485BPOS 1 wbi-absolute_485bpos.htm POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT - RULE 485B



As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2019
1933 Act Registration File No. 333-192733
1940 Act File No. 811-22917

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
   
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Post-Effective Amendment No.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No.
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ABSOLUTE SHARES TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Millington Securities, Inc.
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 122
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code) (732) 842-4920

Don Schreiber, Jr.
Millington Securities, Inc.
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 122
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copies to:
Peter J. Shea, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 536-3988
Fax: (212) 536-3901

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practical after the effective date of this Registration Statement

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

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Immediately upon filing pursuant to Rule 485(b).
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on May 27, 2019 pursuant to Rule 485(b).
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60 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(1).
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on (date) pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(1).
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75 days after filing pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(2).
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on (date) pursuant to Rule 485 (a)(2).

If appropriate, check the following box:

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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the Registration Statement of Absolute Shares Trust is being filed for the purpose of responding to Staff comments with respect to adding the WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF, WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF, WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF, WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF, WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF and WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF as new series of the Trust and to make other permissible changes under Rule 485(b).






PROSPECTUS


May 27, 2019
 


WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF (WBIN)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF (WBIK)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF (WBIM)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF (WBIQ)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF (WBIS)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF (WBIT)

Listed on NYSE Arca, Inc.
 
NEITHER THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

Not FDIC Insured   |   May Lose Value   |   No Bank Guarantee

 

Absolute Shares Trust (the “Trust”) is a registered investment company that consists of separate investment portfolios (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). This Prospectus relates to the following Funds:

           
 
Name
 
CUSIP
 
Symbol
 
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF
 
00400R833
 
WBIN
 
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF
 
00400R825
 
WBIK
 
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF
 
00400R817
 
WBIM
 
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF
 
00400R791
 
WBIQ
 
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF
 
00400R783
 
WBIS
 
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF
 
00400R841
 
WBIT
 

In addition to the Funds, the Trust currently has the following separate investment portfolios: WBI BullBear Rising Income 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Quality 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Value 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Yield 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Rising Income 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Quality 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Value 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Yield 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Global High Income ETF; WBI BullBear Global Income ETF; WBI BullBear Global Rotation ETF; and the WBI Power Factor High Dividend ETF.

Each Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). This means that shares of each Fund are listed on a national securities exchange, the NYSE Arca, Inc., and trade at market prices. The market price for each Fund's shares may be different from their net asset value per share (the “NAV”). Each Fund has its own CUSIP number and exchange trading symbol, as noted above.




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SUMMARY INFORMATION

WBI BULLBEAR TREND SWITCH US TOTAL RETURN ETF

Investment Objective
The WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation, while also seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors purchasing Shares on a national securities exchange, national securities association, or over-the-counter trading system where Shares may trade from time to time (each, a “Secondary Market”) may be subject to customary brokerage commissions charged by their broker that are not reflected in the table set forth below.

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

Management Fee
0.65%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses
0.00%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(a)
0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.77%

(a)
The Fund has not yet commenced operations and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts, on an annualized basis, for the current fiscal year.  Acquired Funds Fees & Expenses represent the Fund’s pro rata share of fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investing in other funds, including ETFs and money market funds.

Example. This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.  Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of exchange-traded fund shares, which are not reflected in the example.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain at current levels. The return of 5% and estimated expenses are for illustration purposes only and should not be considered indicators of expected Fund expenses or performance, which may be greater or less than the estimates. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
$79
 
$246

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund incurs implicit and explicit transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). Such costs may include, but are not limited to, market impact, which is the effect that a market participant has when it buys or sells an asset, and commissions. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of any in-kind creations or redemptions of the Shares. Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund will seek to invest in U.S. fixed income securities that WBI Investments, Inc., the sub-advisor (“Sub-Advisor”) to the Fund and an affiliate of Millington Securities, Inc., the advisor (“Advisor”), believes display attractive prospects for current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation under then current market conditions. These securities will be selected on the basis of the Sub-Advisor’s investment process which includes the use of various quantitative models. The Fund’s securities selection process is driven by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based bond model (the “Bond Model”) that utilizes a systematic approach analyzing macro-economic factors and technical market trends including, among others, those relating to commodities, monetary policy, valuation, sentiment and change in interest rates, to assess risk and generate their signals, and is described further below. Since cash equivalents are among the investment opportunities evaluated by the Bond Model, the Fund may invest in and hold most, if not all, of its net assets in cash equivalents as part of the normal operation of its investment strategy.

Debt securities will be selected on the basis of the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks in the U.S. fixed income market using its Bond Model described briefly below. The purpose of the Bond Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of selected segments of the fixed income market with respect to their sensitivity to credit quality and duration. The types of debt securities in which the Fund will invest are U.S. Treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, and U.S. high yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”), and ETFs and ETNs with exposure to the debt securities described. The Fund expects to invest in debt securities of short and long durations, depending on the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks along the yield curve. The yield curve refers to differences in yield among debt assets of varying maturities.

The Fund defines a total return fund as one that seeks to maximize gains from both income generating investments, such as bonds and dividend paying stocks, while simultaneously aiming to invest in assets which will experience capital appreciation, and as such these approaches are used (in part) to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund uses the Bond Model, which directs investment exposure to debt securities (or bonds) of a particular duration and credit quality. Duration is a measure of a debt security’s expected price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Debt security prices typically have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Rising interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to decline, while declining interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to rise. As a general rule, for every 1% increase or decrease in interest rates, a debt security's price will change approximately 1% in the opposite direction for every year of duration. For example, if a bond has a duration of three years and interest rates increase by 1%, the bond’s price is expected to decline by approximately 3%. Credit quality is a measure of a borrower’s (or bond issuer’s) creditworthiness or risk of default. A company or bond’s credit quality may also be known as its “bond rating” as determined by private independent rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. Each rating agency has its own credit quality designations which typically range from high (‘AAA’ to ‘AA’) to medium (‘A’ to ‘BBB’) to low (‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CC’ to ‘C’).

The Bond Model generates both a credit quality signal and a duration signal. The combination of the Bond Model’s credit quality signal and the duration signal indicates the recommended debt security exposure. For example, the Bond Model’s credit quality signal may indicate that exposure to relatively lower rated debt securities is appropriate. Simultaneously, the Bond Model’s duration signal may indicate that exposure to relatively short duration debt securities is appropriate. In this example, the combination of the two Bond Model signals would indicate that exposure to lower rated debt securities with short duration is appropriate. Market conditions may call for the Fund to remain in any of the possible exposure positions for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the following signals, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Sub-Advisor’s credit quality signal indicates the fixed income credit quality that current conditions are more likely to favor among U.S. treasuries, U.S. investment grade bonds, or U.S. high yield bonds on the basis of credit quality probability and credit condition momentum analysis. Credit quality probability analysis seeks to predict which of the three possible credit quality debt securities market segments is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Credit momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current credit state will be recommended.

The Sub-Advisor’s duration signal indicates whether current conditions are more likely to favor bonds of short or long maturities on the basis of duration probability and duration momentum analysis. Duration probability analysis seeks to predict whether long or short duration exposure to the credit quality debt securities determined by the credit quality signal is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Duration momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current duration will be recommended.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by principally investing directly in the following different types of instruments:

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U.S. Treasuries, U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds, and U.S. High Yield Bonds issued by the U.S. government and U.S. public and private companies (“Direct Investments”);
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Registered fund shares (“investment company shares”) where such funds’ portfolios primarily contain Direct Investments. Investment company shares through which the Fund obtains indirect exposure to Direct Investments include those issued by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); and
·
Exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and listed and over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives whose performance is designed to track the performance of Direct Investments (such derivatives together with ETNs and investment company shares are referred to as “Indirect Investments”.) Indirect Investments include gaining exposure to Direct Investments through listed and OTC derivatives, including:
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futures contracts, swap agreements, and forward contracts; and
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options on securities, indices, and futures contracts.

The Fund is an actively managed ETF. The Sub-Advisor actively manages the Fund’s portfolio. As a result, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund, especially during periods of significant volatility, may be high. The Sub-Advisor expects that the Fund’s investment strategy will result in a portfolio turnover rate in excess of 700% on an annual basis. Since the Fund’s principal investment strategy is expected to result in a higher annual portfolio turnover rate than that of many other investment companies, the Fund may experience higher portfolio transaction costs and Shares held in taxable accounts may incur higher taxes than what may be experienced by other investment companies and their shares.

The Fund is considered to be diversified.

For additional information about the Fund’s principal investment strategies and the investment process, see “Description of the Principal Strategies of the Funds.”

Principal Risks
Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Fund’s Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk and the Fund does not represent a complete investment program. As with all investments, you may lose money in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit, is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency, and may lose value. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund. A more complete discussion of Principal Risks is included under “Description of the Principal Risks of the Funds.”

Losing all or a portion of your investment is a risk of investing in the Fund. The following additional risks could affect the value of your investment, and are ordered alphabetically rather than by importance. You should understand these risks before investing.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”) to create and redeem Fund Shares. To the extent that these APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and redemption orders and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for the Fund’s Shares and such Shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face de-listing.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Position Risk – If the Fund invests all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents for extended periods of time, it could reduce the Fund’s potential return and prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective as the limited returns of cash equivalents may lag other investment instruments.

Counterparty Risk – Many of the protections afforded to participants on some organized exchanges, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions. In those instances, another ETF holding such derivatives (in which the Fund invests) will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions and that such ETF will sustain losses.

Debt Securities Risk – The market value of debt securities held by the Fund typically changes as interest rates change, as demand for the instruments changes, and as actual or perceived creditworthiness of an issuer changes. Additionally, debt securities with longer durations are expected to experience greater price movements than securities with shorter duration for the same change in prevailing interest rates. During periods of rising interest rates, the market value of the debt securities held by the Fund will generally decline. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest. There is also the risk that an issuer may “call,” or repay, its high-yielding bonds before their maturity dates. Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.

Derivatives Risk – A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, such as a security, a commodity (such as gold or silver), a currency or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500® or the prime lending rate). The Fund may invest in futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and options on securities, indices, and futures contracts. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests only in conventional securities. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations. Derivatives generally involve the incurrence of leverage. To address such leverage and to prevent the Fund from being deemed to have issued senior securities as a result of an investment in derivatives, the Fund will segregate liquid assets equal to its obligations under the derivatives throughout the life of the investment.

ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk – When the Fund invests in another ETF or other investment company (e.g., mutual fund, closed-end fund, business development company), it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of such investment company’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or other investment company generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities and other assets held by the ETF or other investment company. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs and other exchange-listed investment companies. Additionally, the Fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an ETF or other investment company, including but not limited to those of ETNs, equity options, derivatives, currencies, index, leverage, and replication management.

Exchange-Traded Note Risk – The value of an ETN may be influenced by the time remaining before its maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the notes issued by ETNs and held by a fund are unsecured debt of the issuer.

Fundamental Business Risk – Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate.  The Fund’s investments in companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition may lose value relative to the stocks of other companies, causing the Fund to underperform funds that do not invest in companies primarily on the basis of their underlying financial condition.

Government Obligations Risk – The Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government. There can be no guarantee that the United States will be able to meet its payment obligations with respect to such securities. Additionally, market prices and yields of securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government may decline or be negative for short or long periods of time.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund’s anticipated annual portfolio turnover rate is in excess of 700%. Such a high portfolio turnover rate has the potential to (1) cause high portfolio transaction costs that could negatively impact Fund performance, and (2) result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains, which may subject you to a higher tax liability. At times of extreme and prolonged market volatility, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than 700%. A higher portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction expenses, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark ups and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities, which may result in reduced performance, and the distribution to shareholders of additional capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

High-Yield Securities Risk – The debt securities that are rated below investment grade (i.e., “junk bonds”) are subject to additional risk factors such as increased possibility of default liquidation of the security and changes in value based on public perception of the issuer.  High-yield securities are inherently speculative.

Interest Rate Risk – The Fund’s performance may be adversely impacted when interest rates fall because the Fund may be exposed, directly or indirectly, to lower-yielding bonds. This risk may increase as bonds in the Fund’s portfolio mature. Interest rate risk is typically greater with respect to exposure to long-term bonds (or long-term bond funds) and lower for short-term bonds (or short-term bond funds).

Investment Style Risk – The prices of bonds in the Fund’s portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific issuer or industry. These risks are generally greater for small and medium-sized companies. The Fund may invest in securities, directly or indirectly, that are susceptible to specific investment risks.

Liquidity Risk – The Fund’s investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by the Fund halt trading, such as due to an exchange’s limit-up, limit-down rules, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of the Fund being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk – An investment in the Fund varies with the success and failure of the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies and the Sub-Advisor’s research, analysis, and determination of portfolio securities. If the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies, including its quantitative models, do not produce the expected results, the market value or NAV of the Shares would decrease.

Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole or the value of an investment held by the Fund may go down, resulting in a decrease in the market value or NAV of the Shares.  For example, there is the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Fund, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Fund’s Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Quantitative Model Risk – The Sub-Advisor uses quantitative models in an effort to enhance returns and manage risk. Any imperfections, errors or limitations in these models could limit any benefit to the Fund from the use of the models, or could result in incorrect outputs or in investment outcomes different from or opposite to those expected or desired by the Sub-Advisor. There can be no assurance that the models will behave as expected in all market conditions. In addition, computer programming used to create quantitative models, or the data on which such models operate, might contain one or more errors.

Share Trading Price Risk – The Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca and will be bought and sold in the Secondary Market at market prices. Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of the Fund’s Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the exchange price and the NAV vary significantly. Thus, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares in the Secondary Market, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares in the Secondary Market.

The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid/ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers, or other participants that trade the Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid/ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Sub-Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities.

Shares are Not Individually Redeemable – Shares are only redeemable by the Fund at NAV if they are tendered in large blocks known as “Creation Units” which are expected to be worth in excess of $1 million each.  Only APs may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  Individual Shares may be sold on a stock exchange at their current market prices, which may be less, more, or equal to their NAV. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will be maintained for the Shares.

Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV – There is no obligation by any market maker to make a market in the Fund’s shares or by any AP to submit creation or redemption orders. Decisions by market makers or APs to reduce or step away from the Fund in a time of market stress could inhibit the arbitrage process by which a relationship between the Fund’s NAV per share and the market trading prices of the shares is maintained. Thus, reduced effectiveness of the arbitrage function could result in Fund shares trading at a discount to NAV per share and also with greater than normal intra-day bid/ask spreads.

Trend Lag Risk - Trend indicator signal changes pursuant to which Fund exposure and investments are determined, are designed to become effective in the Fund the business day following the indicator signal. As a result of this, the Fund may be exposed to downward trends and/or market volatility and may not achieve immediate exposure to upward trends and/or market volatility.

Performance Information
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and therefore does not report its performance information. When the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year, performance information will be shown here. Updated performance information will be available on www.wbishares.com, the Fund’s “Website,” or by calling the Fund toll-free at (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837.

Management
Investment Advisor. Millington Securities, Inc. is the Fund’s investment advisor and has selected its affiliate WBI Investments, Inc. to act as the sub-advisor to the Fund and to be responsible for its day-to-day investment management.

Portfolio Managers.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are as follows:

·
Steven Van Solkema, co-portfolio manager. Mr. Van Solkema joined the Sub-Advisor in 2019 and is its Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.
·
Don Schreiber, Jr., co-portfolio manager. Mr. Schreiber founded the Sub-Advisor in 1984 and is its Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.

Purchase and Sale of Shares
Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in Creation Units comprised of blocks of 25,000 Shares, or whole multiples thereof.  Only a broker-dealer (“Authorized Participant”) that enters into an appropriate agreement with the Fund’s distributor may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  The Fund’s Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed “in-kind”, for securities in the Fund, but may also be issued and redeemed in cash. Retail investors may acquire Shares on the NYSE Arca through a broker-dealer. Shares of the Fund will trade at market price rather than NAV. As such, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase Shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Sub-Advisor 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.

WBI BULLBEAR TREND SWITCH US 1000 ETF

Investment Objective
The WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation, with the potential for current income, while also seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors purchasing Shares on a national securities exchange, national securities association or over-the-counter trading system where Shares may trade from time to time (each, a “Secondary Market”) may be subject to customary brokerage commissions charged by their broker that are not reflected in the table set forth below.

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

Management Fee
0.65%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses
0.00%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(a)
0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.68%

(a)
The Fund has not yet commenced operations and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts, on an annualized basis, for the current fiscal year.  Acquired Funds Fees & Expenses represent the Fund’s pro rata share of fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investing in other funds, including ETFs and money market funds.

Example. This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.  Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of exchange-traded fund shares, which are not reflected in the example.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain at current levels. The return of 5% and estimated expenses are for illustration purposes only and should not be considered indicators of expected Fund expenses or performance, which may be greater or less than the estimates. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
$69
 
$218

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund incurs implicit and explicit transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). Such costs may include, but are not limited to, market impact, which is the effect that a market participant has when it buys or sells an asset, and commissions.  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of any in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s Shares. Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund uses a rules-based methodology to implement a systematic strategy that directs exposure to either (i) U.S. large capitalization equity securities, that WBI Investments, Inc., the sub-advisor (“Sub-Advisor”) to the Fund and an affiliate of Millington Securities, Inc., the advisor (“Advisor”), believes offer the potential for a high correlation to the performance of the broader U.S. large capitalization equities market; or (ii) cash or cash equivalents. The Fund’s exposure direction is driven by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based equity model (the “Equity Model”) which utilizes a systematic approach analyzing macro-economic factors and technical market trends including, among others, those relating to monetary policy, valuation, sentiment and change in interest rates, to assess risk and generate their signals, and is described further below. Since cash and cash equivalents are among the investment opportunities evaluated by the Equity Model, the Fund may invest in and hold most, if not all, of its net assets in cash or cash equivalents as part of the normal operation of its investment strategy.

When the Fund is invested in equity securities it will invest in U.S. large capitalization equity securities, and ETFs or ETNs with exposure to U.S. large capitalization equity securities. Large capitalization companies are those that have higher market capitalization than small and medium capitalization companies in their primary market when ranked in order of market capital. For publicly-traded U.S. companies in the current environment, this would include companies with market capitalizations of greater than approximately $10 billion. When the Fund is not invested in equity securities, it will invest solely in cash and cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity date that was three (3) months or less at the time of purchase.

The investment process used for the Fund attempts to provide consistent, attractive returns net of expenses with potentially less volatility and risk to capital than traditional approaches, whatever market conditions may be. This is the Fund’s definition of an absolute return approach to investment management, and such an approach is used (in part) to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund uses the Equity Model, which directs exposure exclusively to either the equity securities of U.S. large capitalization companies or exclusively to cash or cash equivalents. The purpose of the Equity Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of the large capitalization companies’ segment of the equity market with respect to its sensitivity to the then current level of market risk and respond to only those investment environments that are likely to produce significant changes in market performance. The Equity Model signals indicate whether market conditions call for the Fund to remain in either of its possible exposure positions. The Fund may remain in a particular exposure position for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the Equity Indicator of the Equity Model, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Equity Model is used by the Sub-Advisor to determine when the risk of investing in the U.S. large capitalization equity market is high or low. The Equity Model relies on quantitative methods to assist the Sub-Advisor in forming its view of the risk associated with investment exposure to the U.S. large capitalization equity market at any given time.

When the Equity Model signals that risk is low, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to U.S. large capitalization equities. When the Equity Model signals that risk is high, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to cash or cash equivalents.

The various quantitative methods and analysis utilized in the Sub-Advisor’s Equity Model are based on numerous factors which may affect the value of a security or a broader group of securities. Primary factors evaluated by the Equity Model include:

·
Macroeconomic (economy and industry conditions)
·
Momentum (measurements of the rate-of-change in security prices)
·
Sentiment (perception and beliefs of individuals regarding future expectations)
·
Fundamental (company and industry valuation conditions), and
              ·   
Technical (indicators based upon historical security prices, volume and liquidity)

The Equity Model uses statistical forecasting techniques, such as regression analysis, to examine the relationship and influence that these factors may have on the risk associated with an investment in the U.S. large capitalization equity market.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by implementing the Equity Indicator’s recommendations and principally investing directly in the following different types of instruments:

·
U.S. large capitalization equities, and cash or cash equivalents (“Direct Investments”) which are:
·
equity securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertibles, and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); and
·
cash and cash equivalents including money market accounts, U.S. Treasury Bills, and commercial paper;
·
Registered fund shares (“investment company shares”) where such funds’ portfolios primarily contain Direct Investments. Investment company shares through which the Fund obtains indirect exposure to Direct Investments include those issued by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); and
·
Exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and listed and over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives whose performance is designed to track the performance of Direct Investments (such derivatives together with ETNs and investment company shares are referred to as “Indirect Investments”). Indirect Investments may include gaining exposure to Direct Investments through listed and OTC derivatives, including:
·
futures contracts, swap agreements, and forward contracts; and
·
options on securities, indices, and futures contracts.

The Fund is an actively managed ETF.  The Sub-Advisor actively manages the Fund’s portfolio.  As a result, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund, especially during periods of significant volatility, may be high.  The Sub-Advisor expects that the Fund’s investment strategy will result in a portfolio turnover rate in excess of 100% on an annual basis. Since the Fund’s principal investment strategy is expected to result in a higher annual portfolio turnover rate than that of many other investment companies, the Fund may experience higher portfolio transaction costs and Shares held in taxable accounts may incur higher taxes than what may be experienced by other investment companies and their shares.

The Fund is considered to be diversified.

For additional information about the Fund’s principal investment strategies and the investment process, see “Description of the Principal Strategies of the Funds.”

Principal Risks
Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Fund’s Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk and the Fund does not represent a complete investment program. As with all investments, you may lose money in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit, is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency, and may lose value. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund. A more complete discussion of Principal Risks is included under “Description of the Principal Risks of the Funds”.

Losing all or a portion of your investment is a risk of investing in the Fund. The following additional risks could affect the value of your investment, and are ordered alphabetically rather than by importance. You should understand these risks before investing.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”) to create and redeem Fund Shares. To the extent that these APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and redemption orders and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for the Fund’s Shares and such Shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face de-listing.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Position Risk – If the Fund invests all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents for extended periods of time, it could reduce the Fund’s potential return and prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective as the limited returns of cash equivalents may lag other investment instruments.

Counterparty Risk – Many of the protections afforded to participants on some organized exchanges, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions. In those instances, another ETF holding such derivatives (in which the Fund invests) will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions and that such ETF will sustain losses.

Derivatives Risk – A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, such as a security, a commodity (such as gold or silver), a currency or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500® or the prime lending rate). The Fund may invest in futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and options on securities, indices, and futures contracts. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests only in conventional securities. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations. Derivatives generally involve the incurrence of leverage. To address such leverage and to prevent the Fund from being deemed to have issued senior securities as a result of an investment in derivatives, the Fund will segregate liquid assets equal to its obligations under the derivatives throughout the life of the investment.

Equity Options Risk – Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By writing put options on equity securities, the Fund would give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the strike prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio. The Fund will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised. The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

Equity Securities Risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. If the Fund holds common stock or common stock equivalents of any given issuer, it will generally be exposed to greater risk than if the Fund held preferred stocks and debt obligations of such issuer.

ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk – When the Fund invests in another ETF or other investment company (e.g., mutual fund, closed-end fund, business development company), it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of such investment company’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or other investment company generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities and other assets held by the ETF or other investment company. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs and other exchange-listed investment companies. Additionally, the Fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an ETF or other investment company, including but not limited to those of ETNs, equity options, derivatives, currencies, index, leverage, and replication management.

Exchange-Traded Note Risk – The value of an ETN may be influenced by the time remaining before its maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the notes issued by ETNs and held by a fund are unsecured debt of the issuer.

Fundamental Business Risk – Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate.  The Fund’s investments in companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition may lose value relative to the stocks of other companies, causing the Fund to underperform funds that do not invest in companies primarily on the basis of their underlying financial condition.

Government Obligations Risk – The Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government. There can be no guarantee that the United States will be able to meet its payment obligations with respect to such securities. Additionally, market prices and yields of securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government may decline or be negative for short or long periods of time.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund’s anticipated annual portfolio turnover rate is in excess of 100%. Such a high portfolio turnover rate has the potential to (1) cause high portfolio transaction costs that could negatively impact Fund performance, and (2) result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains, which may subject you to a higher tax liability. At times of extreme and prolonged market volatility, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than 100%. A higher portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction expenses, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark ups and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities, which may result in reduced performance, and the distribution to shareholders of additional capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

Investment Style Risk – The prices of stocks in the Fund’s portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific issuer or industry. These risks are generally greater for small and medium-sized companies. The Fund may invest in securities, directly or indirectly, that are susceptible to specific investment risks. To the extent the Fund invests in dividend-paying common stocks, growth stocks, value stocks, or the stocks of companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition, the Fund may underperform funds that invest in other types of securities.

Large-Capitalization Companies Risk – The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of large-capitalization companies underperform securities of smaller-capitalization companies or the market as a whole. The securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion.

Liquidity Risk – The Fund’s investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by the Fund halt trading, such as due to an exchange’s limit-up, limit-down rules, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of the Fund being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk – An investment in the Fund varies with the success and failure of the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies and the Sub-Advisor’s research, analysis, and determination of portfolio securities. If the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies, including its quantitative models, do not produce the expected results, the market value or NAV of the Shares would decrease.

Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole or the value of an investment held by the Fund may go down, resulting in a decrease in the market value or NAV of the Shares.  For example, there is the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Fund, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Fund’s Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Quantitative Model Risk – The Sub-Advisor uses quantitative models in an effort to enhance returns and manage risk. Any imperfections, errors or limitations in these models could limit any benefit to the Fund from the use of the models, or could result in incorrect outputs or in investment outcomes different from or opposite to those expected or desired by the Sub-Advisor. There can be no assurance that the models will behave as expected in all market conditions. In addition, computer programming used to create quantitative models, or the data on which such models operate, might contain one or more errors.

REIT Risk – Investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate.  Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions.  REITs are more dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, generally dependent on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.  REITs are subject to complex tax qualification and compliance rules.  In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and therefore Fund shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which the Fund invests.

Share Trading Price Risk – The Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca and will be bought and sold in the Secondary Market at market prices. Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of the Fund’s Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the exchange price and the NAV vary significantly. Thus, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares in the Secondary Market, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares in the Secondary Market.

The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid/ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers, or other participants that trade the Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid/ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Sub-Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities.

Shares are Not Individually Redeemable – Shares are only redeemable by the Fund at NAV if they are tendered in large blocks known as “Creation Units” which are expected to be worth in excess of $1 million each.  Only APs may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  Individual Shares may be sold on a stock exchange at their current market prices, which may be less, more, or equal to their NAV. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will be maintained for the Shares.

Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV – There is no obligation by any market maker to make a market in the Fund’s shares or by any AP to submit creation or redemption orders. Decisions by market makers or APs to reduce or step away from the Fund in a time of market stress could inhibit the arbitrage process by which a relationship between the Fund’s NAV per share and the market trading prices of the shares is maintained. Thus, reduced effectiveness of the arbitrage function could result in Fund shares trading at a discount to NAV per share and also with greater than normal intra-day bid/ask spreads.

Trend Lag Risk - Trend indicator signal changes pursuant to which Fund exposure and investments are determined, are designed to become effective in the Fund the business day following the indicator signal. As a result of this, the Fund may be exposed to downward trends and/or market volatility and may not achieve immediate exposure to upward trends and/or market volatility.

Performance Information
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and therefore does not report its performance information. When the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year, performance information will be shown here. Updated performance information will be available on www.wbishares.com, the Fund’s “Website,” or by calling the Fund toll-free at (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837.

Management
Investment Advisor.  Millington Securities, Inc. is the Fund’s investment advisor and has selected its affiliate WBI Investments, Inc. to act as the sub-advisor to the Fund and to be responsible for its day-to-day investment management.

Portfolio Managers.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are as follows:

·
Steven Van Solkema, co-portfolio manager. Mr. Van Solkema joined the Sub-Advisor in 2019 and is its Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.
·
Don Schreiber, Jr., co-portfolio manager. Mr. Schreiber founded the Sub-Advisor in 1984 and is its Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.

