Beta Advantage® Multi-Sector Approach to Debt Market Investing. The Index
reflects a rules-based multi-sector strategic beta approach to measuring the performance of the debt market through representation of six sectors of the debt market in the Index, each focused on yield, quality, and liquidity of the particular
eligible universe. The Index, and therefore the Fund, will have exposure to the following six sectors of the debt market (% amount noted is the Index’s allocation to the particular sector): U.S. Treasury securities (10%); global ex-U.S.
treasury securities (10%); U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities (15%); U.S. corporate investment grade bonds (15%); U.S. corporate high yield bonds (30%); and emerging markets sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt (20%). The Index’s allocation
to each of the six sectors is fixed and, as such, will not vary as a result of Index rebalancing or reconstitution. The number of securities in each of the six sector index models and the Index as a whole noted below are as of January 31, 2020 and
are subject to change. Six sector index models, each as discussed below, will generate all of the component securities of the Index. Each sector index model is market value-weighted except for the Global Ex-U.S. Treasury Securities Sector index
model, which is equal-weighted.
Beta Advantage® Strategy to Investing in the U.S. Treasury Securities Sector. As part of its multi-sector approach, the Index holds, and therefore the Fund invests in, those U.S. Treasury securities included in the Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Total Return Index that meet the
following criteria: have a remaining maturity of greater than 7 years, are rated investment grade, are U.S. dollar denominated, have a fixed-rate coupon, are non-convertible, and have $250 million or more of outstanding face value. At January 31,
2020, this sector index model held 70 securities.
Beta Advantage® Strategy to Investing in the Global Ex-U.S. Treasury Securities Sector. As part of its multi-sector approach, the Index holds, and therefore the Fund invests in, those securities included in the Bloomberg Barclays Global Treasury Ex-US Total Return Index (which is
comprised of fixed rate, local currency, investment grade sovereign debt of countries outside the U.S.) that meet the following criteria: have a remaining maturity of between and including 7 to 12 years and a yield greater than 0.00% that are issued
by the following countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. From these securities, the single largest debt instrument is selected (by amount outstanding) from each
country, equally weighted per country. At January 31, 2020, this sector index model held 7 securities.
Beta Advantage® Strategy to Investing in the U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Sector. As part of its multi-sector approach, the Index holds, and therefore the Fund invests in, those securities included in the Bloomberg Barclays US MBS Total Return Index (which is comprised of U.S.
agency mortgage pass-through securities backed by pools of mortgages and issued by the following U.S. government-sponsored enterprises: Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)) that meet the
following criteria: have a 30-year fixed-rate program, an issuance date less than 1,000 days, and that are denominated in U.S. dollars. At January 31, 2020, this sector index model held 28 securities.
Beta Advantage® Strategy to Investing in the U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Debt Sector. As part of its multi-sector approach, the Index holds, and therefore the Fund invests in, those securities included in the Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Total Return Index (which is comprised of
investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable, U.S. dollar denominated debt with $250 million or more of par amount outstanding, issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial companies, utilities, and financial institutions) that meet the following criteria: have
a remaining maturity of between and including 5 to 15 years, a credit rating between and including BAA1 and BAA3 using the Bloomberg Barclays index rating methodology, and an issuance date not greater than 1,000 days. The two largest issues from
each issuer are selected based on amount outstanding. At January 31, 2020, this sector index model held 504 securities.
Beta Advantage® Strategy to Investing in the U.S. Corporate High Yield Debt Sector. As part of its multi-sector approach, the Index holds, and therefore the Fund invests in, those securities included in the Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Total Return Index (which is
comprised of publicly issued U.S. dollar denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bonds) that meet the following criteria: have a (non-investment grade) credit rating above B3 using the Bloomberg index rating methodology, an
outstanding face amount greater than $800 million, remaining maturity of less than 14 years, and issued within the past 5 years. Pay-in-kind (PIK) and partial PIK instruments are excluded from this sector index model. The two largest issues from
each issuer are selected based on amount outstanding, subject to a 2% issuer cap based on market value. At January 31, 2020, this sector index model held 185 securities.
Beta Advantage® Strategy to Investing in the Emerging Markets Sovereign and Quasi-Sovereign Debt Sector. As part of its multi-sector approach, the Index holds, and therefore the Fund invests in, those securities included in the Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets USD Aggregate Total Return Index (which
is comprised of fixed-rate sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt of emerging market countries rated investment grade and non-investment grade) that meet the following criteria, with corporate issuers being excluded: have a credit rating between and
including BAA1 and BA3 using the Bloomberg Barclays index rating methodology, remaining maturity of between and including 5 to 15