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Summary Prospectus        |        October 1, 2014, as revised May 4, 2015

Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF

 

Ticker: ASHR      Stock Exchange: NYSE Arca   

 

 

 

Before you invest, you may wish to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund online at https://www.deutsche-etfs.com/prospectuses. You can also get this information at no cost by calling ALPS Distributors, Inc. at 1-855-329-3837 or by sending an e-mail request to dbxquestions@list.db.com. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated October 1, 2014, as revised May 4, 2015, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the CSI 300 Index (the “Underlying Index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you will incur if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You will also incur usual and customary brokerage commissions when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the Example that follows:

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES

(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)

 

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)     None   
Management Fee     0.80   
Other Expenses     None   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses     0.80   

The Fund’s expense information has been restated to reflect current fees.

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
$82    $255    $444    $990

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate

higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. For the period from November 6, 2013 (commencement of operations) through the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 42% of the average value of the portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Underlying Index is designed to reflect the price fluctuation and performance of the China A-Share market and is composed of the 300 largest and most liquid stocks in the China A-Share market. The Underlying Index includes small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap stocks. The Fund, using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Underlying Index. The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect correlation.

A-Shares are equity securities issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and are denominated and traded in renminbi (“RMB”) on the Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchanges. Subject to minor exceptions, under current regulations in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”), foreign investors can invest in the domestic PRC securities market principally through certain foreign institutional investors that have obtained status as a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (“QFII”) or a Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (“RQFII”) from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”) and have been granted a specific aggregate dollar amount investment quota by China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) to invest foreign freely convertible currencies (in the case of a QFII) and RMB (in the case of a RQFII) in the PRC for the purpose of investing in the PRC’s domestic securities markets.

 

 

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The Sub-Adviser is a licensed RQFII and has been granted RQFII quota for the Fund’s investment. The Sub-Adviser, on behalf of the Fund, may invest in A-Shares and other permitted China securities listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges up to the specified quota amount. The Sub-Adviser may apply for an increase of the initial RQFII quota subject to certain conditions, including the use of all or substantially all of the initial quota. There is no guarantee that an application for additional quota will be granted. The Fund may also invest in A-shares listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange through the Hong Kong – Shanghai Stock Connect (“Stock Connect”) program. Stock Connect is a securities trading and clearing program between the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”), China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited designed to permit mutual stock market access between mainland China and Hong Kong by allowing investors to trade and settle shares on each market via their local exchanges. Trading through Stock Connect is subject to aggregate investment quotas that limit total purchases and sales through Stock Connect as well as daily quotas that limit the maximum daily net purchases on any particular day. Accordingly, the Fund’s direct investments in A-shares will be limited by the quota allocated to the RQFII or QFII and by the aggregate investment quotas, including daily quotas, that limit total purchases and/or sales through Stock Connect. Investment companies are not currently within the types of entities that are eligible for a RQFII or QFII license.

The Sub-Adviser expects to use a full replication indexing strategy to seek to track the Underlying Index. As such, the Sub-Adviser expects to invest directly in the component securities (or a substantial number of the component securities) of the Underlying Index in substantially the same weightings in which they are represented in the Underlying Index. If it is not possible for the Sub-Adviser to acquire component securities due to limited availability or regulatory restrictions, the Sub-Adviser may use a representative sampling indexing strategy to seek to track the Underlying Index instead of a full replication indexing strategy. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Underlying Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield), and liquidity measures similar to those of the Underlying Index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index when the Sub-Adviser is using a representative sampling indexing strategy.

The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in securities of issuers that comprise the Underlying Index. The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing directly in A-shares. Because the Fund does not satisfy the criteria to qualify as a RQFII or QFII itself, the Fund intends to invest directly in A-shares via the A-share quota granted to the Sub-Adviser and may also invest through Stock Connect. While the Fund intends to invest primarily and directly in A-Shares, the Fund also may invest in securities of issuers not included in the Underlying Index, futures contracts, swap contracts and other types of derivative instruments, and other pooled investment vehicles, including affiliated and/or foreign investment companies, that the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser believes will help the Fund to achieve its investment objective. The remainder of the Fund’s assets will be invested primarily in money market instruments and cash equivalents. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in A-Shares of Chinese issuers or in derivative instruments and other securities that provide investment exposure to A-Shares of Chinese issuers.

