# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001592900-25-001735.hdr.sgml**: 20250703

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001592900-25-001735

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 22

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250703

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250703

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250703

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** EA Series Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001592900

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-195493
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251104985

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 19 E EAGLE ROAD
- **CITY:** HAVERTOWN
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19083
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 1.215.882.9983

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 19 E EAGLE ROAD
- **CITY:** HAVERTOWN
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 19083

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Alpha Architect ETF Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140428

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Empowered Funds ETF Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20131125

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Alpha Architect US Equity ETF (Series ID: S000088650)

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| Class Name                    | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect US Equity ETF | AAUS          | C000254981 |

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### Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF (Series ID: S000088651)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                        | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF | AAGL          | C000254982 |

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### Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF (Series ID: S000088652)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                       | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | BOXS          | C000254983 |

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### Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF (Series ID: S000088653)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                                          | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF | BOXI          | C000254984 |

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### Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF (Series ID: S000088654)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                                  | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | BOXL          | C000254985 |

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### Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF (Series ID: S000088655)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                         | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | BOXA          | C000254986 |

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### Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (Series ID: S000088656)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                                         | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | BOXP          | C000254987 |

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### Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF (Series ID: S000088657)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name                      | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | BOXR          | C000254988 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Alpha Architect US Equity ETF (Series ID: S000088650)

| Class ID   | Class Name                    | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254981 | Alpha Architect US Equity ETF | AAUS            |

### Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF (Series ID: S000088651)

| Class ID   | Class Name                        | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254982 | Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF | AAGL            |

### Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF (Series ID: S000088652)

| Class ID   | Class Name                       | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254983 | Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | BOXS            |

### Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF (Series ID: S000088653)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                          | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254984 | Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF | BOXI            |

### Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF (Series ID: S000088654)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                  | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254985 | Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | BOXL            |

### Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF (Series ID: S000088655)

| Class ID   | Class Name                         | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254986 | Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | BOXA            |

### Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (Series ID: S000088656)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                         | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254987 | Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | BOXP            |

### Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF (Series ID: S000088657)

| Class ID   | Class Name                      | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000254988 | Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | BOXR            |

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**Prospectus**

**December 4, 2024, as supplemented July 3, 2025**

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|:---|:---|
| **Alpha Architect US Equity ETF** | Ticker Symbol: AAUS |
| **Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF** | Ticker Symbol: AAGL |
| *each of the above listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC* | *each of the above listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC* |
| **Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXS |
| **Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXI |
| **Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXL |
| **Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXA |
| **Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXP |
| **Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXR |
| *listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.* | *listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.* |

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*These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.*

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**Table of Contents**

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| **<u>[ALPHA ARCHITECT US](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_10)[E](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_10)[QUITY](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_10)[ETF](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_10)</u>** | **[1](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_10)** |
| **<u>[ALPHA ARCHITECT](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_1099511628183)[GLOBAL](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_1099511628183)[EQUITY](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_1099511628183)[ETF](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_1099511628183)</u>** | **[7](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_1099511628183)** |
| **<u>[ALPHA ARCHITECT 1-3 YEAR BOX ETF](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_1099511628193)</u>** | **[14](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_1099511628193)** |
| **<u>ALPHA ARCHITECT INTERMEDIATE-TERM TREASURY BOND ETF</u>** | **[23](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_515)** |
| **<u>[ALPHA ARCHITECT LONG-TERM TREASURY BOND ETF](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_439)</u>** | **[31](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_439)** |
| **<u>[ALPHA ARCHITECT AGGREGATE BOND ETF](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_451)</u>** | **[39](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_451)** |
| **<u>[ALPHA ARCHITECT INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES ETF](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_446)</u>** | **[48](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_446)** |
| **<u>[ALPHA ARCHITECT REAL ESTATE ETF](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_456)</u>** | **[56](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_456)** |
| **<u>[ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_31)[S](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_31)['](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_31)[INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_31)[S](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_31)[AND PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_31)</u>** | **[64](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_31)** |
| **<u>[ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_34)[S](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_34)['](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_34)[PRINCIPAL RISKS](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_34)</u>** | **[68](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_34)** |
| **<u>[FUND MANAGEMENT](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_37)</u>** | **[79](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_37)** |
| **<u>[OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_40)</u>** | **[83](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_40)** |
| **<u>[THE EXCHANGE](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_43)</u>** | **[83](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_43)** |
| **<u>[BUYING AND SELLING](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_46)[SHARES](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_46)</u>** | **[84](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_46)** |
| **<u>[BUYING AND SELLING SHARES ON THE SECONDARY MARKET](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_49)</u>** | **[84](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_49)** |
| **<u>[ACTIVE INVESTORS AND MARKET TIMING](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_52)</u>** | **[85](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_52)** |
| **<u>[DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_55)</u>** | **[86](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_55)** |
| **<u>[NET ASSET VALUE](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_58)</u>** | **[86](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_58)** |
| **<u>[FUND WEBSITE AND DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_61)</u>** | **[87](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_61)** |
| **<u>[INVESTMENTS BY OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_64)</u>** | **[87](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_64)** |
| **<u>[DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_67)</u>** | **[87](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_67)** |
| **<u>[FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_475)</u>** | **[91](#i0a518e2f48a5444599f22d0808140bf1_475)** |

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT US EQUITY ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect US Equity ETF (the "Fund") seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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|:---|:---|
| Management Fee | 0.15% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>1</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses** | **0.15%** |

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<sup>1</sup>Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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|:---|:---|
| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $15 | $48 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") managed by Alpha Architect, LLC, the Fund's investment sub-adviser ("Alpha Architect" or the "Sub-Adviser"). The Fund invests primarily in a diverse group of U.S. companies across market sectors, styles (e.g., value or growth), and industry groups or ETFs that provide similar exposure to U.S. companies. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in the equity securities of U.S. companies. The Sub-Adviser defines U.S. companies as companies whose securities are traded principally in the United States or that have their principal place of business in the United States. The Fund's investments in other ETFs may be selected for their ability to represent companies of a certain market capitalization, a particular sector (e.g., information technology companies), or a subset of an asset class (e.g., small cap value companies), or based on factors such as their risk adjusted return, alpha, style (e.g., growth or value), or other factors that help the Fund achieve broad exposure across U.S. equities. The Fund's investments in other ETFs may include ETFs that are affiliated (i.e., that have the same investment adviser or sub-adviser).

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The Fund seeks to achieve broad diversification to U.S. equity markets, including exposure to both dividend and non-dividend paying U.S. companies. The Fund may also invest in ETFs that invest in dividend-paying stocks to support the Fund's broad exposure to U.S. equities. The Sub-Adviser monitors the Fund's portfolio to identify stocks or ETFs expected to pay a dividend in the immediate future and evaluates whether to replace such stocks or ETFs prior to their distribution record date as the Sub-Adviser seeks to maintain the Fund's broad diversification, while taking advantage of proprietary research that suggests that stocks scheduled to pay a dividend should be avoided just prior to the dividend distribution and for at least 30 days after the dividend distribution. The proprietary research further indicates that the demand for dividend-paying stocks prior to the dividend distribution is generally too high (thus driving stock prices above a company's fundamentals) and the demand for dividend paying stocks after distribution is generally too low (thus driving stock prices below a company's fundamentals). The Fund seeks to take advantage of this mismatch in supply and demand in the marketplace. While the Sub-Adviser expects to replace certain stocks or ETFs prior to their distribution record date, the Sub-Adviser may elect not to replace a holding that is scheduled to pay a dividend to maintain the portfolio's diversification, to avoid the costs associated with replacing a holding, or based on other effects that replacing a security would have on the Fund. While the Fund is expected to have a lower yield than it would if the Sub-Adviser did not replace stocks prior to their distribution record date, there is no guarantee that the Sub-Adviser will be successful in its attempt to minimize the Fund's taxable income.

The Fund's investment universe typically starts with publicly traded U.S. equity securities, including common and preferred stocks, that have a market capitalization of $1 billion or greater at the time of purchase, excluding business development companies and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The Sub-Adviser generally applies a weighting process that is designed to favor those companies with higher market capitalizations relative to the other companies in the investment universe. Market capitalization is derived by multiplying the number of outstanding shares by the market price of each share.

As demonstrated by the security selection process and the annual reevaluation process for the Fund's investment universe, the Fund is structured similarly to a market capitalization weighted index fund. However, the Sub-Adviser will actively manage the Fund's portfolio to attempt to avoid owning certain dividend-paying stocks or ETFs just prior to the distribution record date and for at least 30 days after the dividend distribution. The Sub-Adviser will generally monitor the Fund's portfolio holdings at least weekly and will look to replace certain stocks or ETFs expected to pay a dividend in the immediate future. When such replacement trades occur, the additional capital will be reallocated across the Fund's remaining holdings that are not expected to pay a dividend in the near future, or the Sub-Adviser may replace the portfolio holding with an investment in targeted or broad market ETFs or through investments in options that provide exposure to the broad U.S. market. In addition, the Sub-Adviser will look to buy back the sold stocks approximately 30 to 45 days after the dividend distribution. Investors seeking income should not invest in this Fund. This process seeks to outperform the broad U.S. market, while having a secondary effect of potentially reducing year-end distributions. To help reduce, or possibly eliminate, the Fund's year-end distributions, the Fund intends to conduct most of its redemptions through in-kind transactions of securities with unrealized gains. If the Fund is unable to conduct its redemptions in-kind, the Fund may distribute net investment income and/or capital gains to shareholders.

Although the Fund seeks investments across a broad array of sectors and companies, from time to time, based on market conditions and portfolio positioning, the Fund's investment strategy may emphasize exposure to particular sectors. With a starting point of companies with a market capitalization of $1 billion or greater, the Fund may have exposure to large-, mid- and small-capitalization U.S. companies.

The Sub-Adviser will reconstitute the Fund's investment universe at least annually (*e.g.*, April of each year) following its reevaluation of the Fund's investment universe. The Fund's strategy may result in frequent trading resulting in increased transactional costs.

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Large-Capitalization Companies Risk.** Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large-capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets.

**Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk.** Investing in securities of mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies' securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. Often mid-capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

**Small-Capitalization Companies Risk.** The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of large- or mid-capitalization companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and, during adverse circumstances, may be more difficult to sell and receive a sales price comparable to the value assigned to the security by the Fund. These securities are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than large- or mid-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, which may make the valuation of such securities more difficult if there is not a readily available market price.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular asset classes or industries represented in the markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends, or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may be negatively affected. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Investment Strategy Risk.** There is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to successfully minimize the taxable income generated by an investment in Fund Shares.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**High Portfolio Turnover Risk.** The Fund's investment strategy is expected to result in higher turnover rates. This may increase the Fund's brokerage commission costs, which could negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Rapid portfolio turnover may expose shareholders to a higher current realization of short-term capital gains, distributions of which would generally be taxed to you as ordinary income and thus cause you to pay higher taxes. In order to effectuate the Fund's strategy, the Sub-Adviser is relying upon the ability to conduct in-kind redemptions of the Fund's portfolio holdings. In the event that the Sub-Adviser is unable to do so, the ability of the Sub-Adviser to minimize the taxable income generated by an investment in Fund Shares will be impaired.

**Equity Investing Risk.** An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates, and perceived trends in stock prices. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments. In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market, or securities markets generally.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that

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securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry, or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry, or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

**Sector Risk.** If the Fund's portfolio is overweighted in a certain sector, any negative economic, financial, market, business, or other developments affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund that is not overweighted in that sector. A certain sector may underperform other sectors or the market as a whole. Economic or market factors, regulation or deregulation, and technological or other developments may negatively impact all companies in a particular sector. This may increase the risk of loss associated with an investment in the Fund and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value per share.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations, and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional, or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively-managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Adviser's or portfolio managers' success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. The success of the Fund's investment program depends on the Sub-Adviser and the portfolio managers' skill in implementing the

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Fund's investment strategy. It is important to note that, as part of the security selection process, the Sub-Adviser does not perform any type of fundamental or quantitative analysis on the component companies. Security selection and weighting are driven primarily by a securities market capitalization.

**Annual Reevaluation Risk.** The Fund's investment universe will be reevaluated annually by the Sub-Adviser. As a result, the Fund's exposure to one or more securities may be affected by significant price movements promptly following the annual re-evaluation. Such lags between re-evaluations may result in significant performance swings relative to the broader equity markets.

**Buying or Purchasing Options Risk.** Options are instruments whose value is derived from that of other assets, rates, or indexes. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the OCC. The Fund bears the risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the options contracts. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses. Also, since the Fund is not a member of the OCC (a "clearing member"), and only clearing members can participate directly in the OCC, the Fund will hold options contracts through commingled omnibus accounts at clearing members. As a result, Fund assets deposited with a clearing member as margin for options contracts may, in certain circumstances, be used to satisfy losses of other clients of the Fund's clearing member. Although clearing members guarantee performance of their clients' obligations to the OCC, there is a risk that Fund assets might not be fully protected in the event of the clearing member's bankruptcy.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**In-Kind Contribution Risk.** At its launch, the Fund expects to acquire a material amount of assets through one or more in-kind contributions that are intended to qualify as tax-deferred transactions governed by Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code. If one or more of the in-kind contributions were to fail to qualify for tax-deferred treatment, then the Fund would not take a carryover tax basis in the applicable contributed assets and would not benefit from a tacked holding period in those assets. This could cause the Fund to incorrectly calculate and report to shareholders the amount of gain or loss recognized and/or the character of gain or loss (e.g., as long-term or short-term) on the subsequent disposition of such assets.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISER**

Investment Adviser: Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") <br> Investment Sub-Adviser: Alpha Architect, LLC

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

Messrs. Wesley R. Gray, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer, and John Vogel, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the Sub-Adviser, are co-portfolio managers for the Fund. Each portfolio manager has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a "premium") or less than NAV (at a "discount"). An investor 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 and selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT GLOBAL EQUITY ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF (the "Fund") seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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| Management Fee | 0.25% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>1</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses** | **0.25%** |

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<sup>1</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $26 | $80 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") managed by Alpha Architect, LLC, the Fund's investment sub-adviser ("Alpha Architect" or the "Sub-Adviser"). The Fund invests primarily in a diverse group of equity securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies across market sectors, styles (e.g., value or growth), and industry groups or ETFs that provide similar exposure to such companies. The Fund's investments may include both developed and emerging market countries. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in the equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies, including common stocks, depositary receipts evidencing ownership in common stocks, and preferred stocks. The Fund's investments in depositary receipts may be in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs), and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs). The Sub-Adviser defines non-U.S. companies as companies headquartered outside of the United States, or whose primary business activities or principal trading markets are located outside of the United States. The Fund's investments in other ETFs may be selected for their ability to represent companies of a certain market capitalization, a particular sector (e.g., information technology companies), or a subset of an asset class (e.g., small cap value companies), or based on factors such as their risk adjusted return, alpha, style (e.g., growth or value), or other factors that help the Fund

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achieve broad exposure across U.S. equities. The Fund's investments in other ETFs may include ETFs that are affiliated (i.e., that have the same investment adviser or sub-adviser)

The Fund seeks to achieve broad diversification to global equity markets, including exposure to both dividend and non-dividend paying companies. The Fund may also invest in ETFs that invest in dividend-paying stocks to support the Fund's broad exposure to U.S. equities. The Sub-Adviser monitors the Fund's portfolio to identify stocks or ETFs expected to pay a dividend in the immediate future and evaluates whether to replace such stocks or ETFs prior to their distribution record date as the Sub-Adviser seeks to maintain the Fund's broad diversification, while taking advantage of proprietary research that suggests that stocks scheduled to pay a dividend should be avoided just prior to the dividend distribution and for at least 30 days after the dividend distribution. The proprietary research further indicates that the demand for dividend-paying stocks prior to the dividend distribution is generally too high (thus driving stock prices above a company's fundamentals) and the demand for dividend paying stocks after distribution is generally too low (thus driving stock prices below a company's fundamentals). The Fund seeks to take advantage of this mismatch in supply and demand in the marketplace. While the Sub-Adviser expects to replace certain stocks or ETFs prior to their distribution record date, the Sub-Adviser may elect not to replace a holding that is scheduled to pay a dividend to maintain the portfolio's diversification, to avoid the costs associated with replacing a holding, or based on other effects that replacing a security would have on the Fund. While the Fund is expected to have a lower yield than it would if the Sub-Adviser did not replace stocks prior to their distribution record date, there is no guarantee that the Sub-Adviser will be successful in its attempt to minimize the Fund's taxable income.

The Fund's investment universe typically starts with publicly traded U.S. and non-U.S. companies that have a market capitalization of $1 billion or greater at the time of purchase and satisfy the Sub-Adviser's liquidity requirements. The Sub-Adviser generally employs a weighting process that is designed to favor those companies with higher market capitalizations relative to the other companies in the investment universe. Market capitalization is derived by multiplying the number of outstanding shares by the market price of each share. Everything is compared on U.S. dollar terms.

As demonstrated by the security selection process and the annual reevaluation process for the Fund's investment universe, the Fund is structured similarly to a market capitalization weighted index fund. However, the Sub-Adviser will actively manage the Fund's portfolio to attempt to avoid owning certain dividend-paying stocks or ETFs just prior to the distribution record date and for at least 30 days after the dividend distribution. The Sub-Adviser will generally monitor the Fund's portfolio holdings at least monthly and will look to replace certain stocks or ETFs expected to pay a dividend in the immediate future. When such replacement trades occur, the additional capital will be reallocated across the Fund's remaining holdings that are not expected to pay a dividend in the near future, or the Sub-Adviser may replace the portfolio holding with an investment in ETFs that focus their investments in U.S. or non-U.S. companies or through investments in options that provide exposure to such U.S. or non-U.S. companies. In addition, the Sub-Adviser will look to buy back the sold security approximately 30 to 45 days after the dividend distribution. Investors seeking income should not invest in this Fund. This process seeks to outperform the broad global market while having a secondary effect of potentially reducing year-end distributions. To help reduce, or possibly eliminate, the Fund's year-end distributions, the Fund intends to conduct most of its redemptions through in-kind transactions of securities with unrealized gains. If the Fund is unable to conduct its redemptions in-kind, the Fund may distribute net investment income and/or capital gains to shareholders.

Although the Fund seeks investments across a broad array of sectors and companies, from time to time, based on market conditions and portfolio positioning, the Fund's investment strategy may emphasize exposure to particular sectors and/or countries or regions. The Sub-Adviser may, at times, overweight or underweight U.S. companies relative to international companies. This tactical allocation is fully discretionary by the Sub-Adviser. With a starting point of companies with a market capitalization of $1 billion or greater, the Fund may have exposure to large-, mid- and small-capitalization U.S. and non-U.S. companies.

The Fund's global investments may provide exposure to developed and/or emerging markets.

The Sub-Adviser will reconstitute the Fund's investment universe at least annually (*e.g.*, April of each year) following its reevaluation of the Fund's investment universe. The Fund's strategy may result in frequent trading resulting in increased transactional costs. The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

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**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Large-Capitalization Companies Risk.** Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large-capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets.

**Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk.** Investing in securities of mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies' securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. Often mid-capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

**Small-Capitalization Companies Risk.** The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse issuer market, political, or economic developments than securities of large- or mid-capitalization companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and, during adverse circumstances, may be more difficult to sell and receive a sales price comparable to the value assigned to the security by the Fund. These securities are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than large- or mid-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, which may make the valuation of such securities more difficult if there is not a readily available market price.

**Foreign Securities Risk.** Investments in non-U.S. securities involve 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. There may be less information publicly available about a non-U.S. issuer than a U.S. issuer. Non-U.S. issuers may be subject to different accounting, auditing, financial reporting, and investor protection standards than U.S. issuers. Changes to the financial condition or credit rating of foreign issuers may also adversely affect the value of the Fund's securities. Investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject to additional trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. Because legal systems differ, there is also the possibility that it will be difficult to obtain or enforce legal judgments in some countries. Since foreign exchanges may be open on days when the Fund does not price its Shares, the value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's Shares. Conversely, Shares may trade on days when foreign exchanges are closed. Investment in foreign securities may involve higher costs than investment in U.S. securities, including higher transaction and custody costs, as well as the imposition of additional taxes by foreign governments. Each of these factors can make investments in the Fund more volatile and potentially less liquid than other types of investments.

**Depositary Receipts.** Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities. Depositary receipts that are not sponsored by the issuer may be less liquid and there may be less readily available public information about the issuer.

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**Developed Countries Risk.** The Fund's investment in developed country issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have experienced security concerns, such as war, terrorism, and strained international relations. Incidents involving a country's or region's security may cause uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund's investments. In addition, developed countries may be adversely impacted by changes to the economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens, and the price or availability of certain commodities.

**Emerging Markets Risk.** Many emerging market countries have a history of, and continue to experience serious, and potentially continuing, economic and political problems. Stock markets in many emerging market countries are relatively small, expensive to trade in, and generally have higher risks than those in developed markets. Securities in emerging markets also may be less liquid than those in developed markets and foreigners are often limited in their ability to invest in, and withdraw assets from, these markets. Additional restrictions may be imposed under other conditions.

**Currency Risk.** Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV could decline if a currency of a non-U.S. market in which the Fund has exposure to depreciates against the U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currency. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without warning.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular asset classes or industries represented in the markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends, or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may be negatively affected. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Investment Strategy Risk.** There is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to successfully minimize the taxable income generated by an investment in Fund Shares.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**High Portfolio Turnover Risk.** The Fund's investment strategy is expected to result in higher turnover rates. This may increase the Fund's brokerage commission costs, which could negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Rapid portfolio turnover may expose shareholders to a higher current realization of short-term capital gains, distributions of which would generally be taxed to you as ordinary income and thus cause you to pay higher taxes. In order to effectuate the Fund's strategy, the Sub-Adviser is relying upon the ability to conduct in-kind redemptions of the Fund's portfolio holdings. In the event that the Sub-Adviser is unable to do so, the ability of the Sub-Adviser to minimize the taxable income generated by an investment in Fund Shares will be impaired.

**Equity Investing Risk.** An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates, and perceived trends in stock prices. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments. In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market, or securities markets generally.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry, or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry, or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

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**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

**Sector Risk.** If the Fund's portfolio is overweighted in a certain sector, any negative economic, financial, market, business, or other developments affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund that is not overweighted in that sector. A certain sector may underperform other sectors or the market as a whole. Economic or market factors, regulation or deregulation, and technological or other developments may negatively impact all companies in a particular sector. This may increase the risk of loss associated with an investment in the Fund and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value per share.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations, and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional, or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively-managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Adviser's or portfolio managers' success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. The success of the Fund's investment program depends on the Sub-Adviser and the portfolio managers' skill in implementing the Fund's investment strategy. It is important to note that, as part of the security selection process, the Sub-Adviser does not perform any type of fundamental or quantitative analysis on the component companies. Security selection and weighting are driven primarily by a securities market capitalization.

**Annual Reevaluation Risk.** The Fund's investment universe will be reevaluated annually by the Sub-Adviser. As a result, the Fund's exposure to one or more securities may be affected by significant price movements promptly

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following the annual re-evaluation. Such lags between re-evaluations may result in significant performance swings relative to the broader equity markets.

**Buying or Purchasing Options Risk.** Options are instruments whose value is derived from that of other assets, rates, or indexes. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the OCC. The Fund bears the risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the options contracts. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses. Also, since the Fund is not a member of the OCC (a "clearing member"), and only clearing members can participate directly in the OCC, the Fund will hold options contracts through commingled omnibus accounts at clearing members. As a result, Fund assets deposited with a clearing member as margin for options contracts may, in certain circumstances, be used to satisfy losses of other clients of the Fund's clearing member. Although clearing members guarantee performance of their clients' obligations to the OCC, there is a risk that Fund assets might not be fully protected in the event of the clearing member's bankruptcy.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**In-Kind Contribution Risk.** At its launch, the Fund expects to acquire a material amount of assets through one or more in-kind contributions that are intended to qualify as tax-deferred transactions governed by Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code. If one or more of the in-kind contributions were to fail to qualify for tax-deferred treatment, then the Fund would not take a carryover tax basis in the applicable contributed assets and would not benefit from a tacked holding period in those assets. This could cause the Fund to incorrectly calculate and report to shareholders the amount of gain or loss recognized and/or the character of gain or loss (e.g., as long-term or short-term) on the subsequent disposition of such assets.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISER**

Investment Adviser: Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") <br> Investment Sub-Adviser: Alpha Architect, LLC

**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

Messrs. Wesley R. Gray, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer and John Vogel, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the Sub-Adviser, are co-portfolio managers for the Fund. Each portfolio manager has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

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Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a "premium") or less than NAV (at a "discount"). An investor 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 and selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT 1-3 YEAR BOX ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks the 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Market.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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| Management Fee<sup>1</sup> | 0.19% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>2</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<sup>1</sup> | **0.19%** |

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<sup>1</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund's Management Fee and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are 0.1949%.

<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $20 | $63 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks the 1-3 year sector of the United States Treasury Bill and Note market, as measured by the Solactive US 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Index. To do so, the principal investment strategy of the Fund will be to utilize a series of long and short exchange-listed options combinations called a box spread ("Box Spread"). In order to accomplish its investment goals, the Fund may utilize either standard exchange-listed options or FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") or a combination of both.

Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin") and Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect" and collectively with Arin, the "Sub-Advisers") will serve as the Sub-Advisers for the Fund. Based on their market analysis, the Sub-Advisers will vary the Fund's average maturity of the Box Spreads between 1 and 3 years. The Sub-Advisers' management of the Fund's box spread investments will dictate the success of the Fund's strategy (*i.e.*, its ability to exceed the total

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return performance of the 1-3 year sector of the United States Treasury Bill and Note market). A box spread is designed to remove most of the equity and volatility risk through its combination of option contracts. However, box spreads are not free from risk. Specifically, box spreads are exposed to interest rate and liquidity risks. Similar to bonds, as interest rates rise the value of a bond and box spread will fall and when interest rates fall the value of a bond and box spread will rise.

By way of background, a Box Spread is the combination of a synthetic long position coupled with an offsetting synthetic short position through a combination of options contracts on an equity security or an equity index at the same expiration date. The synthetic long consists of buying a call option and selling a put option on the same security or index where the call option and put option share the same strike and expiration date (a "Synthetic Long"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread. The synthetic short consists of buying a put option and selling a call option on the same security or index with the same expiration date as the synthetic long but using a different strike price (a "Synthetic Short"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread.

An important feature of the Box Spread construction process is the elimination of risk tied to underlying market movements associated with the underlying option's security or equity index. Once the Box Spread is initiated, its return from the initiation date of such Box Spread through its expiration date will generally not change. The Fund anticipates buying, holding, and/or selling multiple Box Spreads, and consequently, the Fund's anticipated return from Box Spreads will reflect all of its investment activity, as well as changes in market prices and expected interest rates, among other factors, and will vary over time. A box spread has a fixed payoff at expiration (similar to the par value of a bond), which is equal to the difference between the strike prices of the options involved. The present value of this payoff depends on the prevailing interest rates in the same way that interest rates affect the present value of a bond's par value. The following diagram depicts the value of the box spread's payoff at expiration based on no changes in the value of the reference asset. It does not depict the value of the box spread at points in time prior to the expiration of the options.

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Buying (or selling) a Box Spread is similar to buying (or selling) a zero-coupon bond. A zero-coupon bond does not pay periodic coupons, but the bond trades at a discount to its face value. The maturity value of a zero-coupon bond

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is comparable to the difference in the strike prices of the Box Spread. The maturity date of a zero-coupon bond is comparable to the expiration date of the options comprising the Box Spread. When constructing a Box Spread, the strike price of the Synthetic Long will be at a lower strike price than the strike price of the Synthetic Short. When buying or selling a Box Spread, the buyer or seller generally expects the price of the Box Spread to be less than the difference in the strike prices of the Box Spread. A buyer or seller of a Box Spread will earn a profit or loss equal to the difference between the beginning price (price paid to buy or received if sold) and the ending price (expiration value or closing trade price). If the Fund holds the Box Spread until expiration, then its profit or loss will be determined by the difference between the price it paid to buy the Box Spread (or received in the case of selling the Box Spread) and the value of the Box Spread upon expiration.

As an example, a typical Box Spread could include the simultaneous purchase of a call option and sale of a put option (*i.e.*, Synthetic Long) with a strike of $1,000 on the referenced index/asset together with the sale of a call option and purchase of a put option (*i.e.*, Synthetic Short) with a strike of $2,000 on the referenced index/asset where all four of these options share the same expiration date. The expiration or maturity value would be the difference in the strikes or $1,000 in this case. The expected profit earned would equal the difference between the price paid for this Box Spread and its expiration value of $1,000 minus any transaction costs associated with the options trades. The effective yield on each Box Spread is determined by annualizing the profit over the price paid. The Fund will only purchase Box Spreads where the purchase price (after considering all costs to the Fund for entering such trade) is less than the expiration value.

The Fund may, at times, purchase the Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (the "1-3 Month Box ETF") for cash management purposes. The Sub-Advisers believe the 1-3 Month Box ETF may offer the Fund a better return than cash and cash equivalents type investments. The 1-3 Month Box ETF is an affiliated ETF and holds a series of Box Spreads. The 1-3 Month Box ETF may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLEX Options or a combination of both, to gain exposure to a Box Spread (as described above).

In general, an option contract is an agreement between a buyer and seller that gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy or sell a particular asset at a specified future date at an agreed upon price, commonly known as the "strike price." In the case of a "call option", the purchaser has the right to buy the particular asset and the seller of a "call option" has the obligation to deliver the particular asset at the strike price. In the case of a "put option", the purchaser has the right to sell the particular asset and the seller of a "put option" has the obligation to purchase the particular asset at the strike price. Since the Fund trades listed or exchange-traded options, the counterparty to its option positions is the Options Clearing Corporation.

The Sub-Advisers may invest the Fund's assets in a series of Box Spreads with various expiration dates. The quantity and expiration dates of the Box Spreads held by the Fund will be based on several factors, including the Fund's asset size, the effective yield for various Box Spread expiration dates available in the marketplace, and the Sub-Advisers' view of future interest rates. Based upon historical examples of Box Spreads actually traded in the marketplace, the Sub-Advisers expect that there will be market participants willing to sell Box Spreads to the Fund in sufficient quantities to satisfy the objective of the Fund.

The Fund generally invests its assets in a series of Box Spreads such that the weighted average maturity of the Box Spreads based upon expiration dates is between 1 and 3 years. The Fund may sell Box Spreads with a longer or shorter period to expiration in an effort to gain exposure to the forward rate implied by the execution of longer and shorter dated Box Spreads. The Fund expects to trade some or all of the Box Spreads prior to their respective expiration dates, if the Sub-Advisers believe it is advantageous for the Fund to do so. Upon expiration or sale of any Box Spread, the Sub-Advisers may seek to purchase additional Box Spreads at an effective yield and expiration date that offers favorable risk and reward characteristics under current market conditions. The Fund may also invest in cash, cash equivalents, money market funds, or Treasury bills. The Fund's strategy is expected to result in high portfolio turnover. The return that the Fund expects to earn from Box Spreads will fluctuate but should remain consistent with the market rate for securities within the 1-3 year sector of the United States Treasury Bill and Note Market.

When purchasing or selling a Box Spread, the Fund will primarily use European-style options. European-style options may not be terminated or assigned in advance of the option's expiration date. This ensures that the synthetic positions created using the Box Spreads are not cancelled prior to its maturity. Options contracts on ETFs are expected to be the preferred investments for substantially all of the Fund's holdings. For example, the Fund may

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purchase or sell Box Spreads that use the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust as the reference asset for the options contracts making up a Box Spread.

