N-CSRS 1 tm222562d1_ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

 

 

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:            811-22696

 

Victory Portfolios II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio                          44144

(Address of principal executive offices)                                           (Zip code)

 

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc., 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43219

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-539-3863

 

Date of fiscal year end: June 30

 

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

Semi Annual Report

Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

Victory Market Neutral Income Fund


 

www.vcm.com

News, Information And Education 24 Hours A Day, 7 Days A Week

The Victory Capital website gives fund shareholders, prospective shareholders, and investment professionals a convenient way to access fund information, get guidance, and track fund performance anywhere they can access the Internet. The site includes:

•  Detailed performance records

•  Daily share prices

•  The latest fund news

•  Investment resources to help you become a better investor

•  A section dedicated to investment professionals

Whether you're a potential investor searching for the fund that matches your investment philosophy, a seasoned investor interested in planning tools, or an investment professional, www.vcm.com has what you seek. Visit us anytime. We're always open.


 

Victory Portfolios II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Investment Objective & Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

3

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 

Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

    5    

Victory Market Neutral Income Fund

    17    

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    33    

Statements of Operations

    34    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    35    

Financial Highlights

    38    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

42

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

   

52

   

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    52    

Expense Examples

    52    

Advisory Contract Approval

   

53

   

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 


1


 

IRA DISTRIBUTION WITHHOLDING DISCLOSURE

We generally must withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% of the taxable portion of your distribution and, if you live in a state that requires state income tax withholding, at your state's tax rate. However, you may elect not to have withholding apply or to have income tax withheld at a higher rate. Any withholding election that you make will apply to any subsequent distribution unless and until you change or revoke the election. If you wish to make a withholding election, or change or revoke a prior withholding election, call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class) and form W-4P (OMB No. 1545-0074 withholding certificate for pension or annuity payments) will be electronically sent.

If you do not have a withholding election in place by the date of a distribution, federal income tax will be withheld from the taxable portion of your distribution at a rate of 10%. If you must pay estimated taxes, you may be subject to estimated tax penalties if your estimated tax payments are not sufficient and sufficient tax is not withheld from your distribution.

For more specific information, please consult your tax adviser.

The Funds are distributed by Victory Capital Services, Inc. Victory Capital Management Inc. is the investment adviser to the Funds and receives fees from the Funds for performing services for the Funds.

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus of the Victory Funds.

For additional information about any Victory Fund, including fees, expenses, and risks, view our prospectus online at vcm.com or call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class). Read it carefully before you invest or send money.

The information in this report is based on data obtained from recognized services and sources and is believed to be reliable. Any opinions, projections, or recommendations in this report are subject to change without notice and are not intended as individual investment advice. Past investment performance of the Funds, markets or securities mentioned herein should not be considered to be indicative of future results.

• NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

Call Victory at:

800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)

800-235-8396 for Member Class

Visit our website at:

www.vcm.com

 


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Victory Portfolios II
Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Large Cap 500 Long/Cash Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

0.4

%

 

The Hershey Co.

   

0.4

%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

0.4

%

 

Cerner Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

0.3

%

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

0.3

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


3


 
Victory Portfolios II
Victory Market Neutral Income Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide high current income.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Emera, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

   

0.5

%

 

Fortis, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Otter Tail Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

   

0.4

%

 

CSG Systems International, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   

0.4

%

 

Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

0.4

%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

BCE, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


4


 
Victory Portfolios II
Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.2%)

 

Communication Services (4.2%):

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   

1,519

   

$

101,059

   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

50

     

144,852

   

Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,332

     

70,092

   

Cable One, Inc.

   

63

     

111,097

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

182

     

118,659

   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   

2,661

     

133,928

   

Discovery, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

2,107

     

49,599

   

DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)

   

2,085

     

67,637

   

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

1,075

     

141,792

   

Fox Corp., Class A

   

2,441

     

90,073

   

IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)

   

602

     

78,687

   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)

   

755

     

121,630

   

Match Group, Inc. (a)

   

595

     

78,689

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

324

     

108,977

   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

   

183

     

110,246

   

News Corp., Class A

   

5,493

     

122,549

   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

1,844

     

135,110

   

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,111

     

40,385

   

Roku, Inc. (a)

   

173

     

39,479

   

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

18,939

     

120,263

   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

   

731

     

129,913

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

3,127

     

117,106

   

The Walt Disney Co. (a)

   

786

     

121,743

   

T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)

   

1,104

     

128,042

   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

   

1,222

     

52,815

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

4,457

     

231,586

   

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

   

1,270

     

38,329

   

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

   

2,649

     

114,384

   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a) (b)

   

626

     

39,970

   

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

1,013

     

65,035

   
     

3,023,726

   

Consumer Discretionary (10.1%):

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

   

663

     

159,040

   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

42

     

140,042

   

Aptiv PLC (a)

   

678

     

111,836

   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

   

104

     

218,025

   

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

   

1,131

     

78,933

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

944

     

95,910

   

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

48

     

115,163

   

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

   

328

     

95,615

   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

   

797

     

103,793

   

Chewy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

722

     

42,576

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

   

64

     

111,888

   

D.R. Horton, Inc.

   

1,076

     

116,692

   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   

746

     

112,377

   

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

   

241

     

88,281

   

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (b)

   

577

     

66,349

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

734

   

$

173,099

   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

   

1,394

     

195,885

   

Domino's Pizza, Inc.

   

252

     

142,211

   

eBay, Inc.

   

1,343

     

89,310

   

Etsy, Inc. (a)

   

272

     

59,552

   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

   

468

     

96,825

   

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

720

     

93,607

   

Ford Motor Co.

   

6,591

     

136,895

   

Garmin Ltd.

   

1,054

     

143,523

   

General Motors Co. (a)

   

1,834

     

107,527

   

Genuine Parts Co.

   

1,242

     

174,128

   

Hasbro, Inc.

   

1,408

     

143,306

   

Lennar Corp., Class A

   

829

     

96,297

   

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

   

3,585

     

89,733

   

LKQ Corp.

   

2,560

     

153,677

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

666

     

172,148

   

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (a)

   

853

     

140,950

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

942

     

252,522

   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

   

534

     

97,284

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

4,744

     

103,609

   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

   

731

     

121,836

   

NVR, Inc. (a)

   

26

     

153,631

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   

297

     

209,750

   

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)

   

697

     

36,139

   

Pool Corp.

   

276

     

156,216

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

1,871

     

106,946

   

RH (a)

   

116

     

62,169

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

970

     

110,852

   

Service Corp. International

   

2,356

     

167,252

   

Starbucks Corp.

   

1,398

     

163,524

   

Tapestry, Inc.

   

2,238

     

90,863

   

Target Corp. (c)

   

612

     

141,641

   

Tesla, Inc. (a)

   

86

     

90,883

   

The Home Depot, Inc.

   

549

     

227,841

   

The TJX Cos., Inc.

   

1,918

     

145,615

   

Tractor Supply Co.

   

684

     

163,202

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

   

302

     

124,527

   

Vail Resorts, Inc.

   

408

     

133,783

   

VF Corp.

   

1,528

     

111,880

   

Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

211

     

40,084

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

541

     

126,951

   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   

408

     

69,005

   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   

1,394

     

193,571

   
     

7,266,769

   

Consumer Staples (9.1%):

 

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A (b)

   

2,686

     

81,090

   

Altria Group, Inc.

   

3,254

     

154,207

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

2,838

     

191,820

   

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

   

2,610

     

190,165

   

Bunge Ltd.

   

1,632

     

152,364

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Campbell Soup Co.

   

3,647

   

$

158,499

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

2,546

     

260,965

   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

3,057

     

260,884

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

5,101

     

174,199

   

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

   

794

     

199,270

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

471

     

267,387

   

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)

   

1,058

     

73,309

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

3,213

     

216,492

   

Hormel Foods Corp. (b)

   

3,777

     

184,355

   

Kellogg Co.

   

2,853

     

183,790

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

6,019

     

221,860

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

1,557

     

222,526

   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

2,554

     

246,742

   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

   

3,689

     

244,618

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

   

1,725

     

165,669

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

1,534

     

266,471

   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

2,052

     

194,940

   

Sysco Corp.

   

1,690

     

132,750

   

The Clorox Co.

   

846

     

147,509

   

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

4,161

     

246,373

   

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.

   

394

     

145,859

   

The Hershey Co.

   

1,419

     

274,534

   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

1,316

     

178,739

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

4,467

     

160,365

   

The Kroger Co.

   

2,705

     

122,428

   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

1,680

     

274,814

   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

   

1,979

     

172,490

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

2,500

     

130,400

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

1,424

     

206,039

   
     

6,503,922

   

Energy (1.8%):

 

Chevron Corp.

   

1,375

     

161,356

   

ConocoPhillips

   

1,702

     

122,850

   

Continental Resources, Inc. (b)

   

1,462

     

65,439

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

2,241

     

98,716

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

1,119

     

99,401

   

Halliburton Co.

   

3,807

     

87,066

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

8,262

     

131,035

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

2,066

     

121,398

   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   

587

     

106,764

   

Schlumberger NV

   

2,979

     

89,221

   

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

   

51

     

63,693

   

The Williams Cos., Inc.

   

5,938

     

154,626

   
     

1,301,565

   

Financials (15.5%):

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

3,063

     

178,849

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

2,140

     

101,885

   

American Express Co.

   

819

     

133,988

   

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

738

     

101,342

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

American International Group, Inc.

   

2,120

   

$

120,543

   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

496

     

149,623

   

Aon PLC, Class A

   

521

     

156,592

   

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

   

2,105

     

152,465

   

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)

   

3,780

     

168,021

   

Ares Management Corp., Class A

   

1,701

     

138,240

   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

   

1,291

     

219,044

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

3,264

     

145,215

   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)

   

771

     

230,529

   

BlackRock, Inc.

   

163

     

149,236

   

Blackstone, Inc.

   

1,197

     

154,880

   

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   

3,114

     

218,852

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

687

     

99,677

   

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

978

     

127,531

   

Chubb Ltd.

   

780

     

150,782

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

1,099

     

125,209

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

1,763

     

106,468

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

2,373

     

112,124

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

766

     

175,000

   

CNA Financial Corp.

   

3,492

     

153,927

   

Discover Financial Services

   

830

     

95,915

   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,381

     

108,657

   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

   

555

     

152,026

   

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

   

411

     

199,750

   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

2,778

     

144,956

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

2,811

     

122,419

   

First Republic Bank

   

658

     

135,884

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

3,107

     

104,053

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

6,908

     

106,521

   

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

   

1,876

     

148,992

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

1,739

     

237,843

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

3,752

     

86,371

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

995

     

157,558

   

KeyCorp

   

5,243

     

121,271

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

2,306

     

171,797

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

1,373

     

93,721

   

Loews Corp.

   

2,829

     

163,403

   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

776

     

124,230

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

793

     

121,789

   

Markel Corp. (a)

   

122

     

150,548

   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

   

229

     

94,181

   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

   

1,340

     

232,919

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

2,148

     

134,229

   

Moody's Corp.

   

494

     

192,947

   

Morgan Stanley

   

1,257

     

123,387

   

Morningstar, Inc.

   

522

     

178,519

   

MSCI, Inc.

   

228

     

139,693

   

Nasdaq, Inc.

   

967

     

203,080

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

1,160

     

138,748

   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

1,860

     

134,534

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

1,287

   

$

139,305

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

1,540

     

154,616

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

5,228

     

113,970

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

393

     

185,469

   

Signature Bank

   

337

     

109,009

   

State Street Corp.

   

1,216

     

113,088

   

SVB Financial Group (a)

   

163

     

110,553

   

Synchrony Financial

   

2,052

     

95,192

   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

674

     

132,535

   

The Allstate Corp.

   

1,323

     

155,651

   

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   

2,436

     

141,483

   

The Carlyle Group, Inc.

   

2,798

     

153,610

   

The Charles Schwab Corp.

   

1,577

     

132,626

   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

327

     

125,094

   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

1,583

     

109,290

   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

685

     

137,356

   

The Progressive Corp.

   

1,734

     

177,995

   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

1,016

     

158,933

   

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

   

1,711

     

171,340

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

2,124

     

124,360

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

2,265

     

127,225

   

UWM Holdings Corp.

   

8,523

     

50,456

   

W.R. Berkley Corp.

   

2,322

     

191,310

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

2,221

     

106,564

   
     

11,106,993

   

Health Care (13.8%):

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

1,279

     

180,006

   

AbbVie, Inc.

   

1,513

     

204,860

   

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

   

288

     

103,441

   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

   

1,059

     

169,069

   

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

   

128

     

84,119

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

753

     

169,402

   

Anthem, Inc.

   

403

     

186,807

   

Avantor, Inc. (a)

   

3,169

     

133,542

   

Baxter International, Inc.

   

2,697

     

231,510

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

765

     

192,382

   

Biogen, Inc. (a)

   

193

     

46,305

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

   

1,506

     

133,055

   

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)

   

172

     

129,958

   

Bio-Techne Corp.

   

208

     

107,607

   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

   

3,482

     

147,915

   

Bruker Corp.

   

1,608

     

134,927

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

2,362

     

121,619

   

Catalent, Inc. (a)

   

929

     

118,940

   

Centene Corp. (a)

   

1,867

     

153,841

   

Cerner Corp.

   

2,780

     

258,179

   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

   

315

     

118,686

   

Cigna Corp.

   

626

     

143,748

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

1,932

     

199,305

   

Danaher Corp.

   

460

     

151,345

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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DaVita, Inc. (a)

   

1,074

   

$

122,178

   

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

   

1,970

     

109,906

   

Dexcom, Inc. (a)

   

185

     

99,336

   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

   

1,361

     

176,318

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

421

     

116,289

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (c)

   

2,360

     

171,360

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

490

     

125,891

   

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

   

1,742

     

135,057

   

Hologic, Inc. (a)

   

1,537

     

117,673

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

759

     

81,790

   

Humana, Inc.

   

391

     

181,369

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

   

195

     

128,400

   

Illumina, Inc. (a)

   

210

     

79,892

   

Incyte Corp. (a)

   

1,572

     

115,385

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

   

368

     

132,222

   

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

664

     

187,341

   

Johnson & Johnson (c)

   

1,366

     

233,682

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

   

562

     

176,586

   

Masimo Corp. (a)

   

493

     

144,341

   

Medtronic PLC

   

1,400

     

144,830

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

2,640

     

202,330

   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

   

99

     

168,024

   

Moderna, Inc. (a)

   

122

     

30,986

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

452

     

143,772

   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

   

650

     

130,689

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

3,652

     

215,651

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

1,132

     

195,847

   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

212

     

133,882

   

Repligen Corp. (a)

   

297

     

78,657

   

ResMed, Inc.

   

465

     

121,123

   

Seagen, Inc. (a)

   

565

     

87,349

   

STERIS PLC

   

772

     

187,913

   

Stryker Corp.

   

655

     

175,160

   

Teleflex, Inc.

   

338

     

111,026

   

The Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

359

     

150,399

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

   

261

     

174,150

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

464

     

232,993

   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

   

890

     

115,397

   

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

   

305

     

77,921

   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

682

     

149,767

   

Waters Corp. (a)

   

381

     

141,961

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

360

     

168,844

   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

   

1,056

     

134,154

   

Zoetis, Inc.

   

848

     

206,937

   
     

9,935,346

   

Industrials (16.6%):

 

3M Co.

   

978

     

173,722

   

AGCO Corp.

   

687

     

79,706

   

Allegion PLC

   

1,095

     

145,022

   

AMERCO, Inc.

   

196

     

142,341

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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AMETEK, Inc.

   

1,350

   

$

198,504

   

AO Smith Corp.

   

1,859

     

159,595

   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

   

1,844

     

156,353

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

   

1,631

     

139,793

   

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

   

1,695

     

182,433

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

770

     

191,052

   

Carrier Global Corp.

   

2,214

     

120,087

   

Caterpillar, Inc.

   

657

     

135,828

   

Cintas Corp.

   

362

     

160,427

   

Copart, Inc. (a)

   

1,021

     

154,804

   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a) (c)

   

1,461

     

115,463

   

CSX Corp.

   

4,816

     

181,082

   

Cummins, Inc.

   

626

     

136,556

   

Deere & Co.

   

318

     

109,039

   

Dover Corp.

   

1,003

     

182,145

   

Eaton Corp. PLC

   

984

     

170,055

   

Emerson Electric Co.

   

1,578

     

146,707

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

451

     

132,048

   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   

1,416

     

190,155

   

Fastenal Co.

   

3,138

     

201,020

   

FedEx Corp.

   

496

     

128,285

   

Fortive Corp.

   

2,162

     

164,939

   

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

   

1,328

     

141,963

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

174

     

61,234

   

General Dynamics Corp.

   

975

     

203,258

   

Graco, Inc.

   

2,198

     

177,203

   

HEICO Corp.

   

1,050

     

151,431

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

779

     

162,429

   

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

   

3,293

     

104,816

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

714

     

148,705

   

IDEX Corp.

   

811

     

191,655

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

939

     

231,745

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (c)

   

2,339

     

144,714

   

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

774

     

158,206

   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

   

1,062

     

147,862

   

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

2,244

     

182,460

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

777

     

165,687

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

1,350

     

120,015

   

Lennox International, Inc.

   

423

     

137,204

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

574

     

204,005

   

Masco Corp.

   

2,621

     

184,047

   

Nordson Corp.

   

661

     

168,733

   

Norfolk Southern Corp. (b)

   

614

     

182,794

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

527

     

203,986

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

500

     

179,190

   

Otis Worldwide Corp.

   

1,882

     

163,866

   

PACCAR, Inc.

   

1,722

     

151,984

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

469

     

149,198

   

Quanta Services, Inc.

   

1,138

     

130,483

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

1,752

     

150,777

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Republic Services, Inc. (c)

   

1,736

   

$

242,085

   

Robert Half International, Inc.

   

1,388

     

154,790

   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   

492

     

171,634

   

Rollins, Inc.

   

3,580

     

122,472

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

378

     

185,923

   

Snap-on, Inc.

   

614

     

132,243

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

817

     

154,102

   

Textron, Inc.

   

1,606

     

123,983

   

The Toro Co.

   

1,537

     

153,562

   

Trane Technologies PLC

   

758

     

153,139

   

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)

   

202

     

128,529

   

TransUnion

   

1,201

     

142,415

   

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

   

921

     

124,363

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

772

     

194,490

   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

   

726

     

155,611

   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

   

271

     

90,051

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

733

     

167,659

   

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

   

368

     

190,712

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

1,451

     

242,172

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

508

     

158,943

   

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

   

1,389

     

127,941

   

Xylem, Inc.

   

1,228

     

147,262

   
     

11,960,892

   

Information Technology (15.2%):

 

Accenture PLC, Class A

   

549

     

227,588

   

Adobe, Inc. (a)

   

221

     

125,320

   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

   

811

     

116,703

   

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

1,171

     

137,054

   

Amphenol Corp., Class A

   

2,250

     

196,785

   

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

768

     

134,991

   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

   

296

     

118,732

   

Apple, Inc.

   

875

     

155,374

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

577

     

90,797

   

Arista Networks, Inc. (a) (b)

   

1,520

     

218,500

   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

   

366

     

102,916

   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

870

     

214,525

   

Black Knight, Inc. (a)

   

2,102

     

174,235

   

Block, Inc. (a)

   

251

     

40,539

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

245

     

163,025

   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   

1,046

     

191,230

   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

   

661

     

123,177

   

CDW Corp.

   

754

     

154,404

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

3,345

     

211,973

   

Citrix Systems, Inc.

   

1,114

     

105,373

   

Cognex Corp.

   

1,385

     

107,698

   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

   

1,955

     

173,448

   

Corning, Inc.

   

3,346

     

124,572

   

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)

   

2,717

     

152,614

   

Dynatrace, Inc. (a)

   

1,142

     

68,920

   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

   

296

     

54,150

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Entegris, Inc.

   

740

   

$

102,549

   

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

   

199

     

133,022

   

F5, Inc. (a)

   

649

     

158,817

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

   

251

     

108,851

   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   

1,065

     

116,245

   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

   

1,378

     

143,023

   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

541

     

121,097

   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

   

356

     

127,946

   

Gartner, Inc. (a)

   

369

     

123,364

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

774

     

104,629

   

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,484

     

125,932

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

8,350

     

131,680

   

HP, Inc.

   

4,121

     

155,238

   

Intel Corp.

   

1,947

     

100,270

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

1,104

     

147,561

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

241

     

155,016

   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   

898

     

149,957

   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

869

     

179,457

   

KLA Corp.

   

242

     

104,087

   

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

221

     

4,000

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

129

     

92,770

   

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

   

401

     

144,087

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

1,177

     

102,470

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

1,161

     

108,147

   

Microsoft Corp. (c)

   

575

     

193,384

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

170

     

83,866

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

746

     

202,688

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

1,256

     

115,539

   

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

   

4,417

     

114,754

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

390

     

114,703

   

NXP Semiconductors NV

   

419

     

95,440

   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

1,787

     

121,373

   

Oracle Corp.

   

1,628

     

141,978

   

Paychex, Inc.

   

1,650

     

225,225

   

Paycom Software, Inc. (a)

   

184

     

76,395

   

Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)

   

328

     

77,460

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

341

     

64,306

   

PTC, Inc. (a)

   

668

     

80,928

   

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

   

500

     

78,195

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

760

     

138,981

   

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

   

542

     

137,738

   

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

999

     

112,867

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a) (c)

   

160

     

103,858

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

494

     

76,639

   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

   

2,195

     

179,946

   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

   

344

     

126,764

   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

   

982

     

158,436

   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

284

     

124,077

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

653

     

106,785

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

657

     

123,825

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (a)

   

672

   

$

61,582

   

Trimble, Inc. (a)

   

1,299

     

113,260

   

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

253

     

136,101

   

Ubiquiti, Inc.

   

233

     

71,461

   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

   

831

     

210,924

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

726

     

157,331

   

VMware, Inc., Class A

   

1,091

     

126,425

   

Western Digital Corp. (a)

   

1,190

     

77,600

   

Zebra Technologies Corp. (a)

   

224

     

133,325

   

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

230

     

42,299

   
     

10,931,316

   

Materials (5.3%):

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

   

592

     

180,122

   

Albemarle Corp.

   

322

     

75,274

   

Avery Dennison Corp.

   

653

     

141,420

   

Ball Corp.

   

1,600

     

154,032

   

Celanese Corp.

   

856

     

143,859

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a) (b)

   

2,146

     

46,718

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

2,912

     

137,679

   

Crown Holdings, Inc.

   

1,266

     

140,045

   

Dow, Inc.

   

1,867

     

105,896

   

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

   

1,613

     

130,298

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

1,133

     

136,991

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

775

     

181,807

   

FMC Corp.

   

1,408

     

154,725

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

1,825

     

76,157

   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

   

748

     

112,686

   

International Paper Co.

   

2,363

     

111,014

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

1,124

     

103,667

   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

   

330

     

145,372

   

Newmont Corp.

   

2,195

     

136,134

   

Nucor Corp.

   

743

     

84,814

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

1,125

     

153,169

   

Pegasystems, Inc.

   

790

     

88,338

   

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

927

     

159,852

   

RPM International, Inc.

   

2,137

     

215,837

   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   

1,292

     

80,195

   

Sylvamo Corp. (a)

   

215

     

5,996

   

The Mosaic Co.

   

2,509

     

98,579

   

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

649

     

228,552

   

Vulcan Materials Co.

   

704

     

146,136

   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

   

1,225

     

118,984

   
     

3,794,348

   

Real Estate (0.4%):

 

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,354

     

146,923

   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)

   

471

     

126,859

   
     

273,782

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (7.2%):

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

3,117

   

$

191,602

   

Ameren Corp.

   

2,230

     

198,492

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (c)

   

2,297

     

204,364

   

American Water Works Co., Inc.

   

911

     

172,051

   

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

1,789

     

187,434

   

Avangrid, Inc. (b)

   

3,428

     

170,989

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   

6,016

     

167,907

   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

3,021

     

196,516

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (c)

   

2,760

     

235,483

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

2,590

     

203,470

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

1,671

     

199,751

   

Duke Energy Corp. (c)

   

2,055

     

215,569

   

Edison International

   

2,831

     

193,216

   

Entergy Corp.

   

1,558

     

175,509

   

Essential Utilities, Inc.

   

3,382

     

181,580

   

Evergy, Inc. (c)

   

2,714

     

186,208

   

Eversource Energy (c)

   

1,878

     

170,860

   

Exelon Corp.

   

3,719

     

214,809

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

4,393

     

182,705

   

NextEra Energy, Inc. (c)

   

1,811

     

169,075

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

1,901

     

81,895

   

PG&E Corp. (a)

   

11,548

     

140,193

   

PPL Corp.

   

6,590

     

198,095

   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   

2,835

     

189,180

   

Sempra Energy

   

1,334

     

176,462

   

The Southern Co. (c)

   

3,202

     

219,593

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (c)

   

1,916

     

185,986

   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (c)

   

2,723

     

184,347

   
     

5,193,341

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $45,384,448)

   

71,292,000

   

Investment Companies (0.6%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.01% (d)

   

437,647

     

437,647

   

Total Investment Companies (Cost $437,647)

   

437,647

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (1.8%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

30,933

     

30,933

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (d)
   

607,520

     

607,520

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

15,437

     

15,437

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

123,089

     

123,089

   

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.06% (d)

   

553,432

     

553,432

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $1,330,411)

   

1,330,411

   

Total Investments (Cost $47,152,506) — 101.6%

   

73,060,058

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.6)%

   

(1,129,776

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

71,930,282

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

3

   

3/18/22

 

$

697,987

   

$

713,775

   

$

15,788

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

15,788

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

15,788

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (83.9%)

 

Australia (0.8%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

   

1,559,187

   

$

4,737,701

   

Financials (0.2%):

 

Suncorp Group Ltd.

   

367,732

     

2,960,031

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

BHP Group Ltd. (a)

   

79,417

     

2,397,242

   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

   

130,186

     

1,829,615

   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

   

30,451

     

2,221,619

   
     

6,448,476

   
     

14,146,208

   

Austria (0.2%):

 

Energy (0.2%):

 

OMV AG

   

49,728

     

2,811,997

   

Bermuda (0.3%):

 

Financials (0.3%):

 

Everest Re Group Ltd.

   

14,403

     

3,945,270

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

97,376

     

2,241,595

   
     

6,186,865

   

Brazil (1.8%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

TIM SA

   

1,637,700

     

3,879,909

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.1%):

 

Vibra Energia SA

   

517,955

     

1,986,328

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

JBS SA

   

545,400

     

3,721,959

   

Energy (0.1%):

 

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Preference Shares

   

398,300

     

2,023,786

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

B3 SA — Brasil Bolsa Balcao

   

1,100,200

     

2,191,315

   

Banco do Brasil SA

   

557,500

     

2,881,896

   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

   

1,181,100

     

4,372,775

   
     

9,445,986

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA

   

290,600

     

1,301,784

   

Vale SA

   

158,100

     

2,203,252

   
     

3,505,036

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (0.5%):

 

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA

   

333,000

   

$

2,030,315

   
CPFL Energia SA    

590,900

     

2,846,793

   

Engie Brasil Energia SA

   

616,800

     

4,250,883

   
     

9,127,991

   
     

33,690,995

   

Canada (3.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.7%):

 

BCE, Inc. (a) (b)

   

133,104

     

6,925,659

   

TELUS Corp. (a) (b)

   

283,229

     

6,670,930

   
     

13,596,589

   

Energy (0.8%):

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

70,923

     

2,997,181

   

Enbridge, Inc.

   

120,600

     

4,711,295

   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

118,081

     

2,954,826

   

TC Energy Corp.

   

83,499

     

3,883,812

   
     

14,547,114

   

Financials (1.0%):

 

Great-West Lifeco, Inc. (a)

   

208,137

     

6,246,743

   

Manulife Financial Corp.

   

216,335

     

4,123,843

   

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   

100,429

     

7,110,545

   
     

17,481,131

   

Utilities (0.9%):

 

Emera, Inc.

   

170,846

     

8,539,599

   

Fortis, Inc. (a)

   

172,799

     

8,338,016

   
     

16,877,615

   
     

62,502,449

   

China (3.7%):

 

Energy (0.3%):

 

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,402,500

     

3,282,353

   

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H

   

6,194,000

     

2,743,385

   
     

6,025,738

   

Financials (2.9%):

 

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H (b)

   

12,836,000

     

4,416,204

   

Bank of China Ltd., Class H (b)

   

15,993,000

     

5,753,928

   

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H

   

8,035,000

     

4,857,413

   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

9,380,000

     

4,068,900

   

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H (b)

   

6,241,000

     

4,324,820

   

China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

   

9,972,000

     

3,531,207

   

China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

   

6,035,500

     

3,469,133

   

China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (a) (c)

   

1,838,600

     

2,816,481

   

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

9,018,000

     

3,448,325

   

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class H

   

777,800

     

2,113,256

   

Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

2,756,400

     

4,280,375

   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H

   

7,926,000

     

4,471,068

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,122,500

   

$

3,003,473

   

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

3,841,000

     

2,697,419

   
     

53,252,002

   

Industrials (0.1%):

 

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,938,400

     

1,221,092

   

Information Technology (0.2%):

 

China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

8,782,000

     

3,209,545

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class H

   

598,500

     

2,993,651

   

Real Estate (0.1%):

 

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

   

964,000

     

1,458,323

   
     

68,160,351

   

Colombia (0.1%):

 

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Interconexion Electrica SA ESP

   

478,224

     

2,631,976

   

Denmark (0.2%):

 

Financials (0.2%):

 

Tryg A/S

   

157,630

     

3,890,441

   

Finland (0.4%):

 

Materials (0.2%):

 

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

   

88,861

     

3,380,726

   

Utilities (0.2%):

 

Fortum Oyj

   

122,041

     

3,742,705

   
     

7,123,431

   

France (1.6%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

Orange SA

   

406,060

     

4,337,206

   

Publicis Groupe SA

   

50,601

     

3,408,880

   
     

7,746,086

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

TotalEnergies SE

   

76,047

     

3,870,452

   

Financials (0.6%):

 

AXA SA

   

134,317

     

3,997,344

   

CNP Assurances

   

158,026

     

3,908,436

   

Credit Agricole SA

   

206,574

     

2,944,918

   
     

10,850,698

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Sanofi

   

45,753

     

4,590,615

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Bouygues SA

   

89,842

     

3,215,689

   
     

30,273,540

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Germany (0.9%):

 

Financials (0.2%):

 

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

   

15,569

   

$

3,671,747

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

BASF SE

   

47,858

     

3,358,621

   

Evonik Industries AG

   

135,046

     

4,362,324

   
     

7,720,945

   

Utilities (0.3%):

 

E.ON SE

   

332,190

     

4,616,166

   
     

16,008,858

   

Hong Kong (1.9%):

 

Industrials (0.3%):

 

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

   

451,000

     

2,903,823

   

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

335,000

     

1,211,629

   

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

   

334,000

     

836,638

   
     

4,952,090

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.

   

3,594,000

     

2,718,344

   

Real Estate (0.7%):

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

   

488,500

     

3,081,540

   

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

   

855,000

     

3,647,184

   

New World Development Co. Ltd.

   

755,000

     

2,989,349

   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   

264,500

     

3,209,612

   
     

12,927,685

   

Utilities (0.8%):

 

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

   

646,500

     

4,119,122

   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   

606,000

     

6,123,688

   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (b)

   

761,500

     

4,746,833

   
     

14,989,643

   
     

35,587,762

   

Hungary (0.2%):

 

Energy (0.2%):

 

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

   

474,320

     

3,684,303

   

India (1.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Indus Towers Ltd.

   

984,871

     

3,284,169

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

   

73,499

     

3,203,421

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

ITC Ltd.

   

1,452,408

     

4,249,945

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Energy (0.4%):

 

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

   

587,178

   

$

3,036,169

   

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

   

899,397

     

3,528,146

   
     

6,564,315

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

Ambuja Cements Ltd.

   

581,028

     

2,941,269

   

Vedanta Ltd.

   

550,669

     

2,518,710

   
     

5,459,979

   

Utilities (0.4%):

 

NTPC Ltd.

   

2,306,395

     

3,848,460

   

Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.

   

1,345,588

     

3,692,842

   
     

7,541,302

   
     

30,303,131

   

Indonesia (0.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

PT Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk

   

13,180,300

     

3,762,346

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk

   

8,715,800

     

3,870,742

   
     

7,633,088

   

Ireland (0.3%):

 

Information Technology (0.1%):

 

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

25,926

     

2,929,119

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

   

56,446

     

3,110,815

   
     

6,039,934

   

Italy (0.9%):

 

Financials (0.2%):

 

Poste Italiane SpA (c)

   

264,050

     

3,458,808

   

Utilities (0.7%):

 

Enel SpA

   

381,297

     

3,048,602

   

Snam SpA

   

833,438

     

5,019,481

   

Terna — Rete Elettrica Nazionale

   

546,164

     

4,417,863

   
     

12,485,946

   
     

15,944,754

   

Japan (2.9%):

 

Communication Services (0.9%):

 

KDDI Corp.

   

126,200

     

3,691,200

   

Nintendo Co. Ltd. (b)

   

5,600

     

2,620,457

   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

   

154,100

     

4,215,101

   

Softbank Corp.

   

412,700

     

5,213,545

   
     

15,740,303

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Sekisui House Ltd.

   

169,900

     

3,656,162

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Japan Tobacco, Inc. (a)

   

216,900

   

$

4,380,396

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

   

804,000

     

3,004,115

   

Financials (0.7%):

 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

   

265,400

     

3,371,499

   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

   

512,100

     

2,230,917

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

   

95,200

     

3,251,389

   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

   

70,500

     

3,925,392

   
     

12,779,197

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

118,300

     

3,231,135

   

Industrials (0.5%):

 

Marubeni Corp.

   

305,600

     

2,977,978

   

Mitsubishi Corp.

   

116,500

     

3,699,881

   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

   

121,200

     

2,872,682

   
     

9,550,541

   
     

52,341,849

   

Korea, Republic Of (0.6%):

 

Communication Services (0.1%):

 

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

   

30,077

     

1,461,819

   

Financials (0.3%):

 

KB Financial Group, Inc.

   

54,468

     

2,519,153

   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

   

90,036

     

2,782,378

   
     

5,301,531

   

Information Technology (0.0%): (d)

 

SK Square Co. Ltd. (e)

   

19,442

     

1,086,109

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

POSCO

   

7,335

     

1,701,105

   

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Korea Electric Power Corp.

   

121,831

     

2,262,406

   
     

11,812,970

   

Luxembourg (0.2%):

 

Materials (0.2%):

 

Orion Engineered Carbons SA (e)

   

182,499

     

3,350,682

   

Malaysia (0.9%):

 

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Hartalega Holdings Bhd

   

1,138,500

     

1,567,148

   

Top Glove Corp. Bhd

   

2,082,000

     

1,294,921

   
     

2,862,069

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (0.4%):

 

MISC Bhd

   

2,510,300

   

$

4,246,058

   

Sime Darby Bhd

   

6,571,700

     

3,664,158

   
     

7,910,216

   

Utilities (0.3%):

 

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

   

2,240,700

     

5,025,138

   
     

15,797,423

   

Mexico (0.6%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

Arca Continental SAB de CV

   

782,956

     

4,992,033

   

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A

   

2,430,569

     

3,681,907

   
     

8,673,940

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Class B

   

537,271

     

2,343,470

   
     

11,017,410

   

Netherlands (0.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

1,082,234

     

3,355,293

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

X5 Retail Group NV, GDR

   

121,076

     

3,206,048

   

Financials (0.2%):

 

NN Group NV

   

75,943

     

4,106,640

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

29,169

     

2,690,257

   
     

13,358,238

   

Norway (0.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Telenor ASA

   

294,462

     

4,630,586

   

Financials (0.2%):

 

DNB Bank ASA

   

171,406

     

3,922,322

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

Yara International ASA

   

72,928

     

3,678,422

   
     

12,231,330

   

Peru (0.2%):

 

Financials (0.2%):

 

Credicorp Ltd.

   

23,025

     

2,810,662

   

Philippines (0.6%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

Globe Telecom, Inc.

   

53,685

     

3,500,931

   

PLDT, Inc.

   

111,635

     

3,967,841

   
     

7,468,772

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (0.2%):

 

Manila Electric Co.

   

756,000

   

$

4,376,195

   
     

11,844,967

   

Poland (0.2%):

 

Energy (0.2%):

 

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA

   

175,585

     

3,238,178

   

Portugal (0.2%):

 

Utilities (0.2%):

 

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA

   

550,051

     

3,021,319

   

Russian Federation (2.8%):

 

Communication Services (0.7%):

 

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

   

1,616,610

     

6,436,919

   

Rostelecom PJSC (b)

   

4,684,670

     

5,442,511

   
     

11,879,430

   

Consumer Staples (0.3%):

 

Magnit PJSC

   

64,672

     

4,685,062

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Tatneft PJSC

   

574,124

     

3,821,660

   

Financials (0.2%):

 

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC

   

1,807,050

     

3,681,309

   

Materials (0.9%):

 

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC

   

3,242,300

     

2,994,273

   

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

   

10,324

     

3,146,465

   

Novolipetsk Steel PJSC

   

1,024,720

     

2,969,313

   

Polyus PJSC

   

23,871

     

4,175,096

   

Severstal PAO

   

155,364

     

3,320,738

   
     

16,605,885

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

Inter RAO UES PJSC

   

88,989,500

     

5,058,715

   

RusHydro PJSC

   

481,760,000

     

4,756,884

   
     

9,815,599

   
     

50,488,945

   

South Africa (1.1%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Vodacom Group Ltd.

   

473,033

     

3,995,503

   

Energy (0.1%):

 

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

   

231,545

     

2,222,528

   

Financials (0.2%):

 

Sanlam Ltd.

   

995,531

     

3,712,512

   

Materials (0.6%):

 

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.

   

144,775

     

2,100,322

   

Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

   

20,702

     

2,362,783

   

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

   

144,647

     

2,041,855

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

   

53,867

   

$

1,554,512

   

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.

   

542,160

     

1,686,872

   
     

9,746,344

   
     

19,676,887

   

Spain (0.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.1%):

 

Telefonica SA (a)

   

571,259

     

2,476,870

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Repsol SA

   

218,559

     

2,588,184

   

Utilities (0.2%):

 

Endesa SA

   

145,902

     

3,358,563

   
     

8,423,617

   

Switzerland (1.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Swisscom AG, Registered Shares

   

8,669

     

4,892,002

   

Financials (0.7%):

 

Swiss Life Holding AG

   

7,775

     

4,751,911

   

Swiss Re AG

   

41,127

     

4,061,128

   

Zurich Insurance Group AG

   

10,193

     

4,466,810

   
     

13,279,849

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

   

55,374

     

4,867,428

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

Holcim Ltd.

   

68,405

     

3,480,161

   
     

26,519,440

   

Taiwan (4.1%):

 

Communication Services (0.9%):

 

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

   

3,652,000

     

8,522,854

   

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

   

2,129,000

     

7,691,724

   
     

16,214,578

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

5,490,000

     

7,053,187

   

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

10,343,000

     

6,034,126

   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

4,318,000

     

3,945,634

   
     

17,032,947

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Far Eastern New Century Corp.

   

3,488,000

     

3,689,980

   

Information Technology (1.6%):

 

Asustek Computer, Inc.

   

278,000

     

3,775,344

   

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

   

672,000

     

3,800,316

   

Compal Electronics, Inc. (b)

   

4,533,000

     

3,964,194

   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

   

1,561,000

     

3,595,887

   

MediaTek, Inc.

   

71,000

     

3,047,678

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.

   

524,000

   

$

3,036,087

   

Pegatron Corp.

   

1,718,000

     

4,288,129

   

Quanta Computer, Inc. (b)

   

1,417,000

     

4,841,126

   
     

30,348,761

   

Materials (0.5%):

 

Asia Cement Corp.

   

2,848,000

     

4,555,119

   

Taiwan Cement Corp. (b)

   

2,382,000

     

4,129,844

   
     

8,684,963

   
     

75,971,229

   

Thailand (0.4%):

 

Energy (0.2%):

 

PTT Exploration & Production PCL

   

1,110,100

     

3,914,290

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

The Siam Cement PCL

   

369,300

     

4,270,295

   
     

8,184,585

   

Turkey (0.3%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S (a)

   

1,968,823

     

2,749,779

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS

   

1,209,605

     

2,583,111

   
     

5,332,890

   

United Kingdom (3.2%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.1%):

 

Persimmon PLC

   

64,847

     

2,512,959

   

Consumer Staples (0.8%):

 

British American Tobacco PLC

   

93,915

     

3,486,603

   

Imperial Brands PLC

   

154,936

     

3,394,785

   

Tesco PLC

   

1,165,486

     

4,587,788

   

Unilever PLC

   

72,951

     

3,912,865

   
     

15,382,041

   

Energy (0.3%):

 
BP PLC    

567,203

     

2,540,969

   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A

   

134,968

     

2,957,216

   
     

5,498,185

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

Admiral Group PLC

   

78,515

     

3,360,192

   

Aviva PLC

   

627,090

     

3,494,885

   

Legal & General Group PLC

   

739,069

     

2,984,046

   
     

9,839,123

   

Health Care (0.3%):

 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (b)

   

213,361

     

4,644,628

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

BAE Systems PLC

   

515,785

     

3,845,624

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (0.5%):

 

Anglo American PLC

   

44,208

   

$

1,818,049

   

BHP Group PLC

   

81,439

     

2,422,762

   

Evraz PLC (b)

   

277,775

     

2,270,632

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

31,846

     

2,099,751

   
     

8,611,194

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

National Grid PLC

   

351,122

     

5,062,026

   

SSE PLC

   

141,769

     

3,168,706

   
     

8,230,732

   
     

58,564,486

   

United States (43.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.9%):

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

47,862

     

3,506,848

   

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

   

182,552

     

3,678,423

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

81,153

     

3,039,180

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

115,649

     

6,009,122

   
     

16,233,573

   

Consumer Discretionary (3.5%):

 

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. (a)

   

57,171

     

1,086,821

   

Big Lots, Inc.

   

49,836

     

2,245,112

   

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. (a)

   

134,787

     

3,543,550

   

Franchise Group, Inc. (a)

   

107,115

     

5,587,118

   

Genuine Parts Co.

   

32,237

     

4,519,627

   

Guess?, Inc.

   

103,590

     

2,453,011

   

Hasbro, Inc.

   

36,533

     

3,718,329

   

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. (a)

   

80,727

     

2,467,824

   

Jack in the Box, Inc.

   

40,321

     

3,527,281

   

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

   

106,747

     

3,875,984

   

Monro, Inc.

   

64,049

     

3,732,135

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

123,106

     

2,688,635

   

Oxford Industries, Inc.

   

35,481

     

3,602,031

   

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

   

97,343

     

5,099,800

   

Strategic Education, Inc.

   

45,984

     

2,659,715

   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. (a) (b)

   

48,878

     

3,324,681

   

The Buckle, Inc. (a)

   

81,747

     

3,458,716

   

VF Corp.

   

39,639

     

2,902,368

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

14,039

     

3,294,392

   
     

63,787,130

   

Consumer Staples (6.5%):

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

84,443

     

4,001,754

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

73,640

     

4,977,328

   

B&G Foods, Inc. (a)

   

94,753

     

2,911,760

   

Bunge Ltd.

   

42,349

     

3,953,703

   

Calavo Growers, Inc.

   

88,022

     

3,732,133

   

Campbell Soup Co.

   

94,640

     

4,113,054

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

132,380

     

4,520,777

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

12,211

   

$

6,932,185

   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

   

125,653

     

5,038,685

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

83,382

     

5,618,279

   

Kellogg Co.

   

74,032

     

4,769,141

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

40,405

     

5,774,683

   

Medifast, Inc.

   

12,298

     

2,575,570

   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

   

72,536

     

3,681,202

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

39,813

     

6,915,916

   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

53,246

     

5,058,370

   

SpartanNash Co.

   

196,525

     

5,062,484

   

The Andersons, Inc.

   

101,853

     

3,942,730

   

The Clorox Co.

   

21,959

     

3,828,771

   

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

107,988

     

6,393,969

   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

34,154

     

4,638,796

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

115,913

     

4,161,277

   

Universal Corp.

   

96,121

     

5,278,965

   

Vector Group Ltd.

   

239,329

     

2,747,497

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

64,887

     

3,384,506

   

Weis Markets, Inc. (a) (b)

   

75,147

     

4,950,684

   
     

118,964,219

   

Energy (1.4%):

 

Altus Midstream Co., Class A

   

42,168

     

2,585,320

   

Archrock, Inc.

   

452,913

     

3,387,789

   

Chevron Corp.

   

35,693

     

4,188,574

   

ConocoPhillips

   

44,160

     

3,187,469

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

58,145

     

2,561,287

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

214,407

     

3,400,495

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

53,599

     

3,149,477

   

The Williams Cos., Inc.

   

154,085

     

4,012,374

   
     

26,472,785

   

Financials (9.8%):

 

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

19,119

     

2,625,421

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

55,010

     

3,127,869

   

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (a)

   

54,612

     

3,955,547

   

Blackstone, Inc.

   

31,062

     

4,019,112

   

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

   

300,718

     

4,868,624

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

45,744

     

2,762,480

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

61,585

     

2,909,891

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

19,869

     

4,539,272

   

CNA Financial Corp.

   

90,622

     

3,994,618

   

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

   

104,434

     

3,417,080

   

CVB Financial Corp.

   

218,311

     

4,674,039

   

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C

   

44,444

     

5,507,945

   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

72,101

     

3,762,230

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

72,937

     

3,176,406

   

First Busey Corp.

   

182,250

     

4,942,620

   

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

   

298,930

     

4,809,784

   

First Financial Bancorp

   

153,408

     

3,740,087

   

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

   

101,608

     

4,132,397

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

80,630

   

$

2,700,299

   

Fulton Financial Corp.

   

256,900

     

4,367,300

   

Heritage Financial Corp.

   

162,485

     

3,971,133

   

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

   

267,779

     

3,939,029

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

179,275

     

2,764,421

   

KeyCorp

   

136,059

     

3,147,045

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

35,634

     

2,432,377

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

20,590

     

3,162,212

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

55,732

     

3,482,693

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

30,101

     

3,600,381

   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (b)

   

416,550

     

5,898,348

   

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

   

191,405

     

4,249,191

   

Old National Bancorp

   

294,582

     

5,337,826

   

Park National Corp. (a)

   

36,465

     

5,007,009

   

Premier Financial Corp.

   

125,976

     

3,893,918

   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

48,276

     

3,491,803

   

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

   

189,845

     

4,598,046

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

33,393

     

3,614,458

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

135,653

     

2,957,235

   

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

   

127,721

     

4,025,766

   

Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (b)

   

68,353

     

5,812,056

   

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.

   

105,547

     

2,253,428

   

Southside Bancshares, Inc. (b)

   

122,233

     

5,111,784

   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

17,770

     

3,563,240

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

55,121

     

3,227,335

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

58,783

     

3,301,841

   

UWM Holdings Corp. (a)

   

221,187

     

1,309,427

   

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

   

80,642

     

4,545,790

   

WesBanco, Inc.

   

114,490

     

4,006,005

   
     

180,736,818

   

Health Care (2.4%):

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

39,265

     

5,316,481

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

19,544

     

4,396,814

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

61,297

     

3,156,182

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (b)

   

61,244

     

4,446,927

   

Johnson & Johnson (b)

   

35,453

     

6,064,945

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

68,510

     

5,250,606

   

National HealthCare Corp. (b)

   

55,730

     

3,786,296

   

Patterson Cos., Inc. (b)

   

124,877

     

3,665,140

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

94,757

     

5,595,401

   

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

   

159,305

     

3,253,008

   
     

44,931,800

   

Industrials (5.1%):

 

3M Co.

   

25,382

     

4,508,605

   

ACCO Brands Corp.

   

384,276

     

3,174,120

   

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

   

78,819

     

3,795,135

   

Argan, Inc.

   

104,151

     

4,029,602

   

Brady Corp., Class A

   

98,652

     

5,317,343

   

Deluxe Corp. (a)

   

84,400

     

2,710,084

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


29


 
Victory Portfolios II
Victory Market Neutral Income Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

   

98,544

   

$

3,849,129

   

Global Industrial Co.

   

78,109

     

3,194,658

   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

   

83,378

     

3,691,144

   

Healthcare Services Group

   

134,077

     

2,385,230

   

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

   

92,617

     

4,050,142

   

HNI Corp.

   

100,186

     

4,212,821

   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

   

47,183

     

1,939,221

   

Kforce, Inc.

   

74,579

     

5,609,832

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

14,900

     

5,295,609

   

Matthews International Corp., Class A

   

111,675

     

4,095,122

   

McGrath RentCorp

   

64,003

     

5,136,881

   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   

143,786

     

953,301

   

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

   

98,402

     

5,475,087

   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A (a)

   

253,445

     

2,970,375

   

The Gorman-Rupp Co.

   

119,820

     

5,337,981

   

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (a)

   

72,140

     

3,310,505

   

Wabash National Corp.

   

227,729

     

4,445,270

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

13,190

     

4,126,887

   
     

93,614,084

   

Information Technology (3.3%):

 

ADTRAN, Inc.

   

130,358

     

2,976,073

   

American Software, Inc., Class A

   

93,223

     

2,439,646

   

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

164,214

     

4,450,199

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

6,360

     

4,232,008

   

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

   

115,077

     

4,524,828

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

86,813

     

5,501,340

   

Corning, Inc.

   

86,834

     

3,232,830

   

CSG Systems International, Inc. (a)

   

130,259

     

7,505,524

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

216,686

     

3,417,138

   

HP, Inc.

   

106,943

     

4,028,543

   

Intel Corp.

   

50,513

     

2,601,419

   

InterDigital, Inc.

   

60,219

     

4,313,487

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

28,637

     

3,827,621

   

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (e)

   

5,728

     

103,677

   

Progress Software Corp.

   

100,082

     

4,830,958

   

SolarWinds Corp.

   

147,568

     

2,093,990

   
     

60,079,281

   

Materials (2.1%):

 

Dow, Inc.

   

48,449

     

2,748,027

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

29,409

     

3,555,842

   

Glatfelter Corp.

   

247,485

     

4,256,742

   

International Paper Co.

   

61,314

     

2,880,532

   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

   

309,093

     

4,639,486

   

Myers Industries, Inc.

   

176,109

     

3,523,941

   

Newmont Corp.

   

56,971

     

3,533,341

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

29,182

     

3,973,129

   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

   

52,703

     

2,736,340

   

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

   

98,905

     

2,957,259

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
Victory Market Neutral Income Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Sylvamo Corp. (e)

   

5,576

   

$

155,515

   

Worthington Industries, Inc. (a)

   

56,416

     

3,083,699

   
     

38,043,853

   

Real Estate (0.4%):

 

Douglas Elliman, Inc. (e)

   

119,665

     

1,376,142

   

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.

   

119,120

     

3,631,969

   

The RMR Group, Inc., Class A

   

82,353

     

2,856,002

   
     

7,864,113

   

Utilities (8.1%):

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

80,876

     

4,971,448

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (b)

   

59,616

     

5,304,036

   

Avangrid, Inc. (a)

   

88,955

     

4,437,075

   

Avista Corp.

   

135,469

     

5,756,078

   

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

   

45,229

     

6,594,840

   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

78,398

     

5,099,790

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (b)

   

71,613

     

6,110,021

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

67,222

     

5,280,960

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

43,357

     

5,182,896

   

Duke Energy Corp. (b)

   

53,335

     

5,594,842

   

Edison International

   

73,470

     

5,014,328

   

Entergy Corp.

   

40,433

     

4,554,777

   

Evergy, Inc. (b)

   

70,419

     

4,831,448

   

Exelon Corp.

   

96,494

     

5,573,493

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

114,003

     

4,741,385

   

MGE Energy, Inc.

   

78,961

     

6,494,542

   

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

   

81,437

     

3,972,497

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

49,344

     

2,125,740

   

Otter Tail Corp. (b)

   

111,962

     

7,996,326

   

PPL Corp.

   

171,018

     

5,140,801

   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   

73,559

     

4,908,592

   

Sempra Energy

   

34,622

     

4,579,798

   

SJW Group

   

82,819

     

6,062,351

   

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

   

136,723

     

3,571,205

   

The Southern Co. (b)

   

83,090

     

5,698,312

   

The York Water Co.

   

98,280

     

4,892,378

   

Unitil Corp. (b)

   

87,872

     

4,041,233

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (b)

   

49,730

     

4,827,291

   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (b)

   

70,673

     

4,784,562

   
     

148,143,045

   
     

798,870,701

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,465,461,083)

   

1,539,477,891

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (3.4%)

 

United States (3.4%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (f)

   

1,467,834

     

1,467,834

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (f)
   

28,828,442

     

28,828,442

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
Victory Market Neutral Income Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (f)
   

732,521

   

$

732,521

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (f)

   

5,840,899

     

5,840,899

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (f)
   

26,261,820

     

26,261,820

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $63,131,516)

   

63,131,516

   

Total Investments (Cost $1,528,592,599) — 87.3%

   

1,602,609,407

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 12.7%

   

232,229,161

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

1,834,838,568

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $16,462,628 and amounted to 0.9% of net assets.

(d)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(e)  Non-income producing security.

(f)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

GDR — Global Depositary Receipt

PCL — Public Company Limited

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

 
    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

NASDAQ 100 E-Mini Futures

   

3,059

   

3/18/22

 

$

1,001,616,797

   

$

998,503,485

   

$

(3,113,312

)

 

Futures Contracts Sold

 
    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
E-Mini MSCI EAFE Index
Futures
   

2,071

   

3/18/22

 

$

236,714,372

   

$

240,422,390

   

$

(3,708,018

)

 
E-Mini MSCI Emerging Markets
Index Futures
   

2,939

   

3/18/22

   

181,671,929

     

180,204,785

     

1,467,144

   
E-Mini Russell 2000 Index
Futures
   

2,877

   

3/18/22

   

324,042,940

     

322,626,780

     

1,416,160

   

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

6,019

   

3/18/22

   

1,411,917,883

     

1,432,070,575

     

(20,152,692

)

 
   

$

(20,977,406

)

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

2,883,304

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

(26,974,022

)

 

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

(24,090,718

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


32


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    Victory US 500
Enhanced
Volatility Wtd
Index Fund
  Victory
Market Neutral
Income Fund
 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $47,152,506 and $1,528,592,599)

 

$

73,060,058

(a)

 

$

1,602,609,407

(b)

 

Foreign currency, at value (Cost $— and $298,088)

   

     

300,851

   

Cash

   

     

171,515,143

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

194,568

     

117,832,366

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

67,595

     

3,010,479

   

Capital shares issued

   

200

     

4,479,039

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

     

5,862,265

   

Reclaims

   

     

147,746

   

From Adviser

   

33,815

     

439,201

   

Prepaid expenses

   

18,016

     

102,915

   

Total Assets

   

73,374,252

     

1,906,299,412

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

1,330,411

     

63,131,516

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

22,339

     

774,914

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

2,062

     

6,659,132

   

Accrued foreign capital gains taxes

   

     

81,246

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

41,759

     

522,537

   

Administration fees

   

3,627

     

84,710

   

Custodian fees

   

1,973

     

45,222

   

Transfer agent fees

   

17,307

     

76,370

   

Compliance fees

   

44

     

726

   

Trustees' fees

   

62

     

1,481

   
12b-1 fees    

13,641

     

7,575

   

Other accrued expenses

   

10,745

     

75,415

   

Total Liabilities

   

1,443,970

     

71,460,844

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

46,268,890

     

1,839,839,460

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

25,661,392

     

(5,000,892

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

71,930,282

   

$

1,834,838,568

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

30,948,625

   

$

60,213,710

   

Class C

   

24,178,601

     

3,333,051

   

Class I

   

16,803,056

     

1,766,385,412

   

Member Class

   

     

4,906,395

   

Total

 

$

71,930,282

   

$

1,834,838,568

   
Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized with a par value
of $0.001 per share):
 

Class A

   

1,920,950

     

6,318,893

   

Class C

   

1,573,379

     

353,792

   

Class I

   

1,041,477

     

184,166,624

   

Member Class

   

     

514,731

   

Total

   

4,535,806

     

191,354,040

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A) and redemption
price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

16.11

   

$

9.53

   

Class C (c)

   

15.37

     

9.42

   

Class I

   

16.13

     

9.59

   

Member Class

   

     

9.53

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of net asset value
adjusted to the nearest cent) per share — Class A
 

$

17.09

   

$

10.11

   

(a)  Includes $1,294,662 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $56,063,114 of securities on loan.

(c)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    Victory US 500
Enhanced
Volatility Wtd
Index Fund
  Victory
Market Neutral
Income Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

571,940

   

$

28,493,820

   

Interest

   

     

17,612

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

2,434

     

127,418

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(85

)

   

(1,976,449

)

 

Total Income

   

574,289

     

26,662,401

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

251,214

     

2,407,243

   

Administration fees

   

19,493

     

373,228

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,052

     

8,549

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

39,244

     

67,520

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

122,161

     

12,483

   

Custodian fees

   

1,847

     

187,097

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

16,682

     

15,043

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

14,690

     

916

   

Transfer agent fees — Class I

   

6,694

     

602,865

   

Transfer agent fees — Member Class

   

     

3,529

   

Trustees' fees

   

2,882

     

33,848

   

Compliance fees

   

258

     

4,191

   

Legal and audit fees

   

7,925

     

43,549

   

State registration and filing fees

   

26,177

     

111,421

   

Broker interest fees

   

     

184,786

   

Other expenses

   

6,172

     

67,614

   

Total Expenses

   

524,491

     

4,123,882

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(97,508

)

   

(1,068,478

)

 

Net Expenses

   

426,983

     

3,055,404

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

147,306

     

23,606,997

   

Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:

 
Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and
foreign currency transactions
   

3,724,646

     

17,202,303

   

Foreign taxes on realized gains

   

     

(226,821

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

72,571

     

13,919,737

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment
securities and foreign currency translations
   

2,424,576

     

11,969,393

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

   

6,865

     

(36,580,085

)

 

Net change in accrued foreign taxes on unrealized gains

   

     

298,422

   

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

6,228,658

     

6,582,949

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

6,375,964

   

$

30,189,946

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory US 500
Enhanced Volatility Wtd
Index Fund
  Victory Market Neutral
Income Fund
 
    Six Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

147,306

   

$

172,009

   

$

23,606,997

   

$

17,153,655

   
Net realized gains (losses)
from investments
   

3,797,217

     

6,275,708

     

30,895,219

     

(72,209,027

)

 
Net change in unrealized
appreciation/depreciation
on investments
   

2,431,441

     

15,241,446

     

(24,312,270

)

   

66,086,768

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

6,375,964

     

21,689,163

     

30,189,946

     

11,031,396

   

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Class A

   

(3,523,784

)

   

(3,095,618

)

   

(893,243

)

   

(1,168,163

)

 

Class C

   

(2,773,356

)

   

(2,479,942

)

   

(33,071

)

   

(43,125

)

 

Class I

   

(1,913,403

)

   

(1,479,876

)

   

(23,526,702

)

   

(20,375,553

)

 

Member Class (a)

   

     

     

(60,801

)

   

(28,037

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from
distributions to shareholders
   

(8,210,543

)

   

(7,055,436

)

   

(24,513,817

)

   

(21,614,878

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
   

3,006,779

     

(10,688,711

)

   

766,024,074

     

885,507,053

   

Change in net assets

   

1,172,200

     

3,945,016

     

771,700,203

     

874,923,571

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

70,758,082

     

66,813,066

     

1,063,138,365

     

188,214,794

   

End of period

 

$

71,930,282

   

$

70,758,082

   

$

1,834,838,568

   

$

1,063,138,365

   

(a)  Victory Market Neutral Income Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


35


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory US 500
Enhanced Volatility Wtd
Index Fund
  Victory Market Neutral
Income Fund
 
    Six Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

345,046

   

$

1,823,429

   

$

17,006,820

   

$

45,585,137

   

Distributions reinvested

   

3,415,126

     

3,067,725

     

879,992

     

1,139,275

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(3,585,554

)

   

(6,232,186

)

   

(8,557,110

)

   

(8,065,289

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

174,618

   

$

(1,341,032

)

 

$

9,329,702

   

$

38,659,123

   

Class C

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

308,176

   

$

514,706

   

$

1,511,642

   

$

1,847,869

   

Distributions reinvested

   

2,734,654

     

2,452,286

     

33,071

     

43,125

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(2,658,277

)

   

(9,866,326

)

   

(196,153

)

   

(504,231

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

384,553

   

$

(6,899,334

)

 

$

1,348,560

   

$

1,386,763

   

Class I

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

1,890,912

   

$

1,662,249

   

$

856,900,063

   

$

899,695,692

   

Distributions reinvested

   

1,900,045

     

1,458,551

     

22,077,194

     

19,340,855

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(1,343,349

)

   

(5,569,145

)

   

(126,006,219

)

   

(76,117,382

)

 

Total Class I

 

$

2,447,608

   

$

(2,448,345

)

 

$

752,971,038

   

$

842,919,165

   

Member Class (a)

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

   

$

   

$

2,826,243

   

$

3,115,297

   

Distributions reinvested

   

     

     

60,801

     

28,033

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

     

     

(512,270

)

   

(601,328

)

 

Total Member Class

 

$

   

$

   

$

2,374,774

   

$

2,542,002

   
Change in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
 

$

3,006,779

   

$

(10,688,711

)

 

$

766,024,074

   

$

885,507,053

   

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

20,004

     

130,514

     

1,789,138

     

4,742,117

   

Reinvested

   

216,393

     

214,063

     

92,875

     

118,861

   

Redeemed

   

(211,501

)

   

(415,394

)

   

(900,833

)

   

(839,879

)

 

Total Class A

   

24,896

     

(70,817

)

   

981,180

     

4,021,099

   

Class C

 

Issued

   

18,733

     

35,212

     

161,021

     

194,654

   

Reinvested

   

182,067

     

178,089

     

3,530

     

4,543

   

Redeemed

   

(161,625

)

   

(699,614

)

   

(20,883

)

   

(53,678

)

 

Total Class C

   

39,175

     

(486,313

)

   

143,668

     

145,519

   

Class I

 

Issued

   

111,430

     

109,438

     

89,670,808

     

93,474,591

   

Reinvested

   

120,144

     

101,556

     

2,314,890

     

2,006,390

   

Redeemed

   

(79,090

)

   

(377,582

)

   

(13,192,443

)

   

(7,886,007

)

 

Total Class I

   

152,484

     

(166,588

)

   

78,793,255

     

87,594,974

   

Member Class (a)

 

Issued

   

     

     

297,475

     

324,844

   

Reinvested

   

     

     

6,414

     

2,924

   

Redeemed

   

     

     

(53,988

)

   

(62,938

)

 

Total Member Class

   

     

     

249,901

     

264,830

   

Change in Shares

   

216,555

     

(723,718

)

   

80,168,004

     

92,026,422

   

(a)  Victory Market Neutral Income Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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37


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

     

Class A

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

16.62

     

0.05

     

1.47

     

1.52

     

(0.05

)

   

(1.98

)

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

13.42

     

0.07

     

4.77

     

4.84

     

(0.05

)

   

(1.59

)

 

2020

 

$

14.26

     

0.08

     

0.88

     

0.96

     

(0.07

)

   

(1.73

)

 

2019

 

$

16.50

     

0.13

     

(0.36

)

   

(0.23

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(1.89

)

 

2018

 

$

16.04

     

0.11

     

1.91

     

2.02

     

(0.10

)

   

(1.46

)

 

2017

 

$

13.80

     

0.11

     

2.48

     

2.59

     

(0.11

)

   

(0.24

)

 

Class C

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

15.95

     

(0.01

)

   

1.41

     

1.40

     

     

(1.98

)

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

12.99

     

(0.04

)

   

4.59

     

4.55

     

(f)

   

(1.59

)

 

2020

 

$

13.90

     

(0.03

)

   

0.87

     

0.84

     

(0.02

)

   

(1.73

)

 

2019

 

$

16.16

     

0.02

     

(0.35

)

   

(0.33

)

   

(0.04

)

   

(1.89

)

 

2018

 

$

15.78

     

(0.02

)

   

1.86

     

1.84

     

(f)

   

(1.46

)

 

2017

 

$

13.59

     

(f)

   

2.44

     

2.44

     

(0.01

)

   

(0.24

)

 

Class I

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

16.64

     

0.08

     

1.46

     

1.54

     

(0.07

)

   

(1.98

)

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

13.43

     

0.11

     

4.77

     

4.88

     

(0.08

)

   

(1.59

)

 

2020

 

$

14.26

     

0.12

     

0.88

     

1.00

     

(0.10

)

   

(1.73

)

 

2019

 

$

16.50

     

0.17

     

(0.36

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(1.89

)

 

2018

 

$

16.05

     

0.15

     

1.90

     

2.05

     

(0.14

)

   

(1.46

)

 

2017

 

$

13.80

     

0.15

     

2.48

     

2.63

     

(0.14

)

   

(0.24

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Portfolio turnover increased significantly due to changes in the volume and timing of purchases and sales of portfolio holdings during the year.

(f)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

Class A

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(2.03

)

 

$

16.11

     

9.45

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.61

%

   

1.25

%

 

$

30,949

     

15

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(1.64

)

 

$

16.62

     

38.05

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.47

%

   

1.24

%

 

$

31,504

     

68

%

 

2020

   

(1.80

)

 

$

13.42

     

6.71

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.56

%

   

1.28

%

 

$

26,394

     

54

%

 

2019

   

(2.01

)

 

$

14.26

     

(0.01

)%

   

0.99

%

   

0.84

%

   

1.25

%

 

$

33,406

     

120

%(e)

 

2018

   

(1.56

)

 

$

16.50

     

12.79

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.67

%

   

1.19

%

 

$

51,671

     

45

%

 

2017

   

(0.35

)

 

$

16.04

     

18.89

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.35

%

 

$

36,721

     

38

%

 

Class C

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(1.98

)

 

$

15.37

     

9.06

%

   

1.74

%

   

(0.14

)%

   

2.03

%

 

$

24,179

     

15

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(1.59

)

 

$

15.95

     

36.98

%

   

1.74

%

   

(0.29

)%

   

1.99

%

 

$

24,465

     

68

%

 

2020

   

(1.75

)

 

$

12.99

     

5.96

%

   

1.74

%

   

(0.19

)%

   

2.03

%

 

$

26,240

     

54

%

 

2019

   

(1.93

)

 

$

13.90

     

(0.73

)%

   

1.74

%

   

0.10

%

   

2.00

%

 

$

35,649

     

120

%(e)

 

2018

   

(1.46

)

 

$

16.16

     

11.78

%

   

1.74

%

   

(0.11

)%

   

1.97

%

 

$

41,410

     

45

%

 

2017

   

(0.25

)

 

$

15.78

     

18.09

%

   

1.74

%

   

0.01

%

   

2.12

%

 

$

57,620

     

38

%

 

Class I

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(2.05

)

 

$

16.13

     

9.57

%

   

0.74

%

   

0.87

%

   

1.00

%

 

$

16,803

     

15

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(1.67

)

 

$

16.64

     

38.43

%

   

0.74

%

   

0.71

%

   

0.98

%

 

$

14,789

     

68

%

 

2020

   

(1.83

)

 

$

13.43

     

6.97

%

   

0.74

%

   

0.86

%

   

1.02

%

 

$

14,179

     

54

%

 

2019

   

(2.05

)

 

$

14.26

     

0.24

%

   

0.74

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.00

%

 

$

26,501

     

120

%(e)

 

2018

   

(1.60

)

 

$

16.50

     

12.97

%

   

0.74

%

   

0.91

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

36,400

     

45

%

 

2017

   

(0.38

)

 

$

16.05

     

19.24

%

   

0.74

%

   

1.00

%

   

1.13

%

 

$

32,751

     

38

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


39


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory Market Neutral Income Fund

     

Class A

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
 

$

9.51

     

0.15

     

0.03

     

0.18

     

(0.16

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

9.77

     

0.29

     

(0.06

)

   

0.23

     

(0.24

)

   

(0.25

)

 

2020

 

$

9.51

     

0.27

     

0.23

     

0.50

     

(0.24

)

   

   

2019

 

$

9.61

     

0.32

     

(0.13

)

   

0.19

     

(0.27

)

   

(0.02

)

 

2018

 

$

9.40

     

0.24

     

0.26

     

0.50

     

(0.29

)

   

   

2017

 

$

9.21

     

0.24

     

0.20

     

0.44

     

(0.25

)

   

   

Class C

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
 

$

9.40

     

0.11

     

0.04

     

0.15

     

(0.13

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

9.69

     

0.22

     

(0.08

)

   

0.14

     

(0.18

)

   

(0.25

)

 

2020

 

$

9.43

     

0.21

     

0.22

     

0.43

     

(0.17

)

   

   

2019

 

$

9.54

     

0.25

     

(0.14

)

   

0.11

     

(0.20

)

   

(0.02

)

 

2018

 

$

9.33

     

0.17

     

0.26

     

0.43

     

(0.22

)

   

   

2017

 

$

9.15

     

0.17

     

0.20

     

0.37

     

(0.19

)

   

   

Class I

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
 

$

9.57

     

0.17

     

0.02

     

0.19

     

(0.17

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

9.83

     

0.33

     

(0.08

)

   

0.25

     

(0.26

)

   

(0.25

)

 

2020

 

$

9.55

     

0.31

     

0.23

     

0.54

     

(0.26

)

   

   

2019

 

$

9.65

     

0.38

     

(0.16

)

   

0.22

     

(0.30

)

   

(0.02

)

 

2018

 

$

9.44

     

0.26

     

0.26

     

0.52

     

(0.31

)

   

   

2017

 

$

9.24

     

0.27

     

0.20

     

0.47

     

(0.27

)

   

   

Member Class

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
 

$

9.51

     

0.16

     

0.03

     

0.19

     

(0.17

)

   

   
November 3, 2020 (g)
through
June 30, 2021:
 

$

9.62

     

0.25

     

0.04

(h)

   

0.29

     

(0.15

)

   

(0.25

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Includes impact of broker interest fees. Without these broker interest fees, the net expense ratio would have been at the contractual expense cap. (See note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements).

See notes to financial statements.

 


40


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory Market Neutral Income Fund

 

Class A

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
   

(0.16

)

 

$

9.53

     

1.89

%

   

0.78

%(e)

   

3.11

%

   

0.82

%

 

$

60,214

     

33

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(0.49

)

 

$

9.51

     

2.33

%

   

0.79

%(e)

   

3.03

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

50,735

     

89

%

 

2020

   

(0.24

)

 

$

9.77

     

5.31

%

   

0.75

%

   

2.78

%

   

1.17

%

 

$

12,870

     

119

%(f)

 

2019

   

(0.29

)

 

$

9.51

     

1.99

%

   

0.75

%

   

3.36

%

   

1.03

%

 

$

32,627

     

82

%

 

2018

   

(0.29

)

 

$

9.61

     

5.37

%

   

0.89

%

   

2.55

%

   

1.18

%

 

$

23,847

     

69

%

 

2017

   

(0.25

)

 

$

9.40

     

4.77

%

   

0.90

%

   

2.59

%

   

1.25

%

 

$

24,998

     

63

%

 

Class C

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
   

(0.13

)

 

$

9.42

     

1.57

%

   

1.53

%(e)

   

2.30

%

   

2.29

%

 

$

3,333

     

33

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(0.43

)

 

$

9.40

     

1.40

%

   

1.54

%(e)

   

2.28

%

   

2.29

%

 

$

1,976

     

89

%

 

2020

   

(0.17

)

 

$

9.69

     

4.59

%

   

1.50

%

   

2.20

%

   

2.62

%

 

$

626

     

119

%(f)

 

2019

   

(0.22

)

 

$

9.43

     

1.19

%

   

1.50

%

   

2.57

%

   

2.56

%

 

$

441

     

82

%

 

2018

   

(0.22

)

 

$

9.54

     

4.64

%

   

1.64

%

   

1.79

%

   

2.51

%

 

$

311

     

69

%

 

2017

   

(0.19

)

 

$

9.33

     

4.02

%

   

1.65

%

   

1.88

%

   

3.00

%

 

$

519

     

63

%

 

Class I

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
   

(0.17

)

 

$

9.59

     

2.05

%

   

0.43

%(e)

   

3.44

%

   

0.58

%

 

$

1,766,385

     

33

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(0.51

)

 

$

9.57

     

2.62

%

   

0.44

%(e)

   

3.37

%

   

0.75

%

 

$

1,007,909

     

89

%

 

2020

   

(0.26

)

 

$

9.83

     

5.79

%

   

0.40

%

   

3.23

%

   

0.89

%

 

$

174,719

     

119

%(f)

 

2019

   

(0.32

)

 

$

9.55

     

2.25

%

   

0.40

%

   

3.91

%

   

1.05

%

 

$

54,920

     

82

%

 

2018

   

(0.31

)

 

$

9.65

     

5.62

%

   

0.64

%

   

2.72

%

   

1.09

%

 

$

19,483

     

69

%

 

2017

   

(0.27

)

 

$

9.44

     

5.11

%

   

0.65

%

   

2.83

%

   

1.13

%

 

$

31,140

     

63

%

 

Member Class

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
   

(0.17

)

 

$

9.53

     

2.00

%

   

0.58

%(e)

   

3.26

%

   

1.32

%

 

$

4,906

     

33

%

 
November 3, 2020 (g)
through
June 30, 2021:
   

(0.40

)

 

$

9.51

     

3.05

%

   

0.60

%

   

3.94

%

   

5.38

%

 

$

2,518

     

89

%

 

(f)  Portfolio turnover increased significantly due to changes in the volume and timing of purchases and sales of portfolio holdings during the year.

(g)  Commencement of operations.

(h)  The amount shown reflects a net realized and unrealized gain per share, whereas the statement of operations reflected a net realized and unrealized loss for the period for the Fund in total. The difference in realized and unrealized gains and losses for the Fund versus the class is due to the timing of sales and repurchases of the class in relation to fluctuating market values during the period.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios II (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 25 funds, 23 of which are Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs"), and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with no par value.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following two Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

  Investment Share
Classes Offered
 
Victory US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd
Index Fund
  US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd
Index Fund
  A, C, and I
 
 

Victory Market Neutral Income Fund

 

Market Neutral Income Fund

  A, C, I, and
Member Class
 

Each class of shares of a Fund has substantially identical rights and privileges except with respect to sales charges, fees paid under distribution plans, expenses allocable exclusively to each class of shares, voting rights on matters solely affecting a single class of shares, and the exchange privilege of each class of shares.

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 Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principle ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Portfolio securities listed or traded on securities exchanges, including ETFs and American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), are valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded, if available, or at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. If there have been no sales for that day on the exchange or system, then a security is valued at the last available bid quotation on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value ("NAV"). These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or an exchange on which they are traded. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, fair value pricing may be used if events materially affecting the value of foreign securities occur between the time the exchange on which they are traded closes and the time a Fund's NAV is calculated. The Market Neutral Income Fund uses a systematic valuation model, provided daily by an independent third party to fair value its international equity securities. The valuations are considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

71,292,000

   

$

   

$

   

$

71,292,000

   

Investment Companies

   

437,647

     

     

     

437,647

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

1,330,411

     

     

     

1,330,411

   

Total

 

$

73,060,058

   

$

   

$

   

$

73,060,058

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Future

 

$

15,788

   

$

   

$

   

$

15,788

   

Total

 

$

15,788

   

$

   

$

   

$

15,788

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

891,444,254

   

$

648,033,637

   

$

   

$

1,539,477,891

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

63,131,516

     

     

     

63,131,516

   

Total

 

$

954,575,770

   

$

648,033,637

   

$

   

$

1,602,609,407

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

2,883,304

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,883,304

   

Liabilities:

 

Futures

 

$

(26,974,022

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(26,974,022

)

 

Total

 

$

(24,090,718

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(24,090,718

)

 

^  Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

For the six months ended December 31, 2021, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investment Companies:

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

Derivatives Instruments:

Foreign Exchange Currency Contracts:

The Funds may enter into foreign exchange currency contracts to convert U.S. dollars to and from various foreign currencies. A foreign exchange currency contract is an obligation by a Fund to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price (in U.S. dollars) set at the time of the contract. The Funds do not engage in "cross-currency" foreign exchange contracts (i.e., contracts to purchase or sell one foreign currency in exchange for another foreign currency). The Funds' foreign exchange currency contracts might be considered spot contracts (typically a contract of one week or less) or forward contracts (typically a contract term over one week). A spot contract is entered into for purposes of hedging against foreign currency fluctuations relating to a specific portfolio transaction, such as the delay between a security transaction trade date and settlement date. Forward contracts are entered into for purposes of hedging portfolio holdings or concentrations of such holdings. The Funds enter into foreign exchange currency contracts solely for spot or forward hedging purposes, and not for speculative purposes (i.e., the Funds do not enter into such contracts solely for the purpose of earning foreign currency gains). Each foreign exchange currency contract is adjusted daily by the prevailing spot or forward rate of the underlying currency, and any appreciation or depreciation is recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date, at which time the Funds record realized gains or losses equal to the difference between the value of a contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The Funds could be exposed to risk if a counterparty is unable to meet the terms of a foreign exchange currency contract or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. In addition, the use of foreign exchange currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. As of December 31, 2021, the Funds had no open forward foreign exchange currency contracts.

Futures Contracts:

The Funds may enter into contracts for the future delivery of securities or foreign currencies and futures contracts based on a specific security, class of securities, foreign currency or an index, and purchase or sell options on any such futures contracts. A futures contract on a securities index is an agreement obligating either party to pay, and entitling the other party to receive, while the contract is outstanding, cash payments based on the level of a specified securities index. No physical delivery of the underlying asset is made. The Funds may enter into futures contracts in an effort to hedge against market risks. The acquisition of put and call options on futures contracts will give the Funds the right (but not the obligation), for a specified price, to sell or to purchase the underlying futures contract, upon exercise of the option, at any time during the option period. Futures transactions involve brokerage costs and require the Funds to segregate assets to cover contracts that would require it to purchase securities or currencies. A good faith margin deposit, known as initial margin, of cash or government securities with a broker or custodian is required to initiate and maintain open positions in futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Funds based on the change in the market value of the position and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is closed out, at which time the gain or loss is realized. The Funds may lose the expected benefit of futures transactions if interest rates, exchange rates or securities prices change in an unanticipated manner. Such unanticipated changes may also result in lower overall performance than if the Funds had not entered into any futures transactions. In addition, the value of

 


44


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

the Funds' futures positions may not prove to be perfectly or even highly correlated with the value of its portfolio securities or foreign currencies, limiting the Funds' ability to hedge effectively against interest rate, exchange rate and/or market risk and giving rise to additional risks. There is no assurance of liquidity in the secondary market for purposes of closing out futures positions. The collateral held by the Funds is reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities under Deposit with broker for futures contracts. As of December 31, 2021, the Funds entered into futures contracts primarily for the strategy of hedging or other purposes, including but not limited to, providing liquidity and equitizing cash.

Summary of Derivative Instruments:

The following table summarizes the fair values of derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of December 31, 2021:

   

Asset

 

Liabilities

 
    Variation Margin
Receivable on Open
Futures Contracts*
  Variation Margin
Payable on Open
Futures Contracts*
 

Equity Risk Exposure

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

$

15,788

   

$

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

2,883,304

     

26,974,022

   

*  Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Only current day's variation margin for futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following table presents the effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the six months ended December 31, 2021:

    Net Realized Gains (Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized as a
Result from Operations
  Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation
on Derivatives Recognized
as a Result of Operations
 
    Net Realized Gains (Losses)
from Futures Contracts
  Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/ Depreciation
on Futures Contracts
 

Equity Risk Exposure:

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

$

72,571

   

$

6,865

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

13,919,737

     

(36,580,085

)

 

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on each respective Fund's Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The underlying face value of open derivative positions relative to each Fund's net assets at period end is generally representative of the notional amount of open positions to net assets throughout the period.

Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis.

Withholding taxes on interest, dividends, and gains as a result of certain investments in ADRs by the Funds have been provided for in accordance with each investment's applicable country's tax rules and rates.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.

The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
  Non-Cash
Collateral
  Cash
Collateral
 

U.S. 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

$

1,294,662

   

$

   

$

1,330,411

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

56,063,114

     

     

63,131,516

   

Foreign Currency Translations:

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities of a Fund denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the date of the transactions. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are disclosed as Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment securities and foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations. Any realized gains or losses from these fluctuations are disclosed as Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and foreign currency transactions on the Statements of Operations.

Foreign Taxes:

The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes related to foreign income received (a portion of which may be reclaimable), capital gains on the sale of securities, and certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of June 30.

For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

Income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses such as transfer agent fees, state registration fees, 12b-1 fees, and printing fees), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets on the date income is earned or expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are incurred.

3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) for the six months ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Excluding
U.S. Government Securities
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

$

10,568,690

   

$

15,571,725

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

998,008,153

     

372,880,377

   

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Fund by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

   

0.70

%

 

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

0.35

%

 

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets  
  Up to $15 billion  

$15 billion - $30 billion

 

Over $30 billion

 
   0.08 %, plus    

0.05

%, plus

   

0.04

%

 

Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios, and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex") in the aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

FIS Investor Services, LLC ("FIS") serves as the Funds' transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services. Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as sub-transfer agent for the Member Class. Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. receives no fee or other compensation for these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Victory Capital Services, Inc. (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as distributor for the continuous offering of the shares of the Funds pursuant to a Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plans adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Distributor may receive a monthly distribution and service fee as shown in the table below

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

 

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

 

The Plans are characterized as reimbursement plans since the distribution fees will be paid to the Distributor as reimbursement for, or in anticipation of, expenses incurred for distribution-related activity. If the aggregate payments received by the Distributor for a particular class of shares of the Funds in any fiscal year exceed the expenditures made by the Distributor in that year pursuant to the Plans, the Distributor will reimburse the Funds for the amount of the excess. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Distributor did not reimburse the Funds.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

The distribution and service fees paid to the Distributor may be used by the Distributor to pay for activities primarily intended to result in the sale of Class A and Class C. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as 12b-1 fees.

In addition, the Distributor is entitled to receive commissions on sale of the Class A. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Distributor received approximately $3,744 from commissions earned on the sale of Class A. A $15 fee may be charged for redemptions made by wire. The redemption fee is paid directly to and retained by the Funds, and is designed to deter excessive short-term trading and to offset brokerage commissions, market impact and other costs that may be associated with short-term money movement in and out of the Funds.

Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into an expense limitation agreement with the Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain classes of the Fund in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such classes of the Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

   

In Effect Until October 31, 2022

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

  Member
Class
 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

   

0.99

%

   

1.74

%

   

0.74

%

   

N/A

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

0.75

%

   

1.50

%

   

0.40

%

   

0.55

%

 

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, as amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to three years (thirty-six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

    Expires
2022
  Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
  Expires
2025
 

Total

 
US 500 Enhanced Volatility
Wtd Index Fund
 

$

144,445

   

$

229,910

   

$

170,552

   

$

97,508

   

$

642,415

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

   

155,692

     

670,257

     

1,612,292

     

1,068,478

     

3,506,719

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. Voluntary waivers and reimbursements applicable to the Funds are not available to be recouped at a future time. There were no voluntary waivers or reimbursements for the six months ended December 31, 2021.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and Distributor.

5. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Equity Risk — An investment in the Funds' shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Funds, some of which will be traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter markets. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest, like other market investments, may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest may affect the value of the Funds' shares. An investment in the Funds' shares at any point in time may be worth less than the original investment, even after taking into account the reinvestment of the Funds' distributions.

Stock Market Risk — Overall stock market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Domestic and international factors such as political events, war, trade disputes, interest rate levels and other fiscal and monetary policy changes, pandemics and other public health crises and related geopolitical events, as well as environmental disasters such as earthquakes, fire and floods, may add to instability in world economies and markets generally. The impact of these and other factors may be short-term or may last for extended periods.

Large Capitalization Stock Risk — The securities of large capitalization companies may underperform the securities of smaller capitalization companies or the market as a whole. The growth rate of larger, more established companies may lag those of smaller companies, especially during periods of economic expansion.

Investment Style Risk — Different types of investment styles, for example growth or value, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, the Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or that have different investment styles.

6. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month London InterBank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statement of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The Funds had no borrowings under the Line of Credit agreement during the six months ended December 31, 2021.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Interfund Lending:

The Trust and Adviser rely on an exemptive order granted by the SEC in March 2017 (the "Order"), permitting the establishment and operation of an Interfund Lending Facility (the "Facility"). The Facility allows each Fund to directly lend and borrow money to or from any other fund in the Victory Funds Complex that is permitted to participate in the Facility, relying upon the Order at rates beneficial to both the borrowing and lending funds. Advances under the Facility are allowed for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities, and are subject to each Fund's borrowing restrictions. The interfund loan rate is determined, as specified in the Order, by averaging the current repurchase agreement rate and the current bank loan rate. As a Borrower, interest charged to each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending fees. As a Lender, interest earned by each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interest expense on interfund lending.

The Funds did not utilize or participate in the Facility during the six months ended December 31, 2021.

7. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

Quarterly

 

Quarterly

 

Market Neutral Income Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains (collectively, distributions to shareholders) are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. To the extent these "book/tax" differences are permanent in nature (e.g., net operating loss and distribution reclassification), such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales) do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and distributions exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital. Net investment losses incurred by the Funds may be reclassified as an offset to capital on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The tax character of current year distributions paid and the tax basis of the current components of accumulated earnings (deficit) will be determined at the end of the current tax year ending June 30, 2022.

As of June 30, 2021, the Fund below had net capital loss carryforwards as shown in the table below. It is unlikely that the Board will authorize a distribution of capital gains realized in the future until the capital loss carryforwards have been used.

   

Long-Term

 

Market Neutral Income Fund

 

$

70,633,978

   
 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Supplemental Information
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21
 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,094.50

   

$

1,020.21

   

$

5.23

   

$

5.04

     

0.99

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,090.60

     

1,016.43

     

9.17

     

8.84

     

1.74

   

Class I

   

1,000.00

     

1,095.70

     

1,021.48

     

3.91

     

3.77

     

0.74

   

Market Neutral Income Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,018.90

     

1,021.27

     

3.97

     

3.97

     

0.78

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,015.70

     

1,017.49

     

7.77

     

7.78

     

1.53

   

Class I

   

1,000.00

     

1,020.50

     

1,023.04

     

2.19

     

2.19

     

0.43

   

Member Class

   

1,000.00

     

1,020.00

     

1,022.28

     

2.95

     

2.96

     

0.58

   

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Supplemental Information — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement")

The Board approved the Agreement on behalf of each of the Funds at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on November 30, 2021. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreement provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021, and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered a past review of their overall process for conducting the annual review of the Funds' advisory arrangements by a consultant retained through their counsel.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreement should be continued. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  The fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  The total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between each Fund and the Adviser.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee, comprised of the advisory fee plus the administrative services fee paid to the Adviser, in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund individually. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total operating expense ratio on a net and gross basis with the median gross management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable mutual funds compiled by the consultant and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected by that consultant from the universe. The

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Supplemental Information — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors. The Board also reviewed any changes to the consultant's methodology as compared to the prior year, including those resulting from the Adviser's input, if any. The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's Class A net annual expense ratio, taking into account any shareholder servicing or distribution fees, was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses of certain classes for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over one- and three-year periods against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index. The Board recognized that the performance of the Funds and the peer group funds are net of expenses, while the performance of the benchmark index is gross returns.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd Index Fund

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2012, the Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed. The Board noted that the Fund's investment objective is to track its benchmark index before fees and expenses. The Board recognized that the performance of the Fund is net of expenses, while the performance of the benchmark index is gross returns and as a result, the Fund generally will underperform its benchmark due to fees and expenses. The Board discussed with the Adviser the Fund's rules-based rebalancing in light of market conditions and that the Fund performed in accordance with the Adviser's expectations.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Market Neutral Income Fund

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2012, the Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Supplemental Information — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Conclusion

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

 


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Privacy Policy

Protecting the Privacy of Information

The Trust respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. This is the information we collect from you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you make with us or third parties. It may include your name, address, social security number, account transactions and balances, and information about investment goals and risk tolerance.

We do not disclose any information about you or about former customers to anyone except as permitted or required by law. Specifically, we may disclose the information we collect to companies that perform services on our behalf, such as the transfer agent that processes shareholder accounts and printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials. We may also disclose this information to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. This allows us to continue to offer you Victory investment products and services that meet your investing needs, and to effect transactions that you request or authorize. These companies will use this information only in connection with the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose.

To protect your personal information internally, we permit access only by authorized employees and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information.*

*  You may have received communications regarding information about privacy policies from other financial institutions which gave you the opportunity to "opt-out" of certain information sharing with companies which are not affiliated with that financial institution. The Trust does not share information with other companies for purposes of marketing solicitations for products other than the Trust. Therefore, the Trust does not provide opt-out options to their shareholders.


 

Victory Funds
P.O. Box 182593
Columbus, Ohio 43218-2593

Visit our website at:

 

Call Victory at:

 

www.vcm.com

 

800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)

 
    800-235-8396 for Member Class  

VP-COMPASS-SAR (12/21)


 

December 31, 2021

Semi Annual Report

VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF

VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

VictoryShares ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

VictoryShares ESG Corporate Bond ETF

VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF


 

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Victory Portfolios II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Investment Objective & Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

2

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 

VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

    19    

VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

    31    

VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF

    43    
VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
    63    
VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
    67    
VictoryShares International High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
    71    
VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
    77    

VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF

    83    

VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

    86    

VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

    89    
VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
    101    
VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
    105    

VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

    117    

VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

    137    

VictoryShares ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

   

139

   

VictoryShares ESG Corporate Bond ETF

   

150

 

 

VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF

   

156

   

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    158    

Statements of Operations

    164    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    170    

Financial Highlights

    176    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

188

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

 

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    206    

Expense Examples

    206    

Advisory Contract Approval

    208    

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 
 


1


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Large Cap 500 Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

0.4

%

 

The Hershey Co.