The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of May 31, 2014, the Underlying Index was substantially comprised of issuers in the financial services sector.

SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with any investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. The Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return, and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as numerous other risks that are described in greater detail in the section of this Prospectus entitled “A Further Discussion of Principal Risks” and in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

Special Risk Considerations Relating to the RQFII Regime and Investments in A-Shares. The Adviser’s ability to achieve its investment objective by investing in the component securities of the Underlying Index is dependent on the continuous availability of A-Shares. Because the Fund will not be able to invest directly in A-shares in excess of the Sub-Adviser’s RQFII quota and beyond the limits that may be imposed by Stock Connect, the size of the Fund’s direct investment in A-shares may be limited. If the Sub-Adviser’s RQFII quota is or becomes inadequate to meet the investment needs of the Fund or if the Sub-Adviser is unable to maintain its RQFII status, the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser may seek to gain exposure to

 

 

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the A-Shares market by investing in securities not included in the Underlying Index, futures contracts, swaps and other derivative instruments, and other pooled investment vehicles, including foreign and/or affiliated funds, that provide exposure to the A-Shares market until additional RQFII quota can be obtained. A reduction in or elimination of the RQFII quota may not only adversely affect the ability of the Fund to invest directly in A-Shares, but also the willingness of swap counterparties to engage in swaps and the performance of pooled investment vehicles linked to the performance of A-Shares. Therefore, any such reduction or elimination may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective. These risks are compounded by the fact that at present there are only a limited number of firms and counterparties that have QFII or RQFII status or are otherwise able to obtain A-Shares quota. In addition, the RQFII quota may be reduced or revoked by Chinese regulators if, among other things, the Sub-Adviser fails to observe SAFE and other applicable Chinese regulations, which could also lead to other adverse consequences, including the requirement that the Fund dispose of its A-Shares holdings.

If the Fund is unable to obtain sufficient exposure to the performance of the Underlying Index due to the limited availability of RQFII quota or other investments that provide exposure to the performance of A-Shares, the Fund could, among other actions, limit or suspend creations until the Sub-Adviser determines that the requisite exposure to the Underlying Index is obtainable. During the period that creations are limited or suspended, the Fund could trade at a significant premium or discount to the NAV and could experience substantial redemptions. Alternatively, the Fund could change its investment objective by, for example, seeking to track an alternative index that does not include A-Shares as its component securities, or decide to liquidate the Fund.

Special Risk Considerations of Investing in China. Investing in securities of Chinese issuers involves certain risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers, including, among others, (i) the small size of the market for Chinese securities and the low volume of trading, resulting in lack of liquidity and in price volatility, (ii) currency devaluations and other currency exchange rate fluctuations or blockage, (iii) the nature and extent of intervention by the Chinese government in the Chinese securities markets, whether such intervention will continue and the impact of such intervention or its discontinuation, (iv) the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets, (v) the risk that the Chinese government may decide not to continue to support economic reform programs, (vi) limitations on the use of brokers, (vii) higher rates of inflation, (viii) greater political, economic and social uncertainty, (ix) market

volatility caused by any potential regional territorial conflicts or natural disasters, (x) the risk of increased trade tariffs, embargoes and other trade limitations, and (xi) custody risks associated with investing through a RQFII.

