November 1, 2024

Summary
Prospectus

VictoryShares WestEnd Economic Cycle Bond ETF (BMDL)

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both of which are dated November 1, 2024, and are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus, as they each contain more information about the Fund and its risks.

You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at vcm.com.

You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling 866-376-7890 or by sending an e–mail request to VictoryMail@VCM.com.

You may also obtain this information at no cost from your financial intermediary.

Listed and traded on: The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 

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VictoryShares WestEnd Economic Cycle Bond ETF Summary

Investment Objective

The VictoryShares WestEnd Economic Cycle Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

Fund Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and example below. 

Shareholder Fees (paid directly from your investment) None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

Management Fees	0.35%
Other Expenses	0.21%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	0.56%
Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement1	(0.16)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement1	0.40%

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Victory Capital Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or reimburse expenses so that the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding certain items such as interest, taxes, and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 0.40% through at least October 31, 2025. The Adviser is permitted to recoup advisory fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the date of the waiver or reimbursement, 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. This agreement may only be terminated by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

Example:

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that (1) you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell or continue to hold all of your shares at the end of the period, (2) your investment has a 5% return each year, and (3) the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The amounts shown reflect any fee waiver/expense reimbursement in place through its expiration date. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be: 

1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
$41	$163	$297	$686

Portfolio Turnover:

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover generally will indicate higher transaction costs resulting in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. Because the Fund has only recently commenced investment operations, no portfolio turnover information is available at this time.

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VictoryShares WestEnd Economic Cycle Bond ETF Summary

Principal Investment Strategy

The Fund, under normal circumstances, has a policy to invest at least 80% of its assets in debt securities. The Fund also may invest in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to debt securities. The Fund counts investments in derivatives towards its “80% of assets” allocation. The Fund generally values each position at market price, but for purposes of assessing compliance with this test, the Fund generally will value a derivative instrument at its notional value.

The debt securities in which the Fund may invest include: government obligations (including U.S., state, and local governments, their agencies and instrumentalities); corporate debt securities; mortgage- and asset-backed securities, repurchase agreements; and other securities considered to have debt-like characteristics (e.g., convertible or exchangeable obligations). Up to 100% of the Fund’s assets may be invested in corporate debt of any quality rating, including below-investment-grade, which are sometimes referred to as high-yield or “junk” bonds. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of foreign and emerging market governments, corporations, and banks (i.e., Yankee Bonds).

Victory Capital Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser. WestEnd Advisors, LLC (“WestEnd”) and Victory Income Investors (“Victory Income”), investment franchises of the Adviser, are responsible for portfolio construction and the day-to-day investment management of the Fund.

In selecting investments, WestEnd examines economic factors such as interest rates, inflation, rates of economic growth, national income, gross domestic product, and unemployment, among others. WestEnd refers to these factors as “macroeconomic” factors. WestEnd then considers a security’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates (i.e., “duration”), fixed-income asset class (e.g., corporate debt or U.S. Treasuries), and credit exposure of potential investments that it believes will most benefit from those macroeconomic conditions. For example, if a debt instrument has a duration of three years and interest rates increase (decrease) by 1%, then the value of that debt instrument would be expected to decline (increase) by approximately 3%. WestEnd’s macroeconomic views and “macroeconomic factors” are referred to, together, as “macroeconomic conditions.”

The Fund expects that the maturity and duration of its investments in debt securities to fluctuate over time based on active allocation decisions as the macroeconomic backdrop and interest rate environment evolve. While the Fund typically invests in debt securities of any maturity and duration, WestEnd applies risk management tools to monitor portfolio exposures and portfolio risk relative to the Fund’s benchmark.

Victory Income implements WestEnd’s macroeconomic views by seeking to construct a portfolio that closely matches the portfolio criteria by using a proprietary credit rating methodology.

Victory Income’s credit rating methodology includes, in addition to the Victory Income team’s insights and experience, a number of proprietary credit rating models specific to asset class and industry categories. These models are used to assess the credit risk of prospective securities for inclusion in the portfolio. The result of the credit assessment is the assignment of an internal credit rating. The same credit rating methodology is used both in initiating the prospective security’s internal credit rating and in the regular and periodic reviews conducted while the security is held.