   

0.4

%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

0.4

%

 

Cerner Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

0.3

%

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

0.3

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


2


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Small Cap 500 Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

TTM Technologies, Inc.

   

0.6

%

 

Otter Tail Corp.

   

0.5

%

 

CSG Systems International, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Hostess Brands, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Columbia Financial, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Encore Wire Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

Carriage Services, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Knowles Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

CBIZ, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


3


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory International 500 Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Emera, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Fortis, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Royal Bank of Canada

   

0.5

%

 

Hydro One Ltd.

   

0.5

%

 

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

   

0.4

%

 

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   

0.4

%

 

BCE, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

SGS SA, Registered Shares

   

0.4

%

 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   

0.4

%

 

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

   

0.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


4


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Large Cap High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

1.7

%

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

1.7

%

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

1.5

%

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

   

1.5

%

 

Johnson & Johnson

   

1.5

%

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

1.5

%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

1.4

%

 

The Southern Co.

   

1.4

%

 

General Mills, Inc.

   

1.4

%

 

Duke Energy Corp.

   

1.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


5


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Small Cap High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Otter Tail Corp.

   

2.0

%

 

CSG Systems International, Inc.

   

1.9

%

 

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

   

1.6

%

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

   

1.6

%

 

SJW Group

   

1.5

%

 

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

   

1.4

%

 

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

   

1.4

%

 

Avista Corp.

   

1.4

%

 

Kforce, Inc.

   

1.4

%

 

Franchise Group, Inc.

   

1.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


6


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory International High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Emera, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Fortis, Inc.

   

2.2

%

 

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   

1.9

%

 

BCE, Inc.

   

1.9

%

 

TELUS Corp.

   

1.8

%

 

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

   

1.7

%

 

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   

1.6

%

 

Softbank Corp.

   

1.4

%

 

National Grid PLC

   

1.4

%

 

Snam SpA

   

1.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


7


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory Emerging Market High Dividend 100 Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

   

2.4

%

 

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

   

2.1

%

 

Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

2.0

%

 

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

   

1.8

%

 

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

1.7

%

 

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

   

1.6

%

 

Rostelecom PJSC

   

1.5

%

 

Inter RAO UES PJSC

   

1.4

%

 

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

   

1.4

%

 

Arca Continental SAB de CV

   

1.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


8


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory Dividend Accelerator Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

3M Co.

   

3.0

%

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

3.0

%

 

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   

2.8

%

 

ResMed, Inc.

   

2.6

%

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

2.4

%

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Aon PLC, Class A

   

2.3

%

 

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

2.0

%

 

Dover Corp.

   

2.0

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


9


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Microsoft Corp.

   

9.0

%

 

Apple, Inc.

   

8.3

%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

3.9

%

 

Johnson & Johnson

   

3.9

%

 

AutoZone, Inc.

   

3.4

%

 

Walmart, Inc.

   

3.3

%

 

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.

   

3.2

%

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

3.2

%

 

Waste Management, Inc.

   

3.2

%

 

The Kroger Co.

   

3.1

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


10


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Large Cap 500 Long/Cash Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

0.4

%

 

The Hershey Co.

   

0.4

%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

0.4

%

 

Cerner Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

0.3

%

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

0.3

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


11


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Large Cap High Dividend 100 Long/Cash Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

1.7

%

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

1.7

%

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

1.5

%

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

   

1.5

%

 

Johnson & Johnson

   

1.5

%

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

1.5

%

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

1.4

%

 

The Southern Co.

   

1.4

%

 

General Mills, Inc.

   

1.4

%

 

Duke Energy Corp.

   

1.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


12


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory US Small Cap High Dividend 500 Long/Cash Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

TTM Technologies, Inc.

   

0.6

%

 

Otter Tail Corp.

   

0.5

%

 

CSG Systems International, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Hostess Brands, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Columbia Financial, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Encore Wire Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

Carriage Services, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Knowles Corp.

   

0.4

%

 

CBIZ, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


13


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Victory International 500 Long/Cash Volatility Weighted Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Emera, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Fortis, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Royal Bank of Canada

   

0.5

%

 

Hydro One Ltd.

   

0.5

%

 

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

   

0.4

%

 

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   

0.4

%

 

BCE, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

SGS SA, Registered Shares

   

0.4

%

 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   

0.4

%

 

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

   

0.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


14


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that track the performance of the Nasdaq Q-50 Index before fees and expenses.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

3.5

%

 

The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A

   

3.5

%

 

AstraZeneca PLC

   

3.0

%

 

MongoDB, Inc.

   

3.0

%

 

Zebra Technologies Corp.

   

2.7

%

 

CoStar Group, Inc.

   

2.7

%

 

ON Semiconductor Corp.

   

2.5

%

 

CDW Corp.

   

2.4

%

 

Etsy, Inc.

   

2.4

%

 

Cerner Corp.

   

2.3

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


15


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares ESG Core Plus Bond ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide high current income without undue risk to principal.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


16


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares ESG Corporate Bond ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide maximum current income without undue risk to principal.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


17


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Copart, Inc.

   

4.7

%

 

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

   

4.6

%

 

Amphenol Corp., Class A

   

4.4

%

 

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

4.1

%

 

Waters Corp.

   

4.1

%

 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

3.8

%

 

Tyler Technologies, Inc.

   

3.8

%

 

NVR, Inc.

   

3.7

%

 

Synopsys, Inc.

   

3.7

%

 

Zebra Technologies Corp.

   

3.6

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


18


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Communication Services (4.2%):

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   

14,601

   

$

971,404

   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

475

     

1,376,094

   

Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)

   

41,620

     

673,412

   

Cable One, Inc.

   

612

     

1,079,231

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,745

     

1,137,688

   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   

25,575

     

1,287,190

   

Discovery, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

20,245

     

476,567

   

DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)

   

20,038

     

650,033

   

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

10,328

     

1,362,263

   

Fox Corp., Class A

   

23,453

     

865,416

   

IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)

   

5,783

     

755,896

   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)

   

7,256

     

1,168,942

   

Match Group, Inc. (a)

   

5,722

     

756,734

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

3,110

     

1,046,048

   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

   

1,752

     

1,055,475

   

News Corp., Class A

   

52,771

     

1,177,321

   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

17,721

     

1,298,418

   

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

   

10,676

     

388,073

   

Roku, Inc. (a)

   

1,665

     

379,953

   

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

181,953

     

1,155,402

   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

   

7,023

     

1,248,128

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

30,041

     

1,125,035

   

The Walt Disney Co. (a)

   

7,547

     

1,168,955

   

T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)

   

10,601

     

1,229,504

   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

   

11,740

     

507,403

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

42,816

     

2,224,719

   

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

   

12,202

     

368,256

   

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

   

25,450

     

1,098,931

   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a) (b)

   

6,018

     

384,249

   

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

9,732

     

624,794

   
     

29,041,534

   

Consumer Discretionary (10.1%):

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

   

6,369

     

1,527,796

   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

403

     

1,343,739

   

Aptiv PLC (a)

   

6,514

     

1,074,484

   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

   

991

     

2,077,522

   

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

   

10,869

     

758,548

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

9,068

     

921,309

   

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

454

     

1,089,250

   

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

   

3,148

     

917,673

   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

   

7,655

     

996,911

   

Chewy, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

6,935

     

408,957

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

   

620

     

1,083,915

   

D.R. Horton, Inc.

   

10,339

     

1,121,265

   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   

7,168

     

1,079,788

   

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

   

2,315

     

848,008

   

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (b)

   

5,552

     

638,424

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


19


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

7,053

   

$

1,663,309

   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

   

13,384

     

1,880,720

   

Domino's Pizza, Inc.

   

2,417

     

1,363,986

   

eBay, Inc.

   

12,898

     

857,717

   

Etsy, Inc. (a)

   

2,607

     

570,777

   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

   

4,497

     

930,384

   

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

6,918

     

899,409

   

Ford Motor Co.

   

63,319

     

1,315,136

   

Garmin Ltd.

   

10,132

     

1,379,674

   

General Motors Co. (a)

   

17,619

     

1,033,002

   

Genuine Parts Co.

   

11,940

     

1,673,988

   

Hasbro, Inc.

   

13,530

     

1,377,083

   

Lennar Corp., Class A

   

7,961

     

924,750

   

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

   

34,439

     

862,008

   

LKQ Corp.

   

24,595

     

1,476,438

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

6,397

     

1,653,497

   

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (a)

   

8,202

     

1,355,298

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

9,053

     

2,426,838

   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

   

5,132

     

934,948

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

45,578

     

995,424

   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

   

7,016

     

1,169,357

   

NVR, Inc. (a)

   

251

     

1,483,126

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   

2,851

     

2,013,462

   

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)

   

6,694

     

347,084

   

Pool Corp.

   

2,650

     

1,499,900

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

17,974

     

1,027,394

   

RH (a)

   

1,121

     

600,789

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

9,320

     

1,065,090

   

Service Corp. International

   

22,629

     

1,606,433

   

Starbucks Corp.

   

13,426

     

1,570,439

   

Tapestry, Inc.

   

21,504

     

873,062

   

Target Corp. (c)

   

5,882

     

1,361,330

   

Tesla, Inc. (a)

   

825

     

871,843

   

The Home Depot, Inc.

   

5,276

     

2,189,593

   

The TJX Cos., Inc.

   

18,423

     

1,398,674

   

Tractor Supply Co.

   

6,569

     

1,567,363

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

   

2,910

     

1,199,909

   

Vail Resorts, Inc.

   

3,925

     

1,287,007

   

VF Corp.

   

14,675

     

1,074,503

   

Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

2,028

     

385,259

   

Whirlpool Corp. (b)

   

5,202

     

1,220,701

   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   

3,922

     

663,328

   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   

13,389

     

1,859,197

   
     

69,796,818

   

Consumer Staples (9.1%):

 

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

   

25,799

     

778,872

   

Altria Group, Inc.

   

31,258

     

1,481,317

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

27,263

     

1,842,706

   

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

   

24,731

     

1,801,901

   

Bunge Ltd.

   

15,673

     

1,463,231

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Campbell Soup Co.

   

35,038

   

$

1,522,751

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

24,464

     

2,507,560

   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

29,370

     

2,506,436

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

49,008

     

1,673,623

   

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

   

7,634

     

1,915,905

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

4,515

     

2,563,166

   

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)

   

10,173

     

704,887

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

30,874

     

2,080,290

   

Hormel Foods Corp. (b)

   

36,289

     

1,771,266

   

Kellogg Co.

   

27,407

     

1,765,559

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

57,825

     

2,131,430

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

14,957

     

2,137,654

   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

24,530

     

2,369,843

   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

   

35,445

     

2,350,358

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

   

16,568

     

1,591,191

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

14,743

     

2,561,007

   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

19,718

     

1,873,210

   

Sysco Corp.

   

16,236

     

1,275,338

   

The Clorox Co.

   

8,129

     

1,417,372

   

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

39,978

     

2,367,097

   

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.

   

3,794

     

1,404,539

   

The Hershey Co.

   

13,633

     

2,637,577

   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

12,650

     

1,718,123

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

42,919

     

1,540,792

   

The Kroger Co.

   

25,986

     

1,176,126

   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

16,147

     

2,641,326

   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

   

19,013

     

1,657,173

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

24,019

     

1,252,831

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

13,680

     

1,979,359

   
     

62,461,816

   

Energy (1.8%):

 

Chevron Corp.

   

13,210

     

1,550,194

   

ConocoPhillips

   

16,354

     

1,180,432

   

Continental Resources, Inc. (b)

   

14,049

     

628,833

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

21,522

     

948,044

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

10,582

     

939,999

   

Halliburton Co.

   

36,569

     

836,333

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

79,383

     

1,259,014

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

19,845

     

1,166,092

   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   

5,633

     

1,024,530

   

Schlumberger NV

   

28,617

     

857,079

   

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

   

484

     

604,453

   

The Williams Cos., Inc.

   

57,048

     

1,485,530

   
     

12,480,533

   

Financials (15.5%):

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

29,434

     

1,718,651

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

20,560

     

978,862

   

American Express Co.

   

7,877

     

1,288,677

   

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

7,088

     

973,324

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

American International Group, Inc.

   

20,367

   

$

1,158,068

   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

4,766

     

1,437,712

   

Aon PLC, Class A

   

5,012

     

1,506,407

   

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (b)

   

20,222

     

1,464,679

   

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)

   

36,317

     

1,614,291

   

Ares Management Corp., Class A

   

16,343

     

1,328,196

   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

   

12,407

     

2,105,096

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

31,355

     

1,394,984

   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)

   

7,402

     

2,213,198

   

BlackRock, Inc.

   

1,567

     

1,434,683

   

Blackstone, Inc.

   

11,499

     

1,487,856

   

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   

29,920

     

2,102,778

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

6,605

     

958,319

   

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

9,397

     

1,225,369

   

Chubb Ltd.

   

7,496

     

1,449,052

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

10,550

     

1,201,961

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

16,932

     

1,022,523

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

22,798

     

1,077,205

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

7,352

     

1,679,638

   

CNA Financial Corp.

   

33,544

     

1,478,620

   

Discover Financial Services

   

7,974

     

921,475

   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

   

13,272

     

1,044,241

   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

   

5,334

     

1,461,089

   

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

   

3,948

     

1,918,767

   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

26,691

     

1,392,736

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

26,997

     

1,175,719

   

First Republic Bank

   

6,322

     

1,305,556

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

29,846

     

999,543

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

66,370

     

1,023,425

   

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

   

18,025

     

1,431,545

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

16,710

     

2,285,427

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

36,047

     

829,802

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

9,560

     

1,513,826

   

KeyCorp

   

50,366

     

1,164,966

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

22,160

     

1,650,920

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

13,187

     

900,145

   

Loews Corp.

   

27,178

     

1,569,801

   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

7,458

     

1,193,951

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

7,623

     

1,170,740

   

Markel Corp. (a)

   

1,165

     

1,437,610

   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

   

2,210

     

908,907

   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

   

12,875

     

2,237,932

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

20,628

     

1,289,044

   

Moody's Corp.

   

4,748

     

1,854,474

   

Morgan Stanley

   

12,083

     

1,186,067

   

Morningstar, Inc.

   

5,017

     

1,715,764

   

MSCI, Inc.

   

2,200

     

1,347,918

   

Nasdaq, Inc.

   

9,293

     

1,951,623

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

11,144

     

1,332,934

   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

17,873

     

1,292,754

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

12,361

   

$

1,337,955

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

14,787

     

1,484,615

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

50,219

     

1,094,774

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

3,775

     

1,781,536

   

Signature Bank

   

3,238

     

1,047,396

   

State Street Corp.

   

11,683

     

1,086,519

   

SVB Financial Group (a)

   

1,567

     

1,062,802

   

Synchrony Financial

   

19,723

     

914,950

   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

6,473

     

1,272,851

   

The Allstate Corp.

   

12,705

     

1,494,743

   

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   

23,409

     

1,359,595

   

The Carlyle Group, Inc.

   

26,883

     

1,475,877

   

The Charles Schwab Corp.

   

15,148

     

1,273,947

   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

3,139

     

1,200,824

   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

15,212

     

1,050,236

   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

6,581

     

1,319,622

   

The Progressive Corp.

   

16,658

     

1,709,944

   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

9,761

     

1,526,913

   

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A (b)

   

16,432

     

1,645,500

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

20,411

     

1,195,064

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

21,762

     

1,222,372

   

UWM Holdings Corp.

   

81,880

     

484,730

   

W.R. Berkley Corp.

   

22,024

     

1,814,557

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

21,337

     

1,023,749

   
     

106,689,921

   

Health Care (13.9%):

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

12,294

     

1,730,257

   

AbbVie, Inc.

   

14,539

     

1,968,581

   

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

   

2,762

     

992,027

   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

   

10,176

     

1,624,598

   

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

   

1,228

     

807,017

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

7,234

     

1,627,433

   

Anthem, Inc.

   

3,868

     

1,792,973

   

Avantor, Inc. (a)

   

30,450

     

1,283,163

   

Baxter International, Inc.

   

25,911

     

2,224,200

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

7,346

     

1,847,372

   

Biogen, Inc. (a)

   

1,859

     

446,011

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

   

14,469

     

1,278,336

   

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,658

     

1,252,735

   

Bio-Techne Corp.

   

2,003

     

1,036,232

   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

   

33,457

     

1,421,253

   

Bruker Corp.

   

15,456

     

1,296,913

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

22,696

     

1,168,617

   

Catalent, Inc. (a)

   

8,932

     

1,143,564

   

Centene Corp. (a)

   

17,943

     

1,478,503

   

Cerner Corp.

   

26,705

     

2,480,093

   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

   

3,027

     

1,140,513

   

Cigna Corp.

   

6,017

     

1,381,684

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

18,555

     

1,914,134

   

Danaher Corp.

   

4,418

     

1,453,566

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

DaVita, Inc. (a)

   

10,322

   

$

1,174,231

   

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. (b)

   

18,924

     

1,055,770

   

Dexcom, Inc. (a)

   

1,781

     

956,308

   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

   

13,071

     

1,693,348

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

4,045

     

1,117,310

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (c)

   

22,675

     

1,646,432

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

4,699

     

1,207,267

   

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

   

16,734

     

1,297,387

   

Hologic, Inc. (a)

   

14,768

     

1,130,638

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

7,297

     

786,325

   

Humana, Inc.

   

3,755

     

1,741,794

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

   

1,867

     

1,229,345

   

Illumina, Inc. (a)

   

2,026

     

770,771

   

Incyte Corp. (a)

   

15,102

     

1,108,487

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

   

3,534

     

1,269,766

   

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

6,376

     

1,798,925

   

Johnson & Johnson (c)

   

13,128

     

2,245,807

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

   

5,399

     

1,696,420

   

Masimo Corp. (a)

   

4,729

     

1,384,557

   

Medtronic PLC

   

13,448

     

1,391,196

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

25,367

     

1,944,127

   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

   

954

     

1,619,138

   

Moderna, Inc. (a)

   

1,163

     

295,379

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

4,337

     

1,379,513

   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

   

6,246

     

1,255,821

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

35,084

     

2,071,710

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

10,877

     

1,881,830

   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

2,036

     

1,285,775

   

Repligen Corp. (a)

   

2,856

     

756,383

   

ResMed, Inc.

   

4,469

     

1,164,085

   

Seagen, Inc. (a)

   

5,423

     

838,396

   

STERIS PLC

   

7,416

     

1,805,129

   

Stryker Corp.

   

6,285

     

1,680,735

   

Teleflex, Inc.

   

3,251

     

1,067,888

   

The Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

3,452

     

1,446,181

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

   

2,512

     

1,676,107

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

4,462

     

2,240,549

   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

   

8,550

     

1,108,593

   

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,929

     

748,301

   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

6,548

     

1,437,941

   

Waters Corp. (a)

   

3,654

     

1,361,480

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

3,456

     

1,620,898

   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

   

10,148

     

1,289,202

   

Zoetis, Inc.

   

8,151

     

1,989,088

   
     

95,456,108

   

Industrials (16.7%):

 

3M Co.

   

9,399

     

1,669,544

   

AGCO Corp.

   

6,602

     

765,964

   

Allegion PLC

   

10,524

     

1,393,799

   

AMERCO, Inc.

   

1,880

     

1,365,312

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

12,977

   

$

1,908,138

   

AO Smith Corp.

   

17,861

     

1,533,367

   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

   

17,721

     

1,502,564

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

   

15,665

     

1,342,647

   

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

   

16,285

     

1,752,755

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

7,390

     

1,833,607

   

Carrier Global Corp.

   

21,268

     

1,153,576

   

Caterpillar, Inc.

   

6,312

     

1,304,943

   

Cintas Corp.

   

3,473

     

1,539,129

   

Copart, Inc. (a)

   

9,813

     

1,487,847

   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a) (c)

   

14,041

     

1,109,660

   

CSX Corp.

   

46,276

     

1,739,978

   

Cummins, Inc.

   

6,016

     

1,312,330

   

Deere & Co.

   

3,060

     

1,049,243

   

Dover Corp.

   

9,639

     

1,750,442

   

Eaton Corp. PLC

   

9,455

     

1,634,013

   

Emerson Electric Co.

   

15,155

     

1,408,960

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

4,337

     

1,269,830

   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   

13,604

     

1,826,881

   

Fastenal Co.

   

30,155

     

1,931,729

   

FedEx Corp.

   

4,769

     

1,233,454

   

Fortive Corp.

   

20,779

     

1,585,230

   

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

   

12,757

     

1,363,723

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,679

     

590,874

   

General Dynamics Corp.

   

9,364

     

1,952,113

   

Graco, Inc.

   

21,119

     

1,702,614

   

HEICO Corp.

   

10,087

     

1,454,747

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

7,489

     

1,561,531

   

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

   

31,630

     

1,006,783

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

6,856

     

1,427,899

   

IDEX Corp.

   

7,790

     

1,840,933

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

9,023

     

2,226,876

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (c)

   

22,466

     

1,389,971

   

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

7,440

     

1,520,736

   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

   

10,197

     

1,419,728

   

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

21,553

     

1,752,475

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

7,472

     

1,593,329

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

12,973

     

1,153,300

   

Lennox International, Inc.

   

4,066

     

1,318,848

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

5,519

     

1,961,508

   

Masco Corp.

   

25,185

     

1,768,491

   

Nordson Corp.

   

6,349

     

1,620,709

   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

5,904

     

1,757,680

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

5,054

     

1,956,252

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

4,806

     

1,722,374

   

Otis Worldwide Corp.

   

18,081

     

1,574,313

   

PACCAR, Inc.

   

16,293

     

1,438,020

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

4,508

     

1,434,085

   

Quanta Services, Inc.

   

10,931

     

1,253,349

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

16,828

     

1,448,218

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Republic Services, Inc. (c)

   

16,681

   

$

2,326,166

   

Robert Half International, Inc.

   

13,342

     

1,487,900

   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   

4,725

     

1,648,316

   

Rollins, Inc.

   

34,310

     

1,173,745

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

3,629

     

1,784,960

   

Snap-on, Inc.

   

5,903

     

1,271,388

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

7,855

     

1,481,610

   

Textron, Inc.

   

15,435

     

1,191,582

   

The Toro Co.

   

14,769

     

1,475,571

   

Trane Technologies PLC

   

7,289

     

1,472,597

   

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,944

     

1,236,928

   

TransUnion

   

11,544

     

1,368,888

   

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

   

8,845

     

1,194,340

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

7,413

     

1,867,557

   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

   

6,977

     

1,495,450

   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

   

2,597

     

862,957

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

7,037

     

1,609,573

   

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

   

3,531

     

1,829,906

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

13,934

     

2,325,585

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

4,878

     

1,526,229

   

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

   

13,351

     

1,229,761

   

Xylem, Inc.

   

11,796

     

1,414,576

   
     

114,892,006

   

Information Technology (15.3%):

 

Accenture PLC, Class A

   

5,272

     

2,185,508

   

Adobe, Inc. (a)

   

2,119

     

1,201,600

   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

   

7,793

     

1,121,413

   

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

11,243

     

1,315,881

   

Amphenol Corp., Class A

   

21,621

     

1,890,973

   

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

7,377

     

1,296,655

   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

   

2,841

     

1,139,582

   

Apple, Inc.

   

8,408

     

1,493,009

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

5,547

     

872,876

   

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

   

14,596

     

2,098,175

   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

   

3,518

     

989,226

   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

8,363

     

2,062,149

   

Black Knight, Inc. (a)

   

20,199

     

1,674,295

   

Block, Inc. (a)

   

2,403

     

388,109

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

2,359

     

1,569,702

   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   

10,051

     

1,837,524

   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

   

6,350

     

1,183,323

   

CDW Corp.

   

7,247

     

1,484,041

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

32,135

     

2,036,395

   

Citrix Systems, Inc.

   

10,705

     

1,012,586

   

Cognex Corp.

   

13,307

     

1,034,752

   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

   

18,779

     

1,666,073

   

Corning, Inc.

   

32,143

     

1,196,684

   

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)

   

26,341

     

1,479,574

   

Dynatrace, Inc. (a)

   

10,969

     

661,979

   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

   

2,849

     

521,196

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Entegris, Inc.

   

7,111

   

$

985,442

   

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

   

1,912

     

1,278,076

   

F5, Inc. (a)

   

6,242

     

1,527,480

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

   

2,412

     

1,046,012

   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   

10,227

     

1,116,277

   

Fiserv, Inc. (a) (b)

   

13,237

     

1,373,868

   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

5,198

     

1,163,520

   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

   

3,427

     

1,231,664

   

Gartner, Inc. (a)

   

3,548

     

1,186,167

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

7,437

     

1,005,334

   

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)

   

14,250

     

1,209,255

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (b)

   

80,223

     

1,265,117

   

HP, Inc.

   

39,588

     

1,491,280

   

Intel Corp.

   

18,697

     

962,895

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

10,601

     

1,416,930

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

2,319

     

1,491,627

   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   

8,627

     

1,440,623

   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

8,348

     

1,723,945

   

KLA Corp.

   

2,325

     

1,000,006

   

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,120

     

38,372

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

1,239

     

891,027

   

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

   

3,848

     

1,382,663

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

11,310

     

984,649

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

11,152

     

1,038,809

   

Microsoft Corp. (c)

   

5,523

     

1,857,495

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

1,640

     

809,061

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

7,169

     

1,947,817

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

12,072

     

1,110,503

   

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

   

42,434

     

1,102,435

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

3,751

     

1,103,207

   

NXP Semiconductors NV

   

4,021

     

915,903

   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

17,173

     

1,166,390

   

Oracle Corp.

   

15,643

     

1,364,226

   

Paychex, Inc.

   

15,844

     

2,162,706

   

Paycom Software, Inc. (a)

   

1,765

     

732,810

   

Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)

   

3,146

     

742,959

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,275

     

617,600

   

PTC, Inc. (a)

   

6,421

     

777,904

   

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

   

4,804

     

751,298

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

7,304

     

1,335,682

   

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

   

5,217

     

1,325,796

   

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

9,601

     

1,084,721

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a) (c)

   

1,530

     

993,138

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

4,741

     

735,519

   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

   

21,090

     

1,728,958

   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

   

3,306

     

1,218,261

   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

   

9,443

     

1,523,534

   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

2,737

     

1,195,768

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

6,275

     

1,026,151

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

6,311

     

1,189,434

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (a)

   

6,461

   

$

592,086

   

Trimble, Inc. (a)

   

12,479

     

1,088,044

   

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

2,424

     

1,303,991

   

Ubiquiti, Inc. (b)

   

2,231

     

684,248

   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

   

7,987

     

2,027,260

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

6,979

     

1,512,419

   

VMware, Inc., Class A

   

10,481

     

1,214,538

   

Western Digital Corp. (a)

   

11,429

     

745,285

   

Zebra Technologies Corp. (a)

   

2,156

     

1,283,251

   

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,213

     

406,993

   
     

105,041,709

   

Materials (5.3%):

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

   

5,693

     

1,732,152

   

Albemarle Corp.

   

3,094

     

723,284

   

Avery Dennison Corp.

   

6,278

     

1,359,626

   

Ball Corp.

   

15,368

     

1,479,477

   

Celanese Corp.

   

8,227

     

1,382,630

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)

   

20,621

     

448,919

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

27,981

     

1,322,942

   

Crown Holdings, Inc.

   

12,160

     

1,345,139

   

Dow, Inc.

   

17,941

     

1,017,614

   

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

   

15,491

     

1,251,363

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

10,886

     

1,316,226

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

7,451

     

1,747,930

   

FMC Corp.

   

13,529

     

1,486,702

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

17,534

     

731,694

   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

   

7,183

     

1,082,119

   

International Paper Co.

   

22,703

     

1,066,587

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

10,799

     

995,992

   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

   

3,168

     

1,395,567

   

Newmont Corp.

   

21,094

     

1,308,250

   

Nucor Corp.

   

7,141

     

815,145

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

10,804

     

1,470,965

   

Pegasystems, Inc.

   

7,590

     

848,714

   

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

8,909

     

1,536,268

   

RPM International, Inc.

   

20,535

     

2,074,035

   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   

12,418

     

770,785

   

Sylvamo Corp. (a)

   

2,059

     

57,426

   

The Mosaic Co.

   

24,104

     

947,046

   

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

6,239

     

2,197,126

   

Vulcan Materials Co.

   

6,770

     

1,405,317

   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

   

11,770

     

1,143,220

   
     

36,460,260

   

Real Estate (0.4%):

 

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

13,010

     

1,411,715

   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)

   

4,515

     

1,216,070

   
     

2,627,785

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (7.3%):

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

29,944

   

$

1,840,658

   

Ameren Corp.

   

21,420

     

1,906,594

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (c)

   

22,068

     

1,963,390

   

American Water Works Co., Inc.

   

8,756

     

1,653,658

   

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

17,185

     

1,800,472

   

Avangrid, Inc. (b)

   

32,934

     

1,642,748

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   

57,794

     

1,613,031

   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

29,024

     

1,888,011

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (c)

   

26,510

     

2,261,833

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

24,868

     

1,953,630

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

16,048

     

1,918,378

   

Duke Energy Corp. (c)

   

19,740

     

2,070,726

   

Edison International

   

27,196

     

1,856,127

   

Entergy Corp.

   

14,965

     

1,685,807

   

Essential Utilities, Inc.

   

32,482

     

1,743,959

   

Evergy, Inc. (c)

   

26,075

     

1,789,006

   

Eversource Energy (c)

   

18,046

     

1,641,825

   

Exelon Corp.

   

35,723

     

2,063,361

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

42,212

     

1,755,597

   

NextEra Energy, Inc. (c)

   

17,405

     

1,624,931

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

18,270

     

787,072

   

PG&E Corp. (a)

   

110,942

     

1,346,836

   

PPL Corp.

   

63,311

     

1,903,129

   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   

27,232

     

1,817,191

   

Sempra Energy

   

12,823

     

1,696,226

   

The Southern Co. (c)

   

30,759

     

2,109,452

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (c)

   

18,412

     

1,787,253

   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (c)

   

26,163

     

1,771,235

   
     

49,892,136

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $496,463,580)

   

684,840,626

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (1.5%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

233,332

     

233,332

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (d)
   

4,582,662

     

4,582,662

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

116,444

     

116,444

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

928,488

     

928,488

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

4,174,664

     

4,174,664

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $10,035,590)

   

10,035,590

   

Total Investments (Cost $506,499,170) — 101.1%

   

694,876,216

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.1)%

   

(7,554,870

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

687,321,346

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

9

   

3/18/22

 

$

2,112,436

   

$

2,141,325

   

$

28,889

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

28,889

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

28,889

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.7%)

 

Banks (15.5%):

 

1st Source Corp.

   

1,441

   

$

71,474

   

Amerant Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,755

     

60,635

   

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

   

1,598

     

59,589

   

Banc of California, Inc.

   

3,300

     

64,746

   

BancFirst Corp.

   

1,093

     

77,122

   

Banner Corp.

   

1,004

     

60,913

   

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,885

     

53,590

   

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,641

     

75,138

   

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

   

2,551

     

69,770

   

City Holding Co.

   

1,078

     

88,170

   

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

   

1,612

     

52,745

   

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

   

2,029

     

66,369

   

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,117

     

73,018

   

CVB Financial Corp.

   

3,370

     

72,152

   

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

   

1,669

     

58,682

   

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,088

     

63,474

   

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

   

1,389

     

65,408

   

FB Financial Corp.

   

1,541

     

67,527

   

First Bancorp/Puerto Rico

   

4,266

     

58,785

   

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

   

1,432

     

65,471

   

First Busey Corp.

   

2,813

     

76,289

   

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

   

4,614

     

74,239

   

First Financial Bancorp

   

2,368

     

57,732

   

First Foundation, Inc.

   

2,653

     

65,954

   

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

   

1,568

     

63,771

   

First Merchants Corp.

   

1,479

     

61,955

   

Fulton Financial Corp.

   

3,965

     

67,405

   

German American Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,843

     

71,840

   

Great Western Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,692

     

57,460

   

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

   

1,449

     

73,334

   

Heritage Financial Corp.

   

2,508

     

61,295

   

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

   

1,619

     

56,892

   

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,133

     

60,796

   

Independent Bank Corp.

   

876

     

71,420

   

International Bancshares Corp.

   

1,397

     

59,219

   

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

   

3,810

     

72,352

   

Lakeland Financial Corp.

   

979

     

78,457

   

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

   

642

     

56,040

   

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

   

1,824

     

80,147

   

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,904

     

73,342

   

OFG Bancorp

   

2,011

     

53,412

   

Old National Bancorp

   

4,547

     

82,392

   

Origin Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,397

     

59,959

   

Park National Corp.

   

564

     

77,443

   

Preferred Bank

   

1,037

     

74,446

   

Renasant Corp.

   

1,808

     

68,614

   

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

   

1,460

     

74,226

   

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,971

     

62,126

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Value

 

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,405

   

$

67,552

   

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

   

1,767

     

62,534

   

Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)

   

165

     

24,453

   

Southside Bancshares, Inc. (b)

   

1,889

     

78,998

   

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,465

     

93,584

   

The Bancorp, Inc. (a)

   

1,714

     

43,381

   

Tompkins Financial Corp. (c)

   

773

     

64,607

   

Towne Bank

   

2,088

     

65,960

   

TriCo Bancshares

   

1,576

     

67,705

   

Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)

   

570

     

67,876

   

Trustmark Corp.

   

1,979

     

64,238

   

United Community Banks, Inc.

   

2,066

     

74,252

   

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

   

1,678

     

66,751

   

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

   

1,245

     

70,181

   

WesBanco, Inc.

   

1,767

     

61,827

   

Westamerica Bancorp

   

1,446

     

83,478

   
     

4,274,712

   

Capital Markets (2.3%):

 

B Riley Financial, Inc.

   

661

     

58,736

   

BGC Partners, Inc., Class A

   

9,228

     

42,910

   

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

   

2,189

     

56,038

   

Cowen, Inc., Class A

   

1,016

     

36,678

   

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

1,216

     

57,322

   

Piper Sandler Cos.

   

417

     

74,439

   

PJT Partners, Inc., Class A

   

914

     

67,718

   

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.

   

1,629

     

34,779

   

StoneX Group, Inc. (a)

   

797

     

48,816

   

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A (d)

   

1,690

     

61,736

   

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

   

177

     

52,587

   

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

   

7,680

     

47,002

   
     

638,761

   

Communication Services (2.2%):

 

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)

   

602

     

20,733

   

Boston Omaha Corp., Class A (a)

   

990

     

28,443

   

Cars.com, Inc. (a)

   

2,770

     

44,569

   

Gray Television, Inc.

   

2,651

     

53,444

   

IDT Corp., Class B (a)

   

669

     

29,543

   

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

   

3,042

     

55,334

   

Sciplay Corp., Class A (a)

   

2,040

     

28,111

   

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

   

1,088

     

27,744

   

TechTarget, Inc. (a)

   

454

     

43,430

   

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

   

2,818

     

56,783

   

The EW Scripps Co., Class A (a)

   

2,643

     

51,142

   

Thryv Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

786

     

32,328

   

United States Cellular Corp. (a)

   

1,876

     

59,131

   

WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)

   

1,839

     

39,575

   

Yelp, Inc. (a)

   

1,153

     

41,785

   
     

612,095

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Value

 

Consumer Discretionary (13.1%):

 

1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,031

   

$

24,094

   

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (a)

   

1,067

     

37,164

   

Accel Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

4,337

     

56,468

   

Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)

   

1,473

     

43,542

   

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,858

     

35,995

   

America's Car-Mart, Inc. (a)

   

343

     

35,123

   

Arko Corp. (a)

   

4,633

     

40,631

   

Bally's Corp. (a)

   

674

     

25,652

   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a) (c)

   

561

     

8,179

   

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. (c)

   

884

     

16,805

   

Big Lots, Inc.

   

769

     

34,643

   

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (a)

   

1,696

     

35,582

   

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

442

     

54,388

   

Brinker International, Inc. (a)

   

747

     

27,333

   

Carriage Services, Inc.

   

1,695

     

109,226

   

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

   

211

     

67,024

   

Century Communities, Inc.

   

517

     

42,285

   

Chuy's Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,235

     

37,198

   

Citi Trends, Inc. (a)

   

429

     

40,648

   

Clarus Corp.

   

2,272

     

62,980

   

Conn's, Inc. (a)

   

1,156

     

27,189

   

Denny's Corp. (a)

   

3,010

     

48,160

   

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

   

539

     

40,862

   

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)

   

662

     

74,813

   

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,376

     

47,905

   

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

   

2,080

     

54,683

   

Franchise Group, Inc.

   

1,653

     

86,220

   

Funko, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,530

     

28,764

   

Genesco, Inc. (a)

   

549

     

35,229

   

Gentherm, Inc. (a)

   

597

     

51,879

   

G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)

   

1,353

     

37,397

   

Golden Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

735

     

37,140

   

GoPro, Inc., Class A (a)

   

3,010

     

31,033

   

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)

   

1,587

     

48,134

   

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

   

258

     

50,367

   

Groupon, Inc. (a)

   

1,122

     

25,986

   

GrowGeneration Corp. (a) (b)

   

734

     

9,579

   

Guess?, Inc.

   

1,599

     

37,864

   

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

   

1,246

     

38,090

   

Hibbett, Inc.

   

392

     

28,197

   

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

   

216

     

27,495

   

iRobot Corp. (a)

   

381

     

25,100

   

Jack in the Box, Inc.

   

622

     

54,413

   

Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A

   

524

     

49,094

   

Lands' End, Inc. (a)

   

758

     

14,880

   

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

   

1,648

     

59,839

   

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

   

1,002

     

22,124

   

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,970

     

33,628

   

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

   

674

     

41,909

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)

   

635

   

$

43,644

   

MarineMax, Inc. (a)

   

684

     

40,383

   

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)

   

773

     

57,163

   

Monro, Inc.

   

989

     

57,629

   

Movado Group, Inc.

   

1,108

     

46,348

   

OneWater Marine, Inc.

   

929

     

56,641

   

Oxford Industries, Inc.

   

548

     

55,633

   

Patrick Industries, Inc.

   

630

     

50,835

   

Perdoceo Education Corp. (a)

   

5,338

     

62,775

   

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. (a)

   

2,169

     

43,163

   

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,976

     

36,477

   

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

   

1,127

     

44,043

   

Sleep Number Corp. (a)

   

419

     

32,095

   

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

   

1,346

     

23,959

   

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

   

895

     

44,258

   

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

   

1,502

     

78,690

   

Stoneridge, Inc. (a)

   

2,120

     

41,849

   

Strategic Education, Inc.

   

710

     

41,066

   

Stride, Inc. (a)

   

1,267

     

42,229

   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. (b)

   

754

     

51,287

   

The Buckle, Inc.

   

1,261

     

53,353

   

The Children's Place, Inc. (a)

   

378

     

29,972

   

The Lovesac Co. (a)

   

509

     

33,726

   

The ODP Corp. (a)

   

778

     

30,560

   

TravelCenters of America, Inc. (a)

   

769

     

39,696

   

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)

   

1,913

     

53,354

   

Tupperware Brands Corp. (a)

   

1,349

     

20,626

   

Universal Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

1,097

     

44,703

   

Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)

   

888

     

40,910

   

Visteon Corp. (a)

   

457

     

50,791

   

Winmark Corp.

   

374

     

92,860

   

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

   

659

     

49,372

   

Workhorse Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,678

     

7,316

   

WW International, Inc. (a)

   

1,412

     

22,776

   

XPEL, Inc. (a)

   

430

     

29,360

   

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

   

1,097

     

52,645

   
     

3,605,120

   

Consumer Finance (1.2%):

 

Atlanticus Holdings Corp. (a)

   

430

     

30,668

   

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,246

     

77,389

   

Enova International, Inc. (a)

   

1,360

     

55,706

   

Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)

   

1,093

     

39,610

   

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,615

     

81,089

   

World Acceptance Corp. (a)

   

164

     

40,250

   
     

324,712

   

Consumer Staples (7.0%):

 

B&G Foods, Inc. (c)

   

1,462

     

44,927

   

BellRing Brands, Inc., Class A (a) (c)

   

1,846

     

52,666

   

Calavo Growers, Inc.

   

1,359

     

57,622

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Value

 

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

   

2,620

   

$

96,914

   

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)

   

1,677

     

80,245

   

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (a)

   

2,017

     

66,985

   

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

   

1,528

     

69,845

   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

   

1,939

     

77,754

   

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

   

1,610

     

44,436

   

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)

   

1,962

     

55,485

   

Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)

   

5,663

     

115,639

   

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

   

1,054

     

91,002

   

Inter Parfums, Inc.

   

918

     

98,134

   

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

   

991

     

89,349

   

Medifast, Inc.

   

190

     

39,792

   

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

   

765

     

65,017

   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

   

1,120

     

56,840

   

PriceSmart, Inc.

   

885

     

64,755

   

SpartanNash Co.

   

3,033

     

78,130

   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

   

2,387

     

70,846

   

The Andersons, Inc.

   

1,572

     

60,852

   

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

   

1,463

     

53,005

   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

   

1,432

     

58,039

   

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

   

990

     

37,402

   

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

   

829

     

40,687

   

Universal Corp.

   

1,484

     

81,501

   

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

   

667

     

67,500

   

Vector Group Ltd.

   

3,694

     

42,407

   

Weis Markets, Inc. (b)

   

1,160

     

76,421

   
     

1,934,197

   

Diversified Financial Services (0.3%):

 

Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,073

     

72,866

   

Energy (1.3%):

 

Altus Midstream Co., Class A

   

651

     

39,913

   

Archrock, Inc.

   

6,990

     

52,285

   

Cactus, Inc., Class A

   

986

     

37,596

   

Civitas Resources, Inc.

   

882

     

43,192

   

CONSOL Energy, Inc. (a)

   

1,183

     

26,866

   

Core Laboratories NV

   

1,320

     

29,449

   

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)

   

587

     

24,912

   

Transocean Ltd. (a)

   

6,164

     

17,013

   

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

   

799

     

51,679

   

World Fuel Services Corp. (b)

   

1,356

     

35,893

   
     

358,798

   

Health Care (8.7%):

 

Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)

   

585

     

54,703

   

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

6,098

     

29,209

   

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

3,992

     

92,974

   

Antares Pharma, Inc. (a)

   

12,168

     

43,440

   

Atrion Corp.

   

103

     

72,605

   

Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)

   

1,789

     

62,025

   

Avid Bioservices, Inc. (a)

   

1,409

     

41,115

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

579

   

$

21,579

   

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

1,702

     

20,730

   

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

   

1,947

     

36,370

   

Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)

   

2,239

     

29,801

   

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

3,191

     

63,182

   

CorVel Corp. (a)

   

469

     

97,552

   

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

1,646

     

45,693

   

Cutera, Inc. (a)

   

700

     

28,924

   

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

933

     

47,508

   

Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)

   

211

     

21,224

   

Hanger, Inc. (a)

   

2,494

     

45,216

   

HealthStream, Inc. (a)

   

2,564

     

67,587

   

Innoviva, Inc. (a)

   

3,888

     

67,068

   

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

4,494

     

52,400

   

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

   

1,029

     

51,687

   

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

2,971

     

11,706

   

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

242

     

37,379

   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (a)

   

1,564

     

31,906

   

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

   

342

     

112,207

   

ModivCare, Inc. (a)

   

234

     

34,700

   

National HealthCare Corp. (b)

   

860

     

58,428

   

National Research Corp.

   

1,222

     

50,737

   

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

   

1,957

     

46,440

   

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

3,450

     

61,375

   

OPKO Health, Inc. (a)

   

9,136

     

43,944

   

OptimizeRx Corp. (a)

   

452

     

28,074

   

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

3,619

     

31,449

   

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,560

     

14,414

   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

   

707

     

30,755

   

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)

   

970

     

58,365

   

Patterson Cos., Inc. (b)

   

1,927

     

56,557

   

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

   

2,459

     

50,213

   

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

1,384

     

83,940

   

RadNet, Inc. (a)

   

1,224

     

36,855

   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

789

     

33,564

   

Simulations Plus, Inc.

   

895

     

42,334

   

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

1,629

     

47,502

   

Surmodics, Inc. (a)

   

932

     

44,876

   

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)

   

1,041

     

19,810

   

The Joint Corp. (a)

   

346

     

22,729

   

The Pennant Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,262

     

29,127

   

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

   

389

     

37,169

   

uniQure NV (a)

   

1,310

     

27,169

   

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

2,625

     

41,186

   

Vericel Corp. (a)

   

617

     

24,248

   

Xencor, Inc. (a)

   

1,392

     

55,847

   
     

2,397,597

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (21.8%):

 

AAR Corp. (a)

   

1,582

   

$

61,745

   

ACCO Brands Corp.

   

5,931

     

70,736

   

AeroVironment, Inc. (a)

   

344

     

21,338

   

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)

   

2,203

     

64,724

   

Alamo Group, Inc.

   

470

     

69,175

   

Albany International Corp.

   

782

     

69,168

   

American Woodmark Corp. (a)

   

732

     

47,726

   

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

   

1,217

     

58,599

   

ArcBest Corp.

   

625

     

74,906

   

Arcosa, Inc.

   

999

     

52,647

   

Argan, Inc.

   

1,608

     

62,214

   

Astec Industries, Inc.

   

803

     

55,624

   

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

823

     

77,461

   

AZZ, Inc.

   

1,288

     

71,214

   

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (a)

   

3,657

     

32,986

   

Barnes Group, Inc.

   

1,318

     

61,406

   

Boise Cascade Co.

   

769

     

54,753

   

Brady Corp., Class A

   

1,523

     

82,090

   

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,782

     

53,251

   

CBIZ, Inc. (a)

   

2,696

     

105,468

   

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

   

1,331

     

61,572

   

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

   

815

     

80,636

   

Construction Partners, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,404

     

41,292

   

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)

   

2,175

     

37,932

   

CRA International, Inc.

   

566

     

52,842

   

CSW Industrials, Inc.

   

522

     

63,089

   

Deluxe Corp.

   

1,303

     

41,839

   

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

   

1,521

     

59,410

   

Ducommun, Inc. (a)

   

974

     

45,554

   

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

   

488

     

45,755

   

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.

   

630

     

28,665

   

Encore Wire Corp.

   

768

     

109,901

   

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)

   

2,069

     

44,463

   

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

   

2,351

     

47,678

   

EnPro Industries, Inc.

   

759

     

83,543

   

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

   

824

     

74,152

   

Federal Signal Corp.

   

1,777

     

77,015

   

Forrester Research, Inc. (a)

   

1,334

     

78,346

   

Forward Air Corp.

   

795

     

96,267

   

Franklin Covey Co. (a)

   

1,293

     

59,943

   

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

   

681

     

45,409

   

Global Industrial Co.

   

1,206

     

49,325

   

GMS, Inc. (a)

   

996

     

59,870

   

GrafTech International Ltd.

   

3,879

     

45,889

   

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a)

   

4,042

     

63,540

   

Griffon Corp.

   

2,235

     

63,653

   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

   

1,287

     

56,975

   

Healthcare Services Group

   

2,069

     

36,808

   

Heartland Express, Inc.

   

5,653

     

95,083

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

   

1,430

   

$

62,534

   

Helios Technologies, Inc.

   

817

     

85,924

   

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (a)

   

1,732

     

55,459

   

HNI Corp.

   

1,546

     

65,009

   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

956

     

80,533

   

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,117

     

55,738

   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

   

728

     

29,921

   

ICF International, Inc.

   

839

     

86,039

   

IES Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,042

     

52,767

   

Insteel Industries, Inc.

   

1,306

     

51,992

   

Interface, Inc.

   

3,341

     

53,289

   

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)

   

1,679

     

44,258

   

Kadant, Inc.

   

327

     

75,367

   

KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)

   

2,585

     

40,378

   

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A

   

2,856

     

47,895

   

Kforce, Inc.

   

1,151

     

86,578

   

Lindsay Corp.

   

409

     

62,168

   

Marten Transport Ltd.

   

4,576

     

78,524

   

Matthews International Corp., Class A

   

1,724

     

63,219

   

McGrath RentCorp

   

988

     

79,297

   

Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)

   

958

     

52,747

   

Meritor, Inc. (a)

   

2,071

     

51,319

   

Moog, Inc., Class A

   

845

     

68,420

   

Mueller Industries, Inc.

   

1,479

     

87,793

   

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

   

4,772

     

68,717

   

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

   

489

     

54,059

   

NV5 Global, Inc. (a)

   

483

     

66,712

   

Omega Flex, Inc.

   

286

     

36,308

   

PAE, Inc. (a)

   

7,302

     

72,509

   

PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)

   

2,517

     

56,607

   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   

2,219

     

14,712

   

Primoris Services Corp.

   

1,839

     

44,099

   

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

   

462

     

23,724

   

Quanex Building Products Corp.

   

2,604

     

64,527

   

REV Group, Inc.

   

1,963

     

27,776

   

Romeo Power, Inc. (a) (c)

   

3,370

     

12,300

   

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

   

1,519

     

84,517

   

SkyWest, Inc. (a)

   

965

     

37,924

   

SPX Corp. (a)

   

1,052

     

62,783

   

Standex International Corp.

   

660

     

73,036

   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

   

3,912

     

45,849

   

Sterling Construction Co., Inc. (a)

   

1,587

     

41,738

   

Tennant Co.

   

1,111

     

90,035

   

The Gorman-Rupp Co.

   

1,849

     

82,373

   

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

   

1,113

     

51,076

   

The Manitowoc Co., Inc. (a)

   

1,435

     

26,677

   

The Shyft Group, Inc.

   

1,056

     

51,881

   

Titan Machinery, Inc. (a)

   

1,237

     

41,675

   

TPI Composites, Inc. (a)

   

748

     

11,190

   

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

   

1,663

     

46,015

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

   

2,618

   

$

32,385

   

Veritiv Corp. (a)

   

279

     

34,197

   

VSE Corp.

   

1,086

     

66,181

   

Wabash National Corp.

   

3,515

     

68,613

   
     

6,001,040

   

Information Technology (10.4%):

 

A10 Networks, Inc.

   

3,031

     

50,254

   

ACM Research, Inc., Class A (a)

   

258

     

22,000

   

ADTRAN, Inc.

   

2,012

     

45,934

   

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

   

1,099

     

66,555

   

American Software, Inc., Class A

   

1,439

     

37,659

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

1,992

     

39,442

   

Avid Technology, Inc. (a)

   

1,096

     

35,697

   

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

661

     

49,284

   

Belden, Inc.

   

846

     

55,607

   

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

   

2,535

     

68,698

   

Calix, Inc. (a)

   

703

     

56,219

   

Cambium Networks Corp. (a)

   

725

     

18,582

   

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

   

1,776

     

69,832

   

ChannelAdvisor Corp. (a)

   

1,642

     

40,524

   

Clearfield, Inc. (a)

   

683

     

57,659

   

Cohu, Inc. (a)

   

956

     

36,414

   

CSG Systems International, Inc.

   

2,011

     

115,874

   

CTS Corp.

   

1,640

     

60,221

   

Digi International, Inc. (a)

   

2,056

     

50,516

   

Ebix, Inc.

   

810

     

24,624

   

EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)

   

1,760

     

46,376

   

ePlus, Inc. (a)

   

1,200

     

64,656

   

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

   

3,610

     

56,677

   

FARO Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

789

     

55,246

   

Ichor Holdings Ltd. (a)

   

745

     

34,292

   

InterDigital, Inc.

   

929

     

66,544

   

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

1,739

     

37,841

   

Knowles Corp. (a)

   

4,627

     

108,040

   

Methode Electronics, Inc.

   

1,417

     

69,674

   

Mitek Systems, Inc. (a)

   

1,815

     

32,216

   

Napco Security Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

1,389

     

69,422

   

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

   

1,408

     

41,128

   

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

   

2,736

     

90,507

   

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

   

1,023

     

95,344

   

PC Connection, Inc.

   

1,294

     

55,810

   

Photronics, Inc. (a)

   

3,687

     

69,500

   

Plexus Corp. (a)

   

819

     

78,534

   

Progress Software Corp.

   

1,545

     

74,577

   

Ribbon Communications, Inc. (a)

   

5,796

     

35,066

   

Sanmina Corp. (a)

   

1,974

     

81,842

   

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

   

1,278

     

44,832

   

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

813

     

57,715

   

SolarWinds Corp.

   

2,278

     

32,325

   

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

   

1,746

     

76,737

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


39


 
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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

11,219

   

$

167,163

   

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

688

     

39,464

   

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

   

2,311

     

65,794

   

Verra Mobility Corp. (a)

   

3,499

     

53,989

   

Xperi Holding Corp.

   

2,899

     

54,820

   
     

2,857,726

   

Insurance (2.8%):

 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

   

2,121

     

82,549

   

AMERISAFE, Inc.

   

1,560

     

83,975

   

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

   

1,342

     

77,984

   

eHealth, Inc. (a)

   

803

     

20,477

   

Employers Holdings, Inc.

   

1,885

     

78,001

   

Genworth Financial, Inc. (a)

   

8,772

     

35,527

   

HCI Group, Inc.

   

362

     

30,241

   

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

   

2,043

     

79,064

   

Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

472

     

30,571

   

Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (b)

   

1,055

     

89,707

   

Selectquote, Inc. (a)

   

2,638

     

23,900

   

SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)

   

7,130

     

57,967

   

Stewart Information Services Corp.

   

1,116

     

88,979

   
     

778,942

   

IT Services (0.2%):

 

Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,820

     

38,857

   

Machinery (0.1%):

 

DMC Global, Inc. (a)

   

878

     

34,778

   

Materials (4.1%):

 

AdvanSix, Inc.

   

1,210

     

57,172

   

Chase Corp.

   

598

     

59,537

   

Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)

   

3,726

     

18,779

   

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

2,643

     

83,677

   

Glatfelter Corp.

   

3,820

     

65,704

   

Hawkins, Inc.

   

1,318

     

51,995

   

Innospec, Inc.

   

740

     

66,852

   

Koppers Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,574

     

49,266

   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

   

4,771

     

71,613

   

Materion Corp.

   

844

     

77,597

   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

   

831

     

60,788

   

Myers Industries, Inc.

   

2,718

     

54,387

   

O-I Glass, Inc. (a)

   

2,956

     

35,561

   

Orion Engineered Carbons SA (a)

   

2,817

     

51,720

   

Ryerson Holding Corp.

   

1,240

     

32,302

   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

   

813

     

42,211

   

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

   

1,527

     

45,657

   

Stepan Co.

   

716

     

88,992

   

TimkenSteel Corp. (a)

   

1,840

     

30,360

   

Trinseo PLC (a)

   

912

     

47,844

   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

   

871

     

47,609

   
     

1,139,623

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


40


 
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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate (1.6%):

 

Douglas Elliman, Inc. (a)

   

1,847

   

$

21,241

   

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

   

3,340

     

72,645

   

Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)

   

1,987

     

102,251

   

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

   

3,395

     

63,486

   

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.

   

1,839

     

56,071

   

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

   

2,072

     

34,830

   

The RMR Group, Inc., Class A

   

1,271

     

44,078

   

The St. Joe Co.

   

1,013

     

52,727

   
     

447,329

   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (4.1%):

 

Axos Financial, Inc. (a)

   

1,257

     

70,279

   

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

   

7,681

     

87,026

   

Columbia Financial, Inc. (a) (b)

   

5,302

     

110,600

   

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C

   

686

     

85,016

   

Kearny Financial Corp.

   

5,721

     

75,803

   

Merchants Bancorp

   

1,449

     

68,581

   

Meta Financial Group, Inc.

   

1,172

     

69,921

   

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,447

     

53,467

   

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,888

     

78,990

   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (b)

   

6,429

     

91,035

   

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

   

2,954

     

65,579

   

Premier Financial Corp.

   

1,944

     

60,089

   

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

   

2,930

     

70,965

   

Washington Federal, Inc.

   

2,154

     

71,900

   

WSFS Financial Corp.

   

1,226

     

61,447

   
     

1,120,698

   

Utilities (3.0%):

 

Avista Corp.

   

2,091

     

88,847

   

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

   

698

     

101,775

   

MGE Energy, Inc.

   

1,219

     

100,263

   

Middlesex Water Co.

   

535

     

64,361

   

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

   

1,257

     

61,316

   

Otter Tail Corp. (b)

   

1,728

     

123,414

   

SJW Group

   

1,278

     

93,550

   

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

   

2,110

     

55,113

   

The York Water Co.

   

1,517

     

75,516

   

Unitil Corp. (b)

   

1,356

     

62,362

   
     

826,517

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $23,380,949)

   

27,464,368

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (0.5%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (e)

   

3,370

     

3,370

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (e)
   

66,186

     

66,186

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (e)
   

1,682

     

1,682

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (e)

   

13,410

   

$

13,410

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (e)
   

60,294

     

60,294

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $144,942)

   

144,942

   

Total Investments (Cost $23,525,891) — 100.2%

   

27,609,310

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.2)%

   

(43,096

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

27,566,214

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d)  Affiliated security. (See Note 8 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(e)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini Russell 2000 Index Futures

   

1

   

3/18/22

 

$

113,359

   

$

112,140

   

$

(1,219

)

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

(1,219

)

 

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

(1,219

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Australia (4.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

REA Group Ltd.

   

1,868

   

$

227,786

   

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

   

111,911

     

340,269

   
     

568,055

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

   

7,050

     

223,434

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

Coles Group Ltd.

   

21,757

     

283,919

   

Woolworths Group Ltd.

   

10,009

     

276,734

   
     

560,653

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

   

13,908

     

221,859

   

Financials (1.8%):

 

ASX Ltd.

   

5,342

     

360,988

   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

   

15,527

     

310,707

   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

   

4,044

     

297,102

   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

   

2,265

     

338,409

   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

   

16,731

     

350,986

   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

   

26,395

     

212,541

   

Westpac Banking Corp.

   

16,796

     

260,842

   
     

2,131,575

   

Health Care (0.5%):

 

CSL Ltd.

   

1,165

     

246,362

   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

   

9,227

     

312,967

   
     

559,329

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Brambles Ltd.

   

41,078

     

317,626

   

Materials (0.8%):

 

BHP Group Ltd. (a)

   

5,700

     

172,066

   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

   

9,344

     

130,567

   

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

   

11,020

     

196,230

   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

   

2,186

     

159,185

   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

   

7,309

     

315,272

   
     

973,320

   
     

5,555,851

   

Austria (0.5%):

 

Energy (0.2%):

 

OMV AG

   

3,570

     

203,000

   

Financials (0.2%):

 

Erste Group Bank AG

   

6,002

     

282,530

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Verbund AG

   

1,422

   

$

160,099

   
     

645,629

   

Belgium (1.5%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA (a)

   

3,690

     

223,350

   

Financials (0.8%):

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   

3,280

     

366,523

   

KBC Group NV

   

2,402

     

206,340

   

Sofina SA

   

603

     

296,547

   
     

869,410

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

UCB SA

   

2,264

     

258,635

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

Solvay SA, Class A

   

2,099

     

244,206

   

Umicore SA (a)

   

2,949

     

120,017

   
     

364,223

   
     

1,715,618

   

Canada (12.9%):

 

Communication Services (1.1%):

 

BCE, Inc. (a) (b)

   

9,554

     

497,113

   

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

   

5,793

     

275,864

   

TELUS Corp. (a) (b)

   

20,329

     

478,812

   
     

1,251,789

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.5%):

 

Dollarama, Inc.

   

6,757

     

338,224

   

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

   

4,158

     

252,149

   
     

590,373

   

Consumer Staples (1.3%):

 

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

   

5,743

     

240,654

   

George Weston Ltd.

   

3,111

     

360,736

   

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

   

5,377

     

440,601

   

Metro, Inc.

   

8,613

     

458,434

   
     

1,500,425

   

Energy (0.9%):

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

5,091

     

215,144

   

Enbridge, Inc.

   

8,656

     

338,151

   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

8,476

     

212,101

   

TC Energy Corp.

   

5,993

     

278,754

   
     

1,044,150

   

Financials (4.6%):

 

Bank of Montreal

   

3,801

     

409,281

   

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A

   

4,498

     

271,665

   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   

4,163

     

485,321

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

   

582

   

$

286,325

   

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

   

14,939

     

448,359

   

Intact Financial Corp.

   

2,770

     

360,091

   

Manulife Financial Corp.

   

15,528

     

295,999

   

National Bank of Canada (a)

   

5,455

     

415,939

   

Power Corp. of Canada

   

12,239

     

404,483

   

Royal Bank of Canada

   

5,074

     

538,571

   

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

   

7,559

     

420,801

   

The Bank of Nova Scotia (a)

   

7,209

     

510,410

   

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (a)

   

6,662

     

510,817

   
     

5,358,062

   

Industrials (1.2%):

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

   

2,197

     

269,900

   

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

   

3,386

     

243,563

   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

   

2,313

     

276,635

   

Waste Connections, Inc.

   

3,053

     

416,142

   

WSP Global, Inc.

   

1,664

     

241,588

   
     

1,447,828

   

Information Technology (0.8%):

 

CGI, Inc. (c)

   

3,548

     

313,760

   

Constellation Software, Inc.

   

144

     

267,204

   

Open Text Corp.

   

5,989

     

284,297

   

Shopify, Inc., Class A (c)

   

75

     

103,279

   
     

968,540

   

Materials (1.0%):

 

Aginco Eagle Mines Ltd. (a)

   

3,054

     

162,238

   

Barrick Gold Corp.

   

9,225

     

175,412

   

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

   

4,813

     

115,188

   

Franco-Nevada Corp.

   

1,523

     

210,653

   

Nutrien Ltd.

   

3,649

     

274,309

   

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B

   

5,180

     

149,199

   

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

   

3,591

     

154,111

   
     

1,241,110

   

Utilities (1.5%):

 

Emera, Inc.

   

12,263

     

612,956

   

Fortis, Inc. (a)

   

12,403

     

598,478

   

Hydro One Ltd. (d)

   

20,039

     

521,414

   
     

1,732,848

   
     

15,135,125

   

Denmark (2.4%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.1%):

 

Pandora A/S

   

1,345

     

167,919

   

Consumer Staples (0.3%):

 

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

   

1,683

     

291,057

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Financials (0.4%):

 

Danske Bank A/S

   

12,152

   

$

210,156

   

Tryg A/S

   

11,314

     

279,766

   
     

489,922

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Coloplast A/S, Class B

   

1,309

     

230,686

   

Demant A/S (a) (c)

   

2,879

     

147,714

   

Genmab A/S (c)

   

435

     

175,167

   

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

   

2,509

     

282,355

   
     

835,922

   

Industrials (0.4%):

 

AP Moller — Maersk A/S, Class B

   

56

     

201,066

   

DSV A/S

   

913

     

213,530

   

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (a)

   

2,958

     

90,580

   
     

505,176

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

Christian Hansen Holding A/S

   

2,489

     

196,416

   

Novozymes A/S, B Shares

   

3,202

     

263,369

   
     

459,785

   

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Orsted A/S (d)

   

916

     

117,137

   
     

2,866,918

   

Finland (1.6%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Kesko Oyj, Class B

   

6,096

     

203,609

   

Energy (0.1%):

 

Neste Oyj

   

3,031

     

149,613

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

Nordea Bank Abp

   

23,688

     

289,773

   

Sampo Oyj, A Shares

   

6,086

     

305,260

   
     

595,033

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Kone Oyj, Class B

   

3,336

     

239,406

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

Stora Enso Oyj, Class R

   

10,703

     

196,654

   

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

   

6,378

     

242,942

   
     

439,596

   

Utilities (0.2%):

 

Fortum Oyj

   

8,760

     

269,153

   
     

1,896,410

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

France (9.0%):

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

Orange SA

   

29,145

   

$

312,310

   

Publicis Groupe SA

   

3,632

     

244,771

   

Vivendi SE

   

5,141

     

69,586

   
     

626,667

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.9%):

 

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

   

1,674

     

274,703

   

Hermes International

   

195

     

340,972

   

Kering SA

   

252

     

202,792

   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   

324

     

268,147

   
     

1,086,614

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Carrefour SA

   

9,960

     

182,605

   

Danone SA

   

3,751

     

233,106

   

L'Oreal SA

   

702

     

333,207

   

Pernod Ricard SA

   

1,641

     

395,104

   
     

1,144,022

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Bollore SA

   

38,482

     

215,534

   

TotalEnergies SE

   

5,459

     

277,353

   
     

492,887

   

Financials (1.2%):

 

Amundi SA (d)

   

2,912

     

240,504

   

AXA SA

   

9,641

     

287,387

   

BNP Paribas SA

   

3,170

     

219,301

   

CNP Assurances

   

11,343

     

280,854

   

Credit Agricole SA

   

14,827

     

211,831

   

Societe Generale SA

   

5,412

     

186,093

   
     

1,425,970

   

Health Care (0.6%):

 

BioMerieux

   

1,658

     

235,744

   

Sanofi

   

3,284

     

331,155

   

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

   

319

     

175,182

   
     

742,081

   

Industrials (2.4%):

 

Airbus SE (c)

   

1,272

     

162,701

   

Alstom SA

   

4,410

     

156,734

   

Bouygues SA

   

6,449

     

231,184

   

Bureau Veritas SA

   

12,434

     

413,037

   

Cie de Saint-Gobain

   

3,167

     

223,060

   

Legrand SA

   

2,802

     

328,228

   

Safran SA

   

1,513

     

185,433

   

Schneider Electric SE

   

1,569

     

308,038

   

Teleperformance

   

645

     

287,832

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Thales SA

   

2,799

   

$

238,340

   

Vinci SA

   

2,250

     

237,979

   
     

2,772,566

   

Information Technology (0.8%):

 

Capgemini SE

   

1,272

     

312,052

   

Dassault Systemes SE

   

4,998

     

297,628

   

Edenred

   

4,311

     

199,102

   

Worldline SA (c) (d)

   

2,267

     

126,482

   
     

935,264

   

Materials (0.6%):

 

Air Liquide SA

   

2,092

     

365,135

   

EssilorLuxottica SA

   

1,460

     

311,203

   
     

676,338

   

Utilities (0.6%):

 

Electricite de France SA

   

11,415

     

134,236

   

Engie SA

   

19,160

     

283,857

   

Veolia Environnement SA

   

6,889

     

252,996

   
     

671,089

   
     

10,573,498

   

Germany (6.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Deutsche Telekom AG

   

14,593

     

270,785

   

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%):

 

adidas AG

   

525

     

151,327

   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

   

2,183

     

219,908

   

Continental AG (c)

   

1,425

     

151,044

   

Daimler AG

   

2,396

     

184,358

   

HelloFresh SE (c)

   

1,150

     

88,420

   

Puma SE

   

1,930

     

236,189

   

Zalando SE (c) (d)

   

1,500

     

121,478

   
     

1,152,724

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Beiersdorf AG

   

2,612

     

268,744

   

Financials (1.1%):

 

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

   

1,118

     

264,282

   

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares (c)

   

13,432

     

168,475

   

Deutsche Boerse AG

   

1,803

     

301,927

   

Hannover Rueck SE

   

1,546

     

294,177

   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, Class R

   

827

     

245,248

   
     

1,274,109

   

Health Care (0.8%):

 

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

   

1,167

     

245,574

   

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

   

3,212

     

208,934

   

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

   

4,941

     

199,118

   

Merck KGaA

   

1,039

     

268,494

   
     

922,120

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (1.2%):

 

Brenntag SE

   

3,128

   

$

283,376

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG (c)

   

1,198

     

44,037

   

Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares

   

3,401

     

218,905

   

KION Group AG

   

1,974

     

216,809

   

Knorr-Bremse AG

   

1,817

     

179,749

   

MTU Aero Engines AG

   

752

     

153,580

   

Rational AG

   

132

     

135,301

   

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

   

1,286

     

223,520

   
     

1,455,277

   

Information Technology (0.4%):

 

Infineon Technologies AG

   

3,910

     

181,428

   

SAP SE

   

1,851

     

263,185

   
     

444,613

   

Materials (1.1%):

 

BASF SE

   

3,435

     

241,584

   

Covestro AG (d)

   

3,020

     

186,337

   

Evonik Industries AG

   

9,693

     

314,151

   

HeidelbergCement AG

   

2,556

     

173,187

   

Symrise AG (a)

   

2,250

     

333,749

   
     

1,249,008

   

Real Estate (0.2%):

 

Vonovia SE

   

4,134

     

228,247

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

E.ON SE

   

23,843

     

330,924

   

RWE AG

   

5,596

     

227,553

   
     

558,477

   
     

7,824,104

   

Hong Kong (3.2%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.1%):

 

WH Group Ltd. (d)

   

172,482

     

108,170

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

AIA Group Ltd.

   

14,208

     

143,222

   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

   

17,172

     

314,268

   

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

   

2,358

     

137,719

   
     

595,209

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.

   

173,204

     

121,285

   

Industrials (0.5%):

 

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

   

32,566

     

210,082

   

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

   

3,500

     

192,535

   

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

24,000

     

86,799

   

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

   

5,454

     

108,558

   

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

   

24,000

     

60,021

   
     

657,995

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate (0.8%):

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

   

35,035

   

$

220,842

   

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

   

61,158

     

260,404

   

New World Development Co. Ltd.

   

54,368

     

215,107

   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   

19,066

     

231,316

   
     

927,669

   

Utilities (1.2%):

 

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

   

46,154

     

293,890

   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   

43,638

     

440,729

   

Hong Kong and China Gas Co. Ltd.

   

203,239

     

316,433

   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (b)

   

54,882

     

342,075

   
     

1,393,127

   
     

3,803,455

   

Ireland (0.9%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Kerry Group PLC

   

1,904

     

245,470

   

Industrials (0.3%):

 

Experian PLC

   

5,353

     

263,112

   

Kingspan Group PLC

   

1,280

     

153,000

   
     

416,112

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

CRH PLC

   

4,046

     

214,268

   

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

   

4,052

     

223,443

   
     

437,711

   
     

1,099,293

   

Israel (0.5%):

 

Financials (0.3%):

 

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

   

34,975

     

376,651

   

Information Technology (0.2%):

 

Nice Ltd. (c)

   

696

     

213,252

   
     

589,903

   

Italy (2.7%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Moncler SpA

   

3,331

     

242,763

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

   

15,682

     

332,588

   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

   

95,114

     

246,223

   

Poste Italiane SpA (d)

   

18,952

     

248,974

   

UniCredit SpA

   

14,337

     

221,054

   
     

1,048,839

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Health Care (0.5%):

 

Amplifon SpA (a)

   

3,550

   

$

191,760

   

DiaSorin SpA

   

801

     

152,690

   

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA

   

4,151

     

266,989

   
     

611,439

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Atlantia SpA (c)

   

11,050

     

219,571

   

Information Technology (0.1%):

 

Nexi SpA (a) (c) (d)

   

9,709

     

154,627

   

Utilities (0.8%):

 

Enel SpA

   

27,368

     

219,522

   

Snam SpA

   

59,821

     

360,929

   

Terna — Rete Elettrica Nazionale

   

39,201

     

317,471

   
     

897,922

   
     

3,175,161

   

Japan (17.7%):

 

Communication Services (1.3%):

 

KDDI Corp.

   

9,100

     

266,013

   

Nexon Co. Ltd.

   

8,000

     

154,700

   

Nintendo Co. Ltd. (b)

   

400

     

186,592

   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

   

11,100

     

304,017

   

Softbank Corp.

   

29,600

     

374,343

   

SoftBank Group Corp.

   

2,800

     

132,295

   

Z Holdings Corp.

   

23,800

     

138,111

   
     

1,556,071

   

Consumer Discretionary (2.6%):

 

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

   

2,700

     

211,145

   

Bridgestone Corp.

   

4,500

     

193,640

   

Denso Corp.

   

2,400

     

198,849

   

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

   

300

     

170,359

   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

   

6,500

     

182,549

   

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

1,200

     

179,723

   

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

   

10,400

     

143,507

   

Panasonic Corp.

   

15,700

     

172,685

   

Sekisui House Ltd.

   

12,200

     

261,906

   

Shimano, Inc.

   

700

     

186,610

   

Sony Group Corp.

   

1,600

     

201,374

   

Subaru Corp.

   

10,900

     

194,951

   

Suzuki Motor Corp.

   

3,900

     

150,188

   

Toyota Industries Corp.

   

2,400

     

191,775

   

Toyota Motor Corp.

   

13,500

     

247,146

   

ZOZO, Inc.

   

3,600

     

112,373

   
     

2,998,780

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Consumer Staples (1.5%):

 

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

   

4,600

   

$

178,944

   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

   

15,600

     

315,025

   

Kao Corp.

   

4,500

     

235,506

   

Kikkoman Corp.

   

2,300

     

193,383

   

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

15,900

     

255,346

   

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

4,500

     

197,826

   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

   

5,200

     

188,088

   

Unicharm Corp.

   

4,800

     

208,636

   
     

1,772,754

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

   

7,600

     

231,086

   

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

   

57,700

     

215,879

   
     

446,965

   

Financials (2.5%):

 

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

   

9,000

     

181,980

   

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

   

7,400

     

162,014

   

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

   

28,300

     

259,599

   

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

28,000

     

218,332

   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

   

42,200

     

229,291

   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

   

19,070

     

242,582

   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

   

8,400

     

259,209

   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

   

36,700

     

160,094

   

ORIX Corp.

   

10,400

     

212,277

   

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

   

6,100

     

257,716

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

   

6,900

     

236,559

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

   

7,300

     

243,926

   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

   

5,100

     

283,447

   
     

2,947,026

   

Health Care (2.2%):

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

   

12,800

     

208,177

   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

5,000

     

162,377

   

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

   

7,400

     

188,201

   

Eisai Co. Ltd.

   

1,500

     

85,179

   

Hoya Corp.

   

1,200

     

178,524

   

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

   

5,900

     

160,825

   

M3, Inc.

   

2,200

     

110,813

   

Olympus Corp.

   

7,800

     

179,690

   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

9,400

     

233,427

   

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

5,600

     

202,994

   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

   

3,400

     

240,196

   

Sysmex Corp.

   

1,400

     

189,288

   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

8,500

     

231,845

   

Terumo Corp.

   

5,000

     

211,286

   
     

2,582,822

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (3.1%):

 

Daikin Industries Ltd.

   

700

   

$

158,795

   

FANUC Corp.

   

800

     

169,585

   

Hitachi Ltd.

   

3,300

     

178,758

   

ITOCHU Corp.

   

8,900

     

272,239

   

Komatsu Ltd.

   

8,000

     

187,358

   

Kubota Corp.

   

9,000

     

199,822

   

Makita Corp.

   

3,400

     

144,354

   

Marubeni Corp.

   

21,900

     

213,173

   

Mitsubishi Corp.

   

8,400

     

266,732

   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

   

16,000

     

202,904

   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

   

8,700

     

206,021

   

Nidec Corp.

   

1,600

     

188,088

   

Nippon Yusen KK

   

1,400

     

106,634

   

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

2,700

     

163,676

   

Secom Co. Ltd.

   

3,500

     

243,031

   

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

6,800

     

159,224

   

SMC Corp.

   

300

     

202,391

   

Toshiba Corp.

   

3,000

     

123,381

   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

   

3,600

     

165,899

   

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

   

3,500

     

171,637

   
     

3,723,702

   

Information Technology (2.8%):

 

Advantest Corp.

   

1,700

     

161,116

   

Canon, Inc. (a)

   

7,600

     

185,093

   

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

   

2,600

     

192,745

   

Fujitsu Ltd.

   

1,000

     

171,550

   

Keyence Corp.

   

300

     

188,540

   

Kyocera Corp.

   

3,700

     

231,214

   

Lasertec Corp.

   

500

     

153,421

   

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

2,400

     

191,086

   

NEC Corp.

   

3,100

     

143,127

   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

   

4,778

     

205,021

   

NTT Data Corp.

   

10,900

     

233,714

   

Obic Co. Ltd.

   

1,000

     

187,810

   

Omron Corp.

   

2,200

     

219,216

   

Renesas Electronics Corp. (c)

   

12,300

     

152,186

   

Shimadzu Corp.

   

4,500

     

189,962

   

TDK Corp.

   

5,400

     

210,816

   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

   

400

     

230,519

   
     

3,247,136

   

Materials (0.7%):

 

Asahi Kasei Corp.

   

19,600

     

184,224

   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

   

22,700

     

168,163

   

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

10,400

     

113,395

   

Nippon Steel Corp.

   

6,200

     

101,267

   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

1,300

     

225,163

   
     

792,212

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate (0.6%):

 

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

   

7,200

   

$

207,092

   

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

   

15,600

     

216,279

   

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

   

8,600

     

170,377

   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

   

5,400

     

158,840

   
     

752,588

   
     

20,820,056

   

Korea, Republic Of (3.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

Kakao Corp.

   

1,152

     

109,036

   

NAVER Corp.

   

445

     

141,707

   

NCSoft Corp.

   

247

     

133,620

   

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

   

2,162

     

105,317

   
     

489,680

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.4%):

 

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

   

539

     

115,410

   

Hyundai Motor Co.

   

760

     

133,636

   

Kia Corp.

   

1,669

     

115,423

   

LG Electronics, Inc.

   

757

     

87,890

   
     

452,359

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Amorepacific Corp.

   

882

     

123,922

   

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

   

168

     

155,053

   
     

278,975

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

KB Financial Group, Inc.

   

3,910

     

180,927

   

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

   

3,095

     

166,910

   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

   

6,463

     

200,100

   
     

547,937

   

Health Care (0.3%):

 

Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.

   

1,148

     

77,427

   

Celltrion, Inc.

   

507

     

84,447

   

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. (c) (d)

   

206

     

156,502

   
     

318,376

   

Industrials (0.4%):

 

HMM Co. Ltd. (c)

   

2,362

     

53,456

   

LG Corp.

   

1,551

     

105,566

   

Samsung C&T Corp.

   

1,526

     

152,780

   

SK, Inc.

   

615

     

129,871

   
     

441,673

   

Information Technology (0.7%):

 

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

   

1,054

     

175,135

   

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

3,627

     

238,932

   

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

   

222

     

122,337

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

SK Hynix, Inc.

   

1,617

   

$

178,215

   

SK Square Co. Ltd. (c)

   

1,397

     

78,042

   
     

792,661

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

LG Chem Ltd.

   

204

     

105,553

   

POSCO

   

527

     

121,707

   
     

227,260

   

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Korea Electric Power Corp.

   

8,745

     

162,598

   
     

3,711,519

   

Luxembourg (0.6%):

 

Energy (0.1%):

 

Tenaris SA

   

15,059

     

157,888

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Eurofins Scientific SE

   

1,543

     

191,112

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

ArcelorMittal SA

   

4,209

     

134,857

   

Real Estate (0.2%):

 

Aroundtown SA (a)

   

29,603

     

179,283

   
     

663,140

   

Netherlands (4.0%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

77,678

     

241,409

   

Universal Music Group NV

   

5,141

     

145,025

   
     

386,434

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.1%):

 

Prosus NV

   

1,645

     

137,697

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Davide Campari-Milano NV

   

21,794

     

318,935

   

Heineken Holding NV

   

3,050

     

281,761

   

Heineken NV

   

2,489

     

280,116

   

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

   

9,447

     

324,084

   
     

1,204,896

   

Financials (0.8%):

 

ABN AMRO Bank NV (d)

   

11,732

     

172,501

   

Euronext NV (d)

   

2,193

     

227,806

   

ING Groep NV

   

13,153

     

183,303

   

NN Group NV

   

5,451

     

295,439

   
     

879,049

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Koninklijke Philips NV

   

5,730

     

213,726

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (0.5%):

 

Randstad NV

   

3,520

   

$

240,589

   

Wolters Kluwer NV

   

2,985

     

352,044

   
     

592,633

   

Information Technology (0.6%):

 

Adyen NV (c) (d)

   

47

     

123,676

   

ASM International NV

   

407

     

180,095

   
ASML Holding NV    

222

     

178,600

   

STMicroelectronics NV

   

4,378

     

216,151

   
     

698,522

   

Materials (0.5%):

 

Akzo Nobel NV

   

2,389

     

262,444

   

Koninklijke DSM NV

   

1,561

     

351,852

   
     

614,296

   
     

4,727,253

   

New Zealand (0.3%):

 

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

   

7,259

     

162,825

   

Information Technology (0.1%):

 

Xero Ltd. (c)

   

1,417

     

145,786

   
     

308,611

   

Norway (1.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Telenor ASA

   

21,135

     

332,767

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Mowi ASA

   

9,429

     

223,544

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

DNB Bank ASA

   

12,303

     

282,317

   

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

   

12,992

     

315,837

   
     

598,154

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

Norsk Hydro ASA

   

22,953

     

181,269

   

Yara International ASA

   

5,235

     

264,637

   
     

445,906

   
     

1,600,371

   

Portugal (0.4%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

   

12,126

     

277,464

   

Utilities (0.2%):

 

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA (a)

   

39,480

     

217,168

   
     

494,632

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Singapore (1.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

   

178,700

   

$

307,715

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Wilmar International Ltd.

   

89,800

     

275,939

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

   

13,500

     

327,254

   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

   

38,700

     

327,455

   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

   

19,800

     

395,324

   
     

1,050,033

   
     

1,633,687

   

Spain (1.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Telefonica SA

   

40,956

     

179,596

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

   

6,732

     

218,645

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Repsol SA

   

15,687

     

186,366

   

Financials (0.4%):

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

   

26,344

     

157,447

   

Banco Santander SA

   

48,195

     

161,330

   

CaixaBank SA

   

60,825

     

167,152

   
     

485,929

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Grifols SA

   

8,637

     

165,920

   

Utilities (0.4%):

 

Endesa SA

   

10,472

     

240,810

   

Iberdrola SA

   

22,550

     

267,233

   
     

508,043

   
     

1,744,499

   

Sweden (5.0%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.3%):

 

Evolution AB (d)

   

720

     

102,520

   

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

   

10,833

     

213,566

   
     

316,086

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

Essity AB, Class B

   

9,886

     

323,295

   

Swedish Match AB

   

28,973

     

231,001

   
     

554,296

   

Financials (1.5%):

 

EQT AB

   

2,691

     

146,868

   

Industrivarden AB, Class C

   

7,971

     

250,699

   

Investor AB, Class B

   

12,643

     

318,769

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

   

4,458

   

$

250,710

   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

   

19,766

     

275,385

   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

   

24,777

     

268,424

   

Swedbank AB, Class A

   

13,133

     

264,754

   
     

1,775,609

   

Industrials (1.9%):

 

Alfa Laval AB

   

5,850

     

235,995

   

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

   

8,041

     

245,868

   

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

   

3,601

     

249,475

   

Epiroc AB, Class A

   

10,282

     

260,891

   

Indutrade AB

   

7,011

     

215,150

   

Lifco AB, Class B

   

7,371

     

220,893

   

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

   

13,037

     

197,366

   

Sandvik AB

   

7,973

     

222,958

   

Skanska AB, Class B

   

8,279

     

214,651

   

Volvo AB, Class B

   

9,338

     

216,729

   
     

2,279,976

   

Information Technology (0.4%):

 

Hexagon AB, Class B

   

14,923

     

237,318

   

Sinch AB (c) (d)

   

4,811

     

61,303

   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

   

18,540

     

204,816

   
     

503,437

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

   

13,732

     

244,373

   

Real Estate (0.2%):

 

Fastighets AB Balder, Class B (c)

   

3,297

     

237,904

   
     

5,911,681

   

Switzerland (8.1%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Swisscom AG, Registered Shares

   

623

     

351,955

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.4%):

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Registered Shares

   

1,923

     

289,115

   

The Swatch Group AG

   

815

     

249,627

   
     

538,742

   

Consumer Staples (1.3%):

 

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered Shares

   

147

     

357,616

   

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG

   

27

     

374,366

   

Coca-Cola HBC AG

   

7,901

     

273,193

   

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

   

3,440

     

481,275

   
     

1,486,450

   

Financials (1.6%):

 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares

   

17,653

     

171,937

   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

   

3,482

     

233,866

   

Partners Group Holding AG

   

154

     

255,709

   

Swiss Life Holding AG

   

558

     

342,433

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Swiss Re AG

   

2,952

   

$

292,510

   

UBS Group AG

   

14,721

     

265,362

   

Zurich Insurance Group AG

   

732

     

321,762

   
     

1,883,579

   

Health Care (1.4%):

 

Alcon, Inc.

   

2,692

     

238,612

   

Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares

   

309

     

258,354

   

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

   

3,975

     

350,327

   

Roche Holding AG

   

801

     

333,362

   

Sonova Holding AG

   

519

     

203,862

   

Straumann Holding AG, Class R

   

113

     

240,291

   
     

1,624,808

   

Industrials (1.6%):

 

ABB Ltd., Registered Shares

   

7,610

     

291,568

   

Geberit AG, Registered Shares

   

411

     

336,236

   

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Class R

   

679

     

219,450

   

Schindler Holding AG

   

928

     

250,109

   

SGS SA, Registered Shares

   

146

     

488,376

   

VAT Group AG (d)

   

505

     

251,918

   
     

1,837,657

   

Information Technology (0.2%):

 

Logitech International SA, Class R

   

1,648

     

139,091

   

Temenos AG

   

1,002

     

138,657

   
     

277,748

   

Materials (1.3%):

 

EMS-Chemie Holding AG

   

299

     

335,140

   

Givaudan SA, Registered Shares

   

72

     

378,773

   

Glencore PLC

   

34,394

     

174,523

   

Holcim Ltd.

   

4,910

     

250,701

   

Sika AG, Registered Shares

   

837

     

349,355

   
     

1,488,492

   
     

9,489,431

   

United Kingdom (9.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

BT Group PLC

   

75,197

     

172,542

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

Entain PLC (c)

   

4,970

     

113,198

   

JD Sports Fashion PLC (c)

   

59,360

     

174,964

   

Next PLC

   

1,824

     

201,177

   

Persimmon PLC

   

4,655

     

179,918

   
     

669,257

   

Consumer Staples (1.4%):

 

Associated British Foods PLC

   

7,931

     

215,520

   

British American Tobacco PLC

   

6,741

     

249,368

   

Diageo PLC

   

6,251

     

341,427

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Imperial Brands PLC

   

11,121

   

$

243,285

   

Tesco PLC

   

83,653

     

328,191

   

Unilever PLC

   

5,236

     

279,575

   
     

1,657,366

   

Energy (0.3%):

 
BP PLC    

40,712

     

182,092

   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A

   

9,688

     

212,632

   
     

394,724

   

Financials (2.2%):

 
3i Group PLC    

13,045

     

255,805

   

Admiral Group PLC

   

5,636

     

240,792

   

Aviva PLC

   

45,011

     

249,990

   

Barclays PLC

   

67,015

     

169,594

   

HSBC Holdings PLC

   

40,790

     

247,661

   

Legal & General Group PLC

   

53,047

     

213,572

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

304,337

     

196,870

   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

   

1,667

     

156,339

   

NatWest Group PLC

   

61,160

     

186,808

   

Schroders PLC

   

5,384

     

259,389

   

St James's Place PLC

   

10,989

     

250,362

   

Standard Chartered PLC

   

32,110

     

194,851

   
     

2,622,033

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

AstraZeneca PLC

   

2,244

     

263,535

   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (b)

   

15,314

     

332,961

   

Smith & Nephew PLC

   

11,266

     

197,212

   
     

793,708

   

Industrials (2.0%):

 

Ashtead Group PLC

   

3,224

     

259,254

   

BAE Systems PLC

   

37,021

     

275,454

   

Bunzl PLC

   

7,504

     

292,978

   

Ferguson PLC

   

2,014

     

357,185

   

Intertek Group PLC

   

3,285

     

250,288

   

RELX PLC

   

10,092

     

328,055

   

Rentokil Initial PLC

   

31,784

     

251,199

   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (c)

   

77,479

     

128,844

   

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

   

1,204

     

261,516

   
     

2,404,773

   

Information Technology (0.4%):

 

AVEVA Group PLC

   

3,464

     

159,575

   

Halma PLC

   

6,682

     

289,370

   
     

448,945

   

Materials (1.1%):

 

Anglo American PLC

   

3,173

     

129,508

   

Antofagasta PLC

   

7,936

     

143,753

   

BHP Group PLC

   

5,845

     

173,982

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Croda International PLC

   

2,413

   

$

330,472

   

Evraz PLC (b)

   

19,937

     

162,317

   

Mondi PLC

   

8,543

     

211,110

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

2,286

     

151,342

   
     

1,302,484

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

National Grid PLC

   

25,202

     

361,456

   

SSE PLC

   

10,176

     

227,088

   
     

588,544

   
     

11,054,376

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $94,836,435)

   

117,040,221

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (3.4%)

 

United States (3.4%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.04% (e)

   

93,591

     

93,591

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (e)
   

1,838,143

     

1,838,143

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (e)
   

46,707

     

46,707

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (e)

   

372,424

     

372,424

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (e)
   

1,674,491

     

1,674,491

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $4,025,356)

   

4,025,356

   

Total Investments (Cost $98,861,791) — 103.0%

   

121,065,577

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (3.0)%

   

(3,536,178

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

117,529,399

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $2,921,349 and amounted to 2.5% of net assets.

(e)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini MSCI EAFE Index Futures

   

2

   

3/18/22

 

$

228,373

   

$

232,180

   

$

3,807

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

3,807

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

3,807

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.5%)

 

Communication Services (3.0%):

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

28,041

   

$

2,054,564

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

47,544

     

1,780,523

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

67,757

     

3,520,654

   
     

7,355,741

   

Consumer Discretionary (4.2%):

 

Genuine Parts Co.

   

18,887

     

2,647,957

   

Hasbro, Inc.

   

21,403

     

2,178,397

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

72,122

     

1,575,145

   

VF Corp.

