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PROSPECTUS
February
28, 2026
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Pacer
American Energy Infrastructure ETF |
| EAFG |
Pacer
Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF |
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Pacer
Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF |
| PEVC |
Pacer
PE/VC ETF |
Listed
on NYSE Arca, Inc.
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| ODDS |
Pacer
BlueStar Digital Entertainment ETF |
| BULD |
Pacer
BlueStar Engineering the Future ETF |
| QQWZ |
Pacer
Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETF |
| QSIX |
Pacer
Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier 600
ETF |
Listed
on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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| LCOW |
Pacer
S&P 500 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF |
| MCOW |
Pacer
S&P MidCap 400 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF |
| SCOW |
Pacer
S&P SmallCap 600 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF |
| FOWF |
Pacer
Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF |
| MILK |
Pacer
US Cash Cows Bond ETF |
Listed
on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.
The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not 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.
INVESTMENT
PRODUCTS: *ARE
NOT FDIC INSURED *MAY
LOSE VALUE *ARE
NOT BANK GUARANTEED
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
American Energy Infrastructure ETF (the “Fund”) is an exchange
traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the performance, before fees and
expenses, of the American Energy Infrastructure Index (the
“Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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| Management
Fees |
0.75% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.75% |
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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$240 |
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$930 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate
was 24% of the average
value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed by SL Advisors,
LLC, the Fund’s Index Provider (the “Index Provider”) and the investment
adviser to the Predecessor Fund (as defined below), which is not affiliated with
the Fund, its distributor, or Pacer Advisors, Inc., the Fund’s investment
adviser (the “Adviser”).
The
Fund attempts to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the
component securities that make up the Index. Under normal circumstances, at
least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes)
will be invested in securities of infrastructure companies in the energy
industry or sector. The Fund defines “infrastructure companies” as those that
generate a majority of their cash flow from gathering & processing,
compression, fractionation, logistics, midstream services, pipeline
transportation, storage and terminalling of oil, gas, natural gas liquids, and
refined products, as well as operating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities
(collectively, “Energy Infrastructure Activities”).
The
Index
The
Index uses a proprietary, rules-based methodology to measure the performance of
a portfolio of U.S. and Canadian exchange-listed equity securities of companies
that generate a majority of their cash flow from certain qualifying energy
infrastructure activities such as natural gas exploration and
production.
Natural
gas infrastructure refers to the processing, storage, transportation, and
distribution of natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, and their
related products, as well as the transmission or storage of renewable energy
(i.e., Energy Infrastructure Activities). The following activity segments are
not qualifying activities: refining, shipping, retail distribution, or oil
services. The Index may include small-, mid-, and large-capitalization
companies.
The
Index includes securities across the following categories of energy
infrastructure companies. Such categories and the “weight” (defined as the
percentage of the total Index) assigned to each category at the time of each
rebalance of the Index are as follows:
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Energy
Infrastructure Activities (80%)
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U.S.-
or Canadian-listed companies that (i) have their principal place of
business in the United States or Canada, (ii) elect to be treated as a
corporation for U.S. or Canadian federal income tax purposes, and (iii)
generate a majority of their cash flow or revenue from Energy
Infrastructure Activities. |
U.S.
Midstream MLPs* (20%)
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U.S.-listed
Midstream MLPs that (i) have their principal place of business in the
United States, (ii) elect to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, (iii) do not pay incentive distribution rights
(“IDRs”), and (iv) are not affiliates of MLP GPs that are owned in the
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If an MLP that would be included in the Index has a tracking stock that is a
corporation or elects to be taxed as a corporation, then such tracking stock
will be included in the Index in place of the MLP and will use the MLP’s
adjusted market capitalization for calculating its weight.
MLPs
are publicly traded partnerships that receive at least 90% of their income from
certain qualifying sources, such as natural resource-based midstream energy
infrastructure activities. The equity interests, or units, of an MLP trade on
public securities exchanges exactly like the shares of a corporation, without
entity level taxation. An MLP typically consists of a general partner and
limited partners. The operations and management of the MLP are controlled by the
general partner, and the general partner typically has an ownership stake in the
MLP and may have certain preferential rights to income from the MLP, such as
IDRs. IDRs provide their owner with a larger share of the aggregate cash
distributions made by a company once such distributions increase to certain
specified levels and are designed to provide the holder of the IDRs with a
strong incentive to increase the MLP’s aggregate cash
distributions.
At
the time of each quarterly rebalance of the Index, each company meeting the
Index’s criteria for the above categories is included in the Index, provided
that the company has a minimum market capitalization of $500
million.
The
Index is rebalanced quarterly, effective on the last trading day of each
calendar quarter. Within each of the above categories, Index constituents are
weighted based on their free-float market capitalization (i.e.,
market capitalization based on the number of shares available to the public),
subject to the following constraints as of the time of each rebalance. Each
individual Index constituent is limited to a weight of 7.25%, and any excess
weight is redistributed equally among the other companies in the same category
first and then to the remaining companies as needed.
Additionally,
the aggregate weight of companies with individual weights greater than 5% (“5%
Companies”) may not exceed 45% as of the time of each rebalance. If the
aggregate weight of the 5% Companies would exceed 45%, the excess weight will be
redistributed proportionally to companies with a weight of less than 4.25%. If
at the time of a rebalance a company’s weight would be between 4.25% and 5%, the
company’s weight will be reduced to 4.25% and the excess redistributed to
companies in the same category with a weight of less than 4.25%. During periods
between rebalancing, it is possible these percentage limits may be
exceeded.
As
of December 31, 2025, the Index included securities of 26 companies. The Index
was developed by the Index Provider in 2017 in anticipation of the commencement
of operations of the Predecessor Fund (as defined
below).
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance
and that of the Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better. The Fund
will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective,
meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in the
same approximate proportion as in the Index. The Fund is non-diversified and
therefore may invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a
single company than diversified funds.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. The Index, and
consequently the Fund, is expected to generally be concentrated in energy
infrastructure companies.
Principal
Investment Risks
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Concentration
Risk. If
the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the Fund’s
investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of the
Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
◦Concentration
in the Energy Infrastructure Industry Risk. The
Index is expected to be concentrated in energy infrastructure companies. When
the Fund focuses its investments in the energy infrastructure industry,
financial, economic, business, and other developments affecting issuers in that
industry, market, or economic sector will have a greater effect on the Fund than
if it had not done so.
Companies in the energy infrastructure
industry are subject to many risks that can negatively impact the revenues and
viability of companies in this industry, including, but not limited to, risks
associated with companies owning and/or operating pipelines, gathering and
processing assets, power infrastructure, propane assets, as well as capital
markets, terrorism, natural disasters, climate change, operating, regulatory,
environmental, supply and demand, and price volatility risks. The
volatility of energy commodity prices can significantly affect energy companies
due to the impact of prices on the volume of commodities developed, produced,
gathered, and processed. Historically, energy commodity prices have been
cyclical and exhibited significant volatility, which may adversely impact the
value, operations, cash flows, and financial performance of energy companies.
The volatility of energy commodity prices can also indirectly affect certain
entities that operate in the midstream segment of the energy industry due to the
impact of prices on the volume of commodities transported, processed, stored, or
distributed.
•Currency
Exchange Rate Risk. The
Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in investments denominated
in Canadian dollars or in securities that provide exposure to such currency.
Changes in currency exchange rates and the relative value of the Canadian dollar
to the U.S. dollar will affect the value of the Fund’s investment and the value
of your Shares. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change
quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an investment in the Fund
may change quickly and without warning and you may lose
money.
•Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden,
unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur
because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting
specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests. 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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate
significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor
could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act
as 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 of the Fund 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.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund. Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including
brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading
of shares of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an
investment in shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who
anticipate regularly making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Shares of
the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices.
Certain securities held by the Fund may trade on foreign exchanges that are
closed when the Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, and the Fund may
experience premiums and discounts greater than those of ETFs that hold
securities that are traded only in the United
States.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be traded on U.S.
exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that shares of the
Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed
market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to mirror the
liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Foreign
Securities Risk. Investments in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not
be present with investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in
non-U.S. securities may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency
fluctuations or to political or economic instability. Investments in non-U.S.
securities also may be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject
to additional trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. These and
other factors can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially
less liquid than other types of investments. Foreign securities held by the Fund
may trade on markets that are closed when U.S. markets are open, which may lead
to a difference in the value of the Fund and the underlying foreign
securities.
•Geographic
Concentration Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in the
securities of companies of a single country or region, it is more likely to be
impacted by events or conditions affecting that country or region. The Index’s,
and therefore the Fund’s, heavy equity exposure to Canada subjects the Fund to a
higher degree of country risk than that of more geographically diversified
international funds.
◦Canada-Specific
Risk. The Canadian economy is reliant on
the sale of natural resources and commodities, which can pose risks such as the
fluctuation of prices and the variability of demand for exportation of such
products. Changes in spending on Canadian products by the economies of other
countries or changes in any of these economies may cause a significant impact on
the Canadian economy.
•Index
Provider Risk. There
is no assurance that the Index Provider or any agents that act on its behalf,
will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be determined,
maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated accurately. The
Fund relies upon the Index Provider and its agents to compile, determine,
maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an agent to
calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses
or costs associated with errors made by the Index Provider or its
agents generally will be borne by the Fund and its shareholders. Because the
Index includes international securities, the Index Provider may have limited
information or may be more prone to mistakes based on the data available and
such mistakes may have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance, which may
increase the risks to the Fund.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•MLP
Risk. MLP
investment returns are enhanced during periods of declining or low interest
rates and tend to be negatively influenced when interest rates are
rising. In addition, most MLPs are fairly leveraged and typically carry a
portion of a “floating” rate debt. As such, a significant upward swing in
interest rates would also drive interest expense higher. Furthermore, most
MLPs grow by acquisitions partly financed by debt, and higher interest rates
could make it more difficult to make acquisitions. MLP investments also
entail many of the general tax risks of investing in a partnership. Limited
partners in an MLP typically have limited control and limited or no rights to
vote on matters affecting the partnership. Additionally, there is always
the risk that an MLP will fail to qualify for favorable tax
treatment.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and
instruments, the Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it
may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller
number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may
be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an
individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more
widely. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a
relatively smaller number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a
security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or
sector, unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares
of that security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in
accordance with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included
in the Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take
defensive positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are
adverse to the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk.
To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the
economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that
significantly affect those sectors.
◦Energy
Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the energy sector, and therefore the performance
of the fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The
profitability of companies in the energy sector is related to worldwide energy
prices, exploration, and production spending. Such companies also are subject to
risks of changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events,
depletion of resources and economic conditions, as well as market, economic and
political risks of the countries where energy companies are located or do
business. Oil and gas exploration and production can be significantly affected
by natural disasters. Oil exploration and production companies may be adversely
affected by changes in exchange rates, interest rates, government regulation,
world events, and economic conditions. Oil exploration and production companies
may be at risk for environmental damage claims.
The
energy sector is comprised of energy, energy industrial, energy infrastructure
and energy logistics companies, and will therefore be susceptible to adverse
economic, environmental, business, regulatory or other occurrences affecting
that sector. The energy sector has historically experienced substantial price
volatility. At times, the performance of these investments may lag the
performance of other sectors or the market as a whole. Master Limited
Partnerships (MLPs) and other companies operating in the energy sector are
subject to specific risks, including, among others, fluctuations in commodity
prices; reduced consumer demand for commodities such as oil, natural gas or
petroleum products; reduced availability of natural gas or other commodities for
transporting, processing, storing or delivering; slowdowns in new construction;
extreme weather or other natural disasters; and threats of attack by terrorists
on energy assets. Additionally, energy sector companies are subject to
substantial
government
regulation and changes in the regulatory environment for energy companies may
adversely impact their profitability. MLPs may incur environmental costs and
liabilities due to the nature of their businesses and the substances they
handle. Changes in existing laws, regulations or enforcement policies governing
the energy sector could significantly increase the compliance costs of MLPs.
Certain MLPs could, from time to time, be held responsible for implementing
remediation measures, the cost of which may not be recoverable from insurance.
Over time, depletion of natural gas reserves and other energy reserves may also
affect the profitability of energy
companies.
•Small
and Mid-Sized Company Stock Risk. The Fund may invest in equity securities of small- or mid-sized (based
on market capitalization) companies. Small to mid-sized company securities have
historically been subject to greater investment risk than large company
securities. The prices of small- to mid-sized company securities tend to be more
volatile and less liquid than large company securities.
•Tax
Risk. The
Fund intends to continue to qualify for treatment as a “regulated investment
company” (a “RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), by meeting certain source-of-income, asset diversification
and annual distribution requirements. In particular, the Fund generally may not
acquire a security if, as a result of the acquisition, more than 50% of the
value of the Fund’s assets would be invested in (a) issuers in which the Fund
has, in each case, invested more than 5% of the Fund’s assets or (b) issuers
more than 10% of whose outstanding voting securities are owned by the Fund.
Additionally, to qualify for treatment as a RIC the Fund may not invest more
than 25% of its total assets in the securities of entities treated as qualified
publicly traded partnerships (“QPTPs”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
including certain MLPs. While the weighting of the Index is not inconsistent
with these rules, given the concentration of the Index in a relatively small
number of securities, it may not always be possible for the Fund to fully
implement a replication strategy or a representative sampling strategy while
satisfying these diversification
requirements.
If
the Fund were to fail to qualify as a RIC, the Fund would be subject to tax on
its taxable income at corporate rates, and distributions from earnings and
profits would generally be taxable to Fund shareholders as ordinary income. The
Fund is also subject to the risk that MLPs in which the Fund invest will be
classified as corporations rather than as partnerships for federal income tax
purposes, which may reduce the Fund’s return and negatively affect the Fund’s
net asset value. There is a risk of changes in tax laws or regulations, or
interpretations thereof, which could adversely affect the Fund or the MLPs in
which the Fund invests.
◦MLP
Tax Risk. Depreciation or other cost recovery
deductions passed through to the Fund from investments in MLPs in a given year
will generally reduce the Fund’s taxable income, but those deductions may be
recaptured in the Fund’s income in one or more subsequent years. When recognized
and distributed, recapture income will generally be taxable to shareholders at
the time of the distribution at ordinary income tax rates, even though those
shareholders might not have held Shares at the time the deductions were taken by
the Fund, and even though those shareholders will not have corresponding
economic gain on their Shares at the time of the recapture. To distribute
recapture income or to fund redemption requests, the Fund may need to liquidate
investments. MLPs taxed as partnerships have historically made cash
distributions to limited partners that exceed the amount of taxable income
allocable to limited partners or members, due to a variety of factors, including
significant non-cash deductions such as depreciation and depletion. These excess
cash distributions would not be treated as income to the Fund but rather would
be treated as a return of capital to the extent of the Fund’s basis in the MLP.
As a consequence, the Fund may make distributions that exceed its earnings and
profits, which would be recharacterized as a return of capital to shareholders.
A return of capital distribution will generally not be taxable but will reduce
each shareholder’s cost basis in Shares and result in a higher capital gain or
lower capital loss when the Shares are sold. After a shareholder’s basis in
Shares has been reduced to zero, distributions in excess of earnings and profits
in respect of those Shares will be treated as gain from the sale of the
Shares.
•Tracking
Error Risk. As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index
may differ from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund
incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the
Index. In addition, the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the
Index at all times or may hold securities not included in the
Index.
Fund
Performance
The
Fund is the successor to the investment performance of the American Energy
Independence ETF, a series of ETF Series Solutions (the “Predecessor Fund”), as
a result of the reorganization of the Predecessor Fund into the Fund at the
close of business on December 13, 2019. Accordingly, any performance information
for periods prior to December 16, 2019 is that of the Predecessor Fund. The
Predecessor Fund was managed by SL Advisors, LLC and sub-advised by Penserra
Capital Management LLC and had the same investment objective, strategies, and
policies as the Fund since the Predecessor Fund’s inception in December 2017.
The following
performance information indicates some of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (or the
Predecessor Fund’s performance, as applicable) for each full calendar year since
inception. The table illustrates how the Fund’s
(or the Predecessor Fund’s, as applicable) average annual returns for the
one-year, five-year, and since inception periods compare with those of a broad
measure of market performance and the Index. The index the Fund
tracks updated its methodology in February 2026 expanding its universe to
include natural gas infrastructure and production companies, which may affect
the Fund’s risk profile. This change may limit the relevance of this
information. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the
future. Updated performance information is also available on the
Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Calendar Year Total
Return
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return was 46.88% for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 and the
lowest quarterly return
was -51.58% for the quarter ended March 31,
2020.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Period Ended December 31, 2025
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American Energy Infrastructure ETF |
1
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5
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Since
Inception
(12/12/2017) |
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Return
Before Taxes |
0.79% |
22.16% |
11.59% |
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Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
0.20% |
21.52% |
10.92% |
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Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares |
0.65% |
18.02% |
9.24% |
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American Energy Infrastructure Total Return Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
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1.70% |
23.44% |
12.83% |
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S&P
500®
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
17.88% |
14.42% |
14.30% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. In certain cases, the figure representing “Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares” may be higher than the other return
figures for the same period. A higher after-tax return results when a capital
loss occurs upon redemption and provides an assumed tax deduction that
benefits the investor. Actual after-tax returns
depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown.
After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. serves as investment adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
The
Fund employs a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing the Fund. Bruce Kavanaugh, Executive Vice
President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager for the
Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund. Mr. Kavanaugh has served as a portfolio manager since the Fund’s
inception and Mr. Wang has served as a portfolio manager since June
2022.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
BlueStar Digital Entertainment ETF (the “Fund”) employs a
“passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed to track the
total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the BlueStar Global
Online Gambling, Video Gaming, and eSports Index (the
“Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”).
You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to
financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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Fees1 |
0.49% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.49% |
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Management Fees
have been restated to reflect current fees. Prior to August 1, 2025, the Fund’s
management fee was 0.60%
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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$157 |
$274 |
$616 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover
rate was 47% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Index.
BlueStar
Global Online Gambling, Video Gaming, and eSports Index
The
Index is a rules-based index that consists of globally-listed stocks and
depositary receipts of digital entertainment companies, as described below.
Companies eligible to be added to the Index are those that derive at least 50%
of their revenues from the following activities: online gambling platforms or
software related to online gambling; video game development and software related
to the development of video games or hardware such as computer processors and
graphics cards used in video gaming systems, controllers, headsets, and gaming
consoles; and streaming services or video games and/or hardware for use in
eSports events or that are involved in eSports events such as league operators,
teams, distributors and platforms, (collectively, “Digital Entertainment”) as
determined by MV Index Solutions (the “Index Provider”).
To
be added to the Index, an Index component must derive at least 50% of its
revenue from Digital Entertainment; and must have a market capitalization
greater than or equal to US$150 million; a three-month
average-daily-value-traded of at least US$1 million at the current
reconstitution and also at the previous two quarters; and average monthly volume
of at least 250,000 shares over the last six months at the current
reconstitution and also at the previous two quarters. Current components are
eligible to remain in the Index if they derive at least 25% of their revenue
from Digital Entertainment; and they meet the following reduced thresholds: a
market capitalization exceeding US$75 million; a three-month
average-daily-trading value of at least US$600,000 at the current reconstitution
or at one of the previous two quarters; and at least 200,000 shares traded per
month over the last six months at the current reconstitution or at one of the
previous two quarters. The above criteria are referred to as the Index’s
“Investibility Requirements.” The Index may include companies of any market
capitalization that meets the Investibility Requirements, but has significant
exposure to large- and mid-capitalization companies.
Index
components are divided into two tiers: The first tier consists of companies that
develop or operate online gambling or betting platforms or related software
(“Online Gambling Companies”). The second tier consists of companies that (i)
develop and/or publish video games, facilitate the streaming or distribution of
video games, or produce hardware used in video games (e.g.,
computer processors and graphics cards used in video gaming systems,
controllers, headsets, and gaming consoles); (ii) develop or operate streaming
services, video games, or hardware for use in eSports events; or (iii) are
involved in eSports events, such as league operators, teams, distributors, and
platforms (collectively, “eSports Companies”). eSports are a form of competition
using video games, often taking the form of organized, multiplayer video game
competitions, and eSports companies include augmented and virtual reality video
games.
At
the time of each quarterly rebalance and reconstitution of the Index, companies
meeting the Investibility Requirements are added to the Index based on their
free-float market capitalization (from largest to smallest) until the aggregate
free-float market capitalization of companies in the Index from the applicable
tier is at least 90% of the free-float market capitalization of all companies
from such tier that meet the Investibility Requirements. For example, if the
aggregate free-float market capitalization of all eSports Companies meeting the
Investibility Requirements was US$1.5 trillion, the largest eSports Companies
meeting the Investibility Requirements would be included in the Index until
their aggregate free-float market capitalization was at least US$1.35 trillion.
The next largest company from each tier will continue to be added to the Index
until at least 25 companies from each tier are included.
At
the time of each quarterly review of the Index, each tier is assigned a weight
of 50%. Within each tier, companies in the Index are initially weighted by their
float-adjusted market capitalization, subject to a maximum weight of 8% for any
individual security (3% for companies in the semiconductor industry) and
adjustments downward based on certain liquidity criteria. Excess weight
resulting from any such adjustments is redistributed among the remaining
constituents in the applicable tier equally. The aggregate weight of
constituents with a weight of 5% or greater is capped at 50%. In addition, the
aggregate weight of companies earning less than 50% of their revenues from
Digital Entertainment is capped at 20%. During times between rebalancing and
reconstitution, it is possible these percentage limits may be
exceeded.
The
Index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly after the close of business on
the third Friday of March, June, September, and December based on the data of
the Wednesday prior to the second Friday of such reconstitution month.
As
of October 31, 2025, the Index was composed of 43 constituents, 31 of which
were listed on a non-U.S. exchange. The Index was established in 2022 and is
owned and maintained by the Index Provider.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance
and that of the Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better. The Fund
will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective,
meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index.
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) will be invested in companies that derive at least 50%
of their revenues from Digital Entertainment, as defined above.
As
of October 31, 2025, the Index had significant exposure to the consumer
discretionary and communication services sectors and significant exposure to
Chinese, European, and U.S. companies. To the extent
the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will seek to concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. The Index, and
consequently the
Fund, is expected to be concentrated in Digital Entertainment
companies. The Fund is non-diversified and therefore may
invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or
small number of issuers than diversified funds.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Concentration
in Digital Entertainment Companies Risk. Companies
in the business of betting or online gambling include those directly engaged in
casino operations, racetrack operations, sports and horse race betting
operations, and online betting operations. Online Gambling Companies face
intense competition and are highly regulated. These companies face regulatory
challenges and heightened competition as more states begin to allow betting and
online gambling activities.
eSports
Companies are subject to intense global competition and may be smaller companies
with limited product lines, markets, financial resources, or personnel. Such
companies may be heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights
and may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from
cyber-attacks and/or technological malfunctions. eSports Companies may have
products that face rapid obsolescence and may be dependent on one or a small
number of products or product franchises for a significant portion of their
revenue and profits. They may also be subject to shifting consumer preferences,
including preferences with respect to gaming console platforms and other forms
of entertainment, and changes in consumer discretionary spending, all of which
may change rapidly and cannot necessarily be predicted. eSports Companies are
also subject to increasing regulatory constraints, particularly with respect to
cybersecurity and privacy, and may be subject to sophisticated intellectual
property infringement schemes and piracy efforts.
•Currency
Exchange Rate Risk. The Fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in
investments denominated in a foreign currency or in securities that provide
exposure to such currency. Changes in currency exchange rates and the relative
value of such currency to the U.S. dollar will affect the value of the Fund’s
investment and the value of your Shares. Currency exchange rates can be very
volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an
investment in the Fund may change quickly and without warning and you may lose
money.
•Depositary
Receipt Risk. Depositary
Receipts involve risks similar to those associated with investments in foreign
securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other
countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies. Depositary
Receipts listed on U.S. exchanges are issued by banks or trust companies and
entitle the holder to all dividends and capital gains that are paid out on the
underlying foreign shares (“Underlying Shares”). When the Fund invests in
Depositary Receipts as a substitute for an investment directly in the Underlying
Shares, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the Depositary Receipts may not
provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the Underlying
Shares.
•Equity
Market Risk. The equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience
sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This
may occur because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors
affecting specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests.
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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may
fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an
investor could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly
face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to
process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to
perform
these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers
exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other
entities step forward to perform their functions.
◦Cash
Redemption Risk. The
Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for cash or to
otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be
required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to
distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital
gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a
result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if
the in-kind redemption process was used. ETF shares can only be redeemed in
creation units by APs. Individual shareholders may only purchase and sell ETF
shares on a secondary market.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund. Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including
brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading
of shares of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an
investment in shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who
anticipate regularly making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Shares of
the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices.
Because certain securities held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges that are
closed when the Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is likely to
experience premiums and discounts greater than those of domestic
ETFs.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Exchange”), and may be
traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that
shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Foreign
Securities Risk. Investments in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not
be present with investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in
non-U.S. securities may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency
fluctuations or to political or economic instability. Investments in non-U.S.
securities also may be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject
to additional trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. These and
other factors can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially
less liquid than other types of investments. Companies in many foreign markets
are not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting
standards or auditor oversight as companies in the U.S., and as a result,
information about the securities in which the Fund invests may be less reliable
or complete. Foreign markets often have less reliable securities valuations and
greater risk associated with the custody of securities than the U.S. There may
be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations
into or litigation against companies and shareholders may have limited legal
remedies.
•Geographic
Concentration Risk.
To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in the
securities of companies of a single country or region, it is more likely to be
impacted by events or conditions affecting that country or region. The Index’s,
and therefore the Fund’s, heavy equity exposure to China and Europe subjects the
Fund to a higher degree of country risk than that of more geographically
diversified international funds.
◦Risks
of Investing in China. Investments
in Chinese issuers subject the Fund to risks specific to China. China may be
subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability.
China is a developing market and demonstrates significantly higher volatility
from time to time in comparison to developed markets. Over the past 25 years,
the Chinese government has undertaken reform of economic and market practices
and is expanding the
sphere of private ownership of property in China. However, Chinese
markets generally continue to experience inefficiency, volatility and pricing
anomalies resulting from governmental influence, a lack of publicly available
information and/or political and social instability. Internal social unrest or
confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military conflicts in
response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in China and
result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency convertibility,
interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation. Export growth
continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Reduction in
spending on Chinese products and services, institution of tariffs or other trade
barriers, or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key trading partners
may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. China is also vulnerable
economically to the impact of a public health crisis, which could depress
consumer demand, reduce economic output, and potentially lead to market
closures, travel restrictions, and quarantines, all of which would negatively
impact China’s economy and could affect the economies of its trading
partners.
◦Risks
Related to Investing in Europe.
The economies and markets of European countries are often closely connected and
interdependent, and events in one country in Europe can have an adverse impact
on other European countries. The Fund makes investments in securities of issuers
that are domiciled in, or have significant operations in, the United Kingdom
(UK) and the member countries of the European Union (“EU”) that are subject to
economic and monetary controls that can adversely affect the Fund’s investments.
The European financial markets have experienced volatility and adverse trends in
recent years and these events have adversely affected the exchange rate of the
euro and/or the British pound and may continue to significantly affect other
European countries. Decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental or EU
regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro and/or the
British pound, the default or threat of default by a European country on its
sovereign debt, and/or an economic recession in a European country may have a
significant adverse effect on the economies of the countries and their trading
partners, including some or all of the European countries in which the Fund
invests.
•Index
Provider Risk. There
is no assurance that the Index Provider or any agents that act on its behalf,
will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be determined,
maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated accurately. The
Fund relies upon the Index Provider and its agents to compile, determine,
maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an agent to
calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs associated
with errors made by the Index Provider or its agents generally will be borne by
the Fund and its shareholders. Because the Index includes international
securities, the Index Provider may have limited information or may be more prone
to mistakes based on the data available and such mistakes may have a greater
impact on the Fund’s performance, which may increase the risks to the
Fund.
•Market
Capitalization Risk.
◦Large-Capitalization
Investing. 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.
◦Mid-Capitalization
Investing.
The securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse
issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of
large-capitalization companies. The securities of mid-capitalization companies
generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than large-capitalization stocks or the stock market
as a whole.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and
instruments, the Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it
may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller
number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may
be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an
individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more
widely. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a
relatively smaller number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Other
Investment Companies Risk.
The Fund will incur higher and duplicative expenses when it invests in other
investment companies such as ETFs. There is also the risk that the Fund may
suffer losses due to the investment practices of the underlying funds. When the
Fund invests in other investment companies, the Fund will be subject to
substantially
the same risks as those associated with the direct ownership of securities held
by such investment companies. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the “ETF
Risks” described above.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Communications
Services Sector Risk. The Fund is generally expected to invest significantly in companies
in the communications services sector, and therefore the performance of the Fund
could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. Communications
services companies are subject to extensive government regulation. The costs of
complying with governmental regulations, delays or failure to receive required
regulatory approvals, or the enactment of new adverse regulatory requirements
may adversely affect the business of the such companies. Companies in the
communications services sector can also be significantly affected by intense
competition, including competition with alternative technologies such as
wireless communications (including with 5G and other technologies), product
compatibility, consumer preferences, rapid product obsolescence, and research
and development of new products. Technological innovations may make the products
and services of such companies obsolete.
◦Consumer
Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund may invest in companies in the
consumer discretionary sector, and therefore the performance of the Fund could
be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The success of consumer
product manufacturers and retailers is tied closely to the performance of
domestic and international economies, interest rates, exchange rates,
competition, consumer confidence, changes in demographics and consumer
preferences. Companies in the consumer discretionary sector depend heavily on
disposable household income and consumer spending, and may be strongly affected
by social trends and marketing campaigns. These companies may be subject to
severe competition, which may have an adverse impact on their
profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
The following
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (based on NAV)
for calendar years ended December 31. The table shows how the Fund’s
average annual returns for the one year and since inception periods compared
with those of the Index and a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-617-0004.
Calendar Year Total
Return
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return was 27.02% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 and the
lowest quarterly return
was -14.00% for the quarter ended December 31,
2025.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Period Ended December 31, 2025
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BlueStar Digital Entertainment ETF |
1
Year |
Since
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(4/7/2022) |
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Return
Before Taxes |
17.84% |
12.29% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
16.86% |
11.97% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Shares |
10.80% |
9.64% |
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BlueStar Global Online Gambling, Video Gaming, and
eSports Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
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18.62% |
13.00% |
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S&P Global 1200
Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
22.99% |
13.30% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an
investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
Bruce
Kavanaugh, Executive Vice President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM,
Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the
day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Kavanaugh has served as a portfolio
manager since the Fund’s inception and Mr. Wang has served as a portfolio
manager since June 2022.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The Pacer BlueStar Engineering the Future
ETF (the “Fund”) employs a “passive management” (or indexing)
investment approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees
and expenses, of the BlueStar Robotics and 3D Printing Index (the
“Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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Management
Fees1 |
0.49% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.49% |
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Management Fees
have been restated to reflect current fees. Prior to August 1, 2025, the Fund’s
management fee was 0.60%
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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$157 |
$274 |
$616 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover
rate was 32% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Index.
BlueStar
Robotics and 3D Printing Index
The
Index is a rules-based index that consists of globally-listed stocks and
depositary receipts of companies that, at the time of being added to the Index,
derive at least 50% of their revenues (25% for current Index components) from
robots or manufacturing automation equipment (“robotics”); computer aided design
(“CAD”) software; or 3D printing centers, 3D printing hardware, 3D printing
simulation software, 3D scanning and measurement software, and 3D printing
materials (collectively, “Robotics and 3D Printing Companies”), as determined by
MV Index Solutions (the “Index Provider”).
To
be added to the Index, an Index component must have a market capitalization
greater than or equal to US$500 million; a three-month
average-daily-value-traded of at least US$1 million at the current
reconstitution and also at the previous two quarters; and average monthly volume
of at least 250,000 shares over the last six months at the current
reconstitution and also at the previous two quarters. Current components will
remain eligible for selection to the Index if they meet the
following,
reduced thresholds: a market capitalization exceeding US$250 million; a
three-month average-daily-value-traded of at least US$500,000 in at least two of
the latest three quarters (including the current reconstitution); and a
three-month average-daily-trading value of at least US$750,000 at the current
reconstitution or at one of the previous two quarters. The above criteria are
referred to as the Index’s “Investibility Requirements.” The Index may include
companies of any market capitalization that meets the Investibility
Requirements, but has significant exposure to large- and mid-capitalization
companies.
At
the time of each semi-annual reconstitution of the Index, the Index components
are initially weighted by their float-adjusted market capitalization within
three tiers:
Tier
1 Robotics and Manufacturing Automation Equipment (50% weight):
includes companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues (25% for current
components) from the development of industrial or agricultural robots and
production systems, automated inventory management, voice/image/text recognition
solutions for the industrial market, and medical robots or robotic instruments
(“Robotics Companies”). “Robotics” involves the design, construction, and
operation of machines that perform tasks that would otherwise be done by humans.
Tier
2 3D Printing (25% weight):
includes companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues (25% for current
components) from the following business lines: 3D printing hardware, 3D printing
simulation software, 3D printing centers, 3D scanning and measurement software
(e.g.,
software used for creating 3D models, augmented reality, motion capture, robotic
mapping, and 3D printing), and 3D printing materials.
