SE 47,298 2,123,986
E.ON SE 214,423 2,299,228
Evonik Industries AG 25,273 752,271
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Company KGaA 22,062 1,853,378
Fresenius SE & Company KGaA 5,710 323,672
Hannover Rueck SE 3,173 477,924
HeidelbergCement AG 13,688 1,104,491
Henkel AG & Company KGaA 1,599 152,230
HOCHTIEF AG 595 88,687
Infineon Technologies AG 83,856 1,975,876
Innogy SE (C) 13,199 612,246
Innogy SE (B) 1,744 75,639
Merck KGaA 1,775 188,739
MTU Aero Engines AG 1,512 355,337
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG 5,058 1,264,076
RWE AG 49,600 1,265,710
SAP SE 13,810 1,773,340
Siemens AG 10,257 1,226,979
Siemens Healthineers AG (C) 1,950 83,088
Symrise AG 3,698 355,171
TUI AG 34,181 380,454
Volkswagen AG 1,953 348,883
Vonovia SE 80,042 3,989,098
Wirecard AG 6,847 1,025,939
Hong Kong - 3.8% 19,182,558
AIA Group, Ltd. 303,802 3,095,950
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd. 124,295 556,091
CK Asset Holdings, Ltd. 86,396 693,776
CK Hutchison Holdings, Ltd. 90,773 953,386
CK Infrastructure Holdings, Ltd. 27,929 226,767
CLP Holdings, Ltd. 83,071 941,847
Dairy Farm International Holdings, Ltd. 20,500 160,515
Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd. 78,641 587,898
Hang Lung Properties, Ltd. 171,000 401,922
Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. 24,989 656,147
Henderson Land Development Company, Ltd. 41,206 253,684
HKT Trust & HKT, Ltd. 484,337 750,700
Hong Kong & China Gas Company, Ltd. 124,986 298,231
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd. 38,824 1,346,028
Hongkong Land Holdings, Ltd. 65,300 455,141
Link REIT 62,026 723,402
MTR Corp., Ltd. 50,500 300,603
New World Development Company, Ltd. 666,060 1,101,978
Power Assets Holdings, Ltd. 102,573 715,163
Sino Land Company, Ltd. 330,927 582,098
Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. 45,662 788,059
Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class A 39,865 504,575
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Hong Kong (continued)  
Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class B 80,628 $159,706
Swire Properties, Ltd. 85,601 347,515
Techtronic Industries Company, Ltd. 105,433 761,982
The Bank of East Asia, Ltd. 151,105 476,693
Wharf Real Estate Investment Company, Ltd. 86,992 666,406
Wheelock & Company, Ltd. 95,001 676,295
Ireland - 0.7% 3,584,879
AIB Group PLC 12,630 58,571
Bank of Ireland Group PLC 49,505 315,683
CRH PLC 25,962 870,832
DCC PLC 6,534 583,316
ICON PLC (B) 2,734 373,410
James Hardie Industries PLC 22,207 301,354
Kerry Group PLC, Class A 4,845 541,893
Kingspan Group PLC 5,221 274,303
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC 9,067 265,517
Israel - 0.4% 1,766,266
Azrieli Group, Ltd. 521 29,631
Bank Hapoalim BM 32,920 241,803
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM 74,795 511,165
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (B) 2,385 288,013
Elbit Systems, Ltd. 517 71,900
Israel Chemicals, Ltd. 13,868 73,364
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (B) 128 15,398
Nice, Ltd. (B) 1,093 150,671
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. 157 16,863
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (B) 23,902 367,458
Italy - 2.0% 10,175,507
A2A SpA 42,104 70,307
Assicurazioni Generali SpA 25,404 492,536
Atlantia SpA 6,724 183,266
Davide Campari-Milano SpA 30,729 309,426
DiaSorin SpA 1,098 107,179
Enel SpA 179,738 1,135,878
Eni SpA 113,314 1,932,550
Ferrari NV 4,073 551,177
FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA 23,423 308,046
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 274,566 719,110
Leonardo SpA 20,633 238,056
Mediobanca SpA 56,637 599,821
Moncler SpA 11,515 471,931
Pirelli & C SpA (B)(C) 11,784 85,947
Poste Italiane SpA (C) 27,572 293,859
Prysmian SpA 12,815 246,879
Recordati SpA 8,043 324,406
Snam SpA 30,579 155,483
Telecom Italia SpA (A)(B) 1,180,871 659,849
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA 105,402 630,546
UniCredit SpA 40,346 557,511
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Italy (continued)  
UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (A) 37,177 $101,744
Japan - 24.7% 126,567,067
ABC-Mart, Inc. 1,700 105,625
Acom Company, Ltd. 24,000 84,040
Aeon Company, Ltd. 20,500 378,157
AEON Financial Service Company, Ltd. 6,100 125,916
AGC, Inc. 13,900 472,382
Aisin Seiki Company, Ltd. 12,900 498,626
Ajinomoto Company, Inc. 10,800 173,818
Alfresa Holdings Corp. 6,900 191,744
Alps Alpine Company, Ltd. 14,500 305,558
ANA Holdings, Inc. 26,800 935,564
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. 9,200 398,894
Asahi Intecc Company, Ltd. 2,900 146,074
Asahi Kasei Corp. 54,300 557,261
Astellas Pharma, Inc. 38,800 525,694
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. 15,200 723,322
Bridgestone Corp. 36,800 1,455,810
Brother Industries, Ltd. 17,600 344,968
Calbee, Inc. 7,400 203,313
Canon, Inc. 21,700 601,852
Central Japan Railway Company 4,900 1,051,273
Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc. 20,300 294,544
Chugai Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 3,000 189,630
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings, Inc. 7,600 186,767
Concordia Financial Group, Ltd. 93,100 361,115
CyberAgent, Inc. 3,600 143,192
Dai Nippon Printing Company, Ltd. 26,200 619,390
Daicel Corp. 13,900 155,006
Daifuku Company, Ltd. 7,200 438,303
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. 36,800 527,012
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. 7,600 374,012
Daikin Industries, Ltd. 6,800 860,875
Daito Trust Construction Company, Ltd. 2,300 306,976
Daiwa House Industry Company, Ltd. 20,200 564,240
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. 100,000 462,492
Denso Corp. 10,800 470,594
Dentsu, Inc. 4,300 175,089
Disco Corp. 1,900 325,495
Don Quijote Holdings Company, Ltd. 6,100 392,700
East Japan Railway Company 19,700 1,851,048
Eisai Company, Ltd. 3,300 191,230
Electric Power Development Company, Ltd. 15,400 356,741
FamilyMart UNY Holdings Company, Ltd. 3,300 87,941
FANUC Corp. 2,600 484,983
Fast Retailing Company, Ltd. 1,800 1,038,545
Fuji Electric Company, Ltd. 6,500 229,068
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. 13,200 614,400
Fujitsu, Ltd. 9,600 701,199
Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. 9,200 154,717
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Hamamatsu Photonics KK 5,000 $202,245
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. 26,500 987,430
Hikari Tsushin, Inc. 1,500 276,633
Hino Motors, Ltd. 40,000 376,386
Hirose Electric Company, Ltd. 1,305 150,683
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. 1,800 76,121
Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. 11,700 309,899
Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, Ltd. 13,300 352,278
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. 2,100 93,333
Hitachi Metals, Ltd. 25,400 292,143
Hitachi, Ltd. 32,800 1,086,413
Honda Motor Company, Ltd. 55,000 1,531,358
Hoshizaki Corp. 3,000 193,939
Hoya Corp. 12,800 898,155
Hulic Company, Ltd. 14,200 122,142
Idemitsu Kosan Company, Ltd. 24,659 798,166
Iida Group Holdings Company, Ltd. 11,500 194,016
Inpex Corp. 32,900 319,326
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, Ltd. 30,900 293,810
Isuzu Motors, Ltd. 30,600 438,360
ITOCHU Corp. 45,800 822,447
Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. 1,000 24,431
Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. 19,300 646,193
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. 39,500 641,221
Japan Post Bank Company, Ltd. 9,200 101,024
Japan Post Holdings Company, Ltd. 27,000 301,333
Japan Post Insurance Company, Ltd. 1,300 26,204
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. 43 238,213
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp. 65 124,310
Japan Tobacco, Inc. 30,000 693,872
JFE Holdings, Inc. 17,100 292,485
JGC Corp. 12,900 183,930
JSR Corp. 7,800 118,217
JTEKT Corp. 40,500 519,636
JXTG Holdings, Inc. 180,800 877,742
Kajima Corp. 52,300 772,467
Kansai Paint Company, Ltd. 7,000 132,929
Kao Corp. 16,400 1,260,021
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. 22,700 527,068
KDDI Corp. 58,500 1,334,404
Keikyu Corp. 11,600 197,473
Keio Corp. 5,399 324,788
Keisei Electric Railway Company, Ltd. 6,400 223,533
Keyence Corp. 1,100 682,667
Kikkoman Corp. 5,000 231,650
Kintetsu Group Holdings Company, Ltd. 15,900 704,525
Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd. 28,000 633,410
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 1,100 87,506
Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 7,900 469,567
Komatsu, Ltd. 19,600 501,901
Konami Holdings Corp. 6,800 308,938
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Konica Minolta, Inc. 55,600 $556,125
Kose Corp. 1,500 280,808
Kubota Corp. 17,700 267,467
Kuraray Company, Ltd. 38,700 516,695
Kyocera Corp. 10,800 697,212
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company, Ltd. 7,400 143,249
Kyushu Electric Power Company, Inc. 67,300 650,793
Kyushu Railway Company 4,000 130,011
Lawson, Inc. 5,800 270,276
LINE Corp. (A)(B) 1,600 53,657
Lion Corp. 12,100 248,573
LIXIL Group Corp. 31,900 414,449
M3, Inc. 13,200 233,363
Makita Corp. 3,000 109,091
Marubeni Corp. 53,300 380,506
Mazda Motor Corp. 66,400 784,280
Medipal Holdings Corp. 4,900 109,769
MEIJI Holdings Company, Ltd. 4,200 329,966
MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc. 28,700 507,645
MISUMI Group, Inc. 15,400 397,946
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. 111,600 790,694
Mitsubishi Corp. 46,400 1,273,162
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. 27,100 384,936
Mitsubishi Estate Company, Ltd. 15,900 267,748
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 10,300 427,352
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. 12,700 71,040
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. 2,800 35,146
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 346,800 1,712,281
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company, Ltd. 72,400 366,632
Mitsui & Company, Ltd. 56,400 908,477
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. 30,400 741,883
Mitsui Fudosan Company, Ltd. 21,200 488,623
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 597,500 930,786
MonotaRO Company, Ltd. 6,500 149,522
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. 14,300 441,422
Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 9,000 481,616
NEC Corp. 30,200 1,015,479
Nexon Company, Ltd. (B) 5,800 83,114
NGK Insulators, Ltd. 19,000 280,458
NGK Spark Plug Company, Ltd. 12,500 242,088
NH Foods, Ltd. (A) 4,200 168,566
Nidec Corp. 5,400 765,333
Nikon Corp. 30,600 425,859
Nintendo Company, Ltd. 1,500 511,785
Nippon Building Fund, Inc. 39 251,071
Nippon Express Company, Ltd. 11,800 646,285
Nippon Paint Holdings Company, Ltd. 1,800 68,121
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. 27,100 481,899
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. 82,200 3,406,826
Nissan Chemical Corp. 9,000 398,384
Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. 151,000 1,211,118
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. 10,400 $241,289
Nissin Foods Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,600 171,116
Nitori Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,600 309,315
Nitto Denko Corp. 3,600 193,616
Nomura Holdings, Inc. 93,900 352,246
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. 114 166,944
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. 5,800 282,774
NSK, Ltd. 67,200 693,872
NTT Data Corp. 21,300 247,472
NTT DOCOMO, Inc. 43,900 950,132
Obayashi Corp. 90,100 880,978
Obic Company, Ltd. 2,200 254,025
Odakyu Electric Railway Company, Ltd. 21,800 511,652
Oji Holdings Corp. 100,000 597,980
Olympus Corp. 39,200 437,843
Omron Corp. 6,700 357,935
Ono Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 4,900 91,489
Oracle Corp. Japan 3,100 211,816
Oriental Land Company, Ltd. 2,700 297,455
ORIX Corp. 45,000 634,949
Osaka Gas Company, Ltd. 43,900 810,007
Otsuka Corp. 7,500 294,276
Otsuka Holdings Company, Ltd. 6,700 238,764
Panasonic Corp. 77,600 711,377
PeptiDream, Inc. (B) 3,400 182,860
Persol Holdings Company, Ltd. 6,400 119,754
Pigeon Corp. 4,100 173,571
Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. 6,300 197,980
Rakuten, Inc. 15,300 169,657
Recruit Holdings Company, Ltd. 24,700 738,283
Renesas Electronics Corp. (B) 7,900 42,062
Resona Holdings, Inc. 71,400 301,114
Ricoh Company, Ltd. 56,700 571,709
Rohm Company, Ltd. 5,100 373,199
Ryohin Keikaku Company, Ltd. 1,800 341,657
Santen Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 13,000 197,728
SBI Holdings, Inc. 17,800 379,254
Secom Company, Ltd. 2,800 234,760
Seibu Holdings, Inc. 16,300 264,459
Seiko Epson Corp. 24,200 386,548
Sekisui Chemical Company, Ltd. 62,200 994,642
Sekisui House, Ltd. 31,300 503,610
Seven & i Holdings Company, Ltd. 25,600 887,007
SG Holdings Company, Ltd. 5,100 136,229
Sharp Corp. (B) 2,300 25,525
Shimadzu Corp. 7,900 210,950
Shimano, Inc. 1,000 146,263
Shimizu Corp. 64,100 546,181
Shin-Etsu Chemical Company, Ltd. 4,900 458,873
Shionogi & Company, Ltd. 6,100 354,690
Shiseido Company, Ltd. 8,100 634,036
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Showa Denko KK 14,200 $480,027
SMC Corp. 800 330,846
Softbank Corp. (A) 14,400 169,632
SoftBank Group Corp. 24,000 2,489,966
Sohgo Security Services Company, Ltd. 2,100 93,428
Sompo Holdings, Inc. 10,700 399,755
Sony Corp. 28,300 1,324,351
Sony Financial Holdings, Inc. 13,800 280,894
Stanley Electric Company, Ltd. 10,800 291,879
Subaru Corp. 19,200 468,989
SUMCO Corp. 7,800 102,249
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. 178,700 885,678
Sumitomo Corp. 39,200 559,447
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Company, Ltd. 8,000 175,982
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 24,200 320,385
Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, Ltd. 13,400 418,573
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 39,900 1,440,520
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. 8,000 277,549
Sumitomo Realty & Development Company, Ltd. 4,800 176,830
Sundrug Company, Ltd. 5,200 138,947
Suntory Beverage & Food, Ltd. 3,200 140,786
Suzuken Company, Ltd. 1,000 57,464
Suzuki Motor Corp. 11,500 522,985
Sysmex Corp. 5,200 296,569
T&D Holdings, Inc. 40,000 429,719
Taisei Corp. 7,200 315,152
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Company, Ltd. 3,100 286,132
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. 15,000 249,024
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 27,147 1,002,276
TDK Corp. 10,900 948,337
Terumo Corp. 13,400 402,692
The Chiba Bank, Ltd. 71,300 371,944
The Chugoku Electric Power Company, Inc. (A) 32,600 388,419
The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. 41,100 496,521
The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. 50,000 381,594
Tobu Railway Company, Ltd. 32,800 924,732
Toho Company, Ltd. 4,000 167,183
Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc. 86,100 983,337
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 22,200 1,116,628
Tokyo Century Corp. 4,800 220,660
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (B) 231,800 1,307,029
Tokyo Electron, Ltd. 3,500 554,501
Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd. 13,100 332,514
Tokyu Corp. 6,700 109,005
Toppan Printing Company, Ltd. 25,800 417,201
Toray Industries, Inc. 47,300 321,916
Toshiba Corp. 11,900 395,331
Tosoh Corp. 34,100 546,519
TOTO, Ltd. 7,500 315,825
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Toyota Industries Corp. 5,000 $282,828
Toyota Motor Corp. 96,500 5,982,783
Toyota Tsusho Corp. 7,100 234,595
Trend Micro, Inc. 10,200 509,199
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. 1,900 161,553
Unicharm Corp. 13,900 455,408
United Urban Investment Corp. 58 92,592
USS Company, Ltd. 17,800 339,778
West Japan Railway Company 9,300 689,891
Yahoo Japan Corp. 41,500 110,294
Yakult Honsha Company, Ltd. 1,200 81,347
Yamada Denki Company, Ltd. (A) 43,700 206,778
Yamaha Corp. 5,600 289,113
Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. 23,200 476,602
Yamato Holdings Company, Ltd. 5,200 112,637
Yamazaki Baking Company, Ltd. 6,000 88,997
Yaskawa Electric Corp. 14,200 522,101
ZOZO, Inc. 14,000 247,003
Luxembourg - 0.3% 1,466,913
ArcelorMittal 22,396 485,118
Millicom International Cellular SA (A) 14,465 845,217
Tenaris SA 9,844 136,578
Macau - 0.1% 703,356
Sands China, Ltd. 64,800 355,990
Wynn Macau, Ltd. 121,121 347,366
Mexico - 0.0% 145,421
Fresnillo PLC 14,897 145,421
Netherlands - 3.9% 19,846,169
ABN AMRO Group NV (A)(C) 26,402 620,476
Adyen NV (B)(C) 189 153,691
Akzo Nobel NV 22,452 1,904,761
ASML Holding NV (A) 8,420 1,750,811
Heineken Holding NV (A) 6,627 672,504
Heineken NV (A) 6,594 711,204
ING Groep NV (A) 100,521 1,279,298
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV 40,063 963,525
Koninklijke DSM NV 13,879 1,584,196
Koninklijke Philips NV 30,975 1,317,906
NN Group NV 22,904 996,452
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A Shares 104,868 3,349,424
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares 90,139 2,896,027
Wolters Kluwer NV 23,619 1,645,894
New Zealand - 0.1% 695,901
a2 Milk Company, Ltd. (B) 12,775 142,875
Auckland International Airport, Ltd. 22,520 119,698
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp., Ltd. 11,689 123,245
Meridian Energy, Ltd. 42,047 113,847
Ryman Healthcare, Ltd. 5,373 43,537
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
New Zealand (continued)  
Spark New Zealand, Ltd. 62,389 $152,699
Norway - 0.6% 3,156,849
Adevinta ASA, A Shares (B) 1,034 10,405
Adevinta ASA, B Shares (B) 1,268 12,446
Aker ASA, A Shares 551 37,594
Aker BP ASA 3,734 122,847
DNB ASA 27,407 525,004
Equinor ASA (A) 58,473 1,301,316
Gjensidige Forsikring ASA 2,676 51,849
Mowi ASA 8,009 173,100
Norsk Hydro ASA 29,646 126,709
Orkla ASA (A) 9,385 73,409
Salmar ASA 1,345 60,970
Schibsted ASA, A Shares 1,034 27,071
Schibsted ASA, B Shares 1,268 30,265
Telenor ASA 20,986 420,327
Yara International ASA 4,079 183,537
Portugal - 0.1% 714,188
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA (B) 77,278 292,640
Galp Energia SGPS SA 12,919 216,741
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA 12,586 204,807
Singapore - 1.0% 5,210,059
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust 70,900 156,259
CapitaLand Commercial Trust 24,800 35,345
CapitaLand Mall Trust 80,000 142,227
CapitaLand, Ltd. 82,500 213,947
City Developments, Ltd. 37,800 248,260
DBS Group Holdings, Ltd. 24,158 501,369
Genting Singapore, Ltd. 119,100 86,184
Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Ltd. 2,800 73,065
Keppel Corp., Ltd. 49,000 243,704
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd. 107,666 957,066
Singapore Airlines, Ltd. 29,300 208,363
Singapore Exchange, Ltd. 59,500 322,590
Singapore Technologies Engineering, Ltd. 53,300 155,060
Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd. 281,900 656,496
United Overseas Bank, Ltd. 54,624 1,116,798
Wilmar International, Ltd. 34,900 93,326
Spain - 2.9% 15,047,880
ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA 12,830 588,516
Aena SME SA (C) 4,341 804,421
Amadeus IT Group SA 14,788 1,175,351
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 151,487 919,822
Banco Santander SA (A) 449,529 2,272,837
CaixaBank SA 222,459 707,791
EDP Renovaveis SA 13,674 135,621
Endesa SA 22,332 555,860
Ferrovial SA 24,729 608,595
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Spain (continued)  
Grifols SA 33,502 $928,881
Iberdrola SA 196,184 1,780,455
Industria de Diseno Textil SA (A) 36,808 1,112,533
Naturgy Energy Group SA 26,492 751,741
Red Electrica Corp. SA 15,984 331,127
Repsol SA 68,009 1,153,174
Telefonica SA 146,614 1,221,155
Sweden - 2.6% 13,154,168
Alfa Laval AB (A) 9,945 230,559
Assa Abloy AB, B Shares 13,348 284,460
Atlas Copco AB, A Shares (A) 18,347 569,701
Atlas Copco AB, B Shares (A) 10,854 308,604
Boliden AB (A) 39,502 1,171,747
Electrolux AB, Series B 12,079 296,423
Epiroc AB, A Shares (B) 18,286 188,884
Epiroc AB, B Shares (B) 10,813 106,858
Essity AB, B Shares 13,334 395,246
Fastighets AB Balder, B Shares (B) 4,064 128,331
Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares (A) 28,417 494,939
Hexagon AB, B Shares 3,006 163,789
Husqvarna AB, B Shares 30,833 281,061
ICA Gruppen AB (A) 8,715 314,891
Lundin Petroleum AB 3,198 104,550
Nibe Industrier AB, B Shares 6,722 90,222
Sandvik AB (A) 34,857 644,027
Securitas AB, B Shares (A) 23,924 417,741
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, A Shares 36,356 346,550
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, C Shares 373 3,610
Skanska AB, B Shares 18,327 318,662
SKF AB, B Shares 62,774 1,160,488
Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, B Shares 66,461 578,986
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, A Shares 43,624 475,620
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, B Shares 1,755 19,051
Swedbank AB, A Shares 28,268 458,060
Swedish Match AB 3,562 173,327
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (B) 8,590 156,317
Tele2 AB, B Shares (A) 41,058 547,192
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares 59,078 584,143
Telia Company AB 95,786 407,454
Trelleborg AB, B Shares 16,532 273,018
Volvo AB, A Shares 13,865 221,535
Volvo AB, B Shares 77,438 1,238,122
Switzerland - 9.3% 47,437,026
ABB, Ltd. 177,385 3,650,406
Alcon, Inc. (B) 10,897 627,513
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG 17 113,027
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG 2 151,717
Cie Financiere Richemont SA 26,472 1,935,392
Coca-Cola HBC AG (B) 21,336 762,400
Credit Suisse Group AG (B) 190,043 2,536,393
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Switzerland (continued)  
Ferguson PLC 18,027 $1,278,449
Givaudan SA 701 1,815,446
Glencore PLC (B) 358,827 1,423,703
LafargeHolcim, Ltd. (B) 38,837 1,996,351
Lonza Group AG (B) 5,239 1,617,972
Nestle SA 69,703 6,706,947
Novartis AG 54,487 4,449,326
Partners Group Holding AG 1,259 948,389
Roche Holding AG 16,469 4,341,093
Roche Holding AG, Bearer Shares 1,359 355,554
Schindler Holding AG 1,584 336,386
Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates 3,198 689,814
SGS SA 382 1,008,045
Sika AG 9,338 1,429,566
STMicroelectronics NV 46,961 861,803
Swiss Re AG 28,724 2,764,156
Swisscom AG (A) 4,219 1,965,416
The Swatch Group AG 3,914 229,693
The Swatch Group AG, Bearer Shares 2,434 743,337
UBS Group AG (B) 83,981 1,126,203
Zurich Insurance Group AG 4,932 1,572,529
United Arab Emirates - 0.0% 202,008
NMC Health PLC (A) 5,491 202,008
United Kingdom - 15.8% 80,725,816
3i Group PLC 109,317 1,525,582
Admiral Group PLC 14,402 413,805
Anglo American PLC 74,176 1,916,005
Ashtead Group PLC 38,982 1,078,377
Associated British Foods PLC 10,831 361,327
AstraZeneca PLC 31,897 2,381,015
Aviva PLC 294,512 1,649,025
BAE Systems PLC 238,481 1,535,825
Barclays PLC 440,721 943,864
Barratt Developments PLC 77,031 604,336
BP PLC 1,027,401 7,487,077
British American Tobacco PLC 39,381 1,535,037
BT Group PLC 176,658 527,503
Bunzl PLC 26,300 791,664
Burberry Group PLC 37,295 980,658
Centrica PLC 489,157 677,545
CNH Industrial NV 51,778 561,011
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC 15,535 829,590
Compass Group PLC 52,817 1,200,141
Croda International PLC 8,204 554,109
Diageo PLC 67,325 2,837,986
easyJet PLC 12,478 189,266
Experian PLC 90,030 2,611,429
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV 49,397 760,304
GlaxoSmithKline PLC 124,972 2,563,379
Halma PLC 10,960 257,113
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
United Kingdom (continued)  
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC 21,172 $622,952
HSBC Holdings PLC 502,230 4,367,718
Imperial Brands PLC 31,225 991,610
Informa PLC 57,829 587,279
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC 7,276 471,233
Intertek Group PLC 12,349 861,284
ITV PLC 306,103 545,303
J Sainsbury PLC 93,407 270,938
Johnson Matthey PLC 12,033 523,469
Just Eat PLC (B) 8,792 80,117
Kingfisher PLC 230,524 793,680
Land Securities Group PLC 25,252 303,850
Legal & General Group PLC 312,379 1,132,922
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 1,618,900 1,320,527
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 15,933 1,041,461
Melrose Industries PLC 78,251 206,268
Micro Focus International PLC 10,557 266,684
Mondi PLC 41,009 898,419
National Grid PLC 112,153 1,222,447
Next PLC 12,645 950,505
Ocado Group PLC (B) 12,678 225,190
Pearson PLC 47,888 518,287
Persimmon PLC 23,862 695,568
Prudential PLC 33,950 767,892
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 8,888 718,037
RELX PLC 69,685 1,597,961
RELX PLC (Euronext Amsterdam Exchange) 1,600 36,687
Rentokil Initial PLC 124,901 635,026
Rio Tinto PLC 34,509 2,008,699
Rio Tinto, Ltd. 12,733 854,718
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (B) 181,302 2,161,697
RSA Insurance Group PLC 65,824 465,098
Schroders PLC 5,873 242,476
Schroders PLC, Non-Voting Shares 3,582 112,773
Segro PLC 25,198 222,850
Smith & Nephew PLC 67,171 1,296,437
Smiths Group PLC 20,768 412,205
SSE PLC 74,424 1,110,427
St. James's Place PLC 38,489 562,726
Standard Chartered PLC 73,962 674,944
Standard Life Aberdeen PLC 164,945 599,720
Taylor Wimpey PLC 249,915 591,004
Tesco PLC 327,208 1,065,559
The British Land Company PLC 32,643 252,777
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 93,833 293,092
The Sage Group PLC 87,448 826,968
Unilever NV (A) 32,236 1,949,408
Unilever PLC 34,673 2,105,258
United Utilities Group PLC 19,523 210,939
Vodafone Group PLC 811,607 1,502,433
Whitbread PLC 9,558 555,729
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
United Kingdom (continued)  
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC 169,190 $476,199
WPP PLC 59,784 745,393
United States - 0.0% 172,527
Carnival PLC 3,278 172,430
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 1 97
PREFERRED SECURITIES - 0.7% $3,568,655
(Cost $3,372,307)    
Germany - 0.7% 3,551,874
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 5,884 433,899
Henkel AG & Company KGaA 2,134 215,816
Porsche Automobil Holding SE 10,465 725,268
RWE AG 3,746 95,508
Sartorius AG 1,918 350,799
Volkswagen AG 9,960 1,730,584
United Kingdom - 0.0% 16,781
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (B) 12,872,442 16,781
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 6.0% $30,501,151
(Cost $30,500,680)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (D)(E) 3,047,921 30,501,151
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.0% $105,117
(Cost $105,117)    
Money market funds - 0.0% 105,117
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (D) 105,117 105,117
Total investments (Multifactor Developed International ETF) (Cost $505,515,553) - 105.3% $538,743,801
Other assets and liabilities, net - (5.3%) (26,976,625)
Total net assets - 100.0% $511,767,176
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(B) Non-income producing security.
(C) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration.
(D) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(E) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 97.3% $795,515,535
(Cost $752,802,422)    
Brazil - 5.0% 40,885,378
Ambev SA 783,300 3,662,393
Atacadao SA 21,000 112,700
B2W Cia Digital (A) 4,200 40,668
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Brazil (continued)  
B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao 339,100 $2,957,242
Banco Bradesco SA 171,600 1,346,632
Banco BTG Pactual SA 46,800 490,237
Banco do Brasil SA 223,000 2,804,506
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA 133,100 952,182
CCR SA 254,800 754,022
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA 56,200 465,215
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo 116,600 1,387,287
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais 7,700 34,443
Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (A) 65,100 239,616
Cielo SA 244,800 475,929
Engie Brasil Energia SA 57,525 647,872
Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA (B) 35,900 275,000
Hypera SA 35,800 254,478
IRB Brasil Resseguros SA 14,800 351,801
JBS SA 319,500 1,598,996
Klabin SA 92,900 390,386
Kroton Educacional SA 267,000 659,001
Localiza Rent a Car SA 35,000 320,735
Lojas Americanas SA 49,600 160,717
Lojas Renner SA 133,000 1,578,371
Magazine Luiza SA 8,200 397,016
Natura Cosmeticos SA 10,700 141,500
Pagseguro Digital, Ltd., Class A (A) 10,846 282,648
Petrobras Distribuidora SA 45,300 271,779
Petroleo Brasileiro SA 517,000 3,921,049
Porto Seguro SA 11,500 157,553
Raia Drogasil SA 50,200 878,624
Rumo SA (A) 158,800 727,611
Suzano SA 87,565 902,849
TIM Participacoes SA 298,000 881,862
Ultrapar Participacoes SA 156,600 832,494
Vale SA 704,100 8,929,805
WEG SA 127,600 600,159
Chile - 1.0% 8,312,008
Aguas Andinas SA, Class A 371,653 213,249
Banco de Chile 3,136,605 458,575
Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA 8,654 574,183
Banco Santander Chile 8,429,784 590,363
Cencosud SA 233,580 441,605
Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA 31,452 433,131
Colbun SA 2,189,508 487,717
Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA 14,663 153,016
Empresas CMPC SA 238,331 799,416
Empresas COPEC SA 56,742 709,609
Enel Americas SA 7,193,538 1,257,874
Enel Chile SA 5,631,008 565,437
Itau CorpBanca 34,935,704 310,971
Latam Airlines Group SA 77,663 767,512
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Chile (continued)  
SACI Falabella 74,678 $549,350
China - 25.7% 210,227,910
58.com, Inc., ADR (A) 12,711 912,523
Agricultural Bank of China, Ltd., H Shares 4,524,000 2,087,450
Air China, Ltd., H Shares 690,000 822,329
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR (A) 102,692 19,056,554
Aluminum Corp. of China, Ltd., H Shares (A) 1,186,000 464,096
Anhui Conch Cement Company, Ltd., H Shares 405,500 2,473,191
ANTA Sports Products, Ltd. 227,000 1,600,059
Baidu, Inc., ADR (A) 24,883 4,136,301
Bank of China, Ltd., H Shares 11,888,000 5,667,158
Bank of Communications Company, Ltd., H Shares 3,950,000 3,328,001
BeiGene, Ltd., ADR (A) 1,458 181,127
BYD Company, Ltd., H Shares (C) 166,000 1,129,885
CGN Power Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 1,924,000 507,645
China Cinda Asset Management Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,795,000 478,185
China CITIC Bank Corp., Ltd., H Shares 2,527,000 1,620,161
China Coal Energy Company, Ltd., H Shares 637,000 280,932
China Communications Construction Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,413,000 1,359,797
China Construction Bank Corp., H Shares 14,578,000 12,877,041
China Eastern Airlines Corp., Ltd., H Shares 550,000 390,484
China Everbright Bank Company, Ltd., H Shares 611,000 301,396
China Evergrande Group (C) 1,055,000 3,382,014
China Galaxy Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares 683,500 446,931
China Huarong Asset Management Company, Ltd. , H Shares (B) 3,623,000 775,823
China International Capital Corp., Ltd., H Shares (B)(C) 59,600 127,930
China Life Insurance Company, Ltd., H Shares 909,000 2,572,182
China Merchants Bank Company, Ltd., H Shares 752,000 3,723,864
China Merchants Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 92,800 126,802
China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., H Shares 1,632,500 1,225,613
China Molybdenum Company, Ltd., H Shares 648,000 243,659
China Pacific Insurance Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 522,800 2,142,404
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., H Shares 6,194,000 4,760,729
China Railway Construction Corp., H Shares 622,000 734,153
China Railway Group, Ltd., H Shares 811,000 638,843
China Reinsurance Group Corp., H Shares 949,000 193,540
China Resources Pharmaceutical Group, Ltd. (B) 204,000 290,188
China Shenhua Energy Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,161,000 2,566,057
China Southern Airlines Company, Ltd., H Shares 698,000 608,550
China Telecom Corp., Ltd., H Shares 4,386,000 2,269,758
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
China (continued)  
China Vanke Company, Ltd., H Shares 405,500 $1,568,680
CITIC Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (C) 435,000 940,373
CNOOC, Ltd. 4,399,000 7,950,878
Country Garden Holdings Company, Ltd. 1,995,000 3,214,215
CRRC Corp., Ltd., H Shares 705,000 615,552
CSC Financial Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 19,000 16,202
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, Ltd. 850,000 1,638,157
Ctrip.com International, Ltd., ADR (A) 59,990 2,642,560
Dongfeng Motor Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 540,000 523,797
ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd. 76,100 718,766
Fosun International, Ltd. 891,000 1,381,008
Fuyao Glass Industry Group Company, Ltd. , H Shares (B) 153,200 537,979
Geely Automobile Holdings, Ltd. 890,000 1,785,581
GF Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares 277,200 374,528
Great Wall Motor Company, Ltd., H Shares (C) 926,500 752,263
Guangzhou Automobile Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 638,000 685,541
Guotai Junan Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 105,400 225,164
Haitong Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares 557,200 717,327
Hengan International Group Company, Ltd. 214,500 1,890,621
Huaneng Power International, Inc., H Shares 1,550,000 991,791
Huatai Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 275,000 517,373
Huazhu Group, Ltd., ADR 17,231 730,594
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., H Shares 11,533,000 8,658,497
iQIYI, Inc., ADR (A) 11,854 262,092
JD.com, Inc., ADR (A) 109,239 3,306,665
Lenovo Group, Ltd. 380,000 352,130
Longfor Group Holdings, Ltd. 435,000 1,602,404
Metallurgical Corp. of China, Ltd., H Shares 611,000 169,000
NetEase, Inc., ADR 16,560 4,711,817
New China Life Insurance Company, Ltd., H Shares 130,200 721,084
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR (A) 14,584 1,392,189
Orient Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 134,800 97,422
PetroChina Company, Ltd., H Shares 4,814,000 3,055,768
PICC Property & Casualty Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,332,000 1,495,771
Ping An Insurance Group Company of China, Ltd., H Shares 1,191,500 14,344,351
Postal Savings Bank of China Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 813,000 494,304
Shandong Gold Mining Company, Ltd., H Shares (A)(B) 5,750 12,416
Shanghai Electric Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 536,000 209,060
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 74,500 255,917
Shenzhou International Group Holdings, Ltd. 129,200 1,734,107
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
China (continued)  
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company, Ltd., H Shares 980,000 $443,445
Sinopharm Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 322,000 1,264,129
Sunac China Holdings, Ltd. 386,000 1,990,173
Sunny Optical Technology Group Company, Ltd. 100,100 1,220,405
TAL Education Group, ADR (A) 43,578 1,676,446
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. 705,400 34,886,073
The People's Insurance Company Group of China, Ltd., H Shares (A) 1,360,000 556,453
Want Want China Holdings, Ltd. 1,926,000 1,526,974
Weibo Corp., ADR (A) 7,910 541,835
Weichai Power Company, Ltd., H Shares 668,000 1,091,564
Yum China Holdings, Inc. 69,176 3,288,627
Zijin Mining Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,924,000 750,432
ZTE Corp., H Shares (A) 124,600 395,460
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc., ADR 40,070 798,595
Hong Kong - 4.2% 34,447,279
Alibaba Health Information Technology, Ltd. (A) 482,000 576,282
China Gas Holdings, Ltd. 573,600 1,846,101
China Mengniu Dairy Company, Ltd. (A) 454,000 1,678,181
China Mobile, Ltd. 1,299,000 12,376,711
China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd. 1,000,000 3,741,046
China Resources Beer Holdings Company, Ltd. 228,000 1,041,859
China Resources Gas Group, Ltd. 182,000 842,099
China Resources Land, Ltd. 842,000 3,665,116
China Resources Power Holdings Company, Ltd. 706,000 988,080
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Company, Ltd. 394,400 1,196,462
China Unicom Hong Kong, Ltd. 1,974,000 2,342,512
CITIC, Ltd. 1,309,000 1,905,420
Guangdong Investment, Ltd. 576,000 1,079,257
Sino Biopharmaceutical, Ltd. 550,000 528,590
Sun Art Retail Group, Ltd. 732,500 639,563
India - 12.0% 98,285,700
Axis Bank, Ltd., GDR (A) 203,946 11,094,662
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd., ADR 55,461 2,323,261
ICICI Bank, Ltd., ADR 1,074,535 12,303,426
Infosys, Ltd., ADR 2,000,256 21,522,755
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd., GDR 245,561 4,724,594
Reliance Industries, Ltd., GDR (B) 840,785 33,673,439
State Bank of India, GDR (A) 127,204 5,686,019
Tata Motors, Ltd., ADR (A) 251,871 3,878,813
Vedanta, Ltd., ADR 322,043 3,078,731
Indonesia - 2.6% 21,518,829
Adaro Energy Tbk PT 5,600,600 512,897
Astra International Tbk PT 4,137,200 2,213,765
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 1,261,200 2,544,526
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Indonesia (continued)  
Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk PT 799,100 $496,283
Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT (A) 3,828,300 2,075,342
Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (A) 1,606,000 1,081,937
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (A) 11,530,200 3,535,928
Barito Pacific Tbk PT 414,500 117,224
Bukit Asam Tbk PT 351,500 97,680
Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk PT 1,541,900 570,774
Gudang Garam Tbk PT 83,900 497,365
Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Corp. Tbk PT 649,100 337,076
Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT 272,100 420,084
Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT 465,300 317,547
Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT 1,318,300 642,960
Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT 560,600 239,976
Kalbe Farma Tbk PT 4,053,400 439,474
Mayora Indah Tbk PT 1,891,400 345,098
Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia Tbk PT 67,300 47,582
Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk PT 4,284,700 697,579
Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT 793,500 751,737
Smartfren Telecom Tbk PT (A) 2,817,500 61,688
Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT 9,472,200 2,519,273
United Tractors Tbk PT 500,800 955,034
Malaysia - 2.3% 18,615,924
AirAsia Group BHD 186,000 122,815
AMMB Holdings BHD 307,600 332,561
Astro Malaysia Holdings BHD 533,200 186,997
Axiata Group BHD 751,900 721,984
CIMB Group Holdings BHD 686,038 874,452
Dialog Group BHD 406,000 316,198
DiGi.Com BHD 432,300 480,972
Fraser & Neave Holdings BHD 10,800 91,165
Genting BHD 501,400 853,756
Genting Malaysia BHD 524,000 403,028
HAP Seng Consolidated BHD 97,900 233,947
Hartalega Holdings BHD 171,300 208,402
Hong Leong Bank BHD 103,700 501,131
Hong Leong Financial Group BHD 80,100 372,360
IHH Healthcare BHD 281,500 378,556
IOI Corp. BHD 406,800 443,746
IOI Properties Group BHD 277,600 91,985
KLCCP Stapled Group 10,500 19,530
Kuala Lumpur Kepong BHD 51,800 309,961
Lotte Chemical Titan Holding BHD (B) 164,000 140,022
Malayan Banking BHD 664,745 1,487,215
Malaysia Airports Holdings BHD 190,700 351,927
Maxis BHD 249,400 323,324
MISC BHD 217,100 362,315
Nestle Malaysia BHD 6,400 226,156
Petronas Chemicals Group BHD 346,500 754,263
Petronas Dagangan BHD 61,200 357,919
Petronas Gas BHD 67,000 286,506
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Malaysia (continued)  
PPB Group BHD 163,500 $741,870
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings BHD 357,800 411,065
Public Bank BHD 295,500 1,608,115
RHB Bank BHD 234,100 337,462
Sime Darby BHD 761,500 427,302
Sime Darby Plantation BHD 273,800 341,712
SP Setia BHD Group 124,971 68,614
Telekom Malaysia BHD 368,000 259,011
Tenaga Nasional BHD 794,600 2,360,065
Top Glove Corp. BHD 183,200 215,790
Westports Holdings BHD 223,000 204,958
YTL Corp. BHD 1,488,300 406,767
Mexico - 2.8% 23,171,025
Alfa SAB de CV, Class A 1,064,812 1,069,128
America Movil SAB de CV, Series L 4,276,986 3,163,408
Arca Continental SAB de CV 65,292 370,035
Banco Santander Mexico SA, B Shares 339,878 568,700
Cemex SAB de CV (A) 3,107,524 1,434,275
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 64,776 410,594
El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV, Series C1 27,692 178,529
Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV 132,470 195,680
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV 214,086 2,085,163
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, Series B 70,666 713,610
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV, Class B 27,358 447,728
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Series A 342,200 757,330
Grupo Carso SAB de CV, Series A1 66,256 256,346
Grupo Elektra SAB de CV 6,456 342,774
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Series O 362,974 2,291,997
Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV, Series O 553,750 843,307
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B 1,065,310 3,116,481
Grupo Televisa SAB 465,818 945,697
Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 33,631 385,407
Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de CV 94,900 413,316
Mexichem SAB de CV 253,326 586,343
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 886,316 2,595,177
Philippines - 1.5% 12,460,970
Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. 326,860 348,734
Aboitiz Power Corp. 523,200 378,501
Ayala Corp. 60,200 1,044,295
Ayala Land, Inc. 896,800 842,377
Bank of the Philippine Islands 368,560 600,092
BDO Unibank, Inc. 354,070 910,441
DMCI Holdings, Inc. 1,338,700 286,685
Globe Telecom, Inc. 7,540 257,543
GT Capital Holdings, Inc. 23,280 386,418
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. 257,750 625,673
JG Summit Holdings, Inc. 581,200 736,084
Jollibee Foods Corp. 98,360 574,919
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Philippines (continued)  
LT Group, Inc. 593,400 $182,646
Manila Electric Company 56,300 415,937
Megaworld Corp. 695,300 74,717
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. 2,401,000 210,555
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company 475,840 677,978
PLDT, Inc. 22,260 525,398
San Miguel Corp. 158,850 550,202
San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. 107,910 240,203
SM Investments Corp. 56,340 1,027,066
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. 1,318,000 1,048,330
Universal Robina Corp. 176,620 516,176
Poland - 1.1% 9,180,627
Bank Millennium SA (A) 35,974 90,637
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA 18,421 547,130
CD Projekt SA (A) 6,352 356,585
Cyfrowy Polsat SA 56,531 391,336
Grupa Lotos SA 23,558 511,764
ING Bank Slaski SA 3,812 192,188
KGHM Polska Miedz SA (A) 38,321 1,029,575
LPP SA 244 545,926
mBank SA 3,120 361,056
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (A) 144,281 358,809
Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA 67,369 1,723,250
Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA 389,116 589,554
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 111,607 1,144,029
Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA 91,036 998,801
Santander Bank Polska SA 3,280 339,987
Romania - 0.0% 300,864
NEPI Rockcastle PLC 36,176 300,864
Russia - 3.2% 26,191,230
Gazprom PJSC, ADR 1,006,272 5,025,322
LUKOIL PJSC, ADR 56,424 4,783,627
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC, ADR 137,901 3,061,402
Novatek PJSC, GDR 16,914 3,259,328
Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR 507,993 7,261,760
Tatneft PJSC, ADR 39,849 2,799,791
South Africa - 6.5% 52,648,878
Absa Group, Ltd. 191,317 2,192,047
Anglo American Platinum, Ltd. 11,347 571,432
AngloGold Ashanti, Ltd. 147,052 1,767,445
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings, Ltd. 59,290 425,560
Assore, Ltd. 2,276 58,963
Bid Corp., Ltd. 70,561 1,486,746
Capitec Bank Holdings, Ltd. 13,439 1,253,032
Clicks Group, Ltd. 33,634 459,034
Discovery, Ltd. 162,317 1,631,067
Exxaro Resources, Ltd. 38,694 440,833
FirstRand, Ltd. 920,072 4,358,329
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
South Africa (continued)  
Gold Fields, Ltd. 96,068 $361,522
Growthpoint Properties, Ltd. 424,694 737,040
Investec, Ltd. 65,678 418,498
Kumba Iron Ore, Ltd. 16,371 489,488
Mr. Price Group, Ltd. 59,956 905,974
MTN Group, Ltd. 515,237 3,715,061
MultiChoice Group, Ltd. (A) 41,720 373,803
Naspers, Ltd., N Shares 37,321 9,515,179
Nedbank Group, Ltd. 106,215 1,971,196
Oceana Group, Ltd. 12,201 59,574
Old Mutual, Ltd. (C) 522,073 833,872
PSG Group, Ltd. 13,746 254,166
Redefine Properties, Ltd. 844,198 580,023
Sanlam, Ltd. 584,758 3,120,341
Sasol, Ltd. 102,190 3,382,205
Shoprite Holdings, Ltd. 110,274 1,325,634
Standard Bank Group, Ltd. 359,656 4,992,348
The Bidvest Group, Ltd. 177,463 2,687,399
Tiger Brands, Ltd. 47,160 817,292
Vodacom Group, Ltd. 84,454 679,343
Woolworths Holdings, Ltd. 235,712 784,432
South Korea - 13.7% 111,780,721
Amorepacific Corp. 3,732 664,517
AMOREPACIFIC Group 5,376 346,082
BGF retail Company, Ltd. 333 62,287
Celltrion Healthcare Company, Ltd. (A) 4,393 284,305
Celltrion, Inc. (A) 10,642 1,931,348
CJ CheilJedang Corp. 2,745 740,209
CJ Corp. 4,563 466,788
CJ ENM Company, Ltd. 1,081 202,569
CJ Logistics Corp. (A) 948 127,817
Daelim Industrial Company, Ltd. 7,818 647,847
DB Insurance Company, Ltd. 16,919 990,677
Doosan Bobcat, Inc. 4,680 128,002
E-MART, Inc. 4,996 735,618
GS Engineering & Construction Corp. 6,064 210,759
GS Holdings Corp. 18,562 826,284
GS Retail Company, Ltd. 2,426 81,306
Hana Financial Group, Inc. 61,105 1,924,979
Hankook Tire Company, Ltd. 23,678 805,719
Hanmi Pharm Company, Ltd. 732 272,272
Hanmi Science Company, Ltd. 3,140 202,138
Hanon Systems 31,524 338,678
Hanwha Chemical Corp. 22,394 394,912
Hanwha Corp. 16,204 410,597
Hanwha Life Insurance Company, Ltd. 59,558 203,430
HLB, Inc. (A) 1,580 113,480
Hotel Shilla Company, Ltd. 3,692 363,464
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company, Ltd. 15,168 681,693
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
South Korea (continued)  
Hyundai Glovis Company, Ltd. 3,733 $509,706
Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. (A) 7,388 787,404
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Company, Ltd. 1,896 555,093
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Ltd. 22,414 733,926
Hyundai Mobis Company, Ltd. 9,540 1,898,772
Hyundai Motor Company 25,399 3,011,395
Hyundai Steel Company 17,634 698,929
Industrial Bank of Korea 66,906 810,444
Kakao Corp. 4,005 411,420
Kangwon Land, Inc. 18,980 552,429
KB Financial Group, Inc. 70,678 2,795,295
KCC Corp. 1,320 401,147
Kia Motors Corp. 54,250 2,101,453
Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. 8,868 265,702
Korea Electric Power Corp. (A) 51,464 1,246,784
Korea Gas Corp. 8,466 334,466
Korea Investment Holdings Company, Ltd. 7,900 462,578
Korea Zinc Company, Ltd. 1,702 659,295
KT&G Corp. 14,912 1,302,079
LG Chem, Ltd. 5,652 1,746,670
LG Corp. 28,390 1,774,147
LG Display Company, Ltd. (A) 86,418 1,475,871
LG Electronics, Inc. 38,912 2,524,958
LG Household & Health Care, Ltd. 1,930 2,349,407
LG Innotek Company, Ltd. 2,053 215,291
LG Uplus Corp. 80,542 985,961
Lotte Chemical Corp. 5,747 1,320,952
Lotte Corp. 9,102 382,188
Lotte Shopping Company, Ltd. 3,758 572,635
Medy-Tox, Inc. 812 388,639
Mirae Asset Daewoo Company, Ltd. 71,102 474,764
NAVER Corp. 16,779 1,716,467
NCSoft Corp. 3,110 1,400,385
Netmarble Corp. (A)(B) 5,332 581,971
NH Investment & Securities Company, Ltd. 30,105 354,358
OCI Company, Ltd. 1,008 80,336
Orange Life Insurance, Ltd. (B) 4,800 146,283
Orion Corp. 3,409 282,782
POSCO 13,973 3,050,220
POSCO Chemical Company, Ltd. 1,433 70,291
S-1 Corp. 3,213 269,549
Samsung Biologics Company, Ltd. (A)(B) 1,088 316,672
Samsung C&T Corp. 8,532 748,645
Samsung Card Company, Ltd. 7,900 250,901
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company, Ltd. 10,080 936,250
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. 763,016 29,948,451
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Ltd. 8,335 2,169,105
Samsung Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. (A) 99,836 702,523
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
South Korea (continued)  
Samsung Life Insurance Company, Ltd. 17,674 $1,284,529
Samsung SDI Company, Ltd. 6,293 1,274,061
Samsung SDS Company, Ltd. 2,605 483,915
Samsung Securities Company, Ltd. 13,210 403,147
Shinhan Financial Group Company, Ltd. 85,105 3,212,884
Shinsegae, Inc. 434 126,319
SK Holdings Company, Ltd. 6,095 1,338,328
SK Hynix, Inc. 90,840 6,143,355
SK Innovation Company, Ltd. 11,436 1,786,646
SK Telecom Company, Ltd. 7,838 1,660,664
S-Oil Corp. 7,900 623,533
Woongjin Coway Company, Ltd. 15,984 1,201,383
Woori Financial Group, Inc. 95,567 1,133,076
Yuhan Corp. 838 176,115
Taiwan - 11.9% 96,867,124
Advantech Company, Ltd. 82,000 663,409
ASE Technology Holding Company, Ltd. 754,000 1,749,516
Asia Cement Corp. 660,000 891,719
Asustek Computer, Inc. 140,000 1,069,221
AU Optronics Corp. 3,215,000 1,149,663
Catcher Technology Company, Ltd. 152,000 1,202,680
Cathay Financial Holdings Company, Ltd. 1,304,000 1,886,308
Chailease Holding Company, Ltd. 241,000 1,025,582
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd. 1,824,000 1,092,004
Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Company, Ltd. 405,000 540,638
China Development Financial Holding Corp. 4,215,000 1,357,213
China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. 879,000 731,054
China Steel Corp. 2,542,000 2,052,455
Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. 422,000 1,515,873
Compal Electronics, Inc. 1,246,000 804,430
CTBC Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 3,732,000 2,554,345
Delta Electronics, Inc. 277,000 1,456,668
E.Sun Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,255,000 1,849,916
Eclat Textile Company, Ltd. 42,000 598,039
Far Eastern New Century Corp. 1,192,000 1,299,971
Far EasTone Telecommunications Company, Ltd. 345,000 846,283
Feng TAY Enterprise Company, Ltd. 77,000 624,203
First Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,193,000 1,564,857
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. 597,000 2,144,494
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. 246,000 911,524
Formosa Plastics Corp. 591,000 2,142,067
Foxconn Technology Company, Ltd. 263,000 588,965
Fubon Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 1,448,000 2,136,785
Globalwafers Company Ltd. 31,000 338,080
Hiwin Technologies Corp. 12,000 113,977
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Ltd. 1,839,800 5,173,898
Hotai Motor Company, Ltd. 80,000 1,209,022
Hua Nan Financial Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,215,000 1,447,947
Innolux Corp. 2,812,000 900,903
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Taiwan (continued)  
Inventec Corp. 616,000 $494,379
Largan Precision Company, Ltd. 18,000 2,708,650
Lite-On Technology Corp. 648,000 913,252
MediaTek, Inc. 213,000 2,036,876
Mega Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,128,000 2,041,850
Nan Ya Plastics Corp. 1,029,000 2,600,722
Nanya Technology Corp. 113,000 239,157
Novatek Microelectronics Corp. 100,000 652,082
Pegatron Corp. 670,000 1,264,069
Pou Chen Corp. 784,000 952,694
President Chain Store Corp. 112,000 1,043,850
Quanta Computer, Inc. 404,000 773,981
Shin Kong Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,839,000 802,979
SinoPac Financial Holdings Company, Ltd. 3,112,000 1,198,434
Taishin Financial Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,960,000 1,341,057
Taiwan Cement Corp. 948,000 1,288,502
Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 1,956,000 1,297,628
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. 394,000 479,415
Taiwan Mobile Company, Ltd. 316,000 1,155,561
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 2,498,000 20,937,251
Uni-President Enterprises Corp. 986,000 2,342,073
United Microelectronics Corp. 4,572,000 1,990,013
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. 186,000 412,317
Walsin Technology Corp. 31,000 189,606
Win Semiconductors Corp. 18,000 120,579
Yageo Corp. 38,000 374,454
Yuanta Financial Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,731,000 1,581,984
Thailand - 3.1% 25,435,125
Advanced Info Service PCL 1,400 8,338
Advanced Info Service PCL, NVDR 215,500 1,282,537
Airports of Thailand PCL 3,000 6,440
Airports of Thailand PCL, NVDR 511,500 1,097,502
Bangkok Bank PCL 600 3,815
Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR 92,600 588,811
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL 2,600 2,077
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL, NVDR 436,000 348,254
Bangkok Expressway & Metro PCL 8,800 3,005
Bangkok Expressway & Metro PCL, NVDR 1,446,300 493,803
Banpu PCL 2,200 1,131
Banpu PCL, NVDR 375,600 192,947
Berli Jucker PCL 1,000 1,614
Berli Jucker PCL, NVDR 189,800 306,177
BTS Group Holdings PCL 6,000 2,219
BTS Group Holdings PCL, NVDR 1,008,300 372,684
Bumrungrad Hospital PCL 400 2,218
Bumrungrad Hospital PCL, NVDR 70,000 388,097
Central Pattana PCL 1,200 2,840
Central Pattana PCL, NVDR 203,000 480,078
Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL 5,800 4,953
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Thailand (continued)  
Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL, NVDR 952,300 $812,848
CP ALL PCL 5,600 13,603
CP ALL PCL, NVDR 895,100 2,172,913
Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 400 936
Delta Electronics Thailand PCL, NVDR 55,700 130,417
Electricity Generating PCL, NVDR 49,400 458,023
Energy Absolute PCL 2,000 3,494
Energy Absolute PCL, NVDR 333,300 582,035
Global Power Synergy PCL 200 390
Global Power Synergy PCL, NVDR 28,100 54,792
Glow Energy PCL 800 2,294
Glow Energy PCL, NVDR 135,100 387,209
Gulf Energy Development PCL 200 655
Gulf Energy Development PCL, NVDR 45,300 148,280
Home Product Center PCL 5,400 2,657
Home Product Center PCL, NVDR 845,000 415,552
Indorama Ventures PCL 2,600 3,729
Indorama Ventures PCL, NVDR 445,300 638,135
Intouch Holdings PCL 1,000 1,864
Intouch Holdings PCL, NVDR 164,900 307,331
IRPC PCL 18,400 3,256
IRPC PCL, NVDR 2,999,600 530,861
Kasikornbank PCL 1,400 8,376
Kasikornbank PCL, NVDR 234,800 1,404,755
Krung Thai Bank PCL 4,400 2,606
Krung Thai Bank PCL, NVDR 721,500 427,137
Land & Houses PCL, NVDR 3,600 1,264
Land & Houses PCL, NVDR 613,800 215,335
Minor International PCL, Foreign Shares 2,000 2,352
Minor International PCL, Foreign Shares 100 14
Minor International PCL, NVDR 329,500 387,040
Minor International PCL, NVDR 16,275 2,258
PTT Exploration & Production PCL 2,600 10,863
PTT Exploration & Production PCL, NVDR 428,600 1,792,266
PTT Global Chemical PCL 2,200 4,743
PTT Global Chemical PCL, NVDR 347,600 748,551
PTT PCL, NVDR 2,391,000 3,651,096
Ratch Group PCL 400 780
Ratch Group PCL, NVDR 78,600 153,261
Thai Beverage PCL 916,600 565,636
Thai Oil PCL, NVDR 263,800 572,221
Thai Union Group PCL 2,400 1,421
Thai Union Group PCL, NVDR 409,200 242,252
The Siam Cement PCL, NVDR 57,900 837,895
The Siam Commercial Bank PCL 1,600 6,569
The Siam Commercial Bank PCL, NVDR 256,600 1,052,924
TMB Bank PCL 32,000 2,024
TMB Bank PCL, NVDR 5,280,600 334,121
Total Access Communication PCL 1,200 1,908
Total Access Communication PCL, NVDR 180,900 287,570
True Corp. PCL 16,200 2,615
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Thailand (continued)  
True Corp. PCL, NVDR 2,817,200 $454,458
Turkey - 0.6% 4,661,510
Akbank TAS (A) 539,271 552,867
Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS 18,654 63,873
BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS 46,934 652,964
Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS 197,158 177,358
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS 291,576 447,414
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS 14,650 129,333
KOC Holding AS 131,998 358,216
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS 16,860 348,243
Turk Hava Yollari AO (A) 213,342 511,420
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS 170,184 356,362
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS (A) 418,618 572,931
Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, Class C (A) 301,397 270,624
Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS 104,808 107,099
Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS (A) 325,312 112,806
United Kingdom - 0.1% 524,433
Mondi, Ltd. 23,846 524,433
PREFERRED SECURITIES - 2.3% $18,708,132
(Cost $20,044,622)    
Brazil - 2.2% 18,128,420
Banco Bradesco SA 523,160 4,712,055
Braskem SA, A Shares 34,700 419,706
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, B Shares 37,800 331,562
Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao 31,100 759,727
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais 62,400 232,837
Gerdau SA 180,400 646,194
Itau Unibanco Holding SA 463,650 3,970,655
Lojas Americanas SA 115,800 460,820
Petroleo Brasileiro SA 805,500 5,527,961
Telefonica Brasil SA 90,500 1,066,903
Chile - 0.1% 571,676
Embotelladora Andina SA, B Shares 31,020 110,355
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, B Shares 12,984 461,321
South Korea - 0.0% 8,036
CJ Corp. (A)(D) 256 8,036
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 0.5% $4,188,357
(Cost $4,188,295)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (E)(F) 418,534 4,188,357
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.2% $1,728,435
(Cost $1,728,435)    
Money market funds - 0.2% 1,728,435
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (E) 1,728,435 1,728,435
Total investments (Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF) (Cost $778,763,774) - 100.3% $820,140,459
Other assets and liabilities, net - (0.3%) (2,558,238)
Total net assets - 100.0% $817,582,221
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
ADR American Depositary Receipt
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration.
(C) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(D) Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
(E) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(F) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.8%   $26,183,942
(Cost $28,605,123)    
Energy – 98.0% 25,714,129
Energy equipment and services – 10.9%  
Baker Hughes, a GE Company LLC 22,089 530,578
Halliburton Company 19,236 544,956
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 4,538 265,564
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 16,178 422,893
Schlumberger, Ltd. 11,007 469,779
TechnipFMC PLC 18,223 448,104
Transocean, Ltd. (A) 21,190 166,548
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 87.1%  
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 11,236 818,543
Apache Corp. 24,672 811,956
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 13,513 349,852
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (A) 7,171 461,454
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (A) 37,003 107,679
Chevron Corp. 12,713 1,526,323
Cimarex Energy Company 4,860 333,688
Concho Resources, Inc. 8,225 949,001
ConocoPhillips 15,449 975,141
Continental Resources, Inc. (A) 4,113 189,157
CVR Energy, Inc. 1,529 69,738
MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Energy (continued)  
Oil, gas and consumable fuels (continued)  
Devon Energy Corp. 24,916 $800,800
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 6,469 688,237
EnLink Midstream LLC 13,706 160,223
EOG Resources, Inc. 12,533 1,203,795
EQT Corp. 13,308 272,149
Equitrans Midstream Corp. 6,212 129,396
Exxon Mobil Corp. 19,223 1,543,222
Hess Corp. 10,379 665,501
HollyFrontier Corp. 11,281 538,442
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 50,208 997,633
Marathon Oil Corp. 52,480 894,259
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 14,485 881,702
Murphy Oil Corp. 11,302 307,866
Noble Energy, Inc. 27,798 752,214
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 17,984 1,058,898
ONEOK, Inc. 13,805 937,774
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A (A) 9,390 187,424
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A 6,693 224,751
Phillips 66 5,999 565,526
Pioneer Natural Resources Company 6,393 1,064,179
Tallgrass Energy LP 3,886 93,808
Targa Resources Corp. 10,522 422,458
The Williams Companies, Inc. 17,038 482,687
Valero Energy Corp. 10,836 982,392
WPX Energy, Inc. (A) 30,082 417,839
Utilities – 1.8% 469,813
Gas utilities – 0.9%  
National Fuel Gas Company 3,989 236,189
Multi-utilities – 0.9%  
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 8,934 233,624
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.2%   $60,527
(Cost $60,527)    
Money market funds – 0.2% 60,527
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (B) 60,527 60,527
Total investments (Multifactor Energy ETF) (Cost $28,665,650) 100.0% $26,244,469
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.0%)   (2,160)
Total net assets 100.0%   $26,242,309
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
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MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $47,584,007
(Cost $44,776,182)    
Financials – 85.6% 40,773,284
Banks – 31.3%  
Associated Banc-Corp 2,930 66,482
Bank of America Corp. 61,213 1,871,894
Bank OZK 2,035 66,443
BankUnited, Inc. 2,305 84,317
BB&T Corp. 7,498 383,898
BOK Financial Corp. 474 41,304
CIT Group, Inc. 3,503 186,605
Citigroup, Inc. 18,178 1,285,185
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 11,468 415,142
Comerica, Inc. 3,446 270,821
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 2,664 160,986
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 1,263 128,434
East West Bancorp, Inc. 3,180 163,706
Fifth Third Bancorp 17,504 504,465
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 176 78,892
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 543 33,405
First Hawaiian, Inc. 894 24,719
First Horizon National Corp. 5,535 83,523
First Republic Bank 2,865 302,601
FNB Corp. 6,514 79,015
Hancock Whitney Corp. 1,717 75,102
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 23,300 324,336
IBERIABANK Corp. 1,143 90,869
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 16,939 1,965,771
KeyCorp 22,549 395,735
M&T Bank Corp. 2,652 451,026
PacWest Bancorp 2,556 101,090
People's United Financial, Inc. 7,186 124,246
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 977 56,734
Popular, Inc. 2,174 125,462
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 1,638 120,622
Regions Financial Corp. 27,238 423,006
Signature Bank 1,136 150,032
Sterling Bancorp 2,172 46,524
SunTrust Banks, Inc. 8,387 549,181
SVB Financial Group (A) 1,140 286,961
Synovus Financial Corp. 2,551 94,030
TCF Financial Corp. 1,733 38,351
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 3,299 451,732
U.S. Bancorp 10,576 563,912
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 4,536 78,745
United Bankshares, Inc. 1,317 51,679
Webster Financial Corp. 2,011 106,844
Wells Fargo & Company 32,814 1,588,526
Western Alliance Bancorp (A) 2,447 116,918
Wintrust Financial Corp. 1,042 79,400
Zions Bancorp NA 4,523 223,120
MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Capital markets – 19.5%  
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 1,173 $130,109
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 3,357 492,707
Ares Management Corp., Class A 1,269 31,027
BlackRock, Inc. 765 371,209
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 1,696 172,331
CME Group, Inc. 1,716 306,992
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 5,808 294,233
Eaton Vance Corp. 2,901 120,595
Evercore, Inc., Class A 765 74,534
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 903 249,111
Franklin Resources, Inc. 7,133 246,730
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A 1,306 70,837
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 4,819 392,026
Invesco, Ltd. 9,852 216,448
Janus Henderson Group PLC 3,194 80,074
Lazard, Ltd., Class A 2,456 95,489
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 1,659 122,915
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 811 225,726
Moody's Corp. 1,711 336,417
Morgan Stanley 11,946 576,395
Morningstar, Inc. 498 71,438
MSCI, Inc. 1,462 329,506
Nasdaq, Inc. 2,413 222,479
Northern Trust Corp. 4,583 451,655
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 2,881 263,813
S&P Global, Inc. 2,541 560,697
SEI Investments Company 3,311 180,284
State Street Corp. 3,453 233,630
Stifel Financial Corp. 1,427 85,149
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 5,020 539,650
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 3,420 179,824
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 10,295 511,250
The Charles Schwab Corp. 8,577 392,655
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3,094 637,116
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A 445 10,938
Consumer finance – 6.8%  
Ally Financial, Inc. 13,620 404,650
American Express Company 5,491 643,710
Capital One Financial Corp. 7,111 660,114
Credit Acceptance Corp. (A) 212 105,199
Discover Financial Services 7,133 581,268
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 2,365 80,339
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 4,606 98,338
SLM Corp. 8,590 87,274
Synchrony Financial 16,144 559,712
Diversified financial services – 4.9%  
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. 3,299 74,854
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (A) 8,944 1,938,254
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 6,309 129,776
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MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Diversified financial services (continued)  
Voya Financial, Inc. 3,591 $197,110
Insurance – 22.1%  
Aflac, Inc. 8,499 428,180
Alleghany Corp. (A) 324 212,829
American Financial Group, Inc. 1,724 178,486
American International Group, Inc. 6,795 323,238
American National Insurance Company 86 9,743
Aon PLC 2,487 448,008
Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (A) 6,655 224,806
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 3,685 308,140
Assurant, Inc. 1,311 124,545
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 2,928 139,666
Athene Holding, Ltd., Class A (A) 2,908 131,325
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 2,176 123,706
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (A) 1,590 66,446
Brown & Brown, Inc. 5,640 179,070
Chubb, Ltd. 2,690 390,581
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 2,754 264,880
CNA Financial Corp. 717 33,219
Enstar Group, Ltd. (A) 209 37,047
Erie Indemnity Company, Class A 613 116,053
Everest Re Group, Ltd. 937 220,664
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 6,066 242,337
First American Financial Corp. 2,436 138,998
Kemper Corp. 743 66,781
Lincoln National Corp. 4,984 332,532
Loews Corp. 5,852 300,149
Markel Corp. (A) 192 205,730
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 5,436 512,560
MetLife, Inc. 8,490 391,644
Old Republic International Corp. 6,560 146,682
Primerica, Inc. 945 123,124
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 6,063 346,561
Prudential Financial, Inc. 4,270 451,382
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 1,701 257,719
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 924 143,553
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 512 36,511
The Allstate Corp. 3,347 331,554
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 880 106,137
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 9,698 507,302
The Progressive Corp. 6,284 491,095
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 3,383 486,306
Torchmark Corp. 2,325 203,810
Unum Group 5,171 190,913
W.R. Berkley Corp. 3,352 205,478
Willis Towers Watson PLC 1,855 341,951
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 1.0%  
Essent Group, Ltd. (A) 1,778 84,366
LendingTree, Inc. (A) 70 26,937
MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Thrifts and mortgage finance (continued)  
MGIC Investment Corp. (A) 9,927 $145,331
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 9,379 109,078
Radian Group, Inc. 5,236 122,627
TFS Financial Corp. 909 15,126
Industrials – 1.7% 805,464
Professional services – 1.7%  
Equifax, Inc. 2,550 321,173
IHS Markit, Ltd. (A) 5,862 335,658
TransUnion 2,134 148,633
Information technology – 12.6% 6,005,259
IT services – 12.4%  
Accenture PLC, Class A 2,284 417,218
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 1,509 89,469
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 1,242 146,717
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (A) 593 88,885
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 1,848 214,239
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A) 983 256,514
Gartner, Inc. (A) 963 153,088
Global Payments, Inc. 1,813 264,825
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 5,853 1,488,067
Paychex, Inc. 3,469 292,471
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (A) 3,102 349,813
The Western Union Company 8,807 171,208
Visa, Inc., Class A 11,145 1,832,572
Worldpay, Inc., Class A (A) 1,271 148,974
Software – 0.2%  
Fair Isaac Corp. (A) 326 91,199
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.2%   $70,770
(Cost $70,770)    
Money market funds – 0.2% 70,770
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (B) 70,770 70,770
Total investments (Multifactor Financials ETF) (Cost $44,846,952) 100.1% $47,654,777
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.1%)   (27,552)
Total net assets 100.0%   $47,627,225
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
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MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $53,636,261
(Cost $52,967,877)    
Health care – 99.8% 53,564,050
Biotechnology – 16.3%  
AbbVie, Inc. 12,152 964,747
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)(B) 1,157 64,699
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 3,595 489,387
Alkermes PLC (A) 3,224 97,752
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 193 5,780
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 1,815 162,152
Amgen, Inc. 6,503 1,166,118
Array BioPharma, Inc. (A) 2,190 49,516
Biogen, Inc. (A) 2,857 654,939
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 3,563 304,743
Bluebird Bio, Inc. (A) 1,081 153,318
Celgene Corp. (A) 7,664 725,474
Exact Sciences Corp. (A) 2,079 205,177
Exelixis, Inc. (A) 10,307 202,636
FibroGen, Inc. (A) 1,333 62,291
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 21,211 1,379,563
Incyte Corp. (A) 2,655 203,904
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 2,170 161,296
Moderna, Inc. (A)(B) 408 10,620
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (A) 1,534 110,816
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 1,434 492,063
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 895 150,566
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 1,164 136,118
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (A) 2,002 135,696
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 775 51,150
United Therapeutics Corp. (A) 2,111 216,525
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 2,417 408,425
Health care equipment and supplies – 24.9%  
Abbott Laboratories 17,452 1,388,481
ABIOMED, Inc. (A) 883 244,953
Align Technology, Inc. (A) 2,254 731,829
Baxter International, Inc. 8,142 621,235
Becton, Dickinson and Company 2,787 670,942
Boston Scientific Corp. (A) 17,947 666,193
Danaher Corp. 4,143 548,699
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. 7,255 370,948
DexCom, Inc. (A) 1,493 180,758
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (A) 2,394 421,512
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (A) 2,069 93,291
Haemonetics Corp. (A) 1,211 105,696
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 2,681 271,907
Hologic, Inc. (A) 9,295 431,102
ICU Medical, Inc. (A) 411 93,503
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (A) 2,264 525,248
Insulet Corp. (A) 988 85,215
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (A) 1,921 100,257
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (A) 864 441,184
MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care equipment and supplies (continued)  
LivaNova PLC (A) 1,441 $99,270
Masimo Corp. (A) 1,333 173,490
Medtronic PLC 13,988 1,242,274
Novocure, Ltd. (A) 712 31,378
Penumbra, Inc. (A)(B) 480 64,560
ResMed, Inc. 4,427 462,666
STERIS PLC 2,660 348,407
Stryker Corp. 3,421 646,261
Teleflex, Inc. 1,259 360,301
The Cooper Companies, Inc. 1,509 437,489
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (A) 2,954 402,246
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 2,139 264,787
Wright Medical Group NV (A) 2,630 77,769
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 6,282 773,691
Health care providers and services – 23.2%  
Amedisys, Inc. (A) 701 89,602
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 6,045 451,924
Anthem, Inc. 3,264 858,530
Cardinal Health, Inc. 12,448 606,342
Centene Corp. (A) 12,899 665,072
Chemed Corp. 476 155,547
Cigna Corp. 6,381 1,013,558
Covetrus, Inc. (A) 2,407 79,118
CVS Health Corp. 13,899 755,828
DaVita, Inc. (A) 5,702 314,978
Encompass Health Corp. 4,294 276,748
Guardant Health, Inc. (A)(B) 116 7,599
HCA Healthcare, Inc. 3,591 456,883
HealthEquity, Inc. (A) 724 49,051
Henry Schein, Inc. (A)(B) 5,386 345,027
Humana, Inc. 2,702 690,118
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (A) 3,915 626,087
McKesson Corp. 4,477 533,882
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (A) 2,455 318,242
Premier, Inc., Class A (A) 1,698 56,425
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 5,506 530,668
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 11,253 2,622,737
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B 3,902 495,047
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (A) 1,753 452,888
Health care technology – 1.0%  
Cerner Corp. (A) 7,032 467,276
Teladoc Health, Inc. (A)(B) 1,446 82,248
Life sciences tools and services – 9.5%  
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 5,737 450,355
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A) 693 208,544
Bio-Techne Corp. 1,042 213,183
Bruker Corp. 3,607 139,230
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (A) 1,830 257,060
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MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Life sciences tools and services (continued)  
Illumina, Inc. (A) 1,645 $513,240
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (A) 5,445 756,311
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (A) 479 356,980
PerkinElmer, Inc. 1,906 182,671
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (A) 1,638 158,591
Syneos Health, Inc. (A) 2,228 104,560
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 4,385 1,216,618
Waters Corp. (A) 2,390 510,361
Pharmaceuticals – 24.9%  
Allergan PLC 5,062 744,114
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)(B) 1,619 20,837
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 15,920 739,166
Catalent, Inc. (A) 5,043 226,027
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (A) 7,114 224,091
Eli Lilly & Company 7,904 925,084
Horizon Pharma PLC (A) 2,521 64,361
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A) 2,291 297,303
Johnson & Johnson 24,147 3,409,556
Merck & Company, Inc. 28,165 2,216,867
Mylan NV (A) 18,541 500,421
Nektar Therapeutics (A) 5,549 177,679
Perrigo Company PLC 3,900 186,888
Pfizer, Inc. 69,691 2,830,152
Zoetis, Inc. 7,751 789,362
Industrials – 0.1% 72,211
Commercial services and supplies – 0.1%  
MSA Safety, Inc. 657 72,211
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 1.2% $637,469
(Cost $637,453)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 63,701 637,469
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $50,423
(Cost $50,423)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 50,423
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 50,423 50,423
Total investments (Multifactor Healthcare ETF) (Cost $53,655,753) 101.2% $54,324,153
Other assets and liabilities, net (1.2%)   (662,643)
Total net assets 100.0%   $53,661,510
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $32,152,809
(Cost $29,490,588)    
Consumer discretionary – 6.7% 2,144,509
Auto components – 1.8%  
Aptiv PLC 6,778 580,875
Diversified consumer services – 0.4%  
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (A) 2,932 143,756
Household durables – 4.1%  
D.R. Horton, Inc. 8,668 384,079
Garmin, Ltd. 2,467 211,521
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 3,498 137,681
NVR, Inc. (A) 104 327,858
PulteGroup, Inc. 7,734 243,312
Leisure products – 0.4%  
Brunswick Corp. 2,254 115,427
Industrials – 84.5% 27,193,204
Aerospace and defense – 17.4%  
BWX Technologies, Inc. (B) 1,155 59,021
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 803 91,494
General Dynamics Corp. 1,681 300,428
Harris Corp. 2,689 453,097
HEICO Corp. 643 67,856
HEICO Corp., Class A 1,106 98,910
Hexcel Corp. 1,351 95,529
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 672 149,574
L3 Technologies, Inc. 1,256 274,536
Lockheed Martin Corp. 1,621 540,328
Northrop Grumman Corp. 998 289,330
Raytheon Company 1,772 314,689
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 1,945 169,021
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (A) 577 143,390
Textron, Inc. 4,324 229,172
The Boeing Company 3,511 1,326,069
TransDigm Group, Inc. (A) 659 317,981
United Technologies Corp. 4,645 662,423
Air freight and logistics – 4.0%  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 2,677 216,837
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2,817 223,726
FedEx Corp. 1,475 279,454
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 4,324 459,295
XPO Logistics, Inc. (A)(B) 1,587 108,043
Airlines – 6.2%  
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 2,284 141,380
American Airlines Group, Inc. 4,950 169,191
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 9,580 558,418
JetBlue Airways Corp. (A) 5,137 95,291
Southwest Airlines Company 5,788 313,883
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (A) 1,655 89,999
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (A) 7,154 635,704
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MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Building products – 2.6%  
Allegion PLC 1,777 $176,332
AO Smith Corp. 1,777 93,417
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 1,990 105,032
Johnson Controls International PLC 8,604 322,650
Lennox International, Inc. 506 137,354
Commercial services and supplies – 3.8%  
ADT, Inc. (B) 4,143 27,302
Cintas Corp. 1,205 261,654
Clean Harbors, Inc. (A) 105 7,980
Republic Services, Inc. 4,227 350,080
Stericycle, Inc. (A) 962 56,171
The Brink's Company 1,204 96,236
Waste Management, Inc. 4,035 433,117
Construction and engineering – 1.8%  
AECOM (A) 2,920 98,988
EMCOR Group, Inc. 1,275 107,279
Fluor Corp. 2,234 88,757
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 2,327 181,366
Quanta Services, Inc. 2,527 102,596
Electrical equipment – 6.3%  
Acuity Brands, Inc. 801 117,210
AMETEK, Inc. 4,559 401,967
Eaton Corp. PLC 3,751 310,658
Emerson Electric Company 6,142 436,021
Hubbell, Inc. 1,086 138,574
nVent Electric PLC 3,041 84,996
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2,130 384,912
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (A) 3,144 157,011
Industrial conglomerates – 7.1%  
3M Company 4,192 794,426
Carlisle Companies, Inc. 1,033 146,087
General Electric Company 33,797 343,715
Honeywell International, Inc. 3,904 677,852
Roper Technologies, Inc. 872 313,658
Machinery – 22.2%  
AGCO Corp. 1,216 86,068
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 2,570 120,430
Caterpillar, Inc. 4,508 628,505
Crane Company 976 83,009
Cummins, Inc. 2,951 490,722
Deere & Company 3,485 577,221
Donaldson Company, Inc. 2,428 129,995
Dover Corp. 2,431 238,335
Flowserve Corp. 2,044 100,217
Fortive Corp. 4,932 425,829
Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (A) 859 28,991
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC (A) 1,190 19,135
Graco, Inc. 3,165 162,206
IDEX Corp. 1,299 203,501
MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Machinery (continued)  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 2,719 $423,158
Ingersoll-Rand PLC 4,655 570,750
ITT, Inc. 1,964 118,920
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 1,188 103,677
Navistar International Corp. (A) 180 6,145
Nordson Corp. 857 125,079
Oshkosh Corp. 1,617 133,548
PACCAR, Inc. 9,279 665,026
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 2,514 455,235
Pentair PLC 3,118 121,571
Snap-on, Inc. 1,110 186,791
The Middleby Corp. (A) 1,148 151,685
The Toro Company 2,140 156,541
WABCO Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,215 160,915
Wabtec Corp. (B) 1,618 119,845
Woodward, Inc. 892 97,139
Xylem, Inc. 3,048 254,203
Marine – 0.3%  
Kirby Corp. (A) 1,115 91,118
Professional services – 1.3%  
Insperity, Inc. 805 96,246
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 1,151 110,542
Robert Half International, Inc. 2,317 143,863
TriNet Group, Inc. (A) 1,195 74,496
Road and rail – 7.9%  
AMERCO 201 75,007
CSX Corp. 4,966 395,443
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (A) 1,026 90,955
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 2,049 193,590
Kansas City Southern 1,760 216,726
Landstar System, Inc. 835 90,982
Norfolk Southern Corp. 2,439 497,605
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 974 145,399
Schneider National, Inc., Class B 1,260 26,334
Union Pacific Corp. 4,570 809,073
Trading companies and distributors – 3.6%  
Air Lease Corp. 1,891 72,917
Fastenal Company 4,777 337,017
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (A) 3,377 154,295
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., Class A 855 71,521
United Rentals, Inc. (A) 1,568 220,963
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 885 249,570
Watsco, Inc. 364 57,683
Information technology – 7.3% 2,346,981
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 5.4%  
Amphenol Corp., Class A 5,016 499,393
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (A) 1,508 127,441
Avnet, Inc. 2,092 101,692
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MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Electronic equipment, instruments and
components (continued)
 