   

23,224

     

1,700,461

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

8,224

     

1,929,844

   
     

10,031,804

   

Consumer Staples (19.2%):

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

49,472

     

2,344,478

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

43,143

     

2,916,035

   

Bunge Ltd.

   

24,810

     

2,316,262

   

Campbell Soup Co.

   

55,447

     

2,409,727

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

77,557

     

2,648,571

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

7,154

     

4,061,326

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

48,850

     

3,291,513

   

Kellogg Co.

   

43,373

     

2,794,089

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

23,672

     

3,383,202

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

23,324

     

4,051,612

   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

31,196

     

2,963,620

   

The Clorox Co.

   

12,866

     

2,243,316

   

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

63,267

     

3,746,039

   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

20,010

     

2,717,758

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

67,910

     

2,437,969

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

38,015

     

1,982,862

   
     

46,308,379

   

Energy (5.0%):

 

Chevron Corp.

   

20,912

     

2,454,023

   

ConocoPhillips

   

25,871

     

1,867,369

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

34,066

     

1,500,607

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

125,613

     

1,992,222

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

31,401

     

1,845,123

   

The Williams Cos., Inc.

   

90,273

     

2,350,709

   
     

12,010,053

   

Financials (20.4%):

 

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

11,216

     

1,540,181

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

32,229

     

1,832,541

   

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

   

31,996

     

2,317,470

   

Blackstone, Inc.

   

18,198

     

2,354,639

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

26,800

     

1,618,452

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

36,081

     

1,704,827

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

11,642

     

2,659,731

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

CNA Financial Corp.

   

53,091

   

$

2,340,251

   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

   

8,439

     

2,311,611

   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

42,242

     

2,204,188

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

42,731

     

1,860,935

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

47,237

     

1,581,967

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

105,029

     

1,619,547

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

57,049

     

1,313,268

   

KeyCorp

   

79,711

     

1,843,716

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

20,877

     

1,425,064

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

12,063

     

1,852,636

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

32,651

     

2,040,361

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

17,635

     

2,109,322

   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

28,285

     

2,045,854

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

19,565

     

2,117,716

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

79,475

     

1,732,555

   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

10,412

     

2,087,814

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

32,295

     

1,890,872

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

34,438

     

1,934,383

   

UWM Holdings Corp.

   

129,581

     

767,120

   
     

49,107,021

   

Health Care (8.3%):

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

23,004

     

3,114,741

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

11,450

     

2,575,906

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

35,912

     

1,849,109

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

   

35,880

     

2,605,247

   

Johnson & Johnson (a)

   

20,769

     

3,552,953

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

40,137

     

3,076,100

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

55,516

     

3,278,220

   
     

20,052,276

   

Industrials (3.4%):

 

3M Co.

   

14,871

     

2,641,536

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

8,731

     

3,103,085

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

7,728

     

2,417,936

   
     

8,162,557

   

Information Technology (7.3%):

 

Broadcom, Inc.

   

3,727

     

2,479,983

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

50,862

     

3,223,125

   

Corning, Inc.

   

50,872

     

1,893,965

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

126,947

     

2,001,954

   

HP, Inc.

   

62,653

     

2,360,139

   

Intel Corp.

   

29,594

     

1,524,091

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

16,778

     

2,242,547

   

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

3,354

     

60,707

   

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

15,189

     

1,716,053

   
     

17,502,564

   

Materials (4.7%):

 

Dow, Inc.

   

28,385

     

1,609,997

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

17,230

     

2,083,279

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

International Paper Co.

   

35,922

   

$

1,687,616

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

17,089

     

1,576,118

   

Newmont Corp.

   

33,376

     

2,069,980

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

17,097

     

2,327,757

   

Sylvamo Corp. (b)

   

3,264

     

91,033

   
     

11,445,780

   

Utilities (24.0%):

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

47,383

     

2,912,633

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

   

34,927

     

3,107,455

   

Avangrid, Inc. (c)

   

52,116

     

2,599,546

   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

45,930

     

2,987,746

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (a)

   

41,955

     

3,579,601

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

39,384

     

3,094,007

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

25,402

     

3,036,555

   

Duke Energy Corp. (a)

   

31,247

     

3,277,810

   

Edison International

   

43,044

     

2,937,753

   

Entergy Corp.

   

23,690

     

2,668,678

   

Evergy, Inc. (a)

   

41,257

     

2,830,643

   

Exelon Corp.

   

56,534

     

3,265,404

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

66,790

     

2,777,796

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

28,908

     

1,245,357

   

PPL Corp.

   

100,193

     

3,011,802

   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   

43,096

     

2,875,796

   

Sempra Energy

   

20,285

     

2,683,300

   

The Southern Co. (a)

   

48,679

     

3,338,406

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (a)

   

29,136

     

2,828,232

   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (a)

   

41,405

     

2,803,118

   
     

57,861,638

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $207,436,489)

   

239,837,813

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (0.9%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

51,436

     

51,436

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (d)
   

1,010,214

     

1,010,214

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

25,669

     

25,669

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

204,678

     

204,678

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

920,273

     

920,273

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $2,212,270)

   

2,212,270

   

Total Investments (Cost $209,648,759) — 100.4%

   

242,050,083

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.4)%

   

(989,440

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

241,060,643

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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(c)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

3

   

3/18/22

 

$

704,825

   

$

713,775

   

$

8,950

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

8,950

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

8,950

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Banks (17.5%):

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

   

186,101

   

$

3,012,975

   

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

   

64,630

     

2,114,694

   

CVB Financial Corp.

   

135,103

     

2,892,555

   

First Busey Corp.

   

112,786

     

3,058,756

   

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

   

184,993

     

2,976,537

   

First Financial Bancorp

   

94,938

     

2,314,588

   

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

   

62,882

     

2,557,411

   

Fulton Financial Corp.

   

159,772

     

2,716,124

   

Heritage Financial Corp.

   

100,556

     

2,457,589

   

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

   

165,716

     

2,437,682

   

Old National Bancorp

   

182,304

     

3,303,349

   

Park National Corp.

   

22,600

     

3,103,206

   

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

   

79,042

     

2,491,404

   

Southside Bancshares, Inc. (a)

   

75,748

     

3,167,781

   

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

   

49,907

     

2,813,258

   

WesBanco, Inc.

   

70,854

     

2,479,182

   
     

43,897,091

   

Capital Markets (0.6%):

 

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.

   

65,320

     

1,394,582

   

Communication Services (0.9%):

 

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

   

112,975

     

2,276,446

   

Consumer Discretionary (11.5%):

 

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. (b)

   

35,446

     

673,828

   

Big Lots, Inc.

   

30,842

     

1,389,432

   

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. (b)

   

83,414

     

2,192,954

   

Franchise Group, Inc.

   

66,289

     

3,457,634

   

Guess?, Inc.

   

64,108

     

1,518,077

   

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. (b)

   

49,966

     

1,527,461

   

Jack in the Box, Inc.

   

24,953

     

2,182,888

   

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

   

66,062

     

2,398,711

   

Monro, Inc.

   

39,637

     

2,309,648

   

Oxford Industries, Inc.

   

21,959

     

2,229,278

   

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

   

60,243

     

3,156,131

   

Strategic Education, Inc.

   

28,458

     

1,646,011

   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. (a)

   

30,249

     

2,057,537

   

The Buckle, Inc.

   

50,605

     

2,141,098

   
     

28,880,688

   

Consumer Staples (9.8%):

 

B&G Foods, Inc. (b)

   

58,638

     

1,801,946

   

Calavo Growers, Inc.

   

54,473

     

2,309,655

   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

   

77,761

     

3,118,216

   

Medifast, Inc.

   

7,611

     

1,593,972

   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

   

44,889

     

2,278,117

   

SpartanNash Co.

   

121,621

     

3,132,957

   

The Andersons, Inc.

   

63,034

     

2,440,046

   

Universal Corp.

   

59,484

     

3,266,861

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Vector Group Ltd.

   

148,108

   

$

1,700,280

   

Weis Markets, Inc. (a)(b)

   

46,504

     

3,063,683

   
     

24,705,733

   

Energy (1.5%):

 

Altus Midstream Co., Class A

   

26,095

     

1,599,884

   

Archrock, Inc.

   

280,285

     

2,096,532

   
     

3,696,416

   

Health Care (2.6%):

 

National HealthCare Corp. (a)

   

34,489

     

2,343,183

   

Patterson Cos., Inc. (a)

   

77,281

     

2,268,197

   

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

   

98,587

     

2,013,147

   
     

6,624,527

   

Industrials (19.6%):

 

ACCO Brands Corp.

   

237,810

     

1,964,310

   

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

   

48,779

     

2,348,709

   

Argan, Inc.

   

64,455

     

2,493,764

   

Brady Corp., Class A

   

61,052

     

3,290,703

   

Deluxe Corp.

   

52,233

     

1,677,202

   

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

   

60,985

     

2,382,074

   

Global Industrial Co.

   

49,523

     

2,025,491

   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

   

51,599

     

2,284,288

   

Healthcare Services Group

   

82,974

     

1,476,107

   

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

   

57,317

     

2,506,472

   

HNI Corp.

   

62,002

     

2,607,184

   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

   

29,199

     

1,200,079

   

Kforce, Inc.

   

46,154

     

3,471,704

   

Matthews International Corp., Class A

   

69,111

     

2,534,300

   

McGrath RentCorp

   

39,609

     

3,179,018

   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   

88,979

     

589,931

   

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

   

60,897

     

3,388,309

   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

   

156,844

     

1,838,212

   

The Gorman-Rupp Co.

   

74,151

     

3,303,427

   

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

   

44,644

     

2,048,713

   

Wabash National Corp.

   

140,932

     

2,750,993

   
     

49,360,990

   

Information Technology (8.2%):

 

ADTRAN, Inc.

   

80,673

     

1,841,765

   

American Software, Inc., Class A

   

57,692

     

1,509,800

   

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

   

101,625

     

2,754,037

   

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

   

71,216

     

2,800,213

   

CSG Systems International, Inc.

   

80,612

     

4,644,863

   

InterDigital, Inc.

   

37,267

     

2,669,435

   

Progress Software Corp.

   

61,936

     

2,989,651

   

SolarWinds Corp.

   

91,324

     

1,295,888

   
     

20,505,652

   

Insurance (1.4%):

 

Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (a)

   

42,302

     

3,596,939

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (6.0%):

 

Glatfelter Corp.

   

153,158

   

$

2,634,317

   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

   

191,283

     

2,871,158

   

Myers Industries, Inc.

   

108,986

     

2,180,810

   

Orion Engineered Carbons SA (c)

   

112,941

     

2,073,597

   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

   

32,616

     

1,693,423

   

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

   

61,207

     

1,830,089

   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

   

34,914

     

1,908,399

   
     

15,191,793

   

Real Estate (1.9%):

 

Douglas Elliman, Inc. (c)

   

74,054

     

851,621

   

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.

   

73,720

     

2,247,723

   

The RMR Group, Inc., Class A

   

50,964

     

1,767,432

   
     

4,866,776

   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (5.9%):

 

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C

   

27,504

     

3,408,571

   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (a)

   

257,785

     

3,650,236

   

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

   

118,454

     

2,629,679

   

Premier Financial Corp.

   

77,961

     

2,409,774

   

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

   

117,488

     

2,845,559

   
     

14,943,819

   

Utilities (12.2%):

 

Avista Corp.

   

83,835

     

3,562,149

   

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

   

27,991

     

4,081,368

   

MGE Energy, Inc.

   

48,867

     

4,019,311

   

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

   

50,398

     

2,458,414

   

Otter Tail Corp. (a)

   

69,288

     

4,948,549

   

SJW Group

   

51,254

     

3,751,793

   

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

   

84,613

     

2,210,092

   

The York Water Co.

   

60,823

     

3,027,769

   

Unitil Corp. (a)

   

54,380

     

2,500,936

   
     

30,560,381

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $235,206,825)

   

250,501,833

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (2.3%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

136,913

     

136,913

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (d)
   

2,688,998

     

2,688,998

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

68,327

     

68,327

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

544,815

     

544,815

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

2,449,594

     

2,449,594

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $5,888,647)

   

5,888,647

   

Total Investments (Cost $241,095,472) — 101.9%

   

256,390,480

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.9)%

   

(4,754,399

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

251,636,081

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini Russell 2000 Index Futures

   

8

   

3/18/22

 

$

871,824

   

$

897,120

   

$

25,296

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

25,296

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

25,296

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.0%)

 

Australia (3.8%):

 

Communication Services (1.3%):

 

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

   

81,610

   

$

248,138

   

Financials (0.8%):

 

Suncorp Group Ltd.

   

19,248

     

154,991

   

Materials (1.7%):

 

BHP Group Ltd. (a)

   

4,157

     

125,488

   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

   

6,814

     

95,214

   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

   

1,594

     

116,075

   
     

336,777

   
     

739,906

   

Austria (0.8%):

 

Energy (0.8%):

 

OMV AG

   

2,603

     

148,014

   

Canada (16.8%):

 

Communication Services (3.7%):

 

BCE, Inc. (a)(b)

   

6,967

     

362,507

   

TELUS Corp. (a)(b)

   

14,825

     

349,175

   
     

711,682

   

Energy (3.9%):

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

3,712

     

156,868

   

Enbridge, Inc.

   

6,313

     

246,620

   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

6,181

     

154,672

   

TC Energy Corp.

   

4,371

     

203,309

   
     

761,469

   

Financials (4.7%):

 

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

   

10,910

     

327,438

   

Manulife Financial Corp.

   

11,347

     

216,300

   

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   

5,257

     

372,205

   
     

915,943

   

Utilities (4.5%):

 

Emera, Inc.

   

8,943

     

447,009

   

Fortis, Inc. (a)

   

9,045

     

436,445

   
     

883,454

   
     

3,272,548

   

Denmark (1.0%):

 

Financials (1.0%):

 

Tryg A/S

   

8,251

     

204,026

   

Finland (1.9%):

 

Materials (0.9%):

 

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

   

4,651

     

177,160

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (1.0%):

 

Fortum Oyj

   

6,388

   

$

196,273

   
     

373,433

   

France (8.1%):

 

Communication Services (2.1%):

 

Orange SA

   

21,254

     

227,752

   

Publicis Groupe SA

   

2,649

     

178,524

   
     

406,276

   

Energy (1.0%):

 

TotalEnergies SE

   

3,981

     

202,261

   

Financials (2.9%):

 

AXA SA

   

7,031

     

209,586

   

CNP Assurances

   

8,272

     

204,815

   

Credit Agricole SA

   

10,812

     

154,470

   
     

568,871

   

Health Care (1.2%):

 

Sanofi

   

2,395

     

241,509

   

Industrials (0.9%):

 

Bouygues SA

   

4,703

     

168,593

   
     

1,587,510

   

Germany (4.3%):

 

Financials (1.0%):

 

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

   

815

     

192,656

   

Materials (2.1%):

 

BASF SE

   

2,505

     

176,177

   

Evonik Industries AG

   

7,069

     

229,107

   
     

405,284

   

Utilities (1.2%):

 

E.ON SE

   

17,387

     

241,319

   
     

839,259

   

Hong Kong (8.8%):

 

Industrials (1.3%):

 

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

   

23,528

     

151,778

   

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

18,000

     

65,099

   

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

   

17,000

     

42,515

   
     

259,392

   

Real Estate (3.5%):

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

   

25,800

     

162,629

   

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

   

44,916

     

191,247

   

New World Development Co. Ltd.

   

39,914

     

157,920

   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   

13,968

     

169,465

   
     

681,261

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (4.0%):

 

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

   

33,999

   

$

216,492

   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   

31,814

     

321,310

   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (b)

   

39,921

     

248,825

   
     

786,627

   
     

1,727,280

   

Ireland (0.8%):

 

Materials (0.8%):

 

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

   

2,955

     

162,950

   

Italy (4.3%):

 

Financials (0.9%):

 

Poste Italiane SpA (c)

   

13,821

     

181,567

   

Utilities (3.4%):

 

Enel SpA

   

19,958

     

160,086

   

Snam SpA

   

43,623

     

263,199

   

Terna — Rete Elettrica Nazionale

   

28,587

     

231,513

   
     

654,798

   
     

836,365

   

Japan (14.0%):

 

Communication Services (4.2%):

 

KDDI Corp.

   

6,600

     

192,933

   

Nintendo Co. Ltd. (b)

   

300

     

139,944

   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

   

7,900

     

216,373

   

Softbank Corp.

   

21,600

     

273,169

   
     

822,419

   

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%):

 

Sekisui House Ltd.

   

8,900

     

191,063

   

Consumer Staples (1.2%):

 

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

   

11,400

     

230,210

   

Energy (0.8%):

 

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

   

42,100

     

157,514

   

Financials (3.4%):

 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

   

13,900

     

176,817

   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

   

26,800

     

116,907

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

   

5,000

     

171,420

   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

   

3,700

     

205,638

   
     

670,782

   

Health Care (0.9%):

 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

6,200

     

169,111

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (2.5%):

 

Marubeni Corp.

   

16,000

   

$

155,743

   

Mitsubishi Corp.

   

6,100

     

193,698

   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (a)

   

6,300

     

149,187

   
     

498,628

   
     

2,739,727

   

Korea, Republic Of (3.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

   

1,577

     

76,820

   

Financials (1.4%):

 

KB Financial Group, Inc.

   

2,851

     

131,924

   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

   

4,713

     

145,918

   
     

277,842

   

Information Technology (0.3%):

 

SK Square Co. Ltd. (d)

   

1,020

     

56,981

   

Materials (0.5%):

 

POSCO

   

384

     

88,683

   

Utilities (0.6%):

 

Korea Electric Power Corp.

   

6,377

     

118,570

   
     

618,896

   

Netherlands (2.0%):

 

Communication Services (0.9%):

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

56,646

     

176,045

   

Financials (1.1%):

 

NN Group NV

   

3,975

     

215,441

   
     

391,486

   

Norway (3.3%):

 

Communication Services (1.2%):

 

Telenor ASA

   

15,413

     

242,675

   

Financials (1.1%):

 

DNB Bank ASA

   

8,972

     

205,880

   

Materials (1.0%):

 

Yara International ASA

   

3,818

     

193,006

   
     

641,561

   

Portugal (0.8%):

 

Utilities (0.8%):

 

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA

   

28,790

     

158,366

   

Spain (2.3%):

 

Communication Services (0.7%):

 

Telefonica SA

   

29,866

     

130,965

   

Energy (0.7%):

 

Repsol SA

   

11,440

     

135,911

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (0.9%):

 

Endesa SA

   

7,637

   

$

175,617

   
     

442,493

   

Switzerland (7.1%):

 

Communication Services (1.3%):

 

Swisscom AG, Registered Shares

   

454

     

256,481

   

Financials (3.6%):

 

Swiss Life Holding AG

   

407

     

249,767

   

Swiss Re AG

   

2,153

     

213,338

   

Zurich Insurance Group AG

   

534

     

234,728

   
     

697,833

   

Health Care (1.3%):

 

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

   

2,899

     

255,496

   

Materials (0.9%):

 

Holcim Ltd.

   

3,581

     

182,844

   
     

1,392,654

   

United Kingdom (15.7%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.7%):

 

Persimmon PLC

   

3,394

     

131,180

   

Consumer Staples (4.1%):

 

British American Tobacco PLC

   

4,916

     

181,856

   

Imperial Brands PLC

   

8,110

     

177,416

   

Tesco PLC

   

61,003

     

239,329

   

Unilever PLC

   

3,819

     

203,915

   
     

802,516

   

Energy (1.5%):

 
BP PLC    

29,689

     

132,790

   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A

   

7,065

     

155,062

   
     

287,852

   

Financials (2.6%):

 

Admiral Group PLC

   

4,110

     

175,596

   

Aviva PLC

   

32,823

     

182,298

   

Legal & General Group PLC

   

38,684

     

155,745

   
     

513,639

   

Health Care (1.3%):

 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (b)

   

11,168

     

242,817

   

Industrials (1.0%):

 

BAE Systems PLC

   

26,997

     

200,871

   

Materials (2.3%):

 

Anglo American PLC

   

2,314

     

94,448

   

BHP Group PLC

   

4,263

     

126,892

   

Evraz PLC (b)

   

14,539

     

118,369

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

1,667

     

110,362

   
     

450,071

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (2.2%):

 

National Grid PLC

   

18,378

   

$

263,584

   

SSE PLC

   

7,420

     

165,585

   
     

429,169

   
     

3,058,115

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $18,579,044)

   

19,334,589

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (4.4%)

 

United States (4.4%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (e)

   

19,939

     

19,939

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (e)
   

391,604

     

391,604

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (e)
   

9,951

     

9,951

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (e)

   

79,342

     

79,342

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (e)
   

356,739

     

356,739

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $857,575)

   

857,575

   

Total Investments (Cost $19,436,619) — 103.4%

   

20,192,164

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (3.4)%

   

(663,103

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

19,529,061

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $181,567 and amounted to 0.9% of net assets.

(d)  Non-income producing security.

(e)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini MSCI EAFE Index Futures

   

1

   

3/18/22

 

$

112,004

   

$

116,090

   

$

4,086

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

4,086

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

4,086

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Brazil (9.4%):

 

Communication Services (1.1%):

 

TIM SA

   

75,300

   

$

177,805

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

Vibra Energia SA

   

23,820

     

91,533

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

JBS SA

   

25,100

     

171,044

   

Energy (0.6%):

 

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Preference Shares

   

18,300

     

93,488

   

Financials (2.6%):

 

B3 SA — Brasil Bolsa Balcao

   

50,600

     

101,218

   

Banco do Brasil SA

   

25,600

     

132,620

   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

   

54,300

     

202,321

   
     

436,159

   

Materials (1.0%):

 

Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA

   

13,400

     

60,131

   

Vale SA

   

7,300

     

102,192

   
     

162,323

   

Utilities (2.5%):

 

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA

   

15,300

     

91,789

   
CPFL Energia SA    

27,200

     

131,042

   

Engie Brasil Energia SA

   

28,400

     

195,878

   
     

418,709

   
     

1,551,061

   

China (19.1%):

 

Energy (1.7%):

 

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H

   

64,726

     

151,744

   

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H

   

284,488

     

126,604

   
     

278,348

   

Financials (14.9%):

 

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H (a)

   

590,192

     

202,854

   

Bank of China Ltd., Class H (a)(b)

   

735,486

     

265,055

   

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H

   

369,500

     

223,198

   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

431,282

     

186,953

   

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H (a)(b)

   

287,252

     

198,936

   

China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

   

458,516

     

162,300

   

China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

   

277,500

     

159,440

   

China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

84,600

     

129,548

   

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

414,690

     

158,488

   

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class H

   

35,800

     

97,107

   

Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

126,800

     

196,771

   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H (b)

   

363,846

     

205,317

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

   

51,606

   

$

137,995

   

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H (b)(c)

   

177,000

     

124,170

   
     

2,448,132

   

Industrials (0.4%):

 

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd., Class H

   

89,200

     

56,170

   

Information Technology (0.9%):

 

China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

403,258

     

147,395

   

Materials (0.8%):

 

Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class H

   

27,500

     

137,371

   

Real Estate (0.4%):

 

Sunac China Holdings Ltd. (b)

   

44,000

     

66,475

   
     

3,133,891

   

Colombia (0.7%):

 

Utilities (0.7%):

 

Interconexion Electrica SA ESP

   

21,992

     

121,186

   

Hong Kong (0.8%):

 

Materials (0.8%):

 

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.

   

165,926

     

125,339

   

Hungary (1.0%):

 

Energy (1.0%):

 

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

   

21,812

     

169,546

   

India (8.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.9%):

 

Indus Towers Ltd.

   

45,290

     

151,293

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.9%):

 

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

   

3,380

     

147,754

   

Consumer Staples (1.2%):

 

ITC Ltd.

   

66,791

     

195,935

   

Energy (1.9%):

 

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

   

27,002

     

140,024

   

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

   

41,360

     

162,676

   
     

302,700

   

Materials (1.5%):

 

Ambuja Cements Ltd.

   

26,719

     

135,699

   

Vedanta Ltd.

   

25,323

     

116,242

   
     

251,941

   

Utilities (2.1%):

 

NTPC Ltd.

   

106,062

     

177,508

   

Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.

   

61,879

     

170,162

   
     

347,670

   
     

1,397,293

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Indonesia (2.1%):

 

Communication Services (1.0%):

 

PT Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk

   

606,070

   

$

171,826

   

Consumer Staples (1.1%):

 

PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk

   

400,752

     

177,878

   
     

349,704

   

Malaysia (4.4%):

 

Health Care (0.8%):

 

Hartalega Holdings Bhd

   

52,300

     

71,969

   

Top Glove Corp. Bhd

   

96,300

     

59,898

   
     

131,867

   

Industrials (2.2%):

 

MISC Bhd

   

115,400

     

195,382

   

Sime Darby Bhd

   

302,200

     

168,373

   
     

363,755

   

Utilities (1.4%):

 

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

   

103,000

     

231,033

   
     

726,655

   

Mexico (3.1%):

 

Consumer Staples (2.4%):

 

Arca Continental SAB de CV

   

36,005

     

229,564

   

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A

   

111,773

     

169,317

   
     

398,881

   

Materials (0.7%):

 

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Class B

   

24,707

     

107,767

   
     

506,648

   

Netherlands (0.9%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.9%):

 

X5 Retail Group NV, GDR

   

5,568

     

147,385

   

Peru (0.8%):

 

Financials (0.8%):

 

Credicorp Ltd.

   

1,059

     

129,272

   

Philippines (3.3%):

 

Communication Services (2.1%):

 

Globe Telecom, Inc.

   

2,470

     

160,968

   

PLDT, Inc.

   

5,135

     

182,533

   
     

343,501

   

Utilities (1.2%):

 

Manila Electric Co.

   

34,770

     

201,356

   
     

544,857

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Poland (0.9%):

 

Energy (0.9%):

 

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA

   

8,075

   

$

149,071

   

Russian Federation (14.1%):

 

Communication Services (3.3%):

 

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

   

74,342

     

296,207

   

Rostelecom PJSC (a)

   

215,430

     

250,722

   
     

546,929

   

Consumer Staples (1.3%):

 

Magnit PJSC

   

2,974

     

215,939

   

Energy (1.1%):

 

Tatneft PJSC

   

26,402

     

176,324

   

Financials (1.0%):

 

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC

   

83,100

     

169,853

   

Materials (4.6%):

 

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC

   

149,100

     

138,152

   

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

   

475

     

144,688

   

Novolipetsk Steel PJSC

   

47,120

     

136,841

   

Polyus PJSC

   

1,098

     

191,564

   

Severstal PAO

   

7,145

     

153,039

   
     

764,284

   

Utilities (2.8%):

 

Inter RAO UES PJSC

   

4,092,276

     

233,302

   

RusHydro PJSC

   

22,153,994

     

219,344

   
     

452,646

   
     

2,325,975

   

South Africa (5.5%):

 

Communication Services (1.1%):

 

Vodacom Group Ltd.

   

21,753

     

183,893

   

Energy (0.6%):

 

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

   

10,648

     

102,218

   

Financials (1.1%):

 

Sanlam Ltd.

   

45,780

     

170,650

   

Materials (2.7%):

 

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.

   

6,658

     

96,673

   

Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

   

952

     

108,611

   

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

   

6,652

     

93,988

   

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

   

2,477

     

71,566

   

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.

   

24,932

     

76,873

   
     

447,711

   
     

904,472

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Taiwan (21.2%):

 

Communication Services (4.5%):

 

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

   

168,000

   

$

392,407

   

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

   

98,000

     

354,341

   
     

746,748

   

Financials (4.8%):

 

Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

252,000

     

323,918

   

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

476,000

     

277,955

   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

198,000

     

181,126

   
     

782,999

   

Industrials (1.0%):

 

Far Eastern New Century Corp.

   

160,000

     

169,505

   

Information Technology (8.5%):

 

Asustek Computer, Inc.

   

13,000

     

176,736

   

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

   

31,000

     

175,417

   

Compal Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

208,000

     

182,001

   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

   

72,059

     

166,228

   

MediaTek, Inc.

   

3,000

     

129,081

   

Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.

   

24,000

     

139,277

   

Pegatron Corp.

   

79,000

     

197,379

   

Quanta Computer, Inc. (a)

   

65,000

     

222,566

   
     

1,388,685

   

Materials (2.4%):

 

Asia Cement Corp.

   

131,000

     

209,831

   

Taiwan Cement Corp. (a)

   

110,000

     

190,910

   
     

400,741

   
     

3,488,678

   

Thailand (2.3%):

 

Energy (1.1%):

 

PTT Exploration & Production PCL

   

51,100

     

180,539

   

Materials (1.2%):

 

The Siam Cement PCL

   

17,000

     

196,473

   
     

377,012

   

Turkey (1.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.8%):

 

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S

   

90,538

     

126,818

   

Materials (0.7%):

 

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS

   

55,624

     

118,853

   
     

245,671

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $16,637,120)

   

16,393,716

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (4.6%)

 

United States (4.6%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.04% (d)

   

17,428

   

$

17,428

   

Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, I Shares, 0.01% (d)

   

342,287

     

342,287

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

8,697

     

8,697

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

69,350

     

69,350

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

311,813

     

311,813

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $749,575)

   

749,575

   

Total Investments (Cost $17,386,695) — 104.2%

   

17,143,291

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (4.2)%

   

(686,735

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

16,456,556

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $597,884 and amounted to 3.6% of net assets.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

GDR — Global Depositary Receipt

PCL — Public Company Limited

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index Futures

   

1

   

3/18/22

 

$

60,989

   

$

61,315

   

$

326

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

326

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

326

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.7%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (9.1%):

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

30,715

   

$

7,243,519

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

11,357

     

2,935,557

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

39,059

     

10,470,546

   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

   

35,590

     

5,931,785

   

Target Corp. (a)

   

24,707

     

5,718,188

   
     

32,299,595

   

Consumer Staples (18.3%):

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

33,268

     

1,576,571

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

78,279

     

5,290,878

   

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

   

62,815

     

4,576,701

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

32,230

     

3,303,575

   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

82,810

     

7,067,005

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

11,661

     

6,619,950

   

Hormel Foods Corp. (b)

   

74,183

     

3,620,872

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

31,022

     

4,433,664

   

Lancaster Colony Corp.

   

35,415

     

5,864,724

   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

32,384

     

3,128,618

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

22,026

     

3,826,137

   

The Clorox Co.

   

21,667

     

3,777,858

   

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

53,587

     

3,172,886

   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

25,591

     

4,186,176

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

30,683

     

4,439,523

   
     

64,885,138

   

Financials (10.4%):

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

64,649

     

3,774,855

   

Aon PLC, Class A

   

27,333

     

8,215,206

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

11,483

     

1,308,258

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

27,275

     

6,231,247

   

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

   

61,276

     

4,212,112

   

Old Republic International Corp.

   

49,467

     

1,215,899

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

3,393

     

1,601,259

   

SEI Investments Co.

   

49,927

     

3,042,551

   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

12,151

     

2,389,373

   

The Allstate Corp.

   

40,735

     

4,792,473

   
     

36,783,233

   

Health Care (15.0%):

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

37,475

     

5,274,231

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

13,609

     

3,422,391

   

Chemed Corp.

   

7,018

     

3,712,803

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

25,110

     

6,935,884

   

Humana, Inc.

   

14,388

     

6,674,018

   

Johnson & Johnson (a)

   

17,383

     

2,973,710

   

Medtronic PLC

   

40,899

     

4,231,001

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

68,790

     

5,272,066

   

ResMed, Inc.

   

35,664

     

9,289,759

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

STERIS PLC

   

15,025

   

$

3,657,235

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

3,874

     

1,816,945

   
     

53,260,043

   

Industrials (22.9%):

 

3M Co.

   

59,747

     

10,612,860

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

14,515

     

3,601,462

   

Cintas Corp.

   

4,816

     

2,134,307

   

CSX Corp.

   

135,820

     

5,106,832

   

Dover Corp.

   

39,520

     

7,176,832

   

Emerson Electric Co.

   

70,110

     

6,518,127

   

Graco, Inc.

   

21,256

     

1,713,659

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

24,836

     

6,129,525

   

Lennox International, Inc.

   

13,968

     

4,530,660

   

Nordson Corp.

   

16,818

     

4,293,131

   

Republic Services, Inc. (a)

   

45,500

     

6,344,975

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

4,050

     

1,992,033

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

13,224

     

2,494,311

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

23,468

     

5,912,293

   

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

   

15,540

     

8,053,449

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

27,024

     

4,510,305

   
     

81,124,761

   

Information Technology (8.3%):

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

17,268

     

4,257,944

   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   

38,140

     

6,368,999

   

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

   

17,175

     

6,171,321

   

Microsoft Corp. (a)

   

12,173

     

4,094,023

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

25,190

     

4,747,559

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

17,106

     

3,707,041

   
     

29,346,887

   

Materials (6.2%):

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

   

14,756

     

4,489,660

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

13,040

     

3,059,054

   

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

23,906

     

4,122,351

   

RPM International, Inc.

   

30,962

     

3,127,162

   

Sonoco Products Co.

   

82,793

     

4,792,887

   

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

6,826

     

2,403,844

   
     

21,994,958

   

Utilities (9.5%):

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

138,105

     

8,489,314

   

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

24,782

     

2,596,410

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (a)

   

96,525

     

8,235,513

   

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

   

77,754

     

2,397,933

   

NextEra Energy, Inc. (a)

   

24,292

     

2,267,901

   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (a)

   

144,098

     

9,755,435

   
     

33,742,506

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $288,737,888)

   

353,437,121

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (0.1%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (c)

   

8,630

   

$

8,630

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (c)
   

169,492

     

169,492

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (c)
   

4,307

     

4,307

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (c)

   

34,341

     

34,341

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (c)
   

154,402

     

154,402

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $371,172)

   

371,172

   

Total Investments (Cost $289,109,060) — 99.8%

   

353,808,293

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.2%

   

868,848

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

354,677,141

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

3

   

3/18/22

 

$

692,175

   

$

713,775

   

$

21,600

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

21,600

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

21,600

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Communication Services (3.5%):

 

Fox Corp., Class A

   

16,725

   

$

617,153

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

10,148

     

380,043

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

90,441

     

4,699,314

   
     

5,696,510

   

Consumer Discretionary (13.7%):

 

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

   

3,882

     

453,612

   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

   

2,693

     

5,645,578

   

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

   

2,699

     

988,670

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

1,833

     

473,794

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   

7,531

     

5,318,618

   

Target Corp. (b)

   

21,138

     

4,892,179

   

Tractor Supply Co.

   

19,945

     

4,758,877

   
     

22,531,328

   

Consumer Staples (12.7%):

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

10,645

     

504,466

   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

6,584

     

561,879

   

Flowers Foods, Inc.

   

21,049

     

578,216

   

Kellogg Co.

   

26,317

     

1,695,341

   

The Clorox Co.

   

21,422

     

3,735,140

   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

16,450

     

2,234,239

   

The Kroger Co.

   

112,330

     

5,084,056

   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

2,662

     

435,450

   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

   

7,352

     

640,800

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

37,311

     

5,398,529

   
     

20,868,116

   

Financials (5.5%):

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

9,974

     

582,382

   

Evercore, Inc.

   

4,480

     

608,608

   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

   

1,571

     

430,328

   

First American Financial Corp.

   

9,646

     

754,606

   

Lazard Ltd., Class A

   

11,871

     

517,932

   

SEI Investments Co.

   

13,099

     

798,253

   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

5,280

     

1,038,259

   

The Allstate Corp.

   

36,021

     

4,237,871

   
     

8,968,239

   

Health Care (17.3%):

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

47,778

     

6,469,141

   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

   

64,879

     

4,045,206

   

DaVita, Inc. (a)

   

9,275

     

1,055,124

   

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

   

15,858

     

1,229,471

   

Johnson & Johnson (b)

   

37,305

     

6,381,766

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

   

16,156

     

5,076,377

   

McKesson Corp.

   

1,866

     

463,831

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

21,312

     

3,687,189

   
     

28,408,105

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (17.8%):

 

3M Co.

   

26,364

   

$

4,683,037

   

Acuity Brands, Inc.

   

2,145

     

454,139

   

Cintas Corp.

   

976

     

432,534

   

Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)

   

3,582

     

357,376

   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   

3,593

     

482,504

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

6,500

     

1,604,200

   

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

2,224

     

454,586

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

13,913

     

4,944,819

   

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

   

3,437

     

334,523

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

10,637

     

4,117,264

   

Robert Half International, Inc.

   

17,656

     

1,968,997

   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   

1,266

     

441,644

   

The Toro Co.

   

14,100

     

1,408,731

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

3,134

     

789,549

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

31,331

     

5,229,144

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

4,566

     

1,428,610

   
     

29,131,657

   

IT Services (3.5%):

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

21,276

     

5,246,236

   

Genpact Ltd.

   

7,834

     

415,829

   
     

5,662,065

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

Packaging Corp. of America

   

2,707

     

368,558

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (2.9%):

 

NXP Semiconductors NV

   

2,344

     

533,916

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

22,663

     

4,271,296

   
     

4,805,212

   

Software (12.5%):

 

Microsoft Corp. (b)

   

43,673

     

14,688,104

   

Oracle Corp.

   

57,144

     

4,983,528

   

Ziff Davis Inc. (a)

   

8,077

     

895,416

   
     

20,567,048

   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (10.0%):

 

Apple, Inc.

   

76,423

     

13,570,432

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

30,342

     

2,791,161

   
     

16,361,593

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $134,164,994)

   

163,368,431

   

Total Investments (Cost $134,164,994) — 99.6%

   

163,368,431

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.4%

   

649,534

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

164,017,965

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

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Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

3

   

3/18/22

 

$

707,775

   

$

713,775

   

$

6,000

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

6,000

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

6,000

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Communication Services (4.2%):

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   

22,679

   

$

1,508,834

   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

746

     

2,161,192

   

Altice USA, Inc., Class A (a)

   

64,677

     

1,046,474

   

Cable One, Inc.

   

941

     

1,659,406

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,715

     

1,770,099

   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   

39,741

     

2,000,164

   

Discovery, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

   

31,453

     

740,404

   

DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)(b)

   

31,136

     

1,010,052

   

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

16,042

     

2,115,940

   

Fox Corp., Class A

   

36,444

     

1,344,784

   

IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)

   

8,996

     

1,175,867

   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)

   

11,276

     

1,816,564

   

Match Group, Inc. (a)

   

8,884

     

1,174,909

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,843

     

1,628,943

   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

   

2,726

     

1,642,251

   

News Corp., Class A

   

82,006

     

1,829,554

   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

27,537

     

2,017,636

   

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

   

16,584

     

602,828

   

Roku, Inc. (a)

   

2,578

     

588,300

   

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

282,771

     

1,795,596

   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

   

10,922

     

1,941,058

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

46,693

     

1,748,653

   

The Walt Disney Co. (a)

   

11,737

     

1,817,944

   

T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)

   

16,477

     

1,911,002

   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

   

18,236

     

788,160

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

66,542

     

3,457,522

   

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

   

18,964

     

572,333

   

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

   

39,557

     

1,708,071

   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)(b)

   

9,353

     

597,189

   

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

15,125

     

971,025

   
     

45,142,754

   

Consumer Discretionary (10.1%):

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

   

9,898

     

2,374,332

   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

620

     

2,067,291

   

Aptiv PLC (a)

   

10,128

     

1,670,614

   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

   

1,550

     

3,249,404

   

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

   

16,882

     

1,178,195

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

14,087

     

1,431,239

   

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

716

     

1,717,849

   

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

   

4,897

     

1,427,524

   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

   

11,891

     

1,548,565

   

Chewy, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

   

10,772

     

635,225

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

   

956

     

1,671,327

   

D.R. Horton, Inc.

   

16,058

     

1,741,490

   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   

11,129

     

1,676,473

   

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

   

3,596

     

1,317,251

   

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

   

8,619

     

991,099

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

10,964

   

$

2,585,640

   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

   

20,809

     

2,924,081

   

Domino's Pizza, Inc.

   

3,764

     

2,124,138

   

eBay, Inc.

   

20,048

     

1,333,192

   

Etsy, Inc. (a)

   

4,058

     

888,458

   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

   

6,979

     

1,443,885

   

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

10,749

     

1,397,477

   

Ford Motor Co.

   

98,408

     

2,043,934

   

Garmin Ltd.

   

15,740

     

2,143,316

   

General Motors Co. (a)

   

27,392

     

1,605,993

   

Genuine Parts Co.

   

18,545

     

2,600,009

   

Hasbro, Inc.

   

21,016

     

2,139,008

   

Lennar Corp., Class A

   

12,373

     

1,437,248

   

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

   

53,531

     

1,339,881

   

LKQ Corp.

   

38,224

     

2,294,587

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

9,938

     

2,568,774

   

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (a)

   

12,738

     

2,104,827

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

14,066

     

3,770,673

   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

   

7,976

     

1,453,068

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

70,830

     

1,546,927

   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

   

10,912

     

1,818,703

   

NVR, Inc. (a)

   

379

     

2,239,462

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   

4,429

     

3,127,893

   

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)

   

10,408

     

539,655

   

Pool Corp.

   

4,119

     

2,331,354

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

27,943

     

1,597,222

   

RH (a)

   

1,734

     

929,320

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

14,492

     

1,656,146

   

Service Corp. International

   

35,171

     

2,496,789

   

Starbucks Corp.

   

20,869

     

2,441,047

   

Tapestry, Inc.

   

33,407

     

1,356,324

   

Target Corp. (c)

   

9,135

     

2,114,204

   

Tesla, Inc. (a)

   

1,290

     

1,363,246

   

The Home Depot, Inc.

   

8,205

     

3,405,157

   

The TJX Cos., Inc.

   

28,629

     

2,173,514

   

Tractor Supply Co.

   

10,207

     

2,435,390

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

   

4,512

     

1,860,478

   

Vail Resorts, Inc.

   

6,095

     

1,998,550

   

VF Corp.

   

22,807

     

1,669,929

   

Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

   

3,141

     

596,696

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

8,075

     

1,894,879

   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   

6,091

     

1,030,171

   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   

20,816

     

2,890,510

   
     

108,409,633

   

Consumer Staples (9.1%):

 

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A

   

40,099

     

1,210,589

   

Altria Group, Inc.

   

48,588

     

2,302,585

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

42,369

     

2,863,721

   

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

   

38,440

     

2,800,738

   

Bunge Ltd.

   

24,368

     

2,274,997

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Value

 

Campbell Soup Co.

   

54,453

   

$

2,366,527

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

38,014

     

3,896,435

   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

45,645

     

3,895,344

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

76,166

     

2,601,069

   

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

   

11,861

     

2,976,755

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

7,028

     

3,989,796

   

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)

   

15,798

     

1,094,643

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

47,971

     

3,232,286

   

Hormel Foods Corp. (b)

   

56,396

     

2,752,689

   

Kellogg Co.

   

42,596

     

2,744,034

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

89,872

     

3,312,682

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

23,251

     

3,323,033

   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

38,131

     

3,683,836

   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

   

55,078

     

3,652,222

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

   

25,758

     

2,473,798

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

22,904

     

3,978,654

   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

30,633

     

2,910,135

   

Sysco Corp.

   

25,238

     

1,982,445

   

The Clorox Co.

   

12,635

     

2,203,039

   

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

62,132

     

3,678,836

   

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.

   

5,885

     

2,178,627

   

The Hershey Co.

   

21,187

     

4,099,049

   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

19,648

     

2,668,591

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

66,695

     

2,394,351

   

The Kroger Co.

   

40,390

     

1,828,051

   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   

25,088

     

4,103,895

   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

   

29,538

     

2,574,532

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

37,335

     

1,947,394

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

21,254

     

3,075,241

   
     

97,070,619

   

Energy (1.8%):

 

Chevron Corp.

   

20,538

     

2,410,134

   

ConocoPhillips

   

25,405

     

1,833,733

   

Continental Resources, Inc. (b)

   

21,824

     

976,842

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

33,457

     

1,473,781

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

16,450

     

1,461,254

   

Halliburton Co.

   

56,841

     

1,299,954

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

123,364

     

1,956,553

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

30,838

     

1,812,041

   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   

8,759

     

1,593,087

   

Schlumberger NV

   

44,480

     

1,332,176

   

Texas Pacific Land Corp.

   

759

     

947,892

   

The Williams Cos., Inc.

   

88,650

     

2,308,446

   
     

19,405,893

   

Financials (15.5%):

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

45,736

     

2,670,525

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

31,948

     

1,521,044

   

American Express Co.

   

12,231

     

2,000,992

   

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

11,015

     

1,512,580

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Value

 

American International Group, Inc.

   

31,649

   

$

1,799,562

   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

7,409

     

2,234,999

   

Aon PLC, Class A

   

7,781

     

2,338,657

   

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (b)

   

31,420

     

2,275,751

   

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)

   

56,435

     

2,508,536

   

Ares Management Corp., Class A

   

25,391

     

2,063,527

   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

   

19,279

     

3,271,068

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

48,725

     

2,167,775

   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)

   

11,507

     

3,440,593

   

BlackRock, Inc.

   

2,438

     

2,232,135

   

Blackstone, Inc.

   

17,872

     

2,312,458

   

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   

46,497

     

3,267,809

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

10,257

     

1,488,188

   

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

14,602

     

1,904,101

   

Chubb Ltd.

   

11,641

     

2,250,322

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

16,405

     

1,869,022

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

26,321

     

1,589,525

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

35,434

     

1,674,256

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

11,436

     

2,612,669

   

CNA Financial Corp.

   

52,141

     

2,298,375

   

Discover Financial Services

   

12,390

     

1,431,788

   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

   

20,626

     

1,622,854

   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

   

8,286

     

2,269,701

   

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

   

6,128

     

2,978,269

   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

41,485

     

2,164,687

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

41,968

     

1,827,706

   

First Republic Bank

   

9,831

     

2,030,200

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

46,392

     

1,553,668

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

103,145

     

1,590,496

   

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

   

28,017

     

2,225,110

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

25,959

     

3,550,412

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

56,028

     

1,289,765

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

14,856

     

2,352,448

   

KeyCorp

   

78,284

     

1,810,709

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

34,433

     

2,565,258

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

20,506

     

1,399,740

   

Loews Corp.

   

42,247

     

2,440,187

   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

11,587

     

1,854,963

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

11,846

     

1,819,309

   

Markel Corp. (a)

   

1,821

     

2,247,114

   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

   

3,422

     

1,407,366

   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

   

20,015

     

3,479,007

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

32,068

     

2,003,929

   

Moody's Corp.

   

7,382

     

2,883,262

   

Morgan Stanley

   

18,772

     

1,842,659

   

Morningstar, Inc.

   

7,788

     

2,663,418

   

MSCI, Inc.

   

3,408

     

2,088,047

   

Nasdaq, Inc.

   

14,444

     

3,033,384

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

17,319

     

2,071,526

   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

27,777

     

2,009,110

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Value

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

19,214

   

$

2,079,723

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

22,992

     

2,308,397

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

78,051

     

1,701,512

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

5,859

     

2,765,038

   

Signature Bank

   

5,025

     

1,625,437

   

State Street Corp.

   

18,156

     

1,688,508

   

SVB Financial Group (a)

   

2,438

     

1,653,549

   

Synchrony Financial

   

30,641

     

1,421,436

   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

10,070

     

1,980,165

   

The Allstate Corp.

   

19,751

     

2,323,705

   

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   

36,373

     

2,112,544

   

The Carlyle Group, Inc.

   

41,781

     

2,293,777

   

The Charles Schwab Corp.

   

23,552

     

1,980,723

   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

4,885

     

1,868,757

   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

23,643

     

1,632,313

   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

10,224

     

2,050,116

   

The Progressive Corp.

   

25,885

     

2,657,095

   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

15,166

     

2,372,417

   

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A (b)

   

25,541

     

2,557,676

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

31,713

     

1,856,796

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

33,821

     

1,899,726

   

UWM Holdings Corp.

   

127,257

     

753,361

   

W.R. Berkley Corp.

   

34,217

     

2,819,139

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

33,170

     

1,591,497

   
     

165,803,968

   

Health Care (13.9%):

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

19,095

     

2,687,430

   

AbbVie, Inc.

   

22,591

     

3,058,821

   

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

   

4,301

     

1,544,790

   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

   

15,802

     

2,522,789

   

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

   

1,909

     

1,254,557

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

11,245

     

2,529,788

   

Anthem, Inc.

   

6,014

     

2,787,730

   

Avantor, Inc. (a)

   

47,321

     

1,994,107

   

Baxter International, Inc.

   

40,259

     

3,455,833

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

11,421

     

2,872,153

   

Biogen, Inc. (a)

   

2,891

     

693,609

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

   

22,493

     

1,987,256

   

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,568

     

1,940,304

   

Bio-Techne Corp.

   

3,105

     

1,606,341

   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

   

51,993

     

2,208,663

   

Bruker Corp.

   

24,012

     

2,014,847

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

35,266

     

1,815,846

   

Catalent, Inc. (a)

   

13,871

     

1,775,904

   

Centene Corp. (a)

   

27,876

     

2,296,982

   

Cerner Corp.

   

41,505

     

3,854,569

   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

   

4,701

     

1,771,243

   

Cigna Corp.

   

9,351

     

2,147,270

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

28,840

     

2,975,134

   

Danaher Corp.

   

6,867

     

2,259,312

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Value

 

DaVita, Inc. (a)

   

16,033

   

$

1,823,914

   

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

   

29,411

     

1,640,840

   

Dexcom, Inc. (a)

   

2,766

     

1,485,204

   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

   

20,317

     

2,632,067

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

6,289

     

1,737,148

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (c)

   

35,236

     

2,558,486

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

7,313

     

1,878,856

   

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

   

26,017

     

2,017,098

   

Hologic, Inc. (a)

   

22,940

     

1,756,286

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

11,335

     

1,221,460

   

Humana, Inc.

   

5,831

     

2,704,768

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

   

2,912

     

1,917,435

   

Illumina, Inc. (a)

   

3,138

     

1,193,821

   

Incyte Corp. (a)

   

23,462

     

1,722,111

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

   

5,496

     

1,974,713

   

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

9,908

     

2,795,443

   

Johnson & Johnson (c)

   

20,398

     

3,489,486

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

   

8,380

     

2,633,080

   

Masimo Corp. (a)

   

7,357

     

2,153,982

   

Medtronic PLC

   

20,899

     

2,162,002

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

39,415

     

3,020,766

   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

   

1,473

     

2,499,990

   

Moderna, Inc. (a)

   

1,817

     

461,482

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

6,748

     

2,146,404

   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

   

9,700

     

1,950,282

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

54,518

     

3,219,288

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

16,893

     

2,922,658

   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

3,176

     

2,005,707

   

Repligen Corp. (a)

   

4,435

     

1,174,565

   

ResMed, Inc.

   

6,939

     

1,807,471

   

Seagen, Inc. (a)

   

8,437

     

1,304,360

   

STERIS PLC

   

11,528

     

2,806,030

   

Stryker Corp.

   

9,779

     

2,615,100

   

Teleflex, Inc.

   

5,044

     

1,656,853

   

The Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

5,368

     

2,248,870

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

   

3,899

     

2,601,569

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

6,929

     

3,479,328

   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

   

13,280

     

1,721,885

   

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,563

     

1,165,755

   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

10,177

     

2,234,869

   

Waters Corp. (a)

   

5,688

     

2,119,349

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

5,382

     

2,524,212

   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

   

15,763

     

2,002,531

   

Zoetis, Inc.

   

12,667

     

3,091,128

   
     

148,333,930

   

Industrials (16.7%):

 

3M Co.

   

14,604

     

2,594,109

   

AGCO Corp.

   

10,253

     

1,189,553

   

Allegion PLC

   

16,345

     

2,164,732

   

AMERCO, Inc.

   

2,931

     

2,128,580

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

20,160

   

$

2,964,326

   

AO Smith Corp.

   

27,760

     

2,383,196

   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

   

27,538

     

2,334,947

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

   

24,357

     

2,087,639

   

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

   

25,308

     

2,723,900

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

11,491

     

2,851,147

   

Carrier Global Corp.

   

33,048

     

1,792,524

   

Caterpillar, Inc.

   

9,817

     

2,029,567

   

Cintas Corp.

   

5,407

     

2,396,220

   

Copart, Inc. (a)

   

15,240

     

2,310,689

   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)(c)

   

21,813

     

1,723,881

   

CSX Corp.

   

71,906

     

2,703,666

   

Cummins, Inc.

   

9,350

     

2,039,609

   

Deere & Co.

   

4,749

     

1,628,385

   

Dover Corp.

   

14,969

     

2,718,370

   

Eaton Corp. PLC

   

14,684

     

2,537,689

   

Emerson Electric Co.

   

23,562

     

2,190,559

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

6,741

     

1,973,697

   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   

21,145

     

2,839,562

   

Fastenal Co.

   

46,855

     

3,001,531

   

FedEx Corp.

   

7,413

     

1,917,298

   

Fortive Corp.

   

32,283

     

2,462,870

   

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

   

19,823

     

2,119,079

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,598

     

914,288

   

General Dynamics Corp.

   

14,554

     

3,034,072

   

Graco, Inc.

   

32,813

     

2,645,384

   

HEICO Corp.

   

15,676

     

2,260,793

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

11,631

     

2,425,180

   

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

   

49,162

     

1,564,826

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

10,662

     

2,220,575

   

IDEX Corp.

   

12,106

     

2,860,890

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

14,024

     

3,461,123

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (c)

   

34,915

     

2,160,191

   

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

11,561

     

2,363,068

   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

   

15,857

     

2,207,770

   

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

33,500

     

2,723,885

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

11,606

     

2,474,863

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

20,155

     

1,791,780

   

Lennox International, Inc.

   

6,320

     

2,049,955

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

8,573

     

3,046,930

   

Masco Corp.

   

39,133

     

2,747,919

   

Nordson Corp.

   

9,871

     

2,519,770

   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

9,167

     

2,729,108

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

7,866

     

3,044,693

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

7,465

     

2,675,307

   

Otis Worldwide Corp.

   

28,096

     

2,446,319

   

PACCAR, Inc.

   

25,319

     

2,234,655

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

6,995

     

2,225,249

   

Quanta Services, Inc.

   

16,993

     

1,948,417

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

26,150

     

2,250,469

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

Republic Services, Inc. (c)

   

25,918

   

$

3,614,265

   

Robert Half International, Inc.

   

20,725

     

2,311,252

   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   

7,350

     

2,564,048

   

Rollins, Inc.

   

53,325

     

1,824,248

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

5,644

     

2,776,058

   

Snap-on, Inc.

   

9,166

     

1,974,173

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

12,199

     

2,300,975

   

Textron, Inc.

   

23,983

     

1,851,488

   

The Toro Co.

   

22,942

     

2,292,135

   

Trane Technologies PLC

   

11,323

     

2,287,586

   

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)

   

3,022

     

1,922,838

   

TransUnion

   

17,934

     

2,126,614

   

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

   

13,746

     

1,856,122

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

11,523

     

2,902,989

   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

   

10,833

     

2,321,945

   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

   

4,044

     

1,343,781

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

10,942

     

2,502,764

   

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

   

5,489

     

2,844,619

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

21,662

     

3,615,388

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

7,592

     

2,375,385

   

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

   

20,739

     

1,910,269

   

Xylem, Inc.

   

18,341

     

2,199,453

   
     

178,553,199

   

Information Technology (15.3%):

 

Accenture PLC, Class A

   

8,198

     

3,398,481

   

Adobe, Inc. (a)

   

3,294

     

1,867,896

   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

   

12,111

     

1,742,773

   

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

17,485

     

2,046,444

   

Amphenol Corp., Class A

   

33,597

     

2,938,394

   

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

11,472

     

2,016,433

   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

   

4,414

     

1,770,544

   

Apple, Inc.

   

13,073

     

2,321,373

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

8,613

     

1,355,342

   

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

   

22,699

     

3,262,981

   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

   

5,471

     

1,538,390

   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

12,991

     

3,203,321

   

Black Knight, Inc. (a)

   

31,388

     

2,601,751

   

Block, Inc. (a)

   

3,745

     

604,855

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

3,658

     

2,434,070

   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   

15,626

     

2,856,745

   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

   

9,872

     

1,839,647

   

CDW Corp.

   

11,264

     

2,306,642

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

49,952

     

3,165,458

   

Citrix Systems, Inc.

   

16,625

     

1,572,559

   

Cognex Corp.

   

20,676

     

1,607,766

   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

   

29,182

     

2,589,027

   

Corning, Inc.

   

49,962

     

1,860,085

   

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)

   

40,725

     

2,287,523

   

Dynatrace, Inc. (a)

   

17,048

     

1,028,847

   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

   

4,426

     

809,692

   

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Entegris, Inc.

   

11,047

   

$

1,530,893

   

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

   

2,976

     

1,989,307

   

F5, Inc. (a)

   

9,694

     

2,372,219

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

   

3,757

     

1,629,298

   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   

15,898

     

1,735,267

   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)(b)

   

20,576

     

2,135,583

   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

8,069

     

1,806,165

   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

   

5,318

     

1,911,289

   

Gartner, Inc. (a)

   

5,513

     

1,843,106

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

11,557

     

1,562,275

   

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)

   

22,158

     

1,880,328

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

124,666

     

1,965,983

   

HP, Inc.

   

61,532

     

2,317,910

   

Intel Corp.

   

29,065

     

1,496,847

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

16,478

     

2,202,449

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

3,601

     

2,316,235

   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   

13,413

     

2,239,837

   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

12,970

     

2,678,435

   

KLA Corp.

   

3,610

     

1,552,697

   

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,295

     

59,640

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

1,925

     

1,384,364

   

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

   

5,986

     

2,150,890

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

17,578

     

1,530,341

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

17,331

     

1,614,383

   

Microsoft Corp. (c)

   

8,578

     

2,884,953

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

2,543

     

1,254,538

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

11,147

     

3,028,640

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

18,756

     

1,725,364

   

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

   

65,951

     

1,713,407

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

5,825

     

1,713,191

   

NXP Semiconductors NV

   

6,256

     

1,424,992

   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

26,687

     

1,812,581

   

Oracle Corp.

   

24,302

     

2,119,377

   

Paychex, Inc.

   

24,635

     

3,362,677

   

Paycom Software, Inc. (a)

   

2,743

     

1,138,866

   

Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)

   

4,895

     

1,156,003

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,091

     

960,061

   

PTC, Inc. (a)

   

9,972

     

1,208,108

   

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

   

7,463

     

1,167,139

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

11,344

     

2,074,477

   

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

   

8,096

     

2,057,436

   

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

14,915

     

1,685,097

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)(c)

   

2,387

     

1,549,426

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

7,373

     

1,143,847

   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

   

32,773

     

2,686,731

   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

   

5,146

     

1,896,301

   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

   

14,667

     

2,366,374

   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

4,242

     

1,853,287

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

9,741

     

1,592,946

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

9,817

     

1,850,210

   

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Shares

 

Value

 

The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (a)

   

10,043

   

$

920,341

   

Trimble, Inc. (a)

   

19,398

     

1,691,312

   

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

3,775

     

2,030,761

   

Ubiquiti, Inc.

   

3,477

     

1,066,396

   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

   

12,410

     

3,149,906

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

10,836

     

2,348,270

   

VMware, Inc., Class A

   

16,348

     

1,894,406

   

Western Digital Corp. (a)

   

17,772

     

1,158,912

   

Zebra Technologies Corp. (a)

   

3,347

     

1,992,134

   

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

3,433

     

631,363

   
     

163,242,610

   

Materials (5.3%):

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

   

8,844

     

2,690,875

   

Albemarle Corp.

   

4,797

     

1,121,395

   

Avery Dennison Corp.

   

9,745

     

2,110,475

   

Ball Corp.

   

23,888

     

2,299,698

   

Celanese Corp.

   

12,774

     

2,146,798

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)

   

32,044

     

697,598

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

43,482

     

2,055,829

   

Crown Holdings, Inc.

   

18,905

     

2,091,271

   

Dow, Inc.

   

27,874

     

1,581,013

   

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

   

24,085

     

1,945,586

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

16,924

     

2,046,281

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

11,577

     

2,715,848

   

FMC Corp.

   

21,015

     

2,309,338

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

27,248

     

1,137,059

   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

   

11,173

     

1,683,212

   

International Paper Co.

   

35,276

     

1,657,267

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

16,783

     

1,547,896

   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

   

4,926

     

2,170,002

   

Newmont Corp.

   

32,778

     

2,032,892

   

Nucor Corp.

   

11,089

     

1,265,809

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

16,790

     

2,285,959

   

Pegasystems, Inc.

   

11,798

     

1,319,252

   

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

13,838

     

2,386,225

   

RPM International, Inc.

   

31,913

     

3,223,213

   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   

19,296

     

1,197,703

   

Sylvamo Corp. (a)

   

3,208

     

89,471

   

The Mosaic Co.

   

37,455

     

1,471,607

   

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

9,690

     

3,412,430

   

Vulcan Materials Co.

   

10,515

     

2,182,704

   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

   

18,279

     

1,775,439

   
     

56,650,145

   

Real Estate (0.4%):

 

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

20,219

     

2,193,964

   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)

   

7,029

     

1,893,191

   
     

4,087,155

   

Utilities (7.3%):

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

46,532

     

2,860,322

   

Ameren Corp.

   

33,289

     

2,963,054

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (c)

   

34,303

   

$

3,051,938

   

American Water Works Co., Inc.

   

13,596

     

2,567,741

   

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

26,704

     

2,797,778

   

Avangrid, Inc. (b)

   

51,179

     

2,552,809

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   

89,827

     

2,507,072

   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

45,107

     

2,934,210

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (c)

   

41,204

     

3,515,525

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

38,679

     

3,038,622

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

24,948

     

2,982,284

   

Duke Energy Corp. (c)

   

30,689

     

3,219,276

   

Edison International

   

42,274

     

2,885,200

   

Entergy Corp.

   

23,268

     

2,621,140

   

Essential Utilities, Inc.

   

50,491

     

2,710,862

   

Evergy, Inc. (c)

   

40,515

     

2,779,734

   

Eversource Energy (c)

   

28,046

     

2,551,625

   

Exelon Corp.

   

55,521

     

3,206,893

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

65,595

     

2,728,096

   

NextEra Energy, Inc. (c)

   

27,040

     

2,524,454

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

28,388

     

1,222,955

   

PG&E Corp. (a)

   

172,417

     

2,093,142

   

PPL Corp.

   

98,398

     

2,957,844

   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   

42,324

     

2,824,281

   

Sempra Energy

   

19,918

     

2,634,753

   

The Southern Co. (c)

   

47,807

     

3,278,604

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (c)

   

28,613

     

2,777,464

   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (c)

   

40,664

     

2,752,953

   
     

77,540,631

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $808,694,654)

   

1,064,240,537

   

Investment Companies (0.3%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.01% (d)

   

2,825,925

     

2,825,925

   

Total Investment Companies (Cost $2,825,925)

   

2,825,925

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (1.1%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

286,918

     

286,918

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (d)
   

5,635,114

     

5,635,114

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

143,186

     

143,186

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

1,141,724

     

1,141,724

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

5,133,414

     

5,133,414

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $12,150,265)

   

12,340,356

   

Total Investments (Cost $823,670,844) — 101.0%

   

1,079,406,818

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.0)%

   

(11,186,363

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

1,068,220,455

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

14

   

3/18/22

 

$

3,283,582

   

$

3,330,950

   

$

47,368

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

47,368

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

47,368

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.4%)

 

Communication Services (3.0%):

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

128,574

   

$

9,420,617

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

218,029

     

8,165,186

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

310,705

     

16,144,232

   
     

33,730,035

   

Consumer Discretionary (4.2%):

 

Genuine Parts Co.

   

86,598

     

12,141,039

   

Hasbro, Inc.

   

98,156

     

9,990,318

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

330,723

     

7,222,990

   

VF Corp.

   

106,499

     

7,797,857

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

37,726

     

8,852,783

   
     

46,004,987

   

Consumer Staples (19.2%):

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

226,849

     

10,750,374

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

197,834

     

13,371,600

   

Bunge Ltd.

   

113,777

     

10,622,221

   

Campbell Soup Co. (a)

   

254,271

     

11,050,618

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

355,632

     

12,144,833

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

32,798

     

18,619,425

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

223,996

     

15,092,850

   

Kellogg Co.

   

198,880

     

12,811,850

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

108,540

     

15,512,537

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

106,947

     

18,577,763

   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

143,056

     

13,590,320

   

The Clorox Co.

   

59,010

     

10,288,984

   

The Coca-Cola Co.

   

290,107

     

17,177,235

   

The J.M. Smucker Co. (a)

   

91,771

     

12,464,337

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

311,398

     

11,179,188

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

174,318

     

9,092,427

   
     

212,346,562

   

Energy (5.0%):

 

Chevron Corp.

   

95,904

     

11,254,334

   

ConocoPhillips

   

118,640

     

8,563,435

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

156,206

     

6,880,874

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

576,003

     

9,135,408

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

144,003

     

8,461,616

   

The Williams Cos., Inc.

   

413,961

     

10,779,545

   
     

55,075,212

   

Financials (20.4%):

 

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

51,439

     

7,063,603

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

147,796

     

8,403,681

   

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (a)

   

146,708

     

10,626,060

   

Blackstone, Inc.

   

83,437

     

10,795,913

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

122,881

     

7,420,784

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

165,442

     

7,817,134

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

53,389

     

12,197,251

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Shares

 

Value

 

CNA Financial Corp.

   

243,469

   

$

10,732,114

   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

   

38,705

     

10,602,074

   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

193,701

     

10,107,318

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

195,942

     

8,533,274

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

216,604

     

7,254,068

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

481,638

     

7,426,858

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

261,615

     

6,022,377

   

KeyCorp

   

365,512

     

8,454,293

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

95,734

     

6,534,803

   

M&T Bank Corp. (a)

   

55,316

     

8,495,431

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

149,729

     

9,356,565

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

80,859

     

9,671,545

   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

129,706

     

9,381,635

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

89,711

     

9,710,319

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

364,440

     

7,944,792

   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

47,740

     

9,572,825

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

148,100

     

8,671,255

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

157,932

     

8,871,040

   

UWM Holdings Corp. (a)

   

594,224

     

3,517,806

   
     

225,184,818

   

Health Care (8.3%):

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

105,498

     

14,284,429

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

52,502

     

11,811,375

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

164,682

     

8,479,476

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (b)

   

164,522

     

11,945,943

   

Johnson & Johnson (b)

   

95,262

     

16,296,470

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

184,060

     

14,106,359

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

254,585

     

15,033,244

   
     

91,957,296

   

Industrials (3.4%):

 

3M Co.

   

68,181

     

12,110,991

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

40,039

     

14,230,261

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

35,424

     

11,083,461

   
     

37,424,713

   

Information Technology (7.2%):

 

Broadcom, Inc.

   

17,097

     

11,376,515

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

233,217

     

14,778,961

   

Corning, Inc.

   

233,292

     

8,685,461

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

582,143

     

9,180,395

   

HP, Inc.

   

287,290

     

10,822,214

   

Intel Corp.

   

135,713

     

6,989,220

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

76,939

     

10,283,667

   

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (c)

   

15,379

     

278,360

   

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

69,650

     

7,869,057

   
     

80,263,850

   

Materials (4.7%):

 

Dow, Inc.

   

130,155

     

7,382,392

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

78,995

     

9,551,285

   

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Shares

 

Value

 

International Paper Co.

   

164,724

   

$

7,738,734

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

78,353

     

7,226,497

   

Newmont Corp.

   

153,048

     

9,492,037

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

78,414

     

10,676,066

   

Sylvamo Corp. (c)

   

14,972

     

417,569

   
     

52,484,580

   

Utilities (24.0%):

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

217,271

     

13,355,648

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (b)

   

160,173

     

14,250,592

   

Avangrid, Inc. (a)

   

238,997

     

11,921,170

   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

210,611

     

13,700,246

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (b)

   

192,391

     

16,414,800

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

180,599

     

14,187,857

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

116,473

     

13,923,182

   

Duke Energy Corp. (b)

   

143,295

     

15,031,646

   

Edison International

   

197,389

     

13,471,799

   

Entergy Corp.

   

108,644

     

12,238,747

   

Evergy, Inc. (b)

   

189,190

     

12,980,326

   

Exelon Corp.

   

259,235

     

14,973,414

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

306,271

     

12,737,811

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

132,563

     

5,710,814

   

PPL Corp.

   

459,453

     

13,811,157

   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   

197,608

     

13,186,382

   

Sempra Energy

   

93,032

     

12,306,273

   

The Southern Co. (b)

   

223,224

     

15,308,702

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (b)

   

133,600

     

12,968,552

   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (b)

   

189,867

     

12,853,996

   
     

265,333,114

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $952,565,563)

   

1,099,805,167

   

Investment Companies (0.3%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.01% (d)

   

2,805,385

     

2,805,385

   

Total Investment Companies (Cost $2,805,385)

   

2,805,385

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (1.9%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

478,629

     

478,629

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (d)
   

9,400,333

     

9,400,333

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

238,859

     

238,859

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

1,904,591

     

1,904,591

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

8,563,413

     

8,563,413

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $20,585,825)

   

20,585,825

   

Total Investments (Cost $975,956,773) — 101.6%

   

1,123,196,377

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.6)%

   

(17,582,977

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

1,105,613,400

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

15

   

3/18/22

 

$

3,509,661

   

$

3,568,875

   

$

59,214

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

59,214

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

59,214

   

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Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Banks (15.5%):

 

1st Source Corp.

   

3,693

   

$

183,173

   

Amerant Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,497

     

155,371

   

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

   

4,095

     

152,703

   

Banc of California, Inc.

   

8,458

     

165,946

   

BancFirst Corp.

   

2,802

     

197,709

   

Banner Corp.

   

2,574

     

156,165

   

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,833

     

137,402

   

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

   

11,897

     

192,612

   

Byline Bancorp, Inc.

   

6,538

     

178,814

   

City Holding Co.

   

2,764

     

226,068

   

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

   

4,132

     

135,199

   

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

   

5,201

     

170,125

   

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

   

2,862

     

187,089

   

CVB Financial Corp.

   

8,637

     

184,918

   

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

   

4,277

     

150,379

   

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

   

2,788

     

162,652

   

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

   

3,560

     

167,640

   

FB Financial Corp.

   

3,950

     

173,089

   

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

   

10,935

     

150,684

   

First Bancorp/Southern Pines NC

   

3,670

     

167,792

   

First Busey Corp.

   

7,210

     

195,535

   

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

   

11,826

     

190,280

   

First Financial Bancorp

   

6,069

     

147,962

   

First Foundation, Inc.

   

6,799

     

169,023

   

First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A

   

4,020

     

163,493

   

First Merchants Corp.

   

3,791

     

158,805

   

Fulton Financial Corp.

   

10,163

     

172,771

   

German American Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,724

     

184,142

   

Great Western Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,336

     

147,251

   

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

   

3,714

     

187,966

   

Heritage Financial Corp.

   

6,428

     

157,100

   

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.

   

4,149

     

145,796

   

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

   

10,594

     

155,838

   

Independent Bank Corp.

   

2,247

     

183,198

   

International Bancshares Corp.

   

3,581

     

151,799

   

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

   

9,766

     

185,456

   

Lakeland Financial Corp.

   

2,511

     

201,232

   

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

   

1,645

     

143,592

   

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

   

4,676

     

205,463

   

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

   

4,880

     

187,978

   

OFG Bancorp

   

5,154

     

136,890

   

Old National Bancorp

   

11,654

     

211,170

   

Origin Bancorp, Inc.

   

3,581

     

153,697

   

Park National Corp.

   

1,445

     

198,413

   

Preferred Bank

   

2,658

     

190,818

   

Renasant Corp.

   

4,634

     

175,860

   

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

   

3,742

     

190,243

   

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

   

5,053

     

159,271

   

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Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

   

3,602

   

$

173,184

   

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

   

4,530

     

160,317

   

Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)

   

423

     

62,689

   

Southside Bancshares, Inc. (b)

   

4,842

     

202,492

   

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

   

3,754

     

239,806

   

The Bancorp, Inc. (a)

   

4,394

     

111,212

   

Tompkins Financial Corp. (c)

   

1,982

     

165,656

   

Towne Bank

   

5,352

     

169,070

   

TriCo Bancshares

   

4,039

     

173,515

   

Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)

   

1,462

     

174,095

   

Trustmark Corp.

   

5,072

     

164,637

   

United Community Banks, Inc.

   

5,295

     

190,302

   

Veritex Holdings, Inc.

   

4,302

     

171,134

   

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

   

3,190

     

179,820

   

WesBanco, Inc.

   

4,529

     

158,470

   

Westamerica Bancorp

   

3,707

     

214,005

   
     

10,956,976

   

Capital Markets (2.3%):

 

B Riley Financial, Inc.

   

1,694

     

150,529

   

BGC Partners, Inc., Class A

   

23,652

     

109,982

   

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

   

5,612

     

143,667

   

Cowen, Inc., Class A

   

2,605

     

94,041

   

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

3,117

     

146,935

   

Piper Sandler Cos.

   

1,069

     

190,827

   

PJT Partners, Inc., Class A

   

2,342

     

173,519

   

Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.

   

4,176

     

89,158

   

StoneX Group, Inc. (a)

   

2,043

     

125,134

   

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A (d)

   

4,333

     

158,284

   

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

   

454

     

134,883

   

WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (c)

   

19,686

     

120,478

   
     

1,637,437

   

Communication Services (2.2%):

 

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,542

     

53,107

   

Boston Omaha Corp., Class A (a)

   

2,539

     

72,945

   

Cars.com, Inc. (a)

   

7,100

     

114,239

   

Gray Television, Inc.

   

6,795

     

136,987

   

IDT Corp., Class B (a)

   

1,714

     

75,690

   

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

   

7,796

     

141,809

   

Sciplay Corp., Class A (a)

   

5,228

     

72,042

   

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

   

2,790

     

71,145

   

TechTarget, Inc. (a)

   

1,163

     

111,253

   

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

   

7,222

     

145,523

   

The EW Scripps Co., Class A (a)

   

6,774

     

131,077

   

Thryv Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,014

     

82,836

   

United States Cellular Corp. (a)

   

4,809

     

151,580

   

WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)

   

4,713

     

101,424

   

Yelp, Inc. (a)

   

2,955

     

107,089

   
     

1,568,746

   

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Shares

 

Value

 

Consumer Discretionary (13.2%):

 

1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,641

   

$

61,720

   

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (a)

   

2,735

     

95,260

   

Accel Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

11,116

     

144,730

   

Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)

   

3,776

     

111,619

   

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

9,889

     

92,264

   

America's Car-Mart, Inc. (a)

   

878

     

89,907

   

Arko Corp. (a)

   

11,876

     

104,152

   

Bally's Corp. (a)

   

1,728

     

65,768

   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)(c)

   

1,438

     

20,966

   

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. (c)

   

2,266

     

43,077

   

Big Lots, Inc.

   

1,972

     

88,839

   

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (a)

   

4,348

     

91,221

   

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,133

     

139,416

   

Brinker International, Inc. (a)

   

1,914

     

70,033

   

Carriage Services, Inc.

   

4,346

     

280,056

   

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

   

540

     

171,531

   

Century Communities, Inc.

   

1,325

     

108,372

   

Chuy's Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,164

     

95,300

   

Citi Trends, Inc. (a)

   

1,100

     

104,225

   

Clarus Corp.

   

5,822

     

161,386

   

Conn's, Inc. (a)

   

2,962

     

69,666

   

Denny's Corp. (a)

   

7,715

     

123,440

   

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

   

1,383

     

104,845

   

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)

   

1,698

     

191,891

   

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

8,653

     

122,786

   

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. (c)

   

5,332

     

140,178

   

Franchise Group, Inc.

   

4,238

     

221,054

   

Funko, Inc., Class A (a)

   

3,922

     

73,734

   

Genesco, Inc. (a)

   

1,408

     

90,351

   

Gentherm, Inc. (a)

   

1,529

     

132,870

   

G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)

   

3,467

     

95,828

   

Golden Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

1,884

     

95,198

   

GoPro, Inc., Class A (a)

   

7,714

     

79,531

   

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)

   

4,069

     

123,413

   

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

   

662

     

129,236

   

Groupon, Inc. (a)

   

2,877

     

66,631

   

GrowGeneration Corp. (a)(b)

   

1,881

     

24,547

   

Guess?, Inc.

   

4,098

     

97,041

   

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

   

3,194

     

97,641

   

Hibbett, Inc.

   

1,004

     

72,218

   

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

   

554

     

70,519

   

iRobot Corp. (a)

   

977

     

64,365

   

Jack in the Box, Inc.

   

1,595

     

139,531

   

Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A

   

1,344

     

125,919

   

Lands' End, Inc. (a)

   

1,944

     

38,161

   

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

   

4,223

     

153,337

   

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

   

2,568

     

56,701

   

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,049

     

86,186

   

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

   

1,727

     

107,385

   

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Value

 

Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,627

   

$

111,824

   

MarineMax, Inc. (a)(c)

   

1,753

     

103,497

   

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)

   

1,981

     

146,495

   

Monro, Inc.

   

2,534

     

147,656

   

Movado Group, Inc.

   

2,839

     

118,755

   

OneWater Marine, Inc.

   

2,382

     

145,231

   

Oxford Industries, Inc.

   

1,404

     

142,534

   

Party City Holdco, Inc. (a)

   

10,007

     

55,739

   

Patrick Industries, Inc.

   

1,614

     

130,234

   

Perdoceo Education Corp. (a)

   

13,681

     

160,889

   

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. (a)

   

5,559

     

110,624

   

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,065

     

93,500

   

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

   

2,889

     

112,902

   

Sleep Number Corp. (a)

   

1,074

     

82,268

   

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

   

3,451

     

61,428

   

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

   

2,295

     

113,488

   

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

   

3,851

     

201,754

   

Stoneridge, Inc. (a)

   

5,435

     

107,287

   

Strategic Education, Inc.

   

1,819

     

105,211

   

Stride, Inc. (a)

   

3,248

     

108,256

   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. (b)

   

1,934

     

131,551

   

The Buckle, Inc. (c)

   

3,234

     

136,830

   

The Children's Place, Inc. (a)(c)

   

968

     

76,753

   

The Lovesac Co. (a)

   

1,305

     

86,469

   

The ODP Corp. (a)

   

1,994

     

78,324

   

TravelCenters of America, Inc. (a)

   

1,971

     

101,743

   

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)

   

4,903

     

136,745

   

Tupperware Brands Corp. (a)

   

3,457

     

52,857

   

Universal Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

2,812

     

114,589

   

Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)

   

2,276

     

104,855

   

Visteon Corp. (a)

   

1,171

     

130,145

   

Winmark Corp.

   

962

     

238,855

   

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

   

1,689

     

126,540

   

Workhorse Group, Inc. (a)(c)

   

4,300

     

18,748

   

WW International, Inc. (a)

   

3,619

     

58,374

   

XPEL, Inc. (a)

   

1,102

     

75,245

   

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

   

2,812

     

134,948

   
     

9,297,188

   

Consumer Finance (1.2%):

 

Atlanticus Holdings Corp. (a)

   

1,103

     

78,666

   

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

   

3,194

     

198,379

   

Enova International, Inc. (a)

   

3,487

     

142,828

   

Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)

   

2,802

     

101,545

   

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

   

4,139

     

207,819

   

World Acceptance Corp. (a)(c)

   

419

     

102,835

   
     

832,072

   

Consumer Staples (7.0%):

 

B&G Foods, Inc. (c)

   

3,749

     

115,207

   

BellRing Brands, Inc., Class A (a)(c)

   

4,732

     

135,004

   

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Calavo Growers, Inc.

   

3,482

   

$

147,637

   

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

   

6,715

     

248,388

   

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)

   

4,298

     

205,659

   

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

   

3,916

     

179,000

   

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (a)

   

5,169

     

171,662

   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

   

4,971

     

199,337

   

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

   

4,128

     

113,933

   

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)

   

5,028

     

142,192

   

Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)

   

14,515

     

296,396

   

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

   

2,701

     

233,204

   

Inter Parfums, Inc.

   

2,353

     

251,536

   

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

   

2,540

     

229,006

   

Medifast, Inc.

   

487

     

101,992

   

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

   

1,962

     

166,750

   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

   

2,870

     

145,653

   

PriceSmart, Inc.

   

2,267

     

165,876

   

SpartanNash Co.

   

7,775

     

200,284

   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

   

6,117

     

181,553

   

The Andersons, Inc.

   

4,029

     

155,963

   

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (c)

   

3,749

     

135,826

   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

   

3,670

     

148,745

   

Turning Point Brands, Inc.

   

2,538

     

95,886

   

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

   

2,125

     

104,295

   

Universal Corp.

   

3,803

     

208,861

   

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

   

1,709

     

172,951

   

Vector Group Ltd.

   

9,468

     

108,693

   

Weis Markets, Inc. (b)

   

2,973

     

195,861

   
     

4,957,350

   

Diversified Financial Services (0.3%):

 

Cannae Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,314

     

186,787

   

Energy (1.3%):

 

Altus Midstream Co., Class A

   

1,668

     

102,265

   

Archrock, Inc.

   

17,918

     

134,027

   

Cactus, Inc., Class A

   

2,528

     

96,393

   

Civitas Resources, Inc.

   

2,260

     

110,672

   

CONSOL Energy, Inc. (a)

   

3,033

     

68,879

   

Core Laboratories NV

   

3,383

     

75,475

   

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,505

     

63,872

   

Transocean Ltd. (a)(c)

   

15,800

     

43,608

   

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

   

2,049

     

132,529

   

World Fuel Services Corp. (b)

   

3,475

     

91,983

   
     

919,703

   

Health Care (8.7%):

 

Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)

   

1,501

     

140,358

   

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

15,629

     

74,863

   

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(c)

   

10,231

     

238,280

   

Antares Pharma, Inc. (a)

   

31,189

     

111,345

   

Atrion Corp.

   

263

     

185,389

   

Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)

   

4,586

     

158,997

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Avid Bioservices, Inc. (a)

   

3,612

   

$

105,398

   

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

1,485

     

55,346

   

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

4,362

     

53,129

   

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

   

4,989

     

93,194

   

Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)

   

5,739

     

76,386

   

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

8,179

     

161,944

   

CorVel Corp. (a)

   

1,201

     

249,808

   

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

4,218

     

117,092

   

Cutera, Inc. (a)

   

1,794

     

74,128

   

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

2,392

     

121,801

   

Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)

   

542

     

54,520

   

Hanger, Inc. (a)

   

6,392

     

115,887

   

HealthStream, Inc. (a)

   

6,572

     

173,238

   

Innoviva, Inc. (a)

   

9,966

     

171,913

   

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

11,518

     

134,300

   

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

   

2,637

     

132,456

   

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

7,614

     

29,999

   

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

621

     

95,920

   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (a)

   

4,009

     

81,784

   

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

   

877

     

287,735

   

ModivCare, Inc. (a)

   

601

     

89,122

   

National HealthCare Corp. (b)

   

2,205

     

149,808

   

National Research Corp.

   

3,132

     

130,041

   

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

   

5,017

     

119,053

   

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

8,843

     

157,317

   

OPKO Health, Inc. (a)(c)

   

23,418

     

112,641

   

OptimizeRx Corp. (a)

   

1,159

     

71,985

   

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

9,275

     

80,600

   

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,998

     

36,942

   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

   

1,813

     

78,865

   

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)

   

2,486

     

149,583

   

Patterson Cos., Inc. (b)

   

4,940

     

144,989

   

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

   

6,302

     

128,687

   

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

3,548

     

215,186

   

RadNet, Inc. (a)

   

3,138

     

94,485

   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

2,021

     

85,973

   

Simulations Plus, Inc.

   

2,294

     

108,506

   

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

4,175

     

121,743

   

Surmodics, Inc. (a)

   

2,388

     

114,982

   

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)

   

2,669

     

50,791

   

The Joint Corp. (a)

   

887

     

58,267

   

The Pennant Group, Inc. (a)

   

3,234

     

74,641

   

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

   

997

     

95,263

   

uniQure NV (a)

   

3,358

     

69,645

   

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

6,727

     

105,547

   

Vericel Corp. (a)

   

1,581

     

62,133

   

Xencor, Inc. (a)

   

3,567

     

143,108

   
     

6,145,113

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Industrials (21.7%):

 

AAR Corp. (a)

   

4,055

   

$

158,267

   

ACCO Brands Corp.

   

15,202

     

125,568

   

AeroVironment, Inc. (a)

   

882

     

54,710

   

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)

   

5,646

     

165,879

   

Alamo Group, Inc.

   

1,203

     

177,058

   

Albany International Corp.

   

2,004

     

177,254

   

American Woodmark Corp. (a)

   

1,877

     

122,380

   

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

   

3,118

     

150,132

   

ArcBest Corp.

   

1,601

     

191,880

   

Arcosa, Inc.

   

2,560

     

134,912

   

Argan, Inc.

   

4,120

     

159,403

   

Astec Industries, Inc.

   

2,059

     

142,627

   

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,110

     

198,593

   

AZZ, Inc.

   

3,302

     

182,568

   

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (a)

   

9,374

     

84,553

   

Barnes Group, Inc.

   

3,379

     

157,428

   

Boise Cascade Co.

   

1,971

     

140,335

   

Brady Corp., Class A

   

3,903

     

210,372

   

BrightView Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

9,695

     

136,506

   

CBIZ, Inc. (a)

   

6,910

     

270,319

   

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

   

3,411

     

157,793

   

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

   

2,088

     

206,587

   

Construction Partners, Inc., Class A (a)

   

3,598

     

105,817

   

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)

   

5,576

     

97,245

   

CRA International, Inc.

   

1,450

     

135,372

   

CSW Industrials, Inc.

   

1,338

     

161,711

   

Deluxe Corp.

   

3,339

     

107,215

   

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

   

3,899

     

152,295

   

Ducommun, Inc. (a)

   

2,496

     

116,738

   

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

   

1,251

     

117,294

   

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc.

   

1,614

     

73,437

   

Encore Wire Corp.

   

1,969

     

281,764

   

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)

   

5,304

     

113,983

   

Enerpac Tool Group Corp.

   

6,027

     

122,228

   

EnPro Industries, Inc.

   

1,945

     

214,086

   

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

   

2,112

     

190,059

   

Federal Signal Corp.

   

4,555

     

197,414

   

Forrester Research, Inc. (a)

   

3,420

     

200,857

   

Forward Air Corp.

   

2,038

     

246,781

   

Franklin Covey Co. (a)

   

3,314

     

153,637

   

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

   

1,746

     

116,423

   

Global Industrial Co.

   

3,090

     

126,381

   

GMS, Inc. (a)

   

2,553

     

153,461

   

GrafTech International Ltd.

   

9,942

     

117,614

   

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a)

   

10,359

     

162,843

   

Griffon Corp.

   

5,728

     

163,133

   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

   

3,299

     

146,047

   

Healthcare Services Group

   

5,304

     

94,358

   

Heartland Express, Inc.

   

14,491

     

243,739

   

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Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

   

3,664

   

$

160,227

   

Helios Technologies, Inc.

   

2,094

     

220,226

   

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (a)

   

4,439

     

142,137

   

HNI Corp.

   

3,964

     

166,686

   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,450

     

206,388

   

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

   

2,863

     

142,864

   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

   

1,867

     

76,734

   

ICF International, Inc.

   

2,149

     

220,380

   

IES Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,670

     

135,209

   

Insteel Industries, Inc.

   

3,348

     

133,284

   

Interface, Inc.

   

8,564

     

136,596

   

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (a)

   

4,304

     

113,453

   

Kadant, Inc.

   

837

     

192,912

   

KAR Auction Services, Inc. (a)

   

6,625

     

103,482

   

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A

   

7,321

     

122,773

   

Kforce, Inc.

   

2,950

     

221,899

   

Lindsay Corp.

   

1,049

     

159,448

   

Marten Transport Ltd.

   

11,728

     

201,252

   

Matthews International Corp., Class A

   

4,418

     

162,008

   

McGrath RentCorp

   

2,532

     

203,218

   

Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)

   

2,456

     

135,227

   

Meritor, Inc. (a)

   

5,307

     

131,507

   

Moog, Inc., Class A

   

2,167

     

175,462

   

Mueller Industries, Inc.

   

3,790

     

224,974

   

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A

   

12,231

     

176,126

   

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,254

     

138,630

   

NV5 Global, Inc. (a)

   

1,239

     

171,131

   

Omega Flex, Inc.

   

733

     

93,054

   

PAE, Inc. (a)

   

18,717

     

185,860

   

PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)

   

6,451

     

145,083

   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   

5,688

     

37,711

   

Primoris Services Corp.

   

4,713

     

113,018

   

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

   

1,185

     

60,850

   

Quanex Building Products Corp.

   

6,674

     

165,382

   

REV Group, Inc.

   

5,031

     

71,189

   

Romeo Power, Inc. (a)(c)

   

8,637

     

31,525

   

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class B

   

3,893

     

216,607

   

SkyWest, Inc. (a)

   

2,474

     

97,228

   

SPX Corp. (a)

   

2,697

     

160,957

   

Standex International Corp.

   

1,693

     

187,347

   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

   

10,026

     

117,505

   

Sterling Construction Co., Inc. (a)

   

4,067

     

106,962

   

Tennant Co.

   

2,847

     

230,721

   

The Gorman-Rupp Co.

   

4,740

     

211,167

   

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

   

2,854

     

130,970

   

The Manitowoc Co., Inc. (a)

   

3,678

     

68,374

   

The Shyft Group, Inc.

   

2,707

     

132,995

   

Titan Machinery, Inc. (a)

   

3,170

     

106,797

   

TPI Composites, Inc. (a)

   

1,916

     

28,663

   

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

   

4,262

     

117,930

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

   

6,709

   

$

82,990

   

Veritiv Corp. (a)

   

714

     

87,515

   

VSE Corp.

   

2,782

     

169,535

   

Wabash National Corp.

