Subject
to completion, dated September 25, 2025
The
information herein is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these
securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission is effective. This Prospectus is not an offer to sell these
securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any
jurisdiction in which the offer or sale is not permitted.
PROSPECTUS
[
], 2025
Pacer
US Export Leaders ETF (PEXL)
Pacer
Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF (SRVR)
listed
on the NYSE Arca, Inc.
These
securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) nor has the SEC passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this
Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The
Funds offered through this Prospectus are not money market funds and do not seek
to maintain a fixed or stable NAV of $1.00 per share.
INVESTMENT
PRODUCTS: ¨
ARE
NOT FDIC INSURED ¨
MAY
LOSE VALUE ¨
ARE
NOT BANK GUARANTEED
Investment
Objective
The
Pacer US Export Leaders ETF (the “Fund”) is an exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that
seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the
Pacer US Export 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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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 |
None |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
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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 April 30, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was
71% 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
The
Index uses an objective, rules-based methodology to measure the performance of a
portfolio of approximately 100 large- and mid-capitalization U.S. companies with
a high percentage of foreign sales and high free cash flow growth. Free cash
flow is a company’s cash flow from operations minus its capital
expenditures.
Construction
of the Index begins with an initial universe of the 200 companies across the
S&P 900® Index (which is comprised of the S&P 500® Index (“S&P 500”)
and S&P MidCap 400® Index (“S&P MidCap 400”)) that have the highest
annual foreign sales as a percentage of total sales.
The
200 companies are then narrowed to the 100 companies with the highest change in
free cash flow growth over the past five years, and those 100 companies are
weighted based on free-float market capitalization (i.e., market capitalization
based on the number of shares available to the public), with a 5% cap for each
index constituent, to create the Index. The five-year free cash flow growth is
determined by measuring the change between each company’s most recent trailing
twelve-month free cash flow per share versus their trailing twelve-month free
cash flow per share five years ago. As of
[September
30], 2025, the Index was made up of 100 companies and included significant
allocations to companies in the [information technology] sector.
The
Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. At the time of each rebalance
of the Index, the companies included in the Index are weighted in proportion to
their current free float market capitalization, and weightings are capped at 5%
of the weight of the Index for any individual company.
From
time to time, the Index may include more or less than 100 companies as a result
of events such as acquisitions, spin-offs and other corporate actions.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
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.
Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets, plus borrowings for
investment purposes, will be invested in 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 in the same approximate proportion as in the Index.
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.
▪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.
Operating as “non-diversified” 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.
▪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
Sales Risk. The
Fund invests in companies that derive a significant portion of their sales to
non-U.S. customers. Consequently, investments in such companies may be
subject
to risk of loss due to unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates,
political, economic or social changes or instability in such non-U.S. countries,
events affecting the transportation, shipping or delivery of goods to such
customers, and changes in U.S. or foreign laws or regulations affecting
exports.
▪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.
▪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.
▪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. 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
Risk. The
Fund’s return may not track the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For
example, the Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the
Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when
rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition
of the Index.
In
addition, when the Fund uses a representative sampling approach, the Fund may
not be as well correlated with the return of the Index as when the Fund
purchases all of the securities in the Index in the proportions in which they
are represented 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, five year, and since inception periods compared with those of
the Index and a broad measure of market performance. The index the Fund tracks
updated its methodology in [… 2025] moving from an equal-weighted index to a
free-float market capitalization weighted index with a 5% cap on constituent
companies. This change may limit the relevance of this information. 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
For
the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2025, the Fund’s total return was [
]%. During the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest return
for a calendar quarter was 26.73% (quarter ended June 30, 2020) and the Fund’s
lowest return for a calendar quarter was -24.91% (quarter ended March 31,
2020).
Average
Annual Total Returns
(for
the periods ended December 31, 2024)
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Year |
5
Years |
Since
Inception
(7/23/18) |
| Pacer
US Export Leaders ETF |
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Before Taxes |
6.02% |
11.27% |
11.33% |
| Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
5.91% |
11.14% |
11.19% |
| Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
3.65% |
8.96% |
9.13% |
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Pacer
US Export Leaders Index
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
6.69% |
11.95% |
12.02% |
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S&P
900 IndexTM
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
24.37% |
14.28% |
13.75% |
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 Fund
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. 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 Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF (the “Fund”) is an exchange
traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to track the total return performance, before
fees and expenses, of the Solactive GPR Data & Infrastructure Real Estate
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 |
0.49% |
| Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
None |
| Other
Expenses |
0.00% |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses1 |
0.49% |
1
The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees
as if they had been in effect during the previous fiscal year to reflect a
reduction in the Management Fees effective August 29, 2025.