Purchase and Sale of Shares
Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in Creation Units comprised of blocks of 25,000 Shares, or whole multiples thereof.  Only a broker-dealer (“Authorized Participant”) that enters into an appropriate agreement with the Fund’s distributor may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  The Fund’s Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed “in-kind”, for securities in the Fund, but may also be issued and redeemed in cash. Retail investors may acquire Shares on the NYSE Arca through a broker-dealer. Shares of the Fund will trade at market price rather than NAV. As such, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase Shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Sub-Advisor 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.

WBI BULLBEAR TREND SWITCH US 2000 ETF

Investment Objective
The WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation, with the potential for current income, while also seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors purchasing Shares on a national securities exchange, national securities association, or over-the-counter trading system where Shares may trade from time to time (each, a “Secondary Market”) may be subject to customary brokerage commissions charged by their broker that are not reflected in the table set forth below.

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

Management Fee
0.65%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses
0.00%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(a)
0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.68%

(a)
The Fund has not yet commenced operations and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts, on an annualized basis, for the current fiscal year.  Acquired Funds Fees & Expenses represent the Fund’s pro rata share of fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investing in other funds, including ETFs and money market funds.

Example. This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.  Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of exchange-traded fund shares, which are not reflected in the example.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain at current levels. The return of 5% and estimated expenses are for illustration purposes only and should not be considered indicators of expected Fund expenses or performance, which may be greater or less than the estimates. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
$69
 
$218

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund incurs implicit and explicit transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). Such costs may include, but are not limited to, market impact, which is the effect that a market participant has when it buys or sells an asset, and commissions.  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of any in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s Shares. . Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund uses a rules-based methodology to implement a systematic strategy that directs exposure to either (i) U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity securities, that WBI Investments, Inc., the sub-advisor (“Sub-Advisor”) to the Fund and an affiliate of Millington Securities, Inc., the advisor (“Advisor”), believes offer the potential for a high correlation to the performance of the broader U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equities market; or (ii) cash or cash equivalents. The Fund’s exposure direction is driven by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based equity model (the “Equity Model”) which utilizes a systematic approach analyzing macro-economic factors and technical market trends including, among others, those relating to monetary policy, valuation, sentiment and change in interest rates, to assess risk and generate their signals, and is described further below. Since cash and cash equivalents are among the investment opportunities evaluated by the Equity Model, the Fund may invest in and hold most, if not all, of its net assets in cash or cash equivalents as part of the normal operation of its investment strategy.

When the Fund is invested in equity securities it will invest in U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity securities, and ETFs or ETNs with exposure to U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity securities. Small-capitalization and medium-sized capitalization companies are those that have lower market capitalization than large capitalization companies in their primary market. For publicly-traded U.S. companies in the current environment, this would include companies with market capitalizations of less than approximately $10 billion. When the Fund is not invested in equity securities, it will invest solely in cash and cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity date that was three (3) months or less at the time of purchase. The investment process used for the Fund attempts to provide consistent, attractive returns net of expenses with potentially less volatility and risk to capital than traditional approaches, whatever market conditions may be. This is the Fund’s definition of an absolute return approach to investment management, and such an approach is used (in part) to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund uses the Equity Model, which directs exposure exclusively to either the equity securities of U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization companies or exclusively to cash or cash equivalents. The purpose of the Equity Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of the small and medium-sized capitalization companies’ segment of the equity market with respect to its sensitivity to the then current level of market risk and respond to only those investment environments that are likely to produce significant changes in market performance. The Equity Model signals indicate whether market conditions call for the Fund to remain in either of its possible exposure positions. The Fund may remain in a particular exposure position for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the Equity Indicator of the Equity Model, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Equity Model is used by the Sub-Advisor to determine when the risk of investing in the U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity market is high or low. The Equity Model relies on quantitative methods to assist the Sub-Advisor in forming its view of the risk associated with investment exposure to the U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity market at any given time.

When the Equity Model signals that risk is low, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equities. When the Equity Model signals that risk is high, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to cash or cash equivalents.

The various quantitative methods and analysis utilized in the Sub-Advisor’s Equity Model are based on numerous factors which may affect the value of a security or a broader group of securities. Primary factors evaluated by the Equity Model include:

·
Macroeconomic (economy and industry conditions)
·
Momentum (measurements of the rate-of-change in security prices)
·
Sentiment (perception and beliefs of individuals regarding future expectations)
·
Fundamental (company and industry valuation conditions), and
·
Technical (indicators based upon historical security prices, volume and liquidity)

The Equity Model uses statistical forecasting techniques, such as regression analysis, to examine the relationship and influence that these factors may have on the risk associated with an investment in the U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity market.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by implementing the Equity Indicator’s recommendations and principally investing directly in the following different types of instruments:

·
U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equities, and cash or cash equivalents (“Direct Investments”) which are:
·
equity securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertibles, and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); and
·
cash and cash equivalents including money market accounts, U.S. Treasury Bills, and commercial paper; and
·
Registered fund shares (“investment company shares”) where such funds’ portfolios primarily contain Direct Investments. Investment company shares through which the fund obtains in to Direct Investments includes those issued by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); and
·
Exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and listed and over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives whose performance is designed to track the performance of Direct Investments (such derivatives together with ETNs and investment company shares are referred to as “Indirect Investments”). Indirect Investments may include gaining exposure to Direct Investments through listed and OTC derivatives, including:
·
futures contracts, swap agreements, and forward contracts; and
·
options on securities, indices, and futures contracts.

The Fund is an actively managed ETF.  The Sub-Advisor actively manages the Fund’s portfolio.  As a result, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund, especially during periods of significant volatility, may be high.  The Sub-Advisor expects that the Fund’s investment strategy will result in a portfolio turnover rate in excess of 100% on an annual basis. Since the Fund’s principal investment strategy is expected to result in a higher annual portfolio turnover rate than that of many other investment companies, the Fund may experience higher portfolio transaction costs and Shares held in taxable accounts may incur higher taxes than what may be experienced by other investment companies and their shares.

The Fund is considered to be diversified.

For additional information about the Fund’s principal investment strategies and the investment process, see “Description of the Principal Strategies of the Funds.”

Principal Risks
Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Fund’s Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk and the Fund does not represent a complete investment program. As with all investments, you may lose money in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit, is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency, and may lose value. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund. A more complete discussion of Principal Risks is included under “Description of the Principal Risks of the Funds”.

Losing all or a portion of your investment is a risk of investing in the Fund. The following additional risks could affect the value of your investment, and are ordered alphabetically rather than by importance. You should understand these risks before investing.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”) to create and redeem Fund Shares. To the extent that these APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and redemption orders and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for the Fund’s Shares and such Shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face de-listing.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Position Risk – If the Fund invests all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents for extended periods of time, it could reduce the Fund’s potential return and prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective as the limited returns of cash equivalents may lag other investment instruments.

Counterparty Risk – Many of the protections afforded to participants on some organized exchanges, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions. In those instances, another ETF holding such derivatives (in which the Fund invests) will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions and that such ETF will sustain losses.

Derivatives Risk – A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, such as a security, a commodity (such as gold or silver), a currency or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500® or the prime lending rate). The Fund may invest in futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and options on securities, indices, and futures contracts. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests only in conventional securities. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations. Derivatives generally involve the incurrence of leverage. To address such leverage and to prevent the Fund from being deemed to have issued senior securities as a result of an investment in derivatives, the Fund will segregate liquid assets equal to its obligations under the derivatives throughout the life of the investment.

Equity Options Risk – Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By writing put options on equity securities, the Fund would give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the strike prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio. The Fund will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised. The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

Equity Securities Risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. If the Fund holds common stock or common stock equivalents of any given issuer, it will generally be exposed to greater risk than if the Fund held preferred stocks and debt obligations of such issuer.

ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk – When the Fund invests in another ETF or other investment company (e.g., mutual fund, closed-end fund, business development company), it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of such investment company’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or other investment company generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities and other assets held by the ETF or other investment company. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs and other exchange-listed investment companies. Additionally, the Fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an ETF or other investment company, including but not limited to those of ETNs, equity options, derivatives, currencies, index, leverage, and replication management.

Exchange-Traded Note Risk – The value of an ETN may be influenced by the time remaining before its maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the notes issued by ETNs and held by a fund are unsecured debt of the issuer.

Fundamental Business Risk – Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate.  The Fund’s investments in companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition may lose value relative to the stocks of other companies, causing the Fund to underperform funds that do not invest in companies primarily on the basis of their underlying financial condition.

Government Obligations Risk – The Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government. There can be no guarantee that the United States will be able to meet its payment obligations with respect to such securities. Additionally, market prices and yields of securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government may decline or be negative for short or long periods of time.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund’s anticipated annual portfolio turnover rate is in excess of 100%. Such a high portfolio turnover rate has the potential to (1) cause high portfolio transaction costs that could negatively impact Fund performance, and (2) result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains, which may subject you to a higher tax liability. At times of extreme and prolonged market volatility, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than 100%. A higher portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction expenses, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark ups and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities, which may result in reduced performance, and the distribution to shareholders of additional capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

Investment Style Risk – The prices of stocks in the Fund’s portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific issuer or industry. These risks are generally greater for small and medium-sized companies. The Fund may invest in securities, directly or indirectly, that are susceptible to specific investment risks. To the extent the Fund invests in dividend-paying common stocks, growth stocks, value stocks, or the stocks of companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition, the Fund may underperform funds that invest in other types of securities.

Liquidity Risk – The Fund’s investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by the Fund halt trading, such as due to an exchange’s limit-up, limit-down rules, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of the Fund being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk – An investment in the Fund varies with the success and failure of the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies and the Sub-Advisor’s research, analysis, and determination of portfolio securities. If the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies, including its quantitative models, do not produce the expected results, the market value or NAV of the Shares would decrease.

Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole or the value of an investment held by the Fund may go down, resulting in a decrease in the market value or NAV of the Shares.  For example, there is the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Fund, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Fund’s Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Quantitative Model Risk – The Sub-Advisor uses quantitative models in an effort to enhance returns and manage risk. Any imperfections, errors or limitations in these models could limit any benefit to the Fund from the use of the models, or could result in incorrect outputs or in investment outcomes different from or opposite to those expected or desired by the Sub-Advisor. There can be no assurance that the models will behave as expected in all market conditions. In addition, computer programming used to create quantitative models, or the data on which such models operate, might contain one or more errors.

REIT Risk – Investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate.  Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions.  REITs are more dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, generally dependent on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.  REITs are subject to complex tax qualification and compliance rules.  In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and therefore Fund shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which the Fund invests.

Share Trading Price Risk – The Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca and will be bought and sold in the Secondary Market at market prices. Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of the Fund’s Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the exchange price and the NAV vary significantly. Thus, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares in the Secondary Market, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares in the Secondary Market.

The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid/ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers, or other participants that trade the Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid/ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Sub-Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities.

Shares are Not Individually Redeemable – Shares are only redeemable by the Fund at NAV if they are tendered in large blocks known as “Creation Units” which are expected to be worth in excess of $1 million each.  Only APs may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  Individual Shares may be sold on a stock exchange at their current market prices, which may be less, more, or equal to their NAV. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will be maintained for the Shares.

Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV – There is no obligation by any market maker to make a market in the Fund’s shares or by any AP to submit creation or redemption orders. Decisions by market makers or APs to reduce or step away from the Fund in a time of market stress could inhibit the arbitrage process by which a relationship between the Fund’s NAV per share and the market trading prices of the shares is maintained. Thus, reduced effectiveness of the arbitrage function could result in Fund shares trading at a discount to NAV per share and also with greater than normal intra-day bid/ask spreads.

Small and Medium-Sized Companies Risk – Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies may involve greater volatility than investing in larger and more established companies because small and medium capitalization companies can be subject to more abrupt or erratic share price changes than larger, more established companies.

Trend Lag Risk - Trend indicator signal changes pursuant to which Fund exposure and investments are determined, are designed to become effective in the Fund the business day following the indicator signal. As a result of this, the Fund may be exposed to downward trends and/or market volatility and may not achieve immediate exposure to upward trends and/or market volatility.

Performance Information
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and therefore does not report its performance information. When the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year, performance information will be shown here. Updated performance information will be available on www.wbishares.com, the Fund’s “Website,” or by calling the Fund toll-free at (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837.

Management
Investment Advisor.  Millington Securities, Inc. is the Fund’s investment advisor and has selected its affiliate WBI Investments, Inc. to act as the sub-advisor to the Fund and to be responsible for its day-to-day investment management.

Portfolio Managers.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are as follows:

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Steven Van Solkema, co-portfolio manager. Mr. Van Solkema joined the Sub-Advisor in 2019 and is its Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.
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Don Schreiber, Jr., co-portfolio manager. Mr. Schreiber founded the Sub-Advisor in 1984 and is its Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.

Purchase and Sale of Shares
Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in Creation Units comprised of blocks of 25,000 Shares, or whole multiples thereof.  Only a broker-dealer (“Authorized Participant”) that enters into an appropriate agreement with the Fund’s distributor may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  The Fund’s Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed “in-kind”, for securities in the Fund, but may also be issued and redeemed in cash. Retail investors may acquire Shares on the NYSE Arca through a broker-dealer. Shares of the Fund will trade at market price rather than NAV. As such, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Sub-Advisor 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.

WBI BULLBEAR TREND SWITCH US 1000 TOTAL RETURN ETF

Investment Objective
The WBI BullBear Trend Switch 1000 Total Return ETF’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation, while also seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors purchasing Shares on a national securities exchange, national securities association, or over-the-counter trading system where Shares may trade from time to time (each, a “Secondary Market”) may be subject to customary brokerage commissions charged by their broker that are not reflected in the table set forth below.

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

Management Fee
0.65%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses
0.00%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses
0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.68%

(a)
The Fund has not yet commenced operations and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts, on an annualized basis, for the current fiscal year.  Acquired Funds Fees & Expenses represent the Fund’s pro rata share of fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investing in other funds, including ETFs and money market funds.

Example. This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.  Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of exchange-traded fund shares, which are not reflected in the example.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain at current levels. The return of 5% and estimated expenses are for illustration purposes only and should not be considered indicators of expected Fund expenses or performance, which may be greater or less than the estimates. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
$69
 
$218

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund incurs implicit and explicit transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). Such costs may include, but are not limited to, market impact, which is the effect that a market participant has when it buys or sells an asset, and commissions.  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of any in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s Shares. . Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund uses a rules-based methodology to implement a systematic strategy which directs exposure to either (i) U.S. large capitalization equity securities, that WBI Investments, Inc., the sub-advisor (“Sub-Advisor”) to the Fund and an affiliate of Millington Securities, Inc., the advisor (“Advisor”), believes offer the potential for a high correlation to the performance of the broader U.S. large capitalization equities market; or (ii) U.S. fixed income securities that the Sub-Advisor, believes display attractive prospects for current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation under then current market conditions. The Fund’s exposure direction is driven first by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based equity model (the “Equity Model”), and subsequently, if applicable, by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based bond model (the “Bond Model”). Both the Equity Model and the Bond Model (referred to together as, the “Models”) utilize a systematic approach analyzing macro-economic factors and technical market trends including, among others, those relating to commodities, monetary policy, valuation, sentiment and change in interest rates, to assess risk and generate their signals, and are described further below. Since cash and cash equivalents are among the investment opportunities evaluated by the Models, the Fund may invest in and hold most, if not all, of its net assets in cash or cash equivalents as part of the normal operation of its investment strategy.

When the Fund is invested in equity securities it will invest in U.S. large capitalization equity securities, and ETFs or ETNs with exposure to U.S. large capitalization equity securities. Large capitalization companies are those that have higher market capitalization than small and medium-capitalization companies in their primary market when ranked in order of market capital. For publicly-traded U.S. companies in the current environment, this would include companies with market capitalizations of greater than approximately $10 billion.

When the Fund is not invested in equity securities, it will invest debt securities selected on the basis of the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks in the U.S. fixed income market using its Bond Model. The purpose of the Bond Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of selected segments of the fixed income market with respect to their sensitivity to credit quality and duration. The types of debt securities in which the Fund will invest are U.S. treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, and U.S. high yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”), and ETFs and ETNs with exposure to the debt securities described. The Fund expects to invest in debt securities of short and long durations, depending on the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks along the yield curve. The yield curve refers to differences in yield among debt assets of varying maturities.

The Funds defines a total return fund as one that seeks to maximize gains from both income generating investments, such as bonds and dividend paying stocks, while simultaneously aiming to invest in assets which will experience capital appreciation, and as such these approaches are used (in part) to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund uses the Equity Model, which directs exposure exclusively either to the equity securities of U.S. large capitalization companies or exclusively to U.S. fixed income securities under the Bond Model. The purpose of the Equity Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of the large capitalization companies’ segment of the U.S. equity market with respect to its sensitivity to the then current level of market risk and respond to only those investment environments that are likely to produce significant changes in market performance. The Equity Model signals indicate whether market conditions call for the Fund to remain in either of its possible exposure positions. The Fund may remain in a particular exposure position for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the Equity Indicator of the Equity Model, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Equity Model is used by the Sub-Adviser to determine when the risk of investing in the U.S. large capitalization equity market is high or low. The Equity Model relies on quantitative methods to assist the Sub-Adviser in forming its view of the risk associated with investment exposure to the U.S. large capitalization equity market at any given time.

When the Equity Model signals that risk is low, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to U.S. large capitalization equities. When the Equity Model signals that risk is high, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to debt securities under the Bond Model.

The various quantitative methods and analysis utilized in the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Model are based on numerous factors which may affect the value of a security or a broader group of securities. Primary factors evaluated by the Equity Model include:

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Macroeconomic (economy and industry conditions)
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Momentum (measurements of the rate-of-change in security prices)
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Sentiment (perception and beliefs of individuals regarding future expectations)
·
Fundamental (company and industry valuation conditions), and
·
Technical (indicators based upon historical security prices, volume and liquidity)

The Equity Model uses statistical forecasting techniques, such as regression analysis, to examine the relationship and influence that these factors may have on the risk associated with an investment in the U.S. large capitalization equity market.

When the Equity Indicator recommends that the Fund’s exposure be to U.S. fixed income securities, the Fund uses the Bond Model, which directs investment exposure to debt securities (or bonds) of a particular duration and credit quality. Duration is a measure of a debt security’s expected price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Debt security prices typically have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Rising interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to decline, while declining interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to rise. As a general rule, for every 1% increase or decrease in interest rates, a debt security's price will change approximately 1% in the opposite direction for every year of duration. For example, if a bond has a duration of three years and interest rates increase by 1%, the bond’s price is expected to decline by approximately 3%. Credit quality is a measure of a borrower’s (or bond issuer’s) creditworthiness or risk of default. A company or bond’s credit quality may also be known as its “bond rating” as determined by private independent rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. Each rating agency has its own credit quality designations which typically range from high (‘AAA’ to ‘AA’) to medium (‘A’ to ‘BBB’) to low (‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CC’ to ‘C’).

The Bond Model generates both a credit quality signal and a duration signal. The combination of the Bond Model’s credit quality signal and the duration signal indicates the recommended debt security exposure. For example, the Bond Model’s credit quality signal may indicate that exposure to relatively lower rated debt securities is appropriate. Simultaneously, the Bond Model’s duration signal may indicate that exposure to relatively short duration debt securities is appropriate. In this example, the combination of the two Bond Model signals would indicate that exposure to lower rated debt securities with short duration is appropriate. Market conditions may call for the Fund to remain in any of the possible exposure positions for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the following signals, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Sub-Advisor’s credit quality signal indicates the fixed income credit quality that current conditions are more likely to favor among U.S. Treasuries, U.S. investment grade bonds, or U.S. high yield bonds on the basis of credit quality probability and credit condition momentum analysis. Credit quality probability analysis seeks to predict which of the three possible credit quality debt securities market segments is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Credit momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current credit state will be recommended.

The Sub-Advisor’s duration signal indicates whether current conditions are more likely to favor bonds of short or long maturities on the basis of duration probability and duration momentum analysis. Duration probability analysis seeks to predict whether long or short duration exposure to the credit quality debt securities determined by the credit quality signal is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Duration momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current duration will be recommended.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by implementing the Equity Indicator’s recommendations, and when the Equity Indicator recommends that the Fund’s exposure be to U.S. fixed income securities, following the Bond Model signals, in each instance principally investing directly in the following different types of instruments:

·
U.S. large capitalization equities, and cash or cash equivalents (“Direct Investments”) which are:
·
equity securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertibles, and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); and
·
cash and cash equivalents including money market accounts, U.S. Treasury Bills, and commercial paper; and
·
U.S. Treasuries, U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds, and U.S. High Yield Bonds issued by the U.S. government and U.S. public and private companies (“Direct Investments”); and
·
Registered fund shares (“investment company shares”) where such funds’ portfolios primarily contain Direct Investments. Investment company shares through which the Fund obtains indirect exposure to Direct Investments include those issued by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and
·
Exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and listed and over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives whose performance is designed to track the performance of Direct Investments (such derivatives together with ETNs and investment company shares are referred to as “Indirect Investments”). Indirect Investments include gaining exposure to Direct Investments through listed and OTC derivatives, including:
·
futures contracts, swap agreements, and forward contracts; and
·
options on securities, indices, and futures contracts.

The Fund is an actively managed ETF.  The Sub-Advisor actively manages the Fund’s portfolio.  As a result, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund, especially during periods of significant volatility, may be high.  The Sub-Advisor expects that the Fund’s investment strategy will result in a portfolio turnover rate in excess of 300% on an annual basis. Since the Fund’s principal investment strategy is expected to result in a higher annual portfolio turnover rate than that of many other investment companies, the Fund may experience higher portfolio transaction costs and Shares held in taxable accounts may incur higher taxes than what may be experienced by other investment companies and their shares.

The Fund is considered to be diversified.

For additional information about the Fund’s principal investment strategies and the investment process, see “Description of the Principal Strategies of the Funds.”

Principal Risks
Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Fund’s Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk and the Fund does not represent a complete investment program. As with all investments, you may lose money in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit, is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency, and may lose value. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund. A more complete discussion of Principal Risks is included under “Description of the Principal Risks of the Funds”.

Losing all or a portion of your investment is a risk of investing in the Fund. The following additional risks could affect the value of your investment, and are ordered alphabetically rather than by importance. You should understand these risks before investing.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”) to create and redeem Fund Shares. To the extent that these APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and redemption orders and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for the Fund’s Shares and such Shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face de-listing.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Position Risk – If the Fund invests all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents for extended periods of time, it could reduce the Fund’s potential return and prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective as the limited returns of cash equivalents may lag other investment instruments.

Counterparty Risk – Many of the protections afforded to participants on some organized exchanges, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions. In those instances, another ETF holding such derivatives (in which the Fund invests) will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions and that such ETF will sustain losses.

Debt Securities Risk – The market value of debt securities held by the Fund typically changes as interest rates change, as demand for the instruments changes, and as actual or perceived creditworthiness of an issuer changes. Additionally, debt securities with longer durations are expected to experience greater price movements than securities with shorter duration for the same change in prevailing interest rates. During periods of rising interest rates, the market value of the debt securities held by the Fund will generally decline. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest. There is also the risk that an issuer may “call,” or repay, its high-yielding bonds before their maturity dates. Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.

Derivatives Risk – A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, such as a security, a commodity (such as gold or silver), a currency or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500® or the prime lending rate). The Fund may invest in futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and options on securities, indices, and futures contracts. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests only in conventional securities. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations. Derivatives generally involve the incurrence of leverage. To address such leverage and to prevent the Fund from being deemed to have issued senior securities as a result of an investment in derivatives, the Fund will segregate liquid assets equal to its obligations under the derivatives throughout the life of the investment.

Equity Options Risk – Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By writing put options on equity securities, the Fund would give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the strike prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio. The Fund will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised. The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

Equity Securities Risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. If the Fund holds common stock or common stock equivalents of any given issuer, it will generally be exposed to greater risk than if the Fund held preferred stocks and debt obligations of such issuer.

ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk – When the Fund invests in another ETF or other investment company (e.g., mutual fund, closed-end fund, business development company), it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of such investment company’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or other investment company generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities and other assets held by the ETF or other investment company. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs and other exchange-listed investment companies. Additionally, the Fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an ETF or other investment company, including but not limited to those of ETNs, equity options, derivatives, currencies, index, leverage, and replication management.

Exchange-Traded Note Risk – The value of an ETN may be influenced by the time remaining before its maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the notes issued by ETNs and held by a fund are unsecured debt of the issuer.

Fundamental Business Risk – Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate.  The Fund’s investments in companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition may lose value relative to the stocks of other companies, causing the Fund to underperform funds that do not invest in companies primarily on the basis of their underlying financial condition.

Government Obligations Risk – The Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government. There can be no guarantee that the United States will be able to meet its payment obligations with respect to such securities. Additionally, market prices and yields of securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government may decline or be negative for short or long periods of time.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund’s anticipated annual portfolio turnover rate is in excess of 300%. Such a high portfolio turnover rate has the potential to (1) cause high portfolio transaction costs that could negatively impact Fund performance, and (2) result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains, which may subject you to a higher tax liability. At times of extreme and prolonged market volatility, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than 300%. A higher portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction expenses, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark ups and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities, which may result in reduced performance, and the distribution to shareholders of additional capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

High-Yield Securities Risk – The debt securities that are rated below investment grade (i.e., “junk bonds”) are subject to additional risk factors such as increased possibility of default liquidation of the security and changes in value based on public perception of the issuer.  High-yield securities are inherently speculative.

Interest Rate Risk – The Fund’s performance may be adversely impacted when interest rates fall because the Fund may be exposed, directly or indirectly, to lower-yielding bonds. This risk may increase as bonds in the Fund’s portfolio mature. Interest rate risk is typically greater with respect to exposure to long-term bonds (or long-term bond funds) and lower for short-term bonds (or short-term bond funds).

Investment Style Risk – The prices of stocks and bonds in the Fund’s portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific issuer or industry. These risks are generally greater for small and medium-sized companies. The Fund may invest in securities, directly or indirectly, that are susceptible to specific investment risks. To the extent the Fund invests in dividend-paying common stocks, growth stocks, value stocks, or the stocks of companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition, the Fund may underperform funds that invest in other types of securities.

Large-Capitalization Companies Risk - The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of large-capitalization companies underperform securities of smaller-capitalization companies or the market as a whole. The securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion.

Liquidity Risk – The Fund’s investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by the Fund halt trading, such as due to an exchange’s limit-up, limit-down rules, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of the Fund being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk – An investment in the Fund varies with the success and failure of the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies and the Sub-Advisor’s research, analysis, and determination of portfolio securities. If the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies, including its quantitative models, do not produce the expected results, the market value or NAV of the Shares would decrease.

Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole or the value of an investment held by the Fund may go down, resulting in a decrease in the market value or NAV of the Shares.  For example, there is the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Fund, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Fund’s Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Quantitative Model Risk – The Sub-Advisor uses quantitative models in an effort to enhance returns and manage risk. Any imperfections, errors or limitations in these models could limit any benefit to the Fund from the use of the models, or could result in incorrect outputs or in investment outcomes different from or opposite to those expected or desired by the Sub-Advisor. There can be no assurance that the models will behave as expected in all market conditions. In addition, computer programming used to create quantitative models, or the data on which such models operate, might contain one or more errors.

REIT Risk – Investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate.  Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions.  REITs are more dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, generally dependent on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.  REITs are subject to complex tax qualification and compliance rules.  In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and therefore Fund shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which the Fund invests.

Share Trading Price Risk – The Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca and will be bought and sold in the Secondary Market at market prices. Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of the Fund’s Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the exchange price and the NAV vary significantly. Thus, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares in the Secondary Market, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares in the Secondary Market.

The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid/ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers, or other participants that trade the Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid/ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Sub-Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities.

Shares are Not Individually Redeemable – Shares are only redeemable by the Fund at NAV if they are tendered in large blocks known as “Creation Units” which are expected to be worth in excess of $1 million each.  Only APs may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  Individual Shares may be sold on a stock exchange at their current market prices, which may be less, more, or equal to their NAV. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will be maintained for the Shares.

Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV– There is no obligation by any market maker to make a market in the Fund’s shares or by any AP to submit creation or redemption orders. Decisions by market makers or APs to reduce or step away from the Fund in a time of market stress could inhibit the arbitrage process by which a relationship between the Fund’s NAV per share and the market trading prices of the shares is maintained. Thus, reduced effectiveness of the arbitrage function could result in Fund shares trading at a discount to NAV per share and also with greater than normal intra-day bid/ask spreads.

Trend Lag Risk - Trend indicator signal changes pursuant to which Fund exposure and investments are determined, are designed to become effective in the Fund the business day following the indicator signal. As a result of this, the Fund may be exposed to downward trends and/or market volatility and may not achieve immediate exposure to upward trends and/or market volatility.

Performance Information
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and therefore does not report its performance information. When the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year, performance information will be shown here. Updated performance information will be available on www.wbishares.com, the Fund’s “Website,” or by calling the Fund toll-free at (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837.

Management
Investment Advisor.  Millington Securities, Inc. is the Fund’s investment advisor and has selected its affiliate WBI Investments, Inc. to act as the sub-advisor to the Fund and to be responsible for its day-to-day investment management.

Portfolio Managers.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are as follows:

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Steven Van Solkema, co-portfolio manager. Mr. Van Solkema joined the Sub-Advisor in 2019 and is its Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.
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Don Schreiber, Jr., co-portfolio manager. Mr. Schreiber founded the Sub-Advisor in 1984 and is its Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.

Purchase and Sale of Shares
Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in Creation Units comprised of blocks of 25,000 Shares, or whole multiples thereof.  Only a broker-dealer (“Authorized Participant”) that enters into an appropriate agreement with the Fund’s distributor may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  The Fund’s Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed “in-kind”, for securities in the Fund, but may also be issued and redeemed in cash. Retail investors may acquire Shares on the NYSE Arca through a broker-dealer. Shares of the Fund will trade at market price rather than NAV. As such, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase Shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Sub-Advisor 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.

WBI BULLBEAR TREND SWITCH US 2000 TOTAL RETURN ETF

Investment Objective
The WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation, while also seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors purchasing Shares on a national securities exchange, national securities association, or over-the-counter trading system where Shares may trade from time to time (each, a “Secondary Market”) may be subject to customary brokerage commissions charged by their broker that are not reflected in the table set forth below.

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

Management Fee
0.65%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses
0.00%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(a)
0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.68%

(a)
The Fund has not yet commenced operations and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts, on an annualized basis, for the current fiscal year.  Acquired Funds Fees & Expenses represent the Fund’s pro rata share of fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investing in other funds, including ETFs and money market funds.

Example. This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.  Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of exchange-traded fund shares, which are not reflected in the example.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain at current levels. The return of 5% and estimated expenses are for illustration purposes only and should not be considered indicators of expected Fund expenses or performance, which may be greater or less than the estimates. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
1 Years
3 Years
 
$69
$218

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund incurs implicit and explicit transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). Such costs may include, but are not limited to, market impact, which is the effect that a market participant has when it buys or sells an asset, and commissions.  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of any in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s Shares. . Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund uses a rules-based methodology to implement a systematic strategy that directs exposure to either (i) U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity securities, that WBI Investments, Inc., the sub-advisor (“Sub-Advisor”) to the Fund and an affiliate of Millington Securities, Inc., the advisor (“Advisor”), believes offer the potential for a high correlation to the performance of the broader U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equities market; or (ii) U.S. fixed income securities that the Sub-Advisor, believes display attractive prospects for current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation under then current market conditions. The Fund’s exposure direction is driven first by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based equity model (the “Equity Model”), and then, if applicable, by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based bond model (the “Bond Model”). Both the Equity Model and the Bond Model (referred to together as, the “Models”) utilize a systematic approach analyzing macro-economic factors and technical market trends including, among others, those relating to commodities, monetary policy, valuation, sentiment and change in interest rates, to assess risk and generate their signals, and are described further below. Since cash and cash equivalents are among the investment opportunities evaluated by the Models, the Fund may invest in and hold most, if not all, of its net assets in cash or cash equivalents as part of the normal operation of its investment strategy.

When the Fund is invested in equity securities it will invest in U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity securities, and ETFs or ETNs with exposure to U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity securities. Small capitalization and medium-sized capitalization companies are those that have lower market capitalization than large capitalization companies in their primary market. For publicly-traded U.S. companies in the current environment, this would include companies with market capitalizations of less than approximately $10 billion.

When the Fund is not invested in equity securities, it will invest debt securities selected on the basis of the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks in the U.S. fixed income market using its Bond Model. The purpose of the Bond Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of selected segments of the fixed income market with respect to their sensitivity to credit quality and duration. The types of debt securities in which the Fund will invest are U.S. Treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, and U.S. high yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”), and ETFs and ETNs with exposure to the debt securities described. The Fund expects to invest in debt securities of short and long durations, depending on the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks along the yield curve. The yield curve refers to differences in yield among debt assets of varying maturities.

The Funds defines a total return fund as one that seeks to maximize gains from both income generating investments, such as bonds and dividend paying stocks, while simultaneously aiming to invest in assets which will experience capital appreciation, and as such these approaches are used (in part) to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund uses the Equity Model, which directs exposure exclusively to either the equity securities of U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization companies or exclusively to U.S. fixed income securities under the Bond Model. The purpose of the Equity Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of the small and medium-sized capitalization companies’ segment of the U.S. equity market with respect to its sensitivity to the then current level of market risk and respond to only those investment environments that are likely to produce significant changes in market performance. The Equity Model signals indicate whether market conditions call for the Fund to remain in either of its possible exposure positions. The Fund may remain in a particular exposure position for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the Equity Indicator of the Equity Model, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Equity Model is used by the Sub-Adviser to determine when the risk of investing in the U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity market is high or low. The Equity Model relies on quantitative methods to assist the Sub-Adviser in forming its view of the risk associated with investment exposure to the U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity market at any given time.

When the Equity Model signals that risk is low, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equities. When the Equity Model signals that risk is high, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to debt securities under the Bond Model.

The various quantitative methods and analysis utilized in the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Model are based on numerous factors which may affect the value of a security or a broader group of securities. Primary factors evaluated by the Equity Model include:

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Macroeconomic (economy and industry conditions)
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Momentum (measurements of the rate-of-change in security prices)
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Sentiment (perception and beliefs of individuals regarding future expectations)
·
Fundamental (company and industry valuation conditions), and
·
Technical (indicators based upon historical security prices, volume and liquidity)

The Equity Model uses statistical forecasting techniques, such as regression analysis, to examine the relationship and influence that these factors may have on the risk associated with an investment in the U.S. small and medium-sized capitalization equity market.

When the Equity Indicator recommends that the Fund’s exposure be to U.S. fixed income securities, the Fund uses the Bond Model, which directs investment exposure to debt securities (or bonds) of a particular duration and credit quality. Duration is a measure of a debt security’s expected price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Debt security prices typically have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Rising interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to decline, while declining interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to rise. As a general rule, for every 1% increase or decrease in interest rates, a debt security's price will change approximately 1% in the opposite direction for every year of duration. For example, if a bond has a duration of three years and interest rates increase by 1%, the bond’s price is expected to decline by approximately 3%. Credit quality is a measure of a borrower’s (or bond issuer’s) creditworthiness or risk of default. A company or bond’s credit quality may also be known as its “bond rating” as determined by private independent rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. Each rating agency has its own credit quality designations which typically range from high (‘AAA’ to ‘AA’) to medium (‘A’ to ‘BBB’) to low (‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CC’ to ‘C’).

The Bond Model generates both a credit quality signal and a duration signal. The combination of the Bond Model’s credit quality signal and the duration signal indicates the recommended debt security exposure. For example, the Bond Model’s credit quality signal may indicate that exposure to relatively lower rated debt securities is appropriate. Simultaneously, the Bond Model’s duration signal may indicate that exposure to relatively short duration debt securities is appropriate. In this example, the combination of the two Bond Model signals would indicate that exposure to lower rated debt securities with short duration is appropriate. Market conditions may call for the Fund to remain in any of the possible exposure positions for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the following signals, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Sub-Advisor’s credit quality signal indicates the fixed income credit quality that current conditions are more likely to favor among U.S. treasuries, U.S. investment grade bonds, or U.S. high yield bonds on the basis of credit quality probability and credit condition momentum analysis. Credit quality probability analysis seeks to predict which of the three possible credit quality debt securities market segments is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Credit momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current credit state will be recommended.

The Sub-Advisor’s duration signal indicates whether current conditions are more likely to favor bonds of short or long maturities on the basis of duration probability and duration momentum analysis. Duration probability analysis seeks to predict whether long or short duration exposure to the credit quality debt securities determined by the credit quality signal is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Duration momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current duration will be recommended.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by implementing the Equity Indicator’s recommendations, and when the Equity Indicator recommends that the Fund’s exposure be to U.S. fixed income securities, following the Bond Model signals, in each instance principally investing directly in the following different types of instruments:

·
U.S. small and medium capitalization equities, and cash or cash equivalents (“Direct Investments”) which are:
·
equity securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertibles, and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); and
·
cash and cash equivalents including money market accounts, U.S. Treasury Bills, and commercial paper; and
·
U.S. Treasuries, U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds, and U.S. High Yield Bonds issued by the U.S. government and U.S. public and private companies (“Direct Investments”); and
·
Registered fund shares (“investment company shares”) where such funds’ portfolios primarily contain Direct Investments. Investment company shares through which the Fund obtains indirect exposure to Direct Investments include those issued by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and
·
Exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and listed and over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives whose performance is designed to track the performance of Direct Investments (such derivatives together with ETNs and investment company shares are referred to as “Indirect Investments. Indirect Investments include gaining exposure to Direct Investment through listed and OTC derivatives, including:
·
futures contracts, swap agreements, and forward contracts;
·
options on securities, indices, and futures contracts.

The Fund is an actively managed ETF.  The Sub-Advisor actively manages the Fund’s portfolio.  As a result, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund, especially during periods of significant volatility, may be high.  The Sub-Advisor expects that the Fund’s investment strategy will result in a portfolio turnover rate in excess of 300% on an annual basis. Since the Fund’s principal investment strategy is expected to result in a higher annual portfolio turnover rate than that of many other investment companies, the Fund may experience higher portfolio transaction costs and Shares held in taxable accounts may incur higher taxes than what may be experienced by other investment companies and their shares.

The Fund is considered to be diversified.

For additional information about the Fund’s principal investment strategies and the investment process, see “Description of the Principal Strategies of the Funds.”

Principal Risks
Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Fund’s Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk and the Fund does not represent a complete investment program. As with all investments, you may lose money in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit, is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency, and may lose value. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund. A more complete discussion of Principal Risks is included under “Description of the Principal Risks of the Funds”.

Losing all or a portion of your investment is a risk of investing in the Fund. The following additional risks could affect the value of your investment, and are ordered alphabetically rather than by importance. You should understand these risks before investing.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”) to create and redeem Fund Shares. To the extent that these APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and redemption orders and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for the Fund’s Shares and such Shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face de-listing.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Position Risk – If the Fund invests all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents for extended periods of time, it could reduce the Fund’s potential return and prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective as the limited returns of cash equivalents may lag other investment instruments.

Counterparty Risk – Many of the protections afforded to participants on some organized exchanges, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions. In those instances, another ETF holding such derivatives (in which the Fund invests) will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions and that such ETF will sustain losses.

Debt Securities Risk – The market value of debt securities held by the Fund typically changes as interest rates change, as demand for the instruments changes, and as actual or perceived creditworthiness of an issuer changes. Additionally, debt securities with longer durations are expected to experience greater price movements than securities with shorter duration for the same change in prevailing interest rates. During periods of rising interest rates, the market value of the debt securities held by the Fund will generally decline. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest. There is also the risk that an issuer may “call,” or repay, its high-yielding bonds before their maturity dates. Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.

Derivatives Risk – A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, such as a security, a commodity (such as gold or silver), a currency or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500® or the prime lending rate). The Fund may invest in futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and options on securities, indices, and futures contracts. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests only in conventional securities. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations. Derivatives generally involve the incurrence of leverage. To address such leverage and to prevent the Fund from being deemed to have issued senior securities as a result of an investment in derivatives, the Fund will segregate liquid assets equal to its obligations under the derivatives throughout the life of the investment.

Equity Options Risk – Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By writing put options on equity securities, the Fund would give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the strike prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio. The Fund will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised. The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

Equity Securities Risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. If the Fund holds common stock or common stock equivalents of any given issuer, it will generally be exposed to greater risk than if the Fund held preferred stocks and debt obligations of such issuer.

ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk – When the Fund invests in another ETF or other investment company (e.g., mutual fund, closed-end fund, business development company), it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of such investment company’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or other investment company generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities and other assets held by the ETF or other investment company. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs and other exchange-listed investment companies. Additionally, the Fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an ETF or other investment company, including but not limited to those of ETNs, equity options, derivatives, currencies, index, leverage, and replication management.

Exchange-Traded Note Risk – The value of an ETN may be influenced by the time remaining before its maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the notes issued by ETNs and held by a fund are unsecured debt of the issuer.

Fundamental Business Risk – Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate.  The Fund’s investments in companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition may lose value relative to the stocks of other companies, causing the Fund to underperform funds that do not invest in companies primarily on the basis of their underlying financial condition.

Government Obligations Risk – The Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government. There can be no guarantee that the United States will be able to meet its payment obligations with respect to such securities. Additionally, market prices and yields of securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government may decline or be negative for short or long periods of time.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund’s anticipated annual portfolio turnover rate is in excess of 300%. Such a high portfolio turnover rate has the potential to (1) cause high portfolio transaction costs that could negatively impact Fund performance, and (2) result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains, which may subject you to a higher tax liability. At times of extreme and prolonged market volatility, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than 300%. A higher portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction expenses, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark ups and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities, which may result in reduced performance, and the distribution to shareholders of additional capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

High-Yield Securities Risk – The debt securities that are rated below investment grade (i.e., “junk bonds”) are subject to additional risk factors such as increased possibility of default liquidation of the security and changes in value based on public perception of the issuer.  High-yield securities are inherently speculative.

Interest Rate Risk – The Fund’s performance may be adversely impacted when interest rates fall because the Fund may be exposed, directly or indirectly, to lower-yielding bonds. This risk may increase as bonds in the Fund’s portfolio mature. Interest rate risk is typically greater with respect to exposure to long-term bonds (or long-term bond funds) and lower for short-term bonds (or short-term bond funds).

Investment Style Risk – The prices of stocks and bonds in the Fund’s portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific issuer or industry. These risks are generally greater for small and medium-sized companies. The Fund may invest in securities, directly or indirectly, that are susceptible to specific investment risks. To the extent the Fund invests in dividend-paying common stocks, growth stocks, value stocks, or the stocks of companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition, the Fund may underperform funds that invest in other types of securities.

Liquidity Risk – The Fund’s investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by the Fund halt trading, such as due to an exchange’s limit-up, limit-down rules, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of the Fund being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk – An investment in the Fund varies with the success and failure of the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies and the Sub-Advisor’s research, analysis, and determination of portfolio securities. If the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies, including its quantitative models, do not produce the expected results, the market value or NAV of the Shares would decrease.

Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole or the value of an investment held by the Fund may go down, resulting in a decrease in the market value or NAV of the Shares.  For example, there is the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Fund, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Fund’s Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Quantitative Model Risk – The Sub-Advisor uses quantitative models in an effort to enhance returns and manage risk. Any imperfections, errors or limitations in these models could limit any benefit to the Fund from the use of the models, or could result in incorrect outputs or in investment outcomes different from or opposite to those expected or desired by the Sub-Advisor. There can be no assurance that the models will behave as expected in all market conditions. In addition, computer programming used to create quantitative models, or the data on which such models operate, might contain one or more errors.

REIT Risk – Investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate.  Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions.  REITs are more dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, generally dependent on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.  REITs are subject to complex tax qualification and compliance rules. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and therefore Fund shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which the Fund invests.

Share Trading Price Risk – The Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca and will be bought and sold in the Secondary Market at market prices. Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of the Fund’s Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the exchange price and the NAV vary significantly. Thus, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares in the Secondary Market, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares in the Secondary Market.

The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid/ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers, or other participants that trade the Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid/ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Sub-Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities.

Shares are Not Individually Redeemable – Shares are only redeemable by the Fund at NAV if they are tendered in large blocks known as “Creation Units” which are expected to be worth in excess of $1 million each.  Only APs may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  Individual Shares may be sold on a stock exchange at their current market prices, which may be less, more, or equal to their NAV. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will be maintained for the Shares.

Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV– There is no obligation by any market maker to make a market in the Fund’s shares or by any AP to submit creation or redemption orders. Decisions by market makers or APs to reduce or step away from the Fund in a time of market stress could inhibit the arbitrage process by which a relationship between the Fund’s NAV per share and the market trading prices of the shares is maintained. Thus, reduced effectiveness of the arbitrage function could result in Fund shares trading at a discount to NAV per share and also with greater than normal intra-day bid/ask spreads.

Small and Medium-Sized Companies Risk – Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies may involve greater volatility than investing in larger and more established companies because small and medium capitalization companies can be subject to more abrupt or erratic share price changes than larger, more established companies.

Trend Lag Risk - Trend indicator signal changes pursuant to which Fund exposure and investments are determined, are designed to become effective in the Fund the business day following the indicator signal. As a result of this, the Fund may be exposed to downward trends and/or market volatility and may not achieve immediate exposure to upward trends and/or market volatility.

Performance Information
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and therefore does not report its performance information. When the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year, performance information will be shown here. Updated performance information will be available on www.wbishares.com, the Fund’s “Website,” or by calling the Fund toll-free at (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837.

Management
Investment Advisor.  Millington Securities, Inc. is the Fund’s investment advisor and has selected its affiliate WBI Investments, Inc. to act as the sub-advisor to the Fund and to be responsible for its day-to-day investment management.

Portfolio Managers.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are as follows:

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Steven Van Solkema, co-portfolio manager. Mr. Van Solkema joined the Sub-Advisor in 2019 and is its Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.
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Don Schreiber, Jr., co-portfolio manager. Mr. Schreiber founded the Sub-Advisor in 1984 and is its Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since inception.

Purchase and Sale of Shares
Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in Creation Units comprised of blocks of 25,000 Shares, or whole multiples thereof.  Only a broker-dealer (“Authorized Participant”) that enters into an appropriate agreement with the Fund’s distributor may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  The Fund’s Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed “in-kind”, for securities in the Fund, but may also be issued and redeemed in cash. Retail investors may acquire Shares on the NYSE Arca through a broker-dealer. Shares of the Fund will trade at market price rather than NAV. As such, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase Shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Sub-Advisor 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.

WBI BULLBEAR TREND SWITCH US 3000 TOTAL RETURN ETF

Investment Objective
The WBI BullBear Trend Switch 3000 Total Return ETF’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation, while also seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors purchasing Shares on a national securities exchange, national securities association, or over-the-counter trading system where Shares may trade from time to time (each, a “Secondary Market”) may be subject to customary brokerage commissions charged by their broker that are not reflected in the table set forth below.

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

Management Fee
0.65%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
0.00%
Other Expenses
0.00%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(a)
0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
0.68%

(a)
The Fund has not yet commenced operations and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts, on an annualized basis, for the current fiscal year.  Acquired Funds Fees & Expenses represent the Fund’s pro rata share of fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investing in other funds, including ETFs and money market funds.

Example. This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.  Investors may pay brokerage commissions on their purchases and sales of exchange-traded fund shares, which are not reflected in the example.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain at current levels. The return of 5% and estimated expenses are for illustration purposes only and should not be considered indicators of expected Fund expenses or performance, which may be greater or less than the estimates. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year
 
3 Years
$69
 
$218

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund incurs implicit and explicit transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). Such costs may include, but are not limited to, market impact, which is the effect that a market participant has when it buys or sells an asset, and commissions.  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. This rate excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of any in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s Shares. Because the Fund is newly organized, portfolio turnover information is not yet available.

Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund uses a rules-based methodology to implement a systematic strategy that directs exposure to either (i) U.S. large, medium-sized and small capitalization (“All Cap”) equity securities, that WBI Investments, Inc., the sub-advisor (“Sub-Advisor”) to the Fund and an affiliate of Millington Securities, Inc., the advisor (“Advisor”), believes offer the potential for a high correlation to the performance of the broader U.S. All Cap equities market; or (ii) U.S. fixed income securities that the Sub-Advisor, believes display attractive prospects for current income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation under then current market conditions. The Fund’s exposure direction is driven first by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based equity model (the “Equity Model”), and, if applicable, subsequently by the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary rules-based bond model (the “Bond Model”). Both the Equity Model and the Bond Model (referred to together as, the “Models”) utilize a systematic approach analyzing macro-economic factors and technical market trends including, among others, those relating to commodities, monetary policy, valuation, sentiment and change in interest rates, to assess risk and generate their signals, and are described further below. Since cash and cash equivalents are among the investment opportunities evaluated by the Models, the Fund may invest in and hold most, if not all, of its net assets in cash or cash equivalents as part of the normal operation of its investment strategy.

When the Fund is invested in equity securities it will invest in All Cap equity securities, and ETFs or ETNs with exposure to those equity securities. Large capitalization companies are those that have higher market capitalization than small and medium capitalization companies in their primary market when ranked in order of market capital. For publicly-traded U.S. companies in the current environment, this would include companies with market capitalizations of greater than approximately $10 billion. Small capitalization and medium-sized capitalization companies are those that have lower market capitalization than large capitalization companies in their primary market. For publicly-traded U.S. companies in the current environment, this would include companies with market capitalizations of less than approximately $10 billion.

When the Fund is not invested in equity securities, it will invest debt securities selected on the basis of the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks in the U.S. fixed income market using its Bond Model. The purpose of the Bond Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of selected segments of the fixed income market with respect to their sensitivity to credit quality and duration. The types of debt securities in which the Fund will invest are U.S. treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, and U.S. high yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”), and ETFs and ETNs with exposure to the debt securities described. The Fund expects to invest in debt securities of short and long durations, depending on the Sub-Advisor’s assessment of the risks along the yield curve. The yield curve refers to differences in yield among debt assets of varying maturities.

The Funds defines a total return fund as one that seeks to maximize gains from both income generating investments, such as bonds and dividend paying stocks, while simultaneously aiming to invest in assets which will experience capital appreciation, and as such these approaches are used (in part) to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund uses the Equity Model, which directs exposure exclusively either to the equity securities of All Cap companies or exclusively to U.S. fixed income securities under the Bond Model. The purpose of the Equity Model is to assess conditions likely to affect the relative performance of the All Cap equity market with respect to its sensitivity to the then current level of market risk and respond to only those investment environments that are likely to produce significant changes in market performance. The Equity Model signals indicate whether market conditions call for the Fund to remain in either of its possible exposure positions. The Fund may remain in a particular exposure position for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the Equity Indicator of the Equity Model, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Equity Model is used by the Sub-Adviser to determine when the risk of investing in the All Cap equity market is high or low. The Equity Model relies on quantitative methods to assist the Sub-Adviser in forming its view of the risk associated with investment exposure to the All Cap equity market at any given time.

When the Equity Model signals that risk is low, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to U.S. All Cap equities. When the Equity Model signals that risk is high, this indicates that the Fund should have investment exposure to debt securities under the Bond Model.

The various quantitative methods and analysis utilized in the Sub-Adviser’s Equity Model are based on numerous factors which may affect the value of a security or a broader group of securities. Primary factors evaluated by the Equity Model include:

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Macroeconomic (economy and industry conditions)
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Momentum (measurements of the rate-of-change in security prices)
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Sentiment (perception and beliefs of individuals regarding future expectations)
·
Fundamental (company and industry valuation conditions), and
·
Technical (indicators based upon historical security prices, volume and liquidity)

The Equity Model uses statistical forecasting techniques, such as regression analysis, to examine the relationship and influence that these factors may have on the risk associated with an investment in the All Cap equity market.

When the Equity Indicator recommends that the Fund’s exposure be to U.S. fixed income securities, the Fund uses the Bond Model, which directs investment exposure to debt securities (or bonds) of a particular duration and credit quality. Duration is a measure of a debt security’s expected price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Debt security prices typically have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Rising interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to decline, while declining interest rates indicate that debt security prices are likely to rise. As a general rule, for every 1% increase or decrease in interest rates, a debt security's price will change approximately 1% in the opposite direction for every year of duration. For example, if a bond has a duration of three years and interest rates increase by 1%, the bond’s price is expected to decline by approximately 3%. Credit quality is a measure of a borrower’s (or bond issuer’s) creditworthiness or risk of default. A company or bond’s credit quality may also be known as its “bond rating” as determined by private independent rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. Each rating agency has its own credit quality designations which typically range from high (‘AAA’ to ‘AA’) to medium (‘A’ to ‘BBB’) to low (‘BB’, ‘B’, ‘CC’ to ‘C’).

The Bond Model generates both a credit quality signal and a duration signal. The combination of the Bond Model’s credit quality signal and the duration signal indicates the recommended debt security exposure. For example, the Bond Model’s credit quality signal may indicate that exposure to relatively lower rated debt securities is appropriate. Simultaneously, the Bond Model’s duration signal may indicate that exposure to relatively short duration debt securities is appropriate. In this example, the combination of the two Bond Model signals would indicate that exposure to lower rated debt securities with short duration is appropriate. Market conditions may call for the Fund to remain in any of the possible exposure positions for an extended period of time. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the following signals, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change.

The Sub-Advisor’s credit quality signal indicates the fixed income credit quality that current conditions are more likely to favor among U.S. treasuries, U.S. investment grade bonds, or U.S. high yield bonds on the basis of credit quality probability and credit condition momentum analysis. Credit quality probability analysis seeks to predict which of the three possible credit quality debt securities market segments is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Credit momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current credit state will be recommended.

The Sub-Advisor’s duration signal indicates whether current conditions are more likely to favor bonds of short or long maturities on the basis of duration probability and duration momentum analysis. Duration probability analysis seeks to predict whether long or short duration exposure to the credit quality debt securities determined by the credit quality signal is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Duration momentum analysis seeks to determine whether a change in the current duration will be recommended.

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by implementing the Equity Indicator’s recommendations, and when the Equity Indicator recommends that the Fund’s exposure be to U.S. fixed income securities, following the Bond Model signals, in each instance principally investing directly in the following different types of instruments:

·
U.S. all capitalization equities, and cash or cash equivalents (“Direct Investments”) which are:
·
equity securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertibles, and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); and
·
cash and cash equivalents including money market accounts, U.S. Treasury Bills, and commercial paper; and
·
U.S. Treasuries, U.S. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds, and U.S. High Yield Bonds issued by the U.S. government and U.S. public and private companies (“Direct Investments”); and
·
Registered fund shares (“investment company shares”) where such funds’ portfolios primarily contain Direct Investments. Investment company shares through which the Fund obtains indirect exposure to Direct Investments include those issued by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and
·
Exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and listed and over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives whose performance is designed to track the performance of Direct Investments (such derivatives together with ETNs and investment company shares are referred to as “Indirect Investments”). Indirect Investments include gaining exposure to Direct Investment through listed and OTC derivatives, including:
·
futures contracts, swap agreements, and forward contracts; and
·
options on securities, indices, and futures contracts.

The Fund is an actively managed ETF.  The Sub-Advisor actively manages the Fund’s portfolio.  As a result, the portfolio turnover rate for the Fund, especially during periods of significant volatility, may be high.  The Sub-Advisor expects that the Fund’s investment strategy will result in a portfolio turnover rate in excess of 300% on an annual basis. Since the Fund’s principal investment strategy is expected to result in a higher annual portfolio turnover rate than that of many other investment companies, the Fund may experience higher portfolio transaction costs and Shares held in taxable accounts may incur higher taxes than what may be experienced by other investment companies and their shares.

The Fund is considered to be diversified.

For additional information about the Fund’s principal investment strategies and the investment process, see “Description of the Principal Strategies of the Funds.”

Principal Risks
Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Fund’s Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk and the Fund does not represent a complete investment program. As with all investments, you may lose money in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit, is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency, and may lose value. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund. A more complete discussion of Principal Risks is included under “Description of the Principal Risks of the Funds”.

