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Annual Shareholder Report |
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Fund Name
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Costs of a $10,000
investment
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Costs paid as a percentage of
a $10,000 investment
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ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF
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$
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1 Year
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Since Inception
(12/08/2021) |
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-
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-
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| ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF | PAGE 1 | TSR-AR-26922B402 |
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Net Assets
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$
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|
Number of Holdings
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Net Advisory Fee
|
$
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Portfolio Turnover
|
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|
30-Day SEC Yield
|
3.38%
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30-Day SEC Yield Unsubsidized
|
3.38%
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Top Holdings
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(% of
Net
Assets)
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Welltower, Inc.
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Prologis, Inc.
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Simon Property Group, Inc.
|
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
|
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Mitsui Fudosan Logistics
Park, Inc.
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Public Storage
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Stockland
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
|
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Equity Residential
|
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Iron Mountain, Inc.
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Industry
|
(% of
Net
Assets)
|
|
REITS-Diversified
|
|
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REITS-Warehouse-Industrial
|
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REITS-Health Care
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REITS-Apartments
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REITS-Storage
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REITS-Regional Malls
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REITS-Manufactured Homes
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REITS-Shopping Centers
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REITS-Hotels
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Cash & Other
|
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Top Ten Countries
|
(% of
Net
Assets)
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United States
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Australia
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Japan
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United Kingdom
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Singapore
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Luxembourg
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New Zealand
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Cash & Other
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| ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF | PAGE 2 | TSR-AR-26922B402 |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. The registrant has not made any substantive amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report. The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.
A copy of the registrant’s Code of Ethics is filed herewith.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that there is at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. Mr. Leonard Rush is the “audit committee financial expert” and is considered to be “independent” as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years. “Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years. “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit. “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. There were no “other services” provided by the principal accountant. The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.
| FYE 10/31/2025 | FYE 10/31/2024 | |
| (a) Audit Fees | $16,000 | $16,000 |
| (b) Audit-Related Fees | $0 | $0 |
| (c) Tax Fees | $4,500 | $4,500 |
| (d) All Other Fees | $0 | $0 |
(e)(1) The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services of the registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the registrant.
(e)(2) The percentage of fees billed by Cohen & Company, Ltd. applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:
| FYE 10/31/2025 | FYE 10/31/2024 | |
| Audit-Related Fees | 0% | 0% |
| Tax Fees | 0% | 0% |
| All Other Fees | 0% | 0% |
(f) N/A.
(g) The following table indicates the non-audit fees billed or expected to be billed by the registrant’s accountant for services to the registrant and to the registrant’s investment adviser (and any other controlling entity, etc.—not sub-adviser) for the last two years.
| Non-Audit Related Fees | FYE 10/31/2025 | FYE 10/31/2024 |
| Registrant | N/A | N/A |
| Registrant’s Investment Adviser | N/A | N/A |
(h) The audit committee of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.
(i) The registrant has not been identified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as having filed an annual report issued by a registered public accounting firm branch or office that is located in a foreign jurisdiction where the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is unable to inspect or completely investigate because of a position taken by an authority in that jurisdiction.
(j) The registrant is not a foreign issuer.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
(a) The registrant is an issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (the “Act”) and has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Act. The independent members of the committee are as follows: Leonard M. Rush, David A. Massart, Janet D. Olsen, and Michael A. Castino.
(b) Not applicable
Item 6. Investments.
| (a) | Schedule of Investments is included within the financial statements filed under Item 7 of this Form. |
| (b) | Not Applicable. |
Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Investment Companies.