Cognex Corp. 2,100 $105,903
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 1,562 101,046
Flex, Ltd. (A) 9,735 107,474
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (A) 2,148 186,940
TE Connectivity, Ltd. 2,716 259,785
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (A) 1,103 232,887
IT services – 1.1%  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2,212 363,631
Software – 0.8%  
Paycom Software, Inc. (A) 1,086 219,948
Paylocity Holding Corp. (A) 423 40,841
Materials – 1.4% 468,115
Chemicals – 1.4%  
Ecolab, Inc. 2,543 468,115
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 0.8% $257,948
(Cost $257,944)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 25,776 257,948
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.2%   $60,930
(Cost $60,930)    
Money market funds – 0.2% 60,930
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 60,930 60,930
Total investments (Multifactor Industrials ETF) (Cost $29,809,462) 100.9% $32,471,687
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.9%)   (295,176)
Total net assets 100.0%   $32,176,511
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 100.0%   $921,318,770
(Cost $815,908,893)    
Communication services – 7.3% 67,064,936
Diversified telecommunication services – 1.3%  
AT&T, Inc. 174,234 5,394,285
CenturyLink, Inc. 59,644 681,134
Verizon Communications, Inc. 92,463 5,287,959
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (A) 9,591 300,102
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Entertainment – 1.4%  
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 26,048 $1,255,774
Electronic Arts, Inc. (A) 10,464 990,418
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series A (A) 819 30,925
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series C (A) 8,787 341,023
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (A) 7,978 521,283
Netflix, Inc. (A) 6,933 2,568,954
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (A) 4,435 429,441
The Madison Square Garden Company, Class A (A) 593 185,277
The Walt Disney Company 43,003 5,890,121
Viacom, Inc., Class A 703 24,359
Viacom, Inc., Class B 29,201 844,201
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A 824 69,092
Interactive media and services – 2.8%  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (A) 10,401 12,470,383
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (A) 1,724 2,048,940
ANGI Homeservices, Inc., Class A (A) 903 15,694
Facebook, Inc., Class A (A) 43,683 8,448,292
InterActiveCorp (A) 4,123 927,015
Match Group, Inc. (B) 2,060 124,424
Snap, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 2,706 30,145
TripAdvisor, Inc. (A) 5,430 289,039
Twitter, Inc. (A) 25,729 1,026,844
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (A) 1,073 35,634
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (A)(B) 3,892 129,993
Media – 1.7%  
Altice USA, Inc., Class A 9,203 216,823
CBS Corp., Class B 22,538 1,155,523
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (A) 5,517 2,047,855
Comcast Corp., Class A 142,752 6,213,995
Discovery, Inc., Series A (A) 18,841 582,187
Discovery, Inc., Series C (A) 7,766 223,350
DISH Network Corp., Class A (A) 12,798 449,466
Fox Corp., Class A (A) 8,853 345,178
Fox Corp., Class B (A) 5,021 193,309
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (A) 1,216 72,498
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A (A) 829 81,565
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C (A) 5,899 582,290
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series A (A) 8,088 323,035
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series C (A) 1,714 68,834
News Corp., Class A 22,032 273,637
News Corp., Class B 6,012 75,090
Omnicom Group, Inc. 21,374 1,710,561
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. 62,690 364,229
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 33,938 780,574
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Wireless telecommunication services – 0.1%  
Sprint Corp. (A) 36,558 $203,994
T-Mobile US, Inc. (A) 10,141 740,192
Consumer discretionary – 10.9% 100,686,362
Auto components – 0.5%  
Aptiv PLC 20,528 1,759,250
Autoliv, Inc. 6,475 508,223
BorgWarner, Inc. 15,285 638,454
Gentex Corp. 16,599 382,275
Lear Corp. 6,214 888,602
Automobiles – 0.5%  
Ford Motor Company 129,650 1,354,843
General Motors Company 42,632 1,660,516
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 16,256 605,211
Tesla, Inc. (A)(B) 2,552 609,137
Distributors – 0.2%  
Genuine Parts Company 11,180 1,146,397
LKQ Corp. (A) 17,725 533,523
Pool Corp. 1,578 289,942
Diversified consumer services – 0.1%  
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (A) 1,638 209,910
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (A) 564 65,362
Service Corp. International 12,583 523,579
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (A) 8,026 393,515
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 2.1%  
Aramark 17,497 543,807
Caesars Entertainment Corp. (A) 1,766 16,530
Carnival Corp. 16,158 886,428
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (A) 1,682 1,157,283
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 8,520 1,001,952
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 2,131 576,606
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 1,518 113,288
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 13,664 1,188,631
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A 2,212 169,727
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 15,062 1,009,907
Marriott International, Inc., Class A 11,339 1,546,866
McDonald's Corp. 16,840 3,327,079
MGM Resorts International 32,225 858,152
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (A) 9,338 526,570
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (A) 839 63,512
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 9,519 1,151,228
Starbucks Corp. 30,811 2,393,398
Vail Resorts, Inc. 2,060 471,431
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 9,268 516,413
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 4,715 681,082
Yum! Brands, Inc. 11,389 1,188,898
Household durables – 0.7%  
D.R. Horton, Inc. 23,596 1,045,539
Garmin, Ltd. 8,225 705,212
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Household durables (continued)  
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 8,954 $352,429
Lennar Corp., A Shares 12,763 664,059
Lennar Corp., B Shares 850 35,462
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (A) 4,575 623,344
Newell Brands, Inc. 25,393 365,151
NVR, Inc. (A) 329 1,037,166
PulteGroup, Inc. 18,139 570,653
Roku, Inc. (A) 785 49,918
Toll Brothers, Inc. 9,662 368,122
Whirlpool Corp. 5,917 821,398
Internet and direct marketing retail – 2.3%  
Amazon.com, Inc. (A) 7,994 15,400,601
Booking Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,024 1,899,510
eBay, Inc. 44,297 1,716,509
Etsy, Inc. (A) 772 52,141
Expedia Group, Inc. 7,688 998,210
GrubHub, Inc. (A) 1,546 103,257
Qurate Retail, Inc. (A) 35,656 607,935
Wayfair, Inc., Class A (A) 1,115 180,797
Leisure products – 0.1%  
Hasbro, Inc. 9,863 1,004,645
Polaris Industries, Inc. 4,194 404,302
Multiline retail – 0.8%  
Dollar General Corp. 11,554 1,456,844
Dollar Tree, Inc. (A) 16,523 1,838,679
Kohl's Corp. 17,309 1,230,670
Macy's, Inc. 30,577 719,783
Nordstrom, Inc. (B) 12,233 501,798
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (A) 608 58,149
Target Corp. 24,091 1,865,125
Specialty retail – 2.7%  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 4,688 779,708
AutoZone, Inc. (A) 1,283 1,319,322
Best Buy Company, Inc. 22,242 1,655,027
Burlington Stores, Inc. (A) 3,407 575,476
CarMax, Inc. (A)(B) 13,257 1,032,190
Carvana Company (A)(B) 405 28,982
Five Below, Inc. (A) 1,210 177,132
Foot Locker, Inc. 1,509 86,330
L Brands, Inc. 10,875 278,835
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 27,371 3,096,755
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (A) 3,746 1,418,123
Ross Stores, Inc. 22,771 2,223,816
The Gap, Inc. 20,595 537,118
The Home Depot, Inc. 28,601 5,826,024
The TJX Companies, Inc. 44,922 2,465,319
Tiffany & Company 8,092 872,479
Tractor Supply Company 9,426 975,591
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (A) 3,995 1,394,175
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 0.9%  
Capri Holdings, Ltd. (A) 10,883 $479,723
Columbia Sportswear Company 678 67,780
Hanesbrands, Inc. 24,826 448,606
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (A) 5,461 963,047
NIKE, Inc., Class B 32,982 2,896,809
PVH Corp. 4,595 592,709
Ralph Lauren Corp. 4,566 600,794
Tapestry, Inc. 16,593 535,456
Under Armour, Inc., Class A (A) 8,374 193,356
Under Armour, Inc., Class C (A) 8,465 175,395
VF Corp. 14,356 1,355,350
Consumer staples – 6.4% 58,984,726
Beverages – 1.4%  
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A 3,453 180,592
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 17,692 942,807
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 6,452 1,365,695
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. 1,970 57,268
Molson Coors Brewing Company, Class B 12,366 793,774
Monster Beverage Corp. (A) 15,047 896,801
PepsiCo, Inc. 34,182 4,377,005
The Coca-Cola Company 87,348 4,285,293
Food and staples retailing – 1.3%  
Costco Wholesale Corp. 11,113 2,728,575
Sysco Corp. 22,135 1,557,640
The Kroger Company 68,183 1,757,758
US Foods Holding Corp. (A) 11,372 415,647
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 20,810 1,114,792
Walmart, Inc. 45,909 4,721,282
Food products – 1.7%  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 30,063 1,340,810
Bunge, Ltd. 10,779 564,927
Campbell Soup Company (B) 13,842 535,547
Conagra Brands, Inc. 32,363 996,133
General Mills, Inc. 30,351 1,562,166
Hormel Foods Corp. (B) 16,345 652,819
Ingredion, Inc. 5,593 529,937
Kellogg Company 14,540 876,762
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 9,424 660,151
McCormick & Company, Inc. 8,830 1,359,555
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 40,214 2,044,882
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 4,315 486,646
The Hershey Company 11,486 1,434,027
The J.M. Smucker Company 7,060 865,768
The Kraft Heinz Company 10,689 355,302
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 15,230 1,142,402
Household products – 1.2%  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. 13,301 996,910
Colgate-Palmolive Company 19,455 1,416,129
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer staples (continued)  
Household products (continued)  
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 10,212 $1,311,017
The Clorox Company 9,447 1,508,969
The Procter & Gamble Company 56,399 6,005,366
Personal products – 0.2%  
Coty, Inc., Class A 11,769 127,341
Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (A) 6,943 366,938
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Class A 9,388 1,612,952
Tobacco – 0.6%  
Altria Group, Inc. 46,239 2,512,165
Philip Morris International, Inc. 29,161 2,524,176
Energy – 4.6% 42,380,029
Energy equipment and services – 0.4%  
Baker Hughes, a GE Company LLC 10,758 258,407
Halliburton Company 21,734 615,724
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 2,426 141,970
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 19,726 515,638
Schlumberger, Ltd. 24,759 1,056,714
TechnipFMC PLC 25,918 637,324
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 4.2%  
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 17,050 1,242,093
Apache Corp. 20,674 680,381
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 20,939 542,111
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (A) 9,187 591,183
Chevron Corp. 52,527 6,306,392
Cimarex Energy Company 4,728 324,624
Concho Resources, Inc. 8,870 1,023,421
ConocoPhillips 25,598 1,615,746
Continental Resources, Inc. (A) 5,314 244,391
Devon Energy Corp. 25,988 835,254
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 7,886 838,992
EOG Resources, Inc. 13,008 1,249,418
Exxon Mobil Corp. 95,828 7,693,072
Hess Corp. 17,084 1,095,426
HollyFrontier Corp. 15,501 739,863
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 62,574 1,243,345
Marathon Oil Corp. 57,910 986,786
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 33,163 2,018,632
Noble Energy, Inc. 35,433 958,817
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 21,760 1,281,229
ONEOK, Inc. 19,535 1,327,013
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A (A) 8,859 176,826
Phillips 66 13,399 1,263,124
Pioneer Natural Resources Company 6,050 1,007,083
Tallgrass Energy LP 2,081 50,235
Targa Resources Corp. 9,693 389,174
The Williams Companies, Inc. 38,294 1,084,869
Valero Energy Corp. 24,489 2,220,173
WPX Energy, Inc. (A) 8,969 124,579
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials – 14.2% $130,435,484
Banks – 5.2%  
Bank of America Corp. 222,709 6,810,441
BB&T Corp. 26,571 1,360,435
BOK Financial Corp. 1,122 97,771
Citigroup, Inc. 62,306 4,405,034
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 30,855 1,116,951
Comerica, Inc. 11,845 930,899
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 5,921 357,806
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 2,383 242,327
East West Bancorp, Inc. 9,179 472,535
Fifth Third Bancorp 63,602 1,833,010
First Republic Bank 8,552 903,262
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 66,112 920,279
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 86,721 10,063,972
KeyCorp 67,431 1,183,414
M&T Bank Corp. 9,241 1,571,617
People's United Financial, Inc. 20,572 355,690
Popular, Inc. 1,597 92,163
Regions Financial Corp. 94,511 1,467,756
Signature Bank 2,864 378,248
SunTrust Banks, Inc. 26,344 1,725,005
SVB Financial Group (A) 2,986 751,636
Synovus Financial Corp. 3,898 143,680
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 13,609 1,863,480
U.S. Bancorp 43,464 2,317,500
Webster Financial Corp. 989 52,546
Wells Fargo & Company 120,352 5,826,240
Zions Bancorp NA 13,210 651,649
Capital markets – 3.2%  
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 3,484 386,445
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 12,726 1,867,795
BlackRock, Inc. 2,412 1,170,399
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 5,283 536,806
CME Group, Inc. 7,599 1,359,461
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 16,228 822,110
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 2,440 673,123
Franklin Resources, Inc. 20,947 724,557
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 17,359 1,412,155
Invesco, Ltd. 25,548 561,290
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 2,232 165,369
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 2,121 590,338
Moody's Corp. 6,331 1,244,801
Morgan Stanley 35,596 1,717,507
Morningstar, Inc. 206 29,551
MSCI, Inc. 6,208 1,399,159
Nasdaq, Inc. 7,573 698,231
Northern Trust Corp. 14,171 1,396,552
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 8,466 775,232
S&P Global, Inc. 10,723 2,366,137
SEI Investments Company 10,938 595,574
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Capital markets (continued)  
State Street Corp. 13,005 $879,918
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 15,422 1,657,865
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 11,881 624,703
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 36,863 1,830,617
The Charles Schwab Corp. 32,610 1,492,886
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 9,323 1,919,792
Consumer finance – 1.0%  
Ally Financial, Inc. 41,116 1,221,556
American Express Company 20,738 2,431,116
Capital One Financial Corp. 23,524 2,183,733
Credit Acceptance Corp. (A) 403 199,977
Discover Financial Services 22,669 1,847,297
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 9,392 200,519
Synchrony Financial 40,571 1,406,597
Diversified financial services – 1.2%  
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. 4,854 110,137
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (A) 44,845 9,718,360
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 17,822 366,599
Voya Financial, Inc. 10,425 572,228
Insurance – 3.6%  
Aflac, Inc. 33,488 1,687,125
Alleghany Corp. (A) 936 614,840
American Financial Group, Inc. 5,410 560,097
American International Group, Inc. 27,414 1,304,084
Aon PLC 10,944 1,971,452
Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (A) 19,966 674,451
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 10,697 894,483
Assurant, Inc. 1,187 112,765
Athene Holding, Ltd., Class A (A) 4,572 206,472
Brown & Brown, Inc. 14,647 465,042
Chubb, Ltd. 9,381 1,362,121
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 9,566 920,058
CNA Financial Corp. 2,108 97,664
Erie Indemnity Company, Class A 1,426 269,970
Everest Re Group, Ltd. 3,039 715,685
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 16,788 670,681
First American Financial Corp. 4,074 232,462
Lincoln National Corp. 17,709 1,181,544
Loews Corp. 19,864 1,018,825
Markel Corp. (A) 655 701,839
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 16,597 1,564,931
MetLife, Inc. 24,573 1,133,552
Old Republic International Corp. 16,782 375,246
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 22,935 1,310,965
Prudential Financial, Inc. 16,279 1,720,853
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 5,051 765,277
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 498 77,369
The Allstate Corp. 14,094 1,396,152
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 33,360 1,745,062
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Insurance (continued)  
The Progressive Corp. 24,331 $1,901,468
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 15,589 2,240,919
Torchmark Corp. 8,116 711,449
Unum Group 20,571 759,481
W.R. Berkley Corp. 11,139 682,821
Willis Towers Watson PLC 6,856 1,263,835
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 0.0%  
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 6,243 72,606
Health care – 12.5% 115,320,009
Biotechnology – 1.8%  
AbbVie, Inc. 31,812 2,525,555
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 7,243 985,990
Alkermes PLC (A) 5,543 168,064
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 1,881 168,049
Amgen, Inc. 17,892 3,208,393
Biogen, Inc. (A) 5,964 1,367,187
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 6,281 537,214
Bluebird Bio, Inc. (A) 1,057 149,914
Celgene Corp. (A) 16,402 1,552,613
Exact Sciences Corp. (A) 1,646 162,444
Exelixis, Inc. (A) 11,370 223,534
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 38,549 2,507,227
Incyte Corp. (A) 5,308 407,654
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 3,204 238,153
Moderna, Inc. (A)(B) 762 19,835
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (A) 1,599 115,512
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 2,142 735,006
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 907 152,585
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 860 100,568
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (A) 3,242 219,743
United Therapeutics Corp. (A) 818 83,902
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 6,171 1,042,776
Health care equipment and supplies – 3.1%  
Abbott Laboratories 47,112 3,748,231
ABIOMED, Inc. (A) 1,515 420,276
Align Technology, Inc. (A) 3,538 1,148,718
Baxter International, Inc. 18,026 1,375,384
Becton, Dickinson and Company 7,445 1,792,309
Boston Scientific Corp. (A) 38,765 1,438,957
Danaher Corp. 15,424 2,042,755
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. 13,821 706,668
DexCom, Inc. (A) 1,179 142,742
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (A) 6,620 1,165,583
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 2,167 219,777
Hologic, Inc. (A) 21,173 982,004
ICU Medical, Inc. (A) 191 43,453
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (A) 5,718 1,326,576
Insulet Corp. (A) 755 65,119
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (A) 2,391 1,220,916
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care equipment and supplies (continued)  
Masimo Corp. (A) 920 $119,738
Medtronic PLC 29,980 2,662,524
ResMed, Inc. 8,781 917,702
STERIS PLC 4,729 619,404
Stryker Corp. 9,818 1,854,718
Teleflex, Inc. 2,325 665,369
The Cooper Companies, Inc. 2,766 801,919
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (A) 6,671 908,390
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 3,348 414,449
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 11,760 1,448,362
Health care providers and services – 3.0%  
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 11,555 863,852
Anthem, Inc. 9,458 2,487,738
Cardinal Health, Inc. 20,230 985,403
Centene Corp. (A) 23,828 1,228,572
Cigna Corp. 18,012 2,861,026
CVS Health Corp. 40,129 2,182,215
DaVita, Inc. (A) 15,214 840,421
Encompass Health Corp. 3,099 199,731
Guardant Health, Inc. (A)(B) 196 12,840
HCA Healthcare, Inc. 8,160 1,038,197
Henry Schein, Inc. (A)(B) 13,083 838,097
Humana, Inc. 6,034 1,541,144
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (A) 9,384 1,500,689
McKesson Corp. 10,468 1,248,309
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (A) 1,614 209,223
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 15,424 1,486,565
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 25,997 6,059,121
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B 8,853 1,123,180
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (A) 2,989 772,208
Health care technology – 0.2%  
Cerner Corp. (A) 21,540 1,431,333
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (A) 3,432 480,034
Life sciences tools and services – 1.2%  
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 20,992 1,647,872
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A) 1,003 301,833
Bio-Techne Corp. 648 132,574
Bruker Corp. 1,399 54,001
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (A) 1,658 232,899
Illumina, Inc. (A) 4,534 1,414,608
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (A) 8,846 1,228,709
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (A) 1,814 1,351,902
PerkinElmer, Inc. 6,430 616,251
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (A) 1,287 124,607
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 9,897 2,745,923
Waters Corp. (A) 5,477 1,169,559
Pharmaceuticals – 3.2%  
Allergan PLC 6,867 1,009,449
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 31,662 $1,470,067
Catalent, Inc. (A) 6,457 289,403
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (A) 15,457 486,896
Eli Lilly & Company 19,997 2,340,449
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A) 3,610 468,470
Johnson & Johnson 64,546 9,113,895
Merck & Company, Inc. 65,897 5,186,753
Mylan NV (A) 30,499 823,168
Nektar Therapeutics (A) 3,852 123,341
Perrigo Company PLC 7,010 335,919
Pfizer, Inc. 148,383 6,025,834
Zoetis, Inc. 22,700 2,311,768
Industrials – 12.4% 114,250,290
Aerospace and defense – 2.4%  
Arconic, Inc. 24,570 527,764
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 1,041 118,612
General Dynamics Corp. 7,239 1,293,754
Harris Corp. 10,483 1,766,386
HEICO Corp. 1,460 154,074
HEICO Corp., Class A 2,873 256,932
Hexcel Corp. 2,235 158,037
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2,983 663,956
L3 Technologies, Inc. 5,751 1,257,054
Lockheed Martin Corp. 6,280 2,093,312
Northrop Grumman Corp. 5,550 1,609,001
Raytheon Company 9,858 1,750,682
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 7,603 660,701
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (A) 1,346 334,494
Textron, Inc. 18,900 1,001,700
The Boeing Company 11,608 4,384,226
TransDigm Group, Inc. (A) 2,549 1,229,943
United Technologies Corp. 24,445 3,486,101
Air freight and logistics – 0.6%  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 10,459 847,179
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 12,433 987,429
FedEx Corp. 8,513 1,612,873
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 15,464 1,642,586
XPO Logistics, Inc. (A)(B) 5,900 401,672
Airlines – 0.9%  
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 9,824 608,106
American Airlines Group, Inc. 30,037 1,026,665
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 34,319 2,000,455
JetBlue Airways Corp. (A) 18,655 346,050
Southwest Airlines Company 29,324 1,590,241
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (A) 27,556 2,448,626
Building products – 0.5%  
Allegion PLC 5,917 587,144
AO Smith Corp. 7,389 388,440
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Building products (continued)  
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 9,708 $512,388
Johnson Controls International PLC 32,704 1,226,400
Lennox International, Inc. 2,296 623,249
Masco Corp. 16,973 662,965
Owens Corning 7,751 397,394
Commercial services and supplies – 0.8%  
ADT, Inc. (B) 6,052 39,883
Cintas Corp. 6,793 1,475,032
Copart, Inc. (A) 11,414 768,390
KAR Auction Services, Inc. 9,244 522,101
Republic Services, Inc. 22,950 1,900,719
Rollins, Inc. 7,943 307,156
Waste Management, Inc. 19,418 2,084,328
Construction and engineering – 0.1%  
Fluor Corp. 12,675 503,578
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 7,954 619,935
Electrical equipment – 0.8%  
Acuity Brands, Inc. 2,013 294,562
AMETEK, Inc. 15,367 1,354,908
Eaton Corp. PLC 17,460 1,446,037
Emerson Electric Company 23,327 1,655,984
Hubbell, Inc. 3,681 469,696
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 9,097 1,643,919
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (A) 10,846 541,649
Industrial conglomerates – 1.1%  
3M Company 14,747 2,794,704
Carlisle Companies, Inc. 4,573 646,714
General Electric Company 178,163 1,811,918
Honeywell International, Inc. 18,205 3,160,934
Roper Technologies, Inc. 4,405 1,584,479
Machinery – 2.8%  
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 9,312 436,360
Caterpillar, Inc. 17,160 2,392,447
Cummins, Inc. 9,285 1,544,003
Deere & Company 14,481 2,398,488
Donaldson Company, Inc. 8,944 478,862
Dover Corp. 12,923 1,266,971
Flowserve Corp. 10,266 503,342
Fortive Corp. 16,726 1,444,123
Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (A) 975 32,906
Graco, Inc. 8,193 419,891
IDEX Corp. 4,924 771,394
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 11,833 1,841,570
Ingersoll-Rand PLC 19,439 2,383,416
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 3,904 340,702
Nordson Corp. 2,890 421,796
PACCAR, Inc. 28,178 2,019,517
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 10,239 1,854,078
Pentair PLC 10,798 421,014
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Machinery (continued)  
Snap-on, Inc. 4,032 $678,505
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 11,008 1,613,773
The Middleby Corp. (A) 3,254 429,951
The Toro Company 6,019 440,290
WABCO Holdings, Inc. (A) 3,388 448,707
Wabtec Corp. 6,108 452,420
Woodward, Inc. 648 70,567
Xylem, Inc. 10,365 864,441
Professional services – 0.7%  
CoStar Group, Inc. (A) 1,550 769,188
Equifax, Inc. 9,625 1,212,269
IHS Markit, Ltd. (A) 11,625 665,648
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 6,476 621,955
Nielsen Holdings PLC 15,647 399,468
Robert Half International, Inc. 8,878 551,235
TransUnion 8,475 590,284
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 9,847 1,389,806
Road and rail – 1.2%  
AMERCO 553 206,363
CSX Corp. 26,817 2,135,438
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 8,471 800,340
Kansas City Southern 7,591 934,756
Norfolk Southern Corp. 13,630 2,780,793
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 4,203 627,424
Union Pacific Corp. 22,017 3,897,890
Trading companies and distributors – 0.5%  
Fastenal Company 19,021 1,341,932
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (A) 11,377 519,815
United Rentals, Inc. (A) 7,023 989,681
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 4,664 1,315,248
Watsco, Inc. 1,565 248,006
Information technology – 20.3% 186,730,388
Communications equipment – 1.1%  
Arista Networks, Inc. (A) 1,714 535,265
Ciena Corp. (A) 2,070 79,405
Cisco Systems, Inc. 116,874 6,539,100
F5 Networks, Inc. (A) 4,528 710,443
Juniper Networks, Inc. 27,353 759,593
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 9,839 1,425,769
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (B) 500 85,225
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 1.2%  
Amphenol Corp., Class A 23,713 2,360,866
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (A) 8,110 685,376
CDW Corp. 9,258 977,645
Cognex Corp. 5,174 260,925
Corning, Inc. 60,163 1,916,192
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 3,037 196,464
Flex, Ltd. (A) 53,517 590,809
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Electronic equipment, instruments and
components (continued)
 