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 |
| $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 April 30, 2025, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was
40% 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 was developed by Global Property Research B.V. and Solactive AG (the
“Index Provider”), and measures the performance of the data and infrastructure
real estate sectors primarily of the U.S. equity market.
The
Index
The
Index is generally composed of (i) equity securities of U.S. and global
companies that derive at least 85% of their earnings or revenues from real
estate operations in the data and infrastructure real estate sectors (“Data and
Infrastructure Real Estate Companies”) and (ii) equity securities of U.S. and
global companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from activities
that make use of one or more of the following technologies (collectively, “Power
Generation Companies”):
•
Small
Modular Reactors (SMRs) :
Companies involved in the development, manufacturing, engineering, or supply of
technologies, components, or services related to small modular reactors,
including activities that support the deployment, operation, and integration of
SMRs into energy systems.
•
Nuclear
Power :
Companies engaged in activities connected to nuclear energy generation,
including the construction, operation, maintenance, or supply of technologies
and services for nuclear power plants, as well as companies that provide
equipment, engineering, or infrastructure solutions that enable nuclear power
production.
•
Power
Infrastructure & Energy Systems :
Companies that provide products, technologies, or services that enable the
generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electricity, including grid
equipment, power conversion systems, backup and reserve power solutions, and
other infrastructure related to maintaining energy supply for industrial,
commercial, and utility-scale applications.
•
Digital
Infrastructure & Connectivity Systems :
Companies that deliver hardware, software, and services that support the power,
cooling, networking, and/or operational resilience of digital infrastructure,
including data center power and thermal management solutions, networking and
connectivity equipment, and integrated systems that assist in the operation of
information technology and communication facilities.
At
the time of each reconstitution of the Index, the Index is comprised of
companies that fulfill the following requirements (“Index Constituents”):
•
Components
of the GPR Pure Infrastructure Index that are allocated to the communication
sector;
•
All
global data center companies that are components of the GPR 250 Index;
•
Companies
that are listed in developed or emerging markets (excluding India and
Mexico);
•
Companies
that have a free float market capitalization of at least $250 million at the
time of reconstitution and at least $500 million on any day within two years
prior to the reconstitution date;
•
Companies
with an average daily volume traded in the last 12 months of at least 10,000
shares; and
•
With
respect to Power Generation Companies, all components of the Solactive Small
Modular Reactor Index.
To
be eligible for inclusion in the Solactive Small Modular Reactor Index,
companies must have a free float market capitalization of at least $100 million
and minimum average daily value traded of at least $1 million over the six month
period prior to the reconstitution date. Companies are selected for inclusion in
the Solactive Small Modular Reactor Index by Solactive AG (“Solactive”), using
ARTIS®, Solactive’s proprietary natural language processing algorithm. ARTIS
uses key words to review large volumes of publicly available data, such as
company annual reports, published business descriptions, company publications,
and financial news reports, which Solactive believes will identify and classify
companies eligible for inclusion in the Index.
A
portion of the Index is expected to be composed of real estate investment trusts
(“REITs”). The real estate companies included in the Index may utilize leverage,
and some may be highly leveraged. Additionally, such companies may include
significant business operations outside of the United States.
The
Index is reconstituted and rebalanced (i.e., companies are added or deleted and
weights are reset based on Index rules) quarterly as of the close of business on
the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. 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 reconstitution of the Index.
Each Index Constituent’s weight is capped at 15% and the sum of Index
Constituents with weights greater than 4.5% cannot exceed 45% of the total Index
weight. In addition, the ratio of the Index Constituents that are not part of
the Solactive Small Modular Reactor Index relative to the Index Constituents
that are part of the Solactive Small Modular Reactor Index will be approximately
80%:20%. The aggregate weight of the Index Constituents from emerging markets is
capped at 10%. If the foregoing limits would be exceeded at the time of a
reconstitution of the Index, the excess weight is proportionally redistributed
to all Index Constituents with weights below such limits.
The
Fund’s Investment Strategy
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the value of its net
assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in Data and
Infrastructure Real Estate Companies and Power Generation Companies. The Fund
defines Data and Infrastructure Real Estate Companies as U.S. and global
companies that derive at least 85% of their earnings or revenues from real
estate operations in the data and infrastructure sectors. The Fund defines Power
Generation Companies as U.S. and global companies that generate at least 50% of
their revenues from activities that make use of small modular reactors (SMRs),
nuclear power, power infrastructure and energy systems, or digital
infrastructure
and
connectivity systems. Pacer Advisors, Inc. (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.