The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. In order to achieve its objective, the Fund will typically purchase a new Box Spread at the time (or shortly thereafter) any existing Box Spread expires or is sold or when the Sub-Advisers believe purchasing a new Box Spread would offer a favorable investment opportunity. The Fund may also sell or "roll" any Box Spread at any time. When rolling a Box Spread, the Fund enters into a trade where it simultaneously closes on each component of an existing Box Spread while opening a new Box Spread position. The Fund may also sell Box Spreads that utilize the same or a different reference assets, strike prices, and expiration dates as Box Spreads owned by the Fund. When selling or rolling a Box Spread, the Fund may incur additional transaction costs than if it waited until such Box Spread expired.

Exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Pursuant to section 1256 of the Code, profit and loss on transactions in non-equity options, are subject to taxation at a rate equal to 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. Based on the advice of its accountants, the Fund expects that distributions related to such positions, if any, will be characterized by the Fund as capital gains with these preferential terms. The Fund expects that distributions, if any, related to the Fund's positions that do not qualify for the preferential treatment under section 1256 are expected to be characterized by the Fund as either short-term capital gain or ordinary income.

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Options Risk.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Selling or Writing Options*. Writing option contracts can result in losses that exceed the seller's initial investment and may lead to additional turnover and higher tax liability. The risk involved in writing a call option is that there could be an increase in the market value of the underlying or reference asset. An underlying or reference asset may be an index, equity security, or ETF. If this occurs, the call option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a lower price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled call options, the call seller would be required to purchase the call option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such call option. Similarly, while writing call options can reduce the risk of owning the underlying asset, such a strategy limits the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying asset in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call option. The risk involved in writing a put option is that there could be a decrease in the market value of the underlying asset. If this occurs, the put option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a higher price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled put options, the put seller would be required to purchase the put option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such put option.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Buying or Purchasing Options Risk*. If a call or put option is not sold when it has remaining value and if the market price of the underlying asset, in the case of a call option, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, or, in the case of a put option, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, the buyer will lose its entire investment in the call or put option. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position. When an option is purchased to hedge against price movements in an underlying asset, the price of the option may move more or less than the price of the underlying asset.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Box Spread Risk*. A Box Spread is the combination of a Synthetic Long position coupled with an offsetting Synthetic Short position through a combination of options contracts on an underlying or reference asset such as index, equity security or ETF with the same expiration date. A Box Spread typically consists of four option positions two of which represent the Synthetic Long and two representing the Synthetic Short. If one or more of these individual option positions are modified or closed separately prior to the option contract's expiration, then the Box Spread may no longer effectively eliminate risk tied to underlying asset's movement. Furthermore, the Box Spread's value is derived in the market and is in part, based on the time until the options comprising the Box Spread expire and the prevailing market interest rates. If the Fund sells a Box Spread prior to its expiration, then the Fund may incur a loss. The Fund's ability to profit from Box Spreads is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to sell Box Spreads to the Fund at competitive prices.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FLEX Options Risk.* FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely customizable terms like exercise price, style, and expiration date. Due to their customization and potentially unique terms, FLEX Options may be less liquid than other securities, such as standard exchange listed options. In less liquid markets for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The value of FLEX Options will be affected by, among others, changes in the underlying share or equity index price, changes in actual and implied interest rates, changes in the actual and implied volatility of the underlying shares or equity index and the remaining time to until the FLEX Options expire. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for the holdings of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to value the FLEX Options becomes more difficult and the judgment of the Fund's Sub-Advisers (employing the fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund's holdings due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options, including FLEX Options, are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). The Fund's investments are at risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the option contract terms. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term interest rate market movements and over longer periods during continued interest rate market movements. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Advisers' success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. In addition, there is the risk that the investment process, techniques and analyses used by the Sub-Advisers will not produce the desired investment results and the Fund may lose value as a result.

**Tax Risk.** The Fund may enter into various transactions, including transactions involving options contracts, for which there is a lack of clear guidance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which may affect the taxation of the Fund. The use of certain derivatives may cause the Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gain, to suspend or eliminate holding periods of positions, and/or to defer realized losses, potentially increasing the need to make taxable distributions, including those that will be taxed at the rates applicable to ordinary income. For example, exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under Code Section 1256 pursuant to which profit and loss with respect to such options are subject to tax as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. In addition, certain derivatives are subject to mark-to-market, constructive sale, and straddle provisions of the Code. If such provisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable distributions that will need to be made by the Fund.

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Code, which requires the Fund to distribute a certain portion of its income and gains each year, among other requirements. Similar to other ETFs, when the Fund disposes of appreciated property by distributing such appreciated property in-kind pursuant to redemption requ

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ests of its shareholders under Code Section 852(b)(6), the Fund does not recognize any built-in gain in such appreciated property. If the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court disagrees with the Fund's position as to the applicability of this nonrecognition rule to the Fund's dispositions, the Fund may not have distributed sufficient income or gains to qualify as a RIC. If, in any year, the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund itself generally would be subject to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax, and distributions received by its shareholders would be subject to further U.S. federal income tax. Alternatively, the Fund may be required to pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash) and applicable interest, and such dividend would be paid to the then current shareholders of the Fund. Failure to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC would have significant negative economic consequences to the Fund's shareholders. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in the underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character, and amount of income the Fund realizes from its investments.

Additionally, Code Section 1258 requires that certain capital gain from an investment be recharacterized as ordinary income if substantially all of the expected return is attributable to the time value of holding the investment and such investment falls into certain defined categories (a "conversion transaction"). If any of the Fund's transactions or holding of Shares are deemed to be conversion transactions, certain gains from such transactions or Shares would be treated as ordinary income, which could result respectively in the Fund having not distributed enough income to qualify as a RIC (with the same tax consequences described above) or gain on the disposition of Shares being treated as ordinary income. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will not treat any such transactions by the Fund or the holding of Shares as conversion transactions.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

**Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk.** The Fund may invest a portion of its in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly impacted by the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

**U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk.** The Fund may have exposure to U.S. Treasury obligations. U.S. Treasury obligations may differ from other securities in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics and may provide relatively lower returns than those of other securities. Similar to other issuers,

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changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of the Fund's U.S. Treasury obligations to decline.

**Fixed Income Risk.** The market value of fixed income securities will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the Fund's portfolio, the more the Fund's share price is likely to react to changes in interest rates. (Duration is a weighted measure of the length of time required to receive the present value of future payments, both interest and principal, from a fixed income security.)

**Interest Rate Risk.** Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund's yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, the Fund's yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect the Fund's share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes the Fund's share price to fall. The longer the Fund's portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank's monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests. A sudden or unpredictable rise in interest rates may cause volatility and the value of fixed-income securities to decline.

**Credit Risk.** A decline in the credit quality of an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The Fund could lose money if, due to a decline in credit quality, the issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty fails to make, or is perceived as being unable or unwilling to make, timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.

**Valuation Risk.** Some portfolio holdings (*e.g.*, FLEX options), potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. See "FLEX Options Risk" above for more information regarding potential factors impacting the valuation of FLEX options.

Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In particular, the Fund will have a limited pool of APs that are able to transact in standard exchange-listed options as well as FLEX Options, therefore the pool of competitive markets for the Fund will be small. This can result in increased costs to the Fund. 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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") or other securities

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exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

**Cash Creation Unit Risk.** Unlike most other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect a substantial portion of its creations for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that effects its creations and redemptions only in-kind. ETFs are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gains on the distributed portfolio securities at the fund level. A Fund that effects redemptions for cash may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. Any recognized gain on these sales by the Fund will generally cause the Fund to recognize a gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities only in-kind. The Fund intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the fund level. The use of cash creations may also cause the Fund's shares to trade in the market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker dealers, create or redeem shares directly through the Fund. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange through a broker-dealer. Furthermore, cash creation transactions may result in certain brokerage, tax, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades resulting from such transactions. To the extent that the maximum additional charge for creation transactions is insufficient to cover these costs and expenses, the Fund's performance could be negatively impacted.

**Large Shareholder Risk.** Certain large shareholders, including other funds advised by the Sub-Advisers, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's Shares. Any such investment may be held for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder will not redeem its investment. Dispositions of a large number of Shares by such shareholders, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may adversely affect the Fund's liquidity and net assets to the extent such transactions are executed directly with the Fund in the form of redemptions through an authorized participant, rather than executed in the secondary market. To the extent effected in cash, these redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's NAV and increase the Fund's brokerage costs. Such cash redemptions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders. Similarly, large Fund share purchases through an authorized participant may adversely affect the performance of the Fund to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. If these large shareholders transact in Shares on the secondary market, such transactions may account for a large percentage of the Fund's trading volume and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the Shares.

**Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk.** Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to risk losing opportunities to earn increased returns, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than other funds that remain fully invested.

**Frequent Trading Risk.** The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. This frequent trading of portfolio securities may increase the amount of commissions that the Fund pays when it buys and sells such portfolio securities, which may detract from the Fund's performance.

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**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS**

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| Investment Adviser: | Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") |
| Investment Sub-Advisers: | Alpha Architect, LLC |
| | Arin Risk Advisors, LLC |

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

The Fund's portfolio is managed on a day-to-day basis by Lawrence Lempert, Joseph DeSipio, and Ryan Bailey of Arin Risk Advisors, LLC, and Wesley Gray and John Vogel of Alpha Architect, LLC. Each of the Portfolio Managers has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

The Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis only in large blocks of Shares called "Creation Units," and only APs (typically, broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem Creation Units. Creation Units are primarily issued in cash and redeemed 'in-kind' for securities and/or in cash. Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Once created, individual Shares generally trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day. Market prices of Shares may be greater or less than their NAV. **Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Fund's shares are not redeemable securities.**

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT INTERMEDIATE-TERM TREASURY BOND ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks U.S. 7-10 Year Treasury Bonds.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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| Management Fee<sup>1</sup> | 0.19% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>2</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<sup>1</sup> | **0.19%** |

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<sup>1</sup>The Fund's Management Fee and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are 0.1949%.

<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example reflects the Fund's contractual expense limitation agreement only for the term of the contractual expense limitation agreement. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $20 | $63 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Index (the "Benchmark"), which is an index designed to track the performance of U.S. 7-10 Year Treasury Bonds.

To accomplish the Fund's investment objective, the Fund invests in options on either ETFs or indexes which are expected to provide performance that approximates that of the Benchmark. The Fund may use call options or combinations of call and put options (either referred to as "Combos") on ETFs or indexes such that the combination of these options contracts seeks to outperform the Benchmark. The Fund may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") or a combination of both to gain such

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exposure. In addition, the Fund may invest directly in one or more ETFs that offer exposure to the Benchmark or offer exposure to another index that invests in substantially similar securities as the Benchmark.

As part of this strategy, Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin") and Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect" and collectively with Arin, the "Sub-Advisers"), will identify any ETFs or indexes that they believe provide exposure to U.S. 7-10 Year Treasury Bonds ("Representative Investments"). The Sub-Advisers will vary the Fund's targeted notional exposure (*i.e.*, 80% to 120%) to these Representative Investments through options and Combos on these Representative Investments (exclusive of Box Spreads (defined below)).

The Sub-Advisers have developed proprietary tactical signals that help to inform the Sub-Advisers' decisions regarding when to and to what extent to adjust the Fund's targeted notional exposure to the Representative Investments. Examples of these tactical signals would be trend-following methods, such as a moving average rule (*i.e.*, whether prices are above or below their moving average for a period of time), a time-series momentum rule (*i.e.*, how prices have changed over a set period of time), and implied volatility levels relative to empirical volatility levels (*i.e.*, the market's expectations of future volatility relative to historical volatility). The Sub-Advisers will actively manage the Fund's notional exposure to the Representative Investments depending, in part, on the results of these tactical signals, as well as market conditions and other factors that the Sub-Advisers may consider relevant from time to time. For example, if price trends are positive, the Sub-Advisers may increase the notional exposure of the Fund to the higher end of the range, while if price trends are negative, the Sub-Advisers may decrease the notional exposure of the Fund to the lower end of the range. The Sub-Advisers will generally manage the Fund's portfolio to the targeted exposures (*i.e.*, 80% and 120%) but may vary from these targets if the Sub-Advisers believe it is in the best interest of shareholders. By actively managing the Fund's notional exposure, the Sub-Advisers will attempt to produce returns in excess of the Benchmark.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments with direct or indirect exposure to U.S. 7-10 Year Treasury Bonds. For purposes of determining compliance with the Fund's 80% investment policy, derivatives generally will be valued based on their notional value. The foregoing policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days' written notice to shareholders.

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

*Cash Collateral Management*

In managing the Fund to attempt to generate a total return above its Benchmark, the Fund may invest its excess cash and assets ("collateral"), if any, in a box spread ("Box Spread"). A Box Spread is a combination of exchange traded-listed options. The Fund may, at times, purchase the Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (the "1-3 Month Box ETF") to obtain this exposure when the Sub-Advisers have determined that doing so would be in the best interests of the shareholders. The 1-3 Month Box ETF is an affiliated ETF and holds a series of Box Spreads. The 1-3 Month Box ETF may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLEX Options or a combination of both, to gain exposure to a Box Spread (as described below). A box spread is designed to remove most of the equity and volatility risk through its combination of option contracts. However, box spreads are not free from risk. Specifically, box spreads are exposed to interest rate and liquidity risks. Similar to bonds, as interest rates rise the value of a bond and box spread will fall and when interest rates fall the value of a bond and box spread will rise.

By way of background, a Box Spread is the combination of a synthetic long position coupled with an offsetting synthetic short position through a combination of options contracts on an equity security or an equity index at the same expiration date. The synthetic long consists of buying a call option and selling a put option on the same security or index where the call option and put option share the same strike and expiration date (a "Synthetic Long"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread. The synthetic short consists of buying a put option and selling a call option on the same security or index with the same expiration date as the synthetic long but using a different strike price (a "Synthetic Short"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread.

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An important feature of the Box Spread construction process is the elimination of risk tied to underlying market movements associated with the underlying option's security or equity index. Once the Box Spread is initiated, its return from the initiation date of such Box Spread through its expiration date will generally not change. The Fund anticipates buying, holding, and/or selling multiple Box Spreads, and consequently, the Fund's anticipated return from Box Spreads will reflect all of its investment activity, as well as changes in market prices and expected interest rates, among other factors, and will vary over time. A box spread has a fixed payoff at expiration (similar to the par value of a bond), which is equal to the difference between the strike prices of the options involved. The present value of this payoff depends on the prevailing interest rates in the same way that interest rates affect the present value of a bond's par value.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Options Risk.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Selling or Writing Options*. Writing option contracts can result in losses that exceed the seller's initial investment and may lead to additional turnover and higher tax liability. The risk involved in writing a call option is that there could be an increase in the market value of the underlying or reference asset. An underlying or reference asset may be an index, equity security, or ETF. If this occurs, the call option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a lower price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled call options, the call seller would be required to purchase the call option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such call option. Similarly, while writing call options can reduce the risk of owning the underlying asset, such a strategy limits the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying asset in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call option. The risk involved in writing a put option is that there could be a decrease in the market value of the underlying asset. If this occurs, the put option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a higher price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled put options, the put seller would be required to purchase the put option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such put option.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Buying or Purchasing Options Risk*. If a call or put option is not sold when it has remaining value and if the market price of the underlying asset, in the case of a call option, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, or, in the case of a put option, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, the buyer will lose its entire investment in the call or put option. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position. When an option is purchased to hedge against price movements in an underlying asset, the price of the option may move more or less than the price of the underlying asset.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Box Spread Risk*. A Box Spread is the combination of a Synthetic Long position coupled with an offsetting Synthetic Short position through a combination of options contracts on an underlying or reference asset such as index, equity security or ETF with the same expiration date. A Box Spread typically consists of four option positions two of which represent the Synthetic Long and two representing the Synthetic Short. If one or more of these individual option positions are modified or closed separately prior to the option contract's expiration, then the Box Spread may no longer effectively eliminate risk tied to underlying asset's movement. Furthermore, the Box Spread's value is derived in the market and is in part, based on the time until the options comprising the Box Spread expire and the prevailing market interest rates. If the Fund sells a Box Spread prior to its expiration, then the Fund may incur a loss. The Fund's ability to profit from Box Spreads is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to sell Box Spreads to the Fund at competitive prices.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FLEX Options Risk.* FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely customizable terms like exercise price, style, and expiration date. Due to their customization and potentially unique terms, FLEX Options may be less liquid than other securities, such as standard exchange listed options. In less liquid markets for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The value of FLEX Options will be affected by, among others, changes in the underlying share or equity index price, changes in actual and implied interest rates, changes in the actual and implied volatility of the underlying shares or equity index and the remaining time to until the FLEX Options expire. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for the holdings of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to value the FLEX Options becomes more difficult and the judgment of the Fund's Sub-Adviser (employing the fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund's holdings due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Combo Risk.* A combo represents a combination of call and put options to produce a synthetic long or synthetic short position. A combined transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of its component transactions (See Options Risk). Although combined transactions are normally entered into based on the Sub-Advisers' judgment that the combined strategies will more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective. The Fund's ability to utilize Combos effectively is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to purchase or sell Combos from the Fund at competitive prices.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options, including FLEX Options, are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). The Fund's investments are at risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the option contract terms. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term interest rate market movements and over longer periods during continued interest rate market movements. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Adviser's success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. In addition, there is the risk that the investment process, techniques and analyses used by the Sub-Adviser will not produce the desired investment results and the Fund may lose value as a result.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.

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**Tax Risk.** The Fund may enter into various transactions, including transactions involving options contracts, for which there is a lack of clear guidance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which may affect the taxation of the Fund. The use of certain derivatives may cause the Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gain, to suspend or eliminate holding periods of positions, and/or to defer realized losses, potentially increasing the need to make taxable distributions, including those that will be taxed at the rates applicable to ordinary income. For example, exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under Code Section 1256 pursuant to which profit and loss with respect to such options are subject to tax as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. In addition, certain derivatives are subject to mark-to-market, constructive sale, and straddle provisions of the Code. If such provisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable distributions that will need to be made by the Fund.

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Code, which requires the Fund to distribute a certain portion of its income and gains each year, among other requirements. Similar to other ETFs, when the Fund disposes of appreciated property by distributing such appreciated property in-kind pursuant to redemption requests of its shareholders under Code Section 852(b)(6), the Fund does not recognize any built-in gain in such appreciated property. If the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court disagrees with the Fund's position as to the applicability of this nonrecognition rule to the Fund's dispositions, the Fund may not have distributed sufficient income or gains to qualify as a RIC. If, in any year, the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund itself generally would be subject to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax, and distributions received by its shareholders would be subject to further U.S. federal income tax. Alternatively, the Fund may be required to pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash) and applicable interest, and such dividend would be paid to the then current shareholders of the Fund. Failure to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC would have significant negative economic consequences to the Fund's shareholders. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in the underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character, and amount of income the Fund realizes from its investments.

Additionally, Code Section 1258 requires that certain capital gain from an investment be recharacterized as ordinary income if substantially all of the expected return is attributable to the time value of holding the investment and such investment falls into certain defined categories (a "conversion transaction"). If any of the Fund's transactions or holding of Shares are deemed to be conversion transactions, certain gains from such transactions or Shares would be treated as ordinary income, which could result respectively in the Fund having not distributed enough income to qualify as a RIC (with the same tax consequences described above) or gain on the disposition of Shares being treated as ordinary income. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will not treat any such transactions by the Fund or the holding of Shares as conversion transactions.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

**Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk.** The Fund may invest a portion of its in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly impacted by the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

**U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk.** The Fund may have exposure to U.S. Treasury obligations. U.S. Treasury obligations may differ from other securities in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics and may provide relatively lower returns than those of other securities. Similar to other issuers, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of the Fund's U.S. Treasury obligations to decline.

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**Fixed Income Risk.** The market value of fixed income securities will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the Fund's portfolio, the more the Fund's share price is likely to react to changes in interest rates. (Duration is a weighted measure of the length of time required to receive the present value of future payments, both interest and principal, from a fixed income security.)

**Interest Rate Risk.** Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund's yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, the Fund's yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect the Fund's share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes the Fund's share price to fall. The longer the Fund's portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank's monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests. A sudden or unpredictable rise in interest rates may cause volatility and the value of fixed-income securities to decline.

**Credit Risk.** A decline in the credit quality of an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The Fund could lose money if, due to a decline in credit quality, the issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty fails to make, or is perceived as being unable or unwilling to make, timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.

**Valuation Risk.** Some portfolio holdings (*e.g.*, FLEX options), potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. See "FLEX Options Risk" above for more information regarding potential factors impacting the valuation of FLEX options.

Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In particular, the Fund will have a limited pool of APs that are able to transact in standard exchange-listed options as well as FLEX Options, therefore the pool of competitive markets for the Fund will be small. This can result in increased costs to the Fund. 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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

**Cash Creation Unit Risk.** Unlike most other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect a substantial portion of its creations for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that effects its creations and redemptions only in-kind. ETFs are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gains on the distributed portfolio securities at the fund level. A Fund that effects redemptions for cash may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. Any recognized gain on these sales by the Fund will generally cause the Fund to recognize a gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities only in-kind. The Fund intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the fund level. The use of cash creations may also cause the Fund's shares to trade in the market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker dealers, create or redeem shares directly through the Fund. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange through a broker-dealer. Furthermore, cash creation transactions may result in certain brokerage, tax, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades resulting from such transactions. To the extent that the maximum additional charge for creation transactions is insufficient to cover these costs and expenses, the Fund's performance could be negatively impacted.

**Large Shareholder Risk.** Certain large shareholders, including other funds advised by the Sub-Adviser, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's Shares. Any such investment may be held for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder will not redeem its investment. Dispositions of a large number of Shares by such shareholders, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may adversely affect the Fund's liquidity and net assets to the extent such transactions are executed directly with the Fund in the form of redemptions through an authorized participant, rather than executed in the secondary market. To the extent effected in cash, these redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's NAV and increase the Fund's brokerage costs. Such cash redemptions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders. Similarly, large Fund share purchases through an authorized participant may adversely affect the performance of the Fund to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. If these large shareholders transact in Shares on the secondary market, such transactions may account for a large percentage of the Fund's trading volume and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the Shares.

**Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk.** Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to risk losing opportunities to earn increased returns, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than the Fund's benchmark or other funds that remain fully invested.

**Frequent Trading Risk.** The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. This frequent trading of portfolio securities may increase the amount of commissions that the Fund pays when it buys and sells such portfolio securities, which may detract from the Fund's performance.

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Derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition are excluded from the calculation of the Fund's portfolio turnover rate.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS**

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| Investment Adviser: | Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") |
| Investment Sub-Advisers: | Alpha Architect, LLC |
| | Arin Risk Advisors, LLC |

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

The Fund's portfolio is managed on a day-to-day basis by Lawrence Lempert, Joseph DeSipio, and Ryan Bailey of Arin Risk Advisors, LLC, and Wesley Gray and John Vogel of Alpha Architect, LLC. Each of the Portfolio Managers has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a "premium") or less than NAV (at a "discount"). An investor 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 and selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT LONG-TERM TREASURY BOND ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks the U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Market.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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| Management Fee<sup>1</sup> | 0.19% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>2</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<sup>1</sup> | **0.19%** |

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<sup>1</sup>The Fund's Management Fee and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are 0.1949%.

<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $20 | $63 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the "Benchmark").

To accomplish the Fund's investment objective, the Fund invests in options on either ETFs or indexes which are expected to provide performance that approximates that of the Benchmark. The Fund may use call options or combinations of call and put options (either referred to as "Combos") on ETFs or indexes such that the combination of these options contracts seeks to outperform the Benchmark. The Fund may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") or a combination of both to gain such exposure. In addition, the Fund may invest directly in one or more ETFs that offer exposure to the Benchmark or offer exposure to another index that invests in substantially similar securities as the Benchmark.

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As part of this strategy, Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin") and Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect" and collectively with Arin, the "Sub-Advisers"), will identify any ETFs or indexes that they believe provide exposure to U.S. 20+Year Treasury Bonds ("Representative Investments"). The Sub-Advisers will vary the Fund's targeted notional exposure (*i.e.*, 80% to 120%) to these Representative Investments through options and Combos on these Representative Investments (exclusive of Box Spreads (defined below)).

The Sub-Advisers have developed proprietary tactical signals that help to inform the Sub-Adviser's decisions regarding when to and to what extent to adjust the Fund's targeted notional exposure to the Representative Investments. Examples of these tactical signals would be trend-following methods, such as a moving average rule (*i.e.*, whether prices are above or below their moving average for a period of time), a time-series momentum rule (*i.e.*, how prices have changed over a set period of time), and implied volatility levels relative to empirical volatility levels (*i.e.*, the market's expectations of future volatility relative to historical volatility). The Sub-Advisers will actively manage the Fund's notional exposure to the Representative Investments depending, in part, on the results of these tactical signals., s well as market conditions and other factors that the Sub-Advisers may consider relevant from time to time For example, if price trends are positive, the Sub-Advisers may increase the notional exposure of the Fund to the higher end of the range, while if price trends are negative, the Sub-Advisers may decrease the notional exposure of the Fund to the lower end of the range. The Sub-Advisers will generally manage the Fund's portfolio to the targeted exposures (*i.e.*, 80% and 120%) but may vary from these targets if the Sub-Advisers believe it is in the best interest of shareholders. By actively managing the Fund's notional exposure, the Sub-Advisers will attempt to produce returns in excess of the Benchmark.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments with direct or indirect exposure to U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bonds. For purposes of determining compliance with the Fund's 80% investment policy, derivatives generally will be valued based on their notional value. The foregoing policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days' written notice to shareholders.

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

*Cash Collateral Management*

In managing the Fund to attempt to generate a total return above its Benchmark, the Fund may invest its excess cash and assets ("collateral"), if any, in a box spread ("Box Spread"). A Box Spread is a combination of exchange traded-listed options. The Fund may, at times, purchase the Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (the "1-3 Month Box ETF") for cash management purposes. The Sub-Advisers believe the 1-3 Month Box ETF may offer the Fund a better return than cash and cash equivalents type investments. The 1-3 Month Box ETF is an affiliated ETF and holds a series of Box Spreads. The 1-3 Month Box ETF may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLEX Options or a combination of both, to gain exposure to a Box Spread (as described below). A box spread is designed to remove most of the equity and volatility risk through its combination of option contracts. However, box spreads are not free from risk. Specifically, box spreads are exposed to interest rate and liquidity risks. Similar to bonds, as interest rates rise the value of a bond and box spread will fall and when interest rates fall the value of a bond and box spread will rise.

By way of background, a Box Spread is the combination of a synthetic long position coupled with an offsetting synthetic short position through a combination of options contracts on an equity security or an equity index at the same expiration date. The synthetic long consists of buying a call option and selling a put option on the same security or index where the call option and put option share the same strike and expiration date (a "Synthetic Long"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread. The synthetic short consists of buying a put option and selling a call option on the same security or index with the same expiration date as the synthetic long but using a different strike price (a "Synthetic Short"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread.

An important feature of the Box Spread construction process is the elimination of risk tied to underlying market movements associated with the underlying option's security or equity index. Once the Box Spread is initiated, its

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return from the initiation date of such Box Spread through its expiration date will generally not change. The Fund anticipates buying, holding, and/or selling multiple Box Spreads, and consequently, the Fund's anticipated return from Box Spreads will reflect all of its investment activity, as well as changes in market prices and expected interest rates, among other factors, and will vary over time. A box spread has a fixed payoff at expiration (similar to the par value of a bond), which is equal to the difference between the strike prices of the options involved. The present value of this payoff depends on the prevailing interest rates in the same way that interest rates affect the present value of a bond's par value.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Options Risk.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Selling or Writing Options*. Writing option contracts can result in losses that exceed the seller's initial investment and may lead to additional turnover and higher tax liability. The risk involved in writing a call option is that there could be an increase in the market value of the underlying or reference asset. An underlying or reference asset may be an index, equity security, or ETF. If this occurs, the call option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a lower price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled call options, the call seller would be required to purchase the call option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such call option. Similarly, while writing call options can reduce the risk of owning the underlying asset, such a strategy limits the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying asset in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call option. The risk involved in writing a put option is that there could be a decrease in the market value of the underlying asset. If this occurs, the put option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a higher price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled put options, the put seller would be required to purchase the put option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such put option.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Buying or Purchasing Options Risk*. If a call or put option is not sold when it has remaining value and if the market price of the underlying asset, in the case of a call option, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, or, in the case of a put option, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, the buyer will lose its entire investment in the call or put option. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position. When an option is purchased to hedge against price movements in an underlying asset, the price of the option may move more or less than the price of the underlying asset.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Box Spread Risk*. A Box Spread is the combination of a Synthetic Long position coupled with an offsetting Synthetic Short position through a combination of options contracts on an underlying or reference asset such as index, equity security or ETF with the same expiration date. A Box Spread typically consists of four option positions two of which represent the Synthetic Long and two representing the Synthetic Short. If one or more of these individual option positions are modified or closed separately prior to the option contract's expiration, then the Box Spread may no longer effectively eliminate risk tied to underlying asset's movement. Furthermore, the Box Spread's value is derived in the market and is in part, based on the time until the options comprising the Box Spread expire and the prevailing market interest rates. If the Fund sells a Box Spread prior to its expiration, then the Fund may incur a loss. The Fund's ability to profit from Box Spreads is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to sell Box Spreads to the Fund at competitive prices.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FLEX Options Risk.* FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely customizable terms like exercise price, style, and expiration date. Due to their customization and potentially unique terms, FLEX Options may be less liquid than other securities, such as standard exchange listed options. In less liquid markets for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The value of FLEX Options will be affected by, among others, changes in the underlying share or equity index price, changes in actual and implied interest rates, changes in the actual and implied volatility of the underlying shares or equity index and the remaining time to until the FLEX Options expire. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for the holdings of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to value the FLEX Options becomes more difficult and the judgment of the Fund's Sub-Adviser (employing the fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund's holdings due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Combo Risk.* A combo represents a combination of call and put options to produce a synthetic long or synthetic short position. A combined transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of its component transactions (See Options Risk). Although combined transactions are normally entered into based on the Sub-Advisers' judgment that the combined strategies will more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective. The Fund's ability to utilize Combos effectively is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to purchase or sell Combos from the Fund at competitive prices.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options, including FLEX Options, are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). The Fund's investments are at risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the option contract terms. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term interest rate market movements and over longer periods during continued interest rate market movements. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Adviser's success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. In addition, there is the risk that the investment process, techniques and analyses used by the Sub-Adviser will not produce the desired investment results and the Fund may lose value as a result.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.

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**Tax Risk.** The Fund may enter into various transactions, including transactions involving options contracts, for which there is a lack of clear guidance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which may affect the taxation of the Fund. The use of certain derivatives may cause the Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gain, to suspend or eliminate holding periods of positions, and/or to defer realized losses, potentially increasing the need to make taxable distributions, including those that will be taxed at the rates applicable to ordinary income. For example, exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under Code Section 1256 pursuant to which profit and loss with respect to such options are subject to tax as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. In addition, certain derivatives are subject to mark-to-market, constructive sale, and straddle provisions of the Code. If such provisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable distributions that will need to be made by the Fund.