   

9,009

     

175,856

   
     

15,325,080

   

Information Technology (10.4%):

 

A10 Networks, Inc.

   

7,769

     

128,810

   

ACM Research, Inc., Class A (a)

   

662

     

56,449

   

ADTRAN, Inc.

   

5,157

     

117,734

   

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

   

2,816

     

170,537

   

American Software, Inc., Class A

   

3,688

     

96,515

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

5,106

     

101,099

   

Avid Technology, Inc. (a)

   

2,810

     

91,522

   

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

1,695

     

126,379

   

Belden, Inc.

   

2,169

     

142,568

   

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

   

6,497

     

176,069

   

Calix, Inc. (a)

   

1,801

     

144,026

   

Cambium Networks Corp. (a)

   

1,859

     

47,646

   

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

   

4,553

     

179,024

   

ChannelAdvisor Corp. (a)

   

4,208

     

103,853

   

Clearfield, Inc. (a)

   

1,750

     

147,735

   

Cohu, Inc. (a)

   

2,450

     

93,321

   

CSG Systems International, Inc.

   

5,153

     

296,916

   

CTS Corp.

   

4,203

     

154,334

   

Digi International, Inc. (a)

   

5,270

     

129,484

   

Ebix, Inc.

   

2,075

     

63,080

   

EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)

   

4,511

     

118,865

   

ePlus, Inc. (a)

   

3,074

     

165,627

   

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

   

9,252

     

145,256

   

FARO Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

2,022

     

141,581

   

Ichor Holdings Ltd. (a)

   

1,909

     

87,871

   

InterDigital, Inc.

   

2,382

     

170,623

   

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

4,456

     

96,963

   

Knowles Corp. (a)

   

11,861

     

276,954

   

Methode Electronics, Inc.

   

3,632

     

178,586

   

Mitek Systems, Inc. (a)

   

4,653

     

82,591

   

Napco Security Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

3,561

     

177,979

   

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

   

3,610

     

105,448

   

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

   

7,012

     

231,957

   

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

   

2,622

     

244,370

   

PC Connection, Inc.

   

3,316

     

143,019

   

Photronics, Inc. (a)

   

9,450

     

178,133

   

Plexus Corp. (a)

   

2,100

     

201,369

   

Progress Software Corp.

   

3,959

     

191,101

   

Ribbon Communications, Inc. (a)

   

14,855

     

89,873

   

Sanmina Corp. (a)

   

5,059

     

209,746

   

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

   

3,275

     

114,887

   

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,083

     

147,872

   

SolarWinds Corp.

   

5,838

     

82,841

   

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

   

4,476

     

196,720

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

28,757

   

$

428,479

   

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,765

     

101,240

   

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

   

5,924

     

168,656

   

Verra Mobility Corp. (a)

   

8,968

     

138,376

   

Xperi Holding Corp.

   

7,431

     

140,520

   
     

7,324,604

   

Insurance (2.8%):

 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

   

5,437

     

211,608

   

AMERISAFE, Inc.

   

4,000

     

215,320

   

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

   

3,440

     

199,898

   

eHealth, Inc. (a)

   

2,058

     

52,479

   

Employers Holdings, Inc.

   

4,831

     

199,907

   

Genworth Financial, Inc. (a)

   

22,485

     

91,064

   

HCI Group, Inc.

   

929

     

77,609

   

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

   

5,238

     

202,711

   

Palomar Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,210

     

78,372

   

Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (b)

   

2,704

     

229,921

   

Selectquote, Inc. (a)

   

6,762

     

61,264

   

SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)

   

18,275

     

148,576

   

Stewart Information Services Corp.

   

2,861

     

228,107

   
     

1,996,836

   

IT Services (0.1%):

 

Everi Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

4,665

     

99,598

   

Machinery (0.1%):

 

DMC Global, Inc. (a)

   

2,251

     

89,162

   

Materials (4.1%):

 

AdvanSix, Inc.

   

3,101

     

146,522

   

Chase Corp.

   

1,533

     

152,625

   

Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)

   

9,550

     

48,132

   

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

6,774

     

214,465

   

Glatfelter Corp.

   

9,791

     

168,405

   

Hawkins, Inc.

   

3,377

     

133,223

   

Innospec, Inc.

   

1,897

     

171,375

   

Koppers Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

4,034

     

126,264

   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

   

12,228

     

183,542

   

Materion Corp.

   

2,164

     

198,958

   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

   

2,130

     

155,810

   

Myers Industries, Inc.

   

6,967

     

139,410

   

O-I Glass, Inc. (a)

   

7,575

     

91,127

   

Orion Engineered Carbons SA (a)

   

7,220

     

132,559

   

Ryerson Holding Corp.

   

3,180

     

82,839

   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

   

2,085

     

108,253

   

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

   

3,913

     

116,999

   

Stepan Co.

   

1,834

     

227,948

   

TimkenSteel Corp. (a)

   

4,717

     

77,831

   

Trinseo PLC (a)

   

2,337

     

122,599

   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

   

2,232

     

122,001

   
     

2,920,887

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate (1.6%):

 

Douglas Elliman, Inc. (a)

   

4,734

   

$

54,441

   

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

   

8,560

     

186,180

   

Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)

   

5,093

     

262,086

   

Newmark Group, Inc., Class A

   

8,702

     

162,727

   

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.

   

4,713

     

143,699

   

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

   

5,310

     

89,261

   

The RMR Group, Inc., Class A

   

3,258

     

112,988

   

The St. Joe Co.

   

2,597

     

135,174

   
     

1,146,556

   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (4.1%):

 

Axos Financial, Inc. (a)

   

3,221

     

180,086

   

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

   

19,688

     

223,065

   

Columbia Financial, Inc. (a)(b)

   

13,589

     

283,467

   

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C

   

1,758

     

217,869

   

Kearny Financial Corp.

   

14,664

     

194,298

   

Merchants Bancorp

   

3,713

     

175,736

   

Meta Financial Group, Inc.

   

3,005

     

179,278

   

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

6,271

     

137,021

   

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

   

12,529

     

202,469

   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (b)

   

16,479

     

233,343

   

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

   

7,572

     

168,098

   

Premier Financial Corp.

   

4,984

     

154,056

   

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

   

7,511

     

181,916

   

Washington Federal, Inc.

   

5,522

     

184,324

   

WSFS Financial Corp.

   

3,141

     

157,427

   
     

2,872,453

   

Utilities (3.0%):

 

Avista Corp.

   

5,359

     

227,704

   

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

   

1,789

     

260,854

   

MGE Energy, Inc.

   

3,124

     

256,949

   

Middlesex Water Co.

   

1,372

     

165,052

   

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

   

3,222

     

157,169

   

Otter Tail Corp. (b)

   

4,429

     

316,319

   

SJW Group

   

3,276

     

239,803

   

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

   

5,409

     

141,283

   

The York Water Co.

   

3,888

     

193,545

   

Unitil Corp. (b)

   

3,476

     

159,861

   
     

2,118,539

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $58,981,440)

   

70,395,087

   

Investment Companies (0.3%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.01% (e)

   

225,408

     

225,408

   

Total Investment Companies (Cost $225,408)

   

225,408

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (1.2%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (e)

   

19,182

   

$

19,182

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (e)
   

376,734

     

376,734

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (e)
   

9,573

     

9,573

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (e)

   

76,330

     

76,330

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (e)
   

343,193

     

343,193

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $825,012)

   

825,012

   

Total Investments (Cost $60,031,860) — 101.1%

   

71,445,507

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.1)%

   

(773,588

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

70,671,919

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d)  Affiliated security. (See Note 8 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(e)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini Russell 2000 Index Futures

   

2

   

3/18/22

 

$

213,193

   

$

224,280

   

$

11,087

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

11,087

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

11,087

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.3%)

 

Australia (4.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

REA Group Ltd.

   

654

   

$

79,750

   

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

   

39,188

     

119,152

   
     

198,902

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

   

2,469

     

78,250

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

Coles Group Ltd.

   

7,619

     

99,424

   

Woolworths Group Ltd.

   

3,505

     

96,908

   
     

196,332

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

   

4,855

     

77,446

   

Financials (1.8%):

 

ASX Ltd.

   

1,870

     

126,366

   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

   

5,432

     

108,699

   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

   

1,416

     

104,030

   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

   

793

     

118,481

   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

   

5,853

     

122,785

   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

   

9,239

     

74,395

   

Westpac Banking Corp.

   

5,876

     

91,254

   
     

746,010

   

Health Care (0.5%):

 

CSL Ltd.

   

408

     

86,280

   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

   

3,231

     

109,591

   
     

195,871

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Brambles Ltd.

   

14,378

     

111,174

   

Materials (0.8%):

 

BHP Group Ltd. (a)

   

1,996

     

60,254

   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

   

3,270

     

45,693

   

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

   

3,858

     

68,698

   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

   

766

     

55,780

   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

   

2,560

     

110,425

   
     

340,850

   
     

1,944,835

   

Austria (0.5%):

 

Energy (0.2%):

 

OMV AG

   

1,250

     

71,079

   

Financials (0.2%):

 

Erste Group Bank AG

   

2,101

     

98,900

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Verbund AG

   

498

   

$

56,068

   
     

226,047

   

Belgium (1.5%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA (a)

   

1,288

     

77,961

   

Financials (0.8%):

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   

1,148

     

128,283

   

KBC Group NV

   

855

     

73,447

   

Sofina SA

   

211

     

103,767

   
     

305,497

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

UCB SA

   

792

     

90,476

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

Solvay SA, Class A

   

733

     

85,280

   

Umicore SA

   

1,032

     

42,000

   
     

127,280

   
     

601,214

   

Canada (12.8%):

 

Communication Services (1.1%):

 

BCE, Inc. (a)(b)

   

3,345

     

174,047

   

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

   

2,028

     

96,574

   

TELUS Corp. (a)(b)

   

7,115

     

167,580

   
     

438,201

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.5%):

 

Dollarama, Inc.

   

2,366

     

118,431

   

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

   

1,455

     

88,234

   
     

206,665

   

Consumer Staples (1.3%):

 

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

   

2,011

     

84,269

   

George Weston Ltd.

   

1,089

     

126,275

   

Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (a)

   

1,883

     

154,296

   

Metro, Inc. (a)

   

3,016

     

160,529

   
     

525,369

   

Energy (0.9%):

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

1,777

     

75,096

   

Enbridge, Inc.

   

3,030

     

118,368

   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

2,959

     

74,045

   

TC Energy Corp.

   

2,098

     

97,585

   
     

365,094

   

Financials (4.5%):

 

Bank of Montreal

   

1,330

     

143,211

   

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A

   

1,570

     

94,823

   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   

1,458

     

169,973

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

   

204

   

$

100,361

   

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

   

5,227

     

156,876

   

Intact Financial Corp.

   

970

     

126,097

   

Manulife Financial Corp.

   

5,431

     

103,527

   

National Bank of Canada (a)

   

1,910

     

145,636

   

Power Corp. of Canada

   

4,285

     

141,614

   

Royal Bank of Canada

   

1,776

     

188,511

   

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

   

2,645

     

147,244

   

The Bank of Nova Scotia

   

2,522

     

178,562

   

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

   

2,331

     

178,732

   
     

1,875,167

   

Industrials (1.2%):

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

   

769

     

94,471

   

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (a)

   

1,186

     

85,312

   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

   

810

     

96,876

   

Waste Connections, Inc.

   

1,069

     

145,711

   

WSP Global, Inc.

   

583

     

84,643

   
     

507,013

   

Information Technology (0.8%):

 

CGI, Inc. (c)

   

1,242

     

109,834

   

Constellation Software, Inc.

   

50

     

92,779

   

Open Text Corp.

   

2,097

     

99,545

   

Shopify, Inc., Class A (c)

   

26

     

35,803

   
     

337,961

   

Materials (1.0%):

 

Aginco Eagle Mines Ltd. (a)

   

1,069

     

56,788

   

Barrick Gold Corp.

   

3,229

     

61,399

   

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

   

1,680

     

40,207

   

Franco-Nevada Corp.

   

533

     

73,722

   

Nutrien Ltd.

   

1,277

     

95,997

   

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B

   

1,808

     

52,076

   

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

   

1,258

     

53,988

   
     

434,177

   

Utilities (1.5%):

 

Emera, Inc.

   

4,291

     

214,482

   

Fortis, Inc. (a)

   

4,341

     

209,465

   

Hydro One Ltd. (d)

   

7,014

     

182,504

   
     

606,451

   
     

5,296,098

   

Denmark (2.4%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.1%):

 

Pandora A/S

   

473

     

59,053

   

Consumer Staples (0.3%):

 

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

   

589

     

101,861

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Financials (0.4%):

 

Danske Bank A/S

   

4,253

   

$

73,551

   

Tryg A/S

   

3,958

     

97,871

   
     

171,422

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Coloplast A/S, Class B

   

458

     

80,714

   

Demant A/S (c)

   

1,008

     

51,718

   

Genmab A/S (c)

   

152

     

61,207

   

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

   

879

     

98,920

   
     

292,559

   

Industrials (0.4%):

 

AP Moller — Maersk A/S, Class B

   

20

     

71,809

   

DSV A/S

   

320

     

74,841

   

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (a)

   

1,036

     

31,725

   
     

178,375

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

Christian Hansen Holding A/S

   

872

     

68,812

   

Novozymes A/S, B Shares

   

1,121

     

92,204

   
     

161,016

   

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Orsted A/S (d)

   

321

     

41,049

   
     

1,005,335

   

Finland (1.6%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Kesko Oyj, Class B

   

2,135

     

71,310

   

Energy (0.1%):

 

Neste Oyj

   

1,061

     

52,372

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

Nordea Bank Abp

   

8,295

     

101,472

   

Sampo Oyj, A Shares

   

2,125

     

106,585

   
     

208,057

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Kone Oyj, Class B

   

1,168

     

83,821

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

Stora Enso Oyj, Class R

   

3,748

     

68,865

   

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

   

2,233

     

85,056

   
     

153,921

   

Utilities (0.2%):

 

Fortum Oyj

   

3,067

     

94,234

   
     

663,715

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

France (9.0%):

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

Orange SA

   

10,196

   

$

109,257

   

Publicis Groupe SA

   

1,271

     

85,657

   

Vivendi SE

   

1,800

     

24,364

   
     

219,278

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.9%):

 

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

   

586

     

96,163

   

Hermes International

   

68

     

118,903

   

Kering SA

   

88

     

70,816

   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   

113

     

93,520

   
     

379,402

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Carrefour SA

   

3,488

     

63,949

   

Danone SA

   

1,313

     

81,596

   

L'Oreal SA

   

246

     

116,765

   

Pernod Ricard SA

   

575

     

138,443

   
     

400,753

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Bollore SA

   

13,475

     

75,472

   

TotalEnergies SE

   

1,906

     

96,837

   
     

172,309

   

Financials (1.2%):

 

Amundi SA (d)

   

1,019

     

84,160

   

AXA SA

   

3,374

     

100,575

   

BNP Paribas SA

   

1,109

     

76,721

   

CNP Assurances

   

3,969

     

98,273

   

Credit Agricole SA

   

5,188

     

74,120

   

Societe Generale SA

   

1,889

     

64,953

   
     

498,802

   

Health Care (0.6%):

 

BioMerieux

   

580

     

82,468

   

Sanofi

   

1,150

     

115,965

   

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

   

112

     

61,506

   
     

259,939

   

Industrials (2.4%):

 

Airbus SE (c)

   

444

     

56,792

   

Alstom SA

   

1,544

     

54,875

   

Bouygues SA

   

2,256

     

80,873

   

Bureau Veritas SA

   

4,350

     

144,500

   

Cie de Saint-Gobain

   

1,109

     

78,109

   

Legrand SA

   

981

     

114,915

   

Safran SA

   

529

     

64,834

   

Schneider Electric SE

   

549

     

107,784

   

Teleperformance

   

226

     

100,853

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Thales SA

   

979

   

$

83,364

   

Vinci SA

   

787

     

83,239

   
     

970,138

   

Information Technology (0.8%):

 

Capgemini SE

   

445

     

109,169

   

Dassault Systemes SE

   

1,750

     

104,211

   

Edenred

   

1,509

     

69,693

   

Worldline SA (c)

   

793

     

44,244

   
     

327,317

   

Materials (0.6%):

 

Air Liquide SA

   

733

     

127,937

   

EssilorLuxottica SA

   

509

     

108,495

   
     

236,432

   

Utilities (0.6%):

 

Electricite de France SA

   

3,985

     

46,862

   

Engie SA

   

6,688

     

99,083

   

Veolia Environnement SA

   

2,412

     

88,580

   
     

234,525

   
     

3,698,895

   

Germany (6.6%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Deutsche Telekom AG

   

5,110

     

94,820

   

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%):

 

adidas AG

   

184

     

53,036

   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

   

765

     

77,064

   

Continental AG (c)

   

497

     

52,680

   

Daimler AG

   

839

     

64,556

   

HelloFresh SE (c)

   

403

     

30,986

   

Puma SE

   

676

     

82,727

   

Zalando SE (c)(d)

   

525

     

42,517

   
     

403,566

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Beiersdorf AG

   

914

     

94,040

   

Financials (1.1%):

 

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

   

391

     

92,427

   

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares (c)

   

4,703

     

58,989

   

Deutsche Boerse AG

   

631

     

105,666

   

Hannover Rueck SE

   

541

     

102,943

   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, Class R

   

290

     

86,000

   
     

446,025

   

Health Care (0.8%):

 

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

   

409

     

86,067

   

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

   

1,125

     

73,179

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

   

1,730

   

$

69,718

   

Merck KGaA

   

364

     

94,063

   
     

323,027

   

Industrials (1.2%):

 

Brenntag SE

   

1,095

     

99,200

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG (c)

   

419

     

15,402

   

Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares

   

1,191

     

76,659

   

KION Group AG

   

691

     

75,894

   

Knorr-Bremse AG

   

634

     

62,719

   

MTU Aero Engines AG

   

263

     

53,712

   

Rational AG

   

46

     

47,150

   

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

   

450

     

78,215

   
     

508,951

   

Information Technology (0.4%):

 

Infineon Technologies AG

   

1,369

     

63,523

   

SAP SE

   

648

     

92,136

   
     

155,659

   

Materials (1.0%):

 

BASF SE

   

1,199

     

84,326

   

Covestro AG (d)

   

1,057

     

65,218

   

Evonik Industries AG

   

3,392

     

109,935

   

HeidelbergCement AG

   

892

     

60,439

   

Symrise AG

   

788

     

116,886

   
     

436,804

   

Real Estate (0.2%):

 

Vonovia SE

   

1,448

     

79,947

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

E.ON SE

   

8,349

     

115,878

   

RWE AG

   

1,960

     

79,701

   
     

195,579

   
     

2,738,418

   

Hong Kong (3.2%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.1%):

 

WH Group Ltd. (d)

   

60,459

     

37,916

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

AIA Group Ltd.

   

4,982

     

50,221

   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

   

6,012

     

110,027

   

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

   

877

     

51,221

   
     

211,469

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.

   

60,749

     

42,539

   

Industrials (0.5%):

 

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

   

11,077

     

71,457

   

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

   

1,200

     

66,012

   

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

8,000

     

28,933

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

   

2,014

   

$

40,087

   

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

   

8,239

     

20,605

   
     

227,094

   

Real Estate (0.8%):

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

   

12,069

     

76,077

   

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

   

21,711

     

92,443

   

New World Development Co. Ltd.

   

19,031

     

75,296

   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   

6,535

     

79,285

   
     

323,101

   

Utilities (1.2%):

 

China Common Rich Renewable Energy Investments Ltd. (c)(e)(f)

   

26,000

     

667

   

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

   

15,992

     

101,830

   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   

15,330

     

154,828

   

Hong Kong and China Gas Co. Ltd.

   

71,268

     

110,961

   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (b)

   

19,122

     

119,186

   
     

487,472

   
     

1,329,591

   

Ireland (0.9%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Kerry Group PLC

   

667

     

85,992

   

Industrials (0.3%):

 

Experian PLC

   

1,874

     

92,111

   

Kingspan Group PLC

   

448

     

53,550

   
     

145,661

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

CRH PLC

   

1,417

     

75,042

   

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

   

1,419

     

78,249

   
     

153,291

   
     

384,944

   

Israel (0.5%):

 

Financials (0.3%):

 

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

   

12,209

     

131,480

   

Information Technology (0.2%):

 

Nice Ltd. (c)

   

244

     

74,761

   
     

206,241

   

Italy (2.7%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Moncler SpA

   

1,166

     

84,978

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

   

5,489

     

116,412

   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

   

33,287

     

86,170

   

Poste Italiane SpA (d)

   

6,636

     

87,178

   

UniCredit SpA

   

5,004

     

77,154

   
     

366,914

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Health Care (0.5%):

 

Amplifon SpA (a)

   

1,239

   

$

66,927

   

DiaSorin SpA

   

280

     

53,375

   

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA

   

1,453

     

93,456

   
     

213,758

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Atlantia SpA (c)

   

3,857

     

76,641

   

Information Technology (0.1%):

 

Nexi SpA (c)(d)

   

3,400

     

54,149

   

Utilities (0.8%):

 

Enel SpA

   

9,580

     

76,842

   

Snam SpA

   

20,935

     

126,311

   

Terna — Rete Elettrica Nazionale

   

13,727

     

111,169

   
     

314,322

   
     

1,110,762

   

Japan (17.7%):

 

Communication Services (1.3%):

 

KDDI Corp.

   

3,208

     

93,777

   

Nexon Co. Ltd.

   

2,800

     

54,145

   

Nintendo Co. Ltd. (b)

   

100

     

46,648

   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

   

3,828

     

104,845

   

Softbank Corp.

   

10,400

     

131,526

   

SoftBank Group Corp.

   

1,000

     

47,248

   

Z Holdings Corp.

   

8,330

     

48,339

   
     

526,528

   

Consumer Discretionary (2.5%):

 

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

   

900

     

70,382

   

Bridgestone Corp.

   

1,600

     

68,850

   

Denso Corp.

   

800

     

66,283

   

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

   

100

     

56,786

   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

   

2,300

     

64,594

   

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

430

     

64,401

   

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

   

3,600

     

49,676

   

Panasonic Corp.

   

5,500

     

60,495

   

Sekisui House Ltd.

   

4,272

     

91,710

   

Shimano, Inc.

   

240

     

63,980

   

Sony Group Corp.

   

600

     

75,515

   

Subaru Corp.

   

3,800

     

67,964

   

Suzuki Motor Corp.

   

1,400

     

53,914

   

Toyota Industries Corp.

   

808

     

64,564

   

Toyota Motor Corp.

   

4,720

     

86,410

   

ZOZO, Inc.

   

1,300

     

40,579

   
     

1,046,103

   

Consumer Staples (1.5%):

 

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

   

1,560

     

60,685

   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

   

5,444

     

109,936

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Kao Corp.

   

1,518

   

$

79,444

   

Kikkoman Corp.

   

800

     

67,264

   

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

5,600

     

89,933

   

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

1,600

     

70,338

   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

   

1,800

     

65,107

   

Unicharm Corp.

   

1,694

     

73,631

   
     

616,338

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

   

2,700

     

82,096

   

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

   

20,100

     

75,203

   
     

157,299

   

Financials (2.5%):

 

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

   

3,188

     

64,461

   

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

   

2,600

     

56,924

   

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

   

9,912

     

90,924

   

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

9,800

     

76,416

   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

   

14,800

     

80,415

   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

   

6,700

     

85,228

   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

   

2,900

     

89,489

   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

   

12,800

     

55,837

   

ORIX Corp.

   

3,668

     

74,868

   

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

   

2,100

     

88,722

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

   

2,384

     

81,733

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

   

2,600

     

86,878

   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

   

1,800

     

100,040

   
     

1,031,935

   

Health Care (2.2%):

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

   

4,452

     

72,406

   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

1,790

     

58,131

   

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

   

2,600

     

66,125

   

Eisai Co. Ltd.

   

554

     

31,460

   

Hoya Corp.

   

418

     

62,186

   

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

   

2,100

     

57,243

   

M3, Inc.

   

800

     

40,296

   

Olympus Corp.

   

2,700

     

62,200

   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

3,284

     

81,550

   

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

2,000

     

72,498

   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

   

1,228

     

86,753

   

Sysmex Corp.

   

474

     

64,087

   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

3,000

     

81,828

   

Terumo Corp.

   

1,700

     

71,837

   
     

908,600

   

Industrials (3.0%):

 

Daikin Industries Ltd.

   

266

     

60,342

   

FANUC Corp.

   

230

     

48,756

   

Hitachi Ltd.

   

1,100

     

59,586

   

ITOCHU Corp.

   

3,100

     

94,825

   

Komatsu Ltd.

   

2,788

     

65,294

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Kubota Corp.

   

3,204

   

$

71,136

   

Makita Corp.

   

1,200

     

50,949

   

Marubeni Corp.

   

7,700

     

74,951

   

Mitsubishi Corp.

   

2,892

     

91,832

   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

   

5,552

     

70,408

   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (a)

   

2,986

     

70,710

   

Nidec Corp.

   

554

     

65,125

   

Nippon Yusen KK

   

500

     

38,084

   

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

920

     

55,771

   

Secom Co. Ltd.

   

1,210

     

84,019

   

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

2,400

     

56,197

   

SMC Corp.

   

114

     

76,909

   

Toshiba Corp.

   

1,100

     

45,239

   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

   

1,300

     

59,908

   
     

1,240,041

   

Information Technology (3.0%):

 

Advantest Corp.

   

600

     

56,865

   

Canon, Inc. (a)

   

2,614

     

63,662

   

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

   

960

     

71,167

   

Fujitsu Ltd.

   

400

     

68,620

   

Keyence Corp.

   

128

     

80,444

   

Kyocera Corp.

   

1,300

     

81,237

   

Lasertec Corp.

   

200

     

61,369

   

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

802

     

63,855

   

NEC Corp.

   

1,100

     

50,787

   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

   

1,674

     

71,830

   

NTT Data Corp.

   

3,808

     

81,650

   

Obic Co. Ltd.

   

400

     

75,124

   

Omron Corp.

   

800

     

79,715

   

Renesas Electronics Corp. (c)

   

4,300

     

53,203

   

TDK Corp.

   

1,900

     

74,176

   

Shimadzu Corp.

   

1,600

     

67,542

   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

   

126

     

72,613

   

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

   

1,200

     

58,847

   
     

1,232,706

   

Materials (0.7%):

 

Asahi Kasei Corp.

   

6,800

     

63,914

   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

   

7,900

     

58,524

   

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

3,590

     

39,143

   

Nippon Steel Corp.

   

2,100

     

34,300

   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

470

     

81,405

   
     

277,286

   

Real Estate (0.6%):

 

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

   

2,500

     

71,907

   

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

   

5,452

     

75,587

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

   

2,978

   

$

58,998

   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

   

1,900

     

55,888

   
     

262,380

   
     

7,299,216

   

Korea, Republic Of (3.1%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

Kakao Corp.

   

403

     

38,143

   

NAVER Corp.

   

156

     

49,677

   

NCSoft Corp.

   

86

     

46,524

   

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

   

756

     

36,827

   
     

171,171

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.4%):

 

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

   

189

     

40,468

   

Hyundai Motor Co.

   

266

     

46,773

   

Kia Corp.

   

584

     

40,388

   

LG Electronics, Inc.

   

265

     

30,767

   
     

158,396

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Amorepacific Corp.

   

308

     

43,275

   

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

   

59

     

54,453

   
     

97,728

   

Financials (0.4%):

 

KB Financial Group, Inc.

   

1,369

     

63,348

   

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

   

1,083

     

58,405

   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

   

2,263

     

70,064

   
     

191,817

   

Health Care (0.3%):

 

Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.

   

402

     

27,116

   

Celltrion, Inc.

   

177

     

29,565

   

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. (c)(d)

   

72

     

54,700

   
     

111,381

   

Industrials (0.4%):

 

HMM Co. Ltd. (c)

   

825

     

18,671

   

LG Corp.

   

543

     

36,958

   

Samsung C&T Corp.

   

534

     

53,463

   

SK, Inc.

   

215

     

45,402

   
     

154,494

   

Information Technology (0.7%):

 

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

   

369

     

61,314

   

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

1,269

     

83,596

   

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

   

78

     

42,983

   

SK Hynix, Inc.

   

566

     

62,381

   

SK Square Co. Ltd. (c)

   

488

     

27,262

   
     

277,536

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (0.2%):

 

LG Chem Ltd.

   

71

   

$

36,736

   

POSCO

   

184

     

42,494

   
     

79,230

   

Utilities (0.1%):

 

Korea Electric Power Corp.

   

3,062

     

56,933

   
     

1,298,686

   

Luxembourg (0.6%):

 

Energy (0.1%):

 

Tenaris SA

   

5,257

     

55,117

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Eurofins Scientific SE (d)

   

540

     

66,883

   

Materials (0.1%):

 

ArcelorMittal SA

   

1,469

     

47,067

   

Real Estate (0.2%):

 

Aroundtown SA (a)

   

10,356

     

62,719

   
     

231,786

   

Netherlands (4.0%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

27,188

     

84,495

   

Universal Music Group NV

   

1,800

     

50,777

   
     

135,272

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.1%):

 

Prosus NV

   

574

     

48,047

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Davide Campari-Milano NV

   

7,631

     

111,672

   

Heineken Holding NV

   

1,065

     

98,385

   

Heineken NV

   

869

     

97,799

   

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

   

3,308

     

113,483

   
     

421,339

   

Financials (0.8%):

 

ABN AMRO Bank NV (d)

   

4,095

     

60,211

   

Euronext NV (d)

   

765

     

79,467

   

ING Groep NV

   

4,605

     

64,176

   

NN Group NV

   

1,908

     

103,412

   
     

307,266

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Koninklijke Philips NV

   

2,005

     

74,786

   

Industrials (0.5%):

 

Randstad NV

   

1,255

     

85,778

   

Wolters Kluwer NV

   

1,045

     

123,245

   
     

209,023

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Information Technology (0.6%):

 

Adyen NV (c)(d)

   

16

   

$

42,103

   

ASM International NV

   

142

     

62,834

   
ASML Holding NV    

77

     

61,947

   

STMicroelectronics NV

   

1,497

     

73,910

   
     

240,794

   

Materials (0.5%):

 

Akzo Nobel NV

   

837

     

91,949

   

Koninklijke DSM NV

   

547

     

123,295

   
     

215,244

   
     

1,651,771

   

New Zealand (0.3%):

 

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

   

2,542

     

57,019

   

Information Technology (0.1%):

 

Xero Ltd. (c)

   

496

     

51,030

   
     

108,049

   

Norway (1.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Telenor ASA

   

7,398

     

116,480

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Mowi ASA

   

3,300

     

78,237

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

DNB Bank ASA

   

4,306

     

98,810

   

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

   

4,603

     

111,900

   
     

210,710

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

Norsk Hydro ASA

   

8,037

     

63,471

   

Yara International ASA

   

1,833

     

92,661

   
     

156,132

   
     

561,559

   

Portugal (0.4%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

   

4,246

     

97,156

   

Utilities (0.2%):

 

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA

   

13,825

     

76,047

   
     

173,203

   

Singapore (1.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

   

62,600

     

107,795

   

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Wilmar International Ltd.

   

31,362

     

96,370

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Financials (0.9%):

 

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

   

4,678

   

$

113,400

   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

   

13,538

     

114,550

   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

   

6,892

     

137,604

   
     

365,554

   
     

569,719

   

Spain (1.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Telefonica SA

   

14,332

     

62,847

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

   

2,374

     

77,104

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Repsol SA

   

5,476

     

65,056

   

Financials (0.4%):

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

   

9,219

     

55,098

   

Banco Santander SA

   

16,823

     

56,314

   

CaixaBank SA

   

21,283

     

58,488

   
     

169,900

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Grifols SA

   

3,024

     

58,092

   

Utilities (0.4%):

 

Endesa SA

   

3,667

     

84,325

   

Iberdrola SA

   

7,897

     

93,585

   
     

177,910

   
     

610,909

   

Sweden (5.0%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.3%):

 

Evolution AB (d)

   

252

     

35,882

   

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

   

3,789

     

74,698

   
     

110,580

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

Essity AB, Class B

   

3,461

     

113,183

   

Swedish Match AB

   

10,144

     

80,878

   
     

194,061

   

Financials (1.5%):

 

EQT AB

   

942

     

51,412

   

Industrivarden AB, Class C

   

2,779

     

87,403

   

Investor AB, Class B

   

4,427

     

111,618

   

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

   

1,561

     

87,788

   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

   

6,920

     

96,411

   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

   

8,922

     

96,658

   

Swedbank AB, Class A

   

4,598

     

92,693

   
     

623,983

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (1.9%):

 

Alfa Laval AB

   

2,049

   

$

82,659

   

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

   

2,815

     

86,074

   

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

   

1,261

     

87,361

   

Epiroc AB, Class A

   

3,600

     

91,345

   

Indutrade AB

   

2,447

     

75,092

   

Lifco AB, Class B

   

2,573

     

77,107

   

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

   

4,565

     

69,109

   

Sandvik AB

   

2,791

     

78,048

   

Skanska AB, Class B

   

2,899

     

75,163

   

Volvo AB, Class B

   

3,270

     

75,895

   
     

797,853

   

Information Technology (0.4%):

 

Hexagon AB, Class B

   

5,226

     

83,108

   

Sinch AB (c)(d)

   

1,679

     

21,394

   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

   

6,489

     

71,686

   
     

176,188

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

   

4,808

     

85,563

   

Real Estate (0.2%):

 

Fastighets AB Balder, Class B (c)

   

1,151

     

83,053

   
     

2,071,281

   

Switzerland (8.1%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Swisscom AG, Registered Shares

   

218

     

123,156

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.4%):

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Registered Shares

   

674

     

101,333

   

The Swatch Group AG

   

284

     

86,987

   
     

188,320

   

Consumer Staples (1.3%):

 

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered Shares

   

51

     

124,071

   

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG

   

10

     

138,654

   

Coca-Cola HBC AG

   

2,764

     

95,571

   

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

   

1,205

     

168,586

   
     

526,882

   

Financials (1.6%):

 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares

   

6,176

     

60,153

   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

   

1,219

     

81,873

   

Partners Group Holding AG

   

54

     

89,664

   

Swiss Life Holding AG

   

195

     

119,667

   

Swiss Re AG

   

1,031

     

102,161

   

UBS Group AG

   

5,154

     

92,907

   

Zurich Insurance Group AG

   

256

     

112,529

   
     

658,954

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Health Care (1.4%):

 

Alcon, Inc.

   

940

   

$

83,319

   

Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares

   

108

     

90,299

   

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

   

1,392

     

122,681

   

Roche Holding AG

   

280

     

116,531

   

Sonova Holding AG

   

182

     

71,489

   

Straumann Holding AG, Class R

   

39

     

82,932

   
     

567,251

   

Industrials (1.6%):

 

ABB Ltd., Registered Shares

   

2,665

     

102,106

   

Geberit AG, Registered Shares

   

144

     

117,805

   

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Class R

   

238

     

76,921

   

Schindler Holding AG

   

325

     

87,592

   

SGS SA, Registered Shares

   

51

     

170,597

   

VAT Group AG (d)

   

176

     

87,797

   
     

642,818

   

Information Technology (0.2%):

 

Logitech International SA, Class R

   

577

     

48,699

   

Temenos AG

   

351

     

48,571

   
     

97,270

   

Materials (1.3%):

 

EMS-Chemie Holding AG

   

105

     

117,692

   

Givaudan SA, Registered Shares

   

25

     

131,518

   

Glencore PLC

   

12,006

     

60,921

   

Holcim Ltd.

   

1,719

     

87,771

   

Sika AG, Registered Shares

   

293

     

122,295

   
     

520,197

   
     

3,324,848

   

United Kingdom (9.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

BT Group PLC

   

26,332

     

60,420

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

Entain PLC (c)

   

1,735

     

39,517

   

JD Sports Fashion PLC (c)

   

20,785

     

61,264

   

Next PLC

   

638

     

70,368

   

Persimmon PLC

   

1,629

     

62,961

   
     

234,110

   

Consumer Staples (1.4%):

 

Associated British Foods PLC

   

2,774

     

75,382

   

British American Tobacco PLC

   

2,360

     

87,303

   

Diageo PLC

   

2,188

     

119,507

   

Imperial Brands PLC

   

3,893

     

85,164

   

Tesco PLC

   

29,293

     

114,923

   

Unilever PLC

   

1,833

     

97,873

   
     

580,152

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Energy (0.3%):

 
BP PLC    

14,211

   

$

63,561

   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A

   

3,382

     

74,228

   
     

137,789

   

Financials (2.2%):

 
3i Group PLC    

4,568

     

89,576

   

Admiral Group PLC

   

1,973

     

84,294

   

Aviva PLC

   

15,753

     

87,492

   

Barclays PLC

   

23,458

     

59,365

   

HSBC Holdings PLC

   

14,268

     

86,630

   

Legal & General Group PLC

   

18,566

     

74,749

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

106,510

     

68,899

   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

   

584

     

54,770

   

NatWest Group PLC

   

21,349

     

65,209

   

Schroders PLC

   

1,884

     

90,767

   

St James's Place PLC

   

3,836

     

87,395

   

Standard Chartered PLC

   

11,232

     

68,158

   
     

917,304

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

AstraZeneca PLC

   

786

     

92,308

   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (b)

   

5,362

     

116,582

   

Smith & Nephew PLC

   

3,942

     

69,005

   
     

277,895

   

Industrials (2.0%):

 

Ashtead Group PLC

   

1,129

     

90,787

   

BAE Systems PLC

   

12,956

     

96,399

   

Bunzl PLC

   

2,627

     

102,566

   

Ferguson PLC

   

705

     

125,033

   

Intertek Group PLC

   

1,150

     

87,620

   

RELX PLC

   

3,533

     

114,845

   

Rentokil Initial PLC

   

11,130

     

87,964

   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (c)

   

27,045

     

44,974

   

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

   

422

     

91,661

   
     

841,849

   

Information Technology (0.4%):

 

AVEVA Group PLC

   

1,213

     

55,879

   

Halma PLC

   

2,340

     

101,335

   
     

157,214

   

Materials (1.1%):

 

Anglo American PLC

   

1,111

     

45,346

   

Antofagasta PLC

   

2,778

     

50,321

   

BHP Group PLC

   

2,047

     

60,931

   

Croda International PLC

   

845

     

115,727

   

Evraz PLC (b)

   

6,982

     

56,844

   

Mondi PLC

   

2,992

     

73,937

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

801

     

53,029

   
     

456,135

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (0.5%):

 

National Grid PLC

   

8,822

   

$

126,528

   

SSE PLC

   

3,563

     

79,512

   
     

206,040

   
     

3,868,908

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $34,314,854)

   

40,976,030

   

Investment Companies (0.1%)

 

United States (0.1%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.01% (g)

   

48,398

     

48,398

   

Total Investment Companies (Cost $48,398)

   

48,398

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (3.3%)

 

United States (3.3%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.04% (g)

   

32,185

     

32,185

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (g)
   

632,115

     

632,115

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (g)
   

16,062

     

16,062

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (g)

   

128,072

     

128,072

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Class,
0.06% (g)
   

575,837

     

575,837

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $1,384,271)

   

1,384,271

   

Total Investments (Cost $35,747,523) — 102.7%

   

42,408,699

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (2.7)%

   

(1,122,971

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

41,285,728

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $1,043,128 and amounted to 2.5% of net assets.

(e)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. This security is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(f)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were less than 0.05% of net assets.

(g)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini MSCI EAFE Index Futures

   

1

   

3/18/22

 

$

114,254

   

$

116,090

   

$

1,836

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,836

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

1,836

   

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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Communication Services (14.8%):

 

Fox Corp., Class A

   

42,396

   

$

1,564,412

   

Fox Corp., Class B

   

32,985

     

1,130,396

   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)

   

19,710

     

3,175,281

   

Roku, Inc. (a)

   

15,578

     

3,554,900

   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

   

15,259

     

2,711,829

   

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

   

80,293

     

2,423,243

   

Yandex NV, Class A (a)

   

42,728

     

2,585,044

   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

8,122

     

505,351

   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (a)

   

24,776

     

1,581,948

   

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

53,362

     

3,425,840

   
     

22,658,244

   

Consumer Discretionary (13.6%):

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

28,292

     

2,646,151

   

DraftKings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

53,791

     

1,477,639

   

Etsy, Inc. (a)

   

16,779

     

3,673,594

   

Expedia Group, Inc. (a)

   

19,323

     

3,492,052

   

Pool Corp.

   

5,305

     

3,002,630

   

Tractor Supply Co.

   

15,063

     

3,594,032

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

   

7,194

     

2,966,374

   
     

20,852,472

   

Consumer Staples (2.2%):

 

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

   

60,332

     

3,374,369

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (7.0%):

 

CDW Corp.

   

17,962

     

3,678,258

   

Trimble, Inc. (a)

   

33,219

     

2,896,365

   

Zebra Technologies Corp. (a)

   

7,073

     

4,209,849

   
     

10,784,472

   

Energy (1.7%):

 

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

23,977

     

2,585,919

   

Health Care (19.5%):

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

15,828

     

2,684,112

   

AstraZeneca PLC, ADR

   

80,251

     

4,674,621

   

BeiGene Ltd., ADR (a)

   

6,568

     

1,779,468

   

BioNTech SE, ADR (a)

   

11,660

     

3,005,948

   

Bio-Techne Corp.

   

5,200

     

2,690,168

   

Cerner Corp.

   

38,938

     

3,616,172

   

Hologic, Inc. (a)

   

33,274

     

2,547,458

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

30,018

     

3,234,740

   

ICON PLC (a)

   

10,772

     

3,336,088

   

Insulet Corp. (a)

   

9,127

     

2,428,421

   
     

29,997,196

   

Industrials (10.0%):

 

CoStar Group, Inc. (a) (b)

   

52,267

     

4,130,661

   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   

22,419

     

3,010,648

   

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

13,898

     

2,840,751

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

15,221

     

5,454,902

   
     

15,436,962

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

IT Services (6.5%):

 

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

27,553

   

$

2,770,730

   

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

21,503

     

2,516,711

   

MongoDB, Inc. (a)

   

8,758

     

4,636,047

   
     

9,923,488

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (13.3%):

 

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

   

17,855

     

3,266,394

   

Entegris, Inc.

   

17,934

     

2,485,294

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

6,100

     

3,009,313

   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

57,018

     

3,872,662

   

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

   

14,587

     

2,281,261

   

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

6,951

     

1,950,242

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

21,573

     

3,527,833

   
     

20,392,999

   

Software (7.1%):

 

AppLovin Corp., Class A (a)

   

29,964

     

2,824,406

   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

   

33,651

     

2,758,709

   

The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (a)

   

57,712

     

5,288,728

   
     

10,871,843

   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (3.9%):

 

NetApp, Inc.

   

29,596

     

2,722,536

   

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

29,464

     

3,328,843

   
     

6,051,379

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $133,079,382)

   

152,929,343

   

Total Investments (Cost $133,079,382) — 99.6%

   

152,929,343

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.4%

   

594,761

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

153,524,104

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

NASDAQ 100 E-Mini Futures

   

2

   

3/18/22

 

$

638,152

   

$

652,830

   

$

14,678

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

14,678

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

14,678

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Asset-Backed Securities (10.6%)

 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class C,
1.41%, 8/18/27, Callable 9/18/25 @ 100
 

$

500,000

   

$

496,331

   
BCC Funding XVII LLC, Series 2020-1, Class B, 1.46%, 9/22/25,
Callable 7/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

249,650

   

CARDS II Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 1.20%, 4/15/27 (a)

   

540,000

     

533,082

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-P4, Class B, 1.98%, 2/10/28,
Callable 4/10/27 @ 100
   

500,000

     

499,663

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-N4, Class D, 2.30%, 9/11/28,
Callable 12/10/26 @ 100
   

875,000

     

874,640

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class D, 3.28%, 1/15/25,
Callable 7/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

254,061

   
CCG Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C, 1.50%, 3/14/29,
Callable 5/14/25 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

247,346

   
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-4, Class B, 1.74%, 12/16/30,
Callable 4/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

320,000

     

317,377

   
DB Master Finance LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2II, 2.49%, 11/20/51,
Callable 11/20/25 @ 100 (a)
   

600,000

     

596,065

   
Diamond Issuer, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 2.70%, 11/20/51,
Callable 11/20/25 @ 100 (a)
   

654,000

     

649,428

   
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class C, 1.47%, 1/15/27,
Callable 7/15/26 @ 100
   

500,000

     

496,657

   
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class C, 2.28%, 8/17/26,
Callable 6/15/23 @ 100
   

420,000

     

425,542

   
DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class D, 4.73%, 3/16/26,
Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

527,991

   
Evergreen Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-1, Class B, 1.15%, 10/15/26,
Callable 11/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

391,000

     

387,471

   
Evergreen Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C, 1.42%, 10/15/26,
Callable 11/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

319,000

     

316,319

   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust 2019-4, Series 2019-4A, Class D, 2.58%,
9/15/25, Callable 10/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

254,187

   
First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-1A, Class D, 3.55%, 4/15/25,
Callable 1/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

254,960

   

FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class A, 2.14%, 12/17/38 (a)

   

750,000

     

748,149

   

FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class D, 2.79%, 12/17/38 (a)

   

750,000

     

743,026

   

FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class B, 2.44%, 12/17/38 (a)

   

500,000

     

495,345

   
Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2018-4, Class D, 4.33%, 12/16/24,
Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

515,955

   
Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2018-3, Class D, 4.15%, 12/16/24,
Callable 10/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

350,000

     

360,777

   
Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 4, Class C, 1.96%, 12/15/27,
Callable 3/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

498,272

   
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C, 2.11%, 5/15/34,
Callable 11/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

495,231

   
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2021-C, Series 2021-C, Class C, 1.66%,
6/15/28, Callable 12/15/25 @ 100
   

500,000

     

493,645

   
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2020-2, Class C, 1.14%, 2/25/28,
Callable 4/25/24 @ 100 (a)
   

286,983

     

287,049

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.89%, 12/26/28,
Callable 8/25/24 @ 100 (a)
 

$

214,997

   

$

213,826

   

Master Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 1.06%, 11/21/25 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

984,686

   
New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC, Series 2021-1, Class B1, 2.41%,
10/20/61, Callable 10/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

366,000

     

366,843

   
New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A1, 1.91%,
10/20/61, Callable 10/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

677,000

     

663,806

   
Oscar U.S. Funding XII LLC, Series 1A, Class A4, 1.00%, 4/10/28, Callable
2/10/25 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

244,969

   
Pawnee Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2021-1, Class B, 1.82%, 7/15/27,
Callable 11/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

136,000

     

134,709

   
Santander Bank NA, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 3.27%, 12/15/31,
Callable 6/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

750,000

     

749,323

   
Santander Bank NA, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 1.83%, 12/15/31,
Callable 6/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

800,000

     

799,262

   
Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-AA, Class D, 5.49%,
4/15/26, Callable 11/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

265,342

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-4, Class C, 1.26%,
2/16/27, Callable 9/15/25 @ 100
   

250,000

     

247,329

   
SCF Equipment Leasing LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class D, 1.93%, 9/20/30,
Callable 5/20/23 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

488,638

   

Trillium Credit Card Trust II, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 2.42%, 10/26/29 (a)

   

744,000

     

741,057

   
Vantage Data Centers LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class A2, 1.99%, 9/15/45,
Callable 9/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

453,000

     

441,213

   
Verizon Master Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C, 1.38%, 4/20/28,
Callable 10/20/24 @ 100
   

500,000

     

496,785

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class C, 1.58%,
1/15/27, Callable 12/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

499,057

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class E, 4.02%,
4/15/25, Callable 3/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,250,000

     

1,281,834

   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $20,769,411)

   

20,636,898

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (16.4%)

 
37 Capital CLO I, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 2.45% (US0003M+225bps),
10/15/34, Callable 10/15/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

248,667

   
Aimco CLO 11 Ltd., Series 2020-11A, Class BR, 1.72% (US0003M+160bps),
10/17/34, Callable 1/17/24 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

247,219

   
AOA Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-1177, Class D, 1.93% (US0001M+182bps),
10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

300,000

     

298,364

   
AOA Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-1177, Class B, 1.28% (US0001M+117bps),
10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

247,810

   

Aventura Mall Trust, Series 2018-AVM, Class A, 4.11%, 7/5/40 (a) (d)

   

500,000

     

555,632

   
Ballyrock CLO 18 Ltd., Series 2021-18A, Class A2, 1.88% (US0003M+165bps),
1/15/35 (a) (b)
   

750,000

     

744,333

   
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-200P,
Class B, 3.49%, 4/14/33, Callable 4/14/25 @ 100 (a)
   

750,000

     

779,219

   
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-200P,
Class D, 3.60% (LIBOR01M+105bps), 4/14/33, Callable 4/14/25 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

750,000

     

763,620

   
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class C, 3.75% (LIBOR01M+364bps),
10/15/37 (a) (b)
   

300,000

     

301,130

   

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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class B, 2.65% (LIBOR01M+254bps),
10/15/37 (a) (b)
 

$

500,000

   

$

501,193

   
Benchmark 2020-B19 Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-B19, Class AS, 2.15%,
9/15/53, Callable 9/15/30 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

966,676

   

BPR Trust, Series 2021-TY, Class A, 1.16% (LIBOR01M+105bps), 9/23/23 (a) (b)

   

500,000

     

499,073

   

BPR Trust, Series 2021-TY, Class D, 2.46% (LIBOR01M+235bps), 9/23/23 (a) (b)

   

500,000

     

498,320

   
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-VOLT, Class B, 1.06%
(LIBOR01M+85bps), 9/15/23 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

247,736

   
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-SOAR, Class D, 1.51%
(LIBOR01M+140bps), 6/15/38 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

247,612

   
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-XL2, Class B, 1.11%
(US0001M+100bps), 10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

247,944

   
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-XL, Class D, 1.56%
(LIBOR01M+145bps), 10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

1,215,500

     

1,212,060

   
BX Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-PAC, Class B, 1.01% (US0001M+90bps),
10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

248,150

   

BX Trust, Series 2021-ARIA, Class D, 2.01% (US0001M+190bps), 10/15/36 (a) (b)

   

250,000

     

249,435

   

BX Trust, Series 2021-RISE, Class B, 1.35% (US0001M+125bps), 11/15/36 (a) (b)

   

500,000

     

499,821

   

BXP Trust, Series 2021-601L, Class C, 2.78%, 1/15/44 (a) (d)

   

250,000

     

240,181

   

BXP Trust, Series 2021-601L, Class D, 2.78%, 1/15/44 (a) (d)

   

1,000,000

     

921,098

   

BXP Trust, Series 2021-601L, Class B, 2.78%, 1/15/44 (a) (d)

   

500,000

     

504,449

   
CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-CX2, Class A, 2.70%,
11/10/46 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,027,578

   
CHT Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CSMO, Class E, 3.11% (LIBOR01M+300bps),
11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

696,000

     

695,919

   
Columbia Cent CLO 29 Ltd., Series 2020-29A, Class BR, 1.85%
(US0003M+170bps), 10/20/34, Callable 10/20/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

497,746

   
COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-CX, Class A, 2.17%, 11/10/46,
Callable 11/10/30 @ 100 (a)
   

825,000

     

813,935

   
COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-277P, Class A, 3.61%, 8/10/49,
Callable 8/10/24 @ 100 (a) (d)
   

500,000

     

522,668

   
Eaton Vance CLO Ltd., Series 2020-2A, Class BR, 1.81% (US0003M+170bps),
1/15/35, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

498,894

   
Flatiron CLO 20 Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class B, 1.91% (US0003M+175bps),
11/20/33, Callable 11/20/22 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

750,000

     

750,396

   
Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd., Series 2020-52A, Class C, 2.93%
(LIBOR03M+280bps), 1/20/34, Callable 1/20/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

501,412

   

Hilton USA Trust, Series 2016-HHV, Class C, 4.19%, 11/5/38 (a) (d)

   

200,000

     

209,445

   

Hilton USA Trust, Series 2016-HHV, Class B, 4.19%, 11/5/38 (a) (d)

   

350,000

     

372,187

   
Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-55HY, Class A, 2.94%,
12/10/41 (a) (d)
   

1,000,000

     

1,047,612

   
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-C10,
Class B, 3.67%, 12/15/47, Callable 2/15/23 @ 100 (d)
   

449,000

     

459,349

   
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-C13,
Class B, 4.08%, 1/15/46, Callable 6/15/23 @ 100 (d)
   

338,000

     

349,898

   

LCM Ltd., Series 36A, Class A2, 1.65% (US0003M+140bps), 1/15/34 (a) (b)

   

750,000

     

749,725

   
MHC Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-MHC, Class A, 0.91%
(US0001M+80bps), 4/15/38 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

249,041

   
MHC Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series MHC, Class D, 1.71%
(US0001M+160bps), 4/15/26 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

497,504

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2021-PLZA, Class C, 2.81%, 11/9/31 (a)

 

$

750,000

   

$

737,644

   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2017-CLS, Class F, 2.71%
(LIBOR01M+260bps), 11/15/34 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

497,611

   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2021-PLZA, Class B, 2.81%, 11/9/31 (a)

   

500,000

     

503,052

   
Oaktree CLO Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class BR, 1.77% (US0003M+165bps),
7/15/34, Callable 7/15/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

250,000

     

248,199

   
Octagon 57 Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class B1, 1.77% (US0003M+165bps),
10/15/34, Callable 10/15/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

498,189

   
Octagon Investment Partners 48 Ltd., Series 2020-3A, Class BR, 1.73%
(US0003M+160bps), 10/20/34, Callable 10/20/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

496,277

   

SLG Office Trust, Series 2021-OVA, Class A, 2.59%, 7/15/41 (a)

   

500,000

     

512,613

   

SLG Office Trust, Series 2021-OVA, Class C, 2.85%, 7/15/41 (a)

   

500,000

     

500,508

   
Sound Point CLO V-R Ltd., Series 2014-1RA, Class C, 2.22% (US0003M+210bps),
7/18/31, Callable 1/18/22 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

494,925

   
Sound Point CLO XXXII Ltd., Series 2021-4A, Class B1, 1.87%
(US0003M+175bps), 10/25/34 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

499,650

   
SREIT Trust, Series 2021-MFP2, Class B, 1.27% (US0001M+117bps),
11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

497,500

   
SREIT Trust, Series 2021-MFP2, Class D, 1.67% (US0001M+157bps),
11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

760,000

     

756,201

   
Stratus CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class B, 1.49% (US0003M+140bps),
12/29/29 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

498,782

   
Stratus CLO Ltd., Series 2021-3A, Class B 1.68% (US0003M+155bps),
12/29/29 (a) (b)
   

205,000

     

205,000

   
Symphony CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2020-22A, Class C, 2.27% (US0003M+215bps),
4/18/33, Callable 4/18/22 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

500,385

   
Symphony CLO XXIX Ltd., Series 2021-29A, Class B, 1.89% (US0003M+165bps),
1/15/34 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

499,017

   
Trestles CLO III Ltd., Series 2020-3A, Class C, 2.38% (US0003M+225bps),
1/20/33, Callable 1/20/22 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

500,153

   
Trimaran Cavu Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class B1 1.88% (US0003M+175bps),
10/25/34 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

498,521

   
Trimaran Cavu Ltd., Series 2021-3A, Class C1, 2.57% (US0003M+247bps),
1/18/35 (a) (b) (h)
   

750,000

     

749,999

   

TTAN, Series 2021-MHC, Class C, 1.46% (US0001M+140bps), 3/15/38 (a) (b)

   

699,677

     

697,553

   
Voya CLO Ltd., Series 2017-3A, Class A2AR, 1.68% (US0003M+155bps), 4/20/34,
Callable 4/20/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

492,652

   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-SAVE, Class B, 1.56%
(US0001M+145bps), 2/15/40 (a) (b)
   

227,255

     

226,236

   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-SAVE, Class C, 1.91%
(US0001M+180bps), 2/15/40 (a) (b)
   

227,255

     

227,350

   

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $32,053,474)

   

31,851,068

   

Senior Secured Loans (5.7%)

 
AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 5.50%
(LIBOR03M+475bps), 4/20/28 (b) (c)
   

750,000

     

775,845

   
Asurion LLC, New B-9 Term Loans, First Lien, 3.34% (LIBOR01M+325bps),
7/29/27 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

496,500

   

Covanta Holding Corp., Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 11/17/28 (c) (e)

   

465,157

     

465,389

   

Covanta Holding Corp., Initial Term C Loan, First Lien, 11/17/28 (c) (e)

   

34,843

     

34,861

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Delta Airlines, Inc. and Skymiles IP Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 9/16/27 (b) (c)
 

$

750,000

   

$

792,188

   
Directv Financing LLC, Closing Date Term Loans, First Lien, 5.75%
(LIBOR03M+500bps), 7/22/27 (b) (c)
   

1,000,000

     

1,000,290

   
Great Outdoors Group LLC, Term B1, First Lien, 4.50% (LIBOR01M+375bps),
3/5/28 (b)
   

500,000

     

500,105

   
Hub International Ltd., B-3 Incremental Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR03M+325bps), 4/25/25 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

499,530

   
IRB Holding Corp., Fourth Amendment Incremental Term Loans, First Lien,
4.25% (LIBOR03M+325bps), 11/19/27 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

499,530

   
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 6.25%
(LIBOR03M+525bps), 6/20/27 (b) (c)
   

750,000

     

789,848

   
Proofpoint, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75% (LIBOR03M+325bps),
8/31/28 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

497,540

   
Sotheby's, 2021 2nd Refin Term Loan, First Lien, 5.00% (LIBOR03M+450bps),
1/15/27 (b)
   

498,750

     

498,750

   
UKG, Inc., 2021 Incremental Term Loans, First Lien, 4.25% (LIBOR03M+325bps),
5/3/26 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

497,030

   

UKG, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 5/3/26 (c) (e)

   

500,000

     

498,125

   

Walker & Dunlop, Inc., Term Loan B, First Lien, 2.75%, 10/15/28 (c)

   

1,500,000

     

1,496,250

   
Weber-Stephen Products LLC, Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 10/30/27 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

500,415

   
Whatabrands LLC, Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 7/21/28 (b)
   

500,000

     

497,725

   

Whatabrands LLC, Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 7/21/28 (c) (e)

   

750,000

     

746,587

   

Total Senior Secured Loans (Cost $11,148,656)

   

11,086,508

   

Corporate Bonds (31.2%)

 

Communication Services (2.5%):

 

AT&T, Inc., 4.50%, 5/15/35, Callable 11/15/34 @ 100

   

750,000

     

867,660

   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.25%, 2/1/31,
Callable 7/1/25 @ 102.13 (a)
   

250,000

     

252,665

   

CSC Holdings LLC, 3.38%, 2/15/31, Callable 2/15/26 @ 101.69 (a)

   

500,000

     

468,120

   

Discovery Communications LLC, 4.65%, 5/15/50, Callable 11/15/49 @ 100

   

250,000

     

294,180

   

Lamar Media Corp., 3.63%, 1/15/31, Callable 1/15/26 @ 101.81

   

500,000

     

487,240

   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 3.88%, 9/1/31, Callable 9/1/26 @ 101.94 (a)

   

250,000

     

245,685

   
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
2.55%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100
   

500,000

     

497,670

   

3.50%, 4/15/31, Callable 4/15/26 @ 101.75 (a)

   

1,250,000

     

1,295,625

   

Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.50%, 8/10/33 (f)

   

500,000

     

589,935

   
     

4,998,780

   

Consumer Discretionary (3.1%):

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 4.75%, 3/1/30, Callable 3/1/25 @ 102.38

   

750,000

     

766,965

   

AutoNation, Inc., 2.40%, 8/1/31, Callable 5/1/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

483,970

   

Dollar Tree, Inc., 2.65%, 12/1/31, Callable 9/1/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

501,025

   

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 4.00%, 8/15/28, Callable 8/15/23 @ 102 (a)

   

100,000

     

99,886

   
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 3.63%, 2/15/32,
Callable 8/15/26 @ 101.81 (a)
   

250,000

     

248,915

   

Kohl's Corp., 3.38%, 5/1/31, Callable 2/1/31 @ 100

   

300,000

     

305,385

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Marriott International, Inc., 3.50%, 10/15/32, Callable 7/15/32 @ 100 (f)

 

$

750,000

   

$

785,797

   

Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 4.50%, 6/15/29, Callable 6/15/24 @ 102.25 (a)

   

250,000

     

251,813

   

Nordstrom, Inc., 4.25%, 8/1/31, Callable 5/1/31 @ 100

   

750,000

     

737,198

   
Resorts World Las Vegas LLC/RWLV Capital, Inc., 4.63%, 4/6/31,
Callable 1/6/31 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

498,340

   

Sodexo, Inc., 2.72%, 4/16/31, Callable 1/16/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

255,973

   

Sotheby's, 7.38%, 10/15/27, Callable 10/15/22 @ 103.69 (a)

   

750,000

     

798,623

   
Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 5.13%, 10/1/29,
Callable 7/1/29 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

254,280

   
     

5,988,170

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

General Mills, Inc., 2.25%, 10/14/31, Callable 7/14/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

247,308

   

Sysco Corp., 2.45%, 12/14/31, Callable 9/14/31 @ 100

   

333,000

     

333,932

   

US Foods, Inc., 4.63%, 6/1/30, Callable 6/1/25 @ 102.31 (a)

   

500,000

     

506,125

   
     

1,087,365

   

Energy (1.8%):

 

Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 3.40%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100

   

250,000

     

257,930

   
Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., 6.25%, 11/1/28,
Callable 11/1/23 @ 103.13 (a)
   

750,000

     

798,479

   

Magellan Midstream Partners LP, 5.15%, 10/15/43, Callable 4/15/43 @ 100 (f)

   

500,000

     

604,650

   

Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC, 4.63%, 4/1/29, Callable 1/1/29 @ 100 (a) (f)

   

500,000

     

539,010

   
Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.80%, 9/15/30,
Callable 6/15/30 @ 100 (f)
   

750,000

     

789,503

   

Viper Energy Partners LP, 5.38%, 11/1/27, Callable 11/1/22 @ 102.69 (a)

   

500,000

     

517,445

   
     

3,507,017

   

Financials (8.1%):

 

AmFam Holdings, Inc., 2.81%, 3/11/31, Callable 12/11/30 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

510,880

   

Assurant, Inc., 2.65%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

245,403

   
Bank of America Corp.
2.69% (SOFR+110bps), 4/22/32, Callable 4/22/31 @ 100 (b) (f)
   

500,000

     

508,550

   

2.57% (SOFR+121bps), 10/20/32, Callable 10/20/31 @ 100 (b)

   

250,000

     

251,415

   

Blackstone Private Credit Fund, 3.25%, 3/15/27, Callable 2/15/27 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

750,923

   

Blue Owl Finance LLC, 3.13%, 6/10/31, Callable 3/10/31 @ 100 (a) (f)

   

750,000

     

733,905

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 2.64%, 9/30/32, Callable 7/2/32 @ 100

   

500,000

     

495,545

   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., 4.50%, 3/17/27, Callable 2/17/27 @ 100 (f)

   

500,000

     

551,315

   

F&G Global Funding, 2.00%, 9/20/28 (a)

   

500,000

     

488,190

   

Franklin Resources, Inc., 2.95%, 8/12/51, Callable 2/12/51 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

969,139

   
Global Atlantic Financial Co.
4.40%, 10/15/29, Callable 7/15/29 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,077,989

   

3.13%, 6/15/31, Callable 3/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

247,918

   

Hub International Ltd., 5.63%, 12/1/29, Callable 12/1/24 @ 102.81 (a)

   

100,000

     

102,976

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 2.49%, 8/15/36, Callable 8/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

957,930

   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.96% (SOFR+252bps), 5/13/31,
Callable 5/13/30 @ 100 (b) (f)
   

1,750,000

     

1,811,057

   

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 3.88%, 11/15/29, Callable 8/15/29 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

254,945

   
Morgan Stanley, 1.93% (SOFR+102bps), 4/28/32, MTN,
Callable 4/28/31 @ 100 (b)
   

1,500,000

     

1,433,204

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

New York Life Global Funding, 1.85%, 8/1/31 (a)

 

$

1,600,000

   

$

1,556,959

   

State Street Corp., 1.68% (SOFR+56bps), 11/18/27, Callable 11/18/26 @ 100 (b)

   

750,000

     

750,953

   
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., 4.00% (H15T5Y+315bps), 5/6/31,
Callable 5/6/26 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

514,710

   
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 3.75% (H15T5Y+263bps),
Callable 12/20/26 @ 100 (b) (g)
   

750,000

     

752,408

   
Truist Financial Corp., 5.10% (H15T10Y+435bps),
Callable 3/1/30 @ 100 (b) (f) (g)
   

500,000

     

559,490

   

United Financial Bancorp, Inc., 5.75%, 10/1/24

   

300,000

     

313,488

   
     

15,839,292

   

Health Care (2.2%):

 

AbbVie, Inc., 4.25%, 11/21/49, Callable 5/21/49 @ 100 (f)

   

250,000

     

300,930

   
Baxter International, Inc.
2.27%, 12/1/28, Callable 10/1/28 @ 100 (a)
   

750,000

     

755,993

   

2.54%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

252,570

   

Centene Corp., 2.50%, 3/1/31, Callable 12/1/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

973,430

   

CVS Health Corp., 1.88%, 2/28/31, Callable 11/28/30 @ 100

   

750,000

     

719,640

   

Illumina, Inc., 2.55%, 3/23/31, Callable 12/23/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

500,780

   

MEDNAX, Inc., 6.25%, 1/15/27, Callable 2/7/22 @ 104.69 (a)

   

275,000

     

288,453

   

Royalty Pharma PLC, 2.15%, 9/2/31, Callable 6/2/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

477,060

   
     

4,268,856

   

Industrials (2.0%):

 

Aircastle Ltd., 4.25%, 6/15/26, Callable 4/15/26 @ 100 (f)

   

500,000

     

536,090

   

American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.75%, 4/20/29 (a)

   

250,000

     

267,355

   

Delta Air Lines, Inc./Skymiles IP Ltd., 4.75%, 10/20/28 (a)

   

250,000

     

273,463

   

GXO Logistics, Inc., 2.65%, 7/15/31, Callable 4/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

246,573

   
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd., 6.50%,
6/20/27, Callable 6/30/23 @ 103.25 (a)
   

500,000

     

534,445

   

Molex Electronic Technologies LLC, 3.90%, 4/15/25, Callable 1/15/25 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

526,440

   
Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd./Spirit IP Cayman Ltd., 8.00%, 9/20/25,
Callable 9/20/23 @ 104 (a)
   

500,000

     

551,850

   
The Boeing Co.
3.63%, 2/1/31, Callable 11/1/30 @ 100 (f)
   

650,000

     

694,285

   

5.81%, 5/1/50, Callable 11/1/49 @ 100

   

250,000

     

339,435

   
     

3,969,936

   

Information Technology (4.6%):

 

Autodesk, Inc., 2.40%, 12/15/31, Callable 9/15/31 @ 100

   

350,000

     

349,486

   

Broadcom, Inc., 2.60%, 2/15/33, Callable 11/15/32 @ 100 (a) (f)

   

1,250,000

     

1,212,363

   

Citrix Systems, Inc., 4.50%, 12/1/27, Callable 9/1/27 @ 100

   

750,000

     

813,885

   

Dell, Inc., 5.40%, 9/10/40 (f)

   

500,000

     

563,280

   
Global Payments, Inc.
2.90%, 11/15/31, Callable 8/15/31 @ 100
   

500,000

     

507,960

   

4.15%, 8/15/49, Callable 2/15/49 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,148,700

   

Microsoft Corp., 2.53%, 6/1/50, Callable 12/1/49 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

984,339

   

Qorvo, Inc., 3.38%, 4/1/31, Callable 4/1/26 @ 101.69 (a)

   

500,000

     

508,715

   

TSMC Arizona Corp., 2.50%, 10/25/31, Callable 7/25/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,518,509

   

Twilio, Inc., 3.63%, 3/15/29, Callable 3/15/24 @ 101.81

   

500,000

     

503,825

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

VMware, Inc., 2.20%, 8/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

 

$

500,000

   

$

491,455

   

Western Digital Corp., 3.10%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100

   

200,000

     

201,460

   
     

8,803,977

   

Materials (1.3%):

 

Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc., 2.69%, 5/25/31, Callable 2/25/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,011,850

   

Avery Dennison Corp., 2.25%, 2/15/32, Callable 11/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

485,770

   

Cabot Corp., 4.00%, 7/1/29, Callable 4/1/29 @ 100

   

250,000

     

271,210

   

Eagle Materials, Inc., 2.50%, 7/1/31, Callable 4/1/31 @ 100 (f)

   

750,000

     

741,083

   
     

2,509,913

   

Real Estate (3.5%):

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., 1.88%, 2/1/33, Callable 11/1/32 @ 100

   

500,000

     

469,825

   
Boston Properties LP
2.55%, 4/1/32, Callable 1/1/32 @ 100 (f)
   

750,000

     

746,324

   

2.45%, 10/1/33, Callable 7/1/33 @ 100

   

250,000

     

242,188

   

CBRE Services, Inc., 2.50%, 4/1/31, Callable 1/1/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

251,358

   

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 3.25%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

233,000

     

234,191

   

Healthpeak Properties, Inc., 2.13%, 12/1/28, Callable 10/1/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

500,690

   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP, 3.50%, 9/15/30, Callable 6/15/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

513,455

   
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, 2.70%, 1/15/34,
Callable 10/15/33 @ 100
   

750,000

     

735,668

   

Physicians Realty LP, 2.63%, 11/1/31, Callable 8/1/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

249,503

   
RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp., 4.50%, 2/15/29,
Callable 2/15/24 @ 102.25 (a)
   

250,000

     

251,905

   

SBA Communications Corp., 3.13%, 2/1/29, Callable 2/1/24 @ 101.56 (a)

   

250,000

     

240,590

   

SBA Tower Trust, 2.59%, 10/15/56 (a)

   

500,000

     

506,287

   

Simon Property Group LP, 2.25%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100 (f)

   

1,250,000

     

1,221,974

   
VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.13%, 8/15/30,
Callable 2/15/25 @ 102.06 (a)
   

750,000

     

793,979

   
     

6,957,937

   

Utilities (1.6%):

 

Ameren Corp., 1.95%, 3/15/27, Callable 2/15/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

501,950

   

Duke Energy Corp., 2.55%, 6/15/31, Callable 3/15/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

249,855

   

Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc., 2.78%, 1/7/32, Callable 10/7/31 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

497,340

   

Entergy Corp., 2.40%, 6/15/31, Callable 3/5/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

989,159

   

NRG Energy, Inc., 4.45%, 6/15/29, Callable 3/15/29 @ 100 (a) (f)

   

750,000

     

817,703

   
     

3,056,007

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $61,127,252)

   

60,987,250

   

Yankee Dollars (7.1%)

 

Communication Services (0.6%):

 

British Telecommunications PLC, 3.25%, 11/8/29, Callable 8/8/29 @ 100 (a)

   

1,250,000

     

1,278,524

   

Consumer Staples (0.7%):

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 3.75%, 7/15/42 (f)

   

750,000

     

815,393

   

Becle SAB de CV, 2.50%, 10/14/31, Callable 7/14/31 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

490,570

   
     

1,305,963

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Financials (3.4%):

 
Bank of Montreal, 3.80% (USSW5+143bps), 12/15/32,
Callable 12/15/27 @ 100 (b)
 

$

500,000

   

$

535,405

   

Barclays PLC, 2.28% (H15T1Y+105bps), 11/24/27, Callable 11/24/26 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

1,002,520

   
BP Capital Markets PLC, 4.38% (H15T5Y+404bps),
Callable 6/22/25 @ 100 (b) (f) (g)
   

500,000

     

522,305

   

Brookfield Finance I UK PLC, 2.34%, 1/30/32, Callable 10/30/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

243,478

   

Brookfield Finance, Inc., 2.72%, 4/15/31, Callable 1/15/31 @ 100

   

600,000

     

605,760

   
Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.09% (SOFR+173bps), 5/14/32,
Callable 5/14/31 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

508,295

   
Deutsche Bank AG, 2.31% (SOFR+122bps), 11/16/27,
Callable 11/16/26 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

499,895

   

JAB Holdings BV, 3.75%, 5/28/51, Callable 11/28/50 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

274,073

   
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 3.05% (H15T5Y+170bps), 3/3/36,
Callable 3/3/31 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

491,010

   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., 2.56%, 9/13/31

   

500,000

     

487,945

   
NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA, Inc., 2.65%, 2/15/32,
Callable 11/15/31 @ 100 (a)
   

750,000

     

752,768

   
Westpac Banking Corp., 3.02% (H15T5Y+153bps), 11/18/36,
Callable 11/18/31 @ 100 (b)
   

750,000

     

742,522

   
     

6,665,976

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Olympus Corp., 2.14%, 12/8/26 (a)

   

303,000

     

304,739

   

STERIS Irish FinCo Unlimited Co., 2.70%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

900,000

     

910,548

   
     

1,215,287

   

Industrials (0.5%):

 

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 1.75%, 12/2/26, Callable 11/2/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,004,470

   

Information Technology (0.1%):

 

Open Text Holdings, Inc., 4.13%, 12/1/31, Callable 12/1/26 @ 102.06 (a)

   

250,000

     

253,005

   

Real Estate (1.0%):

 
Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust, 2.50%, 10/15/31,
Callable 7/15/31 @ 100 (a)
   

1,792,000

     

1,798,934

   

Sovereign Bond (0.1%):

 

Korea International Bond, 1.75%, 10/15/31

   

250,000

     

250,773

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $13,795,575)

   

13,772,932

   

Municipal Bonds (1.1%)

 

Alabama (0.2%):

 

Homewood Educational Building Authority, 2.25%, 12/1/29

   

250,000

     

250,759

   

Arkansas (0.1%):

 

University of Arkansas, 1.32%, 11/1/26

   

250,000

     

248,531

   

Georgia (0.2%):

 

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, 1.52%, 7/1/26

   

250,000

     

250,771

   

Montana (0.1%):

 

Montana Facility Finance Authority, 2.44%, 8/15/31

   

250,000

     

249,653

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

South Carolina (0.1%):

 

County of Charleston SC, 1.92%, 12/1/29

 

$

250,000

   

$

249,388

   

Texas (0.4%):

 

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, 1.34%, 1/1/25 MERIT

   

250,000

     

250,102

   

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 2.18%, 12/1/33, Continuously Callable @100

   

250,000

     

248,499

   
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, 2.44%, 11/1/32, Continuously
Callable @100
   

350,000

     

352,042

   
     

850,643

   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $2,098,202)

   

2,099,745

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations (27.0%)

 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
1.38%, 11/15/40
   

1,500,000

     

1,371,328

   

1.75%, 8/15/41 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

1,945,313

   

1.25%, 5/15/50 (f)

   

1,500,000

     

1,275,234

   

2.00%, 8/15/51

   

700,000

     

717,063

   
U.S. Treasury Notes
0.38%, 9/15/24
   

12,000,000

     

11,831,250

   

0.38%, 11/30/25 (f)

   

15,500,000

     

15,037,422

   

0.88%, 9/30/26

   

3,000,000

     

2,947,969

   

0.38%, 7/31/27 (f)

   

6,500,000

     

6,175,508

   

1.25%, 9/30/28

   

10,500,000

     

10,385,156

   

0.63%, 8/15/30 (f)

   

750,000

     

699,609

   

1.25%, 8/15/31 (f)

   

250,000

     

244,492

   

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $52,714,643)

   

52,630,344

   

Commercial Papers (5.4%) (i)

 

AutoNation, Inc., 0.32%, 1/3/22 (a)

   

1,100,000

     

1,099,971

   

Aviation Capital Group, 0.21%, 1/11/22 (a)

   

1,900,000

     

1,899,881

   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 0.16%, 1/5/22 (a)

   

1,900,000

     

1,899,958

   

Hannover Funding Co. LLC, 0.16%, 1/3/22 (a)

   

1,900,000

     

1,899,975

   

Jabil, Inc., 0.49%, 1/6/22 (a)

   

1,800,000

     

1,799,852

   

Oge Energy Corp., 0.16%, 1/6/22 (a)

   

1,900,000

     

1,899,950

   

Total Commercial Papers (Cost $10,499,467)

   

10,499,587

   

Total Investments (Cost $204,206,680) — 104.5%

   

203,564,332

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (4.5)%

   

(8,779,736

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

194,784,596

   

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $85,572,579 and amounted to 43.9% of net assets.

(b)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(c)  Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

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(d)  The rate for certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities may vary based on factors relating to the pool of assets underlying the security. The rate disclosed is the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

(e)  The rates for this senior secured loan will be known on settlement date of the loan, subsequent to this report date. Senior secured loans have rates that will fluctuate over time in line with prevailing interest rates.

(f)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(g)  Security is perpetual and has no final maturity date but may be subject to calls at various dates in the future.

(h)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents 0.4% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(i)  Rate represents the effective yield at December 31, 2021.

bps — Basis points

H15T1Y — 1 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

H15T5Y — 5 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR01M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

US0001M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

US0003M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

USSW5 — USD 5 Year Swap Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Corporate Bonds (77.6%)

 

Communication Services (8.3%):

 

AT&T, Inc., 3.10%, 2/1/43, Callable 8/1/42 @ 100

 

$

2,000,000

   

$

1,936,940

   

Comcast Corp., 3.90%, 3/1/38, Callable 9/1/37 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,131,960

   

Discovery Communications LLC, 3.95%, 3/20/28, Callable 12/20/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

543,065

   

The Walt Disney Co., 2.20%, 1/13/28

   

1,000,000

     

1,018,880

   

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2.55%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,493,010

   
Verizon Communications, Inc.
4.50%, 8/10/33
   

500,000

     

589,935

   

2.88%, 11/20/50, Callable 5/20/50 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

949,840

   

ViacomCBS, Inc., 3.38%, 2/15/28, Callable 11/15/27 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,065,950

   
     

8,729,580

   

Consumer Discretionary (5.2%):

 

Amazon.com, Inc., 2.88%, 5/12/41, Callable 11/12/40 @ 100

   

500,000

     

518,015

   

AutoNation, Inc., 4.75%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

571,800

   

Daimler Trucks Finance North America LLC, 2.38%, 12/14/28 (a)

   

350,000

     

351,855

   

Hasbro, Inc., 3.55%, 11/19/26, Callable 9/19/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

536,615

   

Kohl's Corp., 3.38%, 5/1/31, Callable 2/1/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

508,975

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc., 2.80%, 9/15/41, Callable 3/15/41 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

977,230

   

Sodexo, Inc., 2.72%, 4/16/31, Callable 1/16/31 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

511,945

   

The Home Depot, Inc., 2.38%, 3/15/51, Callable 9/15/50 @ 100

   

500,000

     

462,275

   

VF Corp., 2.95%, 4/23/30, Callable 1/23/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

518,930

   

Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 3.20%, 9/26/26 (a)

   

500,000

     

527,115

   
     

5,484,755

   

Consumer Staples (3.1%):

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 3.50%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100

   

750,000

     

821,768

   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 2.75%, 5/14/31, Callable 2/14/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

507,625

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 2.30%, 12/15/31, Callable 9/15/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

251,760

   

General Mills, Inc., 2.25%, 10/14/31, Callable 7/14/31 @ 100

   

750,000

     

741,923

   

McCormick & Co., Inc., 1.85%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

478,815

   

Sysco Corp., 2.45%, 12/14/31, Callable 9/14/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

501,400

   
     

3,303,291

   

Energy (1.0%):

 

Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 4.95%, 12/15/24, Callable 9/15/24 @ 100

   

500,000

     

541,875

   
Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.80%, 9/15/30,
Callable 6/15/30 @ 100
   

500,000

     

526,335

   
     

1,068,210

   

Financials (26.0%):

 

AmFam Holdings, Inc., 2.81%, 3/11/31, Callable 12/11/30 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

510,880

   

Assurant, Inc., 2.65%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

245,403

   
Bank of America Corp.
3.42% (LIBOR03M+104bps), 12/20/28, Callable 12/20/27 @ 100 (b)
   

2,000,000

     

2,137,319

   

2.69% (SOFR+110bps), 4/22/32, Callable 4/22/31 @ 100 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

2,034,200

   

2.57% (SOFR+121bps), 10/20/32, Callable 10/20/31 @ 100 (b)

   

250,000

     

251,415

   

Blue Owl Finance LLC, 3.13%, 6/10/31, Callable 3/10/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

244,635

   

Citigroup, Inc., 1.46% (SOFR+77bps), 6/9/27, Callable 6/9/26 @ 100 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

1,963,500

   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., 4.50%, 3/17/27, Callable 2/17/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

551,315

   

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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

F&G Global Funding, 2.00%, 9/20/28 (a)

 

$

250,000

   

$

244,095

   

First American Financial Corp., 2.40%, 8/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

490,075

   

GA Global Funding Trust, 1.63%, 1/15/26 (a)

   

500,000

     

496,115

   

GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., 4.20%, 3/18/43

   

500,000

     

608,835

   

Global Atlantic Financial Co., 3.13%, 6/15/31, Callable 3/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

247,918

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 2.49%, 8/15/36, Callable 8/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

478,965

   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.96% (SOFR+252bps), 5/13/31, Callable 5/13/30 @ 100 (b)
   

250,000

     

258,723

   

1.95% (SOFR+1bps), 2/4/32, Callable 2/4/31 @ 100 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

1,927,420

   

3.33% (SOFR+158bps), 4/22/52, Callable 4/22/51 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

1,077,890

   

KeyBank NA, 3.90%, 4/13/29

   

500,000

     

550,480

   

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 3.88%, 11/15/29, Callable 8/15/29 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

509,890

   

MetLife, Inc., 4.13%, 8/13/42

   

500,000

     

593,459

   
Morgan Stanley
1.59% (SOFR+88bps), 5/4/27, Callable 5/4/26 @ 100 (b)
   

2,500,000

     

2,474,374

   

1.93% (SOFR+102bps), 4/28/32, Callable 4/28/31 @ 100, MTN (b)

   

500,000

     

477,735

   

2.51% (SOFR+120bps), 10/20/32, Callable 10/20/31 @ 100, MTN (b)

   

250,000

     

250,138

   

2.80% (SOFR+143bps), 1/25/52, Callable 1/25/51 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

982,530

   

New York Life Global Funding, 1.85%, 8/1/31 (a)

   

500,000

     

486,550

   

PNC Bank NA, 3.88%, 4/10/25, Callable 3/10/25 @ 100

   

500,000

     

535,890

   

Prudential Financial, Inc., 3.94%, 12/7/49, Callable 6/7/49 @ 100

   

500,000

     

587,254

   

Regions Bank, 6.45%, 6/26/37

   

1,000,000

     

1,398,610

   
The Allstate Corp., 5.75% (LIBOR03M+294bps), 8/15/53,
Callable 8/15/23 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

520,045

   
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.38% (SOFR+125bps), 7/21/32, MTN,
Callable 7/21/31 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

984,710

   
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 2.55%, 1/22/30,
Callable 10/24/29 @ 100
   

500,000

     

515,605

   
Truist Financial Corp.
5.10% (H15T10Y+435bps), Callable 3/1/30 @ 100 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

559,490

   

1.89% (SOFR+63bps), 6/7/29, Callable 6/7/28 @ 100, MTN (b)

   

1,000,000

     

984,220

   

U.S. Bancorp, 3.10%, 4/27/26, MTN, Callable 3/27/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

529,330

   

Webster Financial Corp., 4.10%, 3/25/29, Callable 12/25/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

549,140

   
     

27,258,153

   

Health Care (7.2%):

 

AbbVie, Inc., 4.25%, 11/21/49, Callable 5/21/49 @ 100

   

500,000

     

601,860

   

Amgen, Inc., 1.65%, 8/15/28, Callable 6/15/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

490,100

   

Baxter International, Inc., 2.54%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

252,570

   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 2.55%, 11/13/50, Callable 5/13/50 @ 100

   

500,000

     

476,340

   

Cigna Corp., 3.40%, 3/1/27, Callable 12/1/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

538,025

   

CVS Health Corp., 3.25%, 8/15/29, Callable 5/15/29 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,134,340

   

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc., 3.25%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100

   

750,000

     

791,903

   
Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance III, Inc., 2.38%, 2/16/31,
Callable 11/16/30 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

477,950

   

HCA, Inc., 4.50%, 2/15/27, Callable 8/15/26 @ 100

   

250,000

     

275,905

   

Illumina, Inc., 2.55%, 3/23/31, Callable 12/23/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

500,780

   

PerkinElmer, Inc., 2.55%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

504,260

   

Roche Holdings, Inc., 1.93%, 12/13/28, Callable 10/13/28 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

502,940

   
     

7,546,973

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Industrials (5.2%):

 

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., 2.15%, 12/15/30, Callable 9/15/30 @ 100

 

$

500,000

   

$

487,245

   

Aircastle Ltd., 4.25%, 6/15/26, Callable 4/15/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

536,090

   
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
3.65%, 9/1/25, Callable 6/1/25 @ 100
   

500,000

     

538,460

   

3.90%, 8/1/46, Callable 2/1/46 @ 100

   

500,000

     

583,730

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc., 2.75%, 3/1/30, Callable 12/1/29 @ 100

   

500,000

     

510,810

   

Carrier Global Corp., 3.38%, 4/5/40, Callable 10/5/39 @ 100

   

500,000

     

523,160

   

GXO Logistics, Inc., 2.65%, 7/15/31, Callable 4/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

739,718

   

Hubbell, Inc., 2.30%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

500,340

   

IDEX Corp., 3.00%, 5/1/30, Callable 2/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

520,610

   

Otis Worldwide Corp., 3.11%, 2/15/40, Callable 8/15/39 @ 100

   

500,000

     

512,110

   
     

5,452,273

   

Information Technology (5.8%):

 

Autodesk, Inc., 2.40%, 12/15/31, Callable 9/15/31 @ 100

   

750,000

     

748,898

   

Broadcom, Inc., 2.60%, 2/15/33, Callable 11/15/32 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

969,890

   

Dell, Inc., 5.40%, 9/10/40

   

500,000

     

563,280

   

Jabil, Inc., 3.00%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

514,390

   

Micron Technology, Inc., 2.70%, 4/15/32, Callable 1/15/32 @ 100

   

250,000

     

251,015

   

Microsoft Corp., 3.45%, 8/8/36, Callable 2/8/36 @ 100

   

500,000

     

574,445

   
Oracle Corp.
1.65%, 3/25/26, Callable 2/25/26 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

991,690

   

2.95%, 4/1/30, Callable 1/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

505,365

   

TSMC Arizona Corp., 2.50%, 10/25/31, Callable 7/25/31 @ 100

   

450,000

     

455,553

   

VMware, Inc., 2.20%, 8/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

491,455

   

Western Digital Corp., 3.10%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100

   

100,000

     

100,730

   
     

6,166,711

   

Materials (4.2%):

 

Avery Dennison Corp., 2.25%, 2/15/32, Callable 11/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

485,770

   

Eagle Materials, Inc., 2.50%, 7/1/31, Callable 4/1/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

247,028

   

Ecolab, Inc., 1.65%, 2/1/27, Callable 1/1/27 @ 100

   

400,000

     

402,032

   

LYB International Finance III LLC, 2.25%, 10/1/30, Callable 7/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

497,600

   

Packaging Corp. of America, 3.05%, 10/1/51, Callable 4/1/51 @ 100

   

750,000

     

746,393

   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., 2.15%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

487,580

   

The Dow Chemical Co., 4.25%, 10/1/34, Callable 4/1/34 @ 100

   

500,000

     

577,075

   

WRKCo, Inc., 3.00%, 6/15/33, Callable 3/15/33 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,031,310

   
     

4,474,788

   

Real Estate (5.0%):

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., 2.00%, 5/18/32, Callable 2/18/32 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

960,010

   

American Tower Corp., 1.50%, 1/31/28, Callable 11/30/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

478,830

   

Boston Properties LP, 2.55%, 4/1/32, Callable 1/1/32 @ 100

   

500,000

     

497,550

   

CBRE Services, Inc., 2.50%, 4/1/31, Callable 1/1/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

251,358

   

ERP Operating LP, 2.85%, 11/1/26, Callable 8/1/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

524,835

   

Essex Portfolio LP, 2.65%, 3/15/32, Callable 12/15/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,005,979

   

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 3.25%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

117,000

     

117,598

   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP, 3.50%, 9/15/30, Callable 6/15/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

513,455

   

Kilroy Realty LP, 2.65%, 11/15/33, Callable 8/15/33 @ 100

   

250,000

     

242,997

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Physicians Realty LP
4.30%, 3/15/27, Callable 12/15/26 @ 100
 

$

250,000

   

$

277,610

   

2.63%, 11/1/31, Callable 8/1/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

249,503

   

Simon Property Group LP, 2.25%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

250,000

     

244,395

   
     

5,364,120

   

Utilities (6.6%):

 

Alabama Power Co., 3.13%, 7/15/51, Callable 1/15/51 @ 100

   

500,000

     

512,180

   

Duke Energy Florida LLC, 2.40%, 12/15/31, Callable 9/15/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,012,287

   

Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc., 2.78%, 1/7/32, Callable 10/7/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

248,670

   

Entergy Corp., 2.40%, 6/15/31, Callable 3/5/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

494,580

   

Florida Power & Light Co., 3.15%, 10/1/49, Callable 4/1/49 @ 100

   

250,000

     

267,803

   

ITC Holdings Corp., 3.35%, 11/15/27, Callable 8/15/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

530,544

   

MidAmerican Energy Co., 2.70%, 8/1/52, Callable 2/1/52 @ 100

   

500,000

     

490,025

   
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
0.45% (SOFR+40bps), 11/3/23, Callable 5/3/22 @ 100 (b)
   

250,000

     

249,688

   

2.44%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

501,320

   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC, 3.75%, 4/1/45, Callable 10/1/44 @ 100

   

500,000

     

571,649

   

PECO Energy Co., 3.00%, 9/15/49, Callable 3/15/49 @ 100

   

500,000

     

507,460

   

Southwestern Electric Power Co., 3.25%, 11/1/51, Callable 5/1/51 @ 100

   

250,000

     

249,108

   

Union Electric Co., 2.15%, 3/15/32, Callable 12/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

492,950

   

Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 2.85%, 12/1/51, Callable 6/1/51 @ 100

   

250,000

     

247,115

   

Xcel Energy, Inc., 2.35%, 11/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

499,415

   
     

6,874,794

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $82,301,904)

   

81,723,648

   

Yankee Dollars (20.3%)

 

Communication Services (1.0%):

 

British Telecommunications PLC, 3.25%, 11/8/29, Callable 8/8/29 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

511,410

   
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 3.60%, 1/19/27,
Callable 10/19/26 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

536,680

   
     

1,048,090

   

Consumer Staples (2.0%):

 

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., 2.95%, 1/25/30, Callable 10/25/29 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

518,935

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 3.75%, 7/15/42

   

750,000

     

815,393

   

Bacardi Ltd., 4.70%, 5/15/28, Callable 2/15/28 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

565,465

   

Becle SAB de CV, 2.50%, 10/14/31, Callable 7/14/31 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

245,285

   
     

2,145,078

   

Financials (14.0%):

 

Barclays PLC, 4.95%, 1/10/47

   

1,000,000

     

1,295,530

   

BNP Paribas SA, 4.38%, 5/12/26 (a)

   

500,000

     

543,790

   
BP Capital Markets PLC, 4.38% (H15T5Y+404bps),
Callable 6/22/25 @ 100 (b) (c)
   

500,000

     

522,305

   

BPCE SA, 3.25%, 1/11/28 (a)

   

500,000

     

532,980

   

Brookfield Finance, Inc., 2.72%, 4/15/31, Callable 1/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

504,800

   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 7.26%, 4/10/32 (a)

   

252,603

     

323,954

   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2.69%, 3/11/31 (a)

   

500,000

     

491,815

   

Credit Agricole SA, 3.25%, 10/4/24 (a)

   

500,000

     

525,075

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.09% (SOFR+173bps), 5/14/32,
Callable 5/14/31 @ 100 (a) (b)
 

$

500,000

   

$

508,295

   
Deutsche Bank AG, 4.88% (USISDA05+255bps), 12/1/32,
Callable 12/1/27 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

539,720

   

HSBC Holdings PLC, 2.21% (SOFR+129bps), 8/17/29, Callable 8/17/28 @ 100 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

1,961,839

   

JAB Holdings BV, 3.75%, 5/28/51, Callable 11/28/50 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

274,073

   
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 1.63% (H15T1Y+85bps), 5/11/27,
Callable 5/11/26 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

983,530

   
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 3.05% (H15T5Y+170bps), 3/3/36,
Callable 3/3/31 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

491,010

   
Nationwide Building Society, 4.13% (USISDA05+185bps), 10/18/32,
Callable 10/18/27 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

534,015

   
NatWest Group PLC, 1.64% (H15T1Y+90bps), 6/14/27,
Callable 6/14/26 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

984,850

   
Shell International Finance BV
2.75%, 4/6/30, Callable 1/6/30 @ 100
   

500,000

     

523,005

   

2.88%, 11/26/41, Callable 5/26/41 @ 100

   

500,000

     

501,820

   

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV, 3.40%, 3/16/27 (a)

   

500,000

     

539,060

   
Societe Generale SA, 1.49% (H15T1Y+1bps), 12/14/26,
Callable 12/14/25 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

487,435

   

The Bank of Nova Scotia, 4.50%, 12/16/25

   

500,000

     

550,330

   
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 3.62% (USSW5+221bps), 9/15/31,
Callable 9/15/26 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

537,060

   
Westpac Banking Corp., 4.32% (USISDA05+224bps), 11/23/31,
Callable 11/23/26 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

540,940

   
     

14,697,231

   

Health Care (1.1%):

 

Mylan NV, 3.95%, 6/15/26, Callable 3/15/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

539,290

   

Olympus Corp., 2.14%, 12/8/26 (a)

   

152,000

     

152,872

   

Smith & Nephew PLC, 2.03%, 10/14/30, Callable 7/14/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

483,525

   
     

1,175,687

   

Industrials (1.0%):

 

CNH Industrial NV, 3.85%, 11/15/27, MTN, Callable 8/15/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

545,710

   

Ferguson Finance PLC, 3.25%, 6/2/30, Callable 3/2/30 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

526,255

   
     

1,071,965

   

Materials (0.7%):

 
CCL Industries, Inc.
3.25%, 10/1/26, Callable 7/1/26 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

525,145

   

3.05%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100 (a)

   

235,000

     

243,223

   
     

768,368

   

Real Estate (0.5%):

 
Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust, 2.50%, 10/15/31,
Callable 7/15/31 @ 100 (a)
   

504,000

     

505,950

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $21,636,576)

   

21,412,369

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Commercial Papers (0.9%) (d)

 

AutoNation, Inc., 0.32%, 1/3/22 (a)

 

$

500,000

   

$

499,987

   

Jabil, Inc., 0.49%, 1/6/22 (a)

   

500,000

     

499,959

   

Total Commercial Papers (Cost $999,963)

   

999,946

   

Total Investments (Cost $104,938,443) — 98.8%

   

104,135,963

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 1.2%

   

1,274,338

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

105,410,301

   

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $18,384,369 and amounted to 17.4% of net assets.