Tier
3 Computer Aided Design Software (25% weight):
includes companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues (25% for current
components) from: development of CAD software to aid in the creation,
modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. CAD software has many uses,
including applications in the automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace
industries. CAD software is also used in industrial and architectural design,
medical device design, and digital content creation (e.g.,
computer animation for special effects).
At
the time of each semi-annual rebalance and reconstitution of the Index, Robotics
and 3D Printing Companies meeting the Investibility Requirements are added to
the Index based on their free-float market capitalization (from largest to
smallest) until the aggregate free-float market capitalization of companies in
the Index from the applicable tier is at least 98% of the free-float market
capitalization of all companies from such tier that meet the Investibility
Requirements. For example, if the aggregate free-float market capitalization of
all Robotics Companies meeting the Investibility Requirements was
US$1 trillion, the largest Robotics Companies meeting the Investibility
Requirements would be included in the Index until their aggregate free-float
market capitalization was at least US$980 billion. The next largest company from
each tier will continue to be added to the Index until at least 25 Robotics
Companies, ten 3D Printing companies, and ten CAD Software companies are
included.
Index
components are subject to a maximum weight of 8% for any individual security and
adjustments downward based on certain liquidity criteria. An additional rule is
applied to ensure that the aggregate weight of constituents with a weight of 5%
or greater does not exceed 50%. During periods between rebalancing and
reconstitution, it is possible these percentage limits may be
exceeded.
The
Index is rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually after the close of business
on the third Thursday of June and December based on the data of the first
Thursday of such reconstitution month.
As
of October 31, 2025, the Index was composed of 51 constituents, 30 of which
were listed on a non-U.S. exchange. The Index was established in 2022 and is
owned and maintained by the Index Provider.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance
and that of the Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better. The Fund
will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective,
meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index.
As
of October 31, 2025, the Index had significant exposure to the industrials
and information technology sectors and had significant exposure to U.S.,
Japanese and European companies. To the extent
the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will seek to concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. The Index, and
consequently the Fund, is
expected to be concentrated in Robotics and 3D Printing
Companies. The Fund is non-diversified and therefore may
invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or
small number of issuers than diversified funds.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Concentration
in Robotics and 3D Printing Companies Risk. The Robotics and 3D Printing industry can be significantly affected
by intense competition, aggressive pricing, technological innovations, and
product obsolescence. Companies in the software industry are subject to
significant competitive pressures, such as aggressive pricing, new market
entrants, competition for market share, short product cycles due to an
accelerated rate of technological developments and the potential for limited
earnings and/or falling profit margins. These companies also face the risks that
new services, equipment or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and
businesses or will become rapidly obsolete. These factors can affect the
profitability of these companies and, as a result, the value of their
securities. Also, patent protection is integral to the success of many companies
in this industry, and profitability can be affected materially by, among other
things, the cost of obtaining (or failing to obtain) patent approvals, the cost
of litigating patent infringement and the loss of patent protection for products
(which significantly increases pricing pressures and can materially reduce
profitability with respect to such products). In addition, many software
companies have limited operating histories. Prices of these companies’
securities historically have been more volatile than other securities,
especially over the short term.
•Currency
Exchange Rate Risk. The Fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in
investments denominated in a foreign currency or in securities that provide
exposure to such currency. Changes in currency exchange rates and the relative
value of such currency to the U.S. dollar will affect the value of the Fund’s
investment and the value of your Shares. Currency exchange rates can be very
volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an
investment in the Fund may change quickly and without warning and you may lose
money.
•Depositary
Receipt Risk. Depositary
Receipts involve risks similar to those associated with investments in foreign
securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other
countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies. Depositary
Receipts listed on U.S. exchanges are issued by banks or trust companies and
entitle the holder to all dividends and capital gains that are paid out on the
underlying foreign shares (“Underlying Shares”). When the Fund invests in
Depositary Receipts as a substitute for an investment directly in the Underlying
Shares, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the Depositary Receipts may not
provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the Underlying
Shares.
•Equity
Market Risk. The equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience
sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This
may occur because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors
affecting specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests.
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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may
fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an
investor could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act
as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and
possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become
unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step
forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity
providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities
and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
◦Cash
Redemption Risk. The Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for
cash or to otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund
may be required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash
needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a
capital gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption
in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain
distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was used. ETF shares can
only be redeemed in creation units by APs. Individual shareholders may only
purchase and sell ETF shares on a secondary market.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund. Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including
brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading
of shares of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an
investment in shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who
anticipate regularly making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the
secondary market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the
price of all traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and
demand, as well as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although
it is expected that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate
the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of the shares is more
than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This
risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market
declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the
secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant.
Shares of the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices. Because certain securities held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges
that are closed when the Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is
likely to experience premiums and discounts greater than those of domestic
ETFs.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Exchange”), and may be
traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that
shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Foreign
Securities Risk. Investments in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not
be present with investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in
non-U.S. securities may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency
fluctuations or to political or economic instability. Investments in non-U.S.
securities also may be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject
to additional trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. These and
other factors can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially
less liquid than other types of investments. Companies in many foreign markets
are not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting
standards or auditor oversight as companies in the U.S., and as a result,
information about the securities in which the Fund invests may be less reliable
or complete. Foreign markets often have less reliable securities valuations and
greater risk associated with the custody of securities than the U.S. There may
be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations
into or litigation against companies and shareholders may have limited legal
remedies.
•Geographic
Concentration Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in the
securities of companies of a single country or region, it is more likely to be
impacted by events or conditions affecting that country or region. The Index’s,
and therefore the Fund’s, heavy equity exposure to Japan and Europe subjects the
Fund to a higher degree of country risk than that of more geographically
diversified international funds.
◦Risks
Related to Investing in Europe.
The economies and markets of European countries are often closely connected and
interdependent, and events in one country in Europe can have an adverse impact
on other European countries. The Fund makes investments in securities of issuers
that are domiciled in, or have significant operations in, the United Kingdom
(UK) and the member countries of the European Union (“EU”) that are subject to
economic and monetary controls that can adversely affect the Fund’s investments.
The European financial markets have experienced volatility and adverse trends in
recent years and these events have adversely affected
the
exchange rate of the euro and/or the British pound and may continue to
significantly affect other European countries. Decreasing imports or exports,
changes in governmental or EU regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate
of the euro and/or the British pound, the default or threat of default by a
European country on its sovereign debt, and/or an economic recession in a
European country may have a significant adverse effect on the economies of the
countries and their trading partners, including some or all of the European
countries in which the Fund invests.
◦Risks
Related to Investing in Japan. The Japanese economy may be subject to
considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability, which could
have a negative impact on Japanese securities. Since the year 2000, Japan’s
economic growth rate has remained relatively low and it may remain low in the
future. In addition, Japan is subject to the risk of natural disasters, such as
earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons and tsunamis. Additionally, decreasing U.S.
imports, new trade regulations, changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rates, a
recession in the United States or continued increases in foreclosure rates may
have an adverse impact on the economy of Japan. Japan also has few natural
resources, and any fluctuation or shortage in the commodity markets could have a
negative impact on Japanese securities.
•Index
Provider Risk. There
is no assurance that the Index Provider or any agents that act on its behalf,
will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be determined,
maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated accurately. The
Fund relies upon the Index Provider and its agents to compile, determine,
maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an agent to
calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs associated
with errors made by the Index Provider or its agents generally will be borne by
the Fund and its shareholders. Because the Index includes international
securities, the Index Provider may have limited information or may be more prone
to mistakes based on the data available and such mistakes may have a greater
impact on the Fund’s performance, which may increase the risks to the
Fund.
•Market
Capitalization Risk.
◦Large-Capitalization
Investing. 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.
◦Mid-Capitalization
Investing.
The securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse
issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of
large-capitalization companies. The securities of mid-capitalization companies
generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to greater and more
unpredictable price changes than large-capitalization stocks or the stock market
as a whole.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and
instruments, the Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it
may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller
number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may
be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an
individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more
widely. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a
relatively smaller number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Industrials
Sector Risk. The Fund may invest in companies in the industrials sector, and
therefore the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events
affecting this sector. The industrials sector may be affected by changes in the
supply of and demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for
environmental damage or product liability and general economic conditions, among
other factors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. Market or economic factors impacting
information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technological advances could have a significant effect on the value of the
Fund’s investments. The value of stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid
changes in technology product cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government
regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally, including
competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs. Stocks of
information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology,
especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile
than the overall market. Information technology companies are heavily dependent
on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may
adversely affect profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
The following
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (based on NAV)
for calendar years ended December 31. The table shows how the Fund’s
average annual returns for the one year and since inception periods compared
with those of the Index, a broad measure of market performance, and an index of
global companies operating in the industrials sector.
The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-617-0004.
Calendar Year Total
Return
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return was 18.81% for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 and
the lowest quarterly return
was -12.85% for the quarter ended September 30,
2023.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Period Ended December 31, 2025
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BlueStar Engineering the Future ETF |
1
Year |
Since
Inception
(5/4/2022) |
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Return
Before Taxes |
22.51% |
7.15% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
22.15% |
7.04% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Shares |
13.58% |
5.56% |
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BlueStar Robotics and 3D Printing Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
22.98% |
7.71% |
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S&P Global 1200
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
22.99% |
14.99% |
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S&P Global 1200 Industrials Sector
Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
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26.14% |
16.51% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an
investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In certain cases, the
figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares” may
be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax
return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an
assumed tax deduction that benefits the investor. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
Bruce
Kavanaugh, Executive Vice President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM,
Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the
day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr. Kavanaugh has served as a portfolio
manager since the Fund’s inception and Mr. Wang has served as a portfolio
manager since June 2022.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETF (the “Fund”) is an exchange
traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the total return performance, before
fees and expenses, of the Pacer COWZ NDX Rotator Index (the
“Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses
that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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Fees |
0.49% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.49% |
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
From the Fund’s inception (May 6, 2025) through October 31, 2025, the
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 3% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed by and maintained by
Index Design Group (the “Index Provider” or “IDG”), an affiliate of Pacer
Advisors, Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).
Pacer
COWZ NDX Rotator Index
The
Index uses an objective, rules-based methodology to provide exposure to
large-capitalization companies. The Index uses IDG’s proprietary methodology to
rotate between the holdings of one of two sub-indices: the Pacer US Cash Cows
100 Index and the Nasdaq-100® Index (each, a “Sub-Index,” and together, the
“Sub-Indices”). The Index methodology seeks to identify the Sub-Index that has
the strongest momentum based on the equal-weighted average monthly returns of
the last one, three, six, nine, and 12 months. The Fund will invest in the
Sub-Index identified by the model as having the strongest momentum until such
time as the Index methodology indicates the other Sub-Index has stronger
momentum, indicating a rotation to the other Sub-Index.
The
Index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a monthly basis, as of the close of
business on the third-to-last business day of the month.
As
of October 31, 2025, the Index was composed of 100
constituents.
The
Pacer US Cash Cows 100 Index
The
Pacer US Cash Cows Index uses an objective, rules-based methodology to provide
exposure to large and mid-capitalization U.S. companies with high free cash flow
yields. Companies with high free cash flow yields are commonly referred to as
“cash cows.”
The
initial Sub-Index universe is derived from the component companies of the
Russell 1000® Index. The Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the
approximately 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which is
composed of the approximately 3,000 largest publicly-traded companies in the
United States, as determined by the FTSE Russell Group.
Component
companies of the initial Sub-Index universe are screened based on their
free-float market capitalization (i.e., market capitalization based on the
number of shares available to the public). The equity securities of the 400
companies with the highest free-float market capitalization are further screened
for inclusion in the Sub-Index universe. Companies with negative average
projected free cash flows or earnings are removed from the Sub-Index universe.
Additionally, financial companies, except for real estate investment trusts
(“REITs”), are excluded from the Sub-Index universe.
The
remaining companies are ranked by their free cash flow yield for the trailing
twelve month period. The equity securities of the 100 companies with the highest
free cash flow yield are included in the Sub-Index.
At
the time of each rebalance of the Sub-Index, the companies included in the
Sub-Index are weighted in proportion to their trailing twelve month free cash
flow, and weightings are capped at the lesser of (i) 2% or (ii) a percentage
equal to 5% of a company’s free float market capitalization, assuming Index
market capitalization of $40 billion. The Sub-Index is reconstituted and
rebalanced quarterly as of the close of business on the 3rd Friday of March,
June, September, and December based on data as of the 1st Friday of the
applicable rebalance month.
The
Nasdaq® 100 Index
The
Nasdaq-100® Index (the “Nasdaq-100”) is designed to measure the performance of
100 of the largest non-financial companies by modified market capitalization
listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market. The
Nasdaq-100 generally includes securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. issuers,
including American depositary receipts (“ADRs”), common stocks, ordinary shares
and tracking stocks; REITs and other investment companies are not eligible for
index inclusion.
The
Nasdaq-100 includes approximately 100 of the largest non-financial securities
listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The Nasdaq 100
Index comprises securities of companies across major industries, including
computer, biotechnology, healthcare, telecommunications and transportation. The
Nasdaq-100 was developed by Nasdaq OMX. There is no minimum market
capitalization requirement for inclusion in the Nasdaq-100.
Inclusion
is determined based on the top 100 largest issuers based on market
capitalization meeting all other eligibility requirements described above. As of
December 31, 2025, the range of market capitalizations of companies in the
Nasdaq-100 was approximately $7.1 billion to $4.9 trillion.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) will be invested in equity securities that are the
component securities of the Index.
The
Fund defines “equity securities” to mean common and preferred stocks, rights,
warrants and depositary receipts. The Adviser expects that, over time, the
correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the Index, before fees
and expenses, will be 95% or better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e., holds more than 25% of its total
assets) in the securities of a particular industry or group of related
industries, the Fund will concentrate its investments to approximately the same
extent as the Index.
The Index, and consequently the Fund, is expected to have significant
exposure to sectors that are favored by the respective Sub-Indices. As of
October 31, 2025, the Pacer US Cash Cows Index had significant exposure to
companies in the Energy sector, while the Nasdaq 100 Index had significant
exposure to companies in the Information Technology
sector.
The
Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers than
diversified funds.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The
Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to assess
the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that may be
based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider, or the
Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources
of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or a
correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or
timeliness of the production of the Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the
Fund’s investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of
the Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden,
unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur
because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting
specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests. 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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate
significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor
could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund 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.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund.
Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including brokerage
commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of shares
of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in
shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly
making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep
market
declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the
secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant.
Shares of the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Exchange”), and may be
traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that
shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•High
Portfolio Turnover Risk.
At times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. A high 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 and 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.
•Index
Provider Risk.
There is no assurance that an Index or Sub-Index provider or any agents that act
on its behalf, will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be
determined, maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated
accurately. The Fund relies upon the Index and Sub-Index providers and their
agents to compile, determine, maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or
arrange for an agent to calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any
losses or costs associated with errors made by the Adviser or its agents
generally will be borne by the Fund and its
shareholders.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Mid-Capitalization
Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of mid-capitalization
companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if
securities of mid-capitalization companies underperform securities of other
capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of smaller companies
trade in smaller volumes and are often more vulnerable to market volatility than
securities of larger companies.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although
the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund
is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to the
risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may
increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller
number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Energy
Sector Risk.
The
Fund may invest in companies in the energy sector, and therefore the performance
of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The
profitability of companies in the energy sector is related to worldwide energy
prices, exploration, and production spending. The value of securities issued by
companies in the energy sector may decline for many reasons, including, among
others, changes in energy prices, government regulations, energy conservation
efforts, natural disasters, and potential civil liabilities. Such companies are
also subject to risks changes in economic conditions, as well as market and
political risks of the countries where energy companies are located or do
business.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller,
less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market.
Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
Performance
information for the Fund is not included because the Fund has not completed a
full calendar year of operation as of the date of this
Prospectus. In the future, performance for the Fund will be
presented in this section. Updated performance information will be available on
the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-877-337-0500.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
The
Fund employs a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing the Fund. Bruce Kavanaugh, Vice President of the
Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, are
jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Mr.
Kavanaugh and Mr. Wang have each served as a portfolio manager since the Fund’s
inception in 2025.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase
Shares
(bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (ask) when
buying or selling Shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent
information about the Fund, including its net asset value, market price,
premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads is available on the Fund’s website
at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF (the “Fund”) is
an exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the performance, before fees
and expenses, of the Pacer Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders Index (the
“Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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investment) |
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0.65% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.65% |
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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$208 |
$362 |
$810 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the portfolio turnover rate for
the Fund was 104% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed and maintained by
Index Design Group (the “Index Provider”), an affiliate of Pacer Advisors, Inc.,
the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”).
The
Index
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The
Index uses a rules-based methodology that seeks to provide exposure to
large- and mid-capitalization securities in developed markets, excluding
the U.S. and Canada, with above average free cash flow margins. Companies
with above average free cash flow margins are commonly referred to as
“cash cows.”
The
initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the MSCI
EAFE Index. The initial universe of companies is screened based on their
average projected free cash flows and earnings (if available) over each of
the next two fiscal years. A company’s projected free cash flows and
earnings are determined by the Index Provider. Companies for which
information on their projected free cash flows or earnings is not
available will remain in the Index universe. Companies with negative
average projected free cash flows or earnings are removed from the Index
universe. Additionally, companies in the financial or real estate sectors
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Free
Cash Flow (FCF): A
company’s cash flow from operations minus capital
expenditures.
Sales:
The
value of what a company sold to its customers during a given period; also
known as revenue.
Free
Cash Flow Margin:
FCF / Sales |
The
remaining companies are ranked by their free cash flow margin (defined as a
company’s free cash flow divided by sales) for the trailing twelve month period.
The equity securities of the 100 companies with the highest free cash flow
margin are included in the Index. Companies included in the Index are weighted
by their price momentum score and a company’s price momentum score is calculated
on each of the reconstitution dates. Price momentum is a speed of price changes
in a security and shows the rate of price change over time to determine the
extent of a trend. The effect of the price momentum score is to seek to
overweight companies with relative positive price momentum, while seeking to
underweight companies with relative negative price momentum over a period of
approximately the prior twelve months.
The
weight of any individual company included in the Index is capped at 5%. Weight
above the 5% limitation is redistributed among the other Index constituents in
proportion to their weights. As of October 31, 2025 the companies included
in the Index had a market capitalization of $7.21 billion to $410.72 billion.
The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually as of the close of
business on the third Friday of March and September based on data as of the
first Friday of the applicable rebalance month.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will seek to invest at least 80% of the Fund’s
total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in the
component securities of the Index and investments that have economic
characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics
of such component securities (e.g., depositary receipts). The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance
and that of the Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or
better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index in the same approximate proportion as in the Index.
The
Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of
its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers
than if it were a diversified fund.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk. The Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of
information to assess the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including
information that may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund,
the Index Provider, or the Adviser (as defined below) can offer assurances that
the Index’s calculation methodology or sources of information will provide an
accurate assessment of included components or a correct valuation of securities,
nor can they guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the
Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the
Fund’s investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of
the Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Equity
Market Risk. The equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience
sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This
may occur because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors
affecting specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests.
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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may
fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an
investor could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act
as 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 of the Fund 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.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund. Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including
brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading
of shares of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an
investment in shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who
anticipate regularly making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the
secondary market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the
price of all traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and
demand, as well as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although
it is expected that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate
the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of the shares is more
than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This
risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market
declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the
secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant.
Shares of the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be traded on U.S.
exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that shares of the
Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed
market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to mirror the
liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Foreign
Securities Risk. Investments
in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not be present with
investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in non-U.S. securities
may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations or to
political or economic instability. Investments in non-U.S. securities also may
be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject to additional
trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. These and other factors
can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially less liquid than
other types of investments. Foreign securities held by the Fund may trade on
markets that are closed when U.S. markets are open, which may lead to a
difference in the value of the Fund and the underlying foreign securities. The
Fund’s investments in depositary receipts may include American, European and
Global Depositary Receipts (“ADRs,” “EDRs,” and “GDRs,” respectively). ADRs are
receipts that represent interests in foreign securities held on deposit by U.S.
banks. EDRs and GDRs have the same qualities as ADRs, except that they may be
traded in several international trading markets. Unsponsored depositary receipts
are organized independently and without the cooperation of the
foreign issuer of the underlying securities and involve additional
risks because U.S. reporting requirements do not apply. In addition, the issuing
bank may deduct shareholder distribution, custody, foreign currency exchange,
and other fees from the payment of dividends.
•Geographic
Concentration Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in the
securities of companies of a single country or region, it is more likely to be
impacted by events or conditions affecting that country or
region.
◦Risks
Related to Investing in Japan. The Japanese economy may be subject to
considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability, which could
have a negative impact on Japanese securities. Since the year 2000, Japan’s
economic growth rate has remained relatively low and it may remain low in the
future. In addition, Japan is subject to the risk of natural disasters, such as
earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons and tsunamis. Additionally, decreasing U.S.
imports, new trade regulations, changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rates, a
recession in the United States or continued increases in foreclosure rates may
have an adverse impact on the economy of Japan. Japan also has few natural
resources, and any fluctuation or shortage in the commodity markets could have a
negative impact on Japanese securities.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•Limited
Operating History. The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with
limited operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited
track record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the
Fund may therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with
a more established record of performance.
•Mid-Capitalization
Investing Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of mid-capitalization
companies. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if
securities of mid-capitalization companies underperform securities of other
capitalization ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of smaller companies
trade in smaller volumes and are often more vulnerable to market volatility than
securities of larger companies.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and
instruments, the Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it
may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller
number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may
be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an
individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more
widely. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a
relatively smaller number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Industrials
Sector Risk.
The Fund may invest in companies in the industrials sector, and therefore the
performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this
sector. The industrials sector may be affected by changes in the supply of and
demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental
damage or product liability and general economic conditions, among other
factors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. Market
or economic factors impacting information technology companies and companies
that rely heavily on technological advances could have a significant effect on
the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks of information
technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology is
particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product cycles, rapid
product
obsolescence,
government regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally,
including competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs.
Stocks of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be
more volatile than the overall market. Information technology companies are
heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or
impairment of which may adversely affect
profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
The following
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (based on NAV)
for calendar years ended December 31. The table shows how the Fund’s
average annual returns for the one year and since inception periods compared
with those of the Index, a broad measure of market performance, and an index of
companies in developed markets countries around the world, excluding the United
States and Canada. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-877-337-0500.
Calendar Year Total
Return
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return was 15.08% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 and the
lowest quarterly return
was 0.90% for the quarter ended March 31,
2025.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Period Ended December 31, 2025
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Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF |
1
Year |
Since
Inception
(3/20/2024) |
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Return
Before Taxes |
26.02% |
11.21% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
25.66% |
10.92% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Shares |
15.71% |
8.76% |
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Pacer Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders
Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
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27.28% |
12.65% |
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MSCI
World Index
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
21.09% |
17.33% |
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MSCI
EAFE Index
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
31.22% |
16.02% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an
investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In certain cases, the
figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares” may
be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax
return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an
assumed tax deduction that benefits the investor. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
Bruce
Kavanaugh, Executive Vice President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM,
Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the
day-to-day management of the Fund. Messrs. Kavanaugh and Wang have served as
portfolio managers since the Fund’s inception.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. These payments
may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other
intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.
Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
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Metaurus Nasdaq 100 Dividend Multiplier 600
ETF |
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier 600
ETF (the “Fund”) employs a “passive management” (or
indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return performance,
before fees and expenses, of the Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier Total
Return Index - Series 600 (the “Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples
below.
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Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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Fees |
0.60% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.60% |
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
| $61 |
$192 |
$335 |
$750 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the portfolio turnover rate for
the Fund was 4% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed by Metaurus Advisors
LLC (“Metaurus”), the Fund’s sub-adviser and the Fund’s index provider.
Solactive AG serves as the calculation agent for the Index. Metaurus is not
affiliated with Pacer Advisors, Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser. All or a
portion of the methodologies and algorithms used to calculate the Index are
covered by one or more granted or pending U.S. patents owned by Metaurus.
The
Index
The
Index, as designed, has two components: (i) a Nasdaq-100 component (the
“Nasdaq-100 Component”) and (ii) a dividend component (the “Dividend Component”)
consisting of long positions in annual futures contracts that provide exposure
to ordinary dividends paid on the common stocks of companies included in the
Nasdaq-100® Index (the “Nasdaq-100”). The Nasdaq-100 is designed to measure the
performance of 100 of the largest non-financial companies by modified market
capitalization listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global
Market. The Nasdaq-100 generally includes securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S.
issuers, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”),
common
stocks, ordinary shares and tracking stocks; real estate investment trusts,
special purpose acquisition companies and when-issued securities are not
typically eligible for index inclusion. The Nasdaq-100 is reconstituted annually
in December. The Nasdaq-100 Component is comprised of securities that replicate
the Nasdaq-100. The Dividend Component is designed to give the Fund exposure to
approximately 600% of the ordinary dividends the Fund would otherwise have
expected to receive from its investment in the Nasdaq-100 Component. The
Dividend Component consists of annual futures contracts whose value represents
the market’s expectation of the amount of ordinary dividends to be paid by
Nasdaq-100 companies during the term of the futures contract (“Nasdaq-100
Dividend Futures”). As of October 31, 2025, the Nasdaq-100 Component
comprised approximately 92% of the Index.
Nasdaq-100
Dividend Futures seek to allow investors in these instruments to obtain exposure
to the actual dividend value that will be paid by the Nasdaq-100 constituent
companies over a period of time. The amount of such futures contracts will
generally result in exposure to such dividends that is significantly greater
than the amount of dividends that the Fund would normally receive from its
direct investment in Nasdaq-100 constituent companies (i.e.,
approximately 600% of such dividends that the Fund would normally have
received). Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures provide for the future sale by one party
and purchase by another party of a specified dividend value of the Nasdaq-100 at
a specified future time and at a specified price. Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures
are standardized contracts traded on a recognized U.S. exchange. The Fund’s
investment in Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures will generally include the three most
current annual Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures contracts (e.g.,
in September 2024, the Fund would invest in the 2024, 2025, and 2026
contracts).
The
Dividend Component will typically be comprised of the first three annual
maturities of annual Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures. The three annual Nasdaq-100
Dividend Futures that will comprise the Dividend Component at any time will
typically have an equal-share representation within the Index. Specifically, the
Dividend Component will be comprised of one contract of each maturity. The
allocation (or weighting) within the Index between the Dividend Component and
the Nasdaq-100 Component will be determined such that the Index’s total exposure
to the ordinary dividends to be paid by the companies that comprise the
Nasdaq-100 Index over the next three years will equal 600%.
Each
December, upon the expiry of the current year’s annual Nasdaq-100 Dividend
Futures contract, the Dividend Component within the Index will be reconstituted,
and the then 3-year maturity annual contract will be incorporated to the
Dividend Component. For example, in December of 2024, upon expiry, the 2024
annual Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures contract will be removed from the Dividend
Component and replaced with the 2027 annual Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures
contract. The Dividend Component will then be comprised of one contract each of
the 2025, 2026, and 2027 maturities. Once the Dividend Component is
reconstituted, the Index will be rebalanced and new weightings between the
Dividend Component and the Nasdaq-100 Component will be established for the
upcoming year. The new weightings will be determined such that, for the next
year, the total exposure to the next three years of ordinary dividend to be paid
by the companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index will be 600%.
The
Index is rebalanced annually each December, at the end of the trading day on
which the current year’s Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures expire. At each rebalancing
date, the Nasdaq-100 Component will be reconstituted to reflect the current
Nasdaq-100 constituent companies and the current year’s annual Nasdaq-100
Dividend Futures will be replaced by the then closest maturing contract in three
years. On the Index rebalancing date, the composition of the Index is expected
to change.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
The
Fund attempts to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the
component securities that make up the Index. The Fund will generally use a
“replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it will seek
to invest in all of the component securities of the Index in the same
approximate proportion as in the Index. The Fund attempts to replicate the
Nasdaq-100 Component by investing in equity securities that are included in the
Nasdaq-100, long positions in futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100, or
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that invest in the equity securities that are
included in the Nasdaq-100. The Fund attempts to replicate the Dividend
Component through long positions in exchange-traded Nasdaq-100 Dividend
Futures.
To
collateralize the Fund’s long positions in Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures, the Fund
may hold U.S. Treasury securities with maturity dates similar to the expiration
dates of the Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures. The Fund may also collateralize the
long positions with cash or cash equivalents. The Fund holds cash, cash
equivalents, or U.S. Treasury securities in
approximately
the same amount as the notional value of the Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures in
order to offset any embedded leverage.
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) will be invested in a combination of large cap growth
equity securities and dividend-paying large cap equity securities (i.e.,
the component securities of the Index, including economic equivalents), and
derivatives based on those securities (i.e., the Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures that are used to construct the
Dividend Component). The Fund defines “equity securities” to
mean common and preferred stocks, rights, warrants, depositary receipts and ETFs
that invest in the equity securities of companies included in the Nasdaq-100
Index. For purposes of this 80% investment policy, (i) the Fund will consider
the underlying holdings of any ETFs in which the Fund invests, (ii) the notional
value of the futures contracts that make up the Dividend Component, and (iii)
the Fund will have some large cap growth investments, some dividend paying large
cap investments, and some investments in both of these categories.
The
Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers than
diversified funds.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to
assess the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that
may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider,
or the Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or
sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included
components or a correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the
availability or timeliness of the production of the
Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the
Fund’s investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of
the Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Currency
Exchange Rate Risk. The Fund’s assets may include investments denominated in non-U.S.
currencies, such as the euro, or in securities or other assets that provide
exposure to such currencies. Changes in currency exchange rates and the relative
value of non-U.S. currencies will affect the value of the Fund’s investment and
the value of your Fund shares. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and
can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an investment in
the Fund may change quickly and without warning and you may lose
money.
•Derivatives
Risk. Derivatives
include instruments and contracts that are based on, and are valued in relation
to, one or more underlying securities, financial benchmarks or indices, such as
futures contracts. Derivatives typically have economic leverage inherent in
their terms. Futures contracts can be highly volatile, illiquid, and difficult
to value. Adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset or
index, which the Fund may not directly own, can result in a loss to the Fund
substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. The use
of derivative instruments also exposes the Fund to additional risks and
transaction costs. A risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the
fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly with the overall
securities markets. A small position in futures contracts could have a
potentially large impact on the Fund’s performance. Trading restrictions or
limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may
restrict trading in futures contracts.
•Dividends
Risk. There
can be no assurance that a dividend-paying company will continue to make regular
dividend payments. The ability for a company to pay dividends is dependent on
the economic climate and the companies’ current earnings and capital resources.
Changes in economic conditions or a company’s earnings or financial resources
could cause a company to reduce its dividend payments or suspend the payment of
dividends altogether. The
possibility that such companies could reduce or eliminate the payment
of dividends in the future, especially if the companies are facing an economic
downturn, could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.
•Equity
Market Risk. The equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience
sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This
may occur because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors
affecting specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests.
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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may
fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an
investor could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act
as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and
possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become
unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step
forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity
providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities
and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
◦Cash
Redemption Risk. The Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for
cash or to otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund
may be required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash
needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a
capital gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption
in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain
distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was used. ETF shares can
only be redeemed in creation units by APs. Individual shareholders may only
purchase and sell ETF shares on a secondary market.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund. Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including
brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading
of shares of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an
investment in shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who
anticipate regularly making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Shares of
the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices.
◦Trading. Although shares of the Fund are listed
for trading on a national securities exchange, such as The Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC (the “Exchange”), and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the
Exchange, there can be no assurance that shares of the Fund will trade with any
volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the
liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s
underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than
shares of the Fund, and this could lead to differences between the market price
of the shares of the Fund and the underlying value of those
shares.
•Foreign
Securities Risk. Investments
in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not be present with
investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in non-U.S. securities
may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations or to
political or economic instability. Investments in non-U.S. securities also may
be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject to additional
trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. These and other factors
can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially less liquid than
other
types
of investments. Foreign securities held by the Fund may trade on markets that
are closed when U.S. markets are open, which may lead to a difference in the
value of the Fund and the underlying foreign
securities.
•Futures
Contract Risk. The
primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts, which may adversely
affect the Fund’s NAV and total return, are (a) the imperfect correlation
between the change in market value of the underlying securities or index and the
price of the futures contract; (b) possible lack of a liquid secondary market
for a futures contract and the resulting inability to close a futures contract
when desired; (c) the possibility that the counterparty will default in the
performance of its obligations; and (d) if the Fund has insufficient cash, it
may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin
requirements, and the Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it maybe
disadvantageous to do so. The settlement price of Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures or
similar futures held by the Fund only reflect unadjusted ordinary dividends
declared and paid in the contract period on the individual companies included in
the Index. Any special dividends, extraordinary dividends and return of capital
payments paid by a company included in the Index will not be reflected in the
settlement value of the Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures or similar futures held by
the Fund. A special dividend is a non-recurring dividend distributed by a
company that is separate from the regular cycle of dividends and may be larger
than a company’s typical dividend payment, such as the spin-off of assets of the
company being distributed to shareholders. The Fund may not perform as well if
the actual future growth in dividends paid on common stocks is below the
expected growth in dividends, as reflected in the market prices at which the
Fund buys the Nasdaq-100 Dividend Futures.