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Code, which requires the Fund to distribute a certain portion of its income and gains each year, among other requirements. Similar to other ETFs, when the Fund disposes of appreciated property by distributing such appreciated property in-kind pursuant to redemption requests of its shareholders under Code Section 852(b)(6), the Fund does not recognize any built-in gain in such appreciated property. If the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court disagrees with the Fund's position as to the applicability of this nonrecognition rule to the Fund's dispositions, the Fund may not have distributed sufficient income or gains to qualify as a RIC. If, in any year, the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund itself generally would be subject to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax, and distributions received by its shareholders would be subject to further U.S. federal income tax. Alternatively, the Fund may be required to pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash) and applicable interest, and such dividend would be paid to the then current shareholders of the Fund. Failure to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC would have significant negative economic consequences to the Fund's shareholders. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in the underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character, and amount of income the Fund realizes from its investments.

Additionally, Code Section 1258 requires that certain capital gain from an investment be recharacterized as ordinary income if substantially all of the expected return is attributable to the time value of holding the investment and such investment falls into certain defined categories (a "conversion transaction"). If any of the Fund's transactions or holding of Shares are deemed to be conversion transactions, certain gains from such transactions or Shares would be treated as ordinary income, which could result respectively in the Fund having not distributed enough income to qualify as a RIC (with the same tax consequences described above) or gain on the disposition of Shares being treated as ordinary income. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will not treat any such transactions by the Fund or the holding of Shares as conversion transactions.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

**Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk.** The Fund may invest a portion of its in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly impacted by the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

**U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk.** The Fund may have exposure to U.S. Treasury obligations. U.S. Treasury obligations may differ from other securities in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics and may provide relatively lower returns than those of other securities. Similar to other issuers, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of the Fund's U.S. Treasury obligations to decline.

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**Fixed Income Risk.** The market value of fixed income securities will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the Fund's portfolio, the more the Fund's share price is likely to react to changes in interest rates. (Duration is a weighted measure of the length of time required to receive the present value of future payments, both interest and principal, from a fixed income security.)

**Interest Rate Risk.** Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund's yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, the Fund's yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect the Fund's share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes the Fund's share price to fall. The longer the Fund's portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank's monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests. A sudden or unpredictable rise in interest rates may cause volatility and the value of fixed-income securities to decline.

**Credit Risk.** A decline in the credit quality of an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The Fund could lose money if, due to a decline in credit quality, the issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty fails to make, or is perceived as being unable or unwilling to make, timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.

**Valuation Risk.** Some portfolio holdings (*e.g.*, FLEX options), potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. See "FLEX Options Risk" above for more information regarding potential factors impacting the valuation of FLEX options.

Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In particular, the Fund will have a limited pool of APs that are able to transact in standard exchange-listed options as well as FLEX Options, therefore the pool of competitive markets for the Fund will be small. This can result in increased costs to the Fund. 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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

**Cash Creation Unit Risk.** Unlike most other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect a substantial portion of its creations for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that effects its creations and redemptions only in-kind. ETFs are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gains on the distributed portfolio securities at the fund level. A Fund that effects redemptions for cash may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. Any recognized gain on these sales by the Fund will generally cause the Fund to recognize a gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities only in-kind. The Fund intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the fund level. The use of cash creations may also cause the Fund's shares to trade in the market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker dealers, create or redeem shares directly through the Fund. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange through a broker-dealer. Furthermore, cash creation transactions may result in certain brokerage, tax, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades resulting from such transactions. To the extent that the maximum additional charge for creation transactions is insufficient to cover these costs and expenses, the Fund's performance could be negatively impacted.

**Large Shareholder Risk.** Certain large shareholders, including other funds advised by the Sub-Adviser, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's Shares. Any such investment may be held for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder will not redeem its investment. Dispositions of a large number of Shares by such shareholders, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may adversely affect the Fund's liquidity and net assets to the extent such transactions are executed directly with the Fund in the form of redemptions through an authorized participant, rather than executed in the secondary market. To the extent effected in cash, these redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's NAV and increase the Fund's brokerage costs. Such cash redemptions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders. Similarly, large Fund share purchases through an authorized participant may adversely affect the performance of the Fund to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. If these large shareholders transact in Shares on the secondary market, such transactions may account for a large percentage of the Fund's trading volume and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the Shares.

**Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk.** Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to risk losing opportunities to earn increased returns, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than the Fund's benchmark or other funds that remain fully invested.

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**Frequent Trading Risk.** The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. This frequent trading of portfolio securities may increase the amount of commissions that the Fund pays when it buys and sells such portfolio securities, which may detract from the Fund's performance. Derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition are excluded from the calculation of the Fund's portfolio turnover rate.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS**

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| Investment Adviser: | Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") |
| Investment Sub-Advisers: | Alpha Architect, LLC |
| | Arin Risk Advisors, LLC |

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

The Fund's portfolio is managed on a day-to-day basis by Lawrence Lempert, Joseph DeSipio, and Ryan Bailey of Arin Risk Advisors, LLC, and Wesley Gray and John Vogel of Alpha Architect, LLC. Each of the Portfolio Managers has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a "premium") or less than NAV (at a "discount"). An investor 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 and selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT AGGREGATE BOND ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks the U.S. Aggregate Bond Market.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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| Management Fee<sup>1</sup> | 0.19% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>2</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<sup>1</sup> | **0.19%** |

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<sup>1</sup>The Fund's Management Fee and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are 0.1949%.

<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $20 | $63 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US Aggregate Bond Index (the "Benchmark").

To accomplish the Fund's investment objective, the Fund invests in options on either ETFs or indexes which are expected to provide performance that approximates that of the Benchmark. The Fund may use call options or combinations of call and put options (either referred to as "Combos") on ETFs or indexes such that the combination of these options contracts seeks to outperform the Benchmark. The Fund may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") or a combination of both to gain such exposure. In addition, the Fund may invest directly in one or more ETFs that offer exposure to the Benchmark or offer exposure to another index that invests in substantially similar securities as the Benchmark.

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As part of this strategy, Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin") and Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect," collectively with Arin, the "Sub-Advisers"), will identify any ETFs or indexes that they believe provide exposure to the US Aggregate Bond Market ("Representative Investments"). The Sub-Advisers will vary the Fund's targeted notional exposure (*i.e.*, 80% to 120%) to these Representative Investments through options and Combos on these Representative Investments (exclusive of Box Spreads (defined below)).

The Sub-Advisers have developed proprietary tactical signals that help to inform the Sub-Advisers' decisions regarding when to and to what extent to adjust the Fund's targeted notional exposure to the Representative Investments. Examples of these tactical signals would be trend-following methods, such as a moving average rule (*i.e.*, whether prices are above or below their moving average for a period of time), a time-series momentum rule (*i.e.*, how prices have changed over a set period of time), and implied volatility levels relative to empirical volatility levels (*i.e.*, the market's expectations of future volatility relative to historical volatility). The Sub-Advisers will actively manage the Fund's notional exposure to the Representative Investments depending, in part, on the results of these tactical signals as well as market conditions and other factors that the Sub-Advisers may consider relevant from time to time. For example, if price trends are positive, the Sub-Advisers may increase the notional exposure of the Fund to the higher end of the range, while if price trends are negative, the Sub-Advisers may decrease the notional exposure of the Fund to the lower end of the range. The Sub-Advisers will generally manage the Fund's portfolio to the targeted exposures (*i.e.*, 80% and 120%) but may vary from these targets if the Sub-Advisers believe it is in the best interest of shareholders. By actively managing the Fund's notional exposure, the Sub-Advisers will attempt to produce returns in excess of the Benchmark.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments with direct or indirect exposure to the U.S. Aggregate Bond Market. For purposes of determining compliance with the Fund's 80% investment policy, derivatives generally will be valued based on their notional value. The foregoing policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days' written notice to shareholders.

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

*Cash Collateral Management*

In managing the Fund to attempt to generate a total return above its Benchmark, the Fund may invest its excess cash and assets ("collateral"), if any, in a box spread ("Box Spread"). A Box Spread is a combination of exchange traded-listed options. The Fund may, at times, purchase the Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (the "1-3 Month Box ETF") for cash management purposes. The Sub-Advisers believe the 1-3 Month Box ETF may offer the Fund a better return than cash and cash equivalents type investments. The 1-3 Month Box ETF is an affiliated ETF and holds a series of Box Spreads. The 1-3 Month Box ETF may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLEX Options or a combination of both, to gain exposure to a Box Spread (as described below). A box spread is designed to remove most of the equity and volatility risk through its combination of option contracts. However, box spreads are not free from risk. Specifically, box spreads are exposed to interest rate and liquidity risks. Similar to bonds, as interest rates rise the value of a bond and box spread will fall and when interest rates fall the value of a bond and box spread will rise.

By way of background, a Box Spread is the combination of a synthetic long position coupled with an offsetting synthetic short position through a combination of options contracts on an equity security or an equity index at the same expiration date. The synthetic long consists of buying a call option and selling a put option on the same security or index where the call option and put option share the same strike and expiration date (a "Synthetic Long"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread. The synthetic short consists of buying a put option and selling a call option on the same security or index with the same expiration date as the synthetic long but using a different strike price (a "Synthetic Short"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread.

An important feature of the Box Spread construction process is the elimination of risk tied to underlying market movements associated with the underlying option's security or equity index. The Fund anticipates buying, holding,

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and/or selling multiple Box Spreads, and consequently, the Fund's anticipated return from Box Spreads will reflect all of its investment activity, as well as changes in market prices and expected interest rates, among other factors, and will vary over time. A box spread has a fixed payoff at expiration (similar to the par value of a bond), which is equal to the difference between the strike prices of the options involved. The present value of this payoff depends on the prevailing interest rates in the same way that interest rates affect the present value of a bond's par value.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Options Risk.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Selling or Writing Options*. Writing option contracts can result in losses that exceed the seller's initial investment and may lead to additional turnover and higher tax liability. The risk involved in writing a call option is that there could be an increase in the market value of the underlying or reference asset. An underlying or reference asset may be an index, equity security, or ETF. If this occurs, the call option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a lower price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled call options, the call seller would be required to purchase the call option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such call option. Similarly, while writing call options can reduce the risk of owning the underlying asset, such a strategy limits the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying asset in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call option. The risk involved in writing a put option is that there could be a decrease in the market value of the underlying asset. If this occurs, the put option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a higher price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled put options, the put seller would be required to purchase the put option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such put option.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Buying or Purchasing Options Risk*. If a call or put option is not sold when it has remaining value and if the market price of the underlying asset, in the case of a call option, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, or, in the case of a put option, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, the buyer will lose its entire investment in the call or put option. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position. When an option is purchased to hedge against price movements in an underlying asset, the price of the option may move more or less than the price of the underlying asset.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Box Spread Risk*. A Box Spread is the combination of a Synthetic Long position coupled with an offsetting Synthetic Short position through a combination of options contracts on an underlying or reference asset such as index, equity security or ETF with the same expiration date. A Box Spread typically consists of four option positions two of which represent the Synthetic Long and two representing the Synthetic Short. If one or more of these individual option positions are modified or closed separately prior to the option contract's expiration, then the Box Spread may no longer effectively eliminate risk tied to underlying asset's movement. Furthermore, the Box Spread's value is derived in the market and is in part, based on the time until the options comprising the Box Spread expire and the prevailing market interest rates. If the Fund sells a Box Spread prior to its expiration, then the Fund may incur a loss. The Fund's ability to profit from Box Spreads is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to sell Box Spreads to the Fund at competitive prices.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FLEX Options Risk.* FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely custom

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izable terms like exercise price, style, and expiration date. Due to their customization and potentially unique terms, FLEX Options may be less liquid than other securities, such as standard exchange listed options. In less liquid markets for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The value of FLEX Options will be affected by, among others, changes in the underlying share or equity index price, changes in actual and implied interest rates, changes in the actual and implied volatility of the underlying shares or equity index and the remaining time to until the FLEX Options expire. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for the holdings of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to value the FLEX Options becomes more difficult and the judgment of the Fund's Sub-Adviser (employing the fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund's holdings due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Combo Risk.* A combo represents a combination of call and put options to produce a synthetic long or synthetic short position. A combined transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of its component transactions (See Options Risk). Although combined transactions are normally entered into based on the Sub-Advisers' judgment that the combined strategies will more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective. The Fund's ability to utilize Combos effectively is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to purchase or sell Combos from the Fund at competitive prices.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options, including FLEX Options, are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). The Fund's investments are at risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the option contract terms. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term interest rate market movements and over longer periods during continued interest rate market movements. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Adviser's success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. In addition, there is the risk that the investment process, techniques and analyses used by the Sub-Adviser will not produce the desired investment results and the Fund may lose value as a result.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.

**Tax Risk.** The Fund may enter into various transactions, including transactions involving options contracts, for which there is a lack of clear guidance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which may affect the taxation of the Fund. The use of certain derivatives may cause the Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gain, to suspend or eliminate holding periods of positions, and/or to defer realized losses, potentially increasing the need to make taxable distributions, including those that will be taxed at the rates applicable to ordinary income. For example, exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under Code Section 1256 pursuant to which profit and loss with respect to such options are subject to tax as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. In addition, certain derivatives are subject to mark-to-market, constructive sale, and straddle provisions of the Code. If such provisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable distributions that will need to be made by the Fund.

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Code, which requires the Fund to distribute a certain portion of its income and gains each year, among other requirements. Similar to other ETFs, when the Fund disposes of appreciated property by distributing such appreciated property in-kind pursuant to redemption requests of its shareholders under Code Section 852(b)(6), the Fund does not recognize any built-in gain in such appreciated property. If the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court disagrees with the Fund's position as to the applicability of this nonrecognition rule to the Fund's dispositions, the Fund may not have distributed sufficient income or gains to qualify as a RIC. If, in any year, the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund itself generally would be subject to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax, and distributions received by its shareholders would be subject to further U.S. federal income tax. Alternatively, the Fund may be required to pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash) and applicable interest, and such dividend would be paid to the then current shareholders of the Fund. Failure to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC would have significant negative economic consequences to the Fund's shareholders. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in the underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character, and amount of income the Fund realizes from its investments.

Additionally, Code Section 1258 requires that certain capital gain from an investment be recharacterized as ordinary income if substantially all of the expected return is attributable to the time value of holding the investment and such investment falls into certain defined categories (a "conversion transaction"). If any of the Fund's transactions or holding of Shares are deemed to be conversion transactions, certain gains from such transactions or Shares would be treated as ordinary income, which could result respectively in the Fund having not distributed enough income to qualify as a RIC (with the same tax consequences described above) or gain on the disposition of Shares being treated as ordinary income. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will not treat any such transactions by the Fund or the holding of Shares as conversion transactions.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

**Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk.** The Fund may invest a portion of its in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly impacted by the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

**U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk.** The Fund may have exposure to U.S. Treasury obligations. U.S. Treasury obligations may differ from other securities in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics and may provide relatively lower returns than those of other securities. Similar to other issuers, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of the Fund's U.S. Treasury obligations to decline.

**U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk**. The Fund may have exposure to MBS issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or one of its agencies or sponsored entities, some of which may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. MBS represent interests in "pools" of mortgages and are subject to interest rate, prepayment, and extension risk. MBS react differently to changes in interest rates than other bonds, and the prices of

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MBS may reflect adverse economic and market conditions. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain MBS. MBS are also subject to the risk of default on the underlying mortgage loans, particularly during periods of economic downturn.

**Extension Risk.** During periods of rising interest rates, certain debt obligations may be paid off substantially more slowly than originally anticipated and the value of those securities may fall sharply, resulting in a decline in the Fund's income and potentially in the value of the Fund's investments.

**Prepayment Risk**. During periods of falling interest rates, issuers of certain debt obligations may repay principal prior to the security's maturity, which may cause the Fund to have to reinvest in securities with lower yields or higher risk of default, resulting in a decline in the Fund's income or return potential.

**Fixed Income Risk.** The market value of fixed income securities will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the Fund's portfolio, the more the Fund's share price is likely to react to changes in interest rates. (Duration is a weighted measure of the length of time required to receive the present value of future payments, both interest and principal, from a fixed income security.)

**Interest Rate Risk.** Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund's yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, the Fund's yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect the Fund's share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes the Fund's share price to fall. The longer the Fund's portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank's monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests. A sudden or unpredictable rise in interest rates may cause volatility and the value of fixed-income securities to decline.

**Credit Risk.** A decline in the credit quality of an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The Fund could lose money if, due to a decline in credit quality, the issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty fails to make, or is perceived as being unable or unwilling to make, timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.

**Valuation Risk.** Some portfolio holdings (*e.g.*, FLEX options), potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. See "FLEX Options Risk" above for more information regarding potential factors impacting the valuation of FLEX options.

Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In particular, the Fund will have a limited pool of APs that are able to transact in standard exchange-listed options as well as FLEX Options, therefore the pool of competitive markets for the Fund will be small. This can result in increased costs to the Fund. 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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

**Cash Creation Unit Risk.** Unlike most other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect a substantial portion of its creations for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that effects its creations and redemptions only in-kind. ETFs are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gains on the distributed portfolio securities at the fund level. A Fund that effects redemptions for cash may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. Any recognized gain on these sales by the Fund will generally cause the Fund to recognize a gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities only in-kind. The Fund intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the fund level. The use of cash creations may also cause the Fund's shares to trade in the market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker dealers, create or redeem shares directly through the Fund. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange through a broker-dealer. Furthermore, cash creation transactions may result in certain brokerage, tax, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades resulting from such transactions. To the extent that the maximum additional charge for creation transactions is insufficient to cover these costs and expenses, the Fund's performance could be negatively impacted.

**Large Shareholder Risk.** Certain large shareholders, including other funds advised by the Sub-Adviser, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's Shares. Any such investment may be held for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder will not redeem its investment. Dispositions of a large number of Shares by such shareholders, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may adversely affect the Fund's liquidity and net assets to the extent such transactions are executed directly with the Fund in the form of redemptions through an authorized participant, rather than executed in the secondary market. To the extent effected in cash, these redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's NAV and increase the Fund's brokerage costs. Such cash redemptions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders. Similarly, large Fund share purchases through an authorized participant may adversely affect the performance of the Fund to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. If these large shareholders

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transact in Shares on the secondary market, such transactions may account for a large percentage of the Fund's trading volume and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the Shares.

**Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk.** Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to risk losing opportunities to earn increased returns, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than the Fund's benchmark or other funds that remain fully invested.

**Frequent Trading Risk.** The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. This frequent trading of portfolio securities may increase the amount of commissions that the Fund pays when it buys and sells such portfolio securities, which may detract from the Fund's performance. Derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition are excluded from the calculation of the Fund's portfolio turnover rate.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS**

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| Investment Adviser: | Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") |
| Investment Sub-Advisers: | Alpha Architect, LLC |
| | Arin Risk Advisors, LLC |

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

The Fund's portfolio is managed on a day-to-day basis by Lawrence Lempert, Joseph DeSipio, and Ryan Bailey of Arin Risk Advisors, LLC, and Wesley Gray and John Vogel of Alpha Architect, LLC. Each of the Portfolio Managers has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a "premium") or less than NAV (at a "discount"). An investor 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 and selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

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**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks the Inflation-Protected Treasury Bond Market.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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| Management Fee<sup>1</sup> | 0.19% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>2</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<sup>1</sup> | **0.19%** |

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<sup>1</sup>The Fund's Management Fee and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are 0.1949%.

<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $20 | $63 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (the "Benchmark").

To accomplish the Fund's investment objective, the Fund invests in options on either ETFs or indexes, which are expected to provide performance that approximates that of the Inflation-Protected Treasury Bond Market. The Fund may use call options or combinations of call and put options (either referred to as "Combos") on ETFs or indexes such that the combination of these options contracts seeks to outperform the Benchmark. The Fund may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") or a combination of both to gain such exposure. In addition, the Fund may invest directly in one or more ETFs that offer exposure to the Benchmark or offer exposure to another index that invests in substantially similar securities as the Benchmark.

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As part of this strategy, Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin") and Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect", collectively with Arin, the "Sub-Advisers"), will identify any ETFs or indexes that they believe provide exposure to the Inflation-Protected Treasury Bond Market. ("Representative Investments"). The Sub-Advisers will vary the Fund's targeted notional exposure (*i.e.*, 80% to 120%) to these Representative Investments through options and Combos on these Representative Investments (exclusive of Box Spreads (defined below)).

The Sub-Advisers have developed proprietary tactical signals that help to inform the Sub-Advisers' decisions regarding when to and to what extent to adjust the Fund's targeted notional exposure to the Representative Investments. Examples of these tactical signals would be trend-following methods, such as a moving average rule (*i.e.*, whether prices are above or below their moving average for a period of time), a time-series momentum rule (*i.e.*, how prices have changed over a set period of time), and implied volatility levels relative to empirical volatility levels (*i.e.*, the market's expectations of future volatility relative to historical volatility). The Sub-Advisers will actively manage the Fund's notional exposure to the Representative Investments depending, in part, on the results of these tactical signals, as well as market conditions and other factors that the Sub-Advisers may consider relevant from time to time. For example, if price trends are positive, the Sub-Advisers may increase the notional exposure of the Fund to the higher end of the range, while if price trends are negative, the Sub-Advisers may decrease the notional exposure of the Fund to the lower end of the range. The Sub-Advisers will generally manage the Fund's portfolio to the targeted exposures (*i.e.*, 80% and 120%) but may vary from these targets if the Sub-Advisers believe it is in the best interest of shareholders. By actively managing the Fund's notional exposure, the Sub-Advisers will attempt to produce returns in excess of the Benchmark.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments with direct or indirect exposure to the Inflation-Protected Treasury Bond Market. For purposes of determining compliance with the Fund's 80% investment policy, derivatives generally will be valued based on their notional value. The foregoing policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days' written notice to shareholders.

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

*Cash Collateral Management*

In managing the Fund to attempt to generate a total return above its Benchmark, the Fund may invest its excess cash and assets ("collateral"), if any, in a box spread ("Box Spread"). A Box Spread is a combination of exchange traded-listed options. The Fund may, at times, purchase the Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (the "1-3 Month Box ETF") for cash management purposes. The Sub-Advisers believe the 1-3 Month Box ETF may offer the Fund a better return than cash and cash equivalents type investments. The 1-3 Month Box ETF is an affiliated ETF and holds a series of Box Spreads. The 1-3 Month Box ETF may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLEX Options or a combination of both, to gain exposure to a Box Spread (as described below). A box spread is designed to remove most of the equity and volatility risk through its combination of option contracts. However, box spreads are not free from risk. Specifically, box spreads are exposed to interest rate and liquidity risks. Similar to bonds, as interest rates rise the value of a bond and box spread will fall and when interest rates fall the value of a bond and box spread will rise.

By way of background, a Box Spread is the combination of a synthetic long position coupled with an offsetting synthetic short position through a combination of options contracts on an equity security or an equity index at the same expiration date. The synthetic long consists of buying a call option and selling a put option on the same security or index where the call option and put option share the same strike and expiration date (a "Synthetic Long"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread. The synthetic short consists of buying a put option and selling a call option on the same security or index with the same expiration date as the synthetic long but using a different strike price (a "Synthetic Short"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread.

An important feature of the Box Spread construction process is the elimination of risk tied to underlying market movements associated with the underlying option's security or equity index. Once the Box Spread is initiated, its

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return from the initiation date of such Box Spread through its expiration date will generally not change. The Fund anticipates buying, holding, and/or selling multiple Box Spreads, and consequently, the Fund's anticipated return from Box Spreads will reflect all of its investment activity, as well as changes in market prices and expected interest rates, among other factors, and will vary over time. A box spread has a fixed payoff at expiration (similar to the par value of a bond), which is equal to the difference between the strike prices of the options involved. The present value of this payoff depends on the prevailing interest rates in the same way that interest rates affect the present value of a bond's par value.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Options Risk.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Selling or Writing Options*. Writing option contracts can result in losses that exceed the seller's initial investment and may lead to additional turnover and higher tax liability. The risk involved in writing a call option is that there could be an increase in the market value of the underlying or reference asset. An underlying or reference asset may be an index, equity security, or ETF. If this occurs, the call option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a lower price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled call options, the call seller would be required to purchase the call option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such call option. Similarly, while writing call options can reduce the risk of owning the underlying asset, such a strategy limits the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying asset in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call option. The risk involved in writing a put option is that there could be a decrease in the market value of the underlying asset. If this occurs, the put option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a higher price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled put options, the put seller would be required to purchase the put option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such put option.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Buying or Purchasing Options Risk*. If a call or put option is not sold when it has remaining value and if the market price of the underlying asset, in the case of a call option, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, or, in the case of a put option, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, the buyer will lose its entire investment in the call or put option. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position. When an option is purchased to hedge against price movements in an underlying asset, the price of the option may move more or less than the price of the underlying asset.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Box Spread Risk*. A Box Spread is the combination of a Synthetic Long position coupled with an offsetting Synthetic Short position through a combination of options contracts on an underlying or reference asset such as index, equity security or ETF with the same expiration date. A Box Spread typically consists of four option positions two of which represent the Synthetic Long and two representing the Synthetic Short. If one or more of these individual option positions are modified or closed separately prior to the option contract's expiration, then the Box Spread may no longer effectively eliminate risk tied to underlying asset's movement. Furthermore, the Box Spread's value is derived in the market and is in part, based on the time until the options comprising the Box Spread expire and the prevailing market interest rates. If the Fund sells a Box Spread prior to its expiration, then the Fund may incur a loss. The Fund's ability to profit from Box Spreads is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to sell Box Spreads to the Fund at competitive prices.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FLEX Options Risk.* FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely customizable terms like exercise price, style, and expiration date. Due to their customization and potentially unique terms, FLEX Options may be less liquid than other securities, such as standard exchange listed options. In less liquid markets for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The value of FLEX Options will be affected by, among others, changes in the underlying share or equity index price, changes in actual and implied interest rates, changes in the actual and implied volatility of the underlying shares or equity index and the remaining time to until the FLEX Options expire. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for the holdings of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to value the FLEX Options becomes more difficult and the judgment of the Fund's Sub-Adviser (employing the fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund's holdings due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Combo Risk.* A combo represents a combination of call and put options to produce a synthetic long or synthetic short position. A combined transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of its component transactions (See Options Risk). Although combined transactions are normally entered into based on the Sub-Advisers' judgment that the combined strategies will more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective. The Fund's ability to utilize Combos effectively is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to purchase or sell Combos from the Fund at competitive prices.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options, including FLEX Options, are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). The Fund's investments are at risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the option contract terms. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term interest rate market movements and over longer periods during continued interest rate market movements. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Adviser's success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. In addition, there is the risk that the investment process, techniques and analyses used by the Sub-Adviser will not produce the desired investment results and the Fund may lose value as a result.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.

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**Tax Risk.** The Fund may enter into various transactions, including transactions involving options contracts, for which there is a lack of clear guidance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which may affect the taxation of the Fund. The use of certain derivatives may cause the Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gain, to suspend or eliminate holding periods of positions, and/or to defer realized losses, potentially increasing the need to make taxable distributions, including those that will be taxed at the rates applicable to ordinary income. For example, exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under Code Section 1256 pursuant to which profit and loss with respect to such options are subject to tax as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. In addition, certain derivatives are subject to mark-to-market, constructive sale, and straddle provisions of the Code. If such provisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable distributions that will need to be made by the Fund.

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Code, which requires the Fund to distribute a certain portion of its income and gains each year, among other requirements. Similar to other ETFs, when the Fund disposes of appreciated property by distributing such appreciated property in-kind pursuant to redemption requests of its shareholders under Code Section 852(b)(6), the Fund does not recognize any built-in gain in such appreciated property. If the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court disagrees with the Fund's position as to the applicability of this nonrecognition rule to the Fund's dispositions, the Fund may not have distributed sufficient income or gains to qualify as a RIC. If, in any year, the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund itself generally would be subject to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax, and distributions received by its shareholders would be subject to further U.S. federal income tax. Alternatively, the Fund may be required to pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash) and applicable interest, and such dividend would be paid to the then current shareholders of the Fund. Failure to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC would have significant negative economic consequences to the Fund's shareholders. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in the underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character, and amount of income the Fund realizes from its investments.

Additionally, Code Section 1258 requires that certain capital gain from an investment be recharacterized as ordinary income if substantially all of the expected return is attributable to the time value of holding the investment and such investment falls into certain defined categories (a "conversion transaction"). If any of the Fund's transactions or holding of Shares are deemed to be conversion transactions, certain gains from such transactions or Shares would be treated as ordinary income, which could result respectively in the Fund having not distributed enough income to qualify as a RIC (with the same tax consequences described above) or gain on the disposition of Shares being treated as ordinary income. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will not treat any such transactions by the Fund or the holding of Shares as conversion transactions.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

**Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk.** The Fund may invest a portion of its in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly impacted by the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

**U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk.** The Fund may have exposure to U.S. Treasury obligations. U.S. Treasury obligations may differ from other securities in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics and may provide relatively lower returns than those of other securities. Similar to other issuers, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of the Fund's U.S. Treasury obligations to decline.

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**Inflation-Indexed Securities Risk.** The principal amount of an inflation-indexed security typically increases with inflation and decreases with deflation, as measured by a specified index. It is possible that, in a period of declining inflation rates, the Fund could receive at maturity less than the initial principal amount of an inflation-indexed security. Changes in the values of inflation-indexed securities may be difficult to predict, and it is possible that an investment in such securities will have an effect different from that anticipated.

**Fixed Income Risk.** The market value of fixed income securities will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the Fund's portfolio, the more the Fund's share price is likely to react to changes in interest rates. (Duration is a weighted measure of the length of time required to receive the present value of future payments, both interest and principal, from a fixed income security.)

**Interest Rate Risk.** Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund's yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, the Fund's yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect the Fund's share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes the Fund's share price to fall. The longer the Fund's portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank's monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the Fund invests. A sudden or unpredictable rise in interest rates may cause volatility and the value of fixed-income securities to decline.

**Credit Risk.** A decline in the credit quality of an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The Fund could lose money if, due to a decline in credit quality, the issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty fails to make, or is perceived as being unable or unwilling to make, timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.

**Valuation Risk.** Some portfolio holdings (*e.g.*, FLEX options), potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. See "FLEX Options Risk" above for more information regarding potential factors impacting the valuation of FLEX options.

Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In particular, the Fund will have a limited pool of APs that are able to transact in standard exchange-listed options as well as FLEX Options, therefore the pool of competitive markets for the Fund will be small. This can result in increased costs to the Fund. 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 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.

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

**Cash Creation Unit Risk.** Unlike most other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect a substantial portion of its creations for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that effects its creations and redemptions only in-kind. ETFs are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gains on the distributed portfolio securities at the fund level. A Fund that effects redemptions for cash may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. Any recognized gain on these sales by the Fund will generally cause the Fund to recognize a gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities only in-kind. The Fund intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the fund level. The use of cash creations may also cause the Fund's shares to trade in the market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker dealers, create or redeem shares directly through the Fund. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange through a broker-dealer. Furthermore, cash creation transactions may result in certain brokerage, tax, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades resulting from such transactions. To the extent that the maximum additional charge for creation transactions is insufficient to cover these costs and expenses, the Fund's performance could be negatively impacted.