The
Fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in cash and cash equivalents, other
investment companies, as well as securities and other instruments not included
in the Index but which the Adviser believes will help the Fund track 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 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
in Real Estate Risk.
The Index, and consequently the Fund, is expected to concentrate its investments
(i.e.,
hold more than 25% of its total assets) in real estate companies. As a result,
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, the real estate industry 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
Markets Risk. The
Fund may invest in companies organized in emerging market nations. Investments
in securities and instruments traded in developing or emerging markets, or that
provide exposure to such securities or markets, can involve additional risks
relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions not associated with
investments in U.S. securities and instruments or investments in more developed
international markets. Such conditions may impact the ability of the Fund to
buy, sell or otherwise transfer securities, adversely affect the trading market
and price for Shares and cause the Fund to decline in value.
▪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 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.
▪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.
▪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.
▪
Nuclear
Power Companies Risk. Nuclear
power companies may face considerable risk as a result of incidents and
accidents, breaches of security, ill-intentioned acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, equipment malfunctions or mishandling in storage, handling,
transportation, treatment or conditioning of substances and nuclear materials.
Such events could have serious consequences, especially in the case of
radioactive contamination and irradiation of the environment, for the general
population, as well as a material, negative impact on nuclear infrastructure
companies. In addition, nuclear infrastructure companies are subject to
competitive risk associated with the prices of other energy sources, such as
natural gas and oil. Consumers of nuclear energy may have the ability to switch
between nuclear energy and other energy sources and, as a result, during periods
when competing energy sources are less expensive, the revenues of nuclear
infrastructure companies may decline with a corresponding impact on earnings.
Nuclear activity is also subject to particularly detailed and restrictive
regulations, with a scheme for the monitoring and periodic re-examination of
operating authorization, which primarily takes into account nuclear safety,
environmental and public health protection, and also national security
considerations, including terrorist threats in particular. These regulations and
any future regulations may be subject to significant tightening by national and
international authorities. This could result in increased operating costs, which
would have a negative impact on nuclear power companies and may cause operating
businesses related to nuclear energy to become unprofitable or impractical to
operate.
▪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.
▪Real
Estate Companies Risk. The
Fund invests in real estate companies, including REITs and real estate holdings
companies, which will expose investors to the risks of owning real estate
directly, as well as to the risks that relate specifically to the way in which
such companies are organized and operated. Real estate is highly sensitive to
general and local economic conditions and developments. The U.S. real estate
market may, in the future, experience and has, in the past, experienced a
decline in value, with certain regions experiencing significant losses in
property values. Many real estate companies, including REITs, utilize leverage
(and some may be highly leveraged), which increases investment risk and the risk
normally associated with debt financing, and could potentially increase the
Fund’s volatility and losses. Exposure to such real estate may adversely affect
Fund performance.
In
addition to the foregoing risks common to most real estate companies, companies
in certain real estate sectors may have additional unique risks.
◦Risks
of Investing in the Data & Infrastructure Real Estate Sector.
Companies in the Data & Infrastructure Real Estate sector may be affected by
unique supply and demand factors that do not apply to other real estate sectors,
such as changes in demand for communications infrastructure, consolidation of
tower sites, new technologies that may affect demand for communications towers,
and changes in demand for wireless infrastructure and wireless
connectivity.
▪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 the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the
economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that
significantly affect those sectors.
•Communication
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.
▪Small-Capitalization
Investing Risk. The
securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse
issuer, market, political, 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. There is typically less publicly available information
concerning smaller capitalization companies than for larger, more established
companies.
▪Tax
Risk. 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 the Fund’s 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
Risk.
The Fund’s return may not track the return of the Index for a number of reasons.
For example, the Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to
the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when
rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition
of the 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.
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, five year, and since inception periods compared with those of
the Index and a broad measure of market performance. The index the Fund tracks
updated its methodology in [… 2025] expanding its investment universe
to
include companies from both developed and emerging market countries that are
involved in small modular reactors, nuclear power, power infrastructure and
energy systems, or digital infrastructure and connectivity systems. 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
For
the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2025, the Fund’s total return was [
]%. During the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest return
for a calendar quarter was 20.82% (quarter ended March 31, 2019) and the Fund’s
lowest return for a calendar quarter was -16.38% (quarter ended September 30,
2022).