•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.
•Growth
Investing Risk.
Growth companies are those that a portfolio manager believes have the potential
for above average or rapid growth but may be subject to greater price volatility
than investments in “undervalued” companies.
•Index
Provider Risk.
There is no assurance that Metaurus (the Fund’s index provider) or any agents
that act on its behalf, will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index
will be determined, maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or
disseminated accurately. The Fund relies upon Metaurus and its agents to
compile, determine, maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an
agent to calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs
associated with errors made by Metaurus or its agents generally will be borne by
the Fund and its shareholders.
•International
Operations Risk. Investments in companies with significant business operations outside
of the United States may involve certain risks that may not be present with
investments in U.S. companies. For example, international operations may be
subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations; changes in foreign
political and economic environments, regionally, nationally, and locally;
challenges of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws, including corporate
governance, operations, taxes, and litigation; differing lending practices;
differences in cultures; changes in applicable laws and regulations in the
United States that affect international operations; changes in applicable laws
and regulations in foreign jurisdictions; difficulties in managing international
operations; and obstacles to the repatriation of earnings and cash. These and
other factors can make an investment in the Fund more volatile than other types
of investments.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although
the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund
is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or
a smaller number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. As a
result, the Fund may be more exposed to the risks associated with and
developments affecting an individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
a fund that invests more widely. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and
cause the performance of a relatively smaller number of issuers to have a
greater impact on the Fund’s performance.
•Other
Investment Companies Risk. The Fund will incur higher and duplicative expenses when it invests
in other investment companies such as ETFs. There is also the risk that the Fund
may suffer losses due to the investment practices of the underlying funds. When
the Fund invests in other investment companies, the Fund will be subject to
substantially the same risks as those associated with the direct ownership of
securities held by such investment companies. Investments in ETFs are also
subject to the “ETF Risks” described above.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively managed and the Sub-Adviser would not sell a
security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or
sector, unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares
of that security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in
accordance with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included
in the Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take
defensive positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are
adverse to the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. Market or economic factors impacting
information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technological advances could have a significant effect on the value of the
Fund’s investments. The value of stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid
changes in technology product cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government
regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally, including
competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs. Stocks of
information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology,
especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile
than the overall market. Information technology companies are heavily dependent
on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may
adversely affect profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
•Trading
Halt Risk. The Fund invests in futures contracts. The major exchanges on which
these contracts are traded have established limits on how much the trading price
of a futures contract may decline over various time periods within a day, and
may halt trading in a contract that exceeds such limits. If a trading halt
occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell certain
securities.
Fund
Performance
The following
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (based on NAV)
for calendar years ended December 31. The table shows how the Fund’s
average annual returns for the one year and since inception periods compared
with those of the Index and a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-877-337-0500.
Calendar Year Total
Return
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return was 15.37% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 and the
lowest quarterly return
was -7.31% for the quarter ended March 31,
2025.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Period Ended December 31, 2025
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Metaurus Nasdaq 100 Dividend Multiplier 600 ETF |
1
Year |
Since
Inception
(9/23/2024) |
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Return
Before Taxes |
18.54% |
18.87% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
18.30% |
18.65% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Shares |
11.11% |
14.35% |
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Pacer Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier Total
Return Index - Series 600
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
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19.11% |
19.52% |
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S&P
500®
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
17.88% |
16.68% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an
investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In certain cases, the
figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares” may
be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax
return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an
assumed tax deduction that benefits the investor. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Investment
Sub-Adviser
Metaurus
Advisors LLC (“Metaurus” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as investment sub-adviser
to the Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
Richard
P. Silva, Jr. and Brendan Greenwald, employees of the Sub-Adviser, are jointly
and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund and have
served as Fund portfolio managers since the Fund’s inception in September
2024.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and their related companies may pay the
intermediary for activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund.
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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF (the “Fund”)
is an exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the total return
performance, before fees and expenses, of the Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend
Multiplier Index – Series 400 (the “Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses (expenses
that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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| Management
Fees |
0.60% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.60% |
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
| $61 |
$192 |
$335 |
$750 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the portfolio turnover rate for
the Fund was 6% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed by Metaurus Advisors
LLC (“Metaurus”), the Fund’s sub-adviser and the Fund’s index provider. All or a
portion of the methodologies and algorithms used to calculate the Index are
covered by one or more granted or pending U.S. patents owned by Metaurus.
The
Index
The
Index, as designed, has two components: (i) an S&P 500 Index component (the
“S&P 500 Component”) and (ii) a dividend component (the “Dividend
Component”) consisting of long positions in annual futures contracts that
provide exposure to ordinary dividends paid on the common stocks of companies
included in the S&P 500 (“S&P Dividend Futures”). The S&P 500 Index
consists of approximately 500 leading U.S.-listed companies representing
approximately 80% of the U.S. equity market capitalization. The Dividend
Component is designed to give the Fund exposure to approximately 400% of the
ordinary dividends the Fund would otherwise have expected to receive from its
investment in the S&P 500 Component. The Dividend Component consists of
annual futures contracts whose value represents the
market’s
expectation of the amount of ordinary dividends to be paid by S&P 500
companies during the term of the futures contract. As of December 31, 2025,
the S&P 500 Component comprised approximately 91% of the Index.
S&P
Dividend Futures seek to allow investors in these instruments to obtain exposure
to the actual dividend value that will be paid by the S&P 500 constituent
companies over a period of time. The amount of such futures contracts will
generally result in exposure to such dividends that is significantly greater
than the amount of dividends that the Fund would normally receive from its
direct investment in S&P 500 constituent companies (i.e.,
approximately 400% of such dividends that the Fund would normally have
received). S&P Dividend Futures provide for the future sale by one party and
purchase by another party of a specified dividend value of the S&P 500 at a
specified future time and at a specified price. S&P Dividend Futures are
standardized contracts traded on a recognized exchange. The Fund’s investment in
S&P Dividend Futures will generally include the three most current annual
S&P Dividend Futures contracts (e.g.,
in June 2021, the Fund would invest in the 2021, 2022, and 2023
contracts.
The
Index is typically rebalanced each December, at the end of the trading day on
which the current year’s S&P Dividend Futures expire. At each rebalancing
date, the current year’s annual S&P Dividend Futures will be replaced by the
then closest maturing contract in three years. On each Index rebalancing date,
the composition of the Index is expected to change.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
The
Fund attempts to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the
component securities that make up the Index. The Fund will generally use a
“replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it will seek
to invest in all of the component securities of the Index in the same
approximate proportion as in the Index. The Fund attempts to replicate the
S&P 500 Component by investing in equity securities, long positions in
futures contracts on the S&P 500, or exchange-traded funds that invest in
common stocks that are included in the S&P 500. The Fund attempts to
replicate the Dividend Component through long positions in exchange-traded
S&P Dividend Futures.
To
collateralize the Fund’s long positions in S&P Dividend Futures, the Fund
typically holds U.S. Treasury securities with maturity dates similar to the
expiration dates of the S&P Dividend Futures. The Fund may also
collateralize the long positions with cash or cash equivalents. The Fund
typically holds cash, cash equivalents, or U.S. Treasury securities in
approximately the same amount as the notional value of the S&P Dividend
Futures in order to offset any embedded leverage.
The
Fund is classified as “diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “1940 Act”). However, the Fund may become “non-diversified” solely
as a result of a change in the relative market capitalization or index weighting
of one or more constituents of the Index. A non-diversified fund may invest a
larger percentage of its assets in fewer issuers than diversified
funds.
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) will be invested in large cap equity securities that
are principally traded in the United States and derivatives based on those
securities. The Fund defines “equity securities” to mean common
and preferred stocks, rights, warrants, depositary receipts, and ETFs.
Additionally, the Fund defines “large cap” to mean a company included in the
S&P 500.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk. The
Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to assess
the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that may be
based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider, or the
Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources
of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or a
correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or
timeliness of the production of the Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the
Fund’s investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of
the Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Derivatives
Risk. Derivatives include instruments and contracts that are based on, and
are valued in relation to, one or more underlying securities, financial
benchmarks or indices, such as futures contracts. Derivatives typically have
economic leverage inherent in their terms. Futures contracts can be highly
volatile, illiquid, and difficult to value. Adverse changes in the value or
level of the underlying asset or index, which the Fund may not directly own, can
result in a loss to the Fund substantially greater than the amount invested in
the derivative itself. The use of derivative instruments also exposes the Fund
to additional risks and transaction costs. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the overall securities markets. A small position in futures contracts could
have a potentially large impact on the Fund’s performance. Trading restrictions
or limitations may be imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may
restrict trading in futures contracts.
•Diversification
Risk.
The Fund is classified as “diversified” under the 1940 Act. However, the Fund
may become “non‑diversified” solely as a result of a change in the relative
market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the
Index. A non‑diversified fund is permitted to invest a larger percentage of its
assets in fewer issuers than diversified funds. This increased investment in
fewer issuers may make the Fund more susceptible to adverse developments
affecting any single issuer held in its portfolio and may be more susceptible to
greater losses because of these developments.
•Dividends
Risk. There can be no assurance that a dividend-paying company will
continue to make regular dividend payments. The ability for a company to pay
dividends is dependent on the economic climate and the companies’ current
earnings and capital resources. Changes in economic conditions or a company’s
earnings or financial resources could cause a company to reduce its dividend
payments or suspend the payment of dividends altogether. The possibility that
such companies could reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends in the future,
especially if the companies are facing an economic downturn, could negatively
affect the Fund’s performance.
•Equity
Market Risk. The equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience
sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This
may occur because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors
affecting specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests.
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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may
fluctuate significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an
investor could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act
as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and
possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become
unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step
forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity
providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities
and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
◦Cash
Redemption Risk. The
Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for cash or to
otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be
required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to
distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital
gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a
result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if
the in-kind redemption process was used. ETF shares can only be redeemed in
creation units by APs. Individual shareholders may only purchase and sell ETF
shares on a secondary market.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund. Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including
brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading
of shares of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an
investment in shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who
anticipate regularly making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Shares of
the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices.
◦Trading. Although shares of the Fund are listed
for trading on a national securities exchange, such as NYSE Arca, Inc. (the
“Exchange”), and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there
can be no assurance that shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at
all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of
shares of the Fund may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying
portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than shares of the
Fund, and this could lead to differences between the market price of the shares
of the Fund and the underlying value of those
shares.
•Futures
Contract Risk. The
primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts, which may adversely
affect the Fund’s NAV and total return, are (a) the imperfect correlation
between the change in market value of the underlying securities or index and the
price of the futures contract; (b) possible lack of a liquid secondary market
for a futures contract and the resulting inability to close a futures contract
when desired; (c) the possibility that the counterparty will default in the
performance of its obligations; and (d) if the Fund has insufficient cash, it
may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin
requirements, and the Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it maybe
disadvantageous to do so. The S&P Dividend Futures held by the Fund only
reflect ordinary dividends paid on the common stocks included in the S&P
500. Any special dividends paid by a company will not be reflected in the
settlement value of the S&P Dividend Futures. A special dividend is a
non-recurring dividend distributed by a company that is separate from the
regular cycle of dividends and may be larger than a company’s typical dividend
payment, such as the spin-off of assets of the company being distributed to
shareholders. The Fund may not perform as well if the actual future growth in
dividends paid on common stocks is below the expected growth in dividends, as
reflected in the market prices at which the Fund buys the S&P Dividend
Futures.
•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.
•Index
Provider Risk.
There is no assurance that Metaurus (the Fund’s index provider) or any agents
that act on its behalf, will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index
will be determined, maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or
disseminated accurately. The Fund relies upon Metaurus and its agents to
compile, determine, maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an
agent to calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs
associated with errors made by Metaurus or its agents generally will be borne by
the Fund and its shareholders.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•Other
Investment Companies Risk.
The Fund will incur higher and duplicative expenses when it invests in other
investment companies such as ETFs. There is also the risk that the Fund may
suffer losses due to the investment practices of the underlying funds. When the
Fund invests in other investment companies, the Fund will be subject to
substantially the same risks as those associated with the direct
ownership of securities held by such investment companies. Investments in ETFs
are also subject to the “ETF Risks” described above.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively managed and the Sub-Adviser would not sell a
security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or
sector, unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares
of that security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in
accordance with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included
in the Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take
defensive positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are
adverse to the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. Market or economic factors impacting
information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technological advances could have a significant effect on the value of the
Fund’s investments. The value of stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid
changes in technology product cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government
regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally, including
competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs. Stocks of
information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology,
especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile
than the overall market. Information technology companies are heavily dependent
on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may
adversely affect profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
•Trading
Halt Risk. The Fund invests in futures contracts. The major exchanges on which
these contracts are traded have established limits on how much the trading price
of a futures contract may decline over various time periods within a day, and
may halt trading in a contract that exceeds such limits. If a trading halt
occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell certain
securities.
Fund
Performance
The following
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (based on NAV)
for calendar years ended December 31. The table shows how the Fund’s
average annual returns for the one year and since inception periods compared
with those of the Index and a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-617-0004.
Calendar Year Total
Return as of December 31
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest
return for a calendar quarter was 10.58% (quarter ended December 31, 2023) and
the Fund’s lowest return for a
calendar quarter was -14.51% (quarter ended June 30,
2022).
Average
Annual Total Returns
(for
the periods ended December 31, 2025)
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| 1
Year |
Since
Inception
(7/12/2021) |
| Pacer
Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF |
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| Return
Before Taxes |
16.43% |
11.09% |
| Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
16.09% |
10.58% |
| Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund
Shares |
9.93% |
8.64% |
|
Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier Return
Index - Series 400
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
|
16.57% |
11.53% |
|
S&P
500®
Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
17.88% |
12.11% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an
investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Investment
Sub-Adviser
Metaurus
Advisors LLC (“Metaurus” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as investment sub-adviser
to the Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
Richard
P. Silva, Jr. and Brendan Greenwald, employees of the Sub-Adviser, are jointly
and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund and have
served as Fund portfolio managers since the Fund’s inception in July
2021.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and their related companies may pay the
intermediary for activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund.
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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
PE/VC ETF (the “Fund”) employs a “passive management” (or
indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return performance,
before fees and expenses, of the FTSE PE/VC Index (the
“Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
|
| Management
Fees |
0.85% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.85% |
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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| 1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
| $87 |
$271 |
$471 |
$1049 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
From the Fund’s inception (February 3, 2025) through October 31, 2025, the
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 86% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed and maintained by the
FTSE Russell Group (the “Index Provider”).
FTSE
PE/VC Index
For
both of the FTSE PE (Buyout) and VC indices, there is both a benchmark index
(each, a “Benchmark Index”) and a tracking or investable Index. The FTSE PE
Buyout Benchmark Index includes nearly 5,400 private equity- backed companies
with a total value of nearly $5 trillion. The FTSE VC Benchmark Index includes
over 13,000 venture capital backed companies valued at over $2.5 trillion. Both
Benchmark Indices have specific investable indices that seek to track the
performance of the FTSE Benchmark Indices through portfolios of liquid assets
using proprietary econometric models. These “tracking” indices, the FTSE Private
Equity Buyout Index and the FTSE Venture Capital Index, are both available on
Bloomberg with daily pricing (tickers: TRPEI and TRVCI).
The
Index is a rules-based index that aims to provide exposure to a portfolio that
mimics the returns of a theoretical investment in a diversified pool of private
equity and venture capital-backed companies. The Index is comprised of varying
weights to the FTSE Private Equity Buyout Index (the “Buyout Index”) and the
FTSE Venture Capital Index (the
“VC
Index”). The Buyout Index weight will be set at a range of 50% to 95%, with the
balance allocated to the VC Index. The Index’s relative weights to the Buyout
Index and VC Index are determined at each calendar month-end based on optimal
relative weighting over recent time periods. The Index is calculated and
published daily.
The
Buyout Index seeks to replicate the return profile of the private equity buyout
asset class by constructing a combination of sector portfolio returns that are
designed to track the performance of private equity sector investments by
holding liquid exchange traded instruments, including publicly traded equities,
ETFs and futures contracts on equity indexes, rather than investing directly in
private equity-backed firms. The FTSE PE Buyout Index seeks to track the
medium-term performance of the FTSE PE Buyout Benchmark Index. The FTSE Venture
Capital Index seeks to replicate the return profile of the venture capital
industry by constructing a theoretical dynamic portfolio in public, liquid
assets, including publicly traded equities, ETFs and futures contracts on equity
indexes, that tracks the movements of the FTSE VC Benchmark Index, which in turn
tracks the venture capital industry. The FTSE PE Buyout Benchmark Index and FTSE
VC Benchmark Index attempt to measure the aggregate gross performance of the
U.S. private equity and venture capital industries, respectively, by tracking
private equity and venture capital funding transactions, which are not available
for public investment. FTSE gathers data on these transactions at select times,
including during leveraged buyouts, buyouts, initial and follow-on venture
rounds, and exit events. For months in which there is not a new company
valuation due to a funding round, the Benchmark Index has a valuation model that
uses a combination of private market and public market variables to estimate the
value of the company until the next round of funding or a transaction occurs. As
new data is gathered each quarter by FTSE, the value of the applicable benchmark
Index increases or decreases. The “tracking” Indices are accordingly updated
each month as they seek to track the performance of the Benchmark Indices as
closely as possible. The Buyout Benchmark Index and VC Benchmark Index are each
calculated and published by FTSE quarterly.
The
Buyout Index and VC Index are each comprised of six sector portfolios. Each
sector portfolio represents a specific business subsector within the private
equity or venture capital markets (e.g., consumer, technology, etc.). Each
sector portfolio includes a set of equity securities, exchange-traded funds
(“ETFs”) and futures contracts that are intended to replicate the returns of the
corresponding sector within the Buyout Index or VC Index, respectively. The
sectors are then weighted to mirror the distribution of investments across the
private equity or venture capital markets, as applicable.
The
sectors included in the Buyout Index are:
•Consumer
Noncyclical
•Consumer
Cyclical
•Energy,
Utilities and Industrials
•Health
Care
•Information
Technology
•Financials
The
sectors included in the VC Index are:
•Materials,
Industrials, Energy and Utility
•Consumer
Services
•Health
Care
•Technology
Equipment
•Software
and Tech Services
•Telecommunications
Securities
are selected for the Buyout Index and VC Index sector portfolios using a
systematic process that begins with the universe of securities included in the
corresponding FTSE publicly traded sector indices. From each FTSE publicly
traded sector index securities are selected in order based upon market
capitalization size until a desired beta and correlation to the sector index is
achieved. Security weights within each sector portfolio correspond to their
relative market capitalization, subject to a maximum weight of 4.5% for any
name, within the portfolio.
Once
the sector portfolios of the Buyout Index or VC Index have been established,
proprietary models are run that provide the additional outputs that are
incorporated into the portfolios. These models use statistical and/or
econometric techniques and information from the macroeconomic environment,
financial markets, and the universe of private equity and venture capital-backed
firms to construct portfolios that seek to match the risk/return exposures of
the private firms that make up
the
FTSE PE Buyout Benchmark Index or FTSE VC Benchmark Index, as appropriate. The
outputs of these models include potential leverage adjustment (levels ranging
from 0x to 2x) and inter-sector weighting adjustments. The adjustments within a
sector portfolio seek to more precisely mimic sector risk exposures reflected in
the FTSE PE Buyout Benchmark Index or FTSE VC Benchmark Index by increasing or
decreasing the relative weights to the sectors. The leverage adjustments do not
change the selected total leverage to the portfolio but they may increase or
decrease the effective risk exposures of the individual sector portfolio.
Leverage and weights are computed after the market close of the final trading
day in a calendar month and applied at the market close on the first day of
trading of the new month. Sector weights and leverage may change over the course
of each month due to performance, and the models do not require trading away
from the naturally arising weights and leverage until the rebalance at the end
of the month.
The
Index was established in 2024 and is owned and maintained by the Index
Provider.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will seek to invest at least 80% of the Fund’s
total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in a
combination of publicly traded equities, ETFs and futures contracts that provide
exposure to the private equity and venture capital markets (i.e.,
the component securities of the Index). The Adviser expects that, over time, the
correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the Index, before fees
and expenses, will be 95% or better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. The Index, and
consequently the Fund, is expected to have significant exposure to companies in
the Information Technology Sector. The Fund is non-diversified and therefore
may invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a single
issuer or small number of issuers than diversified
funds.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to
assess the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that
may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider,
or the Adviser (as defined below) can offer assurances that the Index’s
calculation methodology or sources of information will provide an accurate
assessment of included components or a correct valuation of securities, nor can
they guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the
Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the
Fund’s investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of
the Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Derivatives
Risk. Derivatives
include instruments and contracts that are based on, and are valued in relation
to, one or more underlying securities, financial benchmarks or indices, such as
futures contracts. Derivatives typically have economic leverage inherent in
their terms. Futures contracts can be highly volatile, illiquid, and difficult
to value. Adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset or
index, which the Fund may not directly own, can result in a loss to the Fund
substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. The use
of derivative instruments also exposes the Fund to additional risks and
transaction costs. A risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the
fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly with the overall
securities markets. A small position in
futures contracts could have a potentially large impact on the Fund’s
performance. Trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange,
and government regulations may restrict trading in futures
contracts.
•Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden,
unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur
because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting
specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests. 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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate
significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor
could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly
face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to
process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to
perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers
exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other
entities step forward to perform their functions.
◦Cash
Redemption Risk. The
Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for cash or to
otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be
required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to
distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital
gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a
result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if
the in-kind redemption process was used. ETF shares can only be redeemed in
creation units by APs. Individual shareholders may only purchase and sell ETF
shares on a secondary market.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund.
Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including brokerage
commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of shares
of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in
shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly
making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Because
securities held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when the
Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is likely to experience
premiums and discounts greater than those of domestic
ETFs.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be traded on U.S.
exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that shares of the
Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed
market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to mirror the
liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Management
Risk. To
the extent the Fund uses a representative sampling strategy to obtain exposure
to the Index, the Fund’s ability to track the performance of the Index will be
contingent on the ability of the Fund’s Adviser to identify a subset of Index
components whose risk, return and other characteristics closely resemble the
risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a
whole.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and
instruments, the Fund is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it
may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller
number of issuers than if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may
be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an
individual issuer or a smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more
widely. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a
relatively smaller number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Other
Investment Companies Risk.
The Fund will incur higher and duplicative expenses when it invests in other
investment companies such as ETFs. There is also the risk that the Fund may
suffer losses due to the investment practices of the underlying funds. When the
Fund invests in other investment companies, the Fund will be subject to
substantially the same risks as those associated with the direct ownership of
securities held by such investment companies. Investments in ETFs are also
subject to the “ETF Risks” described above.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk.
The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller,
less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market.
Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
Performance
information for the Fund is not included because the Fund did not have a full
calendar year of performance prior to the date of this
Prospectus. In the future, performance information for the Fund
will be presented in this section. Updated performance information is available
on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-617-0004.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
The
Fund employs a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing the Fund. Bruce Kavanaugh, Executive Vice
President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager for the
Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund. Messrs. Kavanaugh and Wang have served as portfolio managers since the
Fund’s inception.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
S&P 500 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF (the “Fund”) is an
exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the total return performance,
before fees and expenses, of the S&P 500 Quality FCF Aristocrats Index (the
“Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses
that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
|
| Management
Fees |
0.49% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
|
Other
Expenses* |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.49% |
*
Estimated for
the current fiscal year
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
From the Fund’s inception (May 6, 2025) through October 31, 2025, the
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 15% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Index.
The
Index
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Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and
calculates the Index, which measures the performance of companies within
the S&P 500 Index®
(the “S&P 500”) that have had positive free cash flow (FCF) for at
least 10 consecutive years and simultaneously have high FCF margin and
high FCF return on invested capital (ROIC).
The
initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the
S&P 500. The S&P 500 is comprised of common stocks of
approximately 500 large-capitalization companies that generally represent
the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. |
Free
Cash Flow (FCF): net
cash flow from operating activities minus capital
expenditures
FCF
Margin: FCF
/ revenue
FCF
ROIC: FCF
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equity) |
The
initial universe of companies is screened based on a company’s free cash flow
(FCF). To be included in the Index, a company must have had positive FCF for the
at least 10 consecutive years. Companies classified as being in the real estate
sector and companies classified as being in certain industries within the
financials sector (e.g.,
banks, investment banking & brokerage, insurance) are excluded from the
Index universe.
The
remaining companies are then ranked by their FCF Score. A company’s FCF Score is
computed using its five-year average of FCF Margin and its five-year average of
FCF ROIC. The equity securities of the 100 companies with the highest FCF Scores
are included in the Index.
The
component securities are weighted by the product of their float-adjusted market
capitalization and their FCF Score. The maximum weight of each component is
capped at 5% and each component’s weight is floored at 0.05%. The maximum weight
of any given sector is 40%. Weight above the individual security and sector
limitations are typically redistributed among the other Index constituents in
proportion to their weights. As of October 31, 2025, the companies included
in the Index had a market capitalization of $5.94 billion to $4.92 trillion. As
of October 31, 2025, the Index had significant exposure to the Information
Technology and Financials sector. The Index is typically reconstituted and
rebalanced semi-annually as of the close of business on the third Friday of
April and October based on data as of the last business days of March and
September, respectively.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) will be invested in equity securities that are the
component securities of the Index. The Fund defines “equity securities” to mean
common stocks, and may include preferred stocks, rights, warrants, and
depositary receipts. The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation
between the Fund’s performance and that of the Index, before fees and expenses,
will be 95% or better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index in the same approximate proportion as in the Index.
The
Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its
assets in the securities of a single company than diversified funds.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. As of
October 31, 2025, the Index was not concentrated in any industry or group
of industries.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The
Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to assess
the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that may be
based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider, or the
Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources
of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or a
correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or
timeliness of the production of the Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If
the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the Fund’s
investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of the
Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden,
unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur
because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting
specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests. 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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate
significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor
could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund 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.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund.
Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including brokerage
commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of shares
of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in
shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly
making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Because
securities held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when the
Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is likely to experience
premiums and discounts greater than those of domestic
ETFs.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be
traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that
shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Index
Provider Risk.
There is no assurance that an Index provider or any agents that act on its
behalf, will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be determined,
maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated accurately. The
Fund relies upon the Index provider and its agents to compile, determine,
maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an agent to
calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs associated
with errors made by the Index Provider or its agents generally will be borne by
the Fund and its shareholders.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although
the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund
is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to the
risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may
increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller
number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller,
less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market.
Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability.
◦Financials
Sector Risk. This
sector can be significantly affected by changes in interest rates, government
regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer, and government debt,
the availability and cost of capital, and fallout from the housing and sub-prime
mortgage crisis. Insurance companies, in particular, may be significantly
affected by changes in interest rates, catastrophic events, price and market
competition, the imposition of premium rate caps, or other changes in government
regulation or tax law and/or rate regulation, which may have an adverse impact
on their profitability. In recent years, cyber attacks and technology
malfunctions and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and
have caused significant losses.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
Performance
information for the Fund is not included because the Fund did not have a full
calendar year of performance prior to the date of this
Prospectus. In the future, performance information for the Fund
will be presented in this section. Updated performance information is available
on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-617-0004.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
The
Fund employs a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing the Fund. Bruce Kavanaugh, Executive Vice
President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager for the
Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund. Mr. Kavanaugh and Mr. Wang have each served as a portfolio manager
since the Fund’s inception in 2025.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
S&P MidCap 400 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF (the “Fund”) is
an exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the total return
performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P MidCap 400 Quality FCF
Aristocrats Index (the “Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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0.49% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
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Other
Expenses* |
0.00% |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.49% |
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Estimated for
the current fiscal year
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
From the Fund’s inception (August 27, 2025) through October 31, 2025, the
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 14% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a rules-based, “passive management” (or indexing) investment
approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Index.
The
Index
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Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and
calculates the Index, which measures the performance of companies within
the S&P MidCap 400 Index® (the “S&P MidCap 400”) that have had
positive free cash flow (FCF) for at least seven consecutive years and
simultaneously have high FCF margin and high FCF return on invested
capital (ROIC) relative to the other companies in the S&P MidCap
400.
The
initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the
S&P MidCap 400 Index. The S&P MidCap 400 is comprised of common
stocks of approximately 400 mid-capitalization companies that generally
represent the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. |
Free
Cash Flow (FCF):
net cash flow from operating activities minus capital
expenditures
FCF
Margin: FCF
/ revenue
FCF
ROIC: FCF
/ (total debt plus total equity) |
The
initial universe of companies is screened based on a company’s FCF. To be
included in the Index, a company must have had positive FCF for the at least
seven consecutive years. Companies classified as being in the real estate sector
and companies classified in the following industries within the financials
sector — banks, investment banking & brokerage, insurance and custodian
banks — are excluded from the Index universe. The equity securities of the 160
companies with the highest FCF Scores are eligible to be included in the Index.
A company’s FCF Score is computed using its five-year average of FCF Margin and
its five-year average of FCF ROIC. If there are fewer than 160 eligible
remaining companies, the initial universe will be screened for companies with a
positive FCF for at least six consecutive years (with a minimum threshold of
five consecutive years of positive FCF).
The
remaining companies are then ranked by their FCF Score. The equity securities of
the 80 companies with the highest FCF Scores are included in the
Index.
The
component securities are weighted by the product of their float-adjusted market
capitalization and their FCF Score. The maximum weight of each component is
capped at 5% and each component’s weight is floored at 0.05%. The maximum weight
of any given sector is 40%. Weight above individual security and sector
limitations are typically redistributed among the other Index constituents in
proportion to their weights. As of October 31, 2025, the companies included
in the Index had a market capitalization of $1.6 billion to $34.05 billion. As
of October 31, 2025, the Index had significant exposure to the Information
Technology, Industrials, and Health Care sectors. The Index is typically
reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually as of the close of business on the
third Friday of April and October based on data as of the last business days of
March and September, respectively.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) will be invested in mid-capitalization equity
securities that are the component securities of the Index. The Fund considers
“mid-capitalization” companies to be companies within the S&P MidCap 400
Index. The Fund defines “equity securities” to mean common stocks, and may
include preferred stocks, rights, warrants, and depositary receipts. The Adviser
expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance and that
of the Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all component securities of the Index in
the same approximate proportion as in the Index.
The
Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its
assets in the securities of a single company than diversified funds.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. As of
October 31, 2025, the Index was not concentrated in any industry or group
of industries.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s
prospectus
entitled “Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the
Funds.” The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate
finding particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk
summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund,
regardless of the order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The
Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to assess
the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that may be
based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider, or the
Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources
of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or a
correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or
timeliness of the production of the Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If
the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the Fund’s
investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of the
Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden,
unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur
because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting
specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests. 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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate
significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor
could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund 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.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund.
Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including brokerage
commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of shares
of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in
shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly
making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Shares of
the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be
traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that
shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Index
Provider Risk.
There is no assurance that an Index provider or any agents that act on its
behalf, will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be determined,
maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated accurately. The
Fund relies upon the Index provider and its agents to compile, determine,
maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an agent to
calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs associated
with errors made by the Index Provider or its agents generally will be borne by
the Fund and its shareholders.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Mid-Capitalization
Investing Risk. The
Fund may invest in the securities of mid-capitalization companies. As a result,
the Fund’s performance may be adversely affected if securities of
mid-capitalization companies underperform securities of other capitalization
ranges or the market as a whole. Securities of smaller companies trade in
smaller volumes and are often more vulnerable to market volatility than
securities of larger companies.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although
the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund
is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to the
risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may
increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller
number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller,
less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market.
Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability.
◦Industrials
Sector Risk.
The Fund may invest in companies in the industrials sector, and therefore the
performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this
sector. The industrials sector may be affected by changes in the supply of and
demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental
damage or product liability and general economic conditions, among other
factors. As the demand for, or prices of, industrials increase, the value of the
Fund’s investments generally would be expected to also increase. Conversely,
declines in the demand for, or prices of, industrials generally would be
expected to contribute to declines in the value of such securities. Such
declines may occur quickly and without warning and may negatively impact the
value of the Fund and your investment.
◦Health
Care Sector Risk.
Companies in the health care sector are subject to extensive government
regulation and their profitability can be significantly affected by restrictions
on government reimbursement for medical expenses, rising costs of medical
products and services, pricing pressure (including price discounting), limited
product lines and an increased emphasis on the delivery of healthcare through
outpatient services.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
Performance
information for the Fund is not included because the Fund did not have a full
calendar year of performance prior to the date of this
Prospectus. In the future, performance information for the Fund
will be presented in this section. Updated performance information is available
on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-617-0004.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
The
Fund employs a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing the Fund. Bruce Kavanaugh, Executive Vice
President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager for the
Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund. Mr. Kavanaugh and Mr. Wang have each served as a portfolio manager
since the Fund’s inception in 2025.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
S&P SmallCap 600 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF (the “Fund”) is
an exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the total return
performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P SmallCap 600 Quality FCF
Aristocrats Index (the “Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example
below.