**Large Shareholder Risk.** Certain large shareholders, including other funds advised by the Sub-Adviser, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's Shares. Any such investment may be held for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder will not redeem its investment. Dispositions of a large number of Shares by such shareholders, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may adversely affect the Fund's liquidity and net assets to the extent such transactions are executed directly with the Fund in the form of redemptions through an authorized participant, rather than executed in the secondary market. To the extent effected in cash, these redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's NAV and increase the Fund's brokerage costs. Such cash redemptions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders. Similarly, large Fund share purchases through an authorized participant may adversely affect the performance of the Fund to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. If these large shareholders transact in Shares on the secondary market, such transactions may account for a large percentage of the Fund's trading volume and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the Shares.

**Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk.** Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to risk losing opportunities to earn increased returns, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than the Fund's benchmark or other funds that remain fully invested.

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**Frequent Trading Risk.** The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. This frequent trading of portfolio securities may increase the amount of commissions that the Fund pays when it buys and sells such portfolio securities, which may detract from the Fund's performance. Derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition are excluded from the calculation of the Fund's portfolio turnover rate.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS**

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| Investment Adviser: | Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") |
| Investment Sub-Advisers: | Alpha Architect, LLC |
| | Arin Risk Advisors, LLC |

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

The Fund's portfolio is managed on a day-to-day basis by Lawrence Lempert, Joseph DeSipio, and Ryan Bailey of Arin Risk Advisors, LLC, and Wesley Gray and John Vogel of Alpha Architect, LLC. Each of the Portfolio Managers has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a "premium") or less than NAV (at a "discount"). An investor 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 and selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**ALPHA ARCHITECT REAL ESTATE ETF**

<u>Fund Summary</u>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

The Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks the U.S. Equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Market.

**FEES AND EXPENSES**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the table or example.**

**ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)**

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| Management Fee<sup>1</sup> | 0.19% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>2</sup> | 0.00% |
| **Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses**<sup>1</sup> | **0.19%** |

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<sup>1</sup>The Fund's Management Fee and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses are 0.1949%.

<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

**EXAMPLE**

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same. You may also pay brokerage commissions on the purchase and sale of Shares, which are not reflected in the example. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **One Year:** | **Three Years:** |
| $20 | $63 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund may pay transaction costs, including 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 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. Because the Fund has not yet commenced operations, it does not have a portfolio turnover rate to provide.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive GPR United States REIT ex timber and mortgage Index (the "Benchmark"), which is an index designed to track the performance of U.S REIT market, excluding timber and mortgage REITs.

To accomplish the Fund's investment objective, the Fund invests in options on either ETFs or indexes which are expected to provide performance that approximates that of the U.S. Equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Market. The Fund may use call options or combinations of call and put options (either referred to as "Combos") on ETFs or indexes such that the combination of these options contracts seeks to outperform the Benchmark. The Fund may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") or a combination of both to gain such exposure. In addition, the Fund may invest directly in one or more ETFs that

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offer exposure to the Benchmark or offer exposure to another index that invests in substantially similar securities as the Benchmark.

As part of this strategy, Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin") and Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect," collectively with Arin, the "Sub-Advisers"), will identify any ETFs or indexes that they believe provide exposure to the U.S. Equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Market ("Representative Investments"). The Representative Investments may provide the Fund with exposure to timber and/or mortgage REITs. The Sub-Advisers will vary the Fund's targeted notional exposure (*i.e.*, 80% to 120%) to these Representative Investments through options and Combos on these Representative Investments (exclusive of Box Spreads (defined below)).

The Sub-Advisers have developed proprietary tactical signals that help to inform the Sub-Advisers' decisions regarding when to and to what extent to adjust the Fund's targeted notional exposure to the Representative Investments. Examples of these tactical signals would be trend-following methods, such as a moving average rule (*i.e.*, whether prices are above or below their moving average for a period of time), a time-series momentum rule (*i.e.*, how prices have changed over a set period of time), and implied volatility levels relative to empirical volatility levels (*i.e.*, the market's expectations of future volatility relative to historical volatility). The Sub-Advisers will actively manage the Fund's notional exposure to the Representative Investments depending, in part, on the results of these tactical signals, as well as market conditions and other factors that the Sub-Advisers may consider relevant from time to time. For example, if price trends are positive, the Sub-Advisers may increase the notional exposure of the Fund to the higher end of the range, while if price trends are negative, the Sub-Advisers may decrease the notional exposure of the Fund to the lower end of the range. The Sub-Advisers will generally manage the Fund's portfolio to the targeted exposures (*i.e.*, 80% and 120%) but may vary from these targets if the Sub-Advisers believe it is in the best interest of shareholders. By actively managing the Fund's notional exposure, the Sub-Advisers will attempt to produce returns in excess of the Benchmark.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments with direct or indirect exposure to the U.S. Equity Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Market. For purposes of determining compliance with the Fund's 80% investment policy, derivatives generally will be valued based on their notional value. The foregoing policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days' written notice to shareholders.

The Fund is classified as "non-diversified" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

*Cash Collateral Management*

In managing the Fund to attempt to generate a total return above its Benchmark, the Fund may invest its excess cash and assets ("collateral"), if any, in a box spread ("Box Spread"). A Box Spread is a combination of exchange traded-listed options. The Fund may, at times, purchase the Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF (the "1-3 Month Box ETF") for cash management purposes. The Sub-Advisers believe the 1-3 Month Box ETF may offer the Fund a better return than cash and cash equivalents type investments. The 1-3 Month Box ETF is an affiliated ETF and holds a series of Box Spreads. The 1-3 Month Box ETF may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLEX Options or a combination of both, to gain exposure to a Box Spread (as described below). A box spread is designed to remove most of the equity and volatility risk through its combination of option contracts. However, box spreads are not free from risk. Specifically, box spreads are exposed to interest rate and liquidity risks. Similar to bonds, as interest rates rise the value of a bond and box spread will fall and when interest rates fall the value of a bond and box spread will rise.

By way of background, a Box Spread is the combination of a synthetic long position coupled with an offsetting synthetic short position through a combination of options contracts on an equity security or an equity index at the same expiration date. The synthetic long consists of buying a call option and selling a put option on the same security or index where the call option and put option share the same strike and expiration date (a "Synthetic Long"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread. The synthetic short consists of buying a put option and selling a call option on the same security or index with the same expiration date as the synthetic long but using a different strike price (a "Synthetic Short"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a

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strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread.

An important feature of the Box Spread construction process is the elimination of risk tied to underlying market movements associated with the underlying option's security or equity index. Once the Box Spread is initiated, its return from the initiation date of such Box Spread through its expiration date will generally not change. The Fund anticipates buying, holding, and/or selling multiple Box Spreads, and consequently, the Fund's anticipated return from Box Spreads will reflect all of its investment activity, as well as changes in market prices and expected interest rates, among other factors, and will vary over time. A box spread has a fixed payoff at expiration (similar to the par value of a bond), which is equal to the difference between the strike prices of the options involved. The present value of this payoff depends on the prevailing interest rates in the same way that interest rates affect the present value of a bond's par value.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including those described below. *There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective*. An investor may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any government agency. More complete risk descriptions are set forth below under the heading "*Additional Information About the Fund's Principal Investment Risks.*"

**Options Risk.** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Selling or Writing Options*. Writing option contracts can result in losses that exceed the seller's initial investment and may lead to additional turnover and higher tax liability. The risk involved in writing a call option is that there could be an increase in the market value of the underlying or reference asset. An underlying or reference asset may be an index, equity security, or ETF. If this occurs, the call option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a lower price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled call options, the call seller would be required to purchase the call option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such call option. Similarly, while writing call options can reduce the risk of owning the underlying asset, such a strategy limits the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying asset in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call option. The risk involved in writing a put option is that there could be a decrease in the market value of the underlying asset. If this occurs, the put option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a higher price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled put options, the put seller would be required to purchase the put option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such put option.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Buying or Purchasing Options Risk*. If a call or put option is not sold when it has remaining value and if the market price of the underlying asset, in the case of a call option, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, or, in the case of a put option, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, the buyer will lose its entire investment in the call or put option. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position. When an option is purchased to hedge against price movements in an underlying asset, the price of the option may move more or less than the price of the underlying asset.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Box Spread Risk*. A Box Spread is the combination of a Synthetic Long position coupled with an offsetting Synthetic Short position through a combinatio

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n of options contracts on an underlying or reference asset such as index, equity security or ETF with the same expiration date. A Box Spread typically consists of four option positions two of which represent the Synthetic Long and two representing the Synthetic Short. If one or more of these individual option positions are modified or closed separately prior to the option contract's expiration, then the Box Spread may no longer effectively eliminate risk tied to underlying asset's movement. Furthermore, the Box Spread's value is derived in the market and is in part, based on the time until the options comprising the Box Spread expire and the prevailing market interest rates. If the Fund sells a Box Spread prior to its expiration, then the Fund may incur a loss. The Fund's ability to profit from Box Spreads is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to sell Box Spreads to the Fund at competitive prices.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FLEX Options Risk.* FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely customizable terms like exercise price, style, and expiration date. Due to their customization and potentially unique terms, FLEX Options may be less liquid than other securities, such as standard exchange listed options. In less liquid markets for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The value of FLEX Options will be affected by, among others, changes in the underlying share or equity index price, changes in actual and implied interest rates, changes in the actual and implied volatility of the underlying shares or equity index and the remaining time to until the FLEX Options expire. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for the holdings of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to value the FLEX Options becomes more difficult and the judgment of the Fund's Sub-Adviser (employing the fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund's holdings due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Combo Risk.* A combo represents a combination of call and put options to produce a synthetic long or synthetic short position. A combined transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of its component transactions (See Options Risk). Although combined transactions are normally entered into based on the Sub-Advisers' judgment that the combined strategies will more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective. The Fund's ability to utilize Combos effectively is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to purchase or sell Combos from the Fund at competitive prices.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by the Fund or by a special purpose or structured vehicle invested in by the Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options, including FLEX Options, are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). The Fund's investments are at risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the option contract terms. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.

**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Fund could lose money due to short-term interest rate market movements and over longer periods during continued interest rate market movements. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

**Equity Investing Risk.** An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in stock prices. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments. In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market or securities markets generally.

**Large-Capitalization Companies Risk.** Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions. Large capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller capitalization companies. During different market cycles, the performance of large-capitalization companies has trailed the overall performance of the broader securities markets.

**Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk.** Investing in securities of mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies' securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. Often mid-capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

**Small-Capitalization Companies Risk.** The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse issuer market, political, or economic developments than securities of large- or mid-capitalization

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companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and during adverse circumstances, may be more difficult to sell and receive a sales price comparable to the value assigned to the security by the Fund. These securities are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than large- or mid-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, which may make the valuation of such securities more difficult if there isn't a readily available market price.

**Sector Risk.** If the Fund's portfolio is overweighted in a certain sector, any negative economic, financial, market, business or other developments affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund that is not overweighted in that sector. A certain sector may underperform other sectors or the market as a whole. Economic or market factors, regulation or deregulation, and technological or other developments may negatively impact all companies in a particular sector. This may increase the risk of loss associated with an investment in the Fund and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value per share.

**Concentration Risk.** The Fund concentrates its investments in a single industry and could experience larger price fluctuations than funds invested in a broader range of industries.

**Real Estate Investment Risk.** The Fund concentrates its investments in real estate companies and companies related to the real estate industry. As such, the Fund is subject to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate securities and an investment in the Fund will be closely linked to the performance of the real estate markets. These risks include, among others: declines in the value of (or income generated by) real estate; risks related to general and local economic conditions; possible lack of availability of mortgage funds or other limits to accessing the credit or capital markets; defaults by borrowers or tenants, particularly during an economic downturn; and changes in interest rates.

**REITs Risk.** In addition to the risks associated with investing in securities of real estate companies and real estate related companies, REITs are subject to certain additional risks. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the trusts. Further, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills and cash flows, and may have investments in relatively few properties, or in a small geographic area or a single property type. Failure of a company to qualify as a REIT under federal tax law may have adverse consequences to the fund. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses. The value of a REIT may be affected by changes in interest rates.

**Management Risk.** The Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Sub-Adviser's success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. In addition, there is the risk that the investment process, techniques and analyses used by the Sub-Adviser will not produce the desired investment results and the Fund may lose value as a result.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**Market Risk.** The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in interest rate sensitive markets. Interest rate markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, the investment's average time to maturity, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has exposure.

**Tax Risk.** The Fund may enter into various transactions, including transactions involving options contracts, for which there is a lack of clear guidance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which may affect the taxation of the Fund. The use of certain derivatives may cause the Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gain, to suspend or eliminate holding periods of positions, and/or to defer realized losses, potentially increasing the need to make taxable distributions, including those that will be taxed at the rates applicable to ordinary income. For example, exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under Code Section 1256 pursuant to which profit and loss with respect to such options are subject to tax as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. In addition, certain derivatives are subject to mark-to-market, constructive sale, and straddle provisions of the Code. If such p

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rovisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable distributions that will need to be made by the Fund.

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Code, which requires the Fund to distribute a certain portion of its income and gains each year, among other requirements. Similar to other ETFs, when the Fund disposes of appreciated property by distributing such appreciated property in-kind pursuant to redemption requests of its shareholders under Code Section 852(b)(6), the Fund does not recognize any built-in gain in such appreciated property. If the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court disagrees with the Fund's position as to the applicability of this nonrecognition rule to the Fund's dispositions, the Fund may not have distributed sufficient income or gains to qualify as a RIC. If, in any year, the Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund itself generally would be subject to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax, and distributions received by its shareholders would be subject to further U.S. federal income tax. Alternatively, the Fund may be required to pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash) and applicable interest, and such dividend would be paid to the then current shareholders of the Fund. Failure to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC would have significant negative economic consequences to the Fund's shareholders. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in the underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character, and amount of income the Fund realizes from its investments.

Additionally, Code Section 1258 requires that certain capital gain from an investment be recharacterized as ordinary income if substantially all of the expected return is attributable to the time value of holding the investment and such investment falls into certain defined categories (a "conversion transaction"). If any of the Fund's transactions or holding of Shares are deemed to be conversion transactions, certain gains from such transactions or Shares would be treated as ordinary income, which could result respectively in the Fund having not distributed enough income to qualify as a RIC (with the same tax consequences described above) or gain on the disposition of Shares being treated as ordinary income. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will not treat any such transactions by the Fund or the holding of Shares as conversion transactions.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below.

**Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk.** The Fund may invest a portion of its in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly impacted by the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

**Interest Rate Risk.** Interest rates rise and fall over time. As with any investment whose yield reflects current interest rates, the fund's yield will change over time. During periods when interest rates are low, the Fund's yield (and total return) also may be low. Changes in interest rates also may affect the Fund's share price: a rise in interest rates generally causes the Fund's share price to fall. The longer the Fund's portfolio duration, the more sensitive to interest rate movements its share price is likely to be. Also, a change in a central bank's monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates, which could have sudden and unpredictable effects on the markets and significantly impact the value of fixed-income securities in which the Fund

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invests. A sudden or unpredictable rise in interest rates may cause volatility and the value of fixed-income securities to decline.

**Credit Risk.** A decline in the credit quality of an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty could cause the fund to lose money or underperform. The Fund could lose money if, due to a decline in credit quality, the issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of a portfolio investment or a counterparty fails to make, or is perceived as being unable or unwilling to make, timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations.

**Valuation Risk.** Some portfolio holdings (*e.g.*, FLEX options), potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. See "FLEX Options Risk" above for more information regarding potential factors impacting the valuation of FLEX options.

Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In particular, the Fund will have a limited pool of APs that are able to transact in standard exchange-listed options as well as FLEX Options, therefore the pool of competitive markets for the Fund will be small. This can result in increased costs to the Fund. 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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange") or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of its underlying portfolio holdings, which can be less liquid than Shares, potentially causing the market price of Shares to deviate from its NAV. The spread varies over time for Shares of the Fund based on the Fund's trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if the Fund has high trading volume and market liquidity, and higher if the Fund has little trading volume and market liquidity (which is often the case for funds that are newly launched or small in size).

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**Cash Creation Unit Risk.** Unlike most other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect a substantial portion of its creations for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that effects its creations and redemptions only in-kind. ETFs are able to make in-kind redemptions and avoid being taxed on gains on the distributed portfolio securities at the fund level. A Fund that effects redemptions for cash may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds. Any recognized gain on these sales by the Fund will generally cause the Fund to recognize a gain it might not otherwise have recognized, or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required if it were to distribute portfolio securities only in-kind. The Fund intends to distribute these gains to shareholders to avoid being taxed on this gain at the fund level. The use of cash creations may also cause the Fund's shares to trade in the market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker dealers, create or redeem shares directly through the Fund. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange through a broker-dealer. Furthermore, cash creation transactions may result in certain brokerage, tax, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades resulting from such transactions. To the extent that the maximum additional charge for creation transactions is insufficient to cover these costs and expenses, the Fund's performance could be negatively impacted.

**Large Shareholder Risk.** Certain large shareholders, including other funds advised by the Sub-Adviser, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's Shares. Any such investment may be held for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder will not redeem its investment. Dispositions of a large number of Shares by such shareholders, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may adversely affect the Fund's liquidity and net assets to the extent such transactions are executed directly with the Fund in the form of redemptions through an authorized participant, rather than executed in the secondary market. To the extent effected in cash, these redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund's NAV and increase the Fund's brokerage costs. Such cash redemptions may also accelerate the realization of taxable income to shareholders. Similarly, large Fund share purchases through an authorized participant may adversely affect the performance of the Fund to the extent that the Fund is delayed in investing new cash or otherwise maintains a larger cash position than it ordinarily would. If these large shareholders transact in Shares on the secondary market, such transactions may account for a large percentage of the Fund's trading volume and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the Shares.

**Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk.** Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to risk losing opportunities to earn increased returns, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than the Fund's benchmark or other funds that remain fully invested.

**Frequent Trading Risk.** The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. This frequent trading of portfolio securities may increase the amount of commissions that the Fund pays when it buys and sells such portfolio securities, which may detract from the Fund's performance. Derivative instruments and instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition are excluded from the calculation of the Fund's portfolio turnover rate.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund is a recently organized investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**PERFORMANCE**

Performance information is not provided below because the Fund has not yet been in operation for one full calendar year. When provided, the information will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's average annual returns compare with a broad measure of market performance. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information will be available at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com or by calling the Fund at (215) 882-9983.

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**INVESTMENT ADVISER & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS**

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| Investment Adviser: | Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers ("Adviser") |
| Investment Sub-Advisers: | Alpha Architect, LLC |
| | Arin Risk Advisors, LLC |

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

The Fund's portfolio is managed on a day-to-day basis by Lawrence Lempert, Joseph DeSipio, and Ryan Bailey of Arin Risk Advisors, LLC, and Wesley Gray and John Vogel of Alpha Architect, LLC. Each of the Portfolio Managers has managed the Fund since its inception.

**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

Individual Shares are listed on a national securities exchange and may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (at a "premium") or less than NAV (at a "discount"). An investor 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 and selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both, unless your investment is made through an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax-advantaged account may be subject to U.S. federal income tax. In the event that a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before a distribution by the Fund, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the purchase price. You should consult your own tax advisor about your specific tax situation.

**PURCHASES THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend Shares over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS' INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES** 

Each Fund's investment objective is a non-fundamental investment policy and may be changed without a vote of shareholders upon prior written notice to shareholders.

**Alpha Architect US Equity ETF**

The Fund is an actively managed ETF that invests primarily in a diverse group of U.S. companies across market sectors, styles (e.g., value or growht), and industry groups or ETFs that provide similar exposure to U.S. companies. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in the equity securities, including common and preferred stock of U.S. companies. The Sub-Adviser defines U.S. companies as companies whose securities are traded principally in the United States or that have their principal place of business in the United States. The foregoing policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days' written notice to shareholders.

**Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF**

The Fund is an actively managed ETF that invests primarily in a diverse group of equity securities issued by non-U.S. companies across market sectors, styles (e.g., value or growth), and industry groups or ETFs that provide similar exposure to such companies. The Fund's investments may include both developed and emerging market countries. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in the equity securities of non-U.S. companies, including common stocks,

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depositary receipts evidencing ownership in common stocks, and preferred stocks. The Fund's investments in depositary receipts may be in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs). The Sub-Adviser defines non-U.S. companies as companies headquartered outside of the United States, or whose primary business activities or principal trading markets are located outside of the United States. The foregoing policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days' written notice to shareholders. The Fund will invest, under normal market conditions, in at least three different countries, and invest at least 30% of its assets in foreign securities, including depositary receipts, outside the United States.

**Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF**

The Fund is an actively managed ETF whose investment objective is to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the price and yield performance of an investment that tracks the 1-3 Year sector of the United States Treasury Bill and Note market, as measured by the Solactive US 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Index. To do so, the principal investment strategy of the Fund will be to utilize a series of long and short exchange-listed options combinations called a box spread ("Box Spread"). In order to accomplish its investment goals, the Fund may utilize either standard exchange-listed options or FLexible EXchange® Options ("FLEX Options") or a combination of both.

The Fund generally invests its assets in a series of Box Spreads such that the weighted average maturity of the Box Spreads based upon expiration dates is between 1 and 3 years. The Fund may sell Box Spreads with a longer or shorter period to expiration in an effort to gain exposure to the forward rate implied by the execution of longer and shorter dated Box Spreads. The Fund may also invest in cash, cash equivalents, money market funds or treasury bills. The Fund's strategy is expected to result in high portfolio turnover. The return that the Fund expects to earn from Box Spreads will fluctuate but remain consistent with the market rate for similar interest rate sensitive securities.

**Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF**

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks U.S. 7-10 Year Treasury Bonds. The Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Index (the "Benchmark"). The Benchmark is designed to measure the performance of obligations of the U.S. Treasury (*i.e.,* notes issued by the U.S. Treasury), with remaining maturities between 7 and 10 years. The components of the Index are weighted by market-capitalization and the Index is rebalanced and reconstituted on a monthly basis. The Index includes component securities of available fixed rate nominal securities issued publicly by he U.S. Treasury, but excludes Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities, and the State and Local Government Series.

**Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF**

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, exceed the total return performance of an investment that tracks the U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Market. The Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the "Benchmark"). The Benchmark is designed to measure the performance of obligations of the U.S. Treasury (*i.e.*, bonds issued by U.S. Treasury), with a dollar weighted average maturity of greater than 20 years. The components of the Benchmark are weighted by market-capitalization and the Benchmark is rebalanced and reconstituted on a monthly basis. The Benchmark includes component securities of available fixed rate nominal securities issued publicly by the U.S. Treasury, but excludes Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities, and the State and Local Government Series.

**Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF**

The Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US Aggregate Bond Index (the "Benchmark"). The Benchmark is designed to measure the performance of the total U.S. investment-grade (as defined by Solactive) bond market. The Benchmark includes U.S treasury bonds, government-related bonds, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and asset-backed securities (ABS) that are publicly offered for sale in the U.S. The Benchmark is

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rebalanced monthly and is market capitalization-weighted with the aim of replicating the distribution of the weights of the entire U.S. investment-grade bond market.

**Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF**

The Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive US Treasury Inflation-Linked Bond Index (the "Benchmark"). The Benchmark is designed to measure the performance of TIPS. TIPS are securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that are designed to provide inflation protection to investors, with both principal and interest inflation-linked. The Benchmark includes publicly issued TIPS that have at least one year remaining to maturity on the Benchmark rebalancing date, with an issue size equal to or in excess of $750 million.

**Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF**

The Fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate a total return in excess of the Solactive GPR United States REIT ex timber and mortgage Index (the "Benchmark"). The Benchmark is designed to measure the performance of US Equity REITs (*i.e.*, organized under the laws of U.S. and primarily listed in the U.S.), excluding those REITs that generate more than 60% of recurrent income from activities in timber and mortgage.

**Cash Collateral Management *(applies only to the Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF, and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF)***

In managing each Fund to attempt to generate a total return above its Benchmark, each Fund may invest its excess cash and assets ("collateral"), if any, in a box spread ("Box Spread"). A Box Spread is a combination of exchange traded-listed options. Each Fund may, at times, purchase the 1-3 Month Box ETF for cash management purposes. The Sub-Advisers believe the 1-3 Month Box ETF may offer a Fund a better return than cash and cash equivalents type investments. The 1-3 Month Box ETF is an affiliated ETF and holds a series of Box Spreads. The 1-3 Month Box ETF may invest in either standard exchange traded-listed options or FLEX Options or a combination of both, to gain exposure to a Box Spread (as described below). A box spread is designed to remove most of the equity and volatility risk through its combination of option contracts. However, box spreads are not free from risk. Specifically, box spreads are exposed to interest rate and liquidity risks. Similar to bonds, as interest rates rise the value of a bond and box spread will fall and when interest rates fall the value of a bond and box spread will rise.

By way of background, a Box Spread is the combination of a synthetic long position coupled with an offsetting synthetic short position through a combination of options contracts on an equity security or an equity index at the same expiration date. The synthetic long consists of buying a call option and selling a put option on the same security or index where the call option and put option share the same strike and expiration date (a "Synthetic Long"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread. The synthetic short consists of buying a put option and selling a call option on the same security or index with the same expiration date as the synthetic long but using a different strike price (a "Synthetic Short"). When purchasing a Box Spread, the Synthetic Long will have a strike price that is less than the strike price for the Synthetic Short. The difference between the strike prices of the Synthetic Long and the Synthetic Short will determine the expiration value (or value at maturity) of the Box Spread.

An important feature of the Box Spread construction process is the elimination of risk tied to underlying market movements associated with the underlying option's security or equity index. Once the Box Spread is initiated, its return from the initiation date of such Box Spread through its expiration date will generally not change. Each Fund anticipates buying, holding, and/or selling multiple Box Spreads, and consequently, a Fund's anticipated return from Box Spreads will reflect all of its investment activity, as well as changes in market prices and expected interest rates, among other factors, and will vary over time. A box spread has a fixed payoff at expiration (similar to the par value of a bond), which is equal to the difference between the strike prices of the options involved. The present value of this payoff depends on the prevailing interest rates in the same way that interest rates affect the present value of a bond's par value. The following diagram depicts the value of the box spread's payoff at expiration based on no changes in the value of the reference asset. It does not depict the value of the box spread at points in time prior to the expiration of the options.

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Buying (or selling) a Box Spread is similar to buying (or selling) a zero-coupon bond. A zero-coupon bond does not pay periodic coupons, but the bond trades at a discount to its face value. The maturity value of a zero-coupon bond is comparable to the difference in the strike prices of the Box Spread. The maturity date of a zero-coupon bond is comparable to the expiration date of the options comprising the Box Spread. When constructing a Box Spread, the strike price of the Synthetic Long will be at a lower strike price than the strike price of the Synthetic Short. When buying or selling a Box Spread, the buyer or seller generally expects the price of the Box Spread to be less than the difference in the strike prices of the Box Spread. A buyer or seller of a Box Spread will earn a profit or loss equal to the difference between the beginning price (price paid to buy or received if sold) and the ending price (expiration value or closing trade price). If a Fund holds the Box Spread until expiration, then its profit or loss will be determined by the difference between the price it paid to buy the Box Spread (or received in the case of selling the Box Spread) and the value of the Box Spread upon expiration.

As an example, a typical Box Spread could include the simultaneous purchase of a call option and sale of a put option (*i.e.*, Synthetic Long) with a strike of $1,000 on the referenced index/asset together with the sale of a call option and purchase of a put option (*i.e.*, Synthetic Short) with a strike of $2,000 on the referenced index/asset where all four of these options share the same expiration date. The expiration or maturity value would be the difference in the strikes or $1,000 in this case. The expected profit earned would equal the difference between the price paid for this Box Spread and its expiration value of $1,000 minus any transaction costs associated with the options trades. The effective yield on each Box Spread is determined by annualizing the profit over the price paid. A Fund will only purchase Box Spreads where the purchase price (after considering all costs to the Fund for entering such trade) is less than the expiration value.

An option contract is an agreement between a buyer and seller that gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy (call) or sell (put) a particular asset at a specified future date at an agreed upon price, commonly known as the "strike price." In the case of a "call option", the purchaser has the right to buy the particular asset and the seller of a "call option" has the obligation to deliver the particular asset at the strike price. In the case of a "put option", the purchaser has the right to sell the particular asset and the seller of a "put option" has the obligation to purchase the particular asset at the strike price. Since the Fund trades listed or exchange-traded options, the counterparty to its option positions is the Options Clearing Corporation.

When purchasing or selling a Combo, call or put options or Box Spreads, the Fund will primarily use European-style options. European-style options may not be terminated or assigned in advance of the option's expiration date. This

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ensures that the synthetic positions created using the Combos, call or put options or Box Spreads are not cancelled prior to its maturity. Options contracts on ETFs are expected to be the preferred investments for substantially all of the Fund's holdings.

The Sub-Advisers are primarily responsible for investing the Fund's assets in options and Combos and Box Spreads with various expiration dates. The quantity and expiration dates of the underlying contracts held by the Fund will be based on several factors, including the Fund's asset size and the effective yield for various contract expiration dates available in the marketplace, and the Sub-Advisers' view of future interest rates. Based upon historical examples of these contracts actually traded in the marketplace, the Sub-Advisers expect that there will be market participants willing to buy and sell Combos and Box Spreads in sufficient quantities to satisfy the Fund's objective.

Since the Fund may invest in several contracts some of which may be held to maturity and others traded prior to the expiration, the Fund may experience high levels of turnover, elevated trading costs, and tax realization. Upon expiration or sale of any contract, the Sub-Advisers will seek to purchase additional contracts with a purchase price and expiration date that offers favorable risk and reward characteristics under current market conditions. The Fund may also invest in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, cash, cash equivalents, money market funds or treasury bills.

The Fund may sell options or Combos or Box Spreads with a longer or shorter period to expiration in an effort to meet redemptions, adjust the Fund's average maturity or to gain exposure to the forward rate implied by the execution of longer and shorter dated Combos or Box Spreads.

The Fund's collateral will typically be utilized to fully pay for the Box Spreads, Combos, or other similar strategies as described above. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. In order to achieve its objective, the Fund will typically purchase a new Box Spread or Combo at the time (or shortly thereafter) any existing Combos or Box Spread expires or is sold or when the Sub-Advisers believes purchasing a new Combos or Box Spread would offer a favorable investment opportunity. The Fund may also sell or "roll" any Combos or Box Spread at any time. When rolling a Combos or Box Spread, the Fund enters into a trade where it simultaneously reduces its exposure to an existing Box Spread or Combo while opening a new Box Spread or Combo position. The Fund may also sell Combos or Box Spreads that utilize the same or a different reference asset, strike prices, and expiration dates as Combos or Box Spreads owned by the Fund. When selling or rolling a Box Spread or Combo, the Fund may incur additional transaction costs than if it waited until such Box Spread or Combo expired.

Exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Pursuant to section 1256 of the Code, profit and loss on transactions in non-equity options, are subject to taxation at a rate equal to 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of the Fund's holding period. Based on the advice of its accountants, the Fund expects that distributions related to such positions, if any, will be characterized by the Fund as capital gains with these preferential terms. The Fund expects that distributions, if any, related to the Fund's positions that do not qualify for the preferential treatment under section 1256 are expected to be characterized by the Fund as either short-term capital gain or ordinary income.

**Temporary Defensive Positions**

A Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. During such an unusual set of circumstances, the Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolios in cash or cash equivalent positions (e.g., money market securities, U.S. Government securities, and/or similar securities). When a Fund takes a temporary defensive position, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS' PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**

The following information is in addition to, and should be read along with, the description of each Fund's principal investment risks in the sections titled "Fund Summary—Principal Investment Risks" above.