Average
Annual Total Returns
(for
the periods ended December 31, 2024)
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1
Year |
5
Years |
Since
Inception
(5/15/18) |
| Pacer
Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF |
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| Return
Before Taxes |
2.55% |
0.45% |
5.26% |
| Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
1.89% |
-0.21% |
4.52% |
| Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
1.68% |
0.15% |
3.88% |
|
Solactive
GPR Data & Infrastructure Real Estate Index1
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
3.42% |
3.36% |
7.72% |
|
S&P
500®
Index
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
25.02% |
14.53% |
14.30% |
|
FTSE
NAREIT All Equity REITS Total Return Index
(reflects
no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
4.92% |
3.29% |
6.77% |
1
Effective November 1, 2022, the Fund’s investment objective changed to track the
performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive GPR Data &
Infrastructure Real Estate Index. Prior to November 1, 2022, the Fund’s
investment objective was to track the price and total return performance, before
fees and expenses, of the Kelly Data Center & Tech Infrastructure Index.
Performance shown for periods prior to November 1, 2022, is that of the Kelly
Data Center & Tech Infrastructure Index.
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 Fund
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. 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.
Each
Fund’s ticker symbol appears on the cover of this Prospectus, and references to
specific Funds in the sections below will refer to such Funds by their ticker
symbol.
Additional
Information About Each Fund’s 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.
Additional
Information About Each Fund’s Principal Investment Strategies
Each
Fund will concentrate its investments ( i.e.
,
hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of
related industries to approximately the same extent that the Fund’s underlying
index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S.
government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) are not considered to
be issued by members of any industry. The components of each Fund’s underlying
index, and the degree to which these components represent certain industries,
may change over time.
With
respect to SRVR, the Fund has adopted a policy to comply with Rule 35d-1 under
the 1940 Act. The policy has been adopted as a non-fundamental policy and may be
changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days’ written notice to
shareholders.
Additional
Information About Each Index and
the Underlying Indices
Index
Calculation and Trademark Ownership
The
Solactive GPR Data & Infrastructure Real Estate Index is calculated by a
third party calculation agent that is not affiliated with the Funds, Index
Design Group (“IDG”), the Adviser, or the Funds’ distributor. The calculation
agent shall have no liability for any errors or omissions in calculating any
Index.
Each
Index for which 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.
The
Solactive GPR Data & Infrastructure Real Estate Index may include the
following security types: common stocks, REITs, American Depositary Receipts
(“ADRs”), limited partnership interests, shares or units of beneficial interest,
and shares of limited liability companies. If at any time a security no longer
meets the eligibility criteria for being included in an Index, the security is
removed from such Index and not replaced. Solactive has contracted to calculate
and maintain the Solactive GPR Data & Infrastructure Real Estate Index,
which is the exclusive property of Global Property Research B.V. and Solactive
AG.
Simple
Moving Average Calculation. The
200-day moving average for an index can be calculated by adding the closing
price of the index for each of the 200 most recent business days and dividing
the resulting sum by 200.
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
900® Index. The
S&P 900 Index is s comprised of the S&P 500 ®
Index
and S&P MidCap 400 ®
Index.
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 [ ], 2025, the average market
capitalization of companies in the S&P MidCap 400 Index was $[8.9
billion].
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 as noted in the
respective Fund Summaries, 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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PEXL |
SRVR |
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Calculation
Methodology Risk |
X |
X |
| Concentration
in Real Estate Risk |
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X |
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Concentration
Risk |
X |
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Currency
Exchange Rate Risk |
|
X |
| Diversification
Risk |
X |
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| Emerging
Markets Risk |
|
X |
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Equity
Market Risk |
X |
X |
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ETF
Risks |
X |
X |
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Foreign
Sales Risk |
X |
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Foreign
Securities Risk |
|
X |
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Geographic
Concentration Risk |
|
X |
| International
Operations Risk |
|
X |
|
Large-Capitalization
Investing Risk |
X |
X |
|
Mid-Capitalization
Investing Risk |
X |
X |
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Non-Diversification
Risk |
|
X |
| Nuclear
Power Companies Risk |
|
X
|
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Passive
Investment Risk |
X |
X |
| Real
Estate Companies Risk |
|
X |
| REIT
Investment Risk |
|
X |
|
Sector
Risk |
X |
X |
| —
Communication Services Sector Risk |
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X |
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—
Information Technology Sector Risk |
X |
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| Small-Capitalization
Investing Risk |
|
X |
| Tax
Risk |
|
X |
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Tracking
Risk |
X |
X |
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 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
in Real Estate Risk
The
Solactive GPR Data & Infrastructure Real Estate Index, and consequently
SRVR, is expected to concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of
its total assets) in real estate companies. As a result, 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,
the real estate industry may be out of favor and underperform other industries
or groups of industries.