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that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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Fees |
0.59% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
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Other
Expenses* |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.59% |
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Estimated for
the current fiscal year
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
From the Fund’s inception (August 27, 2025) through October 31, 2025, the
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 32% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a rules-based, “passive management” (or indexing) investment
approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Index.
The
Index
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Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”) compiles, maintains and
calculates the Index, which measures the performance of companies within
the S&P SmallCap 600® Index (the “S&P SmallCap 600”) that have had
positive free cash flow (FCF) for at least seven consecutive years and
simultaneously have high FCF margin and high FCF return on invested
capital (ROIC) relative to the other companies in the S&P SmallCap
600.
The
initial Index universe is derived from the component companies of the
S&P SmallCap 600 Index. The S&P SmallCap 600 is comprised of
common stocks of approximately 600 small-capitalization companies that
generally represent the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity
market. |
Free
Cash Flow (FCF):
net cash flow from operating activities minus capital
expenditures
FCF
Margin: FCF
/ revenue
FCF
ROIC: FCF
/ (total debt plus total equity) |
The
initial universe of companies is screened based on a company’s FCF. To be
included in the Index, a company must have had positive FCF for the at least
seven consecutive years. Companies classified as being in the real estate sector
and companies classified in the following industries within the financials
sector — banks, investment banking & brokerage, insurance and custodian
banks — are excluded from the Index universe. The equity securities of the 160
companies with the highest FCF Scores are eligible to be included in the Index.
A company’s FCF Score is computed using its five-year average of FCF Margin and
its five-year average of FCF ROIC. If there are fewer than 160 eligible
remaining companies, the initial universe will be screened for companies with a
positive FCF for at least six consecutive years (with a minimum threshold of
five consecutive years of positive FCF).
The
remaining companies are then ranked by their FCF Score. The equity securities of
the 80 companies with the highest FCF Scores are included in the
Index.
The
component securities are weighted by the product of their float-adjusted market
capitalization and their FCF Score. The maximum weight of each component is
capped at 5% and each component’s weight is floored at 0.05%. The maximum weight
of any given sector is 40%. Weight above individual security and sector
limitations are typically redistributed among the other Index constituents in
proportion to their weights. As of October 31, 2025, the companies included
in the Index had a market capitalization of $336 million to $9.3 billion. As of
October 31, 2025, the Index had significant exposure to the Information
Technology, Financials, and Consumer Discretionary sectors. The Index is
typically reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually as of the close of business
on the third Friday of April and October based on data as of the last business
days of March and September, respectively.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings
for investment purposes) will be invested in small-capitalization equity
securities that are the component securities of the Index. The Fund considers
“small-capitalization” companies to be companies within the S&P SmallCap 600
Index. The Fund defines “equity securities” to mean common stocks, and may
include preferred stocks, rights, warrants, and depositary receipts. The Adviser
expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance and that
of the Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all component securities of the Index in
the same approximate proportion as in the Index.
The
Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its
assets in the securities of a single company than diversified funds.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. As of
October 31, 2025, the Index was not concentrated in any industry or group
of industries.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The
Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to assess
the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that may be
based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider, or the
Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources
of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or a
correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or
timeliness of the production of the Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If
the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the Fund’s
investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of the
Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden,
unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur
because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting
specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests. 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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate
significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor
could lose money over short or long periods of time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund 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.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund.
Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including brokerage
commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of shares
of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in
shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly
making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Shares of
the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be
traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that
shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio
holdings,
which can be significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could
lead to differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those
shares.
•Index
Provider Risk.
There is no assurance that an Index provider or any agents that act on its
behalf, will compile the Index accurately, or that the Index will be determined,
maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated accurately. The
Fund relies upon the Index provider and its agents to compile, determine,
maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an agent to
calculate), and disseminate the Index accurately. Any losses or costs associated
with errors made by the Index Provider or its agents generally will be borne by
the Fund and its shareholders.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although
the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund
is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to the
risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may
increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller
number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller,
less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market.
Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability.
◦Financials
Sector Risk. This
sector can be significantly affected by changes in interest rates, government
regulation, the rate of defaults on corporate, consumer, and government debt,
the availability and cost of capital, and fallout from the housing and sub-prime
mortgage crisis. Insurance companies, in particular, may be significantly
affected by changes in interest rates, catastrophic events, price and market
competition, the imposition of premium rate caps, or other changes in government
regulation or tax law and/or rate regulation, which may have an adverse impact
on their profitability. In recent years, cyber attacks and technology
malfunctions and failures have become increasingly frequent in this sector and
have caused significant losses.
◦Consumer
Discretionary Sector Risk.
The
Fund may invest in companies in the consumer discretionary sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector.
The
success of consumer product manufacturers and retailers is tied closely to the
performance of domestic and international economies, interest rates, exchange
rates, competition, consumer confidence, changes in
demographics
and consumer preferences. Companies in the consumer discretionary sector depend
heavily on disposable household income and consumer spending, and may be
strongly affected by social trends and marketing campaigns. These companies may
be subject to severe competition, which may have an adverse impact on their
profitability.
•Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk. The
equity securities of small-capitalization companies have historically been
subject to greater investment risk than securities of larger companies. The
prices of equity securities of small-capitalization companies tend to be more
volatile and less liquid than the prices of equity securities of larger
companies.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
Performance
information for the Fund is not included because the Fund did not have a full
calendar year of performance prior to the date of this
Prospectus. In the future, performance information for the Fund
will be presented in this section. Updated performance information is available
on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-617-0004.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
The
Fund employs a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing the Fund. Bruce Kavanaugh, Executive Vice
President of the Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager for the
Adviser, are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund. Mr. Kavanaugh and Mr. Wang have each served as a portfolio manager
since the Fund’s inception in 2025.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer
Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF (the “Fund”) employs a
“passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed to track the
total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Whitney
Future of Warfare Index (the “Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples
below.
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(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
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Fees1 |
0.49% |
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and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.49% |
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Management Fees
have been restated to reflect current fees. Prior to August 1, 2025, the Fund’s
management fee was 0.60%
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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$157 |
$274 |
$616 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover
rate was 39% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed and maintained by
Solactive AG (the “Index Provider”). J.H. Whitney Data Services LLC (“J.H.
Whitney”) is responsible for selection of the Index components in accordance
with the Index methodology.
Solactive
Whitney Future of Warfare Index
The
Index is a rules-based index that intends to track companies that support
critical emerging defense technologies across the U.S. and its allies. Companies
are selected based on affiliation with defense-related modernization priorities,
their geostrategic risk rating score and the size of current contracts with the
U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”). The industry affiliation maps designated
defense technology priorities to granular industry classifications, and the
geostrategic risk rating score measures entanglement in risky countries, from a
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”)
perspective.
The result is a diversified constituent list of companies that are expected to
produce technologies that will shape defense programs and capabilities, while
limiting geopolitical risk from sanctions, trade, and conflict.
Construction
of the Index begins with a universe of the component securities of the Solactive
GBS Developed Markets Large & Mid Cap USD Index. The Solactive GBS Developed
Markets Large & Mid Cap USD Index intends to track the performance of the
large and mid cap segment covering approximately the largest 85% of the
free-float market capitalization in the developed markets.
Securities
from the Index universe are next evaluated based on risk-related criteria to
determine an evaluation score of low, neutral and high, based on their
activities in “high-risk,” “neutral” or “NATO” countries. High-risk countries
include those that face increased risk from sanctions, trade and conflict, and
are based on a risk review of the Annual Report of the Secretary General of
NATO, as published by NATO. As of the date of this Prospectus, high-risk
countries included China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. NATO countries are all
member states of NATO. Neutral countries are all other countries not in the
high-risk or NATO categories. Securities from companies that are assigned a
sufficiently high combined score and are active in Critical Technology Defense
Sectors, as defined and made publicly-available by the Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering of the DOD, are selected for
inclusion in the Index. Companies not active in the Critical Technology Defense
Sectors are removed from the investable universe. As of the date of this
Prospectus, Critical Technology Defense Sectors included: quantum science,
future generation wireless technology, advanced materials, trusted artificial
intelligence (“AI”) and autonomy, integrated network systems of systems,
microelectrics, space technology, advanced computing and software, human-machine
interfaces, directed energy, hypersonics and integrated sensing and cyber.
Companies without any active contracts with the DOD for the current fiscal year
are also excluded from the Index.
The
risk-related criteria used to determine the evaluation score
include:
•Ownership
by Country:
This risk component focuses on the location of the relevant company’s
shareholders. Shareholders have significant influence over operations and
management of a company, so any hostile actions at the shareholder level could
pose a threat to the overall value or ability for the company to deliver
innovation.
•Country
Incorporation:
This risk component focuses on where the relevant company is incorporated. Where
a company is incorporated may have significance relative to its resilience in
the face of geopolitical upheavals. Companies incorporated in a NATO country are
likely to be more resilient to evolving geopolitical risks.
•Geographic
Revenue:
This risk component focuses on whether the relevant company is dependent on
revenue streams from high-risk countries.
•Geographic
Assets:
This risk component focuses on whether the relevant company owns assets, or
makes capital expenditures, that are concentrated in high-risk
countries.
•Customers:
This risk component focuses on the concentration (geographic and otherwise) of
the relevant company’s customers. Resilient companies have a diversified
customer base. Non-resilient companies are dependent on a small group of
customers or have a large concentration of customers in high-risk countries.
•Suppliers:
This risk component focuses on the concentration (geographic and otherwise) of
the relevant company’s suppliers. Resilient companies have a diversified group
of suppliers. Non-resilient companies are dependent on a small group of
suppliers or have a large concentration of suppliers in high-risk
countries.
•Board
Memberships:
This risk component focuses on risks posed by the composition of the relevant
company’s board of Directors. The board of directors is responsible for the
long-term direction and outlook of the company. Companies with board members who
are also members of other resilient companies are scored high. Companies with
board members who also serve on boards of companies in high-risk countries are
scored low.
•Joint
Ventures:
This risk component focuses on risks posed by the relevant company’s
participation in joint ventures. Joint ventures pose a risk of technology
transfer that could result in loss by a participant of future market share from
a new competitor. Because this risk causes a company to be deemed not resilient
for the long-term purposes of government spending, companies that participate in
joint ventures in high-risk countries, or with companies that are located in
high-risk countries, are scored low.
•Strategic
Alliances:
This risk component focuses on risks posed by the relevant company’s
participation in strategic alliances. Strategic alliances pose a risk of
technology transfer that could result in loss by a participant of future market
share from a new competitor. Because this risk causes a company to be deemed not
resilient for the long-term purposes of government spending, companies that
participate in such alliances in high-risk countries, or with companies that are
located in high-risk countries, are scored low.
•SAM
Exclusion List:
This risk component focuses on whether the relevant company appears on the
System for Award Management (“SAM”) exclusion list. SAM is a publicly-available
federal procurement database maintained by the U.S. General Services
Administration, through which all entities that do business with the U.S.
government must be registered. The SAM exclusion list is created to deny
government contracts to entities that have engaged in negative activities such
as contract non-fulfillment, being agents of a foreign government, or
participating in other illicit and/or negligent activities. If a company appears
on the SAM exclusion list, it is assigned a low score.
Each
component security of the Index is assigned a weight based on the respective
companies defense spending weight, with a cap of 7.5% and floor of 0.5%. The
defense spending data is based on the current fiscal year DOD contract revenues
as publicly reported by SAM. Defense spending data is calculated by J.H. Whitney
and Index weights are calculated by Solactive. The composition and weighting of
the Index will be revised by J.H. Whitney and Solactive, respectively, on the
last Thursday of January, April, July and October (each, a “Selection Day”), and
the Index is rebalanced after the close of business on the tenth day following
the Selection Day. During periods between rebalancing, it is possible these
percentage limits may be exceeded.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will seek to invest at least 80% of the Fund’s
total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in
securities of companies that support critical emerging defense technologies
across the U.S. and its allies (i.e.,
the component securities of the Index). The Adviser expects that, over time, the
correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the Index, before fees
and expenses, will be
95% or
better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e.,
holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a particular
industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate its
investments to approximately the same extent as the Index. The Index, and
consequently the Fund, is expected to have significant exposures to companies in
the Information
Technology and Industrials sectors. In addition, the Index may have significant
exposure to one or more countries at any given time. The Fund
is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its assets in
the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers than diversified
funds.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered
a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it
appears.
•Aerospace
and Defense Industry Risk.
The aerospace and defense industry may be significantly affected by government
aerospace and defense regulation, spending policies, and geopolitical stability
because companies involved in this industry rely to a significant extent on U.S.
(and other) government demand for their products and services. The financial
condition of and investor interest in Aerospace and Defense Companies will be
negatively influenced by governmental defense spending policies that, outside
the occurrence of certain events, such as terrorist attacks, war, and other
geopolitical events, are typically under pressure from efforts to control the
U.S. (and other) government budgets. The industry’s reliance on the successful
development and implementation of new defense and aerospace technologies may
result in limited product lines, markets, financial resources, customers, or
personnel, all of which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Products
and technologies may face obsolescence due to rapid
technological
developments and frequent new product introduction, and as such, companies may
face unpredictable changes in growth rates, competition for the services of
qualified personnel and competition from foreign competitors with lower
production costs.
•Artificial
Intelligence Companies Risk.
AI technologies typically face intense competition and potentially rapid product
obsolescence. AI is heavily dependent on intellectual property rights and may be
adversely affected by loss or impairment of those rights. There can be no
assurance these companies will be able to successfully protect their
intellectual property to prevent the misappropriation of their technology, or
that competitors will not develop technology that is substantially similar or
superior. AI companies typically engage in significant amounts of spending on
research and development, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and there is no
guarantee that the products or services produced by these companies will be
successful. AI companies are potential targets for cyberattacks, which can have
a materially adverse impact on the performance of these companies. In addition,
AI technology could face increasing regulatory scrutiny in the future, which may
limit the development of this technology and impede the growth of companies that
develop and/or utilize this technology.
•Biotechnology
Companies Risk.
Biotech companies invest heavily in research and development which may not
necessarily lead to commercially successful products. These companies are also
subject to increased governmental regulation which may delay or inhibit the
release of new products. Many biotech companies are dependent upon their ability
to use and enforce intellectual property rights and patents. Any impairment of
such rights may have adverse financial consequences. Biotech stocks, especially
those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the
overall market. Biotech companies can be significantly affected by technological
change and obsolescence, product liability lawsuits and consequential high
insurance costs.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The
Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to assess
the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that may be
based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider, or the
Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources
of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or a
correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or
timeliness of the production of the Index.
•Concentration
Risk. If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the
Fund’s investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of
the Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•Currency
Exchange Rate Risk. The
Fund’s assets may include investments denominated in non-U.S. currencies, such
as the euro, or in securities or other assets that provide exposure to such
currencies. Changes in currency exchange rates and the relative value of
non-U.S. currencies will affect the value of the Fund’s investment and the value
of your Fund shares. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change
quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an investment in the Fund
may change quickly and without warning and you may lose
money.
•Emerging
Technologies Risk.
The Fund invests primarily to gain exposure to emerging technologies in
accordance with the Index. Companies across a wide variety of industries,
primarily in the technology sector, are exploring the possible applications of
these technologies. The extent of such technologies’ versatility has not yet
been fully explored. Consequently, the Fund’s holdings may include equity
securities of operating companies that have exposure to a wide variety of
industries, and the economic fortunes of certain companies held by the Fund may
be significantly tied to such industries. Currently, there are few public
companies for which these emerging technologies represent an attributable and
significant revenue or profit stream, and such technologies may not ultimately
have a material effect on the economic returns of companies in which the Fund
invests.
•Equity
Market Risk. The
equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden,
unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value. This may occur
because of factors that affect securities markets generally or factors affecting
specific industries, sectors or companies in which the Fund invests. 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. The Fund’s NAV and market price may fluctuate
significantly in response to these and other factors. As a result, an investor
could lose money over short or long periods of
time.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly
face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to
process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to
perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers
exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other
entities step forward to perform their functions.
◦Cash
Redemption Risk. The
Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for cash or to
otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be
required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to
distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital
gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a
result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if
the in-kind redemption process was used. ETF shares can only be redeemed in
creation units by APs. Individual shareholders may only purchase and sell ETF
shares on a secondary market.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund.
Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including brokerage
commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of shares
of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in
shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly
making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Because
securities held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges that are closed when the
Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, the Fund is likely to experience
premiums and discounts greater than those of domestic
ETFs.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be
traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that
shares of the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange.
In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Foreign
Securities Risk. Investments
in non-U.S. securities involve certain risks that may not be present with
investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in non-U.S. securities
may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations or to
political or economic instability. Investments in non-U.S. securities also may
be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject to additional
trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. These and other factors
can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially less liquid than
other types of investments. Foreign securities held by the Fund may trade on
markets that are closed when U.S. markets are open, which may lead to a
difference in the value of the Fund and the underlying foreign
securities.
•International
Operations Risk. Investments
in companies with significant business operations outside of the United States
may involve certain risks that may not be present with investments in U.S.
companies. For example, international operations may be subject to risk of loss
due to foreign currency fluctuations; changes in foreign political and economic
environments, regionally, nationally, and locally; challenges of complying with
a wide variety of foreign
laws,
including corporate governance, operations, taxes, and litigation; differing
lending practices; differences in cultures; changes in applicable laws and
regulations in the United States that affect international operations; changes
in applicable laws and regulations in foreign jurisdictions; difficulties in
managing international operations; and obstacles to the repatriation of earnings
and cash. These and other factors can make an investment in the Fund more
volatile than other types of investments.
•Large-Capitalization
Investing 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.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Management
Risk. To
the extent the Fund uses a representative sampling strategy to obtain exposure
to the Index, the Fund’s ability to track the performance of the Index will be
contingent on the ability of the Fund’s Adviser to identify a subset of Index
components whose risk, return and other characteristics closely resemble the
risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a
whole.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although
the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund
is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to the
risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may
increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller
number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the
Index, regardless of their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive
positions under any market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to
the performance of the Fund.
•Quantum
Computing and Machine Learning Investment Risk.
Companies across a wide variety of industries, primarily in the technology
sector, are exploring the possible applications of quantum computing and machine
learning technologies. The extent of such technologies’ versatility has not yet
been fully explored. Consequently, the Fund’s holdings may include equity
securities of operating companies that focus on or have exposure to a wide
variety of industries, and the economic fortunes of certain companies held by
the Fund may not be significantly tied to such technologies. Currently, there
are few public companies for which quantum computing and machine learning
technologies represent an attributable and significant revenue or profit stream,
and such technologies may not ultimately have a material effect on the economic
returns of companies in which the Fund invests.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk.
The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially
those
of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall
market. Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability.
◦Industrials
Sector Risk.
The Fund may invest in companies in the industrials sector, and therefore the
performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this
sector. The industrials sector may be affected by changes in the supply of and
demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental
damage or product liability and general economic conditions, among other
factors. As the demand for, or prices of, industrials increase, the value of the
Fund’s investments generally would be expected to also increase. Conversely,
declines in the demand for, or prices of, industrials generally would be
expected to contribute to declines in the value of such securities. Such
declines may occur quickly and without warning and may negatively impact the
value of the Fund and your
investment.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
The following
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (based on NAV)
for calendar years ended December 31. The table shows how the Fund’s
average annual returns for the one year and since inception periods compared
with those of the Index and a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-877-337-0500.
Calendar Year Total
Return
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return was 15.94% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 and the
lowest quarterly return
was -0.66% for the quarter ended December 31,
2025.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Period Ended December 31, 2025
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Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF |
1
Year |
Since
Inception
(12/17/2024) |
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Return
Before Taxes |
29.12% |
25.35% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
28.86% |
25.10% |
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Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Shares |
17.40% |
19.31% |
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Pacer Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
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29.65% |
25.86% |
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MSCI
World Index
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
21.09% |
17.11% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an
investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In certain cases, the
figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares” may
be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax
return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an
assumed tax deduction that benefits the investor. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
The
Fund employs a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing the Fund. Bruce Kavanaugh, Vice President of the
Adviser, and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager for the Adviser, are
jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Messrs. Kavanaugh and Wang have served as portfolio managers since the Fund’s
inception.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser and its related companies may pay the intermediary for
activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund. 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.
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer US
Cash Cows Bond ETF (the “Fund”) employs a “passive management”
(or indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return
performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Pacer US Cash Cows Bond
Index (the “Index”).
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund
The
following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold,
and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You
may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples
below.
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Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment) |
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| Management
Fees |
0.49% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.00% |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.49% |
Example
The following example is intended to help retail investors compare
the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. It
illustrates the hypothetical expenses that such investors would incur over
various periods if they were to invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This
example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would
be:
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Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
| $50 |
$157 |
$274 |
$616 |
Portfolio
Turnover
The
Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may
indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
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.
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover
rate was 95% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies of the Fund
The
Fund employs a “passive management” (or indexing) investment approach designed
to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index.
The Index is based on a proprietary methodology developed and maintained by
Index Design Group (the “Index Provider” or “IDG”), an affiliate of Pacer
Advisors, Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”). Solactive AG
serves as the calculation agent for the Index.
Solactive
Pacer US Cash Cows Bond Index
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The
Solactive Pacer US Cash Cows Bond Index is a rules-based index that tracks
the performance of corporate bonds issued in the United States by certain
companies currently and previously represented in the Pacer US Cash Cows
100 Index and/or the Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders Index.
The Pacer US Cash Cows 100 Index is a rules-based, strategy driven index
that aims to provide capital appreciation over time by screening the
Russell 1000 for the top 100 companies based on free cash flow yield. The
Pacer US Large Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders Index is a rules-based,
strategy driven index that aims to provide capital appreciation over time
by screening the Russell 1000 Index for the top 100 companies based on
free cash flow margin. Companies with above average free cash flow margins
and free cash flow yield are commonly referred to as “cash
cows.” |
Free
Cash Flow (FCF): A
company’s cash flow from operations minus capital
expenditures.
Sales:
The
value of what a company sold to its customers during a given period; also
known as revenue.
Free
Cash Flow Margin:
FCF / Sales
Enterprise
Value (EV):
A company’s market capitalization plus its debt and minus its cash and
cash equivalents.
Free
Cash Flow Yield:
FCF / EV |
The
Index seeks to produce an optimized representation of U.S. dollar-denominated
corporate bonds from companies within the aforementioned indices over the four
most recent calendar quarters. From this universe, an initial screen is
performed to ensure that all bonds are: US Dollar-denominated, have a time to
maturity greater than 1 year regardless of optionality, have a time since
issuance of less than 10 years, have a remaining par amount greater than $500
million, are rated by at least one of the following credit ratings agencies:
Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investor Service, or S&P Global Ratings.
Bonds
rated lower than single B by any of the above credit ratings agencies are
excluded. Individual bonds are then selected utilizing an optimization process
to maximize the overall yield within the bounds of portfolio-level duration,
sector, and credit quality constraints. The Index seeks to improve the
portfolio’s yield while maintaining similar duration and sector exposures
compared to traditional U.S. corporate bond indices. The Index utilizes an equal
weighting scheme with a 4% limit on each issuer and 1% per bond.
The
Index is reconstituted on an annual basis at the end of each September and
rebalanced at the end of each calendar month. At each monthly maintenance
rebalance, index constituents are added or deleted based on such
criteria.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will seek to invest at least 80% of the Fund’s
total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in U.S.
bonds (i.e.,
the component securities of the Index). The Adviser expects that, over time, the
correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the Index, before fees
and expenses, will be 95% or better.
The
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
Index.
To
the extent the Index concentrates (i.e., holds more than 25% of its total assets) in the securities of a
particular industry or group of related industries, the Fund will concentrate
its investments to approximately the same extent as the Index.
The Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers than
diversified funds.
Principal
Risks of Investing in the Fund
You can lose
money on your investment in the Fund. The Fund is subject to the
risks summarized below. Some or all of these risks may adversely affect the
Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and/or ability to meet its objectives. For more information about the risks of
investing in the Fund, see the section in the Fund’s prospectus entitled
“Additional Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the
order in which it appears.
•Calculation
Methodology Risk.
The Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of information to
assess the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including information that
may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund, the Index Provider,
or the Adviser can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or
sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included
components or a correct valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the
availability or timeliness of the production of the
Index.
•Concentration
Risk.
If the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the Fund’s
investments may be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of the
Fund’s shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries. In
addition, at times, an industry or group of industries in which the Fund is
concentrated may be out of favor and underperform other industries or groups of
industries.
•ETF
Risks.
The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
◦Authorized
Participants (“APs”), Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration
Risk.
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly
face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to
process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to
perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers
exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other
entities step forward to perform their functions.
◦Cash
Redemption Risk. The
Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for cash or to
otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be
required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to
distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital
gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a
result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if
the in-kind redemption process was used. ETF shares can only be redeemed in
creation units by APs. Individual shareholders may only purchase and sell ETF
shares on a secondary market.
◦Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares of the Fund.
Due to the costs of buying or selling shares of the Fund, including brokerage
commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of shares
of the Fund may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in
shares of the Fund may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly
making small investments.
◦Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, shares of the Fund may be bought and sold in the secondary
market at market prices. The price of shares of the Fund, like the price of all
traded securities, will be subject to factors such as supply and demand, as well
as the current value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. Although it is expected
that the market price of the shares of the Fund will approximate the Fund’s NAV,
there may be times when the market price of the shares is more than the NAV
intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount). This risk is
heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and
periods when there is limited trading activity for shares in the secondary
market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Shares of
the Fund will be bought and sold in the secondary market at market
prices.
◦Trading.
Although shares of the Fund are listed for trading on a national securities
exchange, such as Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”), and may be traded on
U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that shares of
the Fund will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In
stressed market conditions, the liquidity of shares of the Fund may begin to
mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be
significantly less liquid than shares of the Fund, and this could lead to
differences between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the
underlying value of those shares.
•Fixed
Income Risk.
Generally, the value of fixed income securities will change inversely with
changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market value of fixed
income securities tends to decrease. Conversely, as interest rates fall, the
market value of fixed income securities tends to increase. This risk will be
greater for long-term securities than for short-term securities. In recent
periods, governmental financial regulators, including the U.S. Federal Reserve,
have
taken
steps to increase interest rates. Changes in government intervention may have
adverse effects on investments, volatility, and the liquidity of debt
markets.
◦Call
Risk.
During periods of falling interest rates, an issuer of a callable bond held by
the Fund may “call” or repay the security prior to its stated maturity, and the
Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a
decline in the Fund’s income.
◦Credit
Risk.
Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not be
able to make payments of interest and principal when due. Changes in an issuer’s
credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may
also affect the value of an investment in that
issuer.
◦Event
Risk.
Event risk is the risk that corporate issuers may undergo restructurings, such
as mergers, leveraged buyouts, takeovers, or similar events financed by
increased debt. As a result of the added debt, the credit quality and market
value of a company’s bonds and/or other debt securities may decline
significantly.
◦Extension
Risk.
When interest rates rise, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor
more slowly than anticipated, causing the value of these securities to
fall.
◦Interest
Rate Risk.
Generally, the value of fixed income securities will change inversely with
changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market value of fixed
income securities tends to decrease. Conversely, as interest rates fall, the
market value of fixed income securities tends to increase. This risk will be
greater for long-term securities than for short-term securities. Changes in
government intervention may have adverse effects on investments, volatility, and
illiquidity in debt markets.
◦Prepayment
Risk.
When interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor
more quickly than originally anticipated, and the proceeds may have to be
invested in securities with lower
yields.
•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
Yield Risk. High
yield debt obligations (commonly known as “junk bonds”) are speculative
investments and entail greater risk of loss of principal than securities and
loans that are investment grade rated because of their greater exposure to
credit risk. The high yield market at times is subject to substantial volatility
and high yield debt obligations may be less liquid than higher quality
securities. As a result, the value of the Fund may be subject to greater
volatility than other funds, and the Fund may be exposed to greater tracking
error risk (described below) than other
funds.
•Limited
Operating History.
The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with limited
operating history. As a result, prospective investors have a limited track
record on which to base their investment decision. An investment in the Fund may
therefore involve greater uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more
established record of performance.
•Management
Risk. To
the extent the Fund uses a representative sampling strategy to obtain exposure
to the Index, the Fund’s ability to track the performance of the Index will be
contingent on the ability of the Fund’s Sub-Adviser to identify a subset of
Index components whose risk, return and other characteristics closely resemble
the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a
whole.
•Non-Diversification
Risk. Although
the Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund
is considered to be non-diversified, which means that it may invest more of its
assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers than
if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to the
risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may
increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller
number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
•Passive
Investment Risk. The
Fund is not actively managed and the Sub-Adviser would not sell a security due
to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector,
unless that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the
Index
methodology. The Fund invests in securities included in the Index, regardless of
their investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive positions under any
market conditions, including conditions that are adverse to the performance of
the Fund.
•Sector
Risk. To
the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy,
its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
◦Consumer
Discretionary Sector Risk.
The
Fund may invest in companies in the consumer discretionary sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector.
The
success of consumer product manufacturers and retailers is tied closely to the
performance of domestic and international economies, interest rates, exchange
rates, competition, consumer confidence, changes in demographics and consumer
preferences. Companies in the consumer discretionary sector depend heavily on
disposable household income and consumer spending, and may be strongly affected
by social trends and marketing campaigns. These companies may be subject to
severe competition, which may have an adverse impact on their
profitability.
◦Consumer
Staples Sector Risk.
The permissibility of using various food additives and production methods, fads,
marketing campaigns, and other factors affecting consumer demand is tied closely
to the performance of companies in this sector. In particular, tobacco companies
may be adversely affected by new laws, regulations, and litigation. The consumer
staples sector may also be adversely affected by changes or trends in commodity
prices, which may be influenced or characterized by unpredictable
factors.
◦Energy
Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the energy sector, and therefore the performance
of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this
sector. The profitability of companies in the energy sector is related to
worldwide energy prices, exploration, and production spending. The value of
securities issued by companies in the energy sector may decline for many
reasons, including, among others, changes in energy prices, government
regulations, energy conservation efforts, natural disasters, and potential civil
liabilities. Such companies are also subject to risks changes in economic
conditions, as well as market and political risks of the countries where energy
companies are located or do business.
◦Health
Care Sector Risk.
Companies in the health care sector are subject to extensive government
regulation and their profitability can be significantly affected by restrictions
on government reimbursement for medical expenses, rising costs of medical
products and services, pricing pressure (including price discounting), limited
product lines and an increased emphasis on the delivery of healthcare through
outpatient services.
◦Information
Technology Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller,
less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market.
Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability.
•Tracking
Error Risk.
As with all index funds, the performance of the Fund and its Index may differ
from each other for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating
expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the Index. In addition,
the Fund may not be fully invested in the securities of the Index at all times
or may hold securities not included in the Index.
Fund
Performance
The following
information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the
Fund. The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance (based on NAV)
for calendar years ended December 31. The table shows how the Fund’s
average annual returns for the one year and since inception periods compared
with those of the Index and a broad measure of market
performance. The Fund’s past performance,
before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will
perform in the future. Updated performance information is
available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com
or by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-877-337-0500.
Calendar Year Total
Return
During
the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest quarterly
return was 3.44% for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 and
the lowest quarterly return
was 0.50% for the quarter ended December 31,
2025.
Average
Annual Total Returns
For
the Period Ended December 31, 2025
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Pacer
US Cash Cows Bond ETF |
1
Year |
Since
Inception
(12/17/2024) |
|
Return
Before Taxes |
7.49% |
5.66% |
|
Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
4.50% |
2.83% |
|
Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Shares |
4.38% |
3.11% |
|
Solactive Pacer US Cash Cows Bond
Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses, or taxes)
|
7.98% |
6.15% |
|
Markit
iBoxx®
USD Liquid Investment Grade Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or
taxes) |
8.03% |
6.26% |
After-tax returns are
calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax
rates during the period covered by the table above and do not reflect the impact
of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an
investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In certain cases, the
figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares” may
be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax
return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an
assumed tax deduction that benefits the investor. After-tax returns shown are
not relevant to investors who hold their Shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or other
tax-advantaged accounts.
Management
Investment
Adviser
Pacer
Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser to the
Fund.
Investment
Sub-Adviser
Vident
Advisory, LLC d/b/a Vident Asset Management (“VA” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves
as investment sub-adviser to the Fund.
Portfolio
Managers
Jim
Iredale, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, Jeff Kernagis, CFA, Senior Portfolio
Manager, and Devin Ryder, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, each of VA, have
primary responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Mr. Iredale and Mr. Kernagis have each been a portfolio manager of the Fund
since the Fund’s inception. Ms. Ryder has been a portfolio manager of the Fund
since January 2026.
Buying
and Selling Fund Shares
The
Fund is an ETF. This means that individual Shares of the Fund may only be
purchased and sold in the secondary market through brokers at market prices,
rather than NAV. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares
may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV
(discount).