FLIR Systems, Inc. 5,518 $292,123
IPG Photonics Corp. (A) 1,718 300,186
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (A) 9,936 864,730
National Instruments Corp. 3,772 177,661
TE Connectivity, Ltd. 17,474 1,671,388
Trimble, Inc. (A) 14,508 592,217
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (A) 2,189 462,185
IT services – 5.2%  
Accenture PLC, Class A 17,135 3,130,050
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (A) 11,772 942,466
Alliance Data Systems Corp. 4,415 706,842
Amdocs, Ltd. 12,365 681,064
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 12,660 2,081,177
Black Knight, Inc. (A) 6,918 390,314
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 6,970 413,251
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 7,558 892,827
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 21,962 1,602,348
DXC Technology Company 15,733 1,034,287
EPAM Systems, Inc. (A) 1,496 268,323
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (A) 745 111,668
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 16,098 1,866,241
First Data Corp., Class A (A) 25,775 666,542
Fiserv, Inc. (A) 18,706 1,631,911
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A) 5,269 1,374,946
Gartner, Inc. (A) 4,953 787,378
Genpact, Ltd. 7,518 272,903
Global Payments, Inc. 8,602 1,256,494
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (A) 4,402 358,763
IBM Corp. 24,183 3,392,149
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 4,928 734,568
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 8,958 658,234
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 23,338 5,933,453
Okta, Inc. (A) 1,162 120,883
Paychex, Inc. 20,173 1,700,786
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (A) 23,547 2,655,395
Sabre Corp. 15,821 328,444
Square, Inc., Class A (A) 5,271 383,834
The Western Union Company 32,844 638,487
Total System Services, Inc. 13,465 1,376,662
Twilio, Inc., Class A (A) 1,557 213,527
VeriSign, Inc. (A) 5,934 1,171,668
Visa, Inc., Class A 39,441 6,485,284
WEX, Inc. (A) 1,352 284,326
Worldpay, Inc., Class A (A) 10,827 1,269,033
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 4.0%  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (A) 29,578 817,240
Analog Devices, Inc. 17,322 2,013,509
Applied Materials, Inc. 39,639 1,746,891
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (continued)  
Broadcom, Inc. 9,767 $3,109,813
Cree, Inc. (A) 1,602 105,876
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 11,148 191,523
First Solar, Inc. (A) 1,052 64,730
Intel Corp. 138,203 7,053,881
KLA-Tencor Corp. 6,215 792,288
Lam Research Corp. 9,526 1,975,978
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 34,232 856,485
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 19,722 1,183,320
Microchip Technology, Inc. (B) 14,630 1,461,391
Micron Technology, Inc. (A) 60,806 2,557,500
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 580 90,312
NVIDIA Corp. 11,820 2,139,420
ON Semiconductor Corp. (A) 25,960 598,638
Qorvo, Inc. (A) 7,474 565,109
QUALCOMM, Inc. 38,725 3,335,384
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 13,026 1,148,633
Teradyne, Inc. 11,031 540,519
Texas Instruments, Inc. 26,245 3,092,448
Universal Display Corp. (B) 295 47,082
Xilinx, Inc. 8,060 968,328
Software – 5.1%  
Adobe, Inc. (A) 8,647 2,501,145
ANSYS, Inc. (A) 5,042 987,224
Aspen Technology, Inc. (A) 1,768 215,537
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (A) 2,729 300,599
Autodesk, Inc. (A) 5,724 1,020,074
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (A) 15,840 1,098,979
CDK Global, Inc. 7,911 477,192
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (A) 303 16,104
Citrix Systems, Inc. 10,173 1,027,066
Coupa Software, Inc. (A) 312 32,239
DocuSign, Inc. (A) 890 50,436
Dropbox, Inc., Class A (A) 1,639 39,959
Fair Isaac Corp. (A) 698 195,266
Fortinet, Inc. (A) 4,873 455,236
Guidewire Software, Inc. (A) 2,504 266,676
HubSpot, Inc. (A) 274 50,550
Intuit, Inc. 6,966 1,748,884
Microsoft Corp. 154,579 20,188,017
New Relic, Inc. (A) 284 29,888
Nutanix, Inc., Class A (A) 2,197 94,888
Oracle Corp. 83,436 4,616,514
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (A) 2,946 733,053
Paycom Software, Inc. (A) 1,478 299,339
Pivotal Software, Inc., Class A (A) 1,398 30,337
Proofpoint, Inc. (A) 691 86,665
PTC, Inc. (A) 3,943 356,723
RealPage, Inc. (A) 853 55,624
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software (continued)  
Red Hat, Inc. (A) 5,632 $1,028,009
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (A) 891 103,686
salesforce.com, Inc. (A) 10,488 1,734,191
ServiceNow, Inc. (A) 4,643 1,260,621
SolarWinds Corp. (A) 758 14,819
Splunk, Inc. (A) 4,614 636,917
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 12,317 833,368
Symantec Corp. 45,105 1,091,992
Synopsys, Inc. (A) 9,524 1,153,166
Tableau Software, Inc., Class A (A) 1,655 201,596
Teradata Corp. (A) 993 45,152
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (A) 572 126,687
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (A) 1,542 357,605
VMware, Inc., Class A 2,187 446,432
Workday, Inc., Class A (A) 3,808 783,039
Zendesk, Inc. (A) 1,406 123,419
Zscaler, Inc. (A) 298 20,356
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 3.7%  
Apple, Inc. 132,811 26,651,183
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (A) 7,396 498,564
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 76,488 1,209,275
HP, Inc. 56,988 1,136,911
NetApp, Inc. 20,043 1,460,133
Seagate Technology PLC 26,108 1,261,539
Western Digital Corp. 24,092 1,231,583
Xerox Corp. 17,672 589,538
Materials – 3.5% 32,207,664
Chemicals – 2.0%  
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 7,680 1,580,467
Albemarle Corp. (B) 6,802 510,558
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd. (A) 12,928 348,797
Celanese Corp. 10,569 1,140,289
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 19,131 856,686
Dow, Inc. (A) 14,043 796,659
DowDuPont, Inc. 42,134 1,620,052
Eastman Chemical Company 12,780 1,008,086
Ecolab, Inc. 8,887 1,635,919
FMC Corp. 8,453 668,294
Huntsman Corp. 11,963 266,057
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (B) 5,452 751,231
Linde PLC 10,144 1,828,557
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A 12,211 1,077,377
PPG Industries, Inc. 12,872 1,512,460
RPM International, Inc. 9,185 557,070
The Chemours Company 6,013 216,528
The Mosaic Company 22,058 575,934
The Sherwin-Williams Company 3,298 1,500,029
Westlake Chemical Corp. 2,476 172,701
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Materials (continued)  
Construction materials – 0.2%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 3,916 $868,960
Vulcan Materials Company 8,140 1,026,535
Containers and packaging – 0.7%  
AptarGroup, Inc. 3,164 351,963
Avery Dennison Corp. 5,110 565,422
Ball Corp. 23,238 1,392,886
Berry Global Group, Inc. (A) 7,597 446,704
Crown Holdings, Inc. (A) 8,806 511,893
International Paper Company 33,700 1,577,497
Packaging Corp. of America 7,214 715,340
Sealed Air Corp. 11,752 547,878
Sonoco Products Company 1,418 89,419
WestRock Company 13,200 506,616
Metals and mining – 0.6%  
Alcoa Corp. (A) 10,888 290,492
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 97,247 1,197,111
Newmont Gold Corp. 30,859 958,481
Nucor Corp. 23,968 1,367,854
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company 5,407 497,228
Royal Gold, Inc. 563 49,015
Southern Copper Corp. 3,292 126,479
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 15,661 496,140
Real estate – 3.5% 32,413,034
Equity real estate investment trusts – 3.3%  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 4,356 620,251
American Campus Communities, Inc. 5,211 245,959
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A 8,808 211,216
American Tower Corp. 9,148 1,786,604
Apartment Investment & Management Company, Class A 7,256 358,156
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 6,123 1,230,294
Boston Properties, Inc. 7,041 968,982
Camden Property Trust 4,157 418,402
Crown Castle International Corp. 10,230 1,286,729
CubeSmart 1,772 56,545
CyrusOne, Inc. 984 54,799
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 8,214 966,870
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 6,055 249,405
Duke Realty Corp. 16,399 510,337
EPR Properties 710 55,991
Equinix, Inc. 2,145 975,332
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 3,564 415,919
Equity Residential 15,733 1,202,316
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 3,010 850,325
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 5,604 581,079
Federal Realty Investment Trust 3,312 443,311
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. 8,182 330,389
HCP, Inc. 21,197 631,247
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A 4,583 126,399
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Real estate (continued)  
Equity real estate investment trusts (continued)  
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 34,267 $659,297
Invitation Homes, Inc. 7,743 192,491
Iron Mountain, Inc. 12,325 400,316
Kilroy Realty Corp. 4,448 342,096
Kimco Realty Corp. 18,756 326,167
Lamar Advertising Company, Class A 3,521 291,081
Liberty Property Trust 6,795 337,304
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 3,554 62,053
MGM Growth Properties LLC, Class A 3,006 96,974
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 4,577 500,770
National Retail Properties, Inc. 6,634 349,081
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 8,411 297,665
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 6,391 205,023
Prologis, Inc. 16,718 1,281,769
Public Storage 3,556 786,516
Realty Income Corp. 12,507 875,615
Regency Centers Corp. 5,698 382,735
SBA Communications Corp. (A) 6,764 1,378,030
Simon Property Group, Inc. 6,763 1,174,733
SL Green Realty Corp. 4,529 400,092
STORE Capital Corp. 3,333 111,056
Sun Communities, Inc. 3,054 375,886
The Macerich Company 6,499 260,870
UDR, Inc. 12,331 554,278
Ventas, Inc. 14,913 911,333
VEREIT, Inc. 39,315 324,742
VICI Properties, Inc. 7,815 178,182
Vornado Realty Trust 8,135 562,454
Welltower, Inc. 14,802 1,103,193
Weyerhaeuser Company 45,299 1,214,013
WP Carey, Inc. 5,430 430,708
Real estate management and development – 0.2%  
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (A) 19,892 1,035,776
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 2,807 433,878
Utilities – 4.4% 40,845,848
Electric utilities – 2.4%  
Alliant Energy Corp. 14,989 707,930
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 24,113 2,062,867
Avangrid, Inc. 2,277 116,605
Duke Energy Corp. 17,602 1,603,894
Edison International 26,519 1,691,117
Entergy Corp. 15,401 1,492,357
Evergy, Inc. 14,900 861,518
Eversource Energy 21,444 1,536,677
Exelon Corp. 46,305 2,359,240
FirstEnergy Corp. 31,218 1,312,093
NextEra Energy, Inc. 10,116 1,966,955
OGE Energy Corp. 14,841 628,368
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 9,211 877,532
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Utilities (continued)  
Electric utilities (continued)  
PPL Corp. 43,501 $1,357,666
The Southern Company 30,855 1,642,103
Xcel Energy, Inc. 39,713 2,243,785
Gas utilities – 0.2%  
Atmos Energy Corp. 6,267 641,365
UGI Corp. 12,697 692,113
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
0.2%
 