Losing all or a portion of your investment is a risk of investing in the Fund. The following additional risks could affect the value of your investment, and are ordered alphabetically rather than by importance. You should understand these risks before investing.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”) to create and redeem Fund Shares. To the extent that these APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and redemption orders and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for the Fund’s Shares and such Shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face de-listing.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Position Risk – If the Fund invests all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents for extended periods of time, it could reduce the Fund’s potential return and prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective as the limited returns of cash equivalents may lag other investment instruments.

Counterparty Risk – Many of the protections afforded to participants on some organized exchanges, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions. In those instances, another ETF holding such derivatives (in which the Fund invests) will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions and that such ETF will sustain losses.

Debt Securities Risk – The market value of debt securities held by the Fund typically changes as interest rates change, as demand for the instruments changes, and as actual or perceived creditworthiness of an issuer changes. Additionally, debt securities with longer durations are expected to experience greater price movements than securities with shorter duration for the same change in prevailing interest rates. During periods of rising interest rates, the market value of the debt securities held by the Fund will generally decline. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest. There is also the risk that an issuer may “call,” or repay, its high-yielding bonds before their maturity dates. Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.

Derivatives Risk – A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, such as a security, a commodity (such as gold or silver), a currency or an index (a measure of value or rates, such as the S&P 500® or the prime lending rate). The Fund may invest in futures contracts, swap agreements, forward contracts and options on securities, indices, and futures contracts. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests only in conventional securities. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations. Derivatives generally involve the incurrence of leverage. To address such leverage and to prevent the Fund from being deemed to have issued senior securities as a result of an investment in derivatives, the Fund will segregate liquid assets equal to its obligations under the derivatives throughout the life of the investment.

Equity Options Risk – Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By writing put options on equity securities, the Fund would give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the strike prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio. The Fund will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised. The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

Equity Securities Risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. If the Fund holds common stock or common stock equivalents of any given issuer, it will generally be exposed to greater risk than if the Fund held preferred stocks and debt obligations of such issuer.

ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk – When the Fund invests in another ETF or other investment company (e.g., mutual fund, closed-end fund, business development company), it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of such investment company’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or other investment company generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities and other assets held by the ETF or other investment company. The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs and other exchange-listed investment companies. Additionally, the Fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an ETF or other investment company, including but not limited to those of ETNs, equity options, derivatives, currencies, index, leverage, and replication management.

Exchange-Traded Note Risk – The value of an ETN may be influenced by the time remaining before its maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities’ markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. In addition, the notes issued by ETNs and held by a fund are unsecured debt of the issuer.

Fundamental Business Risk – Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate.  The Fund’s investments in companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition may lose value relative to the stocks of other companies, causing the Fund to underperform funds that do not invest in companies primarily on the basis of their underlying financial condition.

Government Obligations Risk – The Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government. There can be no guarantee that the United States will be able to meet its payment obligations with respect to such securities. Additionally, market prices and yields of securities supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government may decline or be negative for short or long periods of time.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Fund’s anticipated annual portfolio turnover rate is in excess of 300%. Such a high portfolio turnover rate has the potential to (1) cause high portfolio transaction costs that could negatively impact Fund performance, and (2) result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains, which may subject you to a higher tax liability. At times of extreme and prolonged market volatility, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than 300%. A higher portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction expenses, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark ups and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities, which may result in reduced performance, and the distribution to shareholders of additional capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

High-Yield Securities Risk – The debt securities that are rated below investment grade (i.e., “junk bonds”) are subject to additional risk factors such as increased possibility of default liquidation of the security and changes in value based on public perception of the issuer.  High-yield securities are inherently speculative.

Interest Rate Risk – The Fund’s performance may be adversely impacted when interest rates fall because the Fund may be exposed, directly or indirectly, to lower-yielding bonds. This risk may increase as bonds in the Fund’s portfolio mature. Interest rate risk is typically greater with respect to exposure to long-term bonds (or long-term bond funds) and lower for short-term bonds (or short-term bond funds).

Investment Style Risk – The prices of stocks and bonds in the Fund’s portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific issuer or industry. These risks are generally greater for small and medium-sized companies. The Fund may invest in securities, directly or indirectly, that are susceptible to specific investment risks. To the extent the Fund invests in dividend-paying common stocks, growth stocks, value stocks, or the stocks of companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition, the Fund may underperform funds that invest in other types of securities.

Large-Capitalization Companies Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of large-capitalization companies underperform securities of smaller-capitalization companies or the market as a whole. The securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion.

Liquidity Risk – The Fund’s investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by the Fund halt trading, such as due to an exchange’s limit-up, limit-down rules, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of the Fund being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk – An investment in the Fund varies with the success and failure of the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies and the Sub-Advisor’s research, analysis, and determination of portfolio securities. If the Sub-Advisor’s investment process and strategies, including its quantitative models, do not produce the expected results, the market value or NAV of the Shares would decrease.

Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole or the value of an investment held by the Fund may go down, resulting in a decrease in the market value or NAV of the Shares.  For example, there is the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Fund, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Fund’s Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Quantitative Model Risk – The Sub-Advisor uses quantitative models in an effort to enhance returns and manage risk. Any imperfections, errors or limitations in these models could limit any benefit to the Fund from the use of the models, or could result in incorrect outputs or in investment outcomes different from or opposite to those expected or desired by the Sub-Advisor. There can be no assurance that the models will behave as expected in all market conditions. In addition, computer programming used to create quantitative models, or the data on which such models operate, might contain one or more errors.

REIT Risk – Investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate.  Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions.  REITs are more dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, generally dependent on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.  REITs are subject to complex tax qualification and compliance rules.  In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and therefore Fund shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which the Fund invests.

Share Trading Price Risk – The Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca and will be bought and sold in the Secondary Market at market prices. Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of the Fund’s Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the exchange price and the NAV vary significantly. Thus, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares in the Secondary Market, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares in the Secondary Market.

The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid/ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers, or other participants that trade the Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid/ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Sub-Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities.

Shares are Not Individually Redeemable – Shares are only redeemable by the Fund at NAV if they are tendered in large blocks known as “Creation Units” which are expected to be worth in excess of $1 million each.  Only APs may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  Individual Shares may be sold on a stock exchange at their current market prices, which may be less, more, or equal to their NAV. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will be maintained for the Shares.

Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV – There is no obligation by any market maker to make a market in the Fund’s shares or by any AP to submit creation or redemption orders. Decisions by market makers or APs to reduce or step away from the Fund in a time of market stress could inhibit the arbitrage process by which a relationship between the Fund’s NAV per share and the market trading prices of the shares is maintained. Thus, reduced effectiveness of the arbitrage function could result in Fund shares trading at a discount to NAV per share and also with greater than normal intra-day bid/ask spreads.

Small and Medium-Sized Companies Risk – Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies may involve greater volatility than investing in larger and more established companies because small and medium capitalization companies can be subject to more abrupt or erratic share price changes than larger, more established companies.

Trend Lag Risk - Trend indicator signal changes pursuant to which Fund exposure and investments are determined, are designed to become effective in the Fund the business day following the indicator signal. As a result of this, the Fund may be exposed to downward trends and/or market volatility and may not achieve immediate exposure to upward trends and/or market volatility.

Performance Information
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and therefore does not report its performance information. When the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year, performance information will be shown here. Updated performance information will be available on www.wbishares.com, the Fund’s “Website,” or by calling the Fund toll-free at (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837.

Management
Investment Advisor.  Millington Securities, Inc. is the Fund’s investment advisor and has selected its affiliate WBI Investments, Inc. to act as the sub-advisor to the Fund and to be responsible for its day-to-day investment management.

Portfolio Managers.  The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are as follows:

·
Steven Van Solkema, co-portfolio manager. Mr. Van Solkema joined the Sub-Advisor in 2019 and is its Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception.
·
Don Schreiber, Jr., co-portfolio manager. Mr. Schreiber founded the Sub-Advisor in 1984 and is its Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since inception.

Purchase and Sale of Shares
Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in Creation Units comprised of blocks of 25,000 Shares, or whole multiples thereof.  Only a broker-dealer (“Authorized Participant”) that enters into an appropriate agreement with the Fund’s distributor may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Fund.  The Fund’s Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed “in-kind”, for securities in the Fund, but may also be issued and redeemed in cash. Retail investors may acquire Shares on the NYSE Arca through a broker-dealer. Shares of the Fund will trade at market price rather than NAV. As such, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

Financial Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase Shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Sub-Advisor 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.

OVERVIEW

The Funds are series of Absolute Shares Trust, a Delaware statutory trust that is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), consisting of separate series that are both actively-managed and passively-managed exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). ETFs are funds whose shares are listed on a stock exchange and trade like equity securities at market prices. ETFs, such as the Funds, allow you to buy or sell shares that represent the collective performance of a selected group of securities. ETFs are designed to add the flexibility, ease, and liquidity of stock-trading to the benefits of traditional investing in actively-managed mutual funds. Each of the Funds is an actively-managed ETF that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.

This Prospectus provides the information you need to make an informed decision about investing in the Funds. It contains important facts about the Trust and each Fund.

Millington Securities, Inc. (“Advisor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBI Trading Company, Inc., is the investment advisor to each Fund. The Advisor has selected WBI Investments, Inc. (“Sub-Advisor”), an affiliate of WBI Trading Company, Inc., to act as the sub-advisor to each Fund and to be responsible for the day-to-day investment management of each Fund.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES OF THE FUNDS

Principal Investment Strategies For:
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF

Unless otherwise noted, the following Principal Investment Strategies are used by each of the Funds listed above.

The types of equity securities in which each Fund will generally invest include common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertibles, ETFs, and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The types of debt securities in which each Fund will generally invest include: corporate debt securities, U.S. Government securities, U.S. Government agency securities, high-yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”), ETFs, exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) and, variable and floating rate securities. An ETN is an unsecured debt security that trades on an established exchange. Its underlying value is determined by reference to an index, commodity, interest rate or other objectively determined reference. (Such ETFs and ETNs are referred to collectively as “exchange-traded products” or “ETPs”). Each Total Return Fund expects to invest in debt securities of both long and short maturities, depending on the portfolio managers’ assessment of the risks and opportunities along the yield curve. The yield curve refers to differences in yield among debt assets of varying maturities. All of the other Funds will invest in cash or cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity date that was three (3) months or less at the time of purchase.

During periods of high market volatility, a significant amount of Fund assets may be sold, resulting in a significant allocation to cash or cash equivalents in a Fund.

Each Fund is an actively managed ETF. The Sub-Advisor actively manages each Fund’s portfolio.  As a result, the portfolio turnover rate for the Funds, especially during periods of significant volatility, may be high.  The Sub-Advisor expects that the Funds’ investment strategies will result in a portfolio turnover rate in excess of 300% on an annual basis. Since the Funds’ principal investment strategies are expected to result in a higher annual portfolio turnover rate than that of many other investment companies, the Funds may experience higher portfolio transaction costs and Shares held in taxable accounts may incur higher taxes than what may be experienced by other investment companies and their shares.

Principal Investment Strategies For All Funds

Each Fund seeks to achieve current income or the potential for current income, with long-term capital appreciation, or the potential for long-term capital appreciation, while also seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions. They do so by employing various quantitative models to select securities, including either the Sub-Advisor’s proprietary Bond Model, its Equity Model, or a combination thereof.

Both the Bond Model and Equity Model utilize a systematic approach, analyzing macro-economic factors and technical market trends including, among others, those relating to commodities, monetary policy, valuation, sentiment and change in interest rates, to assess risk and generate their signals. The Bond Model generates first a credit quality signal and then a duration signal. Credit quality probability analysis seeks to predict which of the three possible credit quality debt securities market segments is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. Duration probability analysis seeks to predict whether long or short duration exposure to the credit quality debt securities determined by the credit quality signal is likely to perform best in the subsequent week. The intersection of the credit quality signals and the duration signals provides the recommended debt security exposure.

WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF (“Total Return ETF”) will exclusively employ the Bond Model, and will thus change its exposure position based on a credit quality signal and then a duration signal, each change becoming effective on the business day after the indicator signals change. Total Return ETF will seek to invest in the U.S. fixed income market, primarily in U.S. Treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. high yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”), and ETFs and ETNs with exposure to the debt securities described.

Alternatively, WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF (“1000 ETF”) and WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF (“2000 ETF”) and together with 1000 ETF, the “Equity ETFs”) will exclusively employ the Equity Model, which utilizes many of the same factors as the Bond Model, to assess risk and generate its signals. The Equity ETFs will direct exposure exclusively to either the equity securities of U.S. large, mid-sized or small capitalization companies, as appropriate for the Fund, or exclusively to cash or cash equivalents. The Equity Model signals indicate whether market conditions call for the Fund to remain in either of its possible exposure positions. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the Sub-Advisor’s Equity Indicator (“Equity Indicator”), which based on certain regression analysis, return forecast results and quantitative risk assessment, indicates risk of equity markets to be high or low, and will accordingly make a recommendation for the Fund’s exposure to cash or cash equivalents. The Fund will change its exposure position based on the Equity Indicator, and each change will become effective on the business day after the indicator signals change. The Equity ETFs will invest in securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, warrants, convertibles, and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); and cash and cash equivalents including money market accounts, U.S. Treasury Bills, and commercial paper.

WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF (“1000 Total Return ETF”), WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF (“2000 Total Return ETF”), and WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF (“3000 Total Return ETF”) (collectively, the “Equity Total Return ETFs”), will seek to employ a combination of the Bond Model and the Equity Model. The Equity Total Return ETFs will implement a systematic strategy which directs exposure first either to the equity securities of U.S. large, mid-sized or small capitalization, as appropriate for the Fund, or to U.S. fixed income securities. The Equity Total Return ETFs utilize the Equity Indicator, which, based on certain regression analysis, return forecast results and quantitative risk assessment, indicates risk of equity markets to be high or low, and will recommend accordingly employing the Equity Model, for exposures to equity securities, or to U.S. fixed income securities, as directed by the Bond Model, if applicable.

The five Funds that employ the Equity Model in their strategies are further distinguished by the market capitalization of the equity securities that are eligible for each such Fund. The 1000 ETF and the 1000 Total Return ETF seek equity exposure exclusively to the equity securities of U.S. large capitalization companies. The 2000 ETF and 2000 Total Return ETF seek equity exposure exclusively to the equity securities of U.S. small and mid-sized capitalization companies. The 3000 Total Return ETF seeks equity exposure to the equity securities of All Cap companies. The Sub-Advisor currently defines U.S. large capitalization companies as having market capitalization in excess of approximately $10 billion in their primary market. Small and mid-sized capitalization companies are those that have lower market capitalization than large-capitalization companies in their primary market.

ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The additional investment strategies outlined below do not represent and are distinct from the principal investment strategies of each Fund.  Each of the policies described herein, including the investment objective of a Fund, constitutes a non-fundamental policy that may be changed by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) without shareholder approval upon 60 days prior written notice to shareholders.  Certain fundamental policies of each Fund are set forth in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) under “Investment Restrictions”.

Securities Lending
The Funds may lend their portfolio securities. In connection with such loans, the Funds receive liquid collateral equal to at least 102% of the value of the portfolio securities being lent. This collateral is marked to market on a daily basis.

Temporary or Cash Investments
In addition to holding cash as part of its principal investment strategy, each Fund may temporarily depart from its principal investment strategies by making short-term investments in cash, cash equivalents, and high-quality, short-term debt securities, and money market instruments for temporary defensive purposes in response to adverse market, economic, or political conditions. This may result in a Fund not achieving its investment objectives during that period.

Borrowing Money
Each Fund may borrow money from a bank as permitted by the 1940 Act or other governing statute, by the Rules thereunder, or by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory agency with authority over the Fund, but only for temporary or emergency purposes.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL RISKS OF THE FUNDS

Investors in the Funds should carefully consider the risks of investing in the Funds as set forth in each Fund’s Summary Information section under “Principal Risks”. Unless otherwise noted, the following risks apply to all of the Funds.

Principal Risks
The principal risks of investing in the Funds that may adversely affect each Fund’s NAV or total return were previously summarized and are discussed in more detail below. There can be no assurance that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives. The factors below apply to each Fund as indicated in the following table; additional information about each such risk and how it impacts each Fund that is subject thereto is set forth below the chart. Each of the factors below could have a negative impact on the applicable Fund’s performance and trading prices. The factors below are ordered alphabetically rather than by importance.


 
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US Total ReturnETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 1000ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 2000ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 1000
Total Return ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 2000
Total Return ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 3000
Total Return ETF
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Counter Party Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Debt Securities Risk
 
X
   
X
X
X
Derivatives Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Equity Options Risk
 
 
X
X
X
X
X
Equity Securities Risk
 
 
X
X
X
X
X
ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Exchange Traded Note Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Fundamental Business Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Government Obligations Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
High Portfolio Turnover Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
High-Yield Securities Risk
 
X
   
X
X
X
Interest Rate Risk
 
X
   
X
X
X
Investment Style Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Large Capitalization Companies Risk
 
 
X
 
X
 
X

 
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US Total ReturnETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 1000ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 2000ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 1000
Total Return ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 2000
Total Return ETF
WBI
BullBear
Trend Switch
US 3000
Total Return ETF
Liquidity Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Management Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Market Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Quantitative Model Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
REIT Risk
 
 
X
X
X
X
X
Share Trading Price Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Shares Are Not Individually Redeemable Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X
Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV
X
X
X
X
X
X
Small and Medium Capitalization Companies Risk
 
   
X
 
X
X
Trend Lag Risk
 
X
X
X
X
X
X

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – Each Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”) to create and redeem each Fund’s shares. To the extent that these APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and redemption orders and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for each Fund’s Shares and such Shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face de-listing.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk — If a Fund invest all or a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents for extended periods of time, including when it is investing for temporary defensive purposes, it could reduce such Fund’s potential return and prevent such Fund from achieving its investment objective as the limited returns of cash or cash equivalents may lag other investment instruments.

Counterparty Risk – Many of the protections afforded to participants on some organized exchanges, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives transactions. In those instances, another ETF holding such derivatives (in which each Fund invests) will be subject to the risk that its direct counterparty will not perform its obligations under the transactions and that such ETF will sustain losses.

Debt Securities Risk – The market value of debt securities held by a Fund typically changes as interest rates change, as demand for the instruments changes, and as actual or perceived creditworthiness of an issuer changes. Additionally, debt securities with longer durations are expected to experience greater price movements than securities with shorter duration for the same change in prevailing interest rates. During periods of rising interest rates, the market value of the debt securities held by a Fund will generally decline. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer will not make timely payments of principal and interest. There is also the risk that an issuer may “call,” or repay, its high-yielding bonds before their maturity dates. Debt securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. Limited trading opportunities for certain debt securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time.

Equity Options Risk – Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities (or currency) markets. By writing put options on equity securities, a Fund gives up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the strike prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio. A Fund will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised. The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

Equity Securities Risk – The Funds are designed for long-term investors who can accept the risks of investing in a portfolio with significant equity holdings. Equity holdings tend to be more volatile than other investment choices such as bonds and money market instruments because common stockholders, or holders of equivalent interests, generally have inferior rights to receive payments from issuers in comparison with the rights of preferred stockholders, bondholders, and other creditors of such issuers. The value of each Fund’s shares will fluctuate as a result of the movement of the overall stock market or of the value of the individual securities held by such Fund, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, resulting in losses. Equity securities may decline in value due to factors affecting equity securities markets generally or particular industries represented in those markets. The value of an equity security may also decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management, performance, financial leverage, and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.

ETF and Other Investment Companies Risk – ETFs are typically open-end investment companies that are bought and sold on a national securities exchange. When a Fund invests in an ETF, it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata share of the ETF’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. Accordingly, shareholders will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying investment companies in which the Fund invests in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. The risk of owning an ETF generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities and other portfolio assets that it holds. Many ETFs seek to replicate a specific benchmark index. However, an ETF may not fully replicate the performance of its benchmark index for many reasons, including the temporary unavailability of certain index securities in the secondary market, or discrepancies between the ETF and the index with respect to the weighting of securities or the number of stocks held. Lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in an ETF being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities it holds. In addition, because of ETF expenses, compared to owning the underlying securities directly, it may be more costly to own an ETF.  The Fund also will incur brokerage costs when it purchases ETFs and other exchange-listed investment companies. Furthermore, investments in other investment companies could affect the timing, amount, and character of distributions to shareholders, and therefore may increase the amount of taxes payable by investors in the Fund.

Exchange-Traded Note Risk – ETNs are subject to the credit risk of the issuer. The value of an ETN will vary and will be influenced by its time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying securities, currency and commodities markets, as well as changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced index. There may be restrictions on a Fund’s right to redeem its investment in an ETN, which is meant to be held until maturity. Each Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings may be limited by the availability of a secondary market.

Fluctuation of Net Asset Value – The NAV of each Fund’s Shares will fluctuate with changes in market value of each Fund’s holdings. The market prices of the Fund’s Shares will fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply and demand for the Shares on the NYSE Arca. The Sub-Advisor cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at, or above their NAV, and an investor may sustain losses if Shares are purchased at a time when their market price is at a premium (above) their NAV, or sold at a time when their market price is at a discount to (below) their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities held by a Fund, whether trading individually or in the aggregate, at any point in time. If an investor purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV of the Shares or sells at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV of the Shares, then the investor may sustain losses. However, given that the Shares can be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units (unlike shares of closed-end funds, which frequently trade at appreciable discounts from, and sometimes at premiums to, their NAV), the Sub-Advisor believes that large discounts or premiums to the NAV of the Shares should not be sustained.

Fundamental Business Risk – Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate. To the extent a Fund invests in companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition, such Fund may underperform funds that do not invest in companies primarily on the basis of their underlying financial condition.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk – The Funds’ anticipated annual portfolio turnover rates range from in excess of 100% to in excess of 700%. Such high portfolio turnover rates have the potential to (1) cause high portfolio transaction costs that could negatively impact Fund performance, and (2) result in the realization and distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains, which may subject you to a higher tax liability. At times of extreme and prolonged market volatility, a Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than its anticipated rate. A higher portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction expenses, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark ups and other transaction costs, on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities, which may result in reduced performance, and the distribution to shareholders of additional capital gains for tax purposes. These factors may negatively affect the Funds’ performance.

High-Yield Securities Risk – Debt securities receiving below investment grade ratings (i.e., “junk bonds”) may have speculative characteristics and, compared to higher-grade securities, may have a weakened capacity to make principal and interest payments in economic conditions or other circumstances. High-yield securities are inherently speculative.  High-yield, high risk, and lower-rated securities are subject to additional risk factors, such as increased possibility of default, decreased liquidity, and fluctuations in value due to public perception of the issuer of such securities. These bonds may be uncollateralized and subordinate to other debt that an issuer may have outstanding. In addition, both individual high-yield securities and the entire high-yield bond market can experience sharp price swings due to a variety of factors, including changes in economic forecasts, stock market activity, large sustained sales by major investors, or a higher profile default.

Interest Rate Risk — The Funds’ performance may be adversely impacted when interest rates fall because the Funds may be exposed, directly or indirectly, to lower-yielding bonds. This risk may increase as bonds in each Fund’s portfolio mature. Interest rate risk is typically greater with respect to exposure to long-term bonds (or long-term bond funds) and lower for short-term bonds (or short-term bond funds).

Investment Style Risk – The prices of stocks and bonds in a Fund’s portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including both general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific issuer or industry. These risks are generally greater for small and medium-sized companies. Each Fund may invest in securities that are susceptible to specific investment risks. Dividend-paying common stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better (or worse) than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years. If stocks held by the Fund reduce or stop paying dividends, the Fund’s ability to generate income may be affected. Growth companies are those whose earnings growth potential appears to be greater than that of the market in general, and whose revenue growth is expected to continue for an extended period of time. Stocks of growth companies (or “growth securities”) have market values that may be more volatile than those of other types of investments. Growth companies typically do not pay a dividend, which can help cushion stock prices in market downturns and reduce potential losses. Value companies are those whose stocks appear to be priced at a material discount to the underlying value of the issuing company. The reason for the apparent discount may reflect an underlying business condition that is more serious or permanent than anticipated, and stocks of value companies may remain depressed for extended periods of time or may never realize their expected potential value. Companies with an apparently attractive financial condition and prospects for ongoing financial stability may experience adverse business conditions specific to their industry or enterprise that cause their financial condition and prospects to deteriorate.  To the extent a Fund invests in dividend-paying common stocks, growth stocks, value stocks, or the stocks of companies that experience negative developments in their financial condition, the Fund may underperform funds that invest in other types of securities.

Large-Capitalization Companies Risk – A Fund may invest in the securities of large-capitalization companies. As a result, such Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of large-capitalization companies underperform securities of smaller-capitalization companies or the market as a whole. The securities of large-capitalization companies may be relatively mature compared to smaller companies and therefore subject to slower growth during times of economic expansion.

Liquidity Risk – The Funds’ investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may cause the Fund to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by a Fund halt trading, such as due to an exchange’s limit-up, limit-down rules, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Fund to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of such Fund being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk – The skill of the Sub-Advisor will play a significant role in each Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. A Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives depends on the ability of the Sub-Advisor to correctly identify economic trends, especially with regard to accurately forecasting projected dividend and growth rates and inflationary and deflationary periods. In addition, each Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective depends on the Sub-Advisor’s ability to select stocks, particularly in volatile stock markets. The Sub-Advisor could be incorrect in its analysis of industries, companies’ projected dividends and growth rates, the relative attractiveness of value stocks, and other matters. In addition, the Sub-Advisor’s models, stop loss, and goal-setting process may not perform as expected, which may negatively impact the Fund.

Market Risk – The Funds are designed for long-term investors who can accept the risks of investing in a portfolio with significant common stock holdings. Common stocks tend to be more volatile than other investment choices such as bonds and money market instruments. There is the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Funds, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Funds’ Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day. The market value of each Fund’s shares will fluctuate as a result of the movement of the overall stock market or of the market value of the individual securities held by a Fund and you could lose money.

Quantitative Model Risk – While a Fund’s principal investment strategy utilizes various quantitative models, the Fund’s portfolio managers exercise discretion with respect to portfolio transactions. To the extent various proprietary quantitative or investment models are used, securities or other financial instruments selected may perform differently than expected, or from the market as a whole, as a result of a quantitative model’s component factors, the weight placed on each factor, changes from the factors’ historical trends, and technical issues in the construction, implementation and maintenance of the models (e.g., data problems, software issues, etc.). Third party data and information used in models and analysis is obtained from sources believed to be reliable, however inaccurate data could adversely affect the effectiveness of the resulting investment implementation on a Fund’s performance. There can be no assurance that a quantitative model will achieve its objective or that the methodology employed by an investment strategy will eliminate exposure to downward trends and/or volatility in the markets or provide immediate exposure to upward trends and/or volatility in the markets.

REIT Risk – Investments in REITs will be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate.  Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties, defaults by borrowers or tenants, changes in interest rates and risks related to general or local economic conditions.  REITs are more dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, generally dependent on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders.  REITs are subject to complex tax qualification and compliance rules.  In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and therefore Fund shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which a Fund invests.

Share Trading Price Risk – The Shares of the Funds are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca and will be bought and sold in the Secondary Market at market prices. Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of each Fund’s Shares will approximate such Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the exchange price and the NAV vary significantly. Thus, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares in the Secondary Market, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares in the Secondary Market.

The market price of Shares during the trading day, like the price of any exchange-traded security, includes a “bid/ask” spread charged by the exchange specialist, market makers, or other participants that trade the Shares. In times of severe market disruption, the bid/ask spread can increase significantly. At those times, Shares are most likely to be traded at a discount to NAV, and the discount is likely to be greatest when the price of Shares is falling fastest, which may be the time that you most want to sell your Shares. The Sub-Advisor believes that, under normal market conditions, large market price discounts or premiums to NAV will not be sustained because of arbitrage opportunities.

Shares are Not Individually Redeemable – Shares are only redeemable by the Funds at NAV if they are tendered in large blocks known as “Creation Units” which are expected to be worth in excess of $1 million each. Only APs may engage in such creation and redemption transactions directly with the Funds.  Individual Shares may be sold on a stock exchange at their current market prices, which may be less, more, or equal to their NAV. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will be maintained for the Shares.

Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV – There is no obligation by any market maker to make a market in the Funds’ shares or by any AP to submit creation or redemption orders. Decisions by market makers or APs to reduce or step away from the Fund in a time of market stress could inhibit the arbitrage process by which a relationship between the Funds’ NAV per share and the market trading prices of the shares is maintained. Thus, reduced effectiveness of the arbitrage function could result in Fund shares trading at a discount to NAV per share and also with greater than normal intra-day bid/ask spreads.