The
Fund generally issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares
known as “Creation Units,” which only institutions or large investors may
purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in
exchange for a portfolio of securities (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a
designated amount of U.S. cash that the Fund specifies each day.
Investors
may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer
is willing to pay to purchase Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is
willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Recent information about the Fund,
including its net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask
spreads is available on the Fund’s website at www.PacerETFs.com.
Tax
Information
Fund
distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income, qualified dividend
income, or capital gains (or a combination), unless your investment is in an IRA
or other tax-advantaged retirement account. Distributions may be taxable upon
withdrawal from tax-deferred accounts.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If
you purchase the Fund through a broker or other financial intermediary (such as
a bank), the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and their related companies may pay the
intermediary for activities related to the marketing and promotion of the Fund.
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.
Additional
Information About Each Fund
Investment
Objective.
Each Fund’s investment objective has been adopted as a non-fundamental
investment policy and may be changed without a vote of shareholders upon written
notice to shareholders.
Each
Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment
objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the
applicable Index in the same approximate proportion as in such Index, but may,
when the Adviser believes it is in the best interests of such Fund, use a
“representative sampling” strategy, meaning it may invest in a sample of the
securities in the applicable Index whose risk, return, and other characteristics
closely resemble the risk, return, and other characteristics of the applicable
Index as a whole (e.g.,
when replicating the Index involves practical difficulties or substantial costs,
an Index constituent becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid,
or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations that apply to the Fund but
not to the Index).
Additional
Information about the Indices
Each
Index and Sub-Index are calculated by a third party calculation agent that is
not affiliated with the Funds, the Index Provider, the Adviser, or the Fund’s
distributor. Each such calculation agent shall have no liability for any errors
or omissions in calculating any Index.
Each
Index for which Index Design Group (“IDG”) is the Index Provider is owned by
IDG, an affiliate of the Adviser, and was created and is sponsored by the
Adviser or one of its affiliates.
Pacer
American Energy Infrastructure ETF
SL
Advisors, LLC provides the American Energy Infrastructure Index (the “Energy
Index”) to the Pacer American Energy Infrastructure ETF (“USAI”). SL Advisors,
LLC created and is responsible for maintaining and applying the rules-based
methodology of the Energy Index. The Energy Index is calculated by S&P Opco,
LLC, an independent third-party that is not affiliated with the Funds, the
Adviser, the Funds’ distributor, or any of their respective affiliates. S&P
Opco, LLC provides information to USAI about the Energy Index constituents and
does not provide investment advice with respect to the desirability of investing
in, purchasing, or selling securities.
Pacer
BlueStar Digital Entertainment ETF and Pacer BlueStar Engineering the Future
ETF
Each
Index for the Pacer BlueStar Digital Entertainment ETF and Pacer BlueStar
Engineering the Future ETF was originally developed by BlueStar Indexes, which
was acquired by MV Index Solutions, the current Index Provider to Pacer BlueStar
Funds, in August 2020.
Each
Index for the Pacer BlueStar Funds is calculated by Solactive AG (the “Index
Calculation Agent”), an independent third-party that is not affiliated with the
Adviser. The Index Calculation Agent provides information to a Fund on the
applicable Index constituents and does not provide investment advice with
respect to the desirability of investing in, purchasing, or selling
securities.
BlueStar
Global Online Gambling, Video Gaming, and eSports Index
The
Index is a rules-based index that consists of globally-listed stocks and
depositary receipts of digital entertainment companies, as described below.
Companies eligible to be added to the Index are those that derive at least 50%
of their revenues from the following activities: online gambling platforms or
software related to online gambling; video game development and software related
to the development of video games or hardware such as computer processors and
graphics cards used in video gaming systems, controllers, headsets, and gaming
consoles; and streaming services or video games and/or hardware for use in
eSports events or that are involved in eSports events such as league operators,
teams, distributors and platforms, (collectively, “Digital Entertainment”) as
determined by MV Index Solutions, the Index Provider.
In
the event that the Index would include fewer than 25 companies, the Index will
include Digital Entertainment companies (from largest to smallest based on their
free-float market capitalization) meeting the Investibility Requirements and, if
necessary, add the next largest Digital Entertainment company that does not meet
the Investibility Requirements until there are a minimum of 25 companies in the
Index.
Additionally,
at the time of each rebalance of the Index, the aggregate weight of constituents
with a weight greater than or equal to 5% is limited to 50%, and the weight of
the smallest constituent(s) that would otherwise cause the Index to exceed the
50% threshold and all other constituents with a weight greater than 4.5% but
less than 5% will be set to 4.5%. In addition, the aggregate weight of companies
earning less than 50% of their revenues from Digital Entertainment is capped at
20%.
Companies
listed on the following exchanges are not eligible for inclusion in the Index:
Bahrain, China (domestic market), India, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam exchanges.
BlueStar
Robotics and 3D Printing Index
The
Index is a rules-based index that consists of globally-listed stocks and
depositary receipts of Robotics and 3D Printing Companies as determined by the
Index Provider in accordance with the Index methodology. Robotics and 3D
Printing Companies are those that, at the time of being added to the Index,
derive at least 50% of their revenues from (i) the development of industrial
robots and production systems, automated inventory management, unmanned
vehicles, voice/image/text recognition, and medical robots or robotic
instruments; (ii) 3D printing hardware, 3D printing simulation software, 3D
printing centers, scanning and measurement software, and 3D printing materials;
or (iii) the development of CAD software to aid in the creation, modification,
analysis, or optimization of a design. Current Index constituents that derive at
least 25% of their revenues from one of these activities is eligible to remain
in the Index at each rebalance and reconstitution.
In
the event that the Index would include fewer than 25 companies, the Index will
include Robotics and 3D Printing Companies (from largest to smallest based on
their free-float market capitalization) meeting the Investibility Requirements
and, if necessary, add the next largest Robotics and 3D Printing Company that
does not meet the Investibility Requirements until there are a minimum of 25
companies in the Index.
Additionally,
at the time of each rebalance of the Index, the aggregate weight of constituents
with a weight greater than or equal to 5% is limited to 50%, and the weight of
the smallest constituent(s) that would otherwise cause the Index to exceed the
50% threshold and all other constituents with a weight greater than 4.5% but
less than 5% will be set to 4.5%.
Companies
listed on the following exchanges are not eligible for inclusion in the Index:
Bahrain, China (domestic market), India, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
United Arab Emirates, or Vietnam exchanges.
Pacer
Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF
The
Pacer Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders Index is owned by IDG, an
affiliate of the Adviser, and is calculated by a third-party calculation agent
that is not affiliated with the Fund, IDG, the Adviser or the Fund’s
distributor.
MSCI
Europe, Australasia and Far East (EAFE) Index.
MSCI
is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed
to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the
U.S. & Canada. As of December 31, 2024, the MSCI EAFE Index consists of the
following developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Results include the reinvestment of
dividends after the deduction of withholding tax, applying the tax rate to
non-resident individuals who do not benefit from double taxation
treaties.
Pacer
Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETF
The
Pacer COWZ NDX Rotator Index is owned by IDG, an affiliate of the Adviser, and
is calculated by a third-party calculation agent that is not affiliated with the
Fund, IDG, the Adviser or the Fund’s distributor.
Pacer
Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier 600 ETF
The
Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier Total Return Index - Series 600 is the
property of Metaurus Advisors LLC (“Metaurus”), which has contracted with
Solactive AG to calculate and maintain the Index.
Pacer
Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF
The
Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier Index – Series 400 is the property of
Metaurus, which has contracted with S&P Opco, LLC (a subsidiary of S&P
Dow Jones Indices LLC) to calculate and maintain the Index. The Index is not
sponsored
by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates or its third party licensors,
including Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones Trademark
Holdings LLC (collectively, “S&P Dow Jones Indices”).
Pacer
PE/VC ETF
The
FTSE PE/VC Index is developed and maintained by the FTSE Russell
Group.
Pacer
S&P 500 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF, Pacer S&P MidCap 400 Quality FCF
Aristocrats ETF, and Pacer S&P SmallCap 600 Quality FCF Aristocrats
ETF
Each
Index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices (“SPDJI”)), which is
independent of the Adviser, the Funds, and the Funds’ distributor.
Pacer
Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF
The
Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare Index is based on a proprietary methodology
developed and maintained by Solactive AG. J.H. Whitney Data Services LLC is
responsible for selection of the Index components in accordance with the Index
methodology.
Pacer
US Cash Cows Bond ETF
The
Solactive Pacer US Cash Cows Bond Index is owned by IDG, an affiliate of the
Adviser, and is calculated by a third-party calculation agent that is not
affiliated with the Fund, IDG, the Adviser or the Fund’s
distributor.
Additional
Information about Benchmark Indices
Markit
iBoxx®
USD Liquid Investment Grade Index.
The Markit iBoxx®
USD Liquid Investment Grade Index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated,
investment-grade (as determined by Markit Indices Limited) corporate bonds for
sale in the United States.
MSCI
EAFE Index.
The MSCI EAFE Index is an equity index which captures large and mid cap
representation across 21 developed markets countries around the world, excluding
the United States and Canada. The index covers approximately 85% of the free
float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. As of January 30, 2026,
developed markets countries include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
MSCI
World Index. The
MSCI World Index captures large and mid cap representation across developed
markets countries. The index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted
market capitalization in each country. As of January 30, 2026, developed markets
countries include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United
Kingdom, and the United States.
S&P
500®
Index.
The S&P 500 Index measures the performance of approximately 500 leading
companies in the United States representing approximately 80% of the total U.S.
market capitalization.
S&P
Global 1200 Index.
The S&P Global 1200 Index captures approximately 70% of the world market
cap, covering seven distinct regions and 30 countries. The size of each region
corresponds to its relative size in the global equity market, based on
float-adjusted market value.
S&P
Global Industrials Sector Index.
The S&P Global Industrials Sector Index is designed to measure large- and
mid-cap industrials companies in developed markets, excluding South
Korea.
S&P
MidCap 400 Index.
The S&P MidCap 400 Index measures the performance of approximately 400
mid-sized companies in the United States. As of December 31, 2025, the average
market capitalization of companies in the S&P MidCap 400 Index was $8.8
billion.
S&P
SmallCap 600®
Index.
The S&P SmallCap 600 Index measures the performance of approximately 600
small-size companies in the United States. As of December 31, 2025, the average
market capitalization of companies in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index was $2.7
billion.
Index/Trademark
Licenses/Disclaimers
The
Energy Index is the exclusive property of the SL Advisors, LLC, which has
contracted with S&P Opco, LLC (a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones
Indices) to calculate and maintain the Energy Index. The Energy Index is not
sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices or its affiliates or its third party
licensors. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices, nor any of their affiliates or
third party licensors will be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating
the Energy Index. “Calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices” and the related
stylized mark(s) are service marks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services,
LLC (“SPFS”) and have been licensed for use by S&P Dow Jones Indices and
sublicensed for certain purposes by SL Advisors, LLC.
S&P
Dow Jones Indices will not be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating
an Index. “Calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices” and the related stylized
mark(s) are service marks of S&P Dow Jones Indices and have been licensed
for use by the Adviser or Sub-Adviser. S&P is a registered trademark of
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, and Dow Jones is a registered
trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC.
Additional
Information about the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
This
section provides additional information regarding the principal risks described
under “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in each of the Fund Summaries.
The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding
particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below
is considered a ‘principal risk’ of investing in the Funds, regardless of the
order in which they appear. 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.
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BULD |
QQWZ |
EAFG |
QSIX |
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Methodology |
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Risk |
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Concentration in the Energy Infrastructure Industry Risk |
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Concentration in Digital Entertainment Companies Risk |
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Concentration in Robotics and 3D Printing Companies Risk |
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Exchange Rate Risk |
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Receipt Risk |
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Risk |
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Market Risk |
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Risks |
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Securities Risk |
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Contract Risk |
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| Geographic
Concentration Risk |
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Risks of Investing in Canada |
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Risks of Investing in China |
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Risks Related to Investing in Europe |
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Risks Related to Investing in Japan |
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Obligations Risk |
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Investing Risk |
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Provider Risk |
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| International
Operations Risk |
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| Large-Capitalization
Investing Risk |
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| Limited
Operating History |
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| Mid-Capitalization
Investing Risk |
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Investment Companies Risk |
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Investment Risk |
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Investment Risk |
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Communications Sector Risk |
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Energy Sector Risk |
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Industrials Sector Risk |
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Companies Risk |
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Error Risk |
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PEVC |
LCOW |
MCOW |
SCOW |
FOWF |
MILK |
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and Defense Industry Risk |
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Intelligence Companies Risk |
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Companies Risk |
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Methodology |
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Risk |
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Exchange Rate Risk |
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Technologies Risk |
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Market Risk |
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Income Risk |
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Securities Risk |
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Contract Risk |
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Obligations Risk |
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Operations Risk |
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Investing Risk |
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Computing and Machine Learning Investment Risk |
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Aerospace
and Defense Industry Risk
The
aerospace and defense industry may be significantly affected by government
aerospace and defense regulation, spending policies, and geopolitical stability
because companies involved in this industry rely to a significant extent on U.S.
(and other) government demand for their products and services. The financial
condition of and investor interest in Aerospace and Defense Companies will be
negatively influenced by governmental defense spending policies that, outside
the occurrence of certain events, such as terrorist attacks, war, and other
geopolitical events, are typically under pressure from efforts to control the
U.S. (and other) government budgets. The industry’s reliance on the successful
development and implementation of new defense and aerospace technologies may
result in limited product lines, markets, financial resources, customers, or
personnel, all of which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Products
and technologies may face obsolescence due to rapid technological developments
and frequent new product introduction, and as such, companies may face
unpredictable changes in growth rates, competition for the services of qualified
personnel and competition from foreign competitors with lower production
costs.
Artificial
Intelligence Companies Risk
AI
technologies typically face intense competition and potentially rapid product
obsolescence. AI is heavily dependent on intellectual property rights and may be
adversely affected by loss or impairment of those rights. There can be no
assurance these companies will be able to successfully protect their
intellectual property to prevent the misappropriation of their technology, or
that competitors will not develop technology that is substantially similar or
superior. AI companies typically engage in significant amounts of spending on
research and development, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and there is no
guarantee that the products or services produced by these companies will be
successful. AI companies are potential targets for cyberattacks, which can have
a materially adverse impact on the performance of these companies. In addition,
AI technology could face increasing regulatory scrutiny in the future, which may
limit the development of this technology and impede the growth of companies that
develop and/or utilize this technology.
Biotechnology
Companies Risk
Biotech
companies invest heavily in research and development which may not necessarily
lead to commercially successful products. These companies are also subject to
increased governmental regulation which may delay or inhibit the release of new
products. Many biotech companies are dependent upon their ability to use and
enforce intellectual property rights and patents. Any impairment of such rights
may have adverse financial consequences. Biotech stocks, especially those of
smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall
market. Biotech companies can be significantly affected by technological change
and obsolescence, product liability lawsuits and consequential high insurance
costs.
Calculation
Methodology Risk
A
Fund that seeks to track the performance of an Index is subject to calculation
methodology risk. The Index relies directly or indirectly on various sources of
information to assess the criteria of issuers included in the Index, including
information that may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund,
the Index Provider, or the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser (as applicable) can offer
assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources of information
will provide an accurate assessment of included issuers or a correct valuation
of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or timeliness of the
production of the Index.
Concentration
Risk
Concentration
of investments may increase the risk of loss, including losses due to adverse
occurrences affecting the Fund more than the market as a whole, to the extent
that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in the securities of a particular
issuer or issuers, country, group of countries, region, market, industry, group
of industries, sector or asset class. In addition, at times, an industry or
group of industries in which the Fund is concentrated may be out of favor and
underperform other industries or groups of industries.
•Concentration
in the Energy Infrastructure Industry Risk. The
Index is expected to be concentrated in energy infrastructure companies. When
the Fund focuses its investments in a particular industry or sector, it thereby
presents a more concentrated risk and its performance will be especially
sensitive to developments that significantly affect that industry or group of
industries. In addition, the value of Fund Shares may change at
different
rates compared to the value of shares of a fund with investments in a more
diversified mix of industries. An industry may have above-average performance
during particular periods, but may also move up and down more than the broader
market. The several industries that constitute a sector may all react in the
same way to economic, political, public health, cyber, or regulatory events. The
performance of the Fund could also be affected if the sectors, industries, or
sub-sectors do not perform as expected. Alternatively, the lack of exposure to
one or more sectors or industries may adversely affect performance.
◦Commodity
Price Volatility Risk. The
volatility of energy commodity prices can significantly affect energy companies
due to the impact of prices on the volume of commodities developed, produced,
gathered, and processed. Historically, energy commodity prices have been
cyclical and exhibited significant volatility, which may adversely impact the
value, operations, cash flows, and financial performance of energy companies.
The volatility of energy commodity prices can also indirectly affect certain
entities that operate in the midstream segment of the energy industry due to the
impact of prices on the volume of commodities transported, processed, stored, or
distributed.
Commodity
price fluctuations may be swift and may occur for several reasons, including
changes in global and domestic energy markets, general economic conditions,
consumer demand, the price and level of foreign imports, the impact of weather
on demand, levels of domestic and worldwide supply, levels of production,
domestic and foreign governmental regulation, political instability, acts of war
and terrorism, epidemics or pandemics, the success and costs of exploration
projects, conservation and environmental protection efforts, the availability
and price of alternative energy, taxation, and the availability of local,
intrastate and interstate transportation systems.
◦Supply
and Demand Risk.
A decrease in the exploration, production or development of natural gas, natural
gas liquids (“NGLs”), crude oil, refined petroleum products, or a decrease in
the volume of such commodities, may adversely impact the financial performance
and profitability of energy companies. Production declines and volume decreases
may be caused by various factors, including changes in commodity prices,
oversupply, depletion of resources, declines in estimates of proven reserves,
catastrophic events affecting production, labor difficulties, political events,
production variance from expectations, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (“OPEC”) actions, environmental proceedings, increased regulations,
equipment failures and unexpected maintenance problems or outages, the
inability of energy companies to obtain necessary permits or carry out new
construction or acquisitions, unanticipated expenses, import supply disruption,
increased competition from alternative energy sources, and other events. All of
the above is particularly true for new or emerging areas of supply in North
America that may have limited or no production history. Reductions in or
prolonged periods of low prices for natural gas and crude oil can cause a given
reservoir to become uneconomical for continued production earlier than it would
if prices were higher.
A
sustained decline in or varying demand for such commodities could also adversely
affect the financial performance of energy companies. Factors that could lead to
a decline in demand include economic recession or other adverse economic
conditions, political, public health, cyber, and economic conditions, including
embargoes, in other natural resource producing countries, hostilities in the
Middle East, Eastern Europe, or South America, military campaigns and terrorism,
OPEC actions, higher fuel taxes or governmental regulations, increases in fuel
economy, consumer shifts to the use of alternative fuel sources, exchange rates,
changes in commodity prices, and changes in weather.
In
addition, the profitability of companies engaged in processing and pipeline
activities may be materially impacted by the volume of natural gas or other
energy commodities available for transporting, processing, storing or
distributing. A significant decrease in the production of natural gas, oil, or
other energy commodities, due to a decline in production from existing
facilities, import supply disruption, depressed commodity prices or otherwise,
would reduce revenue and operating income of such entities.
◦Reserve
& Depletion Risk. Energy
companies’ estimates of proven reserves and projected future net revenue are
generally based on internal reserve reports, engineering data, and reports of
independent petroleum engineers. The calculation of estimated reserves requires
subjective estimates of underground
accumulations
and utilizes assumptions concerning future prices, production levels, and
operating and development costs. These estimates and assumptions may prove to be
inaccurate. As a result, estimated quantities of proved reserves, projections of
future production rates, and the timing of related expenditures may likewise
prove to be inaccurate. Any material negative inaccuracies in these reserve
estimates or underlying assumptions may materially lower the value of upstream
energy companies. Future natural gas, NGL, and oil production is highly
dependent upon the success in acquiring or finding additional reserves that are
economically recoverable. This is particularly true for new areas of exploration
and development, such as in North American oil and gas reservoirs, including
shale. A portion of any one upstream company’s assets may be dedicated to crude
oil or natural gas reserves that naturally deplete over time, and a significant
slowdown in the identification or availability of reasonably priced and
accessible proven reserves for these companies could adversely affect their
business.
◦Midstream
and Power Infrastructure Company Risk. The
Fund may be subject to midstream and power infrastructure company risk through
its investments in pipeline-related companies. In addition to the other energy
risks described herein, pipeline companies are subject to particular risks,
including varying demand for crude oil, natural gas, NGLs, or refined products
in the markets served by the pipeline; changes in the availability of products
for gathering, transportation, processing or sale due to natural declines in
reserves and production in the supply areas serviced by the companies’
facilities; sharp decreases in crude oil or natural gas prices that cause
producers to curtail production; reduced capital spending for exploration
activities; or re-contracting at lower rates. Demand for gasoline, which
accounts for a substantial portion of refined product transportation, depends on
price, prevailing economic conditions in the markets served, and demographic and
seasonal factors.
Gathering
and processing companies are subject to many risks, including declines in
production of crude oil and natural gas fields which utilize their gathering and
processing facilities, prolonged depression in the price of natural gas or crude
oil which curtails production due to lack of drilling activity, and declines in
the prices of natural gas liquids and refined petroleum products, resulting in
lower processing or refining margins. In addition, the development of, demand
for, and/or supply of competing forms of energy may negatively impact the
revenues of these companies.
Propane
companies are subject to many risks, including earnings variability based upon
weather patterns in the locations where the company operates and the wholesale
cost of propane sold to end customers. In addition, propane companies are facing
increased competition due to the growing availability of natural gas, fuel oil
and alternative energy sources for residential heating.
Power
infrastructure companies are subject to many risks, including earnings
variability based upon weather patterns in the locations where the company
operates, the change in the demand for electricity, the cost to produce power,
and the regulatory environment. Further, share prices are partly based on the
interest rate environment, the sustainability and potential growth of the
dividend, and the outcome of various rate cases undertaken by the company or a
regulatory body.
◦Operating
Risk. Energy
companies are subject to many operating risks, including: equipment failure
causing outages; structural, maintenance, impairment and safety problems;
transmission or transportation constraints, inoperability or inefficiencies;
dependence on a specified fuel source; changes in electricity and fuel usage;
availability of competitively priced alternative energy sources; changes in
generation efficiency and market heat rates; lack of sufficient capital to
maintain facilities; significant capital expenditures to keep older assets
operating efficiently; seasonality; changes in supply and demand for energy;
catastrophic and/or weather-related events such as spills, leaks, well blowouts,
uncontrollable flows, ruptures, fires, explosions, floods, earthquakes,
hurricanes, discharges of toxic gases and similar occurrences; storage,
handling, disposal and decommissioning costs; and environmental compliance.
Breakdown or failure of an energy company’s operating assets may prevent it from
performing under applicable sales agreements, which in certain situations could
result in termination of the agreement or in the company incurring a liability
for liquidated damages. Because of these operating risks and other potential
hazards, energy companies may be exposed to significant liabilities for which
they may not have
adequate
insurance coverage. Any of the identified risks may have a material adverse
effect on the business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of energy companies.
The
energy industry is cyclical and from time to time may experience a shortage of
drilling rigs, equipment, supplies, or qualified personnel, or, due to
significant demand, such services or equipment may not be available on
commercially reasonable terms. A company’s ability to complete capital
improvements to existing projects or invest in planned capital projects in a
successful and timely manner is dependent upon many variables. Should any such
efforts be unsuccessful, an energy company may be subject to additional costs
and/or the write-off of its investment in the project or improvement. The
marketability of oil and gas production depends in large part on the
availability, proximity and capacity of pipeline systems owned by third parties.
Oil and gas properties are subject to royalty interests, liens and other
burdens, encumbrances, easements or restrictions, all of which may impact the
production of a particular energy company. Oil and gas companies operate in a
highly competitive and cyclical industry, with intense price competition. A
significant portion of their revenues may depend on a relatively small number of
customers, including governmental entities and utilities.
Energy
companies engaged in interstate pipeline transportation of natural gas, refined
petroleum products and other products are subject to regulation by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) with respect to the tariff rates that
these companies may charge for pipeline transportation services. An adverse
determination to an energy company by the FERC with respect to such tariff rates
may have a material adverse effect on that energy company’s business, financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows and on its ability to make cash
distributions to its equity owners.
◦Regulatory
Risk. Energy
companies are subject to regulation by governmental authorities in various
jurisdictions and may be adversely affected by the imposition of special tariffs
and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies, and accounting standards.
Regulation exists with respect to multiple aspects of their operations,
including: reports and permits concerning exploration, drilling, and production;
how facilities are constructed, maintained, and operated; how wells are spaced;
the unitization and pooling of properties; environmental and safety controls,
including emissions release, the reclamation and abandonment of wells and
facility sites, remediation, protection of endangered species, and the discharge
and disposition of waste materials; offshore oil and gas operations; and the
prices energy companies may charge for the oil and gas produced or transported
under federal and state leases and for other products and services. Various
governmental authorities have the power to enforce compliance both with these
regulations and permits issued pursuant to them, and violators may be subject to
administrative, civil and criminal penalties, including fines, injunctions or
both. Stricter laws, regulations, or enforcement policies may be enacted in the
future which increase compliance costs and adversely affect the financial
performance of energy companies. Additionally, legislation has been proposed
that would, if enacted into law, make significant changes to U.S. federal income
tax laws, including the elimination of certain U.S. federal income tax benefits
currently available to oil and gas exploration and production
companies.
The
use of methods such as hydraulic fracturing (described in greater detail below)
may be subject to new or different regulation in the future. Any new state or
federal regulations that may be imposed on hydraulic fracturing could result in
additional permitting and disclosure requirements (including of substances used
in the fracturing process) and in additional operating restrictions. The
imposition of various conditions and restrictions on drilling and completion
operations could lead to operational delays and increased costs and, moreover,
could delay or effectively prevent the development of oil and gas from
formations that would not be economically viable without the use of hydraulic
fracturing.
Energy
infrastructure companies engaged in interstate pipeline transportation of
natural gas, refined petroleum products and other products are subject to
regulation by FERC with respect to tariff rates these companies may charge for
pipeline transportation services. An adverse determination by the FERC with
respect to the tariff rates of an energy infrastructure company could have a
material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows and its ability to make cash distributions to its
equity owners. Certain MLPs regulated by FERC have the right, but not the
obligation, to redeem all their common units held by an investor who is not
subject to U.S. federal income taxation at
market
value, with the purchase price payable in cash or via a three-year
interest-bearing promissory note. Prices for certain electric power companies
are regulated in the U.S. with the intention of protecting the public while
ensuring that the rate of return earned by such companies is sufficient to
attract growth capital and to provide appropriate services. The rates assessed
for these rate-regulated electric power companies by state and local regulators
are generally subject to cost-of-service regulation and annual earnings
oversight. This regulatory treatment does not provide any assurance as to
achievement of earnings levels. Changes in laws or regulations or changes in the
application or interpretation of regulatory provisions in jurisdictions where
electric power companies operate, particularly utilities where electricity
tariffs are subject to regulatory review or approval, could adversely affect
their business. The Fund could become subject to FERC’s jurisdiction if it is
deemed to be a holding company of a public utility company or of a holding
company of a public utility company, and the Fund may be required to aggregate
securities held by the Fund or other funds and accounts managed by the Adviser
and its affiliates. Accordingly, the Fund may be prohibited from buying
securities of a public utility company or of a holding company of any public
utility company or may be forced to divest itself of such securities because of
other holdings by the Fund or other funds or accounts managed by the Adviser and
its affiliates.
◦Environmental
Risk. Energy
company activities are subject to stringent environmental laws and regulation by
many federal, state and local authorities, international treaties and foreign
governmental authorities. A company’s failure to comply with such laws and
regulations or to obtain any necessary environmental permits pursuant to such
laws and regulations may result in the imposition of fines or other sanctions.
Congress and other domestic and foreign governmental authorities have either
considered or implemented various laws and regulations to restrict or tax
certain emissions, particularly those involving air and water emissions.
Existing environmental regulations may be revised or reinterpreted, new laws and
regulations may be adopted or become applicable, and future changes in
environmental laws and regulations may occur, each of which could impose
significant additional costs on energy companies. Energy companies have made and
will likely continue to make significant capital and other expenditures to
comply with these and other environmental laws and regulations. There can be no
assurance that such companies will be able to recover all or any increased
environmental costs from their customers or that their business, financial
condition or results of operations will not be materially and adversely affected
by such expenditures or by any changes in domestic or foreign environmental laws
and regulations, in which case the value of these companies’ securities could be
adversely affected. Energy companies may not be able to obtain or maintain all
required environmental regulatory approvals. If there is a delay in obtaining
any required environmental regulatory approvals or if an energy company fails to
obtain, maintain or comply with any such approval, the operation of its
facilities could be stopped or become subject to additional costs. In addition,
energy companies may be responsible for environmentally-related liabilities,
including any on-site liabilities associated with the environmental condition of
facilities that it has acquired, leased or developed, or liabilities from
associated activities, regardless of when the liabilities arose and whether they
are known or unknown.
Hydraulic
fracturing is a common practice used to stimulate production of natural gas
and/or oil from dense subsurface rock formations such as shales that generally
exist several thousand feet below ground. Some energy companies commonly apply
hydraulic-fracturing techniques in onshore oil and natural gas drilling and
completion programs. The process involves the injection of water, sand, and
additives under pressure into a targeted subsurface formation. The water and
pressure create fractures in the rock formations, which are held open by grains
of sand, enabling the oil or natural gas to flow to the wellbore. The use of
hydraulic fracturing may produce certain wastes that may in the future be
designated as hazardous wastes and become subject to more rigorous and costly
compliance and disposal requirements. In addition, the Department of Energy is
conducting an investigation into practices the agency could recommend to better
protect the environment from drilling using hydraulic fracturing completion
methods, and the Department of the Interior has proposed disclosure, well
testing and monitoring requirements for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands.
The White House Council on Environmental Quality and a committee of the US House
of Representatives are reviewing hydraulic-fracturing practices,
and
legislation has been introduced in Congress to provide for federal regulation of
hydraulic fracturing and to require disclosure of the chemicals used in the
fracturing process. Some states have also adopted, and other states are
considering adopting, regulations that impose more stringent permitting,
disclosure and well construction requirements on hydraulic fracturing
operations. Additional regulations may be imposed that would, among other
things, limit injection of oil and gas well wastewater into underground disposal
wells, because of concerns about the possibility of minor earthquakes being
linked to such injection, an indirect byproduct to drilling unique to certain
geographic regions. If new laws or regulations that significantly restrict
hydraulic fracturing or associated activity are adopted, such laws may make it
more difficult or costly for energy companies to perform fracturing to stimulate
production from tight formations, which might adversely affect their production
levels, operations, and cash flow, as well as the value of such companies’
securities.
◦Climate
Change Regulation Risk. Climate
change regulation may result in increased operations and capital costs for the
companies in which the Fund invests. Voluntary initiatives and mandatory
controls have been adopted or are being discussed both in the U.S. and worldwide
to reduce emissions of “greenhouse gases” such as carbon dioxide, a by-product
of burning fossil fuels, which some scientists and policymakers believe
contribute to global climate change. These current and future measures may
result in certain companies in which the Fund invests incurring increased costs
to operate and maintain facilities and to administer and manage a greenhouse gas
emissions program, which in turn may reduce demand for fuels that generate
greenhouse gases that are produced or managed or produced by such
companies.
◦Terrorism
Risk. Energy
companies, and the market for their securities, are subject to disruption as a
result of terrorism-related risks. These include terrorist activities, such as
the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; wars, such as the wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq and their aftermath; and other geopolitical events, including upheaval
in the Middle East and other energy producing regions. Cyber hacking may also
cause significant disruption and harm to energy companies. The U.S. government
has issued warnings that energy industry assets, including exploration and
production facilities as well as pipelines and transmission and distribution
facilities, may be specific targets for terrorist activity. Such events have
led, and in the future may lead, to short-term market volatility, and may also
have long-term effects on companies in the energy industry and the market price
of their securities. Such events may also adversely affect the business and
financial condition of particular companies in which the Fund
invests.
◦Natural
Disaster Risk. Natural
risks, such as earthquakes, flood, lightning, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes
and wind, are inherent risks in energy company operations. Such natural
disasters have in the past resulted in and may in the future cause substantial
damage to the facilities of certain companies located in the affected areas,
created significant volatility in the supply of energy, and adversely impacted
the prices of certain energy company securities. Future natural disasters, or
even the threat thereof, may result in similar volatility and may adversely
affect commodity prices and earnings of energy companies in which the Fund
invests.
◦Capital
Markets Risk. Global
financial markets and economic conditions have been, and may continue to be,
volatile due to a variety of factors, including significant write-offs in the
financial services sector. In volatile times, the cost of raising capital in the
debt and equity capital markets, and the ability to raise capital, may be
impacted. In particular, concerns about the general stability of financial
markets and specifically the solvency of lending counterparties, may impact the
cost of raising capital from the credit markets through increased interest
rates, tighter lending standards, difficulties in refinancing debt on existing
terms or at all and reduced, or in some cases ceasing to provide, funding to
borrowers. In addition, lending counterparties under existing revolving credit
facilities and other debt instruments may be unwilling or unable to meet their
funding obligations. As a result of any of the foregoing, energy companies may
be unable to obtain new debt or equity financing on acceptable terms. If funding
is not available when needed, or is available only on unfavorable terms, energy
companies may not be able to meet obligations as they come due. Moreover,
without adequate funding, energy companies may be unable to execute their growth
strategies, complete future acquisitions, take advantage of other business
opportunities
or respond to competitive pressures, any of which could have a material adverse
effect on their revenues and results of operations.