AES Corp. 54,512 933,245
NRG Energy, Inc. 12,802 527,058
Vistra Energy Corp. 11,413 311,004
Multi-utilities – 1.5%  
Ameren Corp. 20,306 1,477,668
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 33,734 1,045,754
CMS Energy Corp. 18,619 1,034,285
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 21,971 1,893,021
Dominion Energy, Inc. 21,727 1,691,881
DTE Energy Company 13,174 1,656,104
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 9,031 236,161
NiSource, Inc. 28,748 798,619
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 29,460 1,757,289
Sempra Energy 7,524 962,696
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 17,897 1,403,662
Water utilities – 0.1%  
American Water Works Company, Inc. 10,004 1,082,333
Aqua America, Inc. 6,167 240,883
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 0.4% $4,260,052
(Cost $4,259,972)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 425,699 4,260,052
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $617,930
(Cost $617,930)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 617,930
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 617,930 617,930
Total investments (Multifactor Large Cap ETF) (Cost $820,786,795) 100.5% $926,196,752
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.5%)   (4,411,704)
Total net assets 100.0%   $921,785,048
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $22,742,244
(Cost $22,292,344)    
Industrials – 2.7% 626,929
Building products – 2.6%  
Masco Corp. 10,667 416,653
Trex Company, Inc. (A) 2,725 188,761
Electrical equipment – 0.1%  
GrafTech International, Ltd. 1,879 21,515
Information technology – 1.1% 253,804
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 1.1%  
Versum Materials, Inc. 4,864 253,804
Materials – 96.1% 21,861,511
Chemicals – 52.7%  
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 4,261 876,871
Albemarle Corp. 4,889 366,968
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 2,528 203,580
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd. (A) 9,356 252,425
Celanese Corp. 5,735 618,749
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 10,317 461,995
Dow, Inc. (A) 6,887 390,700
DowDuPont, Inc. 20,678 795,069
Eastman Chemical Company 7,291 575,114
FMC Corp. 5,318 420,441
Huntsman Corp. 11,461 254,893
Ingevity Corp. (A) 1,878 215,989
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 3,384 466,281
Linde PLC 7,694 1,386,923
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A 7,901 697,105
NewMarket Corp. 411 172,447
Olin Corp. 10,339 224,253
PPG Industries, Inc. 8,661 1,017,668
RPM International, Inc. 4,668 283,114
The Chemours Company 7,333 264,061
The Mosaic Company 18,429 481,181
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 1,944 165,279
The Sherwin-Williams Company 1,946 885,099
Valvoline, Inc. 7,078 130,943
W.R. Grace & Company 2,718 205,426
Westlake Chemical Corp. 2,525 176,119
Construction materials – 5.8%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2,719 603,346
Vulcan Materials Company 5,640 711,260
Containers and packaging – 20.2%  
AptarGroup, Inc. 2,735 304,241
Avery Dennison Corp. 3,594 397,676
Ball Corp. 13,165 789,110
Bemis Company, Inc. 4,529 260,055
Berry Global Group, Inc. (A) 7,281 428,123
Crown Holdings, Inc. (A) 6,295 365,928
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MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Materials (continued)  
Containers and packaging (continued)  
International Paper Company 20,157 $943,549
Packaging Corp. of America 5,291 524,656
Sealed Air Corp. 5,638 262,844
Sonoco Products Company 4,958 312,651
Metals and mining – 17.4%  
Alcoa Corp. (A) 11,241 299,910
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 65,115 801,566
Newmont Gold Corp. 23,582 732,457
Nucor Corp. 15,703 896,170
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company 4,040 371,518
Royal Gold, Inc. 2,314 201,457
Southern Copper Corp. 2,619 100,622
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 11,846 375,281
United States Steel Corp. 12,205 190,398
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $18,759
(Cost $18,759)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 18,759
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (B) 18,759 18,759
Total investments (Multifactor Materials ETF) (Cost $22,311,103) 100.0% $22,761,003
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.0%)   (6,798)
Total net assets 100.0%   $22,754,205
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $23,581,882
(Cost $23,525,998)    
Communication services – 91.6% 21,608,912
Diversified telecommunication services – 14.0%  
AT&T, Inc. 41,033 1,270,382
CenturyLink, Inc. 41,014 468,380
Verizon Communications, Inc. 23,232 1,328,638
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (A) 7,832 245,063
Entertainment – 23.0%  
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 8,900 429,069
Electronic Arts, Inc. (A) 3,293 311,682
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series A (A) 979 36,967
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series C (A) 6,230 241,786
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (A) 3,665 239,471
MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Entertainment (continued)  
Netflix, Inc. (A) 3,201 $1,186,099
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (A) 2,581 249,918
The Walt Disney Company 13,900 1,903,883
Viacom, Inc., Class A 534 18,503
Viacom, Inc., Class B 16,999 491,441
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A 1,424 119,402
Zynga, Inc., Class A (A) 36,030 203,930
Interactive media and services – 19.5%  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (A) 565 677,412
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (A) 620 736,858
ANGI Homeservices, Inc., Class A (A) 1,602 27,843
CarGurus, Inc. (A) 1,068 43,510
Facebook, Inc., Class A (A) 8,194 1,584,720
InterActiveCorp (A) 1,340 301,286
Match Group, Inc. 1,602 96,761
Snap, Inc., Class A (A) 9,063 100,962
TripAdvisor, Inc. (A) 2,492 132,649
Twitter, Inc. (A) 18,097 722,251
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (A) 1,513 50,247
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (A) 3,382 112,959
Media – 31.9%  
Altice USA, Inc., Class A 20,633 486,113
Cable One, Inc. 173 183,472
CBS Corp., Class B 10,413 533,875
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (A) 2,225 825,898
Comcast Corp., Class A 34,186 1,488,117
Discovery, Inc., Series A (A) 5,251 162,256
Discovery, Inc., Series C (A) 9,864 283,689
DISH Network Corp., Class A (A) 10,770 378,242
Fox Corp., Class A (A) 3,112 121,337
Fox Corp., Class B (A) 1,322 50,897
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (A) 3,115 185,716
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A (A) 812 79,893
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C (A) 3,289 324,657
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series A (A) 2,759 110,194
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series C (A) 5,251 210,880
News Corp., Class A 12,282 152,542
News Corp., Class B 3,916 48,911
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 3,204 375,028
Omnicom Group, Inc. 6,764 541,323
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. 49,113 285,347
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 17,889 411,447
The New York Times Company, Class A 3,827 126,865
Tribune Media Company, Class A 3,649 168,584
Wireless telecommunication services – 3.2%  
Sprint Corp. (A) 48,322 269,637
T-Mobile US, Inc. (A) 6,055 441,954
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MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Wireless telecommunication services (continued)  
United States Cellular Corp. (A) 623 $29,966
Consumer discretionary – 2.2% 522,820
Household durables – 0.3%  
Roku, Inc. (A) 1,157 73,574
Internet and direct marketing retail – 1.9%  
Etsy, Inc. (A) 2,047 138,254
Qurate Retail, Inc. (A) 18,240 310,992
Industrials – 2.3% 553,775
Professional services – 2.3%  
CoStar Group, Inc. (A) 626 310,653
Nielsen Holdings PLC 9,523 243,122
Information technology – 3.8% 896,375
Communications equipment – 1.2%  
EchoStar Corp., Class A (A) 1,424 56,746
ViaSat, Inc. (A) 2,492 226,323
IT services – 1.2%  
Alliance Data Systems Corp. 1,786 285,939
Software – 1.4%  
HubSpot, Inc. (A) 712 131,357
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (A) 885 196,010
Total investments (Multifactor Media And Communications ETF) (Cost $23,525,998) 99.9% $23,581,882
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.1%   14,738
Total net assets 100.0%   $23,596,620
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $1,029,067,322
(Cost $944,332,851)    
Communication services – 3.3% 34,022,188
Diversified telecommunication services – 0.3%  
CenturyLink, Inc. 139,897 1,597,624
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (A) 39,723 1,242,933
Entertainment – 0.9%  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 30,342 1,275,881
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series A (A) 2,621 98,969
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series C (A) 40,219 1,560,899
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (A) 21,733 1,420,034
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (A) 15,263 1,477,916
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Entertainment (continued)  
The Madison Square Garden Company, Class A (A) 4,634 $1,447,847
Viacom, Inc., Class A 725 25,121
Viacom, Inc., Class B 52,576 1,519,972
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A 5,154 432,163
Zynga, Inc., Class A (A) 76,206 431,326
Interactive media and services – 0.6%  
ANGI Homeservices, Inc., Class A (A) 6,720 116,794
CarGurus, Inc. (A)(B) 5,647 230,059
InterActiveCorp (A) 12,475 2,804,879
Match Group, Inc. (B) 8,913 538,345
TripAdvisor, Inc. (A) 19,728 1,050,121
Twitter, Inc. (A) 26,078 1,040,773
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (A) 6,010 199,592
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (A)(B) 13,677 456,812
Media – 1.5%  
Altice USA, Inc., Class A 35,890 845,568
Cable One, Inc. 760 806,003
Discovery, Inc., Series A (A) 17,851 551,596
Discovery, Inc., Series C (A) 32,414 932,227
DISH Network Corp., Class A (A) 20,697 726,879
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (A) 17,301 1,031,486
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A (A) 3,306 325,277
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C (A) 12,451 1,229,038
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series A (A) 16,190 646,629
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series C (A) 11,615 466,458
News Corp., Class A 90,849 1,128,345
News Corp., Class B 26,016 324,940
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 7,753 907,489
Omnicom Group, Inc. 29,817 2,386,255
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 101,760 2,340,480
The New York Times Company, Class A 12,231 405,458
Consumer discretionary – 11.8% 121,340,311
Auto components – 1.0%  
Aptiv PLC 21,631 1,853,777
Autoliv, Inc. 17,909 1,405,677
BorgWarner, Inc. 34,798 1,453,512
Gentex Corp. 66,159 1,523,642
Lear Corp. 17,445 2,494,635
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 83,884 1,611,412
Automobiles – 0.2%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 47,410 1,765,074
Distributors – 0.5%  
Genuine Parts Company 25,584 2,623,383
LKQ Corp. (A) 42,469 1,278,317
Pool Corp. 8,251 1,516,039
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Diversified consumer services – 0.7%  
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (A) 8,779 $1,125,029
Chegg, Inc. (A) 5,705 203,383
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (A) 7,492 868,248
H&R Block, Inc. 38,017 1,034,443
Service Corp. International 54,443 2,265,373
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (A) 30,561 1,498,406
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 2.1%  
Aramark 64,529 2,005,561
Caesars Entertainment Corp. (A) 8,216 76,902
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (A) 3,106 2,137,052
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (B) 4,163 345,696
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 22,048 2,592,845
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 5,735 1,551,776
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 19,642 1,465,882
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A 7,906 606,627
MGM Resorts International 66,567 1,772,679
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (A) 28,672 1,616,814
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (A) 9,674 732,322
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 13,759 730,465
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 9,525 514,445
Vail Resorts, Inc. 7,353 1,682,734
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 18,740 816,314
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 20,235 1,127,494
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 9,880 1,427,166
Household durables – 1.7%  
D.R. Horton, Inc. 54,991 2,436,651
Garmin, Ltd. 16,800 1,440,432
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 33,099 1,302,777
Lennar Corp., A Shares 39,234 2,041,345
Lennar Corp., B Shares 2,478 103,382
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (A) 9,436 1,285,655
NVR, Inc. (A) 776 2,446,324
PulteGroup, Inc. 72,678 2,286,450
Roku, Inc. (A) 4,795 304,914
Toll Brothers, Inc. 33,193 1,264,653
Whirlpool Corp. 15,373 2,134,080
Internet and direct marketing retail – 0.5%  
Etsy, Inc. (A) 12,161 821,354
Expedia Group, Inc. 13,305 1,727,521
GrubHub, Inc. (A) 11,455 765,079
Qurate Retail, Inc. (A) 90,108 1,536,341
Wayfair, Inc., Class A (A) 3,865 626,710
Leisure products – 0.5%  
Brunswick Corp. 20,612 1,055,541
Hasbro, Inc. 18,353 1,869,437
Mattel, Inc. (A)(B) 59,089 720,295
Polaris Industries, Inc. 11,913 1,148,413
Multiline retail – 1.0%  
Dollar Tree, Inc. (A) 33,576 3,736,337
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Multiline retail (continued)  
Kohl's Corp. 42,578 $3,027,296
Macy's, Inc. 84,870 1,997,840
Nordstrom, Inc. (B) 27,745 1,138,100
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (A) 5,112 488,912
Specialty retail – 2.3%  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 10,759 1,789,437
AutoZone, Inc. (A) 1,154 1,186,670
Best Buy Company, Inc. 46,164 3,435,063
Burlington Stores, Inc. (A) 12,525 2,115,598
CarMax, Inc. (A)(B) 32,350 2,518,771
Carvana Company (A)(B) 2,868 205,234
Five Below, Inc. (A) 7,539 1,103,634
Foot Locker, Inc. 29,016 1,660,005
L Brands, Inc. 15,947 408,881
The Gap, Inc. 55,061 1,435,991
Tiffany & Company 14,788 1,594,442
Tractor Supply Company 22,592 2,338,272
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (A) 9,029 3,150,940
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (B) 22,948 1,311,937
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 1.3%  
Capri Holdings, Ltd. (A) 29,559 1,302,961
Carter's, Inc. 12,181 1,290,090
Columbia Sportswear Company 5,736 573,428
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) 3,022 478,111
Hanesbrands, Inc. 82,037 1,482,409
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (A) 13,276 2,341,223
PVH Corp. 12,858 1,658,553
Ralph Lauren Corp. 10,496 1,381,064
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (A) 28,114 890,089
Tapestry, Inc. 33,891 1,093,663
Under Armour, Inc., Class A (A) 26,483 611,492
Under Armour, Inc., Class C (A) 26,708 553,390
Consumer staples – 3.2% 32,570,561
Beverages – 0.4%  
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A 1,726 90,270
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 40,548 2,160,803
Molson Coors Brewing Company, Class B 21,622 1,387,916
Food and staples retailing – 0.2%  
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 5,525 731,234
US Foods Holding Corp. (A) 50,494 1,845,556
Food products – 1.9%  
Bunge, Ltd. 23,026 1,206,793
Campbell Soup Company (B) 22,815 882,712
Conagra Brands, Inc. 69,869 2,150,568
Flowers Foods, Inc. 30,765 668,831
Hormel Foods Corp. (B) 23,334 931,960
Ingredion, Inc. 17,784 1,685,034
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 21,706 1,520,505
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer staples (continued)  
Food products (continued)  
Lancaster Colony Corp. 2,102 $312,588
McCormick & Company, Inc. 17,004 2,618,106
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (A) 16,578 446,114
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 17,646 1,990,116
Seaboard Corp. 61 274,230
The Hershey Company 22,671 2,830,474
The J.M. Smucker Company 15,817 1,939,639
Household products – 0.5%  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. 30,474 2,284,026
The Clorox Company 17,606 2,812,206
Personal products – 0.2%  
Coty, Inc., Class A 37,397 404,636
Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (A) 26,419 1,396,244
Energy – 3.3% 34,185,653
Energy equipment and services – 0.4%  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 30,554 1,788,020
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 41,376 1,081,569
TechnipFMC PLC 58,267 1,432,786
Transocean, Ltd. (A) 43,209 339,623
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 2.9%  
Apache Corp. 49,803 1,639,017
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 55,362 1,433,322
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (A) 20,920 1,346,202
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (A)(B) 75,629 220,080
Cimarex Energy Company 11,474 787,805
Concho Resources, Inc. 23,349 2,694,008
Continental Resources, Inc. (A) 8,269 380,291
Devon Energy Corp. 47,348 1,521,765
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 24,205 2,575,170
EnLink Midstream LLC 29,996 350,653
EQT Corp. 33,171 678,347
Equitrans Midstream Corp. 28,348 590,489
Hess Corp. 25,417 1,629,738
HollyFrontier Corp. 41,743 1,992,393
Marathon Oil Corp. 132,127 2,251,444
Murphy Oil Corp. 52,573 1,432,089
Noble Energy, Inc. 65,626 1,775,840
ONEOK, Inc. 37,228 2,528,898
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A (A) 38,674 771,933
Tallgrass Energy LP 15,527 374,822
Targa Resources Corp. 29,796 1,196,309
WPX Energy, Inc. (A) 98,851 1,373,040
Financials – 15.1% 155,432,518
Banks – 5.1%  
Associated Banc-Corp 23,948 543,380
Bank OZK 26,116 852,687
BOK Financial Corp. 6,085 530,247
CIT Group, Inc. 40,902 2,178,850
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Banks (continued)  
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 72,445 $2,622,509
Comerica, Inc. 29,658 2,330,822
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 27,211 1,644,361
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 12,668 1,288,209
East West Bancorp, Inc. 37,038 1,906,716
Fifth Third Bancorp 135,852 3,915,255
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 1,475 661,169
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 4,419 271,857
First Horizon National Corp. 59,633 899,862
First Republic Bank 24,117 2,547,238
FNB Corp. 46,207 560,491
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 192,777 2,683,456
IBERIABANK Corp. 9,779 777,431
KeyCorp 170,428 2,991,011
M&T Bank Corp. 14,888 2,532,002
PacWest Bancorp 29,845 1,180,370
People's United Financial, Inc. 75,641 1,307,833
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 12,349 717,106
Popular, Inc. 22,938 1,323,752
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 14,285 1,051,947
Regions Financial Corp. 198,138 3,077,083
Signature Bank 11,889 1,570,180
Sterling Bancorp 34,968 749,015
SVB Financial Group (A) 8,784 2,211,108
Synovus Financial Corp. 34,499 1,271,633
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 51,496 893,971
Webster Financial Corp. 19,457 1,033,750
Western Alliance Bancorp (A) 20,892 998,220
Wintrust Financial Corp. 10,671 813,130
Zions Bancorp NA 45,321 2,235,685
Capital markets – 3.1%  
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 8,996 997,836
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 20,553 3,016,564
Ares Management Corp., Class A 11,952 292,226
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 13,954 1,417,866
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 50,060 2,536,040
Eaton Vance Corp. 35,089 1,458,650
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 10,285 2,837,323
Franklin Resources, Inc. 26,979 933,204
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A 9,119 494,615
Invesco, Ltd. 56,623 1,244,007
Janus Henderson Group PLC 34,808 872,637
Lazard, Ltd., Class A 19,794 769,591
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 15,536 1,151,062
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 7,615 2,119,483
Morningstar, Inc. 2,837 406,968
MSCI, Inc. 12,497 2,816,574
Nasdaq, Inc. 20,358 1,877,008
Northern Trust Corp. 19,050 1,877,378
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Capital markets (continued)  
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 25,813 $2,363,696
SEI Investments Company 25,984 1,414,829
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 10,318 1,109,185
Consumer finance – 0.7%  
Ally Financial, Inc. 118,304 3,514,812
Credit Acceptance Corp. (A) 2,216 1,099,624
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 19,125 649,676
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 44,607 952,359
SLM Corp. 90,689 921,400
Diversified financial services – 0.4%  
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. 18,853 427,775
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 64,230 1,321,211
Voya Financial, Inc. 42,709 2,344,297
Insurance – 5.4%  
Alleghany Corp. (A) 3,153 2,071,143
American Financial Group, Inc. 22,088 2,286,771
Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (A) 54,398 1,837,564
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 29,743 2,487,110
Assurant, Inc. 14,803 1,406,285
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 33,580 1,601,766
Athene Holding, Ltd., Class A (A) 37,929 1,712,874
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 25,836 1,468,777
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (A) 10,566 441,553
Brown & Brown, Inc. 61,876 1,964,563
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 22,303 2,145,103
CNA Financial Corp. 4,712 218,307
Enstar Group, Ltd. (A) 929 164,675
Erie Indemnity Company, Class A 5,320 1,007,182
Everest Re Group, Ltd. 8,455 1,991,153
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 48,679 1,944,726
First American Financial Corp. 26,932 1,536,740
Kemper Corp. 7,402 665,292
Lincoln National Corp. 36,409 2,429,208
Loews Corp. 38,543 1,976,870
Markel Corp. (A) 1,701 1,822,639
Old Republic International Corp. 71,580 1,600,529
Primerica, Inc. 7,348 957,371
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 48,283 2,759,856
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 18,893 2,862,478
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 10,417 1,618,385
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 8,279 998,530
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 63,141 3,302,906
Torchmark Corp. 23,523 2,062,026
Unum Group 52,880 1,952,330
W.R. Berkley Corp. 23,290 1,427,677
Willis Towers Watson PLC 16,427 3,028,153
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 0.4%  
Essent Group, Ltd. (A) 7,596 360,430
MGIC Investment Corp. (A) 87,601 1,282,479
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Thrifts and mortgage finance (continued)  
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 113,838 $1,323,936
Radian Group, Inc. 48,284 1,130,811
TFS Financial Corp. 10,462 174,088
Health care – 11.1% 114,471,307
Biotechnology – 1.2%  
Alkermes PLC (A) 25,073 760,213
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 10,571 944,413
Array BioPharma, Inc. (A) 12,073 272,971
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 18,939 1,619,853
Bluebird Bio, Inc. (A) 7,488 1,062,023
Exact Sciences Corp. (A) 11,219 1,107,203
Exelixis, Inc. (A) 63,976 1,257,768
FibroGen, Inc. (A) 7,353 343,606
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 15,825 1,176,272
Moderna, Inc. (A)(B) 2,265 58,958
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (A) 11,035 797,168
Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 5,446 916,181
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 3,700 432,678
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (A) 10,511 712,436
United Therapeutics Corp. (A) 15,341 1,573,526
Health care equipment and supplies – 3.5%  
ABIOMED, Inc. (A) 6,032 1,673,337
Align Technology, Inc. (A) 12,023 3,903,628
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. 38,817 1,984,713
DexCom, Inc. (A) 9,509 1,151,255
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (A) 14,216 640,999
Haemonetics Corp. (A) 7,602 663,503
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 17,065 1,730,732
Hologic, Inc. (A) 56,667 2,628,215
ICU Medical, Inc. (A) 2,930 666,575
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (A) 12,431 2,883,992
Insulet Corp. (A) 6,141 529,661
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (A) 12,361 645,121
LivaNova PLC (A) 9,600 661,344
Masimo Corp. (A) 9,455 1,230,568
Novocure, Ltd. (A) 3,822 168,436
Penumbra, Inc. (A)(B) 2,989 402,021
ResMed, Inc. 23,818 2,489,219
STERIS PLC 17,186 2,251,022
Teleflex, Inc. 7,913 2,264,542
The Cooper Companies, Inc. 8,882 2,575,069
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (A) 18,439 2,510,839
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 16,911 2,093,413
Health care providers and services – 2.9%  
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 25,879 1,934,714
Cardinal Health, Inc. 41,768 2,034,519
Centene Corp. (A) 73,634 3,796,569
Chemed Corp. 2,809 917,925
Covetrus, Inc. (A) 11,752 386,288
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care providers and services (continued)  
DaVita, Inc. (A) 41,219 $2,276,938
Encompass Health Corp. 28,042 1,807,307
Guardant Health, Inc. (A)(B) 684 44,809
HealthEquity, Inc. (A) 6,277 425,267
Henry Schein, Inc. (A)(B) 34,879 2,234,349
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (A) 20,264 3,240,619
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (A) 13,104 1,698,672
Premier, Inc., Class A (A) 17,501 581,558
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 32,726 3,154,132
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B 22,925 2,908,495
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (A) 11,423 2,951,132
Health care technology – 0.7%  
Cerner Corp. (A) 49,804 3,309,476
Medidata Solutions, Inc. (A) 8,489 766,896
Teladoc Health, Inc. (A)(B) 7,107 404,246
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (A) 17,132 2,396,253
Life sciences tools and services – 2.1%  
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 34,891 2,738,944
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A) 5,396 1,623,818
Bio-Techne Corp. 7,802 1,596,211
Bruker Corp. 24,801 957,319
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (A) 13,297 1,867,830
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (A) 15,933 2,213,094
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (A) 4,596 3,425,215
PerkinElmer, Inc. 22,529 2,159,179
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (A) 11,804 1,142,863
Syneos Health, Inc. (A) 14,085 661,009
Waters Corp. (A) 13,870 2,961,800
Pharmaceuticals – 0.7%  
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)(B) 4,734 60,927
Catalent, Inc. (A) 36,648 1,642,563
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (A) 5,464 172,116
Horizon Pharma PLC (A) 16,687 426,019
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A) 16,727 2,170,663
Mylan NV (A) 57,983 1,564,961
Nektar Therapeutics (A) 13,931 446,071
Perrigo Company PLC 12,251 587,068
Industrials – 16.4% 168,598,781
Aerospace and defense – 2.4%  
Arconic, Inc. 82,858 1,779,790
BWX Technologies, Inc. 19,484 995,632
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 8,794 1,001,988
Harris Corp. 19,988 3,367,978
HEICO Corp. 5,876 620,094
HEICO Corp., Class A 9,063 810,504
Hexcel Corp. 23,270 1,645,422
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 9,831 2,188,184
L3 Technologies, Inc. 12,893 2,818,152
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Aerospace and defense (continued)  
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 20,110 $1,747,559
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (A) 7,433 1,847,175
Textron, Inc. 47,700 2,528,100
TransDigm Group, Inc. (A) 6,831 3,296,094
Air freight and logistics – 0.6%  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 25,708 2,082,348
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 32,138 2,552,400
XPO Logistics, Inc. (A)(B) 23,043 1,568,767
Airlines – 0.8%  
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 30,210 1,869,999
JetBlue Airways Corp. (A) 91,842 1,703,669
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (A) 55,544 4,935,640
Building products – 1.0%  
Allegion PLC 20,164 2,000,874
AO Smith Corp. 27,147 1,427,118
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 35,174 1,856,484
Lennox International, Inc. 5,333 1,447,643
Masco Corp. 35,050 1,369,053
Owens Corning 28,758 1,474,423
Trex Company, Inc. (A) 7,730 535,457
Commercial services and supplies – 1.3%  
ADT, Inc. (B) 29,897 197,021
Cintas Corp. 15,958 3,465,120
Copart, Inc. (A) 34,489 2,321,799
KAR Auction Services, Inc. 35,587 2,009,954
Republic Services, Inc. 48,197 3,991,676
Rollins, Inc. 24,482 946,719
Stericycle, Inc. (A) 12,736 743,655
Construction and engineering – 0.7%  
AECOM (A) 32,923 1,116,090
EMCOR Group, Inc. 11,352 955,157
Fluor Corp. 35,406 1,406,680
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 23,923 1,864,559
Quanta Services, Inc. 42,989 1,745,353
Electrical equipment – 1.3%  
Acuity Brands, Inc. 9,152 1,339,212
AMETEK, Inc. 39,345 3,469,049
GrafTech International, Ltd. 3,383 38,735
Hubbell, Inc. 16,816 2,145,722
nVent Electric PLC 32,782 916,257
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 19,872 3,591,069
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (A) 45,678 2,281,159
Industrial conglomerates – 0.2%  
Carlisle Companies, Inc. 15,407 2,178,858
Machinery – 4.4%  
AGCO Corp. 19,980 1,414,184
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 36,291 1,700,596
Crane Company 10,440 887,922
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Machinery (continued)  
Donaldson Company, Inc. 34,743 $1,860,140
Dover Corp. 30,339 2,974,436
Flowserve Corp. 30,073 1,474,479
Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. (A) 21,632 730,080
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC (A) 10,386 167,007
Graco, Inc. 35,853 1,837,466
IDEX Corp. 12,536 1,963,890
Ingersoll-Rand PLC 23,736 2,910,271
ITT, Inc. 16,836 1,019,420
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 13,573 1,184,516
Nordson Corp. 12,067 1,761,179
Oshkosh Corp. 18,233 1,505,863
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 23,643 4,281,274
Pentair PLC 33,091 1,290,218
Snap-on, Inc. 14,269 2,401,187
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 23,977 3,515,028
The Middleby Corp. (A) 12,574 1,661,403
The Toro Company 22,419 1,639,950
WABCO Holdings, Inc. (A) 12,843 1,700,927
Wabtec Corp. 19,187 1,421,181
Woodward, Inc. 11,506 1,253,003
Xylem, Inc. 29,642 2,472,143
Marine – 0.1%  
Kirby Corp. (A) 9,773 798,650
Professional services – 1.5%  
CoStar Group, Inc. (A) 4,136 2,052,490
Equifax, Inc. 20,444 2,574,922
Insperity, Inc. 5,344 638,929
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 18,295 1,757,052
Nielsen Holdings PLC 76,039 1,941,276
Robert Half International, Inc. 30,629 1,901,755
TransUnion 22,654 1,577,851
TriNet Group, Inc. (A) 4,767 297,175
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 18,987 2,679,825
Road and rail – 0.8%  
AMERCO 2,224 829,930
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (A) 12,439 1,102,717
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 16,023 1,513,853
Kansas City Southern 16,829 2,072,323
Landstar System, Inc. 8,543 930,845
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 10,844 1,618,792
Schneider National, Inc., Class B 13,509 282,338
Trading companies and distributors – 1.3%  
Air Lease Corp. 21,403 825,300
Fastenal Company 39,821 2,809,372
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (A) 43,623 1,993,135
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., Class A 11,447 957,542
United Rentals, Inc. (A) 19,508 2,749,067
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 8,852 2,496,264
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Trading companies and distributors (continued)  
Watsco, Inc. 6,154 $975,224
Information technology – 17.8% 183,936,729
Communications equipment – 1.3%  
Arista Networks, Inc. (A) 6,489 2,026,450
Ciena Corp. (A) 21,289 816,646
CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (A) 53,793 1,332,991
F5 Networks, Inc. (A) 15,793 2,477,922
Juniper Networks, Inc. 85,230 2,366,837
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 20,772 3,010,071
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (B) 4,053 690,834
ViaSat, Inc. (A) 6,474 587,969
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 2.8%  
Amphenol Corp., Class A 44,036 4,384,224
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (A) 32,386 2,736,941
Avnet, Inc. 34,467 1,675,441
CDW Corp. 31,728 3,350,477
Cognex Corp. 21,707 1,094,684
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 14,565 942,210
Flex, Ltd. (A) 141,791 1,565,361
FLIR Systems, Inc. 34,294 1,815,524
IPG Photonics Corp. (A) 7,182 1,254,911
Jabil, Inc. 56,635 1,710,943
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (A) 27,041 2,353,378
Littelfuse, Inc. 4,966 998,414
National Instruments Corp. 25,776 1,214,050
SYNNEX Corp. 7,440 802,627
Trimble, Inc. (A) 40,726 1,662,435
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (A) 9,123 1,926,230
IT services – 4.7%  
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (A) 36,681 2,936,681
Alliance Data Systems Corp. 11,618 1,860,042
Amdocs, Ltd. 39,423 2,171,419
Black Knight, Inc. (A) 27,181 1,533,552
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 29,429 1,744,845
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 21,272 2,512,861
CACI International, Inc., Class A (A) 5,117 997,508
EPAM Systems, Inc. (A) 10,300 1,847,408
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (A) 11,404 1,709,346
First Data Corp., Class A (A) 55,522 1,435,799
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A) 11,589 3,024,150
Gartner, Inc. (A) 13,637 2,167,874
Genpact, Ltd. 42,196 1,531,715
Global Payments, Inc. 22,949 3,352,160
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (A) 17,404 1,418,426
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 12,712 1,894,851
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 37,129 2,728,239
MAXIMUS, Inc. 17,463 1,286,150
MongoDB, Inc. (A)(B) 1,794 252,810
Okta, Inc. (A) 7,359 765,557
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
IT services (continued)  
Sabre Corp. 64,679 $1,342,736
Science Applications International Corp. 7,668 574,717
The Western Union Company 74,869 1,455,453
Total System Services, Inc. 28,606 2,924,677
Twilio, Inc., Class A (A) 6,256 857,948
VeriSign, Inc. (A) 12,748 2,517,093
WEX, Inc. (A) 9,176 1,929,713
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 3.2%  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (A) 63,953 1,767,021
Cree, Inc. (A) 15,047 994,456
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 83,929 1,441,900
Entegris, Inc. 31,308 1,279,245
First Solar, Inc. (A) 20,595 1,267,210
KLA-Tencor Corp. 17,867 2,277,685
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 112,701 2,819,779
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 50,284 3,017,040
Microchip Technology, Inc. (B) 31,371 3,133,649
MKS Instruments, Inc. 12,978 1,181,128
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 6,662 1,037,340
ON Semiconductor Corp. (A) 123,690 2,852,291
Qorvo, Inc. (A) 29,716 2,246,827
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 32,707 2,884,103
Teradyne, Inc. 56,139 2,750,811
Universal Display Corp. (B) 5,548 885,461
Versum Materials, Inc. 14,446 753,792
Software – 4.7%  
2U, Inc. (A)(B) 7,413 448,487
Alteryx, Inc., Class A (A) 2,017 178,787
Anaplan, Inc. (A) 939 36,968
ANSYS, Inc. (A) 15,122 2,960,888
Aspen Technology, Inc. (A) 12,891 1,571,542
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (A) 8,057 887,479
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (A) 46,911 3,254,685
CDK Global, Inc. 28,128 1,696,681
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (A) 3,093 164,393
Citrix Systems, Inc. 25,096 2,533,692
Coupa Software, Inc. (A) 2,905 300,174
DocuSign, Inc. (A) 6,913 391,760
Dropbox, Inc., Class A (A) 6,991 170,441
Elastic NV (A)(B) 427 36,530
Fair Isaac Corp. (A) 7,293 2,040,217
Fortinet, Inc. (A) 20,723 1,935,943
Guidewire Software, Inc. (A) 14,084 1,499,946
HubSpot, Inc. (A) 3,099 571,735
LogMeIn, Inc. 9,310 767,144
New Relic, Inc. (A) 3,402 358,026
Nuance Communications, Inc. (A) 63,269 1,064,817
Nutanix, Inc., Class A (A) 12,383 534,822
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (A) 6,164 1,533,788
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software (continued)  
Paycom Software, Inc. (A) 7,604 $1,540,038
Paylocity Holding Corp. (A) 2,200 212,410
Pegasystems, Inc. 5,127 384,576
Pivotal Software, Inc., Class A (A) 6,791 147,365
Pluralsight, Inc., Class A (A) 2,439 86,560
Proofpoint, Inc. (A) 6,148 771,082
PTC, Inc. (A) 17,174 1,553,732
RealPage, Inc. (A) 11,896 775,738
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (A) 6,417 746,746
SolarWinds Corp. (A) 2,932 57,321
Splunk, Inc. (A) 14,480 1,998,819
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 41,013 2,774,940
Symantec Corp. 93,870 2,272,593
Synopsys, Inc. (A) 29,762 3,603,583
Tableau Software, Inc., Class A (A) 9,098 1,108,227
Teradata Corp. (A) 35,672 1,622,006
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (A) 4,271 945,941
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (A) 7,007 1,624,993
Zendesk, Inc. (A) 10,164 892,196
Zscaler, Inc. (A) 3,127 213,605
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 1.1%  
NetApp, Inc. 50,494 3,678,488
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (A) 23,464 536,387
Seagate Technology PLC 53,450 2,582,704
Western Digital Corp. 56,156 2,870,695
Xerox Corp. 55,036 1,836,001
Materials – 5.9% 60,809,833
Chemicals – 2.3%  
Albemarle Corp. (B) 18,660 1,400,620
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 15,863 1,277,447
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd. (A) 50,045 1,350,214
Celanese Corp. 23,460 2,531,099
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 42,250 1,891,955
Eastman Chemical Company 25,796 2,034,788
FMC Corp. 19,991 1,580,488
Huntsman Corp. 59,165 1,315,830
Ingevity Corp. (A) 4,394 505,354
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (B) 12,077 1,664,090
NewMarket Corp. 2,164 907,971
Olin Corp. 41,932 909,505
RPM International, Inc. 32,389 1,964,393
The Chemours Company 23,455 844,615
The Mosaic Company 46,811 1,222,235
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (B) 4,368 371,367
W.R. Grace & Company 15,041 1,136,799
Westlake Chemical Corp. 7,935 553,466
Construction materials – 0.5%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 9,133 2,026,613
Vulcan Materials Company 21,697 2,736,209
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Materials (continued)  
Containers and packaging – 2.0%  
AptarGroup, Inc. 16,750 $1,863,270
Avery Dennison Corp. 17,409 1,926,306
Ball Corp. 48,615 2,913,983
Bemis Company, Inc. 25,002 1,435,615
Berry Global Group, Inc. (A) 30,793 1,810,628
Crown Holdings, Inc. (A) 29,485 1,713,963
International Paper Company 31,072 1,454,480
Packaging Corp. of America 24,400 2,419,504
Sealed Air Corp. 37,907 1,767,224
Sonoco Products Company 34,544 2,178,345
WestRock Company 30,776 1,181,183
Metals and mining – 1.1%  
Alcoa Corp. (A) 49,098 1,309,935
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 85,487 1,052,345
Newmont Gold Corp. 63,043 1,958,116
Nucor Corp. 42,597 2,431,011
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company 19,199 1,765,540
Royal Gold, Inc. 11,099 966,279
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 58,338 1,848,148
United States Steel Corp. 37,750 588,900
Real estate – 6.2% 64,047,300
Equity real estate investment trusts – 5.7%  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 11,118 1,583,092
American Campus Communities, Inc. 20,963 989,454
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A 36,566 876,853
Americold Realty Trust 7,427 237,738
Apartment Investment & Management Company, Class A 25,378 1,252,658
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. 43,501 777,798
Camden Property Trust 14,548 1,464,256
CoreSite Realty Corp. 5,234 572,652
CubeSmart 28,274 902,223
CyrusOne, Inc. 14,777 822,931
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 17,558 2,066,752
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 24,566 1,011,874
Duke Realty Corp. 50,329 1,566,238
EPR Properties 10,878 857,839
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 11,983 1,398,416
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 6,190 1,748,675
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 15,992 1,658,210
Federal Realty Investment Trust 9,851 1,318,556
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. 30,481 1,230,823
HCP, Inc. 37,835 1,126,726
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A 28,871 796,262
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 15,822 705,345
Hospitality Properties Trust 25,269 656,994
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 69,685 1,340,739
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 22,713 791,775
Invitation Homes, Inc. 26,200 651,332
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Real estate (continued)  
Equity real estate investment trusts (continued)  
Iron Mountain, Inc. 38,109 $1,237,780
JBG SMITH Properties 8,995 382,737
Kilroy Realty Corp. 15,529 1,194,335
Kimco Realty Corp. 59,380 1,032,618
Lamar Advertising Company, Class A 16,214 1,340,411
Liberty Property Trust 23,090 1,146,188
Life Storage, Inc. 3,590 342,091
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 53,941 941,810
MGM Growth Properties LLC, Class A 11,579 373,539
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 11,638 1,273,314
National Retail Properties, Inc. 24,215 1,274,193
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 30,851 1,091,817
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 26,608 853,585
Realty Income Corp. 24,359 1,705,374
Regency Centers Corp. 15,235 1,023,335
SBA Communications Corp. (A) 15,657 3,189,801
SL Green Realty Corp. 11,950 1,055,663
STORE Capital Corp. 28,056 934,826
Sun Communities, Inc. 11,300 1,390,804
The Macerich Company 16,664 668,893
UDR, Inc. 36,464 1,639,057
VEREIT, Inc. 140,670 1,161,934
VICI Properties, Inc. 44,685 1,018,818
Vornado Realty Trust 12,602 871,302
Weyerhaeuser Company 83,238 2,230,778
WP Carey, Inc. 16,192 1,284,349
Real estate management and development – 0.5%  
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (A) 47,680 2,482,698
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 10,450 1,615,257
The Howard Hughes Corp. (A) 7,962 883,782
Utilities – 5.8% 59,652,141
Electric utilities – 2.5%  
Alliant Energy Corp. 41,500 1,960,045
Avangrid, Inc. 6,735 344,899
Entergy Corp. 32,417 3,141,207
Evergy, Inc. 50,410 2,914,706
Eversource Energy 40,468 2,899,937
FirstEnergy Corp. 81,096 3,408,465
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 5,229 216,899
IDACORP, Inc. 9,149 905,934
OGE Energy Corp. 52,458 2,221,072
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 26,621 2,536,183
Portland General Electric Company 17,496 915,216
Xcel Energy, Inc. 78,974 4,462,031
Gas utilities – 0.7%  
Atmos Energy Corp. 20,776 2,126,216
National Fuel Gas Company 16,497 976,787
New Jersey Resources Corp. 7,484 374,799
ONE Gas, Inc. 6,197 548,558
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Utilities (continued)  
Gas utilities (continued)  
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 7,890 $656,369
UGI Corp. 47,778 2,604,379
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
0.5%
 