Small and Medium-Sized Companies Risk – Investing in securities of small and medium capitalization companies may involve greater volatility than investing in larger and more established companies because small and medium capitalization companies can be subject to more abrupt or erratic share price changes than larger, more established companies. Small and medium capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources and their management may be dependent on a limited number of key individuals. Securities of those companies may have limited market liquidity and their prices may be more volatile.

Trading Price Risk – Although it is expected that generally the exchange price of the Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price in the Secondary Market and the NAV vary significantly.

Trend Lag Risk - Trend indicator signal changes pursuant to which Fund exposure and investments are determined, are designed to become effective in the Funds the business day following the indicator signal. As a result of this, the Funds may be exposed to downward trends and/or market volatility and may not achieve immediate exposure to upward trends and/or market volatility.

ADDITIONAL RISKS

Applicable to All Funds

Call Risk – The Funds may invest in callable bonds, and such issuers may “call” or repay securities with higher coupon or interest rates before the security’s maturity date. If interest rates fall, a Fund may have to reinvest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in such Fund’s income.

Costs of Buying or Selling Shares – Investors buying or selling Shares in the Secondary Market will pay brokerage commissions or other charges imposed by brokers as determined by that broker. Brokerage commissions are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell relatively small amounts of Shares. In addition, secondary market investors will also incur the cost of the difference between the price that an investor is willing to pay for Shares (the “bid” price) and the price at which an investor is willing to sell Shares (the “ask” price). This difference in bid and ask prices is often referred to as the “spread” or “bid/ask spread”. The bid/ask spread varies over time for Shares based on trading volume and market liquidity. In addition, increased market volatility may cause increased bid/ask spreads.

Credit Risk – A Fund could lose money if the issuer of a debt security is unable to meet its principal obligations in a timely manner, or if negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments cause the price of the bond to decline.

Issuer Risk – There may be economic or political changes that impact the ability of issuers to repay principal and to make interest payments on securities. Changes to the financial condition or credit rating of issuers may also adversely affect the value of the Funds' portfolio securities.

Reinvestment Risk – A Fund’s performance may be adversely affected when interest rates fall because a Fund may be exposed to lower-yielding bonds as bonds in its portfolio mature. This risk is typically greater with respect to exposure to short-term bonds (or short-term bond funds) and lower for long-term bonds (or long-term bond funds).

Securities Lending – Although each Fund will receive collateral in connection with all loans of its securities holdings, a Fund would be exposed to a risk of loss should a borrower default on its obligation to return the borrowed securities (e.g., the loaned securities may have appreciated beyond the value of the collateral held by the Fund). In addition, a Fund will bear the risk of loss of any cash collateral that it invests.

Tax Risk – The tax treatment of derivatives is unclear for purposes of determining a Fund’s tax status. In addition, a Fund’s transactions in derivatives may result in the Fund realizing more short-term capital gains and ordinary income that are subject to higher ordinary income tax rates than if it did not engage in such transactions.

Trading Issues – Trading in Shares on the NYSE Arca may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the NYSE Arca, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in Shares on the NYSE Arca is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to the NYSE Arca “circuit breaker” rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the NYSE Arca necessary to maintain the listing of a Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged.

CONTINUOUS OFFERING

The method by which Creation Units are purchased and traded may raise certain issues under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units are issued and sold by the Funds on an ongoing basis, at any point a “distribution,” as such term is used in the Securities Act, may occur. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act. For example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the Distributor, breaks them down into individual Shares, and sells such Shares directly to customers, or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of Secondary Market demand for Shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for purposes of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could lead to categorization as an underwriter.

Broker-dealer firms should also note that dealers who are not “underwriters” but are effecting transactions in Shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of Shares, are generally required to deliver a prospectus. This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act is not available with respect to such transactions as a result of Section 24(d) of the 1940 Act. As a result, broker-dealer firms should note that dealers who are not underwriters but are participating in a distribution (as contrasted with ordinary Secondary Market transactions) and thus dealing with Shares that are part of an over-allotment within the meaning of Section 4(3)(a) of the Securities Act would be unable to take advantage of the prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(3) of the Securities Act. Firms that incur a prospectus delivery obligation with respect to Shares of a Fund are reminded that under Rule 153 of the Securities Act, a prospectus delivery obligation under Section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Act owed to an exchange member in connection with a sale on the NYSE Arca is satisfied by the fact that such Fund’s prospectus is available at the NYSE Arca upon request. The prospectus delivery mechanism provided in Rule 153 is only available with respect to transactions on an exchange.

CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS

Each Fund issues and redeems Shares only in bundles of a specified number of Shares. These bundles are known as “Creation Units.” For each Fund, a Creation Unit is comprised of 25,000 Shares. The number of Shares in a Creation Unit may change in the event of a share split, reverse split or similar revaluation. The Funds may not issue fractional Creation Units. To purchase or redeem a Creation Unit, you must be an Authorized Participant or you must do so through a broker, dealer, bank or other entity that is an Authorized Participant. An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party”, i.e., a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process of the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC (“Clearing Process”), or (2) a participant of DTC (a “DTC Participant”), and, in each case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor with respect to creations and redemptions of Creation Units (each a “Participation Agreement”). Because Creation Units are likely to cost over one million dollars each, it is expected that only large institutional investors will purchase and redeem Shares directly from the Funds in the form of Creation Units. In turn, it is expected that institutional investors who purchase Creation Units will break up their Creation Units and offer and sell individual Shares in the Secondary Market. Although it is anticipated that most creation and redemption transactions for each Fund will be made on an “in-kind” basis, from time to time they may be made partially or wholly in cash. In determining whether a particular Fund will sell or redeem Creation Units entirely on a cash or in-kind basis (whether for a given day or a given order) the key consideration will be the benefit that would accrue to the Fund and its investors. Under certain circumstances, tax considerations may warrant in-kind, rather than cash, redemptions.

Retail investors may acquire Shares in the Secondary Market (not from the Funds) through a broker or dealer. Shares are listed on the NYSE Arca and are publicly traded. For information about acquiring Shares in the Secondary Market, please contact your broker or dealer. If you want to sell Shares in the Secondary Market, you must do so through your broker or dealer.

When you buy or sell Shares in the Secondary Market, your broker or dealer may charge you a commission, market premium or discount, or other transaction charge, and you may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price for each purchase or sale transaction. Unless imposed by your broker or dealer, there is no minimum dollar amount you must invest and no minimum number of Shares you must buy in the Secondary Market. In addition, because transactions in the Secondary Market occur at market prices, you may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares and receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares.

The creation and redemption processes discussed above are summarized, and such summary only applies to shareholders who purchase or redeem Creation Units (that is, they do not relate to shareholders who purchase or sell Shares in the Secondary Market). Authorized Participants should refer to their Participant Agreements for the precise instructions that must be followed in order to create or redeem Creation Units.

BUYING AND SELLING SHARES IN THE SECONDARY MARKET

Most investors will buy and sell Shares of each Fund in Secondary Market transactions through brokers. Shares of each Fund will be listed for trading on the Secondary Market on the NYSE Arca. Shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly-traded shares. There is no minimum investment. Although Shares are generally purchased and sold in “round lots” of 100 Shares, brokerage firms typically permit investors to purchase or sell Shares in smaller “odd lots” at no per-Share price differential. When buying or selling Shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges, and you may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price in the Secondary Market on each leg of a round trip (purchase and sale) transaction.

Share prices are reported in dollars and cents per Share. For information about buying and selling Shares in the Secondary Market, please contact your broker or dealer.

Book Entry
Shares of each Fund are held in book-entry form and no stock certificates are issued. DTC, through its nominee Cede & Co., is the record owner of all outstanding Shares.

Investors owning Shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all Shares. Participants in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and other institutions that directly or indirectly maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of Shares, you are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates or to have Shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a registered owner of Shares. Therefore, to exercise any right as an owner of Shares, you must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants.

These procedures are the same as those that apply to any securities that you hold in book-entry or “street name” form for any publicly-traded company. Specifically, in the case of a shareholder meeting of a Fund, DTC assigns applicable Cede & Co. voting rights to its participants that have Shares credited to their accounts on the record date, issues an omnibus proxy and forwards the omnibus proxy to the Fund. The omnibus proxy transfers the voting authority from Cede & Co. to the DTC participant. This gives the DTC participant through whom you own Shares (namely, your broker, dealer, bank, trust company or other nominee) authority to vote the shares, and, in turn, the DTC participant is obligated to follow the voting instructions you provide.

MANAGEMENT

The Board is responsible for the general supervision of the Funds. The Board appoints officers who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Funds.

Investment Advisor
Millington Securities, Inc. (“Advisor”) is the investment advisor to the Funds and is located at 331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 101, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701. As of March 31, 2019, the Advisor had approximately $730.9 million in assets under management. The Advisor is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm that is wholly owned by WBI Trading Company, Inc. The Advisor is also a registered broker-dealer.

The Advisor continuously reviews, supervises, and administers each Fund’s investment program.  In particular, the Advisor provides investment and operational oversight of the Sub-Advisor. The Board supervises the Advisor and establishes policies that the Advisor must follow in its day-to-day management activities.

WBI Investments, Inc. (“Sub-Advisor”), located at 331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 122, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, is an affiliate of the Advisor and of WBI Trading Company, Inc. and has been appointed by the Advisor to act as the investment sub-advisor to the Funds. The Sub-Advisor is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm formed in 1984 and registered with the SEC in 1985, providing investment management services to mutual funds, individuals, high net worth individuals, charitable organizations, corporations, pension and profit sharing plans, family limited partnerships, and fraternities.

The Sub-Advisor is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s investment objectives and policies. The Sub-Advisor also furnishes the Funds with office space and certain administrative services and provides most of the personnel needed to fulfill the obligations of the investment advisory agreement.

As compensation for its services and its assumption of certain expenses, each Fund pays the Advisor a management fee equal to a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets that is calculated daily and paid monthly, as follows:

Fund Name
 
Management Fee
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF
 
0.65%
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF
 
0.65%
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF
 
0.65%
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF
 
0.65%
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF
 
0.65%
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF
 
0.65%

The Advisor serves as advisor to each Fund pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement (“Advisory Agreement”), and appointed the Sub-Advisor to act as such for each Fund pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”). Pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisor is entitled to receive from the Advisor a management fee equal to 0.65% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, and the Advisor has delegated the Sub-Advisor to receive such fee directly from the Funds. The Advisor is paid 0.04% of each Fund’s average daily net assets (calculated daily and paid monthly) from the management fees collected by the Sub-Advisor.

Under the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor has agreed to pay or will cause its affiliated Sub-Advisor to pay, all of the expenses of each Fund, except for: the fee payment under the Advisory Agreement, payments under each Fund’s 12b-1 plan, brokerage expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest (including borrowing costs and dividend expenses on securities sold short), compensation and expenses of the independent Trustees (including independent Trustee counsel fees), litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including litigation to which the Trust or a Fund may be a party and indemnification of the Trustees and officers with respect thereto).

Both the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement were approved by the Independent Trustees of the Trust at an in-person meeting of the Board. The basis for the Independent Trustees’ approval of the Advisory Agreement as well as the Sub-Advisory Agreement for the Funds is available in the Funds’ annual report to shareholders for the period ended June 30, 2019.  The Sub-Advisor and its affiliates deal, trade, and invest for their own accounts in the types of securities in which the Funds also may invest. The Sub-Advisor does not use inside information in making investment decisions on behalf of the Funds.

The Sub-Advisor provides investment management services to the Funds and also provides management services to other accounts, including separately managed accounts, and other Funds in the Trust, using analysis, research, processes, and systems similar to those used in the management of the Funds. As a result, securities selected for the Fund may also be appropriate for, and owned in, other accounts under the Sub-Advisor’s management.

Portfolio Management

Co-Portfolio Manager: Steven Van Solkema, Co-Chief Investment Officer, WBI Investments, Inc.
Mr. Van Solkema joined WBI Investments in March, 2019, and serves as Chief Investment Officer, and Portfolio Manager. He has been a portfolio manager of the Funds since March 1, 2019. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Millington Securities, Inc., an SEC-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser, between April 2014 and February 2019 and as Chief Compliance Officer of Millington between June 2014 and June 2018. Mr. Van Solkema earned his MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and his BBA in Finance from Baruch College. Mr. Van Solkema is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Charterholder.

Co-Portfolio Manager: Don Schreiber, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, WBI Investments, Inc.
Mr. Schreiber founded WBI Investments, Inc. in August 1984, and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Millington Securities, Inc. and Director, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, and Vice President for WBI Trading Company, Inc. He has served as Chief Executive Officer (since April 2013), Director (since 2008), Treasurer (since April 2008), President (from April 2008-April 2013), and Vice President (since 2008) of Hartshorne Group, Inc., an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, and as President of Advisor Toolbox, Inc., a financial services technology and business consulting firm, since July 2005. He received a B.S. degree in Business from Susquehanna University in 1977. Mr. Schreiber has been portfolio manager to the Funds since inception.

The SAI provides additional information about each portfolio manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by each portfolio manager and ownership of securities in the Funds.

OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS

Fund Administrator, Custodian, Transfer Agent, and Securities Lending Agent
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, serves as Administrator and Transfer Agent. U.S. Bank, National Association, located at 1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212, serves as the Funds’ Custodian and Securities Lending Agent.

Distributor
Foreside Fund Services, LLC, Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04101, serves as the Distributor of Creation Units for the Funds on an agency basis. The Distributor does not maintain a Secondary Market in Shares.

Compliance
Pursuant to a Fund CCO Agreement with the Trust, Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC (f/k/a Foreside Compliance Services, LLC), Three Canal Plaza, Portland, ME 04101, an affiliate of the Distributor, provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) for the Trust.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP, 51 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ 07078, serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Trust.

Legal Counsel
K&L Gates LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, serves as counsel to the Trust and the Independent Trustees of the Board.

FREQUENT TRADING

The Board has not adopted policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of Shares by Fund shareholders (“market timing”). In determining not to adopt market timing policies and procedures, the Board noted that the Funds are expected to be attractive to active institutional and retail investors interested in buying and selling Shares on a short-term basis. In addition, the Board considered that, unlike traditional mutual funds, a Fund’s Shares can only be purchased and redeemed directly from the Fund in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, and that the vast majority of trading in a Fund’s Shares occurs on the Secondary Market. Because Secondary Market trades do not involve a Fund directly, it is unlikely those trades would cause many of the harmful effects of market timing, including dilution, disruption of portfolio management, increases in a Fund’s trading costs and the realization of capital gains. With respect to trades directly with the Funds, to the extent effected “in-kind” (namely, for securities), those trades do not cause any of the harmful effects that may result from frequent cash trades. To the extent trades are effected in whole or in part in cash, the Board noted that those trades could result in dilution to a Fund and increased transaction costs (a Fund may impose higher transaction fees to offset these increased costs), which could negatively impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. However, the Board noted that direct trading on a short-term basis by Authorized Participants is critical to ensuring that a Fund’s Shares trade at or close to NAV. Given this structure, the Board determined that it is not necessary to adopt market timing policies and procedures. Each Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order at any time and reserves the right to impose restrictions on disruptive or excessive trading in Creation Units.

The Board has instructed the officers of the Trust to review reports of purchases and redemptions of Creation Units on a regular basis to determine if there is any unusual trading in the Funds. The officers of the Trust will report to the Board any such unusual trading in Creation Units that is disruptive to the Funds. In such event, the Board may reconsider its decision not to adopt market timing policies and procedures.

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN

The Board has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act.  In accordance with its Rule 12b-1 plan, each Fund is authorized to pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year to finance activities primarily intended to result in the sale of Creation Units of each Fund or the provision of investor services. No Rule 12b-1 fees are currently paid by the Funds and there are no plans to impose these fees. However, in the event Rule 12b-1 fees are charged in the future, they will be paid out of the respective Fund’s assets, and over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and they may cost you more than certain other types of sales charges.

The Sub-Advisor and its affiliates may, out of their own resources, pay amounts to third parties for distribution or marketing services on behalf of the Funds. The making of these payments could create a conflict of interest for a financial intermediary receiving such payments.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE (NAV)

The NAV of the Shares for a Fund is equal to the Fund’s total assets minus the Fund’s total liabilities divided by the total number of Shares outstanding. Interest and investment income on the Trust’s assets accrue daily and are included in the Fund’s total assets. Expenses and fees (including investment advisory, management, administration, and 12b-1 distribution fees, if any) accrue daily and are included in the Fund’s total liabilities. The NAV that is published is rounded to the nearest cent; however, for purposes of determining the price of Creation Units, the NAV is calculated to four decimal places.

In calculating NAV, each Fund’s investments are valued using market quotations when available. When market quotations are not readily available, are deemed unreliable, or do not reflect material events occurring between the close of local markets and the time of valuation, investments are valued using fair value pricing as determined in good faith by the Sub-Advisor under procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. Investments that may be valued using fair value pricing include, but are not limited to: (1) securities that are not actively traded, including “restricted” securities and securities received in private placements for which there is no public market; (2) securities of an issuer that becomes bankrupt or enters into a restructuring; (3) securities whose trading has been halted or suspended; and (4) foreign securities traded on exchanges that close before a Fund’s NAV is calculated.

The frequency with which each Fund’s investments are valued using fair value pricing is primarily a function of the types of securities and other assets in which the respective Fund invests pursuant to its investment objective, strategies, and limitations. If the Funds invest in other open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, they may rely on the net asset values of those companies to value the shares they hold of them. Those companies may also use fair value pricing under some circumstances.

Valuing any of the Funds’ investments using fair value pricing results in using prices for those investments that may differ from current market valuations. Accordingly, fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate NAV and the prices used to determine a Fund’s Indicative Intra-Day Value (“IIV”), which could result in the market prices for Shares deviating from NAV.  In addition, with respect to securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges, the value of a Fund’s portfolio securities may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or sell your Shares.

The NAV is calculated by the Administrator and determined each Business Day as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE Arca (ordinarily 4:00 p.m. New York time) (“Business Day”). “Business Day” means any day that the Exchange is open for trading. The Exchange is open for trading Monday through Friday except for the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

INDICATIVE INTRA-DAY VALUE

The approximate value of each Fund’s investments on a per-Share basis, the Indicative Intra-Day Value, or IIV (also known as the Indicative Optimized Portfolio Value or IOPV), is disseminated by ICE Data Indices, LLC every 15 seconds during hours of trading on the NYSE Arca. The IIV should not be viewed as a “real-time” update of NAV because the IIV may not be calculated in the same manner as NAV, which is computed once per day.

An independent third party calculator calculates the IIV for each Fund during hours of trading on the NYSE Arca by dividing the “Estimated Fund Value”, as of the time of the calculation, by the total number of outstanding Shares of that Fund. “Estimated Fund Value” is the sum of the estimated amount of cash held in a Fund’s portfolio, the estimated amount of accrued interest owed to the Fund, and the estimated value of the securities held in the Fund’s portfolio, minus the estimated amount of the Fund’s liabilities. The IIV will be calculated based on the same portfolio holdings disclosed on the Trust’s website.

The Funds provide the independent third party calculator with information to calculate the IIV, but the Funds are not involved in the actual calculation of the IIV and are not responsible for the calculation or dissemination of the IIV. The Funds make no warranty as to the accuracy of the IIV.

PREMIUM/DISCOUNT INFORMATION

Information regarding the extent and frequency with which market prices of Shares have tracked the relevant Fund’s NAV for the most recently completed calendar year and the quarters since that year will be available without charge on the Funds’ website at www.wbishares.com.

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES

Net Investment Income and Capital Gains
As a Fund shareholder, you are entitled to your share of the Fund’s distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains on its investments.

The Funds typically earn income dividends from stocks and interest from debt securities. These amounts, net of expenses, are typically passed along to Fund shareholders as dividends from net investment income. The Funds realize capital gains or losses whenever they sell securities. Net capital gains are distributed to shareholders as “capital gain distributions”.

Capital gains of the Funds are normally declared and paid annually. Dividends from net investment income are normally declared and paid with the following frequency:

Name of Fund
Distribution Frequency
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF
Monthly
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF
Quarterly
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF
Quarterly
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF
Quarterly
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF
Quarterly
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF
Quarterly

The amount of distributions may vary and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will pay dividends of investment income in any given month or quarter, as applicable. Dividends also may be declared and paid more frequently to comply with the distribution requirements of the Code. In addition, the Funds may determine to distribute at least annually amounts representing the full dividend yield net of expenses on securities held by the Funds, as if the Funds owned the securities for the entire dividend period, in which case some portion of each distribution may result in a return of capital. You will be notified regarding the portion of the distribution that represents a return of capital. A return of capital is not taxable, but reduces a shareholder’s tax basis in its shares, thus reducing any loss or increasing any gain on a subsequent taxable disposition by the shareholder of its shares.

Distributions in cash may be reinvested automatically in additional Shares of a Fund only if the broker through which you purchased Shares makes such option available.

Federal Income Taxes
The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to an investment in Shares of a Fund. The summary is based on the laws in effect on the date of this Prospectus and existing judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. In addition, this summary assumes that a Fund shareholder holds Shares as capital assets within the meaning of the Code and does not hold Shares in connection with a trade or business. This summary does not address all potential U.S. federal income tax considerations possibly applicable to an investment in Shares of a Fund, to Fund shareholders holding Shares through a partnership (or other pass-through entity) or to Fund shareholders subject to special tax rules. Prospective Fund shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors with respect to the specific federal, state, local, and foreign tax consequences of investing in Shares based on their particular circumstances.

The Funds have not requested and will not request an advance ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) as to the federal income tax matters described below. The IRS could adopt positions contrary to those discussed below and such positions could be sustained. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors with regard to the federal tax consequences of the purchase, ownership, or disposition of Shares, as well as the tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, foreign country, or other taxing jurisdiction.

Tax Treatment of a Fund
Each Fund intends to qualify and elect to be treated as a separate “regulated investment company” under the Code. To qualify and maintain its tax status as a regulated investment company, each Fund must meet, annually, certain income and asset diversification requirements, and must distribute annually at least the sum of 90% of its “investment company taxable income” (which includes dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains) and 90% of its net exempt interest income.

As a regulated investment company, a Fund generally will not have to pay corporate-level federal income taxes on any ordinary income or capital gains that it distributes to its shareholders. If a Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company for any year, (subject to certain curative measures allowed by the Code) the Fund will be subject to regular corporate-level income tax in that year on all of its taxable income, regardless of whether the Fund makes any distributions to its shareholders. In addition, distributions will be taxable to a Fund’s shareholders generally as ordinary dividends (or qualified dividend income for individuals shareholders if certain holding period requirements are met) to the extent of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits.

A Fund may be required to recognize taxable income in advance of receiving the related cash payment. For example, if a Fund invests in original issue discount obligations (such as zero coupon debt instruments or debt instruments with payment-in-kind interest), the Fund will be required to include in income each year a portion of the original issue discount that accrues over the term of the obligation, even if the related cash payment is not received by the Fund until a later year. Under the “wash sale” rules, a Fund may not be able to deduct a loss on a disposition of a portfolio security. As a result, the Fund may be required to make an annual income distribution greater than the total cash actually received during the year. Such distribution may be made from the cash assets of the Fund or by selling portfolio securities. The Fund may realize gains or losses from such sales, in which event its shareholders may receive a larger capital gain distribution than they would in the absence of such transactions.

A Fund will be subject to a 4% excise tax on certain undistributed income if the Fund does not distribute to its shareholders in each calendar year at least 98% of its ordinary income for the calendar year plus 98.2% of its capital gain net income for the twelve months ended October 31 of such year. Each Fund intends to make distributions necessary to avoid the 4% excise tax.

Tax Treatment of Fund Shareholders

Fund Distributions. In general, Fund distributions are subject to federal income tax when paid, regardless of whether they consist of cash or property or are reinvested in Shares. However, any Fund distribution declared in October, November, or December of any calendar year and payable to shareholders of record on a specified date during such month will be deemed to have been received by each Fund shareholder on December 31 of such calendar year, provided such dividend is actually paid during January of the following calendar year.

Distributions of a Fund’s net investment income (except, as discussed below, qualifying dividend income) and net short-term capital gains are taxable as ordinary income to the extent of the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits. Distributions of a Fund’s net long-term capital gains in excess of net short-term capital losses are taxable as long-term capital gain to the extent of the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, regardless of a Fund shareholder’s holding period in the Fund’s Shares. Distributions of qualifying dividend income are taxable as long-term capital gain to the extent of the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, provided that the Fund shareholder meets certain holding period and other requirements with respect to the distributing Fund’s Shares and the distributing Fund meets certain holding period and other requirements with respect to its dividend-paying stocks.

Each Fund intends to distribute its long-term capital gains at least annually. However, by providing written notice to its shareholders no later than 60 days after its year-end, a Fund may elect to retain some or all of its long-term capital gains and designate the retained amount as a “deemed distribution.” In that event, the Fund pays income tax on the retained long-term capital gain, and each Fund shareholder recognizes a proportionate share of the Fund’s undistributed long-term capital gain. In addition, each Fund shareholder can claim a refundable tax credit for the shareholder’s proportionate share of the Fund’s income taxes paid on the undistributed long-term capital gain and increase the tax basis of the Shares by an amount equal to shareholder’s proportionate share of the Fund’s undistributed long-term capital gains, reduced by the amount of the shareholder’s tax credit.

Long-term capital gains of non-corporate Fund shareholders (i.e., individuals, trusts, and estates) are taxed at a maximum rate of 20%.

In addition, high-income individuals (and certain other trusts and estates) are subject to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on net investment income (which generally includes all Fund distributions and gains from the sale of Shares) in addition to otherwise applicable federal income tax. Please consult your tax advisor regarding this tax.

Investors considering buying Shares just prior to a distribution should be aware that, although the price of the Shares purchased at such time may reflect the forthcoming distribution, such distribution nevertheless may be taxable (as opposed to a non-taxable return of capital).

Sales of Shares. Any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Shares is treated generally as a long-term gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year. Any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Shares held for one year or less is generally treated as a short-term gain or loss, except that any capital loss on the sale of Shares held for six months or less is treated as long-term capital loss to the extent that capital gain dividends were paid with respect to the Shares.

Creation Unit Issues and Redemptions. On an issue of Shares of a Fund as part of a Creation Unit where the creation is conducted in-kind, an Authorized Participant recognizes capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the fair market value (at issue) of the issued Shares (plus any cash received by the Authorized Participant as part of the issue) and (ii) the Authorized Participant’s aggregate basis in the exchanged securities (plus any cash paid by the Authorized Participant as part of the issue). On a redemption of Shares as part of a Creation Unit where the redemption is conducted in-kind, an Authorized Participant recognizes capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the fair market value (at redemption) of the securities received (plus any cash received by the Authorized Participant as part of the redemption) and (ii) the Authorized Participant’s basis in the redeemed Shares (plus any cash paid by the Authorized Participant as part of the redemption). However, the IRS may assert, under the “wash sale” rules or on the basis that there has been no significant change in the Authorized Participant’s economic position, that any loss on creation or redemption of Creation Units cannot be deducted currently.

In general, any capital gain or loss recognized upon the issue or redemption of Shares (as components of a Creation Unit) is treated either as long-term capital gain or loss if the deposited securities (in the case of an issue) or the Shares (in the case of a redemption) have been held for more than one year, or otherwise as short-term capital gain or loss. However, any capital loss on a redemption of Shares held for six months or less is treated as long-term capital loss to the extent that capital gain dividends were paid with respect to such Shares.

Back-Up Withholding. A Fund may be required to report certain information on a Fund shareholder to the IRS and withhold federal income tax (“backup withholding”) at a 24% rate from all taxable distributions and redemption proceeds payable to the Fund shareholder if the Fund shareholder fails to provide the Fund with a correct taxpayer identification number (or, in the case of a U.S. individual, a social security number) or a completed exemption certificate (e.g., an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, in the case of a foreign Fund shareholder) or if the IRS notifies the Fund that the Fund shareholder is otherwise subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax and any amount withheld may be credited against a Fund shareholder’s federal income tax liability.