Rising
interest rates could limit the capital appreciation of equity units of energy
companies as a result of the increased availability of alternative investments
at competitive yields. Rising interest rates may increase the cost of capital
for energy companies. A higher cost of capital or an inflationary period may
lead to inadequate funding, which could limit growth from acquisition or
expansion projects, the ability of such entities to make or grow dividends or
distributions or meet debt obligations, the ability to respond to competitive
pressures, all of which could adversely affect the prices of their
securities.
•Concentration
in Digital Entertainment Companies Risk. Companies
in the business of betting or online gambling include those directly engaged in
casino operations, race track operations, sports and horse race betting
operations, and online betting operations. Online Gambling Companies face
intense competition and are highly regulated. These companies face regulatory
challenges and heightened competition as more states begin to allow betting and
online gambling activities.
eSports
Companies are subject to intense global competition and may be smaller companies
with limited product lines, markets, financial resources, or personnel. Such
companies may be heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights
and may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from
cyber-attacks and/or technological malfunctions. eSports Companies may have
products that face rapid obsolescence and may be dependent on one or a small
number of products or product franchises for a significant portion of their
revenue and profits. They may also be subject to shifting consumer preferences,
including preferences with respect to gaming console platforms and other forms
of entertainment, and changes in consumer discretionary spending, all of which
may change rapidly and cannot necessarily be predicted. eSports Companies are
also subject to increasing regulatory constraints, particularly with respect to
cybersecurity and privacy, and may be subject to sophisticated intellectual
property infringement schemes and piracy efforts.
•Concentration
in Robotics and 3D Printing Companies Risk.
The
Robotics and 3D Printing industry can be significantly affected by intense
competition, aggressive pricing, technological innovations, and product
obsolescence. Companies in the software industry are subject to significant
competitive pressures, such as aggressive pricing, new market entrants,
competition for market share, short product cycles due to an accelerated rate of
technological developments and the potential for limited earnings and/or falling
profit margins. These companies also face the risks that new services, equipment
or technologies will not be accepted by consumers and businesses or will become
rapidly obsolete. These factors can affect the profitability of these companies
and, as a result, the value of their securities. Also, patent protection is
integral to the success of many companies in this industry, and profitability
can be affected materially by, among other things, the cost of obtaining (or
failing to obtain) patent approvals, the cost of litigating patent infringement
and the loss of patent protection for products (which significantly increases
pricing pressures and can materially reduce profitability with respect to such
products). In addition, many software companies have limited operating
histories. Prices of these companies’ securities historically have been more
volatile than other securities, especially over the short term.
Currency
Exchange Rate Risk
Changes
in currency exchange rates and the relative value of non-U.S. currencies will
affect the value of the Fund’s investments and the value of your Shares. Because
the Fund’s NAV is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar value
of your investment in the Fund may go down if the value of the local currency of
the non-U.S. markets in which the Fund invests depreciates against the U.S.
dollar. This is true even if the local currency value of securities in the
Fund’s holdings goes up. Conversely, the dollar value of your investment in the
Fund may go up if the value of the local currency appreciates against the U.S.
dollar. The value of the U.S. dollar measured against other currencies is
influenced by a variety of factors. These factors include, among others:
national debt levels and trade deficits, changes in balances of payments and
trade, domestic and foreign interest and inflation rates, global or regional
political, public health, cyber, economic or financial events, monetary policies
of governments, actual or potential government intervention, epidemics, and
global energy prices. Political instability, the possibility of government
intervention and restrictive or opaque business and investment policies may also
reduce the value of a country’s currency. Government monetary policies and the
buying or selling of currency by a country’s government may also influence
exchange rates. Currency exchange rates can be very
volatile
and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an
investment in the Fund may change quickly and without warning, and you may lose
money.
Depositary
Receipt Risk
Depositary
Receipts involve risks similar to those associated with investments in foreign
securities, such as changes in political or economic conditions of other
countries and changes in the exchange rates of foreign currencies. Depositary
Receipts listed on U.S. exchanges are issued by banks or trust companies and
entitle the holder to all dividends and capital gains that are paid out on the
underlying foreign shares (“Underlying Shares”). When a Fund invests in
Depositary Receipts as a substitute for an investment directly in the Underlying
Shares, the Fund is exposed to the risk that the Depositary Receipts may not
provide a return that corresponds precisely with that of the Underlying
Shares.
Derivatives
Risk
The
performance of derivative instruments depends largely on the performance of an
underlying asset, and derivatives often have risks similar to the underlying
instrument, in addition to other risks. Derivatives involve costs and can create
economic leverage in the Fund’s portfolio which may result in significant
volatility and cause the Fund to participate in losses (as well as gains) in an
amount that significantly exceeds the Fund’s initial investment. The Fund
intends to collateralize its derivatives exposure to offset any embedded
leverage. Other risks include illiquidity, mispricing or improper valuation of
the derivative, and imperfect correlation between the value of the derivative
and the underlying instrument so that the Fund may not realize the intended
benefits. Should a market or markets, or prices of particular classes of
investments move in an unexpected manner, especially in unusual or extreme
market conditions, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the
transaction, and it may realize losses, which could be significant.
Other
risks include the inability to close out a position because the trading market
becomes illiquid. In addition, the presence of speculators in a particular
market could lead to price distortions. To the extent that the Fund is unable to
close out a position because of market illiquidity, the Fund may not be able to
prevent further losses of value in its derivatives holdings and the Fund’s
liquidity may be impaired to the extent that it has a substantial portion of its
otherwise liquid assets marked as segregated to cover its obligations under such
derivative instruments. Some derivatives can be particularly sensitive to
changes in market prices. Investors should bear in mind that, while the Fund
intends to use derivative strategies on a regular basis, it is not obligated to
actively engage in these transactions, generally or in any particular kind of
derivative, if Metaurus elects not to do so due to availability, cost or other
factors.
Diversification
Risk
A
Fund may become “non‑diversified” solely as a result of a change in the relative
market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the
Index. A non‑diversified fund is permitted to invest a larger percentage of its
assets in fewer issuers than diversified funds. This increased investment in
fewer issuers may make the Fund more susceptible to adverse developments
affecting any single issuer held in its portfolio and may be more susceptible to
greater losses because of these developments.
Dividends
Risk
There
can be no assurance that a dividend-paying company will continue to make regular
dividend payments. The ability for a company to pay dividends is dependent on
the economic climate and the companies’ current earnings and capital resources.
Changes in economic conditions or a company’s earnings or financial resources
could cause a company to reduce its dividend payments or suspend the payment of
dividends altogether. The possibility that such companies could reduce or
eliminate the payment of dividends in the future, especially if the companies
are facing an economic downturn, could negatively affect the Fund’s
performance.
Emerging
Technologies Risk
The
Fund invests primarily to gain exposure to emerging technologies in accordance
with the Index. Companies across a wide variety of industries, primarily in the
technology sector, are exploring the possible applications of these
technologies. The extent of such technologies’ versatility has not yet been
fully explored. Consequently, the Fund’s holdings may include equity securities
of operating companies that have exposure to a wide variety of industries, and
the economic fortunes of certain companies held by the Fund may be significantly
tied to such industries. Currently, there are few public companies for which
these emerging technologies represent an attributable and significant revenue or
profit stream, and
such
technologies may not ultimately have a material effect on the economic returns
of companies in which the Fund invests.
Equity
Market Risk
Equity
securities may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods
of decline in value. This may occur because of factors that affect securities
markets generally or factors affecting specific industries, sectors or
companies. Common stocks are generally exposed to greater risk than other types
of securities, such as preferred stock and debt obligations, because common
stockholders generally have inferior rights to receive payment from issuers.
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. These investor perceptions are based on
various and unpredictable factors including, among others: expectations
regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal policies; inflation and
interest rates; economic expansion or contraction; and global or regional
political, public health, cyber, economic and banking crises. If you held common
stock, or common stock equivalents, of any given issuer, you would generally be
exposed to greater risk than if you held preferred stocks and debt obligations
of the issuer 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. Other conditions affecting the general economy, including
political, public health, cyber, or economic instability at the local, regional,
or global level and pandemics, epidemics, or other similar circumstances in one
or more countries or regions may also affect the market value of a security.
Beginning
in the first quarter of 2020, financial markets in the United States and around
the world experienced extreme and, in many cases, unprecedented volatility and
severe losses due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, a novel
coronavirus. The pandemic has resulted in a wide range of social and economic
disruptions, including closed borders, voluntary or compelled quarantines of
large populations, stressed healthcare systems, reduced or prohibited domestic
or international travel, and supply chain disruptions affecting the United
States and many other countries. Some sectors of the economy and individual
issuers have experienced particularly large losses as a result of these
disruptions, and such disruptions may continue for an extended period of time or
reoccur in the future to a similar or greater extent. It is unknown how long
circumstances related to the pandemic will persist, whether they will reoccur in
the future, whether efforts to support the economy and financial markets will be
successful, and what additional implications may follow from the pandemic. The
impact of these events and other epidemics or pandemics in the future could
adversely affect Fund performance.
ETF
Risks
The
Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, is exposed to the
following risks:
•APs,
Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The
Fund may have a limited number of financial institutions that may act as 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 of the Fund may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly
face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to
process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to
perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers
exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other
entities step forward to perform their functions.
•Cash
Redemption Risk. To
the extent the Fund’s investment strategy requires it to redeem Shares for cash
or to otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds, the Fund may be
required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to
distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to recognize a capital
gain that it might not have recognized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a
result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if
the in-kind redemption process was used.
•Costs
of Buying or Selling Shares. 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 at which an investor is willing to buy 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, and is generally lower if Shares
have more trading volume and market liquidity and higher if Shares have little
trading volume and market liquidity. Further, a relatively small investor base
in the Fund, asset swings in the Fund and/or increased market volatility may
cause increased bid/ask spreads. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares,
including bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce
investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for
investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
•Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV.
As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at
market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will
approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares
is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day
(discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market
volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of
steep market declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for
Shares in the secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be
significant. Certain securities held by the Fund may trade on foreign exchanges
that are closed when the Fund’s primary listing exchange is open, and the Fund
may experience premiums and discounts greater than those of ETFs that hold
securities that are traded only in the United States.
•Trading.
Although Shares are listed for trading on the Exchange and may be listed or
traded on U.S. and non-U.S. stock exchanges other than the Exchange, there can
be no assurance that an active trading market for such Shares will develop or be
maintained. Trading in Shares may be halted due to market conditions or for
reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable.
In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange is subject to trading halts
caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to each Exchange’s “circuit
breaker” rules, which temporarily halt trading on such Exchange when a decline
in the S&P 500 Index during a single day reaches certain thresholds (e.g.,
7%, 13%, and 20%). Additional rules applicable to the Exchange may halt trading
in Shares when extraordinary volatility causes sudden, significant swings in the
market price of Shares. There can be no assurance that Shares will trade with
any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the
liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying
portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than
Shares.
Fixed
Income Risk
The
value of direct or indirect investments in fixed income securities will
fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates
causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities. On the other hand, if
rates fall, the value of the fixed income securities generally increases. In
general, the market price of fixed income securities with longer maturities will
increase or decrease more in response to changes in interest rates than
shorter-term securities. In recent periods, governmental financial regulators,
including the U.S. Federal Reserve, have taken steps to increase interest rates.
Changes in government intervention may have adverse effects on investments,
volatility, and illiquidity in debt markets.
◦Call
Risk.
During periods of falling interest rates, an issuer of a callable bond held by
the Fund may “call” or repay the security before its stated maturity, and the
Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in securities with lower yields, which
would result in a decline in the Fund’s income, or in securities with greater
risks or with other less favorable features.
◦Credit
Risk.
Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not be
able to make principal and interest payments when due. Changes in an issuer’s
credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may
also affect the value of the Underlying Investment’s investment in that issuer.
The degree of credit risk depends on both the financial condition of the issuer
and the terms of the obligation.
◦Event
Risk.
Event risk is the risk that corporate issuers may undergo restructurings, such
as mergers, leveraged buyouts, takeovers, or similar events financed by
increased debt. As a result of the added debt, the credit quality and market
value of a company’s bonds and/or other debt securities may decline
significantly.
◦Extension
Risk.
When interest rates rise, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor
more slowly than anticipated, causing the value of these securities to fall.
Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of
securities,
making them more sensitive to future changes in interest rates. The value of
longer-term securities generally changes more in response to changes in interest
rates than the value of shorter-term securities. As a result, in a period of
rising interest rates, securities may exhibit additional volatility and may lose
value.
◦Interest
Rate Risk.
Generally, the value of fixed income securities will change inversely with
changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market value of fixed
income securities tends to decrease. Conversely, as interest rates fall, the
market value of fixed income securities tends to increase. This risk will be
greater for long-term securities than for short-term securities. An Underlying
Investment may take steps to attempt to reduce the exposure of its portfolio to
interest rate changes; however, there can be no guarantee that the Fund will
take such actions or that the Fund will be successful in reducing the impact of
interest rate changes on the portfolio. Changes in government intervention may
have adverse effects on investments, volatility, and illiquidity in debt
markets.
◦Prepayment
Risk.
When interest rates fall, certain obligations will be paid off by the obligor
more quickly than originally anticipated, and the Fund may have to invest the
proceeds in securities with lower yields. In periods of falling interest rates,
the rate of prepayments tends to increase (as does price fluctuation) as
borrowers are motivated to pay off debt and refinance at new lower rates. During
such periods, reinvestment of the prepayment proceeds by the management team
will generally be at lower rates of return than the return on the assets that
were prepaid. Prepayment reduces the yield to maturity and the average life of
the security.
Foreign
Securities Risk
Investments
in foreign securities involve certain risks that may not be present with
investments in U.S. securities. For example, investments in foreign securities
may be subject to risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations or to
political or economic instability. There may be less information publicly
available about a foreign issuer than a U.S. issuer. Foreign issuers may be
subject to different accounting, auditing, financial reporting and investor
protection standards than U.S. issuers. Investments in foreign securities may be
subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject to additional trading,
settlement, custodial, and operational risks. With respect to certain countries,
there is the possibility of government intervention and expropriation or
nationalization of assets. Because legal systems differ, there is also the
possibility that it will be difficult to obtain or enforce legal judgments in
certain countries. Since foreign exchanges may be open on days when the Fund
does not price its Shares, the value of foreign securities or an Underlying ETF
holding foreign securities may change on days when shareholders will not be able
to purchase or sell Shares. Conversely, Shares may trade on days when foreign
exchanges are closed. Each of these factors can make investments in the Fund
more volatile and potentially less liquid than other types of
investments.
Futures
Contract Risk
The
successful use of futures contracts draws upon the Adviser or Sub-Adviser’s, as
applicable, skill and experience with respect to such instruments and is subject
to special risk considerations. The primary risks associated with the use of
futures contracts, which may adversely affect the Fund’s NAV and total return,
are (a) the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the
instruments held by the Fund and the price of the futures contract; (b) possible
lack of a liquid secondary market for a futures contract and the resulting
inability to close a futures contract when desired; (c) the possibility that the
counterparty will default in the performance of its obligations; and (d) if the
Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to
meet daily variation margin requirements, and the Fund may have to sell
securities at a time when it maybe disadvantageous to do so. The S&P
Dividend Futures held by the Fund only reflect ordinary dividends paid on the
common stocks included in the S&P 500. Any special dividends paid by a
company will not be reflected in the settlement value of the S&P Dividend
Futures. A special dividend is a non-recurring dividend distributed by a company
that is separate from the regular cycle of dividends and may be larger than a
company’s typical dividend payment, such as the spin-off of assets of the
company being distributed to shareholders. The Fund may not perform as well if
the actual future growth in dividends paid on common stocks is below the
expected growth in dividends, as reflected in the market prices at which the
Fund buys the S&P Dividend Futures.
Geographic
Concentration Risk
A
Fund may be subject to geographic concentration risk, which is the chance that
world events—such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural
disasters—will adversely affect the value of securities issued by companies in
foreign countries or regions. Because a Fund may invest a large portion of its
assets in securities of companies located in any one country or region, the
Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of its
investments in that area.
•Risks
of Investing in China. The
Chinese economy is subject to a considerable degree of economic, political and
social instability:
◦Political
and Social Risk: The
Chinese government is authoritarian and has periodically used force to suppress
civil dissent. Disparities of wealth and the pace of economic liberalization may
lead to social turmoil, violence and labor unrest. In addition, China continues
to experience disagreements related to integration with Hong Kong and religious
and nationalist disputes in Tibet and Xinjiang. There is also a greater risk in
China than in many other countries of currency fluctuations, currency
convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation as a
result of internal social unrest or conflicts with other countries.
Unanticipated political or social developments may result in sudden and
significant investment losses. China’s growing income inequality and worsening
environmental conditions also are factors that may affect the Chinese economy.
China is also vulnerable economically to the impact of a public health crisis,
which could depress consumer demand, reduce economic output, and potentially
lead to market closures, travel restrictions, and quarantines, all of which
would negatively impact China’s economy and could affect the economies of its
trading partners.
◦Government
Control and Regulations:
The Chinese government has implemented significant economic reforms in order to
liberalize trade policy, promote foreign investment in the economy, reduce
government control of the economy and develop market mechanisms. There can be no
assurance these reforms will continue or that they will be effective. Despite
recent reform and privatizations, significant regulation of investment and
industry is still pervasive, and the Chinese government may restrict foreign
ownership of Chinese corporations and/or repatriate assets. Chinese markets
generally continue to experience inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies
that may be connected to governmental influence, a lack of publicly-available
information and/or political and social instability.
◦Economic
Risk:
The Chinese economy has grown rapidly during the past several years and there is
no assurance that this growth rate will be maintained. In fact, the Chinese
economy may experience a significant slowdown as a result of, among other
things, a deterioration in global demand for Chinese exports, as well as
contraction in spending on domestic goods by Chinese consumers. In addition,
China may experience substantial rates of inflation or economic recessions,
which would have a negative effect on the economy and securities market. Delays
in enterprise restructuring, slow development of well-functioning financial
markets and widespread corruption have also hindered performance of the Chinese
economy. China continues to receive substantial pressure from trading partners
to liberalize official currency exchange rates. Chinese companies are subject to
the risk that the U.S. government or other governments may sanction Chinese
issuers or otherwise prohibit U.S. persons or funds from investing in certain
Chinese issuers and a lack of transparency with respect to economic activity and
transactions in China. Recent developments in relations between the United
States and China have heightened concerns of increased tariffs and restrictions
on trade between the two countries. It is unclear whether further tariffs and
sanctions may be imposed or other escalating actions may be taken in the future.
◦Expropriation
Risk: The
Chinese government maintains a major role in economic policymaking, and
investing in China involves risk of loss due to expropriation, nationalization,
confiscation of assets and property, or the imposition of restrictions on
foreign investments and on repatriation of capital invested.
◦Hong
Kong Political Risk:
Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997 as a Special
Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC under the principle of “one country, two
systems.” Although China is obligated to maintain the current capitalist
economic and social system of Hong Kong through June 30, 2047, the
continuation of economic and social freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong is dependent
on the
government
of China. Any attempt by China to tighten its control over Hong Kong’s
political, economic, legal or social policies may result in an adverse effect on
Hong Kong’s markets. In addition, the Hong Kong dollar trades at a fixed
exchange rate in relation to (or, is “pegged” to) the U.S. dollar, which has
contributed to the growth and stability of the Hong Kong economy. However, it is
uncertain how long the currency peg will continue or what effect the
establishment of an alternative exchange rate system would have on the Hong Kong
economy. Because the Fund’s NAV is denominated in U.S. dollars, the
establishment of an alternative exchange rate system could result in a decline
in the Fund’s NAV.
•Risks
Related to Investing in Europe.
The economies of Europe are highly dependent on each other, both as key trading
partners and as in many cases as fellow members maintaining the euro. Reduction
in trading activity among European countries may cause an adverse impact on each
nation’s individual economies. European countries that are part of the Economic
and Monetary Union of the EU are required to comply with restrictions on
inflation rates, deficits, interest rates, debt levels, and fiscal and monetary
controls, each of which may significantly affect every country in Europe.
Decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental or EU regulations on
trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro, the default or threat of
default by an EU member country on its sovereign debt, and recessions in an EU
member country may have a significant adverse effect on the economies of EU
member countries and their trading partners. Recent market events affecting
several of the EU member countries have adversely affected the sovereign debt
issued by those countries, and ultimately may lead to a decline in the value of
the euro. A significant decline in the value of the euro may produce
unpredictable effects on trade and commerce generally and could lead to
increased volatility in financial markets worldwide.
The
United Kingdom (“UK”) formally exited from the EU on January 31, 2020 (known as
“Brexit”), and effective December 31, 2020, the UK ended a transition period
during which it continued to abide by the EU’s rules and the UK’s trade
relationships with the EU were generally unchanged. Following this transition
period, the impact on the UK and European economies and the broader global
economy could be significant, resulting in negative impacts, such as increased
volatility and illiquidity, potentially lower economic growth on markets in the
UK, Europe, and globally, and changes in legal and regulatory regimes to which
certain Fund assets are or become subject, any of which may adversely affect the
value of Fund investments.
The
effects of Brexit will depend, in part, on agreements the UK negotiates to
retain access to EU markets, including, but not limited to, current trade and
finance agreements. Brexit could lead to legal and tax uncertainty and
potentially divergent national laws and regulations, as the UK determines which
EU laws to replace or replicate. The extent of the impact of the withdrawal
negotiations in the UK and in global markets, as well as any associated adverse
consequences, remain unclear, and the uncertainty may have a significant
negative effect on the value of a Fund investments. If one or more other
countries were to exit the EU or abandon the use of the euro as a currency, the
value of investments tied to those countries or the euro could decline
significantly and unpredictably.
Russia’s
invasion of the Ukraine, and corresponding events in late February 2022, have
had, and could continue to have, severe adverse effects on regional and global
economic markets for securities and commodities. Moreover, this event has had an
adverse effect on global markets performance and liquidity. The duration of
ongoing hostilities and the vast array of sanctions and related events cannot be
predicted. Those events present material uncertainty and risk with respect to
markets globally and the performance of the Funds and their investments or
operations could be negatively impacted.
•Risks
Related to Investing in Japan. The
Japanese economy may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political
and social instability, which could have a negative impact on Japanese
securities. Since the year 2000, Japan’s economic growth rate has remained
relatively low and it may remain low in the future. In addition, Japan is
subject to the risk of natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanoes,
typhoons and tsunamis. Additionally, decreasing U.S. imports, new trade
regulations, changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rates, a recession in the
United States or continued increases in foreclosure rates may have an adverse
impact on the economy of Japan. Japan also has few natural resources, and any
fluctuation or shortage in the commodity markets could have a negative impact on
Japanese securities.
•Canada-Specific
Risk.
The Canadian economy is reliant on the sale of natural resources and
commodities, which can pose risks such as the fluctuation of prices and the
variability of demand for exportation of such products. Changes in spending on
Canadian products by the economies of other countries or changes in any of these
economies may cause a significant impact on the Canadian economy.
Government
Obligations Risk
The
Fund may invest in securities issued by the U.S. government. The total public
debt of the United States as a percentage of gross domestic product has grown
rapidly since the beginning of the 2008-2009 financial downturn. Although high
debt levels do not necessarily indicate or cause economic problems, they may
create certain systemic risks if sound debt management practices are not
implemented. A high national debt can raise concerns that the U.S. government
will not be able to make principal or interest payments when they are due. This
increase has also necessitated the need for the U.S. Congress to negotiate
adjustments to the statutory debt limit to increase the cap on the amount the
U.S. government is permitted to borrow to meet its existing obligations and
finance current budget deficits. In August 2011, S&P lowered its long-term
sovereign credit rating on the U.S. In explaining the downgrade at that time,
S&P cited, among other reasons, controversy over raising the statutory debt
limit and growth in public spending. On August 2, 2019, following passage by
Congress, the President of the United States signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2019, which suspends the statutory debt limit through July 31, 2021. Any
controversy or ongoing uncertainty regarding the statutory debt limit
negotiations may impact the U.S. long-term sovereign credit rating and may cause
market uncertainty. As a result, market prices and yields of securities
supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government may be adversely
affected.
Growth
Investing Risk
Growth
companies are those that a portfolio manager believes have the potential for
above average or rapid growth but may be subject to greater price volatility
than “undervalued” companies, for example. A smaller company with a promising
product and/or operating in a dynamic field may have greater potential for rapid
earnings growth than a larger one. Additionally, many companies in certain
market sectors like health care and technology are faster-growing companies with
limited operating histories and greater business risks, and their potential
profitability may be dependent on regulatory approval of their products or
developments affecting those sectors, which increases the volatility of these
companies’ securities prices and could have an adverse impact upon the
companies’ future growth and profitability.
High
Portfolio Turnover Risk
At
times, a Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. However, SEC rules regarding the calculation of a Fund’s portfolio
turnover rate require the Fund to exclude the effect of certain transactions,
such as the in-kind receipt or delivery of securities, and consequently, the
Fund may report a portfolio turnover rate substantially less than 100%. A high
portfolio turnover rate would result in correspondingly greater transaction
costs, including brokerage commissions, dealer markups and other transaction
costs on the sale of securities and on reinvestment in other securities and 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 Risk
High
yield securities (or “junk bonds”) entail greater risk of loss of principal
because of their greater exposure to credit risk. High yield debt obligations
are speculative investments and may also be less liquid than higher quality
securities, and may cause income and principal losses for the Fund. The market
for high yield securities is generally thinner and less active than the market
for higher quality securities. If there is a “flight to safety,” the market’s
perception of “high yield” securities may turn negative, and these types of
securities may become classified as “high risk.” Consequently, high yield
securities and loans entail greater risk of loss of principal than securities
and loans that are investment grade rated. Investment in or exposure to high
yield (lower rated) debt instruments (also known as “junk bonds”) may involve
greater levels of interest rate, credit, liquidity and valuation risk than for
higher rated instruments. High yield debt instruments may be sensitive to
economic changes, political changes, or adverse developments specific to a
company. These securities are subject to greater risk of loss, greater
sensitivity to interest rate and economic changes, valuation difficulties, and a
potential lack of a secondary or public market for securities. High yield debt
instruments are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the
issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments and,
therefore, such
instruments
generally involve greater risk of default or price changes than higher rated
debt instruments. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could
adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce market liquidity
(liquidity risk). Less active markets may diminish the Fund’s ability to obtain
accurate market quotations when valuing the portfolio securities and thereby
give rise to valuation risk. As a result, the value of the Fund may be subject
to greater volatility than other funds, and the Fund may be exposed to greater
tracking error risk (described below) than other funds.
Index
Provider Risk
There
is no assurance that the Index Provider or any agents that act on its behalf,
will compile an Index accurately, or that an Index will be determined,
maintained, constructed, rebalanced, calculated or disseminated accurately. Each
Fund relies upon the Index Provider and its agents to compile, determine,
maintain, construct, rebalance, calculate (or arrange for an agent to
calculate), and disseminate each Index accurately. Any losses or costs
associated with errors made by the Index Provider or its agents generally will
be borne by the Fund and its shareholders. To correct any such error, the Index
Provider or its agents may carry out an unscheduled rebalance of an Index or
other modification of Index constituents or weightings. When the Fund in turn
rebalances its portfolio, any transaction costs and market exposure arising from
such portfolio rebalancing will be borne by the Fund and its shareholders.
Because the Index includes international securities, the Index Provider may have
limited information or may be more prone to mistakes based on the data available
and such mistakes may have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance, which may
increase the risks to the Fund. Unscheduled rebalances also expose the Fund to
additional tracking error risk. Errors in respect of the quality, accuracy, and
completeness of the data used to compile the Index may occur from time to time
and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of
time or at all, particularly where the Index is less commonly used as a
benchmark by funds or advisors. The Index Provider and its agents rely on
various sources of information to assess the criteria of issuers included in the
Index, including information that may be based on assumptions and
estimates.
International
Operations Risk
Investments
in companies with significant business operations outside of the United States
may involve certain risks that may not be present with investments in U.S.
companies. For example, international operations may be subject to risk of loss
due to foreign currency fluctuations; changes in foreign political and economic
environments, regionally, nationally, and locally; challenges of complying with
a wide variety of foreign laws, including corporate governance, operations,
taxes, and litigation; differing lending practices; differences in cultures;
changes in applicable laws and regulations in the United States that affect
international operations; changes in applicable laws and regulations in foreign
jurisdictions; difficulties in managing international operations; and obstacles
to the repatriation of earnings and cash. These and other factors can make an
investment in the Fund more volatile than other types of
investments.
Large-Capitalization
Investing
Risk
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. Large-capitalization companies may also be unable to respond
quickly to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and
consumer tastes.
Limited
Operating History
A
recently organized management investment company with limited operating history
subjects prospective investors to a limited track record on which to base their
investment decision. An investment in a Fund may therefore involve greater
uncertainty than an investment in a fund with a more established record of
performance.
Management
Risk
To
the extent the Fund uses a representative sampling strategy to obtain exposure
to the Index, the Fund’s ability to track the performance of the Index will be
contingent on the ability of the Fund’s Adviser or Sub-Adviser, as applicable to
identify a subset of Index components whose risk, return and other
characteristics closely resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of
the Index as a whole.
Mid-Capitalization
Investing Risk
The
securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse
issuer, market, political, public health, cyber, or economic developments than
securities of large-capitalization companies. The securities of
mid-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject to
greater and more unpredictable price changes than large capitalization stocks or
the stock market as a whole. Some medium capitalization companies have limited
product lines, markets, financial resources, and management personnel and tend
to concentrate on fewer geographical markets relative to large-capitalization
companies.
MLP
Risk
MLPs
involve risks related to limited control and limited rights to vote on matters
affecting the MLP, risks related to potential conflicts of interest between the
MLP and the MLP’s general partner, and cash flow risks. MLP common units and
other equity securities can be affected by macroeconomic and other factors
affecting the stock market in general, expectations of interest rates, investor
sentiment towards MLPs or the energy sector, changes in a particular issuer’s
financial condition or unfavorable or unanticipated poor performance of a
particular issuer (in the case of MLPs, generally measured in terms of
distributable cash flow). Prices of common units of individual MLPs and other
equity securities also can be affected by fundamentals unique to the partnership
or company, including earnings power and coverage ratios.
MLPs
typically do not pay U.S. federal income tax at the partnership level. Instead,
each partner is allocated a share of the partnership’s income, gains, losses,
deductions and expenses. A change in current tax law or in the underlying
business mix of a given MLP could result in an MLP being treated as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which would result in such MLP
being required to pay U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income. The
classification of an MLP as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes
would have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for distribution
by the MLP. Thus, if any MLP owned by the Fund were treated as a corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, the result could be a reduction of the value
of your investment in the Fund and lower income, as compared to if the MLP were
not taxed as a corporation.
Non-Diversification
Risk
Although
a Fund intends to invest in a variety of securities and instruments, the Fund is
considered to be non- diversified. This means that the Fund may invest more of
its assets in the securities of a single issuer or a smaller number of issuers
than if it were a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund may be more exposed to
the risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer or a
smaller number of issuers than a fund that invests more widely. This may
increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively smaller
number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Fund’s
performance.
Other
Investment Companies Risk
When
a Fund invests in other investment companies it will incur higher and
duplicative expenses. There is also the risk that the Fund may suffer losses due
to the investment practices of the underlying funds. When the Fund invests in
other investment companies, the Fund will be subject to substantially the same
risks as those associated with the direct ownership of securities held by such
investment companies. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the ETF Risks
listed above.
Passive
Investment Risk
For
the passively managed Funds, the Adviser would not sell a security due to
current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector, unless
that security is removed from the Index or the selling of shares of that
security is otherwise required upon a reconstitution of the Index in accordance
with the Index methodology. Other than in response to a trigger if set forth in
the Fund’s Index methodology, the Fund invests in securities included in, or
representative of securities included in the Index regardless of their
investment merits. The Fund does not take defensive positions under any market
conditions, including conditions that are adverse to the performance of the
Fund. The returns from the types of securities in which the Fund invests may
underperform returns from the various general securities markets or different
asset classes. This may cause the Fund to underperform other investment vehicles
that invest in different asset classes. Different types of securities (for
example, large-, mid- and small-capitalization stocks) tend to go through cycles
of doing better – or worse – than the general securities markets. In the past,
these periods have lasted for as long as several years.
Quantum
Computing and Machine Learning Investment Risk
Companies
across a wide variety of industries, primarily in the technology sector, are
exploring the possible applications of quantum computing and machine learning
technologies. The extent of such technologies’ versatility has not yet been
fully explored. Consequently, the Fund’s holdings may include equity securities
of operating companies that focus on or have exposure to a wide variety of
industries, and the economic fortunes of certain companies held by the Fund may
not be significantly tied to such technologies. Currently, there are few public
companies for which quantum computing and machine learning technologies
represent an attributable and significant revenue or profit stream, and such
technologies may not ultimately have a material effect on the economic returns
of companies in which the Fund invests.