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| **Risks** | **AAUS** | **AAGL** | **BOXS** | **BOXI** | **BOXL** | **BOXA** | **BOXP** | **BOXR** |
| Annual Reevaluation Risk | X | X | | | | | | |
| Cash and Cash Equivalent Risk  | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Cash Creation Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |

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| **Risks** | **AAUS** | **AAGL** | **BOXS** | **BOXI** | **BOXL** | **BOXA** | **BOXP** | **BOXR** |
| Counterparty Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Concentration Risk | | | | | | | | X |
| Credit Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Depositary Receipt Risk | | X | | | | | | |
| Developed Countries Risk | | X | | | | | | |
| Emerging Markets Risk | | X | | | | X | | |
| Equity Investing Risk | X | X | | | | | | X |
| ETF Risks | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Extension Risk | | | | | X | | | |
| Fixed Income Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Foreign Investment Risk | | X | | | | | | |
| Frequent Trading Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| High Portfolio Turnover Risk | X | X | | | | | | |
| In-Kind Contribution Risk | X | X | | | | | | |
| Inflation-Indexed Securities Risk | | | | | | | X | |
| Interest Rate Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Investment Company Risk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Investment Risk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Investment Strategy Risk | X | X | | | | | | |
| Large-Capitalization Companies Risk | X | X | | | | | | |
| Management Risk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Market Risk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk | X | X | | | | | | X |
| New Fund Risk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Non-Diversified Fund Risk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Options Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Prepayment Risk | | | | | | X | | |
| Real Estate Investment Risk | | | | | | | | X |
| REITs Risk | | | | | | | | X |
| Risk of Investing in the United States | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Risk of Investing in Other ETFs | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Sector Risk | X | X | | | | | | X |
| Small-Capitalization Companies Risk | X | X | | | | | | X |
| Tax Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk | | | | | | | | X |
| U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Valuation Risk | | | X | X | X | X | X | X |

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**Annual Reevaluation Risk.** The Fund's investment universe will be reevaluated annually by the Sub-Adviser. As a result, the Fund's exposure to one or more securities may be affected by significant price movements promptly following the annual re-evaluation. Such lags between re-evaluations may result in significant performance swings relative to the broader equity markets.

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**Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk.** Holding cash or cash equivalents rather than securities or other instruments in which the Fund primarily invests, even strategically, may cause the Fund to risk losing opportunities to participate in market appreciation, and may cause the Fund to experience potentially lower returns than the Fund's benchmark (as applicable) or other funds that remain fully invested.

**Cash Creation Unit Risk.** The use of cash creations and redemptions may also cause the Fund's shares to trade in the market at greater bid-ask spreads or greater premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker dealers, also known as "authorized participants," create or redeem shares directly through the Fund. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on an exchange through a broker-dealer. Cash creation and redemption transactions may result in certain brokerage, tax, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades resulting from such transactions. To offset these expenses, the Fund will collect fees from the applicable authorized participant to reimburse the Fund for any costs incurred by the Fund that result from a cash creation or redemption. The use of cash for redemptions will limit the tax efficiency of the Fund.

**Counterparty Risk.** Counterparty risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument held by a Fund may become insolvent or otherwise fail to perform its obligations, and the Fund may obtain no or limited recovery of its investment, and any recovery may be significantly delayed. Exchange listed options, including FLEX Options, are issued and guaranteed for settlement by the OCC. The Fund bears the risk that the OCC will be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the options contracts. In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses. Additionally, FLEX Options may be illiquid, and in such cases, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. Also, since the Fund is not a member of the OCC (a "clearing member"), and only clearing members can participate directly in the OCC, the Fund will hold options contracts through commingled omnibus accounts at clearing members. As a result, Fund assets deposited with a clearing member as margin for options contracts may, in certain circumstances, be used to satisfy losses of other clients of the Fund's clearing member. Although clearing members guarantee performance of their clients' obligations to the OCC, there is a risk that Fund assets might not be fully protected in the event of the clearing member's bankruptcy.

**Concentration Risk.** A Fund that concentrates its investments in a single industry could experience larger price fluctuations than funds invested in a broader range of industries.

**Credit Risk.** Debt securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer or guarantor of a security will be unable and/or unwilling to make timely interest payments and/or repay the principal on its debt or to otherwise honor its obligations and/or default completely. Debt securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, depending on the issuer's financial condition and on the terms of the securities, which may be reflected in credit ratings. There is a possibility that the credit rating of a debt security may be downgraded after purchase or the perception of an issuer's credit worthiness may decline, which may adversely affect the value of the security.

**Depositary Receipts Risk.** The risks of investments in depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"), and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"), are substantially similar to Foreign Investment Risk. In addition, depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign securities, and their value may change materially at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading.

**Developed Countries Risk.** The Fund's investment in developed country issuers may subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have experienced security concerns, such as war, terrorism and strained international relations. Incidents involving a country's or region's security may cause uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund's investments. In addition, developed countries may be adversely impacted by changes to the economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.

**Emerging Markets Risk.** Many emerging market countries have a history of, and continue to experience serious, and potentially continuing, economic and political problems. Stock markets in many emerging market countries are relatively small, expensive to trade in and generally have higher risks than those in developed markets. Securities in emerging markets also may be less liquid than those in developed markets and foreigners are often limited in their

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ability to invest in, and withdraw assets from, these markets. Additional restrictions may be imposed under other conditions.

**Equity Investing Risk.** An investment in a Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in stock prices. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments. Different types of equity securities tend to go through cycles of outperformance and underperformance in comparison to the general securities markets. In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market or securities markets generally. Recent turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers worldwide, which may have an adverse effect on a Fund.

**ETF Risks.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Authorized Participants, Market Makers and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk.* The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). In particular, the Fund will have a limited pool of APs that are able to transact in standard exchange-listed options as well as FLEX Options, therefore the pool of competitive markets for the Fund will be small. This can result in increased costs to the Fund. 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 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Premium-Discount Risk.* The Shares may trade above or below their net asset value ("NAV"). The market prices of Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Shares on an Exchange or other securities exchanges. The trading price of Shares may deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or limited trading activity in Shares. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread," that is, any difference between the bid price and the ask price of the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Cost of Trading Risk.* 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 that an investor is willing to pay for 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, increased market volatility may cause increased bid/ask spreads.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Trading Risk.* Although the Shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Shares on the Exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable. When markets are stressed, Shares could suffer erratic or unpredictable trading activity, extraordinary volatility or wide bid/ask spreads, which could cause some market makers and APs to reduce their market activity or "step away" from making a market in ETF shares. This could cause the Fund's market price to deviate, materially, from the NAV, and reduce the effectiveness of the ETF arbitrage process. Further, trading in Shares on the Exchange is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to the "circuit breaker" rules, which temporarily halt trading on the Exchange when a decline in the S&P 500 Index during a single day reaches certain thresholds (*e.g.*, 7%, 13% and 20%). There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to maintain the listing of the Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund's underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares, and this could lead to differences between the market price of the Shares and the underlying value of those Shares.

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**Extension Risk.** During periods of rising interest rates, certain debt obligations may be paid off substantially more slowly than originally anticipated and the value of those securities may fall sharply, resulting in a decline in the Fund's income and potentially in the value of the Fund's investments.

**Fixed Income Risk.** The market value of fixed income securities will change in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of fixed income investments. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities and related financial instruments generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities and related financial instruments generally decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the Fund's portfolio, the more the Fund's share price is likely to react to changes in interest rates. (Duration is a weighted measure of the length of time required to receive the present value of future payments, both interest and principal, from a fixed income security.) Some fixed income securities give the issuer the option to call, or redeem, the securities before their maturity dates. If an issuer calls its security during a time of declining interest rates, the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in an investment offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value of the security as a result of declining interest rates. During periods of market illiquidity or rising interest rates, prices of callable issues are subject to increased price fluctuation. In addition, the Fund may be subject to extension risk, which occurs during a rising interest rate environment because certain obligations may be paid off by an issuer more slowly than anticipated, causing the value of those securities held by the Fund to fall.

**Foreign Investment Risk.** The Fund may invest directly in foreign securities or indirectly through its investments in other ETFs. Foreign investments may include non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities traded outside of the United States and U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers traded in the United States. Returns on investments in foreign securities could be more volatile than, or trail the returns on, investments in U.S. securities. Investments in foreign securities, including investments in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) are subject to special risks, including the following:

*Foreign Securities Risk*. Investments in non-U.S. securities involve 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. There may be less information publicly available about a non-U.S. issuer than a U.S. issuer. Non-U.S. issuers may be subject to different accounting, auditing, financial reporting and investor protection standards than U.S. issuers. Changes to the financial condition or credit rating of foreign issuers may also adversely affect the value of a Fund's securities. Investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to withholding or other taxes and may be subject to additional trading, settlement, custodial, and operational risks. Because legal systems differ, there is also the possibility that it will be difficult to obtain or enforce legal judgments in some countries. Since foreign exchanges may be open on days when a Fund does not price its Shares, the value of the securities in a Fund's portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell a Fund's Shares. Conversely, Shares may trade on days when foreign exchanges are closed. Investment in foreign securities may involve higher costs than investment in U.S. securities, including higher transaction and custody costs as well as the imposition of additional taxes by foreign governments. Each of these factors can make investments in a Fund more volatile and potentially less liquid than other types of investments.

*Capital Controls Risk.* Economic conditions, such as volatile currency exchange rates and interest rates, political events and other conditions may, without prior warning, lead to government intervention and the imposition of "capital controls" or expropriation or nationalization of assets. The possible establishment of exchange controls or freezes on the convertibility of currency, or the adoption of other governmental restrictions, might adversely affect an investment in foreign securities. Capital controls include the prohibition of, or restrictions on, the ability to transfer currency, securities, or other assets within or out of a jurisdiction.

Levies may be placed on profits repatriated by foreign entities (such as a Fund). Capital controls may impact the ability of a Fund to buy, sell or otherwise transfer securities or currency, may adversely affect the trading market and price for Shares of a Fund, and may cause a Fund to decline in value.

*Depositary Receipt Risk.* A Fund's investments in foreign companies may be in the form of depositary receipts, including ADRs, EDRs, and GDRs. ADRs, EDRs, and GDRs are generally subject to the risks of investing directly in foreign securities and, in some cases, there may be less information available about the underlying

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issuers than would be the case with a direct investment in the foreign issuer. ADRs are U.S. dollar-denominated receipts representing shares of foreign-based corporations. GDRs are similar to ADRs but are shares of foreign-based corporations generally issued by international banks in one or more markets around the world. Investment in ADRs and GDRs may be more or less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market and GDRs may be more volatile. Depositary receipts may be "sponsored" or "unsponsored" and may be unregistered and unlisted. Sponsored depositary receipts are established jointly by a depositary and the underlying issuer, whereas unsponsored depositary receipts may be established by a depositary without participation by the underlying issuer. Holders of an unsponsored depositary receipt generally bear all the costs associated with establishing the unsponsored depositary receipt. In addition, the issuers of the securities underlying unsponsored depositary receipts are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States and, therefore, there may be less information available regarding such issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the depositary receipts. In general, ADRs must be sponsored, but a Fund may invest in unsponsored ADRs under certain limited circumstances. It is expected that not more than 10% of the net assets of a Fund will be invested in unsponsored ADRs. A Fund's investments may also include ADRs and GDRs that are not purchased in the public markets and are restricted securities that can be offered and sold only to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Adviser will determine the liquidity of these investments pursuant to guidelines established by the Board. If a particular investment in such ADRs or GDRs is deemed illiquid, that investment will be included within a Fund's limitation on investment in illiquid securities. Moreover, if adverse market conditions were to develop during the period between a Fund's decision to sell these types of ADRs or GDRs and the point at which the Fund is permitted or able to sell such security, the Fund might obtain a price less favorable than the price that prevailed when it decided to sell.

*Currency Risk.* Each Fund's NAV is determined on the basis of U.S. dollars; therefore, a Fund may lose value if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, even if the local currency value of a Fund's holdings goes up. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency exchange rates also can be affected unpredictably by intervention; by failure to intervene by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks; or by currency controls or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates may affect the NAV of a Fund and the price of a Fund's Shares. Devaluation of a currency by a country's government or banking authority would have a significant impact on the value of any investments denominated in that currency.

*Political and Economic Risk.* A Fund is subject to foreign political and economic risk not associated with U.S. investments, meaning that political events (civil unrest, national elections, changes in political conditions and foreign relations, imposition of exchange controls and repatriation restrictions), social and economic events (labor strikes, rising inflation) and natural disasters occurring in a foreign country could cause a Fund's investments to experience gains or losses. A Fund also could be unable to enforce its ownership rights or pursue legal remedies in countries where it invests.

*Foreign Market and Trading Risk*. The trading markets for many foreign securities are not as active as U.S. markets and may have less governmental regulation and oversight. Foreign markets also may have clearance and settlement procedures that make it difficult for a Fund to buy and sell securities. The procedures and rules governing foreign transactions and custody (holding of a Fund's assets) also may involve delays in payment, delivery or recovery of money or investments. These factors could result in a loss to a Fund by causing the Fund to be unable to dispose of an investment or to miss an attractive investment opportunity, or by causing Fund assets to be uninvested for some period of time.

**High Portfolio Turnover Risk.** A Fund's investment strategy (or that of its underlying ETFs) may from time-to-time result in higher turnover rates. This may increase a Fund's brokerage commission costs. The performance of a Fund could be negatively impacted by the increased brokerage commission costs incurred by the Fund. Rapid portfolio turnover also exposes shareholders to a higher current realization of short-term capital gains, distributions of which would generally be taxed to you as ordinary income and thus cause you to pay higher taxes. As portfolio turnover may involve paying brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, there could be additional expenses for the Fund and those expenses may adversely affect the Fund's performance. High rates of portfolio turnover may also result in the realization of short-term capital gains and losses. Any distributions resulting from such gains will

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be considered ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under normal circumstances, the anticipated portfolio turnover rate for the Fund, including short-term securities, is expected to be greater than 100%.

**In-Kind Contribution Risk.** At their launch, the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF and Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF expect to acquire a material amount of assets through one or more in-kind contributions that are intended to qualify as tax-deferred transactions governed by Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code. If one or more of the in-kind contributions were to fail to qualify for tax-deferred treatment, then a Fund would not take a carryover tax basis in the applicable contributed assets and would not benefit from a tacked holding period in those assets. This could cause a Fund to incorrectly calculate and report to shareholders the amount of gain or loss recognized and/or the character of gain or loss (*e.g.*, as long-term or short-term) on the subsequent disposition of such assets. Similarly, if any of the contributors in an in-kind contribution are corporations (or are partnerships or trusts with corporate beneficial owners) and a special deemed-sale election is not made in connection with the contribution, then a Fund could become liable for an entity-level corporate tax if it disposes of the contributed assets within five years. Distributions of gain recognized on the disposition of those assets would be taxable to shareholders (as discussed above), in addition to this entity-level corporate tax. At the time this prospectus is being prepared, Fund management is not aware of corporate transferors in the in-kind contribution.

**Inflation-Indexed Securities Risk.** The principal amount of an inflation-indexed security typically increases with inflation and decreases with deflation, as measured by a specified index. It is possible that, in a period of declining inflation rates, a Fund could receive at maturity less than the initial principal amount of an inflation-indexed security. Although the holders of U.S. TIPS receive no less than the par value of the security at maturity, if the Fund purchases U.S. TIPS in the secondary market whose principal values have previously been adjusted upward and there is a period of subsequent declining inflation rates, a Fund may receive at maturity less than it invested. Depending on the changes in inflation rates during the period a Fund holds an inflation-indexed security, a Fund may earn less on the security than on a conventional bond. The principal amounts of inflation-indexed securities are typically only adjusted periodically, and changes in the values of the securities may only approximately reflect changes in inflation rates and may occur substantially after the changes in inflation rates in question occur.

**Interest Rate Risk.** Changes in interest rates can result in losses for fixed-income and other securities. Specifically, for fixed-income securities or fixed-income ETFs, when interest rates rise, the market values of the fixed-income instruments normally decrease. Typically, the longer the maturity or duration of a fixed-income security, the greater the security's sensitivity to changes in interest rates. For example, the approximate percentage change in the price of a security with a three-year duration would be expected to drop by approximately 3% in response to a 1% increase in interest rates. Duration is a weighted measure of the length of time required to receive the present value of future payments, both interest and principal, from a fixed income security. Generally, the longer the maturity and duration of a bond or fixed rate security, the more sensitive it is to this risk. Falling interest rates also create the potential for a decline in the Fund's income. Changes in monetary policy, government policy, government spending and inflation may affect the level of interest rates. These risks are greater during periods of rising inflation. In addition, a potential rise in interest rates may result in periods of volatility and increased redemptions that might require the Fund to liquidate portfolio securities at disadvantageous prices and times.

**Investment Company Risk.** An investment in other registered investment companies (including other ETFs, affiliated and non-affiliated) is subject to the risks associated with those investment companies, which include, but are not limited to, the risk that such fund's investment strategy may not produce the intended results; the risk that securities in such fund may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets or other asset classes; and the risk that the fund will be concentrated in a particular issuer, market, industry or sector, and therefore will be especially susceptible to loss due to adverse occurrences affecting that issuer, market, industry or sector. Moreover, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses from such investments, bearing its share of that fund's expenses while also paying its own advisory fees and trading costs. Investments in ETFs are also subject to the "ETF Risks" described below. In addition, the Funds may invest a portion of their assets in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly related to the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

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**Investment Risk.** When you sell your Shares of a Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. The Funds could lose money due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular asset classes or industries represented in the markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions, economic trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or to factors that affect a particular industry or group of industries. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset classes may be negatively affected. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in a Fund.

**Investment Strategy Risk.** There is no guarantee that a Fund will be able to successfully minimize the taxable income generated by an investment in Fund Shares.

**Large-Capitalization Companies Risk.** Large-capitalization companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market. Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse - than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years. Larger, more established companies may be slow to respond to challenges and may grow more slowly than smaller companies.

**Management Risk.** Each Fund is actively managed. A Sub-Adviser's (or Sub-Advisers', as applicable) ability to choose suitable investments and implement a Fund's investment strategies has a significant impact on the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives. In addition, there is the risk that the investment process, techniques and analyses used by a Sub-Adviser will not produce the desired investment results and the Fund may lose value as a result. A Sub-Adviser's evaluations and assumptions regarding investments and investment processes and techniques may not successfully achieve the Fund's investment objective given actual market trends.

**Market Risk.** A Fund's net asset value and investment return will fluctuate based upon changes in the value of its portfolio securities. Stock prices change daily as a result of many factors, including developments affecting the condition of both individual companies and the market in general. The price of a stock may even be affected by factors unrelated to the value or condition of its issuer, such as changes in interest rates, national and international economic and/or political conditions and general equity market conditions. In a declining stock market, prices for all companies (including those in the Fund's portfolio) may decline regardless of their long-term prospects. The Fund's performance per share will change daily in response to such factors.

**Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk.** The securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse issuer, market, political, or economic developments than securities of larger-capitalization companies. The securities of mid-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 of these companies have limited product lines, markets, and financial and managerial resources and tend to concentrate on fewer geographical markets relative to larger capitalization companies.

**New Fund Risk.** Each Fund is a recently organized management investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

**Non-Diversification Risk.** Because a Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

**Options Risk.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Selling or Writing Options*. Writing option contracts can result in losses that exceed the seller's initial investment and may lead to additional turnover and higher tax liability. The risk involved in writing a call option is that there could be an increase in the market value of the underlying or reference asset. An underlying or reference asset may be an index, equity security, or ETF. If this occurs, the call option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a lower price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled call options, the call seller would be required to purchase the call option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such call option. Similarly, while writing call options can reduce the risk of owning the underlying asset, such a strategy limits the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying asset in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call option. The risk involved in writing a put option is that there could be a decrease in the market value of

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the underlying asset. If this occurs, the put option could be exercised and the underlying asset would then be sold at a higher price than its current market value. In the case of cash settled put options, the put seller would be required to purchase the put option at a price that is higher than the original sales price for such put option.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Buying or Purchasing Options Risk*. If a call or put option is not sold when it has remaining value and if the market price of the underlying asset, in the case of a call option, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, or, in the case of a put option, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, the buyer will lose its entire investment in the call or put option. Since many factors influence the value of an option, including the price of the underlying asset, the exercise price, the time to expiration, the interest rate, and the dividend rate of the underlying asset, the buyer's success in implementing an option buying strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual assets, fluctuations in markets, and movements in interest rates. There is no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the buyer seeks to close out any option position. When an option is purchased to hedge against price movements in an underlying asset, the price of the option may move more or less than the price of the underlying asset.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Box Spread Risk*. A Box Spread is the combination of a Synthetic Long position coupled with an offsetting Synthetic Short position through a combination of options contracts on an underlying or reference asset such as index, equity security or ETF with the same expiration date. A Box Spread typically consists of four option positions two of which represent the Synthetic Long and two representing the Synthetic Short. If one or more of these individual option positions are modified or closed separately prior to the option contract's expiration, then the Box Spread may no longer effectively eliminate risk tied to underlying asset's movement. Furthermore, the Box Spread's value is derived in the market and is in part, based on the time until the options comprising the Box Spread expire and the prevailing market interest rates. If the Fund sells a Box Spread prior to its expiration, then the Fund may incur a loss. The Fund's ability to profit from Box Spreads is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to sell Box Spreads to the Fund at competitive prices.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *FLEX Options Risk.* FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely customizable terms like exercise price, style, and expiration date. Due to their customization and potentially unique terms, FLEX Options may be less liquid than other securities, such as standard exchange listed options. In less liquid markets for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The value of FLEX Options will be affected by, among others, changes in the underlying share or equity index price, changes in actual and implied interest rates, changes in the actual and implied volatility of the underlying shares or equity index and the remaining time to until the FLEX Options expire. The value of the FLEX Options will be determined based upon market quotations or using other recognized pricing methods. During periods of reduced market liquidity or in the absence of readily available market quotations for the holdings of the Fund, the ability of the Fund to value the FLEX Options becomes more difficult and the judgment of the Fund's Sub-Advisers (employing the fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) may play a greater role in the valuation of the Fund's holdings due to reduced availability of reliable objective pricing data.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• *Combo Risk.* A combo represents a combination of call and put options to produce a synthetic long or synthetic short position. A combined transaction will usually contain elements of risk that are present in each of its component transactions (See Options Risk). Although combined transactions are normally entered into based on the Sub-Advisers' judgment that the combined strategies will more effectively achieve the desired portfolio management goal, it is possible that the combination will instead increase such risks or hinder achievement of the portfolio management objective. The Fund's ability to utilize Combos effectively is dependent on the availability and willingness of other market participants to purchase or sell Combos from the Fund at competitive prices.

**Prepayment Risk.** During periods of falling interest rates, issuers of certain debt obligations may repay principal prior to the security's maturity, which may cause the Fund to have to reinvest in securities with lower yields or higher risk of default, resulting in a decline in the Fund's income or return potential.

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**Real Estate Investment Risk.** Companies in the real estate sector include companies that invest in real estate, such as real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate management and development companies. Companies that invest in real estate are subject to the risks of owning real estate directly as well as to risks that relate specifically to the way that such companies operate, including management risk (such companies are dependent upon the management skills of a few key individuals and may have limited financial resources). Adverse economic, business or political developments affecting real estate could have a major effect on the value of an underlying fund's investments. Investing in real estate is subject to such risks as decreases in real estate values, overbuilding, increased competition and other risks related to local or general economic conditions, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent, possible lack of availability of mortgage financing, market saturation, fluctuations in rental income and the value of underlying properties and extended vacancies of properties. Certain real estate securities have a relatively small market capitalization, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of these securities. Real estate securities have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. Real estate securities are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency and defaults by borrowers or tenants. The Fund's investments in REITs are subject to additional risks, such as poor performance by the manager of the REIT or failure by the REIT to qualify for tax-free pass through of income under the Code.

**REITs Risk.** In addition to the risks associated with investing in securities of real estate companies and real estate related companies, REITs are subject to certain additional risks. Equity REITs may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying properties owned by the trusts. Further, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills and cash flows, and may have investments in relatively few properties, or in a small geographic area or a single property type. Failure of a company to qualify as a REIT under federal tax law may have adverse consequences to the fund. In addition, REITs have their own expenses, and the fund will bear a proportionate share of those expenses. The value of a REIT may be affected by changes in interest rates.

**Risk of Investing in the United States.** A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, inflation and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in the U.S. are changing many aspects of financial, commercial, public health, environmental, and other regulation and may have a significant effect on U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value of certain securities. Governmental agencies project that the U.S. will continue to maintain elevated public debt levels for the foreseeable future. Although elevated debt levels do not necessarily indicate or cause economic problems, elevated public debt service costs may constrain future economic growth. Circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal on U.S. government debt, such as reaching the legislative "debt ceiling." Such non-payment would result in substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system. If U.S. relations with certain countries deteriorate, it could adversely affect U.S. issuers as well as non-U.S. issuers that rely on the U.S. for trade. The U.S. has also experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If these trends were to continue, it may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in which the Fund invests.

**Risk of Investing in Other ETFs.** Because the Fund may invest in other ETFs, the Fund's investment performance is impacted by the investment performance of the selected underlying ETFs. An investment in the Fund is subject to the risks associated with the ETFs that then-currently comprise the Fund's portfolio. At times, certain of the segments of the market represented by the Fund's underlying ETFs may be out of favor and underperform other segments. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests (including operating expenses and management fees), which are identified in the fee schedule above as "Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses." Certain Funds may invest in affiliated funds managed by the Adviser, Alpha Architect, and/or Arin Risk Advisors. The Adviser, Alpha Architect, and/or Arin Risk Advisors may be subject to potential conflicts of interest in selecting underlying funds because the fees paid to it by certain affiliated underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other affiliated and unaffiliated underlying funds. To the extent that the Fund invests a significant percentage of its assets in any one affiliated fund or across multiple affiliated funds, the Fund will be subject to a greater degree to the risks particular to the investment strategies employed by the Adviser Alpha Architect, and/or Arin Risk Advisors.

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**Risk of U.S. Treasury Bills.** Direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity. However, due to fluctuations in interest rates, the market value of such securities may vary.

**Sector Risk.** If a Fund's portfolio is overweighted in a certain sector, any negative economic, financial, market, business or other developments affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund that is not overweighted in that sector. A certain sector may underperform other sectors or the market as a whole. Economic or market factors, regulation or deregulation, and technological or other developments may negatively impact all companies in a particular sector. This may increase the risk of loss associated with an investment in the Fund and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value per share.

**Small-Capitalization Companies Risk.** The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable to adverse issuer market, political, or economic developments than securities of large- or mid-capitalization companies. The securities of small-capitalization companies generally trade in lower volumes and during adverse circumstances, may be more difficult to sell and receive a sales price comparable to the value assigned to the security by the Fund. These securities are subject to greater and more unpredictable price changes than large- or mid-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, which may make the valuation of such securities more difficult if there isn't a readily available market price.

**Tax Risk.** The Funds may enter into various transactions, including transactions involving options contracts, for which there is a lack of clear guidance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), which may affect the taxation of the Funds. The use of certain derivatives may cause a Fund to realize higher amounts of ordinary income or short-term capital gain, to suspend or eliminate holding periods of positions, and/or to defer realized losses, potentially increasing the need to make taxable distributions, including those that will be taxed at the rates applicable to ordinary income. For example, exchange-traded options on certain indexes are currently taxed under Code Section 1256 pursuant to which profit and loss with respect to such options are subject to tax as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss regardless of a Fund's holding period. In addition, certain derivatives are subject to mark-to-market, constructive sale, and straddle provisions of the Code. If such provisions are applicable, there could be an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable distributions that will need to be made by the Funds.

Each Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Code, which requires a Fund to distribute a certain portion of its income and gains each year, among other requirements. Similar to other ETFs, when a Fund disposes of appreciated property by distributing such appreciated property in-kind pursuant to redemption requests of its shareholders under Code Section 852(b)(6), the Fund does not recognize any built-in gain in such appreciated property. If the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or a court disagrees with a Fund's position as to the applicability of this nonrecognition rule to the Fund's dispositions, the Fund may not have distributed sufficient income or gains to qualify as a RIC. If, in any year, a Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, the Fund itself generally would be subject to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax, and distributions received by its shareholders would be subject to further U.S. federal income tax. Alternatively, the Fund may be required to pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash) and applicable interest, and such dividend would be paid to the then current shareholders of the Fund. Failure to comply with the requirements for qualification as a RIC would have significant negative economic consequences to the Fund's shareholders. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a derivative may not be as favorable as a direct investment in the underlying asset and may adversely affect the timing, character, and amount of income a Fund realizes from its investments.

Additionally, Code Section 1258 requires that certain capital gain from an investment be recharacterized as ordinary income if substantially all of the expected return is attributable to the time value of holding the investment and such investment falls into certain defined categories (a "conversion transaction"). If any of a Fund's transactions or holding of Shares are deemed to be conversion transactions, certain gains from such transactions or Shares would be treated as ordinary income, which could result respectively in the Fund having not distributed enough income to qualify as a RIC (with the same tax consequences described above) or gain on the disposition of Shares being treated as ordinary income. No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court will not treat any such transactions by a Fund or the holding of Shares as conversion transactions.

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**Underlying Alpha Architect ETFs Risk.** The Fund may invest a portion of its in the 1-3 Month Box ETF, so the Fund's investment performance is likely to be directly impacted by the performance of the 1-3 Month Box ETF. The Fund's NAV will change with changes in the value of the 1-3 Month Box ETFs and other instruments in which a Fund invests based on their market valuations.

**U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.** The Fund may have exposure to MBS issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or one of its agencies or sponsored entities, some of which may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. MBS represent interests in "pools" of mortgages and are subject to interest rate, prepayment, and extension risk. MBS react differently to changes in interest rates than other bonds, and the prices of MBS may reflect adverse economic and market conditions. Small movements in interest rates (both increases and decreases) may quickly and significantly reduce the value of certain MBS. MBS are also subject to the risk of default on the underlying mortgage loans, particularly during periods of economic downturn.

**U.S. Treasury Obligations Risk.** A Fund may have exposure to U.S. Treasury obligations. U.S. Treasury obligations may differ from other securities in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics and may provide relatively lower returns than those of other securities. Similar to other issuers, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S government may cause the value of the Fund's U.S. Treasury obligations to decline. Government debt may increase market pressures to meet government funding needs, which may drive debt cost higher and lead the government to issue additional debt, thereby increasing refinancing risk. A high national debt also raises concerns that the U.S. government will not be able to make principal or interest payments when they are due. If market participants determine that U.S. sovereign debt levels have become unsustainable, the value of the U.S. dollar could decline, thus increasing inflationary pressures, particularly with respect to services outsourced to non-U.S. providers and imported goods and constrain or prevent the U.S. government from implementing effective countercyclical fiscal policy in economic downturns. Direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity. However, due to fluctuations in interest rates, the market value of such securities may vary during the period that shareholders own shares of the Fund. Notwithstanding that U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, circumstances could arise that could prevent the timely payment of interest or principal, such as reaching the legislative "debt ceiling." Such non-payment would result in losses to the Fund and substantial negative consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system.

**Valuation Risk.** Some portfolio holdings (*e.g.*, FLEX options), potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations.

Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including "fair valued" securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time.

**FUND MANAGEMENT**

**Investment Adviser**

Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers serves as the Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser"). The Adviser is located at 19 East Eagle Road, Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083 and is wholly-owned by Alpha Architect, LLC. The Adviser is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and provides investment advisory services to the Funds, other exchange-traded funds, and Alpha Architect, LLC, its parent company. The Adviser was founded in October 2013.