(b)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(c)  Security is perpetual and has no final maturity date but may be subject to calls at various dates in the future.

(d)  Rate represents the effective yield at December 31, 2021.

bps — Basis points

H15T1Y — 1 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

H15T5Y — 5 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

USISDA05 — 5 Year USD ICE Swap, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021

USSW5 — USD 5 Year Swap Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (100.0%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (3.2%):

 

HEICO Corp.

   

597

   

$

86,099

   

Air Freight & Logistics (3.5%):

 

GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)

   

1,033

     

93,827

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (10.0%):

 

Cintas Corp.

   

192

     

85,089

   

Copart, Inc. (a)

   

844

     

127,967

   

Rollins, Inc.

   

1,744

     

59,662

   
     

272,718

   

Consumer Discretionary (9.9%):

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

   

900

     

97,605

   

LKQ Corp.

   

1,176

     

70,595

   

NVR, Inc. (a)

   

17

     

100,451

   
     

268,651

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (13.2%):

 

Amphenol Corp., Class A

   

1,400

     

122,444

   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

372

     

76,822

   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

148

     

64,660

   

Zebra Technologies Corp. (a)

   

166

     

98,803

   
     

362,729

   

Health Care (16.5%):

 

Chemed Corp.

   

158

     

83,588

   

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

   

1,248

     

69,626

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

   

304

     

95,520

   

STERIS PLC

   

356

     

86,654

   

Waters Corp. (a)

   

296

     

110,290

   
     

445,678

   

Industrial Conglomerates (3.1%):

 

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

340

     

84,361

   

Machinery (9.4%):

 

Graco, Inc.

   

1,068

     

86,102

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

276

     

87,801

   

The Toro Co.

   

812

     

81,127

   
     

255,030

   

Materials (2.0%):

 

Crown Holdings, Inc.

   

500

     

55,310

   

Professional Services (6.6%):

 

CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)

   

257

     

69,187

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

484

     

110,705

   
     

179,892

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Road & Rail (7.0%):

 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

512

   

$

104,653

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

240

     

86,011

   
     

190,664

   

Software (12.1%):

 

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

   

672

     

125,228

   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

   

270

     

99,495

   

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

192

     

103,286

   
     

328,009

   

Trading Companies & Distributors (3.5%):

 

Fastenal Co.

   

1,500

     

96,090

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,373,955)

   

2,719,058

   

Total Investments (Cost $2,373,955) — 100.0%

   

2,719,058

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — 0.0% (b)

   

(644

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

2,718,414

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US 500 Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US Small Cap
Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
International
Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Assets:

 
Affiliated investments, at value (Cost $—,
$40,115 and $—)
 

$

   

$

61,736

   

$

   
Unaffiliated investments, at value
(Cost $506,499,170, $23,485,776 and
$98,861,791)
   

694,876,216

(a)

   

27,547,574

(b)

   

121,065,577

(c)

 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $—, $—
and $23,838)
   

     

     

23,858

   

Cash

   

1,673,088

     

64,847

     

123,106

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

396,358

     

33,471

     

108,697

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

662,388

     

13,616

     

156,158

   

Investments sold

   

3,866,775

     

     

   

Reclaims

   

     

     

151,286

   

From Adviser

   

832

     

3,851

     

12,683

   

Prepaid expenses

   

1,321

     

33

     

187

   

Total Assets

   

701,476,978

     

27,725,128

     

121,641,552

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

10,035,590

     

144,942

     

4,025,356

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

3,879,824

     

     

   
Variation margin on open futures
contracts
   

5,804

     

205

     

130

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

176,154

     

6,829

     

39,020

   

Administration fees

   

9,122

     

355

     

1,959

   

Custodian fees

   

5,106

     

573

     

25,995

   

Compliance fees

   

427

     

15

     

67

   

Trustees' fees

   

571

     

     

   

Other accrued expenses

   

43,034

     

5,995

     

19,626

   

Total Liabilities

   

14,155,632

     

158,914

     

4,112,153

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

514,595,245

     

30,433,962

     

99,339,127

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

172,726,101

     

(2,867,748

)

   

18,190,272

   

Net Assets

 

$

687,321,346

   

$

27,566,214

   

$

117,529,399

   
Shares (unlimited shares authorized,
no par value):
   

8,850,000

     

400,000

     

2,600,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

77.66

   

$

68.92

   

$

45.20

   

(a)  Includes $9,714,977 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $139,560 of securities on loan.

(c)  Includes $3,853,110 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US Large Cap
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US Small Cap
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $209,648,759 and $241,095,472)

 

$

242,050,083

(a)

 

$

256,390,480

(b)

 

Cash

   

441,546

     

751,574

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

284,342

     

112,934

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

576,893

     

332,724

   

Capital shares issued

   

     

3,065,320

   

From Adviser

   

2,773

     

3,715

   

Prepaid expenses

   

343

     

123

   

Total Assets

   

243,355,980

     

260,656,870

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

2,212,270

     

5,888,647

   

Investments purchased

   

     

3,052,122

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

2,063

     

1,624

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

58,299

     

61,681

   

Administration fees

   

3,235

     

4,372

   

Custodian fees

   

1,874

     

1,856

   

Compliance fees

   

129

     

101

   

Other accrued expenses

   

17,467

     

10,386

   

Total Liabilities

   

2,295,337

     

9,020,789

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

244,197,638

     

257,678,415

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

(3,136,995

)

   

(6,042,334

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

241,060,643

   

$

251,636,081

   

Shares (unlimited shares authorized, no par value):

   

3,950,000

     

4,100,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

61.03

   

$

61.37

   

(a)  Includes $2,140,650 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $5,683,641 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


159


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
International
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Emerging Market
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Dividend
Accelerator
ETF
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $19,436,619,
$17,386,695 and $289,109,060)
 

$

20,192,164

(a)

 

$

17,143,291

(b)

 

$

353,808,293

(c)

 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $11,136,
$2,057 and $—)
   

11,136

     

2,057

     

   

Cash

   

51,936

     

28,618

     

496,743

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

25,836

     

40,550

     

304,372

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

49,826

     

29,938

     

552,248

   

Reclaims

   

71,076

     

2,326

     

   

From Adviser

   

5,717

     

18,039

     

1,557

   

Prepaid expenses

   

128

     

40

     

590

   

Total Assets

   

20,407,819

     

17,264,859

     

355,163,803

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

857,575

     

749,575

     

371,172

   
Variation margin on open futures
contracts
   

65

     

350

     

2,063

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

6,495

     

6,222

     

87,852

   

Administration fees

   

53

     

19

     

6,022

   

Custodian fees

   

4,929

     

25,183

     

2,793

   

Compliance fees

   

23

     

11

     

188

   

Other accrued expenses

   

9,618

     

26,943

     

16,572

   

Total Liabilities

   

878,758

     

808,303

     

486,662

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

32,588,686

     

21,485,479

     

282,543,417

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

(13,059,625

)

   

(5,028,923

)

   

72,133,724

   

Net Assets

 

$

19,529,061

   

$

16,456,556

   

$

354,677,141

   
Shares (unlimited shares authorized,
no par value):
   

600,000

     

700,000

     

7,450,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

32.55

   

$

23.51

   

$

47.61

   

(a)  Includes $823,029 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $690,659 of securities on loan.

(c)  Includes $365,148 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


160


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US Multi-Factor
Minimum Volatility
ETF
  VictoryShares
US 500
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US EQ Income
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value
(Cost $134,164,994,
$823,670,844 and $975,956,773)
 

$

163,368,431

   

$

1,079,406,818

(a)

 

$

1,123,196,377

(b)

 

Cash

   

382,216

     

     

   
Deposit with broker for futures
contracts
   

218,297

     

494,437

     

652,277

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

104,442

     

1,001,982

     

2,640,743

   

Capital shares issued

   

     

     

10,430,315

   

From Adviser

   

3,250

     

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

344

     

1,316

     

1,193

   

Total Assets

   

164,076,980

     

1,080,904,553

     

1,136,920,905

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 
Collateral received on loaned
securities
   

     

12,340,356

     

20,585,825

   

Investments purchased

   

     

     

10,375,967

   
Variation margin on open futures
contracts
   

2,062

     

9,242

     

9,546

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

40,915

     

264,407

     

267,260

   

Administration fees

   

2,685

     

14,916

     

16,597

   

Custodian fees

   

1,544

     

6,387

     

6,289

   

Compliance fees

   

96

     

544

     

525

   

Trustees' fees

   

     

650

     

394

   

Other accrued expenses

   

11,713

     

47,596

     

45,102

   

Total Liabilities

   

59,015

     

12,684,098

     

31,307,505

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

132,376,865

     

839,313,634

     

971,718,632

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

31,641,100

     

228,906,821

     

133,894,768

   

Net Assets

 

$

164,017,965

   

$

1,068,220,455

   

$

1,105,613,400

   
Shares (unlimited shares authorized,
no par value):
   

3,900,000

     

13,750,000

     

15,900,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

42.06

   

$

77.69

   

$

69.54

   

(a)  Includes $11,875,760 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $20,053,733 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


161


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US Discovery
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Developed
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Nasdaq
Next 50 ETF
 

Assets:

 
Affiliated investments, at value
(Cost $88,744, $— and $—)
 

$

158,284

   

$

   

$

   
Unaffiliated investments, at value
(Cost $59,943,116, $35,747,523 and
$133,079,382)
   

71,287,223

(a)

   

42,408,699

(b)

   

152,929,343

   
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $—,
$9,019 and $—)
   

     

9,041

     

   

Cash

   

     

     

655,078

   
Deposit with broker for futures
contracts
   

41,644

     

90,258

     

104,495

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

34,948

     

54,400

     

54,148

   

Reclaims

   

     

162,128

     

4,092

   

From Adviser

   

3,772

     

15,758

     

12,075

   

Prepaid expenses

   

80

     

84

     

71

   

Total Assets

   

71,525,951

     

42,740,368

     

153,759,302

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 
Collateral received on loaned
securities
   

825,012

     

1,384,271

     

   

Investments purchased

   

     

     

146,080

   
Variation margin on open futures
contracts
   

410

     

65

     

4,380

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

17,506

     

13,707

     

19,649

   

Administration fees

   

824

     

76

     

886

   

Custodian fees

   

755

     

37,683

     

2,393

   

Compliance fees

   

39

     

27

     

73

   

Trustees' fees

   

     

     

86

   

Other accrued expenses

   

9,486

     

18,811

     

61,651

   

Total Liabilities

   

854,032

     

1,454,640

     

235,198

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

89,783,795

     

60,012,292

     

140,723,118

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

(19,111,876

)

   

(18,726,564

)

   

12,800,986

   

Net Assets

 

$

70,671,919

   

$

41,285,728

   

$

153,524,104

   
Shares (unlimited shares authorized,
no par value):
   

1,100,000

     

1,200,000

     

4,500,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

64.25

   

$

34.40

   

$

34.12

   

(a)  Includes $796,001 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $1,327,116 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


162


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
ESG Core
Plus Bond ETF
  VictoryShares
ESG Corporate
Bond ETF
  VictoryShares
THB Mid Cap
ESG ETF
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $204,206,680,
$104,938,443 and $2,373,955)
 

$

203,564,332

   

$

104,135,963

   

$

2,719,058

   

Cash

   

182,342

     

566,351

     

10,850

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

725,323

     

726,482

     

661

   

Investments sold

   

     

     

45,112

   

From Adviser

   

4,396

     

5,204

     

3,554

   

Prepaid expenses

   

26,547

     

24,340

     

   

Total Assets

   

204,502,940

     

105,458,340

     

2,779,235

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

   

9,643,957

     

     

55,256

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

57,267

     

31,347

     

1,120

   

Administration fees

   

3,689

     

2,022

     

51

   

Custodian fees

   

1,440

     

1,442

     

538

   

Compliance fees

   

98

     

89

     

10

   

Trustees' fees

   

1,402

     

1,365

     

368

   

Other accrued expenses

   

10,491

     

11,774

     

3,478

   

Total Liabilities

   

9,718,344

     

48,039

     

60,821

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

195,400,606

     

106,319,172

     

2,373,729

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

(616,010

)

   

(908,871

)

   

344,685

   

Net Assets

 

$

194,784,596

   

$

105,410,301

   

$

2,718,414

   
Shares (unlimited shares authorized,
no par value):
   

7,825,000

     

4,250,000

     

100,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

24.89

   

$

24.80

   

$

27.18

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


163


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US 500 Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US Small Cap
Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
International
Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

5,641,040

   

$

254,881

   

$

1,348,635

   

Non-cash dividends

   

     

     

286,295

   

Affiliated dividend income

   

     

639

     

   

Interest

   

382

     

1

     

17

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

21,373

     

569

     

24,810

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(830

)

   

(170

)

   

(222,361

)

 

Total Income

   

5,661,965

     

255,920

     

1,437,396

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

1,062,492

     

40,150

     

236,367

   

Administration fees

   

192,367

     

7,268

     

32,097

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,052

     

9,052

     

9,052

   

Custodian fees

   

16,378

     

1,770

     

54,893

   

Servicing fees

   

2,619

     

2,568

     

2,568

   

Trustees' fees

   

22,131

     

1,482

     

4,207

   

Compliance fees

   

2,542

     

94

     

419

   

Legal and audit fees

   

22,288

     

6,425

     

9,423

   

Broker interest fees

   

398

     

     

   

Interest fees

   

     

47

     

139

   

Other expenses

   

32,795

     

4,013

     

9,249

   

Total Expenses

   

1,363,062

     

72,869

     

358,414

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(123,273

)

   

(25,965

)

   

(92,355

)

 

Net Expenses

   

1,239,789

     

46,904

     

266,059

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

4,422,176

     

209,016

     

1,171,337

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses)
from Investments:
 
Net realized gains (losses) from unaffiliated
investment securities and foreign currency
transactions
   

(1,874,529

)

   

(666,915

)

   

2,524,777

   
Net realized gains (losses) from affiliated
investment securities
   

     

22,352

     

   

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

365,354

     

(3,354

)

   

(2,870

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions

   

58,817,375

     

2,036,548

     

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on unaffiliated investment securities and foreign
currency translations
   

3,217,521

     

212,083

     

(689,760

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on affiliated investment securities
   

     

(13,005

)

   

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on futures contracts
   

(24,872

)

   

(4,355

)

   

9,664

   

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

60,500,849

     

1,583,354

     

1,841,811

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

64,923,025

   

$

1,792,370

   

$

3,013,148

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


164


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US Large Cap
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US Small Cap
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

3,989,931

   

$

4,688,610

   

Interest

   

67

     

68

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

3,880

     

21,175

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

     

(293

)

 

Total Income

   

3,993,878

     

4,709,560

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

342,573

     

373,577

   

Administration fees

   

62,019

     

67,639

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,052

     

9,052

   

Custodian fees

   

5,977

     

6,449

   

Servicing fees

   

2,568

     

2,568

   

Trustees' fees

   

7,465

     

7,555

   

Compliance fees

   

805

     

831

   

Legal and audit fees

   

11,185

     

10,951

   

Broker interest fees

   

     

173

   

Other expenses

   

13,255

     

11,690

   

Total Expenses

   

454,899

     

490,485

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(55,045

)

   

(54,478

)

 

Net Expenses

   

399,854

     

436,007

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

3,594,024

     

4,273,553

   

Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:

 

Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities

   

(1,983,717

)

   

(9,742,487

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

134,052

     

(15,213

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions

   

14,822,667

     

12,757,596

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on
investment securities
   

3,637,179

     

2,892,130

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures
contracts
   

(3,232

)

   

27,507

   

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

16,606,949

     

5,919,533

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

20,200,973

   

$

10,193,086

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


165


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
International
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Emerging Market
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Dividend
Accelerator
ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

439,205

   

$

715,572

   

$

3,249,739

   

Non-cash dividends

   

70,450

     

     

   

Interest

   

71

     

     

47

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

4,316

     

94

     

73

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(54,278

)

   

(94,883

)

   

   

Total Income

   

459,764

     

620,783

     

3,249,859

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

41,331

     

40,088

     

518,135

   

Administration fees

   

5,614

     

4,840

     

93,805

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,052

     

10,057

     

9,052

   

Custodian fees

   

10,764

     

48,851

     

8,530

   

Servicing fees

   

2,568

     

2,499

     

2,499

   

Trustees' fees

   

1,486

     

1,281

     

10,972

   

Compliance fees

   

88

     

67

     

1,222

   

Legal and audit fees

   

6,913

     

23,486

     

12,273

   

Line of credit fees

   

     

28

     

   

Interest fees

   

117

     

757

     

   

Other expenses

   

4,971

     

6,151

     

14,875

   

Total Expenses

   

82,904

     

138,105

     

671,363

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(36,333

)

   

(92,823

)

   

(66,779

)

 

Net Expenses

   

46,571

     

45,282

     

604,584

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

413,193

     

575,501

     

2,645,275

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses)
from Investments:
 
Net realized gains (losses) from investment
securities and foreign currency transactions
   

235,402

     

489,334

     

(402,752

)

 

Foreign taxes on realized gains

   

     

(24,811

)

   

   

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

(2,726

)

   

(4,675

)

   

129,243

   
Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind
redemptions
   

290,838

     

164,150

     

14,738,749

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on investment securities
and foreign currency translations
   

(467,566

)

   

(1,197,431

)

   

12,491,854

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on futures contracts
   

6,669

     

100

     

10,781

   
Net change in accrued foreign taxes on
unrealized gains
   

     

9,836

     

   
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on
investments
   

62,617

     

(563,497

)

   

26,967,875

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

475,810

   

$

12,004

   

$

29,613,150

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US Multi-Factor
Minimum Volatility
ETF
  VictoryShares
US 500
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US EQ Income
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

1,614,724

   

$

8,116,038

   

$

17,419,780

   

Interest

   

70

     

     

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

1

     

30,855

     

17,290

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(428

)

   

(1,207

)

   

   

Total Income

   

1,614,367

     

8,145,686

     

17,437,070

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

256,628

     

1,515,517

     

1,487,191

   

Administration fees

   

46,470

     

274,340

     

269,194

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,051

     

9,051

     

9,051

   

Custodian fees

   

4,876

     

22,087

     

21,512

   

Servicing fees

   

2,341

     

2,619

     

2,619

   

Trustees' fees

   

5,831

     

29,255

     

28,467

   

Compliance fees

   

609

     

3,456

     

3,364

   

Legal and audit fees

   

10,158

     

28,915

     

28,522

   

Broker interest fees

   

     

565

     

494

   

Interest fees

   

     

90

     

897

   

Other expenses

   

9,391

     

40,148

     

38,852

   

Total Expenses

   

345,355

     

1,926,043

     

1,890,163

   
Expenses waived/reimbursed
by Adviser
   

(45,958

)

   

(160,191

)

   

(157,183

)

 

Net Expenses

   

299,397

     

1,765,852

     

1,732,980

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

1,314,970

     

6,379,834

     

15,704,090

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses)
from Investments:
 
Net realized gains (losses) from
investment securities
   

(1,300,065

)

   

(4,345,664

)

   

(7,215,386

)

 
Net realized gains (losses) from
futures contracts
   

75,119

     

484,025

     

547,290

   
Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind
redemptions
   

14,080,178

     

43,110,175

     

65,886,878

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on investment securities
   

3,511,492

     

47,237,625

     

14,610,245

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on futures contracts
   

(2,993

)

   

(22,926

)

   

18,142

   
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses)
on investments
   

16,363,731

     

86,463,235

     

73,847,169

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
 

$

17,678,701

   

$

92,843,069

   

$

89,551,259

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


167


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
US Discovery
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Developed
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Nasdaq Next
50 ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

649,314

   

$

472,942

   

$

275,837

   

Non-cash dividends

   

     

100,083

     

   

Affiliated dividend income

   

1,637

     

     

   

Interest

   

1

     

62

     

45

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

1,804

     

8,314

     

64,970

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(436

)

   

(79,434

)

   

(3,069

)

 

Total Income

   

652,320

     

501,967

     

337,783

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

101,952

     

83,749

     

113,839

   

Administration fees

   

18,456

     

11,373

     

41,215

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,051

     

9,051

     

7,352

   

Custodian fees

   

2,574

     

60,958

     

3,601

   

Servicing fees

   

2,345

     

2,568

     

1,510

   

Trustees' fees

   

2,636

     

2,008

     

4,490

   

Compliance fees

   

235

     

153

     

504

   

Legal and audit fees

   

7,502

     

7,845

     

7,252

   

Interest fees

 

 

   

73

     

   

Licensing fees

   

     

     

22,771

   

Other expenses

   

6,187

     

8,966

     

21,475

   

Total Expenses

   

150,938

     

186,744

     

224,009

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(31,926

)

   

(92,472

)

   

(87,374

)

 

Net Expenses

   

119,012

     

94,272

     

136,635

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

533,308

     

407,695

     

201,148

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses)
from Investments:
 
Net realized gains (losses) from unaffiliated
investment securities
   

(1,414,225

)

   

737,365

     

(9,347,342

)

 
Net realized gains (losses) from affiliated
securities transactions
   

32,611

     

     

   
Net realized gains (losses) from futures
contracts
   

(21,696

)

   

1

     

40,689

   
Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind
redemptions
   

4,809,647

     

447,202

     

9,563,604

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on unaffiliated investment
securities
   

690,572

     

(512,288

)

   

(1,495,339

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on affiliated investments
   

(8,717

)

   

     

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on futures contracts
   

10,070

     

7,674

     

4,712

   
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on
investments
   

4,098,262

     

679,954

     

(1,233,676

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from
operations
 

$

4,631,570

   

$

1,087,649

   

$

(1,032,528

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


168


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
ESG
Core Plus Bond
ETF(a)
  VictoryShares
ESG
Corporate Bond
ETF(a)
  VictoryShares
THB
Mid Cap ESG
ETF(a)
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

   

$

   

$

3,507

   

Interest

   

676,760

     

539,803

     

   

Total Income

   

676,760

     

539,803

     

3,507

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

129,518

     

84,717

     

3,125

   

Administration fees

   

19,995

     

13,091

     

338

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

3,790

     

3,790

     

3,764

   

Custodian fees

   

1,640

     

1,642

     

538

   

Servicing fees

   

1,005

     

1,005

     

1,005

   

Trustees' fees

   

1,439

     

1,403

     

369

   

Compliance fees

   

158

     

145

     

12

   

Legal and audit fees

   

3,066

     

2,794

     

1,662

   

Interest fees

   

     

     

9

   

Listing fees

   

2,500

     

2,500

     

2,500

   

Other expenses

   

7,331

     

7,634

     

701

   

Total Expenses

   

170,442

     

118,721

     

14,023

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(20,315

)

   

(20,773

)

   

(10,572

)

 

Net Expenses

   

150,127

     

97,948

     

3,451

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

526,633

     

441,855

     

56

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses)
from Investments:
 
Net realized gains (losses) from investment
securities
   

22,986

     

20,636

     

7,427

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on investment securities
   

(642,348

)

   

(802,480

)

   

345,103

   
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on
investments
   

(619,362

)

   

(781,844

)

   

352,530

   
Change in net assets resulting from
operations
 

$

(92,729

)

 

$

(339,989

)

 

$

352,586

   

(a)  Commencement of operations on October 5, 2021.

See notes to financial statements.

 


169


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares
US 500 Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US Small Cap
Volatility Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares International
Volatility Wtd ETF
 
    Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment income
(loss)
 

$

4,422,176

   

$

7,661,551

   

$

209,016

   

$

281,342

   

$

1,171,337

   

$

2,422,654

   
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

57,308,200

     

69,253,916

     

1,388,631

     

3,440,333

     

2,521,907

     

2,246,705

   
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation
on investments
   

3,192,649

     

160,491,386

     

194,723

     

6,333,917

     

(680,096

)

   

23,696,788

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

64,923,025

     

237,406,853

     

1,792,370

     

10,055,592

     

3,013,148

     

28,366,147

   
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(5,088,696

)

   

(7,561,107

)

   

(225,432

)

   

(287,612

)

   

(2,193,810

)

   

(2,408,306

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(77,950,457

)

   

(194,413,139

)

   

13,589

     

128,296

     

     

7,632,260

   

Change in net assets

   

(18,116,128

)

   

35,432,607

     

1,580,527

     

9,896,276

     

819,338

     

33,590,101

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

705,437,474

     

670,004,867

     

25,985,687

     

16,089,411

     

116,710,061

     

83,119,960

   

End of period

 

$

687,321,346

   

$

705,437,474

   

$

27,566,214

   

$

25,985,687

   

$

117,529,399

   

$

116,710,061

   

Capital Transactions:

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
   

88,325,657

     

109,696,136

     

6,396,216

     

9,846,161

     

     

11,872,178

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(166,276,114

)

   

(304,109,275

)

   

(6,382,627

)

   

(9,717,865

)

   

     

(4,239,918

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(77,950,457

)

   

(194,413,139

)

   

13,589

     

128,296

     

     

7,632,260

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

1,200,000

     

1,650,000

     

100,000

     

150,000

     

     

300,000

   

Redeemed

   

(2,250,000

)

   

(5,000,000

)

   

(100,000

)

   

(150,000

)

   

     

(100,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

(1,050,000

)

   

(3,350,000

)

   

     

     

     

200,000

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


170


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 


  VictoryShares
US Large Cap High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US Small Cap High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
 
    Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

3,594,024

   

$

5,978,979

   

$

4,273,553

   

$

4,617,664

   

Net realized gains (losses) from investments

   

12,973,002

     

13,598,702

     

2,999,896

     

24,892,624

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on investments
   

3,633,947

     

54,543,611

     

2,919,637

     

22,086,728

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

   

20,200,973

     

74,121,292

     

10,193,086

     

51,597,016

   
Change in net assets resulting from distributions to
shareholders
   

(4,094,581

)

   

(5,707,683

)

   

(4,782,669

)

   

(4,510,283

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

   

3,898,691

     

(40,993,350

)

   

(5,571,721

)

   

138,568,910

   

Change in net assets

   

20,005,083

     

27,420,259

     

(161,304

)

   

185,655,643

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

221,055,560

     

193,635,301

     

251,797,385

     

66,141,742

   

End of period

 

$

241,060,643

   

$

221,055,560

   

$

251,636,081

   

$

251,797,385

   

Capital Transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares issued

   

61,149,598

     

73,170,915

     

78,440,404

     

248,883,695

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(57,250,907

)

   

(114,164,265

)

   

(84,012,125

)

   

(110,314,785

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from capital
transactions
   

3,898,691

     

(40,993,350

)

   

(5,571,721

)

   

138,568,910

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

1,050,000

     

1,350,000

     

1,350,000

     

4,350,000

   

Redeemed

   

(1,000,000

)

   

(2,350,000

)

   

(1,450,000

)

   

(1,950,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

50,000

     

(1,000,000

)

   

(100,000

)

   

2,400,000

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


171


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares
International High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Emerging Market
High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Dividend
Accelerator ETF
 
    Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment income
(loss)
 

$

413,193

   

$

1,511,245

   

$

575,501

   

$

915,679

   

$

2,645,275

   

$

5,136,658

   
Net realized gains (losses)
from investments
   

523,514

     

744,698

     

623,998

     

(315,457

)

   

14,465,240

     

38,451,332

   
Net change in unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation
on investments
   

(460,897

)

   

10,014,311

     

(1,187,495

)

   

4,615,926

     

12,502,635

     

47,590,115

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

475,810

     

12,270,254

     

12,004

     

5,216,148

     

29,613,150

     

91,178,105

   
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(623,807

)

   

(1,705,787

)

   

(791,056

)

   

(809,574

)

   

(3,118,525

)

   

(4,931,587

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(3,301,198

)

   

(49,628,242

)

   

(2,450,765

)

   

(6,399,375

)

   

(15,971,955

)

   

22,631,344

   

Change in net assets

   

(3,449,195

)

   

(39,063,775

)

   

(3,229,817

)

   

(1,992,801

)

   

10,522,670

     

108,877,862

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

22,978,256

     

62,042,031

     

19,686,373

     

21,679,174

     

344,154,471

     

235,276,609

   

End of period

 

$

19,529,061

   

$

22,978,256

   

$

16,456,556

   

$

19,686,373

   

$

354,677,141

   

$

344,154,471

   

Capital Transactions:

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
   

     

3,066,706

     

1,067

     

1,135,264

     

31,181,703

     

156,222,479

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(3,301,198

)

   

(52,694,948

)

   

(2,451,832

)

   

(7,534,639

)

   

(47,153,658

)

   

(133,591,135

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(3,301,198

)

   

(49,628,242

)

   

(2,450,765

)

   

(6,399,375

)

   

(15,971,955

)

   

22,631,344

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

     

100,000

     

     

50,000

     

700,000

     

3,850,000

   

Redeemed

   

(100,000

)

   

(1,850,000

)

   

(100,000

)

   

(350,000

)

   

(1,050,000

)

   

(3,150,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

(100,000

)

   

(1,750,000

)

   

(100,000

)

   

(300,000

)

   

(350,000

)

   

700,000

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


172


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares
US Multi-Factor
Minimum
Volatility ETF
  VictoryShares
US 500
Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
US EQ Income Enhanced
Volatility Wtd ETF
 

  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
 

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
 

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
 

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment
income (loss)
 

$

1,314,970

   

$

2,767,382

   

$

6,379,834

   

$

8,590,245

   

$

15,704,090

   

$

19,769,279

   
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

12,855,232

     

13,042,099

     

39,248,536

     

72,481,462

     

59,218,782

     

122,693,510

   
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation
on investments
   

3,508,499

     

20,081,016

     

47,214,699

     

162,743,239

     

14,628,387

     

97,533,008

   
Change in net assets
resulting from
operations
   

17,678,701

     

35,890,497

     

92,843,069

     

243,814,946

     

89,551,259

     

239,995,797

   
Change in net assets
resulting from
distributions to
shareholders
   

(1,451,323

)

   

(2,790,098

)

   

(7,337,785

)

   

(7,661,659

)

   

(17,790,099

)

   

(18,139,639

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from
capital transactions
   

(16,274,370

)

   

(24,217,756

)

   

45,374,421

     

91,574,225

     

117,006,289

     

129,097,767

   

Change in net assets

   

(46,992

)

   

8,882,643

     

130,879,705

     

327,727,512

     

188,767,449

     

350,953,925

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

164,064,957

     

155,182,314

     

937,340,750

     

609,613,238

     

916,845,951

     

565,892,026

   

End of period

 

$

164,017,965

   

$

164,064,957

   

$

1,068,220,455

   

$

937,340,750

   

$

1,105,613,400

   

$

916,845,951

   

Capital Transactions:

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
   

46,517,363

     

52,363,615

     

161,993,978

     

281,258,675

     

380,996,280

     

465,006,422

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(62,791,733

)

   

(76,581,371

)

   

(116,619,557

)

   

(189,684,450

)

   

(263,989,991

)

   

(335,908,655

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from
capital transactions
   

(16,274,370

)

   

(24,217,756

)

   

45,374,421

     

91,574,225

     

117,006,289

     

129,097,767

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

1,200,000

     

1,450,000

     

2,200,000

     

4,250,000

     

5,750,000

     

7,600,000

   

Redeemed

   

(1,600,000

)

   

(2,200,000

)

   

(1,600,000

)

   

(2,850,000

)

   

(4,050,000

)

   

(5,550,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

(400,000

)

   

(750,000

)

   

600,000

     

1,400,000

     

1,700,000

     

2,050,000

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares
US Discovery
Enhanced
Volatility Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Developed
Enhanced
Volatility Wtd ETF
  VictoryShares
Nasdaq
Next 50 ETF
 
    Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
 

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
 

Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  For the Period
September 10,
2020(a)
through
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment income
(loss)
 

$

533,308

   

$

612,754

   

$

407,695

   

$

943,772

   

$

201,148

   

$

428,808

   
Net realized gains (losses)
from investments
   

3,406,337

     

13,619,143

     

1,184,568

     

2,593,353

     

256,951

     

6,489,508

   
Net change in unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation
on investments
   

691,925

     

6,795,969

     

(504,614

)

   

7,824,474

     

(1,490,627

)

   

21,355,266

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

4,631,570

     

21,027,866

     

1,087,649

     

11,361,599

     

(1,032,528

)

   

28,273,582

   
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(580,023

)

   

(596,428

)

   

(785,406

)

   

(879,139

)

   

(293,349

)

   

(345,554

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

3,047,921

     

5,938,386

     

(1,758,973

)

   

(16,195,189

)

   

6,383,039

     

120,538,914

   

Change in net assets

   

7,099,468

     

26,369,824

     

(1,456,730

)

   

(5,712,729

)

   

5,057,162

     

148,466,942

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

63,572,451

     

37,202,627

     

42,742,458

     

48,455,187

     

148,466,942

     

   

End of period

 

$

70,671,919

   

$

63,572,451

   

$

41,285,728

   

$

42,742,458

   

$

153,524,104

   

$

148,466,942

   

Capital Transactions:

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
   

17,919,618

     

34,562,229

     

     

     

33,789,092

     

196,036,909

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(14,871,697

)

   

(28,623,843

)

   

(1,758,973

)

   

(16,195,189

)

   

(27,406,053

)

   

(75,497,995

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

3,047,921

     

5,938,386

     

(1,758,973

)

   

(16,195,189

)

   

6,383,039

     

120,538,914

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

300,000

     

600,000

     

     

     

1,000,000

     

6,675,000

   

Redeemed

   

(250,000

)

   

(500,000

)

   

(50,000

)

   

(550,000

)

   

(825,000

)

   

(2,350,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

50,000

     

100,000

     

(50,000

)

   

(550,000

)

   

175,000

     

4,325,000

   

(a)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares
ESG Core Plus
Bond ETF
  VictoryShares
ESG Corporate
Bond ETF
  VictoryShares
THB Mid Cap
ESG ETF
 
    For the Period
October 5,
2021(a)
through
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  For the Period
October 5,
2021(a)
through
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  For the Period
October 5,
2021(a)
through
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

526,633

   

$

441,855

   

$

56

   

Net realized gains (losses) from investments

   

22,986

     

20,636

     

7,427

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on investments
   

(642,348

)

   

(802,480

)

   

345,103

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

   

(92,729

)

   

(339,989

)

   

352,586

   
Change in net assets resulting from distributions
to shareholders
   

(523,281

)

   

(568,882

)

   

(7,901

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
   

195,400,606

     

106,319,172

     

2,373,729

   

Change in net assets

   

194,784,596

     

105,410,301

     

2,718,414

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

     

     

   

End of period

 

$

194,784,596

   

$

105,410,301

   

$

2,718,414

   

Capital Transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares issued

   

195,400,606

     

106,319,172

     

2,373,729

   
Change in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
   

195,400,606

     

106,319,172

     

2,373,729

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

7,825,000

     

4,250,000

     

100,000

   

Change in Shares

   

7,825,000

     

4,250,000

     

100,000

   

(a)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

     

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
 

VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

71.26

     

0.47

     

6.47

     

6.94

     

(0.54

)

   

(0.54

)

 

$

77.66

     

9.79

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

50.57

     

0.69

     

20.68

     

21.37

     

(0.68

)

   

(0.68

)

 

$

71.26

     

42.51

%

 

2020

 

$

52.46

     

0.77

     

(1.88

)

   

(1.11

)

   

(0.78

)

   

(0.78

)

 

$

50.57

     

(2.12

)%

 

2019

 

$

49.34

     

0.73

     

3.09

     

3.82

     

(0.70

)

   

(0.70

)

 

$

52.46

     

7.86

%

 

2018

 

$

44.05

     

0.63

     

5.26

     

5.89

     

(0.60

)

   

(0.60

)

 

$

49.34

     

13.42

%

 

2017

 

$

37.24

     

0.60

     

6.71

     

7.31

     

(0.50

)

   

(0.50

)

 

$

44.05

     

19.72

%

 

VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

64.96

     

0.52

     

4.00

     

4.52

     

(0.56

)

   

(0.56

)

 

$

68.92

     

7.00

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

40.22

     

0.70

     

24.76

     

25.46

     

(0.72

)

   

(0.72

)

 

$

64.96

     

63.72

%

 

2020

 

$

45.87

     

0.59

     

(5.62

)

   

(5.03

)

   

(0.62

)

   

(0.62

)

 

$

40.22

     

(11.00

)%

 

2019

 

$

48.54

     

0.63

     

(2.62

)

   

(1.99

)

   

(0.68

)

   

(0.68

)

 

$

45.87

     

(4.07

)%

 

2018

 

$

42.40

     

0.50

     

6.14

     

6.64

     

(0.50

)

   

(0.50

)

 

$

48.54

     

15.75

%

 

2017

 

$

34.35

     

0.50

     

8.01

     

8.51

     

(0.46

)

   

(0.46

)

 

$

42.40

     

24.86

%

 

VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

44.89

     

0.45

     

0.70

     

1.15

     

(0.84

)

   

(0.84

)

 

$

45.20

     

2.60

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

34.63

     

0.95

     

10.25

     

11.20

     

(0.94

)

   

(0.94

)

 

$

44.89

     

32.59

%

 

2020

 

$

38.12

     

0.77

     

(3.51

)

   

(2.74

)

   

(0.75

)

   

(0.75

)

 

$

34.63

     

(7.23

)%

 

2019

 

$

39.09

     

1.17

     

(1.07

)

   

0.10

     

(1.07

)

   

(1.07

)

 

$

38.12

     

0.33

%

 

2018

 

$

37.20

     

1.04

     

1.81

     

2.85

     

(0.96

)

   

(0.96

)

 

$

39.09

     

7.62

%

 

2017

 

$

32.11

     

0.76

     

5.10

     

5.86

     

(0.77

)

   

(0.77

)

 

$

37.20

     

18.44

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transaction.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.35

%

   

1.25

%

   

0.38

%

 

$

687,321

     

11

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.35

%

   

1.13

%

   

0.39

%

 

$

705,437

     

34

%

 

2020

   

0.35

%

   

1.49

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

670,005

     

28

%

 

2019

   

0.35

%

   

1.48

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

731,775

     

46

%

 

2018

   

0.35

%

   

1.32

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

567,370

     

36

%

 

2017

   

0.35

%

   

1.43

%

   

0.47

%

 

$

292,921

     

26

%

 

VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.35

%

   

1.56

%

   

0.54

%

 

$

27,566

     

26

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.35

%

   

1.30

%

   

0.55

%

 

$

25,986

     

71

%

 

2020

   

0.35

%

   

1.35

%

   

0.55

%

 

$

16,089

     

50

%

 

2019

   

0.35

%

   

1.36

%

   

0.46

%

 

$

29,814

     

62

%

 

2018

   

0.35

%

   

1.10

%

   

0.47

%

 

$

41,261

     

47

%

 

2017

   

0.35

%

   

1.25

%

   

0.68

%

 

$

25,438

     

47

%

 

VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.45

%

   

1.98

%

   

0.61

%

 

$

117,529

     

18

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.45

%

   

2.34

%

   

0.63

%

 

$

116,710

     

45

%

 

2020

   

0.45

%

   

2.12

%

   

0.64

%

 

$

83,120

     

41

%

 

2019

   

0.45

%

   

3.14

%

   

0.73

%

 

$

36,215

     

53

%

 

2018

   

0.45

%

   

2.61

%

   

0.98

%

 

$

21,497

     

37

%

 

2017

   

0.45

%

   

2.25

%

   

1.54

%

 

$

13,021

     

46

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

     

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
 

VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

56.68

     

0.92

     

4.49

     

5.41

     

(1.06

)

   

(1.06

)

 

$

61.03

     

9.63

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

39.52

     

1.45

     

17.10

     

18.55

     

(1.39

)

   

(1.39

)

 

$

56.68

     

47.74

%

 

2020

 

$

47.03

     

1.58

     

(7.44

)

   

(5.86

)

   

(1.65

)

   

(1.65

)

 

$

39.52

     

(12.78

)%

 

2019

 

$

45.06

     

1.51

     

1.83

     

3.34

     

(1.37

)

   

(1.37

)

 

$

47.03

     

7.59

%

 

2018

 

$

42.17

     

1.34

     

2.92

     

4.26

     

(1.37

)

   

(1.37

)

 

$

45.06

     

10.23

%

 

2017

 

$

37.58

     

1.24

     

4.46

     

5.70

     

(1.11

)

   

(1.11

)

 

$

42.17

     

15.37

%

 

VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

59.95

     

1.03

     

1.56

     

2.59

     

(1.17

)

   

(1.17

)

 

$

61.37

     

4.40

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

36.75

     

1.85

     

23.26

     

25.11

     

(1.91

)

   

(1.91

)

 

$

59.95

     

69.75

%

 

2020

 

$

44.28

     

1.53

     

(7.47

)

   

(5.94

)

   

(1.59

)

   

(1.59

)

 

$

36.75

     

(13.61

)%

 

2019

 

$

45.96

     

1.38

     

(1.74

)

   

(0.36

)

   

(1.32

)

   

(1.32

)

 

$

44.28

     

(0.70

)%

 

2018

 

$

40.41

     

1.39

     

5.61

     

7.00

     

(1.45

)

   

(1.45

)

 

$

45.96

     

17.64

%

 

2017

 

$

35.40

     

1.43

     

4.93

     

6.36

     

(1.35

)

   

(1.35

)

 

$

40.41

     

18.07

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

 


178


 

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  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.35

%

   

3.15

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

241,061

     

20

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.35

%

   

3.04

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

221,056

     

67

%

 

2020

   

0.35

%

   

3.47

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

193,635

     

56

%

 

2019

   

0.35

%

   

3.33

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

331,527

     

66

%

 

2018

   

0.35

%

   

3.04

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

144,187

     

52

%

 

2017

   

0.35

%

   

3.05

%

   

0.45

%

 

$

120,181

     

48

%

 

VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.35

%

   

3.43

%

   

0.39

%

 

$

251,636

     

35

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.35

%

   

3.51

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

251,797

     

104

%

 

2020

   

0.35

%

   

3.69

%

   

0.44

%

 

$

66,142

     

68

%

 

2019

   

0.35

%

   

3.10

%

   

0.44

%

 

$

75,277

     

83

%

 

2018

   

0.35

%

   

3.23

%

   

0.45

%

 

$

43,665

     

68

%

 

2017

   

0.35

%

   

3.65

%

   

0.55

%

 

$

32,325

     

65

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


179


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

     

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

VictoryShares International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

32.83

     

0.65

     

0.04

     

0.69

     

(0.97

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

25.32

     

1.11

     

7.73

     

8.84

     

(1.33

)

   

   

2020

 

$

32.43

     

1.02

     

(7.13

)

   

(6.11

)

   

(1.00

)

   

   

2019

 

$

33.94

     

1.63

     

(1.48

)

   

0.15

     

(1.66

)

   

   

2018

 

$

34.25

     

1.47

     

(0.41

)

   

1.06

     

(1.37

)

   

   

2017

 

$

30.65

     

1.40

     

3.47

     

4.87

     

(1.27

)

   

   

VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

24.61

     

0.78

     

(0.85

)

   

(0.07

)

   

(1.03

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

19.71

     

0.99

     

4.73

     

5.72

     

(0.82

)

   

   

2020

 

$

24.39

     

0.94

     

(4.63

)

   

(3.69

)

   

(0.99

)

   

   

2019

 

$

23.92

     

1.31

     

0.35

     

1.66

     

(1.05

)

   

(0.14

)

 
October 26, 2017(f)
through
June 30, 2018
 

$

24.95

     

0.78

     

(1.29

)

   

(0.51

)

   

(0.52

)

   

   

VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

44.12

     

0.35

     

3.56

     

3.91

     

(0.42

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

33.14

     

0.66

     

10.95

     

11.61

     

(0.63

)

   

   

2020

 

$

32.90

     

0.55

     

0.19

     

0.74

     

(0.50

)

   

   

2019

 

$

28.41

     

0.48

     

4.47

     

4.95

     

(0.46

)

   

   

2018

 

$

25.95

     

0.48

     

2.45

     

2.93

     

(0.47

)

   

   
April 18, 2017(f)
through
June 30, 2017
 

$

25.26

     

0.12

     

0.65

     

0.77

     

(0.08

)

   

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.

(e)  During the period, the Fund paid interest fees. Excluding these fees, the ratio of net expense to average net assets for the year ended June 30, 2019, and the six months ended June 30, 2021, was 0.50%.

(f)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


180


 

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  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.97

)

 

$

32.55

     

2.18

%

   

0.45

%

   

4.00

%

   

0.80

%

 

$

19,529

     

30

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(1.33

)

 

$

32.83

     

35.49

%

   

0.45

%

   

3.95

%

   

0.66

%

 

$

22,978

     

111

%

 

2020

   

(1.00

)

 

$

25.32

     

(19.22

)%

   

0.45

%

   

3.45

%

   

0.57

%

 

$

62,042

     

71

%

 

2019

   

(1.66

)

 

$

32.43

     

0.58

%

   

0.45

%

   

5.06

%

   

0.59

%

 

$

40,540

     

76

%

 

2018

   

(1.37

)

 

$

33.94

     

3.00

%

   

0.45

%

   

4.14

%

   

0.60

%

 

$

45,824

     

58

%

 

2017

   

(1.27

)

 

$

34.25

     

16.16

%

   

0.45

%

   

4.32

%

   

0.77

%

 

$

32,541

     

69

%

 

VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(1.03

)

 

$

23.51

     

(0.28

)%

   

0.51

%(e)

   

6.47

%

   

1.55

%

 

$

16,457

     

47

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(0.82

)

 

$

24.61

     

29.69

%

   

0.50

%

   

4.55

%

   

1.19

%

 

$

19,686

     

101

%

 

2020

   

(0.99

)

 

$

19.71

     

(15.55

)%

   

0.50

%

   

4.24

%

   

0.85

%

 

$

21,679

     

86

%

 

2019

   

(1.19

)

 

$

24.39

     

7.30

%

   

0.51

%(e)

   

5.52

%

   

0.88

%

 

$

40,251

     

103

%

 
October 26, 2017(f)
through
June 30, 2018
   

(0.52

)

 

$

23.92

     

(2.17

)%

   

0.50

%

   

4.44

%

   

1.05

%

 

$

21,532

     

52

%

 

VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.42

)

 

$

47.61

     

8.88

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.53

%

   

0.39

%

 

$

354,677

     

5

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(0.63

)

 

$

44.12

     

35.33

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.67

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

344,154

     

41

%

 

2020

   

(0.50

)

 

$

33.14

     

2.23

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.65

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

235,277

     

74

%

 

2019

   

(0.46

)

 

$

32.90

     

17.60

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.57

%

   

0.59

%

 

$

16,450

     

62

%

 

2018

   

(0.47

)

 

$

28.41

     

11.33

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.75

%

   

0.67

%

 

$

7,102

     

43

%

 
April 18, 2017(f)
through
June 30, 2017
   

(0.08

)

 

$

25.95

     

3.05

%

   

0.35

%

   

2.31

%

   

1.92

%

 

$

3,893

     

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


181


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

     

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
 

VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

38.15

     

0.31

     

3.94

     

4.25

     

(0.34

)

   

(0.34

)

 

$

42.06

     

11.17

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

30.73

     

0.62

     

7.43

     

8.05

     

(0.63

)

   

(0.63

)

 

$

38.15

     

26.47

%

 

2020

 

$

30.87

     

0.70

     

(0.14

)

   

0.56

     

(0.70

)

   

(0.70

)

 

$

30.73

     

1.82

%

 

2019

 

$

27.58

     

0.73

     

3.20

     

3.93

     

(0.64

)

   

(0.64

)

 

$

30.87

     

14.47

%

 

2018

 

$

24.83

     

0.63

     

2.69

     

3.32

     

(0.57

)

   

(0.57

)

 

$

27.58

     

13.41

%

 
June 22, 2017(e)
through
June 30, 2017
 

$

24.97

     

0.02

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.14

)

   

     

   

$

24.83

     

(0.54

)%

 

VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

71.28

     

0.47

     

6.48

     

6.95

     

(0.54

)

   

(0.54

)

 

$

77.69

     

9.79

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

51.88

     

0.70

     

19.32

     

20.02

     

(0.62

)

   

(0.62

)

 

$

71.28

     

38.78

%

 

2020

 

$

48.89

     

0.60

     

3.04

     

3.64

     

(0.65

)

   

(0.65

)

 

$

51.88

     

7.49

%

 

2019

 

$

49.30

     

0.73

     

(0.42

)

   

0.31

     

(0.72

)

   

(0.72

)

 

$

48.89

     

0.69

%

 

2018

 

$

44.00

     

0.64

     

5.25

     

5.89

     

(0.59

)

   

(0.59

)

 

$

49.30

     

13.42

%

 

2017

 

$

37.23

     

0.58

     

6.71

     

7.29

     

(0.52

)

   

(0.52

)

 

$

44.00

     

19.72

%

 

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

64.57

     

1.06

     

5.10

     

6.16

     

(1.19

)

   

(1.19

)

 

$

69.54

     

9.63

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

46.58

     

1.56

     

17.87

     

19.43

     

(1.44

)

   

(1.44

)

 

$

64.57

     

42.31

%

 

2020

 

$

45.54

     

1.39

     

1.09

     

2.48

     

(1.44

)

   

(1.44

)

 

$

46.58

     

5.49

%

 

2019

 

$

46.29

     

1.46

     

(0.80

)

   

0.66

     

(1.41

)

   

(1.41

)

 

$

45.54

     

1.52

%

 

2018

 

$

43.30

     

1.39

     

2.99

     

4.38

     

(1.39

)

   

(1.39

)

 

$

46.29

     

10.23

%

 

2017

 

$

38.59

     

1.28

     

4.58

     

5.86

     

(1.15

)

   

(1.15

)

 

$

43.30

     

15.35

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.

(e)  Commencement of operations.

(f)  Portfolio turnover increased significantly due to changes in the volume and timing of purchases and sales of portfolio holdings during the year.

(g)  Increased trading levels in a given year reflect additional portfolio transactions required to track the "enhanced volatility" methodology of the Fund's underlying index. The Fund expects trading levels to be lower during periods of lower market volatility.

See notes to financial statements.

 


182


 

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  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.35

%

   

1.54

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

164,018

     

25

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.35

%

   

1.80

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

164,065

     

56

%

 

2020

   

0.35

%

   

2.23

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

155,182

     

69

%

 

2019

   

0.35

%

   

2.50

%

   

0.48

%

 

$

43,213

     

34

%

 

2018

   

0.35

%

   

2.33

%

   

0.74

%

 

$

8,273

     

26

%

 
June 22, 2017(e)
through
June 30, 2017
   

0.35

%

   

3.20

%

   

7.21

%

 

$

2,483

     

%

 

VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.35

%

   

1.26

%

   

0.38

%

 

$

1,068,220

     

11

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.35

%

   

1.13

%

   

0.39

%

 

$

937,341

     

34

%

 

2020

   

0.35

%

   

1.20

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

609,613

     

56

%

 

2019

   

0.35

%

   

1.51

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

828,729

     

116

%(f)

 

2018

   

0.35

%

   

1.32

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

951,411

     

37

%

 

2017

   

0.35

%

   

1.42

%

   

0.45

%

 

$

415,847

     

26

%

 

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.35

%

   

3.16

%

   

0.38

%

 

$

1,105,613

     

20

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

0.35

%

   

2.80

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

916,846

     

65

%(g)

 

2020

   

0.35

%

   

3.02

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

565,892

     

116

%

 

2019

   

0.35

%

   

3.22

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

696,814

     

143

%(f)

 

2018

   

0.35

%

   

3.06

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

738,260

     

52

%

 

2017

   

0.35

%

   

3.06

%

   

0.43

%

 

$

471,927

     

49

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


183


 

Victory Portfolios II

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

     

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

60.55

     

0.49

     

3.74

     

4.23

     

(0.53

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

39.16

     

0.62

     

21.38

     

22.00

     

(0.61

)

   

   

2020

 

$

37.80

     

0.44

     

1.42

(f)

   

1.86

     

(0.50

)

   

   

2019

 

$

47.41

     

0.64

     

(9.61

)

   

(8.97

)

   

(0.64

)

   

   

2018

 

$

41.41

     

0.50

     

5.98

     

6.48

     

(0.48

)

   

   

2017

 

$

33.55

     

0.49

     

7.84

     

8.33

     

(0.47

)

   

   

VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

34.19

     

0.34

     

0.52

     

0.86

     

(0.65

)

   

   

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

 

$

26.92

     

0.66

     

7.26

     

7.92

     

(0.65

)

   

   

2020

 

$

32.10

     

0.52

     

(5.14

)

   

(4.62

)

   

(0.56

)

   

   

2019

 

$

33.79

     

0.85

     

(1.59

)

   

(0.74

)

   

(0.95

)

   

   

2018

 

$

32.22

     

0.94

     

1.45

     

2.39

     

(0.82

)

   

   

2017

 

$

29.00

     

0.78

     

2.90

(h)

   

3.68

     

(0.46

)

   

   

VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

     
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

34.33

     

0.05

     

(0.20

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.06

)

   

   
September 10, 2020(j)
through
June 30, 2021
 

$

25.45

     

0.12

     

8.85

     

8.97

     

(0.09

)

   

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.

(e)  Increased trading levels in a given year reflect additional portfolio transactions required to track the "enhanced volatility" methodology of the Fund's underlying index. The Fund expects trading levels to be lower during periods of lower market volatility.

(f)  The amount shown reflects a net realized and unrealized gain per share, whereas the Statement of Operations reflected a net realized and unrealized loss for the period for the Fund in total. The difference in realized and unrealized gains and losses for the Fund versus the class is due to the timing of sales and repurchases of the class in relation to fluctuating market values during the period.

(g)  Portfolio turnover increased significantly due to changes in the volume and timing of purchases and sales of portfolio holdings during the year.

(h)  Includes $0.07 gain derived from a payment from affiliate.

(i)  Before the payment from affiliate for the loss resulting from a trade error, the total return for the year would have been 12.55%.

(j)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.53

)

 

$

64.25

     

7.04

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.57

%

   

0.44

%

 

$

70,672

     

26

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(0.61

)

 

$

60.55

     

56.47

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.22

%

   

0.46

%

 

$

63,572

     

70

%(e)

 

2020

   

(0.50

)

 

$

39.16

     

5.00

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.19

%

   

0.47

%

 

$

37,203

     

232

%

 

2019

   

(0.64

)

 

$

37.80

     

(19.04

)%

   

0.35

%

   

1.48

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

92,614

     

398

%(g)

 

2018

   

(0.48

)

 

$

47.41

     

15.75

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.13

%

   

0.43

%

 

$

116,157

     

47

%

 

2017

   

(0.47

)

 

$

41.41

     

24.91

%

   

0.35

%

   

1.25

%

   

0.55

%

 

$

57,971

     

50

%

 

VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.65

)

 

$

34.40

     

2.54

%

   

0.45

%

   

1.95

%

   

0.89

%

 

$

41,286

     

18

%

 

Year Ended June 30:

 

2021

   

(0.65

)

 

$

34.19

     

29.63

%

   

0.45

%

   

2.16

%

   

0.88

%

 

$

42,742

     

55

%

 

2020

   

(0.56

)

 

$

26.92

     

(14.55

)%

   

0.45

%

   

1.69

%

   

0.65

%

 

$

48,455

     

33

%

 

2019

   

(0.95

)

 

$

32.10

     

(2.16

)%

   

0.45

%

   

2.63

%

   

0.56

%

 

$

110,746

     

154

%(g)

 

2018

   

(0.82

)

 

$

33.79

     

7.41

%

   

0.45

%

   

2.73

%

   

0.58

%

 

$

179,103

     

38

%

 

2017

   

(0.46

)

 

$

32.22

     

12.79

%(i)

   

0.45

%

   

2.59

%

   

0.86

%

 

$

82,150

     

164

%

 

VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.06

)

 

$

34.12

     

(0.42

)%

   

0.18

%

   

0.26

%

   

0.30

%

 

$

153,524

     

35

%

 
September 10, 2020(j)
through
June 30, 2021
   

(0.09

)

 

$

34.33

     

35.26

%

   

0.18

%

   

0.46

%

   

0.30

%

 

$

148,467

     

68

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

VictoryShares ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

 
October 5 2021(d)
through
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

25.00

     

0.08

     

(0.12

)

   

(0.04

)

   

(0.07

)

   

   

VictoryShares ESG Corporate Bond ETF

 
October 5, 2021(d)
through
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

25.00

     

0.11

     

(0.17

)

   

(0.06

)

   

(0.14

)

   

   

VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF

 
October 5, 2021(d)
through
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

23.74

     

(e)

   

3.52

     

3.52

     

(0.08

)

   

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Commencement of operations.

(e)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

VictoryShares ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

 
October 5 2021(d)
through
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.07

)

 

$

24.89

     

(0.15

)%

   

0.40

%

   

1.40

%

   

0.45

%

 

$

194,785

     

12

%

 

VictoryShares ESG Corporate Bond ETF

 
October 5, 2021(d)
through
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.14

)

 

$

24.80

     

(0.25

)%

   

0.40

%

   

1.80

%

   

0.48

%

 

$

105,410

     

1

%

 

VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF

 
October 5, 2021(d)
through
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.08

)

 

$

27.18

     

14.86

%

   

0.55

%

   

0.01

%

   

2.24

%

 

$

2,718

     

10

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios II (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 25 funds, 23 of which are Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs"), and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with no par value.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following 17 Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

 

VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

 

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

 

VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF

 

International Volatility Wtd ETF

 
VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 
 
VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 
 
VictoryShares International High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
  International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 
 
VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
  Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF
 
 

VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF

 

Dividend Accelerator ETF

 
VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility
ETF
  US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF
 
 

VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 
VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF
 
 
VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF
 
 
VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
  Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF
 
 

VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

 

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

 

VictoryShares ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF*

 

VictoryShares ESG Corporate Bond ETF

 

ESG Corporate Bond ETF*

 

VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF

  THB Mid Cap ESG ETF*  

*  Commenced operations on October 5, 2021.

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 Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC. (the "Exchange"). The Funds issue and redeem shares at NAV only in aggregations of 50,000 shares, or 25,000 shares in the case of THB Mid Cap ESG ETF, ESG Core Plus Bond ETF, ESG Corporate Bond ETF, and Nasdaq Next 50 ETF (each a "Creation Unit"). Creation Units are issued and redeemed in exchange for a basket of securities included in the respective Fund's Index (the "Deposit Securities"), and/or with the deposit of a specified cash payment (the "Cash Component"), plus a transaction fee. Shares trade on the Exchange at market prices that may be below, at, or above NAV. Shares of a Fund may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions ("Authorized Participants"). An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a DTC participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the distributor. Only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem the shares directly from a Fund. In addition, shares may be issued in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash equal to up to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In each instance of such cash creations or redemptions, transaction fees may be imposed and may be higher than the transaction fees associated with in-kind creations or redemptions.

Each Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, with no par value. Shares of each Fund have equal rights and privileges. A purchase (i.e., creation) transaction fee is imposed for the transfer and other transactional costs associated with the purchase of Creation Units. In addition, a variable fee may be charged on all cash transactions or substitutes for Creation Units. Variable fees received by each Fund are displayed in the Capital Transactions section of the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as an increase to Capital.

The transaction fees for each Fund are listed below:

    Fee for In-Kind and
Cash Purchases and
Redemptions
  Maximum Additional
Variable Charge for
Cash Purchases and
Redemptions*
 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

750

     

2.00

%

 

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

750

     

2.00

%

 

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

6,000

     

2.00

%

 

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

250

     

2.00

%

 

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

250

     

2.00

%

 

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

1,500

     

2.00

%

 

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

3,400

     

2.00

%

 

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

250

     

2.00

%

 

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

   

250

     

2.00

%

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

750

     

2.00

%

 

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

250

     

2.00

%

 

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

750

     

2.00

%

 

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

4,500

     

2.00

%

 

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

250

     

2.00

%

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

   

100

     

2.00

%

 

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

   

100

     

2.00

%

 
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF    

250

     

2.00

%

 

*  As a percentage of the amount invested.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Portfolio securities listed or traded on securities exchanges, including ETFs and American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), are valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded, if available, or at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. If there have been no sales for that day on the exchange or system, then a security is valued at the last available bid quotation on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at NAV. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or an exchange on which they are traded. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

684,840,626

   

$

   

$

   

$

684,840,626

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

10,035,590

     

     

     

10,035,590

   

Total

 

$

694,876,216

   

$

   

$

   

$

694,876,216

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

28,889

   

$

   

$

   

$

28,889

   

Total

 

$

28,889

   

$

   

$

   

$

28,889

   
 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

27,464,368

   

$

   

$

   

$

27,464,368

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

144,942

     

     

     

144,942

   

Total

 

$

27,609,310

   

$

   

$

   

$

27,609,310

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Liabilities:

 

Futures

 

$

(1,219

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(1,219

)

 

Total

 

$

(1,219

)

 

$

   

$

   

$

(1,219

)

 

International Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

117,040,221

   

$

   

$

   

$

117,040,221

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

4,025,356

     

     

     

4,025,356

   

Total

 

$

121,065,577

   

$

   

$

   

$

121,065,577

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

3,807

   

$

   

$

   

$

3,807

   

Total

 

$

3,807

   

$

   

$

   

$

3,807

   

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

239,837,813

   

$

   

$

   

$

239,837,813

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

2,212,270

     

     

     

2,212,270

   

Total

 

$

242,050,083

   

$

   

$

   

$

242,050,083

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

8,950

   

$

   

$

   

$

8,950

   

Total

 

$

8,950

   

$

   

$

   

$

8,950

   

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

250,501,833

   

$

   

$

   

$

250,501,833

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

5,888,647

     

     

     

5,888,647

   

Total

 

$

256,390,480

   

$

   

$

   

$

256,390,480

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

25,296

   

$

   

$

   

$

25,296

   

Total

 

$

25,296

   

$

   

$

   

$

25,296

   

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

19,334,589

   

$

   

$

   

$

19,334,589

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

857,575

     

     

     

857,575

   

Total

 

$

20,192,164

   

$

   

$

   

$

20,192,164

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

4,086

   

$

   

$

   

$

4,086

   

Total

 

$

4,086

   

$

   

$

   

$

4,086

   
Emerging Market High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Common Stocks

 

$

16,393,716

   

$

   

$

   

$

16,393,716

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

749,575

     

     

     

749,575

   

Total

 

$

17,143,291

   

$

   

$

   

$

17,143,291

   
 


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Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

326

   

$

   

$

   

$

326

   

Total

 

$

326

   

$

   

$

   

$

326

   

Dividend Accelerator ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

353,437,121

   

$

   

$

   

$

353,437,121

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

371,172

     

     

     

371,172

   

Total

 

$

353,808,293

   

$

   

$

   

$

353,808,293

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

21,600

   

$

   

$

   

$

21,600

   

Total

 

$

21,600

   

$

   

$

   

$

21,600

   

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

163,368,431

   

$

   

$

   

$

163,368,431

   

Total

 

$

163,368,431

   

$

   

$

   

$

163,368,431

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

6,000

   

$

   

$

   

$

6,000

   

Total

 

$

6,000

   

$

   

$

   

$

6,000

   

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

1,064,240,537

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,064,240,537

   

Investment Companies

   

2,825,925

     

     

     

2,825,925

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

12,340,356

     

     

     

12,340,356

   

Total

 

$

1,079,406,818

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,079,406,818

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

47,368

   

$

   

$

   

$

47,368

   

Total

 

$

47,368

   

$

   

$

   

$

47,368

   
US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
 

Common Stocks

 

$

1,099,805,167

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,099,805,167

   

Investment Companies

   

2,805,385

     

     

     

2,805,385

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

20,585,825

     

     

     

20,585,825

   

Total

 

$

1,123,196,377

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,123,196,377

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

59,214

   

$

   

$

   

$

59,214

   

Total

 

$

59,214

   

$

   

$

   

$

59,214

   

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

70,395,087

   

$

   

$

   

$

70,395,087

   

Investment Companies

   

225,408

     

     

     

225,408

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

825,012

     

     

     

825,012

   

Total

 

$

71,445,507

   

$

   

$

   

$

71,445,507

   
 


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Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

11,087

   

$

   

$

   

$

11,087

   

Total

 

$

11,087

   

$

   

$

   

$

11,087

   

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

40,975,363

   

$

   

$

667

   

$

40,976,030

   

Investment Companies

   

48,398

     

     

     

48,398

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

1,384,271

     

     

     

1,384,271

   

Total

 

$

42,408,032

   

$

   

$

667

   

$

42,408,699

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

1,836

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,836

   

Total

 

$

1,836

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,836

   

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

152,929,343

   

$

   

$

   

$

152,929,343

   

Total

 

$

152,929,343

   

$

   

$

   

$

152,929,343

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

14,678

   

$

   

$

   

$

14,678

   

Total

 

$

14,678

   

$

   

$

   

$

14,678

   

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

$

   

$

20,636,898

   

$

   

$

20,636,898

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

     

31,851,068

     

     

31,851,068

   

Senior Secured Loans

   

     

11,086,508

     

     

11,086,508

   

Corporate Bond

   

     

60,987,250

     

     

60,987,250

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

13,772,932

     

     

13,772,932

   

Municipal Bonds

   

     

2,099,745

     

     

2,099,745

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

     

52,630,344

     

     

52,630,344

   

Commercial Papers

   

     

10,499,587

     

     

10,499,587

   

Total

 

$

   

$

203,564,332

   

$

   

$

203,564,332

   

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

 

Corporate Bonds

 

$

   

$

81,723,648

   

$

   

$

81,723,648

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

21,412,369

     

     

21,412,369

   

Commercial Papers

   

     

999,946

     

     

999,946

   

Total

 

$

   

$

104,135,963

   

$

   

$

104,135,963

   

THB Mid Cap ESG ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

2,719,058

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,719,058

   

Total

 

$

2,719,058

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,719,058

   

^  Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

For the six months ended December 31, 2021, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

As of December 31, 2021, there were no significant Level 3 holdings in the fair value hierarchy

 


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Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"):

The Funds may invest in REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real-estate related loans or interests (such as mortgages). Certain distributions received from REITs during the year are recorded as realized gains or return of capital as estimated by the Funds or when such information becomes known.

Securities Purchased on a Delayed-Delivery or When-Issued Basis:

The Funds may purchase securities on a delayed-delivery or when-issued basis. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a delayed-delivery or when-issued basis, or for delayed draws on loans can take place a month or more after the trade date. At the time a Fund makes the commitment to purchase a security on a when-issued basis, the Fund records the transaction and reflects the value of the security in determining NAV. No interest accrues to the Fund until the transaction settles and payment takes place. Normally, the settlement date occurs within one month of the purchase. A segregated account is established and the Fund maintains cash and/or marketable securities at least equal in value to commitments for when-issued securities. If a Fund owns when-issued securities, these values are included in Payables for investments purchased on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the segregated assets are identified on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.

Investment Companies:

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities:

The values of some mortgage-related or asset-backed securities may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. Early repayment of principal on some mortgage-related securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. The values of mortgage- and asset-backed securities depend in part on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or collateral and may fluctuate in response to the market's perception of these factors as well as current and future repayment rates. Some mortgage-backed securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, commonly known as "Ginnie Mae"), while other mortgage-backed securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as "Fannie Mae" and "Freddie Mac," respectively), are backed only by the credit of the government entity issuing them. In addition, some mortgage-backed securities are issued by private entities and, as such, are not guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government.

Derivative Instruments:

Foreign Exchange Currency Contracts:

Certain Funds may enter into foreign exchange currency contracts to convert U.S. dollars to and from various foreign currencies. A foreign exchange currency contract is an obligation by a Fund to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price (in U.S. dollars) set at the time of the contract. The Funds do not engage in "cross-currency" foreign exchange contracts (i.e., contracts to purchase or sell one foreign currency in exchange for another foreign currency). The Funds' foreign exchange currency contracts might be considered spot contracts (typically a contract of one week or less) or forward contracts (typically a contract term over one week). A spot contract is entered into for purposes of hedging against foreign currency fluctuations relating to a specific portfolio transaction, such as the delay between a security transaction trade date and settlement date. Forward contracts are entered

 


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into for purposes of hedging portfolio holdings or concentrations of such holdings. The Funds enter into foreign exchange currency contracts solely for spot or forward hedging purposes, and not for speculative purposes (i.e., the Funds do not enter into such contracts solely for the purpose of earning foreign currency gains). Each foreign exchange currency contract is adjusted daily by the prevailing spot or forward rate of the underlying currency, and any appreciation or depreciation is recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date, at which time the Funds record realized gains or losses equal to the difference between the value of a contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The Funds could be exposed to risk if a counterparty is unable to meet the terms of a foreign exchange currency contract or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. In addition, the use of foreign exchange currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. As of December 31, 2021, the Funds had no open forward foreign exchange currency contracts.

Futures Contracts:

The Funds may enter into contracts for the future delivery of securities or foreign currencies and futures contracts based on a specific security, class of securities, foreign currency or an index, and purchase or sell options on any such futures contracts. A futures contract on a securities index is an agreement obligating either party to pay, and entitling the other party to receive, while the contract is outstanding, cash payments based on the level of a specified securities index. No physical delivery of the underlying asset is made. The Funds may enter into futures contracts in an effort to hedge against market risks. The acquisition of put and call options on futures contracts will give the Funds the right (but not the obligation), for a specified price, to sell or to purchase the underlying futures contract, upon exercise of the option, at any time during the option period. Futures transactions involve brokerage costs and require the Funds to segregate assets to cover contracts that would require it to purchase securities or currencies. A good faith margin deposit, known as initial margin, of cash or government securities with a broker or custodian is required to initiate and maintain open positions in futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Funds based on the change in the market value of the position and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is closed out, at which time the gain or loss is realized. The Funds may lose the expected benefit of futures transactions if interest rates, exchange rates or securities prices change in an unanticipated manner. Such unanticipated changes may also result in lower overall performance than if the Funds had not entered into any futures transactions. In addition, the value of the Funds' futures positions may not prove to be perfectly or even highly correlated with the value of its portfolio securities or foreign currencies, limiting the Funds' ability to hedge effectively against interest rate, exchange rate and/or market risk and giving rise to additional risks. There is no assurance of liquidity in the secondary market for purposes of closing out futures positions. The collateral held by the Funds is reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities under Deposit with broker for futures contracts.

Management has determined that no offsetting requirements exist as a result of their conclusion that the Funds are not subject to master netting agreements for futures contracts. As of December 31, 2021, the Funds entered into futures contracts primarily for the strategy of hedging or other purposes, including but not limited to, providing liquidity and equitizing cash.

Summary of Derivative Instruments:

The following table summarizes the fair values of derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of December 31, 2021:

   

Asset

 

Liabilities

 
    Variation Margin
Receivable on Open
Futures Contracts*
  Variation Margin
Payable on Open
Futures Contracts*
 

Equity Risk Exposure

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

28,889

   

$

   

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

     

1,219

   

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

3,807

     

   

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

8,950

     

   
 


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Asset

 

Liabilities

 
    Variation Margin
Receivable on Open
Futures Contracts*
  Variation Margin
Payable on Open
Futures Contracts*
 

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

25,296

   

$

   

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

4,086

     

   

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

326

     

   

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

21,600

     

   

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

   

6,000

     

   

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

47,368

     

   

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

59,214

     

   

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

11,087

     

   

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

1,836

     

   

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

14,678

     

   

*  Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Only current day's variation margin for futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following table presents the effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the six months ended December 31, 2021:

    Net Realized Gains
(Losses) on Derivatives
Recognized as a
Result of Operations
  Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation
on Derivatives Recognized
as a Result of Operations
 
    Net Realized Gains
(Losses) from
Futures Contracts
  Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation
on Futures Contracts
 

Equity Risk Exposure

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

365,354

   

$

(24,872

)

 

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

(3,354

)

   

(4,355

)

 

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

(2,870

)

   

9,664

   

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

134,052

     

(3,232

)

 

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

(15,213

)

   

27,507

   

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

(2,726

)

   

6,669

   

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

(4,675

)

   

100

   

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

129,243

     

10,781

   

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

   

75,119

     

(2,993

)

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

484,025

     

(22,926

)

 

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

547,290

     

18,142

   

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

(21,696

)

   

10,070

   

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

1

     

7,674

   

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

40,689

     

4,712

   

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on each respective Fund's Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The underlying face value of open derivative positions relative to each Fund's net assets at period end is generally representative of the notional amount of open positions to net assets throughout the period.

Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis. Paydown

 


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gains or losses on applicable securities, if any, are recorded as a component of Interest income on the Statements of Operations.

Withholding taxes on interest, dividends, and gains as a result of certain investments in ADRs by the Funds have been provided for in accordance with each investment's applicable country's tax rules and rates.

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.

The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
  Non-Cash
Collateral
  Cash
Collateral
 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

9,714,977

   

$

   

$

10,035,590

   

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

139,560

     

     

144,942

   

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

3,853,110

     

     

4,025,356

   

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

2,140,650

     

     

2,212,270

   

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

5,683,641

     

     

5,888,647

   

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

823,029

     

     

857,575

   

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

690,659

     

     

749,575

   

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

365,148

     

     

371,172

   

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

11,875,760

     

     

12,340,356

   

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

20,053,733

     

     

20,585,825

   

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

796,001

     

     

825,012

   

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

1,327,116

     

     

1,384,271

   

Foreign Currency Translations:

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities of a Fund denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are

 


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translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the date of the transactions. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are disclosed as Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment securities and foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations. Any realized gains or losses from these fluctuations are disclosed as Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and foreign currency transactions on the Statements of Operations.

Foreign Taxes:

The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes related to foreign income received (a portion of which may be reclaimable), capital gains on the sale of securities, and certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest.

Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of June 30.

For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) and purchases and sales of in-kind transactions for the six months ended December 31, 2021, were as follows. Any realized gains or losses from in-kind redemptions are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions.

 

  Excluding U.S. Government
Securities and In-Kind
Transactions
  Associated
with In-Kind Transactions
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

79,666,293

   

$

78,649,379

   

$

87,868,066

   

$

165,929,076

   

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

6,761,582

     

6,758,854

     

6,363,119

     

6,356,550

   

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

20,565,345

     

21,667,713

     

     

   
US Large Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

45,243,811

     

45,299,771

     

60,822,135

     

57,115,636

   
US Small Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

85,492,133

     

85,507,712

     

78,012,304

     

83,328,869

   
International High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

6,061,973

     

6,324,491

     

     

3,217,687

   
Emerging Market High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

8,285,848

     

9,424,483

     

     

1,390,518

   
 


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    Excluding U.S. Government
Securities and In-Kind
Transactions
  Associated
with In-Kind Transactions
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Dividend Accelerator ETF

 

$

16,638,783

   

$

16,658,786

   

$

30,750,056

   

$

47,096,526

   
US Multi-Factor Minimum
Volatility ETF
   

40,517,207

     

40,745,671

     

46,304,374

     

62,382,652

   
US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF    

113,919,981

     

112,603,143

     

161,099,966

     

116,643,120

   
US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

191,654,235

     

192,996,774

     

378,952,400

     

263,128,985

   
US Discovery Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

17,404,388

     

17,434,599

     

17,812,001

     

14,789,511

   
Developed Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

7,360,541

     

7,723,132

     

     

1,682,156

   

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

79,659,468

     

79,510,932

     

33,696,998

     

27,735,567

   

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

   

147,072,902

     

6,037,702

     

     

   

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

   

104,885,760

     

847,676

     

     

   
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF    

294,319

     

261,273

     

2,333,480

     

   

 

   

U.S. Government Securities

 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

 

$

66,408,115

   

$

13,758,768

   

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Fund by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

   

Flat Rate

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.30

%

 

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.30

%

 

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.40

%

 

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.30

%

 

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.30

%

 

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.40

%

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.30

%

 

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.30

%

 

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.30

%

 

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.40

%

 

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.45

%

 

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

   

0.30

%

 

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

0.30

%

 

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

0.15

%

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

   

0.35

%

 

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

   

0.35

%

 
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF    

0.50

%

 

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

 


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Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets

 

Up to $15 billion

 

$15 billion – $30 billion

 

Over $30 billion

 
 

0.08

%, plus

   

0.05

%, plus

   

0.04

%

 

Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios, and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex") in the aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' Transfer Agent. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Foreside Fund Services, LLC ("Foreside") serves as the Funds' distributor.

Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into expense limitation agreements with the Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain Funds in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

    In Effect Until
October 31, 2022
 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.35

%

 

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.35

%

 

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.45

%

 
 


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    In Effect Until
October 31, 2022
 

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.35

%

 

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.35

%

 

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.45

%

 

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.50

%

 

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

0.35

%

 

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

   

0.35

%

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.35

%

 

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.35

%

 

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.35

%

 

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

0.45

%

 

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

0.18

%

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

   

0.40

%(a)

 

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

   

0.40

%(a)

 
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF    

0.55

%(a)

 

(a) In effect from October 5, 2021, until at least October 31, 2022.

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, as amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to three years (thirty-six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

    Expires
2022
  Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
  Expires
2025
 

Total

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

106,033

   

$

99,179

   

$

66,415

   

$

10,945

   

$

282,572

   

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

16,234

     

39,631

     

35,421

     

21,721

     

113,007

   

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

37,758

     

121,119

     

150,668

     

73,613

     

383,158

   
US Large Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

60,123

     

64,858

     

47,070

     

18,831

     

190,882

   
US Small Cap High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

21,762

     

45,375

     

47,951

     

14,982

     

130,070

   
International High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

24,799

     

63,200

     

65,624

     

33,055

     

186,678

   
Emerging Market High Div Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

49,451

     

117,270

     

130,204

     

89,997

     

386,922

   

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

13,393

     

51,403

     

46,360

     

12,004

     

123,160

   
US Multi-Factor Minimum
Volatility ETF
   

20,209

     

47,372

     

40,209

     

18,823

     

126,613

   

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

111,204

     

90,547

     

77,028

     

     

278,779

   
US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

95,646

     

75,542

     

89,656

     

     

260,844

   
US Discovery Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

28,011

     

45,253

     

38,554

     

21,149

     

132,967

   
Developed Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

60,509

     

132,700

     

172,550

     

85,831

     

451,590

   

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

     

     

74,147

     

63,308

     

137,455

   
 


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    Expires
2022
  Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
  Expires
2025
 

Total

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

8,405

   

$

8,405

   

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

   

     

     

     

12,843

     

12,843

   
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF    

     

     

     

10,375

     

10,375

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. Voluntary waivers and reimbursements applicable to the Funds are not available to be recouped at a future time and are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Adviser voluntarily waived the following amounts:

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

112,328

   

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

4,244

   

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

18,742

   

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

36,214

   

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

39,496

   

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

3,278

   

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

2,826

   

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

54,775

   

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

   

27,135

   

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

160,191

   

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

157,183

   

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

10,777

   

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

6,641

   

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

24,066

   

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

   

11,910

   

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

   

7,930

   
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF    

197

   

Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and distributor.

5. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Equity Risk — An investment in the Funds' shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Funds, some of which will be traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter markets. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest, like other market investments, may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest may affect the value of the Funds' shares. An investment in the Funds' shares at any point in time may be worth less than the original investment, even after taking into account the reinvestment of the Funds' distributions.

Foreign Securities Risk — The Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF, International Volatility Wtd ETF, International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF and Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF invest in securities of foreign issuers in various countries. Investing on an international basis involves certain risks not involved in domestic investments including the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation of foreign currency, confiscatory taxation, political or financial instability and diplomatic developments, which could affect the value of a Fund's investments in certain foreign countries. Governments of many countries have exercised, and continue to exercise, substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector through the ownership or control of many companies, including some of the largest in these countries. As a result, government actions in the future could have a significant effect on economic conditions which may adversely affect prices of certain portfolio securities. There is also generally less government

 


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supervision and regulation of stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies than in the U.S. Dividends or interest on, or proceeds from the sale of, foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, and special U.S. tax considerations may apply. Moreover, foreign economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payments position. The Schedule of Portfolio Investments includes information on each Fund's holdings, including industry and/or geographic composition, as relevant.

Passive Investment Risk — Each Fund is designed to track its index and is not actively managed. A Fund will not buy or sell shares of an equity security due to current or projected performance of a security, industry or sector, unless that security is added to or removed, respectively, from its index. A Fund does not, therefore, seek returns in excess of its index, and does not attempt to take defensive positions or hedge against potential risks unless such defensive positions are also taken by its index. Different types of investment styles, for example passively managed or actively managed, or growth or value, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or that have different investment styles.

LIBOR Discontinuation Risk — The London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") discontinuation may adversely affect the financial markets generally and the Funds' operations, finances and investments specifically. LIBOR has been the principal floating-rate benchmark in the financial markets, and a large portion of the Funds' assets are tied to LIBOR. However, LIBOR has been or will be discontinued as a floating rate benchmark. The date of discontinuation depends on the LIBOR currency and tenor. With limited exceptions, no new LIBOR obligations will be entered into after December 31, 2021. Existing LIBOR obligations have transitioned or will transition to another benchmark, depending on the LIBOR currency and tenor. For some existing LIBOR-based obligations, the contractual consequences of the discontinuation of LIBOR may not be clear.

Non-LIBOR floating-rate obligations, including Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR")-based obligations, may have returns and values that fluctuate more than those of floating-rate debt obligations that are based on LIBOR or other rates. Also, because SOFR and some alternative floating rates are relatively new market indexes, markets for certain non-LIBOR obligations may never develop or may not be liquid. Market terms for non-LIBOR floating rate obligations, such as the spread over the index reflected in interest-rate provisions, may evolve over time, and prices of non-LIBOR floating rate obligations may be different depending on when they are issued and changing views about correct spread levels.

Various SOFR-based rates, including SOFR-based term rates, and various non-SOFR-based rates are expected to develop in response to the discontinuation of U.S. dollar LIBOR, which may create various risks for the Funds and the financial markets more generally. There are non-LIBOR forward-looking floating rates that are not based on SOFR and that may be considered by participants in the financial markets as LIBOR alternatives. Such rates include Ameribor (American Interbank Offered Rate), BSBY (Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index) and BYI (Bank Yield Index). Unlike forward-looking SOFR-based term rates, such rates are intended to reflect a bank credit spread component.

It is not clear how replacement rates for LIBOR — including SOFR-based rates and non-SOFR-based rates — will develop and to what extent they will be used. There is no assurance that these replacement rates will be suitable substitutes for LIBOR, and thus the substitution of such rates for LIBOR could have an adverse effect on the Funds and the financial markets more generally. Concerns about market depth and stability could affect the development of non-SOFR-based term rates, and such rates may create various risks, which may or may not be similar to the risks relating to SOFR.

 


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6. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month LIBOR plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The Funds had no borrowings under the Line of Credit agreement during the six months ended December 31, 2021.

7. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

International Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

Dividend Accelerator ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

ESG Corporate Bond ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF  

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

The tax character of current year distributions paid and the tax basis of the current components of accumulated earnings (deficit) will be determined at the end of the current tax year ending June 30, 2022.

 


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As of June 30, 2021, the Funds had net capital loss carryforwards as shown in the table below. It is unlikely that the Board will authorize a distribution of capital gains realized in the future until the capital loss carryforwards have been used.

   

Short-Term

 

Long-Term

 

Total

 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

32,961,455

   

$

40,015,382

   

$

72,976,837

   

US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

   

4,331,731

     

4,000,814

     

8,332,545

   

International Volatility Wtd ETF

   

2,133,118

     

3,628,271

     

5,761,389

   

US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

24,533,271

     

24,047,315

     

48,580,586

   

US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

17,059,791

     

7,314,557

     

24,374,348

   

International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

6,491,232

     

7,844,520

     

14,335,752

   

Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

   

1,878,803

     

3,502,728

     

5,381,531

   

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

6,483,950

     

582,487

     

7,066,437

   

US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

   

9,291,562

     

1,066,391

     

10,357,953

   

US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

37,473,355

     

21,460,892

     

58,934,247

   

US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

23,545,385

     

38,371,169

     

61,916,554

   

US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

28,850,722

     

3,486,082

     

32,336,804

   

Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

   

15,822,824

     

10,448,580

     

26,271,404

   

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

7,214,867

     

     

7,214,867

   

8. Affiliated Securities:

An affiliated security is a security in which a Fund has ownership of at least 5% of the security's outstanding voting shares, an investment company managed by VCM, or an issuer under common control with a Fund or VCM. The Funds do not invest in affiliated securities for the purpose of exercising management or control. These securities are noted as affiliated on a Fund's Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

Section 12(d)(3) of the 1940 Act, and Rule 12d3-1(c) under the 1940 Act, generally prohibit a fund from purchasing the securities issued by, among other entities, a fund's investment adviser. When a fund's investment objective is to track the performance of an unaffiliated index by investing in the stocks that comprise that index, the staff of the SEC has taken the position that, subject to certain conditions, the fund may establish and maintain a position in the common stock of an affiliate of the fund's investment adviser in an amount approximately in proportion to the percentage that the stock is represented in the index. In seeking to provide investment results that closely correspond to its respective unaffiliated index, one or more Funds may hold the securities of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., the parent company of VCM and other Fund service providers.