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.
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: national debt levels
and trade deficits, changes in balances of payments and trade, domestic and
foreign interest and inflation rates, global or regional political, economic or
financial events, monetary policies of governments, actual or potential
government intervention, 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.
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.
Operating as “non-diversified” 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.
Emerging
Markets Risk
The
Fund may invest in companies organized in emerging market nations. Investments
in securities and instruments traded in developing or emerging markets, or that
provide exposure to such securities or markets, can involve additional risks
relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions not associated with
investments in U.S. securities and instruments or investments in more developed
international markets. Such conditions may impact the ability of the Fund to
buy, sell or otherwise transfer securities, adversely affect the trading market
and price for Shares and cause the Fund to decline in value.
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: 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.
For
example, the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain its spread resulted in
extreme volatility in the financial markets. As the global pandemic illustrated,
such events may affect certain regions, sectors and industries more
significantly than others. 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 a 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. 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 its applicable Exchange and may be listed or
traded on U.S. and non-U.S. stock exchanges other than its applicable 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 its applicable Exchange, make
trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in Shares on its applicable
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 each 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 a Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which
can be significantly less liquid than Shares and this could lead to differences
between the market price of the shares of the Fund and the underlying value of
those Shares.
Foreign
Sales Risk
Investments
in companies that derive a significant portion of their sales to foreign
customers may be subject to risk of loss due to unfavorable changes in currency
exchange rates, political, economic or social changes or instability in foreign
countries, events affecting the transportation, shipping or delivery of goods to
customers, and changes in U.S. or foreign laws or regulations affecting exports.
In addition, conditions and changes in regulatory, tax, or economic policy in a
country could significantly affect the market in that country and in surrounding
or related countries and have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance.
Currency developments or restrictions, political and social instability, and
changing economic conditions have resulted in significant market
volatility.
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.
Geographic
Concentration Risk
The
Fund is 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 the 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.
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.
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.
Non-Diversification
Risk
Although
the 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.
Nuclear
Power Companies Risk
Nuclear
power companies may face considerable risk as a result of incidents and
accidents, breaches of security, ill-intentioned acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, equipment malfunctions or mishandling in storage, handling,
transportation, treatment or conditioning of substances and nuclear materials.
Such events could have serious consequences, especially in the case of
radioactive contamination and irradiation of the environment, for the general
population, as well as a material, negative impact on nuclear infrastructure
companies. In addition, nuclear infrastructure companies are subject to
competitive risk associated with the prices of other energy sources, such as
natural gas and oil. Consumers of nuclear energy may have the ability to switch
between nuclear energy and other energy sources and, as a result, during periods
when competing energy sources are less expensive, the revenues of nuclear
infrastructure companies may decline with a corresponding impact on earnings.
Nuclear activity is also subject to particularly detailed and restrictive
regulations, with a scheme for the monitoring and periodic re-examination of
operating authorization, which primarily takes into account nuclear safety,
environmental and public health protection, and also national security
considerations, including terrorist threats in particular. These regulations and
any future regulations may be subject to significant tightening by national and
international authorities. This could result in increased operating costs, which
would have a negative impact on nuclear power companies and may cause operating
businesses related to nuclear energy to become unprofitable or impractical to
operate.
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. 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.
Real
Estate Companies Risk
The
Fund invests in real estate companies, including REITs and real estate holdings
companies, it will expose investors to the risks of owning real estate directly,
as well as to the risks that relate specifically to the way in which such
companies are organized and operated. Real estate is highly sensitive to general
and local economic conditions and developments and is characterized by intense
competition and periodic overbuilding. Many real estate companies, including
REITs, utilize leverage (and some may be highly leveraged), which increases
investment risk and the risk normally associated with debt financing, and could
potentially increase a Fund’s volatility and losses. The U.S. real estate market
may, in the future, experience and has, in the past, experienced a decline in
value, with certain regions experiencing significant losses in property values.
Exposure to such real estate may adversely affect Fund performance. In addition,
many investors may already have exposure to residential real estate through
ownership of a home. So called “Acts of God,” such as hurricanes, earthquakes,
tsunamis, and other natural disasters, as well as the effects of climate change,
terrorist activity, political unrest, or civil strife may result in physical
damage to properties or a decrease in demand, which can affect
profits.
In
addition to the foregoing risks common to most real estate companies, companies
in certain real estate sectors may have additional unique risks.
◦Risks
of Investing in the Data & Infrastructure Real Estate Sector (SRVR
only).