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Shares
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Value
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|
COMMON
STOCKS - 98.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia
- 8.4%
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Arena
REIT
|
|
|
9,399
|
|
|
$
22,459
|
|
Charter
Hall Social Infrastructure REIT
|
|
|
9,184
|
|
|
19,420
|
|
Cromwell
Property Group
|
|
|
40,134
|
|
|
12,217
|
|
Dexus
Industria REIT
|
|
|
10,349
|
|
|
19,376
|
|
Mirvac
Group
|
|
|
38,936
|
|
|
58,626
|
|
Stockland
|
|
|
80,107
|
|
|
330,910
|
|
Vicinity
Ltd.
|
|
|
113,771
|
|
|
187,691
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
650,699
|
|
Japan
- 5.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mitsui
Fudosan Logistics Park, Inc.
|
|
|
601
|
|
|
435,765
|
|
Luxembourg
- 1.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shurgard
Self Storage Ltd.
|
|
|
2,641
|
|
|
96,782
|
|
New
Zealand - 0.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodman
Property Trust
|
|
|
9,711
|
|
|
11,789
|
|
Singapore
- 3.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AIMS
APAC REIT
|
|
|
41,281
|
|
|
43,772
|
|
Keppel
DC REIT
|
|
|
123,288
|
|
|
226,408
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
270,180
|
|
United
Kingdom - 4.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Custodian
Property Income Reit PLC
|
|
|
16,614
|
|
|
17,550
|
|
Empiric
Student Property PLC
|
|
|
111,987
|
|
|
114,618
|
|
Life
Science Reit PLC
(a)
|
|
|
8,401
|
|
|
4,139
|
|
Picton
Property Income Ltd.
|
|
|
10,049
|
|
|
10,311
|
|
Target
Healthcare REIT PLC
|
|
|
18,207
|
|
|
22,558
|
|
Tritax
Big Box REIT PLC
|
|
|
76,939
|
|
|
151,731
|
|
UNITE
Group PLC
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
1,006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
321,913
|
|
United
States - 75.7%
(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alexander
& Baldwin, Inc.
|
|
|
404
|
|
|
6,452
|
|
American
Healthcare REIT, Inc.
|
|
|
2,817
|
|
|
127,666
|
|
American
Homes 4 Rent - Class A
|
|
|
1,943
|
|
|
61,399
|
|
Apple
Hospitality REIT, Inc.
|
|
|
2,082
|
|
|
23,298
|
|
AvalonBay
Communities, Inc.
|
|
|
1,817
|
|
|
316,013
|
|
Camden
Property Trust
|
|
|
224
|
|
|
22,283
|
|
CareTrust
REIT, Inc.
|
|
|
4,327
|
|
|
149,931
|
|
CubeSmart
|
|
|
2,147
|
|
|
80,877
|
|
Digital
Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
|
2,974
|
|
|
506,799
|
|
EastGroup
Properties, Inc.
|
|
|
892
|
|
|
155,681
|
|
Elme
Communities
|
|
|
1,309
|
|
|
21,533
|
|
Equity
LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
|
|
|
2,321
|
|
|
141,697
|
|
Equity
Residential
|
|
|
5,240
|
|
|
311,466
|
|
Essex
Property Trust, Inc.
|
|
|
626
|
|
|
157,608
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
COMMON
STOCKS - (Continued)
|
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|
United
States - (Continued)
|
||||||
|
First
Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
|
1,160
|
|
|
$
64,125
|
|
Independence
Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
|
2,015
|
|
|
32,099
|
|
Invitation
Homes, Inc.
|
|
|
5,583
|
|
|
157,161
|
|
Iron
Mountain, Inc.
|
|
|
2,764
|
|
|
284,554
|
|
Lineage,
Inc.
|
|
|
1,169
|
|
|
46,059
|
|
Mid-America
Apartment Communities, Inc.