Transactions in affiliated securities during the six months ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

US Small Cap
Volatility Wtd ETF
  Fair Value
6/30/2021
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from
Sales
  Realized
Gains
(Losses)
  Capital
Gain
Distribution
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Fair Value
12/31/21
  Dividend
Income
 
Victory Capital
Holdings Inc.
 

$

74,558

   

$

21,478

   

$

(43,647

)

 

$

22,352

   

$

   

$

(13,005

)

 

$

61,736

   

$

639

   
US Discovery
Enhanced
Volatility Wtd ETF
  Fair Value
6/30/2021
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from
Sales
  Realized
Gains
(Losses)
  Capital
Gain
Distribution
  Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Fair Value
12/31/21
  Dividend
Income
 
Victory Capital
Holdings Inc.
 

$

182,471

   

$

58,684

   

$

(106,765

)

 

$

32,611

   

$

   

$

(8,717

)

 

$

158,284

   

$

1,637

   
 


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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 

US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,097.90

   

$

1,023.44

   

$

1.85

   

$

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
US Small Cap Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,070.00

     

1,023.44

     

1.83

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
International Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,026.00

     

1,022.94

     

2.30

     

2.29

     

0.45

%

 
US Large Cap High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,096.30

     

1,023.44

     

1.85

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
 


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    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 
US Small Cap High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,044.00

   

$

1,023.44

   

$

1.80

   

$

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
International High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,021.80

     

1,022.94

     

2.29

     

2.29

     

0.45

%

 
Emerging Market High Div
Volatility Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

997.20

     

1,022.63

     

2.57

     

2.60

     

0.51

%

 

Dividend Accelerator ETF

   

1,000.00

     

1,088.80

     

1,023.44

     

1.84

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
US Multi-Factor Minimum
Volatility ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,111.70

     

1,023.44

     

1.86

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
US 500 Enhanced Volatility
Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,097.90

     

1,023.44

     

1.85

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
US EQ Income Enhanced
Volatility Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,096.30

     

1,023.44

     

1.85

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
US Discovery Enhanced
Volatility Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,070.40

     

1,023.44

     

1.83

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
Developed Enhanced
Volatility Wtd ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,025.40

     

1,022.94

     

2.30

     

2.29

     

0.45

%

 

Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

   

1,000.00

     

995.80

     

1,024.30

     

0.91

     

0.92

     

0.18

%

 

ESG Core Plus Bond ETF**

   

1,000.00

     

998.50

     

1,023.19

     

0.96

     

2.04

     

0.40

%

 

ESG Corporate Bond ETF**

   

1,000.00

     

997.50

     

1,023.19

     

0.96

     

2.04

     

0.40

%

 
THB Mid Cap ESG ETF**    

1,000.00

     

1,148.60

     

1,022.43

     

1.42

     

2.80

     

0.55

%

 

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

**  Actual Expenses Paid are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 88/365 to reflect the stub period from commencement of operations October 5, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

 


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Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement")

The Board approved the Agreement on behalf of each of the Funds at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on November 30, 2021. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreement provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021, and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered a past review of their overall process for conducting the annual review of the Funds' advisory arrangements by a consultant retained through their counsel.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreement should be continued. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  Fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  Total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between each Fund and the Adviser.

For Funds with total net expense ratios that ranked within the fourth quartile (most expensive) in relation to their peers as evaluated by a consultant, the Board also considered a memorandum that it requested the Adviser to prepare. The Adviser reviewed additional relevant circumstances, which included, among other things, specialized strategies, small or decreasing assets, or rapid or recent changes in peer expense ratios.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and

 


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performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total expense ratio on a net and gross basis with the median gross management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") compiled by the consultant and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected by that consultant from the universe. The Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors. The Board also reviewed any changes to the consultant's methodology as compared to the prior year, including those resulting from the Adviser's input, if any.

The Board also reviewed the fee of a comparable mutual fund managed by the Adviser that is comparable to the VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF and the differences in the services provided to the mutual fund. The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's net annual expense ratio was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over one- and three-year periods against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index. The Board noted that each Fund's investment objective is to track an index maintained by an independent third party. The Board recognized that the performance of each Fund is net of expenses, while the performance of each benchmark index reflects gross returns, and as a result, each Fund will generally underperform its benchmark index due to fees and expenses. The Board also considered each Fund's tracking error as a factor in evaluating performance.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

VictoryShares US 500 Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2014, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed and outperformed the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2015, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed and outperformed the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers.

 


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Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares International Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2015, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one- and five-year periods, and matched the peer group median for the three-year period. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2015, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and underperformed the peer group median for the three- and five-year periods. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2015, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, underperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and outperformed the peer group median for the three- and five-year periods. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares International High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2015, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-year period

 


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and underperformed the peer group median for the three- and five-year periods. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares Emerging Market High Div Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one- and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for both of the periods reviewed. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the period relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one- and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for both of the periods reviewed, underperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and outperformed the peer group median for the three-year period. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the period relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares US Multi-Factor Minimum Volatility ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one- and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for both of the periods reviewed, underperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and outperformed the peer group median for the three-year period. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the period relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares US 500 Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2014, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, matched the peer group median for the one-year period,

 


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underperformed the peer group median for the three-year period and outperformed the peer group median for the five-year period. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers, and discussed with the Adviser the Fund's rules-based rebalancing in light of market conditions and that the Fund performed in accordance with the Adviser's expectations.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares US EQ Income Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2014, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, and outperformed the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers, and discussed with the Adviser the Fund's rules-based rebalancing in light of market conditions and that the Fund performed in accordance with the Adviser's expectations.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2014, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, and underperformed the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed, with the exception of the five-year period. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers, and discussed with the Adviser the Fund's rules-based rebalancing in light of market conditions and that the Fund performed in accordance with the Adviser's expectations.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares Developed Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2014, the Board compared the Fund's one-, three- and five-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the periods relative to its peers, and discussed with the Adviser the Fund's rules-based rebalancing in light of market conditions and that the Fund performed in accordance with the Adviser's expectations.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

 


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VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2020, the Board compared the Fund's one-year performance for the period ended September 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same period and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for the period. The Board noted the Fund's tracking error for the period relative to its peers.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Conclusion

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies, to the extent applicable;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

Considerations of the Board in Approving the Investment Advisory Agreements (the "Agreements")

The Board approved the Agreements on behalf of each of the VictoryShares ESG Core Plus Bond ETF, VictoryShares ESG Corporate Bond ETF and VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF (the "Funds") at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on May 18, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreements, the Board requested, and the Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated the information provided and its extensive experience with the Adviser and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. The Board reviewed numerous factors with respect to the Funds. The Board recognized that management was proposing to add the Funds as investment portfolios of the Trust and that the Funds had not yet commenced operations and thus had no performance record or historical expenses. In considering whether

 


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  Supplemental Information — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

the compensation to be paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services to be provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the other exchange-traded funds in the Trust and expected to be provided to the Funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  The estimated total expenses of the Funds;

•  Management's commitments to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The expected profitability of the Adviser with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits expected to be received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits expected to be received by the Adviser, including revenues to be paid to affiliates of the Adviser by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between the Trust and the Adviser.

The Board reviewed the Funds' proposed gross management fee both in the context of the Adviser's expected profitability from the Funds and the historical costs associated with operating similar funds. The Board acknowledged that the Funds' profitability is inherently difficult to estimate in a startup phase. In addition, the Board compared the Funds' expected operating expense ratio, with the understanding that no distribution or shareholder servicing fees were being proposed to be paid at this time, and management fee with comparable exchange-traded funds in a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies. The Board considered the Adviser's commitment to competitive total operating expense ratios through its contractual agreement to waive its fees and reimburse expenses for a specified period of time, noting that this could result in substantial initial subsidies by the Adviser. The Trustees noted that no breakpoints in the advisory fee schedule for the Funds were being proposed at this time.

The Board reviewed various other factors with respect to the Funds. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee attributed different weights to various factors.

Approval of the Agreements on Behalf of the Funds

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreements, on behalf of the Funds, were consistent with the best interests of the Funds and their future shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreements, on behalf of the Funds, for an initial two year period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee to be paid to the Adviser under the Agreements in light of the investment advisory services to be provided, the costs of these services, the expected profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Funds and the comparability of the fee to be paid to the fees paid by other investment companies;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services to be provided by Adviser;

 


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  Supplemental Information — continued
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  (Unaudited)

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and their inclusion in a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

 


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Privacy Policy

Protecting the Privacy of Information

The Trust respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. This is the information we collect from you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you make with us or third parties. It may include your name, address, social security number, account transactions and balances, and information about investment goals and risk tolerance.

We do not disclose any information about you or about former customers to anyone except as permitted or required by law. Specifically, we may disclose the information we collect to companies that perform services on our behalf, such as the transfer agent that processes shareholder accounts and printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials. We may also disclose this information to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. This allows us to continue to offer you Victory investment products and services that meet your investing needs, and to effect transactions that you request or authorize. These companies will use this information only in connection with the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose.

To protect your personal information internally, we permit access only by authorized employees and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information.*

*  You may have received communications regarding information about privacy policies from other financial institutions which gave you the opportunity to "opt-out" of certain information sharing with companies which are not affiliated with that financial institution. The Trust does not share information with other companies for purposes of marketing solicitations for products other than the Trust. Therefore, the Trust does not provide opt-out options to their shareholders.


 

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Victory Portfolios II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Investment Objective & Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

2

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 

VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

    4    
VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term
Bond ETF
    19    

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    42    

Statements of Operations

    43    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    44    

Financial Highlights

    46    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

48

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

   

58

   

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    58    

Expense Examples

    58    

Advisory Contract Approval

    59    

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF
 

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  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide high current income consistent with preservation of principal.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide high current income without undue risk to principal.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Asset-Backed Securities (16.4%)

 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-3, Class D, 3.18%,
7/18/23, Callable 3/18/22 @ 100
 

$

500,000

   

$

502,429

   
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C, 1.01%,
1/19/27, Callable 9/18/24 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

988,091

   
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-4, Class C, 2.60%,
9/18/23, Callable 6/18/22 @ 100
   

143,428

     

143,770

   
Atalaya Equipment Leasing Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A2, 1.23%, 5/15/26,
Callable 9/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,250,000

     

1,248,162

   
Bank of The West Auto Trust, Series 2017-1, Class C, 2.96%, 2/15/24, Callable
2/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

501,432

   
Bank of The West Auto Trust, Series 2018-1, Class C, 3.98%, 5/15/24, Callable
5/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

400,000

     

404,867

   
BCC Funding XVII LLC, Series 2020-1, Class B, 1.46%, 9/22/25, Callable
7/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

3,000,000

     

2,995,799

   
Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class B, 3.63%,
1/19/24, Callable 4/19/22 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

504,433

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2, Class A3, 0.52%, 2/17/26, Callable
4/15/24 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

1,990,620

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-4, Class A3, 0.50%, 8/15/25, Callable
4/15/24 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

995,939

   

CARS LP, Series 2020-1A, Class A1, 2.69%, 2/15/50, Callable 2/15/23 @ 100 (a)

   

586,109

     

593,329

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-N1, Class C, 1.30%, 1/10/28,
Callable 7/10/24 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,497,682

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-N1, Class A, 0.70%, 1/10/28,
Callable 7/10/24 @ 100
   

870,157

     

863,101

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-N4, Class C, 1.72%, 9/11/28,
Callable 12/10/26 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

999,746

   
CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2018-B, Class B, 3.56%, 2/17/26, Callable
12/15/22 @ 100
   

350,000

     

357,320

   
Conn's Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2021-A, Class B, 2.87%, 5/15/26,
Callable 9/15/23 @ 100.25 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

996,639

   
Conn's Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2021-A, Class A, 1.05%, 5/15/26,
Callable 9/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,787,730

     

1,787,227

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-C, Class D, 3.17%, 6/16/25, Callable
7/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,015,219

   
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-4, Class A, 1.26%, 10/15/30,
Callable 4/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

333,000

     

331,129

   
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-4, Class B, 1.74%, 12/16/30,
Callable 4/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

320,000

     

317,377

   
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2020-2, Class D, 1.92%, 3/23/26, Callable
5/22/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,007,518

   
Diamond Issuer, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 2.70%, 11/20/51, Callable
11/20/25 @ 100 (a)
   

655,000

     

650,421

   
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C, 1.02%, 6/15/27, Callable
10/15/23 @ 100
   

708,000

     

707,181

   
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class C, 2.28%, 8/17/26, Callable
6/15/23 @ 100
   

750,000

     

759,896

   
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class B, 0.65%, 7/15/25, Callable
10/15/23 @ 100
   

750,000

     

748,370

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Evergreen Credit Card Trust, Series 2019-2, Class B, 2.27%, 9/15/24 (a)

 

$

750,000

   

$

757,755

   
Evergreen Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 0.90%, 10/15/26,
Callable 11/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,486,820

   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-4, Class C, 1.68%, 10/15/27,
Callable 1/15/25 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

995,405

   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-3A, Class C, 1.32%, 7/15/25,
Callable 4/15/24 @ 100
   

472,000

     

473,639

   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C, 0.98%, 6/15/26,
Callable 5/15/24 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,494,572

   

FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class B, 2.44%, 12/17/38 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

990,691

   

FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class C, 2.54%, 12/17/38 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

988,408

   

FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class A, 2.14%, 12/17/38 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

997,532

   
Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 4, Class B, 1.49%, 2/15/27, Callable
3/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

996,353

   
Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 4, Class C, 1.96%, 12/15/27, Callable
3/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

996,544

   
Flexential Issuer, Series 2021-1A, Class A2, 3.25%, 11/27/51, Callable
11/25/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,001,780

   
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2018-B, Class A3, 3.24%, 4/15/23,
Callable 8/15/22 @ 100
   

22,622

     

22,658

   
GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 4A, Class B, 1.53%, 4/15/26,
Callable 6/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

500,150

   
GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 4A, Class A, 0.84%, 7/15/25,
Callable 6/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

999,639

   
GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class B, 3.16%, 6/16/25,
Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,250,000

     

1,276,239

   
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2020-3, Class A4, 0.51%,
10/21/24, Callable 4/20/23 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

998,217

   
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B, 1.84%,
12/20/23, Callable 8/20/22 @ 100
   

489,000

     

492,033

   
GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2018-3, Class A3,
3.02%, 5/16/23, Callable 6/16/22 @ 100
   

33,908

     

33,976

   
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-3, Class A3, 0.37%, 10/18/24,
Callable 11/18/23 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

996,957

   
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-C, Class A3, 0.38%, 5/15/25,
Callable 11/15/24 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

995,436

   
John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2021-B, Class A3, 0.52%, 3/16/26, Callable
4/15/25 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,479,360

   
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA — CACLN, Series 2021-3, Class B, 0.76%, 2/26/29,
Callable 1/25/25 @ 100 (a)
   

621,680

     

618,480

   
Lad Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 1.94%, 11/16/26, Callable
9/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

997,206

   
LAD Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.30%, 8/17/26, Callable
9/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

908,653

     

906,524

   

Master Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 1.06%, 11/21/25 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,477,030

   
Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust, Series 2020-B, Class A3, 0.40%, 11/15/23,
Callable 3/15/23 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

998,737

   
New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC, Series 2021-1, Class B1, 2.41%,
10/20/61, Callable 10/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

293,000

     

293,675

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A1, 1.91%,
10/20/61, Callable 10/20/24 @ 100 (a)
 

$

903,000

   

$

885,402

   
Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2020-B, Series 2020-B, Class A3, 0.43%, 10/16/23,
Callable 6/15/23 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

999,875

   
Oscar U.S. Funding XII LLC, Series 1A, Class A4, 1.00%, 4/10/28, Callable
2/10/25 @ 100 (a)
   

2,500,000

     

2,449,694

   
Pawnee Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A2, 1.10%,
7/15/27, Callable 11/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

545,000

     

541,810

   

PSNH Funding LLC, Series 2018-1, Class A1, 3.09%, 2/1/26

   

205,911

     

210,391

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-4, Class C, 1.01%,
1/15/26, Callable 8/15/23 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,001,552

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.59%,
9/15/25, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

998,312

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3, Class C, 2.49%,
10/15/25, Callable 4/15/23 @ 100
   

401,841

     

403,622

   
SCF Equipment Leasing LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class A2, 2.47%, 4/20/26,
Callable 10/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

750,000

     

760,475

   
SCF Equipment Leasing LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A3, 1.19%, 10/20/27,
Callable 3/20/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,502,598

   
Vantage Data Centers LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A2, 1.65%, 9/15/45,
Callable 9/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

973,075

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class C, 2.84%,
7/15/24, Callable 3/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

372,148

     

373,818

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class D, 2.12%,
1/15/27, Callable 12/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,002,388

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class E, 4.02%,
4/15/25, Callable 3/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,025,468

   
World Omni Select Auto Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A3, 0.53%, 3/15/27,
Callable 7/15/24 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

1,977,263

   
World Omni Select Auto Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 0.55%, 7/15/25,
Callable 8/15/23 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

999,907

   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $63,484,719)

   

63,279,163

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (4.7%)

 
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class A, 2.25% (LIBOR01M+214bps),
10/15/37 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,002,122

   
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class B, 2.65% (LIBOR01M+254bps),
10/15/37 (a) (b)
   

1,750,000

     

1,754,177

   

BPR Trust, Series 2021-TY, Class C, 1.81% (LIBOR01M+170bps), 9/23/23 (a) (b)

   

1,000,000

     

997,203

   

BPR Trust, Series 2021-TY, Class A, 1.16% (LIBOR01M+105bps), 9/23/23 (a) (b)

   

1,000,000

     

998,145

   
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-XL, Class D, 1.56%
(LIBOR01M+145bps), 10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

2,465,000

     

2,458,026

   
CHT Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CSMO, Class E, 3.11% (LIBOR01M+300bps),
11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

2,000,000

     

1,999,768

   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-SMRT, Class B, 4.38%,
1/10/36 (a)
   

500,000

     

521,010

   
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-C13,
Class C, 4.08%, 1/15/46, Callable 7/15/23 @ 100 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

1,028,867

   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-C10,
Class A5, 3.14%, 12/15/47, Callable 2/15/23 @ 100
   

979,433

     

996,923

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
KNDL Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KNSQ, Class C, 1.16% (US0001M+105bps),
5/15/36 (a) (b)
 

$

1,175,000

   

$

1,173,445

   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2017-CLS, Class F, 2.71%
(LIBOR01M+260bps), 11/15/34 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

995,222

   
Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A1, 0.96%
(LIBOR03M+80bps), 2/20/28, Callable 2/20/22 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

241,739

     

241,927

   
SREIT Trust, Series 2021-MFP2, Class B, 1.27% (LIBOR01M+117bps),
11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

994,999

   
Stratus CLO Ltd., Series 2021-3A, Class A, 1.08% (US0003M+95bps),
12/29/29 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,000,000

   
Stratus CLO Ltd., Series 2021-3A, Class B, 1.68% (US0003M +155bps),
12/29/29 (a) (b)
   

821,000

     

821,000

   
STREIT Trust, Series 2021-MFP2, Class A, 0.92% (US0001M+82bps),
11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

994,999

   
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C9, Class ASB, 2.45%,
11/15/45, Callable 7/15/22 @ 100
   

77,385

     

77,744

   
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C7, Class AS, 4.09%, 6/15/45,
Callable 6/15/22 @ 100 (c)
   

225,017

     

225,584

   

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $18,313,425)

   

18,281,161

   

Senior Secured Loans (1.3%)

 
Clean Harbors, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 1.84% (LIBOR01M+175bps),
6/30/24 (b)
   

496,104

     

495,836

   

Genpact International LLC, Term Loan A,First Lien, 8/9/23 (d) (e)

   

3,000,000

     

2,977,500

   

Magallanes, Inc., Term Loan A, First Lien, 12/4/22 (d) (e)

   

1,500,000

     

1,475,625

   

Total Senior Secured Loans (Cost $4,998,066)

   

4,948,961

   

Corporate Bonds (42.7%)

 

Communication Services (1.4%):

 

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 7/15/22

   

1,374,000

     

1,397,248

   

TEGNA, Inc., 4.75%, 3/15/26, Callable 3/15/23 @ 102.38 (a) (f)

   

2,000,000

     

2,082,600

   

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2.63%, 4/15/26, Callable 4/15/23 @ 101.31 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

2,014,340

   
     

5,494,188

   

Consumer Discretionary (3.4%):

 

Association of American Medical Colleges, 2.12%, 10/1/24

   

750,000

     

750,175

   

Daimler Trucks Finance North America LLC, 1.63%, 12/13/24 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

2,014,380

   

Expedia Group, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/25, Callable 2/1/25 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,128,690

   
Genting New York LLC/GENNY Capital, Inc., 3.30%, 2/15/26, Callable
1/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

495,015

   

Howard University, 2.74%, 10/1/22

   

500,000

     

506,555

   

Macy's Retail Holdings LLC, 2.88%, 2/15/23, Callable 11/15/22 @ 100

   

750,000

     

759,225

   

Marriott International, Inc., 2.30%, 1/15/22

   

1,000,000

     

1,000,430

   

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 5.63%, 5/1/27, Callable 5/1/22 @ 102.81

   

1,500,000

     

1,557,930

   

Nordstrom, Inc., 2.30%, 4/8/24, Callable 4/8/22 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,499,460

   

QVC, Inc., 4.38%, 3/15/23

   

667,000

     

687,771

   

Sodexo, Inc., 1.63%, 4/16/26, Callable 3/16/26 @ 100 (a) (f)

   

2,000,000

     

1,982,620

   

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 4.38%, 4/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100

   

750,000

     

775,515

   
     

13,157,766

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Consumer Staples (2.0%):

 

Central Garden & Pet Co., 5.13%, 2/1/28, Callable 1/1/23 @ 102.56

 

$

1,000,000

   

$

1,045,570

   

Darling Ingredients, Inc., 5.25%, 4/15/27, Callable 4/15/22 @ 102.63 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

2,065,000

   

Hormel Foods Corp., 0.65%, 6/3/24, Callable 6/3/22 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,488,705

   

JBS USA Food Co., 5.75%, 1/15/28, Callable 7/15/22 @ 102.88 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,045,160

   
Jbs USA Lux SA / Jbs USA Food Co., 6.50%, 4/15/29, Callable
4/15/24 @ 103.25 (a)
   

2,000,000

     

2,200,020

   
     

7,844,455

   

Energy (9.5%):

 

Apache Corp., 3.25%, 4/15/22, Callable 1/18/22 @ 100

   

1,250,000

     

1,251,112

   
Continental Resources, Inc.
4.50%, 4/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100 (f)
   

1,230,000

     

1,269,852

   

3.80%, 6/1/24, Callable 3/1/24 @ 100

   

381,000

     

397,703

   

2.27%, 11/15/26, Callable 11/15/23 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

993,040

   

DCP Midstream Operating LP, 3.88%, 3/15/23, Callable 12/15/22 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,024,790

   

Energy Transfer LP, 4.90%, 2/1/24, Callable 11/1/23 @ 100

   

1,715,000

     

1,817,506

   

EnLink Midstream Partners, LP, 4.40%, 4/1/24, Callable 1/1/24 @ 100

   

900,000

     

946,485

   
EQM Midstream Partners LP
4.75%, 7/15/23, Callable 6/15/23 @ 100 (f)
   

135,000

     

140,277

   

4.00%, 8/1/24, Callable 5/1/24 @ 100

   

865,000

     

899,730

   

Gray Oak Pipeline LLC, 2.00%, 9/15/23 (a)

   

833,000

     

842,296

   

Hess Corp., 3.50%, 7/15/24, Callable 4/15/24 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,044,060

   

Hess Midstream Operations, LP, 5.63%, 2/15/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 104.22 (a)

   

3,000,000

     

3,090,000

   
HollyFrontier Corp.
2.63%, 10/1/23
   

1,000,000

     

1,019,710

   

5.88%, 4/1/26, Callable 1/1/26 @ 100 (f)

   

1,881,000

     

2,109,241

   
Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC
3.63%, 4/1/22, Callable 3/1/22 @ 100 (a) (f)
   

1,500,000

     

1,507,335

   

3.90%, 4/1/24, Callable 3/1/24 @ 100 (a)

   

2,500,000

     

2,594,600

   

MPLX LP, 3.50%, 12/1/22, Callable 11/1/22 @ 100

   

271,000

     

276,756

   
Murphy Oil Corp.
6.88%, 8/15/24, Callable 2/7/22 @ 101.72
   

565,000

     

575,786

   

5.88%, 12/1/27, Callable 12/1/22 @ 102.94

   

1,690,000

     

1,744,232

   

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 2.90%, 8/15/24, Callable 7/15/24 @ 100

   

687,000

     

701,674

   
Ovintiv Exploration, Inc.
5.63%, 7/1/24
   

1,000,000

     

1,101,880

   

5.38%, 1/1/26, Callable 10/1/25 @ 100 (f)

   

1,000,000

     

1,109,700

   
Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 4.13%, 2/15/28, Callable
2/15/23 @ 102.06 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,017,400

   
Range Resources Corp.
5.88%, 7/1/22, Callable 4/1/22 @ 100
   

540,000

     

544,747

   

5.00%, 8/15/22, Callable 5/15/22 @ 100

   

500,000

     

505,600

   

SM Energy Co., 5.63%, 6/1/25, Callable 2/7/22 @ 101.88

   

1,000,000

     

1,009,290

   

Southwestern Energy Co., 4.10%, 3/15/22, Callable 1/24/22 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,502,130

   
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp, 6.50%,
7/15/27, Callable 7/15/22 @ 104.88
   

700,000

     

750,400

   

USX Corp., 8.13%, 7/15/23

   

400,000

     

436,528

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Western Midstream Operating LP
4.00%, 7/1/22, Callable 4/1/22 @ 100
 

$

1,500,000

   

$

1,506,705

   

1.97% (LIBOR03M+185bps), 1/13/23 (b)

   

500,000

     

499,170

   

4.35%, 2/1/25, Callable 1/1/25 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,082,460

   

WPX Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 8/1/23, Callable 6/1/23 @ 100

   

500,000

     

547,615

   
     

36,859,810

   

Financials (11.5%):

 

Ares Capital Corp., 3.25%, 7/15/25, Callable 6/15/25 @ 100

   

750,000

     

778,050

   
Athene Global Funding
2.80%, 5/26/23 (a)
   

750,000

     

769,028

   

1.20%, 10/13/23 (a)

   

500,000

     

501,005

   
Blackstone Private Credit Fund
1.75%, 9/15/24 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

984,400

   

2.35%, 11/22/24 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,000,160

   
Cadence Bancorp, 4.75% (LIBOR03M+303bps), 6/30/29, Callable
6/30/24 @ 100 (b)
   

1,165,000

     

1,235,785

   
CIT Group, Inc.
5.00%, 8/15/22
   

1,740,000

     

1,782,265

   

4.75%, 2/16/24, Callable 11/16/23 @ 100

   

735,000

     

777,593

   
Citigroup, Inc., 3.14% (LIBOR03M+72bps), 1/24/23, Callable
1/24/22 @ 100 (b)
   

400,000

     

400,528

   

Colfax Corp., 6.38%, 2/15/26, Callable 2/15/22 @ 103.19 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,553,385

   

DAE Funding LLC, 1.55%, 8/1/24, Callable 7/1/24 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

245,970

   

First American Financial Corp., 4.30%, 2/1/23

   

2,800,000

     

2,885,484

   
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., 3.37% (SOFR+247bps), 3/15/30, Callable
3/15/25 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,015,470

   

First Financial Bancorp, 5.13%, 8/25/25

   

1,000,000

     

1,033,720

   

FNB Corp., 2.20%, 2/24/23, Callable 1/24/23 @ 100

   

1,876,000

     

1,893,916

   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.38%, 11/13/25, Callable 10/13/25 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,037,590

   
FS KKR Capital Corp.
4.75%, 5/15/22, Callable 4/15/22 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,009,430

   

1.65%, 10/12/24

   

1,024,000

     

1,005,650

   
Fulton Financial Corp., 3.25% (SOFR+230bps), 3/15/30, Callable
3/15/25 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,009,010

   

GA Global Funding Trust, 1.63%, 1/15/26 (a)

   

500,000

     

496,115

   

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp., 5.00%, 9/19/22 (f)

   

500,000

     

512,475

   
Main Street Capital Corp.
5.20%, 5/1/24
   

2,000,000

     

2,135,900

   

3.00%, 7/14/26, Callable 6/14/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

501,555

   
Morgan Stanley
3.73% (US0003M+361bps), Callable 1/18/22 @ 100 (b) (g)
   

3,000,000

     

3,001,110

   

0.79% (SOFR+53bps), 5/30/25, Callable 5/30/24 @ 100 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

1,973,600

   

People's United Bank NA, 4.00%, 7/15/24, Callable 4/16/24 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,050,800

   

ProAssurance Corp., 5.30%, 11/15/23

   

1,000,000

     

1,054,940

   

Protective Life Global Funding, 3.10%, 4/15/24 (a)

   

500,000

     

520,500

   

Radian Group, Inc., 4.50%, 10/1/24, Callable 7/1/24 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,048,300

   

Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, 2.75%, 5/7/25 (a)

   

750,000

     

776,100

   

Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.40%, 1/18/23, Callable 12/18/22 @ 100

   

250,000

     

255,512

   

SCE Recovery Funding LLC, 0.86%, 11/15/31

   

1,924,384

     

1,832,572

   

Synovus Bank, 2.29% (SOFR+95bps), 2/10/23, Callable 2/10/22 @ 100 (b)

   

1,008,000

     

1,008,937

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
TCF National Bank, 5.50% (LIBOR03M+509bps), 5/6/30, Callable
5/6/25 @ 100 (b)
 

$

750,000

   

$

800,347

   
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., 4.00% (H15T5Y+315bps), 5/6/31, Callable
5/6/26 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,029,420

   

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America, 8.30%, 7/1/25 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,213,770

   
TIAA FSB Holdings, Inc.
5.75%, 7/2/25, Callable 6/2/25 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,091,330

   

4.91% (LIBOR03M+470bps), 3/15/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 100 (b)

   

750,000

     

761,783

   
UMB Financial Corp., 3.70% (H15T5Y+344bps), 9/17/30, Callable
9/17/25 @ 100 (b)
   

750,000

     

757,793

   

Webster Financial Corp., 4.38%, 2/15/24, Callable 1/16/24 @ 100

   

1,700,000

     

1,785,493

   
     

44,526,791

   

Health Care (1.4%):

 

Astrazeneca Finance LLC, 0.70%, 5/28/24, Callable 5/28/22 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

992,260

   
Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance III, Inc., 1.88%, 12/1/26, Callable
11/1/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

990,440

   

Hikma Finance USA LLC, 3.25%, 7/9/25

   

2,000,000

     

2,052,320

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 1.55%, 6/1/26, Callable 5/1/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

989,620

   

SSM Health Care Corp., 3.69%, 6/1/23, Callable 3/1/23 @ 100

   

500,000

     

515,750

   
     

5,540,390

   

Industrials (5.0%):

 

Air Lease Corp., 2.25%, 1/15/23

   

250,000

     

253,177

   

Aircastle Ltd., 4.25%, 6/15/26, Callable 4/15/26 @ 100 (f)

   

500,000

     

537,388

   

American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.50%, 4/20/26 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,040,710

   

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 4.38%, 8/15/27, Callable 8/15/22 @ 102.19 (a) (f)

   

3,435,000

     

3,563,469

   

Aviation Capital Group LLC, 5.50%, 12/15/24, Callable 11/15/24 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,094,510

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/27, Callable 6/1/22 @ 103.38 (a)

   

1,764,000

     

1,860,085

   

Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, 5.98%, 10/19/23

   

85,617

     

86,311

   

Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, 2.00%, 12/10/29

   

910,309

     

892,777

   

Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd., 4.50%, 10/20/25 (a)

   

1,370,000

     

1,441,007

   

Hillenbrand, Inc., 5.75%, 6/15/25, Callable 6/15/22 @ 102.88

   

1,000,000

     

1,050,630

   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 0.67%, 8/16/23, Callable 8/16/22 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

495,730

   
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd.,
6.50%, 6/20/27, Callable 6/30/23 @ 103.25 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,068,890

   
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 1.70%, 6/15/26, Callable
5/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

991,020

   

Spirit Airlines Pass Through Trust, 4.45%, 10/1/25

   

925,297

     

946,782

   

The Nature Conservancy, 0.63%, 7/1/24

   

650,000

     

642,285

   

TransDigm, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/25, Callable 4/8/22 @ 104 (a) (f)

   

2,000,000

     

2,109,640

   

U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, 3.95%, 5/15/27

   

329,209

     

330,453

   
United Airlines Pass Through Trust
4.15%, 10/11/25
   

581,641

     

601,731

   

4.88%, 7/15/27

   

308,014

     

320,676

   
     

19,327,271

   

Information Technology (1.2%):

 

Global Payments, Inc., 1.50%, 11/15/24, Callable 10/15/24 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,000,600

   

Qorvo, Inc., 1.75%, 12/15/24, Callable 12/15/22 @ 100 (a)

   

1,675,000

     

1,676,273

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., 0.90%, 6/1/23, Callable 6/1/22 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

994,980

   
     

4,671,853

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


10


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Materials (3.5%):

 

Cleveland Cliffs, Inc., 9.88%, 10/17/25, Callable 10/17/22 @ 107.41 (a) (f)

 

$

2,575,000

   

$

2,916,754

   

Commercial Metals Co., 4.88%, 5/15/23, Callable 2/15/23 @ 100

   

2,625,000

     

2,711,966

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.00%, 9/1/27, Callable 9/1/22 @ 102.5 (f)

   

3,000,000

     

3,139,830

   

Ingevity Corp., 4.50%, 2/1/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 101.13 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,503,750

   
Sealed Air Corp.
5.25%, 4/1/23, Callable 1/1/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,037,260

   

1.57%, 10/15/26, Callable 9/15/26 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

970,140

   

West Fraser Timber Co Ltd, 4.35%, 10/15/24, Callable 7/15/24 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,068,740

   
     

13,348,440

   

Real Estate (1.9%):

 

Host Hotels & Resorts LP, 4.50%, 2/1/26, Callable 11/1/25 @ 100

   

1,044,000

     

1,122,916

   
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., 5.00%, 10/15/27, Callable
10/15/22 @ 102.5
   

1,500,000

     

1,570,530

   

Office Properties Income Trust, 4.00%, 7/15/22, Callable 6/15/22 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,011,990

   

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 4.38%, 8/1/23, Callable 6/1/23 @ 100

   

919,000

     

958,002

   

SBA Tower Trust, 2.84%, 1/15/25, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

769,439

   
VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc., 3.50%, 2/15/25, Callable
2/15/22 @ 101.75 (a)
   

364,000

     

371,142

   

Vornado Realty LP, 2.15%, 6/1/26, Callable 5/1/26 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,503,210

   
     

7,307,229

   

Utilities (1.9%):

 

Calpine Corp., 5.25%, 6/1/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102.63 (a)

   

802,000

     

822,812

   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 0.70%, 3/2/23, Callable 2/7/22 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

995,590

   
Cleco Power LLC, 0.70% (US0003M+50bps), 6/15/23, Callable
3/15/22 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

2,000,000

     

1,998,460

   

Entergy Texas, Inc., 1.50%, 9/1/26, Callable 8/1/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

980,870

   

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 0.65%, 3/1/23

   

1,000,000

     

997,930

   

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 0.55%, 5/26/23, Callable 2/7/22 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

994,860

   

Sierra Pacific Power Co., 3.38%, 8/15/23, Callable 5/15/23 @ 100

   

500,000

     

516,670

   
     

7,307,192

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $165,028,929)

   

165,385,385

   

Yankee Dollars (12.7%)

 

Communication Services (0.7%):

 

Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV, 5.35%, 5/20/24 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,077,230

   

Pearson Funding Four PLC, 3.75%, 5/8/22 (a)

   

750,000

     

753,667

   

Telefonica Chile SA, 3.88%, 10/12/22 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,020,040

   
     

2,850,937

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., 3.04%, 9/15/23 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,026,360

   

Stellantis Finance US, Inc., 1.71%, 1/29/27, Callable 12/29/26 @ 100 (a)

   

333,000

     

327,682

   

Stellantis NV, 5.25%, 4/15/23

   

1,000,000

     

1,050,720

   
     

2,404,762

   

Consumer Staples (0.3%):

 

Imperial Brands Finance PLC, 3.13%, 7/26/24, Callable 6/26/24 @ 100 (a)

   

948,000

     

980,602

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Energy (2.2%):

 

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd., 4.38%, 1/24/22

 

$

2,095,000

   

$

2,098,557

   

Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd., 1.75%, 9/30/27 (a)

   

489,325

     

490,255

   

Harbour Energy PLC, 5.50%, 10/15/26, Callable 10/15/23 @ 102.75 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,489,935

   

Harvest Operations Corp., 1.00%, 4/26/24, Callable 4/26/22 @ 100 (a)

   

1,214,000

     

1,208,027

   
Petroleos Mexicanos
4.88%, 1/24/22
   

703,000

     

704,047

   

3.85% (LIBOR03M+365bps), 3/11/22 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

1,001,090

   

Suncor Energy Ventures Corp., 4.50%, 4/1/22 (a)

   

1,597,000

     

1,612,699

   
     

8,604,610

   

Financials (4.2%):

 
Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero
Santand, 5.38%, 4/17/25 (a) (f)
   

3,000,000

     

3,275,700

   

BAT International Finance PLC, 1.67%, 3/25/26, Callable 2/25/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

982,780

   

BBVA Bancomer SA, 6.75%, 9/30/22 (a)

   

3,305,000

     

3,428,904

   

Element Fleet Management Corp., 1.60%, 4/6/24, Callable 3/6/24 @ 100 (a)

   

400,000

     

400,932

   

Ontario Teachers' Finance Trust, 0.38%, 9/29/23 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

992,440

   
Prudential PLC
4.38%, Callable 1/20/22 @ 100, MTN (g)
   

590,000

     

590,024

   

5.25%, Callable 1/20/22 @ 100, MTN (g)

   

3,000,000

     

3,004,980

   

SA Global Sukuk Ltd., 0.95%, 6/17/24, Callable 5/17/24 @ 100 (a)

   

416,000

     

409,760

   
Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 3.37% (LIBOR03M+108bps), 1/5/24,
Callable 1/5/23 @ 100 (b)
   

250,000

     

255,430

   

Standard Chartered PLC, 7.50% (USSW5+630bps), Callable 4/2/22 @ 100 (b) (g)

   

1,000,000

     

1,013,750

   
VEON Holdings BV
7.50%, 3/1/22 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,010,050

   

5.95%, 2/13/23

   

1,000,000

     

1,041,660

   
     

16,406,410

   

Health Care (0.3%):

 

Olympus Corp., 2.14%, 12/8/26 (a)

   

1,212,000

     

1,218,957

   

Industrials (1.7%):

 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.15%, 2/15/24,
Callable 1/15/24 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,030,790

   
Air Canada Pass Through Trust
5.00%, 6/15/25 (a)
   

243,814

     

247,520

   

4.13%, 11/15/26 (a)

   

928,905

     

937,181

   

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 2.13%, 2/21/26, Callable 1/21/26 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

737,025

   

CK Hutchison International Ltd., 2.75%, 3/29/23 (a)

   

750,000

     

766,148

   

IHS Markit Ltd., 5.00%, 11/1/22, Callable 8/1/22 @ 100 (a)

   

900,000

     

921,681

   

Smiths Group PLC, 3.63%, 10/12/22 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,020,630

   

The Weir Group PLC, 2.20%, 5/13/26, Callable 4/13/26 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

992,010

   
     

6,652,985

   

Information Technology (0.8%):

 

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, 4.13%, 5/15/22

   

2,000,000

     

2,022,860

   

TSMC Global Ltd., 0.75%, 9/28/25, Callable 8/28/25 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

969,370

   
     

2,992,230

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Materials (1.5%):

 

OCI NV, 4.63%, 10/15/25, Callable 10/15/22 @ 102.31 (a)

 

$

1,800,000

   

$

1,864,404

   

POSCO, 2.38%, 1/17/23

   

2,100,000

     

2,123,352

   

Syngenta Finance NV, 3.13%, 3/28/22

   

1,718,000

     

1,722,793

   
     

5,710,549

   

Utilities (0.4%):

 

TransAlta Corp., 4.50%, 11/15/22, Callable 8/15/22 @ 100

   

1,300,000

     

1,324,895

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $49,214,964)

   

49,146,937

   

Municipal Bonds (17.6%)

 

Alabama (0.3%):

 

City of Birmingham, GO, 0.86%, 3/1/24

   

1,015,000

     

1,010,175

   

California (3.1%):

 
California Municipal Finance Authority Revenue
0.73%, 2/1/22
   

1,835,000

     

1,835,033

   

0.93%, 2/1/23

   

1,000,000

     

998,709

   

1.36%, 2/1/24

   

495,000

     

494,882

   
California Statewide Communities Development Authority Revenue, 2.15%,
11/15/30, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,155,000

     

1,118,468

   
California Statewide Communities Development Authority Revenue
(NBGA — California Health Insurance Construction Loan Insurance
Program), 2.05%, 8/1/30
   

1,545,000

     

1,512,082

   

City of El Cajon Revenue, Series A, 0.65%, 4/1/23

   

650,000

     

648,088

   

City of Gardena Revenue, 1.30%, 4/1/23

   

565,000

     

567,931

   
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Revenue
1.24%, 6/1/22
   

1,500,000

     

1,501,216

   

1.71%, 6/1/24

   

1,000,000

     

1,003,947

   

Series B, 0.67%, 6/1/23

   

1,000,000

     

997,768

   

Series B, 0.99%, 6/1/24

   

500,000

     

497,780

   
Placentia Public Financing Authority Revenue
Series A, 1.72%, 6/1/22
   

200,000

     

199,822

   

Series A, 1.93%, 6/1/23

   

300,000

     

298,852

   
San Jose Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency Tax Allocation, Series A-T,
2.63%, 8/1/22
   

250,000

     

253,175

   
     

11,927,753

   

Colorado (1.6%):

 
City & County of Denver Co. Airport System Revenue
Series C, 0.88%, 11/15/23
   

500,000

     

499,750

   

Series C, 1.12%, 11/15/24

   

500,000

     

499,727

   
City of Loveland Electric & Communications Enterprise Revenue, 2.85%,
12/1/23
   

600,000

     

617,539

   
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue
Series B, 2.24%, 11/1/22
   

750,000

     

756,984

   

Series B, 2.80%, 12/1/26

   

500,000

     

505,397

   

County of El Paso Co. Revenue, Series B, 1.05%, 6/1/24

   

1,230,000

     

1,224,129

   
Denver City & County Housing Authority Revenue, 1.33%, 6/1/24,
Continuously Callable @100
   

750,000

     

747,875

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Denver City & County Housing Authority Revenue, 2.15%, 12/1/24

 

$

750,000

   

$

767,065

   

Park Creek Metropolitan District Revenue, Series B, 2.43%, 12/1/23

   

700,000

     

722,979

   
     

6,341,445

   

Florida (0.3%):

 

Hillsborough County IDA Revenue, 2.16%, 8/1/25

   

1,250,000

     

1,257,102

   

Georgia (0.3%):

 

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, 1.42%, 1/1/25

   

500,000

     

498,010

   

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Revenue, Series B, 1.58%, 1/1/26

   

555,000

     

549,787

   
     

1,047,797

   

Guam (0.3%):

 

Territory of Guam Revenue, Series E, 3.25%, 11/15/26

   

1,000,000

     

1,019,572

   

Hawaii (0.5%):

 
State of Hawaii Airports System Revenue
Series B, 0.90%, 7/1/23
   

300,000

     

298,402

   

Series E, 1.39%, 7/1/25

   

1,500,000

     

1,498,686

   
     

1,797,088

   

Illinois (0.7%):

 

Chicago O'Hare International Airport Revenue, Series D, 0.96%, 1/1/23

   

165,000

     

165,484

   

Sales Tax Securitization Corp. Revenue, 0.79%, 1/1/23

   

1,750,000

     

1,747,974

   

State of Illinois Sales Tax Revenue, Series B, 0.91%, 6/15/24

   

1,000,000

     

985,592

   
     

2,899,050

   

Indiana (0.5%):

 
Indiana Finance Authority Revenue
0.96%, 3/1/24
   

450,000

     

446,006

   

2.48%, 3/1/24 (f)

   

1,000,000

     

1,027,942

   

1.41%, 3/1/25

   

570,000

     

566,806

   
     

2,040,754

   

Kentucky (0.3%):

 

County of Warren Revenue, Series B, 0.92%, 4/1/25

   

1,200,000

     

1,179,401

   

Maine (0.1%):

 

Maine State Housing Authority Revenue, Series H, 1.70%, 11/15/26

   

600,000

     

595,639

   

Maryland (0.6%):

 

County of Howard, GO, Series C, 1.34%, 8/15/23

   

500,000

     

504,590

   
Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
1.81%, 1/1/25
   

1,000,000

     

991,416

   

1.89%, 1/1/26

   

1,000,000

     

983,524

   
     

2,479,530

   

Michigan (1.0%):

 

City of Grand Rapids MI Sanitary Sewer System Revenue, 0.94%, 1/1/25

   

1,000,000

     

994,312

   

Ecorse Public School District, GO, 2.00%, 5/1/24

   

750,000

     

768,301

   
Michigan Finance Authority Revenue
2.21%, 12/1/23
   

185,000

     

188,808

   

2.31%, 12/1/24

   

105,000

     

107,786

   

2.37%, 9/1/49, (Put Date 9/1/23) (h)

   

446,000

     

453,758

   

Series A-1, 2.33%, 6/1/30

   

764,071

     

777,580

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Ypsilanti School District, GO, 1.89%, 5/1/24

 

$

510,000

   

$

513,084

   
     

3,803,629

   

Mississippi (0.1%):

 

Medical Center Educational Building Corp. Revenue, 0.67%, 6/1/23

   

280,000

     

280,177

   

Missouri (0.4%):

 
Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority
Revenue, Series B, 0.70%, 1/1/24
   

1,495,000

     

1,486,839

   

Nebraska (0.2%):

 
Papio-Missouri River Natural Resource District Special Tax, 2.09%, 12/15/24,
Continuously Callable @100
   

630,000

     

639,648

   

New Jersey (0.6%):

 

Essex County Improvement Authority Revenue, Series B, 1.96%, 8/1/22 (a)

   

350,000

     

348,289

   
South Jersey Transportation Authority Revenue
Series B, 2.10%, 11/1/24
   

750,000

     

756,825

   

Series B, 2.20%, 11/1/25

   

750,000

     

756,801

   
South Jersey Transportation Authority System Revenue, Series B, 3.02%,
11/1/25
   

425,000

     

441,716

   
     

2,303,631

   

New York (1.0%):

 

County of Suffolk, GO, Series C, 1.05%, 6/15/23

   

1,250,000

     

1,252,907

   

Madison County Capital Resource Corp. Revenue, 2.18%, 7/1/23

   

500,000

     

511,551

   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, Series A, 0.78%, 11/15/22,
Continuously Callable @100
   

2,000,000

     

2,002,362

   
     

3,766,820

   

Ohio (0.1%):

 

Hamilton County Health Care Facilities Revenue, 2.37%, 6/1/22

   

325,000

     

326,992

   

Oklahoma (0.4%):

 
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Revenue
Series B, 0.49%, 1/1/22
   

750,000

     

750,000

   

Series B, 0.63%, 1/1/23

   

560,000

     

560,551

   

The University of Oklahoma Revenue, Series B, 0.93%, 7/1/24

   

350,000

     

346,168

   
     

1,656,719

   

Pennsylvania (0.3%):

 
School District of Scranton, GO (INS — Build America Mutual Assurance Co.),
2.46%, 4/1/22
   

500,000

     

502,548

   

State Public School Building Authority Revenue, 2.75%, 4/1/25

   

500,000

     

519,592

   
     

1,022,140

   

Rhode Island (0.4%):

 

Providence Redevelopment Agency Revenue, Series A, 2.50%, 3/15/26

   

1,000,000

     

991,274

   

Rhode Island Commerce Corp. Revenue, 2.86%, 5/1/24

   

500,000

     

518,766

   
     

1,510,040

   

South Carolina (0.1%):

 

Charleston Educational Excellence Finance Corp. Revenue, 0.65%, 12/1/23

   

600,000

     

596,782

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Tennessee (0.1%):

 
Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County Sports Authority
Revenue, 1.03%, 8/1/24
 

$

600,000

   

$

597,737

   

Texas (2.7%):

 
Aledo Independent School District, GO (NBGA — Texas Permanent School Fund),
0.95%, 2/15/24
   

250,000

     

244,997

   
Boerne School District, GO
0.64%, 2/1/24
   

400,000

     

398,137

   

0.79%, 2/1/25

   

250,000

     

247,859

   
Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue, Series B, 1.98%, 8/15/42,
(Put Date 08/15/22) (h)
   

1,000,000

     

1,006,082

   

City of Houston, GO, 2.77%, 3/1/22

   

150,000

     

150,598

   

Clear Creek Independent School District, GO, Series B, 5.00%, 2/15/24

   

1,000,000

     

1,083,971

   

Denton Independent School District, GO, Series A, 0.99%, 8/15/24

   

500,000

     

487,190

   
Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue
1.59%, 11/15/23
   

675,000

     

680,743

   

1.84%, 11/15/24

   

500,000

     

505,321

   

Series B, 2.30%, 5/15/24

   

600,000

     

616,010

   

Lubbock Texas Water & Wastewater System Revenue, Series B, 1.93%, 2/15/24

   

750,000

     

768,361

   
Marshall Independent School District, GO (NBGA — Texas Permanent School
Fund), 1.19%, 2/15/24
   

1,000,000

     

975,023

   

State of Texas, GO, 3.11%, 10/1/23

   

500,000

     

520,972

   
Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue
1.07%, 9/1/23
   

525,000

     

527,318

   

1.36%, 9/1/24

   

700,000

     

705,377

   

Texas A&M University Revenue, Series A, 2.95%, 5/15/23

   

500,000

     

515,515

   
White Settlement Independent School District, GO (NBGA — Texas Permanent
School Fund), Series A, 1.33%, 8/15/25
   

920,000

     

876,688

   
     

10,310,162

   

Virginia (0.8%):

 

County of Arlington, GO, Series B, 0.64%, 8/1/24 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

1,983,958

   
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority Revenue, 2.25%, 7/1/50,
(Put Date 12/29/22) (a) (h)
   

1,250,000

     

1,250,289

   
     

3,234,247

   

Washington (0.1%):

 

Washington State University Revenue, Series A, 0.86%, 10/1/23

   

480,000

     

478,803

   

West Virginia (0.4%):

 

Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority Revenue, Series A, 1.19%, 6/1/23

   

1,500,000

     

1,503,571

   

Wisconsin (0.3%):

 

Public Finance Authority Revenue, Series S, 0.51%, 2/1/22

   

1,100,000

     

1,099,386

   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $68,074,097)

   

68,212,629

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations (2.3%)

 
U.S. Treasury Notes
0.38%, 10/31/23 (f)
   

2,000,000

     

1,988,594

   

1.00%, 12/15/24

   

7,000,000

     

7,007,656

   

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $8,992,536)

   

8,996,250

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Commercial Papers (2.6%) (i)

 

AutoNation, Inc., 0.33%, 1/5/22 (a)

 

$

2,300,000

   

$

2,299,895

   

Energy Transfer LP, 0.33%, 1/5/22 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,999,909

   

Jabil, Inc., 0.48%, 1/3/22 (a)

   

3,800,000

     

3,799,848

   

One Gas, Inc., 0.18%, 1/4/22 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,999,959

   

Total Commercial Papers (Cost $10,099,709)

   

10,099,611

   

Total Investments (Cost $388,206,445) — 100.3%

   

388,350,097

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.3)%

   

(1,314,444

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

387,035,653

   

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $152,891,407 and amounted to 39.5% of net assets.

(b)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(c)  The rate for certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities may vary based on factors relating to the pool of assets underlying the security. The rate disclosed is the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

(d)  The rates for this senior secured loan will be known on settlement date of the loan, subsequent to this report date. Senior secured loans have rates that will fluctuate over time in line with prevailing interest rates.

(e)  Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(f)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(g)  Security is perpetual and has no final maturity date but may be subject to calls at various dates in the future.

(h)  Put Bond.

(i)  Rate represents the effective yield at December 31, 2021.

bps — Basis points

GO — General Obligation

H15T5Y — 5 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate

IDA — Industrial Development Authority

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR01M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

See notes to financial statements.

 


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MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

US0001M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

US0003M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

USSW5 — USD 5 Year Swap Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

Credit Enhancements — Adds the financial strength of the provider of the enhancement to support the issuer's ability to repay the principal and interest payments when due. The enhancement may be provided by a high-quality bank, insurance company or other corporation, or a collateral trust. The enhancements do not guarantee the market values of the securities.

INS  Principal and interest payments are insured by the name listed. Although bond insurance reduces the risk of loss due to default by an issuer, such bonds remain subject to the risk that value may fluctuate for other reasons, and there is no assurance that the insurance company will meet its obligations.

NBGA  Principal and interest payments or, under certain circumstances, underlying mortgages, are guaranteed by a nonbank guarantee agreement from the name listed.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Asset-Backed Securities (7.8%)

 
Aligned Data Centers Issuer LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2, 1.94%, 8/15/46,
Callable 8/15/24 @ 100 (a)
 

$

1,500,000

   

$

1,477,815

   
American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2019-2,
Class B, 2.86%, 11/15/24
   

2,076,000

     

2,090,213

   
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class B, 1.17%,
8/18/27, Callable 9/18/25 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

991,173

   
ARI Fleet Lease Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.80%, 8/15/28, Callable
2/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

900,000

     

908,210

   
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class B, 3.55%,
9/22/25, Callable 10/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

521,102

   
Bank of The West Auto Trust, Series 2019-1, Class C, 2.90%, 4/15/25, Callable
5/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,062,000

     

1,084,696

   
Bank of The West Auto Trust, Series 2017-1, Class C, 2.96%, 2/15/24, Callable
2/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

501,432

   
BCC Funding Corp. XVI LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A2, 2.46%, 8/20/24,
Callable 6/20/23 @ 100 (a)
   

282,431

     

283,949

   
BCC Funding XVII LLC, Series 2020-1, Class B, 1.46%, 9/22/25, Callable
7/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,497,900

   
BCC Funding XVII LLC, Series 2020-1, Class A2, 0.91%, 8/20/25, Callable
7/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

875,632

     

876,750

   
Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A4, 1.89%,
3/19/25, Callable 7/19/23 @ 100 (a)
   

433,000

     

438,382

   
Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class B, 3.63%,
1/19/24, Callable 4/19/22 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

504,433

   

CARDS II Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 0.60%, 4/15/27 (a)

   

2,300,000

     

2,273,362

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2, Class B, 1.03%, 12/15/26, Callable
4/15/24 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

1,983,431

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B, 2.21%, 9/15/25, Callable
11/15/23 @ 100
   

1,275,000

     

1,298,329

   
CarNow Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 0.97%, 10/15/24,
Callable 9/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

470,631

     

470,749

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-P2, Class B, 1.27%, 3/10/27,
Callable 4/10/25 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,485,823

   
CF Hippolyta LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A1, 1.53%, 3/15/61, Callable
3/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,446,758

     

1,419,617

   
Chesapeake Funding II LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A1, 2.94%, 4/15/31,
Callable 6/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

1,073,816

     

1,082,502

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-C, Class D, 3.17%, 6/16/25, Callable
7/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

2,000,000

     

2,030,437

   
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class B, 1.26%, 4/15/30,
Callable 12/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,038,000

     

1,022,253

   
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.39%, 4/16/29,
Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

823,000

     

836,334

   
Crossroads Asset Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A2, 0.82%, 3/20/24, Callable
4/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

559,961

     

559,918

   
Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A3, 2.24%, 2/22/23,
Callable 10/22/22 @ 100 (a)
   

687,500

     

692,859

   
Diamond Infrastructure Funding LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.76%,
4/15/49, Callable 9/20/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

973,009

   

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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Diamond Issuer, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 2.31%, 11/20/51, Callable
11/20/25 @ 100 (a)
 

$

1,125,000

   

$

1,117,044

   
Donlen Fleet Lease Funding 2 LLC, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.98%,
12/11/34 (a)
   

1,327,000

     

1,308,611

   
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class B, 0.65%, 7/15/25, Callable
10/15/23 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,496,740

   
DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class D, 4.15%, 3/15/24, Callable
8/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

831,267

     

838,634

   
DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class B, 0.58%, 11/17/25, Callable
9/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

2,000,000

     

1,974,714

   
Encina Equipment Finance LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 1.21%, 2/15/27,
Callable 3/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,187,000

     

1,181,365

   
Encina Equipment Finance LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2, 0.74%, 12/15/26,
Callable 3/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

877,000

     

875,121

   
Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC, Series 2020-1, Class A3, 1.86%, 12/22/25,
Callable 8/20/23 @ 100 (a)
   

820,000

     

831,367

   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-3A, Class D, 5.28%,
10/15/24, Callable 6/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

510,041

   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-4A, Class B, 1.26%,
5/15/26, Callable 1/15/25 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

996,325

   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.26%,
4/15/24, Callable 10/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

63,777

     

63,804

   
ExteNet LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A2, 3.20%, 7/26/49, Callable
1/25/23 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

507,165

   
First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class F, 7.31%, 9/15/25,
Callable 12/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

750,000

     

772,152

   
First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class C, 2.71%, 12/15/25,
Callable 6/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,518,350

   

FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR2, Class B, 1.61%, 9/17/26 (a)

   

1,153,846

     

1,104,326

   
Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2020-2, Class D, 5.75%, 4/15/26, Callable
2/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,071,923

   
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B, 2.29%, 8/15/31,
Callable 2/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,524,743

   
Foursight Capital Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1,
Class B, 0.87%, 1/15/26, Callable 11/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,406,000

     

1,392,236

   
GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.43%,
11/15/24, Callable 9/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,009,301

   
GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1,
Class A4, 1.90%, 3/17/25, Callable 7/16/23 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,014,771

   
GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2,
Class A4, 1.74%, 8/18/25, Callable 10/16/23 @ 100
   

750,000

     

759,427

   

Hertz Vehicle Financing III LP, Series 2021-2A, Class A, 1.68%, 12/27/27 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

987,844

   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 2.05%, 12/26/25 (a)

   

1,333,000

     

1,319,501

   
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 1.89%, 2/20/30, Callable
2/20/23 @ 100 (a)
   

385,000

     

387,668

   
HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2019-1A, Class C, 2.49%, 9/20/29, Callable
8/20/22 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

503,033

   
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-C, Class B, 1.49%, 12/15/27,
Callable 12/15/25 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

1,977,753

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-C, Class B, 0.81%, 11/16/26,
Callable 11/15/24 @ 100
 

$

1,271,000

   

$

1,248,654

   
John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A4, 1.21%, 11/16/26, Callable
7/15/23 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

2,007,832

   
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.89%, 12/26/28, Callable
8/25/24 @ 100 (a)
   

687,129

     

683,389

   
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2021-1, Class B, 0.88%, 9/25/28, Callable
9/25/24 @ 100 (a)
   

737,183

     

734,643

   
Kubota Credit Owner Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A4, 2.26%, 7/15/26,
Callable 9/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

433,000

     

441,750

   
LAD Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.30%, 8/17/26,
Callable 9/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,817,305

     

1,813,047

   

Master Credit Card Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 0.79%, 11/21/25 (a)

   

539,000

     

530,576

   
MMAF Equipment Finance LLC, Series 2017-B, Class A4, 2.41%, 11/15/24,
Callable 9/15/27 @ 100 (a)
   

512,889

     

515,928

   
MVW LLC, Series 2021-1WA, Class A, 1.14%, 1/22/41, Callable
4/20/27 @ 100 (a)
   

876,094

     

860,648

   
Navient Student Loan Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class B, 1.25%
(LIBOR01M+115bps), 3/25/67, Callable 11/25/33 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

975,833

   
Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2019-5, Class A, 2.53%, 10/25/67, Callable
5/25/35 @ 100 (a)
   

1,133,683

     

1,157,969

   
New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A1, 1.91%,
10/20/61, Callable 10/20/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,807,000

     

1,771,785

   

NP SPE II LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class C1, 6.44%, 11/19/49 (a)

   

976,744

     

910,644

   

NP SPE LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A2, 3.24%, 9/20/49 (a)

   

500,000

     

506,092

   
Oscar U.S. Funding XIII LLC, Series 2021-2A, Class A4, 1.27%, 9/11/28,
Callable 6/10/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,475,756

   
Pawnee Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2020-1, Class B, 1.84%, 1/15/26,
Callable 2/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,006,308

   
Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class C, 1.31%, 11/16/26,
Callable 6/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

929,000

     

931,367

   
Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 1.53%, 2/15/28,
Callable 10/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

991,818

   
Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR6, Class A, 1.52%, 7/17/38,
Callable 7/17/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,100,000

     

1,075,479

   

PSNH Funding LLC, Series 2018-1, Class A3, 3.81%, 2/1/35

   

1,000,000

     

1,132,319

   
Santander Bank NA, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 1.83%, 12/15/31, Callable
6/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

2,286,000

     

2,283,891

   
Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-AA, Class D,
5.49%, 4/15/26, Callable 11/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,061,369

   
SCF Equipment Leasing LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A3, 1.19%, 10/20/27,
Callable 3/20/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,001,732

   
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-10, Class B, 0.34% (LIBOR03M+22bps),
3/25/44, Callable 7/25/32 @ 100 (b)
   

204,502

     

192,131

   
SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2007-1, Class B, 0.34% (LIBOR03M+22bps),
1/27/42, Callable 7/25/29 @ 100 (b)
   

325,179

     

306,903

   
Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2018-2, Class A, 3.47%,
5/15/26
   

2,000,000

     

2,072,263

   
Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.07%,
2/27/34, Callable 2/25/26 @ 100 (a) (c)
   

2,000,000

     

1,961,039

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Transportation Finance Equipment Trust, Series 2019-1, Class A4, 1.88%,
3/25/24, Callable 5/23/23 @ 100 (a)
 

$

1,280,000

   

$

1,294,483

   

Trillium Credit Card Trust II, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 2.42%, 10/26/29 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,992,090

   

Trillium Credit Card Trust II, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.53%, 10/26/29 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,991,951

   
VB-S1 Issuer LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class C, 3.41%, 2/15/48, Callable
2/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

502,808

   
Wepco Environmental Trust Finance I LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A, 1.58%,
12/15/35
   

1,447,897

     

1,451,741

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class C, 1.58%,
1/15/27, Callable 12/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

998,115

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class D, 4.00%,
1/16/24, Callable 2/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

33,493

     

33,524

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2018-3A, Class D, 4.00%,
10/16/23, Callable 7/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

470,254

     

473,496

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class E, 4.02%,
4/15/25, Callable 3/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,025,468

   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $94,109,110)

   

93,763,478

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (2.5%)

 

Aventura Mall Trust, Series 2018-AVM, Class D, 4.11%, 7/5/40 (a) (c)

   

1,000,000

     

996,671

   
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-200P, Class D,
3.60% (LIBOR01M+105bps), 4/14/33, Callable 4/14/25 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

509,080

   
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class B, 2.65%
(LIBOR01M+254bps), 10/15/37 (a) (b)
   

1,750,000

     

1,754,177

   
Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-B17, Class ASB, 2.18%, 3/15/53,
Callable 11/15/29 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,007,127

   
BPR Trust, Series 2021-TY, Class A, 1.16% (LIBOR01M+105bps),
9/23/23 (a) (b)
   

865,000

     

863,396

   
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-XL, Class B, 1.19%
(LIBOR01M+108bps), 10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

218,450

     

218,235

   
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-XL, Class D, 1.56%
(LIBOR01M+145bps), 10/15/36 (a) (b)
   

1,015,750

     

1,012,876

   

BX Trust, Series 2019-OC11, Class A, 3.20%, 12/9/41 (a)

   

923,077

     

972,942

   

BXP Trust, Series 2021-601L, Class C, 2.78%, 1/15/44 (a) (c)

   

1,500,000

     

1,441,087

   
CHT Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CSMO, Class E, 3.11%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

999,884

   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-GC46, Class AAB, 2.61%,
1/15/53, Callable 11/15/29 @ 100
   

732,000

     

754,841

   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-555, Class A, 2.65%,
12/10/41 (a)
   

2,000,000

     

2,024,607

   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-P8, Class AS, 3.79%,
9/15/50, Callable 9/15/27 @ 100 (c)
   

500,000

     

539,232

   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-SMRT, Class C, 4.68%,
1/10/36 (a)
   

500,000

     

517,480

   

COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-LC23, Class AM, 4.16%, 10/10/48 (c)

   

250,000

     

267,397

   
COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-CX, Class A, 2.17%, 11/10/46, Callable
11/10/30 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,479,883

   
COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-PC1, Class B, 4.32%, 7/10/50, Callable
6/10/25 @ 100 (c)
   

865,000

     

922,058

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
COMM Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-277P, Class A, 3.61%, 8/10/49, Callable
8/10/24 @ 100 (a) (c)
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

1,045,335

   
DBJPM Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-SFC, Class A, 2.83%, 8/10/36, Callable
8/10/26 @ 100 (a)
   

250,000

     

253,420

   
Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2021-ESH, Class B, 1.49%
(LIBOR01M+138bps), 7/15/38 (a) (b)
   

773,753

     

774,807

   

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-K99, Class B, 3.65%, 9/25/29 (a) (c)

   

1,000,000

     

1,065,882

   
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2012-ALOH, Class A, 3.55%,
4/10/34 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

999,997

   
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2017-GPTX, Class A, 2.86%,
5/10/34 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

997,613

   
Houston Galleria Mall Trust, Series 2015-HGLR, Class A1A2, 3.09%,
3/5/37 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,021,158

   
Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-30HY, Class D, 3.44%,
7/10/39 (a) (c)
   

595,000

     

607,703

   
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2021-2NU,
Class B, 2.08%, 1/5/40 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

974,891

   
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2010-C2,
Class C, 5.69%, 11/15/43, Callable 1/15/22 @ 100 (a) (c)
   

438,837

     

438,917

   

Manhattan West, Series 2020-1MW, Class A, 2.13%, 9/10/40 (a)

   

750,000

     

748,451

   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2021-PLZA, Class B, 2.81%,
11/9/31 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,006,104

   

SLG Office Trust, Series 2021-OVA, Class A, 2.59%, 7/15/41 (a)

   

800,000

     

820,181

   
SREIT Trust, Series 2021-MFP2, Class B, 1.27% (LIBOR01M+117bps),
11/15/36 (a) (b)
   

1,500,000

     

1,492,499

   
VLS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-LAB, Class A, 2.13%,
10/10/42 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

982,640

   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-AUS, Class A, 4.06%,
7/17/36 (a) (c)
   

250,000

     

273,728

   

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $30,023,691)

   

29,784,299

   

Corporate Bonds (32.5%)

 

Communication Services (1.7%):

 
AT&T, Inc.
4.35%, 3/1/29, Callable 12/1/28 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,125,150

   

3.10%, 2/1/43, Callable 8/1/42 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

1,936,940

   

CenturyLink, Inc., 4.50%, 1/15/29, Callable 1/15/24 @ 102.25 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

969,730

   
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications
Operating Capital
3.75%, 2/15/28, Callable 11/15/27 @ 100
   

500,000

     

536,020

   

2.25%, 1/15/29, Callable 11/15/28 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

1,956,080

   

2.30%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100

   

2,500,000

     

2,375,625

   

Comcast Corp., 3.55%, 5/1/28, Callable 2/1/28 @ 100

   

750,000

     

821,138

   

Fox Corp., 4.71%, 1/25/29, Callable 10/25/28 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,143,120

   
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
4.75%, 2/1/28, Callable 2/1/23 @ 102.38
   

643,000

     

676,905

   

3.88%, 4/15/30, Callable 1/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,094,270

   

2.25%, 11/15/31, Callable 8/15/31 @ 100

   

3,000,000

     

2,910,660

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
2.10%, 3/22/28, Callable 1/22/28 @ 100
 

$

1,500,000

   

$

1,504,575

   

1.75%, 1/20/31, Callable 10/20/30 @ 100

   

3,000,000

     

2,839,440

   

ViacomCBS, Inc., 3.38%, 2/15/28, Callable 11/15/27 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,065,950

   
     

20,955,603

   

Consumer Discretionary (2.3%):

 
AutoNation, Inc.
4.75%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100
   

600,000

     

686,160

   

2.40%, 8/1/31, Callable 5/1/31 @ 100

   

3,000,000

     

2,903,820

   

AutoZone, Inc., 3.75%, 6/1/27, Callable 3/1/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

547,035

   

Brunswick Corp., 2.40%, 8/18/31, Callable 5/18/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,445,985

   

D.R. Horton, Inc., 4.75%, 2/15/23, Callable 11/15/22 @ 100

   

500,000

     

516,450

   
Daimler Finance North America LLC
3.70%, 5/4/23 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,036,000

   

3.45%, 1/6/27 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,077,370

   

Daimler Trucks Finance North America LLC, 2.38%, 12/14/28 (a)

   

1,050,000

     

1,055,565

   
Genting New York LLC/GENNY Capital, Inc., 3.30%, 2/15/26, Callable
1/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

990,030

   
Hasbro, Inc.
3.55%, 11/19/26, Callable 9/19/26 @ 100
   

600,000

     

643,938

   

3.90%, 11/19/29, Callable 8/19/29 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,102,440

   

Kohl's Corp., 3.38%, 5/1/31, Callable 2/1/31 @ 100 (d)

   

2,000,000

     

2,035,900

   

Marriott International, Inc., 2.85%, 4/15/31, Callable 1/15/31 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

1,995,240

   
Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
4.75%, 9/15/29, Callable 9/15/24 @ 102.38
   

1,000,000

     

1,054,720

   

3.75%, 2/15/31, Callable 2/15/26 @ 101.88 (a)

   

235,000

     

233,552

   

Newell Brands, Inc., 4.70%, 4/1/26, Callable 1/1/26 @ 100

   

500,000

     

545,345

   

Nordstrom, Inc., 4.25%, 8/1/31, Callable 5/1/31 @ 100 (d)

   

750,000

     

737,198

   

Novant Health, Inc., 2.64%, 11/1/36, Callable 8/1/36 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,016,560

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., 4.20%, 4/1/30, Callable 1/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

565,130

   
Resorts World Las Vegas LLC/RWLV Capital, Inc., 4.63%, 4/6/31, Callable
1/6/31 @ 100 (a)
   

1,300,000

     

1,295,684

   

Sodexo, Inc., 2.72%, 4/16/31, Callable 1/16/31 @ 100 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

2,047,780

   

Stellantis Finance U.S., Inc., 2.69%, 9/15/31, Callable 6/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,200,000

     

1,182,024

   

VF Corp., 2.95%, 4/23/30, Callable 1/23/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

518,930

   

Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 3.20%, 9/26/26 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,054,230

   
     

27,287,086

   

Consumer Staples (2.3%):

 

Altria Group, Inc., 2.45%, 2/4/32, Callable 11/4/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,425,765

   
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
3.65%, 2/1/26, Callable 11/1/25 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,078,730

   

3.50%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,643,535

   

4.38%, 4/15/38, Callable 10/15/37 @ 100

   

500,000

     

586,015

   

5.45%, 1/23/39, Callable 7/23/38 @ 100

   

500,000

     

656,925

   

4.35%, 6/1/40, Callable 12/1/39 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,176,030

   
BAT Capital Corp.
2.73%, 3/25/31, Callable 12/25/30 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

971,280

   

4.39%, 8/15/37, Callable 2/15/37 @ 100

   

1,250,000

     

1,322,587

   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 2.75%, 5/14/31, Callable 2/14/31 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,030,500

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Cargill, Inc., 2.13%, 11/10/31, Callable 8/10/31 @ 100 (a)

 

$

1,000,000

   

$

984,540

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 2.30%, 12/15/31, Callable 9/15/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,007,040

   
Constellation Brands, Inc.
3.50%, 5/9/27, Callable 2/9/27 @ 100
   

750,000

     

808,470

   

2.25%, 8/1/31, Callable 5/1/31 @ 100

   

1,769,000

     

1,729,074

   

General Mills, Inc., 4.55%, 4/17/38, Callable 10/17/37 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,194,110

   

JBS Finance Luxembourg Sarl, 2.50%, 1/15/27, Callable 12/15/26 @ 100 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,492,800

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc., 2.25%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

987,540

   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.75%, 4/1/30, Callable 1/1/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,080,440

   

Mars, Inc., 3.88%, 4/1/39, Callable 10/1/38 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,156,950

   
McCormick & Co., Inc.
2.50%, 4/15/30, Callable 1/15/30 @ 100
   

375,000

     

379,058

   

1.85%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

957,630

   

PepsiCo, Inc., 2.75%, 3/19/30, Callable 12/19/29 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,057,280

   
Sysco Corp.
5.95%, 4/1/30, Callable 1/1/30 @ 100
   

260,000

     

324,987

   

2.45%, 12/14/31, Callable 9/14/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,504,200

   

The Coca-Cola Co., 2.00%, 3/5/31

   

2,000,000

     

1,994,120

   

The Kroger Co., 3.50%, 2/1/26, Callable 11/1/25 @ 100

   

500,000

     

535,755

   
     

28,085,361

   

Energy (2.6%):

 
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC/Baker Hughes Co-Obligor, Inc., 2.06%, 12/15/26,
Callable 11/15/26 @ 100
   

1,312,000

     

1,324,792

   
Boardwalk Pipelines LP
4.45%, 7/15/27, Callable 4/15/27 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,645,020

   

4.80%, 5/3/29, Callable 2/3/29 @ 100

   

500,000

     

560,540

   

Buckeye Partners LP, 4.13%, 12/1/27, Callable 9/1/27 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,032,310

   

Cameron LNG LLC, 3.30%, 1/15/35, Callable 9/15/34 @ 100 (a)

   

1,091,000

     

1,143,695

   
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 2.74%, 12/31/39, Callable
7/4/39 @ 100 (a)
   

1,333,000

     

1,304,154

   

Diamondback Energy, Inc., 3.25%, 12/1/26, Callable 10/1/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,055,600

   

Enable Midstream Partners LP, 4.15%, 9/15/29, Callable 6/15/29 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,074,430

   

Energy Transfer LP, 3.75%, 5/15/30, Callable 2/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,062,810

   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 2.80%, 1/31/30, Callable
10/31/29 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,042,930

   

EQT Corp., 7.50%, 2/1/30, Callable 11/1/29 @ 100

   

514,000

     

659,878

   

Exxon Mobil Corp., 2.61%, 10/15/30, Callable 7/15/30 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,556,670

   

Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC, 2.55%, 7/1/30, Callable 4/1/30 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

754,718

   

Gray Oak Pipeline LLC, 3.45%, 10/15/27, Callable 8/15/27 @ 100 (a)

   

1,334,000

     

1,394,817

   
Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.
6.25%, 11/1/28, Callable 11/1/23 @ 103.13 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,064,640

   

6.00%, 2/1/31, Callable 2/1/26 @ 103 (a)

   

396,000

     

410,268

   

HollyFrontier Corp., 4.50%, 10/1/30, Callable 7/1/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,162,440

   
Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC, 4.63%, 4/1/29, Callable
1/1/29 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

539,010

   
MPLX LP
4.25%, 12/1/27, Callable 9/1/27 @ 100
   

500,000

     

553,910

   

4.00%, 3/15/28, Callable 12/15/27 @ 100

   

750,000

     

815,295

   

4.80%, 2/15/29, Callable 11/15/28 @ 100

   

250,000

     

285,812

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


25


 
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VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Murphy Oil Corp.
6.88%, 8/15/24, Callable 2/7/22 @ 101.72
 

$

448,000

   

$

456,552

   

5.75%, 8/15/25, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102.88

   

500,000

     

513,755

   
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
3.40%, 4/15/26, Callable 1/15/26 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,025,450

   

4.40%, 8/15/49, Callable 2/15/49 @ 100

   

500,000

     

508,175

   

ONEOK, Inc., 4.55%, 7/15/28, Callable 4/15/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

553,370

   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 1.90%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,424,100

   
Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.55%, 12/15/29,
Callable 9/15/29 @ 100
   

2,280,000

     

2,371,132

   

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 4.95%, 7/15/29, Callable 4/15/29 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,073,330

   

Sabal Trail Transmission LLC, 4.25%, 5/1/28, Callable 2/1/28 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,115,000

   

Southwestern Energy Co., 7.75%, 10/1/27, Callable 10/1/22 @ 103.88 (d)

   

500,000

     

538,955

   
     

31,023,558

   

Financials (8.0%):

 

American Honda Finance Corp., 1.30%, 9/9/26

   

1,000,000

     

988,330

   

AmFam Holdings, Inc., 2.81%, 3/11/31, Callable 12/11/30 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,021,760

   

Assurant, Inc., 2.65%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

981,610

   

Athene Global Funding, 1.45%, 1/8/26 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

986,970

   

Athene Holding Ltd., 3.50%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,055,430

   

AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc., 4.35%, 4/20/28, Callable 1/20/28 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,120,320

   
Bank of America Corp.
1.53% (SOFR+65bps), 12/6/25, Callable 12/6/24 @ 100, MTN (b)
   

500,000

     

501,275

   

1.66% (SOFR+91bps), 3/11/27, Callable 3/11/26 @ 100 (b)

   

1,500,000

     

1,489,485

   

3.70% (LIBOR03M+151bps), 4/24/28, Callable 4/24/27 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

1,085,880

   

2.57% (SOFR+121bps), 10/20/32, Callable 10/20/31 @ 100 (b)

   

2,750,000

     

2,765,565

   

BB&T Corp., 4.25%, 9/30/24

   

750,000

     

799,598

   

Belrose Funding Trust, 2.33%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

980,140

   
Blackstone Private Credit Fund, 2.63%, 12/15/26, Callable
11/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,290,000

     

1,258,743

   

Blue Owl Finance LLC, 3.13%, 6/10/31, Callable 3/10/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

978,540

   
BMW US Capital LLC
1.25%, 8/12/26, Callable 7/12/26 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

984,730

   

3.75%, 4/12/28, Callable 1/12/28 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,103,090

   
Cadence Bancorp, 4.75% (LIBOR03M+303bps), 6/30/29, Callable
6/30/24 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

530,380

   
Cadence Bank, 4.13% (LIBOR03M+247bps), 11/20/29, Callable
11/20/24 @ 100 (b)
   

625,000

     

646,881

   
Capital One Financial Corp.
3.75%, 7/28/26, Callable 6/28/26 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,071,410

   

2.36% (SOFR+134bps), 7/29/32, Callable 7/29/31 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

948,730

   

CIT Group, Inc., 5.25%, 3/7/25, Callable 12/7/24 @ 100

   

500,000

     

549,430

   

Citigroup, Inc., 2.52% (SOFR+118bps), 11/3/32, Callable 11/3/31 @ 100 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

2,000,680

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 2.50%, 2/6/30, Callable 11/6/29 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,010,620

   
Compeer Financial FLCA/Compeer Financial PCA, 3.38% (SOFR+197bps),
6/1/36, Callable 6/1/31 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

978,000

     

931,838

   

Credit Acceptance Corp., 6.63%, 3/15/26, Callable 3/15/22 @ 103.31

   

500,000

     

520,650

   

F&G Global Funding, 2.00%, 9/20/28 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,952,760

   

Fifth Third Bancorp, 3.95%, 3/14/28, Callable 2/14/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

552,090

   

First American Financial Corp., 2.40%, 8/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

   

2,275,000

     

2,229,841

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


26


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., 3.37% (SOFR+247bps), 3/15/30, Callable
3/15/25 @ 100 (b)
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

1,015,470

   

First Horizon Bank, 5.75%, 5/1/30, Callable 2/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

600,060

   
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
4.54%, 8/1/26, Callable 6/1/26 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,085,840

   

5.11%, 5/3/29, Callable 2/3/29 @ 100

   

500,000

     

568,750

   

FS KKR Capital Corp., 4.63%, 7/15/24, Callable 6/15/24 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,054,220

   
GA Global Funding Trust
1.63%, 1/15/26 (a)
   

250,000

     

248,058

   

1.95%, 9/15/28 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

974,370

   
Glencore Funding LLC
2.50%, 9/1/30, Callable 6/1/30 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

485,800

   

2.85%, 4/27/31, Callable 1/27/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

992,810

   

Global Atlantic Financial Co., 4.40%, 10/15/29, Callable 7/15/29 @ 100 (a)

   

1,714,000

     

1,847,675

   

Guardian Life Global Funding, 1.25%, 5/13/26 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,974,080

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 2.49%, 8/15/36, Callable 8/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

957,930

   
Hyundai Capital America
3.40%, 6/20/24 (a)
   

500,000

     

522,360

   

3.50%, 11/2/26, Callable 9/2/26 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

530,600

   

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, 3.37%, 12/21/65, Callable 2/7/22 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

409,635

   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.52% (SOFR+204bps), 4/22/31, Callable 4/22/30 @ 100 (b)
   

2,500,000

     

2,528,975

   

1.95% (SOFR+1bps), 2/4/32, Callable 2/4/31 @ 100 (b)

   

1,333,000

     

1,284,625

   

KeyBank NA, 3.90%, 4/13/29

   

1,500,000

     

1,651,440

   

KeyCorp, 2.25%, 4/6/27, MTN

   

500,000

     

508,400

   
Level 3 Financing, Inc.
3.75%, 7/15/29, Callable 1/15/24 @ 101.88 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,436,250

   

3.88%, 11/15/29, Callable 8/15/29 @ 100 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,529,670

   

Lincoln National Corp., 3.80%, 3/1/28, Callable 12/1/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

548,820

   
Main Street Capital Corp.
4.50%, 12/1/22
   

500,000

     

512,735

   

3.00%, 7/14/26, Callable 6/14/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,003,110

   

MassMutual Global Funding II, 1.20%, 7/16/26 (a) (d)

   

1,500,000

     

1,471,125

   

Mercury General Corp., 4.40%, 3/15/27, Callable 12/15/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,103,010

   
Morgan Stanley, 2.51% (SOFR+120bps), 10/20/32, MTN, Callable
10/20/31 @ 100 (b)
   

4,250,000

     

4,252,337

   
New York Community Bancorp, Inc., 5.90% (LIBOR03M+278bps), 11/6/28,
Callable 11/6/23 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

539,000

   

New York Life Global Funding, 1.85%, 8/1/31 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,459,650

   

Pacific Life Global Funding II, 1.38%, 4/14/26 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,990,420

   

Pine Street Trust I, 4.57%, 2/15/29, Callable 11/15/28 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

564,215

   

Primerica, Inc., 2.80%, 11/19/31, Callable 8/19/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,517,070

   

Principal Life Global Funding II, 1.25%, 8/16/26 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,953,040

   

Protective Life Global Funding, 1.90%, 7/6/28 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,956,640

   

Prudential Financial, Inc., 3.94%, 12/7/49, Callable 6/7/49 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,174,510

   

Regions Financial Corp., 1.80%, 8/12/28, Callable 6/12/28 @ 100

   

4,000,000

     

3,916,560

   
Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
3.40%, 1/18/23, Callable 12/18/22 @ 100
   

250,000

     

255,513

   

4.40%, 7/13/27, Callable 4/14/27 @ 100

   

750,000

     

824,190

   

Stewart Information Services Corp., 3.60%, 11/15/31, Callable 8/15/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,519,740

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Synchrony Financial
4.50%, 7/23/25, Callable 4/23/25 @ 100
 

$

500,000

   

$

540,545

   

5.15%, 3/19/29, Callable 12/19/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

575,030

   
Synovus Bank/Columbus GA, 4.00% (H15T5Y+363bps), 10/29/30, Callable
10/29/25 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

523,320

   
Synovus Financial Corp., 5.90% (USSW5+338bps), 2/7/29, Callable
2/7/24 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

534,500

   
TCF National Bank, 4.13% (LIBOR03M+238bps), 7/2/29, Callable
7/2/24 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,051,330

   
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., 4.00% (H15T5Y+315bps), 5/6/31, Callable
5/6/26 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,029,420

   

Texas Capital Bank NA, 5.25%, 1/31/26

   

250,000

     

270,023

   
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 3.75% (H15T5Y+263bps), Callable
12/20/26 @ 100 (b) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

1,003,210

   
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 2.55%, 1/22/30, Callable
10/24/29 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,546,815

   

Torchmark Corp., 4.55%, 9/15/28, Callable 6/15/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

568,215

   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 3.38%, 4/1/30, MTN

   

536,000

     

587,611

   

Truist Bank, 2.25%, 3/11/30, Callable 12/11/29 @ 100

   

1,050,000

     

1,049,412

   
UMB Financial Corp., 3.70% (H15T5Y+344bps), 9/17/30, Callable
9/17/25 @ 100 (b)
   

375,000

     

378,896

   

US BanCorp, 2.49% (H15T5Y+95bps), 11/3/36, Callable 11/3/31 @ 100 (b)

   

1,500,000

     

1,497,030

   
Webster Financial Corp.
4.38%, 2/15/24, Callable 1/16/24 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,050,290

   

4.10%, 3/25/29, Callable 12/25/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

549,140

   
Wells Fargo & Co.
2.19% (SOFR+200bps), 4/30/26, Callable 4/30/25 @ 100 (b)
   

750,000

     

764,168

   

3.00%, 10/23/26

   

1,000,000

     

1,051,770

   

Zions Bancorp NA, 3.25%, 10/29/29, Callable 7/29/29 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,033,940

   
     

96,420,144

   

Health Care (3.1%):

 
AbbVie, Inc.
3.20%, 11/21/29, Callable 8/21/29 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

2,141,080

   

4.25%, 11/21/49, Callable 5/21/49 @ 100

   

500,000

     

601,860

   
Anthem, Inc.
2.88%, 9/15/29, Callable 6/15/29 @ 100
   

323,000

     

337,835

   

2.55%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,048,220

   

Baxter International, Inc., 2.54%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,750,000

     

1,767,990

   

Boston Medical Center Corp., 3.91%, 7/1/28

   

500,000

     

545,405

   

Bristol Myers Squibb Co., 3.90%, 2/20/28, Callable 11/20/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

557,530

   

Centene Corp., 2.50%, 3/1/31, Callable 12/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

486,715

   

Cigna Corp., 2.38%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,008,240

   
CVS Health Corp.
3.25%, 8/15/29, Callable 5/15/29 @ 100
   

500,000

     

533,585

   

1.75%, 8/21/30, Callable 5/21/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

955,430

   

2.13%, 9/15/31, Callable 6/15/31 @ 100 (d)

   

2,000,000

     

1,960,360

   

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc., 3.25%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,111,740

   

Duke University Health System, Inc., 2.60%, 6/1/30

   

500,000

     

505,845

   

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, 3.71%, 7/1/26

   

400,000

     

409,061

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance III, Inc., 2.38%, 2/16/31, Callable
11/16/30 @ 100 (a) (d)
 

$

2,500,000

   

$

2,389,750

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc., 1.20%, 10/1/27, Callable 8/1/27 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

966,530

   

HCA, Inc., 4.50%, 2/15/27, Callable 8/15/26 @ 100

   

1,250,000

     

1,379,525

   

Illumina, Inc., 2.55%, 3/23/31, Callable 12/23/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,003,120

   

Mercy Health, 4.30%, 7/1/28, Callable 1/1/28 @ 100

   

250,000

     

281,018

   
Orlando Health Obligated Group
3.78%, 10/1/28, Callable 7/1/28 @ 100
   

500,000

     

543,085

   

2.89%, 10/1/35

   

1,000,000

     

1,010,260

   
PerkinElmer, Inc.
2.55%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,512,780

   

2.25%, 9/15/31, Callable 6/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

486,990

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc., 3.45%, 6/1/26, Callable 3/1/26 @ 100

   

1,250,000

     

1,337,637

   

Roche Holdings, Inc., 1.93%, 12/13/28, Callable 10/13/28 @ 100 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,508,820

   
Royalty Pharma PLC
2.20%, 9/2/30, Callable 6/2/30 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

1,936,880

   

2.15%, 9/2/31, Callable 6/2/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,431,180

   
Southern Illinois Healthcare Enterprises, Inc., 3.97%, 5/15/50, Callable
11/15/49 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,135,650

   

Universal Health Services, Inc., 2.65%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

982,210

   

Viatris, Inc., 2.30%, 6/22/27, Callable 4/22/27 @ 100

   

1,250,000

     

1,261,063

   
     

37,137,394

   

Industrials (3.5%):

 

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., 2.15%, 12/15/30, Callable 9/15/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

1,948,980

   

Aircastle Ltd., 4.25%, 6/15/26, Callable 4/15/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,072,180

   
American Airlines Pass Through Trust
3.70%, 4/1/28
   

312,683

     

316,654

   

3.85%, 8/15/29

   

429,217

     

405,515

   

3.60%, 4/15/31

   

405,286

     

393,443

   

Arconic, Inc., 5.90%, 2/1/27

   

250,000

     

285,757

   
Ashtead Capital, Inc.
4.25%, 11/1/29, Callable 11/1/24 @ 102.13 (a)
   

1,448,000

     

1,540,397

   

2.45%, 8/12/31, Callable 5/12/31 @ 100 (a)

   

667,000

     

650,032

   
British Airways Pass Through Trust
3.35%, 12/15/30 (a)
   

419,835

     

415,569

   

3.80%, 3/20/33 (a)

   

596,387

     