Companies in the Data & Infrastructure Real Estate sector may be affected by
unique supply and demand factors that do not apply to other real estate sectors,
such as changes in demand for communications infrastructure, consolidation of
tower sites, and new technologies that may affect demand for communications
towers. Data and infrastructure real estate companies are particularly affected
by changes in demand for wireless infrastructure and wireless connectivity. Such
demand is affected by numerous factors, including consumer demand for wireless
connectivity; availability or capacity of wireless infrastructure or associated
land interests; location of wireless infrastructure; financial condition of
customers, including their profitability and availability or cost of capital;
availability and cost of spectrum for commercial use; increased use of network
sharing, roaming, joint development, or resale agreements by customers; mergers
or consolidations by and among customers; governmental regulations, including
local or
state
restrictions on the proliferation of wireless infrastructure; cost of
constructing wireless infrastructure; and technological changes, including those
affecting the number or type of wireless infrastructure needed to provide
wireless connectivity to a given geographic area or resulting in the
obsolescence or decommissioning of certain existing wireless
networks.
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 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 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.
◦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
Investing 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
To
qualify for the favorable tax treatment generally available to regulated
investment companies, a Fund must satisfy certain diversification requirements.
In particular, a Fund generally may not acquire a security if, as a result of
the acquisition, more than 50% of the value of such Fund’s assets would be
invested in (a) issuers in which such 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 a Fund
to fully implement a replication strategy or a representative sampling strategy
while satisfying these diversification requirements. A Fund’s efforts to satisfy
the diversification requirements may affect such Fund’s execution of its
investment strategy and may cause the Fund’s return to deviate from that of the
Index, and a Fund’s efforts to replicate or represent the Index may cause it
inadvertently to fail to satisfy the diversification requirements. If a 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 a 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
such Fund in computing its taxable income.
Tracking
Risk
The
Fund seeks to track the performance of its underlying index and is subject to
the risk of tracking variance. Tracking variance may result from share purchases
and redemptions, transaction costs, expenses and other factors. Tracking
variance may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.
Additionally, a 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 use of sampling techniques may affect the Fund’s ability to
achieve close correlation with its 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.
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).
Each
Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in cash and cash equivalents, other
investment companies, as well as securities and other instruments not included
in the Index but which the Adviser believes will help the Fund track the
applicable Index.
Cash
Equivalents and Short-Term Investments. Normally,
a Fund invests substantially all of its assets to meet its investment objective.
A 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
a Fund invested in such holdings varies and depends on several factors,
including market conditions. During such periods, the Fund may not be able to
achieve its investment objective. The Fund may adopt a temporary defensive
strategy when the portfolio managers believe securities in which the Fund
normally invests have elevated risks due to political or economic factors and in
other extraordinary circumstances. For more information on eligible short-term
investments, see the SAI.
Absence
of a Prior Active Market. Although
the Funds’ Shares are approved for listing on the 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
Funds 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 Funds 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 a 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.
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 each Fund’s
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 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
US Export Leaders ETF |
0.60% |
| Pacer
Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF* |
0.49% |
| *Effective
August 29, 2025, the management fee for the Fund was reduced from 0.60% to
0.49%. |
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.
The
basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement
for each Fund is available in such Funds’ Annual Report to Shareholders for the
fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, which is included in such Funds’ most recent
Form
N-CSR filing.
Portfolio
Managers
With
respect to each Fund, the Funds’ portfolio management team consists of Bruce
Kavanaugh and Danke Wang, CFA, FRM, who are jointly and primarily responsible
for the day-to-day management of such Funds’ portfolios.
Pacer
Advisors, Inc.
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 2015. Mr. Kavanaugh
has more than 25 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 and a portfolio manager in 2022. Mr. Wang obtained
an MS in Finance from Villanova University and holds the Chartered Financial
Analyst and Financial Risk Manager designations.
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
Each
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.
Foreign
Investments by the Funds
Interest
and other income received by the Funds with respect to foreign securities may
give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax
conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or
eliminate such taxes. If as of the close of a taxable year more than 50% of the
value of a Fund’s assets consists of certain foreign stock or securities, each
such Fund will be eligible to elect to “pass through” to investors the amount of
foreign income and similar taxes (including withholding taxes) paid by such Fund
during that taxable year. This means that investors would be considered to have
received as additional income their respective Shares of such foreign taxes, but
may be entitled to either a corresponding tax deduction in calculating taxable
income, or, subject to certain limitations, a credit in calculating federal
income tax. If a Fund does not so elect, each such Fund will be entitled to
claim a deduction for certain foreign taxes incurred by such Fund. A Fund (or
your broker) 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.