The Adviser is responsible for overseeing the management and business affairs of the Funds and has discretion to purchase and sell securities in accordance with the Funds' objectives, policies, and restrictions. The Adviser continuously reviews, supervises, and administers the Funds' investment programs. Pursuant to the terms of investment advisory agreements (the "Advisory Agreements") between the Trust and the Adviser each Fund will

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pay the Adviser an annual advisory fee based on its average daily net assets for the services and facilities it provides payable at the annual rates set forth in the table below:

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| **Fund** | **Advisory Fee** |
| Alpha Architect US Equity ETF | 0.15% |
| Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF | 0.25% |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | 0.1949% |

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The Adviser (or an affiliate of the Adviser) bears all of the Adviser's own costs associated with providing these advisory services and all expenses of the Fund, except for the fee payment under the Advisory Agreement, payments under the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Distribution and Service Plan (the "Plan"), brokerage expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes (including tax-related services), interest (including borrowing costs), litigation expense (including class action-related services) and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses.

For each Fund, except for the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF and the Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee to the extent necessary to offset acquired fund fees and expenses related to holding Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF, which are the indirect expenses of investing in other investment companies. This waiver agreement will continue in effect for the life of each applicable Fund or until terminated sooner only by agreement of the investment adviser and the Fund's Board of Trustees.

The Advisory Agreement for the Fund provides that it may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Board or, with respect to the Fund, by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, on 60 days' written notice to the Adviser, and by the Adviser upon 60 days' written notice, and that it shall be automatically terminated if it is assigned.

**Investment Sub-Advisers** 

**Alpha Architect, LLC**

The Adviser has retained Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect"), an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Advisers Act, to provide sub-advisory services for the Funds. Alpha Architect is located at 19 East Eagle Road, Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083 and is the parent company of the Adviser. Alpha Architect provides investment advisory services to separately managed accounts, the Funds, and other exchange-traded funds. Alpha Architect was founded in July 2010 and is responsible for determining the investments for the Funds, subject to the overall supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board.

Alpha Architect constructs the overall portfolio for the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF and Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF (the "AA Equity Funds") and provides trading instructions to the Adviser, and, in turn, the Adviser is responsible for selecting brokers and placing each Fund's trades. As it relates to the remaining Funds, Alpha Architect provides signals and strategic allocation targets to the Funds' other sub-adviser (Arin).

For its services, the Adviser pays Alpha Architect a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate based on each Fund's average daily net assets as follows:

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| **Fund** | **Sub-Advisory Fee** |
| Alpha Architect US Equity ETF | 0.08% |
| Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF | 0.13% |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | 0.05% |

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**Arin Risk Advisors, LLC**

The Adviser has retained Arin Risk Advisors, LLC, an investment adviser registered with the SEC, to provide sub-advisory services for the Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF, Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF, and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF (the "Options-Based Funds"). The Sub-Adviser is located at 1100 East Hector Street, Suite 215, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428. The Sub-Adviser was established in 2009 and is registered as an investment advisor with the SEC under the Advisers Act. Pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Trust, the Sub-Adviser has discretion to purchase and sell securities in accordance with the Options-Based Funds' objectives, policies, and restrictions. The Sub-Adviser continuously reviews, supervises, and administers the Options-Based Funds' investment program subject to oversight by the Adviser.

For its services, the Adviser pays Arin, a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate based on each Fund's average daily net assets as follows:

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| **Fund** | **Sub-Advisory Fee** |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | 0.05% |

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**Fund Sponsor**

*AA Equity Funds* – The Adviser has entered into a fund sponsorship agreement with its parent, Alpha Architect (the "AA Equity Funds Sponsor"), under which the AA Equity Funds Sponsor assumes the Adviser's obligation to pay some of the AA Equity Funds' expenses. Although the AA Equity Funds Sponsor has agreed to be responsible for paying some of the AA Equity Funds' expenses, the Adviser retains the ultimate obligation to the AA Equity Funds to pay them. For assuming those obligations, the Sponsor is entitled to share in the potential profits generated by the management and operation of the AA Equity Funds.

Every month, the Advisory Fee, which is a unitary management fee, is calculated and paid to the Adviser. If the amount of the unitary management fee exceeds a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, the Adviser pays the net total to Alpha Architect. The amount paid to Alpha Architect represents both the sub-advisory fee and any remaining profits from the Advisory Fee. During months where there are no profits or the funds are not sufficient to cover the entire sub-advisory fee, the sub-advisory fee is automatically waived. If the amount of the unitary management fee is less than a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, Alpha Architect is obligated to reimburse the Adviser for the shortfall.

*Options-Based Funds* – The Adviser, Alpha Architect, and Arin have entered into a fund sponsorship agreement, under which Alpha Architect and Arin, as the Options-Based Funds' sponsors, provide financial support to the Options-Based Funds and assume the Adviser's obligation to pay some of the Options-Based Funds' expenses,

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including sub-advisory fees. Although Alpha Architect and Arin have agreed to be responsible for paying some of the Options-Based Funds' expenses, the Adviser retains the ultimate obligation to the Options-Based Funds to pay them.

Every month, the Advisory Fee, which is a unitary management fee, is calculated and paid to the Adviser. If the amount of the unitary management fee exceeds a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, the Adviser pays the net total to Alpha Architect and Arin. The amount paid to Alpha Architect and Arin represents both their respective sub-advisory fees (if any) and any remaining profits from the Advisory Fee. During months where there are no profits or the funds are not sufficient to cover the sub-advisory fees, the sub-advisory fees are automatically waived. If the amount of the unitary management fee is less than a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, Alpha Architect and Arin are obligated to reimburse the Adviser for the shortfall.

**APPROVAL OF ADVISORY AGREEMENT & INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS**

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements with respect to the Funds will be available in the Funds' Form N-CSR for the fiscal period ending March 31, 2025.

**<u>Manager of Managers Structure</u>**

The Adviser and the Trust have received an exemptive order (the "Order") from the SEC that allows each Fund to operate in a "manager of managers" structure whereby the Adviser can appoint and replace unaffiliated sub-advisers, and enter into, amend and terminate sub-advisory agreements with such sub-advisers, each subject to Board approval, but without obtaining prior shareholder approval ("Manager of Managers Structure"). Each Fund will, however, inform shareholders of the hiring of any new sub-adviser within 90 days after the hiring. The Order provides each Fund with greater flexibility and efficiency by preventing the Fund from incurring the expense and delays associated with obtaining shareholder approval of such sub-advisory agreements.

The use of the Manager of Managers Structure with respect to each Fund is subject to certain conditions that are set forth in the Order. Under the Manager of Managers Structure, the Adviser has the ultimate responsibility, subject to oversight by the Board, to oversee sub-advisers and recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. The Adviser will also, subject to the review and approval of the Board; set each Fund's overall investment strategy; evaluate, select and recommend sub-advisers to manage all or a portion of each Fund's assets; and implement procedures reasonably designed to ensure that each sub-adviser complies with each Fund's investment goal, policies and restrictions. Subject to review by the Board, the Adviser will allocate and, when appropriate, reallocate each Fund's assets among sub-advisers and monitor and evaluate the sub-advisers' performance.

**PORTFOLIO MANAGERS**

Messrs. Wesley Gray and John Vogel are co-portfolio managers, responsible for the day-to-day management of AA Equity Funds. Messrs. Wesley Gray, John Vogel, Lawrence Lempert, Joseph DeSipio, and Ryan Bailey are co-portfolio managers, responsible for the day-to-day management of the Options-Based Funds.

Wesley R. Gray, Ph.D., is the founder and Executive Managing Member of the Adviser, which he founded in 2014, and Alpha Architect, which he founded in 2010. Dr. Gray has published four books: Embedded: A Marine Corps Adviser Inside the Iraqi Army, Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors, DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth, and Quantitative Momentum: A Practitioner's Guide to Building a Momentum-Based Stock Selection System. Since 2010, Dr. Gray has served as a finance professor at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. In 2010, Dr. Gray received a Ph.D./M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. From 2004 through 2008, Dr. Gray was a Ground Intelligence Officer in the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of captain. Dr. Gray graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gray holds the Series 65 and 3 licenses.

John Vogel, Ph.D., has been a Managing Member of Alpha Architect since 2012 where he serves as the CFO, heads the research department and assists in business development and operations. Dr. Vogel conducts research in empirical asset pricing and behavioral finance and is a co-author of DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth, and Quantitative Momentum: A Practitioner's Guide to Building a Momentum-Based Stock Selection System. His academic experience involves being an instructor and research assistant at

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Drexel University from September 2006 until March 2014 in both the Finance and Mathematics departments as well as an adjunct finance instructor at Villanova University since January 2015. Dr. Vogel received a Ph.D. in Finance from Drexel University. He has a M.S. in Mathematics from Drexel University, and graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Mathematics and Education from The University of Scranton. Dr. Vogel holds the Series 65 license.

Lawrence Lempert has been the trading director and chief compliance officer of Arin since 2011. Prior to joining Arin, he founded and managed Bullock Capital, LLC, a proprietary stock/option trading and market making broker dealer and previously served as a Specialist, market maker and Index options trader with Susquehanna International Group. Mr. Lempert earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and Economics from Rutgers College, a Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Joseph DeSipio has been the co-founder and chief market strategist of Arin since the firm's founding in 2009. He previously held strategist and lead portfolio manager positions with SEI Investments, Evergreen Investments, Wachovia, and Vector Capital Management, Inc. Mr. DeSipio founded Evergreen Investments' Options Strategy Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. DeSipio earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Master of Arts degree in Economics from Temple University. Mr. DeSipio is a CFA® charterholder. He earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He is a Financial Risk Manager – Certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Ryan Bailey joined Arin in 2012 and is the Lead Portfolio Manager, where he creates and monitors customized options overlay and volatility management mandates. Mr. Bailey designs and implements relative value, dividend recapture, and synthetic exposures trade strategies. Previously, Mr. Bailey served as a Market Maker and Proprietary Trader with Bullock Capital and Susquehanna International Group across the equities, options and futures markets. Mr. Bailey earned a Bachelor of Science degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Business Administration from Drexel University.

The Funds' SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers, including other accounts each manages, their ownership in the Fund, and compensation.

**OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS**

Quasar Distributors, LLC ("Distributor") serves as the distributor of Creation Units (defined above) for the Fund on an agency basis. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in Shares.

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, is the administrator, fund accountant, and transfer agent for the Fund.

U.S. Bank National Association is the custodian for the Fund.

Practus, LLP, 11300 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 310, Leawood, Kansas 66211, serves as legal counsel to the Trust.

Tait, Weller & Baker, LLP, 50 South 16th Street, Suite 2900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, serves as the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the annual financial statements of the Fund.

**THE EXCHANGE**

Shares of the Funds are not sponsored, endorsed or promoted by the Exchange. The Exchange is not responsible for, nor has it participated, in the determination of the timing of, prices of, or quantities of Shares of a Fund to be issued, nor in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Shares are redeemable. The Exchange has no obligation or liability to owners of the Shares of a Fund in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Shares of a Fund. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall the Exchange have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of the possibility of such damages.

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**BUYING AND SELLING FUND SHARES**

Shares of the Funds will be issued and redeemed at NAV only in large blocks known as "Creation Units," which only APs (typically, broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. With respect to the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF and Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF, Creation Units are generally issued and redeemed only in-kind for securities although a portion may be in cash. With respect to the Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF, Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF, and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF, purchases of Creation Units will primarily be in cash, whereas redemptions of Creation Units will generally be in-kind and in cash.

Shares will trade on the secondary market, however, which is where most retail investors will buy and sell Shares. It is expected that only a limited number of institutional investors, called Authorized Participants or "APs," will purchase and redeem Shares directly from the Funds. APs may acquire Shares directly from the Funds, and APs may tender their Shares for redemption directly to the Funds, at NAV per Share only in large blocks, or Creation Units. Purchases and redemptions directly with the Funds must follow the Funds' procedures, which are described in the SAI.

**Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable with the Funds.**

**BUYING AND SELLING SHARES ON THE SECONDARY MARKET**

Most investors will buy and sell Shares in secondary market transactions through brokers and, therefore, must have a brokerage account to buy and sell Shares. Shares can be bought or sold through your broker throughout the trading day like shares of any publicly traded issuer. The Trust does not impose any redemption fees or restrictions on redemptions of Shares in the secondary market. When buying or selling Shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges, and you may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered prices in the secondary market for Shares. The price at which you buy or sell Shares (*i.e.*, the market price) may be more or less than the NAV of the Shares. Unless imposed by your broker, there is no minimum dollar amount you must invest in the Fund and no minimum number of Shares you must buy.

Shares of the Funds are listed on the Exchange under the following symbol:

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| **Fund** | **Trading Symbol** |
| Alpha Architect US Equity ETF | AAUS |
| Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF | AAGL |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | BOXS |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Bond ETF | BOXI |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Bond ETF | BOXL |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | BOXA |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | BOXP |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | BOXR |

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The Exchange is generally open Monday through Friday and is closed for weekends and the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

For information about buying and selling Shares on the Exchange or in the secondary markets, please contact your broker or dealer.

**Book Entry.** Shares are held in book entry form, which means that no stock certificates are issued. The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), or its nominee, will be the registered owner of all outstanding Shares of the Fund and is recognized as the owner of all Shares. Participants in DTC include 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

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exercise any right as an owner of Shares, you must rely on the procedures of DTC and its participants. These procedures are the same as those that apply to any stocks that you hold in book entry or "street name" through your brokerage account. Your account information will be maintained by your broker, which will provide you with account statements, confirmations of your purchases and sales of Shares, and tax information. Your broker also will be responsible for distributing income dividends and capital gain distributions and for ensuring that you receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund.

**Share Trading Prices.** The trading prices of a Fund's Shares may differ from the Fund's daily NAV and can be affected by market forces of supply and demand for the Fund's Shares, the prices of the Fund's portfolio securities, economic conditions, and other factors.

The Exchange through the facilities of the Consolidated Tape Association or another market information provider intends to disseminate the approximate value of each Fund's portfolio every fifteen seconds during regular U.S. trading hours. This approximate value should not be viewed as a "real-time" update of the NAV of a Fund because the approximate value may not be calculated in the same manner as the NAV, which is computed once a day. The quotations for certain investments may not be updated during U.S. trading hours if such holdings do not trade in the U.S., except such quotations may be updated to reflect currency fluctuations. The Funds are not involved in, or responsible for, the calculation or dissemination of the approximate values and make no warranty as to the accuracy of these values.

**Continuous Offering.** The method by which Creation Units of Shares are created and traded may raise certain issues under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units of Shares are issued and sold by the Fund on an ongoing basis, a "distribution," as such term is used in the Securities Act, may occur at any point. Broker-dealers and other persons are cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery requirements and liability provisions of the Securities Act. For example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the Distributor, breaks them down into constituent Shares and sells the Shares directly to customers or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary market demand for Shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for purposes of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a complete description of all the activities that could lead to a characterization as an underwriter.

Broker-dealer firms should also note that dealers who are not "underwriters" but are effecting transactions in Shares, whether or not participating in the distribution of Shares, are generally required to deliver a prospectus. This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act is not available in respect of such transactions as a result of Section 24(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"). As a result, broker-dealer firms should note that dealers who are not "underwriters" but are participating in a distribution (as contrasted with engaging in ordinary secondary market transactions) and thus dealing with the Shares that are part of an overallotment within the meaning of Section 4(a)(3)(C) of the Securities Act, will be unable to take advantage of the prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act. For delivery of prospectuses to exchange members, the prospectus delivery mechanism of Rule 153 under the Securities Act is only available with respect to transactions on a national exchange.

**ACTIVE INVESTORS AND MARKET TIMING**

The Board has evaluated the risks of market timing activities by the Funds' shareholders. The Board noted that the Funds' Shares can be purchased and redeemed directly from a Fund only in Creation Units by APs and that the vast majority of trading in the Funds' Shares occurs on the secondary market. Because the secondary market trades do not directly involve the Funds, it is unlikely those trades would cause the harmful effects of market timing, including dilution, disruption of portfolio management, increases in the Funds' trading costs and the realization of capital gains. With regard to the purchase or redemption of Creation Units directly with a Fund, to the extent effected in-kind (*i.e.*, for securities), the Board noted that those trades do not cause the harmful effects (as previously noted) that may result from frequent cash trades. To the extent trades are effected in whole or in part in cash, the Board noted that those trades could result in dilution to a Fund and increased transaction costs, which could negatively impact a Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective, although in certain circumstances (*e.g.*, in conjunction with a

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reallocation of a Fund's investments), such trades may benefit Fund shareholders by increasing the tax efficiency of a Fund. The Board also noted that direct trading by APs is critical to ensuring that a Fund's Shares trade at or close to NAV. In addition, the Funds will impose transaction fees on purchases and redemptions of Shares to cover the custodial and other costs incurred by a Fund in effecting trades. Given this structure, the Board determined that it is not necessary to adopt policies and procedures to detect and deter market timing of the Funds' Shares.

**DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN**

Each Fund has adopted the Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act. Under the Plan, a Fund may be authorized to pay distribution fees of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year to the Distributor and other firms that provide distribution and shareholder services ("Service Providers"). As of the date of this Prospectus, the maximum amount payable under the Plan is set at 0% until further action by the Board. In the event 12b-1 fees are charged, over time they would increase the cost of an investment in a Fund because they would be paid on an ongoing basis.

**NET ASSET VALUE**

The NAV of Shares is calculated each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time.

Each Fund calculates its NAV per Share by:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Taking the current market value of its total assets,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Subtracting any liabilities, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Dividing that amount by the total number of Shares owned by shareholders.

If you buy or sell Shares on the secondary market, you will pay or receive the market price, which may be higher or lower than NAV. Your transaction will be priced at NAV only if you purchase or redeem your Shares in Creation Units.

Because securities listed on foreign exchanges may trade on weekends or other days when a Fund does not price its Shares, the NAV of the Fund, to the extent it may hold foreign securities, may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell Shares. In particular, where all or a portion of a Fund's underlying securities trade in a market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's shares are listed and trading in that market is open, there may be changes between the last quote from its closed foreign market and the value of such security during the Fund's domestic trading day. In addition, please note that this in turn could lead to differences between the market price of a Fund's shares and the underlying value of those shares.

Equity securities (other than equity or equity Index Options) that are traded on a national securities exchange, except those listed on the NASDAQ Global Market<sup>®</sup> ("NASDAQ") are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"). If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded or NASDAQ security does not trade, then the most recent quoted bid for exchange traded or the mean between the most recent quoted bid and ask price for NASDAQ securities will be used. Equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are generally valued at the last sale price in the over-the-counter market. If a nonexchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used.

Exchange-traded options (other than FLEX Options) are valued at the mean of the last quoted bid and ask prices at 4:00 p.m. eastern time as provided by a third-party pricing service from the primary exchange or the board of trade on which such options are traded. Exchange-traded options will be valued on the basis of prices provided by pricing services when such prices are reasonably believed to reflect the market value of such options and may include the use of composite or National Best Bid and Offer ("NBBO") pricing information provided by the pricing services.

FLEX Options and "European Style" options (options that cannot be exercised prior to the expiration date) that are listed on an exchange (*e.g.*, Cboe) will typically be valued at a model-based price provided by the exchange at the official close of that exchange's trading day. However, when a FLEX Option has a same-day market trading price at the official close of that exchange's trading day, 1) this same-day market trading price will be used for the FLEX Option value instead of the exchange's model-based price and 2) the implied interest rate for such same-day market

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traded FLEX options shall be utilized in all model-based prices which share the same expiration date when available.

An option may be fair valued when: (i) the option does not trade on the valuation date and a reliable last quoted bid and ask price at the valuation time are not readily available or (ii) the Fund's Adviser, Sub-Adviser (if applicable) or Fund management does not believe the prices provided by the pricing services or exchange reflect the current market value of such option.

Redeemable securities issued by open-end investment companies are valued at the investment company's applicable net asset value, with the exception of exchange-traded open-end investment companies which are priced as equity securities.

If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to reflect the market value of a Fund holding, the Fund will determine the price of the security based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Board.

To the extent a Fund holds securities that may trade infrequently, fair valuation may be used more frequently. Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Shares. However, when the Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair valuation may cause the Shares' NAV performance to diverge from the Shares' market price and from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare the Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate.

**FUND WEBSITE AND DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS**

The Trust maintains a website for the Funds at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com. Among other things, the website includes this Prospectus and the SAI, and will include the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, financial information, holdings, and proxy information. The website shows the Fund's daily NAV per share, market price, and premium or discount, each as of the prior business day. The website also shows the extent and frequency of the Funds' premiums and discounts. Further, the website includes the Funds' median bid-ask spread over the most recent thirty calendar days.

Each day a Fund is open for business, the Trust publicly disseminates the Fund's full portfolio holdings as of the close of the previous day through its website at www.funds.alphaarchitect.com. A description of the Trust's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings is available in the Fund's SAI.

**INVESTMENTS BY OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES**

For purposes of the Investment Company Act, Shares are issued by a registered investment company and purchases of such Shares by registered investment companies and companies relying on Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act are subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act, except as permitted by Rule 6c-11, Rule 12d1-4, or an exemptive order of the SEC.

**DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND TAXES**

As with any investment, you should consider how your investment in Shares will be taxed. The tax information in this Prospectus is provided as general information. You should consult your own tax professional about the tax consequences of an investment in Shares.

Unless your investment in Shares is made through a tax-exempt entity or tax-deferred retirement account, such as an IRA, you need to be aware of the possible tax consequences when:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Your Fund makes distributions,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• You sell your Shares listed on the Exchange, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• You purchase or redeem Creation Units.

*Dividends and Distributions.* Each Fund has elected and intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). As a RIC, a Fund generally pays no U.S. federal income

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tax on the income and gains it distributes to you. Each Fund expects to declare and to distribute its net investment income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders as dividends annually. A Fund may distribute such income dividends and capital gains more frequently, if necessary, in order to reduce or eliminate U.S. federal excise or income taxes on a Fund. The amount of any distribution will vary, and there is no guarantee a Fund will pay either an income dividend or a capital gains distribution. Distributions may be reinvested automatically in additional whole Shares only if the broker through whom you purchased Shares makes such option available.

*Avoid "Buying a Dividend."* At the time you purchase Shares of your Fund, a Fund's NAV may reflect undistributed income, undistributed capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation in value of portfolio securities held by the Fund. For taxable investors, a subsequent distribution to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your investment, would be taxable. Buying Shares in a Fund just before it declares an income dividend or capital gains distribution is sometimes known as "buying a dividend."

**Taxes** 

*Tax Considerations.* Each Fund's distributions, if any, will be taxable as ordinary income, capital gain, or some combination of both. This is true whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Shares or receive the distributions in cash. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a Fund's distributions of short-term capital gains are taxable to a shareholder as ordinary income. A Fund's distributions of long-term capital gains are taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain no matter how long the shareholder has owned Shares. Some or all of the income dividends reported by a Fund may be qualified dividend income eligible for tax at the long-term capital gain rates for certain shareholders provided certain holding period and other requirements are met.

*Tax Treatment of Complex Securities*

<u>Options</u>

Certain of a Fund's investments may be subject to complex tax rules (including, but not limited to, provisions addressing hedging transactions, straddles, integrated transactions, foreign currency contracts, and notional principal contracts) that, among other things, may affect a Fund's ability to qualify as a RIC, may affect the character of gains and losses realized by a Fund (*e.g.*, may affect whether gains or losses are ordinary or capital), accelerate recognition of income by a Fund and defer losses. These risks often arise in transactions involving options contracts, and consequently, are particularly applicable to the Options-Based Funds. These rules could therefore affect the character, amount and timing of distributions to shareholders. These rules also may require a Fund to mark to market certain types of positions in its portfolio (*e.g.*, treat them as if they were sold at year end), which may cause the Fund to recognize income without the Fund receiving cash with which to make distributions in amounts sufficient to enable the Fund to satisfy the RIC distribution requirements, thereby potentially subjecting the Fund to regular corporate U.S. federal income tax. Each Fund intends to monitor its transactions, intends to make appropriate tax elections, and intends to make appropriate entries in its books and records to mitigate the effect of these rules and preserve the Fund's qualification for treatment as a RIC.

<u>Derivative Investments</u>

Certain derivative investments by a Fund, such as exchange-traded products and over-the-counter derivatives, may not produce qualifying income for purposes of the Qualifying Income Test described in the SAI. In addition, the determination of the value and the identity of the issuer of such derivative investments are often unclear for purposes of the Asset Diversification Test described in the SAI. Each Fund intends to carefully monitor such investments to ensure that any non-qualifying income does not exceed permissible limits and to ensure that it is adequately diversified under the Asset Diversification Test. Each Fund, however, may not be able to accurately predict the non-qualifying income from these investments and there can be no assurances that the IRS or a court will agree with a Fund's determination with respect to such derivatives. Failure of the Asset Diversification Test might also result from a determination by the IRS or a court that financial instruments in which a Fund invests are not securities.

<u>Code Section 1256 Contracts</u>

Each Fund is required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to mark to market and recognize as income for each taxable year its net unrealized gains and losses on certain futures and options contracts subject to Code Section 1256 ("Section 1256 Contracts") as of the end of the year as well as those actually realized during the year. Gain or loss

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from Section 1256 Contracts on broad-based indexes required to be marked to market will be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss. For example, this provision may apply to option contracts where a broad-based index, such as the S&P 500 Index, is the reference asset for the option contract. Application of this rule may alter the timing and character of distributions that are needed to be made by a Fund to its shareholders. A Fund may be required to defer the recognition of losses on Section 1256 Contracts to the extent of any unrecognized gains on offsetting positions held by the Fund. These rules may also require a Fund to mark to market certain types of positions in its portfolio (*i.e.*, treat them as if they were sold at the end of the year), which may cause the Fund to recognize income without receiving cash with which to make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy the RIC rules. Accordingly, to avoid certain U.S. federal income and excise taxes, a Fund may be required to liquidate its other investments at a time when the investment adviser might not otherwise have chosen to do so to pay such distributions.

<u>Straddles</u>

Offsetting positions held by a Fund involving certain derivative instruments, such as options, forwards, and futures, as well as its long and short positions in portfolio securities, may be considered to constitute "straddles" for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In general, straddles are subject to certain rules that may affect the amount, character and timing of a Fund's gains and losses with respect to the straddle positions by requiring, among other things, that: (i) any loss realized on the disposition of one position of a straddle may not be recognized to the extent that the Fund has unrealized gains with respect to the other positions in the straddle; (ii) the Fund's holding period in straddle positions may be suspended while the straddle exists (possibly resulting in a gain being treated as short-term rather than as long-term capital gain); (iii) the losses recognized with respect to certain straddle positions that are part of a mixed straddle and are non-Section 1256 Contracts be treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital loss; (iv) losses recognized with respect to certain straddle positions that would otherwise constitute short-term capital losses be treated as long-term capital losses; and (iv) the deduction of interest and carrying charges attributable to certain straddle positions may be deferred. Various elections are available to a Fund, which may mitigate the effects of the straddle rules, particularly with respect to mixed straddles.

In general, the straddle rules described above do not apply to any straddles held by the Fund if all of the offsetting positions consist of Section 1256 Contracts. The straddle rules described above also do not apply if all the offsetting positions making up a straddle consist of one or more "qualified covered call options" and the stock to be purchased under the options and the straddle is not part of a larger straddle. A qualified covered call option is generally any option granted by the Fund to purchase stock it holds (or stock it acquires in connection with granting the option) if, among other things, (i) the option is traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the SEC or other market the IRS determined has rules adequate to carry out the purposes of the applicable Code provision, (ii) the option is granted more than 30 days before it expires, (iii) the option is not a "deep-in-the-money option," (iv) such option is not granted by an options dealer in connection with the dealer's activity of dealing in options, and (v) gain or loss with respect to the option is not ordinary income or loss. In addition, the straddle rules could cause distributions from a Fund that would otherwise constitute "qualified dividend income" or qualify for the dividends-received deduction to fail to satisfy the applicable holding period requirements. To the extent a Fund writes options that are non-Section 1256 Contracts, the amount of premium received by the Fund for writing such options is likely to be entirely short-term capital gain to the Fund. In addition, if such an option is closed by the Fund, any gain or loss realized by the Fund as a result of the closing transaction will also generally be short-term capital gain or loss. If such an option is exercised, any gain or loss realized by a Fund upon the sale of the underlying security pursuant to such exercise will generally be short-term or long-term capital gain or loss depending on the Fund's holding period for the underlying security.

<u>Constructive Sales</u>

If a Fund enters into a "constructive sale" of an appreciated financial position held in its portfolio under Code Section 1260, the Fund will be treated as if it had sold such position at a gain and immediately repurchased that position with the holding period being restarted. A constructive sale of an appreciated financial position occurs when a Fund enters into certain offsetting transactions with respect to the same or substantially identical property, including, but not limited to: (i) a short sale; (ii) an offsetting notional principal contract; (iii) entering into a futures or forward contract; (iv) acquiring property that offsets an appreciated contract mentioned in (ii) or (iii), and (v) other transactions identified in future Treasury Regulations. Whether the gain from a constructive sale is short-term

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or long-term capital gain will generally depend upon a Fund's holding period in the appreciated financial position at the time of the deemed sale. Losses realized from a sale of a position that was previously the subject of a constructive sale will be recognized when the position is actually disposed of after the constructive sale. Whether such losses are short-term or long-term capital losses generally will depend upon a Fund's holding period in that position beginning with the date the constructive sale was deemed to have occurred. Constructive sale treatment does not apply to certain closed transactions, including if such a transaction is closed on or before the 30th day after the close of a Fund's taxable year and the Fund holds the appreciated financial position unhedged throughout the 60-day period beginning with the day such transaction was closed. The Funds do not intend to engage in constructive sale transactions, although no assurance can be given that the IRS or a court may disagree with a Fund's tax treatment of any transaction.

*Taxes on Sales of Shares.* A sale or exchange of Shares is a taxable event and, accordingly, a capital gain or loss will generally be recognized. Currently, any capital gain or loss realized upon a sale of Shares generally is treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year and as short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for one year or less. The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited.

*Medicare Tax.* An additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on certain net investment income (including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from the Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Shares) of U.S. individuals, estates, and trusts to the extent that such person's "modified adjusted gross income" (in the case of an individual) or "adjusted gross income" (in the case of an estate or trust) exceeds a threshold amount. This Medicare tax, if applicable, is reported by you on, and paid with, your U.S. federal income tax return.

*Backup Withholding.* By law, if you do not provide the Fund with your proper taxpayer identification number and certain required certifications, you may be subject to backup withholding on any distributions of income, capital gains or proceeds from the sale of your Shares. The Fund also must backup withhold if the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") instructs it to do so. When backup withholding is required, the amount will be 24% of any distributions or proceeds paid.

*State and Local Taxes.* Fund distributions and gains from the sale or exchange of your Shares generally are subject to applicable state and local taxes.

*Taxes on Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units.* An AP who exchanges equity 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 of purchase and the exchanger's aggregate basis in the securities surrendered and the cash amount paid. A person who exchanges Creation Units for equity securities generally will recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the exchanger's basis in the Creation Units and the aggregate market value of the securities received and the cash amount received. The IRS, 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. Persons exchanging securities should consult their own tax advisor with respect to whether the wash sale rules apply and when a loss might not be deductible.