620,869

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc., 2.75%, 3/1/30, Callable 12/1/29 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,021,620

   

Carrier Global Corp., 3.38%, 4/5/40, Callable 10/5/39 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,046,320

   

Caterpillar, Inc., 2.60%, 4/9/30, Callable 1/9/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

521,845

   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.88%, 1/15/26, Callable 12/15/25 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,003,520

   

CoStar Group, Inc., 2.80%, 7/15/30, Callable 4/15/30 @ 100 (a)

   

669,000

     

670,385

   

FedEx Corp., 3.90%, 2/1/35

   

1,250,000

     

1,393,538

   

Fluor Corp., 4.25%, 9/15/28, Callable 6/15/28 @ 100 (d)

   

1,000,000

     

1,048,010

   

GXO Logistics, Inc., 2.65%, 7/15/31, Callable 4/15/31 @ 100 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,972,580

   
Hawaiian Airlines Pass Through Certificates
4.95%, 7/15/23
   

351,322

     

351,094

   

3.90%, 7/15/27

   

98,689

     

96,562

   
Hillenbrand, Inc.
5.00%, 9/15/26, Callable 7/15/26 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,113,890

   

3.75%, 3/1/31, Callable 3/1/26 @ 101.88

   

350,000

     

350,847

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 3.00%, 1/15/29, Callable 11/15/28 @ 100

 

$

1,500,000

   

$

1,502,640

   
Hubbell, Inc.
3.50%, 2/15/28, Callable 11/15/27 @ 100
   

1,000,000

     

1,076,840

   

2.30%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,501,020

   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 2.04%, 8/16/28, Callable 6/16/28 @ 100 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,469,445

   

IDEX Corp., 3.00%, 5/1/30, Callable 2/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

520,610

   
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd., 3.75%, 8/21/28, Callable
5/21/28 @ 100
   

500,000

     

545,945

   

JetBlue Pass Through Trust, 2.95%, 11/15/29

   

223,175

     

217,140

   

Kennametal, Inc., 4.63%, 6/15/28, Callable 3/15/28 @ 100

   

1,058,000

     

1,188,155

   

Leidos, Inc., 2.30%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,439,805

   

Northrop Grumman Corp., 3.25%, 1/15/28, Callable 10/15/27 @ 100

   

500,000

     

534,635

   

Otis Worldwide Corp., 3.11%, 2/15/40, Callable 8/15/39 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,024,220

   
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp.
4.45%, 1/29/26, Callable 11/29/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,098,480

   

1.70%, 6/15/26, Callable 5/15/26 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

991,020

   

Ryder System, Inc., 3.40%, 3/1/23, MTN, Callable 2/1/23 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,026,970

   

Southwest Airlines Co., 5.13%, 6/15/27, Callable 4/15/27 @ 100

   

800,000

     

915,664

   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc., 2.75%, 4/1/31, Callable 1/1/31 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,032,660

   
The Boeing Co.
2.20%, 2/4/26, Callable 2/4/23 @ 100
   

1,333,000

     

1,332,787

   

3.25%, 2/1/28, Callable 12/1/27 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,564,695

   

3.63%, 2/1/31, Callable 11/1/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,068,130

   

5.71%, 5/1/40, Callable 11/1/39 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,288,660

   

Union Pacific Corp., 3.25%, 2/5/50, Callable 8/5/49 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,073,960

   
United Airlines Pass Through Trust
4.88%, 7/15/27
   

308,014

     

320,676

   

3.70%, 9/1/31

   

429,339

     

435,659

   
     

42,409,423

   

Information Technology (2.4%):

 
Amphenol Corp.
4.35%, 6/1/29, Callable 3/1/29 @ 100
   

500,000

     

568,110

   

2.20%, 9/15/31, Callable 6/15/31 @ 100

   

1,125,000

     

1,102,601

   
Broadcom, Inc.
2.45%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100 (a)
   

2,500,000

     

2,447,625

   

3.42%, 4/15/33, Callable 1/15/33 @ 100 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

2,090,020

   
Dell International LLC / EMC Corp., 3.38%, 12/15/41, Callable
6/15/41 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

495,055

   

Dell, Inc., 5.40%, 9/10/40

   

2,000,000

     

2,253,120

   

Global Payments, Inc., 2.90%, 11/15/31, Callable 8/15/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,523,880

   
HP, Inc.
3.40%, 6/17/30, Callable 3/17/30 @ 100
   

743,000

     

784,831

   

2.65%, 6/17/31, Callable 3/17/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,480,950

   

Jabil, Inc., 3.00%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

1,474,000

     

1,516,422

   

Marvell Technology, Inc., 2.45%, 4/15/28, Callable 2/15/28 @ 100

   

1,050,000

     

1,065,970

   

Micron Technology, Inc., 2.70%, 4/15/32, Callable 1/15/32 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,506,090

   

Microsoft Corp., 3.45%, 8/8/36, Callable 2/8/36 @ 100

   

500,000

     

574,445

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc., 2.75%, 5/24/31, Callable 2/24/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,002,490

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Oracle Corp.
2.95%, 4/1/30, Callable 1/1/30 @ 100
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

1,010,730

   

2.88%, 3/25/31, Callable 12/25/30 @ 100

   

750,000

     

753,758

   

Qorvo, Inc., 3.38%, 4/1/31, Callable 4/1/26 @ 101.69 (a)

   

1,909,000

     

1,942,274

   

Salesforce.com, Inc., 3.70%, 4/11/28, Callable 1/11/28 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,108,780

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., 3.00%, 6/1/31, Callable 3/1/31 @ 100

   

1,200,000

     

1,207,416

   

TSMC Arizona Corp., 2.50%, 10/25/31, Callable 7/25/31 @ 100

   

2,950,000

     

2,986,403

   

Western Digital Corp., 3.10%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,510,950

   
     

28,931,920

   

Materials (1.7%):

 
Avery Dennison Corp.
2.65%, 4/30/30, Callable 2/1/30 @ 100
   

800,000

     

810,568

   

2.25%, 2/15/32, Callable 11/15/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,457,310

   

Ball Corp., 3.13%, 9/15/31, Callable 6/15/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,484,580

   

Colonial Enterprises, Inc., 3.25%, 5/15/30, Callable 2/15/30 @ 100 (a)

   

375,000

     

395,940

   

Commercial Metals Co., 3.88%, 2/15/31, Callable 2/15/26 @ 101.94

   

1,000,000

     

994,580

   

DuPont de Nemours, Inc., 4.73%, 11/15/28, Callable 8/15/28 @ 100

   

500,000

     

579,550

   

Eagle Materials, Inc., 2.50%, 7/1/31, Callable 4/1/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,482,165

   

Ecolab, Inc., 1.65%, 2/1/27, Callable 1/1/27 @ 100

   

1,200,000

     

1,206,096

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.38%, 8/1/28, Callable 8/1/23 @ 102.19

   

2,000,000

     

2,098,440

   

LYB International Finance III LLC, 2.25%, 10/1/30, Callable 7/1/30 @ 100

   

500,000

     

497,600

   
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
3.50%, 12/15/27, Callable 9/15/27 @ 100
   

625,000

     

673,113

   

2.40%, 7/15/31, Callable 4/15/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

994,890

   

NewMarket Corp., 2.70%, 3/18/31, Callable 12/18/30 @ 100 (d)

   

1,250,000

     

1,246,137

   
Packaging Corp. of America
3.40%, 12/15/27, Callable 9/15/27 @ 100
   

500,000

     

539,045

   

3.05%, 10/1/51, Callable 4/1/51 @ 100

   

1,875,000

     

1,865,981

   
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
4.50%, 4/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100
   

500,000

     

518,195

   

2.15%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

975,160

   

The Mosaic Co., 4.05%, 11/15/27, Callable 8/15/27 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,102,310

   
Vulcan Materials Co.
3.90%, 4/1/27, Callable 1/1/27 @ 100
   

500,000

     

547,480

   

3.50%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,078,040

   

WRKCo, Inc., 3.00%, 6/15/33, Callable 3/15/33 @ 100

   

365,000

     

376,428

   
     

20,923,608

   

Real Estate (1.7%):

 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., 2.00%, 5/18/32, Callable
2/18/32 @ 100
   

2,750,000

     

2,640,027

   
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
3.20%, 1/15/28, Callable 10/15/27 @ 100, MTN
   

750,000

     

802,875

   

2.45%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/17/30 @ 100, MTN

   

1,000,000

     

1,026,080

   

Boston Properties LP, 2.55%, 4/1/32, Callable 1/1/32 @ 100

   

2,250,000

     

2,238,975

   

CBRE Services, Inc., 2.50%, 4/1/31, Callable 1/1/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

502,715

   

Crown Castle International Corp., 2.25%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,459,755

   
Essex Portfolio LP
1.70%, 3/1/28, Callable 1/1/28 @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,463,940

   

2.65%, 3/15/32, Callable 12/15/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,508,970

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc.
3.25%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100
 

$

933,000

   

$

937,768

   

4.00%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

250,000

     

266,833

   
Host Hotels & Resorts LP
3.38%, 12/15/29, Callable 9/15/29 @ 100
   

500,000

     

511,440

   

3.50%, 9/15/30, Callable 6/15/30 @ 100

   

811,000

     

832,824

   
Hudson Pacific Properties LP
3.95%, 11/1/27, Callable 8/1/27 @ 100
   

500,000

     

537,450

   

4.65%, 4/1/29, Callable 1/1/29 @ 100

   

500,000

     

567,005

   

3.25%, 1/15/30, Callable 10/15/29 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,562,910

   

Kilroy Realty LP, 2.65%, 11/15/33, Callable 8/15/33 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,457,983

   
Physicians Realty LP
4.30%, 3/15/27, Callable 12/15/26 @ 100
   

750,000

     

832,830

   

2.63%, 11/1/31, Callable 8/1/31 @ 100

   

750,000

     

748,507

   

Vornado Realty LP, 3.50%, 1/15/25, Callable 11/15/24 @ 100

   

500,000

     

524,410

   
     

20,423,297

   

Utilities (3.2%):

 

AEP Texas, Inc., 3.45%, 1/15/50, Callable 7/15/49 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,539,300

   

Alabama Power Co., 3.13%, 7/15/51, Callable 1/15/51 @ 100 (d)

   

2,000,000

     

2,048,720

   
Ameren Corp.
1.75%, 3/15/28, Callable 1/15/28 @ 100
   

1,400,000

     

1,356,572

   

3.50%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

250,000

     

270,638

   

American Water Capital Corp., 2.95%, 9/1/27, Callable 6/1/27 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,056,750

   

Appalachian Power Co., 2.70%, 4/1/31, Callable 1/1/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,535,130

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., 2.65%, 6/1/31, Callable 3/1/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,517,970

   

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC, 3.38%, 9/15/29, Callable 6/15/29 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,022,690

   

Dominion Energy, Inc., 2.25%, 8/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,469,310

   

DTE Electric Co., 2.25%, 3/1/30, Callable 12/1/29 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,004,240

   

Duke Energy Corp., 2.55%, 6/15/31, Callable 3/15/31 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,499,130

   

Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc., 2.78%, 1/7/32, Callable 10/7/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,200,000

     

1,193,616

   

Entergy Corp., 1.90%, 6/15/28, Callable 4/15/28 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

1,961,260

   

Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.00%, 3/15/33, Callable 12/15/32 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,143,800

   

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., 4.25%, 5/1/30, Callable 2/1/30 @ 100

   

1,525,000

     

1,672,620

   

ITC Holdings Corp., 2.95%, 5/14/30, Callable 2/14/30 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

511,465

   

National Fuel Gas Co., 4.75%, 9/1/28, Callable 6/1/28 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,102,500

   
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
0.45% (SOFR+40bps), 11/3/23, Callable 5/3/22 @ 100 (b)
   

1,500,000

     

1,498,125

   

2.44%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,005,280

   

NRG Energy, Inc., 4.45%, 6/15/29, Callable 3/15/29 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,090,270

   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC, 2.70%, 11/15/51, Callable 5/15/51 @ 100 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,459,755

   

Public Service Co. of Colorado, 1.88%, 6/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

1,949,480

   
Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 1.90%, 8/15/31, MTN, Callable
5/15/31 @ 100
   

2,000,000

     

1,958,960

   

South Jersey Industries, Inc., 5.02%, 4/15/31

   

1,000,000

     

1,096,470

   

Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp., 1.75%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

939,750

   

Southwestern Electric Power Co., 3.25%, 11/1/51, Callable 5/1/51 @ 100

   

750,000

     

747,322

   

The AES Corp., 2.45%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

973,340

   
The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., 4.55%, 11/15/30, Callable
8/15/30 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

574,795

   

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 4.30%, 7/15/29, Callable 4/15/29 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

535,790

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 2.85%, 12/1/51, Callable 6/1/51 @ 100

 

$

1,250,000

   

$

1,235,575

   

Xcel Energy, Inc., 2.35%, 11/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

499,415

   
     

38,470,038

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $384,204,891)

   

392,067,432

   

Yankee Dollars (8.3%)

 

Communication Services (0.1%):

 

British Telecommunications PLC, 3.25%, 11/8/29, Callable 8/8/29 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,022,820

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.4%):

 

Ascot Group Ltd., 4.25%, 12/15/30, Callable 12/15/25 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,029,940

   

GENM Capital Labuan Ltd., 3.88%, 4/19/31, Callable 1/19/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,465,950

   
International Game Technology PLC, 5.25%, 1/15/29, Callable
1/15/24 @ 102.63 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,060,840

   

Nemak SAB de CV, 3.63%, 6/28/31, Callable 3/28/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,269,000

     

1,238,569

   
     

4,795,299

   

Consumer Staples (0.9%):

 
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.
2.95%, 1/25/30, Callable 10/25/29 @ 100 (a)
   

667,000

     

692,259

   

3.44%, 5/13/41, Callable 11/13/40 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

776,700

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 3.75%, 7/15/42

   

750,000

     

815,393

   
Bacardi Ltd.
4.45%, 5/15/25, Callable 3/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,624,890

   

2.75%, 7/15/26, Callable 4/15/26 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

515,180

   

4.70%, 5/15/28, Callable 2/15/28 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

565,465

   

Becle SAB de CV, 2.50%, 10/14/31, Callable 7/14/31 @ 100 (a)

   

1,750,000

     

1,716,995

   

Imperial Brands Finance PLC, 3.88%, 7/26/29, Callable 4/26/29 @ 100 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,060,320

   

JDE Peet's NV, 2.25%, 9/24/31, Callable 6/24/31 @ 100 (a)

   

3,000,000

     

2,896,770

   
     

10,663,972

   

Energy (0.3%):

 

Aker BP ASA, 4.00%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

812,333

   
Petroleos Mexicanos
6.50%, 3/13/27
   

2,000,000

     

2,133,400

   

6.70%, 2/16/32, Callable 11/16/31 @ 100

   

500,000

     

503,515

   

Transocean Guardian Ltd., 5.88%, 1/15/24, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102.94 (a)

   

335,000

     

321,315

   
     

3,770,563

   

Financials (4.7%):

 

ABN AMRO Bank NV, 4.80%, 4/18/26 (a)

   

500,000

     

551,435

   
Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero
Santand, 5.38%, 4/17/25 (a)
   

357,000

     

389,808

   

Banco Santander SA, 4.38%, 4/12/28

   

600,000

     

671,946

   
Bank of Montreal, 3.80% (USSW5+143bps), 12/15/32, Callable
12/15/27 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

535,405

   

Bank of New Zealand, 1.00%, 3/3/26 (a)

   

1,600,000

     

1,557,152

   
Barclays PLC
4.61% (LIBOR03M+140bps), 2/15/23, Callable 2/15/22 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,004,250

   

3.93% (LIBOR03M+161bps), 5/7/25, Callable 5/7/24 @ 100 (b)

   

500,000

     

526,330

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

2.28% (H15T1Y+105bps), 11/24/27, Callable 11/24/26 @ 100 (b)

 

$

2,000,000

   

$

2,005,040

   
BNP Paribas SA, 4.71% (LIBOR03M+224bps), 1/10/25, Callable
1/10/24 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,064,350

   
BPCE SA
4.00%, 9/12/23 (a)
   

500,000

     

523,200

   

3.25%, 1/11/28 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,065,960

   

Brookfield Finance, Inc., 2.72%, 4/15/31, Callable 1/15/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,009,600

   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2.69%, 3/11/31 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

983,630

   
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA
1.11% (H15T1Y+55bps), 2/24/27, Callable 2/24/26 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

2,000,000

     

1,942,620

   

4.00% (USSW5+189bps), 4/10/29, Callable 4/10/24 @ 100, MTN (b)

   

600,000

     

628,164

   

Credit Agricole SA, 3.25%, 10/4/24 (a)

   

1,250,000

     

1,312,688

   
Credit Suisse Group AG, 1.31% (SOFR+98bps), 2/2/27, Callable
2/2/26 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

966,580

   

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 3.75%, 3/26/25

   

500,000

     

531,100

   

Deutsche Bank AG, 1.69%, 3/19/26

   

1,500,000

     

1,495,950

   

Enel Finance International NV, 1.88%, 7/12/28, Callable 5/12/28 @ 100 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,950,740

   
HSBC Holdings PLC
3.80% (LIBOR03M+121bps), 3/11/25, Callable 3/11/24 @ 100 (b)
   

500,000

     

525,025

   

4.29% (LIBOR03M+135bps), 9/12/26, Callable 9/12/25 @ 100 (b)

   

500,000

     

539,920

   

2.21% (SOFR+129bps), 8/17/29, Callable 8/17/28 @ 100 (b)

   

1,500,000

     

1,471,380

   

ING Groep NV, 2.73% (SOFR+112bps), 4/1/32, Callable 4/1/31 @ 100 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

2,038,300

   

JAB Holdings BV, 3.75%, 5/28/51, Callable 11/28/50 @ 100 (a)

   

500,000

     

548,145

   
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
2.91% (LIBOR03M+81bps), 11/7/23, Callable 11/7/22 @ 100 (b)
   

250,000

     

254,015

   

1.63% (H15T1Y+85bps), 5/11/27, Callable 5/11/26 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

983,530

   

3.57% (LIBOR03M+121bps), 11/7/28, Callable 11/7/27 @ 100 (b)

   

250,000

     

267,240

   
Macquarie Bank Ltd., 3.05% (H15T5Y+170bps), 3/3/36, Callable
3/3/31 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

1,250,000

     

1,227,525

   
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
2.56%, 9/13/31
   

1,000,000

     

975,890

   

2.17% (H15T1Y+87bps), 5/22/32, Callable 5/22/31 @ 100 (b)

   

1,500,000

     

1,457,175

   
National Australia Bank Ltd., 3.93% (H15T5Y+188bps), 8/2/34, Callable
8/2/29 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

1,500,000

     

1,595,640

   
Nationwide Building Society
3.62% (LIBOR03M+118bps), 4/26/23, Callable 4/26/22 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,008,260

   

4.27% (LIBOR03M+139bps), 8/1/24, Callable 8/1/23 @ 100 (a) (b)

   

750,000

     

785,640

   

4.30% (LIBOR03M+145bps), 3/8/29, Callable 3/8/28 @ 100 (a) (b)

   

250,000

     

276,350

   

3.96% (LIBOR03M+186bps), 7/18/30, Callable 7/18/29 @ 100 (a) (b)

   

500,000

     

550,620

   
NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA, Inc., 2.65%, 2/15/32, Callable
11/15/31 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,505,535

   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
4.27% (LIBOR03M+176bps), 3/22/25, Callable 3/22/24 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,059,070

   

5.08% (LIBOR03M+191bps), 1/27/30, Callable 1/27/29 @ 100 (b)

   

500,000

     

580,070

   

4.45% (LIBOR03M+187bps), 5/8/30, Callable 5/8/29 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

1,125,220

   
Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 2.90% (SOFR+148bps), 3/15/32, Callable
3/15/31 @ 100 (b)
   

2,000,000

     

2,021,000

   

Shell International Finance BV, 2.88%, 11/26/41, Callable 5/26/41 @ 100

   

1,500,000

     

1,505,460

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV
1.70%, 3/11/28 (a)
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

990,160

   

2.15%, 3/11/31 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

996,800

   
Societe Generale SA
3.88%, 3/28/24 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,052,770

   

1.49% (H15T1Y+1bps), 12/14/26, Callable 12/14/25 @ 100 (a) (b)

   

500,000

     

487,435

   
Standard Chartered PLC, 4.87% (LIBOR03M+197bps), 3/15/33, Callable
3/15/28 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

545,375

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 2.22%, 9/17/31

   

1,500,000

     

1,469,280

   

Swedbank AB, 0.85%, 3/18/24 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,490,100

   
The Bank of Nova Scotia
4.50%, 12/16/25
   

500,000

     

550,330

   

1.30%, 9/15/26, Callable 6/15/26 @ 100 (d)

   

1,500,000

     

1,473,405

   

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2.00%, 9/10/31 (d)

   

1,500,000

     

1,478,220

   
Westpac Banking Corp.
4.32% (USISDA05+224bps), 11/23/31, Callable 11/23/26 @ 100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,081,880

   

2.67% (H15T5Y+2bps), 11/15/35, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

975,490

   

3.02% (H15T5Y+153bps), 11/18/36, Callable 11/18/31 @ 100 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

990,030

   
     

56,598,233

   

Health Care (0.6%):

 

Mylan NV, 3.95%, 6/15/26, Callable 3/15/26 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,078,580

   

Olympus Corp., 2.14%, 12/8/26 (a)

   

758,000

     

762,351

   

Smith & Nephew PLC, 2.03%, 10/14/30, Callable 7/14/30 @ 100

   

3,500,000

     

3,384,675

   

STERIS Irish FinCo Unlimited Co., 2.70%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,023,440

   
     

7,249,046

   

Industrials (0.7%):

 

Air Canada Pass Through Trust, 4.13%, 11/15/26 (a)

   

1,857,191

     

1,873,739

   

Aircastle Ltd., 4.40%, 9/25/23, Callable 8/25/23 @ 100

   

500,000

     

523,775

   

BAE Systems PLC, 3.40%, 4/15/30, Callable 1/15/30 @ 100 (a)

   

750,000

     

799,815

   

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 2.45%, 12/2/31, Callable 9/2/31 @ 100

   

833,000

     

848,894

   
CK Hutchison International 19 II Ltd., 2.75%, 9/6/29, Callable
6/6/29 @ 100 (a)
   

1,500,000

     

1,554,060

   

Ferguson Finance PLC, 3.25%, 6/2/30, Callable 3/2/30 @ 100 (a)

   

1,450,000

     

1,526,139

   
Port of Newcastle Investments Financing Pty Ltd., 5.90%, 11/24/31, Callable
8/24/31 @ 100 (a) (d)
   

1,000,000

     

1,029,260

   

Rolls-Royce PLC, 3.63%, 10/14/25, Callable 7/14/25 @ 100 (a)

   

275,000

     

279,994

   
     

8,435,676

   

Information Technology (0.0%): (f)

 

CGI, Inc., 1.45%, 9/14/26, Callable 8/14/26 @ 100 (a)

   

533,000

     

521,668

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

Anglo American Capital PLC, 4.00%, 9/11/27 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,077,700

   

Braskem Netherlands Finance BV, 4.50%, 1/31/30 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

1,065,020

   

CCL Industries, Inc., 3.05%, 6/1/30, Callable 3/1/30 @ 100 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

2,069,980

   
     

4,212,700

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Real Estate (0.3%):

 
Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust, 2.50%, 10/15/31,
Callable 7/15/31 @ 100 (a)
 

$

3,233,000

   

$

3,245,512

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $98,930,930)

   

100,515,489

   

Municipal Bonds (3.1%)

 

Arizona (0.1%):

 

The University of Arizona Revenue, Series A, 1.82%, 6/1/30

   

1,000,000

     

1,001,424

   

California (0.2%):

 
California Statewide Communities Development Authority Revenue,
1.73%, 4/1/27
   

1,000,000

     

985,009

   
City of El Cajon Revenue
Series A, 1.70%, 4/1/27
   

620,000

     

614,920

   

Series A, 1.90%, 4/1/28

   

500,000

     

496,497

   
San Jose Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency Tax Allocation,
Series A-T, 3.13%, 8/1/28, Continuously Callable @ 100
   

500,000

     

529,201

   
     

2,625,627

   

Colorado (0.1%):

 
City & County of Denver Co. Airport System Revenue, Series C, 2.14%,
11/15/29
   

1,500,000

     

1,519,068

   

Connecticut (0.1%):

 

State of Connecticut, GO, Series A, 3.43%, 4/15/28

   

500,000

     

546,739

   

Florida (0.3%):

 
County of Miami-Dade Seaport Department Revenue, Series B-3, 2.34%,
10/1/33, Continuously Callable @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,467,732

   
Hillsborough County IDA Revenue, 3.58%, 8/1/35, Continuously
Callable @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,624,136

   
Hillsborough County School Board Certificate of Participation, Series B,
1.92%, 7/1/25
   

750,000

     

758,670

   
     

3,850,538

   

Georgia (0.1%):

 
City of Atlanta GA Water & Wastewater Revenue, 2.26%, 11/1/35,
Continuously Callable @ 100
   

1,500,000

     

1,496,268

   

Hawaii (0.1%):

 

State of Hawaii Airports System Revenue, Series E, 1.81%, 7/1/27

   

915,000

     

915,061

   

Illinois (0.0%): (f)

 

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue, 3.55%, 8/15/29

   

500,000

     

543,040

   

Louisiana (0.1%):

 
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community
Development Authority Revenue, 1.55%, 2/1/27
   

700,000

     

687,585

   

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue, 2.28%, 6/1/30

   

500,000

     

503,836

   
     

1,191,421

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Michigan (0.2%):

 
Michigan Finance Authority Revenue
2.47%, 12/1/25
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

1,031,816

   

3.08%, 12/1/34

   

1,000,000

     

1,060,581

   
     

2,092,397

   

New Jersey (0.3%):

 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue, Series NNN,
3.47%, 6/15/27
   

1,000,000

     

1,062,357

   
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority Revenue, Series A,
3.36%, 7/1/40
   

1,000,000

     

1,046,645

   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue, 4.08%, 6/15/39

   

385,000

     

426,930

   

South Jersey Transportation Authority Revenue, Series B, 2.38%, 11/1/27

   

900,000

     

888,142

   
     

3,424,074

   

New York (0.2%):

 

New York City Industrial Development Agency Revenue, 2.73%, 3/1/34

   

1,500,000

     

1,510,017

   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue, Series A, 2.46%, 7/1/32

   

750,000

     

754,035

   
     

2,264,052

   

Oklahoma (0.1%):

 
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Revenue, Series C,
5.45%, 8/15/28
   

500,000

     

560,322

   

The University of Oklahoma Revenue, Series C, 2.05%, 7/1/29

   

1,000,000

     

993,761

   
     

1,554,083

   

Pennsylvania (0.2%):

 

Commonwealth Financing Authority Revenue, Series A, 3.63%, 6/1/29

   

500,000

     

540,731

   

Public Parking Authority Of Pittsburgh Revenue, 2.33%, 12/1/29

   

895,000

     

899,177

   

State Public School Building Authority Revenue, 3.15%, 4/1/30

   

1,290,000

     

1,377,680

   
     

2,817,588

   

Texas (0.8%):

 

City of Houston Airport System Revenue, Series C, 2.09%, 7/1/28

   

750,000

     

752,491

   

City of San Antoni, GO, 1.76%, 2/1/31, Continuously Callable @ 100

   

630,000

     

618,057

   

County of Bexar Revenue, 2.28%, 8/15/32, Continuously Callable @ 100

   

1,070,000

     

1,036,187

   
Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue
3.34%, 11/15/37
   

2,000,000

     

2,124,478

   

Series D, 2.28%, 7/1/34

   

370,000

     

365,719

   

North Texas Tollway Authority Revenue, 1.02%, 1/1/25

   

1,000,000

     

989,818

   

San Antonio Education Facilities Corp. Revenue, 2.50%, 4/1/29

   

1,270,000

     

1,241,370

   
Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue
1.63%, 9/1/26
   

525,000

     

526,856

   

1.82%, 9/1/27

   

700,000

     

702,140

   
Uptown Development Authority Tax Allocation
Series B, 2.58%, 9/1/31
   

270,000

     

272,293

   

Series B, 2.78%, 9/1/33, Continuously Callable @ 100

   

500,000

     

509,615

   
     

9,139,024

   

Virginia (0.1%):

 
Virginia Housing Development Authority Revenue
Series J, 1.97%, 11/1/28
   

225,000

     

226,200

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Series J, 2.27%, 11/1/31, Continuously Callable @ 100

 

$

225,000

   

$

226,540

   

Series J, 2.42%, 11/1/32, Continuously Callable @ 100

   

275,000

     

278,345

   

Series J, 2.47%, 11/1/33, Continuously Callable @ 100

   

270,000

     

273,041

   

Series J, 2.52%, 11/1/34, Continuously Callable @ 100

   

250,000

     

252,692

   

Series J, 2.57%, 11/1/35, Continuously Callable @ 100

   

300,000

     

303,169

   
     

1,559,987

   

Washington (0.1%):

 

Washington State University Revenue, Series A, 2.24%, 10/1/28

   

1,000,000

     

1,013,194

   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $36,829,598)

   

37,553,585

   

U.S. Government Agency Mortgages (3.4%)

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Series K028, Class A2, 3.11%, 2/25/23
   

992,943

     

1,012,883

   

Series K059, Class A2, 3.12%, 9/25/26 (c)

   

1,000,000

     

1,071,798

   

Series KIR3, Class A2, 3.28%, 8/25/27

   

1,500,000

     

1,636,289

   

Series K069, Class A2, 3.19%, 9/25/27 (c)

   

86,000

     

93,451

   

Series K071, Class A2, 3.29%, 11/25/27

   

500,000

     

546,640

   

Series K075, Class A2, 3.65%, 2/25/28 (c)

   

500,000

     

558,391

   

Series K087, Class A2, 3.77%, 12/25/28

   

500,000

     

565,398

   

Series K091, Class A2, 3.51%, 3/25/29

   

1,250,000

     

1,395,817

   

Series K095, Class A2, 2.79%, 6/25/29

   

1,000,000

     

1,072,865

   

Series K097, Class A2, 2.51%, 7/25/29

   

2,000,000

     

2,107,443

   

Series K096, Class A2, 2.52%, 7/25/29

   

1,000,000

     

1,054,252

   

Series KG02, Class A2, 2.41%, 8/25/29

   

909,000

     

948,260

   

Series K100, Class A2, 2.67%, 9/25/29

   

545,000

     

581,013

   

Series K159, Class A2, 3.95%, 11/25/30 (c)

   

500,000

     

579,715

   

3.00%, 3/1/31 – 2/1/33

   

303,206

     

318,169

   

3.50%, 5/1/33 – 11/1/47

   

1,561,143

     

1,660,739

   

Series K-1510, Class A3, 3.79%, 1/25/34

   

1,000,000

     

1,161,443

   

Series K-1512, Class A3, 3.06%, 4/25/34

   

1,000,000

     

1,089,919

   

4.00%, 7/1/42 – 5/1/46

   

1,235,304

     

1,341,268

   

4.50%, 12/1/45

   

93,343

     

102,867

   
     

18,898,620

   
Federal National Mortgage Association
Series M4, Class A2, 3.06%, 3/25/28 (c)
   

463,717

     

501,709

   

Series 2019-M1, Class A2, 3.55%, 9/25/28 (c)

   

750,000

     

839,111

   

Series 2019-M12, Class A2, 2.89%, 5/25/29 (c)

   

1,000,000

     

1,078,352

   

2.50%, 11/1/34

   

340,456

     

352,214

   

4.00%, 12/1/41 – 2/1/50

   

5,259,888

     

5,607,213

   

3.50%, 9/1/45 – 2/1/50

   

5,579,653

     

5,915,419

   

4.50%, 8/1/47

   

16,174

     

17,490

   

3.00%, 2/1/50

   

617,345

     

640,208

   

2.00%, 11/1/51 – 12/1/51

   

3,473,387

     

3,473,007

   
     

18,424,723

   
Government National Mortgage Association
3.00%, 10/20/51
   

2,963,899

     

3,074,926

   

Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgages (Cost $39,044,092)

   

40,398,269

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations (39.1%)

 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
4.38%, 2/15/38
 

$

750,000

   

$

1,034,766

   

3.50%, 2/15/39

   

2,770,000

     

3,481,111

   

4.38%, 11/15/39

   

1,000,000

     

1,393,125

   

1.13%, 5/15/40

   

1,000,000

     

879,531

   

1.38%, 11/15/40

   

5,000,000

     

4,571,094

   

1.88%, 2/15/41

   

9,000,000

     

8,935,312

   

1.75%, 8/15/41

   

1,000,000

     

972,656

   

2.75%, 8/15/47

   

500,000

     

582,422

   

2.75%, 11/15/47

   

500,000

     

582,813

   

3.00%, 2/15/48

   

3,500,000

     

4,275,469

   

3.38%, 11/15/48

   

2,012,000

     

2,634,462

   

1.38%, 8/15/50

   

7,000,000

     

6,163,281

   

1.63%, 11/15/50

   

3,000,000

     

2,807,813

   

1.88%, 2/15/51

   

4,000,000

     

3,976,875

   

2.00%, 8/15/51

   

2,000,000

     

2,048,750

   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds, 0.88%, 1/15/29

   

500,000

     

633,382

   

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

2.50%, 1/15/22

   

712,000

     

712,501

   

1.88%, 1/31/22

   

1,000,000

     

1,001,289

   

1.50%, 1/31/22

   

7,000,000

     

7,007,109

   

2.50%, 2/15/22

   

2,000,000

     

2,005,547

   

1.88%, 2/28/22

   

1,700,000

     

1,704,648

   

2.25%, 4/15/22

   

2,000,000

     

2,011,875

   

0.13%, 5/31/22

   

5,000,000

     

4,999,219

   

0.13%, 6/30/22

   

10,000,000

     

9,995,703

   

0.13%, 7/31/22

   

12,500,000

     

12,492,187

   

1.50%, 8/15/22

   

1,000,000

     

1,007,656

   

0.13%, 9/30/22

   

6,000,000

     

5,992,266

   

0.13%, 10/31/22

   

10,000,000

     

9,983,594

   

2.00%, 10/31/22

   

400,000

     

405,391

   

0.13%, 6/30/23

   

10,000,000

     

9,932,812

   

0.13%, 8/31/23

   

5,000,000

     

4,956,055

   

0.13%, 9/15/23

   

6,000,000

     

5,944,687

   

0.13%, 10/15/23

   

2,500,000

     

2,474,902

   

0.25%, 11/15/23

   

22,000,000

     

21,817,813

   

0.13%, 1/15/24

   

10,000,000

     

9,873,437

   

2.00%, 4/30/24

   

24,550,000

     

25,215,535

   

0.25%, 6/15/24

   

20,000,000

     

19,706,250

   

0.38%, 7/15/24

   

7,000,000

     

6,913,594

   

0.38%, 8/15/24

   

10,000,000

     

9,867,969

   

1.50%, 10/31/24

   

3,000,000

     

3,047,109

   

1.00%, 12/15/24

   

30,000,000

     

30,032,813

   

2.25%, 12/31/24

   

5,000,000

     

5,189,063

   

2.75%, 2/28/25

   

850,000

     

895,820

   

0.25%, 6/30/25

   

10,000,000

     

9,716,406

   

3.00%, 9/30/25

   

300,000

     

320,648

   

0.25%, 9/30/25

   

3,500,000

     

3,389,531

   

0.38%, 11/30/25

   

13,000,000

     

12,612,031

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

0.38%, 1/31/26

 

$

4,000,000

   

$

3,872,188

   

1.50%, 8/15/26

   

2,000,000

     

2,023,281

   

1.38%, 8/31/26

   

8,000,000

     

8,050,000

   

1.13%, 10/31/26

   

4,000,000

     

3,976,563

   

1.63%, 10/31/26

   

5,000,000

     

5,086,719

   

2.00%, 11/15/26

   

2,700,000

     

2,794,500

   

0.50%, 6/30/27

   

2,500,000

     

2,392,773

   

2.25%, 8/15/27

   

1,000,000

     

1,049,375

   

2.25%, 11/15/27

   

1,700,000

     

1,785,930

   

0.63%, 11/30/27

   

13,000,000

     

12,456,641

   

0.75%, 1/31/28

   

10,000,000

     

9,637,500

   

2.75%, 2/15/28

   

2,000,000

     

2,161,875

   

1.25%, 3/31/28

   

8,000,000

     

7,935,000

   

1.25%, 4/30/28

   

10,000,000

     

9,917,187

   

2.88%, 5/15/28

   

4,000,000

     

4,359,063

   

1.25%, 6/30/28

   

15,000,000

     

14,851,172

   

1.00%, 7/31/28

   

15,000,000

     

14,608,594

   

2.88%, 8/15/28

   

630,000

     

688,275

   

1.13%, 8/31/28

   

5,000,000

     

4,905,469

   

3.13%, 11/15/28

   

1,000,000

     

1,111,875

   

2.63%, 2/15/29

   

1,000,000

     

1,081,250

   

1.63%, 8/15/29

   

10,000,000

     

10,146,875

   

0.63%, 5/15/30

   

2,500,000

     

2,340,625

   

0.63%, 8/15/30

   

5,000,000

     

4,664,062

   

0.88%, 11/15/30

   

17,000,000

     

16,165,937

   

1.13%, 2/15/31

   

12,000,000

     

11,647,500

   

1.63%, 5/15/31

   

20,000,000

     

20,256,250

   

1.25%, 8/15/31

   

5,000,000

     

4,889,844

   

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $472,732,255)

   

471,054,645

   

Commercial Papers (2.8%) (g)

 

CenterPoint Energy, 0.15%, 1/3/22 (a)

   

10,000,000

     

9,999,872

   

Hannover Funding Co. LLC, 0.16%, 1/3/22 (a)

   

1,000,000

     

999,987

   

One Gas, Inc., 0.29%, 1/18/22 (a)

   

2,000,000

     

1,999,708

   

Sonoco Products Co., 0.15%, 1/3/22 (a)

   

11,000,000

     

10,999,858

   

Wisconsin Energy Corp., 0.12%, 1/4/22 (a)

   

10,000,000

     

9,999,867

   

Total Commercial Papers (Cost $33,999,419)

   

33,999,292

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (0.8%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (h)

   

214,462

     

214,462

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (h)
   

4,212,067

     

4,212,067

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (h)
   

107,027

     

107,027

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (h)

   

853,402

     

853,402

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (h)
 

$

3,837,063

   

$

3,837,063

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $9,224,021)

   

9,224,021

   

Total Investments (Cost $1,199,098,007) — 100.3%

   

1,208,360,510

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.3)%

   

(3,633,478

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

1,204,727,032

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $274,698,576 and amounted to 22.8% of net assets.

(b)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(c)  The rate for certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities may vary based on factors relating to the pool of assets underlying the security. The rate disclosed is the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

(d)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(e)  Security is perpetual and has no final maturity date but may be subject to calls at various dates in the future.

(f)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(g)  Rate represents the effective yield at December 31, 2021.

(h)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

bps — Basis points

GO — General Obligation

H15T1Y — 1 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate

H15T5Y — 5 Year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate

IDA — Industrial Development Authority

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR01M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

USISDA05 — 5 Year USD ICE Swap, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021

USSW5 — USD 5 Year Swap Rate, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
USAA Core
Short-Term
Bond ETF
  VictoryShares
USAA Core
Intermediate-Term
Bond ETF
 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $388,206,445 and $1,199,098,007)

 

$

388,350,097

   

$

1,208,360,510

(a)

 
Cash    

1,615,979

     

1,016,991

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

     

40,048

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

2,522,145

     

5,439,577

   

Investments sold

   

200,966

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

302

     

980

   

Total Assets

   

392,689,489

     

1,214,858,106

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

     

9,224,021

   

Investments purchased

   

5,536,741

     

523,185

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

81,307

     

305,324

   

Administration fees

   

7,197

     

22,017

   

Custodian fees

   

2,336

     

3,891

   

Compliance fees

   

143

     

592

   

Trustees' fees

   

     

1,634

   

Other accrued expenses

   

26,112

     

50,410

   

Total Liabilities

   

5,653,836

     

10,131,074

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

386,881,097

     

1,195,534,676

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

154,556

     

9,192,356

   

Net Assets

 

$

387,035,653

   

$

1,204,727,032

   

Shares (unlimited shares authorized, no par value):

   

7,550,000

     

22,750,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

51.26

   

$

52.96

   

(a)  Includes $8,913,411 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
USAA Core
Short-Term
Bond ETF
  VictoryShares
USAA Core
Intermediate-Term
Bond ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Interest

 

$

2,705,477

   

$

10,399,779

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

1,216

     

5,900

   

Total Income

   

2,706,693

     

10,405,679

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

379,152

     

1,604,831

   

Administration fees

   

82,313

     

290,420

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

10,057

     

12,395

   

Custodian fees

   

7,381

     

19,668

   

Servicing fees

   

7,339

     

7,337

   

Trustees' fees

   

8,765

     

28,984

   

Compliance fees

   

974

     

3,509

   

Legal and audit fees

   

13,661

     

34,699

   

Other expenses

   

23,987

     

50,311

   

Total Expenses

   

533,629

     

2,052,154

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(48,057

)

   

(169,575

)

 

Net Expenses

   

485,572

     

1,882,579

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

2,221,121

     

8,523,100

   

Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:

 

Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities

   

466,159

     

1,834,964

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on
investment securities
   

(2,669,667

)

   

(14,036,879

)

 

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

(2,203,508

)

   

(12,201,915

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

17,613

   

$

(3,678,815

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares USAA
Core Short-Term Bond ETF
  VictoryShares USAA
Core Intermediate-Term
Bond ETF
 
    Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

2,221,121

   

$

3,587,482

   

$

8,523,100

   

$

12,759,697

   
Net realized gains (losses)
from investments
   

466,159

     

1,090,676

     

1,834,964

     

3,145,663

   
Net change in unrealized
appreciation/depreciation
on investments
   

(2,669,667

)

   

1,492,704

     

(14,036,879

)

   

(2,477,903

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

17,613

     

6,170,862

     

(3,678,815

)

   

13,427,457

   
Change in net assets resulting from
distributions to shareholders
   

(3,915,435

)

   

(4,553,556

)

   

(13,555,127

)

   

(14,839,541

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
   

118,637,570

     

165,678,281

     

327,627,854

     

444,955,757

   

Change in net assets

   

114,739,748

     

167,295,587

     

310,393,912

     

443,543,673

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

272,295,905

     

105,000,318

     

894,333,120

     

450,789,447

   

End of period

 

$

387,035,653

   

$

272,295,905

   

$

1,204,727,032

   

$

894,333,120

   

Capital Transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

118,637,570

   

$

181,229,714

   

$

327,627,854

   

$

458,507,492

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

     

(15,551,433

)

   

     

(13,551,735

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
 

$

118,637,570

   

$

165,678,281

   

$

327,627,854

   

$

444,955,757

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

2,300,000

     

3,500,000

     

6,100,000

     

8,500,000

   

Redeemed

   

     

(300,000

)

   

     

(250,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

2,300,000

     

3,200,000

     

6,100,000

     

8,250,000

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 



  Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

51.87

     

0.38

     

(0.37

)

   

0.01

     

(0.45

)

   

(0.17

)

 
Year Ended
June 30, 2021
 

$

51.22

     

0.84

     

0.93

     

1.77

     

(0.90

)

   

(0.22

)

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(f)
 

$

50.65

     

1.10

     

0.48

     

1.58

     

(1.01

)

   

   
Year Ended
August 31, 2019
 

$

49.50

     

1.37

     

1.13

     

2.50

     

(1.35

)

   

   
October 24, 2017(h)
through
August 31, 2018
 

$

50.00

     

0.93

     

(0.59

)

   

0.34

     

(0.84

)

   

   

VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

53.71

     

0.43

     

(0.52

)

   

(0.09

)

   

(0.53

)

   

(0.13

)

 
Year Ended
June 30, 2021
 

$

53.67

     

1.08

     

0.27

     

1.35

     

(1.11

)

   

(0.20

)

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(f)
 

$

52.48

     

1.21

     

1.12

     

2.33

     

(1.14

)

   

   
Year Ended
August 31, 2019
 

$

48.61

     

1.62

     

3.81

     

5.43

     

(1.56

)

   

   
October 24, 2017(h)
through
August 31, 2018
 

$

49.93

     

1.29

     

(1.46

)

   

(0.17

)

   

(1.15

)

   

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.

(e)  Includes impact of voluntary waivers. Without these voluntary waivers, the net expense ratio would have been at the contractual cap. (See note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(f)  The Fund's fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to June 30, effective September 1, 2019.

(g)  Portfolio turnover increased significantly due to changes in the volume and timing of purchases and sales of portfolio holdings during the period.

(h)  Commencement of operations.

(i)  Includes impact of voluntary waiver. Without this voluntary waiver, the net expense ratio would have been 0.03% and 0.02% higher for the six months ended December 31, 2021, and ten months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

(j)  Portfolio turnover decreased significantly due to changes in the volume and timing of purchases and sales of portfolio holdings during the year.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 



  Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.62

)

 

$

51.26

     

0.04

%

   

0.32

%(e)

   

1.46

%

   

0.35

%

 

$

387,036

     

36

%

 
Year Ended
June 30, 2021
   

(1.12

)

 

$

51.87

     

3.48

%

   

0.34

%(e)

   

1.62

%

   

0.37

%

 

$

272,296

     

80

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(f)
   

(1.01

)

 

$

51.22

     

3.17

%

   

0.35

%

   

2.62

%

   

0.44

%

 

$

105,000

     

72

%(g)

 
Year Ended
August 31, 2019
   

(1.35

)

 

$

50.65

     

5.11

%

   

0.35

%

   

2.75

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

83,573

     

30

%

 
October 24, 2017(h)
through
August 31, 2018
   

(0.84

)

 

$

49.50

     

0.70

%

   

0.35

%

   

2.21

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

61,872

     

22

%

 

VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

(0.66

)

 

$

52.96

     

(0.18

)%

   

0.35

%(i)

   

1.59

%

   

0.38

%

 

$

1,204,727

     

10

%

 
Year Ended
June 30, 2021
   

(1.31

)

 

$

53.71

     

2.55

%

   

0.37

%(e)

   

2.01

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

894,333

     

16

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(f)
   

(1.14

)

 

$

53.67

     

4.52

%

   

0.38

%(i)

   

2.80

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

450,789

     

13

%

 
Year Ended
August 31, 2019
   

(1.56

)

 

$

52.48

     

11.37

%

   

0.39

%

   

3.27

%

   

0.44

%

 

$

314,856

     

3

%(j)

 
October 24, 2017(h)
through
August 31, 2018
   

(1.15

)

 

$

48.61

     

(0.33

)%

   

0.40

%

   

3.10

%

   

0.45

%

 

$

150,703

     

10

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios II (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 25 funds, 23 of which are Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs"), and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with no par value.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following two Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

 

VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 

VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 

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 Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange"). The Funds issue and redeem shares ("Shares") at net asset value ("NAV") only in aggregations of 50,000 shares, (each a "Creation Unit"). Creation Units are issued and redeemed in exchange for a basket of securities included in the respective Fund's Index (the "Deposit Securities"), and/or with the deposit of a specified cash payment (the "Cash Component"), plus a transaction fee. Shares trade on the Exchange at market prices that may be below, at, or above NAV. Shares of a Fund may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions ("Authorized Participants"). An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a DTC participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the distributor. Only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem the shares directly from a Fund. In addition, shares may be issued in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash equal to up to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In each instance of such cash creations or redemptions, transaction fees may be imposed and may be higher than the transaction fees associated with in-kind creations or redemptions.

Each Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, with no par value. Shares of each Fund have equal rights and privileges. A purchase (i.e., creation) transaction fee is imposed for the transfer and other transactional costs associated with the purchase of Creation Units. In addition, a variable fee may be charged on all cash transactions or substitutes for Creation Units. Variable fees received by each Fund are displayed in the Capital Transactions section of the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as an increase to Capital.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

The transaction fees for each Fund are listed below:

    Fee for In-Kind and
Cash Purchases and
Redemptions
  Maximum Additional
Variable Charge for Cash
Purchases and Redemptions*
 

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 

$

100

     

2.00

%

 

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

   

100

     

2.00

%

 

*  As a percentage of the amount invested.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their NAV. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Debt securities are valued each business day by a pricing service approved by the Board. The approved pricing service uses the evaluated bid or the last sale price to value securities. Debt obligations maturing within 60 days may be valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost represents the fair value of such securities. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

$

   

$

63,279,163

   

$

   

$

63,279,163

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

     

18,281,161

     

     

18,281,161

   

Senior Secured Loans

   

     

4,948,961

     

     

4,948,961

   

Corporate Bonds

   

     

165,385,385

     

     

165,385,385

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

49,146,937

     

     

49,146,937

   

Municipal Bonds

   

     

68,212,629

     

     

68,212,629

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

     

8,996,250

     

     

8,996,250

   

Commercial Papers

   

     

10,099,611

     

     

10,099,611

   

Total

 

$

   

$

388,350,097

   

$

   

$

388,350,097

   

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

$

   

$

93,763,478

   

$

   

$

93,763,478

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

     

29,784,299

     

     

29,784,299

   

Corporate Bonds

   

     

392,067,432

     

     

392,067,432

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

100,515,489

     

     

100,515,489

   

Municipal Bonds

   

     

37,553,585

     

     

37,553,585

   

U.S. Government Agency Mortgages

   

     

40,398,269

     

     

40,398,269

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

     

471,054,645

     

     

471,054,645

   

Commercial Papers

   

     

33,999,292

     

     

33,999,292

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

9,224,021

     

     

     

9,224,021

   

Total

 

$

9,224,021

   

$

1,199,136,489

   

$

   

$

1,208,360,510

   

For the six months ended December 31, 2021, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Securities Purchased on a Delayed-Delivery or When-Issued Basis:

The Funds may purchase securities on a delayed-delivery or when-issued basis. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a delayed-delivery or when-issued basis, or for delayed draws on loans can take place a month or more after the trade date. At the time a Fund makes the commitment to purchase a security on a when-issued basis, the Fund records the transaction and reflects the value of the security in determining NAV. No interest accrues to the Fund until the transaction settles and payment takes place. Normally, the settlement date occurs within one month of the purchase. A segregated account is established and the Fund maintains cash and/or marketable securities at least equal in value to commitments for when-issued securities. If a Fund owns when-issued securities, these values are included in Payables for investments purchased on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the segregated assets are identified on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.

Municipal Obligations:

The values of municipal obligations can fluctuate and may be affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes, and by financial developments affecting municipal issuers. Payment of municipal obligations may depend on a relatively limited source of revenue, resulting in greater credit risk. Future changes in federal tax laws or the activity of an issuer may adversely affect the tax-exempt status of municipal obligations.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities:

The values of some mortgage-related or asset-backed securities may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. Early repayment of principal on some mortgage-related securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. The values of mortgage- and asset-backed securities depend in part on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

collateral and may fluctuate in response to the market's perception of these factors as well as current and future repayment rates. Some mortgage-backed securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, commonly known as "Ginnie Mae"), while other mortgage-backed securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as "Fannie Mae" and "Freddie Mac," respectively), are backed only by the credit of the government entity issuing them. In addition, some mortgage-backed securities are issued by private entities and, as such, are not guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government.

Below-Investment-Grade Securities:

Certain Funds may invest in below-investment-grade securities (i.e., lower-quality, "junk" debt), which are subject to various risks. Lower-quality debt is considered to be speculative because it is less certain that the issuer will be able to pay interest or repay the principal than in the case of investment-grade debt. These securities can involve a substantially greater risk of default than higher-rated securities, and their values can decline significantly over short periods of time. Lower-quality debt securities tend to be more sensitive to adverse news about their issuers, the market and the economy in general, than higher-quality debt securities. The market for these securities can be less liquid, especially during periods of recession or general market decline.

Collateralized Loan Obligations ("CLOs"):

CLOs are securities issued by entities that are collateralized by a pool of loans. CLOs are issued in multiple classes (tranches) and can be equity or debt with specific adjustable or fixed interest rates and varying maturities. The cash flow from the underlying loans is used to pay off each tranche separately within the debt, or senior tranches. Equity, or subordinated tranches, typically are not paid a cash flow but do offer ownership in the CLO itself in the event of a sale.

Bank Loans:

Floating rate loans in which a Fund invests are primarily "senior" loans. Senior floating rate loans typically hold a senior position in the capital structures of the borrower, are typically secured by specific collateral, and have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the borrower that is senior to that held by subordinated debtholders and stockholders of the borrower. While these protections may reduce risk, these investments still present significant credit risk. A significant portion of a Fund's floating rate investments may be issued in connection with highly leveraged transactions such as leveraged buyouts, leveraged recapitalization loans, and other types of acquisition financing. Obligations in these types of transactions are subject to greater credit risk (including default and bankruptcy) than many other investments and may be, or become, illiquid. See the note below regarding below investment grade securities.

The Funds may purchase second-lien loans (secured loans with a claim on collateral subordinate to a senior lender's claim on such collateral), fixed rate loans, unsecured loans, and other debt obligations.

Transactions in loans often settle on a delayed basis, and a Fund may not receive the proceeds from the sale of a loan or pay for a loan purchase for a substantial period of time after entering into the transactions.

Investment Companies:

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

 


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Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis. Paydown gains or losses on applicable securities, if any, are recorded as components of Interest income on the Statements of Operations.

The Funds may receive other income from investments in loan assignments and/or unfunded commitments, including amendment fees, consent fees, and commitment fees. These fees are recorded as income when received. These amounts, if received, are included in Interest income on the Statements of Operations.

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.

The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
  Non-Cash
Collateral
  Cash
Collateral
 

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 

$

8,913,411

   

$

   

$

9,224,021

   
 


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Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of June 30.

For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

Cross-Trade Transactions:

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act, the Funds may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Adviser and any applicable sub-adviser. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security's last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Fund engaged in the following securities transactions with affiliated funds, which resulted in the following net realized gains (losses):

   

Purchases

 

Sales

  Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 

$

2,881,243

   

$

   

$

   

3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) for the six months ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Excluding
U.S. Government Securities
 

U.S. Government Securities

 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 

$

188,756,119

   

$

75,750,542

   

$

31,931,484

   

$

22,878,086

   
USAA Core Intermediate-Term
Bond ETF
   

220,077,849

     

46,939,311

   

$

193,576,205

     

50,342,179

   

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

 


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Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

   

Flat Rate

 

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

   

0.25

%

 

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

   

0.30

%

 

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets

 

Up to $15 billion

 

$15 billion – $30 billion

 

Over $30 billion

 
 

0.08

%, plus

   

0.05

%, plus

   

0.04

%

 

Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios, and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex") in the aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' Transfer Agent. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Foreside Fund Services, LLC ("Foreside") serves as the Funds' distributor.

Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into expense limitation agreements with the Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain Funds in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for

 


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such Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

    In Effect Until
October 31, 2022
 

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

   

0.35

%

 

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

   

0.40

%

 

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, as amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to three years (thirty-six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

   

2023

 
USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF  

$

41,935

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. Voluntary waivers and reimbursements applicable to the Funds are not available to be recouped at a future time and are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Adviser voluntarily waived the following amounts:

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 

$

48,057

   

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

   

169,574

   

Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and distributor.

5. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Debt Securities or Bond Risk — The Funds are subject to the risk that the market value of the bonds in the Funds' portfolios will fluctuate because of changes in interest rates, changes in the supply of and demand for debt securities, and other market factors. Bond prices generally are linked to the prevailing market interest rates. In general, when interest rates rise, bond prices typically fall; conversely, when interest rates fall, bond prices typically rise. The price volatility of a bond also depends on its duration, which is a measure of a bond's sensitivity to a change in interest rates. Generally, the longer the duration of a bond, the greater is its sensitivity to interest rates. To compensate investors for this higher interest rate risk, bonds with longer durations generally offer higher yields than bonds with shorter durations. Should the U.S. Federal Reserve raise interest rates, the Funds may be subject to risks associated with rising interest rates. The fixed-income securities in the Funds' portfolios also are subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that an issuer of a fixed-income security cannot make timely interest and principal payments on its securities or that negative market perceptions of the issuer's ability to make such payments will cause the price of that security to decline. The Funds accept some credit risk as a recognized means to enhance an investor's return.

 


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High-Yield Bond Risk — Fixed-income securities rated below investment grade, also known as "junk" or high-yield bonds, generally entail greater credit and liquidity risk than investment-grade securities. Their prices also may be more volatile, especially during economic downturns and financial setbacks or liquidity events. The Funds' values could be hurt by price declines due to actual or perceived changes in an issuer's ability to make such payments. These securities are considered by the major rating agencies to be predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer's continuing ability to pay principal and interest, and they carry a greater risk that the issuer of such securities will default on the timely payment of principal and interest. Issuers of securities that are in default or have defaulted may fail to resume principal or interest payments, in which case the Funds may lose their entire investment. The creditworthiness of issuers of these securities may be more complex to analyze than that of issuers of investment-grade debt securities, and the overreliance on credit ratings may present additional risks.

Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk — Mortgage- and asset-backed securities ("MBS" or "ABS," respectively) differ from conventional debt securities because principal is paid back over the life of the security rather than at maturity. MBS and ABS are subject to prepayment or call risk, which is the risk that a borrower's payments may be received earlier than expected due to changes in prepayment rates on underlying loans. As a result, the Funds may reinvest these early payments at lower interest rates, thereby reducing the Fund's income. These securities also are subject to extension risk, which is the risk that the life of the ABS or MBS may be extended due to higher interest rates and lower prepayments. As a result, the value of the securities will decrease. The value of MBS can be impacted by factors affecting the housing market, and MBS also are subject to the risk of high default rates on the mortgages within the mortgage pool. The liquidity of non-agency or privately issued ABS or MBS securities, in particular those that are rated as non-investment grade, may change dramatically over time.

LIBOR Discontinuation Risk — The London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") discontinuation may adversely affect the financial markets generally and the Funds' operations, finances and investments specifically. LIBOR has been the principal floating-rate benchmark in the financial markets, and a large portion of the Funds' assets are tied to LIBOR. However, LIBOR has been or will be discontinued as a floating rate benchmark. The date of discontinuation depends on the LIBOR currency and tenor. With limited exceptions, no new LIBOR obligations will be entered into after December 31, 2021. Existing LIBOR obligations have transitioned or will transition to another benchmark, depending on the LIBOR currency and tenor. For some existing LIBOR-based obligations, the contractual consequences of the discontinuation of LIBOR may not be clear.

Non-LIBOR floating-rate obligations, including Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR")-based obligations, may have returns and values that fluctuate more than those of floating-rate debt obligations that are based on LIBOR or other rates. Also, because SOFR and some alternative floating rates are relatively new market indexes, markets for certain non-LIBOR obligations may never develop or may not be liquid. Market terms for non-LIBOR floating rate obligations, such as the spread over the index reflected in interest-rate provisions, may evolve over time, and prices of non-LIBOR floating rate obligations may be different depending on when they are issued and changing views about correct spread levels.

Various SOFR-based rates, including SOFR-based term rates, and various non-SOFR-based rates are expected to develop in response to the discontinuation of U.S. dollar LIBOR, which may create various risks for the Funds and the financial markets more generally. There are non-LIBOR forward-looking floating rates that are not based on SOFR and that may be considered by participants in the financial markets as LIBOR alternatives. Such rates include Ameribor (American Interbank Offered Rate), BSBY (Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index) and BYI (Bank Yield Index). Unlike forward-looking SOFR-based term rates, such rates are intended to reflect a bank credit spread component.

It is not clear how replacement rates for LIBOR — including SOFR-based rates and non-SOFR-based rates — will develop and to what extent they will be used. There is no assurance that these replacement rates will be suitable substitutes for LIBOR, and thus the substitution of such rates for LIBOR could have an adverse effect on the Funds and the financial markets more generally. Concerns about market depth and stability could affect the development of non-SOFR-based term rates, and such rates may create various risks, which may or may not be similar to the risks relating to SOFR.

 


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6. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month LIBOR plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The Funds had no borrowings under the Line of Credit agreement during the six months ended December 31, 2021.

7. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains (collectively, distributions to shareholders) are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. To the extent these "book/tax" differences are permanent in nature (e.g., net operating loss and distribution reclassification), such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales) do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and distributions exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital. Net investment losses incurred by the Funds may be reclassified as an offset to capital on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The tax character of current year distributions paid and the tax basis of the current components of accumulated earnings (deficit) will be determined at the end of the current tax year ending June 30, 2022.

As of June 30, 2021, the Funds had no capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes.

 


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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 
USAA Core Short-Term
Bond ETF
 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,000.40

   

$

1,023.59

   

$

1.61

   

$

1.63

     

0.32

%

 
USAA Core Intermediate-
Term Bond ETF
   

1,000.00

     

998.20

     

1,023.44

     

1.76

     

1.79

     

0.35

%

 

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 


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Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement")

The Board approved the Agreement on behalf of each of the Funds at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on November 30, 2021. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreement provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021, and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees.

The Board noted that each Fund assumed the performance of its predecessor fund, that the Adviser became the investment adviser to each Fund on February 26, 2019, and that prior to that date each predecessor fund was managed by a different investment adviser.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreement should be continued. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  Fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  Total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  The fact that the Funds are actively managed exchange-traded funds ("ETFs");

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between the Trust and the Adviser.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total expense ratio on a net and gross basis with

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

the median gross management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable ETFs compiled by the consultant and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected by that consultant from the universe. The Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors.

The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's net annual expense ratio was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over the one-year period against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index. The Board recognized that the performance of the Funds and the peer group funds are net of expenses, while the performance of the benchmark index is gross returns.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

VictoryShares USAA Core Short-Term Bond ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one- and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same period and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for both of the periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares USAA Core Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one- and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same period and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for both of the periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Conclusion

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests

 


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  (Unaudited)

of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies, to the extent applicable;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

 


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Privacy Policy

Protecting the Privacy of Information

The Trust respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. This is the information we collect from you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you make with us or third parties. It may include your name, address, social security number, account transactions and balances, and information about investment goals and risk tolerance.

We do not disclose any information about you or about former customers to anyone except as permitted or required by law. Specifically, we may disclose the information we collect to companies that perform services on our behalf, such as the transfer agent that processes shareholder accounts and printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials. We may also disclose this information to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. This allows us to continue to offer you Victory investment products and services that meet your investing needs, and to effect transactions that you request or authorize. These companies will use this information only in connection with the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose.

To protect your personal information internally, we permit access only by authorized employees and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information.*

*  You may have received communications regarding information about privacy policies from other financial institutions which gave you the opportunity to "opt-out" of certain information sharing with companies which are not affiliated with that financial institution. The Trust does not share information with other companies for purposes of marketing solicitations for products other than the Trust. Therefore, the Trust does not provide opt-out options to their shareholders.


 

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December 31, 2021

Semi Annual Report

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF


 

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Victory Portfolios II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Investment Objective & Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

2

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 
VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value
Momentum ETF
    6    
VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value
Momentum ETF
    12    
VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value
Momentum ETF
    25    
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets
Value Momentum ETF
    38    

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    50    

Statements of Operations

    52    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    54    

Financial Highlights

    56    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

60

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

   

71

   

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    71    

Expense Examples

    71    

Advisory Contract Approval

    73

 

 

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 


1


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the MSCI USA Select Value Momentum Blend Index.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

1.1

%

 

Public Storage

   

1.1

%

 

Oracle Corp.

   

1.0

%

 

Juniper Networks, Inc.

   

1.0

%

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

0.9

%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

0.9

%

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

0.9

%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

   

0.9

%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

   

0.9

%

 

The Kroger Co.

   

0.9

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

* Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


2


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the MSCI USA Small Cap Select Value Momentum Blend Index.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

National Fuel Gas Co.

   

0.5

%

 

Weis Markets, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Otter Tail Corp.

   

0.5

%

 

Encore Wire Corp.

   

0.5

%

 

Universal Corp.

   

0.5

%

 

STAG Industrial, Inc.

   

0.5

%

 

Life Storage, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

   

0.4

%

 

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

0.4

%

 

National Storage Affiliates Trust

   

0.4

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

* Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


3


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the MSCI World ex USA Select Value Momentum Blend Index.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

   

1.1

%

 

George Weston Ltd.

   

1.0

%

 

Segro PLC

   

0.9

%

 

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

   

0.9

%

 

Tesco PLC

   

0.9

%

 

Hermes International

   

0.9

%

 

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

   

0.8

%

 

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

   

0.8

%

 

Merck KGaA

   

0.8

%

 

Sofina SA

   

0.7

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

* Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


4


 
Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Select Value Momentum Blend Index.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

China Power International Development Ltd.

   

1.0

%

 

Synnex Technology International Corp.

   

1.0

%

 

WPG Holdings Ltd.

   

1.0

%

 

Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

1.0

%

 

Compal Electronics, Inc.

   

0.9

%

 

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

   

0.9

%

 

China Development Financial Holding Corp.

   

0.9

%

 

Arca Continental SAB de CV

   

0.9

%

 

KT&G Corp.

   

0.9

%

 

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Class A

   

0.8

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

* Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


5


 
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VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.7%)

 

Communication Services (5.1%):

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,177

   

$

3,409,816

   

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

13,974

     

380,093

   

AT&T, Inc.

   

60,436

     

1,486,726

   

Discovery, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

64,310

     

1,513,857

   

DISH Network Corp., Class A (a) (b)

   

50,117

     

1,625,795

   

Liberty Global PLC, Class C (a)

   

90,634

     

2,545,909

   

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (b)

   

187,747

     

2,356,225

   

News Corp., Class A

   

105,735

     

2,358,948

   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

60,671

     

2,272,129

   

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

   

40,676

     

1,227,602

   
     

19,177,100

   

Consumer Discretionary (9.4%):

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

   

4,950

     

1,187,406

   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

   

738

     

1,547,136

   

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

   

17,486

     

1,220,348

   

BorgWarner, Inc.

   

45,583

     

2,054,426

   

D.R. Horton, Inc.

   

21,477

     

2,329,181

   

DoorDash, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,356

     

648,608

   

eBay, Inc.

   

16,999

     

1,130,433

   

Ford Motor Co.

   

120,481

     

2,502,390

   

Garmin Ltd.

   

9,128

     

1,242,960

   

General Motors Co. (a)

   

33,916

     

1,988,495

   

Genuine Parts Co.

   

9,938

     

1,393,308

   

Lear Corp.

   

11,423

     

2,089,838

   

Lennar Corp., Class A

   

17,095

     

1,985,755

   

LKQ Corp.

   

32,919

     

1,976,128

   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

   

7,971

     

1,452,157

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

84,623

     

1,848,166

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

32,663

     

1,867,017

   

Target Corp. (c)

   

10,726

     

2,482,425

   

Tesla, Inc. (a)

   

602

     

636,182

   

Tractor Supply Co.

   

6,242

     

1,489,341

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

9,290

     

2,179,991

   
     

35,251,691

   

Consumer Staples (8.2%):

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

51,249

     

3,463,920

   

Bunge Ltd.

   

32,082

     

2,995,176

   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

3,895

     

2,211,191

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

57,030

     

2,102,126

   

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

   

54,078

     

2,506,515

   

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.

   

4,123

     

1,526,335

   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   

30,020

     

4,077,316

   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

   

73,108

     

2,624,577

   

The Kroger Co.

   

73,940

     

3,346,524

   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

   

35,317

     

3,078,230

   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

   

52,395

     

2,732,923

   
     

30,664,833

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Energy (3.0%):

 

ConocoPhillips

   

32,284

   

$

2,330,259

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

39,737

     

1,750,415

   

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

5,952

     

641,923

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

22,388

     

1,988,726

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

42,899

     

2,624,990

   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   

11,519

     

2,095,076

   
     

11,431,389

   

Financials (12.1%):

 

AGNC Investment Corp.

   

136,035

     

2,045,966

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

31,379

     

1,493,954

   

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

6,663

     

914,963

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

32,163

     

1,828,788

   

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A (a)

   

19,189

     

1,599,019

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

25,787

     

1,147,264

   

Blackstone, Inc.

   

18,013

     

2,330,702

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

10,463

     

1,518,077

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

29,149

     

1,760,308

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

41,116

     

1,942,731

   

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

   

56,572

     

1,854,996

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

22,672

     

987,366

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

34,691

     

1,161,801

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

76,892

     

1,770,054

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

32,031

     

2,386,309

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

18,251

     

1,245,813

   

Loews Corp.

   

47,575

     

2,747,932

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

34,165

     

2,134,971

   

Morgan Stanley

   

23,917

     

2,347,693

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

18,940

     

2,050,066

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

13,596

     

1,365,038

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

84,081

     

1,832,966

   

Signature Bank

   

3,033

     

981,084

   

Synchrony Financial

   

15,898

     

737,508

   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

6,005

     

2,297,213

   

Upstart Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,202

     

787,063

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

42,720

     

2,049,706

   
     

45,319,351

   

Health Care (15.4%):

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

25,964

     

3,515,526

   

Anthem, Inc.

   

5,489

     

2,544,371

   

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,772

     

1,338,870

   

Bio-Techne Corp.

   

2,768

     

1,431,997

   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

   

54,902

     

3,423,140

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

24,813

     

1,277,621

   

Centene Corp. (a)

   

29,518

     

2,432,283

   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

   

5,840

     

2,200,395

   

Cigna Corp.

   

10,948

     

2,513,989

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

29,996

     

3,094,387

   

Danaher Corp.

   

5,232

     

1,721,380

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

5,651

   

$

1,560,919

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

8,316

     

2,136,547

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

18,295

     

1,971,469

   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

   

19,498

     

2,484,045

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

   

7,857

     

2,468,748

   

McKesson Corp.

   

12,218

     

3,037,028

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

23,062

     

1,767,472

   

Moderna, Inc. (a)

   

8,120

     

2,062,318

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

6,637

     

2,111,097

   

Novavax, Inc. (a) (b)

   

2,956

     

422,915

   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

   

7,612

     

1,530,469

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

35,306

     

2,084,819

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

9,061

     

1,567,644

   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

   

15,939

     

2,066,651

   

Viatris, Inc.

   

151,460

     

2,049,254

   

Waters Corp. (a)

   

3,527

     

1,314,160

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

3,244

     

1,521,469

   
     

57,650,983

   

Industrials (14.2%):

 

AMERCO, Inc.

   

3,873

     

2,812,689

   

Carrier Global Corp.

   

43,781

     

2,374,682

   

Deere & Co.

   

3,313

     

1,135,995

   

Eaton Corp. PLC

   

15,998

     

2,764,774

   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   

13,555

     

1,820,301

   

FedEx Corp.

   

4,073

     

1,053,441

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,171

     

1,819,778

   

General Dynamics Corp.

   

14,492

     

3,021,147

   

General Electric Co.

   

8,807

     

831,997

   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

   

6,660

     

1,243,688

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (c)

   

21,045

     

1,302,054

   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

   

18,909

     

2,632,700

   

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

35,857

     

2,915,533

   

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

   

47,344

     

2,885,143

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

12,716

     

2,711,560

   

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

   

4,439

     

1,590,849

   

Owens Corning, Inc.

   

21,424

     

1,938,872

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

3,626

     

1,153,503

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

26,236

     

2,257,870

   

Republic Services, Inc. (c)

   

14,233

     

1,984,792

   

Robert Half International, Inc.

   

22,342

     

2,491,580

   

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)

   

18,692

     

1,153,110

   

Snap-on, Inc.

   

11,270

     

2,427,333

   

Textron, Inc.

   

27,424

     

2,117,133

   

Trane Technologies PLC

   

6,513

     

1,315,821

   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

   

4,949

     

1,644,503

   

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

   

21,903

     

2,017,485

   
     

53,418,333

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Information Technology (16.3%):

 

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

8,460

   

$

850,738

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

13,865

     

2,181,796

   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

21,376

     

2,870,156

   

Asana, Inc., Class A (a)

   

8,593

     

640,608

   

Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,749

     

934,063

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

2,734

     

1,819,231

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

32,292

     

2,046,344

   

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A (a)

   

14,620

     

1,922,530

   

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)

   

32,920

     

1,849,116

   

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

   

4,201

     

2,808,158

   

F5, Inc. (a)

   

12,822

     

3,137,672

   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

   

6,767

     

2,432,060

   

Gartner, Inc. (a)

   

6,648

     

2,222,559

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

164,739

     

2,597,934

   

HP, Inc.

   

74,757

     

2,816,096

   

Intel Corp.

   

51,243

     

2,639,015

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

10,647

     

1,423,078

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

2,440

     

1,569,457

   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

   

100,549

     

3,590,605

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

27,290

     

2,542,064

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

27,623

     

2,541,040

   

NXP Semiconductors NV

   

5,355

     

1,219,762

   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

14,208

     

965,007

   

Oracle Corp.

   

41,307

     

3,602,384

   

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

   

13,890

     

2,172,257

   

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

   

26,483

     

2,992,049

   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

   

8,169

     

1,317,986

   

VMware, Inc., Class A

   

5,122

     

593,537

   

Western Digital Corp. (a)

   

28,218

     

1,840,096

   

Zebra Technologies Corp. (a)

   

1,928

     

1,147,546

   
     

61,284,944

   

Materials (4.6%):

 

Albemarle Corp.

   

3,454

     

807,442

   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

   

14,876

     

1,052,923

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

51,998

     

2,458,465

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

44,480

     

1,856,150

   

International Paper Co.

   

21,293

     

1,000,345

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

19,911

     

1,836,392

   

Nucor Corp.

   

20,236

     

2,309,939

   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   

32,681

     

2,028,510

   

The Mosaic Co.

   

50,055

     

1,966,661

   

Westrock Co.

   

41,393

     

1,836,194

   
     

17,153,021

   

Real Estate (6.6%):

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

   

4,890

     

1,235,165

   

Camden Property Trust

   

16,792

     

3,000,394

   

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

22,007

     

2,387,980

   

Equity Residential

   

14,390

     

1,302,295

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

15,519

   

$

3,518,623

   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

   

54,494

     

2,851,671

   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

   

12,671

     

2,907,234

   

Public Storage

   

10,555

     

3,953,481

   

Regency Centers Corp.

   

12,382

     

932,984

   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

   

9,084

     

1,451,351

   

UDR, Inc.

   

20,945

     

1,256,490

   
     

24,797,668

   

Utilities (4.8%):

 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   

38,416

     

1,072,191

   

Duke Energy Corp. (c)

   

14,564

     

1,527,764

   

Edison International

   

20,458

     

1,396,259

   

Evergy, Inc. (c)

   

19,782

     

1,357,243

   

Exelon Corp.

   

57,085

     

3,297,230

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

32,855

     

1,366,439

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

60,803

     

2,619,393

   

PG&E Corp. (a)

   

105,839

     

1,284,885

   

UGI Corp.

   

61,298

     

2,814,191

   

Vistra Corp.

   

58,382

     

1,329,358

   
     

18,064,953

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $313,473,773)

   

374,214,266

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (0.7%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

60,722

     

60,722

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (d)
   

1,192,583

     

1,192,583

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (d)
   

30,303

     

30,303

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

241,628

     

241,628

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

1,086,406

     

1,086,406

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $2,611,642)

   

2,611,642

   

Total Investments (Cost $316,085,415) — 100.4%

   

376,825,908

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.4)%

   

(1,377,671

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

375,448,237

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

4

   

3/18/22

 

$

937,929

   

$

951,700

   

$

13,771

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

13,771

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

13,771

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.7%)

 

Communication Services (3.4%):

 

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)

   

14,190

   

$

488,704

   

Cars.com, Inc. (a)

   

19,133

     

307,850

   

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

28,072

     

209,979

   

Entercom Communications Corp. (a)

   

150,656

     

387,186

   

Gannett Co., Inc. (a)

   

41,684

     

222,176

   

Globalstar, Inc. (a)

   

318,985

     

370,023

   

Gray Television, Inc.

   

29,231

     

589,297

   

IDT Corp., Class B (a)

   

4,026

     

177,788

   

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (a)

   

27,432

     

577,169

   

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

   

8,346

     

477,975

   

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C (a)

   

25,758

     

293,641

   

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A (a)

   

39,752

     

661,473

   

Loyalty Ventures, Inc. (a)

   

1,090

     

32,776

   

Magnite, Inc. (a)

   

8,740

     

152,950

   

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

   

2,348

     

354,501

   

Scholastic Corp.

   

22,483

     

898,421

   

TechTarget, Inc. (a)

   

3,315

     

317,113

   

TEGNA, Inc.

   

41,701

     

773,970

   

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

   

44,801

     

902,740

   

The EW Scripps Co., Class A (a)

   

27,263

     

527,539

   

United States Cellular Corp. (a)

   

27,850

     

877,832

   

WideOpenWest, Inc. (a)

   

13,660

     

293,963

   
     

9,895,066

   

Consumer Discretionary (11.6%):

 

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (a)

   

12,086

     

420,955

   

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. (a)

   

5,911

     

259,493

   

Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)

   

14,990

     

443,104

   

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

22,965

     

214,263

   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (b)

   

8,998

     

227,829

   

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

   

1,943

     

335,614

   

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

   

6,206

     

725,171

   

Big Lots, Inc.

   

4,832

     

217,682

   

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

5,007

     

616,111

   

Caleres, Inc.

   

16,680

     

378,302

   

Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)

   

8,142

     

528,497

   

Carriage Services, Inc.

   

8,036

     

517,840

   

Century Communities, Inc.

   

6,512

     

532,616

   

Citi Trends, Inc. (a)

   

6,310

     

597,873

   

Clarus Corp.

   

15,754

     

436,701

   

Crocs, Inc. (a)

   

3,035

     

389,148

   

Dana, Inc.

   

22,485

     

513,108

   

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (b)

   

4,871

     

560,116

   

Dillard's, Inc., Class A

   

1,966

     

481,709

   

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

   

34,025

     

894,517

   

Foot Locker, Inc.

   

12,183

     

531,544

   

Funko, Inc., Class A (a)

   

26,305

     

494,534

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

GameStop Corp., Class A (a) (b)

   

2,441

   

$

362,220

   

Genesco, Inc. (a)

   

6,550

     

420,314

   

G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)

   

13,933

     

385,108

   

Golden Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

9,141

     

461,895

   

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

   

1,775

     

1,117,948

   

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)

   

25,964

     

787,488

   

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

   

3,080

     

601,278

   

GrowGeneration Corp. (a) (c)

   

9,658

     

126,037

   

H&R Block, Inc.

   

16,410

     

386,620

   

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. (b)

   

9,894

     

302,460

   

Hibbett, Inc.

   

5,731

     

412,231

   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (a)

   

13,621

     

219,298

   

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,540

     

577,897

   

KB Home

   

12,849

     

574,736

   

Kohl's Corp. (c)

   

7,521

     

371,462

   

Laureate Education, Inc., Class A

   

36,822

     

450,701

   

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

   

8,343

     

518,768

   

Macy's, Inc.

   

18,772

     

491,451

   

MarineMax, Inc. (a) (b)

   

10,328

     

609,765

   

MDC Holdings, Inc.

   

13,131

     

733,104

   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

   

5,161

     

629,952

   

Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)

   

36,180

     

365,056

   

Movado Group, Inc.

   

16,291

     

681,453

   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

   

6,939

     

744,000

   

Perdoceo Education Corp. (a)

   

75,789

     

891,279

   

PVH Corp.

   

2,330

     

248,495

   

Qurate Retail, Inc., Class A

   

61,094

     

464,314

   

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

   

12,637

     

607,081

   

Revolve Group, Inc. (a)

   

8,273

     

463,619

   

Service Corp. International

   

8,043

     

570,973

   

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

   

6,511

     

254,450

   

Shutterstock, Inc.

   

7,277

     

806,874

   

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

   

5,201

     

452,643

   

Skyline Champion Corp. (a)

   

3,751

     

296,254

   

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

   

26,065

     

463,957

   

Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

17,598

     

207,656

   

Tapestry, Inc.

   

7,108

     

288,585

   

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)

   

16,466

     

575,651

   

Tenneco, Inc., Class A (a)

   

31,461

     

355,509

   

The Buckle, Inc. (b)

   

8,128

     

343,896

   

The Container Store Group, Inc. (a)

   

16,877

     

168,432

   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (a)

   

32,559

     

694,158

   

The ODP Corp. (a)

   

12,690

     

498,463

   

Toll Brothers, Inc.

   

10,050

     

727,520

   

TravelCenters of America, Inc. (a)

   

3,883

     

200,440

   

Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)

   

24,156

     

673,711

   

Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)

   

11,049

     

509,027

   

XPEL, Inc. (a)

   

3,913

     

267,180

   

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

   

12,580

     

603,714

   
     

34,281,850

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Consumer Staples (4.8%):

 

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

6,273

   

$

467,778

   

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)

   

9,880

     

472,758

   

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

   

1,718

     

1,063,768

   

Coty, Inc., Class A (a) (c)

   

20,513

     

215,386

   

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)

   

10,616

     

735,583

   

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

   

8,825

     

403,391

   

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

   

24,298

     

670,625

   

Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)

   

40,857

     

834,300

   

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

   

14,427

     

1,245,627

   

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (a)

   

35,470

     

1,000,254

   

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

   

5,148

     

983,680

   

Seaboard Corp.

   

283

     

1,113,608

   

SpartanNash Co.

   

28,129

     

724,603

   

The Andersons, Inc.

   

20,926

     

810,045

   

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

   

10,851

     

532,567

   

Universal Corp.

   

24,625

     

1,352,405

   

Weis Markets, Inc. (b) (c)

   

22,261

     

1,466,555

   
     

14,092,933

   

Energy (3.5%):

 

Antero Resources Corp. (a)

   

30,224

     

528,920

   

Arch Resources, Inc.

   

3,783

     

345,464

   

Berry Corp.

   

24,522

     

206,475

   

Callon Petroleum Co. (a) (b)

   

12,002

     

567,094

   

Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A (a)

   

83,046

     

496,615

   

Civitas Resources, Inc.

   

12,527

     

613,447

   

CNX Resources Corp. (a)

   

24,718

     

339,873

   

CONSOL Energy, Inc. (a)

   

9,345

     

212,225

   

Dorian LPG Ltd.

   

61,219

     

776,869

   

EQT Corp. (a)

   

14,981

     

326,736

   

Gevo, Inc. (a) (b)

   

42,821

     

183,274

   

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

   

125,227

     

390,708

   

International Seaways, Inc.

   

39,836

     

584,792

   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a) (b)

   

3,354

     

201,676

   

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

   

14,389

     

271,520

   

Marathon Oil Corp.

   

44,587

     

732,119

   

Matador Resources Co.

   

8,274

     

305,476

   

Meta Materials, Inc. (a) (b)

   

51,259

     

126,097

   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.

   

11,278

     

232,101

   

Ovintiv, Inc.

   

17,784

     

599,321

   

PDC Energy, Inc.

   

10,378

     

506,239

   

Peabody Energy Corp. (a) (c)

   

21,681

     

218,328

   

SM Energy Co.

   

20,593

     

607,082

   

Transocean Ltd. (a) (b)

   

144,331

     

398,354

   

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

   

8,577

     

554,760

   
     

10,325,565

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Financials (11.8%):

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

   

2,428

   

$

399,430

   

A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.

   

4,384

     

267,862

   

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

   

14,185

     

552,080

   

American National Group, Inc.

   

4,597

     

868,098

   

Ameris Bancorp

   

7,517

     

373,445

   

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

   

12,452

     

625,090

   

Atlanticus Holdings Corp. (a)

   

3,188

     

227,368

   

B Riley Financial, Inc.

   

10,230

     

909,038

   

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

   

12,903

     

366,832

   

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (a)

   

10,430

     

540,274

   

BrightSpire Capital, Inc.

   

23,061

     

236,606

   

Chimera Investment Corp.

   

46,595

     

702,653

   

CIT Group, Inc.

   

9,710

     

498,511

   

Cowen, Inc., Class A

   

16,741

     

604,350

   

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

   

14,548

     

951,003

   

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

   

13,798

     

485,138

   

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

15,453

     

728,454

   

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

   

8,939

     

555,201

   

Enova International, Inc. (a)

   

14,477

     

592,978

   

Enstar Group Ltd. (a)

   

2,106

     

521,425

   

First Bancorp/Puerto Rico

   

25,041

     

345,065

   

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

   

16,613

     

796,427

   

Flushing Financial Corp.

   

16,941

     

411,666

   

FNB Corp.

   

68,697

     

833,295

   

Genworth Financial, Inc. (a)

   

155,973

     

631,691

   

Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc.

   

34,121

     

399,557

   

Great Western Bancorp, Inc.

   

9,740

     

330,770

   

Hancock Whitney Corp.

   

6,812

     

340,736

   

HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.

   

42,924

     

636,992

   

HCI Group, Inc.

   

7,463

     

623,459

   

Hope Bancorp, Inc.

   

58,303

     

857,637

   

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

   

5,170

     

535,198

   

Janus Henderson Group PLC

   

18,896

     

792,498

   

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

   

22,295

     

865,046

   

LendingClub Corp. (a)

   

13,848

     

334,845

   

Meta Financial Group, Inc.

   

7,279

     

434,265

   

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (a)

   

3,339

     

355,704

   

MFA Financial, Inc.

   

50,325

     

229,482

   

MGIC Investment Corp.

   

43,167

     

622,468

   

Midland States Bancorp, Inc.

   

18,236

     

452,070

   

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc. (a)

   

14,110

     

587,117

   

National Western Life Group, Inc., Class A

   

3,248

     

696,501

   

Navient Corp.

   

29,096

     

617,417

   

New Residential Investment Corp.

   

23,385

     

250,453

   

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

   

39,212

     

478,779

   

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

   

32,695

     

528,351

   

OFG Bancorp

   

13,217

     

351,044

   

Old Republic International Corp.

   

39,309

     

966,215

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

PacWest Bancorp

   

6,785

   

$

306,478

   

Pennymac Financial Services

   

9,453

     

659,630

   

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

   

8,289

     

791,600

   

Popular, Inc.

   

10,120

     

830,245

   

Radian Group, Inc.

   

14,346

     

303,131

   

Ready Capital Corp.

   

16,933

     

264,663

   

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

   

6,924

     

588,125

   

Silvergate Capital Corp., Class A (a)

   

5,975

     

885,495

   

SiriusPoint Ltd. (a)

   

98,163

     

798,065

   

SLM Corp.

   

21,407

     

421,076

   

State Auto Financial Corp.

   

8,553

     

442,105

   

Sterling Bancorp

   

25,877

     

667,368

   

Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)

   

4,225

     

503,113

   

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

   

30,204

     

513,468

   

Unum Group

   

23,771

     

584,054

   
     

34,869,200

   

Health Care (25.0%):

 

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

7,407

     

243,468

   

Alkermes PLC (a)

   

31,476

     

732,132

   

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (a)

   

22,593

     

391,763

   

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

33,271

     

297,443

   

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

7,449

     

170,359

   

Avid Bioservices, Inc. (a)

   

16,432

     

479,486

   

Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

5,985

     

476,945

   

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

14,915

     

206,573

   

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. (a)

   

2,409

     

331,984

   

C4 Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

7,115

     

229,103

   

CareDx, Inc. (a)

   

3,387

     

154,041

   

Castle Biosciences, Inc. (a)

   

4,398

     

188,542

   

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

78,759

     

533,198

   

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

9,854

     

380,759

   

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

7,888

     

255,729

   

Curis, Inc. (a)

   

72,122

     

343,301

   

Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a) (b)

   

13,190

     

185,583

   

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

18,179

     

925,675

   

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)

   

13,109

     

569,848

   

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

5,120

     

382,874

   

Exelixis, Inc. (a)

   

20,995

     

383,789

   

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

2,480

     

145,105

   

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

10,183

     

409,458

   

Humanigen, Inc. (a)

   

18,131

     

67,447

   

Ideaya Biosciences, Inc. (a)

   

12,235

     

289,235

   

Inhibrx, Inc. (a)

   

6,699

     

292,545

   

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

3,112

     

367,963

   

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

63,201

     

736,924

   

IVERIC bio, Inc. (a)

   

13,646

     

228,161

   

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

2,052

     

316,952

   

Morphic Holding, Inc. (a)

   

4,840

     

229,319

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)

   

15,105

   

$

416,898

   

Natera, Inc. (a)

   

2,909

     

271,672

   

Ocugen, Inc. (a) (b)

   

61,302

     

278,924

   

OPKO Health, Inc. (a)

   

112,822

     

542,674

   

Organogenesis Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

48,578

     

448,861

   

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

4,404

     

150,617

   

Prothena Corp. PLC (a)

   

8,137

     

401,968

   

Repligen Corp. (a)

   

2,866

     

759,031

   

Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

13,444

     

130,138

   

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

36,760

     

170,934

   

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

3,716

     

230,318

   

United Therapeutics Corp. (a)

   

5,442

     

1,175,907

   

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

43,573

     

683,660

   

Veracyte, Inc. (a)

   

5,998

     

247,118

   

Vericel Corp. (a)

   

5,078

     

199,565

   

Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

7,545

     

235,706

   

AngioDynamics, Inc. (a)

   

28,452

     

784,706

   

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

7,989

     

286,246

   

AtriCure, Inc. (a)

   

11,056

     

768,724

   

Atrion Corp.

   

747

     

526,560

   

Avanos Medical, Inc. (a)

   

10,919

     

378,562

   

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

10,898

     

406,168

   

CONMED Corp.