REIT
Investment Risk
Investments
in REITs involve unique risks. REITs may have limited financial resources, may
trade less frequently and in limited volume, and may be more volatile than other
securities. In addition, to the extent the Fund holds interests in REITs, it is
expected that investors in the Fund will bear two layers of asset-based
management fees and expenses (directly at the Fund level and indirectly at the
REIT level). The risks of investing in REITs include certain risks associated
with the direct ownership of real estate and the real estate industry in
general. These include risks related to general, regional and local economic
conditions; fluctuations in interest rates and property tax rates; shifts in
zoning laws, environmental regulations and other governmental action such as the
exercise of eminent domain; cash flow dependency; increased operating expenses;
lack of availability of mortgage funds; losses due to natural disasters;
overbuilding; losses due to casualty or condemnation; changes in property values
and rental rates; and other factors.
In
addition to these risks, REITs are dependent upon management skills and
generally may not be diversified. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow
dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. In addition, REITs could
possibly fail to qualify for the beneficial tax treatment available to REITs
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or to maintain their exemptions from
registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”). The Fund expects that dividends received from a REIT and distributed to
Fund shareholders generally will be taxable to the shareholder as ordinary
income, but may be taxable as return of capital. In the event of a default by a
borrower or lessee, the REIT may experience delays in enforcing its rights as a
mortgagee or lessor and may incur substantial costs associated with protecting
investments.
Sector
Risk
To
the extent a Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its
performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly
affect those sectors.
•Communications Services
Sector Risk. The
Fund is generally expected to invest significantly in companies in the
communications services sector, and therefore the performance of the Fund could
be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. Communications services
companies are subject to extensive government regulation. The costs of complying
with governmental regulations, delays or failure to receive required regulatory
approvals, or the enactment of new adverse regulatory requirements may adversely
affect the business of the such companies. Companies in the communications
services sector can also be significantly affected by intense competition,
including competition with alternative technologies such as wireless
communications (including with 5G and other technologies), product
compatibility, consumer preferences, rapid product obsolescence, and research
and development of new products. Technological innovations may make the products
and services of such companies obsolete.
•Consumer
Discretionary Sector Risk.
The Fund may invest in companies in the consumer discretionary sector, and
therefore the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events
affecting this sector. The success of consumer product manufacturers and
retailers is tied closely to the performance of domestic and international
economies, interest rates, exchange rates, competition, consumer confidence,
changes in demographics and consumer preferences. Companies in the consumer
discretionary sector depend heavily on disposable household income and consumer
spending, and may be strongly affected by social trends and marketing campaigns.
These companies may be subject to severe competition, which may have an adverse
impact on their profitability.
•Consumer
Staples Sector Risk.
The Fund may invest in companies in the consumer staples sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted affected by the events
affecting this sector. The permissibility of using various food additives and
production methods, fads, marketing campaigns and other factors affecting
consumer demand is tied closely to the performance of companies in this sector.
In particular, tobacco companies may be adversely affected by new laws,
regulations and litigation. The consumer staples sector may also be adversely
affected by changes or trends in commodity prices, which may be influenced or
characterized by unpredictable factors.
•Energy
Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the energy sector, and therefore the performance
of the fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector. The
profitability of companies in the energy sector is related to worldwide energy
prices, exploration, and production spending. Such companies also are subject to
risks of changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events,
depletion of resources and economic conditions, as well as market, economic and
political risks of the countries where energy companies are located or do
business. Oil and gas exploration and production can be significantly affected
by natural disasters. Oil exploration and production companies may be adversely
affected by changes in exchange rates, interest rates, government regulation,
world events, and economic conditions. Oil exploration and production companies
may be at risk for environmental damage claims.
The
energy sector is comprised of energy, energy industrial, energy infrastructure
and energy logistics companies, and will therefore be susceptible to adverse
economic, environmental, business, regulatory or other occurrences affecting
that sector. The energy sector has historically experienced substantial price
volatility. At times, the performance of these investments may lag the
performance of other sectors or the market as a whole. Master Limited
Partnerships (MLPs) and other companies operating in the energy sector are
subject to specific risks, including, among others, fluctuations in commodity
prices; reduced consumer demand for commodities such as oil, natural gas or
petroleum products; reduced availability of natural gas or other commodities for
transporting, processing, storing or delivering; slowdowns in new construction;
extreme weather or other natural disasters; and threats of attack by terrorists
on energy assets. Additionally, energy sector companies are subject to
substantial government regulation and changes in the regulatory environment for
energy companies may adversely impact their profitability. MLPs may incur
environmental costs and liabilities due to the nature of their businesses and
the substances they handle. Changes in existing laws, regulations or enforcement
policies governing the energy sector could significantly increase the compliance
costs of MLPs. Certain MLPs could, from time to time, be held responsible for
implementing remediation measures, the cost of which may not be recoverable from
insurance. Over time, depletion of natural gas reserves and other energy
reserves may also affect the profitability of energy companies.
•Financials
Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the financial sector, and therefore the
performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this
sector. Companies in the financial sector of an economy are often subject to
extensive governmental regulation and intervention, which may adversely affect
the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of
capital they must maintain. Governmental regulation may change frequently and
may have significant adverse consequences for companies in the financial sector,
including effects not intended by such regulation. The impact of recent or
future regulation in various countries on any individual financial company or on
the sector as a whole cannot be predicted.
Certain
risks may impact the value of investments in the financial sector more severely
than those of investments outside this sector, including the risks associated
with companies that operate with substantial financial leverage. Companies in
the financial sector may also be adversely affected by increases in interest
rates and loan losses, decreases in the availability of money or asset
valuations, credit rating downgrades and adverse conditions in other related
markets.
Insurance
companies, in particular, may be subject to severe price competition and/or rate
regulation, which may have an adverse impact on their profitability. Insurance
companies are subject to extensive government regulation in some countries and
can be significantly affected by changes in interest rates, general economic
conditions, price and marketing competition, the imposition of premium rate
caps, or other changes in government regulation or tax law. Different segments
of the insurance industry can be significantly affected by mortality and
morbidity rates, environmental clean-up costs and catastrophic events such as
earthquakes, hurricanes and terrorist acts.
During
the financial crisis that began in 2007, the deterioration of the credit markets
impacted a broad range of mortgage, asset-backed, auction rate, sovereign debt
and other markets, including U.S. and non-U.S. credit and interbank money
markets, thereby affecting a wide range of financial institutions and markets. A
number of large financial institutions failed during that time, merged with
stronger institutions or had significant government infusions of capital.
Instability in the financial markets caused certain financial companies to incur
large losses. Some financial companies experienced declines in the valuations of
their assets, took actions to raise capital (such as the issuance of debt or
equity securities), or even ceased operations. Some financial companies borrowed
significant amounts of capital from government sources and may face future
government-imposed restrictions on their businesses or increased government
intervention. Those actions caused the securities of many financial companies to
decline in value.
The
financial sector is also a target for cyber attacks and may experience
technology malfunctions and disruptions. In recent years, cyber attacks and
technology failures have become increasingly frequent and have caused
significant losses.
•Health
Care Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the health care sector, and therefore the
performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this
sector. Companies in the health care sector are subject to extensive government
regulation and their profitability can be significantly affected by restrictions
on government reimbursement for medical expenses, rising costs of medical
products and services, pricing pressure (including price discounting), limited
product lines and an increased emphasis on the delivery of healthcare through
outpatient services. Companies in the health care sector are heavily dependent
on obtaining and defending patents, which may be time consuming and costly, and
the expiration of patents may also adversely affect the profitability of these
companies. Health care companies are also subject to extensive litigation based
on product liability and similar claims. In addition, their products can become
obsolete due to industry innovation, changes in technologies or other market
developments. Many new products in the health care sector require significant
research and development and may be subject to regulatory approvals, all of
which may be time consuming and costly with no guarantee that any product will
come to market.
•Industrials
Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the industrials sector, and therefore the
performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this
sector. The industrials sector may be affected by changes in the supply of and
demand for products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental
damage or product liability and general economic conditions, among other
factors. As the demand for, or prices of, industrials increase, the value of the
Fund’s investments generally would be expected to also increase. Conversely,
declines in the demand for, or prices of, industrials generally would be
expected to contribute to declines in the value of such securities. Such
declines may occur quickly and without warning and may negatively impact the
value of the Fund and your investment.
•Information
Technology Sector Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies in the information technology sector, and therefore
the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting
this sector. Market or economic factors impacting information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technological advances could have a
significant effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks
of information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on
technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product
cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both
domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors
with lower production costs. Stocks of information technology companies and
companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller,
less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market.
Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely
affect profitability. Additionally, companies in the information technology
sector may face dramatic and often unpredictable changes in growth rates and
competition for the services of qualified personnel.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk
The
securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse
issuer, market, political, public health, cyber, or economic developments than
securities of larger-capitalization companies. The securities of
small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and are subject
to greater and more unpredictable price changes than larger capitalization
stocks or the stock market as a whole. Some small capitalization companies have
limited product lines, markets, and financial and managerial resources and tend
to concentrate on fewer geographical markets relative to larger capitalization
companies. There is typically less publicly available information concerning
smaller-capitalization companies than for larger, more established companies.
Small-capitalization companies also may be particularly sensitive to changes in
interest rates, government regulation, borrowing costs and
earnings.
Tax
Risk
Each
Fund intends to qualify as a “regulated Investment company.” To qualify for the
favorable tax treatment generally available to regulated investment companies,
the Fund must satisfy certain diversification requirements. In particular, the
Fund generally may not acquire a security if, as a result of the acquisition,
more than 50% of the value of the Fund’s assets would be invested in (a) issuers
in which the Fund has, in each case, invested more than 5% of its assets or (b)
issuers more than 10% of whose outstanding voting securities are owned by the
Fund. While the weighting of the Index is not inconsistent with these rules,
given the concentration of the Index in a relatively small number of securities,
it may not always be possible for the Fund to fully implement a replication
strategy or a representative sampling strategy while satisfying these
diversification requirements. The Fund’s efforts to satisfy the diversification
requirements may affect the Fund’s execution of its investment strategy and may
cause the Fund’s return to deviate from that of the Index, and the Fund’s
efforts to replicate or represent the Index may cause it inadvertently to fail
to satisfy the diversification requirements. If the Fund were to fail to satisfy
the diversification requirements, it could incur penalty taxes and be forced to
dispose of certain assets, or it could fail to qualify as a regulated investment
company. If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company,
it would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation, and
distributions to its shareholders would not be deductible by the Fund in
computing its taxable income.
Tracking
Error Risk
As
with all index funds, the performance of a Fund and its Index may vary somewhat
for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and
portfolio transaction costs not incurred by its Index. In addition, the Fund may
not be fully invested in the securities of its Index at all times or may hold
securities not included in its Index. The use of sampling techniques may affect
the Fund’s ability to achieve close correlation with its Index. Additionally,
the Fund’s return may not track the return of the Index if the Fund is not able
to replicate the holdings of the Index due to the diversification requirements
described above under “Tax Risk,” which apply to the Fund but not the Index. The
Fund may use a representative sampling strategy to achieve its investment
objective, if the Adviser believes it is in the best interest of the Fund, which
generally can be expected to produce a greater non-correlation
risk.
Trading
Halt Risk
When
a Fund invests in futures contracts it is subject to trading halt risk. The
major exchanges on which these contracts are traded have established limits on
how much the trading price of a futures contract may decline over various time
periods within a day, and may halt trading in a contract that exceeds such
limits. In such circumstances, the Fund may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial losses.
Cash
Equivalents and Short-Term Investments. Normally,
the Fund invests substantially all of its assets to meet its investment
objective. The Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in securities with
maturities of less than one year or cash equivalents, or each may hold cash. The
percentage of the Fund invested in such holdings varies and depends on several
factors, including market conditions. During periods of high cash inflows or
outflows, the Funds may depart from their principal investment strategies and
invest part or all of their assets in these securities, or it may hold cash.
Absence
of a Prior Active Market. Although
the Funds’ Shares are approved for listing on a national securities exchange,
there can be no assurance that an active trading market will develop and be
maintained for Fund Shares. There can be no assurance that a Fund will grow to
or maintain an economically viable size, in which case such Fund may
experience
greater tracking error to its Index than it otherwise would at higher asset
levels or the Fund may ultimately liquidate.
Liquidity
Risk. The
Fund may hold certain investments that may be subject to restrictions on resale,
trade over-the-counter or in limited volume, or lack an active trading market.
Accordingly, the Fund may not be able to sell or close out of such investments
at favorable times or prices (or at all), or at prices approximating those at
which the Fund currently values them. Illiquid securities may trade at a
discount from comparable, more liquid investments and may be subject to wide
fluctuations in market value.
Risk
of Investing in the United States (All
Funds except EAFG).
Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or
when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities
to which the Funds have exposure. A decrease in imports or exports, changes in
trade regulations, and/or an economic recession in the United States may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S.
exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the United
States are changing many aspects of financial and other regulation and may have
a significant effect on the U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of
certain securities. In addition, a continued rise in the U.S. public debt level
or the imposition of U.S. austerity measures may adversely affect U.S. economic
growth and the securities to which the Fund has exposure. The United States has
developed increasingly strained relations with a number of foreign countries. If
relations with certain countries continue to worsen, it could adversely affect
U.S. issuers as well as non-U.S. issuers that rely on the United States for
trade. The United States has also experienced increased internal unrest and
discord. If this trend were to continue, it may have an adverse impact on the
U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Fund invests.
Securities
Lending
Risk.
There
are certain risks associated with securities lending, including the risk that
the borrower may fail to return the securities on a timely basis or even the
loss of rights in the collateral deposited by the borrower, if the borrower
should fail financially. As a result, a Fund may lose money. A Fund could also
lose money in the event of a decline in the value of collateral provided for
loaned securities or a decline in the value of any investments made with cash
collateral. These events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for a
Fund.
Information
about each Fund’s daily portfolio holdings is available at www.PacerETFs.com. A
summarized description of each Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to
the disclosure of each Fund’s portfolio holdings is available in the Funds’
Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
The
Funds are series of Pacer Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust,
which is overseen by a board of trustees.
Investment
Adviser
The
Adviser has overall responsibility for the general management and administration
of the Trust and each of its separate investment portfolios. The Adviser is a
registered investment adviser with offices located at 500 Chesterfield Parkway,
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355. The Adviser has managed ETFs since 2015. The
Adviser also arranges for sub-advisory (as applicable), transfer agency,
custody, fund administration, securities lending, and all other related services
necessary for each Fund to operate. For its services, the Adviser receives a fee
from each Fund, calculated daily and paid monthly, based on a percentage of each
Fund’s average daily net assets, as shown in the following table:
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Name
of Fund |
Management
Fee |
| Pacer
American Energy Infrastructure ETF |
0.75% |
| Pacer
BlueStar Digital Entertainment ETF |
0.49%1 |
| Pacer
BlueStar Engineering the Future ETF |
0.49%1 |
| Pacer
Cash COWZ 100-Nasdaq 100 Rotator ETF |
0.49% |
| Pacer
Developed Markets Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF |
0.65% |
| Pacer
Metaurus Nasdaq-100 Dividend Multiplier 600 ETF |
0.60% |
| Pacer
Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier 400 ETF |
0.60% |
| Pacer
PE/VC ETF |
0.85% |
| Pacer
S&P 500 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF |
0.49% |
| Pacer
S&P MidCap 400 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF |
0.49% |
| Pacer
S&P SmallCap 600 Quality FCF Aristocrats ETF |
0.59% |
| Pacer
Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF |
0.49%1 |
| Pacer
US Cash Cows Bond ETF |
0.49% |
1
Prior to August 1, 2025, the Fund’s management fee was 0.60%.
Under
the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Trust, on behalf
of the Funds (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”), the Adviser has agreed to
pay all expenses of each Fund, except for: the fee paid to the Adviser pursuant
to the Investment Advisory Agreement, interest charges on any borrowings, taxes,
brokerage commissions and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the
purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments, acquired fund
fees and expenses, accrued deferred tax liability, extraordinary expenses, and
distribution (12b-1) fees and expenses.
With
respect to QDPL, QSIX, and MILK the Adviser also arranges for sub-advisory
services and provides oversight of the sub-adviser, monitoring of the
sub-adviser’s buying and selling of securities for the Fund, and review of the
sub-adviser’s performance. The Adviser compensates the sub-adviser from the
management fee it receives.
The
basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement
for ODDS, BULD, QDPL, PEVC, FOWF, and MILK is available in the Funds’
Semi-Annual Report on Form
N-CSRS
for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2025. The basis for the Board of Trustees’
approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement for USAI, QQWZ, LCOW, MCOW and
SCOW is available in the Funds’ Annual Report on Form
N-CSR
for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025. The basis for the Board of
Trustees’ approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement for QSIX is available in
the Funds’ Annual Report on Form
N-CSR
for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024.
Sub-Adviser
Metaurus
Advisors LLC (for QDPL and QSIX)
The
Adviser has retained Metaurus to serve as sub-adviser for QDPL and QSIX.
Metaurus is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. Metaurus, a
registered investment adviser, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metaurus LLC. Its
office is located at 22 Hudson Place, Third Floor, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030.
Metaurus was formed in 2016 and provides investment advisory services to the
Funds and as adviser to institutional and other clients. Metaurus is responsible
for trading portfolio securities for the Funds, including selecting
broker-dealers to execute purchase and sale transactions or in connection with
any rebalancing or reconstitution of the Index, subject to the supervision of
the Adviser and the Board. In addition to other applicable exemptions, Metaurus
is exempt from registration as a commodity trading advisor with the CFTC in
connection with the Funds under CFTC Rule 4.14(a)(8) as an SEC registered
investment adviser whose commodity interest trading advice is directed solely
to, and for the sole use of, the Funds which are “qualifying entities” under the
rule.
For
its services, the Adviser pays Metaurus 50% of net profits as a sub-advisory fee
for QDPL and QSIX. Net profits for each Fund are determined as the management
fees of the Fund, less (i) 0.10% of the Fund’s average net assets and (ii) the
expenses related to operating the Fund. For the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2025, the Adviser paid Metaurus a sub-advisory fee of 0.15% of
QDPL’s average daily net assets and 19.07% of QSIX’s average daily net
assets.
The
basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the Investment Sub-Advisory
Agreement with Metaurus for QDPL is available in the Fund’s Semi-Annual Report
to Shareholders on Form
N-CSRS
for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2025. The basis for the Board of Trustees’
approval of the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Metaurus for QSIX is
available in the Funds’ Annual Report on Form
N-CSR
for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024.
Vident
Advisory, LLC (for MILK)
The
Adviser has retained Vident
Advisory, LLC (“VA”) (d/b/a
Vident Asset Management),
a Delaware limited liability company located at 1125
Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 515, Alpharetta, GA 30009, to serve as sub-adviser for
Pacer US Cash Cows Bond ETF. VA is responsible for the day-to-day management of
the Fund. VA
was
formed in 2016 and commenced operations and registered with the SEC as an
investment adviser in January 2019. VA is owned by Vident Capital Holdings, LLC,
which is controlled by MM VAM, LLC, which in turn is owned by Casey
Crawford.
VA
is responsible for trading portfolio securities for the Fund, including
selecting broker-dealers to execute purchase and sale transactions or in
connection with any rebalancing or reconstitution of the Index, subject to the
supervision of the Adviser and the Board. For its services, VA is paid a fee by
the Adviser, which fee is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate
based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, and subject to a minimum
annual fee as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Sub-Advisory
Fee |
Minimum
Annual Fee |
| 0.06%
on the first $250 million in net assets; |
$40,000 |
| 0.05%
on the next $250 million in net assets; and |
| 0.04%
on net assets in excess of $500 million |
For
the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025, the Adviser paid VA a sub-advisory
fee of 0.97% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
The
basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the Fund’s Sub-Advisory Agreement
with VA is available in the Fund’s Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders on
Form
N-CSRS
for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2025.
Portfolio
Managers
With
respect to each Fund (other than QDPL, QSIX, and MILK), the Funds’ portfolio
management team consists of Bruce Kavanaugh and Danke Wang, who are jointly and
primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of such Funds’ portfolios.
The portfolio management team for QDPL and QSIX consists of Richard P. Silva,
Jr. and Brendan Greenwald, who are jointly and primarily responsible for the
day-to-day management of such Funds’ portfolios. The portfolio management team
for MILK consists of Jim Iredale, Jeff Kernagis, and Devin Ryder, who are
jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s
portfolio.
Pacer
Advisors, Inc.
The
Funds employ a rules-based, passive investment strategy. The Adviser uses a
committee approach to managing these Funds.
Mr.
Kavanaugh has been Vice President of the Adviser since it began operations in
2004. He has been a portfolio manager with the Adviser since 2013. Mr. Kavanaugh
has more than 26 years of experience in financial services.
Mr.
Wang, Head Portfolio Analyst and Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in 2014.
He served as a Senior Portfolio Analyst of the Adviser from 2014 to 2022, and
became Head Portfolio Analyst in 2022. Mr. Wang obtained an MS in Finance from
Villanova University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
designation.
Metaurus
Advisors Inc (for QDPL and QSIX)
Mr.
Silva has been a Senior Managing Director of Metaurus since joining the firm in
October 2018. Mr. Silva’s currently serves as the CIO and Head of Trading for
Metaurus. Mr. Silva has over 30 years of experience in markets and banking.
During his career he has held roles in corporate finance, trading, structuring,
sales, and portfolio management. Prior to joining Metaurus, Mr. Silva held
several senior-level positions with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, including
Global Co-Head of Equities and Investment Solutions. Mr. Silva also served as
President of Wells Fargo Portfolio Risk Advisors (a division of Structured Asset
Investors, LLC, a then SEC-registered investment adviser). Mr. Silva earned a
B.A. in Economics from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia
and is a CFA Charterholder.
Mr.
Greenwald is a Managing Director of Metaurus and has been with the firm since
2017. His responsibilities include portfolio management and product development
for the firm’s ETF suite. Prior to Metaurus, Mr. Greenwald was an Associate at
Morgan Stanley, where he specialized in portfolio analysis and construction,
investment research, and client management for institutional and high net worth
investors. Mr. Greenwald earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Vermont
and is a CFA Charterholder.
Vident
Advisory, LLC (for MILK)
Jim
Iredale, CFA® is a Senior Portfolio Manager and has over 15 years of experience
managing fixed income products. Prior to joining VA, Mr. Iredale was a Manager –
Fixed Income with Ronald Blue & Co., one of the largest independent wealth
management firms in the U.S., where he started in 1999. Mr. Iredale
graduated with a BBA from the University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
and obtained his JD from the University of Georgia School of Law. He holds the
Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Jeff
Kernagis, CFA® is a Senior Portfolio Manager and has 32 years of investment
experience. Prior to joining VA, Mr. Kernagis was a Senior Vice President at
Northern Trust Asset Management. Before that, Mr. Kernagis spent almost 14 years
at Invesco/PowerShares, where as Senior Portfolio Manager he directed the fixed
income ETF PM team and helped grow assets to $40 billion in bond ETFs globally.
Mr. Kernagis was also a PM at Claymore (Guggenheim) Securities where he managed
both equity ETFs and bond Unit Investment Trusts. In addition, he was a senior
bond trader at Mid-States (Alloya) Corporate Federal Credit Union. Prior to
working in investment management, Mr. Kernagis held institutional derivative
sales positions at ABN Amro, Bear Stearns, and Prudential Securities. Mr.
Kernagis earned a BBA degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from
DePaul University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
designation.
Devin
Ryder, CFA®
is a Senior Portfolio Manager and a member of the Portfolio Management team at
VA with over five years of industry experience. Prior to joining VA, Ms. Ryder
was a Senior Software Engineer at Bloomberg, where she designed and built
systems to connect ETF market participants and facilitate ETF primary market
transactions. Before that, she was a Portfolio Manager at ETF Managers Group,
where she specialized in domestic and international equity thematic strategies.
Ms. Ryder holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics of Finance and Risk
Management from the University of Michigan and holds the Chartered Financial
Analyst designation.
The
SAI provides additional information about each Portfolio Manager’s compensation
structure, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers, and the Portfolio
Managers’ ownership of Shares of each Fund for which they are a portfolio
manager.
Most
investors will buy and sell Shares of the Funds through brokers. Shares of each
Fund trade on the applicable exchange as listed on the cover of this Prospectus
(each, the applicable “Exchange”) and elsewhere during the trading day and can
be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other shares of publicly
traded securities. When buying or selling Shares through a broker, most
investors will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges. Shares of each
Fund trade under the trading symbol listed on the cover of this Prospectus. Only
authorized participants (“Authorized Participants” or “APs”) who have entered
into agreements with the Funds’ distributor may acquire Shares directly from a
Fund, and only APs may tender their Shares for redemption directly to each Fund,
at NAV in Creation Units. Once created, Shares trade in the secondary market in
amounts less than a Creation Unit.
Share
Trading Prices
Transactions
in each Fund’s Shares will be priced at NAV only if you purchase Shares directly
from each Fund in Creation Units. As with other types of securities, the trading
prices of Shares in the secondary market can be affected by market forces such
as supply and demand, economic conditions and other factors. The price you pay
or receive when you buy or sell your Shares in the secondary market may be more
or less than the NAV of such Shares.
Determination
of Net Asset Value
The
NAV of each Fund’s Shares is calculated each day the New York Stock Exchange
(“NYSE”) is open for trading as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE,
generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (the “NAV Calculation Time”). If the NYSE
closes before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, as it occasionally does, the NAV
Calculation Time will be the time the NYSE closes. In addition, any U.S.
fixed-income assets may be valued as of the announced closing time of trading in
fixed income instruments on any day that the Securities Industry and Financial
Markets Association announces an early closing time. Each Fund’s NAV per share
is calculated by dividing the Fund’s net assets by the number of Fund Shares
outstanding.
In
calculating its NAV, each Fund generally values its assets on the basis of
market quotations, last sale prices, or estimates of value furnished by a
pricing service or brokers who make markets in such instruments. Debt
obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized
cost.
Fair
Value Pricing
The
Adviser has been designated by the Board as the valuation designee for
each
Fund pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act. In its capacity as valuation
designee, the Adviser has adopted procedures and methodologies to fair value
Fund securities whose market prices are not “readily available” or are deemed to
be unreliable. For example, such circumstances may arise when: (i) a security
has been de-listed or has had its trading halted or suspended; (ii) a security’s
primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; (iii) a
security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours; or (iv)
a security’s value is materially affected by events occurring after the close of
the security’s primary trading market. The Board has appointed the Adviser as
the Fund’s valuation designee to perform all fair valuations of the Fund’s
portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight. Accordingly, the
Adviser has established procedures for its fair valuation of the Fund’s
portfolio investments. Generally, when fair valuing a security held by the Fund,
the Adviser will take into account all reasonably available information that may
be relevant to a particular valuation including, but not limited to, fundamental
analytical data regarding the issuer, information relating to the issuer’s
business, recent trades or offers of the security, general and/or specific
market conditions and the specific facts giving rise to the need to fair value
the security. Fair value determinations are made in good faith and in accordance
with the fair value methodologies established by the Adviser and approved by the
Board. Due to the subjective and variable nature of determining the fair value
of a security or other investment, there can be no assurance that the Adviser’s
fair value will match or closely correlate to any market quotation that
subsequently becomes available or the price quoted or published by other
sources. In addition, the Fund may not be able to obtain the fair value assigned
to the security upon the sale of such security.
Dividends
and Distributions
BULD
expects to pay out dividends, if any, on a semi-annual basis. USAI, QDPL, QSIX
and MILK expect to pay out dividends, if any, on a monthly basis. Each other
Fund expects to pay out dividends, if any, on a quarterly basis. Nonetheless,
each Fund may make more frequent dividend payments. Each Fund expects to
distribute its net realized capital gains to investors annually. Each Fund
occasionally may be required to make supplemental distributions at some other
time during the year. Distributions in cash may be reinvested automatically in
additional whole Shares only if the broker through whom you purchased Shares
makes such option available. Your broker is responsible for distributing the
income and capital gain distributions to you.
Book
Entry
Shares
of each Fund are held in book-entry form, which means that no stock certificates
are issued. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record
owner of all outstanding Shares of each Fund.
Investors
owning Shares of each Fund are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC
or its participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all Shares of
each Fund. Participants include DTC, 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. Your broker will provide you with account statements,
confirmations of your purchases and sales, and tax information.
Delivery
of Shareholder Documents – Householding
Householding
is an option available to certain investors of each Fund. Householding is a
method of delivery, based on the preference of the individual investor, in which
a single copy of certain shareholder documents can be delivered to investors who
share the same address, even if their accounts are registered under different
names. Householding for each Fund is available through certain broker-dealers.
If you are interested in enrolling in householding and receiving a single copy
of prospectuses and other shareholder documents, please contact your
broker-dealer. If you are currently enrolled in householding and wish to change
your householding status, please contact your broker-dealer.
Frequent
Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares
Each
Fund imposes no restrictions on the frequency of purchases and redemptions of
Fund Shares. In determining not to impose such restrictions, the Board evaluated
the risks of market timing activities by Fund shareholders. Purchases and
redemptions by APs, who are the only parties that may purchase or redeem Shares
directly with a Fund, are an essential part of the ETF process and help keep
Fund Share
trading prices in line with NAV. As such, each Fund accommodates frequent
purchases and redemptions by APs. However, the Board has also determined that
frequent purchases and redemptions for cash may increase tracking error and
portfolio transaction costs and may lead to the realization of capital gains. To
minimize these potential consequences of frequent purchases and redemptions,
each Fund imposes transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of Creation
Units to cover the custodial and other costs incurred by the Fund in effective
trades. In addition, each Fund and the Adviser reserve the right to reject any
purchase order at any time.
Investments
by Registered Investment Companies
Section
12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts investments by registered investment
companies in the securities of other investment companies, including Shares of
each Fund. Registered investment companies are permitted to invest in each Fund
beyond the limits set forth in section 12(d)(1), subject to certain terms and
conditions set forth in Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act, including that such
investment companies enter into an agreement with the applicable Fund(s).
The
following discussion is a summary of some important U.S. federal income tax
considerations generally applicable to investments in the
Funds.
Your investment in the
Funds
may have other tax implications. Please consult your tax advisor about the tax
consequences of an investment in Fund Shares, including the possible application
of foreign, state, and local tax laws.
The
Funds have qualified and intend to continue to qualify each year for treatment
as a regulated investment company (“RIC”). If it meets certain minimum
distribution requirements, a RIC is not subject to tax at the fund level on
income and gains from investments that are timely distributed to shareholders.
However, a Fund’s failure to qualify as a RIC or to meet minimum distribution
requirements would result (if certain relief provisions were not available) in
fund-level taxation and, consequently, a reduction in income available for
distribution to shareholders.
Unless
you are a tax-exempt entity or your investment in Fund Shares is made through a
tax advantaged retirement account, such as an IRA, you need to be aware of the
possible tax consequences when:
•A
Fund makes distributions;
•You
sell Fund Shares; and
•You
purchase or redeem Creation Units (institutional investors only).
Taxes
on Distributions
Tax
reform legislation commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”)
was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Tax Act made significant changes to the
U.S. federal income tax rules for individuals and corporations, generally
effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. The application
of certain provisions of the Tax Act is uncertain, and the changes in the act
may have indirect effects on the Funds, its investments and its shareholders
that cannot be predicted. For federal income tax purposes, distributions of
investment income are generally taxable as
ordinary
income or “qualified dividend income.” Taxes on distributions of capital gains
(if any) depend on how long a Fund owned the assets that generated them, rather
than how long a shareholder has owned his or her Fund Shares. Sales of assets
held by a Fund for more than one year generally result in long-term capital
gains and losses, and sales of assets held by a Fund for one year or less
generally result in short-term capital gains and losses. Distributions of a
Fund’s net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gains over net
short-term capital losses) that are properly reported by the Fund as capital
gain dividends (“Capital Gain Dividends”) are taxable as long-term capital
gains. For noncorporate shareholders, long-term capital gains are generally
subject to tax at reduced rates and currently set at a maximum rate of 20%.
Distributions of short-term capital gain are generally taxable as ordinary
income. Distributions of investment income reported by a Fund as derived from
“qualified dividend income” will be taxed at long term capital gain rates for
non-corporate shareholders.
U.S.
individuals with income exceeding specified thresholds are subject to a 3.8%
Medicare contribution tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,”
which includes interest, dividends, and certain capital gains (generally
including capital gain distributions and capital gains realized on the sale or
exchange of Fund Shares).
In
general, your distributions are subject to federal income tax for the year in
which they are paid. Certain distributions paid in January, however, may be
treated as paid on December 31 of the prior year. Distributions are
generally taxable even if they are paid from income or gains earned by
the
Funds
before your investment (and thus were included in the Fund Shares’ NAV when you
purchased your Fund Shares).
A
Fund may include a payment of cash in addition to, or in place of, the delivery
of a basket of securities upon the redemption of Creation Units. The
Funds
may sell portfolio securities to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption
proceeds. This may cause the Funds
to recognize investment income and/or capital gains or losses that it might not
have recognized if it had completely satisfied the redemption in-kind. As a
result, the Funds
may be less tax efficient if it includes such a cash payment in the proceeds
paid upon the redemption of Creation Units.