AES Corp. 126,255 2,161,486
NRG Energy, Inc. 41,593 1,712,384
Vistra Energy Corp. 38,922 1,060,625
Multi-utilities – 1.7%  
Ameren Corp. 42,286 3,077,152
Black Hills Corp. 7,810 568,256
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 77,073 2,389,263
CMS Energy Corp. 47,201 2,622,016
DTE Energy Company 26,576 3,340,869
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 46,834 1,224,709
NiSource, Inc. 63,114 1,753,307
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 34,312 2,691,090
Water utilities – 0.4%  
American Water Works Company, Inc. 25,097 2,715,244
Aqua America, Inc. 28,726 1,122,038
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 1.1% $11,926,516
(Cost $11,926,285)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 1,191,794 11,926,516
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $992,402
(Cost $992,402)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 992,402
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 992,402 992,402
Total investments (Multifactor Mid Cap ETF) (Cost $957,251,538) 101.1% $1,041,986,240
Other assets and liabilities, net (1.1%)   (11,792,628)
Total net assets 100.0%   $1,030,193,612
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 100.0%   $438,636,186
(Cost $425,674,740)    
Communication services – 3.8% 16,808,641
Diversified telecommunication services – 0.2%  
Intelsat SA (A)(B) 23,207 469,710
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Diversified telecommunication services (continued)  
Vonage Holdings Corp. (A) 46,635 $453,292
Entertainment – 0.7%  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 33,039 1,389,290
Zynga, Inc., Class A (A) 274,767 1,555,181
Interactive media and services – 0.4%  
CarGurus, Inc. (A)(B) 20,849 849,388
Yelp, Inc. (A) 24,887 996,973
Media – 2.2%  
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (A) 14,877 868,966
Cable One, Inc. 1,471 1,560,040
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A 15,947 736,432
Meredith Corp. 11,437 674,783
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 13,403 1,568,821
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A 22,120 1,012,875
TEGNA, Inc. 57,156 909,924
The New York Times Company, Class A 39,324 1,303,591
Tribune Media Company, Class A 25,064 1,157,957
Wireless telecommunication services – 0.3%  
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. 34,487 1,099,446
United States Cellular Corp. (A) 4,199 201,972
Consumer discretionary – 11.3% 49,398,591
Auto components – 1.0%  
Dana, Inc. 54,083 1,054,619
Dorman Products, Inc. (A) 8,907 780,877
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 68,993 1,325,356
Veoneer, Inc. (A)(B) 25,057 553,008
Visteon Corp. (A) 12,709 839,048
Automobiles – 0.1%  
Thor Industries, Inc. 4,057 267,235
Diversified consumer services – 1.5%  
Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (A) 17,066 841,695
Chegg, Inc. (A) 28,727 1,024,118
frontdoor, Inc. (A) 18,918 666,670
Graham Holdings Company, Class B 1,391 1,034,111
H&R Block, Inc. 61,220 1,665,796
Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (A) 28,814 453,532
Strategic Education, Inc. 5,975 856,516
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 3.5%  
Boyd Gaming Corp. 26,847 772,657
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (B) 11,104 922,076
Churchill Downs, Inc. 13,033 1,314,378
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (B) 7,704 1,299,973
Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (A) 15,271 753,929
Extended Stay America, Inc. 58,210 1,042,541
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (A) 28,715 920,029
International Game Technology PLC (B) 28,155 411,908
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 11,647 1,230,273
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (A) 33,301 721,633
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Hotels, restaurants and leisure (continued)  
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Class A 22,594 $609,586
Scientific Games Corp. (A) 19,073 441,158
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 21,256 1,128,481
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 20,633 1,114,388
The Wendy's Company 79,828 1,485,599
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 28,891 1,258,492
Household durables – 0.7%  
Helen of Troy, Ltd. (A) 8,861 1,275,984
iRobot Corp. (A)(B) 8,130 841,780
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (A) 13,957 856,960
Internet and direct marketing retail – 0.2%  
Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Series A (A) 16,211 752,515
Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 11,320 301,678
Leisure products – 0.5%  
Brunswick Corp. 25,452 1,303,397
Mattel, Inc. (A)(B) 68,958 840,598
Specialty retail – 2.3%  
Aaron's, Inc. 20,069 1,117,643
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 57,376 1,364,401
AutoNation, Inc. (A) 17,537 735,326
Designer Brands, Inc. 14,329 318,820
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 22,418 829,466
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 11,248 540,129
Murphy USA, Inc. (A) 11,632 994,187
National Vision Holdings, Inc. (A) 18,848 508,896
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. 15,984 733,985
RH (A)(B) 5,636 601,418
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (A) 28,183 837,881
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (B) 23,927 1,367,907
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 1.5%  
Carter's, Inc. 13,488 1,428,514
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) 9,582 1,515,968
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (A) 29,790 943,151
Steven Madden, Ltd. 32,816 1,192,862
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 38,181 1,405,443
Consumer staples – 3.6% 15,646,131
Beverages – 0.2%  
National Beverage Corp. (B) 3,745 209,720
The Boston Beer Company, Inc., Class A (A) 2,663 825,557
Food and staples retailing – 1.0%  
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (A) 24,586 697,013
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 11,430 1,512,761
Performance Food Group Company (A) 31,557 1,292,259
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (A) 37,718 807,920
Food products – 1.7%  
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (A) 51,375 1,120,489
Flowers Foods, Inc. 56,920 1,237,441
J&J Snack Foods Corp. 4,529 711,868
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer staples (continued)  
Food products (continued)  
Lancaster Colony Corp. 7,873 $1,170,794
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (A) 18,024 485,026
Sanderson Farms, Inc. 6,378 967,096
Seaboard Corp. 105 472,036
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (A) 16,542 1,107,983
Household products – 0.4%  
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 20,652 989,024
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (B) 9,642 593,658
Personal products – 0.3%  
Edgewell Personal Care Company (A) 15,175 625,665
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A 16,116 819,821
Energy – 3.3% 14,443,706
Energy equipment and services – 1.0%  
Apergy Corp. (A) 23,467 931,405
Cactus, Inc., Class A (A) 10,787 391,568
Core Laboratories NV 13,046 826,986
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 58,556 795,776
RPC, Inc. (B) 19,973 205,522
Transocean, Ltd. (A) 134,211 1,054,898
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 2.3%  
Antero Midstream Corp. 22,346 272,845
Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (A) 31,998 336,939
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (A)(B) 372,083 1,082,762
CVR Energy, Inc. 9,012 411,037
Delek US Holdings, Inc. 23,941 887,253
EnLink Midstream LLC 17,633 206,130
Equitrans Midstream Corp. 62,629 1,304,562
Kosmos Energy, Ltd. 70,979 474,850
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. (A)(B) 32,774 431,961
Murphy Oil Corp. 46,756 1,273,633
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A 33,651 1,130,001
PDC Energy, Inc. (A) 17,353 754,682
Peabody Energy Corp. 22,037 634,004
Range Resources Corp. 62,702 566,826
Southwestern Energy Company (A) 119,004 470,066
Financials – 19.4% 85,081,780
Banks – 10.1%  
Associated Banc-Corp 59,838 1,357,724
BancorpSouth Bank 29,479 898,520
Bank of Hawaii Corp. 16,215 1,335,792
Bank OZK 25,125 820,331
BankUnited, Inc. 31,520 1,153,002
Cadence Bancorp 39,339 894,962
Cathay General Bancorp 23,931 880,421
Chemical Financial Corp. 21,389 939,619
CIT Group, Inc. 4,143 220,698
Columbia Banking System, Inc. 22,124 830,535
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Banks (continued)  
Community Bank System, Inc. 15,457 $1,027,272
CVB Financial Corp. 33,789 733,221
Fifth Third Bancorp 36,661 1,056,570
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 2,388 1,070,421
First Financial Bancorp 30,059 754,481
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 19,082 1,173,925
First Hawaiian, Inc. 40,893 1,130,691
First Horizon National Corp. 7,867 118,713
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A 7,277 307,526
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 30,130 646,891
FNB Corp. 97,712 1,185,247
Fulton Financial Corp. 73,087 1,260,751
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 25,533 1,087,450
Hancock Whitney Corp. 30,451 1,331,927
Home BancShares, Inc. 45,536 873,836
IBERIABANK Corp. 16,617 1,321,052
International Bancshares Corp. 16,762 695,120
Investors Bancorp, Inc. 93,904 1,103,372
Old National Bancorp 47,709 814,870
PacWest Bancorp 35,815 1,416,483
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 22,265 1,292,929
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 17,867 1,315,726
Simmons First National Corp., Class A 23,189 588,769
South State Corp. 10,992 831,655
Sterling Bancorp 62,331 1,335,130
TCF Financial Corp. 52,984 1,172,536
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (A) 14,388 931,335
UMB Financial Corp. 13,486 942,132
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 68,530 1,189,681
Union Bankshares Corp. 22,112 807,088
United Bankshares, Inc. 31,004 1,216,597
Valley National Bancorp 94,546 990,842
WesBanco, Inc. 11,252 453,681
Western Alliance Bancorp (A) 29,609 1,414,718
Wintrust Financial Corp. 17,093 1,302,487
Capital markets – 2.9%  
Ares Management Corp., Class A 15,615 381,787
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A 71,521 386,213
Eaton Vance Corp. 34,689 1,442,022
Evercore, Inc., Class A 12,649 1,232,392
Federated Investors, Inc., Class B 28,702 882,012
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A 4,774 233,258
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. 10,416 513,717
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A 21,430 1,162,363
Janus Henderson Group PLC 54,908 1,376,544
Lazard, Ltd., Class A 36,639 1,424,524
Legg Mason, Inc. 34,655 1,159,210
Moelis & Company, Class A 13,741 562,694
PJT Partners, Inc., Class A 6,154 265,360
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Capital markets (continued)  
Stifel Financial Corp. 21,884 $1,305,818
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A (B) 13,844 340,286
Consumer finance – 1.3%  
FirstCash, Inc. 13,911 1,358,826
Green Dot Corp., Class A (A) 14,729 939,268
Navient Corp. 77,802 1,051,105
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 24,306 825,675
SLM Corp. 129,820 1,318,971
Insurance – 3.6%  
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company 26,890 790,835
American National Insurance Company 3,283 371,931
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 32,769 1,563,081
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 25,737 1,463,148
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (A) 30,974 1,294,403
Enstar Group, Ltd. (A) 3,336 591,339
Kemper Corp. 13,939 1,252,837
Mercury General Corp. 9,598 516,180
National General Holdings Corp. 19,980 492,507
Primerica, Inc. 15,788 2,057,019
RLI Corp. 15,569 1,266,227
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 17,855 1,273,240
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 15,443 1,862,580
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. 1,274 1,196,337
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 1.5%  
Essent Group, Ltd. (A) 26,607 1,262,502
LendingTree, Inc. (A)(B) 2,490 958,202
MGIC Investment Corp. (A) 106,866 1,564,518
Radian Group, Inc. 63,917 1,496,936
TFS Financial Corp. 16,992 282,747
Washington Federal, Inc. 34,292 1,136,437
Health care – 8.2% 36,207,037
Biotechnology – 1.6%  
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)(B) 15,194 849,648
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 6,577 196,981
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (A) 12,744 658,610
FibroGen, Inc. (A) 22,398 1,046,659
Genomic Health, Inc. (A) 6,387 410,876
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 15,659 867,509
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 37,656 607,391
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)(B) 6,137 772,341
Repligen Corp. (A) 10,344 696,979
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 15,414 1,017,324
Health care equipment and supplies – 2.7%  
Cantel Medical Corp. 11,651 803,220
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (A) 23,137 1,043,247
Haemonetics Corp. (A) 15,686 1,369,074
Inogen, Inc. (A)(B) 5,354 467,404
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care equipment and supplies (continued)  
Integer Holdings Corp. (A) 8,464 $584,778
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (A) 21,494 1,121,772
LivaNova PLC (A) 14,039 967,147
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (A) 15,923 894,554
Neogen Corp. (A) 15,349 931,070
NuVasive, Inc. (A) 15,711 952,087
Penumbra, Inc. (A)(B) 8,998 1,210,231
Quidel Corp. (A) 9,676 618,683
Wright Medical Group NV (A) 35,405 1,046,914
Health care providers and services – 2.2%  
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (A)(B) 21,354 683,755
Amedisys, Inc. (A) 8,270 1,057,071
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (A) 14,462 752,892
Chemed Corp. 5,004 1,635,207
Covetrus, Inc. (A) 32,665 1,073,699
HealthEquity, Inc. (A) 15,312 1,037,388
LHC Group, Inc. (A) 8,453 939,213
MEDNAX, Inc. (A) 20,336 568,798
Premier, Inc., Class A (A) 19,055 633,198
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (A) 29,844 653,584
The Ensign Group, Inc. 14,773 761,105
Health care technology – 1.0%  
HMS Holdings Corp. (A) 25,117 764,310
Medidata Solutions, Inc. (A) 18,231 1,646,989
Omnicell, Inc. (A) 12,141 975,651
Teladoc Health, Inc. (A)(B) 18,422 1,047,843
Life sciences tools and services – 0.2%  
Syneos Health, Inc. (A) 18,009 845,162
Pharmaceuticals – 0.5%  
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)(B) 26,877 345,907
Endo International PLC (A) 40,861 306,458
Horizon Pharma PLC (A) 52,656 1,344,308
Industrials – 15.9% 69,783,214
Aerospace and defense – 0.9%  
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (A) 21,421 725,315
BWX Technologies, Inc. 28,555 1,459,161
Mercury Systems, Inc. (A) 14,430 1,053,679
Moog, Inc., Class A 9,939 930,688
Airlines – 0.7%  
Copa Holdings SA, Class A 9,502 791,137
SkyWest, Inc. 16,543 1,018,883
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (A) 21,561 1,172,487
Building products – 0.9%  
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 14,246 1,234,701
Resideo Technologies, Inc. (A) 37,369 848,276
Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. 12,223 778,361
Trex Company, Inc. (A) 17,527 1,214,095
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Commercial services and supplies – 1.9%  
Cimpress NV (A) 7,031 $635,602
Clean Harbors, Inc. (A) 16,616 1,262,816
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (B) 22,894 774,962
MSA Safety, Inc. 11,192 1,230,113
Stericycle, Inc. (A) 23,627 1,379,581
Tetra Tech, Inc. 16,625 1,075,970
The Brink's Company 15,060 1,203,746
UniFirst Corp. 4,795 758,233
Construction and engineering – 1.8%  
AECOM (A) 46,400 1,572,960
EMCOR Group, Inc. 22,652 1,905,939
KBR, Inc. 42,552 945,505
MasTec, Inc. (A) 19,786 1,002,161
Quanta Services, Inc. 33,551 1,362,171
Valmont Industries, Inc. 7,151 964,241
Electrical equipment – 1.2%  
EnerSys 16,856 1,166,267
Generac Holdings, Inc. (A) 20,847 1,146,377
GrafTech International, Ltd. 21,413 245,179
nVent Electric PLC 50,391 1,408,428
Regal Beloit Corp. 15,330 1,304,276
Machinery – 3.8%  
AGCO Corp. 12,975 918,371
Barnes Group, Inc. 15,493 861,721
Chart Industries, Inc. (A) 8,273 730,258
Colfax Corp. (A) 27,205 820,775
Crane Company 1,669 141,948
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC (A) 17,137 275,563
Hillenbrand, Inc. 18,970 816,089
ITT, Inc. 32,147 1,946,501
John Bean Technologies Corp. 9,535 1,046,848
Kennametal, Inc. 24,846 1,011,232
Navistar International Corp. (A) 15,225 519,782
Oshkosh Corp. 14,639 1,209,035
Proto Labs, Inc. (A) 7,903 867,670
RBC Bearings, Inc. (A) 7,381 1,015,257
Rexnord Corp. (A) 32,175 920,205
Terex Corp. 30,312 1,010,299
The Timken Company 22,064 1,057,969
Trinity Industries, Inc. 42,009 905,714
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A 8,340 713,821
Marine – 0.4%  
Kirby Corp. (A) 18,974 1,550,555
Professional services – 1.3%  
ASGN, Inc. (A) 15,712 990,484
Exponent, Inc. 15,527 879,139
FTI Consulting, Inc. (A) 11,316 961,634
Insperity, Inc. 10,916 1,305,117
Korn Ferry 16,088 756,458
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Professional services (continued)  
TriNet Group, Inc. (A) 13,671 $852,250
Road and rail – 1.4%  
Avis Budget Group, Inc. (A) 21,779 774,243
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (A) 18,832 1,669,457
Landstar System, Inc. 14,953 1,629,279
Ryder System, Inc. 16,210 1,021,230
Schneider National, Inc., Class B 20,384 426,026
Werner Enterprises, Inc. 13,879 464,947
Trading companies and distributors – 1.4%  
Air Lease Corp. 31,242 1,204,692
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (A) 19,486 733,843
GATX Corp. 11,540 890,080
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., Class A 13,843 1,157,967
Triton International, Ltd. 15,113 497,973
Univar, Inc. (A) 32,378 723,001
WESCO International, Inc. (A) 16,182 926,258
Transportation infrastructure – 0.2%  
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. 24,888 1,008,213
Information technology – 12.9% 56,638,661
Communications equipment – 1.2%  
EchoStar Corp., Class A (A) 9,979 397,663
Finisar Corp. (A) 35,019 844,308
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (A) 22,955 1,422,521
ViaSat, Inc. (A) 17,477 1,587,261
Viavi Solutions, Inc. (A) 67,640 899,612
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 2.8%  
Avnet, Inc. 32,119 1,561,305
AVX Corp. 17,692 288,557
Belden, Inc. 16,686 926,907
Coherent, Inc. (A) 7,104 1,051,463
II-VI, Inc. (A) 18,532 738,315
Jabil, Inc. 46,929 1,417,725
Littelfuse, Inc. 7,532 1,514,309
Novanta, Inc. (A) 10,036 873,333
Rogers Corp. (A) 5,507 922,533
SYNNEX Corp. 8,005 863,579
Tech Data Corp. (A) 14,017 1,494,352
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 41,672 825,522
IT services – 1.9%  
CACI International, Inc., Class A (A) 7,497 1,461,465
Conduent, Inc. (A) 54,813 703,251
CoreLogic, Inc. (A) 31,240 1,268,656
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (A) 19,389 1,130,960
MAXIMUS, Inc. 23,569 1,735,857
Perspecta, Inc. 44,538 1,027,937
Science Applications International Corp. 15,898 1,191,555
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 2.2%  
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. 8,775 1,107,844
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (continued)  
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (A) 18,697 $889,603
Entegris, Inc. 42,333 1,729,726
MKS Instruments, Inc. 16,175 1,472,087
Semtech Corp. (A) 19,650 1,058,546
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (A) 15,441 1,662,378
Versum Materials, Inc. 33,676 1,757,214
Software – 4.2%  
2U, Inc. (A)(B) 17,548 1,061,654
ACI Worldwide, Inc. (A) 35,124 1,247,604
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (A) 10,511 745,020
Alteryx, Inc., Class A (A) 10,739 951,905
Anaplan, Inc. (A) 4,855 191,141
Appfolio, Inc., Class A (A) 2,659 258,215
Blackbaud, Inc. 14,916 1,182,690
Cloudera, Inc. (A) 59,881 666,476
Envestnet, Inc. (A) 13,742 975,545
FireEye, Inc. (A) 58,077 930,394
j2 Global, Inc. 17,016 1,490,942
LogMeIn, Inc. 2,142 176,501
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (A) 20,206 1,362,895
Mimecast, Ltd. (A) 12,275 632,285
Nuance Communications, Inc. (A) 89,100 1,499,553
Paylocity Holding Corp. (A) 9,757 942,038
Pegasystems, Inc. 12,246 918,572
Pluralsight, Inc., Class A (A) 12,380 439,366
Qualys, Inc. (A) 9,877 891,498
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (A) 8,159 345,370
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (A)(B) 6,890 247,351
Verint Systems, Inc. (A) 19,694 1,189,321
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 0.6%  
NCR Corp. (A) 35,184 1,018,577
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (A) 63,316 1,447,404
Materials – 6.0% 26,375,206
Chemicals – 3.6%  
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 18,840 1,517,185
Balchem Corp. 9,556 970,030
Cabot Corp. 22,609 1,025,996
Element Solutions, Inc. (A) 69,392 753,597
HB Fuller Company 17,413 852,715
Ingevity Corp. (A) 12,594 1,448,436
NewMarket Corp. 2,863 1,201,258
Olin Corp. 51,639 1,120,050
PolyOne Corp. 31,079 859,024
Quaker Chemical Corp. 3,978 890,356
Sensient Technologies Corp. 17,136 1,201,576
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 12,398 1,054,078
Valvoline, Inc. 59,461 1,100,029
W.R. Grace & Company 20,694 1,564,053
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Materials (continued)  
Construction materials – 0.3%  
Eagle Materials, Inc. 15,187 $1,380,650
Containers and packaging – 1.1%  
Ardagh Group SA 5,763 79,990
Bemis Company, Inc. 27,546 1,581,691
Graphic Packaging Holding Company 92,973 1,290,465
Owens-Illinois, Inc. 48,325 954,902
Silgan Holdings, Inc. 31,759 950,864
Metals and mining – 0.5%  
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (A)(B) 37,927 945,141
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (B) 86,088 860,019
United States Steel Corp. 36,871 575,188
Paper and forest products – 0.5%  
Domtar Corp. 21,793 1,065,678
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 45,199 1,132,235
Real estate – 10.7% 46,774,271
Equity real estate investment trusts – 10.1%  
Americold Realty Trust 29,232 935,716
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. 66,422 1,092,642
Brandywine Realty Trust 56,237 865,487
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. 91,132 1,629,440
Colony Capital, Inc. 147,102 756,104
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. 41,138 934,244
CoreCivic, Inc. 34,212 711,952
CoreSite Realty Corp. 10,982 1,201,541
Corporate Office Properties Trust 33,844 943,571
Cousins Properties, Inc. 130,040 1,244,483
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 10,977 1,255,000
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 50,159 775,458
Equity Commonwealth 39,060 1,242,108
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 38,086 1,343,293
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 38,157 1,178,288
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 31,521 1,405,206
Hospitality Properties Trust 52,165 1,356,290
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 34,892 1,216,335
JBG SMITH Properties 35,313 1,502,568
Life Storage, Inc. 14,107 1,344,256
National Health Investors, Inc. 12,905 973,424
Outfront Media, Inc. 42,447 1,011,512
Paramount Group, Inc. 63,759 923,868
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 39,329 1,280,552
Physicians Realty Trust 55,604 1,004,208
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 51,937 1,081,328
PotlatchDeltic Corp. 19,042 736,164
PS Business Parks, Inc. 6,922 1,063,358
Rayonier, Inc. 38,945 1,238,062
Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A 79,659 979,009
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. 29,387 1,113,473
RLJ Lodging Trust 54,016 994,435
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Real estate (continued)  
Equity real estate investment trusts (continued)  
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 16,841 $1,340,544
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 55,555 1,086,656
Senior Housing Properties Trust 78,879 633,398
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. 27,215 1,101,119
STAG Industrial, Inc. 34,352 988,651
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. 69,289 997,762
Taubman Centers, Inc. 19,155 944,342
The GEO Group, Inc. 36,491 730,550
Weingarten Realty Investors 37,508 1,085,482
Real estate management and development – 0.6%  
Cushman & Wakefield PLC (A) 15,747 309,271
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. 39,442 849,581
Newmark Group, Inc., Class A 5,045 42,983
The Howard Hughes Corp. (A) 11,987 1,330,557
Utilities – 4.9% 21,478,948
Electric utilities – 1.8%  
ALLETE, Inc. 15,978 1,301,408
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 42,825 1,776,381
IDACORP, Inc. 18,532 1,835,039
PNM Resources, Inc. 26,917 1,250,025
Portland General Electric Company 33,145 1,733,815
Gas utilities – 1.8%  
National Fuel Gas Company 22,817 1,350,995
New Jersey Resources Corp. 30,165 1,510,663
ONE Gas, Inc. 15,980 1,414,550
South Jersey Industries, Inc. 27,401 880,120
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 18,746 1,559,480
Spire, Inc. 15,308 1,288,781
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
0.4%
 