   

5,508

     

780,814

   

CryoPort, Inc. (a)

   

8,158

     

482,709

   

Cutera, Inc. (a)

   

5,647

     

233,334

   

Envista Holdings Corp. (a)

   

13,518

     

609,121

   

Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

8,470

     

572,487

   

Globus Medical, Inc. (a)

   

5,860

     

423,092

   

Heska Corp. (a)

   

3,721

     

679,045

   

ICU Medical, Inc. (a)

   

1,881

     

446,437

   

Inogen, Inc. (a)

   

4,919

     

167,246

   

Integer Holdings Corp. (a)

   

7,780

     

665,890

   

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)

   

13,905

     

931,496

   

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

25,033

     

723,203

   

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

   

15,902

     

798,757

   

LivaNova PLC (a)

   

4,249

     

371,490

   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (a)

   

26,794

     

546,598

   

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

   

12,064

     

751,587

   

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

   

1,657

     

543,645

   

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

   

31,673

     

751,600

   

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

   

6,291

     

330,152

   

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

56,165

     

488,074

   

Orthofix Medical, Inc. (a)

   

25,187

     

783,064

   

OrthoPediatrics Corp. (a)

   

5,868

     

351,258

   

Quidel Corp. (a)

   

1,973

     

266,335

   

Senseonics Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

64,222

     

171,473

   

Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)

   

2,840

     

506,457

   

STAAR Surgical Co. (a)

   

2,068

     

188,808

   

Varex Imaging Corp. (a)

   

26,606

     

839,419

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

   

8,734

   

$

530,154

   

Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)

   

8,939

     

835,886

   

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

   

7,366

     

901,083

   

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

5,946

     

436,912

   

CorVel Corp. (a)

   

5,771

     

1,200,368

   

Covetrus, Inc. (a)

   

28,139

     

561,936

   

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

13,454

     

373,483

   

Encompass Health Corp.

   

6,212

     

405,395

   

Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (a)

   

4,788

     

481,625

   

Hanger, Inc. (a)

   

12,477

     

226,208

   

LHC Group, Inc. (a)

   

2,881

     

395,360

   

Magellan Health, Inc. (a)

   

8,628

     

819,574

   

MEDNAX, Inc. (a)

   

19,038

     

518,024

   

ModivCare, Inc. (a)

   

5,043

     

747,826

   

National HealthCare Corp. (c)

   

15,625

     

1,061,562

   

Option Care Health, Inc. (a)

   

22,673

     

644,820

   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

   

10,974

     

477,369

   

Patterson Cos., Inc. (c)

   

12,597

     

369,722

   

Premier, Inc., Class A

   

25,322

     

1,042,507

   

Progyny, Inc. (a)

   

4,836

     

243,493

   

RadNet, Inc. (a)

   

20,512

     

617,616

   

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

   

19,094

     

561,364

   

Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)

   

9,420

     

503,122

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

   

5,868

     

479,357

   

The Ensign Group, Inc.

   

9,939

     

834,478

   

The Joint Corp. (a)

   

6,933

     

455,429

   

Tivity Health, Inc. (a) (b)

   

17,691

     

467,750

   

Triple-S Management Corp., Class B (a)

   

20,018

     

714,242

   

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

41,887

     

772,815

   

Change Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

26,651

     

569,798

   

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

   

26,934

     

789,166

   

Evolent Health, Inc., Class A (a)

   

19,343

     

535,221

   

HealthStream, Inc. (a)

   

44,039

     

1,160,868

   

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

41,335

     

735,350

   

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

   

5,229

     

943,521

   

OptimizeRx Corp. (a)

   

7,638

     

474,396

   

Phreesia, Inc. (a)

   

4,192

     

174,639

   

Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)

   

14,748

     

956,260

   

BioNano Genomics, Inc. (a)

   

64,885

     

194,006

   

Bruker Corp.

   

12,010

     

1,007,759

   

Codexis, Inc. (a)

   

8,053

     

251,817

   

Medpace Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,837

     

835,085

   

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)

   

8,226

     

168,304

   

Syneos Health, Inc. (a)

   

7,042

     

723,073

   

Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

15,791

     

229,601

   

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

104,020

     

498,256

   

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

52,298

     

1,218,020

   

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

20,616

     

949,985

   

Arvinas, Inc. (a)

   

6,116

     

502,368

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (a)

   

218,236

   

$

676,532

   

Cassava Sciences, Inc. (a) (b)

   

6,659

     

290,998

   

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

   

27,282

     

509,628

   

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

26,904

     

532,699

   

Endo International PLC (a)

   

95,064

     

357,441

   

Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

7,325

     

312,338

   

Innoviva, Inc. (a)

   

51,042

     

880,474

   

Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

7,990

     

114,097

   

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (a)

   

13,935

     

838,469

   

Perrigo Co. PLC

   

21,113

     

821,296

   

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

   

15,693

     

320,451

   

Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc. (a)

   

17,921

     

1,086,909

   

SIGA Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

45,638

     

343,198

   

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

25,675

     

748,683

   

Tilray, Inc., Class 2 (a) (b)

   

20,268

     

142,484

   

Zomedica Corp. (a) (b)

   

480,271

     

147,203

   
     

73,564,125

   

Industrials (13.3%):

 

ACCO Brands Corp.

   

73,243

     

604,987

   

Acuity Brands, Inc.

   

4,011

     

849,209

   

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

   

3,251

     

442,559

   

AGCO Corp.

   

3,228

     

374,513

   

Air Lease Corp.

   

13,941

     

616,610

   

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

   

5,119

     

263,987

   

ArcBest Corp.

   

9,030

     

1,082,245

   

Argan, Inc.

   

25,175

     

974,021

   

Atkore, Inc. (a)

   

5,909

     

657,022

   

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

7,163

     

674,182

   

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a) (c)

   

795

     

164,859

   

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

   

5,680

     

325,748

   

Boise Cascade Co.

   

11,798

     

840,018

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

   

10,500

     

899,955

   

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

   

4,036

     

399,322

   

CRA International, Inc.

   

3,550

     

331,428

   

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a)

   

17,443

     

447,762

   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

   

7,962

     

1,014,279

   

Encore Wire Corp.

   

9,627

     

1,377,624

   

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.

   

34,565

     

553,040

   

GMS, Inc. (a)

   

10,755

     

646,483

   

GrafTech International Ltd.

   

25,999

     

307,568

   

Granite Construction, Inc.

   

15,568

     

602,482

   

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a)

   

27,910

     

438,745

   

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

   

19,159

     

837,823

   

Herc Holdings, Inc.

   

3,529

     

552,465

   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

6,143

     

517,486

   

Insteel Industries, Inc.

   

7,764

     

309,085

   

Interface, Inc.

   

17,980

     

286,781

   

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A

   

41,582

     

697,330

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Kforce, Inc.

   

8,158

   

$

613,645

   

Korn Ferry

   

10,655

     

806,903

   

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

   

3,774

     

367,323

   

MasTec, Inc. (a)

   

3,714

     

342,728

   

Matson, Inc.

   

10,090

     

908,403

   

Matthews International Corp., Class A

   

10,688

     

391,929

   

Mueller Industries, Inc.

   

16,573

     

983,773

   

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

   

7,057

     

780,151

   

NOW, Inc. (a)

   

79,922

     

682,534

   

nVent Electric PLC

   

24,962

     

948,556

   

Primoris Services Corp.

   

28,104

     

673,934

   

Quanex Building Products Corp.

   

14,077

     

348,828

   

Quanta Services, Inc.

   

8,710

     

998,689

   

Regal Rexnord Corp.

   

6,213

     

1,057,328

   

Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

20,507

     

533,797

   

Resources Connection, Inc.

   

57,459

     

1,025,069

   

REV Group, Inc.

   

30,919

     

437,504

   

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A

   

18,628

     

1,036,462

   

Ryder System, Inc.

   

8,762

     

722,252

   

SkyWest, Inc. (a)

   

12,518

     

491,957

   

Sterling Construction Co., Inc. (a)

   

25,515

     

671,044

   

Terex Corp.

   

7,233

     

317,890

   

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

   

14,501

     

665,451

   

The Manitowoc Co., Inc. (a)

   

26,835

     

498,863

   

Triton International Ltd.

   

16,196

     

975,485

   

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

   

33,944

     

939,230

   

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

   

37,189

     

460,028

   

UFP Industries, Inc.

   

4,353

     

400,519

   

Veritiv Corp. (a)

   

4,249

     

520,800

   

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

   

2,935

     

569,889

   

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

   

4,884

     

642,685

   

Zurn Water Solutions Corp.

   

11,744

     

427,482

   
     

39,330,749

   

Information Technology (13.8%):

 

A10 Networks, Inc.

   

20,140

     

333,921

   

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

   

6,089

     

405,345

   

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

   

17,794

     

1,077,605

   

Ambarella, Inc. (a)

   

1,730

     

351,000

   

Amkor Technology, Inc.

   

26,181

     

649,027

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

13,005

     

257,499

   

Avid Technology, Inc. (a)

   

9,443

     

307,558

   

Avnet, Inc.

   

25,012

     

1,031,245

   

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

5,068

     

377,870

   

Belden, Inc.

   

5,248

     

344,951

   

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

   

36,150

     

979,665

   

Calix, Inc. (a)

   

9,603

     

767,952

   

Cambium Networks Corp. (a)

   

9,255

     

237,206

   

Clearfield, Inc. (a)

   

4,838

     

408,424

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)

   

18,084

   

$

199,647

   

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

   

11,241

     

266,299

   

Concentrix Corp.

   

3,867

     

690,723

   

Conduent, Inc. (a)

   

71,514

     

381,885

   

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

6,818

     

394,558

   

Digi International, Inc. (a)

   

14,422

     

354,348

   

Digital Turbine, Inc. (a)

   

4,434

     

270,430

   

Diodes, Inc. (a)

   

8,460

     

928,993

   

DXC Technology Co. (a)

   

16,872

     

543,110

   

Ebix, Inc.

   

14,042

     

426,877

   

EchoStar Corp., Class A (a)

   

34,539

     

910,103

   

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

3,700

     

535,649

   

Fabrinet (a)

   

3,834

     

454,214

   

First Solar, Inc. (a)

   

3,717

     

323,974

   

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

23,245

     

882,613

   

Ichor Holdings Ltd. (a)

   

5,349

     

246,214

   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

   

8,493

     

905,354

   

Jabil, Inc.

   

12,816

     

901,606

   

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (a)

   

17,568

     

382,280

   

Knowles Corp. (a)

   

44,144

     

1,030,762

   

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.

   

12,852

     

778,060

   

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

10,970

     

360,474

   

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)

   

4,462

     

336,390

   

Methode Electronics, Inc.

   

18,453

     

907,334

   

MicroStrategy, Inc. (a) (b)

   

755

     

411,090

   

MicroVision, Inc. (a) (b)

   

16,426

     

82,294

   

Mimecast Ltd. (a)

   

4,976

     

395,940

   

NCR Corp. (a)

   

16,976

     

682,435

   

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

   

14,610

     

426,758

   

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

   

33,824

     

1,118,898

   

Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)

   

9,135

     

924,736

   

Perficient, Inc. (a)

   

7,376

     

953,643

   

Photronics, Inc. (a)

   

56,131

     

1,058,069

   

Rambus, Inc. (a)

   

37,446

     

1,100,538

   

Ribbon Communications, Inc. (a)

   

46,225

     

279,661

   

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (a) (b)

   

13,190

     

294,533

   

Sanmina Corp. (a)

   

22,122

     

917,178

   

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

   

22,320

     

782,986

   

SiTime Corp. (a)

   

1,207

     

353,096

   

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

11,867

     

842,438

   

Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)

   

5,859

     

531,353

   

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

   

7,980

     

350,721

   

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

   

3,090

     

894,586

   

TD SYNNEX Corp.

   

6,356

     

726,872

   

Teradata Corp. (a)

   

13,592

     

577,252

   

The Hackett Group, Inc.

   

20,780

     

426,613

   

TTEC Holdings, Inc.

   

3,809

     

344,905

   

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

64,958

     

967,874

   

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

10,835

     

621,496

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

   

20,097

   

$

439,521

   

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (a)

   

12,059

     

447,630

   

Workiva, Inc. (a)

   

2,693

     

351,410

   

Xerox Holdings Corp.

   

35,306

     

799,328

   

Xperi Holding Corp.

   

31,730

     

600,014

   

Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)

   

8,786

     

974,016

   
     

40,619,049

   

Materials (4.0%):

 

AdvanSix, Inc.

   

14,766

     

697,693

   

Alcoa Corp.

   

12,492

     

744,273

   

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (a)

   

7,705

     

470,390

   

Clearwater Paper Corp. (a)

   

15,907

     

583,310

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (a)

   

22,328

     

486,081

   

Commercial Metals Co.

   

24,182

     

877,565

   

Kraton Corp. (a)

   

5,481

     

253,880

   

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

   

10,623

     

832,312

   

Mercer International, Inc.

   

62,733

     

752,169

   

Olin Corp.

   

11,996

     

690,010

   

Ranpak Holdings Corp. (a)

   

8,711

     

327,359

   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

   

6,923

     

1,123,049

   

Ryerson Holding Corp.

   

9,829

     

256,045

   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

   

13,484

     

700,089

   

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

   

85,984

     

566,635

   

Trinseo PLC (a)

   

12,228

     

641,481

   

Tronox Holdings PLC, Class A

   

24,103

     

579,195

   

United States Steel Corp.

   

19,279

     

459,033

   

Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

   

14,941

     

384,133

   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

   

7,180

     

392,459

   
     

11,817,161

   

Real Estate (7.1%):

 

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

   

12,612

     

550,009

   

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

   

12,303

     

312,619

   

Centerspace

   

4,475

     

496,277

   

City Office REIT, Inc.

   

55,856

     

1,101,480

   

CoreCivic, Inc. (a)

   

62,347

     

621,600

   

CorePoint Lodging, Inc. (a)

   

17,788

     

279,272

   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

   

10,762

     

433,493

   

CubeSmart

   

20,335

     

1,157,265

   

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

   

2,673

     

609,043

   

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

5,412

     

182,330

   

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

   

10,619

     

702,978

   

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

   

36,254

     

936,441

   

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.

   

1,139

     

299,454

   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)

   

3,062

     

824,719

   

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

12,860

     

316,999

   

Life Storage, Inc.

   

8,237

     

1,261,744

   

LXP Industrial Trust

   

40,524

     

632,985

   

Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)

   

10,289

     

529,472

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

National Storage Affiliates Trust

   

17,358

   

$

1,201,174

   

NETSTREIT Corp.

   

13,738

     

314,600

   

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.

   

5,205

     

436,335

   

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

   

11,894

     

419,620

   

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.

   

14,377

     

460,064

   

PS Business Parks, Inc.

   

3,037

     

559,324

   

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.

   

20,251

     

617,453

   

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

   

26,570

     

446,642

   
RPT Realty    

18,968

     

253,792

   

SITE Centers Corp.

   

15,895

     

251,618

   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

   

27,906

     

1,338,372

   

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (b)

   

27,184

     

524,108

   

The GEO Group, Inc. (b)

   

38,084

     

295,151

   

The RMR Group, Inc., Class A

   

18,856

     

653,926

   

UMH Properties, Inc.

   

41,257

     

1,127,554

   

Urban Edge Properties

   

17,608

     

334,552

   

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

   

15,705

     

334,516

   
     

20,816,981

   

Utilities (1.4%):

 

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

   

15,499

     

643,209

   

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

   

15,287

     

471,451

   

National Fuel Gas Co.

   

24,548

     

1,569,599

   

Otter Tail Corp. (c)

   

19,370

     

1,383,405

   
     

4,067,664

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $249,242,669)

   

293,680,343

   

Rights (0.0%) (d)

 

Health Care (0.0%): (d)

 

Achillion Pharmaceuticals (a) (e) (f)

   

17,954

     

4,130

   

Total Rights (Cost $—)

   

4,130

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (2.5%)

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (g)

   

172,164

     

172,164

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (g)
   

3,381,329

     

3,381,329

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (g)
   

85,918

     

85,918

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (g)

   

685,087

     

685,087

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (g)
   

3,080,286

     

3,080,286

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $7,404,784)

   

7,404,784

   

Total Investments (Cost $256,647,453) — 102.2%

   

301,089,257

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (2.2)%

   

(6,348,801

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

294,740,456

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(d)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(e)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were less than 0.05% of net assets.

(f)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. This security is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(g)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini Russell 2000 Index Futures

   

8

   

3/18/22

 

$

889,102

   

$

897,120

   

$

8,018

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

8,018

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

8,018

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.4%)

 

Australia (2.8%):

 

Energy (0.3%):

 

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd. (a)

   

43,390

   

$

934,099

   

Health Care (0.4%):

 

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

   

41,860

     

1,419,153

   

Industrials (0.4%):

 

Reece Ltd.

   

65,006

     

1,277,510

   

Materials (1.0%):

 

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

   

110,656

     

1,681,458

   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

   

57,365

     

801,196

   

South32 Ltd.

   

352,920

     

1,028,929

   
     

3,511,583

   

Real Estate (0.7%):

 

Goodman Group

   

69,390

     

1,336,926

   

Stockland

   

427,564

     

1,318,049

   
     

2,654,975

   
     

9,797,320

   

Austria (1.6%):

 

Energy (0.4%):

 

OMV AG

   

26,938

     

1,530,168

   

Financials (0.7%):

 

Erste Group Bank AG

   

16,189

     

761,261

   

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

   

58,217

     

1,713,375

   
     

2,474,636

   

Materials (0.2%):

 

voestalpine AG

   

18,837

     

685,488

   

Utilities (0.3%):

 

Verbund AG

   

8,400

     

944,743

   
     

5,635,035

   

Belgium (0.7%):

 

Financials (0.7%):

 

Sofina SA

   

5,415

     

2,660,238

   

Canada (10.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.6%):

 

Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B (b)

   

69,294

     

2,106,002

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Magna International, Inc.

   

9,876

     

800,228

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Consumer Staples (2.4%):

 

Empire Co. Ltd., Class A

   

34,607

   

$

1,055,895

   

George Weston Ltd.

   

31,548

     

3,662,930

   

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

   

45,405

     

3,725,428

   
     

8,444,253

   

Energy (0.8%):

 

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

   

36,235

     

444,923

   

Imperial Oil Ltd.

   

47,015

     

1,697,997

   

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

   

18,383

     

594,357

   
     

2,737,277

   

Financials (1.8%):

 

Bank of Montreal

   

23,500

     

2,533,717

   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

   

11,981

     

1,398,566

   

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

   

2,379

     

1,171,919

   

Power Corp. of Canada

   

33,210

     

1,098,981

   
     

6,203,183

   

Industrials (0.9%):

 

TFI International, Inc.

   

7,639

     

857,970

   

WSP Global, Inc.

   

16,795

     

2,441,567

   
     

3,299,537

   

Information Technology (0.5%):

 

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. (c)

   

21,678

     

876,628

   

Nuvei Corp. (c) (d)

   

16,014

     

1,039,582

   
     

1,916,210

   

Materials (1.3%):

 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

   

24,996

     

599,002

   

Nutrien Ltd.

   

15,149

     

1,140,297

   

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B

   

55,091

     

1,588,857

   

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

   

14,376

     

1,373,468

   
     

4,701,624

   

Real Estate (1.2%):

 

FirstService Corp.

   

10,509

     

2,068,272

   

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust

   

112,762

     

2,047,864

   
     

4,116,136

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

AltaGas Ltd.

   

83,006

     

1,794,636

   
     

36,119,086

   

China (0.2%):

 

Financials (0.2%):

 

Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR (c)

   

13,629

     

590,136

   

Denmark (2.5%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.3%):

 

Pandora A/S

   

9,263

     

1,154,856

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Financials (0.3%):

 

Danske Bank A/S

   

52,399

   

$

904,930

   

Health Care (1.0%):

 

Demant A/S (c)

   

15,896

     

814,457

   

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

   

23,999

     

2,697,032

   
     

3,511,489

   

Industrials (0.9%):

 

AP Moller — Maersk A/S, Class B

   

606

     

2,172,807

   

DSV A/S

   

4,489

     

1,048,423

   
     

3,221,230

   
     

8,792,505

   

Finland (1.3%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.3%):

 

Kesko Oyj, Class B

   

24,852

     

829,201

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

Wartsila Oyj Abp

   

56,580

     

795,279

   

Information Technology (0.2%):

 

Nokia Oyj (c)

   

129,603

     

821,524

   

Utilities (0.6%):

 

Fortum Oyj

   

68,988

     

2,117,457

   
     

4,563,461

   

France (9.9%):

 

Communication Services (0.8%):

 

Publicis Groupe SA

   

24,209

     

1,629,810

   

Vivendi SE

   

99,001

     

1,338,627

   
     

2,968,437

   

Consumer Discretionary (2.2%):

 

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

   

6,845

     

1,122,086

   

Hermes International

   

1,753

     

3,062,044

   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   

2,991

     

2,472,800

   

Renault SA (c)

   

31,979

     

1,110,819

   
     

7,767,749

   

Consumer Staples (0.7%):

 

Carrefour SA

   

125,735

     

2,302,794

   

Energy (0.6%):

 

Bollore SA

   

374,318

     

2,094,325

   

Financials (2.2%):

 

AXA SA

   

30,764

     

916,080

   

BNP Paribas SA

   

22,887

     

1,581,672

   

CNP Assurances

   

59,959

     

1,483,037

   

Credit Agricole SA

   

105,455

     

1,505,044

   

Eurazeo SE

   

10,311

     

900,534

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Societe Generale SA

   

40,690

   

$

1,397,670

   
     

7,784,037

   

Health Care (0.5%):

 

Ipsen SA

   

7,813

     

715,240

   

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

   

1,541

     

845,373

   
     

1,560,613

   

Industrials (0.9%):

 

Bouygues SA

   

47,535

     

1,702,254

   

Cie de Saint-Gobain

   

22,499

     

1,583,002

   
     

3,285,256

   

Information Technology (0.5%):

 

Capgemini SE

   

7,476

     

1,832,124

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

EssilorLuxottica SA

   

5,083

     

1,082,323

   

Utilities (1.2%):

 

Electricite de France SA

   

110,067

     

1,292,992

   

Suez SA

   

41,508

     

935,092

   

Veolia Environnement SA

   

59,084

     

2,167,567

   
     

4,395,651

   
     

35,073,309

   

Germany (6.6%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (1.7%):

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

   

19,116

     

1,923,665

   

Daimler AG

   

15,791

     

1,213,753

   

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares

   

15,611

     

1,481,301

   

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

   

6,946

     

1,401,917

   
     

6,020,636

   

Financials (0.7%):

 

Commerzbank AG (c)

   

171,594

     

1,305,274

   

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares (c)

   

107,016

     

1,340,879

   
     

2,646,153

   

Health Care (1.9%):

 

Bayer AG, Registered Shares

   

31,830

     

1,701,268

   

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

   

4,280

     

899,708

   

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

   

36,776

     

1,480,492

   

Merck KGaA

   

10,364

     

2,675,417

   
     

6,756,885

   

Industrials (1.3%):

 

Brenntag SE

   

22,100

     

2,000,020

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG (c)

   

7,895

     

289,907

   

Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares

   

34,299

     

2,205,340

   
     

4,495,267

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (0.6%):

 

Covestro AG (d)

   

13,175

   

$

812,060

   

HeidelbergCement AG

   

20,605

     

1,394,677

   
     

2,206,737

   

Utilities (0.4%):

 

Uniper SE

   

29,786

     

1,415,881

   
     

23,541,559

   

Hong Kong (4.9%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.

   

467,600

     

840,880

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

WH Group Ltd. (d)

   

2,518,615

     

1,579,727

   

Industrials (1.8%):

 

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

   

341,805

     

2,205,250

   

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

   

38,300

     

2,106,883

   

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

187,000

     

676,398

   

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

   

611,593

     

1,529,708

   
     

6,518,239

   

Real Estate (1.5%):

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

   

374,256

     

2,359,412

   

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

   

203,700

     

1,059,240

   

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

   

783,629

     

975,980

   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   

87,560

     

1,062,450

   
     

5,457,082

   

Utilities (0.9%):

 

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

   

207,500

     

1,321,444

   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (b)

   

276,500

     

1,723,626

   
     

3,045,070

   
     

17,440,998

   

Israel (3.6%):

 

Financials (2.0%):

 

Bank Hapoalim BM

   

134,722

     

1,389,467

   

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

   

297,275

     

3,194,913

   

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

   

176,392

     

1,186,753

   

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

   

33,636

     

1,296,851

   
     

7,067,984

   

Health Care (0.4%):

 

Inmode Ltd. (c)

   

6,495

     

458,417

   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR (c)

   

130,549

     

1,045,697

   
     

1,504,114

   

Materials (0.6%):

 

ICL Group Ltd.

   

216,268

     

2,085,273

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate (0.6%):

 

Azrieli Group Ltd.

   

23,348

   

$

2,227,977

   
     

12,885,348

   

Italy (1.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.6%):

 

Telecom Italia SpA

   

3,899,178

     

1,925,312

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Eni SpA

   

60,581

     

841,872

   

Financials (0.7%):

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

   

325,143

     

840,820

   

UniCredit SpA

   

111,418

     

1,716,092

   
     

2,556,912

   
     

5,324,096

   

Japan (25.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.8%):

 

Dentsu Group, Inc.

   

11,200

     

398,767

   

KDDI Corp.

   

23,800

     

694,851

   

Konami Holdings Corp.

   

6,900

     

330,754

   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

   

58,600

     

1,602,970

   
     

3,027,342

   

Consumer Discretionary (3.6%):

 

Aisin Corp.

   

20,400

     

781,243

   

Bridgestone Corp.

   

29,700

     

1,276,413

   

Denso Corp.

   

13,100

     

1,084,016

   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

   

34,100

     

956,476

   

Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

44,700

     

1,038,749

   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

   

54,600

     

678,499

   

Mazda Motor Corp. (c)

   

83,800

     

644,028

   

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (c)

   

160,300

     

773,694

   

Panasonic Corp.

   

39,000

     

428,422

   

Sekisui House Ltd.

   

30,900

     

662,517

   

Subaru Corp.

   

21,500

     

384,052

   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

   

74,200

     

966,201

   

Toyota Industries Corp.

   

12,200

     

973,627

   

Toyota Motor Corp.

   

72,800

     

1,331,079

   

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

   

30,400

     

728,354

   
     

12,707,370

   

Consumer Staples (1.5%):

 

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

   

26,800

     

1,041,233

   

Japan Tobacco, Inc. (a)

   

88,300

     

1,780,876

   

Lawson, Inc.

   

13,200

     

624,723

   

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

31,200

     

1,369,869

   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

   

17,100

     

617,741

   
     

5,434,442

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Energy (1.3%):

 

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

   

44,600

   

$

1,354,403

   

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

   

273,800

     

1,023,109

   

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

   

45,244

     

1,153,937

   

Inpex Corp.

   

107,100

     

931,911

   
     

4,463,360

   

Financials (3.5%):

 

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

   

239,700

     

870,085

   

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

   

74,400

     

681,621

   

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

153,800

     

1,197,758

   

Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.

   

28,600

     

459,468

   

Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc.

   

95,500

     

471,881

   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

   

207,000

     

1,123,306

   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

   

94,200

     

1,196,775

   

ORIX Corp.

   

46,900

     

956,083

   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

   

280,100

     

1,088,244

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

   

34,400

     

1,177,884

   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

   

34,900

     

1,164,697

   

The Chiba Bank Ltd.

   

157,700

     

902,473

   

The Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

   

147,500

     

1,052,885

   
     

12,343,160

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Medipal Holdings Corp.

   

68,000

     

1,272,546

   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

   

8,700

     

613,846

   

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.

   

45,900

     

528,136

   
     

2,414,528

   

Industrials (6.0%):

 

AGC, Inc.

   

20,800

     

991,637

   

Benefit One, Inc.

   

7,600

     

325,700

   

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

   

42,700

     

1,072,738

   

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

   

18,200

     

992,541

   

Hitachi Ltd.

   

15,400

     

833,155

   

ITOCHU Corp.

   

45,800

     

1,399,196

   

Kajima Corp.

   

86,800

     

995,726

   

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

   

19,700

     

934,063

   

Lixil Corp.

   

14,000

     

372,628

   

Marubeni Corp.

   

117,000

     

1,137,437

   

Mitsubishi Corp.

   

45,400

     

1,439,806

   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

   

21,400

     

494,139

   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

   

53,600

     

1,267,679

   

NGK Insulators Ltd.

   

27,100

     

457,491

   

Nippon Express Co. Ltd. (e)

   

17,100

     

1,026,104

   

Nippon Yusen KK

   

11,600

     

882,428

   

Obayashi Corp.

   

130,300

     

1,007,051

   

Shimizu Corp.

   

157,400

     

974,566

   

Sumitomo Corp.

   

84,800

     

1,252,246

   

Taisei Corp.

   

33,800

     

1,025,843

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

TOPPAN, Inc.

   

58,700

   

$

1,099,016

   

Toshiba Corp.

   

10,000

     

410,751

   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

   

17,200

     

791,629

   
     

21,183,570

   

Information Technology (3.5%):

 

Brother Industries Ltd.

   

47,300

     

908,170

   

Canon, Inc. (a)

   

50,400

     

1,225,916

   

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

   

15,600

     

1,155,014

   

Fujitsu Ltd.

   

6,200

     

1,062,273

   

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

   

3,600

     

604,611

   

Ibiden Co. Ltd.

   

14,600

     

867,214

   

Kyocera Corp.

   

20,300

     

1,266,954

   

NEC Corp.

   

21,200

     

977,569

   

NTT Data Corp.

   

22,100

     

473,263

   

Renesas Electronics Corp. (c)

   

28,800

     

355,889

   

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

   

87,000

     

809,144

   

Rohm Co. Ltd.

   

8,300

     

754,644

   

Seiko Epson Corp.

   

45,900

     

825,486

   

SUMCO Corp. (b)

   

15,400

     

314,138

   

TDK Corp.

   

10,800

     

421,102

   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

   

800

     

460,458

   
     

12,481,845

   

Materials (2.2%):

 

JFE Holdings, Inc.

   

58,900

     

750,348

   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

   

140,200

     

1,037,301

   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

   

51,600

     

872,883

   

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

   

31,100

     

834,519

   

Nippon Steel Corp.

   

48,700

     

794,433

   

Oji Holdings Corp.

   

182,200

     

881,294

   

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

189,400

     

891,449

   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

   

21,300

     

804,611

   

Tosoh Corp.

   

62,400

     

924,444

   
     

7,791,282

   

Real Estate (1.0%):

 

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

   

9,100

     

1,040,745

   

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

   

31,600

     

907,757

   

Hulic Co. Ltd.

   

110,200

     

1,045,012

   

Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest

   

390

     

335,626

   

Open House Group Co. Ltd.

   

5,500

     

287,526

   
     

3,616,666

   

Utilities (1.1%):

 

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

123,700

     

1,301,936

   

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

   

38,000

     

627,311

   

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

124,100

     

1,157,426

   

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc. (c)

   

337,800

     

871,231

   
     

3,957,904

   
     

89,421,469

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Luxembourg (0.6%):

 

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Eurofins Scientific SE

   

6,549

   

$

810,293

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

ArcelorMittal SA

   

36,987

     

1,183,828

   
     

1,994,121

   

Netherlands (4.0%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.8%):

 

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

   

82,138

     

2,814,839

   

Energy (0.2%):

 

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B

   

35,701

     

784,512

   

Financials (1.3%):

 

Aegon NV

   

263,455

     

1,316,152

   

ING Groep NV

   

95,720

     

1,332,580

   

NN Group NV

   

36,520

     

1,977,275

   
     

4,626,007

   

Industrials (0.7%):

 

IMCD NV

   

4,892

     

1,083,155

   

Wolters Kluwer NV

   

12,884

     

1,517,919

   
     

2,601,074

   

Information Technology (1.0%):

 

ASM International NV

   

3,394

     

1,500,253

   
ASML Holding NV    

2,426

     

1,949,684

   
     

3,449,937

   
     

14,276,369

   

Norway (0.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Schibsted ASA, Class B

   

19,760

     

665,516

   

Materials (0.5%):

 

Norsk Hydro ASA

   

254,556

     

2,006,819

   
     

2,672,335

   

Singapore (1.3%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.7%):

 

Wilmar International Ltd.

   

759,100

     

2,331,101

   

Real Estate (0.6%):

 

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust

   

62,137

     

94,025

   

CapitaLand Investment Ltd. (c)

   

859,400

     

2,173,759

   
     

2,267,784

   
     

4,598,885

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value
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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Spain (2.3%):

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

Telefonica SA

   

400,504

   

$

1,754,411

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Repsol SA

   

133,041

     

1,578,911

   

Financials (1.0%):

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

   

221,381

     

1,321,715

   

Banco Santander SA

   

380,422

     

1,272,111

   

CaixaBank SA

   

277,332

     

761,335

   
     

3,355,161

   

Utilities (0.4%):

 

Naturgy Energy Group SA

   

44,501

     

1,448,870

   
     

8,137,353

   

Sweden (4.8%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.1%):

 

Evolution AB (d)

   

3,842

     

545,799

   

Financials (2.3%):

 

EQT AB

   

40,264

     

2,192,454

   

Industrivarden AB, Class A

   

34,684

     

1,104,819

   

Investor AB, Class B (a)

   

113,122

     

2,913,153

   

Kinnevik AB, Class B (c)

   

22,608

     

805,926

   

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B (a)

   

19,146

     

1,074,257

   
     

8,090,609

   

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Getinge AB, B Shares

   

17,921

     

782,053

   

Industrials (1.5%):

 

Alfa Laval AB

   

46,249

     

1,861,433

   

Investment AB Latour, Class B

   

31,230

     

1,271,780

   

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

   

140,202

     

2,117,621

   
     

5,250,834

   

Information Technology (0.3%):

 

Hexagon AB, Class B

   

59,116

     

937,945

   

Real Estate (0.4%):

 

Fastighets AB Balder, Class B (c)

   

11,134

     

801,553

   

Sagax AB, Class B

   

21,636

     

728,859

   
     

1,530,412

   
     

17,137,652

   

Switzerland (3.5%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.9%):

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Registered Shares

   

14,838

     

2,230,219

   

The Swatch Group AG

   

17,903

     

1,050,228

   
     

3,280,447

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Health Care (1.1%):

 

Alcon, Inc.

   

13,292

   

$

1,177,848

   

Bachem Holding AG, Registered Shares

   

1,210

     

950,842

   

Sonova Holding AG

   

2,360

     

926,750

   

Straumann Holding AG, Class R

   

461

     

980,033

   
     

4,035,473

   

Industrials (1.0%):

 

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Class R

   

7,907

     

2,554,816

   

VAT Group AG (d)

   

1,756

     

875,736

   
     

3,430,552

   

Materials (0.5%):

 

Glencore PLC

   

332,330

     

1,687,734

   
     

12,434,206

   

United Kingdom (10.8%):

 

Communication Services (1.7%):

 

BT Group PLC

   

730,469

     

1,677,493

   

Pearson PLC

   

90,087

     

748,214

   

Vodafone Group PLC

   

1,231,626

     

1,872,687

   

WPP PLC

   

118,549

     

1,797,559

   
     

6,095,953

   

Consumer Discretionary (1.2%):

 

Barratt Developments PLC

   

72,771

     

737,261

   

Entain PLC (c)

   

21,566

     

491,603

   

Kingfisher PLC

   

372,006

     

1,704,564

   

Stellantis NV

   

75,551

     

1,433,609

   
     

4,367,037

   

Consumer Staples (2.9%):

 

British American Tobacco PLC

   

57,377

     

2,124,311

   

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

   

16,433

     

919,098

   

Imperial Brands PLC

   

90,186

     

1,974,586

   

J Sainsbury PLC

   

558,719

     

2,087,127

   

Tesco PLC

   

793,971

     

3,117,555

   
     

10,222,677

   

Financials (1.8%):

 
3i Group PLC    

53,007

     

1,040,310

   

Aviva PLC

   

151,621

     

842,807

   

Barclays PLC

   

563,106

     

1,426,241

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

1,239,474

     

802,466

   

NatWest Group PLC

   

482,655

     

1,475,468

   

Standard Chartered PLC

   

135,883

     

825,262

   
     

6,412,554

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value
Momentum ETF
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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (0.7%):

 

Ashtead Group PLC

   

9,346

   

$

752,177

   
CNH Industrial NV    

88,460

     

1,717,191

   
     

2,469,368

   

Materials (1.6%):

 

Anglo American PLC

   

36,541

     

1,492,702

   

Croda International PLC

   

11,559

     

1,584,390

   

Evraz PLC (b)

   

193,560

     

1,577,192

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

14,522

     

962,219

   
     

5,616,503

   

Real Estate (0.9%):

 

Segro PLC

   

170,164

     

3,310,812

   
     

38,494,904

   

United States (0.4%):

 

Health Care (0.4%):

 

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. (c)

   

45,996

     

1,272,296

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $316,504,031)

   

352,862,681

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (0.8%)

 

United States (0.8%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (f)

   

69,976

     

69,976

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (f)
   

1,374,335

     

1,374,335

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (f)
   

34,921

     

34,921

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (f)

   

278,453

     

278,453

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (f)
   

1,251,977

     

1,251,977

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $3,009,662)

   

3,009,662

   

Total Investments (Cost $319,513,693) — 100.2%

   

355,872,343

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.2)%

   

(866,087

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

355,006,256

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $4,852,904 and amounted to 1.4% of net assets.

(e)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents 0.3% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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(f)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

PLC — Public Limited Company

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini MSCI EAFE Index Futures

   

11

   

3/18/22

 

$

1,256,434

   

$

1,276,990

   

$

20,556

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

20,556

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

20,556

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.4%)

 

Brazil (2.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

Telefonica Brasil SA

   

111,800

   

$

967,261

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

JBS SA

   

164,552

     

1,121,140

   

Financials (0.1%):

 

Banco Inter SA

   

46,100

     

236,459

   

Materials (1.2%):

 

Bradespar SA, Preference Shares

   

1

     

4

   

Braskem SA, Preference Shares

   

31,900

     

330,053

   

Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA

   

161,800

     

725,922

   

Vale SA

   

127,092

     

1,778,832

   
     

2,834,811

   

Utilities (0.3%):

 

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA

   

122,848

     

736,867

   

 

   

5,896,538

   

Chile (0.4%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.4%):

 

Cencosud SA

   

627,977

     

1,050,314

   

China (19.8%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

Hello Group, Inc., ADR

   

64,258

     

577,037

   

JOYY, Inc., ADR

   

6,593

     

299,520

   

 

   

876,557

   

Consumer Discretionary (1.6%):

 

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (a) (b) (c)

   

937,510

     

702,264

   

BYD Co. Ltd., Class H

   

11,489

     

392,874

   

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,007,069

     

837,039

   

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H

   

168,621

     

579,639

   

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd.

   

958,228

     

945,163

   

Li Ning Co. Ltd.

   

38,000

     

416,005

   

 

   

3,872,984

   

Energy (2.0%):

 

China Coal Energy Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,018,000

     

587,586

   

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H

   

400,485

     

939,018

   

China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

569,000

     

443,739

   

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H

   

3,076,000

     

1,369,075

   

Yankuang Energy Group Co. Ltd., Class H (d)

   

706,574

     

1,404,756

   

 

   

4,744,174

   

Financials (7.6%):

 

360 DigiTech, Inc., ADR

   

62,844

     

1,441,013

   

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H (e)

   

5,498,716

     

1,890,199

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Bank of China Ltd., Class H (d) (e)

   

6,307,421

   

$

2,273,367

   

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H

   

3,201,181

     

1,933,938

   

China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd., Class H

   

7,868,733

     

1,433,193

   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

4,082,138

     

1,769,766

   

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H (e)

   

2,666,416

     

1,846,856

   

China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

   

4,072,267

     

1,441,640

   

China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,888,479

     

1,085,179

   

China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd., Class H (a) (b) (c) (f)

   

9,215,577

     

602,843

   

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class H (d)

   

4,225,374

     

1,615,076

   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H (d)

   

1,558,962

     

879,832

   
     

18,212,902

   

Health Care (2.6%):

 

3SBio, Inc. (a) (f)

   

458,000

     

381,848

   

Cansino Biologics, Inc., Class H (a) (d) (f)

   

33,273

     

769,057

   

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

   

425,866

     

711,206

   

Genscript Biotech Corp. (a)

   

144,000

     

637,225

   

I-Mab, ADR (a)

   

7,859

     

372,438

   

Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class H (f)

   

22,354

     

344,931

   

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class H

   

66,500

     

292,995

   

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd.

   

809,322

     

1,534,289

   

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H

   

494,890

     

1,076,579

   
     

6,120,568

   

Industrials (2.3%):

 

China Railway Group Ltd., Class H

   

3,014,431

     

1,592,994

   

China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.

   

1,114,000

     

1,384,588

   

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H (a)

   

459,907

     

891,935

   

Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

69,696

     

417,480

   

Fosun International Ltd.

   

1,120,029

     

1,208,194

   
     

5,495,191

   

Materials (1.5%):

 

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class H (a)

   

1,430,000

     

790,542

   

China Hongqiao Group Ltd.

   

772,711

     

815,696

   

China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H

   

731,535

     

897,025

   

Dongyue Group Ltd.

   

154,000

     

240,196

   

Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H

   

569,929

     

912,319

   
     

3,655,778

   

Utilities (1.8%):

 

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

415,183

     

969,220

   

China Power International Development Ltd.

   

3,707,269

     

2,496,461

   

Huaneng Power International, Inc., Class H

   

1,243,183

     

830,777

   
     

4,296,458

   
     

47,274,612

   

Cyprus (0.5%):

 

Financials (0.5%):

 

TCS Group Holding PLC, GDR

   

15,820

     

1,287,135

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Greece (1.0%):

 

Communication Services (0.3%):

 

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA

   

40,759

   

$

753,440

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.3%):

 

FF Group (a) (b) (c)

   

14,913

     

4,070

   

OPAP SA

   

38,316

     

543,357

   
     

547,427

   

Financials (0.4%):

 

Alpha Services and Holdings SA (a)

   

237,897

     

291,369

   

Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (a)

   

690,895

     

700,362

   
     

991,731

   
     

2,292,598

   

Hong Kong (7.6%):

 

Energy (0.2%):

 

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.

   

554,000

     

519,444

   

Financials (0.3%):

 

Far East Horizon Ltd. (d)

   

680,586

     

604,089

   

Health Care (0.6%):

 

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

2,256,525

     

1,496,381

   

Industrials (2.3%):

 

China Everbright Environment Group Ltd.

   

1,772,652

     

1,423,342

   

China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

924,514

     

1,683,888

   

CITIC Ltd.

   

1,562,682

     

1,543,380

   

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.

   

523,775

     

806,190

   
     

5,456,800

   

Information Technology (0.9%):

 

Kingboard Holdings Ltd.

   

233,314

     

1,135,701

   

Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd.

   

235,077

     

399,821

   

Lenovo Group Ltd.

   

499,516

     

574,075

   
     

2,109,597

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.

   

778,940

     

836,259

   

Real Estate (1.5%):

 

China Overseas Property Holdings Ltd.

   

1,005,000

     

1,066,063

   

The Wharf Holdings Ltd.

   

304,783

     

936,284

   

Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.

   

1,666,086

     

1,468,134

   
     

3,470,481

   

Utilities (1.5%):

 

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

   

496,847

     

1,714,298

   

China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

580,209

     

1,942,390

   
     

3,656,688

   
     

18,149,739

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Hungary (1.3%):

 

Energy (0.6%):

 

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

   

196,447

   

$

1,527,456

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Richter Gedeon Nyrt

   

61,118

     

1,645,346

   
     

3,172,802

   

India (10.0%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

Tata Motors Ltd. (a)

   

135,899

     

881,914

   

Titan Co. Ltd.

   

18,456

     

626,260

   
     

1,508,174

   

Consumer Staples (0.8%):

 

Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (a) (f)

   

8,246

     

518,201

   

Marico Ltd.

   

119,572

     

824,619

   

United Spirits Ltd. (a)

   

52,601

     

635,615

   
     

1,978,435

   

Energy (0.7%):

 

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.

   

387,870

     

581,787

   

Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.

   

606,737

     

1,162,287

   
     

1,744,074

   

Financials (0.6%):

 

Bajaj Finserv Ltd.

   

2,125

     

468,997

   

State Bank of India

   

157,067

     

972,904

   
     

1,441,901

   

Health Care (1.0%):

 

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

   

17,176

     

1,158,396

   

Divi's Laboratories Ltd.

   

9,665

     

608,252

   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

   

58,313

     

663,414

   
     

2,430,062

   

Industrials (0.8%):

 

Adani Enterprises Ltd.

   

36,086

     

829,847

   

Bharat Electronics Ltd.

   

174,604

     

493,143

   

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp. Ltd.

   

44,810

     

501,384

   
     

1,824,374

   

Information Technology (1.4%):

 

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (f)

   

6,081

     

599,791

   

Mindtree Ltd.

   

8,840

     

568,438

   

Mphasis Ltd.

   

14,375

     

656,853

   

Tech Mahindra Ltd.

   

34,142

     

822,391

   

Wipro Ltd.

   

80,026

     

770,110

   
     

3,417,583

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
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  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (2.1%):

 

Grasim Industries Ltd.

   

24,957

   

$

544,644

   

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

   

153,387

     

981,268

   

JSW Steel Ltd.

   

106,783

     

942,271

   

SRF Ltd.

   

21,173

     

689,316

   

Tata Steel Ltd.

   

57,276

     

856,378

   

Vedanta Ltd.

   

199,877

     

917,434

   
     

4,931,311

   

Real Estate (0.6%):

 

DLF Ltd.

   

180,984

     

950,623

   

Godrej Properties Ltd. (a)

   

15,486

     

389,944

   
     

1,340,567

   

Utilities (1.4%):

 

Adani Total Gas Ltd.

   

57,889

     

1,340,854

   

Adani Transmission Ltd. (a)

   

36,606

     

857,268

   

NTPC Ltd.

   

449,789

     

752,717

   

The Tata Power Co. Ltd.

   

145,073

     

431,205

   
     

3,382,044

   
     

23,998,525

   

Indonesia (1.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk

   

2,038,000

     

421,828

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

PT Gudang Garam Tbk

   

506,080

     

1,086,549

   

PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk

   

2,952,881

     

1,310,435

   
     

2,396,984

   
     

2,818,812

   

Isle of Man (0.2%):

 

Real Estate (0.2%):

 

NEPI Rockcastle PLC

   

83,338

     

553,498

   

Korea, Republic Of (19.3%):

 

Communication Services (2.8%):

 

HYBE Co. Ltd. (a)

   

1,719

     

504,674

   

Kakao Corp.

   

4,569

     

432,398

   

Kakao Games Corp. (a)

   

6,529

     

499,802

   

LG Uplus Corp.

   

118,692

     

1,357,906

   

NAVER Corp.

   

3,775

     

1,201,966

   

Pearl Abyss Corp. (a)

   

11,709

     

1,362,233

   

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

   

25,667

     

1,250,153

   
     

6,609,132

   

Consumer Discretionary (2.7%):

 

CJ ENM Co. Ltd.

   

3,842

     

448,597

   

F&F Co. Ltd. (a)

   

507

     

403,041

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

   

27,884

   

$

931,226

   

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

   

4,462

     

955,271

   

Hyundai Motor Co.

   

5,378

     

945,533

   

Kia Corp.

   

13,798

     

954,108

   

LG Electronics, Inc.

   

8,787

     

1,020,068

   

Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.

   

12,551

     

920,671

   
     

6,578,515

   

Consumer Staples (2.0%):

 

BGF Retail Co. Ltd.

   

4,491

     

549,687

   

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

   

3,647

     

1,188,822

   

E-MART, Inc.

   

8,481

     

1,077,292

   

KT&G Corp.

   

30,718

     

2,041,407

   
     

4,857,208

   

Energy (0.9%):

 

GS Holdings Corp.

   

49,774

     

1,637,151

   

S-Oil Corp.

   

8,514

     

613,796

   
     

2,250,947

   

Financials (4.7%):

 

DB Insurance Co. Ltd.

   

24,570

     

1,116,114

   

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

   

31,295

     

1,107,007

   

Industrial Bank of Korea

   

154,074

     

1,334,984

   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

   

28,296

     

1,309,173

   

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

5,782

     

392,519

   

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd.

   

288,866

     

1,251,449

   

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.

   

59,104

     

621,493

   

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.

   

32,129

     

1,213,537

   

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

   

42,780

     

1,324,336

   

Woori Financial Group, Inc.

   

140,604

     

1,502,142

   
     

11,172,754

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Seegene, Inc.

   

4,725

     

242,461

   

Industrials (2.0%):

 

Doosan Bobcat, Inc. (a)

   

14,143

     

484,818

   

Ecopro BM Co. Ltd.

   

1,019

     

429,287

   

GS Engineering & Construction Corp.

   

31,059

     

1,034,647

   

HMM Co. Ltd. (a)

   

26,124

     

591,155

   

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.

   

25,212

     

942,732

   

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

10,161

     

459,008

   

LG Corp.

   

6,387

     

434,665

   

Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.

   

82,967

     

377,583

   
     

4,753,895

   

Information Technology (2.0%):

 

L&F Co. Ltd.

   

1,568

     

293,353

   

LG Display Co. Ltd. (a)

   

56,586

     

1,170,991

   

LG Innotek Co. Ltd.

   

5,214

     

1,596,548

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

SK Hynix, Inc.

   

12,479

   

$

1,375,183

   

SK Square Co. Ltd. (a)

   

6,732

     

376,029

   
     

4,812,104

   

Materials (1.6%):

 

Hyundai Steel Co.

   

23,518

     

811,136

   

Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

   

5,488

     

766,358

   

Lotte Chemical Corp.

   

5,719

     

1,043,973

   

POSCO

   

4,832

     

1,115,780

   
     

3,737,247

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

Korea Electric Power Corp.

   

67,703

     

1,258,663

   
     

46,272,926

   

Malaysia (1.4%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.5%):

 

Genting Bhd

   

1,064,700

     

1,193,507

   

Financials (0.4%):

 

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

   

714,400

     

934,585

   

Health Care (0.5%):

 

IHH Healthcare Bhd

   

668,200

     

1,177,289

   
     

3,305,381

   

Mexico (3.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.6%):

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Class L

   

971,810

     

1,029,981

   

Grupo Televisa SAB

   

177,145

     

333,688

   
     

1,363,669

   

Consumer Staples (2.8%):

 

Arca Continental SAB de CV (d)

   

342,696

     

2,185,618

   

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV

   

159,370

     

869,857

   

Fomento Economico Mexicano Sab de CV

   

216,089

     

1,682,253

   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Class A

   

655,692

     

2,017,539

   
     

6,755,267

   
     

8,118,936

   

Poland (3.8%):

 

Communication Services (1.1%):

 

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

   

163,852

     

1,411,508

   

Orange Polska SA (a)

   

530,574

     

1,112,383

   
     

2,523,891

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.5%):

 

LPP SA

   

308

     

1,314,411

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Energy (0.9%):

 

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA

   

57,693

   

$

1,064,137

   

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA

   

722,460

     

1,129,292

   
     

2,193,429

   

Financials (1.0%):

 

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA

   

42,110

     

1,274,667

   

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (a)

   

57,587

     

641,967

   

Santander Bank Polska SA

   

5,965

     

515,781

   
     

2,432,415

   

Utilities (0.3%):

 

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (a)

   

299,246

     

598,581

   
     

9,062,727

   

Russian Federation (2.5%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.2%):

 

Magnit PJSC, GDR

   

32,007

     

480,105

   

Energy (0.6%):

 

Gazprom PJSC

   

323,772

     

1,481,803

   

Financials (0.3%):

 

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

   

177,348

     

694,248

   

Materials (0.9%):

 

PhosAgro PJSC, GDR (e)

   

34,984

     

754,955

   

Severstal PAO

   

37,439

     

801,228

   

United Co. RUSAL International PJSC (a)

   

553,950

     

546,518

   
     

2,102,701

   

Utilities (0.5%):

 

Inter RAO UES PJSC

   

23,404,572

     

1,333,169

   
     

6,092,026

   

South Africa (2.7%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

MTN Group Ltd. (a)

   

89,621

     

958,597

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.2%):

 

Pepkor Holdings Ltd. (a) (f)

   

309,278

     

424,191

   

Consumer Staples (0.3%):

 

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

   

51,661

     

676,125

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

   

99,585

     

953,857

   

Health Care (0.4%):

 

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.

   

71,376

     

1,003,736

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (1.0%):

 

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.

   

68,227

   

$

988,437

   

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

   

46,286

     

652,528

   

Sasol Ltd. (a)

   

36,283

     

588,803

   

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.

   

87,400

     

268,881

   
     

2,498,649

   
     

6,515,155

   

Taiwan (17.3%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%):

 

momo.com, Inc.

   

17,000

     

998,482

   

Pou Chen Corp.

   

1,181,000

     

1,415,049

   
     

2,413,531

   

Financials (4.9%):

 

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

517,000

     

1,167,908

   

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

   

83,000

     

790,490

   

China Development Financial Holding Corp.

   

3,556,000

     

2,249,250

   

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

692,100

     

1,908,672

   

Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

2,079,000

     

830,338

   

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

2,318,000

     

1,353,081

   

Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

3,350,768

     

2,295,046

   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

1,141,656

     

1,043,984

   
     

11,638,769

   

Industrials (1.0%):

 

Evergreen Marine Corp. Ltd.

   

173,000

     

891,043

   

Wan Hai Lines Ltd.

   

111,900

     

802,839

   

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (a)

   

140,000

     

612,282

   
     

2,306,164

   

Information Technology (9.4%):

 

Acer, Inc.

   

1,530,000

     

1,683,901

   

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

   

294,000

     

1,131,709

   

Asustek Computer, Inc.

   

134,000

     

1,821,086

   

AU Optronics Corp.

   

1,227,000

     

1,015,589

   

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

   

106,000

     

599,595

   

Compal Electronics, Inc. (e)

   

2,609,000

     

2,282,062

   

eMemory Technology, Inc.

   

4,000

     

316,623

   

Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd.

   

579,000

     

1,358,192

   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

   

387,000

     

1,454,729

   

Innolux Corp.

   

1,293,000

     

915,994

   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

   

851,000

     

1,962,403

   

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp.

   

44,000

     

909,676

   

Synnex Technology International Corp.

   

1,021,000

     

2,442,990

   

Unimicron Technology Corp.

   

81,000

     

676,293

   

United Microelectronics Corp.

   

463,142

     

1,088,092

   

Winbond Electronics Corp.

   

412,000

     

506,307

   

WPG Holdings Ltd. (e)

   

1,243,000

     

2,363,169

   
     

22,528,410

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (0.3%):

 

China Steel Corp.

   

636,000

   

$

812,614

   

Real Estate (0.7%):

 

Ruentex Development Co. Ltd.

   

699,000

     

1,611,892

   
     

41,311,380

   

Thailand (1.5%):

 

Consumer Staples (1.1%):

 

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL

   

1,890,900

     

1,443,435

   

Thai Union Group PCL

   

2,169,800

     

1,266,610

   
     

2,710,045

   

Health Care (0.3%):

 

Sri Trang Gloves Thailand PCL

   

690,500

     

625,284

   

Information Technology (0.1%):

 

Delta Electronics Thailand PCL

   

15,950

     

196,719

   
     

3,532,048

   

Turkey (1.8%):

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S

   

454,675

     

632,038

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

Akbank TAS

   

800,606

     

434,072

   

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S

   

892,704

     

757,602

   

Turkiye Is Bankasi A/S

   

1,654,540

     

895,811

   
     

2,087,485

   

Industrials (0.2%):

 

KOC Holding AS

   

231,201

     

494,097

   

Materials (0.5%):

 

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS

   

550,385

     

1,167,103

   
     

4,380,723

   

United Arab Emirates (1.0%):

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. PJSC

   

139,822

     

1,206,724

   

Real Estate (0.5%):

 

Aldar Properties PJSC

   

1,062,426

     

1,154,103

   
     

2,360,827

   

United States (0.2%):

 

Health Care (0.2%):

 

Legend Biotech Corp., ADR (a)

   

8,086

     

376,888

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $215,196,045)

   

237,823,590

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Collateral for Securities Loaned^ (1.2%)

 

United States (1.2%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (g)

   

64,235

   

$

64,235

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (g)
   

1,261,575

     

1,261,575

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (g)
   

32,056

     

32,056

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (g)

   

255,606

     

255,606

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (g)
   

1,149,255

     

1,149,255

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $2,762,727)

   

2,762,727

   

Total Investments (Cost $217,958,772) — 100.6%

   

240,586,317

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.6)%

   

(1,333,835

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

239,252,482

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were 0.5% of net assets.

(c)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents 0.5% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. This security is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(d)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(e)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(f)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $3,640,862 and amounted to 1.5% of net assets.

(g)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

GDR — Global Depositary Receipt

PCL — Public Company Limited

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
E-Mini MSCI Emerging Markets
Index Futures
   

17

   

3/18/22

 

$

1,030,704

   

$

1,042,355

   

$

11,651

   

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

11,651

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

   

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

11,651

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


49


 

Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
USA Value
Momentum
ETF
  VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
USA Small
Cap Value
Momentum
ETF
 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $316,085,415 and $256,647,453)

 

$

376,825,908

(a)

 

$

301,089,257

(b)

 

Cash

   

663,399

     

1,413,256

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

304,819

     

247,681

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

346,836

     

196,485

   

From Adviser

   

9,843

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

971

     

522

   

Total Assets

   

378,151,776

     

302,947,201

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

2,611,642

     

7,404,784

   

Investments purchased

   

     

728,620

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

2,750

     

1,640

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

47,161

     

36,632

   

Administration fees

   

6,112

     

5,116

   

Custodian fees

   

3,502

     

2,449

   

Compliance fees

   

290

     

205

   

Trustees' fees

   

57

     

182

   

Other accrued expenses

   

32,025

     

27,117

   

Total Liabilities

   

2,703,539

     

8,206,745

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

337,073,558

     

264,090,869

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

38,374,679

     

30,649,587

   

Net Assets

 

$

375,448,237

   

$

294,740,456

   

Shares (unlimited shares authorized, no par value):

   

5,300,000

     

4,000,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

70.84

   

$

73.69

   

(a)  Includes $2,442,929 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $6,790,948 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
International
Value
Momentum
ETF
  VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
Emerging
Markets
Value
Momentum
ETF
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $319,513,693
and $217,958,772)
 

$

355,872,343

(a)

 

$

240,586,317

(b)

 

Foreign currency, at value (Cost $114,351 and $148,041)

   

114,873

     

148,041

   

Cash

   

911,838

     

1,884,766

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

225,974

     

245,250

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

484,780

     

938,387

   

Reclaims

   

526,636

     

7,092

   

From Adviser

   

9,578

     

13,903

   

Prepaid expenses

   

702

     

395

   

Total Assets

   

358,146,724

     

243,824,151

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

3,009,662

     

2,762,727

   

Investments purchased

   

     

1,242,490

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

794

     

5,950

   

Accrued foreign capital gains taxes

   

     

388,906

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

73,641

     

60,142

   

Administration fees

   

6,034

     

4,239

   

Custodian fees

   

31,864

     

62,749

   

Compliance fees

   

245

     

149

   

Trustees' fees

   

221

     

   

Other accrued expenses

   

18,007

     

44,317

   

Total Liabilities

   

3,140,468

     

4,571,669

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

371,548,061

     

235,681,076

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

(16,541,805

)

   

3,571,406

   

Net Assets

 

$

355,006,256

   

$

239,252,482

   

Shares (unlimited shares authorized, no par value):

   

7,200,000

     

4,950,000

   

Net asset value:

 

$

49.31

   

$

48.33

   

(a)  Includes $2,864,892 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $2,617,115 of securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
USA Value
Momentum
ETF
  VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
USA Small
Cap Value
Momentum
ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

3,587,529

   

$

2,178,857

   

Interest

   

42

     

129

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

6,094

     

111,973

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(1,465

)

   

(2,390

)

 

Total Income

   

3,592,200

     

2,288,569

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

295,237

     

224,060

   

Administration fees

   

106,927

     

81,134

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,052

     

9,052

   

Custodian fees

   

9,953

     

7,535

   

Servicing fees

   

1,835

     

1,835

   

Trustees' fees

   

13,705

     

9,752

   

Compliance fees

   

1,496

     

1,077

   

Legal and audit fees

   

14,532

     

12,970

   

Broker interest fees

   

292

     

152

   

Interest fees

   

321

     

   

Licensing fees

   

49,160

     

37,340

   

Other expenses

   

21,047

     

14,613

   

Total Expenses

   

523,557

     

399,520

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(129,611

)

   

(47,377

)

 

Net Expenses

   

393,946

     

352,143

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

3,198,254

     

1,936,426

   

Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:

 

Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities

   

(2,638,865

)

   

(8,996,918

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

258,550

     

(13,092

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions

   

53,659,916

     

32,257,724

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on
investment securities
   

(21,770,718

)

   

(17,978,661

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on
futures contracts
   

(32,417

)

   

15,069

   

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

29,476,466

     

5,284,122

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

32,674,720

   

$

7,220,548

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

    VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
International
Value
Momentum
ETF
  VictoryShares
USAA MSCI
Emerging
Markets
Value
Momentum
ETF
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends

 

$

4,817,287

   

$

5,922,276

   

Non-cash dividends

   

249,914

     

896,433

   
Interest    

5,086

     

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

43,705

     

13,477

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(467,093

)

   

(819,375

)

 

Total Income

   

4,648,899

     

6,012,811

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

448,183

     

367,652

   

Administration fees

   

97,376

     

66,568

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

9,052

     

10,057

   

Custodian fees

   

62,876

     

142,059

   

Servicing fees

   

2,446

     

2,446

   

Trustees' fees

   

11,769

     

8,226

   

Compliance fees

   

1,311

     

890

   

Legal and audit fees

   

21,214

     

22,750

   

Line of credit fees

   

     

2,155

   

Broker interest fees

   

185

     

227

   

Interest fees

   

3,455

     

2,130

   

Licensing fees

   

62,743

     

42,867

   

Other expenses

   

12,957

     

10,690

   

Total Expenses

   

733,567

     

678,717

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(99,242

)

   

(123,067

)

 

Net Expenses

   

634,325

     

555,650

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

4,014,574

     

5,457,161

   

Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:

 
Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and foreign
currency transactions
   

9,282,023

     

6,199,893

   

Foreign taxes on realized gains

   

     

(295,428

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

(67,768

)

   

(72,685

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions

   

     

480,667

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment
securities and foreign currency translations
   

(9,117,973

)

   

(21,758,629

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures
contracts
   

57,196

     

7,001

   

Net change in accrued foreign taxes on unrealized gains

   

     

(58,536

)

 

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

153,478

     

(15,497,717

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

4,168,052

   

$

(10,040,556

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares USAA MSCI
USA Value Momentum ETF
  VictoryShares USAA MSCI
USA Small Cap Value
Momentum ETF
 
    Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

3,198,254

   

$

7,298,240

   

$

1,936,426

   

$

2,465,298

   
Net realized gains (losses)
from investments
   

51,279,601

     

91,664,113

     

23,247,714

     

68,043,756

   
Net change in unrealized
appreciation/depreciation
on investments
   

(21,803,135

)

   

93,224,120

     

(17,963,592

)

   

59,565,325

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

32,674,720

     

192,186,473

     

7,220,548

     

130,074,379

   
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(3,945,776

)

   

(7,140,505

)

   

(1,462,984

)

   

(3,526,739

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(96,494,071

)

   

(206,179,954

)

   

(10,648,389

)

   

(66,163,688

)

 

Change in net assets

   

(67,765,127

)

   

(21,133,986

)

   

(4,890,825

)

   

60,383,952

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

443,213,364

     

464,347,350

     

299,631,281

     

239,247,329

   

End of period

 

$

375,448,237

   

$

443,213,364

   

$

294,740,456

   

$

299,631,281

   

Capital Transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares issued

   

88,866,918

     

189,957,267

     

72,615,771

     

143,357,344

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(185,360,989

)

   

(396,137,221

)

   

(83,264,160

)

   

(209,521,032

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(96,494,071

)

   

(206,179,954

)

   

(10,648,389

)

   

(66,163,688

)

 

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

1,300,000

     

3,200,000

     

1,000,000

     

2,200,000

   

Redeemed

   

(2,750,000

)

   

(6,700,000

)

   

(1,150,000

)

   

(3,300,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

(1,450,000

)

   

(3,500,000

)

   

(150,000

)

   

(1,100,000

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    VictoryShares USAA MSCI
International Value
Momentum ETF
  VictoryShares USAA MSCI
Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
 
    Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
  Six
Months
Ended
December 31,
2021
(Unaudited)
  Year
Ended
June 30,
2021
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

4,014,574

   

$

10,949,323

   

$

5,457,161

   

$

7,389,948

   
Net realized gains (losses)
from investments
   

9,214,255

     

36,512,318

     

6,312,447

     

19,617,138

   
Net change in unrealized
appreciation/depreciation
on investments
   

(9,060,777

)

   

62,078,654

     

(21,810,164

)

   

61,071,078

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

4,168,052

     

109,540,295

     

(10,040,556

)

   

88,078,164

   
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(6,542,244

)

   

(10,100,636

)

   

(9,058,794

)

   

(6,382,157

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

     

(57,063,375

)

   

(7,238,988

)

   

19,002,805

   

Change in net assets

   

(2,374,192

)

   

42,376,284

     

(26,338,338

)

   

100,698,812

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

357,380,448

     

315,004,164

     

265,590,820

     

164,892,008

   

End of period

 

$

355,006,256

   

$

357,380,448

   

$

239,252,482

   

$

265,590,820

   

Capital Transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares issued

   

     

45,460,436

     

     

72,396,227

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

     

(102,523,811

)

   

(7,238,988

)

   

(53,393,422

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

     

(57,063,375

)

   

(7,238,988

)

   

19,002,805

   

Share Transactions:

 

Issued

   

     

1,100,000

     

     

1,800,000

   

Redeemed

   

     

(2,100,000

)

   

(150,000

)

   

(1,050,000

)

 

Change in Shares

   

     

(1,000,000

)

   

(150,000

)

   

750,000

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

65.66

     

0.55

     

5.32

     

5.87

     

(0.69

)

   

(0.69

)

 

$

70.84

     

8.99

%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
 

$

45.30

     

0.81

     

20.32

     

21.13

     

(0.77

)

   

(0.77

)

 

$

65.66

     

47.02

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
 

$

50.37

     

0.72

     

(4.85

)

   

(4.13

)

   

(0.94

)

   

(0.94

)

 

$

45.30

     

(8.31

)%

 
Year Ended August 31,
2019
 

$

53.85

     

1.00

     

(3.59

)

   

(2.59

)

   

(0.89

)

   

(0.89

)

 

$

50.37

     

(4.79

)%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
 

$

50.19

     

0.78

     

3.34

     

4.12

     

(0.46

)

   

(0.46

)

 

$

53.85

     

8.23

%

 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
 

$

72.20

     

0.47

     

1.38

     

1.85

     

(0.36

)

   

(0.36

)

 

$

73.69

     

2.57

%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
 

$

45.57

     

0.52

     

26.84

     

27.36

     

(0.73

)

   

(0.73

)

 

$

72.20

     

60.47

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
 

$

49.54

     

0.60

     

(3.74

)

   

(3.14

)

   

(0.83

)

   

(0.83

)

 

$

45.57

     

(6.44

)%

 
Year Ended August 31,
2019
 

$

57.21

     

1.00

     

(7.86

)

   

(6.86

)

   

(0.81

)

   

(0.81

)

 

$

49.54

     

(11.99

)%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
 

$

50.13

     

0.57

     

6.81

     

7.38

     

(0.30

)

   

(0.30

)

 

$

57.21

     

14.80

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.

(e)  The Fund's fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to June 30, effective September 1, 2019.

(f)  Commencement of operations.

(g)  Includes impact of voluntary waivers. Without these voluntary waivers, the net expense ratio would have been at the contractual cap. (See note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.20

%

   

1.63

%

   

0.27

%

 

$

375,448

     

24

%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
   

0.20

%

   

1.47

%

   

0.27

%

 

$

443,213

     

76

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
   

0.20

%

   

1.80

%

   

0.28

%

 

$

464,347

     

66

%

 
Year Ended August 31,
2019
   

0.20

%

   

2.00

%

   

0.25

%

 

$

468,445

     

87

%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
   

0.20

%

   

1.76

%

   

0.25

%

 

$

398,504

     

84

%

 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
   

0.24

%

   

1.30

%

   

0.27

%

 

$

294,740

     

34

%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
   

0.24

%(g)

   

0.87

%

   

0.28

%

 

$

299,631

     

78

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
   

0.25

%

   

1.53

%

   

0.31

%

 

$

239,247

     

70

%

 
Year Ended August 31,
2019
   

0.25

%

   

1.98

%

   

0.30

%

 

$

101,564

     

88

%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
   

0.25

%

   

1.25

%

   

0.30

%

 

$

71,517

     

81

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return(b)
 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
 

$

49.64

     

0.56

     

0.02

     

0.58

     

(0.91

)

   

(0.91

)

 

$

49.31

     

1.17

%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
 

$

38.42

     

1.28

     

11.17

     

12.45

     

(1.23

)

   

(1.23

)

 

$

49.64

     

32.66

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
 

$

43.16

     

0.83

     

(4.35

)

   

(3.52

)

   

(1.22

)

   

(1.22

)

 

$

38.42

     

(8.39

)%

 
Year Ended August 31,
2019
 

$

48.10

     

1.30

     

(4.99

)

   

(3.69

)

   

(1.25

)

   

(1.25

)

 

$

43.16

     

(7.70

)%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
 

$

50.08

     

1.34

     

(2.64

)

   

(1.30

)

   

(0.68

)

   

(0.68

)

 

$

48.10

     

(2.64

)%

 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
 

$

52.08

     

1.10

     

(3.03

)

   

(1.93

)

   

(1.82

)

   

(1.82

)

 

$

48.33

     

(3.69

)%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
 

$

37.91

     

1.36

     

14.10

     

15.46

     

(1.29

)

   

(1.29

)

 

$

52.08

     

41.48

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
 

$

41.23

     

0.73

     

(2.85

)

   

(2.12

)

   

(1.20

)

   

(1.20

)

 

$

37.91

     

(5.47

)%

 
Year Ended
August 31, 2019
 

$

45.58

     

1.31

     

(4.73

)

   

(3.42

)

   

(0.93

)

   

(0.93

)

 

$

41.23

     

(7.62

)%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
 

$

49.95

     

1.17

     

(5.10

)

   

(3.93

)

   

(0.44

)

   

(0.44

)

 

$

45.58

     

(7.95

)%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Excludes impact of in-kind transactions.

(e)  The Fund's fiscal year-end changed from August 31 to June 30, effective September 1, 2019.

(f)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios II

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
   

0.35

%

   

2.24

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

355,006

     

36

%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
   

0.35

%

   

2.86

%

   

0.42

%

 

$

357,380

     

90

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
   

0.35

%

   

2.41

%

   

0.41

%

 

$

315,004

     

62

%

 
Year Ended August 31,
2019
   

0.35

%

   

2.90

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

323,693

     

87

%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
   

0.35

%

   

3.12

%

   

0.40

%

 

$

307,836

     

65

%

 

VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

 
Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021
(Unaudited):
   

0.45

%

   

4.46

%

   

0.55

%

 

$

239,252

     

35

%

 
Year Ended June 30,
2021
   

0.45

%

   

2.98

%

   

0.56

%

 

$

265,591

     

95

%

 
Ten Months Ended
June 30, 2020(e)
   

0.45

%

   

2.18

%

   

0.57

%

 

$

164,892

     

51

%

 
Year Ended
August 31, 2019
   

0.45

%

   

3.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

$

169,051

     

67

%

 
October 24, 2017(f)
through
August 31, 2018
   

0.45

%

   

2.77

%

   

0.50

%

 

$

154,974

     

58

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios II (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 25 funds, 23 of which are Exchange-Traded Funds ("ETFs"), and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with no par value.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following four Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

 
VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value
Momentum ETF
  USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF
 
 
VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap
Value Momentum ETF
  USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF
 
 
VictoryShares USAA MSCI International
Value Momentum ETF
  USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF
 
 
VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging
Markets Value Momentum ETF
  USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF
 
 

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 Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange"). The Funds issue and redeem shares ("Shares") at net asset value ("NAV") only in aggregations of 50,000 shares, (each a "Creation Unit"). Creation Units are issued and redeemed in exchange for a basket of securities included in the respective Fund's Index (the "Deposit Securities"), and/or with the deposit of a specified cash payment (the "Cash Component"), plus a transaction fee. Shares trade on the Exchange at market prices that may be below, at, or above NAV. Shares of a Fund may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions ("Authorized Participants"). An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a DTC participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the distributor. Only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem the shares directly from a Fund. In addition, shares may be issued in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash equal to up to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In each instance of such cash creations or redemptions, transaction fees may be imposed and may be higher than the transaction fees associated with in-kind creations or redemptions.

Each Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, with no par value. Shares of each Fund have equal rights and privileges. A purchase (i.e., creation) transaction fee is imposed for

 


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the transfer and other transactional costs associated with the purchase of Creation Units. In addition, a variable fee may be charged on all cash transactions or substitutes for Creation Units. Variable fees received by each Fund are displayed in the Capital Transactions section of the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as an increase to Capital.

The transaction fees for each Fund are listed below:

    Fee for In-Kind and
Cash Purchases and
Redemptions
  Maximum
Additional Variable
Charge for Cash
Purchases and
Redemptions*
 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

$

500

     

2.00

%

 

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

   

750

     

2.00

%

 

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

3,000

     

2.00

%

 

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

   

5,500

     

2.00

%

 

*   As a percentage of the amount invested.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Portfolio securities listed or traded on securities exchanges, including ETFs, American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), and Rights, are valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded, if available, or at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. If there have been no sales for that day on the exchange or system, then a security is valued at the last available bid quotation on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their NAV. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or an exchange on which they are traded. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair

 


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value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, fair value pricing may be used if events materially affecting the value of foreign securities occur between the time the exchange on which they are traded closes and the time a Fund's NAV is calculated. The Funds use a systematic valuation model, provided daily by an independent third party to fair value its international equity securities. The valuations are considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

374,214,266

   

$

   

$

   

$

374,214,266

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

2,611,642

     

     

     

2,611,642

   

Total

 

$

376,825,908

   

$

   

$

   

$

376,825,908

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

13,771

   

$

   

$

   

$

13,771

   

Total

 

$

13,771

   

$

   

$

   

$

13,771

   

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

293,680,343

   

$

   

$

   

$

293,680,343

   

Rights

   

     

     

4,130

     

4,130

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

7,404,784

     

     

     

7,404,784

   

Total

 

$

301,085,127

   

$

   

$

4,130

   

$

301,089,257

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

8,018

   

$

   

$

   

$

8,018

   

Total

 

$

8,018

   

$

   

$

   

$

8,018

   

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

351,836,577

   

$

1,026,104

   

$

   

$

352,862,681

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

3,009,662

     

     

     

3,009,662

   

Total

 

$

354,846,239

   

$

1,026,104

   

$

   

$

355,872,343

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

20,556

   

$

   

$

   

$

20,556

   

Total

 

$

20,556

   

$

   

$

   

$

20,556

   

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

 

Common Stocks

 

$

236,514,413

   

$

   

$

1,309,177

   

$

237,823,590

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

2,762,727

     

     

     

2,762,727

   

Total

 

$

239,277,140

   

$

   

$

1,309,177

   

$

240,586,317

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

11,651

   

$

   

$

   

$

11,651

   

Total

 

$

11,651

   

$

   

$

   

$

11,651

   

^   Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

 


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For the six months ended December 31, 2021, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

As of December 31, 2021, there were no significant Level 3 holdings in the fair value hierarchy

Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"):

The Funds may invest in REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real-estate related loans or interests (such as mortgages). Certain distributions received from REITs during the year are recorded as realized gains or return of capital as estimated by the Funds or when such information becomes known.

Investment Companies:

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

Derivative Instruments:

Foreign Exchange Currency Contracts:

The Funds may enter into foreign exchange currency contracts to convert U.S. dollars to and from various foreign currencies. A foreign exchange currency contract is an obligation by a Fund to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price (in U.S. dollars) set at the time of the contract. The Funds do not engage in "cross-currency" foreign exchange contracts (i.e., contracts to purchase or sell one foreign currency in exchange for another foreign currency). The Funds' foreign exchange currency contracts might be considered spot contracts (typically a contract of one week or less) or forward contracts (typically a contract term over one week). A spot contract is entered into for purposes of hedging against foreign currency fluctuations relating to a specific portfolio transaction, such as the delay between a security transaction trade date and settlement date. Forward contracts are entered into for purposes of hedging portfolio holdings or concentrations of such holdings. The Funds enter into foreign exchange currency contracts solely for spot or forward hedging purposes, and not for speculative purposes (i.e., the Funds do not enter into such contracts solely for the purpose of earning foreign currency gains). Each foreign exchange currency contract is adjusted daily by the prevailing spot or forward rate of the underlying currency, and any appreciation or depreciation is recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date, at which time the Funds record realized gains or losses equal to the difference between the value of a contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The Funds could be exposed to risk if a counterparty is unable to meet the terms of a foreign exchange currency contract or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. In addition, the use of foreign exchange currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. As of December 31, 2021, the Funds had no open forward foreign exchange currency contracts.

Futures Contracts:

The Funds may enter into contracts for the future delivery of securities or foreign currencies and futures contracts based on a specific security, class of securities, foreign currency or an index, and purchase or sell options on any such futures contracts. A futures contract on a securities index is an agreement obligating either party to pay, and entitling the other party to receive, while the contract is outstanding, cash payments based on the level of a specified securities index. No physical delivery of the underlying asset is made. The Funds may enter into futures contracts in an effort to hedge against market risks. The acquisition of put and call options on futures contracts will give the Funds the right (but not the obligation), for a specified price, to sell or to purchase the underlying futures contract, upon exercise of the option, at any time during the option period. Futures transactions involve brokerage costs and require

 


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the Funds to segregate assets to cover contracts that would require it to purchase securities or currencies. A good faith margin deposit, known as initial margin, of cash or government securities with a broker or custodian is required to initiate and maintain open positions in futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Funds based on the change in the market value of the position and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is closed out, at which time the gain or loss is realized. The Funds may lose the expected benefit of futures transactions if interest rates, exchange rates or securities prices change in an unanticipated manner. Such unanticipated changes may also result in lower overall performance than if the Funds had not entered into any futures transactions. In addition, the value of the Funds' futures positions may not prove to be perfectly or even highly correlated with the value of its portfolio securities or foreign currencies, limiting the Funds' ability to hedge effectively against interest rate, exchange rate and/or market risk and giving rise to additional risks. There is no assurance of liquidity in the secondary market for purposes of closing out futures positions. The collateral held by the Funds is reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities under Deposit with broker for futures contracts.

Management has determined that no offsetting requirements exist as a result of their conclusion that the Funds are not subject to master netting agreements for futures contracts. As of December 31, 2021, the Funds entered into futures contracts primarily for the strategy of hedging or other purposes, including but not limited to, providing liquidity and equitizing cash.

Summary of Derivative Instruments:

The following table summarizes the fair values of derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of December 31, 2021:

   

Asset

 
    Variation Margin
Receivable on Open
Futures Contracts*
 

Equity Risk Exposure:

 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

$

13,771

   

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

   

8,018

   

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

20,556

   

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

   

11,651

   

*  Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Only current day's variation margin for futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following table presents the effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended December 31, 2021:

    Net Realized Gains
(Losses) on Derivatives
Recognized as
a Result of Operations
  Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation
on Derivatives Recognized
as a Result of Operations
 
    Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
from Futures
Contracts
  Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
on Futures Contracts
 

Equity Risk Exposure:

 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

$

258,550

   

$

(32,417

)

 
USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value
Momentum ETF
   

(13,092

)

   

15,069

   
USAA MSCI International Value
Momentum ETF
   

(67,768

)

   

57,196

   
USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
   

(72,685

)

   

7,001

   
 


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All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on each respective Fund's Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The underlying face value of open derivative positions relative to each Fund's net assets at period end is generally representative of the notional amount of open positions to net assets throughout the period.

Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis.

Withholding taxes on interest, dividends, and gains as a result of certain investments in ADRs by the Funds have been provided for in accordance with each investment's applicable country's tax rules and rates.

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.

The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
  Non-Cash
Collateral
  Cash
Collateral
 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

$

2,442,929

   

$

   

$

2,611,642

   
USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value
Momentum ETF
   

6,790,948

     

     

7,404,784

   

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

2,864,892

     

     

3,009,662

   
USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value
Momentum ETF
   

2,617,115

     

     

2,762,727

   
 


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Foreign Currency Translations:

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities of a Fund denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the date of the transactions. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are disclosed as Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment securities and foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations. Any realized gains or losses from these fluctuations are disclosed as Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and foreign currency transactions on the Statements of Operations.

Foreign Taxes:

The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes related to foreign income received (a portion of which may be reclaimable), capital gains on the sale of securities, and certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest.

Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of June 30.

For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) and purchases and sales of in-kind transactions for the six months ended December 31, 2021, were as follows. Any realized gains or losses from in-kind redemptions are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Net realized gains (losses) from in-kind redemptions.

 

  Excluding
U.S. Government Securities
  Associated with
In-Kind Transactions
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 
USAA MSCI USA Value
Momentum ETF
 

$

97,827,110

   

$

96,624,071

   

$

88,394,838

   

$

184,614,477

   
USAA MSCI USA Small Cap
Value Momentum ETF
   

105,655,096

     

103,987,208

     

72,084,817

     

83,159,228

   
USAA MSCI International Value
Momentum ETF
   

125,443,623

     

126,901,097

     

     

   
USAA MSCI Emerging Markets
Value Momentum ETF
   

85,161,164

     

91,760,025

     

     

3,587,996

   
 


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4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

   

Flat Rate

 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum Index ETF

   

0.15

%

 

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

   

0.15

%

 

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

0.25

%

 

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

   

0.30

%

 

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets

 

Up to $15 billion

 

$15 billion – $30 billion

 

Over $30 billion

 
 

0.08

%, plus

   

0.05

%, plus

   

0.04

%

 

Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios, and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex") in the aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' Transfer Agent. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Foreside Fund Services, LLC ("Foreside") serves as the Funds' distributor.

 


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Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the six months ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into expense limitation agreements with the Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain Funds in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

    In Effect Until
October 31, 2022
 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

   

0.20

%

 

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

   

0.25

%

 

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

0.35

%

 

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

   

0.45

%

 

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, as amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to three years (thirty-six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

    Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
  Expires
2025
 

Total

 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

$

197,876

   

$

169,706

   

$

56,677

   

$

424,259

   

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

   

40,487

     

     

     

40,487

   

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

71,346

     

144,936

     

42,382

     

258,664

   

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

   

114,888

     

195,585

     

84,196

     

394,669

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. Voluntary waivers and reimbursements applicable to the Funds are not available to be recouped at a future time and are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Adviser voluntarily waived the following amounts:

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

$

72,934

   
USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF    

47,377

   

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

56,860

   

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

   

38,871

   

Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and distributor.

 


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5. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Equity Risk — An investment in the Funds' shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Funds, some of which will be traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter markets. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest, like other market investments, may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest may affect the value of the Funds' shares. An investment in the Funds' shares at any point in time may be worth less than the original investment, even after taking into account the reinvestment of the Funds' distributions.

Foreign Securities Risk — The USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF and USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF invest in securities of foreign issuers in various countries. Investing on an international basis involves certain risks not involved in domestic investments including the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation of foreign currency, confiscatory taxation, political or financial instability and diplomatic developments, which could affect the value of a Fund's investments in certain foreign countries. Governments of many countries have exercised, and continue to exercise, substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector through the ownership or control of many companies, including some of the largest in these countries. As a result, government actions in the future could have a significant effect on economic conditions which may adversely affect prices of certain portfolio securities. There is also generally less government supervision and regulation of stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies than in the U.S. Dividends or interest on, or proceeds from the sale of, foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, and special U.S. tax considerations may apply. Moreover, foreign economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payments position. The Schedule of Portfolio Investments includes information on each Fund's holdings, including industry and/or geographic composition, as relevant.

Passive Investment Risk — Each Fund is designed to track its index and is not actively managed. A Fund will not buy or sell shares of an equity security due to current or projected performance of a security, industry or sector, unless that security is added to or removed, respectively, from its index. A Fund does not, therefore, seek returns in excess of its index, and does not attempt to take defensive positions or hedge against potential risks unless such defensive positions are also taken by its index. Different types of investment styles, for example passively managed or actively managed, or growth or value, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or that have different investment styles.

6. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month London InterBank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a

 


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pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statement of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The average borrowing for the days outstanding and average interest rate for each Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Amount
Outstanding at
December 31,
2021
  Average
Borrowing*
  Days
Borrowings
Outstanding
  Average
Interest
Rate
  Maximum
Borrowing
During
the Period
 
USAA MSCI Emerging Markets
Value Momentum ETF
 

$

   

$

14,200,000

     

4

     

1.15

%

   

18,000,000

   

*  For the six months ended December 31, 2021, based on the number of days borrowings were outstanding.

7. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains (collectively, distributions to shareholders) are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. To the extent these "book/tax" differences are permanent in nature (e.g., net operating loss and distribution reclassification), such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales) do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and distributions exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital. Net investment losses incurred by the Funds may be reclassified as an offset to capital on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The tax character of current year distributions paid and the tax basis of the current components of accumulated earnings (deficit) will be determined at the end of the current tax year ending June 30, 2022.

As of June 30, 2021, the Funds had net capital loss carryforwards as shown in the table below. It is unlikely that the Board will authorize a distribution of capital gains realized in the future until the capital loss carryforwards have been used.

   

Short-Term

 

Long-Term

 

Total

 

USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

 

$

46,215,266

   

$

27,236,702

   

$

73,451,968

   

USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

   

29,253,603

     

8,031,372

     

37,284,975

   

USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

   

40,393,661

     

18,995,460

     

59,389,121

   

USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

   

13,909,530

     

6,470,588

     

20,380,118

   
 


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  Supplemental Information
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses
Paid During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 
USAA MSCI
USA Value
Momentum
Index ETF
 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,089.90

   

$

1,024.20

   

$

1.05

   

$

1.02

     

0.20

%

 
USAA MSCI USA
Small Cap Value
Momentum ETF
   

1,000.00

     

1,025.70

     

1,024.00

     

1.23

     

1.22

     

0.24

%

 
 


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    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses
Paid During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 
USAA MSCI
International Value
Momentum ETF
 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,011.70

   

$

1,023.44

   

$

1.77

   

$

1.79

     

0.35

%

 
USAA MSCI Emerging
Markets Value
Momentum ETF
   

1,000.00

     

963.10

     

1,022.94

     

2.23

     

2.29

     

0.45

%

 

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 


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Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement")

The Board approved the Agreement on behalf of each of the Funds at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on November 30, 2021. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreement provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021, and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees.

The Board noted that each Fund assumed the performance of its predecessor fund, that the Adviser became the investment adviser to each Fund on February 26, 2019, and that prior to that date each predecessor fund was managed by a different investment adviser.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreement should be continued. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  Fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  The total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between the Trust and the Adviser.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total expense ratio on a net and gross basis with the median gross management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") compiled by the consultant and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected

 


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by that consultant from the universe. The Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors.

The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's net annual expense ratio was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over the one-year period against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index, noting that each Fund's investment objective is to track its benchmark index before fees and expenses. The Board recognized that the performance of each Fund is net of expenses, while the performance of each benchmark index reflects gross returns, and as a result, each Fund will generally underperform its benchmark index due to fees and expenses. The Board also considered each Fund's tracking error as a factor in evaluating performance.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Value Momentum ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one-year and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for both of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and underperformed the peer group median for the three-year period.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one-year and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for both of the periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

 


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VictoryShares USAA MSCI International Value Momentum ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one-year and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for both of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and underperformed the peer group median for the three-year period.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

VictoryShares USAA MSCI Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF

Noting that the Fund commenced operations in 2017, the Board compared the Fund's one-year and three-year performance for the periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for both of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and underperformed the peer group median for the three-year period.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable ETFs; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable ETFs; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses during that period; and (4) that the Fund's performance in relation to its benchmark index and peer group was within an acceptable range, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Conclusion

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies, to the extent applicable;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

 


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Privacy Policy

Protecting the Privacy of Information

The Trust respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. This is the information we collect from you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you make with us or third parties. It may include your name, address, social security number, account transactions and balances, and information about investment goals and risk tolerance.

We do not disclose any information about you or about former customers to anyone except as permitted or required by law. Specifically, we may disclose the information we collect to companies that perform services on our behalf, such as the transfer agent that processes shareholder accounts and printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials. We may also disclose this information to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. This allows us to continue to offer you Victory investment products and services that meet your investing needs, and to effect transactions that you request or authorize. These companies will use this information only in connection with the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose.

To protect your personal information internally, we permit access only by authorized employees and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information.*

*  You may have received communications regarding information about privacy policies from other financial institutions which gave you the opportunity to "opt-out" of certain information sharing with companies which are not affiliated with that financial institution. The Trust does not share information with other companies for purposes of marketing solicitations for products other than the Trust. Therefore, the Trust does not provide opt-out options to their shareholders.


 

The Victory Funds
P.O. Box 182593
Columbus, Ohio 43218-2593

Visit our website at:

 

Call Victory at:

 

www.vcm.com

 

866-376-7890

 

VS-MSCI-ETF-SAR  (12/21)


 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable – only for annual reports.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable – only for annual reports.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not applicable – only for annual reports.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. 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.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR 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 (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during 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.

 

(a)(1) Not applicable.

(a)(2) Not applicable.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(a)(4) Not applicable.

(b)     Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Not applicable.

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(b)     Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are furnished herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

(Registrant)      Victory Portfolios II  

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Allan Shaer  
  Allan Shaer, Principal Financial Officer  

 

Date March 4, 2022    

 

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 (Signature and Title)* /s/ Christopher K. Dyer  
  Christopher K. Dyer, Principal Executive Officer  

 

 

Date March 4, 2022    

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Allan Shaer  
  Allan Shaer, Principal Financial Officer  

 

 

Date March 4, 2022