Nonresident
aliens, foreign corporations and other foreign shareholders in the
Funds
will generally be exempt from U.S. federal income tax on Capital Gain Dividends.
The exemption may not apply, however, if the investment in a
Fund is connected to a trade or business for the foreign shareholder in the
United States or if the foreign shareholder is present in the United States for
183 days or more in a year and certain other conditions are met.
Distributions
(other than Capital Gain Dividends) paid to individual shareholders that are
neither citizens nor residents of the U.S. or to foreign entities will generally
be subject to a U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30%, unless a lower treaty
rate applies. The
Funds
may, under certain circumstances, report all or a portion of a dividend as an
“interest-related dividend” or a “short-term capital gain dividend,” which would
generally be exempt from this 30% U.S. withholding tax, provided certain other
requirements are met. Short-term capital gain dividends received by a
nonresident alien individual who is present in the U.S. for a period or periods
aggregating 183 days or more during the taxable year are not exempt from this
30% withholding tax. Gains realized by foreign shareholders from the sale or
other disposition of Shares of a Fund generally are not subject to U.S.
taxation, unless the recipient is an individual who is physically present in the
U.S. for 183 days or more per year.
The
Funds
(or a financial intermediary, such as a broker, through which shareholders own
Fund Shares) generally are
required to withhold and to remit to the US Treasury a percentage of the taxable
distributions and the sale or redemption proceeds paid to any shareholder who
fails to properly furnish a correct taxpayer identification number, who has
under-reported dividend or interest income, or who fails to certify that he, she
or it is not subject to such withholding.
A
U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate will be imposed on dividends effective July
1, 2014 (and proceeds of sales in respect of Fund Shares (including certain
capital gain dividends) received by Fund shareholders beginning after December
31, 2018) for shareholders who own their Shares through foreign accounts or
foreign intermediaries if certain disclosure requirements related to U.S.
accounts or ownership are not satisfied. The
Funds
will not pay any additional amounts in respect to any amounts
withheld.
To
the extent a Fund invests in foreign securities, it may be subject to foreign
withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund received from
sources in foreign countries. If more than 50% of the total assets of a Fund
consists of foreign securities, such Fund will be eligible to elect to treat
some of those taxes as a distribution to shareholders, which would allow
shareholders to offset some of their U.S. federal income tax. The
Funds
(or its administrative agent) will
notify
you if it makes such an election and provide you with the information necessary
to reflect foreign taxes paid on your income tax return.
Taxes
When Fund Shares Are Sold
Any
capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Fund Shares is generally treated 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 Fund Shares held for one year
or less is generally treated as a short-term gain or loss, except that any
capital loss on a 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 such Shares. The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited
depending on your circumstances.
A
foreign shareholder will generally not be subject to U.S. tax on gains realized
on sales or exchange of Fund Shares unless the investment in a
Fund is connected to a trade or business of the investor in the United States or
if the shareholder is present in the United States for 183 days or more in a
year and certain other conditions are met. All foreign shareholders should
consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences in their country
of residence of an investment in a
Fund.
Creation
and Redemption Units
An
Authorized Participant who exchanges securities for Creation Units generally
will recognize a gain or a loss. The gain or loss will be equal to the
difference between the market value of the Creation Units at the time and the
sum of the exchanger’s aggregate basis in the securities surrendered plus the
amount of cash paid for such Creation Units. A person who redeems Creation Units
will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the
exchanger’s basis in the Creation Units and the sum of the aggregate market
value of any securities received plus the amount of any cash received for such
Creation Units. The Internal Revenue Service, however, may assert that a loss
realized upon an exchange of securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted
currently under the rules governing “wash sales,” or on the basis that there has
been no significant change in economic position.
Any
capital gain or loss realized upon the creation of Creation Units will generally
be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the securities exchanged for
such Creation Units have been held for more than one year. Any capital gain or
loss realized upon the redemption of Creation Units will generally be treated as
long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares comprising the Creation Units have
been held for more than one year. Otherwise, such capital gains or losses will
be treated as short-term capital gains or losses. Persons purchasing or
redeeming Creation Units should consult their own tax advisors with respect to
the tax treatment of any creation or redemption transaction.
The
Funds
have
the right to reject an order for Creation Units if the purchaser (or group of
purchasers) would, upon obtaining the Shares so ordered, own 80% or more of the
outstanding Shares of the Fund and if, pursuant to section 351 of the Internal
Revenue Code, the respective Fund would have a basis in the deposit securities
different from the market value of such securities on the date of deposit.
The
Funds
also have
the right to require information necessary to determine beneficial Share
ownership for purposes of the 80% determination.
The
foregoing discussion summarizes some of the possible consequences under current
federal tax law of an investment in the Funds. It is not a substitute for
personal tax advice. You also may be subject to state and local tax on Fund
distributions and sales of Shares. Consult your personal tax advisor about the
potential tax consequences of an investment in Shares under all applicable tax
laws. For more information, please see the section entitled “Federal Income
Taxes” in the SAI.
State
and Local Taxes
Shareholders
may also be subject to state and local taxes on income and gain attributable to
your ownership of Fund Shares. State income taxes may not apply, however, to the
portions of a Fund’s distributions, if any, that are attributable to interest
earned by a
Fund on U.S. government securities. You should consult your tax professional
regarding the tax status of distributions in your state and
locality.
Master
Limited Partnerships (USAI)
In
general, for purposes of satisfying the source of income test for qualifying as
a RIC, income derived from a partnership will be treated as qualifying income
only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the
partnership that would be qualifying income if realized directly by the Fund.
However, 100% of the net income derived from an interest in a QPTP (generally, a
partnership (i) interests in which are traded on an established securities
market or are readily tradable on a secondary market or the substantial
equivalent thereof, (ii) that derives at least 90% of its income from the
passive income sources specified in Code section 7704(d), and (iii) that
derives less than 90% of its income from the same sources as described in the
source of RIC Qualifying Income Test described in the SAI) will be treated as
qualifying income. In addition, although in general the passive loss rules of
the Code do not apply to RICs, such rules do apply to a RIC with respect to
items attributable to an interest in a QPTP.
USAI
may invest in certain MLPs which may be treated as QPTPs. Income from QPTPs
is qualifying income for purposes of the source of income test for qualifying as
a RIC, but the Fund’s investment in one or more of such QPTPs is limited under
the asset diversification test for qualifying as a RIC to no more than 25% of
the value of the Fund’s assets. USAI will monitor its investment in such
QPTPs in order to ensure compliance with the source of income and asset
diversification tests for qualifying as a RIC. MLPs and other partnerships
that the Fund may invest in will deliver Form K-1s to the Fund to report its
share of income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the MLP or other
partnership. These Form K-1s may be delayed and may not be received until
after the time that the Fund issues its tax reporting statements. As a result,
the Fund may at times find it necessary to reclassify the amount and character
of its distributions to you after it issues you your tax reporting
statement.
Investors
who receive a Form 1099 that reports distributions from the Fund’s investments,
including MLPs, may receive a corrected 1099 if additional information becomes
available regarding the characterization of your distribution after your 1099
was prepared.
USAI
invests in partnerships that elect to be classified as corporations for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. Such entities are required to pay U.S. federal
income tax on its taxable income. This has the effect of reducing the amount of
cash available for distribution to the Fund, which may result in a reduction of
the value of your investment in the Fund, as compared to if such entity were not
taxed as a corporation.
Foreign
Taxes
To
the extent a Fund invests in foreign securities, it may be subject to foreign
withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund received from
sources in foreign countries.
The
Distributor, Pacer Financial, Inc., is a broker-dealer registered with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. The Distributor distributes Creation Units
for each Fund on an agency basis and does not maintain a secondary market in
Shares. The Distributor has no role in determining the policies of each Fund or
the securities that are purchased or sold by each Fund. The Distributor’s
principal address is 500 Chesterfield Parkway, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 19355. The
Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.
The
Board has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule
12b-1 under the 1940 Act. In accordance with the Plan, each Fund is authorized
to pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year for
certain distribution-related activities and shareholder 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, because the fees are paid out of a Fund’s assets, over time these fees
will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than certain
other types of sales charges.
Information
regarding how often Shares of each Fund traded on an Exchange at a price above
(i.e.,
at a premium) or below (i.e.,
at a discount) the NAV of the fund is available on the Funds’ website at
www.PacerETFs.com.
Shares
are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by NYSE Arca, Inc. (USAI, EAFG, QDPL,
and PEVC), the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (ODDS, BULD, QQWZ, and QSIX), or Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc. (LCOW, MCOW, SCOW, FOWF, and MILK) (the “Exchanges”). The
Exchanges make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners
of the Shares or any member of the public regarding the ability of the Funds to
track the total return performance of their respective Index or the ability of
the Indexes identified herein to track the performance of their constituent
securities. The Exchanges are not responsible for, nor has they participated in,
the determination of the compilation or the calculation of the Indexes, nor in
the determination of the timing of, prices of, or quantities of the Shares to be
issued, nor in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the
Shares are redeemable. The Exchanges have no obligation or liability to owners
of the Shares in connection with the administration, marketing, or trading of
the Shares. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall the
Exchanges have any liability for any lost profits or indirect, punitive,
special, or consequential damages even if notified of the possibility
thereof.
The
Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, the Funds’ index providers, the Exchanges, and the
Funds make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of
Shares or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in
securities generally or in the Funds particularly. The Funds do not guarantee
the accuracy, completeness, or performance of the Indexes or the data included
therein and shall have no liability in connection with the Indexes or Index
calculation.
Each
Fund’s index provider owns its respective Index(es) and each Index methodology
and is a licensor of the respective Index(es) to the Adviser and index receipt
agent. Each index provider has contracted with an index calculation agent to
maintain and calculate the Indexes used by the Funds. The index calculation
agents maintain and calculate the Indexes used by the Funds. The index
calculation agent shall have no liability for any errors or omissions in
calculating the Indexes.
USAI,
QDPL, LCOW, MCOW, and SCOW, (for this section only, the “Funds”), each based on
an Index, are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones
Indices. S&P Dow Jones Indices does not make any representation or warranty,
express or implied, to the owners of the Funds or any member of the public
regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds
particularly or the ability of the S&P Indexes or the Funds to track general
market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices is not responsible for and has not
participated in the creation of the Funds, the determination of the prices and
amount of the Funds or the timing of the issuance or sale of the Funds or in the
determination or calculation of the equation by which the Funds may be converted
into cash or other redemption mechanics. S&P Dow Jones Indices has no
obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or
trading of the Funds. There is no assurance that investment products based on
the S&P Indexes will accurately track index performance or provide positive
investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment adviser.
Inclusion or exclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by
S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it
investment advice. S&P Dow Jones Indices does not act nor shall be deemed to
be acting as a fiduciary in providing the Index.
IDG
IDG
and its affiliates have not passed on the legality or suitability of, or the
accuracy or adequacy of descriptions and disclosures relating to each Index. IDG
makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the
Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in
securities generally or in any Fund particularly, or the ability of the Index to
track general market performance. IDG’s only relationship to the Pacer ETF Trust
is in the licensing to the Adviser of certain indexes, related trademarks, and
certain trade names of IDG and the use of each Index for which it is the Index
Provider. Each such Index is determined, composed, and calculated independently
by a third party on behalf of IDG without regard to the Adviser or the Funds.
IDG has no obligation to take the needs of the Adviser or the owners of the Fund
into consideration in determining, composing, or calculating the Index. IDG is
not responsible for and has not participated in the determination of the timing
of, prices at, or quantities of the Funds to be issued or in the determination
or calculation of the equation by which shares of the Fund are to be converted
into cash. IDG has no liability in connection with the administration,
marketing, or trading of the Fund.
NONE
OF THE EXCHANGES, SPDJI, IDG OR THEIR THIRD PARTY LICENSORS GUARANTEE THE
ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE S&P INDICES OR ANY
DATA
INCLUDED
THEREIN OR ANY COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. NONE
OF THE EXCHANGE, SPDJI OR THEIR THIRD PARTY LICENSORS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ANY
DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. THE EXCHANGE
AND SPDJI ENTITIES MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM
ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE
WITH RESPECT TO THEIR MARKS, THE S&P INDICES, OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.
WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL THE
EXCHANGE, SPDJI ENTITIES, OR THEIR THIRD PARTY LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF
THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE.
Notice
Regarding FTSE
The
Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by FTSE Russell, or any of
their respective affiliates or their third party licensors. Neither FTSE Russell
nor their third party licensors make any representation or warranty, express or
implied, to the owners of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the
advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds particularly
or the ability of the Russell 1000 Index to track general stock market
performance. FTSE Russell and their third party licensor’s only relationship to
IDG is the licensing of certain trademarks, service marks and trade names of
FTSE Russell and/or their third party licensors and for the providing of
calculation and maintenance services related to the Index. Neither FTSE Russell
nor their third party licensors are responsible for and have not participated in
the determination of the prices and amount of the Funds or the timing of the
issuance or sale of the Funds or in the determination or calculation of the
equation by which the Funds are to be converted into cash. FTSE Russell has no
obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or
trading of the Funds. FTSE Russell and its subsidiaries are not investment
advisors. Inclusion of a security or futures contract within an index is not a
recommendation by FTSE Russell or its subsidiaries to buy, sell, or hold such
security or futures contract, nor is it considered to be investment
advice.
FTSE
Group (“FTSE”) is located at 12th Floor, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary
Wharf, London E14 5NP. FTSE publishes the Index for applicable Funds, as
described in the Prospectus. FTSE or its affiliates are the proprietors and
absolute owners of such Index and the designation “FTSE®.” FTSE has granted to
the Adviser (by way of a license, subject to the terms of an index license
agreement between them), among other things, the non-transferable and
non-exclusive right to use such Index in respect of any applicable Fund and to
sponsor, issue, establish, market, list, and distribute the Fund.
NEITHER
FTSE RUSSELL NOR THEIR THIRD PARTY LICENSORS GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY,
TIMELINESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THE RUSSELL 1000 OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN OR
ANY COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
(INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. FTSE RUSSELL AND
THEIR THIRD PARTY LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR
ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR DELAYS THEREIN. FTSE RUSSELL ENTITIES MAKE NO EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THEIR MARKS, THE
RUSSELL 1000 OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE
FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL FTSE RUSSELL INDICES ENTITIES OR THEIR
THIRD PARTY LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING
LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR
OTHERWISE.
Notice
Regarding Solactive AG
The
Funds are not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by
Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or
assurance either with regard to the results of using the applicable Fund(s), as
set forth in this Prospectus, (for this paragraph only, the “Indexes”) and/or
Indexes trade mark or the Indexes price at any time or in any other respect. The
Indexes are calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best
efforts to ensure that the Indexes are calculated correctly. Irrespective of its
obligations towards the Funds, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out
errors in the Indexes to third parties including but not limited to investors
and/or financial intermediaries of the applicable Fund(s). Neither publication
of the Indexes by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Indexes or Indexes trade
mark for the purpose of use in connection with the applicable Fund(s)
constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said Fund, nor
does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard
to any investment in the Funds.
The
financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand each Fund’s
financial performance for the past five years or the period of the Fund’s
operations (if less than five years). Certain information reflects financial
results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the
rate that an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund
(assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has
been audited by Sanville & Company, the Funds’ independent registered public
accounting firm, whose report, along with the Funds’ financial statements, is
included in the Funds’ most recent Annual Report on Form
N-CSR,
which is available upon request.
PACER
AMERICAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ETF
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period
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| For
the Year Ended October 31, 2025 |
| For
the Year Ended October 31, 2024 |
| For
the Year Ended October 31, 2023 |
| For
the Year Ended October 31, 2022 |
| For
the Year Ended October 31, 2021 |
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| PER
SHARE DATA: |
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| Net
asset value, beginning of year |
$ |
36.52 |
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| $ |
27.12 |
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| $ |
27.87 |
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| $ |
25.31 |
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| $ |
14.96 |
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| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
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Net
investment income(a) |
0.69 |
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| 0.72 |
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| 0.63 |
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| 0.41 |
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| 0.40 |
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| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
1.63 |
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| 10.12 |
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| 0.06 |
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| 3.59 |
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| 11.39 |
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| Total
from investment operations |
2.32 |
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| 10.84 |
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| 0.69 |
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| 4.00 |
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| 11.79 |
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| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
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| Net
investment income |
(0.47) |
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| (0.82) |
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| (0.33) |
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| (0.26) |
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| (0.50) |
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| Return
of capital |
(1.37) |
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| (0.62) |
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| (1.11) |
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| (1.18) |
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| (0.94) |
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| Total
distributions |
(1.84) |
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| (1.44) |
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| (1.44) |
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| (1.44) |
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| (1.44) |
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| ETF
transaction fees per share |
— |
| 0.00 |
(b) |
— |
| — |
| — |
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| Net
asset value, end of year |
$ |
37.00 |
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| $ |
36.52 |
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| $ |
27.12 |
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| $ |
27.87 |
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| $ |
25.31 |
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| Total
return |
6.10 |
% |
| 40.90 |
% |
| 2.68 |
% |
| 16.26 |
% |
| 80.71 |
% |
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| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
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| Net
assets, end of year (in thousands) |
$ |
79,556 |
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| $ |
63,906 |
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| $ |
43,388 |
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| $ |
47,377 |
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| $ |
25,309 |
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| Ratio
of expenses to average net assets |
0.75 |
% |
| 0.75 |
% |
| 0.75 |
% |
| 0.75 |
% |
| 0.75 |
% |
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| Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets |
1.73 |
% |
| 2.27 |
% |
| 2.32 |
% |
| 1.53 |
% |
| 1.82 |
% |
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Portfolio
turnover rate(c) |
24 |
% |
| 22 |
% |
| 27 |
% |
| 25 |
% |
| 22 |
% |
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(a)Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the years.
(b)Amount
represents less than $0.005 per share.
(c)Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.
PACER
BLUESTAR DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ETF
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period
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| Year
Ended October 31, 2025 |
| Year
Ended October 31, 2024 |
| Year
Ended October 31, 2023 |
|
Period
Ended
October
31, 2022(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
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| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
23.99 |
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| $ |
17.41 |
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| $ |
15.44 |
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| $ |
19.74 |
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| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
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Net
investment income(b) |
0.56 |
|
| 0.09 |
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| 0.15 |
|
| 0.05 |
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| Net
realized and unrealized gain set (loss) on investments |
6.89 |
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| 6.58 |
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| 1.99 |
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| (4.32) |
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| Total
from investment operations |
7.45 |
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| 6.67 |
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| 2.14 |
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| (4.27) |
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| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
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| Net
investment income |
(0.77) |
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| (0.09) |
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| (0.17) |
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| (0.04) |
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| Total
distributions |
(0.77) |
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| (0.09) |
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| (0.17) |
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| (0.04) |
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| ETF
transaction fees per share |
0.02 |
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| 0.00 |
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(c) |
— |
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| 0.01 |
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| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
30.69 |
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| $ |
23.99 |
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| $ |
17.41 |
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| $ |
15.44 |
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Total
return(d) |
31.37 |
% |
| 38.38 |
% |
| 13.74 |
% |
| -21.58 |
% |
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| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
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| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
4,910 |
|
| $ |
960 |
|
| $ |
696 |
|
| $ |
618 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(e)(g) |
0.54 |
% |
| 0.60 |
% |
| 0.60 |
% |
| 0.60 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(e) |
1.83 |
% |
| 0.40 |
% |
| 0.78 |
% |
| 0.53 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(d)(f) |
47 |
% |
| 49 |
% |
| 40 |
% |
| 33 |
% |
(a)Inception
date of the Fund was April 7, 2022.
(b)Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the periods.
(c)Amount
represents less than $0.005 per share.
(d)Not
annualized for periods less than one year.
(e)Annualized
for periods less than one year.
(f)Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.
(g)Effective
August 1, 2025 the investment advisory fee changed from 0.60% to
0.49%.
PACER
BLUESTAR ENGINEERING THE FUTURE ETF
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| Year
Ended October 31, 2025 |
| Year
Ended October 31, 2024 |
| Year
Ended October 31, 2023 |
|
Period
Ended
October
31, 2022(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
20.55 |
|
| $ |
17.67 |
|
| $ |
17.00 |
|
| $ |
20.52 |
|
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.04 |
|
| 0.04 |
|
| 0.04 |
|
| 0.01 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
7.12 |
|
| 2.87 |
|
| 0.68 |
|
| (3.53) |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
7.16 |
|
| 2.91 |
|
| 0.72 |
|
| (3.52) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Net
investment income |
(0.04) |
|
| (0.03) |
|
| (0.04) |
|
| — |
|
| Return
of capital |
— |
|
| — |
|
| (0.01) |
|
| — |
|
| Total
distributions |
(0.04) |
|
| (0.03) |
|
| (0.05) |
|
| — |
|
| ETF
transaction fees per share |
0.00 |
|
(c) |
— |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
27.67 |
|
| $ |
20.55 |
|
| $ |
17.67 |
|
| $ |
17.00 |
|
|
Total
return(d) |
34.87 |
% |
| 16.48 |
% |
| 4.18 |
% |
| -17.14 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
1,660 |
|
| $ |
822 |
|
| $ |
1,414 |
|
| $ |
1,360 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(e)(g) |
0.56 |
% |
| 0.60 |
% |
| 0.60 |
% |
| 0.60 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(e) |
0.19 |
% |
| 0.17 |
% |
| 0.19 |
% |
| 0.07 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(d)(f) |
32 |
% |
| 19 |
% |
| 15 |
% |
| — |
% |
(a)Inception
date of the Fund was May 4, 2022.
(b)Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the periods.
(c)Amount
represents less than $0.005 per share.
(d)Not
annualized for periods less than one year.
(e)Annualized
for periods less than one year.
(f)Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.
(g)Effective
August 1, 2025 the investment advisory fee changed from 0.60% to
0.49%.
PACER
CASH COWZ 100-NASDAQ 100 ROTATOR ETF
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Period
Ended
October
31, 2025(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
19.82 |
|
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.02 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
6.08 |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
6.10 |
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
|
| Net
investment income |
(0.01) |
|
| Total
distributions |
(0.01) |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
25.91 |
|
|
Total
return(c) |
30.80 |
% |
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
9,716 |
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.49 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(d) |
0.19 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(e) |
3 |
% |
(a)Inception
date of the Fund was May 6, 2025.
(b)Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the period.
(c)Not
annualized for periods less than one year.
(d)Annualized
for periods less than one year.
(e)Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions.
PACER
DEVELOPED MARKETS CASH COWS GROWTH LEADERS ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
| Year
Ended |
| Period
Ended |
|
| October
31, 2025 |
|
October
31,
2024(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
| |
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
19.55 |
|
| $ |
20.10 |
|
|
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.24 |
|
| 0.26 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
3.33 |
|
| (0.62) |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
3.57 |
|
| (0.36) |
|
|
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
|
| |
| Net
investment income |
(0.25) |
|
| (0.19) |
|
| Total
distributions |
(0.25) |
|
| (0.19) |
|
| ETF
transaction fees per share |
0.00 |
|
(c) |
— |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
22.87 |
|
| $ |
19.55 |
|
|
Total
return(d) |
18.44 |
% |
| -1.78 |
% |
|
|
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
| |
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
2,859 |
|
| $ |
489 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(e) |
0.65 |
% |
| 0.65 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets(e) |
1.13 |
% |
| 2.16 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(d)(f) |
104 |
% |
| 33 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was March 20, 2024. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the periods. |
| (c) |
Amount
represents less than $0.005 per share. |
| (d) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (f) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
PACER
METAURUS NASDAQ 100 DIVIDEND MULTIPLIER 600 ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
| Year
Ended |
| Period
Ended |
|
| October
31, 2025 |
|
October
31,
2024(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
| |
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
31.96 |
|
| $ |
31.79 |
|
|
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.14 |
|
|
(0.00)(c) |
| Net
realized and unrealized gain on investments |
8.10 |
|
| 0.17 |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
8.24 |
|
| 0.17 |
|
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
|
| |
| Net
investment income |
(0.28) |
|
| — |
|
| Net
realized gains |
(0.16) |
|
| — |
|
| Return
of capital |
(1.12) |
|
| — |
|
| Total
distributions |
(1.56) |
|
| — |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
38.64 |
|
| $ |
31.96 |
|
|
Total
return(d) |
26.61 |
% |
| 0.54 |
% |
|
|
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
| |
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
13,522 |
|
| $ |
6,392 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(e) |
0.60 |
% |
| 0.60 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(e) |
0.42 |
% |
| (0.06) |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(d)(f) |
4 |
% |
| — |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was September 23, 2024. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the periods. |
| (c) |
Amount
represents less than $0.005 per share. |
| (d) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (f) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
PACER
METAURUS US LARGE CAP DIVIDEND MULTIPLIER 400 ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
| For
the |
| For
the |
| For
the |
| For
the |
| For
the |
|
| Year
Ended |
| Year
Ended |
| Period
Ended |
| Year
Ended |
| Period
Ended |
|
| October
31, 2025 |
| October
31, 2024 |
|
October
31,
2023(f) |
| April
30, 2023 |
|
April
30,
2022(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
37.72 |
|
| $ |
29.77 |
|
| $ |
30.39 |
|
| $ |
31.64 |
|
| $ |
34.65 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.38 |
|
| 0.42 |
|
| 0.18 |
|
| 0.32 |
|
| 0.12 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
6.73 |
|
| 9.62 |
|
| 0.22 |
|
| 0.53 |
|
| (1.73) |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
7.11 |
|
| 10.04 |
|
| 0.40 |
|
| 0.85 |
|
| (1.61) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Net
investment income |
(0.53) |
|
| (0.56) |
|
| (0.16) |
|
| (0.30) |
|
| (0.10) |
|
| Net
realized gains |
(0.14) |
|
| (0.20) |
|
| (0.04) |
|
| (0.33) |
|
| — |
|
| Return
of capital |
(1.53) |
|
| (1.33) |
|
| (0.82) |
|
| (1.47) |
|
| (1.30) |
|
| Total
distributions |
(2.20) |
|
| (2.09) |
|
| (1.02) |
|
| (2.10) |
|
| (1.40) |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
42.63 |
|
| $ |
37.72 |
|
| $ |
29.77 |
|
| $ |
30.39 |
|
| $ |
31.64 |
|
|
Total
return(c) |
19.54 |
% |
| 34.25 |
% |
| 1.25 |
% |
| 3.25 |
% |
| -5.00 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
1,327,565 |
|
| $ |
594,106 |
|
| $ |
160,777 |
|
| $ |
109,388 |
|
| $ |
55,055 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.60 |
% |
| 0.63 |
% |
| 0.79 |
% |
| 0.79 |
% |
| 0.79 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets(d) |
0.96 |
% |
| 1.16 |
% |
| 1.15 |
% |
| 1.07 |
% |
| 0.42 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(e) |
6 |
% |
| 7 |
% |
| 4 |
% |
| 9 |
% |
| 7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was July 12, 2021. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the periods. |
|
(c) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
|
(d) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
|
(e) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
|
(f) |
For
the period May 1, 2023 to October 31,
2023. |
PACER
PE/VC ETF
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
| Period
Ended |
|
|
October
31,
2025(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
24.93 |
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.07 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
4.42 |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
4.49 |
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
|
| Net
investment income |
(0.06) |
|
| Total
distributions |
(0.06) |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
29.36 |
|
|
Total
return(c) |
18.04 |
% |
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
3,523 |
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.85 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(d) |
0.39 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(e) |
86 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was February 3, 2025. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the period. |
| (c) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (d) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
PACER
S&P 500 QUALITY FCF ARISTOCRATS ETF
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
| Period
Ended |
|
|
October
31,
2025(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
19.83 |
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.08 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
3.67 |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
3.75 |
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
|
| Net
investment income |
(0.04) |
|
| Total
distributions |
(0.04) |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
23.54 |
|
|
Total
return(c) |
18.92 |
% |
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
17,069 |
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.49 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(d) |
0.76 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(e) |
15 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was May 6, 2025. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the period. |
| (c) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (d) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
PACER
S&P MIDCAP 400 QUALITY FCF ARISTOCRATS ETF
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
| Period
Ended |
|
|
October
31,
2025(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
20.18 |
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.01 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
0.01 |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
0.02 |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
20.20 |
|
|
Total
return(c) |
0.10 |
% |
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
1,010 |
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.49 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(d) |
0.28 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(e) |
14 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was August 27, 2025. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the period. |
| (c) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (d) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
PACER
S&P SMALLCAP 600 QUALITY FCF ARISTOCRATS ETF
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
| Period
Ended |
|
|
October
31,
2025(a) |
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
|
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
20.16 |
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
|
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.01 |
|
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
(0.47) |
|
| Total
from investment operations |
(0.46) |
|
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
19.70 |
|
|
Total
return(c) |
-2.29 |
% |
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
|
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
985 |
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.59 |
% |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(d) |
0.25 |
% |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(e) |
32 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was August 27, 2025. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the period. |
| (c) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (d) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
PACER
SOLACTIVE WHITNEY FUTURE OF WARFARE ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
|
| Period
Ended |
|
|
|
October
31,
2025(a) |
|
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
| |
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
24.76 |
| |
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
| |
|
Net
investment income(b) |
0.21 |
| |
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
6.67 |
| |
| Total
from investment operations |
6.88 |
| |
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
| |
| Net
investment income |
(0.20) |
| |
| Total
distributions |
(0.20) |
| |
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
31.44 |
| |
|
Total
return(c) |
27.86 |
% |
|
|
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
| |
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
6,287 |
| |
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d)(g) |
0.54 |
% |
|
|
Ratio
of tax expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.00 |
% |
(e) |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(d) |
0.85 |
% |
|
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(f) |
39 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was December 17, 2024. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the period. |
| (c) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (d) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Amount
represents less than 0.005%. |
| (f) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
| (g) |
Effective
August 1, 2025 the investment advisory fee changed from 0.60% to
0.49%. |
PACER
US CASH COWS BOND ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
For
a capital share outstanding throughout the period |
|
|
| Period
Ended |
|
|
|
October
31,
2025(a) |
|
| PER
SHARE DATA: |
| |
| Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$ |
24.86 |
| |
|
|
| |
| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
| |
|
Net
investment income(b) |
1.18 |
| |
| Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
0.15 |
| |
| Total
from investment operations |
1.33 |
| |
|
|
| |
| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
| |
| Net
investment income |
(1.07) |
| |
| Total
distributions |
(1.07) |
| |
| Net
asset value, end of period |
$ |
25.12 |
| |
|
Total
return(c) |
5.54 |
% |
|
|
|
| |
| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
| |
| Net
assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ |
7,034 |
| |
|
|
| |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.49 |
% |
|
|
Ratio
of tax expenses to average net assets(d) |
0.00 |
% |
(e) |
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets(d) |
5.51 |
% |
|
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(c)(f) |
95 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| (a) |
Inception
date of the Fund was December 17, 2024. |
| (b) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the period. |
| (c) |
Not
annualized for periods less than one year. |
| (d) |
Annualized
for periods less than one year. |
| (e) |
Amount
represents less than 0.005%. |
| (f) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Adviser |
Pacer
Advisors, Inc.
500
Chesterfield Parkway
Malvern,
Pennsylvania 19355 |
Distributor |
Pacer
Financial, Inc.
500
Chesterfield Parkway
Malvern,
Pennsylvania 19355 |
|
Custodian |
U.S.
Bank National Association
1555
N. Rivercenter Drive
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53212 |
Fund
Accountant, Administrator and Transfer Agent |
U.S.
Bank Global Fund Services
615
East Michigan Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 |
| Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Sanville
& Company
2617
Huntingdon Pike
Huntingdon
Valley, Pennsylvania 19006 |
Legal
Counsel |
Practus
LLP
11300
Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 310, Leawood, Kansas
66211 |
Sub-Adviser
(to QDPL and QSIX) |
Metaurus
Advisors LLC
22
Hudson Place, Third Floor
Hoboken,
New Jersey 07030 |
Sub-Adviser (to
MILK) |
Vident
Advisory, LLC
1125
Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 515
Alpharetta,
Georgia 30009 |
The
Trust’s current SAI provides additional detailed information about each Fund. A
current SAI dated February 28, 2026, as supplemented from time to time, is on
file with the SEC and is herein incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus.
Additional
information about each Fund’s investments is available in the Funds’ annual and
semi-annual reports to shareholders and in Form N-CSR. In the annual report you
will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that
significantly affected each Fund’s performance for the respective period. In
Form N-CSR, you will find the Funds’ annual and semi-annual financial
statements.
To
make shareholder inquiries, for more detailed information on each Fund, or to
request the SAI or annual or semi-annual shareholder reports (once available)
free of charge, please:
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| Call: |
1-800-617-0004
Monday
through Friday
8:00
a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Central time) |
Write: |
Pacer
Funds Trust, (Name of Fund) c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services,
LLC P.O. Box 219252 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9252 |
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Visit: |
www.PacerETFs.com |
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Reports
and other information about each Fund are also available:
•Free
of charge from the SEC’s EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at
http://www.sec.gov; or
No
person is authorized to give any information or to make any representations
about each Fund and its Shares not contained in this Prospectus and you should
not rely on any other information. Read and keep this Prospectus for future
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(The
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