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.
Foreign
Taxes
To
the extent the 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.
With
respect to the Future Funds, information regarding how often Shares of each Fund
traded on the Exchange at a price above (i.e.,
at a premium) or below (i.e.,
at a discount) the NAV of the fund will be available in the future on the Funds’
website at www.PacerETFs.com. With respect to all other Funds, 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 the Exchange. The Exchange makes no
representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of Fund Shares or
any member of the public regarding the ability of the Funds to track the total
return performance of the Indexes or the ability of the Indexes identified
herein to track the performance of its constituent securities. The Exchange is
not responsible for, nor has it 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 Fund Shares to be issued, nor in the
determination or calculation of the equation by which Shares are redeemable. The
Exchange has no obligation or liability to owners of Fund Shares in connection
with the administration, marketing, or trading of Fund Shares.
The
Exchange does not guarantee the accuracy and/or the completeness of the Indexes
or the data included therein. The Exchange makes no warranty, express or
implied, as to results to be obtained by the Trust on behalf of each Fund,
owners of the Shares, or any other person or entity from the use of the Index or
the data included therein. The Exchange makes no express or implied warranties,
and hereby expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for
a particular purpose with respect to the Indexes or the data included therein.
Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall the Exchange have any
liability for any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special, or consequential
damages even if notified of the possibility thereof.
The
Adviser, the Index Provider, the Exchange, and each Fund make no representation
or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of Fund Shares or any member of
the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in
each Fund particularly. The Adviser has no obligation to take the needs of each
Fund or the owners of Shares of each Fund into consideration in determining,
composing, or calculating each Index.
The
Adviser, the Index Provider, the Exchange, 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.
The
Index Provider owns the Indexes and each Index methodology and is a licensor of
the Indexes to the Adviser and index receipt agent. The 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.
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 Funds 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.
IDG
DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR UNINTERRUPTED CALCULATION OF ANY INDEX OR
ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. IDG MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO
RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ADVISER, OWNERS OF THE FUNDS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON
OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF ANY INDEX. IDG MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO EACH INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED
THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX
PROVIDER HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
SRVR
is 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 Solactive GPR Data &
Infrastructure
Real Estate Index (for this paragraph only, the “Index”) and/or Index’s trade
mark or the Index’s price at any time or in any other respect. The Index is
calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to
ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations
towards the Funds, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the
Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial
intermediaries of SRVR. Neither publication of the Index by Solactive AG nor the
licensing of the Index or Index’s trade mark for the purpose of use in
connection with SRVR 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 Fund.
The
financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand each Fund’s
financial performance for the past five years or, if shorter, for the period of
each Fund’s operations.
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 applicable 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’
Annual
Report ,
which is available upon request.
PACER
US EXPORT LEADERS ETF
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| FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS |
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Year
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Year
Ended |
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Ended |
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Ended |
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April
30, 2025 |
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April
30, 2024 |
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April
30, 2023 |
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April
30, 2022 |
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April
30, 2021 |
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SHARE DATA: |
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Year |
$ |
47.07 |
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$ |
39.95 |
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$ |
38.27 |
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$ |
40.41 |
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$ |
25.15 |
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OPERATIONS: |
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Net
Investment Income(a) |
0.24 |
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0.21 |
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0.25 |
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0.12 |
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0.14 |
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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments |
(2.08) |
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7.12 |
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1.67 |
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(2.13) |
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15.27 |
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| Total
from Investment Operations |
(1.84) |
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7.33 |
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1.92 |
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(2.01) |
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15.41 |
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| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
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| Net
Investment Income |
(0.21) |
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(0.21) |
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(0.24) |
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(0.12) |
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(0.15) |
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| Return
of Capital |
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(0.01) |
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| Total
Distributions |
(0.21) |
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(0.21) |
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(0.24) |
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(0.13) |
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(0.15) |
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| Net
Asset Value, End of Year |
$ |
45.02 |
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$ |
47.07 |
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$ |
39.95 |
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$ |
38.27 |
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$ |
40.41 |
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| Total
Return |
-3.95 |
% |
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18.40 |
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5.06 |
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-5.00 |
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61.47 |
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| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
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| Net
Assets, End of Year (in thousands) |
$ |
40,521 |
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$ |
61,194 |
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$ |
19,976 |
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$ |
