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Defiance Israel Bond ETF
Trading Symbol: CHAI
Summary Prospectus
December 11, 2023
Listed on NYSE Arca, Inc.
www.defianceetfs.com
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. The current Prospectus and SAI, each dated December 11, 2023, as supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at www.defianceetfs.com/chai/. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1‑800‑617‑0004 or by sending an e-mail request to ETF@usbank.com.
Investment Objective
The Defiance Israel Bond ETF (the “Fund” or the “Israel Bond ETF”) seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the MCM-BlueStar® Israel Bonds Index (the “Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees0.48%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees0.00%
Other Expenses1
0.00%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.48%
1 Estimated for the current fiscal year.
Expense Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then continue to hold or redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year3 Years
$49$154
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund uses a “passive management” (or indexing) approach to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index is comprised of global Israeli companies, across all sectors of the economy, irrespective of their listing venue.
The Fund’s Investment Strategy
The Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning the Fund will generally invest in all of the component securities of the Index in the same approximate proportions as in the Index. However, the Fund may use a “representative sampling” strategy, meaning it may invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return, and other characteristics closely resemble the risk, return, and other characteristics of the Index as a whole, when the Fund’s sub-
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adviser believes it is in the best interests of the Fund (e.g., when replicating the Index involves practical difficulties or substantial costs, an Index constituent becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable, or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations that apply to the Fund but not to the Index).
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in Israeli Shekel (“ILS”)- and United States dollar (“USD”)-denominated debt, specifically bonds, issued by (i) the Israeli government, (ii) Israeli government-related entities or agencies, or (iii) Israeli companies (collectively, the “Israel Bonds”). The Fund defines “Israeli companies” as companies that are (a) domiciled in Israel or included in the BlueStar® Israel Global Index universe (generally, companies that derive a majority of their revenue from Israel); and (b) incorporated in Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, or Jersey and Guernsey, Channel Islands.
To the extent the Index concentrates (i.e., holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent as the Index.
The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund.
MCM-BlueStar® Israel Bonds Index
Securities must meet the following eligibility criteria to qualify for inclusion in the Index:
ILS-denominated bonds must be listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
at least 18 months to final maturity at the time of issuance
at least six months remaining to final maturity (with the next call date used at the maturity date for callable bonds)
up to 15 years remaining to maturity for corporate bonds or 30 years for government bonds (with the next call date used at the maturity date for callable bonds)
a minimum amount outstanding of at least $100 million for USD-denominated bonds or $250 million for ILS-denominated bonds
trade in denominations of up to $10,000 USD (except for USD-denominated bonds of issuers incorporated in the United States)
ILS-denominated corporate bonds must be rated as investment grade and USD-denominated corporate bonds must be rated BB- or higher (including “junk bonds”) according to S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”).
Securities are selected to the Index, as discussed below, with a minimum of 15 issuers represented in the Index, a maximum of 10 securities issued by the Israeli government or government-related entities, and a maximum of 5 securities issued by any one corporate issuer (based on the parent company). In the Index methodology described below, “largest” refers to the market value of the security.
The 15 largest USD-denominated bonds, with a maximum of one bond per issuer, are selected to the Index. If fewer than 15 issuers have eligible USD-denominated bonds, the next largest ILS-denominated bonds are selected.
The next 4 largest bonds (selecting from USD-denominated bonds first) issued by the Israeli government or government-related entities are selected.
The next largest bonds (selecting from USD-denominated bonds first) are selected until a total of 35 bonds have been selected to the Index (subject to the issuer limitations set forth above).
The Index uses a modified market cap weighting methodology that caps a security’s weight at 5%, caps the combined aggregate weight of securities issued by the Israeli government and securities issued by Israeli government-related entities at 25%, and caps the aggregate weight of securities issued by any single corporate issuer at 7.5%. All securities selected to the Index are initially weighted based on their market value, subject to the following modifications:
Step 1 - If the combined aggregate weight of securities issued by the Israeli government and securities issued by Israeli government-related entities exceeds 25%, or securities issued by any corporate issuer exceeds 7.5%, the weight of those securities will be reduced such that their aggregate weight equals 25% or 7.5%, respectively, with the remaining weight redistributed to all securities from non-capped issuers in proportion to their market value. This step is repeated until the aggregate weight of all securities from any single corporate issuer is less than or equal to 7.5%.
Step 2 - If the weight of any single security exceeds 5%, the weight of that security is reduced to 5% with the remaining weight redistributed to all remaining uncapped securities from uncapped issuers. If the 5% security cap causes the aggregate weight of securities issued by the Israeli government or government-related entities to fall below
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25%, or the aggregate weight of securities issued by any single corporate issuer to fall below 7.5%, those issuers will now be considered uncapped.
Step 3 - Steps 2 and 3 are repeated until no security has a weight of more than 5%, the aggregate weight of all securities issued by the Israeli government or government-related entities is less than or equal to 25%, and the aggregate weight of securities from any single corporate issuer is less than or equal to 7.5%.