The Fund may use futures, including U.S. Treasury futures, to manage duration, increase or decrease its exposure to changing security prices or other factors that affect security values, enhance income, hedge against certain risks, or keep cash on hand to meet shareholder redemptions or other needs while maintaining exposure to a market.

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Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund

The Fund’s investments are subject to the following principal risks:

Debt Securities or Bond Risk — The Fund is subject to the risk that the market value of the bonds in the Fund’s portfolio 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 Fund may be subject to risks associated with rising interest rates. The fixed-income securities in the Fund’s portfolio 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 Fund accepts some credit risk as a recognized means to enhance an investor’s return.

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 Fund’s value 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 Fund may lose its 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.

Repurchase Agreement Risk — In the even that the counterparty to a repurchase agreement is unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations to repurchase the underlying security, the Fund may lose money, suffer delays, or incur costs arising from holding or selling the underlying security.

U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises (“GSEs”) Risk — Securities issued by certain GSEs, such as MBS issued by the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Securities issued by other GSEs, such as Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Rather, they are supported by the credit of the issuing agency, instrumentality or corporation. However, these securities typically have indirect support from the U.S. government through an ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. government is authorized to purchase the GSE’s obligations. If a GSE defaults on its obligations, the Fund might not be able to recover its investment.

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 Fund 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

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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.

Foreign Securities Risk — Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation, less public information, and less economic, political, and social stability in the countries in which the Fund invests. The imposition of exchange controls, sanctions, confiscations, trade restrictions (including tariffs), and other government restrictions by the United States or other governments; or problems in share registration, settlement, or custody also may result in losses. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time.

Derivatives Risk — Derivatives, such as futures contracts and options on futures contracts, are subject to the risk that small price movements can result in substantial gains or losses. Derivatives also entail exposure to counterparty risk, the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the relevant securities, assets, or indices. The use of derivatives may cause the Fund to incur losses greater than those that would have occurred had derivatives not been used.

General Market Risk — Overall market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Domestic and international factors such as political events, war, terrorism, trade disputes, inflation rates, interest rate levels, and other fiscal and monetary policy changes; cybersecurity incidents, pandemics, and other public health crises; sanctions against a particular foreign country, its nationals, businesses, or industries; and related geopolitical events, as well as environmental disasters such as earthquakes, fires, and floods, or other catastrophes, may add to instability in global economies and markets generally, and may lead to increased market volatility. Global economies and financial markets are highly interconnected, which increases the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely affect issuers in another country or region. The impact of these and other factors may be short-term or may last for extended periods.

Limited History of Operations — The Fund is new and, therefore, has a limited history of operations for investors to evaluate.

Large Shareholder Risk — Certain large shareholders, including other funds advised by the Adviser, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund’s shares. The actions by one shareholder or multiple shareholders may have an impact on the Fund and, therefore, indirectly on other shareholders. Shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund’s distributions of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, thereby affecting the tax burden on the Fund’s shareholders subject to federal income tax, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income and cause the Fund to make taxable distributions to its shareholders earlier than the Fund otherwise would have. To the extent a larger shareholder is permitted to invest in the Fund, the Fund may experience large inflows or outflows of cash from time to time. This activity could magnify these adverse effects on the Fund.

Liquidity Risk — In certain circumstances, such as the disruption of the orderly markets for the investments in which the Fund invests, the Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent true market value in the judgment of the Adviser. Markets for the investments in which the Fund invests may be disrupted by a number of events, including but not limited to economic crises, natural disasters, new legislation, or regulatory changes, and may prevent the Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains, or achieving a high correlation with an index it may seek to track.