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A 10,790 165,842
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C 22,562 358,059
Ormat Technologies, Inc. 13,028 760,314
TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A 18,089 245,287
Multi-utilities – 0.7%  
Avista Corp. 21,121 911,160
Black Hills Corp. 17,988 1,308,807
NorthWestern Corp. 15,091 1,054,106
Water utilities – 0.2%  
American States Water Company 10,877 774,116
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 3.9% $17,290,805
(Cost $17,290,515)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 1,727,836 17,290,805
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $349,055
(Cost $349,055)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 349,055
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 349,055 349,055
Total investments (Multifactor Small Cap ETF) (Cost $443,314,310) 104.0% $456,276,046
Other assets and liabilities, net (4.0%)   (17,342,976)
Total net assets 100.0%   $438,933,070
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 100.0%   $61,765,356
(Cost $54,728,264)    
Health care – 0.8% 493,206
Health care technology – 0.8%  
Medidata Solutions, Inc. (A) 1,708 154,301
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (A) 2,423 338,905
Industrials – 1.4% 858,413
Professional services – 1.4%  
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 6,082 858,413
Information technology – 97.8% 60,413,737
Communications equipment – 8.3%  
Arista Networks, Inc. (A) 979 305,732
Ciena Corp. (A) 5,779 221,682
Cisco Systems, Inc. 52,993 2,964,958
CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (A) 6,660 165,035
F5 Networks, Inc. (A) 2,133 334,668
Juniper Networks, Inc. 11,484 318,911
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,272 78,826
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 4,364 632,387
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (B) 687 117,099
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 4.8%  
CDW Corp. 4,872 514,483
Corning, Inc. 25,903 825,011
FLIR Systems, Inc. 5,686 301,017
Jabil, Inc. 9,322 281,618
Littelfuse, Inc. 1,041 209,293
National Instruments Corp. 4,685 220,664
SYNNEX Corp. 1,822 196,557
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Electronic equipment, instruments and
components (continued)
 
Trimble, Inc. (A) 10,548 $430,569
IT services – 15.6%  
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (A) 5,390 431,523
Amdocs, Ltd. 4,331 238,551
Black Knight, Inc. (A) 5,970 336,827
CACI International, Inc., Class A (A) 916 178,565
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 8,413 613,812
DXC Technology Company 8,158 536,307
EPAM Systems, Inc. (A) 1,338 239,984
First Data Corp., Class A (A) 24,142 624,312
Fiserv, Inc. (A) 8,216 716,764
Genpact, Ltd. 5,739 208,326
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (A) 3,889 316,954
IBM Corp. 9,859 1,382,922
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 3,021 450,310
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 4,640 340,947
MAXIMUS, Inc. 3,214 236,711
MongoDB, Inc. (A)(B) 712 100,335
Okta, Inc. (A) 1,942 202,026
Science Applications International Corp. 2,229 167,064
Square, Inc., Class A (A) 3,002 218,606
Total System Services, Inc. 7,129 728,869
Twilio, Inc., Class A (A) 3,262 447,351
VeriSign, Inc. (A) 2,868 566,287
WEX, Inc. (A) 1,808 380,222
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 28.2%  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (A) 21,433 592,194
Analog Devices, Inc. 6,135 713,132
Applied Materials, Inc. 11,766 518,528
Broadcom, Inc. 5,432 1,729,549
Cree, Inc. (A) 3,785 250,151
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 8,675 149,037
Entegris, Inc. 4,688 191,552
Intel Corp. 64,492 3,291,672
KLA-Tencor Corp. 5,724 729,696
Lam Research Corp. 4,967 1,030,305
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 14,819 370,771
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 12,001 720,060
Microchip Technology, Inc. (B) 8,222 821,296
Micron Technology, Inc. (A) 23,468 987,064
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 966 150,416
NVIDIA Corp. 4,138 748,978
ON Semiconductor Corp. (A) 15,066 347,422
Qorvo, Inc. (A) 4,140 313,025
QUALCOMM, Inc. 13,116 1,129,681
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 5,783 509,945
Teradyne, Inc. 7,177 351,673
Texas Instruments, Inc. 10,225 1,204,812
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MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (continued)  
Universal Display Corp. (B) 989 $157,844
Xilinx, Inc. 3,186 382,766
Software – 29.0%  
2U, Inc. (A) 907 54,874
Adobe, Inc. (A) 3,659 1,058,366
Alteryx, Inc., Class A (A) 816 72,330
Anaplan, Inc. (A) 416 16,378
ANSYS, Inc. (A) 2,496 488,717
Aspen Technology, Inc. (A) 1,751 213,464
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (A) 2,187 240,898
Autodesk, Inc. (A) 2,007 357,667
Blackbaud, Inc. 1,240 98,320
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (A) 6,623 459,504
CDK Global, Inc. 3,217 194,049
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (A) 910 48,367
Citrix Systems, Inc. 4,390 443,214
Cloudera, Inc. (A) 4,936 54,938
Coupa Software, Inc. (A) 1,107 114,386
DocuSign, Inc. (A) 2,552 144,622
Dropbox, Inc., Class A (A) 3,701 90,230
Elastic NV (A)(B) 199 17,024
Fortinet, Inc. (A) 2,639 246,535
Guidewire Software, Inc. (A) 2,537 270,191
j2 Global, Inc. 1,977 173,225
LogMeIn, Inc. 1,308 107,779
Microsoft Corp. 30,486 3,981,472
New Relic, Inc. (A) 859 90,401
Nuance Communications, Inc. (A) 9,809 165,085
Nutanix, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 2,780 120,068
Oracle Corp. 34,725 1,921,334
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (A) 1,803 448,640
Pegasystems, Inc. 1,071 80,336
Pivotal Software, Inc., Class A (A) 2,303 49,975
Pluralsight, Inc., Class A (A) 1,029 36,519
Proofpoint, Inc. (A) 1,078 135,203
PTC, Inc. (A) 3,021 273,310
RealPage, Inc. (A) 2,386 155,591
Red Hat, Inc. (A) 2,221 405,399
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (A) 1,396 162,453
salesforce.com, Inc. (A) 7,258 1,200,110
ServiceNow, Inc. (A) 1,654 449,078
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (A) 646 27,345
SolarWinds Corp. (A) 1,017 19,882
Splunk, Inc. (A) 2,857 394,380
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 7,907 534,988
Symantec Corp. 13,663 330,781
Synopsys, Inc. (A) 5,116 619,445
Tableau Software, Inc., Class A (A) 1,428 173,945
Teradata Corp. (A) 3,714 168,876
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software (continued)  
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (A) 1,159 $268,784
VMware, Inc., Class A 859 175,348
Workday, Inc., Class A (A) 1,379 283,564
Zendesk, Inc. (A) 2,156 189,254
Zscaler, Inc. (A) 1,094 74,731
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 11.9%  
Apple, Inc. 19,709 3,955,002
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (A) 3,518 237,148
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 48,038 759,481
HP, Inc. 19,844 395,888
NetApp, Inc. 8,279 603,125
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (A) 6,476 148,041
Seagate Technology PLC 9,054 437,489
Western Digital Corp. 10,047 513,603
Xerox Corp. 8,661 288,931
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL – 1.0% $595,033
(Cost $595,027)    
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 2.5189% (C)(D) 59,460 595,033
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $84,834
(Cost $84,834)    
Money market funds – 0.1% 84,834
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (C) 84,834 84,834
Total investments (Multifactor Technology ETF) (Cost $55,408,125) 101.1% $62,445,223
Other assets and liabilities, net (1.1%)   (657,364)
Total net assets 100.0%   $61,787,859
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-19.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF

As of 4-30-19
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $29,431,041
(Cost $27,414,694)    
Utilities – 99.9% 29,431,041
Electric utilities – 57.1%  
ALLETE, Inc. 1,973 160,701
Alliant Energy Corp. 10,671 503,991
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 13,038 1,115,401
Avangrid, Inc. 3,018 154,552
Duke Energy Corp. 10,586 964,596
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MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Utilities (continued)  
Electric utilities (continued)  
Edison International 17,251 $1,100,096
Entergy Corp. 11,563 1,120,455
Evergy, Inc. 12,969 749,868
Eversource Energy 16,752 1,200,448
Exelon Corp. 33,674 1,715,690
FirstEnergy Corp. 23,164 973,583
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 6,682 277,169
IDACORP, Inc. 1,722 170,512
NextEra Energy, Inc. 4,689 911,729
OGE Energy Corp. 6,704 283,847
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 7,062 672,797
Portland General Electric Company 5,385 281,689
PPL Corp. 49,347 1,540,120
The Southern Company 27,331 1,454,556
Xcel Energy, Inc. 26,206 1,480,639
Gas utilities – 5.8%  
Atmos Energy Corp. 4,632 474,039
New Jersey Resources Corp. 2,120 106,170
ONE Gas, Inc. 2,469 218,556
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 3,201 266,291
Spire, Inc. 1,943 163,581
UGI Corp. 8,857 482,795
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
4.5%
 
AES Corp. 29,721 508,824
NRG Energy, Inc. 10,239 421,540
Vistra Energy Corp. 13,898 378,721
Multi-utilities – 29.3%  
Ameren Corp. 14,539 1,058,003
Black Hills Corp. 3,221 234,360
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 21,282 659,742
CMS Energy Corp. 12,308 683,709
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 15,974 1,376,320
Dominion Energy, Inc. 10,066 783,839
DTE Energy Company 8,633 1,085,254
NiSource, Inc. 15,087 419,117
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 13,383 798,296
Sempra Energy 4,336 554,791
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 12,490 979,591
Water utilities – 3.2%  
American Water Works Company, Inc. 6,812 736,990
Aqua America, Inc. 5,327 208,073
MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.2%   $69,219
(Cost $69,219)    
Money market funds – 0.2% 69,219
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.3673% (A) 69,219 69,219
Total investments (Multifactor Utilities ETF) (Cost $27,483,913) 100.1% $29,500,260
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.1%)   (33,349)
Total net assets 100.0%   $29,466,911
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-19.
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Financial statements  
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-19

  Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF Multifactor Developed International ETF Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Assets        
Unaffiliated investments, at value $42,190,882 $28,869,615 $508,242,650 $815,952,102
Affiliated investments, at value 1,156,793 216,306 30,501,151 4,188,357
Total investments, at value 43,347,675 29,085,921 538,743,801 820,140,459
Foreign currency, at value 938,146 2,131,839
Dividends and interest receivable 25,523 42,206 2,839,962 763,937
Receivable for fund shares sold 674,586 2,587,297
Receivable for securities lending income 328 109 20,797 4,475
Other assets 7,701 7,594 10,749 39,170
Total assets 44,055,813 29,135,830 542,553,455 825,667,177
Liabilities        
Payable for investments purchased 673,565 16,781 3,395,618
Payable upon return of securities loaned 1,157,527 216,307 30,498,866 4,187,533
Payable to affiliates        
Investment management fees 5,058 846 139,957 267,565
Accounting and legal services fees 2,513 1,690 30,048 43,594
Transfer agent fees 5,001 5,001 5,000 2,084
Trustees' fees 25 18 313 492
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 50,478 49,671 95,314 188,070
Total liabilities 1,894,167 273,533 30,786,279 8,084,956
Net assets $42,161,646 $28,862,297 $511,767,176 $817,582,221
Net assets consist of        
Paid-in capital $41,608,042 $28,145,006 $475,566,537 $775,727,726
Total distributable earnings (loss) 553,604 717,291 36,200,639 41,854,495
Net assets $42,161,646 $28,862,297 $511,767,176 $817,582,221
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $38,701,293 $27,695,583 $475,014,873 $774,575,479
Affiliated investments, at cost $1,156,784 $216,302 $30,500,680 $4,188,295
Foreign currency, at cost $943,994 $2,158,631
Securities loaned, at value $1,127,293 $213,221 $29,086,028 $3,943,781
Net asset value per share        
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.        
Net assets $42,161,646 $28,862,297 $511,767,176 $817,582,221
Shares outstanding 1,250,000 1,030,000 17,800,000 31,600,000
Net asset value per share $33.73 $28.02 $28.75 $25.87
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-19

Continued
  Multifactor Energy ETF Multifactor Financials ETF Multifactor Healthcare ETF Multifactor Industrials ETF
Assets        
Unaffiliated investments, at value $26,244,469 $47,654,777 $53,686,684 $32,213,739
Affiliated investments, at value 637,469 257,948
Total investments, at value 26,244,469 47,654,777 54,324,153 32,471,687
Dividends and interest receivable 45,741 34,413 33,919 13,188
Receivable for securities lending income 241 53
Receivable from affiliates 616
Other assets 7,488 8,118 7,920 7,670
Total assets 26,298,314 47,697,308 54,366,233 32,492,598
Liabilities        
Payable upon return of securities loaned 637,395 257,916
Payable to affiliates        
Investment management fees 8,005 7,068 1,700
Accounting and legal services fees 1,397 3,202 3,807 1,705
Transfer agent fees 5,001 5,001 5,001 5,001
Trustees' fees 14 35 40 18
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 49,593 53,840 51,412 49,747
Total liabilities 56,005 70,083 704,723 316,087
Net assets $26,242,309 $47,627,225 $53,661,510 $32,176,511
Net assets consist of        
Paid-in capital $30,804,414 $45,518,431 $53,959,873 $30,954,629
Total distributable earnings (loss) (4,562,105) 2,108,794 (298,363) 1,221,882
Net assets $26,242,309 $47,627,225 $53,661,510 $32,176,511
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $28,665,650 $44,846,952 $53,018,300 $29,551,518
Affiliated investments, at cost $637,453 $257,944
Securities loaned, at value $620,870 $253,396
Net asset value per share        
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.        
Net assets $26,242,309 $47,627,225 $53,661,510 $32,176,511
Shares outstanding 980,000 1,250,000 1,610,000 860,000
Net asset value per share $26.78 $38.10 $33.33 $37.41
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-19

Continued
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF Multifactor Materials ETF Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
Assets        
Unaffiliated investments, at value $921,936,700 $22,761,003 $23,581,882 $1,030,059,724
Affiliated investments, at value 4,260,052 11,926,516
Total investments, at value 926,196,752 22,761,003 23,581,882 1,041,986,240
Cash 4,139
Dividends and interest receivable 702,771 41,319 6,452 606,968
Receivable for fund shares sold 650,120 19,247,455 2,744,743
Receivable for securities lending income 1,274 4,214
Receivable from affiliates 969 13,067
Other assets 18,319 7,614 22,214 14,980
Total assets 926,919,116 23,461,025 42,875,209 1,045,357,145
Liabilities        
Payable for investments purchased 465,284 650,628 19,235,621 2,744,033
Payable upon return of securities loaned 4,260,564 11,924,894
Payable to affiliates        
Investment management fees 207,216 306,993
Accounting and legal services fees 68,833 1,288 142 57,450
Transfer agent fees 5,001 5,001 5,001
Trustees' fees 543 13 2 593
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 126,627 49,890 42,824 124,569
Total liabilities 5,134,068 706,820 19,278,589 15,163,533
Net assets $921,785,048 $22,754,205 $23,596,620 $1,030,193,612
Net assets consist of        
Paid-in capital $817,534,622 $23,116,652 $23,535,114 $958,349,127
Total distributable earnings (loss) 104,250,426 (362,447) 61,506 71,844,485
Net assets $921,785,048 $22,754,205 $23,596,620 $1,030,193,612
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $816,526,823 $22,311,103 $23,525,998 $945,325,253
Affiliated investments, at cost $4,259,972 $11,926,285
Securities loaned, at value $4,176,838 $11,695,983
Net asset value per share        
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.        
Net assets $921,785,048 $22,754,205 $23,596,620 $1,030,193,612
Shares outstanding 24,275,000 700,000 890,000 28,150,000
Net asset value per share $37.97 $32.51 $26.51 $36.60
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-19

Continued
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF Multifactor Technology ETF Multifactor Utilities ETF
Assets      
Unaffiliated investments, at value $438,985,241 $61,850,190 $29,500,260
Affiliated investments, at value 17,290,805 595,033
Total investments, at value 456,276,046 62,445,223 29,500,260
Dividends and interest receivable 178,875 472 16,485
Receivable for securities lending income 4,479 171
Other assets 4,877 8,200 7,674
Total assets 456,464,277 62,454,066 29,524,419
Liabilities      
Payable upon return of securities loaned 17,284,657 595,043
Payable to affiliates      
Investment management fees 150,137 9,497 885
Accounting and legal services fees 24,312 3,892 1,842
Transfer agent fees 5,016 5,001 5,001
Trustees' fees 258 42 19
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 66,827 52,732 49,761
Total liabilities 17,531,207 666,207 57,508
Net assets $438,933,070 $61,787,859 $29,466,911
Net assets consist of      
Paid-in capital $437,626,111 $56,008,632 $28,214,439
Total distributable earnings (loss) 1,306,959 5,779,227 1,252,472
Net assets $438,933,070 $61,787,859 $29,466,911
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $426,023,795 $54,813,098 $27,483,913
Affiliated investments, at cost $17,290,515 $595,027
Securities loaned, at value $16,660,738 $589,016
Net asset value per share      
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.      
Net assets $438,933,070 $61,787,859 $29,466,911
Shares outstanding 16,325,000 1,220,000 930,000
Net asset value per share $26.89 $50.65 $31.68
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-19

  Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF Multifactor Developed International ETF Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF1
Investment income        
Dividends $698,072 $872,440 $8,630,012 $4,014,842
Securities lending 9,220 1,844 53,565 13,966
Interest 1,844 1,291 14,801 22,131
Non-cash dividends 504,061 94,030
Less foreign taxes withheld (101) (741,423) (572,187)
Total investment income 709,035 875,575 8,461,016 3,572,782
Expenses        
Investment management fees 184,966 112,082 1,020,950 1,364,968
Accounting and legal services fees 8,919 5,406 45,372 51,866
Transfer agent fees 10,934 10,934 9,959 2,084
Trustees' fees 843 569 3,319 2,541
Custodian fees 58,124 62,181 89,707 149,709
Printing and postage 15,144 14,201 23,193 27,632
Professional fees 17,941 17,685 24,544 46,066
Stock exchange listing fees 7,566 6,234 7,773 3,995
Other 10,114 10,131 13,665 9,243
Total expenses 314,551 239,423 1,238,482 1,658,104
Less expense reductions (111,912) (116,847) (216,473) (367,699)
Net expenses 202,639 122,576 1,022,009 1,290,405
Net investment income 506,396 752,999 7,439,007 2,282,377
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)        
Net realized gain (loss) on        
Unaffiliated investments (2,279,160) (429,475) (2,775,551) (1,398,977)
Affiliated investments 224 254 2,516 762
Futures contracts 332,437 144,833
Redemptions in kind 5,742,107 (79,452) 3,654,912 1,286,885
  3,463,171 (508,673) 1,214,314 33,503
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of        
Unaffiliated investments 201,229 2,552,539 29,077,868 41,340,842
Affiliated investments (109) (27) 192 62
  201,120 2,552,512 29,078,060 41,340,904
Net realized and unrealized gain 3,664,291 2,043,839 30,292,374 41,374,407
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations $4,170,687 $2,796,838 $37,731,381 $43,656,784
    
1 Period from 9-27-18 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-19

Continued
    
  Multifactor Energy ETF Multifactor Financials ETF Multifactor Healthcare ETF Multifactor Industrials ETF
Investment income        
Dividends $664,665 $1,228,680 $1,533,413 $565,839
Securities lending 2,441 900 876 698
Interest 1,624 2,169 2,297 1,566
Non-cash dividends 12,904
Less foreign taxes withheld (539) (301) (5)
Total investment income 668,191 1,231,448 1,536,586 581,002
Expenses        
Investment management fees 131,661 259,076 247,339 114,593
Accounting and legal services fees 6,426 12,347 12,051 5,548
Transfer agent fees 10,934 10,934 10,934 10,934
Trustees' fees 688 1,124 1,058 565
Custodian fees 62,194 58,243 58,256 62,173
Printing and postage 14,880 16,841 15,428 14,380
Professional fees 19,261 21,226 19,900 17,208
Stock exchange listing fees 6,234 7,566 7,567 6,234
Other 10,162 9,671 10,355 10,187
Total expenses 262,440 397,028 382,888 241,822
Less expense reductions (117,758) (112,957) (112,606) (116,412)
Net expenses 144,682 284,071 270,282 125,410
Net investment income 523,509 947,377 1,266,304 455,592
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)        
Net realized gain (loss) on        
Unaffiliated investments (1,255,929) (596,919) (1,399,144) (1,363,406)
Affiliated investments 126 92 57 28
Futures contracts 167 2,205
Redemptions in kind 905,473 7,920,032 5,492,348 5,088,933
  (350,163) 7,325,410 4,093,261 3,725,555
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of        
Unaffiliated investments (5,089,713) (6,337,111) (1,351,877) (1,124,573)
Affiliated investments (44) (13) 16 4
  (5,089,757) (6,337,124) (1,351,861) (1,124,569)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (5,439,920) 988,286 2,741,400 2,600,986
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations $(4,916,411) $1,935,663 $4,007,704 $3,056,578
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-19

Continued
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF Multifactor Materials ETF Multifactor Media and Communications ETF1 Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
Investment income        
Dividends $14,699,679 $462,949 $8,101 $12,354,326
Securities lending 24,157 57,852
Interest 12,286 1,417 8 15,710
Non-cash dividends 157,221 34,689
Less foreign taxes withheld (39) (3,128)
Total investment income 14,893,304 464,366 8,109 12,459,449
Expenses        
Investment management fees 1,862,786 92,494 1,819 2,431,375
Accounting and legal services fees 149,992 4,445 142 132,838
Transfer agent fees 10,934 10,934 10,934
Trustees' fees 9,579 510 2 9,070
Custodian fees 116,911 62,137 2,511 112,739
Printing and postage 49,361 13,561 6,371 54,108
Professional fees 39,996 17,914 15,027 40,207
Stock exchange listing fees 7,567 6,234 921 7,567
Other 20,142 9,856 510 18,446
Total expenses 2,267,268 218,085 27,303 2,817,284
Less expense reductions (48,914) (116,785) (25,388) (47,732)
Net expenses 2,218,354 101,300 1,915 2,769,552
Net investment income 12,674,950 363,066 6,194 9,689,897
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)        
Net realized gain (loss) on        
Unaffiliated investments (4,320,484) (638,284) (775) (12,800,094)
Affiliated investments 1,607 5,650
Futures contracts (66,295) 36,333
Redemptions in kind 13,820,906 2,072,301 26,432,504
  9,435,734 1,434,017 (775) 13,674,393
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of        
Unaffiliated investments 56,144,684 (2,749,386) 55,884 54,960,446
Affiliated investments (187) (344)
  56,144,497 (2,749,386) 55,884 54,960,102
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 65,580,231 (1,315,369) 55,109 68,634,495
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations $78,255,181 $(952,303) $61,303 $78,324,392
    
1 Period from 3-12-19 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-19

Continued
    
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF Multifactor Technology ETF Multifactor Utilities ETF
Investment income      
Dividends $3,462,377 $934,391 $951,084
Securities lending 38,943 8,062
Interest 5,344 2,525 1,139
Non-cash dividends 38,062
Less foreign taxes withheld (4,836)
Total investment income 3,539,890 944,978 952,223
Expenses      
Investment management fees 1,085,190 284,302 121,597
Accounting and legal services fees 44,052 13,807 5,937
Transfer agent fees 10,739 10,934 10,934
Trustees' fees 3,006 1,218 609
Custodian fees 53,171 58,297 62,217
Printing and postage 38,487 16,825 14,455
Professional fees 50,065 19,967 18,025
Stock exchange listing fees 5,749 7,567 6,234
Other 14,419 10,954 9,879
Total expenses 1,304,878 423,871 249,887
Less expense reductions (219,644) (112,471) (117,055)
Net expenses 1,085,234 311,400 132,832
Net investment income 2,454,656 633,578 819,391
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)      
Net realized gain (loss) on      
Unaffiliated investments (12,358,517) (1,432,179) (721,587)
Affiliated investments 6,111 498
Futures contracts 14,165 11,865
Redemptions in kind 9,859,261 13,777,313 2,283,248
  (2,478,980) 12,357,497 1,561,661
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of      
Unaffiliated investments 12,756,915 (2,473,529) 2,100,834
Affiliated investments 196 (88)
  12,757,111 (2,473,617) 2,100,834
Net realized and unrealized gain 10,278,131 9,883,880 3,662,495
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations $12,732,787 $10,517,458 $4,481,886
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

  Multifactor Consumer
Discretionary ETF
Multifactor Consumer
Staples ETF
Multifactor Developed
International ETF
  Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $506,396 $411,603 $752,999 $444,178 $7,439,007 $1,323,027
Net realized gain (loss) 3,463,171 2,437,099 (508,673) (12,270) 1,214,314 3,845,804
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 201,120 664,033 2,552,512 (1,421,700) 29,078,060 1,853,059
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 4,170,687 3,512,735 2,796,838 (989,792) 37,731,381 7,021,890
Distributions to shareholders            
From net investment income and net realized gain (530,221) (726,880) (2,179,880)
From net investment income (353,350) (374,081) (1,088,858)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 29,178,495 21,733,939 28,284,271 18,068,125 442,661,741 50,277,139
Shares repurchased (37,248,356) (9,151,532) (23,801,043) (11,604,592) (33,948,220) (21,315,427)
Total from fund share transactions (8,069,861) 12,582,407 4,483,228 6,463,533 408,713,521 28,961,712
Total increase (decrease) (4,429,395) 15,741,792 6,553,186 5,099,660 444,265,022 34,894,744
Net assets            
Beginning of year 46,591,041 30,849,249 22,309,111 17,209,451 67,502,154 32,607,410
End of year $42,161,646 $46,591,041 $28,862,297 $22,309,111 $511,767,176 $67,502,154
Undistributed net investment income (a) $140,612 (a) $156,588 (a) $633,024
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 1,520,000 1,100,000 880,000 650,000 2,200,000 1,200,000
Shares issued 930,000 720,000 1,060,000 670,000 16,800,000 1,700,000
Shares repurchased (1,200,000) (300,000) (910,000) (440,000) (1,200,000) (700,000)
End of year 1,250,000 1,520,000 1,030,000 880,000 17,800,000 2,200,000
    
(a) Not applicable for April 30, 2019. The SEC eliminated the requirement to disclose undistributed net investment income in the current reporting period.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
    
  Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF Multifactor Energy ETF Multifactor Financials ETF
  Period ended
4-30-191
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Increase (decrease) in net assets          
From operations          
Net investment income $2,282,377 $523,509 $514,843 $947,377 $704,427
Net realized gain (loss) 33,503 (350,163) 15,665 7,325,410 3,227,923
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 41,340,904 (5,089,757) 2,661,687 (6,337,124) 4,211,461
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 43,656,784 (4,916,411) 3,192,195 1,935,663 8,143,811
Distributions to shareholders          
From net investment income and net realized gain (587,064) (528,622) (931,038)
From net investment income (451,108) (574,205)
From fund share transactions          
Shares issued 789,649,435 13,102,633 32,824,093 12,405,246 28,800,846
Shares repurchased (15,136,934) (18,450,941) (14,984,090) (34,334,702) (10,319,798)
Total from fund share transactions 774,512,501 (5,348,308) 17,840,003 (21,929,456) 18,481,048
Total increase (decrease) 817,582,221 (10,793,341) 20,581,090 (20,924,831) 26,050,654
Net assets          
Beginning of year 37,035,650 16,454,560 68,552,056 42,501,402
End of year $817,582,221 $26,242,309 $37,035,650 $47,627,225 $68,552,056
Undistributed net investment income (a) (a) $137,479 (a) $261,518
Share activity          
Shares outstanding          
Beginning of year 1,180,000 600,000 1,860,000 1,350,000
Shares issued 32,200,000 450,000 1,130,000 340,000 790,000
Shares repurchased (600,000) (650,000) (550,000) (950,000) (280,000)
End of year 31,600,000 980,000 1,180,000 1,250,000 1,860,000
    
(a) Not applicable for April 30, 2019. The SEC eliminated the requirement to disclose undistributed net investment income in the current reporting period.
1 Period from 9-27-18 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
    
  Multifactor Healthcare ETF Multifactor Industrials ETF Multifactor Large Cap ETF
  Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $1,266,304 $289,633 $455,592 $254,190 $12,674,950 $5,765,973
Net realized gain 4,093,261 3,342,438 3,725,555 458,046 9,435,734 15,187,234
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (1,351,861) (828,744) (1,124,569) 1,566,013 56,144,497 23,495,402
Increase in net assets resulting from operations 4,007,704 2,803,327 3,056,578 2,278,249 78,255,181 44,448,609
Distributions to shareholders            
From net investment income and net realized gain (415,032) (439,292) (9,266,101)
From net investment income (339,741) (242,432) (5,555,907)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 35,143,443 21,374,617 22,199,862 10,714,903 511,454,207 99,743,442
Shares repurchased (26,182,752) (15,605,217) (24,363,027) (2,310,319) (59,917,739) (79,378,170)
Total from fund share transactions 8,960,691 5,769,400 (2,163,165) 8,404,584 451,536,468 20,365,272
Total increase 12,553,363 8,232,986 454,121 10,440,401 520,525,548 59,257,974
Net assets            
Beginning of year 41,108,147 32,875,161 31,722,390 21,281,989 401,259,500 342,001,526
End of year $53,661,510 $41,108,147 $32,176,511 $31,722,390 $921,785,048 $401,259,500
Undistributed net investment income (a) $84,860 (a) $59,049 (a) $1,559,441
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 1,320,000 1,150,000 940,000 700,000 11,625,000 11,000,000
Shares issued 1,060,000 680,000 620,000 310,000 14,350,000 3,000,000
Shares repurchased (770,000) (510,000) (700,000) (70,000) (1,700,000) (2,375,000)
End of year 1,610,000 1,320,000 860,000 940,000 24,275,000 11,625,000
    
(a) Not applicable for April 30, 2019. The SEC eliminated the requirement to disclose undistributed net investment income in the current reporting period.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
    
  Multifactor Materials ETF Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
  Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Period ended
4-30-191
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Increase (decrease) in net assets          
From operations          
Net investment income $363,066 $297,825 $6,194 $9,689,897 $2,529,700
Net realized gain (loss) 1,434,017 1,003,301 (775) 13,674,393 6,154,156
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (2,749,386) 1,031,567 55,884 54,960,102 16,736,103
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (952,303) 2,332,693 61,303 78,324,392 25,419,959
Distributions to shareholders          
From net investment income and net realized gain (317,644) (7,646,180)
From net investment income (287,581) (2,178,013)
From fund share transactions          
Shares issued 10,356,476 4,413,001 23,535,317 739,490,500 168,861,976
Shares repurchased (9,452,363) (3,388,643) (111,863,202) (30,309,042)
Total from fund share transactions 904,113 1,024,358 23,535,317 627,627,298 138,552,934
Total increase (decrease) (365,834) 3,069,470 23,596,620 698,305,510 161,794,880
Net assets          
Beginning of year 23,120,039 20,050,569 331,888,102 170,093,222
End of year $22,754,205 $23,120,039 $23,596,620 $1,030,193,612 $331,888,102
Undistributed net investment income (a) $76,198 (a) (a) $754,804
Share activity          
Shares outstanding          
Beginning of year 680,000 650,000 9,750,000 5,550,000
Shares issued 310,000 130,000 890,000 21,625,000 5,100,000
Shares repurchased (290,000) (100,000) (3,225,000) (900,000)
End of year 700,000 680,000 890,000 28,150,000 9,750,000
    
(a) Not applicable for April 30, 2019. The SEC eliminated the requirement to disclose undistributed net investment income in the current reporting period.
1 Period from 3-12-19 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
    
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF Multifactor Technology ETF Multifactor Utilities ETF
  Year ended
4-30-19
Period ended
4-30-182
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-18
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $2,454,656 $146,548 $633,578 $391,068 $819,391 $522,744
Net realized gain (loss) (2,478,980) 313,256 12,357,497 7,937,518 1,561,661 406,097
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 12,757,111 204,625 (2,473,617) 2,172,474 2,100,834 (759,307)
Increase in net assets resulting from operations 12,732,787 664,429 10,517,458 10,501,060 4,481,886 169,534
Distributions to shareholders            
From net investment income and net realized gain (1,596,006) (544,744) (724,139)
From net investment income (406,563) (524,500)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 464,818,266 43,112,668 39,668,496 32,182,493 47,348,977 10,614,994
Shares repurchased (76,202,047) (4,597,027) (50,871,145) (21,382,149) (39,483,795) (9,977,761)
Total from fund share transactions 388,616,219 38,515,641 (11,202,649) 10,800,344 7,865,182 637,233
Total increase (decrease) 399,753,000 39,180,070 (1,229,935) 20,894,841 11,622,929 282,267
Net assets            
Beginning of year 39,180,070 63,017,794 42,122,953 17,843,982 17,561,715
End of year $438,933,070 $39,180,070 $61,787,859 $63,017,794 $29,466,911 $17,843,982
Undistributed net investment income $(a) $151,658 (a) $75,026 (a) $121,194
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 1,525,000 1,470,000 1,200,000 650,000 650,000
Shares issued 17,725,000 1,700,000 860,000 790,000 1,630,000 370,000
Shares repurchased (2,925,000) (175,000) (1,110,000) (520,000) (1,350,000) (370,000)
End of year 16,325,000 1,525,000 1,220,000 1,470,000 930,000 650,000
    
