# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000919160
**File Stem:** 0001213900-26-005466
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-26-005466.hdr.sgml**: 20260120

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-26-005466

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 19

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260120

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260120

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260120

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000919160

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-75340
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26541588

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 251 SOUTH LAKE AVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91101
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 626-914-1041

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 251 SOUTH LAKE AVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 800
- **CITY:** PASADENA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 91101

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** INVESTEC FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000927

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970506

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GUINNESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT FUNDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940217

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF (Series ID: S000069135)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                             | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF | DIVS          | C000220962 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF (Series ID: S000069135)

| Class ID   | Class Name                             | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000220962 | Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF | DIVS            |

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**Guinness Atkinson Funds**

**Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF**

Ticker: DIVS

Exchange: NYSE Arca

**Supplement dated January 20, 2026, to the**

**Prospectus, Summary Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"), each dated April 30, 2025, as amended July 3, 2025.**

 

*<u>Reduction of Expense Limitation</u>*

 

*Effective February 1, 2026 (the "Effective Date"), Guinness Atkinson<sup>TM</sup> Asset Management, Inc. (the "Advisor") has agreed to reduce the limit on the total annual fund operating expenses, excluding certain expenses as described below, of the Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF (the "Fund") from 0.65% to 0.45% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Accordingly, as of the Effective Date, the following revisions are made to the Prospectus, Summary Prospectus and SAI:*

 

*The "Fees and Expenses of the Fund" section with respect to the Fund beginning on page 13 of the Prospectus is replaced with the following:*

 

**Fees and Expenses of the Fund**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF. **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.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;**Shareholder Fees** (fees paid directly from your investment)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investments) | | |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Management Fees: |  | 0.45% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses: |  | 0.56% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tax Expense | 0.01% |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All Other Expenses | 0.55% |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Annual Fund Operating Expense:** |  | **1.01%** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Fee Waiver/Expense Reimbursement:<sup>1</sup> |  | (0.55)% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement:<sup>1</sup>** |  | **0.46%** |

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<sup>1</sup> The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or pay Fund expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, fees related to services for reclamation or collection of foreign taxes withheld, interest, taxes, dividends on short positions and extraordinary expenses) in order to limit the Fund's total annual operating expenses to 0.45% through June 30, 2028.

***<u>Example</u>***

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF with the cost of investing in other investment companies. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. This Example does not include brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell shares. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions, your costs would be:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**1 Year** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**3 Years** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**5 Years** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**10 Years** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;$47 | &nbsp;&nbsp;$184 | &nbsp;&nbsp;$423 | &nbsp;&nbsp;$1110 |

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*The table under "Expense Cap through June 30, 2028" on page 70 of the Prospectus is deleted and replaced with the following:*

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Expense Cap through June 30, 2028** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Expense Cap through June 30, 2028** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Guinness Atkinson Dividend Builder ETF | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.45% |

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*As of the Effective Date, all additional references in the Fund's Prospectus, Summary Prospectus and SAI to the expense limitation arrangement are revised as indicated above.*

***Please retain this Supplement with your records.***