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Exchange-Traded Fund (“ETF”) Structure Risk — The Fund is structured as an ETF and, as a result, is subject to special risks, including:

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Not Individually Redeemable — The Fund’s shares are not individually redeemable and may be redeemed by the Fund at its net asset value per share (“NAV”) only in large blocks known as Creation Units. The Fund may incur brokerage costs purchasing enough shares to constitute a Creation Unit. Alternatively, the Fund may redeem your shares by selling them on the secondary market at prevailing market prices.

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Trading Issues — Trading in shares on the exchange operated by Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Exchange”) may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in shares inadvisable, such as extraordinary market volatility. There can be no assurance that shares will continue to meet the listing requirements of the Exchange. There is no guarantee that an active secondary market will develop for the shares. In stressed market conditions, authorized participants may be unwilling to participate in the creation/redemption process, particularly if the market for shares becomes less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which may lead to widening of bid-ask spreads and differences between the market price of the shares and the underlying value of those shares.

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Market Price Variance Risk — The market prices of shares will fluctuate in response to changes in NAV and supply and demand for shares and will include a bid-ask spread charged by the exchange specialists, market makers, or other participants that trade the particular security. There may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly, particularly in times of market stress. This means that shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV and bid-ask spreads may widen.

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Authorized Participants Concentration Risk — A limited number of financial institutions may be responsible for all or a significant portion of the creation and redemption activity for the Fund. If these firms exit the business or are unable or unwilling to process creation and/or redemption orders, shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV and bid-ask spreads may widen.

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Tax-Efficiency Risk — Redemptions of shares may be effected for cash, rather than in kind, which means that the Fund may need to sell portfolio securities in order to complete an in-cash redemption, and may recognize net gains on these sales. As a result, investments in the shares may be less tax-efficient than investments in ETFs that redeem solely or principally in kind, and the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was used.

Management Risk — The Fund is actively managed. The Adviser’s judgments about a particular security, markets, or investment strategy may prove to be incorrect and may cause the Fund to incur losses. There can be no assurance that the Adviser’s investment techniques and decisions will produce the desired results.

You may lose money by investing in the Fund. There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

By itself, the Fund does not constitute a complete investment plan and should be considered a long-term investment for investors who can afford to weather changes in the value of their investment.

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Investment Performance

No performance information is presented since the Fund does not yet have a full calendar year of performance. Performance data for the Fund is available online at vcm.com or by calling 866-376-7890. A fund’s performance is not necessarily an indication of how that fund will perform in the future.

Management of the Fund

Investment Adviser

Victory Capital Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser. The portfolio managers jointly and primarily responsible for day-to-day management of the Fund are members of the Adviser's WestEnd and Victory Income Investors investment franchises.

Portfolio Management 

	Title	Tenure with the Fund
Fritz Porter, CFA	Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, WestEnd	Since June 2024
Ned Durden	Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager, WestEnd	Since June 2024
Ty Peebles, CFA, CPA	Portfolio Manager, WestEnd	Since June 2024
Jacob Buchanan, CFA	Portfolio Manager, WestEnd	Since June 2024
James F. Jackson, Jr. CFA	Co-Chief Investment Officer, Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Management, and Senior Portfolio Manager, Victory Income Investors	Since June 2024
Michael Duncan, CFA	Portfolio Manager and Senior Fixed Income Research Analyst, Victory Income Investors	Since June 2024
Zach Winters, CFA	Portfolio Manager and Senior Fixed Income Research Analyst, Victory Income Investors	Since June 2024
Jason Lincoln, CFA	Portfolio Manager and Senior Fixed Income Research Analyst, Victory Income Investors	Since June 2024

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The Fund will issue and redeem shares at NAV only in large blocks of 25,000 shares (each block of shares is called a “Creation Unit”). Creation Units are issued and redeemed for cash and/or in-kind for securities by Authorized Participants (“APs”) that have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on the Exchange. Individual shares may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker or dealer at a market price. Because shares of the Fund trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price that is greater than (a premium), at, or less than (a discount) NAV. An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”).

For recent information about the Fund, including the Fund’s NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, visit vcm.com.

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Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions generally are taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains. A sale of shares may result in a capital gain or loss.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares through an account maintained by a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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