(a) Not applicable for April 30, 2019. The SEC eliminated the requirement to disclose undistributed net investment income in the current reporting period.
2 Period from 11-8-17 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-18.
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Financial Highlights  
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $30.65 $28.04 $25.56 $24.21
Net investment income2 0.37 0.32 0.51 0.18
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 3.11 2.58 2.45 1.24
Total from investment operations 3.48 2.90 2.96 1.42
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.40) (0.29) (0.48) (0.07)
Net asset value, end of period $33.73 $30.65 $28.04 $25.56
Total return (%)3 11.57 10.37 11.78 5.87 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $42 $47 $31 $15
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.73 0.85 1.07 1.27 5
Expenses including reductions 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.17 1.08 1.93 1.22 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 42 9 16 5
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $25.35 $26.48 $25.14 $25.12
Net investment income2 0.75 0.55 0.48 0.03
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 2.66 (1.24) 1.21 (0.01)
Total from investment operations 3.41 (0.69) 1.69 0.02
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.74) (0.44) (0.35)
Net asset value, end of period $28.02 $25.35 $26.48 $25.14
Total return (%)3 13.89 (2.67) 6.75 0.08 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $29 $22 $17 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.91 1.07 1.18 5.96 5
Expenses including reductions 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 2.87 2.05 1.86 1.49 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 14 14 11 0
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 1
Per share operating performance      
Net asset value, beginning of period $30.68 $27.17 $24.54
Net investment income2 0.91 0.77 0.31
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (2.31) 3.43 2.32
Total from investment operations (1.40) 4.20 2.63
Less distributions      
From net investment income (0.53) (0.69)
Net asset value, end of period $28.75 $30.68 $27.17
Total return (%)3 (4.54) 15.64 10.73 4
Ratios and supplemental data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $512 $68 $33
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):      
Expenses before reductions 0.55 0.80 0.99 5
Expenses including reductions 0.45 0.45 0.45 5
Net investment income 3.28 2.60 3.02 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 17 15 8
    
1 Period from 12-15-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-17.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 1
Per share operating performance  
Net asset value, beginning of period $25.00
Net investment income2 0.14
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 0.78
Total from investment operations 0.92
Less distributions  
From net investment income (0.05)
Net asset value, end of period $25.87
Total return (%)3 3.71 4
Ratios and supplemental data  
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $818
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):  
Expenses before reductions 0.71 5
Expenses including reductions 0.55 5
Net investment income 0.97 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 3
    
1 Period from 9-27-18 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $31.39 $27.42 $27.23 $24.84
Net investment income2 0.51 0.66 3 0.42 4
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (4.59) 3.85 0.06 2.39
Total from investment operations (4.08) 4.51 0.48 2.39
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.53) (0.54) (0.29)
Net asset value, end of period $26.78 $31.39 $27.42 $27.23
Total return (%)5 (12.84) 16.69 1.73 9.63 6
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $26 $37 $16 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.86 1.07 1.15 5.86 7
Expenses including reductions 0.48 0.50 0.50 0.50 7
Net investment income 1.72 2.35 3 1.46 0.20 7
Portfolio turnover (%)8 25 16 30 2
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 10-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Net investment income (loss) per share and ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets reflect a special dividend received by the fund, which amounted to $$0.16 to 0.58%%, respectively.
4 Less than $0.005 per share.
5 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
6 Not annualized.
7 Annualized.
8 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $36.86 $31.48 $25.35 $24.37
Net investment income2 0.57 0.45 0.38 0.21
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1.21 5.30 6.10 0.85
Total from investment operations 1.78 5.75 6.48 1.06
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.54) (0.37) (0.35) (0.08)
Net asset value, end of period $38.10 $36.86 $31.48 $25.35
Total return (%)3 5.15 18.33 25.78 4.33 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $48 $69 $43 $19
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.66 0.75 0.99 1.19 5
Expenses including reductions 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.57 1.26 1.32 1.41 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 9 8 7 11
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $31.14 $28.59 $25.77 $23.93
Net investment income2 0.73 0.24 0.30 0.11
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1.71 2.62 2.72 1.78
Total from investment operations 2.44 2.86 3.02 1.89
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.25) (0.31) (0.20) (0.05)
Net asset value, end of period $33.33 $31.14 $28.59 $25.77
Total return (%)3 7.89 10.04 11.78 7.89 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $54 $41 $33 $17
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.66 0.86 1.06 1.23 5
Expenses including reductions 0.46 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 2.18 0.79 1.12 0.74 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 21 11 14 6
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $33.75 $30.40 $25.37 $25.01
Net investment income2 0.59 0.33 0.35 0.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 3.69 3.33 4.94 0.35
Total from investment operations 4.28 3.66 5.29 0.36
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.62) (0.31) (0.26)
Net asset value, end of period $37.41 $33.75 $30.40 $25.37
Total return (%)3 13.16 12.04 20.95 1.45 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $32 $32 $21 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.90 0.98 1.12 5.95 5
Expenses including reductions 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.70 0.98 1.24 0.50 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 49 3 8 0 7
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
7 Less than 1%.
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $34.52 $31.09 $26.69 $24.35
Net investment income2 0.70 0.51 0.49 0.27
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 3.25 3.42 4.31 2.17
Total from investment operations 3.95 3.93 4.80 2.44
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.50) (0.50) (0.40) (0.10)
Net asset value, end of period $37.97 $34.52 $31.09 $26.69
Total return (%)3 11.74 12.69 18.13 10.01 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $922 $401 $342 $27
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.93 5
Expenses including reductions 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.35 5
Net investment income 1.96 1.53 1.67 1.80 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 6 5 12 6
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $34.00 $30.85 $26.76 $25.10
Net investment income2 0.55 0.44 0.44 0.04
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (1.54) 3.13 3.97 1.62
Total from investment operations (0.99) 3.57 4.41 1.66
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.50) (0.42) (0.32)
Net asset value, end of period $32.51 $34.00 $30.85 $26.76
Total return (%)3 (2.76) 11.62 16.58 6.63 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $23 $23 $20 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 1.01 1.05 1.15 5.85 5
Expenses including reductions 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.68 1.32 1.51 1.57 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 46 10 17 0
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 1
Per share operating performance  
Net asset value, beginning of period $25.00
Net investment income2 0.04
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1.47
Total from investment operations 1.51
Net asset value, end of period $26.51
Total return (%)3 6.05 4
Ratios and supplemental data  
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $24
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):  
Expenses before reductions 2.98 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 5
Net investment income 1.29 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 0
    
1 Period from 3-12-19 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-2019.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $34.04 $30.65 $26.07 $24.29
Net investment income2 0.53 0.34 0.33 0.21
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 2.44 3.36 4.58 1.65
Total from investment operations 2.97 3.70 4.91 1.86
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.41) (0.31) (0.33) (0.08)
Net asset value, end of period $36.60 $34.04 $30.65 $26.07
Total return (%)3 8.98 12.11 18.96 7.70 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $1,030 $332 $170 $20
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.45 0.52 0.61 1.11 5
Expenses including reductions 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.45 5
Net investment income 1.53 1.03 1.16 1.44 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 13 11 14 12
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 1
Per share operating performance    
Net asset value, beginning of period $25.69 $25.00
Net investment income2 0.29 0.13
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1.16 0.56
Total from investment operations 1.45 0.69
Less distributions    
From net investment income (0.25)
Net asset value, end of period $26.89 $25.69
Total return (%)3 5.71 2.77 4
Ratios and supplemental data    
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $439 $39
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):    
Expenses before reductions 0.60 0.90 5,6
Expenses including reductions 0.50 0.51 5,6
Net investment income 1.13 1.05 5
Portfolio turnover (%)7 33 17
    
1 Period from 11-8-17 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-18.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Certain expenses are presented unannualized due to the short reporting period.
7 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $42.87 $35.10 $25.86 $24.42
Net investment income2 0.43 0.28 0.34 0.27
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 7.72 7.77 9.30 1.26
Total from investment operations 8.15 8.05 9.64 1.53
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.37) (0.28) (0.40) (0.09)
Net asset value, end of period $50.65 $42.87 $35.10 $25.86
Total return (%)3 19.25 23.02 37.66 6.26 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $62 $63 $42 $18
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.64 0.74 1.00 1.18 5
Expenses including reductions 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 0.96 0.70 1.11 1.75 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 27 7 18 11
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF

Period ended 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $27.45 $27.02 $24.86 $24.92
Net investment income2 0.84 0.77 0.71 0.02
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 4.05 0.34 3 1.94 (0.08)
Total from investment operations 4.89 1.11 2.65 (0.06)
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.66) (0.68) (0.49)
Net asset value, end of period $31.68 $27.45 $27.02 $24.86
Total return (%)4 18.21 4.14 10.79 (0.27) 5
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $29 $18 $18 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.87 1.16 1.18 6.05 6
Expenses including reductions 0.46 0.50 0.50 0.50 6
Net investment income 2.86 2.78 2.77 0.95 6
Portfolio turnover (%)7 19 12 16 0
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 The amount shown for net investment income per share does not correspond with distributions from net investment income due to the timing of sales and repurchase of shares throughout the period as compared to shares outstanding at distribution date.
4 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
5 Not annualized.
6 Annualized.
7 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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Notes to financial statements

Note 1 — Organization

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the Trust) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). It is a series company with multiple investment series (the funds), fifteen of which are presented in this report.

The investment objective of each fund is to seek to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of their respective Index as listed below:

   
Fund Index
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Discretionary Index
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Staples Index
Multifactor Developed International ETF John Hancock Dimensional Developed International Index
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Multifactor Energy ETF John Hancock Dimensional Energy Index
Multifactor Financials ETF John Hancock Dimensional Financials Index
Multifactor Healthcare ETF John Hancock Dimensional Healthcare Index
Multifactor Industrials ETF John Hancock Dimensional Industrials Index
Multifactor Large Cap ETF John Hancock Dimensional Large Cap Index
Multifactor Materials ETF John Hancock Dimensional Materials Index
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF John Hancock Dimensional Media and Communications Index
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF John Hancock Dimensional Mid Cap Index
Multifactor Small Cap ETF John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index
Multifactor Technology ETF John Hancock Dimensional Technology Index
Multifactor Utilities ETF John Hancock Dimensional Utilities Index

Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF commenced operations on September 27, 2018.

Multifactor Media and Communications ETF commenced operations on March 12, 2019.

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be significant. The funds qualify as investment companies under Topic 946 of Accounting Standards Codification of US GAAP.

Events or transactions occurring after the end of the fiscal period through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the funds:

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. In case of emergency or other disruption resulting in the NYSE not opening for trading or the NYSE closing at a time other than the regularly scheduled close, the net asset value (NAV) may be determined as of the regularly scheduled close of the NYSE pursuant to the funds' Valuation Policies and Procedures.

In order to value the securities, the funds use the following valuation techniques: Equity securities held by the funds are typically valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or principal market where the security trades. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, the securities are valued using the last available bid price. Investments by the funds in open-end mutual funds, including John Hancock Collateral Trust (JHCT), are valued at their respective NAVs each business day. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing vendor valued at London close.

In certain instances, the Pricing Committee may determine to value equity securities using prices obtained from another exchange or market if trading on the exchange or market on which prices are typically obtained did not open for trading as scheduled, or if trading closed earlier than scheduled, and trading occurred as normal on another exchange or market.

Other portfolio securities and assets, for which reliable market quotations are not readily available, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the funds' Pricing Committee following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The frequency with which these fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and fair value of securities may differ significantly from the value that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed. Trading in foreign securities may be completed before the scheduled daily close of trading on the NYSE. Significant events at the issuer or market level may affect the values of securities between the time when the valuation of the securities is generally determined and the close of the NYSE. If a significant event occurs, these securities may be fair valued, as determined in good faith by the funds' Pricing Committee, following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The funds may use fair value adjustment factors provided by an independent pricing vendor to value certain foreign securities under certain circumstances, in order to adjust for events that may occur between the close of foreign exchanges or markets and the close of the NYSE.

The funds use a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes securities valued using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable

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inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events or trends, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Changes in valuation techniques and related inputs may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

As of April 30, 2019, all funds' investments are categorized as Level 1 under the hierarchy described above, except for Multifactor Developed International ETF and Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF.

The following is a summary of the values by input classification of the funds' investments as of April 30, 2019, by major security category or type:

MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF

           
  Total
value at
4-30-19
Level 1
quoted
price
Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks $504,568,878 $504,568,878
Preferred securities        
  Germany 3,551,874 3,551,874
  United Kingdom 16,781 $16,781
Securities lending collateral 30,501,151 30,501,151
Short-term investments 105,117 105,117
Total investments in securities $538,743,801 $538,727,020 $16,781

MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF

           
  Total
value at
4-30-19
Level 1
quoted
price
Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks        
  Brazil $40,885,378 $40,885,378
  Chile 8,312,008 8,312,008
  China 210,227,910 210,227,910
  Hong Kong 34,447,279 34,447,279
  India 98,285,700 98,285,700
  Indonesia 21,518,829 21,518,829
  Malaysia 18,615,924 18,615,924
  Mexico 23,171,025 23,171,025
  Philippines 12,460,970 12,460,970
  Poland 9,180,627 9,180,627
  Romania 300,864 300,864
  Russia 26,191,230 26,191,230
  South Africa 52,648,878 52,648,878
  South Korea 111,780,721 111,780,721
  Taiwan 96,867,124 96,867,124
  Thailand 25,435,125 25,432,853 $2,272
  Turkey 4,661,510 4,661,510
  United Kingdom 524,433 524,433
Preferred securities        
  Brazil 18,128,420 18,128,420
  Chile 571,676 571,676
  South Korea 8,036 $8,036
Securities lending collateral 4,188,357 4,188,357
Short-term investments 1,728,435 1,728,435
Total investments in securities $820,140,459 $820,130,151 $2,272 $8,036

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Security transactions and related investment income. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily NAV calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-date, except for dividends of foreign securities where the dividend may not be known until after the ex-date. In those cases, dividend income, net of withholding taxes, is recorded when the fund becomes aware of the dividends. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds from litigation.

Real estate investment trusts. The funds may invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs). Distributions from REITs may be recorded as income and subsequently characterized by the REIT at the end of the fiscal year as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. As a result, the funds will estimate the components of distributions from these securities. Such estimates are revised when the actual components of the distributions are known.

Securities lending. The funds may lend their securities to earn additional income. They receive cash collateral from the borrower in an amount not less than the market value of the loaned securities. The funds will invest its collateral in JHCT, an affiliate of the funds, which has a floating NAV and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment company. JHCT invests in short-term money market investments. Each fund will receive the benefit of any gains and bear any losses generated by JHCT with respect to the cash collateral.

The funds have the right to recall loaned securities on demand. If a borrower fails to return loaned securities when due, then the lending agent is responsible and indemnifies the respective fund for the lent securities. The lending agent uses the collateral received from the borrower to purchase replacement securities of the same issue, type, class and series of the loaned securities. If the value of the collateral is less than the purchase cost of replacement securities, the lending agent is responsible for satisfying the shortfall but only to the extent that the shortfall is not due to any decrease in the value of JHCT.

Although the risk of the loss of the securities lent is mitigated by receiving collateral from the borrower and through lending agent indemnification, the funds could experience a delay in recovering securities or could experience a lower than expected return if the borrower fails to return the securities on a timely basis. The funds receive compensation for lending their securities by retaining a portion of the return on the investment of the collateral and compensation from fees earned from borrowers of the securities. Securities lending income received by the funds is net of fees retained by the securities lending agent. Net income received from JHCT is a component of securities lending income as recorded on the Statements of operations.

Obligations to repay collateral received by the funds are shown on the Statements of assets and liabilities as Payable upon return of securities loaned and are secured by the loaned securities. As of April 30, 2019, the following funds loaned securities and received cash collateral as follows:

     
Fund Market value of securities on loan Cash collateral received
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $1,127,293 $1,157,527
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 213,221 216,307
Multifactor Developed International ETF 29,086,028 30,498,866
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 3,943,781 4,187,533
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 620,870 637,395
Multifactor Industrials ETF 253,396 257,916
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 4,176,838 4,260,564
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 11,695,983 11,924,894
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 16,660,738 17,284,657
Multifactor Technology ETF 589,016 595,043

Foreign investing. Assets, including investments, and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar values each day at the prevailing exchange rate. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the date of the transaction. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the value of securities is reflected as a component of the realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments. Foreign investments are subject to a decline in the value of a foreign currency versus the U.S. dollar, which reduces the dollar value of securities denominated in that currency.

Funds that invest internationally generally carry more risk than funds that invest strictly in U.S. securities. These risks are heightened for investments in emerging markets Risks can result from differences in economic and political conditions, regulations, market practices (including higher transaction costs), accounting standards and other factors.

Foreign taxes. The funds may be subject to withholding tax on income, capital gains or repatriation taxes imposed by certain countries, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes are accrued based upon the fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. Taxes are accrued based on gains realized by the fund as a result of certain foreign security sales. In certain circumstances, estimated taxes are accrued based on unrealized appreciation of such securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign withholding taxes.

Line of credit. The funds may have the ability to borrow from banks for temporary or emergency purposes, including meeting redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely sale of securities. Pursuant to the funds' custodian agreement, the custodian may loan money to the funds to make properly authorized payments. The funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses. The custodian may have a lien, security interest or security entitlement in any fund property that is not otherwise segregated or pledged, to the extent of any overdraft, and to the maximum extent permitted by law.

The funds, excluding Media and Communications ETF, and other affiliated funds have entered into a syndicated line of credit agreement with Citibank, N.A. as the administrative agent that enables them to participate in a $750 million unsecured committed line of credit. Excluding commitments designated for a certain fund and

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subject to the needs of all other affiliated funds, the funds can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $500 million, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement.

A commitment fee payable at the end of each calendar quarter, based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit, is charged to each participating fund based on a combination of fixed and asset based allocations and is reflected in Other expenses on the Statements of operations. For the year ended April 30, 2019, the funds had no borrowings under the line of credit.

Commitment fees for the year ended April 30, 2019 were as follows:

   
Fund Commitment fee
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $2,312
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 2,274
Multifactor Developed International ETF 2,526
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 814
Multifactor Energy ETF 2,284
Multifactor Financials ETF 2,349
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 2,328
Multifactor Industrials ETF 2,280
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 3,367
Multifactor Materials ETF 2,265
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 3,212
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 2,240
Multifactor Technology ETF 2,348
Multifactor Utilities ETF 2,284

Expenses. Within the John Hancock group of funds complex, expenses that are directly attributable to an individual fund are allocated to such fund. Expenses that are not readily attributable to a specific fund are allocated among all funds in an equitable manner, taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the fund's relative net assets. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Federal income taxes. Each fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

For federal income tax purposes, as of April 30, 2019, certain funds have short-term and long-term capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net realized capital gains. These carryforwards do not expire. The following table details the capital loss carryforwards available as of April 30, 2019:

     
Fund Short term Long term
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $1,225,332 $1,549,305
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 548,660 81,505
Multifactor Developed International ETF 2,580,881 209,135
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 593,633
Multifactor Energy ETF 1,909,518 360,659
Multifactor Financials ETF 792,994 174,282
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 1,048,331 691,903
Multifactor Industrials ETF 623,163 675,610
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 5,117,322 554,456
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 12,670,070 2,676,320
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 11,892,662 690,700
Multifactor Technology ETF 1,074,436 323,996
Multifactor Utilities ETF 928,609 25,331

Due to certain Internal Revenue Code rules, utilization of the capital loss carryforwards may be limited in future years.

As of April 30, 2019, the funds have no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. The funds' federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.

For federal income tax purposes, the costs of investments owned on April 30, 2019, including short-term investments, for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:

                             
  Fund     Aggregate cost     Unrealized
appreciation
    Unrealized
(depreciation)
    Net unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
 
  Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF     $40,136,221     $3,912,901     ($701,447 )   $3,211,454  
  Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF     27,921,172     1,968,917     (804,168 )   1,164,749  

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  Fund     Aggregate cost     Unrealized
appreciation
    Unrealized
(depreciation)
    Net unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
 
  Multifactor Developed International ETF     $506,477,967     $40,147,789     ($7,881,955 )   $32,265,834  
  Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF     779,549,036     58,809,828     (18,218,405 )   40,591,423  
  Multifactor Energy ETF     28,668,763     419,069     (2,843,363 )   (2,424,294 )
  Multifactor Financials ETF     44,855,078     4,313,714     (1,514,015 )   2,799,699  
  Multifactor Healthcare ETF     53,818,414     3,584,446     (3,078,707 )   505,739  
  Multifactor Industrials ETF     30,026,381     2,738,190     (292,884 )   2,445,306  
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF     821,242,873     128,516,773     (23,562,894 )   104,953,879  
  Multifactor Materials ETF     22,313,897     1,186,507     (739,401 )   447,106  
  Multifactor Media and Communications ETF     23,527,523     207,997     (153,638 )   54,359  
  Multifactor Mid Cap ETF     957,593,875     108,635,281     (24,242,916 )   84,392,365  
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF     443,396,031     30,173,581     (17,293,566 )   12,880,015  
  Multifactor Technology ETF     55,431,424     7,672,382     (658,583 )   7,013,799  
  Multifactor Utilities ETF     27,496,908     2,093,005     (89,653 )   2,003,352  

Distribution of income and gains. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-date. The funds generally declare and pay dividends at least semiannually from net investment income, if any. Capital gain distributions, if any, are typically distributed annually.

The tax character of distributions for the year ended April 30, 2019 was as follows:

   
  2019  Distributions
Portfolio Ordinary
income
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $530,221
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 726,880
Multifactor Developed International ETF 2,179,880
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 587,064
Multifactor Energy ETF 528,622
Multifactor Financials ETF 931,038
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 415,032
Multifactor Industrials ETF 439,292
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 9,266,101
Multifactor Materials ETF 317,644
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 7,646,180
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 1,596,006
Multifactor Technology ETF 544,744
Multifactor Utilities ETF 724,139

The tax character of distributions for the year ended April 30, 2018 was as follows:

   
  2018  Distributions
Portfolio Ordinary
income
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $353,350
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 374,081
Multifactor Developed International ETF 1,088,858
Multifactor Energy ETF 451,108
Multifactor Financials ETF 574,205
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 339,741
Multifactor Industrials ETF 242,432
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 5,555,907
Multifactor Materials ETF 287,581
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 2,178,013
Multifactor Technology ETF 406,563
Multifactor Utilities ETF 524,500

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As of April 30, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

   
Portfolio Undistributed
ordinary income
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $116,787
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 182,707
Multifactor Developed International ETF 6,748,811
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 1,892,487
Multifactor Energy ETF 132,366
Multifactor Financials ETF 276,371
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 936,132
Multifactor Industrials ETF 75,349
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 4,968,325
Multifactor Materials ETF 121,620
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 7,147
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 2,798,510
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 1,010,308
Multifactor Technology ETF 163,860
Multifactor Utilities ETF 203,060

Such distributions and distributable earnings, on a tax basis, are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in the fund's financial statements as a return of capital.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences, if any, will reverse in a subsequent period. Book-tax differences are primarily attributable wash sale loss deferrals, redemptions-in-kind, treating a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for tax purposes, and investments in passive foreign investment companies.

Note 3 — Derivative Instruments

The funds may invest in derivatives in order to meet their investment objective. Derivatives include a variety of different instruments that may be traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) market, on a regulated exchange or through a clearing facility. The risks in using derivatives vary depending upon the structure of the instruments, including the use of leverage, optionality, the liquidity or lack of liquidity of the contract, the creditworthiness of the counterparty or clearing organization and the volatility of the position. Some derivatives involve risks that are potentially greater than the risks associated with investing directly in the referenced securities or other referenced underlying instrument. Specifically, the funds are exposed to the risk that the counterparty to an OTC derivatives contract will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. OTC derivatives transactions typically can only be closed out with the other party to the transaction.

Futures are traded or cleared on an exchange. Exchange-traded transactions generally present less counterparty risk to a fund than OTC transactions. The exchange stands between a fund and the broker to the contract and therefore, credit risk is generally limited to the failure of the exchange.

Futures. A futures contract is a contractual agreement to buy or sell a particular currency or financial instrument at a pre-determined price in the future. Risks related to the use of futures contracts include possible illiquidity of the futures markets, contract prices that can be highly volatile and imperfectly correlated to movements in the underlying financial instrument and potential losses in excess of the amounts recognized on the Statements of assets and liabilities. Use of long futures contracts subjects the fund to the risk of loss up to the notional value of the futures contracts. Use of short futures contracts subjects the fund to unlimited risk of loss.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities. The amount of required margin is generally based on a percentage of the contract value; this amount is the initial margin for the trade. The margin deposit must then be maintained at the established level over the life of the contract. Receivable / payable for futures margin is included on the Statements of assets and liabilities. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value (variation margin) and unrealized gain or loss is recorded by the fund. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The following table details how the funds used futures contracts during the year ended April 30, 2019. In addition, the table summarizes the range of notional contract amounts held by the funds, as measured at each quarter end:

                 
  Fund     Reason     USD notional range   
  Multifactor Developed International ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $25.1 million  
  Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $15.2 million  
  Multifactor Energy ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $146,000  
  Multifactor Financials ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $435,000  

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  Fund     Reason     USD notional range   
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $2.8 million  
  Multifactor Mid Cap ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $3.4 million  
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $1.1 million  
  Multifactor Technology ETF     The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased     Up to $816,000  

Effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations

The table below summarizes the net realized gain (loss) included in the net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations, classified by derivative instrument and risk category, for the year ended April 30, 2019:

                 
  Statements of operations location - net realized gain (loss) on:  
  Fund     Risk     Futures contracts  
  Multifactor Developed International ETF     Equity     $332,437  
  Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF     Equity     144,833  
  Multifactor Energy ETF     Equity     167  
  Multifactor Financials ETF     Equity     2,205  
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF     Equity     (66,295 )
  Multifactor Mid Cap ETF     Equity     36,333  
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF     Equity     14,165  
  Multifactor Technology ETF     Equity     11,865  

Note 4 — Guarantees and indemnifications

Under the Trust's organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust, including the funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the funds that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Note 5 — Fees and transactions with affiliates

John Hancock Advisers, LLC (the Advisor) serves as investment advisor for the funds. The Advisor is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC).

Management fee. The funds have an investment management agreement with the Advisor under which each fund pays a monthly management fee to the Advisor equivalent on an annual basis as detailed below. The Advisor has a subadvisory agreement with Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. The funds are not responsible for payment of the subadvisory fees.

The management fee structure is as follows:

Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF, Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF, Multifactor Energy ETF, Multifactor Financials ETF, Multifactor Healthcare ETF, Multifactor Industrials ETF, Multifactor Materials ETF, Multifactor Media and Communications Cap ETF, Multifactor Technology ETF, and Multifactor Utilities ETF — The management fee is 0.380% of the fund's average daily net assets
Multifactor Developed International ETF — Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor Developed International Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor Developed International Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is 0.450% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF — Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund and Manulife Multifactor Emerging Markets Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is as follows: a) 0.600% of the first $500 million of the fund's aggregate daily net assets, b) 0.525% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets in the next of $500 million and c) 0.500% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets in excess of $1 billion
Multifactor Large Cap ETF — Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Large Cap Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor U.S. Large Cap Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is as follows: a) 0.300% of the first $300 million of the fund's aggregate daily net assets and b) 0.280% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets in excess of $300 million
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF — Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Mid cap Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor U.S. Mid Cap Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is as follows: a) 0.400% of the first $300 million of the fund's aggregate daily net assets and b) 0.370% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets in excess of $300 million
Multifactor Small Cap ETF — Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Small Cap Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor U.S. Small Cap Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is 0.500% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets
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Prior to January 1, 2019, the management fee structure is as follows:

Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF, Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF, Multifactor Energy ETF, Multifactor Financials ETF, Multifactor Healthcare ETF, Multifactor Industrials ETF, Multifactor Materials ETF, Multifactor Technology ETF, and Multifactor Utilities ETF — The management fee paid is as follows: a) 0.450% of the first $300 million of the fund's average daily net assets and b) 0.420% of the fund's average daily net assets in excess of $300 million
Multifactor Developed International ETF — 0.450% of the fund's average daily net assets for all asset levels
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF — a) 0.600% of the first $500 million of the fund's average daily net assets, b) 0.525% of the fund's average daily net assets in the next of $500 million and c) 0.500% of the fund's average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion
Multifactor Small Cap ETF — 0.500% of the fund's average daily net assets for all asset levels

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse expenses for certain funds of the John Hancock group of funds complex, including the fund (the participating portfolios). This waiver is based upon aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios. The amount of the reimbursement is calculated daily and allocated among all the participating portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each fund. During the year ended April 30, 2019, this waiver amounted to 0.01% of the fund's average net assets. This agreement expires on June 30, 2020, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the Fund and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

The Advisor has contractually agreed to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make a payment to a fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which expenses of the fund exceed the following:

         
Fund Expense limitation
as a percentage of
average net assets
  Fund Expense limitation
as a percentage of
average net assets
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF 0.40%   Multifactor Large Cap ETF 0.35%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 0.40%   Multifactor Materials ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Developed International ETF 0.45%   Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 0.55%   Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 0.45%
Multifactor Energy ETF 0.40%   Multifactor Small Cap ETF 0.50%
Multifactor Financials ETF 0.40%   Multifactor Technology ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 0.40%   Multifactor Utilities ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Industrials ETF 0.40%    

Prior to January 1, 2019, the Advisor had contractually agreed to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make a payment to a fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which expenses of the fund exceed the following:  

         
Fund Expense limitation
as a percentage of
average net assets
  Fund Expense limitation
as a percentage of
average net assets
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF 0.50%   Multifactor Industrials ETF 0.50%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 0.50%   Multifactor Materials ETF 0.50%
Multifactor Energy ETF 0.50%   Multifactor Technology ETF 0.50%
Multifactor Financials ETF 0.50%   Multifactor Utilities ETF 0.50%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 0.50%  

Expenses means all the expenses of the funds, excluding taxes, brokerage commissions, interest expense, litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the funds' business, borrowing costs, prime brokerage fees, acquired fund fees and expenses paid indirectly, and short dividend expense. Each fund's, excluding Multifactor Developed International ETF, Multifactor Large Cap ETF, Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, and Multifactor Small Cap ETF, expense limitation agreement expires on August 31, 2020, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the funds and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time. The expense limitation for Multifactor Developed International ETF, Multifactor Large Cap ETF, Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, and Multifactor Small Cap ETF expires on August 31, 2019 unless renewed by mutual agreement of the fund and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

The expense reductions described above amounted to the following for the year ended April 30, 2019:

         
Fund Expense reimbursement   Fund Expense reimbursement
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $111,912   Multifactor Large Cap ETF $48,914
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 116,847   Multifactor Materials ETF 116,785
Multifactor Developed International ETF 216,473   Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 25,388
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 367,699   Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 47,732
Multifactor Energy ETF 117,758   Multifactor Small Cap ETF 219,644
Multifactor Financials ETF 112,957   Multifactor Technology ETF 112,471
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 112,606   Multifactor Utilities ETF 117,055
Multifactor Industrials ETF 116,412      

Expenses waived or reimbursed in the current fiscal period are not subject to recapture in future fiscal periods.

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The investment management fees, including the impact of the waivers and reimbursements as described above, incurred for the year ended April 30, 2019 were equivalent to the following net annual effective rates of the funds' average daily net assets:

         
Fund Annual effective rate   Fund Annual effective rate
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF 0.17%   Multifactor Large Cap ETF 0.28%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 0.00%   Multifactor Materials ETF 0.00%
Multifactor Developed International ETF 0.35%   Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 0.00%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 0.43%   Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 0.38%
Multifactor Energy ETF 0.05%   Multifactor Small Cap ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Financials ETF 0.24%   Multifactor Technology ETF 0.26%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 0.23%   Multifactor Utilities ETF 0.02%
Multifactor Industrials ETF 0.00%  

Accounting and legal services. Pursuant to a service agreement, the fund reimburses the Advisor for all expenses associated with providing the administrative, financial, legal, compliance, accounting and recordkeeping services to the fund, including the preparation of all tax returns, periodic reports to shareholders and regulatory reports, among other services. These expenses are allocated to each share class based on its relative net assets at the time the expense was incurred. These accounting and legal services fees incurred for the year ended April 30, 2019 amounted to an annual rate of 0.02% of the fund's average daily net assets.

Trustee expenses. The funds compensate each Trustee who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates. The costs of paying Trustee compensation and expenses are allocated to the funds based on their net assets relative to other funds within the John Hancock group of funds complex.

Note 6 — Capital share transactions

Multifactor Large Cap ETF, Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, and Multifactor Small Cap ETF will issue and redeem shares at NAV only in a large specified number of shares, each called a "creation unit," or multiples thereof, that consist of 25,000 shares. Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF, Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF, Multifactor Energy ETF, Multifactor Financials ETF, Multifactor Healthcare ETF, Multifactor Industrials ETF, Multifactor Materials ETF, Multifactor Media and Communications ETF, Multifactor Technology ETF, Multifactor Utilities ETF issues and redeems shares at NAV in creation units of 10,000 shares. Multifactor Developed International ETF and Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF issues and redeems shares at NAV in creation units of 100,000 shares.

Only authorized participants may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the funds. Such transactions generally take place when an authorized participant deposits into a fund a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash approximating the holdings of the fund in exchange for a specified number of creation units. Similarly, shares can be redeemed only in creation units, generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) held by a fund and a specified amount of cash. For purposes of US GAAP, in-kind redemption transactions are treated as a sale of securities and any resulting gains and losses are recognized based on the market value of the securities on the date of the transfer. Authorized participants pay a transaction fee to the custodian when purchasing and redeeming creation units of the funds. The transaction fee is used to defray the costs associated with the issuance and redemption of creation units. Individual shares of the funds may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Secondary market transactions may be subject to brokerage commissions. Shares of the funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc., trade at market prices rather than NAV, and may trade at a price greater than or less than NAV.

Affiliates of the funds or the Advisor owned the following percentage of shares outstanding on April 30, 2019:

   
Fund % by Fund
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF 72%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 55%
Multifactor Energy ETF 54%
Multifactor Financials ETF 38%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 24%
Multifactor Industrials ETF 65%
Multifactor Materials ETF 80%
Multifactor Technology ETF 28%
Multifactor Utilities ETF 61%

Such concentration of shareholders' capital could have a material effect on a fund if such shareholders redeem from the fund.

Note 7 — Purchase and sale of securities

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term investments and in-kind transactions, are aggregated below for the year ended April 30, 2019. In addition, purchases and sales of in-kind transactions are aggregated below for the year ended April 30, 2019:

                                   
        Purchases           Sales and maturities  
  Fund     In-kind transactions     Other issuers           In-kind transactions     Other issuers  
  Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF     $29,157,253     $18,096,313           $27,474,682     $27,856,220  
  Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF     27,702,192     3,522,344           21,896,068     4,972,587  
  Multifactor Developed International ETF     400,441,197     73,143,794           22,181,155     40,300,973  

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        Purchases           Sales and maturities  
  Fund     In-kind transactions     Other issuers           In-kind transactions     Other issuers  
  Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF     $293,833,319     $502,995,715           $10,481,991     $13,957,622  
  Multifactor Energy ETF     13,101,174     7,563,287           17,902,341     8,082,347  
  Multifactor Financials ETF     11,390,471     5,585,455           31,187,990     7,694,754  
  Multifactor Healthcare ETF     35,081,005     12,009,310           23,840,091     13,455,450  
  Multifactor Industrials ETF     22,171,502     13,462,081           15,804,337     22,150,033  
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF     499,748,378     40,729,490           49,052,125     37,544,214  
  Multifactor Materials ETF     10,353,918     8,847,537           7,192,777     11,062,476  
  Multifactor Media and Communications ETF     22,226,332     1,358,466               58,025  
  Multifactor Mid Cap ETF     730,124,316     84,250,493           44,252,660     143,480,731  
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF     463,433,941     72,481,101           26,297,292     120,042,110  
  Multifactor Technology ETF     39,638,784     17,698,699           35,840,297     32,637,942  
  Multifactor Utilities ETF     44,565,680     5,488,505           32,914,435     9,186,434  

Note 8 — Industry or sector risk

The funds generally invest a large percentage of its assets in one or more particular industries or sectors of the economy. If a large percentage of the fund's assets are economically tied to a single or small number of industries or sectors of the economy, the fund will be less diversified than a more broadly diversified fund, and it may cause the fund to underperform if that industry or sector underperforms. In addition, focusing on a particular industry or sector may make the fund's NAV more volatile. Further, a fund that invests in particular industries or sectors is particularly susceptible to the impact of market, economic, regulatory and other factors affecting those industries or sectors. Financial services companies can be hurt by economic declines, changes in interest rates regulatory and market impacts.