The Index is reviewed and rebalanced monthly. The Index was established in 2023 and is owned and maintained by MarketVector Indexes GmbH (the “Index Provider”), which owns the BlueStar® trademark.
Principal Investment Risks
The principal risks of investing in the Fund are summarized below. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears. As with any investment, there is a risk that you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s Prospectus titled “Additional Information About the Fund.”
Associated Risks of Israeli Investments. Investments in Israeli issuers may subject the Fund to legal, security, regulatory, political, and economic risk specific to Israel. Israel’s economy is dependent upon external trade with other economies, notably the United States, China, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and European Union countries. As a result, economic conditions of Israel may be particularly affected by changes in the economy of or political relations between Israel and its key trading partners. Israel’s access to credit in the international capital markets is affected by regional and international political and economic conditions, including interest rates in financial markets outside Israel, the impact of changes in the credit rating of Israel, the global, regional and Israeli security situations, the economic growth and stability of Israel’s major trading partners and the global high-tech market. As a result, political, economic or market factors, which may be outside Israel’s control, may impact the debt dynamics of Israel and could adversely affect Israel’s cost of funds in the international capital markets and the liquidity of and demand for Israel’s debt securities. In addition, any negative change in the credit rating of Israel could adversely affect the trading price of Israel’s debt securities. Israel has experienced a history of hostile relations with several countries in the Middle East region. Israel and its citizens have also been the target of periodic acts of terrorism, including from U.S.-designated terrorist groups that are committed to violence against Israel, such as Hezbollah, the “Islamic State”, and Hamas, each of which operate in close proximity to Israel’s borders and frequently threaten Israel with attack. Attacks or threats from these groups have the potential to disrupt economic activity in Israel. Most recently, Hamas militants launched a brutal terror attack against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and, in response, Israel declared war on Hamas and Israeli Defense Forces invaded the Gaza Strip. Actual hostilities, such as the Israel-Hamas war, or the threat of future hostilities may cause significant volatility in the share price of companies based in or having significant operations in Israel. Israel is located in a part of the world that has historically been prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and droughts, and Israel is economically sensitive to environmental events. Any such event may adversely impact Israel’s economy or business operations of companies in Israel, causing an adverse impact on the value of the Fund.
Concentration Risk. The Fund’s investments will be concentrated in an industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index is so concentrated. In such event, the value of the Shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries.
Currency Exchange Rate Risk. The Fund may invest in ILS-denominated instruments. Changes in currency exchange rates and the relative value of non-U.S. currencies may affect the value of such investments and the value of your Shares. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an investment in the Fund may change quickly and without warning and you may lose money.
ETF Risks. The Fund is an ETF, and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it is exposed to the following risks:
Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
Cash Redemption Risk. The Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem shares for cash or to otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital gain that it
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might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was used.
Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid-ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Because securities held by the Fund may trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when the Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is likely to experience premiums and discounts greater than those of domestic ETFs.
Trading. Although Shares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”) and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares, and this could lead to differences between the market price of the Shares and the underlying value of those Shares.
Fixed Income Securities Risk. The value of investments in fixed income securities fluctuates with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities owned indirectly by the Fund. On the other hand, if rates fall, the value of the fixed income securities generally increases. Below are several specific risks associated with investments in fixed income securities.
Credit Risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not be able to make payments of interest and principal when due. Changes in an issuer’s credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of an investment in that issuer.
Duration Risk. Prices of fixed income securities with longer durations are more sensitive to interest rate changes than those with shorter durations.
Event Risk. Event risk is the risk that corporate issuers may undergo restructurings, such as mergers, leveraged buyouts, takeovers, or similar events financed by increased debt. As a result of the added debt, the credit quality and market value of a company’s bonds and/or other debt securities may decline significantly.
Extension Risk. When interest rates rise, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor more slowly than anticipated, causing the value of these securities to fall.
Interest Rate Risk. Generally, the value of fixed income securities will change inversely with changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market value of fixed income securities tends to decrease. Conversely, as interest rates fall, the market value of fixed income securities tends to increase. This risk will be greater for long-term securities than for short-term securities. Changes in government intervention may have adverse effects on investments, volatility, and illiquidity in debt markets.
Maturity Risk. The value of fixed income investments is also dependent on their maturity. Generally, the longer the maturity of a fixed income security, the greater its sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
Prepayment Risk. When interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor more quickly than originally anticipated and the proceeds may have to be invested in securities with lower yields.
Variable and Floating Rate Instrument Risk. Floating or variable rate securities pay interest at rates that adjust in response to changes in a specified interest rate or reset at predetermined dates (such as the end of a calendar quarter). Securities with floating or variable interest rates are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with fixed interest rates, but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates. Although floating or variable rate securities are generally less sensitive to interest rate risk than fixed rate securities, they are subject to credit, liquidity and default risk and may be subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, which could impair their value.
Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not be present with investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations or to political or economic instability. Investments in non-U.S. securities also may be subject to withholding or
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other taxes and may be subject to additional trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. These and other factors can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially less liquid than other types of investments.