Special Issues for Foreign Shareholders. If a Fund shareholder is not a U.S. citizen or resident or if a Fund shareholder is a foreign entity, the Fund’s ordinary income dividends (including distributions of  amounts that would not be subject to U.S. withholding tax if paid directly to foreign Fund shareholders) will be subject, in general, to withholding tax at a rate of 30% (or at a lower rate established under an applicable tax treaty). However interest-related dividends and short-term capital gain dividends generally will not be subject to withholding tax; provided that the foreign shareholder furnishes the Funds with a completed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, (or acceptable substitute documentation) establishing the Fund shareholder’s status as foreign and the Funds do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the foreign Fund shareholder would be subject to withholding tax if the foreign shareholder were to receive the related amounts directly rather than as dividends from the Funds.  There can be no assurance that these rules, which have expired, will be extended.

The provisions of FATCA will subject certain foreign entities to U.S. withholding tax of 30% on certain U.S. source investment income (including all dividends from the Fund), and, beginning in 2019, on gross proceeds from the sale of U.S. stocks and securities (including the sale of Shares), unless they comply with or demonstrate their exemption from certain reporting requirements. Complying with such requirements may require the shareholder to provide and certify certain information about itself and (where applicable) its beneficial owners, and foreign financial institutions may be required to enter in an agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or a government agency in their own country to provide certain information regarding such shareholder’s account holders. Please consult your tax advisor regarding this tax.

To claim a credit or refund for any Fund-level taxes on any undistributed long-term capital gains (as discussed above) or any taxes collected through back-up withholding, a foreign shareholder must obtain a U.S. taxpayer identification number and file a federal income tax return, even if the foreign shareholder would not otherwise be required to obtain a U.S. taxpayer identification number or file a U.S. income tax return.

For a more detailed tax discussion regarding an investment in the Funds, please see the section of the SAI entitled “Taxation”.

Material Conflicts of Interest
The activities in the management of, or interest in, the Sub-Advisor’s own accounts and the other accounts it manages, may give rise to conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest, and these activities may present conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Funds and their shareholders. For example, the Sub-Advisor currently provides investment management services to other accounts, including separately managed accounts, other Funds in the Trust, and mutual funds, and in the future may service accounts of other affiliates and their respective clients, using analysis, research, processes, and systems similar to those used in the management of the Funds. Some of these portfolios may have fee structures that are or have the potential to be higher than the advisory fees paid by the Funds, which can cause potential conflicts in the allocation of investment opportunities between any of the Funds and other accounts. However, the compensation structure for portfolio managers does not generally provide incentive to favor one account over another because that part of a manager’s bonus based on performance is not based on the performance of one account to the exclusion of others. There are many other factors considered in determining the portfolio managers’ bonus and there is no formula that is applied to weight the factors listed.

In connection with allocation of trades, the Sub-Advisor faces a potential conflict because it manages separately managed accounts (“SMA Clients”) and multiple registered investment companies. These conflicts may arise because of similarities between the investment strategies. The intention of the Sub-Advisor is to treat the various accounts fairly. The Sub-Advisor frequently combines or aggregates orders for SMA Clients and the Funds, in an effort to obtain best execution, to negotiate more favorable commission rates, or to equitably allocate among the Sub-Advisor’s SMA Clients and the Funds improvements in price and transaction fees or other transaction costs that might not have been obtained had such orders been placed independently.  If the Sub-Advisor combines or aggregates client orders, for those client accounts included in the combined or aggregated orders , transactions will be averaged as to price and will be allocated among the relevant client accounts in proportion to the purchase (or sale) orders placed for each respective client account. This can also lead to a conflict of interest for the Sub-Advisor in allocating its own limited resources among different clients and potential future business ventures. Although the Sub-Advisor and its professional staff cannot and will not devote all of its time or resources to the management of the business and affairs of the Funds, the Sub-Advisor intends to devote, and to cause its professional staff to devote, sufficient time and resources to properly manage the business and affairs of the Funds.

Broker-dealers selected for execution by the Sub-Advisor may receive a brokerage commission or other compensation for transactions effected for a Fund. The broker-dealers, who may maintain securities, commodity, options, and foreign exchange trading accounts, may pay commissions at negotiated rates, which are greater or less than the rate paid by the Funds. All executions of Fund trades are subject to best execution regulations through the executing broker and are reviewed by the Board annually and may be reviewed more frequently as deemed necessary by the Board. The Advisor, which is a registered broker-dealer, may be selected as broker-dealer by the Sub-Advisor for transactions effected for the Funds.

CODE OF ETHICS

The Trust, the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor and Foreside Financial Group, LLC, on behalf of the Distributor and Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC, each have adopted a code of ethics under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act that is designed to prevent affiliated persons of the Trust, the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, the Distributor and Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC from engaging in deceptive, manipulative, or fraudulent activities in connection with securities held or to be acquired by the Funds (which may also be held by persons subject to a code). There can be no assurance that the codes will be effective in preventing such activities. The codes permit personnel subject to them to invest in securities, including securities that may be held or purchased by the Funds. The codes are on file with the SEC and are available to the public.

FUND WEBSITE AND DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Sub-Advisor maintains a website for the Funds at www.wbishares.com. The website for the Funds contains the following information, on a per-Share basis, for each Fund: (1) the prior Business Day’s NAV; (2) the reported mid-point of the bid-ask spread at the time of NAV calculation (the “Bid-Ask Price”); (3) a calculation of the premium or discount of the Bid-Ask Price against such NAV; and (4) data in chart format displaying the frequency distribution of discounts and premiums of the Bid-Ask Price against the NAV, within appropriate ranges, for each of the four previous calendar quarters (or for the life of a Fund if, shorter). In addition, on each Business Day, before the commencement of trading in Shares on the NYSE Arca, each Fund will disclose on its website www.wbishares.com the identities and quantities of the portfolio securities and other assets held by each Fund that will form the basis for the calculation of NAV at the end of the Business Day.

A description of each Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the SAI.

OTHER INFORMATION

For purposes of the 1940 Act, the Funds are registered investment companies, and the acquisition of Shares by other registered investment companies and companies relying on exemption from registration as investment companies under Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act is subject to the restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, except as may be permitted by an exemptive order granted by the SEC that permits registered investment companies to invest in the Funds beyond those limitations.

The SEC has granted exemptive relief to the Trust under Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the 1940 Act permitting each Fund to operate as a “fund of funds” and invest in other investment companies without complying with the limitations set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, subject to certain terms and limitations that are contained in the SEC’s exemptive order. In addition, the Funds may enter into Participation Agreements with unaffiliated investment companies to enable a Fund to invest in unaffiliated investment companies in excess of the limits in Section 12(d)(1) pursuant to exemptive orders granted to other fund complexes on which the Fund is allowed to rely.

Shareholder inquiries may be made by writing to the Trust, c/o Millington Securities, Inc., 331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 101, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The Funds have not yet commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus and therefore do not have a financial history.
 

PRIVACY POLICY

Absolute Shares Trust is committed to respecting the privacy of personal information you entrust to us in the course of doing business with us.

The Funds collect non-public information about you from the following sources:

Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
Information you give us orally; and/or
Information about your transactions with us or others.

We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities. We may share information with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Funds. We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.

In the event that you hold shares of the Funds through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared by those entities with unaffiliated third parties.




FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

Trust
Absolute Shares Trust, a registered open-end investment company
   
Funds
 
The investment portfolios of the Trust
   
Shares
 
Shares of the Funds offered to investors
   
Advisor
 
Millington Securities, Inc.
   
Sub-Advisor
 
WBI Investments, Inc.
   
Custodian
 
U.S. Bank National Association, the custodian of the Funds’ assets
   
Distributor
 
Foreside Fund Services, LLC, the distributor to the Funds
   
AP or Authorized
Participant
 
Certain large institutional investors such as brokers, dealers, banks or other entities that have entered into authorized participant agreements with the Distributor
   
NYSE Arca
 
NYSE Arca, Inc., the primary market on which Shares are listed for trading
   
IIV
 
The Indicative Intra-Day Value, (also known as Indicative Optimized Portfolio Value or IOPV), an appropriate per-Share value based on a Fund’s portfolio
   
1940 Act
 
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
   
NAV
 
Net asset value
   
SAI
 
Statement of Additional Information
   
SEC
 
Securities and Exchange Commission
   
Secondary Market
 
A national securities exchange, national securities association, or over-the-counter trading system where Shares may trade from time to time
   
Securities Act
 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended
 
 


FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you would like more information about the Trust, the Funds and the Shares, the following documents are available free upon request:

Statement of Additional Information
The SAI provides additional details about the investments and techniques of the Funds and certain other additional information. A current SAI is on file with the SEC and is incorporated into this Prospectus by reference. This means that the SAI is legally considered a part of this Prospectus even though it is not physically within this Prospectus.

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports
The Funds’ Annual and Semi-Annual Reports (collectively, the “Shareholder Reports”) provide the most recent financial reports and portfolio listings. The Annual Report contains a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that affected the Funds’ performance during the Funds’ previous fiscal year.

The SAI and Shareholder Reports are available free of charge on the Funds’ website at www.wbishares.com.

You can obtain a free copy of the SAI and Shareholder Reports, request other information, or make general inquiries about the Funds by calling the Funds (toll-free) at (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837 or by writing to:

Absolute Shares Trust
c/o Millington Securities, Inc.
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 101
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

Reports and other information about the Funds are also available:

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Free of charge from the SEC’s EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; or
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For a fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov

No person is authorized to give any information or to make any representations about the Funds and their Shares not contained in this Prospectus and you should not rely on any other information. This Prospectus does not constitute an offering by the Funds in any jurisdiction where such an offering is not lawful.  Read and keep the Prospectus for future reference.

The Trust may enter into contractual arrangements with various parties, including among others, the Funds’ investment adviser, sub-adviser, distributor, custodian, and transfer agent who provide services to the Funds. Shareholders are not parties to any such contractual arrangements or intended beneficiaries of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not intended to create in any shareholder any right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the Trust.

This Prospectus provides information concerning the Funds that you should consider in determining whether to purchase Shares. Neither this Prospectus nor the SAI is intended, or should be read, to be or give rise to an agreement or contract between the Trust or the Funds and any investor, or to give rise to any rights in any shareholder or other person other than any rights under federal or state law that may not be waived.

Dealers effecting transactions in the Funds’ Shares, whether or not participating in this distribution, may be generally required to deliver a Prospectus. This is in addition to any obligation dealers have to deliver a Prospectus when acting as underwriters.

WBI is a registered service mark of WBI Investments, Inc.


The Funds’ investment company registration number is 811-22917











 

 
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
ABSOLUTE SHARES TRUST
 
Millington Securities, Inc.
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 101
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
Tel: 732-945-3816
Website: www.wbishares.com


May 27, 2019


Fund Name
Ticker Symbol
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF
(WBIN)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF
(WBIK)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF
(WBIM)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF
(WBIQ)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF
(WBIS)
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF
(WBIT)

Listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc.

This Statement of Additional Information (this “SAI”) is not a prospectus. It should be read in conjunction with and is incorporated by reference into the prospectus dated May 27 , 2019 (the “Prospectus”) for the Absolute Shares Trust (“Trust”), relating to the funds (each, a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”) set forth in the table above, as it may be revised from time to time. A copy of the Prospectus for the Trust, relating to the Funds, may be obtained without charge by writing to the Trust, c/o Foreside Fund Services, LLC, 3 Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101, by calling (855) WBI‑ETFS or (855) 924-3837, or by visiting the Trust’s website at www.wbishares.com.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning as in the Prospectus, unless otherwise noted.

No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this SAI and the Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations may not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Trust.

The SAI does not constitute an offer to sell securities.

The Funds’ audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year (when available) will be incorporated into this SAI by reference to the Funds’ most recent Annual Report to Shareholders (File No. 811-22917). When available, you may obtain a copy of the Funds’ Annual Report at no charge by request to the Funds at the address or phone number noted above.



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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST AND THE FUNDS

The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on November 7, 2013 and is authorized to have multiple segregated series or investment portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”). The Trust currently consists of twelve separate investment portfolios.

This SAI addresses the following investment portfolios of the Trust (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”): WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF; WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF; WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF; WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF.

Each Fund is deemed to be diversified for the purposes of the 1940 Act.

In addition to the Funds, the Trust currently has the following separate investment portfolios (the “Other Funds in the Trust”): WBI BullBear Quality 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Rising Income 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Value 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Yield 1000 ETF; WBI BullBear Rising Income 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Value 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Yield 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Quality 2000 ETF; WBI BullBear Global Income ETF; WBI BullBear Global High Income ETF; WBI BullBear Global Rotation ETF; and the WBI PowerFactorTM High Dividend ETF.

Other portfolios may be added to the Trust in the future. The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as “Fund Shares” or “Shares.” The offering of Shares is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”).

The Funds’ investment advisor, Millington Securities, Inc. (“Advisor”), has selected its affiliate WBI Investments, Inc. (“Sub-Advisor”) to act as investment sub-advisor. Both the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are registered as investment advisors with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

The Shares of the Funds trade on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”). Shares will trade on the Exchange at market prices that may be below, at, or above the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Shares.

The Funds offer and issue Shares at NAV only in aggregations of a specified number of Shares (each, a “Creation Unit” or a “Creation Unit Aggregation”), generally in exchange for a basket of “in-kind” securities specified by the Sub-Advisor (“Deposit Securities”), together with the deposit of a specified cash payment (“Cash Component”). Shares are redeemable only in Creation Unit Aggregations and, generally, in exchange for Deposit Securities and a Cash Component. Creation Units are aggregations of 25,000 Shares of a Fund. In the event of the liquidation of a Fund, the Trust may lower the number of Shares in a Creation Unit.

The Funds presently create and redeem Shares “in-kind”. The Trust reserves the right to offer a “cash” option for creations and redemptions of Shares. When, in the sole discretion of the Trust, the Advisor, or the Sub-Advisor, cash purchases of Creation Unit Aggregations of Shares are available or specified for a Fund, such purchases shall be effected in essentially the same manner as in-kind purchases thereof.  In the case of a cash purchase, the Authorized Participant must pay the cash equivalent of the Deposit Securities it would otherwise be required to provide through an in-kind purchase, plus the same Cash Component required to be paid by an in-kind purchaser. In addition, to offset brokerage and other costs associated with using cash to purchase the requisite Deposit Securities, the Authorized Participant must pay the Transaction Fees required by a Fund, as applicable.  Shares may be issued in advance of the receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 110% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In all cases, such fees will be limited in accordance with the requirements of the SEC applicable to management investment companies offering redeemable securities.

EXCHANGE LISTING AND TRADING

There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary for each Fund to maintain the listing of its Shares will continue to be met. The Exchange will consider the suspension of trading in, and will initiate delisting proceedings of, Shares under any of the following circumstances: (i) if any of the requirements set forth in the Exchange rules are not continuously maintained; (ii) if the Exchange files separate proposals under Section 19(b) of the 1940 Act and any of the statements regarding (a) the description of the applicable Fund; (b) limitations on the applicable Fund’s portfolio holdings or reference assets; (c) dissemination and availability of intraday indicative values; or (d) the applicability of the Exchange listing rules specified in such proposals are not continuously maintained; (iii) if following the initial 12-month period beginning at the commencement of trading of the applicable Fund, there are fewer than 50 beneficial owners of the Shares of such Fund; (iv) if the intraday indicative value is no longer disseminated at least every 15 seconds during the Exchange’s regular market session and the interruption to the dissemination persists past the trading day in which it occurred; or (vi) such other event shall occur or condition shall exist that, in the opinion of the Exchange, makes further dealings on such Exchange inadvisable.  The Exchange will remove the Shares of a Fund from listing and trading upon termination of such Fund.

The Funds’ continued listing on the Exchange or another stock exchange or market system is a condition of the exemptive relief the Funds obtained from the SEC to operate as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Any Fund’s failure to be so listed would result in the liquidation and closure of the Fund.

As in the case of other stocks traded on the Exchange, brokers’ commissions on transactions will be based on negotiated commission rates at customary levels.

The Trust reserves the right to adjust the number of outstanding shares in order to impact the market price range of the Shares to maintain convenient trading ranges for investors. Any adjustments would be accomplished through stock splits or reverse stock splits, which would have no effect on the net assets of each Fund.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES

Investment Objectives
Each Fund has distinct investment objectives and policies. There can be no assurance that a Fund’s objective will be achieved.

All investment objectives and investment policies not specifically designated as fundamental may be changed without shareholder approval. Additional information about the Funds, their policies, and the investment instruments they may hold, is provided below.

The Funds’ share prices will fluctuate with market, economic and, to the extent applicable, foreign exchange conditions. The Funds should not be relied upon as a complete investment program.

Investment Restrictions
The investment restrictions set forth below have been adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) as fundamental policies that cannot be changed with respect to a Fund without the affirmative vote of the holders of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund. The investment objective of each Fund and all other investment policies or practices of the Fund are considered by the Trust not to be fundamental and accordingly may be changed without shareholder approval. For purposes of the 1940 Act, a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” means the lesser of the vote of (i) 67% or more of the Shares of the Fund present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Shares of the Fund are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the Shares of the Fund.

For purposes of the following limitations, any limitation which involves a maximum percentage shall not be considered violated unless an excess over the percentage occurs immediately after, and is caused by, an acquisition or encumbrance of securities or assets of, or borrowings by, a Fund. With respect to the Funds’ fundamental investment restriction on borrowings, asset coverage of at least 300% (as defined in the 1940 Act), inclusive of any amounts borrowed, must be maintained at all times.

As a matter of fundamental policy, each Fund may not:

1. With respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities of a single issuer or hold more than 10% of the voting securities of such issuer. (This does not apply to investments in the securities of other investment companies or securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies, or instrumentalities.)

2. Borrow money, except that (i) each Fund may borrow from banks for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests which might otherwise require the untimely disposition of securities, and (ii) each Fund may, to the extent consistent with its investment policies, enter into repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, and similar investment strategies and techniques. To the extent that it engages in transactions described in (i) and (ii), each Fund will be limited so that no more than 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) is derived from such transactions. Any borrowings which come to exceed this amount will be reduced in accordance with applicable law.

3. Issue senior securities, as defined in the 1940 Act and the rules, regulations and orders thereunder, except as permitted under the 1940 Act and the rules, regulations and orders thereunder.

4. Engage in the business of underwriting securities, except to the extent that a Fund may be considered an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 in the disposition of portfolio securities.

5. Invest 25% or more of the market value of its total assets either directly or indirectly through its underlying ETFs, in the equity securities of companies engaged in any one industry, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification Codes utilized by the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC. (This does not apply to investments in the securities of other investment companies or securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies, or instrumentalities.)

6. Purchase or sell real estate, which term does not include securities of companies which deal in real estate and/or mortgages or investments secured by real estate, or interests therein, except that a Fund reserves freedom of action to hold and to sell real estate acquired as a result of a Fund’s ownership of securities.

7. Purchase or sell physical commodities or contracts relating to physical commodities.

8. Make loans to others. This restriction does not apply to: (i) the purchase of debt obligations in which each Fund may invest consistent with its investment objectives and policies; (ii) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements; and (iii) loans of its portfolio securities, to the fullest extent permitted under the 1940 Act.

Each Fund observes the following policies, which are not deemed fundamental and which may be changed without shareholder vote. Each Fund may not:

1. Invest in any issuer for purposes of exercising control or management.
 
2. Invest in securities of other investment companies, except as permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules promulgated thereunder or pursuant to any applicable exemptive order granted by the SEC.

3.  Hold, in the aggregate, more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the applicable Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment.

INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS

A discussion of the risks associated with an investment in each Fund is contained in the Funds’ Prospectus under the headings “Principal Risks,” “Description of the Principal Risks of the Funds” and “Additional Risks.” The discussion below supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, such sections of the respective Fund’s Prospectus.

General
A Fund may make direct investments in equity and fixed income securities and other financial instruments, including but not limited to futures contracts, swap agreements and forward contracts, real estate investment trusts, reverse repurchase agreements, and options on securities, indices, and futures contracts (collectively, “Financial Instruments”). In addition, a Fund, rather than investing directly in Financial Instruments, may obtain exposure to financial assets by investing indirectly through registered investment companies, including ETFs, exchange-traded vehicles issuing equity securities (“ETVs”), and exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”) (such ETFs, ETVs, and ETNs are referred to collectively as “exchange-traded products” or “ETPs”). Investment in each Fund should be made with an understanding that the value of the portfolio of securities held by such Fund may fluctuate in accordance with changes in the financial condition of the issuers of the portfolio securities, the value of common stocks generally and other factors.

Diversification
Each Fund is diversified under applicable federal securities laws. This means that as to 75% of its total assets (1) no more than 5% may be invested in the securities of a single issuer, and (2) it may not hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of a single issuer. (This does not apply to investments in the securities of other investment companies or securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies, or instrumentalities.) However, the diversification of a Fund’s holdings is measured at the time such Fund purchases a security; if a Fund purchases a security and holds it for a period of time, the security may become a larger percentage of such Fund’s total assets due to movements in the financial markets. If the market affects several securities held by a Fund, such Fund may have a greater percentage of its assets invested in securities of fewer issuers. Accordingly, each Fund is subject to the risk that its performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of relatively few securities despite qualifying as a diversified fund.

Percentage Limitations
Whenever an investment policy or limitation states a maximum percentage of each Fund’s assets that may be invested in any security or other asset, or sets forth a policy regarding quality standards, such standard or percentage limitation will be determined immediately after and as a result of the Fund’s acquisition or sale of such security or other asset. Accordingly, except with respect to borrowing, any subsequent change in values, net assets, or other circumstances will not be considered in determining whether an investment complies with each Fund’s investment policies and limitations. In addition, if a bankruptcy or other extraordinary event occurs concerning a particular investment by a Fund, the Fund may receive stock, real estate, or other investments that the Fund would not or could not buy. If this happens, a Fund would sell such investments as soon as practicable while trying to maximize the return to its shareholders.

Although the Fund is limited as to the percentage of its net assets that may be directly invested in certain asset classes, the Fund may obtain investment exposure to such asset classes in excess of such limits by investing indirectly in such asset classes through other investment companies, including other ETFs with exposure to such asset classes. Consequently, investments in such pooled investment vehicles may result in aggregate direct and indirect investment exposure to an asset class in excess of the limit up to which the applicable Fund may invest directly in such assets.

Cyber Security Risk
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Funds are susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users). Cyber security failures or breaches suffered by the Funds’ Sub-Advisor, distributor, and other service providers (including, but not limited to, Fund accountants, custodians, transfer agents, and administrators), market makers, Authorized Participants (as defined below) and the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with a Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of the shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. While the Funds have established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent, such cyber attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, the Funds cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by service providers to the Funds and issuers in which the Funds invest, market makers, or Authorized Participants. The Funds and their shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result of any cyber incidents impacting such parties.

Each Fund may invest in the following types of investments, each of which is subject to certain risks, as discussed below:

Equity Securities
Common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, rights, warrants and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) are examples of equity securities in which the Funds may invest.

All investments in equity securities are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles and the value of the securities in a Fund’s portfolio may fluctuate substantially from day to day. Owning an equity security can also subject a Fund to the risk that the issuer may discontinue paying dividends. There is also the risk that sharp price declines in securities owned by the Funds, known as flash crash risk, may trigger trading halts, which may result in the Funds’ Shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Common Stocks. A common stock represents a proportionate share of the ownership of a company and its value is based on the success of the company’s business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of its assets, and general market conditions. In addition to the general risks set forth above, investments in common stocks are subject to the risk that in the event a company in which a Fund or an ETP invests is liquidated, the holders of preferred stock and creditors of that company will be paid in full before any payments are made to a Fund or such ETP as a holder of common stock. It is possible that all assets of that company will be exhausted before any payments are made to a Fund or such ETP.

Preferred Stocks. Preferred stocks are equity securities that often pay dividends at a specific rate and have a preference over common stocks in dividend payments and liquidation of assets. A preferred stock has a blend of the characteristics of a bond and common stock. It can offer the higher yield of a bond and has priority over common stock in equity ownership, but does not have the seniority of a bond and, unlike common stock, its participation in the issuer’s growth may be limited. Although the dividend is set at a fixed annual rate, in some circumstances it can be changed or omitted by the issuer.

Convertible Securities. Each Fund may invest directly, or indirectly, through an ETP in convertible securities. Traditional convertible securities include corporate bonds, notes, and preferred stocks that may be converted into or exchanged for common stock, and other securities that also provide an opportunity for equity participation. These securities are convertible either at a stated price or a stated rate (that is, for a specific number of shares of common stock or other security). As with other debt securities, the price of a convertible security generally varies inversely with interest rates. While providing a debt stream, a convertible security also affords the investor an opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation of the common stock into which it is convertible. As the market price of the underlying common stock declines, convertible securities tend to trade increasingly on a yield basis and so may not experience market value declines to the same extent as the underlying common stock. When the market price of the underlying common stock increases, the price of a convertible security tends to rise as a reflection of higher yield or capital appreciation. In such situations, a Fund or such ETP may have to pay more for a convertible security than the value of the underlying common stock.

Rights and Warrants. Each Fund may invest directly, or indirectly, through an ETP in rights and warrants. A right is a privilege granted to existing shareholders of a corporation to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock and it is issued at a predetermined price in proportion to the number of shares already owned. Rights normally have a short life, usually two to four weeks, are freely transferable and entitle the holder to buy the new common stock at a lower price than the current market. Warrants are options to purchase equity securities at a specific price for a specific period of time. They do not represent ownership of the securities, but only the right to buy them. Hence, warrants have no voting rights, pay no dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation issuing them. The value of warrants is derived solely from capital appreciation of the underlying equity securities. Warrants differ from call options in that the underlying corporation issues warrants, whereas call options may be written by anyone.

An investment in rights and warrants may entail greater risks than certain other types of investments. Generally, rights and warrants do not carry the right to receive dividends or exercise voting rights with respect to the underlying securities, and they do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuer. In addition, although their value is influenced by the value of the underlying security, their value does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities, and they cease to have value if they are not exercised on or before their expiration date. Investing in rights and warrants increases the potential profit or loss to be realized from the investment as compared with investing the same amount in the underlying securities.

REITs. The Funds may invest in shares of REITs.  REITs are pooled investment vehicles which invest primarily in real estate or real estate related loans.  REITs are generally classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs or a combination of equity and mortgage REITs.  Equity REITs invest the majority of their assets directly in real property and derive income primarily from the collection of rents.  Equity REITs can also realize capital gains by selling properties that have appreciated in value.  Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages and derive income from the collection of interest payments.  Like regulated investment companies such as the Funds, REITs are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with certain requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).  Shareholders of the Funds will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the expenses of REITs in which the Funds invest, in addition to the expenses paid by the Funds.  Investing in REITs involves certain unique risks.  Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property owned by such REITs, while mortgage REITs may be affected by the quality of any credit extended.  REITs are dependent upon management skills, are not diversified (except to the extent the Code requires), and are subject to the risks of financing projects.  REITs are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers, self-liquidation, and the possibilities of failing to qualify for the exemption from tax for distributed income under the Code and failing to maintain their exemptions from the 1940 Act.  REITs (especially mortgage REITs) are also subject to interest rate risks.

Tracking Stocks. Each Fund may invest in tracking stocks. A tracking stock is a separate class of common stock whose value is linked to a specific business unit or operating division within a larger company and which is designed to “track” the performance of such business unit or division. The tracking stock may pay dividends to shareholders independent of the parent company. The parent company, rather than the business unit or division, generally is the issuer of tracking stock. However, holders of the tracking stock may not have the same rights as holders of the company’s common stock.

Small and Medium-Sized Companies
The Funds may invest directly, or indirectly through an ETP, in the equity securities of small and medium-sized companies. As such, a Fund and such ETP will be exposed to the risks of smaller sized companies. Small and medium-sized companies may have narrower markets for their goods and/or services and may have more limited managerial and financial resources than larger, more established companies. Furthermore, such companies may have limited product lines, services, markets, or financial resources or may be dependent on a small management group. In addition, because these stocks may not be well-known to the investing public, do not have significant institutional ownership or are typically followed by fewer security analysts, there will normally be less publicly available information concerning these securities compared to what is available for the securities of larger companies. Adverse publicity and investor perceptions, whether or not based on fundamental analysis, can decrease the value and liquidity of securities held by a Fund. As a result, their performance can be more volatile and they face greater risk of business failure, which could increase the volatility of a Fund’s portfolio or such ETP’s portfolio.