Note 9 — Investment by affiliated funds

Certain investors in the funds are affiliated funds that are managed by the Advisor and its affiliates. The affiliated funds do not invest in the funds for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, this investment may represent a significant portion of the funds' net assets. At April 30, 2019, funds within the John Hancock group of funds complex had the following affiliate ownership as a percentage of the funds' net assets (funds with an affiliate ownership of 5% or more are disclosed separately):

     
Fund Affiliated fund Affiliated concentration
Multifactor Developed International ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 55.3%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 22.5%
  Other affiliated funds 5.9%
  Total 83.7%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio 27.0%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 22.7%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio 17.4%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio 11.4%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 11.0%
  Other affiliated funds 8.6%
  Total 98.1%
Multifactor Large Cap ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 31.8%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 21.1%
  Other affiliated funds 8.5%
  Total 61.4%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 17.0%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 11.6%
  Other affiliated funds 7.5%
  Total 36.1%
Multifactor Small Cap ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 43.4%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 20.8%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio 7.8%
  Other affiliated funds 15.8%
  Total 87.8%

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Note 10 — Investment in affiliated underlying funds

The funds may invest in affiliated underlying funds that are managed by the Advisor and its affiliates. Information regarding the funds' purchases and sales of the affiliated underlying funds as well as income and capital gains earned, if any, during the period is as follows:

                                                           
                                   Dividends and distributions                       
  Fund     Beginning
share
amount
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Ending
share
amount
    Income
distributions
received
    Capital gain
distributions
received
    Realized
gain (loss)
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
    Ending
value
 
  Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     269,086     2,357,913     (2,511,403 )   115,596             $224     ($109 )   $1,156,793  
  Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     101,456     952,024     (1,031,865 )   21,615             $254     ($27 )   $216,306  
  Multifactor Developed International ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     339,360     9,432,255     (6,723,694 )   3,047,921             $2,516     $192     $30,501,151  
  Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*         876,556     (458,022 )   418,534             $762     $62     $4,188,357  
  Multifactor Energy ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     175,357     1,029,124     (1,204,481 )               $126     ($44 )    
  Multifactor Financials ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     54,760     451,588     (506,348 )               $92     ($13 )    
  Multifactor Healthcare ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*         456,197     (392,496 )   63,701             $57     $16     $637,469  
  Multifactor Industrials ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*         405,958     (380,182 )   25,776             $28     $4     $257,948  
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     954,493     6,843,207     (7,372,001 )   425,699             $1,607     ($187 )   $4,260,052  
  Multifactor Mid Cap ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     2,032,749     14,751,152     (15,592,107 )   1,191,794             $5,650     ($344 )   $11,926,516  
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     277,011     11,198,362     (9,747,537 )   1,727,836             $6,111     $196     $17,290,805  
  Multifactor Technology ETF  
  John Hancock Collateral Trust*     208,331     1,676,735     (1,825,606 )   59,460             $498     ($88 )   $595,033  
  *Refer to the Securities lending note within Note 2 for details regarding this investment.  

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Trustees of John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders of John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF, and John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the Funds' investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (constituting John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the "Funds") as of April 30, 2019, the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods listed in the table below (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of April 30, 2019, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods listed in the table below in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

       
Individual fund comprising the John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust Statement of operations Statements of changes in net assets Financial Highlights

John Hancock Multifactor Consumer

Discretionary ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF

For the year ended April 30, 2019 For the years ended April 30, 2019 and 2018 For the years ended April 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, and for the period September 28, 2015 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2016

John Hancock Multifactor Consumer

Staples ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF

For the year ended April 30, 2019 For the years ended April 30, 2019 and 2018 For the years ended April 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, and for the period March 28, 2016 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2016

John Hancock Multifactor Developed

International ETF

For the year ended April 30, 2019 For the years ended April 30, 2019 and 2018 For the years ended April 30, 2019 and 2018, and for the period December 15, 2016 (commencement of operations) through April 30,2017
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF For the year ended April 30, 2019 For the year ended April 30, 2019 and for the period November 8, 2017 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2018
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF For the period September 27, 2018 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2019
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF For the period March 12, 2019 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2019

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds' financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

June 14, 2019

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the John Hancock group of funds since 1988.

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TAX INFORMATION


Unaudited

For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions of each fund, if any, paid during its taxable year ended April 30, 2019.

Each fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as eligible for the corporate dividends-received deduction.

Each fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividend income as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

As of April 30, 2019, for Multifactor Developed International ETF, income derived from foreign sources was $8,202,598. The fund intends to pass through foreign tax credits of $615,052.

As of April 30, 2019, for Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF, income derived from foreign sources was $4,098,399. The fund intends to pass through foreign tax credits of $563,985.

As of April 30, 2019, Multifactor Materials ETF paid $94,362 in long term capital gain dividends.

Eligible shareholders will be mailed a 2019 Form 1099-DIV in early 2020. This will reflect the tax character of all distributions paid in calendar year 2019.

Please consult a tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of your investment in a fund.

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EVALUATION OF ADVISORY AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES


Approval of Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held on December 11-13, 2018, the Board of Trustees (the Board) of John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the Trust), including all of the Trustees who are not parties to any Agreement or considered to be interested persons of the Trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) (the Independent Trustees), approved the establishment of John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF (the New Fund).

This section describes the evaluation by the Board of:

     
  (a) an amendment to the advisory agreement between the Trust and John Hancock Advisers, LLC (the Advisor) (the Advisory Agreement); and
  (b) an amendment to the subadvisory agreement between the Advisor and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the Subadvisor) with respect to the New Fund (the Subadvisory Agreement).

In considering the Advisory Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement with respect to the New Fund, the Board received in advance of the meeting a variety of materials relating to the New Fund, the Advisor and the Subadvisor, including comparative fee and expense information for a peer group of similar exchange-traded funds and a broader universe of exchange-traded funds, simulated performance information of the New Fund's underlying index (Underlying Index) as compared to applicable benchmarks, and other information provided by the Advisor and the Subadvisor regarding the nature, extent, and quality of services to be provided by the Advisor and the Subadvisor under their respective Agreements, as well as information regarding the Advisor's anticipated revenues and costs of providing services in connection with its proposed relationship to the New Fund and any compensation paid to affiliates of the Advisor. The Board also took into account discussions with management and information provided to the Board (including its various committees) at prior meetings with respect to the services provided by the Advisor and the Subadvisor to other John Hancock Funds, including other exchange-traded funds (the Funds), including quarterly performance reports prepared by management containing reviews of investment results, and periodic presentations from the Subadvisor with respect to the other Funds that it manages. The information received and considered by the Board in connection with the December meeting and throughout the year (with respect to other Funds) was both written and oral. The Board also considered the nature, quality, and extent of the non-advisory services, if any, to be provided to the New Fund by the Advisor and/or its affiliates, including administrative services. The Board considered the Advisory Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement separately in the course of its review. In doing so, the Board noted the respective roles of the Advisor and Subadvisor in providing services to the New Fund.

Throughout the process, the Board asked questions of and were afforded the opportunity to request additional information from management. The Board is assisted by counsel for the Trust, and the Independent Trustees are also separately assisted by independent legal counsel throughout the process. The Independent Trustees also received a memorandum from their independent legal counsel discussing the legal standards for their consideration of the proposed Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement and discussed the proposed Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement in private sessions with their independent legal counsel at which no representatives of management were present.

Approval of Advisory Agreement

In approving the Advisory Agreement with respect to the New Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered a variety of factors, including those discussed below. The Board also considered other factors (including conditions and trends prevailing generally in the economy, the securities markets and the industry) and did not treat any single factor as determinative, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to different factors. The Board's conclusions may have been based in part on its consideration of the advisory and subadvisory arrangements for other Funds in prior years.

Nature, extent, and quality of services. Among the information received by the Board from the Advisor relating to the nature, extent, and quality of services to be provided to the New Fund, the Board reviewed information provided by the Advisor relating to its operations and personnel, descriptions of its organizational and management structure, and information regarding the Advisor's compliance and regulatory history, including its Form ADV. The Board also noted that on a regular basis it receives and reviews information from the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) regarding the Funds' compliance policies and procedures established pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The Board considered the investment strategy and Underlying Index of the New Fund. The Board observed that the scope of services provided by the Advisor, and of the undertakings required of the Advisor in connection with those services, including maintaining and monitoring its own and the New Fund's compliance programs, risk management programs, liquidity management programs and cybersecurity programs, had expanded over time as a result of regulatory, market and other developments. The Board considered that the Advisor would be responsible for the management of the day-to-day operations of the New Fund, including, but not limited to, general supervision and coordination of the services to be provided by the Subadvisor, and also would be responsible for monitoring and reviewing the activities of the Subadvisor and other third-party service providers, including the New Fund's distributor. The Board also considered the significant risks assumed by the Advisor in connection with the services to be provided to the New Fund including entrepreneurial risk in sponsoring new funds and ongoing risks including investment, operational, enterprise, litigation, regulatory and compliance risks with respect to all funds.

In considering the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided by the Advisor, the Trustees also took into account their knowledge of the Advisor's management of other Funds and the quality of the performance of the Advisor's duties with respect to other Funds, through Board meetings, discussions and reports during the preceding year and through each Trustee's experience as a Trustee of the Trust and of the other trusts in the John Hancock group of funds complex (the John Hancock Fund Complex).

In the course of their deliberations regarding the Advisory Agreement, the Board considered, among other things:

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    (a) the skills and competency with which the Advisor has in the past managed the Trust's affairs and its subadvisory relationships, including those with the Subadvisor, the Advisor's oversight and monitoring of the Subadvisor's investment performance and compliance programs, such as the Subadvisor's compliance with fund policies and objectives, review of brokerage matters, including with respect to trade allocation and best execution and the Advisor's timeliness in responding to performance issues;
    (b) the background, qualifications, and skills of the Advisor's personnel;
    (c) the Advisor's compliance policies and procedures and its responsiveness to regulatory changes and fund industry developments;
    (d) the Advisor's administrative capabilities, including its ability to supervise the other service providers for the New Fund, as well as the Advisor's oversight of any securities lending activity, its monitoring of class action litigation and collection of class action settlements on behalf of the New Fund, and bringing loss recovery actions on behalf of the New Fund;
    (e) the financial condition of the Advisor and whether it has the financial wherewithal to provide a high level and quality of services to the New Fund;
    (f) the Advisor's initiatives intended to improve various aspects of the Trust's operations and investor experience with the New Fund; and
    (g) the Advisor's reputation and experience in serving as an investment advisor to the Trust, and the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of investments.

The Board concluded that the Advisor may reasonably be expected to provide a high quality of services under the Advisory Agreement with respect to the New Fund.

Investment performance. In connection with its consideration of the Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the New Fund's investment strategy and processes, including the fact that the New Fund will seek performance that closely corresponds to its Underlying Index, which  was developed by, and will be maintained by , the Subadvisor. The Board also considered the simulated performance of the New Fund's Underlying Index as compared to applicable benchmarks.

Fees and Expenses. The Board reviewed comparative information including, among other data, the New Fund's anticipated total net expenses as compared to similarly situated exchange-traded funds deemed to be comparable to the New Fund in light of the nature, extent and quality of the management and advisory and subadvisory services provided by the Advisor and the Subadvisor. The Board reviewed information provided by the Advisor concerning investment advisory fees charged to other clients (including other funds in the complex) having similar investment mandates, if any. The Board considered any differences between the Advisor's and Subadvisor's services to the New Fund and the services they provide to other such comparable clients or funds. The Board noted that the proposed total expenses are higher than the peer group median.

The Board took into account management's discussion of the New Fund's anticipated expenses. The Board also took into account management's discussion with respect to the proposed management fee and the fees of the Subadvisor, including the amount of the advisory fee to be retained by the Advisor after payment of the subadvisory fee, in each case in light of the services rendered for those amounts and the risks undertaken by the Advisor. The Board also noted that the Advisor, and not the New Fund, would be responsible for paying the subadvisory fees, and that such fees are negotiated at arm's length with respect to the Subadvisor. The Board also took into account that management has agreed to implement an overall fee waiver across a number of funds in the complex, including the New Fund, which is discussed further below. The Board also noted that the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses with respect to the New Fund for a specified period.

The Board concluded that the advisory fees to be paid by the New Fund are reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided to the New Fund under the Advisory Agreement.

Profitability/Fall Out Benefits. In considering the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by the Advisor and its affiliates from the Advisor's relationship with the New Fund, the Board:

       
    (a) noted that because the New Fund was not yet in existence, no actual revenue, cost or profitability data was available for the Board to review;
    (b) reviewed and considered information presented by the Advisor regarding the advisory fees and advisory spreads prior to distribution, operations and overhead for the New Fund;
    (c) noted that the Advisor will derive reputational and other indirect benefits from providing advisory services to the New Fund;
    (d) noted that the subadvisory fee for the New Fund will be paid by Advisor and is negotiated at arm's length;
    (e) noted that the Advisor will also pay the Subadvisor a license fee in connection with the New Fund's use of the Underlying Index;
    (f) considered the Advisor's ongoing costs and expenditures necessary to improve services, meet new regulatory and compliance requirements, and adapt to other challenges impacting the fund industry; and
    (g) considered that the Advisor should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits in exchange for the level of services it will provide to the New Fund and the risks that it assumes as Advisor, including entrepreneurial, operational, reputational, litigation and regulatory risk.

Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the anticipated level of profitability, if any, of the Advisor and its affiliates from their relationship with the New Fund is reasonable and not excessive.

Economies of Scale. In considering the extent to which economies of scale would be realized if the New Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of fund shareholders, the Board:

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    (a) considered that the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee for certain funds of the John Hancock Fund Complex, including the New Fund (the participating portfolios) or otherwise reimburse the expenses of the participating portfolios (the reimbursement). This waiver is based upon aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios. The amount of the reimbursement is calculated daily and allocated among all the participating portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each fund;
    (b) took into account management's discussion of the New Fund's advisory fee structure; and
    (c) the Board also considered the potential effect of the New Fund's future growth in size on its performance and fees. The Board also noted that if the New Fund's assets increase over time, the New Fund may realize other economies of scale.

Approval of Subadvisory Agreement

In making its determination with respect to approval of the Subadvisory Agreement, the Board reviewed:

       
    (a) information relating to the Subadvisor's business, including current subadvisory services to the Trust (and other funds in the John Hancock Fund Complex);
    (b) the simulated performance of the Underlying Index developed by the Subadvisor as compared to applicable benchmarks;
    (c) the proposed subadvisory fee for the New Fund, including any breakpoints; and
    (d) information relating to the nature and scope of any material relationships and their significance to the Trust's Advisor and Subadvisor.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services. With respect to the services to be provided by the Subadvisor, the Board received and reviewed information provided to the Board by the Subadvisor with respect to the New Fund and took into account information presented throughout the past year with respect to Funds in the complex managed by the Advisor and subadvised by the Subadvisor. In this regard, the Board considered the Subadvisor's current level of staffing and its overall resources, as well as considered information relating to the Subadvisor's compensation program. The Board reviewed the Subadvisor's history and investment experience, as well as information regarding the qualifications, background, and responsibilities of the Subadvisor's investment and compliance personnel who will provide services to the New Fund. The Board also considered the Subadvisor's risk assessment and monitoring processes. The Board reviewed the Subadvisor's regulatory history, including whether it was involved in any regulatory actions or investigations as well as material litigation, and any settlements and amelioratory actions undertaken, as appropriate. The Board noted that the Advisor conducts regular periodic reviews of the Subadvisor and its operations in regard to the Funds, including regarding investment processes and organizational and staffing matters. The Board also noted that the Trust's CCO and his staff conduct regular, periodic compliance reviews with the Subadvisor and present reports to the Independent Trustees regarding the same, which includes evaluating the regulatory compliance systems of the Subadvisor and procedures reasonably designed to assure compliance with the federal securities laws. The Board also took into account the financial condition of the Subadvisor.

The Board considered the Subadvisor's investment process and philosophy. The Board took into account that the New Fund will seek performance that closely corresponds to its Underlying Index, which  was developed by, and will be maintained, by , the Subadvisor.

Subadvisor compensation. In considering the cost of services to be provided by the Subadvisor and the profitability to the Subadvisor of its relationship with the New Fund, the Board noted that the fees under the Subadvisory Agreement will be paid by the Advisor and not the New Fund.

The Board also relied on the ability of the Advisor to negotiate the Subadvisory Agreement with the Subadvisor, which is not affiliated with the Advisor, and the fees thereunder at arm's length. As a result, the costs of the services to be provided and the profits to be realized by the Subadvisor from its relationship with the Trust were not a factor in the Board's consideration of the Subadvisory Agreement.

The Board also received information regarding the nature and scope (including their significance to the Advisor and its affiliates and to the Subadvisor) of any material relationships with respect to the Subadvisor, which include arrangements in which the Subadvisor will serve as the index provider for the New Fund and for other exchange-traded funds in the John Hancock Fund Complex, as well as arrangements in which the Subadvisor or its affiliates provide advisory, or management services in connection with financial products sponsored by the Advisor or its affiliates, and may include other registered investment companies, including other exchange-traded funds, a 529 education savings plan, managed separate accounts and exempt group annuity contracts sold to qualified plans. The Board also received information and took into account any other potential conflicts of interest the Advisor might have in connection with the Subadvisory Agreement.

In addition, the Board considered other potential indirect benefits that the Subadvisor and its affiliates may receive from the Subadvisor's relationship with the New Fund, such as the opportunity to provide advisory services to additional funds in the John Hancock Fund Complex and reputational benefits.

Subadvisory fees. The Board considered that the New Fund will pay an advisory fee to the Advisor and that, in turn, the Advisor will pay a subadvisory fee to the Subadvisor. As noted above, the Board also considered the New Fund's subadvisory fees as compared to similarly situated exchange-traded funds deemed to be comparable to the New Fund. The Board also considered that the Subadvisor receives additional compensation from the Advisor in connection with its role as index provider for the New Fund.

Subadvisor performance. As noted above, the Board considered the New Fund's investment strategy and processes, including the fact that the New Fund will seek performance that closely corresponds to its Underlying Index and that its Underlying Index has been developed by, and will be maintained by, the Subadvisor. The Board also considered simulated performance of the Underlying Index as compared to applicable benchmarks. The Board noted the Advisor's expertise and resources in monitoring the performance, investment style and risk-adjusted performance of the Subadvisor. The Board was mindful of the Advisor's focus on the Subadvisor's performance.

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The Board's decision to approve the Subadvisory Agreement was based on a number of determinations, including the following:

     
  (1) the Subadvisor has extensive experience and demonstrated skills as a manager, and currently subadvises other Funds, including other exchange-traded funds, in the complex and the Board is generally satisfied with the Subadvisor's management of these Funds, and may reasonably be expected to provide a high quality of investment management services to the New Fund;
  (2) the proposed subadvisory fees are reasonable in relation to the level and quality of services to be provided under the Subadvisory Agreement; and
  (3) that the subadvisory fees will be paid by the Advisor not the New Fund.
* * *

Based on the Board's evaluation of all factors that it deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that approval of the Advisory Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement would be in the best interest of the New Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, the Board, and the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the amendments to the Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement.

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Trustees and Officers

This chart provides information about the Trustees and Officers who oversee your John Hancock fund. Officers elected by the Trustees manage the day-to-day operations of the portfolios and execute policies formulated by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

     
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) and other directorships during past 5 years
Trustee of
the Trust
since1
Number of
John Hancock
funds overseen
by Trustee

     
Hassell H. McClellan, Born: 1945 2015 215
Trustee and Chairperson of the Board
Director/Trustee, Virtus Funds (since 2008); Director, The Barnes Group (since 2010); Associate Professor, The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College (retired 2013). Trustee (since 2005) and Chairperson of the Board (since 2017) of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex.

     
Charles L. Bardelis,2 Born: 1941 2015 215
Trustee
Director, Island Commuter Corp. (marine transport). Trustee, John Hancock Collateral Trust (since 2014), Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 1988).

     
James R. Boyle, Born: 1959 2015 215
Trustee
Chief Executive Officer, Foresters Financial (since 2018); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Zillion Group, Inc. (formerly HealthFleet, Inc.) (healthcare) (2014-2018); Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Life Insurance Division of Genworth Financial, Inc. (insurance) (January 2014-July 2014); Senior Executive Vice President, Manulife Financial, President and Chief Executive Officer, John Hancock (1999-2012); Chairman and Director, John Hancock Advisers, LLC, John Hancock Funds, LLC, and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (2005-2010). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (2005-2014 and since 2015).

     
Peter S. Burgess,2 Born: 1942 2015 215
Trustee
Consultant (financial, accounting, and auditing matters) (since 1999); Certified Public Accountant; Partner, Arthur Andersen (independent public accounting firm) (prior to 1999); Director, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (since 2004); Director, Symetra Financial Corporation (2010-2016)); Director, PMA Capital Corporation (2004-2010). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2005).

     
William H. Cunningham, Born: 1944 2015 215
Trustee
Professor, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (since 1971); former Chancellor, University of Texas System and former President of the University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Chairman (since 2009) and Director (since 2006), Lincoln National Corporation (insurance); Director, Southwest Airlines (since 2000); former Director, LIN Television (2009-2014). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 1986).

     
Grace K. Fey, Born: 1946 2015 215
Trustee
Chief Executive Officer, Grace Fey Advisors (since 2007); Director and Executive Vice President, Frontier Capital Management Company (1988-2007); Director, Fiduciary Trust (since 2009). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2008).

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Independent Trustees (continued)

     
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) and other directorships during past 5 years
Trustee of
the Trust
since1
Number of
John Hancock
funds overseen
by Trustee

     
Theron S. Hoffman,2 Born: 1947 2015 215
Trustee
Chief Executive Officer, T. Hoffman Associates, LLC (consulting firm) (since 2003); Director, The Todd Organization (consulting firm) (2003-2010); President, Westport Resources Management (investment management consulting firm) (2006-2008); Board Member, Senior Managing Director, Partner, and Operating Head, Putnam Investments (2000-2003); Executive Vice President, The Thomson Corp. (financial and legal information publishing) (1997-2000). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2008).

     
Deborah C. Jackson, Born: 1952 2015 215
Trustee
President, Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (since 2011); Board of Directors, National Association of Corporate Directors/New England (since 2015); Board of Directors, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (since 2014); Chief Executive Officer, American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay (2002-2011); Board of Directors of Eastern Bank Corporation (since 2001); Board of Directors of Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation (since 2001); Board of Directors of American Student Assistance Corporation (1996-2009); Board of Directors of Boston Stock Exchange (2002-2008); Board of Directors of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare (health benefits company) (2007-2011). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2008).

     
James M. Oates, Born: 1946 2015 215
Trustee
Managing Director, Wydown Group (financial consulting firm) (since 1994); Chairman and Director, Emerson Investment Management, Inc. (2000-2015); Independent Chairman, Hudson Castle Group, Inc. (formerly IBEX Capital Markets, Inc.) (financial services company) (1997-2011); Director, Stifel Financial (since 1996); Director, Investor Financial Services Corporation (1995-2007); Director, Connecticut River Bancorp (1998-2014); Director/Trustee, Virtus Funds (since 1988). Trustee (since 2004) and Chairperson of the Board (2005-2016) of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex.

     
Steven R. Pruchansky, Born: 1944 2015 215
Trustee and Vice Chairperson of the Board
Managing Director, Pru Realty (since 2017); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Greenscapes of Southwest Florida, Inc. (since 2000); Director and President, Greenscapes of Southwest Florida, Inc. (until 2000); Member, Board of Advisors, First American Bank (until 2010); Managing Director, Jon James, LLC (real estate) (since 2000); Partner, Right Funding, LLC (2014-2017); Director, First Signature Bank & Trust Company (until 1991); Director, Mast Realty Trust (until 1994); President, Maxwell Building Corp. (until 1991). Trustee (since 1992), Chairperson of the Board (2011-2012), and Vice Chairperson of the Board (since 2012) of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex.

     
Gregory A. Russo, Born: 1949 2015 215
Trustee
Director and Audit Committee Chairman (since 2012), and Member, Audit Committee and Finance Committee (since 2011), NCH Healthcare System, Inc. (holding company for multi-entity healthcare system); Director and Member (since 2012) and Finance Committee Chairman (since 2014), The Moorings, Inc. (nonprofit continuing care community); Vice Chairman, Risk & Regulatory Matters, KPMG LLP (KPMG) (2002-2006); Vice Chairman, Industrial Markets, KPMG (1998-2002); Chairman and Treasurer, Westchester County, New York, Chamber of Commerce (1986-1992); Director, Treasurer, and Chairman of Audit and Finance Committees, Putnam Hospital Center (1989-1995); Director and Chairman of Fundraising Campaign, United Way of Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York (1990-1995). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2008).

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Non-Independent Trustees3

     
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) and other directorships during past 5 years
Trustee of
the Trust
since1
Number of
John Hancock
funds overseen
by Trustee

     
Andrew G. Arnott, Born: 1971 2017 215
President and Non-Independent Trustee
Executive Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2009, including prior positions); Director and Executive Vice President, John Hancock Advisers, LLC (since 2005, including prior positions); Director and Executive Vice President, John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2006, including prior positions); President, John Hancock Funds, LLC (since 2004, including prior positions); President of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2007, including prior positions).

     
Marianne Harrison, Born: 1963 2018 215
Non-Independent Trustee
President and CEO, John Hancock (since 2017); President and CEO, Manulife Canadian Division (2013-2017); Member, Board of Directors, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) (since 2018); Member, Board of Directors, Communitech, an industry-led innovation center that fosters technology companies in Canada (since 2017); Member, Board of Directors, Manulife Assurance Canada (since 2015); Board Member, St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation (since 2014); Member, Board of Directors, Manulife Bank of Canada (since 2013); Member, Standing Committee of the Canadian Life & Health Assurance Association (since 2013); Member, Board of Directors, John Hancock USA, John Hancock Life & Health, John Hancock New York (2012-2013). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2018).

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Principal officers who are not Trustees

   
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) during past 5 years
Officer
of the
Trust
since

   
Francis V. Knox, Jr., Born: 1947 2014
Chief Compliance Officer
Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2005); Chief Compliance Officer, various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex, John Hancock Advisers, LLC, and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2005).

   
Charles A. Rizzo, Born: 1957 2014
Chief Financial Officer
Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2008); Senior Vice President, John Hancock Advisers, LLC and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2008); Chief Financial Officer of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2007).

   
Salvatore Schiavone, Born: 1965 2014
Treasurer
Assistant Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2007); Vice President, John Hancock Advisers, LLC and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2007); Treasurer of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2007, including prior positions).

   
Christopher (Kit) Sechler, Born: 1973 2018
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Vice President and Deputy Chief Counsel, John Hancock Investments (since 2015); Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel (2009-2015), John Hancock Investments; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2018); Assistant Secretary of John Hancock Advisers, LLC and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2009).

The business address for all Trustees and Officers is 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5023.

The Statement of Additional Information of the fund includes additional information about members of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-225-6020.

1 Each Trustee holds office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until the Trustee's death, retirement, resignation, or removal.
2 Member of the Audit Committee.
3 The Trustee is a Non-Independent Trustee due to current or former positions with the Advisor and certain affiliates.
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More information

   

Trustees

Hassell H. McClellan, Chairperson
Steven R. Pruchansky, Vice Chairperson
Andrew G. Arnott
Charles L. Bardelis*
James R. Boyle
Peter S. Burgess*
William H. Cunningham
Grace K. Fey
Marianne Harrison†#
Theron S. Hoffman*
Deborah C. Jackson
James M. Oates
Gregory A. Russo

Officers

Andrew G. Arnott
President

Francis V. Knox, Jr.
Chief Compliance Officer

Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer

Salvatore Schiavone
Treasurer

Christopher (Kit) Sechler**
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Investment advisor

John Hancock Advisers, LLC

Subadvisor

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Portfolio Managers

Joseph F. Hohn
Joel P. Schneider
Lukas J. Smart, CFA

Principal distributor

Foreside Fund Services, LLC

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Transfer agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Legal counsel

Dechert LLP

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

* Member of the Audit Committee
† Non-Independent Trustee
# Effective 6-19-18
** Effective 9-13-18

The funds' proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as the funds' proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, are available free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website at sec.gov or on our website.

All of the funds' holdings as of the end of the third month of every fiscal quarter are filed with the SEC on Form N-PORT within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter. The funds' Form N-PORT filings are available on our website and the SEC's website, sec.gov.

We make this information on your funds', as well as monthly portfolio holdings, and other funds' details available on our website at jhinvestments.com/etf or by calling 800-225-6020.

     
  You can also contact us:
  800-225-6020
jhinvestments.com/etf

Regular mail:

John Hancock
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116

 

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John Hancock family of funds

     

DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS



Blue Chip Growth

Classic Value

Disciplined Value

Disciplined Value Mid Cap

Equity Income

Financial Industries

Fundamental All Cap Core

Fundamental Large Cap Core

Fundamental Large Cap Value

New Opportunities

Regional Bank

Small Cap Core

Small Cap Growth

Small Cap Value

U.S. Global Leaders Growth

U.S. Quality Growth

Value Equity

GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS



Disciplined Value International

Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets Equity

Fundamental Global Franchise

Global Equity

Global Shareholder Yield

Global Thematic Opportunities

International Dynamic Growth

International Growth

International Small Company

 

INCOME FUNDS



Bond

California Tax-Free Income

Emerging Markets Debt

Floating Rate Income

Government Income

High Yield

High Yield Municipal Bond

Income

Investment Grade Bond

Money Market

Short Duration Credit Opportunities

Spectrum Income

Strategic Income Opportunities

Tax-Free Bond

ALTERNATIVE AND SPECIALTY FUNDS



Absolute Return Currency

Alternative Asset Allocation

Disciplined Alternative Yield

Global Absolute Return Strategies

Infrastructure

Seaport Long/Short

A fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses should be considered carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. To obtain a prospectus, contact your financial professional, call John Hancock Investments at 800-225-5291, or visit our website at jhinvestments.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money.

     

ASSET ALLOCATION



Balanced

Income Allocation

Multi-Index Lifetime Portfolios

Multi-Index Preservation Portfolios

Multimanager Lifestyle Portfolios

Multimanager Lifetime Portfolios

Retirement Income 2040

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS



John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Media and
Communications ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF

 

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND
GOVERNANCE FUNDS



ESG All Cap Core

ESG Core Bond

ESG International Equity

ESG Large Cap Core

CLOSED-END FUNDS



Financial Opportunities

Hedged Equity & Income

Income Securities Trust

Investors Trust

Preferred Income

Preferred Income II

Preferred Income III

Premium Dividend

Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income

Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield

John Hancock Multifactor ETF shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

John Hancock ETFs are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC, and are subadvised by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Foreside is not affiliated with John Hancock Funds, LLC or Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP receives compensation from John Hancock in connection with licensing rights to the John Hancock Dimensional indexes. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP does not sponsor, endorse, or sell, and makes no representation as to the advisability of investing in, John Hancock Multifactor ETFs.


John Hancock Investment Management

A trusted brand

John Hancock Investment Management is a premier asset manager representing one of America's most
trusted brands, with a heritage of financial stewardship dating back to 1862. Helping our shareholders
pursue their financial goals is at the core of everything we do. It's why we support the role of professional
financial advice and operate with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

A better way to invest

We serve investors globally through a unique multimanager approach: We search the world to find
proven portfolio teams with specialized expertise for every strategy we offer, then we apply robust
investment oversight to ensure they continue to meet our uncompromising standards and serve the
best interests of our shareholders.

Results for investors

Our unique approach to asset management enables us to provide a diverse set of investments backed
by some of the world's best managers, along with strong risk-adjusted returns across asset classes.

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John Hancock Investment Management n 200 Berkeley Street n Boston, MA 02116 n 800-225-6020 n jhinvestments.com/etf

This report is for the information of the shareholders of John Hancock Multifactor ETFs. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

   
JHAN-20180615-0136 ETFA 4/19
6/19


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

As of the end of the period, April 30, 2019, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (respectively, the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and the principal accounting officer, the “Senior Financial Officers”). A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Peter S. Burgess is the audit committee financial expert and is “independent”, pursuant to general instructions on Form N-CSR Item 3.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

(a) Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audits of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements amounted to the following for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019 and April 30, 2018. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the registrant’s audit committee.

Fund April 30, 2019 April 30, 2018
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $      14,000 $      13,759
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 14,500 13,759
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 14,500 13,759
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 14,000 14,259
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 14,000 -
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 14,500 15,259
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 14,000 13,759
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 14,000 14,259
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 14,500 13,759
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 14,000 14,259
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 14,000 -
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 14,000 14,259
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 14,000 14,259
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 15,550 14,284
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 14,000 12,500
Total $ 213,550 $ 182,133

(b) Audit-Related Services
Audit-related service fees for assurance and related services by the principal accountant are billed to the registrant or to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser (“control affiliates”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant. The nature of the services provided was affiliated service provider internal controls reviews.

Fund April 30, 2019 April 30, 2018
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $ 0 $ 0
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 0 0



John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 0 -
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 0 -
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 0 0
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 0 -
Total $      0 $      0

In addition, amounts billed to control affiliates for service provider internal controls reviews were $113,000 for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019 and $110,200 for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2018.

(c) Tax Fees
The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“tax fees”) amounted to the following for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019 and for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2018. The nature of the services comprising the tax fees was the review of the registrant’s tax returns and tax distribution requirements. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the registrant’s audit committee.

Fund April 30, 2019 April 30, 2018
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $      1,000 $      1,120
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 1,000 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 1,000 1,125
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 1,000 1,336
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 0 -
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 1,000 1,211
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 1,000 1,075
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 1,000 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 1,000 1,136
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 1,000 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 0 -
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 1,000 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 1,000 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 1,000 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 1,000 0
Total $ 13,000 $ 13,003

(d) All Other Fees
Other fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant or to the control affiliates for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019 and for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2018 amounted to the following:



Fund April 30, 2019 April 30, 2018
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $      102 $      221
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 1,213 221
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 89 -
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 1,213 221
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 1,213 221
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 84 -
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 102 221
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 1,213 221
Total $ 2,873 $ 2,873

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The trust’s Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm (the “Auditor”) relating to the operations or financial reporting of the funds. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

The trust’s Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee’s consideration of audit-related and non-audit services by the Auditor. The policies and procedures require that any audit-related and non-audit service provided by the Auditor and any non-audit service provided by the Auditor to a fund service provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a fund are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided. Audit-related services provided by the Auditor that are expected to exceed $25,000 per instance/per fund are subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Tax services provided by the Auditor that are expected to exceed $30,000 per instance/per fund are subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

All audit services, as well as the audit-related and non-audit services that are expected to exceed the amounts stated above, must be approved in advance of provision of the service by formal resolution of the Audit Committee. At the regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings, the Committee reviews a report summarizing the services, including fees, provided by the Auditor.

(e)(2) Services approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:

Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees:
There were no amounts that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) According to the registrant’s principal accountant, for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019, the percentage of hours spent on the audit of the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons who were not full-time, permanent employees of principal accountant was less than 50%.


(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant's accountant for non- audit services rendered to the registrant and rendered to the registrant's control affiliates for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019 and April 30, 2018 amounted to the following:

Trust April 30, 2019 April 30, 2018
John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust $ 905,671 $ 6,847,555

(h) The audit committee of the registrant has considered the non-audit services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant(s) to the control affiliates and has determined that the services that were not pre-approved are compatible with maintaining the principal accountant(s)' independence.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee comprised of independent trustees. The members of the audit committee are as follows:

Peter S. Burgess - Chairman
Charles L. Bardelis
Theron S. Hoffman

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The registrant has adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's Board of Trustees. A copy of the procedures is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Nominating, Governance and Administration Committee Charter”.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.


(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.: Not applicable.

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics for Covered Officers is attached.

(a)(2) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.

(b)(1) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached. The certifications furnished pursuant to this paragraph are not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications are not deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.

(c)(1) Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders is attached. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Nominating, Governance and Administration Committee Charter”.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

By:      /s/ Andrew Arnott
Andrew Arnott
President
 
Date: June 18, 2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Andrew Arnott
Andrew Arnott
President
 
Date:  June 18, 2019
 
By: /s/ Charles A. Rizzo
Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date:  June 18, 2019