Under current U.S. federal tax laws, any capital gain or loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year and as a short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for one year or less.

If the Fund redeems Creation Units in cash, it may recognize more capital gains than it will if it redeems Creation Units in-kind.

*Non-U.S. Investors.* Non-U.S. investors may be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a 30% or lower treaty rate and are subject to special U.S. federal tax certification requirements to

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avoid backup withholding and claim any treaty benefits. An exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax is provided for capital gain dividends paid by the Fund from long-term capital gains, if any. However, interest-related dividends paid by the Fund from its qualified net interest income from U.S. sources and short-term capital gain dividends may be exempt from U.S. withholding provided the Fund makes certain designations and other requirements are met. Furthermore, notwithstanding such exemptions from U.S. federal withholding at the source, any such dividends and distributions of income and capital gains will be subject to U.S. federal backup withholding at a rate of 24% if you fail to properly certify that you are not a U.S. person. In addition, U.S. estate tax may apply to Shares of the Fund.

*Other Reporting and Withholding Requirements.* Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the Fund will be required to withhold a 30% tax on (i) income dividends paid by the Fund, and (ii) possibly in the future, certain capital gain distributions and the proceeds arising from the sale of Shares paid by the Fund, to certain foreign entities, referred to as foreign financial institutions or non-financial foreign entities, that fail to comply (or be deemed compliant) with extensive reporting and withholding requirements designed to inform the U.S. Department of the Treasury of U.S.-owned foreign investment accounts. The Fund may disclose the information that it receives from its shareholders to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities or other parties as necessary to comply with FATCA. Withholding also may be required if a foreign entity that is a shareholder of the Fund fails to provide the Fund with appropriate certifications or other documentation concerning its status under FATCA.

*Possible Tax Law Changes.* At the time that this prospectus is being prepared, various administrative and legislative changes to the U.S. federal tax laws are under consideration, but it is not possible at this time to determine whether any of these changes will be made or what the changes might entail.

**This discussion of "Dividends, Distributions and Taxes" is not intended or written to be used as tax advice. Because everyone's tax situation is unique, you should consult your tax professional about U.S. federal, state, local or foreign tax consequences before making an investment in a Fund.**

**FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS**

Each Fund is newly organized and therefore has not yet had any operations as of the date of this Prospectus and does not have financial highlights to present at this time.

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If you would like more information about the Funds and the Trust, the following documents are available free, upon request:

**ANNUAL/SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS**

Additional information about each Fund is in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders and in Form N-CSR. The annual report explains the market conditions and investment strategies affecting each Fund's performance during the last fiscal year. In Form N-CSR, you will find each Fund's annual and semi-annual financial statements.

**STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

The SAI dated December 4, 2024, as supplemented July 3, 2025, which contains more details about the Funds, is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Prospectus, which means that it is legally part of this Prospectus.

To receive a free copy of the latest annual or semi-annual report, or the SAI, or to request additional information about the Fund, please contact us as follows:

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| Call: | (215) 882-9983 |
| Write: | 19 East Eagle Road<br>Havertown, PA 19083 |
| Visit: | www.funds.alphaarchitect.com |

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**INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

Information about the Fund, including its reports and the SAI, has been filed with the SEC. It can be reviewed on the EDGAR database on the SEC's internet site (http://www.sec.gov). You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090.

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22961.

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**EA SERIES TRUST**

**STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

**December 4, 2024, as supplemented July 3, 2025**

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| **Alpha Architect US Equity ETF** | Ticker Symbol: AAUS |
| **Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF** | Ticker Symbol: AAGL |
| *each of the above listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC* | *each of the above listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC* |
| **Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXS |
| **Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXI |
| **Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXL |
| **Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXA |
| **Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXP |
| **Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF** | Ticker Symbol: BOXR |
| *listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.* | *listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.* |

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This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") describes the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF, Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF, Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF, Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF (each, a "Fund" and, collectively, the "Funds"), each of which is a series of the EA Series Trust (formerly known as Alpha Architect ETF Trust) (the "Trust"). Shares of Alpha Architect US Equity ETF and Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF will be listed and traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the "Exchange") and Shares of the Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF, Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF, and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF will be listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the "Exchange," and together with The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the "Exchanges"). Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers (the "Adviser") serves as the investment adviser to the Funds. Quasar Distributors, LLC (the "Distributor") serves as the Distributor for the Funds.

**Shares of the Funds are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. Government.** 

This SAI, dated December 4, 2024, as supplemented from time to time, is not a prospectus. It should be read in conjunction with the Funds' Prospectus, dated December 4, 2024, as supplemented from time to time, which incorporates this SAI by reference. Capitalized terms used herein that are not defined have the same meaning as in the Prospectus, unless otherwise noted. A copy of the Prospectus may be obtained without charge by writing to the Distributor, calling (215) 882-9983 or visiting https://funds.alphaarchitect.com.

When available, a copy of the most recent annual report and semi-annual reports may be obtained without charge by writing to EA Advisers, 19 East Eagle Rd, Havertown PA 19083, calling 215-882-9983 or visiting https://funds.alphaarchitect.com.

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**Table of Contents**

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| **<u>[GLOSSARY](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_7)</u>** | [1](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_7) |
| **<u>[TRUST AND FUND OVERVIEW](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_10)</u>** | [2](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_10) |
| **<u>[EXCHANGE LISTING AND TRADING](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_13)</u>** | [2](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_13) |
| **<u>[DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_13)</u>** | [3](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_16) |
| **<u>[INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_19)</u>** | [3](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_19) |
| **<u>[INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_22)[S](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_22)[, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_22)</u>** | [4](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_22) |
| **<u>[MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_25)S</u>** | [13](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_25) |
| **<u>[CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_28)</u>** | [17](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_28) |
| **<u>[INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_31)</u>** | [17](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_31) |
| **<u>[PORTFOLIO MANAGERS](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_34)</u>** | [21](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_34) |
| **<u>[PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_37)</u>** | [24](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_37) |
| **<u>[THE DISTRIBUTOR](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_40)</u>** | [25](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_40) |
| **<u>[ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_43)</u>** | [26](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_43) |
| **<u>[ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SHARES](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_46)</u>** | [26](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_297) |
| **<u>[DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_49)</u>** | [34](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_49) |
| **<u>[TAXES](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_52)</u>** | [35](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_52) |
| **<u>[FINANCIAL STATEMENTS](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_55)</u>** | [47](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_55) |
| **<u>[APPENDIX A - PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF EMPOWERED FUNDS, LLC](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_58)</u>** | A-[1](#i0a258a319b884be5bbdff406b86938ef_58) |

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**<u>GLOSSARY</u>** 

The following terms are used throughout this SAI, and have the meanings used below (note that various other terms are defined in the text of this SAI):

"***1933 Act***" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

"***1934 Act***" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

"***Adviser***" means Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers.

"***Authorized Participant***" means a broker-dealer or other participant in the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) or a participant in DTC with access to the DTC system, and who has executed an agreement with the Distributor that governs transactions in the Funds' Creation Units.

"***Balancing Amount***" means an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of a Creation Unit and the market value of the In-Kind Creation (or Redemption) Basket, used to ensure that the NAV of a Fund Deposit (or Redemption) (other than the Transaction Fee), is identical to the NAV of the Creation Unit being purchased.

"***Board***" or "***Trustees***" means the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

"***Business Day***" means any day on which the Trust is open for business.

"***Cash Component***" means an amount of cash consisting of a Balancing Amount calculated in connection with creations.

"***Cash Redemption Amount***" means an amount of cash consisting of a Balancing Amount calculated in connection with redemptions.

"***Code***" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

"***Creation Unit***" means an aggregation of a specified number of Shares that each Fund issues and redeems on a continuous basis at NAV.

"***Distributor***" means Quasar Distributors, LLC.

"***Dodd-Frank Act***" means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

"***DTC***" means the Depository Trust Company.

"***Exchange***" means The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., as applicable.

"***ETF***" means an exchange-traded fund.

"***FINRA***" means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

***"Fund"*** means the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF, Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF, Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF, Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF.

"***Fund Deposit***" means the In-Kind Creation Basket and Cash Component necessary to purchase a Creation Unit from a Fund.

"***Fund Redemption***" means the In-Kind Redemption Basket and Cash Redemption Amount received in connection with the redemption of a Creation Unit.

"***In-Kind Creation Basket***" means the basket of securities to be deposited to purchase Creation Units of a Fund.

"***In-Kind Redemption Basket***" means the basket of securities a shareholder will receive upon redemption of a Creation Unit.

"***Investment Company Act***" or "***1940 Act***" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

"***IRS***" means the Internal Revenue Service.

"***NAV***" means the net asset value of a Fund.

"***NSCC***" means the National Securities Clearing Corporation.

"***NYSE***" means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

"***Prospectus***" means the Funds' Prospectus, dated December 4, 2024, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

"***SAI***" means this Statement of Additional Information, dated December 4, 2024, as amended and supplemented from time to time.

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"***SEC***" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

"***Shares***" means the shares of a Fund.

***"Sub-Adviser"*** means Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect") and Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin"), as applicable.

**"*Transaction Fee***" is a fee that may be imposed to compensate the Trust or its custodian for costs incurred in connection with transactions for Creation Units. The Transaction Fee, when applicable, is comprised of a flat (or standard) fee and may include a variable fee. For the Transaction Fees applicable to the Fund, see "Transaction Fees" in this SAI.

"***Trust***" means the EA Series Trust (formerly known as Alpha Architect ETF Trust), a Delaware statutory trust.

**<u>TRUST AND FUND OVERVIEW</u>** 

The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust formed on October 11, 2013. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act. The investment objective of each Fund is as stated in each Fund's prospectus under "Investment Objective". The offering of the Shares is registered under the 1933 Act.

This SAI relates only to the following Funds: Alpha Architect US Equity ETF, Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF, Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF, Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF, and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF.

**Diversification**

Each Fund is a non-diversified ETF. As a non-diversified fund, the Fund is permitted to invest a larger percentage of its assets in fewer issuers than diversified funds. Thus, a Fund may be 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.

Each Fund offers and issues Shares at NAV only in aggregations of a specified number of Shares, generally in exchange for a basket of securities that comprise its portfolio, together with the deposit of a specified cash payment, or, in certain circumstances, for an all cash payment. Shares of each Fund will be listed and traded on the Exchange. Shares will trade on the Exchange at market prices that may be below, at, or above NAV.

Unlike mutual funds, Shares are not individually redeemable securities. Rather, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at NAV, only in Creation Units. Shares will not be issued or redeemed except in Creation Units.

In the instance of creations and redemptions, Transaction Fees may be imposed. Such fees are limited in accordance with requirements of the SEC applicable to management investment companies offering redeemable securities. Some of the information contained in this SAI and the Prospectus — such as information about purchasing and redeeming Shares from a Fund and Transaction Fees — is not relevant to most retail investors because it applies only to transactions for Creation Units and most retail investors do not transact for Creation Units.

Once created, Shares generally trade in the secondary market, at market prices that change throughout the day, in amounts less than a Creation Unit. Investors purchasing Shares in the secondary market through a brokerage account or with the assistance of a broker may be subject to brokerage commissions and charges.

**<u>EXCHANGE LISTING AND TRADING</u>**

Shares of each Fund will be listed and traded on the Exchange. Shares trade on the Exchange or in secondary markets at prices that may differ from their NAV, because such prices may be affected by market forces (such as supply and demand for Shares). As is the case of other securities traded on an exchange, when you buy or sell Shares on the Exchange or in the secondary markets your broker will normally charge you a commission or other transaction charges. Further, the Trust reserves the right to adjust the price of Shares in the future to maintain convenient trading ranges for investors (namely, to maintain a price per Share that is attractive to investors) by share splits or reverse share splits, which would have no effect on the NAV.

There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to maintain the listing of Shares will continue to be met. The Exchange may, but is not required to, remove the Shares of a Fund from listing if: (i) following the initial 12 month period beginning at the commencement of trading of the Fund, there are fewer than 50 beneficial owners of the Shares for 30 or more consecutive trading days, or (ii) such other event shall occur or condition exist that, in the opinion of the Exchange, makes further dealings on the Exchange inadvisable. The Exchange will remove the Shares from listing and trading upon termination of a Fund.

The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the Exchange. The Exchange makes 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 or the ability of the Funds to achieve their objectives. The Exchange has no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Funds.

**<u>DISCLOSURE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS</u>**

The Board has adopted a policy regarding the disclosure of information about the Funds' portfolio securities. Under the policy, portfolio holdings of the Funds, which will form the basis for the calculation of NAV on a Business Day, are publicly disseminated prior to the opening of trading on the Exchange that Business Day through financial reporting or news services, including the website https://funds.alphaarchitect.com. In addition, each Business Day a portfolio composition file, which displays the In-Kind Creation Basket and Cash Component, is publicly disseminated prior to the opening of the Exchange via the NSCC.

**<u>INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS</u>**

The Trust has adopted the following investment restrictions as fundamental policies with respect to each Fund. These restrictions cannot be changed with respect to a Fund without the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the affected Fund. For the purposes of the 1940 Act, a "majority of outstanding shares" means the vote of the lesser of: (1) 67% or more of the Fund voting securities present at the meeting if the holders of more than 50% of a Fund's outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy; or (2) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund.

The investment policies enumerated in this section may be changed with respect to the Funds only by a vote of the holders of a majority of a Fund's outstanding voting securities, except as noted below:

Each Fund:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. May not borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. May not issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. May not engage in the business of underwriting securities except to the extent that the Fund may be considered an underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act in the acquisition, disposition or resale of its portfolio securities or in connection with investments in other investment companies, or to the extent otherwise permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. May not purchase or sell real estate, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. May not purchase or sell physical commodities, unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments, and provided that this limitation does not prevent the Fund from (i) purchasing or selling securities of companies that purchase or sell commodities or that invest in commodities; (ii) engaging in any transaction involving currencies, options, forwards, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, swaps, hybrid instruments or other derivatives; or (iii) investing in securities, or transacting in other instruments, that are linked to or secured by physical or other commodities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. May not make loans, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable exemptive relief.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. Will not concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries, as that term is used in the Investment Company Act, with the exception of the Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF. The Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF will concentrate its investments in the real estate industry.

The following notations are not considered to be part of a Fund's fundamental investment limitation and are subject to change without shareholder approval. If a percentage limitation is satisfied at the time of investment, a later increase or decrease in such percentage resulting from a change in the value of the Fund's investments will not constitute a violation of such limitation. Thus, a Fund may continue to hold a security even though it causes the Fund to exceed a percentage limitation because of fluctuation in the value of the Fund's assets, except that any borrowing by the Fund that exceeds the fundamental investment limitations stated above must be reduced to meet such limitations within the period required by the Investment Company Act or the relevant rules, regulations or interpretations thereunder, as described below.

With respect to the fundamental investment limitation relating to borrowing set forth in (1) above, pursuant to Section 18(f)(1) of the Investment Company Act, a Fund may not issue any class of senior security or sell any senior security of which it is the issuer, except that the Fund shall be permitted to borrow from any bank so long as immediately after such borrowings, there is an asset coverage of

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at least 300% and that in the event such asset coverage falls below this percentage, the Fund shall reduce the amount of its borrowings, within three days, to an extent that the asset coverage shall be at least 300%.

With respect to the fundamental investment restriction regarding real estate set forth in (4) above, a Fund will not make direct investments in real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments. Although a Fund may purchase and sell other interests in real estate including securities which are secured by real estate, or securities of companies which make real estate loans or own, or invest or deal in, real estate.

With respect to the fundamental investment limitation relating to lending set forth in (6) above, this means that a Fund may not make loans if, as a result, more than 33 1/3% of its total assets would be lent to other parties. The fundamental investment limitation relating to lending restricts, but does not prevent entirely, a Fund's (i) lending of portfolio securities, (ii) purchase of debt securities, other debt instruments, loan participations and/or engaging in direct corporate loans in accordance with its investment goals and policies, and (iii) use of repurchase agreements to the extent the entry into a repurchase agreement is deemed to be a loan.

With respect to the fundamental investment limitation relating to concentration set forth in (7) above, the Investment Company Act does not define what constitutes "concentration" in an industry. The SEC staff has taken the position that investment of more than 25% of a Fund's total assets in one or more issuers conducting their principal activities in the same industry or group of industries constitutes concentration. It is possible that interpretations of concentration could change in the future.

For purposes of applying the limitation set forth in the concentration policy, a Fund, with respect to its equity holdings, may use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes, MSCI Global Industry Classification System, FTSE/Dow Jones Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) system or any other reasonable industry classification system (including systems developed by the Adviser) to identify each industry. Securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), some tax-free securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions (and repurchase agreements collateralized by government securities) and securities of other investment companies, whether registered or excluded from registration under Section 3(c) of the Investment Company Act, are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.

Each Fund's method of applying the limitation set forth in its concentration policy may differ from the methods used by the Trust's other series.

**<u>INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS</u>**

The investment objective, principal strategies of, and risks of investing in each Fund are described in the Prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus or this SAI, the investment objective and policies of a Fund may be changed without shareholder approval.

**Debt and Other Fixed Income Securities Generally** 

The Funds may invest in debt securities by purchasing the following: obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities; corporate debt securities; zero coupon bonds (bonds that are purchased at a discount from their face values and accrue interest at the applicable coupon rate over a period of time); master-demand notes; bank certificates of deposit; time deposits; bankers' acceptances; commercial paper and other notes; and inflation-indexed securities. Each Fund may invest in debt securities that are investment grade. Investment grade securities include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, as well as securities rated in one of the four highest rating categories by at least two Rating Organizations rating that security, such as Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("Standard & Poor's") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or rated in one of the four highest rating categories by one Rating Organization if it is the only Rating Organization rating that security or unrated, if deemed to be of comparable quality by the Adviser and traded publicly on the world market. Securities rated Baa and BBB are the lowest that are considered "investment grade" obligations. Moody's describes securities rated Baa as "subject to moderate credit risk. They are considered medium-grade and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics." Standard & Poor's describes securities rated BBB as "regarded as having adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation." For securities rated BBB, Fitch states that "...expectations of default risk are currently low...capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse business or economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity." Each Fund, at the discretion of the Adviser, may retain a debt security that has been downgraded below the initial investment criteria.

Debt and other fixed income securities include fixed and floating rate securities of any maturity. Fixed rate securities pay a specified rate of interest or dividends. Floating rate securities pay a rate that is adjusted periodically by reference to a specified index or market rate. Fixed and floating rate securities include securities issued by federal, state and local governments and related agencies, and by a wide range of private issuers, and generally are referred to in this SAI as "fixed income securities." Indexed bonds are a type of fixed income security whose principal value and/or interest rate is adjusted periodically according to a specified instrument, index or other statistic (*e.g.*, another security, inflation index or currency).

Holders of fixed income securities are exposed to both market and credit risk. Market risk (or "interest rate risk") relates to changes in a security's value as a result of changes in interest rates. In general, the values of fixed income securities increase when interest rates fall and decrease when interest rates rise. Credit risk relates to the ability of an issuer to make payments of principal and interest. Obligations of issuers are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws that affect the rights and remedies of creditors.

Because interest rates vary, to the extent that a Fund invests in fixed income securities, the future income of the Fund cannot be predicted with certainty. To the extent that a Fund invests in indexed securities, the future income of the Fund also will be affected by changes in those securities' indices over time (*e.g.*, changes in inflation rates or currency rates).

**U.S. Government Securities**

U.S. government securities include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its authorities, agencies or instrumentalities. Different kinds of U.S. government securities have different kinds of government support. For example, some U.S. government securities (*e.g.*, U.S. Treasury bonds) are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Other U.S. government securities are issued or guaranteed by federal agencies or government-chartered or - sponsored enterprises but are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government.

It is possible that the availability and the marketability (that is, liquidity) of the securities discussed in this section could be adversely affected by actions of the U.S. government to tighten the availability of credit.

As with other fixed income securities, U.S. government securities expose their holders to market risk because their values typically change as interest rates fluctuate. For example, the value of U.S. government securities may fall during times of rising interest rates. Yields on U.S. government securities tend to be lower than those of corporate securities of comparable maturities.

In addition to investing directly in U.S. government securities, a Fund may purchase certificates of accrual or similar instruments evidencing undivided ownership interests in interest payments and/or principal payments of U.S. government securities. Certificates of accrual and similar instruments may be more volatile than other government securities.

A Fund may invest in i) U.S. Treasury notes, U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasury bills, and other U.S. Government obligations; (ii) obligations of the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) and other U.S. Government sponsored entities that are guaranteed by the U.S. Government; and (iii) obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Federal Farm Credit Bank (FFCB), Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA), The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and other U.S. Government authorities, agencies, and instrumentalities. While obligations of some U.S. Government sponsored entities are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government (*e.g.*, GNMA), others are not.

**Derivative Instruments Risk**

When a Fund enters into options, futures, and other forms of financial derivatives, such as foreign exchange contracts, the investments involve risks different from direct investments in the underlying securities. While transactions in derivatives may reduce certain risks, these transactions themselves entail certain other risks. For example, unanticipated changes in expected future volatility, interest rates, securities prices, or currency exchange rates may result in a poorer overall performance of a Fund than if they had not entered into any derivatives transactions. Derivatives may magnify a Fund's gains or losses, causing it to make or lose substantially more than it invested. When a Fund invests in options, futures, and other forms of financial derivatives, a Fund will comply with the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act and the guidance of no-action letters issued by the SEC, including Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act.

When used for hedging purposes, increases in the value of the securities a Fund holds or intends to acquire may offset any losses incurred with a derivative. Purchasing derivatives for purposes other than hedging could expose a Fund to greater risks.

A Fund's ability to hedge securities through derivatives depends on the degree to which price movements in the underlying index or instrument correlate with price movements in the relevant securities. In the case of poor correlation, the price of the securities a Fund is hedging may not move in the same amount, or even in the same direction as the hedging instrument. A Fund will try to minimize this risk by investing only in those contracts whose behavior it expects to resemble with the portfolio securities it is trying to hedge. However, if a Fund's prediction of interest and currency rates, market value, expected future volatility, or other economic factors is incorrect, a Fund may lose money, or may not make as much money as it expected.

Derivative prices can diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if the characteristics of the underlying instruments are very similar to the derivative. Listed below are some of the factors that may cause such a divergence:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in expected future volatility of the underlying instrument, and the time remaining until expiration of the contract;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a difference between the derivatives and securities markets, including different levels of demand, how the instruments are traded, the imposition of daily price fluctuation limits or trading of an instrument stops; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• differences between the derivatives, such as different margin requirements, different liquidity of such markets, and the participation of speculators in such markets.

Derivatives based upon a narrow index of securities may present greater risk than derivatives based on a broad index. Since narrower indices are made up of a smaller number of securities, they may be more susceptible to rapid and extreme price fluctuations because of changes in the value of those securities.

While currency futures and options values are expected to correlate with exchange rates, they may not reflect other factors that affect the value of the investments of a Fund. A currency hedge, for example, should protect a yen-denominated security from a decline in the yen, but will not protect a Fund against a price decline resulting from deterioration in the issuer's creditworthiness. Because the value of a Fund's foreign-denominated investments, if any, changes in response to many factors other than exchange rates, it may not be possible to match the amount of currency options and futures to the value of a Fund's investments precisely over time.

Before a futures contract or option is exercised or expires, a Fund can terminate it only by entering into a closing purchase or sale transaction. Moreover, in some cases, a Fund may close out a futures contract only on the exchange the contract was initially traded. Although a Fund intends to purchase options and futures only where there appears to be an active market, there is no guarantee that such a liquid market will exist. If there is no secondary market for the contract, or the market is illiquid, a Fund may not be able to close out a position. In an illiquid market, a Fund may:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• have to sell securities to meet its daily margin requirements at a time when it is disadvantageous to do so;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• have to purchase or sell the instrument underlying the contract;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• not be able to hedge its investments; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• not be able to realize profits or limit its losses.

Derivatives may become illiquid (*i.e.*, difficult to sell at a desired time and price) under a variety of market conditions. For example:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an exchange may suspend or limit trading in a particular derivative instrument, an entire category of derivatives, or all derivatives, which sometimes occurs because of increased market volatility;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• unusual or unforeseen circumstances may interrupt normal operations of an exchange;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• the facilities of the exchange may not be adequate to handle current trading volume;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• equipment failures, government intervention, insolvency of a brokerage firm or clearing house, or other occurrences may disrupt normal trading activity; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• investors may lose interest in a particular derivative or category of derivatives.

If a Fund incorrectly predicts securities market, expected future volatility or interest rate trends, a Fund may lose money by investing in derivatives. For example, if a Fund were to write a call option based on the expectation that the price of the underlying security would fall, but the price rose instead, a Fund could be required to sell the security upon exercise at a price below the current market price. Similarly, if a Fund were to write a put option based on the expectation that the price of the underlying security would rise, but the price fell instead, a Fund could be required to purchase the security upon exercise at a price higher than the current market price.

Because of the low margin deposits required upon the opening of a derivative position, such transactions may involve an extremely high degree of leverage. Consequently, a relatively small price movement in a derivative may result in an immediate and substantial loss (as well as gain) to a Fund and they may lose more than it originally invested in the derivative.

If the price of a futures contract changes adversely, a Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it is disadvantageous to do so to meet its minimum daily margin requirement. A Fund may lose margin deposits if a broker with whom they have an open futures contract or related option becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy.

The prices of derivatives are volatile (*i.e.*, they may change rapidly, substantially, and unpredictably) and are influenced by a variety of factors, including:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• actual and anticipated changes in interest rates;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• fiscal and monetary policies; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• national and international political events.

Most exchanges limit the amount by which the price of a derivative can change during a single trading day. Daily trading limits establish the maximum amount that the price of a derivative may vary from the settlement price of that derivative at the end of trading on the previous day. Once the price of a derivative reaches this value, a Fund may not trade that derivative at a price beyond that limit. The daily limit governs only price movements during a given day and does not limit potential gains or losses. Derivative prices have occasionally moved to the daily limit for several consecutive trading days, preventing prompt liquidation of the derivative.

*Government Regulation of Derivatives.* It is possible that government regulation of various types of derivative instruments, including futures and swap agreements, may limit or prevent a Fund from using such instruments as a part of its investment strategy, and could ultimately prevent a Fund from being able to achieve its investment objective. It is impossible to predict fully the effects of legislation and regulation in this area, but the effects could be substantial and adverse.

The futures markets are subject to comprehensive statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. The SEC, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the implementation or reduction of speculative position limits, the implementation of higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading.

The regulation of swaps and futures transactions in the U.S., the European Union and other jurisdictions is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. There is a possibility of future regulatory changes altering, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in a Fund or the ability of the Fund to continue to implement its investment strategies.

Under recently adopted rules and regulations, transactions in some types of swaps (including interest rate swaps and credit default swaps on North American and European indices) are required to be centrally cleared, and additional types of swaps may be required to be centrally cleared in the future. In a transaction involving those swaps ("cleared derivatives"), a Fund's counterparty is a clearing house, rather than a bank or broker. Since a Fund is not a member of clearing houses and only clearing members can participate directly in the clearing house, the Fund will hold cleared derivatives through accounts at clearing members. In cleared derivatives transactions, a Fund will make payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from a clearing house through its accounts at clearing members. Clearing members guarantee performance of their clients' obligations to the clearing house.

In addition, U.S. regulators, the European Union, and certain other jurisdictions have adopted minimum margin and capital requirements for uncleared OTC derivatives transactions. It is expected that these regulations will have a material impact on a Fund's use of uncleared derivatives. These rules will impose minimum margin requirements on derivatives transactions between a Fund and its swap counterparties and may increase the amount of margin the Fund is required to provide. They will impose regulatory requirements on the timing of transferring margin, which may accelerate a Fund's current margin process. They will also effectively require changes to typical derivatives margin documentation. Such requirements could increase the amount of margin a Fund needs to provide in connection with uncleared derivatives transactions and, therefore, make such transactions more expensive.

Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act ("Rule 18f-4") imposes requirements and restrictions on a Fund's use of derivatives. Derivatives are defined by Rule 18f-4 to include short sales and forward contracts, such as to-be-announced transactions, as well as transactions traditionally characterized as derivatives, such as futures, options and swaps. Rule 18f-4 also regulates other types of leveraged transactions, such as reverse repurchase transactions and transactions "similar to" reverse repurchase transactions, which include certain securities lending transactions that provide leverage to the Portfolio.

Among other things, Rule 18f-4 treats those derivatives transactions that impose future payment or delivery obligations on a Fund as senior securities within the meaning of Section 18 of the 1940 Act. As a result, a Fund is prohibited from entering into these derivatives transactions except in reliance on the provisions of Rule 18f-4. Rule 18f-4 establishes limits on the derivatives transactions that a Fund may enter into based on the value-at-risk ("VaR") of the Fund inclusive of derivatives. A Fund will generally satisfy the limits under Rule 18f-4 if the VaR of its portfolio (inclusive of derivatives transactions) does not exceed 200% of the VaR of its "designated reference portfolio." The "designated reference portfolio" is a representative unleveraged index or a Fund's own portfolio absent derivatives holdings, as determined by the Fund's derivatives risk manager. This limits test is referred to as the "Relative VaR Test." If a Fund determines that the Relative VaR Test is not appropriate in light of its strategy, subject to specified conditions, the Fund may instead comply with the Absolute VaR Test. A Fund will satisfy the Absolute VaR Test if the VaR of its portfolio does not exceed 20% of the value of the Fund's net assets. In addition, among other requirements, Rule 18f-4 requires a Fund to establish a derivatives risk management program, appoint a derivatives risk manager, and carry out enhanced reporting to the Board, the SEC and the public regarding the Portfolio's derivatives activities.

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*Options.* A Fund may purchase and sell/write call and put options on securities. The purchase and writing of options involves certain risks. During the option period, a call writer that holds the underlying security has, in return for the premium on the option, given up the opportunity to profit from a price increase in the underlying securities above the exercise price, but, as long as its obligation as a writer continues, has retained the risk of loss should the price of the underlying security decline. The writer of an option has no control over the time when it may be required to fulfill its obligation as a writer of the option. Once an option writer has received an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction in order to terminate its obligation under the option and must deliver the underlying securities at the exercise price. If a put or call option purchased by a Fund is not sold when it has remaining value, and if the market price of the underlying security, in the case of a put, remains equal to or greater than the exercise price or, in the case of a call, remains less than or equal to the exercise price, a Fund will lose its entire investment in the option. Also, where a put or call option on a particular security is purchased to hedge against price movements in a related security, the price of the put or call option may move more or less than the price of the related security. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when a Fund seeks to close out an option position. Furthermore, if trading restrictions or suspensions are imposed on the options market, a Fund may be unable to close out a position.

A Fund may write a call or put option only if the option is "covered" by holding a position in the underlying securities or by other means which would permit immediate satisfaction of the Fund's obligation as writer of the option. A written call option creates a potential obligation to sell the underlying security. In order to make sure that this obligation can be met, a Fund could (i) hold the security underlying the written option; (ii) hold an offsetting call option (one with a strike price that is the same or lower than the strike price of the written option); or (iii) segregate cash and liquid securities (which can be cash, U.S. Government securities, and other liquid debt or equity securities) that when added to collateral on deposit equals the market value of the underlying security. A written put option creates a potential obligation to buy the underlying security. In order to make sure that this obligation can be met, a Fund could (i) sell short the underlying security at the same or higher price than the strike price of the written put option; (ii) hold an offsetting put option (one with a strike price that is the same or higher than the strike price of the written option); or (iii) segregate cash and liquid securities that when added to collateral on deposit equals the strike price of the option.