A-Shares tax risk. Uncertainties in the Chinese tax rules governing taxation of income and gains from investments in A-Shares could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. China generally imposes withholding tax at a rate of 10% on dividends and interest derived by QFIIs from issuers resident in China. China also imposes withholding tax at a rate of 10% on capital gains derived by nonresident enterprises from investments in an issuer resident in China. There is at present, however, no direct authority on the application of these taxes to an RQFII. In the case of the capital gains tax, moreover, the methodology for calculating and collecting the tax is as yet undetermined, and the Chinese tax authorities are not currently enforcing the collection of the tax. The withholding taxes on dividends, interest and capital gains may in principle be subject to a reduced rate under an applicable tax treaty, but the application of such treaties in the case of an RQFII acting for a foreign investor such as the Fund is also uncertain. Finally, it is also unclear how China’s business tax may apply to activities of an RQFII and how such application may be affected by tax treaty provisions. The imposition of such taxes could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s returns.

The PRC rules for taxation of RQFIIs (and QFIIs) are evolving and certain of the tax regulations to be issued by the PRC State Administration of Taxation and/or PRC Ministry of Finance to clarify the subject matter may apply retrospectively, even if such rules are adverse to the Fund and its shareholders.

If the PRC begins applying tax rules regarding the taxation of income from A-Shares investments to RQFIIs and/or begins collecting capital gains taxes on such investments, the Fund could be subject to withholding tax liability in excess of the amount reserved. The impact of any such tax liability on the Fund’s return could be substantial. The Fund will be liable to the Sub-Adviser for any Chinese tax that is imposed on the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund’s investments.

As described below under “Taxes — Taxes on Distributions,” the Fund may elect, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to treat Chinese taxes (including withholding taxes) paid by the Fund as paid by its shareholders. Even if the Fund is qualified to make that election and does so, however, your ability to claim a credit for certain Chinese taxes may be limited under general U.S. tax principles.

In addition, to the extent the Fund invests in swaps and other derivative instruments, such investments may be less tax-efficient from a U.S. tax perspective than direct investment in A-Shares and may be subject to special U.S.

 

 

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federal income tax rules that could adversely affect the Fund. Also the Fund may be required to periodically adjust its positions in those instruments to comply with certain regulatory requirements which may further cause these investments to be less efficient than a direct investment in A-Shares.

Should the Chinese government impose restrictions on the Fund’s ability to repatriate funds associated with direct investment in A-Shares, the Fund may be unable to satisfy distribution requirements applicable to regulated investment companies (“RICs”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), and the Fund may therefore be subject to Fund-level U.S. federal taxes.

Risks of Investing through Stock Connect. The Fund may invest in A-shares listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange through Stock Connect, or on such other stock exchanges in China which participate in Stock Connect from time to time. Trading through Stock Connect is subject to a number of restrictions that may affect the Fund’s investments and returns. For example, trading through Stock Connect is subject to aggregate investment quotas that limit total purchases and sales through Stock Connect as well as daily quotas that limit the maximum daily net purchases on any particular day, each of which may restrict or preclude the Fund’s ability to invest in Stock Connect A-shares. In addition, investments made through Stock Connect are subject to trading, clearance and settlement procedures that are untested in the PRC, which could pose risks to the Fund. Moreover, Stock Connect A-shares generally may not be sold, purchased or otherwise transferred other than through Stock Connect in accordance with applicable rules. A primary feature of Stock Connect is the application of the home market’s laws and rules applicable to investors in A-shares. Therefore, the Fund’s investments in Stock Connect A-shares are generally subject to PRC securities regulations and listing rules, among other restrictions. Finally, uncertainties in PRC tax rules governing taxation of income and gains from investments in Stock Connect A-shares could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. The withholding tax treatment of dividends and capital gains payable to overseas investors currently is unsettled.

The Stock Connect program is a pilot program in its initial stages. Further developments are likely and there can be no assurance as to the program’s continued existence or whether future developments regarding the program may restrict or adversely affect the Fund’s investments or returns. In addition, the application and interpretation of the laws and regulations of Hong Kong and the PRC, and the rules, policies or guidelines published or applied by relevant regulators and exchanges in respect of the Stock Connect

program are uncertain, and they may have a detrimental effect on the Fund’s investments and returns.

