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UPHOLDINGS COMPOUND KINGS ETF
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
DECEMBER 30, 2020

UPHOLDINGS Compound KingsTM ETF (KNGS) Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the SEC, paper copies of the Funds' shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the Funds' reports from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. Please contact your financial intermediary to elect to receive shareholder reports and other Fund communications electronically. You may elect to receive all future Fund reports in paper free of charge. Please contact your financial intermediary to inform them that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of Fund shareholder reports and for details about whether your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with your financial intermediary. Before you invest, you may want to review the Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's Prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund, including the Fund's Statement of Additional Information, online at www.compoundkingsetf.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 215-882-9983 or by sending an e-mail request to ir@alphaarchitect.com. The current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated December 30, 2020 are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. UPHOLDINGS COMPOUND KINGS ETF Fund Summary INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE The UPHOLDINGS Compound Kings ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective. FEES AND EXPENSES This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). The fees and expenses are expressed as a percentage of the Fund's average daily net assets. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example. ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT) Management Fee 0.60% Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.00% Other Expenses1 0.00% Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses2 0.00% Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.60% 1 Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year. 2 "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses" are indirect fees and expenses that the Fund incurs from investing in the shares of other investment companies, and are estimated for the current fiscal year. EXAMPLE The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: One Year: Three Years: $61 $192 PORTFOLIO TURNOVER The Fund may pay transaction costs, including commissions when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses, or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. At the date of this Prospectus, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and portfolio turnover data therefore is not available. PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that the Fund's Adviser and Sub-Adviser (Upholdings) believe offer the most attractive risk and return potential. Upholdings selects investments for the Fund's portfolio based on its own proprietary research. The Fund's Investment Strategy The Fund generally invests in securities that Upholdings believes have the potential to compound at a higher rate than the S&P 500 Index over multi-year periods. In most cases, Upholdings identifies companies that have been reinvesting their own cash flow at above average rates of return. If, based on Upholding's analysis, the shares of a particular company are trading at a fair level compared to Upholding's estimate of the company's intrinsic value, Upholdings will generally recommend that the Fund purchase that company's shares. To calculate intrinsic value, Upholdings constructs long-term financial models to estimate cashflow generation and the resulting shareholder value. To do so, Upholdings uses an array of publicly available data - earnings call transcripts, publicly disclosed financials, and industry consultants. Upholdings then estimates intrinsic value by discounting the estimated future value into a current valuation. The Fund will be considered non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. The Fund generally anticipates holding approximately thirty (30) securities. The Fund may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to seek to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into more promising opportunities. Additionally, the Fund may, from time to time, deviate from the foregoing investment process if Upholdings believes a particular security has the potential to increase in value based on unique circumstances. The Fund will invest at least 60% of its total net assets in equity securities of companies of medium and large market capitalizations located in both the United States and China, primarily via Hong Kong listed securities. The Fund will also invest in other international markets, including emerging markets. In addition to securities of operating companies, Upholdings may recommend that the Fund invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs), business development companies (BDCs), convertible securities, preferred stocks, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). When doing so, Upholdings follows the same research process: determine how much cash the entities can generate and whether there are opportunities for management to continue to reinvest at above average rates of return. The Fund may also hold U.S. government securities, bonds, cash, and cash equivalents for defensive purposes and during periods when the Upholdings is unable to identify securities that meet its investment criteria. Absent unusual market conditions, the Fund does not intend to maintain large cash balances for prolonged periods. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. BDCs are registered closed-end investment companies that have elected to be regulated as "business development companies" under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). Convertible securities are usually preferred stocks or corporate bonds that can be exchanged for a set number of shares of common stock at a predetermined price. Preferred stock is a class of stock that pays dividends before common stock dividend payments are made and may be convertible to common stock. U.S. government securities include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities. ETFs may include both actively- and passively-managed ETFs. In addition to U.S. government securities, bonds may include a broad array of short-, medium-, and long-term obligations issued by corporate and private issuers of various types. Cash equivalents may include commercial paper and short-term debt instruments. The Fund may also invest, to a lesser extent, in privately offered securities to seek to achieve its investment objectives subject to the limitations of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and regulations thereunder. Privately offered securities often are illiquid and may be difficult to value, as more fully described below. PRINCIPAL RISKS An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. Non-Diversification Risk. Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Fund's Shares and greater risk of loss. Management Risk. The Fund is actively-managed and may not meet its investment objectives based on the Adviser's or Upholding's success or failure in implementing the Fund's investment strategy. Equity Investing Risk. An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in stock prices. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments. In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market or securities markets generally. Foreign Investment Risk. Returns on investments in foreign securities could be more volatile than, or trail the returns on, investments in U.S. securities. Investments in or exposures to foreign securities are subject to special risks, including risks associated with foreign securities generally, such as differences in information available about issuers of securities and investor protection standards applicable in other jurisdictions; capital controls risks, including the risk of a foreign jurisdiction imposing restrictions on the ability to repatriate or transfer currency or other assets; currency risks; political, diplomatic and economic risks; regulatory risks; and foreign market and trading risks, including the costs of trading and risks of settlement in foreign jurisdictions. China Investment Risk. The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging market and can be significantly affected by economic and political conditions and policy in China and surrounding Asian countries. In addition, the Chinese economy is export-driven and highly reliant on trade. A downturn in the economies of China's primary trading partners could slow or eliminate the growth of the Chinese economy. Additionally, the economy of China differs greatly from the U.S. economy in such respects as, structure, general development, government involvement, wealth distribution, rate of inflation, interest rates, allocation of resources and capital reinvestment. Specifically, issuers in China are subject to less stringent requirements regarding accounting, auditing, financial reporting and record keeping than issuers in more developed markets, and therefore, all material information may not be available or reliable. Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk. Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to miss opportunities to participate in market appreciation, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than the Fund's benchmark or other funds that remain fully invested. In rising markets, holding cash or cash equivalents will negatively affect the Fund's performance relative to its benchmark. Illiquid Securities Risk. The portfolio managers may not be able to sell illiquid securities at the price it would like or may have to sell them at a loss. Securities of non-U.S. issuers in particular, are subject to greater liquidity risk. ETF Risks ` Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions. ` Premium-Discount Risk. The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the NYSE, Inc. (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. ` Secondary Market Trading Risk. 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. ` Trading Risk. Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of the Fund's Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than the Fund's Shares, potentially causing the market price of the Fund's Shares to deviate from its NAV. Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk. Investing in securities of medium- capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies' securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. Often medium-capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions. Geopolitical/Natural Disaster Risks. The Fund's investments are subject to geopolitical and natural disaster risks, such as war, terrorism, trade disputes, political or economic dysfunction within some nations, public health crises and related geopolitical events, as well as environmental disasters, epidemics and/or pandemics, which may add to instability in world economies and volatility in markets. The impact may be short-term or may last for extended periods. PERFORMANCE The Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus. Performance information will be available in the Prospectus after the Fund has been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.compoundkingsetf.com. PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISER Investment Adviser: Empowered Funds, LLC ("Adviser") Investment Sub-Adviser: Upholdings Group LLC ("Upholdings" or the "Sub-Adviser") PORTFOLIO MANAGERS Robert Cantwell, Founder of Upholdings, has been primarily and jointly responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund since its inception. Mr. Cantwell provides his recommendations to Mr. Brandon Koepke, Portfolio Manager of the Adviser, who, since the Fund's inception is also primarily and jointly responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES The Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis only in large blocks of Shares, typically 10,000 Shares, called "Creation Units," and only APs (typically, broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem Creation Units. Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed 'in-kind' for securities and partially in cash but may also be issued and redeemed only for cash. Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Once created, individual Shares generally trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day. Market prices of Shares may be greater or less than their NAV. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Fund's shares are not redeemable securities. TAX INFORMATION The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both, unless your investment is in an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA") or other tax-advantaged account. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax advisor about your specific tax situation. PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information. TRADEMARKS UPHOLDINGS and Compound Kings are trademarks of Upholdings Group LLC.