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
10,258
|
|
Prologis,
Inc.
|
|
|
5,657
|
|
|
701,977
|
|
Public
Storage
|
|
|
1,413
|
|
|
393,605
|
|
Regency
Centers Corporation
|
|
|
187
|
|
|
12,894
|
|
Rexford
Industrial Realty, Inc.
|
|
|
2,487
|
|
|
102,763
|
|
Sila
Realty Trust, Inc.
|
|
|
490
|
|
|
11,613
|
|
Simon
Property Group, Inc.
|
|
|
3,605
|
|
|
633,615
|
|
STAG
Industrial, Inc.
|
|
|
358
|
|
|
13,701
|
|
Sun
Communities, Inc.
|
|
|
1,414
|
|
|
179,012
|
|
Tanger,
Inc.
|
|
|
2,029
|
|
|
66,064
|
|
Terreno
Realty Corp.
|
|
|
1,926
|
|
|
110,032
|
|
Ventas,
Inc.
|
|
|
3,087
|
|
|
227,790
|
|
Welltower,
Inc.
|
|
|
3,982
|
|
|
720,901
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,850,926
|
|
TOTAL
COMMON STOCKS
(Cost
$7,149,477)
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,638,054
|
|
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MONEY
MARKET FUNDS - 1.1%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
American Government Obligations Fund - Class X, 4.03%
(c)
|
|
|
83,438
|
|
|
83,438
|
|
TOTAL
MONEY MARKET FUNDS
(Cost
$83,438)
|
|
|
|
|
|
83,438
|
|
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS - 100.0%
(Cost
$7,232,915)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$7,721,492
|
|
Other
Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.0%
(d)
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,443
|
|
TOTAL
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
$7,723,935
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing
security.
|
|
(b)
|
To the extent that
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 such country or region.
|
|
(c)
|
The rate shown represents
the 7-day annualized yield as of October 31, 2025.
|
|
(d)
|
Represents less than
0.05% of net assets.
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
Investments,
at value
|
|
|
$
7,721,492
|
|
Dividends
receivable
|
|
|
4,451
|
|
Dividend
tax reclaims receivable
|
|
|
1,303
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
|
7,727,246
|
|
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
Payable
to adviser
|
|
|
3,311
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
3,311
|
|
NET
ASSETS
|
|
|
$
7,723,935
|
|
N
ET
A
SSETS
C
ONSISTS OF:
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in
capital
|
|
|
$11,052,691
|
|
Total
distributable earnings (accumulated losses)
|
|
|
(3,328,756
)
|
|
Total
net assets
|
|
|
$
7,723,935
|
|
Net
assets
|
|
|
$
7,723,935
|
|
Shares
issued and outstanding
(a)
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
Net
asset value per share
|
|
|
$
19.31
|
|
Cost:
|
|
|
|
|
Investments,
at cost
|
|
|
$
7,232,915
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Unlimited shares authorized
without par value.
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT
INCOME:
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend
income
|
|
|
$
216,236
|
|
Less:
Dividend withholding taxes
|
|
|
(9,508
)
|
|
Total
investment income
|
|
|
206,728
|
|
EXPENSES:
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
advisory fee
|
|
|
35,746
|
|
Total
expenses
|
|
|
35,746
|
|
N
ET
INVESTMENT INCOME
|
|
|
170,982
|
|
REALIZED
AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
|
|
|
|
|
Net
realized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
(935,557)
|
|
Foreign
currency transactions
|
|
|
(3,711
)
|
|
Net
realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
(939,268
)
|
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
623,246
|
|
Foreign
currency translation
|
|
|
206
|
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
623,452
|
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
(315,816
)
|
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
|
$
(144,834
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended October 31,
|
|||
|
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
OPERATIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income (loss)
|
|
|
$
170,982
|
|
|
$
206,104
|
|
Net
realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
(939,268)
|
|
|
(721,330)
|
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
623,452
|
|
|
2,153,913
|
|
Net
increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
|
|
|
(144,834
)
|
|
|
1,638,687
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
TO SHAREHOLDERS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From
earnings
|
|
|
(216,153
)
|
|
|
(204,060
)
|
|
Total
distributions to shareholders
|
|
|
(216,153
)
|
|
|
(204,060
)
|
|
CAPITAL
TRANSACTIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold
|
|
|
948,675
|
|
|
—
|
|
Shares
redeemed
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(471,785
)
|
|
Net
increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions
|
|
|
948,675
|
|
|
(471,785
)
|
|
N
ET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
|
|
|
587,688
|
|
|
962,842
|
|
NET
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
of the year
|
|
|
7,136,247
|
|
|
6,173,405
|
|
End
of the year
|
|
|
$
7,723,935
|
|
|
$7,136,247
|
|
SHARES
TRANSACTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
—
|
|
Shares
redeemed
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(25,000
)
|
|
Total
increase (decrease) in shares outstanding
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
(25,000
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Year
Ended October 31,
|
|
|
Period
Ended
October 31,
2022
(a)
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
2024
|
|
|
2023
|
|
||
|
PER
SHARE DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period
|
|
|
$
20.39
|
|
|
$16.46
|
|
|
$
17.94
|
|
|
$
25.20
|
|
INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income
(b)
|
|
|
0.46
|
|
|
0.57
|
|
|
0.43
|
|
|
0.40
|
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
(c)
|
|
|
(0.96
)
|
|
|
3.93
|
|
|
(1.29
)
|
|
|
(7.31
)
|
|
Total
from investment operations
|
|
|
(0.50
)
|
|
|
4.50
|
|
|
(0.86
)
|
|
|
(6.91
)
|
|
LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income
|
|
|
(0.58)
|
|
|
(0.57)
|
|
|
(0.54)
|
|
|
(0.35)
|
|
Return
of capital
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(0.08
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total
distributions
|
|
|
(0.58
)
|
|
|
(0.57
)
|
|
|
(0.62
)
|
|
|
(0.35
)
|
|
ETF
transaction fees per share
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.00
(d)
|
|
Net
asset value, end of period
|
|
|
$
19.31
|
|
|
$20.39
|
|
|
$
16.46
|
|
|
$
17.94
|
|
Total
return
(e)
|
|
|
−2.38%
|
|
|
27.51%
|
|
|
−5.03%
|
|
|
−27.59%
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (in thousands)
|
|
|
$
7,724
|
|
|
$7,136
|
|
|
$
6,173
|
|
|
$
11,213
|
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets
(f)
|
|
|
0.50%
|
|
|
0.50%
|
|
|
0.50%
|
|
|
0.50%
|
|
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
(f)
|
|
|
2.39%
|
|
|
3.00%
|
|
|
2.29%
|
|
|
2.06%
|
|
Portfolio
turnover rate
(e)(g)
|
|
|
76%
|
|
|
80%
|
|
|
71%
|
|
|
7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Inception date of
the Fund was December 8, 2021.
|
|
(b)
|
Net investment income
per share has been calculated based on average shares outstanding during the periods.
|
|
(c)
|
Realized and unrealized
gains and losses per share in the caption are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the
periods, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the periods.
|
|
(d)
|
Amount represents
less than $0.005 per share.
|
|
(e)
|
Not annualized for
periods less than one year.
|
|
(f)
|
Annualized for periods
less than one year.
|
|
(g)
|
Portfolio turnover
rate excludes in-kind transactions.
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
A.
|
Security Valuation
.
All equity securities, including domestic and foreign common stocks, preferred stocks and exchange-traded funds that are traded on a national
securities exchange, except those listed on the Nasdaq Global Market
®
, Nasdaq Global Select Market
®
and
the Nasdaq Capital Market
®
exchanges (collectively, “Nasdaq”), are valued at the last reported sale price
on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on Nasdaq will be valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing
Price (“NOCP”). If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded or Nasdaq security does not trade, then the mean between the most
recent quoted bid and asked prices will be used. All equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are valued at the last
sale price in the over-the-counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between
the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. Prices denominated in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents
at the current exchange rate, which approximates fair value.
|
|
Level 1 –
|
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets
for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
|
|
Level 2 –
|
Observable inputs other than quoted prices
included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices
for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield
curves, default rates and similar data.