Derivatives risk. The Fund’s investments in derivatives and swap contracts, in particular, may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability, and counterparty risk. To the extent the Fund invests in derivatives to seek to hedge risk or limit leveraged exposure created by other investments, there is no guarantee that such hedging strategies will be effective at managing risk or limiting exposure to leveraged investments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Currency and repatriation risk. The Underlying Index is calculated in RMB (CNY) whereas the Fund’s reference currency is the U.S. dollar. As a result, the Fund’s return may be adversely affected by currency exchange rates. In addition, the Chinese government heavily regulates the domestic exchange of foreign currencies within China. Chinese law requires that all domestic transactions must be settled in RMB, places significant restrictions on the remittance of foreign currency, and strictly regulates currency exchange from RMB. There is no assurance that there will always be sufficient amounts of RMB for the Fund to remain fully invested. Repatriations by RQFIIs are currently permitted daily and are not subject to repatriation restrictions or prior regulatory approval. However, there is no assurance that Chinese rules and regulations will not change or that repatriation restrictions will not be imposed in the future. Further, such changes to the Chinese rules and regulations may be applied retroactively. Any restrictions on repatriation of the Fund’s portfolio investments may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to meet redemption requests.

Stock market risk. When stock prices fall, you should expect the value of your investment to fall as well. Stock prices can be hurt by poor management on the part of the stock’s issuer, shrinking product demand and other business risks. These may affect single companies as well as groups of companies. In addition, movements in financial markets may adversely affect a stock’s price, regardless of how well the company performs. To the extent the Fund invests in a particular capitalization or market sector, the Fund’s performance may be proportionately affected by that segment’s general performance.

Non-U.S. securities risk. Investments in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involve risks beyond those associated with investments in U.S. securities. These additional risks include greater market volatility, the availability of less reliable financial information, higher transactional and

 

 

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custody costs, taxation by foreign governments, decreased market liquidity and political instability.

Emerging market issuers risk. Investments in securities of emerging market issuers are exposed to a number of risks that may make these investments volatile in price or difficult to trade. Political risks may include unstable governments, nationalization, restrictions on foreign ownership, laws that prevent investors from getting their money out of a country and legal systems that do not protect property rights as well as the laws of the U.S. Market risks may include economies that concentrate in only a few industries, securities issues that are held by only a few investors, limited trading capacity in local exchanges and the possibility that markets or issues may be manipulated by foreign nationals who have inside information.

Financial services sector risk. The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in securities of issuers in the financial services sector in order to track the Underlying Index’s allocation to that sector. The financial services industries are subject to extensive government regulation, can be subject to relatively rapid change due to increasingly blurred distinctions between service segments, and can be significantly affected by availability and cost of capital funds, changes in interest rates, the rate of corporate and consumer debt defaults, and price competition. In addition, the deterioration of the credit markets since late 2007 generally has caused an adverse impact in a broad range of markets, including U.S. and international credit and interbank money markets generally, thereby affecting a wide range of financial institutions and markets. The Chinese government encourages banks and certain non-banking financial institutions to conduct strategic transformation and financial innovations in various areas, and continue to facilitate greater access to China’s financial industries. Such changes may have an adverse effect on the value of the Fund’s financial institution holdings. The Fund also may be subject to ownership restrictions with respect to its investments in banks and certain other financial institutions in China.

Industrials sector risk. The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in securities issued by companies in the industrials sector in order to track the Underlying Index’s allocation to that sector. Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by changes in government regulation, world events and economic conditions. In addition, these companies are at risk for environmental damage claims. Companies in this sector could be adversely affected by commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of import controls, increased competition, depletion of resources, technological developments, and labor relations.