High-Yield Securities Risk. High-yield securities (also known as “junk bonds”) carry a greater degree of risk and are considered speculative by the major credit rating agencies. High-yield securities may be issued by companies that are restructuring, are smaller and less creditworthy, or are more highly indebted than other companies. This means that they may have more difficulty making scheduled payments of principal and interest. Changes in the value of high-yield securities are influenced more by changes in the financial and business position of the issuing company than by changes in interest rates when compared to investment grade securities. High-yield securities have greater volatility because there is less certainty that principal and interest payments will be made as scheduled. High-yield securities may experience reduced liquidity and sudden and substantial decreases in price.
Index Provider Risk. There is no assurance that the Index Provider, or any agents that act on its behalf, will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be determined, maintained, constructed, reconstituted, rebalanced, composed, calculated or disseminated accurately. The investment adviser relies upon the Index Provider and its agents to compile, determine, maintain, construct, reconstitute, rebalance, compose, calculate (or arrange for an agent to calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs associated with errors made by the Index Provider or its agents generally will be borne by the Fund and its shareholders.
Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell. This can reduce the Fund’s returns because the Fund may be unable to transact at advantageous times or prices.
Market Risk. The trading prices of debt securities and other instruments fluctuate in response to a variety of factors. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor could lose money over short or long periods of time. In addition, local, regional or global events such as war, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Hamas terrorist attacks, spread of infectious diseases or other public health issues (such as the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus), recessions, rising inflation, or other events could have a significant negative impact on the Fund and its investments. Such events may affect certain geographic regions, countries, sectors and industries more significantly than others. Such events could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio securities or other instruments and could result in disruptions in the trading markets.
New Fund Risk. The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision.
Non-Diversification Risk. The Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance. However, the Fund intends to satisfy the diversification requirements for qualifying as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code.
Passive Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively managed, and its sub-adviser would not sell a security held by the Fund due to current or projected underperformance of the security, industry, or sector, unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of that security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution or rebalancing of the Index in accordance with the Index methodology.
Rating Agencies Risk. Ratings are not an absolute standard of quality. Ratings are general indicators that reflect only the view of the originating rating agencies from which an explanation of the significance of such ratings may be obtained. There is no assurance that a particular rating will continue for any given period of time or that any such rating will not be revised downward or withdrawn entirely. Such changes may negatively affect the liquidity or market price of the securities in which the Fund invests. The ratings of securitized assets may not adequately reflect the credit risk of those assets due to their structure.
Tax Risk. To qualify for the favorable tax treatment generally available to a RIC, the Fund must satisfy, among other requirements described in the SAI, certain diversification requirements. Given the concentration of the Index in a relatively small number of issuers, it may not always be possible for the Fund to fully implement a replication strategy or a representative sampling strategy while satisfying these diversification requirements. The Fund’s efforts to replicate or represent the Index may cause it inadvertently to fail to satisfy the diversification requirements. If the Fund were to fail to satisfy the diversification requirements, it could be eligible for relief provisions if the failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. Additionally, relief is provided for certain de minimis failures of the diversification requirements where the Fund corrects the failure within a specified period. If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC for a tax year, and the relief provisions are not available, it would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation, and distributions to its shareholders would
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not be deductible by the Fund in computing its taxable income. In such case, its shareholders would be taxed as if they received ordinary dividends, although corporate shareholders could be eligible for the dividends received deduction (subject to certain limitations) and individuals may be able to benefit from the lower tax rates available to qualified dividend income. In addition, the Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make substantial distributions before requalifying as a RIC.
Tracking Error Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition, the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Valuation Risk. The prices provided by the Fund’s pricing services or independent dealers or the fair value determinations made by the Adviser may be different from the prices used by other investment companies or from the prices at which debt obligations are actually bought and sold. The prices of certain debt obligations provided by pricing services may be subject to frequent and significant change and will vary depending on the information that is available.
Performance
Performance information for the Fund is not included because the Fund did not have a full calendar year of performance prior to the date of this Prospectus. In the future, performance information for the Fund will be presented in this section. Updated performance information will be available on the Fund’s website at www.defianceetfs.com.
Portfolio Management
AdviserDefiance ETFs, LLC (the “Adviser”)
Sub-Adviser
Vident Asset Management (“Vident” or the “Sub-Adviser”)
Portfolio Managers
Jeff Kernagis, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager for Vident and Jim Iredale, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager for Vident, are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Each has served as a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in 2023.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Shares are listed on the Exchange, and individual Shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices, rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).
The Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in large blocks known as “Creation Units,” which only APs (typically, broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities and/or a designated amount of U.S. cash.
Investors may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.defianceetfs.com.
Tax Information
Fund distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other tax-advantaged account. Distributions on investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts.
Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (an “Intermediary”), the Fund’s investment adviser, sub-adviser or their affiliates may pay Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your salesperson or visit the Intermediary’s website for more information.
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