Investment Companies
Each Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including other ETFs, closed-end funds, money market mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and business development companies in pursuit of its investment objective, in accordance with the limitations established under the 1940 Act or in reliance on an exemption from these limitations. Each Fund also may invest in money market mutual funds in connection with the Fund’s management of daily cash positions. Investments in the securities of other investment companies may involve duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. By investing in another investment company, a Fund becomes a shareholder of that investment company. As a result, Fund shareholders indirectly will bear a Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by Fund shareholders of the other investment company, in addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders directly bear in connection with a Fund’s own operations.

The SEC has granted exemptive relief to the Trust under Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the 1940 Act permitting each Fund to operate as a “fund of funds” and invest in other investment companies without complying with the limitations set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, subject to certain terms and limitations that are contained in the SEC’s exemptive order. The Funds also may seek to enter into Participation Agreements with registered investment companies, including ETFs, in order to exceed the limitations set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act.

ETPs. Some ETPs are ETFs which are open-end investment companies whose shares are listed on a national securities exchange. An ETF is similar to a traditional mutual fund, but trades at different prices during the day on a securities exchange. Similar to investments in other investment companies discussed above, a Fund’s investments in ETPs will involve duplication of advisory fees and other expenses because the Fund will be investing in another investment company. In addition, a Fund’s investment in ETPs is also subject to its limitations on investments in investment companies, as well as any exemptions from such limitations granted by the SEC, discussed above. To the extent a Fund invests in ETPs which focus on a particular market segment or industry, the Fund will also be subject to the risks associated with investing in those sectors or industries. The shares of the ETPs in which each Fund will invest will be listed on a national securities exchange and a Fund will purchase or sell these shares on the secondary market at its current market price, which may be more or less than its NAV.

As a purchaser of ETP shares on the secondary market, each Fund will be subject to the market risk associated with owning any security whose value is based on market price. ETP shares historically have tended to trade at or near their NAV, but there is no guarantee that they will continue to do so. Unlike traditional mutual funds, shares of an ETP may be purchased and redeemed directly from the ETPs only in large blocks (typically 50,000 shares or more) and only through participating organizations that have entered into contractual agreements with the ETP. The Funds do not expect to enter into such agreements and therefore will not be able to purchase and redeem their ETP shares directly from the ETP.

Equity Options
Each Fund may directly, or indirectly through an ETP, write call options on stocks and stock indices if the calls are “covered” throughout the life of the option. A call is “covered” if a Fund owns the optioned securities. See below for additional ways a call can be covered. When a Fund writes a call, they receive a premium and give the purchaser the right to buy the underlying security at any time during the call period at a fixed exercise price regardless of market price changes during the call period. If the call is exercised, a Fund will forgo any gain from an increase in the market price of the underlying security over the exercise price.

Each Fund may purchase a call on securities to effect a “closing purchase transaction,” which is the purchase of a call covering the same underlying security and having the same exercise price and expiration date as a call previously written by a Fund on which it wishes to terminate its obligation. If a Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the call previously written by the Fund expires (or until the call is exercised and the Fund delivers the underlying security).

Each Fund may also write and purchase put options (“puts”). When a Fund writes a put, it receives a premium and gives the purchaser of the put the right to sell the underlying security to the Fund at the exercise price at any time during the option period. When a Fund purchases a put, it pays a premium in return for the right to sell the underlying security at the exercise price at any time during the option period. If any put is not exercised or sold, it will become worthless on its expiration date.

Purchasing Put and Call Options. When a Fund purchases a put option, it buys the right to sell the instrument underlying the option at a fixed strike price. In return for this right, a Fund pays the current market price for the option (known as the “option premium”). A Fund may purchase put options to offset or hedge against a decline in the market value of its securities (“protective puts”) or to benefit from a decline in the price of securities that it does not own. A Fund would ordinarily realize a gain if, during the option period, the value of the underlying securities decreased below the exercise price sufficiently to cover the premium and transaction costs. However, if the price of the underlying instrument does not fall enough to offset the cost of purchasing the option, a put buyer would lose the premium and related transaction costs.

Call options are similar to put options, except that a Fund obtains the right to purchase, rather than sell, the underlying instrument at the option’s strike price. A Fund would normally purchase call options in anticipation of an increase in the market value of securities it owns or wants to buy. A Fund would ordinarily realize a gain if, during the option period, the value of the underlying instrument exceeded the exercise price plus the premium paid and related transaction costs. Otherwise, a Fund would realize either no gain or a loss on the purchase of the call option.

The purchaser of an option may terminate its position by:

Allowing it to expire and losing its entire premium;
Exercising the option and either selling (in the case of a put option) or buying (in the case of a call option) the underlying instrument at the strike price; or
Closing it out in the secondary market at its current price.

Writing (Selling) Put and Call Options. When a Fund writes a call option it assumes an obligation to sell specified securities to the holder of the option at a specified price if the option is exercised at any time before the expiration date. Similarly, when a Fund writes a put option it assumes an obligation to purchase specified securities from the option holder at a specified price if the option is exercised at any time before the expiration date. A Fund may terminate its position in an exchange-traded put option before exercise by buying an option identical to the one it has written. Similarly, it may cancel an over-the-counter option by entering into an offsetting transaction with the counter-party to the option.

A Fund may try to hedge against an increase in the value of securities it would like to acquire by writing a put option on those securities. If a security’s price rises, a Fund would expect the put option to expire and the premium it received to offset the increase in the security’s value. If a security’s price remains the same over time, a Fund would hope to profit by closing out the put option at a lower price. If a security’s price falls, a Fund may lose an amount of money equal to the difference between the value of the security and the premium it received. Writing covered put options may deprive a Fund of the opportunity to profit from a decrease in the market prices of the securities it would like to acquire.

The characteristics of writing call options are similar to those of writing put options, except that call writers expect to profit if prices remain the same or fall. A Fund could try to hedge against a decline in the value of securities it already owns by writing a call option. If the price of that security falls as expected, a Fund would expect the option expire and the premium it received to offset the decline of the security’s value. However, a Fund must be prepared to deliver the underlying instrument in return for the strike price, which may deprive it of the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market price of the securities it holds.

Each Fund is permitted only to write covered options. A Fund can cover a call option by owning:

The underlying security (or securities convertible into the underlying security without additional consideration), index, interest rate, foreign currency or futures contract;
A call option on the same security or index with the same or lesser exercise price;
A call option on the same security or index with a greater exercise price and segregating cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise prices;
Cash or liquid securities equal to at least the market value of the optioned securities, interest rate, foreign currency, or futures contract; or
In the case of an index, securities whose price movements correlate to the movements of the index.

A Fund can cover a put option by:

Entering into a short position in the underlying security;
Purchasing a put option on the same security, index, interest rate, foreign currency or futures contract with the same or greater exercise price;
Purchasing a put option on the same security, index, interest rate, foreign currency or futures contract with a lesser exercise price and segregating cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise prices; or
Maintaining the entire exercise price in liquid securities.

Options on Securities Indices. Options on securities indices are similar to options on securities, except that the exercise of securities index options requires cash settlement payments and does not involve the actual purchase or sale of securities. In addition, securities index options are designed to reflect price fluctuations in a group of securities or segment of the securities market, rather than price fluctuations in a single security.

Options on Futures. An option on a futures contract provides the holder with the right to buy a futures contract (in the case of a call option) or sell a futures contract (in the case of a put option) at a fixed time and price. Upon exercise of the option by the holder, the contract market clearing house establishes a corresponding short position for the writer of the option (in the case of a call option) or a corresponding long position (in the case of a put option). If the option is exercised, the parties will be subject to the futures contracts. In addition, the writer of an option on a futures contract is subject to initial and variation margin requirements on the option position. Options on futures contracts are traded on the same contract market as the underlying futures contract.

The buyer or seller of an option on a futures contract may terminate the option early by purchasing or selling an option of the same series (i.e., the same exercise price and expiration date) as the option previously purchased or sold. The difference between the premiums paid and received represents the trader’s profit or loss on the transaction.

A Fund may directly, or indirectly through an ETP, purchase put and call options on futures contracts instead of selling or buying futures contracts. A Fund or an ETP may buy a put option on a futures contract for the same reason it would sell a futures contract. It also may purchase such put options in order to hedge a long position in the underlying futures contract. Each Fund or an ETP may buy call options on futures contracts for the same purpose as the actual purchase of the futures contracts, such as in anticipation of favorable market conditions.

A Fund or an ETP may write a call option on a futures contract to hedge against a decline in the prices of the instrument underlying the futures contracts. If the price of the futures contract at expiration were below the exercise price, a Fund or ETP would retain the option premium, which would offset, in part, any decline in the value of its assets.

The writing of a put option on a futures contract is similar to the purchase of the futures contracts, except that, if the market price declines, a Fund or such ETP would pay more than the market price for the underlying instrument. The premium received on the sale of the put option, less any transaction costs, would reduce the net cost to a Fund or such ETP.

Combined Positions. A Fund or an ETP may purchase and write options in combination with each other, or in combination with futures or forward contracts, to adjust the risk and return characteristics of the overall position. For example, a Fund could construct a combined position whose risk and return characteristics are similar to selling a futures contract by purchasing a put option and writing a call option on the same underlying instrument. Alternatively, a Fund could write a call option at one strike price and buy a call option at a lower price to reduce the risk of the written call option in the event of a substantial price increase. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out.

Caps and Floors. Each Fund or an ETP may enter cap and floor agreements. Caps and floors have an effect similar to buying or writing options. In a typical cap or floor agreement, one party agrees to make payments only under specified circumstances, usually in return for payment of a fee by the other party. For example, the buyer of an interest rate cap obtains the right to receive payments to the extent that a specified interest rate exceeds an agreed-upon level. The seller of an interest rate floor is obligated to make payments to the extent that a specified interest rate falls below an agreed-upon level. An interest rate collar combines elements of buying a cap and selling a floor.

Risks of Derivatives. While transactions in derivatives may reduce certain risks, these transactions themselves entail certain other risks. For example, unanticipated changes in interest rates, securities prices or currency exchange rates may result in poorer overall performance of a Fund than if it had not entered into any derivatives transactions. Derivatives may magnify a Fund’s gains or losses, causing it to make or lose substantially more than it invested.

When used for hedging purposes, increases in the value of the securities a Fund holds or intends to acquire should offset any losses incurred with a derivative. Purchasing derivatives for purposes other than hedging could expose a Fund to greater risks.

Derivative Management Risk. If the Sub-Advisor incorrectly predicts stock market and interest rate trends, a Fund may lose money by investing in derivatives. For example, if a Fund were to write a call option based on its Sub-Advisor’s expectation that the price of the underlying security would fall, but the price was to rise instead, a Fund could be required to sell the security upon exercise at a price below the current market price.

Short Selling
All of the Funds or ETPs may invest, in part, in short positions in equity securities. As opposed to taking long positions in which an investor seeks to profit from increases in the price of a stock, short selling (or “selling short”) is a technique used by the Funds to try and profit from the falling price of a stock. Short selling involves selling stock that has been borrowed from a third party with the intention of buying identical stock back at a later date to return to that third party. The basic principle of short selling is that selling stock now at a high price, to buy later at a lower price, is profitable. The short seller hopes to profit from a decline in the price of the assets between the sale and the repurchase, as the seller will pay less to buy the assets than it received on selling them.

If a Fund effects a short sale of Financial Instruments at a time when it has an unrealized gain on the same instruments, it may be required to recognize that gain as if it had actually sold the instruments (as a “constructive sale”) on the date it effects the short sale. However, such constructive sale treatment may not apply if the Fund closes out the short sale with instruments other than the appreciated instruments held at the time of the short sale and if certain other conditions are satisfied. Uncertainty regarding the tax consequences of effecting short sales may limit the extent to which a Fund may effect short sales.

A Fund may be required to close short portfolio security positions in order to facilitate the redemption process. If a Fund recognizes gain on such transactions, this generally will cause the Fund to recognize gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required had it been able to effect the redemption by distributing portfolio securities in-kind. The Funds generally intend to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the Fund level and otherwise comply with the special tax rules that apply to it. This strategy may cause shareholders to be subject to tax on gains they would not otherwise be subject to, or at an earlier date than, if they had made an investment in a different ETF.

Debt and High-Yield Securities
Debt securities include traditional debt securities issued by corporations, such as bonds and debentures and debt securities that are convertible into common stock and interests. Debt securities that will be eligible for purchase by the Funds or an ETP include investment grade and high-yield corporate debt securities. Investment grade securities are those rated BBB or better by Standard & Poor’s® Ratings Group (“S&P®”) and those rated Baa or better by Moody’s Investors Service©, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or their equivalent. Securities rated BBB by S&P® are considered investment grade, but Moody’s considers securities rated Baa to have speculative characteristics. High-yield securities, or “junk bonds,” are rated less than investment grade.

Each Fund also may obtain indirect exposure to debt and high-yield securities through investments in other registered investment companies, including ETFs. See Section “Investment Companies.” High-yield debt securities generally offer a higher current yield than that available for higher-grade issues. However, lower-rated securities involve higher risks in that they are especially subject to adverse changes in general economic conditions and in the industries in which the issuers are engaged, to changes in the financial condition of the issuers, and to price fluctuations in response to changes in interest rates. During periods of economic downturn or rising interest rates, highly leveraged issuers may experience financial stress that could adversely affect their ability to make payments of interest and principal and increase the possibility of default.

The market for high-yield debt securities is generally thinner and less active than that for higher quality securities, which may limit a Fund’s ability to sell such securities at fair value in response to changes in the economy or financial markets. Adverse publicity and investor perceptions, whether based on fundamental analysis, may also decrease the values and liquidity of lower-rated securities, especially in a thinly traded market.

Ratings of debt securities represent the rating agencies’ opinions regarding their quality, but are not a guarantee of quality and may be reduced after a Fund or ETP has acquired the security. If a security’s rating is reduced while it is held by a Fund, the Sub-Advisor will consider whether the Fund should continue to hold the security but is not required to dispose of it. Credit ratings attempt to evaluate the safety of principal and interest payments and do not evaluate the risks of fluctuations in market value. Also, rating agencies may fail to make timely changes in credit ratings in response to subsequent events, so that an issuer’s current financial condition may be better or worse than the rating indicates. The ratings for debt securities are described in Appendix A.

Debt securities with longer maturities generally entail greater risk than those with shorter maturities.

Government Obligations
Each Fund may invest directly, or indirectly through ETPs, in U.S. Government obligations and other quasi government related obligations. Such obligations include Treasury bills, certificates of indebtedness, notes, and bonds, and issues of such entities as the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), Export-Import Bank of the United States, Tennessee Valley Authority, Resolution Funding Corporation, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Farm Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, Federal Housing Administration, Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Student Loan Marketing Association.

Some of these obligations, such as those of the GNMA, are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury Department; others, such as those of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury; others, such as those of the FNMA, are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the agency’s obligations; still others, such as those of the Student Loan Marketing Association, are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality. No assurance can be given that the U.S. Government would provide financial support to U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities if it is not obligated to do so by law.

The Fund may invest directly, or indirectly through ETPs, in sovereign, quasi-sovereign, supranational or local authority debt obligations issued by non-U.S. governments. A sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and interest in a timely manner may be affected by a number of factors, including its cash flow situation, the extent of its foreign reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the sovereign debtor’s policy toward principal international lenders, and the political constraints to which it may be subject. Emerging market governments could default on their sovereign debt. Such sovereign debtors also may be dependent on expected disbursements from foreign governments, multilateral agencies and other entities abroad to reduce principal and interest arrearages on their debt. The commitments on the part of these governments, agencies, and others to make such disbursements may be conditioned on a sovereign debtor’s implementation of economic reforms and/or economic performance and the timely service of such debtor’s obligations. Failure to meet such conditions could result in the cancellation of such third parties’ commitments to lend funds to the sovereign debtor, which may further impair such debtor’s ability or willingness to service its debt in a timely manner.

When-Issued Securities
Each Fund or an ETP may purchase securities on a when-issued basis, for payment and delivery at a later date, generally within one month. The price and yield are generally fixed on the date of commitment to purchase, and the value of the security is thereafter reflected in the Fund’s NAV. During the period between purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the Fund and no interest accrues to the Fund. At the time of settlement, the market value of the security may be more or less than the purchase price. When the Fund purchases securities on a when-issued basis, it maintains liquid assets in a segregated account with its custodian in an amount equal to the purchase price as long as the obligation to purchase continues.

Illiquid Investments
As a non-principal strategy, each Fund may hold up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments, as such term is defined by Rule 22e-4 of the 1940 Act, which means that there may be legal or contractual restrictions on their disposition, or that there is no readily available market for such an investment. Illiquid investments present the risks that a Fund may have difficulty valuing these holdings and/or may be unable to sell these holdings at the time or price desired. There are generally no restrictions on a Fund’s ability to invest in restricted securities (that is, securities that are not registered pursuant to the Securities Act), except to the extent such securities may be considered illiquid. Securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act (“Rule 144A securities”) will be considered liquid if determined to be so under procedures adopted by the Board. The Sub-Advisor is responsible for making the determination as to the liquidity of restricted securities (pursuant to the procedures adopted by the Board). A Fund will determine an investment to be illiquid if the Fund reasonably expects that the investment cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. Factors considered in determining whether an investment is illiquid may include, but are not limited to: the frequency of trades and quotes for the investment; the number of dealers willing to purchase and sell the investment and the number of potential purchasers; the number of dealers who undertake to make a market in the investment; the nature of the security, including whether it is registered or unregistered, and the market place; whether the security has been rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”); the period of time remaining until the maturity of a debt instrument or until the principal amount of a demand instrument can be recovered through demand; the nature of any restrictions on resale; and with respect to municipal lease obligations and certificates of participation, there is reasonable assurance that the obligation will remain liquid throughout the time the obligation is held and, if unrated, an analysis similar to that which would be performed by an NRSRO is performed. If a restricted security is determined to be liquid, it will not be included within the category of illiquid securities. Investing in Rule 144A securities could have the effect of increasing the level of a Fund’s illiquidity to the extent that a Fund, at a particular point in time may be unable to find qualified institutional buyers interested in purchasing the securities. Each Fund is permitted to sell restricted securities to qualified institutional buyers.

Short-Term, Temporary, and Cash Investments
Each Fund may invest in any of the following securities and instruments:

Bank Certificates of Deposit, Bankers’ Acceptances and Time Deposits. Each Fund or ETP may acquire certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits. Certificates of deposit are negotiable certificates issued against funds deposited in a commercial bank for a definite period of time and earning a specified return. Bankers’ acceptances are negotiable drafts or bills of exchange, normally drawn by an importer or exporter to pay for specific merchandise, which are “accepted” by a bank, meaning in effect that the bank unconditionally agrees to pay the face value of the instrument on maturity. Certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances acquired by a Fund will be dollar denominated obligations of domestic or foreign banks or financial institutions which at the time of purchase have capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $100 million (including assets of both domestic and foreign branches), based on latest published reports, or less than $100 million if the principal amount of such bank obligations are fully insured by the U.S. Government. If a Fund holds instruments of foreign banks or financial institutions, it may be subject to additional investment risks that are different in some respects from those incurred by a fund that invests only in debt obligations of U.S. domestic issuers. See “Foreign Investments” above. Such risks include future political and economic developments, the possible imposition of withholding taxes by the particular country in which the issuer is located on interest income payable on the securities, the possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits, the possible establishment of exchange controls or the adoption of other foreign governmental restrictions which might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on these securities.

Domestic banks and foreign banks are subject to different governmental regulations with respect to the amount and types of loans which may be made and interest rates which may be charged. In addition, the profitability of the banking industry depends largely upon the availability and cost of funds for the purpose of financing lending operations under prevailing money market conditions. General economic conditions as well as exposure to credit losses arising from possible financial difficulties of borrowers play an important part in the operations of the banking industry.

As a result of federal and state laws and regulations, domestic banks are, among other things, required to maintain specified levels of reserves, limited in the amount which they can loan to a single borrower, and subject to other regulations designed to promote financial soundness. However, such laws and regulations do not necessarily apply to foreign bank obligations that a Fund may acquire.

In addition to purchasing certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances, to the extent permitted under its investment objectives and policies stated above and in its Prospectus, a Fund may make interest bearing time or other interest bearing deposits in commercial or savings banks. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained at a banking institution for a specified period of time at a specified interest rate.

Savings Association Obligations. Each Fund or an ETP may invest in certificates of deposit (interest bearing time deposits) issued by savings banks or savings and loan associations that have capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $100 million, based on latest published reports, or less than $100 million if the principal amount of such obligations is fully insured by the U.S. Government.

Commercial Paper, Short-term, Notes and Other Corporate Obligations. Each Fund or an ETP may invest a portion of its assets in commercial paper and short-term notes. Commercial paper consists of unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations. Issues of commercial paper and short-term notes will normally have maturities of less than nine months and fixed rates of return, although such instruments may have maturities of up to one year.

Commercial paper and short-term notes will consist of issues rated at the time of purchase “A-2” or higher by S&P, “Prime-1” by Moody’s, or similarly rated by another NRSRO or, if unrated, will be determined by the Sub-Advisor to be of comparable quality. These rating symbols are described in Appendix B.

Lending Portfolio Securities
Each Fund may lend its portfolio securities in an amount not exceeding one-third of its total assets to financial institutions such as banks and brokers if the loan is collateralized in accordance with applicable regulations. Under the present regulatory requirements which govern loans of portfolio securities, the loan collateral must, on each business day, at least equal the value of the loaned securities and must consist of cash, letters of credit of domestic banks or domestic branches of foreign banks, or securities of the U.S. Government or its agencies. To be acceptable as collateral, letters of credit must obligate a bank to pay amounts demanded by the Funds if the demand meets the terms of the letter. Such terms and the issuing bank would have to be satisfactory to the Funds. Any loan might be secured by any one or more of the three types of collateral. The terms of the Funds’ loans must meet certain tests under the Code.

Securities lending involves exposure to certain risks, such as operational, counterparty, credit and market risk.  Delays or restrictions upon the Funds’ ability to recover loaned securities exposes the Fund to operational issues surrounding the processing and settlement of related trading and could create an inability to dispose of the collateral for the loan(s).  All investments made with the collateral received are subject to market and other risks associated with such investments. If such investments lose value, the Funds will have to cover the loss when repaying the collateral to the borrower, which could require the Fund to liquidate other investments in order to return said collateral.

Delays in recovery of loaned securities could result from the event of default or insolvency by a borrower.  While US Bank has agreed to provide the Funds with indemnification in the event of a borrower default, in such instances, the Funds are exposed to the risk of a possible loss in the value of loaned securities (e.g., the opportunity of disposition at favorable prices is lost due to a delay in recover), the risk of a possible opportunity cost of reinvestment (e.g., adverse price movement occurs following a cash-in-lieu payment being made where in-kind recovery of securities is not possible), and the risk of a possible loss of rights in the collateral, among other risks.

Borrowing
Though the Funds do not currently intend to borrow money, each Fund is authorized to borrow money from time to time for temporary, extraordinary or emergency purposes or for clearance of transactions, and not for the purpose of leveraging its investments, in amounts not to exceed at any time 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets at the time of such borrowings, as allowed under the 1940 Act. The use of borrowing by a Fund involves special risk considerations that may not be associated with other funds having similar objectives and policies. Because substantially all of a Fund’s assets fluctuate in value, while the interest obligation resulting from a borrowing will be fixed by the terms of a Fund’s agreement with its lender, the NAV per Share of a Fund will tend to increase more when its portfolio securities increase in value and to decrease more when its portfolio assets decrease in value than would otherwise be the case if a Fund did not borrow. In addition, interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market rates of interest and may partially offset or exceed the return earned on borrowed funds. Under adverse market conditions, a Fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales.

Cash Transactions Risk
The Funds currently intend to effect creation and redemptions “in-kind,” although the Trust reserves the right to require creations and redemption be effected in whole or in part for cash. To the extent creations and redemptions are effected in cash, the Funds may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that does not elect to effect all creations and redemptions principally for cash.  ETFs generally are able to make in-kind redemptions and generally are not taxed on any gains on holdings that are distributed as part of an in-kind redemption.

Commodities Risk
The Funds and certain ETPs may have some investment exposure to the commodities markets which may subject the market prices of the Funds or such ETPs to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. The commodities markets may fluctuate widely based on a variety of factors. These include changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign interest rates, and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates, and/or investor expectations concerning inflation rates, investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds, and commodities funds. Prices of various commodities may also be affected by factors such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs, and other regulatory developments. Many of these factors are very unpredictable. The prices of commodities can also fluctuate widely due to supply and demand disruptions in major producing or consuming regions. Certain commodities may be produced in a limited number of countries and may be controlled by a small number of producers. As a result, political, economic, and supply related events in such countries could have a disproportionate impact on the prices of such commodities. Because the performance of the Funds and such ETPs may be linked to the performance of highly volatile commodities, investors should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant fluctuations in the value of Shares of Funds and shares of the ETPs.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Although the Funds generally will not invest for short-term trading purposes, portfolio securities may be sold without regard to the length of time they have been held. The quantitative model used by the Funds dictates the frequency in the turnover of each Fund’s portfolio.  Thus, the decrease in the portfolio turnover rates as compared to the previous period is due to the fact that the model did not provide for as frequent trading of the Funds’ holdings. Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by dividing (1) the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the fiscal year by (2) the monthly average of the value of portfolio securities owned during the fiscal year. A 100% turnover rate would occur if all the securities in a Fund’s portfolio, with the exception of securities whose maturities at the time of acquisition were one year or less, were sold and either repurchased or replaced within one year. A high rate of portfolio turnover (100% or more) generally leads to higher transaction costs and may result in a greater number of taxable transactions. High portfolio turnover generally results in the distribution of short-term capital gains which are taxed at the higher ordinary income tax rates. The Funds have not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI, and therefore there is no portfolio turnover rate for the Funds to report at this time.

MANAGEMENT

The Role of the Board
The business of the Trust is managed under the direction of the Board, which provides oversight of the management and operations of the Trust. The Board approves all significant agreements between the Trust and its service providers, including the agreements with the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, distributor, administrator, custodian, and transfer agent, each of whom are discussed in greater detail in this SAI. Like all mutual funds and ETFs, the day-to-day responsibility for the management and operation of the Trust, including the day-to-day management of risk, is the responsibility of such service providers to the Trust. The Board is responsible for overseeing the Trust’s service providers and, thus, has oversight responsibility with respect to the risk management performed by those service providers. Risk management seeks to identify and eliminate or mitigate the potential effects of risks such as events or circumstances that could have material adverse effects on the business, operations, shareholder services, investment performance or reputation of the Trust or the Funds. The Board’s role in risk management oversight begins before the inception of an investment portfolio, at which time the Sub-Advisor presents the Board with information concerning the investment objectives, strategies, and risks of the investment portfolio. Additionally, the Sub-Advisor provides the Board with an overview of, among other things, the respective firm’s investment philosophy, brokerage practices, and compliance infrastructure. Thereafter, the Board oversees the risk management of the investment portfolio’s operations, in part, by requesting periodic reports from and otherwise communicating with various personnel of the service providers, including the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and the independent registered public accounting firm of the Trust. The Board and the Audit Committee of the Board, with respect to identified risks that relate to its scope of expertise, oversee efforts by management and service providers to manage risks to which the Funds may be exposed. In all cases, however, the role of the Board and of any individual Trustee is one of oversight and not of management of the day-to-day affairs of the Trust and its oversight role does not make the Board a guarantor of the Trust’s investments, operations, or activities.

Under the overall supervision of the Board and the Audit Committee (discussed in more detail below), the service providers to the Trust employ a variety of processes, procedures, and controls to identify the risks relevant to the operations of the Trust and the Funds to lessen the probability of the risk’s occurrence and/or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur. Each service provider is responsible for one or more discrete aspects of the Trust’s business and, consequently, for managing the risks associated with that activity.

The Board is responsible for overseeing the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the Funds by the Sub-Advisor and receives information about those services at its regular meetings. In addition, after the Funds have been investing for two years, on at least an annual basis, in connection with its consideration of whether to renew the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Sub-Advisor, the Board receives detailed information from the Sub-Advisor. Among other things, the Board regularly considers the Sub-Advisor’s adherence to each Fund’s investment restrictions and compliance with various policies and procedures of the Trust and with applicable securities regulations. The Board also reviews information about each Fund’s performance and investments.