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
Level 3 –
|
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability,
to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market
participant would use in valuing the asset or liability and would be based on the best information available.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stocks
|
|
|
$7,638,054
|
|
|
$
—
|
|
|
$
—
|
|
|
$7,638,054
|
|
Money
Market Funds
|
|
|
83,438
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
83,438
|
|
Total
Investments
|
|
|
$7,721,492
|
|
|
$
—
|
|
|
$
—
|
|
|
$7,721,492
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B.
|
Foreign Currency.
Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts
at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies
are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results
of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices
of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments. The Fund reports
net realized foreign exchange gains or losses that arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the
trade and settlement dates on foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign
withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized
foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at
fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
|
|
C.
|
Federal Income
Taxes.
The Fund’s policy is to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all net taxable investment income and net capital gains to
shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. The Fund plans to file U.S. Federal and various state and local
tax returns.
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
D.
|
Security Transactions
and Investment Income.
Investment securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses realized on sales
of securities are determined on a specific identification basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends
included in dividend income or separately disclosed, if any, are recorded at fair value of the security received. Withholding taxes on
foreign dividends and foreign taxes on capital gains, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding
of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.
|
|
E.
|
Distributions
to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains on securities are declared and
paid by the Fund at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
|
|
F.
|
Use of Estimates.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the current fiscal period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
|
|
G.
|
Share Valuation.
The NAV per share of the Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by the Fund, plus cash and
other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses) by the total number of shares outstanding of the Fund, rounded
to the nearest cent. The Fund’s shares will not be priced on the days on which the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
is closed for trading. The offering and redemption price per share for creation units of the Fund is equal to the Fund’s NAV per
share.
|
|
H.
|
Guarantees
and Indemnifications.
In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general
indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that
may be against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
|
|
I.
|
Reclassification
of Capital Accounts.
U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified
between financial and tax reporting. These classifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share and are primarily due to differing
book and tax treatments for redemption in-kind transactions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributable
Earnings
(Accumulated
Losses)
|
|
|
Paid-In
Capital
|
|
$42
|
|
|
$(42)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J.
|
New Accounting
Pronouncement.
Management has evaluated the impact of adopting ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable
Segment Disclosures with respect to the financial statements and disclosures and determined there is no material impact for the Fund.
The Fund operates as a single segment entity. The Fund’s income, expenses, assets, and performance are regularly monitored and assessed
by the Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Adviser, who serve as the chief operating decision makers, using the information presented in
the financial statements and financial highlights.
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
K.
|
New Accounting
Pronouncement.
In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards update 2023-09 (“ASU 2023-09”), Income Taxes
(Topic 740) Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which amends quantitative and qualitative income tax disclosure requirements in order
to increase disclosure consistency, bifurcate income tax information by jurisdiction and remove information that is no longer beneficial.
ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted. Fund management
is evaluating the impacts of these changes on the Fund’s financial statements.
|
|
L.
|
Subsequent
Events.
In preparing these financial statements, management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or
disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued. There were no events or transactions that occurred during the period
subsequent to the end of the current fiscal period that materially impacted the amounts or disclosures in the Fund’s financial statements.
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax
cost of investments
|
|
|
$
7,316,298
|
|
Gross
tax unrealized appreciation
|
|
|
$
750,926
|
|
Gross
tax unrealized depreciation
|
|
|
(345,732
)
|
|
Net
tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
405,194
|
|
Undistributed
ordinary income
|
|
|
—
|
|
Undistributed
long-term capital gains
|
|
|
—
|
|
Other
accumulated gain (loss)
|
|
|
(3,733,950
)
|
|
Distributable
earnings (accumulated losses)
|
|
|
$(3,328,756
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
| (b) | Financial Highlights are included within the financial statements filed under Item 7 of this Form. |