3,827 |
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$ |
2,021 |
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Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets |
0.60 |
% |
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0.60 |
% |
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0.60 |
% |
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0.61 |
% |
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0.60 |
% |
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Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets |
0.48 |
% |
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0.47 |
% |
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0.64 |
% |
|
0.29 |
% |
|
0.43 |
% |
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Portfolio
Turnover Rate(b) |
71 |
% |
|
75 |
% |
|
74 |
% |
|
79 |
% |
|
111 |
% |
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| (a) |
Net
investment income per share has been calculated based on average shares
outstanding during the years. |
| (b) |
Portfolio
turnover rate excludes in-kind
transactions. |
PACER
DATA & INFRASTRUCTURE REAL ESTATE ETF
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS |
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Year
Ended |
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Year
Ended |
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Year
Ended |
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Year
Ended |
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Year
Ended |
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April
30, 2025 |
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April
30, 2024 |
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April
30, 2023 |
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April
30, 2022 |
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April
30, 2021 |
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| PER
SHARE DATA: |
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Year |
$ |
26.32 |
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$ |
29.68 |
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$ |
37.50 |
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$ |
38.48 |
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$ |
33.27 |
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| INVESTMENT
OPERATIONS: |
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Net
Investment Income(a) |
0.61 |
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|
0.71 |
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|
0.77 |
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0.32 |
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|
0.36 |
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| Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments |
4.37 |
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(2.98) |
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(7.92) |
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(0.91) |
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5.39 |
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| Total
from Investment Operations |
4.98 |
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(2.27) |
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(7.15) |
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(0.59) |
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5.75 |
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| LESS
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM: |
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Net
Investment Income |
(0.51) |
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(1.09) |
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(0.61) |
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(0.33) |
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(0.37) |
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Net
Realized Gains |
— |
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— |
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(0.06) |
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(0.06) |
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— |
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Return
of Capital |
— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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(0.17) |
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Total
Distributions |
(0.51) |
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(1.09) |
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(0.67) |
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(0.39) |
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(0.54) |
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| ETF
transaction fees per share |
0.00 |
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(b) |
0.00 |
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(b) |
0.00 |
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(b) |
— |
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— |
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Net
Asset Value, End of Year |
$ |
30.79 |
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$ |
26.32 |
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$ |
29.68 |
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$ |
37.50 |
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$ |
38.48 |
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| Total
Return |
19.05 |
% |
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-7.74 |
% |
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-19.11 |
% |
|
-1.63 |
% |
|
17.46 |
% |
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| SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS: |
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| Net
Assets, End of Year (in thousands) |
$ |
432,583 |
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$ |
421,162 |
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$ |
700,548 |
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$ |
1,299,321 |
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$ |
1,119,810 |
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| RATIO
OF EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS: |
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| Before
Expense Reimbursement/Recoupment |
0.60 |
% |
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0.60 |
% |
|
0.60 |
% |
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0.62 |
% |
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0.60 |
% |
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| After
Expense Reimbursement/Recoupment |
0.55 |
% |
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0.55 |
% |
|
0.58 |
% |
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N/A |
|
N/A |
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| RATIO
OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS: |
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| Before
Reimbursement/Recoupment |
2.04 |
% |
|
2.52 |
% |
|
2.43 |
% |
|
0.81 |
% |
|
1.02 |
% |
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| After
Reimbursement/Recoupment |
1.99 |
% |
|
2.57 |
% |
|
2.41 |
% |
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N/A |
|
N/A |
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Portfolio
Turnover Rate(c) |
40 |
% |
|
68 |
% |
|
51 |
% |
|
23 |
% |
|
30 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (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. |
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Adviser |
Pacer
Advisors, Inc.
500
Chesterfield Parkway
Malvern,
Pennsylvania 19355 |
Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Sanville
& Company
2617
Huntingdon Pike
Huntingdon
Valley, PA 19006 |
|
Fund
Accountant, Administrator, Index Receipt Agent, and Transfer
Agent |
U.S.
Bank Global Fund Services
615
East Michigan Street
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53202 |
Distributor |
Pacer
Financial, Inc.
500
Chesterfield Parkway
Malvern,
Pennsylvania 19355 |
|
Custodian |
U.S.
Bank National Association
1555
N. Rivercenter Drive
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53212 |
Legal
Counsel |
Practus
LLP
11300
Tomahawk Creek Parkway,
Suite
310
Leawood,
Kansas 66211 |
The
Trust’s current SAI provides additional detailed information about each Fund. A
current SAI dated [ ], 2025, 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 (when available). 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.
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) |
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Visit: |
www.PacerETFs.com |
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
reference.
(The
Trust’s SEC Investment Company Act file number is 811-23024)