The Trust’s CCO meets regularly with the Board to review and discuss compliance and other issues. At least annually, the Trust’s CCO provides the Board with a report reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Trust’s policies and procedures and those of its service providers, including the Sub-Advisor. The report addresses the operation of the policies and procedures of the Trust and each service provider since the date of the last report; material changes to the policies and procedures since the date of the last report; any recommendations for material changes to the policies and procedures; and material compliance matters since the date of the last report.

The Board receives reports from the Trust’s service providers regarding operational risks, portfolio valuation and other matters. Annually, the independent registered public accounting firm reviews with the Audit Committee its audit of the financial statements of the Funds, focusing on major areas of risk encountered by the Trust and noting any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Trust’s internal controls.

The Board recognizes that not all risks that may affect the Funds can be identified, that it may not be practical or cost-effective to eliminate or mitigate certain risks, that it may be necessary to bear certain risks (such as investment-related risks) to achieve each Fund’s goals, and that the processes, procedures and controls employed to address certain risks may be limited in their effectiveness. Moreover, despite the periodic reports the Board receives and the Board’s discussions with the service providers to the Trust, it may not be made aware of all of the relevant information of a particular risk. Most of the Trust’s investment management and business affairs are carried out by or through the Sub-Advisor and other service providers each of which has an independent interest in risk management but whose policies and the methods by which one or more risk management functions are carried out may differ from the Trust’s and each other’s in the setting of priorities, the resources available, or the effectiveness of relevant controls. As a result of the foregoing and other factors, the Board’s risk management oversight is subject to substantial limitations.

The Chairman of the Board, Don Schreiber, Jr., is an interested person of the Trust as that term is defined under Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act (“Interested Trustee”) because of his affiliation with the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. Three of the Trustees (Jude T. Depko, John A. Flanagan, and Andrew Putterman) and their immediate family members have no affiliation or business connection with the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, or the Funds’ principal underwriter or any of their affiliated persons and do not own any stock or other securities issued by the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, or the Funds’ principal underwriter. These Trustees are not Interested Persons of the Trust and are referred to herein as “Independent Trustees”.

There is an Audit Committee and a Nominating Committee of the Board, each of which is comprised solely of Independent Trustees. The chair of the Audit Committee is John Flanagan, an Independent Trustee. The Committee chair for each Committee is responsible for running the Committee meeting, formulating agendas for those meetings, and coordinating with management to serve as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management on matters within the scope of the responsibilities of such Committee as set forth in its Board-approved charter. There is a Valuation Committee, which is comprised of an Independent Trustee and representatives of the Sub-Advisor to take action in connection with the valuation of portfolio securities held by the Funds in accordance with the Board-approved Valuation Procedures.

The Independent Trustees have not designated a lead Independent Trustee given that the number of Trustees is limited. In the future, a lead Independent Trustee may be appointed who will preside over executive sessions of the Independent Trustees, review and provide input on Trust meeting agendas and materials, and represent the Independent Trustees in discussions with the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Board has determined that its leadership and committee structure is appropriate. The Board made this determination in consideration of, among other things, the fact that the Independent Trustees constitute a majority of the Board, the assets under management of the Funds, the number of portfolios overseen by the Board and the total number of Trustees on the Board. Currently, the Independent Trustees are not represented by “independent counsel”; however, at any time, they are entitled to request representation by independent counsel at the Trust’s expense.

Members of the Board and Officers of the Trust. Set forth below are the names, years of birth, position with the Trust, term of office, portfolios supervised and the principal occupations and other directorships for a minimum of the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as members of the Board and as Executive Officers of the Trust. Also included below is the term of office for each of the Executive Officers of the Trust. The members of the Board serve as Trustees for the life of the Trust or until retirement, removal, or their office is terminated pursuant to the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

Trustees and Officers
Name and Year of
Birth(1)
Position(s)
Held with
Trust
 
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(2)
 
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Trustee(3)
Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During Past 5 Years
Independent Trustee:
             
Jude T. Depko
1946
Trustee
 
Since June 2014
 
Technical Consultant, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (consulting) (2009 to present).
 
13
None
John A. Flanagan
1946
Trustee
 
Since June 2014
 
Treasurer, ETF Managers Trust (investment company) (2015 to present); Principal Financial Officer, ETF Managers Capital, LLC (commodity pool operator) (2014 to present); President, John A. Flanagan CPA, LLC (accounting services) (2010 to present).
 
13
None
Andrew Putterman
1959
Trustee
 
Since June 2014
 
Principal, 1812 Park, LLC (financial consulting) (2014 to present); Advisory Board Member, Silver Lane Advisors (2016 to present); Advisory Board Member, Vestigo Ventures 1 GP, LLC (2016 to present); Managing Director, B+ Institutional Services, LLC (2014 to present); Independent Board Member, Princeton Private Equity Fund (2014 to 2015); Chairman Emeritus, Fortigent LLC (financial services) (2013 to 2014); Managing Director, LPL Financial (financial services) (2012 to 2014 ).
13
Independent Board Member of Steben Select Multi-Strategy Fund (2018 to present); Independent Board Member of Steben Select Managed Futures Strategy Fund (2018 to present); Independent Board Member of Steben Alternative Investment Funds (2018 to present ).


Name and Year of
Birth(1)
Position(s)
Held with
Trust
 
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(2)
 
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Trustee(3)
Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During Past 5 Years
Interested Trustee:
             
Don Schreiber, Jr.
1955(4)
Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
 
Since November 2013
 
 
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Director, Treasurer and Co-Portfolio Manager, WBI Investments, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (1984 to present); Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Director Millington Securities, Inc. (registered investment advisor and broker-dealer) (2013 to present); Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Director and Treasurer, WBI Trading, Inc. (financial services) (2011 to present); Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Director and Treasurer, Hartshorne Group, Inc. (wealth management services) (2008 to present); Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Treasurer and Managing Member, WBI Technologies, LLC (May 2018 to present.
 
13
None
Matthew Schreiber
1980(4)
Trustee
 
Since June 2014
 
President and Vice President of WBI Investments, Inc. (2013 to present); Chief Investment Strategist of WBI Investments, Inc. (March 2017 to Present).
13
None


Name and Year of
Birth(1)

Position(s)
Held with
Trust
 
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(2)
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Other Officers:
         
Ann Schreiber
1984(5)
Secretary
 
Since June 2014
 
Chief Marketing Officer, WBI Investments, Inc. (2015 to present); Secretary, WBI Trading, Inc. (2012 to present); Secretary, Millington Securities, Inc. (2013 to present); Secretary, Hartshorne Group, Inc. (2012 to present); Corporate Secretary, WBI Investments, Inc. (2012 to present); Director of Marketing and Executive Services, WBI Investments, Inc. (2011 to 2014).
 
Tracey Crespo
1970
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer  
Since July 2018
 
Chief Operating Officer, WBI Investments, Inc. (2011 to present); Assistant Treasurer of Absolute Shares Trust (November 2015 to July 2018); Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of Absolute Shares Trust (August 2015 to November 2015).
 
Steven Van Solkema
1970
Assistant Treasurer  
Since November 2015
 
Co-Chief Investment Officer, WBI Investments Inc. (March 2019 to present); Chief Operating Officer, Millington Securities, Inc. (June 2014 to February 2019); Chief Compliance Officer, Millington Securities, Inc. (June 2014 to June 2018).
 
Alyson Kest
1974
Assistant Secretary  
Since February 2016
 
Chief Compliance Officer at Millington Securities, Inc. (2018 to present); Counsel, Millington Securities, Inc. (2017 to present); Senior Compliance Officer, Millington Securities, Inc. (2015-2018); Legal and Compliance at XL Catlin (fka Catlin, Inc.) (2014 to 2015).
 
Rodney L. Ruehle
1968
Chief Compliance Officer  
Since November 2017
 
Director, Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC (formerly Foreside Compliance Services, LLC) (financial services) (2016 to present); Director, Beacon Hill Fund Services, LLC (April 2008 to July 2016).
 
Cynthia R. Stroik
1984
Chief Legal Officer
 
Since June 2014
 
Chief Compliance Officer, WBI Investments, Inc. (2013 to present); Counsel, WBI Investments, Inc. (2017 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, Hartshorne Group, Inc. (2013 to present); Compliance Officer, Millington Securities, Inc. (2013 to 2014).
 
Scott F. Kreitz
1973
 
Assistant Treasurer
 
Since March 2019
 
Chief Operating Officer, Millington Securities, Inc. (March 2019 to Present); Vice President of Operations, Millington Securities, Inc. (2018 to February 2019); Associate Director, Model Risk Governance, RBC Capital Markets (2016 to 2018); Vice President, CCAR Process Oversight & Control Model Risk Management (2015 to 2016), Vice President, Product Control - Independent Valuations (2013 to 2015).
_________________
 
(1)
The address of each Trustee or officer is c/o Absolute Shares Trust, 331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 122, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701.
(2)
Trustees and Officers serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
(3)
The Fund is part of a “Fund Complex” as defined in the 1940 Act. The Fund Complex includes all open-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor and any funds that have an investment advisor that is an affiliated person of the Advisor. As of the date of this SAI, the Fund Complex consists of the 13 Funds of the Trust.
(4)
Don Schreiber Jr. and Matthew Schreiber are each an “interested person” of the Trust (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) because of their affiliations with the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor.  Don Schreiber, Jr. is the father of Matthew Schreiber.
(5)
Ann Schreiber is the daughter of Don Schreiber, Jr., and the sister of Matthew Schreiber.

Description of Standing Board Committees

Audit Committee. The principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee are the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the Trust’s independent auditors, including the resolution of disagreements regarding financial reporting between Trust management and such independent auditors. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation, to (i) oversee the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Trust and its internal control over financial reporting and, as the Committee deems appropriate, to inquire into the internal control over financial reporting of certain third-party service providers; (ii) oversee the quality and integrity of the Funds’ financial statements and the independent audits thereof; (iii) oversee, or, as appropriate, assist Board oversight of, the Trust’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements that relate to the Trust’s accounting and financial reporting, internal control over financial reporting, and independent audits; (iv) approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the Trust’s independent auditors and, in connection therewith, to review and evaluate the qualifications, independence, and performance of the Trust’s independent auditors; and (vi) act as a liaison between the Trust’s independent auditors and the full Board. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee. The Trust Board’s Audit Committee is comprised of all Independent Trustees of the Trust, except for Jude Depko. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the Audit Committee met twice.

Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee has been established to: (i) assist the Board in matters involving registered investment company governance and industry practices; (ii) select and nominate candidates for appointment or election to serve as Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust or its Sub-Advisor or distributor (as defined by the 1940 Act); and (iii) advise the Board of Trustees on ways to improve its effectiveness. All of the Independent Trustees serve on the Nominating Committee. As stated above, each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term until the occurrence of certain events. In filling Board vacancies, the Nominating Committee will consider nominees recommended by Fund shareholders. Nominee recommendations should be submitted to the Trust at its mailing address stated in the Fund’s Prospectus and should be directed to the attention of the Trust’s Nominating Committee. The Trust’s Nominating Committee is comprised of all Independent Trustees of the Trust.  During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the Nominating Committee met once.

Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee is authorized to act for the Board in connection with the valuation of portfolio securities held by each of the Funds in accordance with the Trust’s Valuation Procedures. John A. Flanagan (an Independent Trustee), Don Schreiber, Jr., Steven Van Solkema, and Tracey Crespo serve on the Valuation Committee, which meets on an ad hoc basis. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the Valuation Committee did not meet.

Individual Trustee Qualifications
The Trust has concluded that each Trustee should serve on the Board because of his ability to review and understand information about the Trust and the Funds provided to him by management, to identify and request other information he may deem relevant to the performance of his duties, to question management and other service providers regarding material factors bearing on the management and administration of the Funds, and to exercise his business judgment in a manner that serves the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders. The Trust has concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as a Trustee based on their own experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills as described below.

The Trust has concluded that Don Schreiber, Jr. should serve as chairman and trustee of the Funds because of the experience he has gained as Chief Executive Officer of each of the Advisor, Sub-Advisor, WBI Trading, Inc., and Hartshorne Group, and his general knowledge of and experience in the financial services industry.

The Trust has concluded that John A. Flanagan should serve as trustee of the Funds and as the audit committee financial expert because of the experience he has gained as a certified public accountant licensed to practice in New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts, including employment with Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Strong Mutual Funds, and the New York Life family of Mutual Funds, and his experience with mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, including those of MacroMarkets LLC.

The Trust has concluded that Jude T. Depko should serve as trustee of the Funds because of the operational and coordination experience he has gained as technical consultant for Michael Baker Jr., Inc. and as Director of Operations and Principal Traffic Engineer for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

The Trust has concluded that Andrew Putterman should serve as trustee of the Fund because of the experience he has gained as Principal of 1812 Park, LLC, Chairman Emeritus, Chief Executive Officer and President of Fortigent LLC, and service as a director of Princeton Private Equity Fund and The Private Trust Company, as well as his extensive experience in the financial industry.

The Trust has concluded that Matthew Schreiber should serve as trustee of the Funds because of the experience he has gained as Vice President and President of the Sub-Advisor, and his general knowledge of and experience in investment management.

Trustee Ownership of Fund Shares and Other Interests
The following table shows the amount of equity securities owned in each Fund by the Trustees as of December 31, 2018.

Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned:
Interested Trustees:
Non-Interested Trustees:
 
Don
Schreiber, Jr.,
Matthew
Schreiber
Jude T.
Depko
John A.
Flanagan
Andrew
Putterman
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF1
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF1
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF1
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF1
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF1
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF1
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities
(All Funds in the Complex)
More than
$100,000
More than
$100,000
More than
$100,000
$0
$0
 
1 As of the date of this SAI, the Fund has not commenced operations and, therefore no Trustee or officer of the Trust owned Shares.

As of December 31, 2018 , neither the Independent Trustees nor members of their immediate family, own securities beneficially or of record in the Advisor, Sub-Advisor and the Distributor, as defined below, or an affiliate of the Advisor, Sub-Advisor or the Distributor. Accordingly, neither the Independent Trustees nor members of their immediate family, have direct or indirect interest, the value of which exceeds $120,000, in the Advisor, Sub-Advisor, the Distributor, or any of their affiliates.

Board Compensation
Each Independent Trustee receives an annual stipend of $36,000 and reimbursement for all reasonable travel expenses relating to their attendance at the Board Meetings. The chairman of the Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating each receive an annual stipend of $5,000, and each Independent Trustee serving on the Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee (except the chairman thereof) and the Valuation Committee receives an annual stipend of $2,500. Interested Trustees are not compensated for their service as Trustees or as members of Board committees. The following table shows the compensation estimated to be earned by each Trustee for the Funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019:

Aggregate Compensation
From Each Fund
Interested Trustees:
Non-Interested Trustees:
 
Don
Schreiber, Jr.,
Matthew
Schreiber
Jude T.
Depko
John A.
Flanagan
Andrew
Putterman
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US Total Return ETF
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 ETF
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 ETF
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 1000 Total Return ETF
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 2000 Total Return ETF
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
WBI BullBear Trend Switch US 3000 Total Return ETF
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total Compensation From Fund Complex Paid to Trustees
$0
$0
$41,000
$46,000
$41,000

Code of Ethics
The Trust, its Advisor, its Sub-Advisor, and Foreside Financial Group, LLC, on behalf of Foreside Fund Services, LLC and Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC, have each adopted codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act that permit personnel subject to their particular codes of ethics to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Funds.

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The Board has adopted Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (the “Policies”) on behalf of the Trust which delegate the responsibility for voting proxies to the Sub-Advisor, subject to the Board’s continuing oversight. The Policies require that the Sub-Advisor vote proxies received in a manner consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders. The Policies also require the Sub-Advisor to present to the Board, at least annually, the Sub-Advisor’s Policies and a record of each proxy involving a conflict of interest for the Sub-Advisor and how the conflict of interest was resolved with respect to voting of each proxy.

The Sub-Advisor has adopted Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (“Proxy Voting Policies”) that provide that proxies on securities will be voted for the exclusive benefit, and in the best economic interest of, Fund shareholders, as determined by the Sub-Advisor in good faith, subject to any restrictions or directions of the Fund. Such voting responsibilities will be exercised in a manner that is consistent with the general anti-fraud provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, as well as the Sub-Advisor’s fiduciary duties under federal and state law to act in the best interest of its clients.

The Sub-Advisor has engaged Broadridge, an unbiased third party proxy voting service, to receive and review proxy voting statements, provide information and research, make proxy voting recommendations, and handle the administrative functions associated with the voting of proxies. The Sub-Advisor will generally vote proxies in accordance with these recommendations, but reserves the right to exercise its own judgment on a case-by-case basis. If the Sub-Advisor determines that voting a particular proxy would create a material conflict of interest between its interest or the interests of any of its affiliated parties and the interests of the Fund, the Sub-Advisor will vote such proxy based upon the recommendations of the independent third party proxy voting service. The Sub-Advisor’s CCO is ultimately responsible for ensuring that all proxies received by the Sub-Advisor are voted in a timely manner and in a manner consistent with the Sub-Advisor’s determination of the client’s best interests. Although many proxy proposals may be voted in accordance with the guidelines established in these Proxy Voting Policies, some proposals require special consideration which may dictate an exception to the policies and procedures.

The Trust is required to file a Form N-PX, with each Fund’s complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30, no later than August 31 of each year. Each Fund’s proxy voting record is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free (855) WBI-ETFS or (855) 924-3837 and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS OF SECURITIES

A principal shareholder is any person who owns of record or beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a Fund. A control person is one who owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a company or acknowledges the existence of control. Shareholders with a controlling interest could affect the outcome of voting or the direction of management of a Fund. As of the date of this SAI, the Funds have not commenced operations and, therefore no Trustee or officer of the Trust owned Shares and no Shares were outstanding.

MANAGEMENT SERVICES

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the section in the Prospectus entitled “Management”.

Advisor and Sub-Advisor
Millington Securities, Inc. acts as investment advisor to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement (“Advisory Agreement”) with the Trust. Millington Securities, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBI Trading Company, Inc. Millington Securities, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer. Millington Securities, Inc. was acquired by WBI Trading Company, Inc. in 2013. Don Schreiber, Jr., a co-portfolio manager of the Funds, owns a controlling interest in WBI Trading Company, Inc. and is the sole director and Chief Executive Officer of the Advisor and is therefore a control person of the Advisor.

WBI Investments, Inc. is an affiliate of WBI Trading Company, Inc. and acts as the “Sub-Advisor” to the Funds pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”). Don Schreiber, Jr. founded the Sub-Advisor in 1984 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and is therefore a control person of the Sub-Advisor.

In consideration of the services to be provided by the Sub-Advisor pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisor is entitled to receive from the Advisor a management fee equal to 0.65% of each Fund’s average daily net assets, and the Advisor has delegated the Sub-Advisor to receive such fee directly from the Funds. The Advisor is paid 0.04% of each Fund’s average daily net assets (calculated daily and paid monthly) from the management fees collected by the Sub-Advisor.

Under the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor has agreed to pay or will cause its affiliated Sub-Advisor to pay, all of the expenses of each Fund, except for: the fee payment under the Advisory Agreement, payments under each Fund’s 12b-1 plan, brokerage expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest (including borrowing costs and dividend expenses on securities sold short), compensation and expenses of the independent Trustees (including independent Trustee counsel fees), litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (including litigation to which the Trust or a Fund may be a party and indemnification of the Trustees and officers with respect thereto).

The expenses of each Fund, which are subject to the unitary fee arrangement under the Advisory Agreement, include, but are not limited to: salaries, expenses, and fees of the Trustees and officers of the Trust who are officers, directors/trustees, partners, or employees of Advisor or its affiliates; any assumption of expense of the Trust by the Advisor; the costs of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing of prospectuses, prospectus supplements, Statements of Additional Information, annual, semiannual and periodic reports, and notices and proxy solicitation materials required to be furnished to shareholders of the Trust or regulatory authorities, and all tax returns; the compensation of the officers and Trustees of the Trust who are officers, directors/trustees, partners or employees of the Advisor or its affiliates; all legal and other fees and expenses incurred in connection with the affairs of the Trust, including those incurred with respect to registering its shares with regulatory authorities and all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, setting in type, printing, and filing with necessary regulatory authorities of any registration statement and prospectus, and any amendments or supplements that may be made from time to time, including registration, filing and other fees in connection with requirements of regulatory authorities; all expenses of the transfer, receipt, safekeeping, servicing and accounting for the Trust’s cash, securities, and other property, including all charges of depositories, custodians, and other agents, if any; the charges for the services and expenses of the independent accountants and legal counsel retained by the Trust, for itself; the charges and expenses of maintaining shareholder accounts, including all charges of transfer, bookkeeping, and dividend disbursing agents appointed by the Trust; any membership fees, dues or expenses incurred in connection with the Trust’s membership in any trade association or similar organizations, as approved by the Trustees; all insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage, as approved by the Trustees; all expenses incidental to holding shareholders and Trustees meetings, including the printing of notices and proxy materials and proxy solicitation fees and expenses; and all expenses of pricing of the net asset value per share of each Fund, including the cost of any equipment or services to obtain price quotations.

After their initial two year term, both the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreements continue in effect for successive annual periods so long as such continuation is specifically approved at least annually by the vote of (1) the Board (or a majority of the outstanding shares of the Funds), and (2) a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of any party to the Advisory Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement, in each case, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement may be terminated at any time, without penalty, by either party to the Advisory Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement upon a 60-day written notice and is automatically terminated in the event of its “assignment,” as defined in the 1940 Act.

Portfolio Managers
The portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds are Mr. Don Schreiber, Jr., Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Advisor, and Steven Van Solkema, Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Advisor.  Each of Mr. Van Solkema and Mr. Schreiber has been a portfolio manager of the Funds since their inception.

Other Accounts Managed
The following table provides additional information about other portfolios or accounts managed by the Funds’ portfolio managers as of April 30 , 2019. Total number of other accounts managed by the portfolio managers within each category below and the total assets in the accounts managed within each category below.

Portfolio Manager
Registered
Investment
Companies
Other Pooled
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
 
Number
of
Accounts
Total
Assets
($mm)
Number
of
Accounts
Total
Assets
($mm)
Number
of
Accounts
Total
Assets
($mm)
Steven Van Solkema
12
$725
0
$0
3,488
$764.86
Don Schreiber, Jr.
12
$725
0
$0
3,488
$764.86

*
A portion of the separately managed accounts are invested in the Funds. As of April 30, 2019, these accounts have an approximate total asset value of $361 million in the Funds.

**
None of the accounts managed by the portfolio managers pay performance fees.

Material Conflicts of Interest
Don Schreiber, Jr., and Steven Van Solkema also manage separate accounts for advisory clients (“SMA Clients”) of the Sub-Advisor, in addition to Other Funds in the Trust. There is a potential conflict with managing multiple SMA Client accounts and the Funds, including conflicts among the investment strategies and trade allocations to the accounts and the Funds. The intention of the Sub-Advisor is to treat the various accounts fairly. The Sub-Advisor frequently combines or aggregates orders for SMA Clients and the Funds, in an effort to obtain best execution, to negotiate more favorable commission rates, or to equitably allocate among the Sub-Advisor’s SMA Clients and the Funds improvements in price and transaction fees or other transaction costs that might not have been obtained had such orders been placed independently.  If the Sub-Advisor combines or aggregates client orders, for those client accounts included in the combined or aggregated orders, transactions for relevant client accounts will be averaged as to price and will be allocated among the relevant client accounts in proportion to the purchase (or sale) orders placed for each relevant client account.

Compensation
Compensation paid to Don Schreiber, Jr. and Steven Van Solkema, in their capacity as portfolio managers of the Funds, is not tied directly to performance of the Funds. The portfolio managers receive a fixed base salary and are eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Base salary compensation is reviewed annually. Discretionary compensation may include consideration of Sub-Advisor financial results, expense control, profit margins, strategic planning and implementation, quality of client service, market share, corporate reputation, compliance and risk control, leadership and innovation. These factors are considered collectively by executive management of the Sub-Advisor. A portfolio manager’s aggregate salary compensation is designed to be competitive with the marketplace and further, to reflect the portfolio manager’s relative experience and contribution to the Sub-Advisor. As a shareholder of the parent company of the Advisor and a shareholder of the Sub-Advisor, Mr. Schreiber may also benefit economically from any profits generated by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor. As a shareholder of the parent company of the Advisor, Mr. Van Solkema may also benefit economically from any profits generated by the Advisor.

Ownership of Securities
As of the date of this SAI, the Funds have not commenced operations, and therefore no Portfolio Managers owned Shares.

OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS

Fund Administrator, Custodian, Transfer Agent and Securities Lending Agent
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”), 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, serves as administrator, transfer agent and index receipt agent. Pursuant to a Fund Administration Servicing Agreement and a Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement between the Trust and Fund Services, Fund Services provides the Trust with administrative and management services (other than investment advisory services), and accounting services, including portfolio accounting services, tax accounting services, and furnishing financial reports. In this capacity, Fund Services does not have any responsibility or authority for the management of the Funds, the determination of investment policy, or for any matter pertaining to the distribution of Funds’ Shares. As compensation for the administration, accounting, and management services, the Sub-Advisor pays Fund Services a fee based on each Fund’s average daily net assets, subject to a minimum annual fee, as well as certain out-of-pocket expenses, including pricing expenses.

The Funds have not commenced operations, and therefore Fund Services has not received any fees for administrative services to the Funds as of the date of this SAI.

Pursuant to a Custody Agreement, U.S. Bank National Association, 1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212, serves as the custodian of the Funds’ assets. The custodian holds and administers Fund assets. Pursuant to the Custody Agreement, the custodian receives an annual fee from the Sub-Advisor based on the Trust’s total average daily net assets, subject to a minimum annual fee, and certain settlement charges. The custodian also is entitled to certain out-of-pocket expenses.

The Funds’ securities lending agent is U.S. Bank National Association, the Funds’ custodian. U.S. Bank receives a fee for its services as securities lending agent. Some of U.S. Bank’s services may be delegated to U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Funds’ custodian, transfer agent, and administrator.  Investments of the cash collateral received from borrowers of the Funds’ securities are made by U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. in accordance with applicable guidelines.

Securities Lending Activities
U.S. Bank (the “Securities Lending Agent”) serves as securities lending agent to the Funds.  The Securities Lending Agent is responsible for the implementation and administration of each Fund’s securities lending program pursuant to an agreement between the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and the Securities Lending Agent (the “Securities Lending Agreement”).  The Securities Lending Agent acts as agent to each Fund to lend available securities with any person on the Securities Lending Agent’s list of approved borrowers and (i) determines whether a loan shall be made and negotiates and establishes the terms and conditions of the loan with the borrower; (ii) ensures that all substitute interest, dividends, and other distributions paid with respect to loan securities is credited to the Fund’s relevant account on the date such amounts are delivered by the borrower to the Securities Lending Agent; (iii) receives and holds, on the Fund’s behalf, collateral from borrowers to secure obligations of borrowers with respect to any loan of available securities; (iv) marks loaned securities and collateral to their market value each business day based upon the market value of the loaned securities and collateral at the close of business employing the most recently available pricing information and receives and delivers collateral to maintain the value of the collateral at no less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities; (v) at the termination of a loan, returns the collateral to the borrower upon the return of the loaned securities to the Securities Lending Agent; (vi) invests cash collateral in accordance with the Securities Lending Agreement; and (viii) maintains such records as are reasonably necessary to account for loans that are made and the income derived therefrom and makes available to the Fund a monthly statement describing the loans outstanding, including an accounting of all securities lending transactions.

Distributor
Foreside Fund Services, LLC (“Foreside” or the “Distributor”), is located at Three Canal Plaza, Portland, ME 04101. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).

Shares will be continuously offered for sale by the Trust through the Distributor only in whole Creation Units, as described in the section of this SAI entitled “Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units”. The Distributor also acts as an agent for the Trust. The Distributor will deliver a prospectus to persons purchasing Shares in Creation Units and will maintain records of both orders placed with it and confirmations of acceptance furnished by it. The Distributor has no role in determining the investment policies of the Funds or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Funds.

The Sub-Advisor and its affiliates may, out