Passive investment risk. The Fund and the Underlying Index are not actively managed. The Fund may hold component securities of the Underlying Index regardless of

their current or projected performance, and does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Tracking error risk. The performance of the Fund may diverge from that of the Underlying Index due to operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, operational inefficiencies, and the effect of Chinese taxes (including the maintenance of a tax reserve as a provision for certain potential Chinese taxes). In addition, the Fund may not be able to invest in certain securities included in the Underlying Index or invest in them in the exact proportions they represent of the Underlying Index due to legal restrictions or limitations imposed by the Chinese Government or a lack of liquidity on stock exchanges in which such securities trade. The performance of the Fund also may diverge from that of the Underlying Index if the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser seek to gain exposure to A-Shares by investing in securities not included in the Underlying Index, derivative instruments, and other pooled investment vehicles because the Sub-Adviser’s RQFII quota has become inadequate or the Sub-Adviser is unable to maintain its RQFII status. To the extent the Fund calculates its NAV based on fair value prices and the value of the Underlying Index is based on securities’ closing prices on local foreign markets (i.e., the value of the Underlying Index is not based on fair value prices), the Fund’s ability to track the Underlying Index may be adversely affected. If the Fund uses a representative sampling approach, it may cause the Fund to not be as well correlated with the return of the Underlying Index as would be the case if the Fund purchased all of the securities in the Underlying Index in the proportions represented in the Underlying Index. The Fund’s return also may diverge from the return of the Underlying Index, because the Fund bears the costs and risks associated with buying and selling securities while such costs and risks are not factored into the return of the Underlying Index. The Fund’s use of derivatives may also increase the deviation between the Fund’s return and that of the Underlying Index.

Cash transactions risk. Unlike most other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect all of its creations and redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind securities. Paying redemption proceeds in cash rather than through in-kind delivery of portfolio securities may require the Fund to dispose of or sell portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds at an inopportune time. This may cause the Fund to recognize gains or losses that it might not have incurred if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher or lower

 

 

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annual capital gains distributions than ETFs that redeem in kind. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker-dealers, purchase or redeem Creation Units. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange.

Non-diversification risk. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that the Fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers. Therefore, the Fund’s performance may be more vulnerable to changes in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.

Concentration risk. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund will be susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that industry. Based on the current composition of the Underlying Index, it is expected that the Fund’s assets will be concentrated in the financial services sector and that the Fund will be subject to the risk that economic, political or other conditions that have a negative effect on that sector may adversely affect the Fund to a greater extent than if the Fund’s assets were invested in a wider variety of sectors or industries.

Shares may trade at prices different than NAV. Disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for shares may result in shares trading at a significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases shares when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells shares when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. Although the shares are currently listed on an exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for the shares will develop or be maintained.

Capitalization securities risk. The Fund’s investments may be composed primarily of, or have significant exposure to, securities in a particular capitalization range, e.g., large-, mid- or small-cap securities. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the risk that the predominate capitalization range represented in the Underlying Index and, thus, the Fund’s portfolio may underperform other segments of the Chinese equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Securities lending risk. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to broker dealers and other financial institutions. Any decline in the value of a portfolio security that occurs while the security is out on loan is borne by the Fund and will adversely affect performance. Also, there may be delays in recovery of securities loaned or even a loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially while holding such securities.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has been in operation for less than one full calendar year and therefore does not report its performance information. Once available,

the Fund’s performance information will be accessible on the Fund’s website at www.deutsche-etfs.com and will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance and by showing how the Fund’s returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance.

MANAGEMENT

Investment Adviser

DBX Advisors LLC.

Sub-Adviser

Harvest Global Investments Limited.

Portfolio Managers. Mr. Zhixi Guo, an employee of the Sub-Adviser, is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Guo has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since January 1, 2014.

PAYMENT TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Adviser or other related companies may pay the intermediary for marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs, the support of technology platforms and/or reporting systems or other services related to the sale or promotion of the Fund. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

Fund shares will be listed and traded at market prices on an exchange. Individual Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange through a broker-dealer. The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). The Fund will only issue or redeem shares that have been aggregated into blocks of 50,000 shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) to authorized participants who have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains. For more information regarding the tax consequences that may be associated with investing in the Fund, please refer to the section of this Prospectus entitled “Taxes — Taxes on Distributions.”

 

 

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