Options offer large amounts of leverage, which will result in a Fund's NAV being more sensitive to changes in the value of the related instrument. A Fund may purchase or write both exchange-traded and OTC options. Exchange-traded options in the United States are issued by a clearing organization affiliated with the exchange on which the option is listed that, in effect, guarantees completion of every exchange-traded option transaction. In contrast, OTC options are contracts between a Fund and its counterparty (usually a securities dealer or a bank) with no clearing organization guarantee. Thus, when a Fund purchases an OTC option, it relies on the counterparty from whom it purchased the option to make or take delivery of the underlying investment upon exercise of the option. Failure by the counterparty to do so would result in the loss of any premium paid by a Fund as well as the loss of any expected benefit of the transaction.

A Fund's ability to establish and close out positions in exchange-listed options depends on the existence of a liquid market. However, there can be no assurance that such a market will exist at any particular time. Closing transactions can be made for OTC options only by negotiating directly with the counterparty, or by a transaction in the secondary market if any such market exists. There can be no assurance that a Fund will in fact be able to close out an OTC option position at a favorable price prior to expiration. In the event of insolvency of the counterparty, a Fund might be unable to close out an OTC option position at any time prior to its expiration, if at all.

If a Fund is unable to effect a closing transaction for an option it had purchased, due to the absence of a counterparty or secondary market, the imposition of price limits or otherwise, it would have to exercise the option to realize any profit. The inability to enter into a closing purchase transaction for a covered call option written by a Fund could cause material losses because a Fund would be unable to sell the investment used as cover for the written option until the option expires or is exercised.

Options have varying expiration dates. The exercise price of the options may be below, equal to or above the current market value of the underlying security or instrument. Options purchased by a Fund that expire unexercised have no value, and a Fund will realize a loss in the amount of the premium paid and any transaction costs. If an option written by a Fund expires unexercised, a Fund realizes a gain equal to the premium received at the time the option was written. Transaction costs must be included in these calculations.

*Futures Contracts.* A Fund may enter into futures contracts. A futures contract is a bilateral agreement to buy or sell a security (or deliver a cash settlement price, in the case of a contract relating to an index or otherwise not calling for physical delivery at the end of trading in the contracts) for a set price in the future. Futures contracts are designated by boards of trade that have been designated "contracts markets" by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). No purchase price is paid or received when the contract is entered into. Instead, a Fund, upon entering into a futures contract (and to maintain the Fund's open positions in futures contracts), would be required to deposit with its custodian in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker an amount of cash, U.S. Government securities, suitable money market instruments, or liquid, high-grade debt securities, known as "initial margin." The margin required for a particular futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded and may be significantly modified from time to time by the exchange during the term of the contract. Futures contracts are customarily purchased and sold on margin that may range upward from less than 5% of the value of the contract being traded. By using futures contracts as a risk management technique, given the greater liquidity in the futures market than in the cash market, it may be possible to accomplish certain results more quickly and with lower transaction costs.

If the price of an open futures contract changes (by increase in the case of a sale or by decrease in the case of a purchase) such that the loss on the futures contract reaches a point at which the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, the broker will require an increase in the margin. However, if the value of a position increases because of favorable price changes in the futures contract such that the margin deposit exceeds the required margin, the broker will pay the excess to a Fund. These subsequent payments, called "variation margin," to and from the futures broker, are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying assets fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as "marking to the market." A Fund is expected to earn interest income on initial and variation margin deposits.

A Fund will incur brokerage fees when it purchases and sells futures contracts. Positions taken in the futures markets are not normally held until delivery or cash settlement is required, but are instead liquidated through offsetting transactions that may result in a gain or a loss. While futures positions taken by a Fund will usually be liquidated in this manner, a Fund may instead make or take delivery of underlying securities whenever it appears economically advantageous for the Fund to do so. A clearing organization associated with the exchange on which futures are traded assumes responsibility for closing out transactions and guarantees that as between the clearing members of an exchange, the sale and purchase obligations will be performed with regard to all positions that remain open at the termination of the contract.

*Forward Commitment and When-Issued Securities.* A Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued basis or for settlement at a future date if the Fund holds sufficient assets to meet the purchase price. In such purchase transactions, a Fund will not accrue interest on the purchased security until the actual settlement. Similarly, if a security is sold for a forward date, a Fund will accrue the interest until the settlement of the sale. When-issued security purchases and forward commitments have a higher degree of risk of price movement before settlement due to the extended time period between the execution and settlement of the purchase or sale. As a result, the exposure to the counterparty of the purchase or sale is increased. Although a Fund would generally purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis with the intention of taking delivery, the Fund may sell such a security prior to the settlement date if the Sub-Adviser feels such action is appropriate. In such a case, the Fund could incur a short-term gain or loss.

**FLEX Options**

FLEX Options are customized option contracts available through national securities exchanges that are guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"). FLEX Options are listed on a U.S. national securities exchange. FLEX Options provide investors with the ability to customize assets and indices referenced by the options, exercise prices, exercise styles (i.e., American-style, exercisable any time prior to the expiration date, or European-style, exercisable only on the option expiration date) and expiration dates, while achieving price discovery in competitive, transparent auctions markets and avoiding the counterparty exposure of over-the-counter options positions. Each option contract entitles the holder thereof to purchase (for the call options) or sell (for the put options) shares of the reference asset at the strike price.

The OCC guarantees performance by each of the counterparties to the FLEX Options, becoming the "buyer for every seller and the seller for every buyer," with the goal of protecting clearing members and options traders from counterparty risk.

**Illiquid Securities** 

A Fund may invest in illiquid securities (*i.e.*, securities that are not readily marketable). Illiquid securities include, but are not limited to, restricted securities (securities the disposition of which is restricted under the federal securities laws), securities that may only be resold pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), but that are deemed to be illiquid; and repurchase agreements with maturities in excess of seven days. However, a Fund will not acquire illiquid securities if immediately after the acquisition, such securities would comprise more than 15% of the value of the Fund's net assets. Determinations of liquidity are made pursuant to guidelines contained in the liquidity risk management program of the Trust applicable to the relevant Fund. The Adviser determines and monitors the liquidity of the portfolio securities and reports periodically on its decisions to the Board. In making such liquidity determinations it primarily takes into account the average daily volume of trades. In addition, it may take into account a number of other factors in reaching liquidity decisions, including but not limited to: (1) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the security and the number of other potential buyers; (2) the willingness of dealers to undertake to make a market in the security; and (3) the nature of the marketplace trades, including the time needed to dispose of the security, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of the transfer. In connection with the implementation of the SEC's liquidity risk management rule and the liquidity risk management program of the Trust applicable to the relevant Fund, the term "illiquid security" is defined as a security that the relevant Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the security.

An institutional market has developed for certain restricted securities. Accordingly, contractual or legal restrictions on the resale of a security may not be indicative of the liquidity of the security. If such securities are eligible for purchase by institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other exemptions, the Adviser may determine that the securities are liquid.

Restricted securities may be sold only in privately negotiated transactions or in a public offering with respect to which a registration statement is in effect under the Securities Act. Where registration is required, a Fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the registration expenses and a considerable period may elapse between the time of the decision to sell and the time the Fund may be permitted to sell a security under an effective registration statement. If, during such a period, adverse market conditions were to develop, a Fund might obtain a less favorable price than that which prevailed when it decided to sell.

Illiquid securities will be priced at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures adopted by the Board. If, through the appreciation of illiquid securities or the depreciation of liquid securities, a Fund should be in a position where more than 15% of the value of its net assets are invested in illiquid securities, including restricted securities which are not readily marketable, the Fund will take such steps as are deemed advisable, if any, to protect liquidity.

**Cash Items**

Each Fund may temporarily invest a portion of its assets in cash or cash items pending other investments or to maintain liquid assets required in connection with some of the Fund's investments. These cash items and other high quality debt securities may include money market instruments, such as securities issued by the U.S. government and its agencies, bankers' acceptances, commercial paper, bank certificates of deposit and investment companies that invest primarily in such instruments.

**Repurchase Agreements**

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and broker-dealers. A repurchase agreement is an agreement under which securities are acquired by the Fund from a securities dealer or bank subject to resale at an agreed upon price on a later date. The Fund bears a risk of loss in the event that the other party to a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligations and the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral securities. Such a default may subject the Fund to expenses, delays, and risks of loss including: (i) possible declines in the value of the underlying security while the Fund seeks to enforce its rights, (ii) possible reduced levels of income and lack of access to income during this period, and (iii) the inability to enforce its rights and the expenses involved in attempted enforcement.

**Corporate Debt Securities** 

The rate of interest on a corporate debt security may be fixed, floating or variable, and may vary inversely with respect to a reference rate. Debt securities may be acquired with warrants attached. A Fund may invest in commercial interests, including commercial paper, master notes and other short-term corporate instruments that are denominated in U.S. dollars. Commercial paper consists of short-term promissory notes issued by corporations. Commercial paper may be traded in the secondary market after its issuance. Master notes are demand notes that permit the investment of fluctuating amounts of money at varying rates of interest pursuant to arrangements with issuers who meet the quality criteria of a Fund. The interest rate on a master note may fluctuate based upon changes in specified interest rates, be reset periodically according to a prescribed formula or be a set rate. Although there is no secondary market in master demand notes, if such notes have a demand future, the payee may demand payment of the principal amount of the note upon relatively short notice. Master notes are generally illiquid and therefore subject to a Fund's percentage limitations for investments in illiquid securities.

**Investments in Other Investment Companies** 

Each Fund may invest in the securities of other investment companies to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act, SEC rules thereunder and exemptions thereto. Subject to applicable regulatory requirements, a Fund may invest in shares of both open- and closed-end investment companies (including money market funds and ETFs). The market price for ETF and closed-end fund shares may be higher or lower than, respectively, the ETF's and closed-end fund's NAV. Investing in another investment company exposes a Fund to all the risks of that investment company and, in general, subjects it to a pro rata portion of the other investment company's fees and expenses. As a result, an investment by a Fund in an ETF or investment company could cause the Fund's operating expenses to be higher and, in turn, performance to be lower than if the Fund were to invest directly in the securities underlying the ETF or investment company.

Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act restricts investments by registered investment companies ("Investing Funds") in securities of other registered investment companies, including each Fund. The acquisition of Shares by Investing Funds is subject to the restrictions of Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act, except as may be permitted by exemptive rules under the Investment Company Act such as Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act, subject to certain terms and conditions, including that the Investing Fund enter into an agreement with the Funds regarding the terms of the investment.

For purposes of the Investment Company Act, Shares are issued by a registered investment company and purchases of such Shares by registered investment companies and companies relying on Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act are subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the Act, except as permitted by an exemptive order of the SEC or rule promulgated under the Act.

**Securities Lending**

Each Fund may make secured loans of its portfolio securities; however, securities loans will not be made if, as a result, the aggregate amount of all outstanding securities loans by the Fund exceeds 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the market value of collateral received). For purposes of complying with the Fund's investment policies and restrictions, collateral received in connection with securities loans is deemed an asset of the Fund to the extent required by law.

To the extent a Fund engages in securities lending, securities loans will be made to broker-dealers that the Adviser believes to be of relatively high credit standing pursuant to agreements requiring that the loans continuously be collateralized by cash, liquid securities, or shares of other investment companies with a value at least equal to the market value of the loaned securities. As with other extensions of credit, the Fund bears the risk of delay in the recovery of the securities and of loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially. The Fund also bears the risk that the value of investments made with collateral may decline.

For each loan, the borrower usually must maintain with the Fund's custodian collateral with an initial market value at least equal to 102% of the market value of the domestic securities loaned (or 105% of the market value of foreign securities loaned), including any accrued interest thereon. Such collateral will be marked-to-market daily, and if the coverage falls below 100%, the borrower will be required to deliver additional collateral equal to at least 102% of the market value of the domestic securities loaned (or 105% of the foreign securities loaned).

A Fund retains all or a portion of the interest received on investment of the cash collateral or receives a fee from the borrower. The Fund also continues to receive any distributions paid on the loaned securities. The Fund seeks to maintain the ability to obtain the right to vote or consent on proxy proposals involving material events affecting securities loaned. However, the Fund bears the risk of delay in the return of the security, impairing the Fund's ability to vote on such matters. The Fund may terminate a loan at any time and obtain the return of the securities loaned within the normal settlement period for the security involved.

The Adviser will retain lending agents on behalf of the Funds that are compensated based on a percentage of a Fund's return on its securities lending. The Funds may also pay various fees in connection with securities loans, including shipping fees and custodian fees.

**Equity Securities**

The equity portion of a Fund's portfolio may be comprised of common stocks traded on domestic securities exchanges or on the over the counter ("OTC") market. In addition to common stocks, the equity portion of the Fund's portfolio may also include preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, and convertible bonds and warrants. Prices of equity securities in which a Fund invests (either directly or indirectly through the Fund's investment in shares of other investment companies) may fluctuate in response to many factors, including, but not limited to, the activities of the individual companies whose securities the Fund owns, general market and economic conditions, interest rates, and specific industry changes. Such price fluctuations subject the Fund to potential losses. In addition, regardless of any one company's prospects, a declining stock market may produce a decline in prices for all equity securities, which could also result in losses for the Fund. Market declines may continue for an indefinite period, and investors should understand that during temporary or extended bear markets, the value of equity securities will decline.

Convertible securities entitle the holder to receive interest payments or a dividend preference until the security matures or is redeemed, or the conversion privilege is exercised. As a result of the conversion feature, the interest rate or dividend preference on a convertible security is generally less than would be the case if the securities were issued in non-convertible form. Warrants entitle the holder to purchase equity securities at specific prices for a certain period of time. The prices do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying securities and the warrants have no voting rights, receive no dividends, and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer.

**Preferred Stocks** 

Preferred stocks include convertible and non-convertible preferred and preference stocks that are senior to common stock. Preferred stocks are equity securities that are senior to common stock with respect to the right to receive dividends and a fixed share of the proceeds resulting from the issuer's liquidation. Some preferred stocks also entitle their holders to receive additional liquidation

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proceeds on the same basis as holders of the issuer's common stock, and thus represent an ownership interest in the issuer. Depending on the features of the particular security, holders of preferred stock may bear the risks disclosed in the Prospectus or this SAI regarding equity or fixed income securities.

**Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)** 

An equity REIT owns real estate properties directly and generates income from rental and lease payments. Equity REITs also have the potential to generate capital gains as properties are sold at a profit. A mortgage REIT makes construction, development, and long-term mortgage loans to commercial real estate developers and earns interest income on these loans. A hybrid REIT holds both properties and mortgages. To avoid taxation at the corporate level, REITs must distribute most of their earnings to shareholders.

Investments in REITs are subject to many of the same risks as direct investments in real estate. In general, real estate values can be affected by a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, supply and demand for properties, general or local economic conditions, and the strength of specific industries that rent properties. Ultimately, a REIT's performance depends on the types and locations of the properties it owns and on how well the REIT manages its properties. For example, rental income could decline because of extended vacancies, increased competition from nearby properties, tenants' failure to pay rent, regulatory limitations on rents, fluctuations in rental income, variations in market rental rates, or incompetent management. Property values could decrease because of overbuilding in the area, environmental liabilities, uninsured damages caused by natural disasters, a general decline in the neighborhood, losses because of casualty or condemnation, increases in property taxes, or changes in zoning laws.

The value of a REIT may also be affected by changes in interest rates. Rising interest rates generally increase the cost of financing for real estate projects, which could cause the value of an equity REIT to decline. During periods of declining interest rates, mortgagors may elect to prepay mortgages held by mortgage REITs, which could lower or diminish the yield on the REIT. REITs are also subject to heavy cash-flow dependency, default by borrowers, and changes in tax and regulatory requirements. In addition, a REIT may fail to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and/or fail to maintain exemption from the 1940 Act

**Portfolio Turnover** 

The Funds are new and do not have portfolio turnover rate information to report.

**Cybersecurity Risk** 

Each Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational and information security risks. Cyber security failures or breaches of the Funds or their service providers or the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. The Funds and their shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.

**Temporary Defensive Positions**

A Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies in an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. During such an unusual set of circumstances, the Fund may hold up to 100% of its portfolios in cash or cash equivalent positions (e.g., money market securities, U.S. Government securities, and/or similar securities). When a Fund takes a temporary defensive position, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.

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**<u>MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS</u>**

**Trustees and Officers**

The business and affairs of the Trust are managed by its officers under the oversight of its Board. The Board sets broad policies for the Trust and may appoint Trust officers. The Board oversees the performance of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and the Trust's other service providers. Each Trustee serves until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified.

The Board is comprised of four Trustees. One Trustee and certain of the officers of the Trust are directors, officers or employees of the Adviser. The other Trustees (the "Independent Trustees") are not "interested persons" (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act) of the Trust. The fund complex includes all funds advised by the Adviser ("Fund Complex").

The Trustees, their age, term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen and other directorships, if any, held by each Trustee, are shown below. The officers, their age, term of office and length of time served and their principal business occupations during the past five years are shown below.

The address of each Trustee and each Officer is: c/o EA Series Trust, 19 East Eagle Road, Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083.

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| **Name and Year of Birth** | **Position(s) Held with Trust** | **Term of Office and Length of Time Served** | **Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years** | **Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee** | **Other Directorships Held by Trustee During Past 5 Years** |
| **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** |
| Daniel Dorn<br>Born: 1975 | Trustee | Indefinite term;<br>Since 2014 | Associate Professor of Finance, Drexel University, LeBow College of Business (2003–present). | 82 |  |
| Michael S. Pagano, Ph.D., CFA®<br>Born: 1962 | Trustee and Audit Committee Chairman | Indefinite term;<br>Since 2014 | The Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance, Villanova University (1999–present); Founder, Michael S. Pagano, LLC (business consulting firm) (2008–present). | 82 | Citadel Federal Credit Union (pro bono service for non-profit) |
| Chukwuemeka (Emeka) O. Oguh<br>Born: 1983 | Trustee | Indefinite term;<br>Since 2018 | Co-founder and CEO, PeopleJoy (2016–present). | 82 |  |
| **Interested Trustee and Officer\*** | **Interested Trustee and Officer\*** | **Interested Trustee and Officer\*** | **Interested Trustee and Officer\*** | **Interested Trustee and Officer\*** | **Interested Trustee and Officer\*** |
| Wesley R. Gray, Ph.D.<br>Born: 1980 | Trustee, Chairman of the Board, and President | Indefinite term;<br>Trustee and Chairman of the Board (since 2014); President (since 2025) | Founder and Executive Managing Member, EA Advisers (2013–present); Chief Executive Officer, EA Advisers (2024–present); Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, Alpha Architect, LLC (2014–present); Chief Compliance Officer, Alpha Architect (2023–present). | 82 |  |

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\* Dr. Gray is an "interested person," as defined by the Investment Company Act, because of his employment with and ownership interest in the Adviser.

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**Officers**

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| **Name and Year of Birth** | **Position(s) Held with Trust** | **Term of Office and Length of Time Served** | **Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years** |
| Michael D. Barolsky<br>Born: 1981 | Vice President and Secretary | Since 2025; President <br>(2024 – 2025) | Chief Legal Officer, EA Advisers (December 2024–present); Chief Executive Officer, EA Advisers (June 2024–December 2024); Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (2019–2024). |
| Joshua J. Hinderliter<br>Born: 1983 | Vice President | Since 2025 | General Counsel, EA Advisers (2025-present); Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2024-2025); Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (2022-2024); Managing Associate, Thompson Hine LLP (2016–2022). |
| Sean R. Hegarty, CPA<br>Born: 1993 | Treasurer | Since 2023; Assistant Treasurer (2022 – 2023) | Chief Operating Officer, EA Advisers (2022–present); Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (2018–2022). |
| Jessica D. Leighty<br>Born: 1981 | Chief Compliance Officer | Since 2022 | Chief Compliance Officer, EA Advisers (2021–present); Chief Compliance Officer, Alpha Architect (2021–2023); Chief Compliance Officer, Snow Capital (2015–2021). |
| Brian P. Massaro<br>Born: 1997 | Assistant Treasurer | Since 2023 | Chief Technology Officer, EA Advisers (2023–present); Assistant Operating Officer, EA Advisers (2022–2023); Mutual Funds Administrator, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (2019–2022). |
| Elizabeth A. Winske<br>Born: 1983 | Assistant Treasurer | Since 2024 | Assistant Operating Officer, EA Advisers (2023–present); Vice President, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (2020–2023); Assistant Vice President, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (2016–2020). |

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**Trustee Qualifications**

Information on the Trust's Trustees and Officers appears above including information on the business activities of Trustees during the past five years. In addition to personal qualities, such as integrity, the role of an effective Trustee inherently requires the ability to comprehend, discuss and critically analyze materials and issues presented in exercising judgments and reaching informed conclusions relevant to his duties and fiduciary obligations. The Board believes that the specific background of each Trustee evidences such ability and is appropriate to his serving on the Board. As indicated, Dr. Dorn holds an academic position in the area of finance. Dr. Pagano holds an academic position in the area of finance. Dr. Gray is the Founder and Executive Managing Member of the Adviser and Empirical Finance, LLC d/b/a Alpha Architect. Mr. Oguh is a financial technology entrepreneur, business executive and former mutual fund / ETF analyst.

**Board Structure**

Dr. Gray is considered to be an Interested Trustee and serves as Chairman of the Board. The Chairman's responsibilities include: setting an agenda for each meeting of the Board; presiding at all meetings of the Board and, if present, meetings of the Independent Trustees; and, serving as a liaison between the other Trustees, Trust officers, management personnel and counsel. Dr. Gray also serves as President of the Trust.

The Board believes that having an interested Chairman, who is familiar with the Adviser and its operations, while also having three-fourths of the Board composed of Independent Trustees, strikes an appropriate balance that allows the Board to benefit from the insights and perspective of a representative of management while empowering the Independent Trustees with the ultimate decision-making authority. The Board has not appointed a lead Independent Trustee at this time. The Board does not believe that an independent Chairman or lead Independent Trustee would enhance the Board's effectiveness, as the relatively small size of the Board allows for diverse viewpoints to be shared and for effective communications between and among Independent Trustees and management so that meetings proceed efficiently. Independent Trustees have effective control over the Board's agenda because they form more than a majority of the Board and can request presentations and agenda topics at Board meetings.

The Board intends to hold four regularly scheduled meetings each year, at least two of which shall be in person (or during the current Covid pandemic, virtually, via video conference). The Board may also hold special meetings, as needed, either in person, by telephone, or virtually (if permitted), to address matters arising between regular meetings. The Independent Trustees meet separately at each regularly scheduled in-person (or virtually, if permitted) meeting of the Board; during a portion of each such separate meeting management is not present. The Independent Trustees may also hold special meetings, as needed, either in person, by telephone, or virtually (if permitted).

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The Board conducts a self-assessment on an annual basis, as part of which it considers whether the structure of the Board and its Committees is appropriate under the circumstances. Based on such self-assessment, among other things, the Board will consider whether its current structure is appropriate. As part of this self-assessment, the Board will consider several factors, including the number of funds overseen by the Board, their investment objectives, and the responsibilities entrusted to the Adviser and other service providers with respect to the oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Trust and the Fund Complex.

The Board sets broad policies for the Trust and may appoint Trust officers. The Board oversees the performance of the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, and the Trust's other service providers. As part of its oversight function, the Board monitors each of the Adviser's and Sub-Adviser's risk management, including, as applicable, its management of investment, compliance and operational risks, through the receipt of periodic reports and presentations. The Board has not established a standing risk committee. Rather, the Board relies on Trust officers, advisory personnel and service providers to manage applicable risks and report exceptions to the Board in order to enable it to exercise its oversight responsibility. To this end, the Board receives reports from such parties at least quarterly, including, but not limited to, investment and/or performance reports, distribution reports, Rule 12b-1 reports, valuation reports and internal controls reports. Similarly, the Board receives quarterly reports from the Trust's chief compliance officer ("CCO"), including, but not limited to, a report on the Trust's compliance program, and the Independent Trustees have an opportunity to meet separately each quarter with the CCO. The CCO typically provides the Board with updates regarding the Trust's compliance policies and procedures, including any enhancements to them. The Board expects all parties, including, but not limited to, the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser, service providers and the CCO, to inform the Board on an intra-quarter basis if a material issue arises that requires the Board's oversight.

The Board generally exercises its oversight as a whole but has delegated certain oversight functions to an Audit Committee. The function of the Audit Committee is discussed in detail below.

**Committees**

The Board currently has two standing committees: an Audit Committee and a Nominating Committee. Each Independent Trustee serves on each of these committees.

Dr. Pagano serves as the Audit Committee Chairman. The purposes of the Audit Committee are to: (1) oversee generally the Fund Complex's accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, their internal controls and, as appropriate, the internal controls of certain service providers; (2) oversee the quality, integrity and objectivity of the Fund Complex's financial statements and the independent audit thereof; (3) assist the full Board with its oversight of the Trust's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements that relate to the Fund Complex's accounting and financial reporting, internal controls and independent audits; (4) approve, prior to appointment, the engagement of the Trust's independent auditors and, in connection therewith, to review and evaluate the qualifications, independence and performance of the Trust's independent auditors; and (5) act as a liaison between the Trust's independent auditors and the full Board. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, the Audit Committee met six times.

The purposes of the Nominating Committee are, among other things, to: (1) identify and recommend for nomination candidates to serve as Trustees and/or on Board committees who are not "interested persons" as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act ("Interested Persons") of the Trust and who meet any independence requirements of Exchange Rule 5.3(k)(1) or the applicable rule of any other exchange on which shares of the Trust are listed; (2) evaluate and make recommendations to the full Board regarding potential trustee candidates who are Interested Persons of the Trust; and (3) review periodically the workload and capabilities of the Trustees and, as the Committee deems appropriate, to make recommendations to the Board if such a review suggests that changes to the size or composition of the Board and/or its committees are warranted. The Committee will generally not consider potential candidates for nomination identified by shareholders. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, the Nominating Committee did not meet as there were no Board vacancies.

**Compensation of Trustees**

The Trust's officers and any interested Trustees receive no compensation directly from the Trust.

The Independent Trustees determine the amount of compensation that they receive. In determining compensation for the Independent Trustees, the Independent Trustees take into account a variety of factors including, among other things, their collective significant work experience (*e.g*., in business and finance, government or academia). The Independent Trustees also recognize that these individuals' advice and counsel are in demand by other organizations, that these individuals may reject other opportunities because of the time demands of their duties as Independent Trustees, and that they undertake significant legal responsibilities. The Independent Trustees also consider the compensation paid to independent board members of other registered investment company complexes of comparable size.

Independent Trustees are paid an annual retainer for their services, including attendance at meetings of the Board. All Trustees are reimbursed for their travel expenses and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending Board meetings. In addition, each Independent Trustee is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for educational resources, including attending educational programs to stay informed about industry and regulatory developments. The Trust has no pension or retirement plan.

The table shows the compensation paid to Trustees for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024 by the Fund Complex.\*

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| | **Compensation** | **Compensation**<br>**Deferred** | **Total Compensation<br>from the Fund<br>Complex Paid to Trustee** |
| **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** |
| Emeka O. Oguh | $108333 | $0 | $108333 |
| Daniel Dorn | $115083 | $0 | $115083 |
| Michael S. Pagano\*\* | $115083 | $0 | $115083 |
| **Interested Trustee** | **Interested Trustee** | **Interested Trustee** | **Interested Trustee** |
| Wesley R. Gray\*\*\* | $0 | $0 | $0 |

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\* The Adviser, and not the Fund, is responsible for compensating the Trustees.

\*\* Dr. Pagano receives additional compensation in his role as Audit Committee Chair.

\*\*\* Dr. Gray is an "interested person," as defined by the Investment Company Act, because of his employment with and ownership interest in the Adviser.

**Equity Ownership of Trustees**

The following table sets forth the name and dollar range of equity securities of the Fund owned by Trustees as of December 31, 2024.

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| | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Independent Trustees** | **Interested Trustee** |
| | **Emeka O. Oguh** | **Daniel Dorn** | **Michael S. Pagano** | **Wesley R. Gray** |
|  | *Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned* | *Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned* | *Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned* | *Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned* |
| Alpha Architect US Equity ETF |  |  |  |  |
| Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF |  |  |  |  |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF |  |  |  |  |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF |  |  |  |  |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF |  |  |  |  |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF |  |  |  |  |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF |  |  |  |  |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF |  |  |  |  |
| **Aggregate Dollar Range of Shares <br>(All Funds in the Complex)** | $1-$10000 | $50001-<br>$100000 | Over $100,000 | Over $100,000 |

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As of the date of this SAI, the Fund had not commenced operations. Therefore, none of the Independent Trustees or their immediate family members beneficially owned any securities in the Fund. Further, as of September 30, 2024, none of the Independent Trustees or their immediate family members beneficially owned any securities in any investment adviser, investment sub-adviser, or principal underwriter of the Trust, or in any person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an investment adviser, investment sub-adviser, or principal underwriter of the Trust..

**Codes of Ethics**

The Board, on behalf of the Trust, has adopted a Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act. In addition, each of the Adviser and Sub-Adviser has adopted a Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1. These Codes of Ethics (each a "Code of Ethics" and together the "Codes of Ethics") apply to the personal investing activities of trustees, directors, officers and certain employees ("access persons"). Rule 17j-1 and the Codes of Ethics are designed to prevent unlawful practices in connection with the purchase or sale of securities by access persons. Under each Code of Ethics, access persons are permitted to engage in personal securities transactions, but are required to report their personal securities transactions for monitoring purposes. In addition, certain access persons are required to obtain approval before investing in private placements and are prohibited from investing in initial public offerings ("IPOs"). Copies of the Codes of Ethics are on file with the SEC, and are available to the public.

Under its Code of Ethics, the personnel of the Adviser and Alpha Architect, LLC are permitted to invest in the same securities as held by the Funds. However, the trading of such investments are subject to blackout periods. While the Codes of Ethics are reasonably designed to prevent conflicts arising from personal securities transactions by access persons there can be no assurance that these policies and procedures will be effective, however.

Arin's Code of Ethics is designed to prevent affiliated persons of Arin from engaging in deceptive, manipulative, or fraudulent activities in connection with securities held or to be acquired by the Fund (which securities may also be held by persons subject to each such code of ethics). There can be no assurance that the Code of Ethics will be effective in preventing such activities. The Code of Ethics permit employees and officers of Arin to invest in securities held by the Funds, subject to certain restrictions and pre-approval requirements. In addition, Arin's code requires that portfolio managers and other investment personnel of Arin report their personal securities transactions and holdings, which are reviewed for compliance with the respective codes of ethics.

**Proxy Voting**

The Board has delegated to the Adviser the responsibility to vote proxies related to the securities held in the Fund's portfolios. Under this authority, the Adviser is required by the Board to vote proxies related to portfolio securities in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Adviser will vote such proxies in accordance with its proxy policies and procedures, which are included in <u>Appendix A</u> to this SAI. The Board will periodically review the Fund's proxy voting record.

The Trust will annually disclose its complete proxy voting record for the year ended June 30 on Form N-PX. The Trust's most recent Form N-PX is available without charge, upon request, by calling (215) 882-9983. The Trust's Form N-PX also is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the Funds' website at https://funds.alphaarchitect.com.

**<u>CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES</u>**

The Adviser owns all the initial Shares issued by the Funds prior to commencement of investment operations and the public launch of the Fund. The Funds have not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI.

A "control person" is one who owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund or acknowledges the existence of control. A "principal shareholder" is any person who owns of record or beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a fund.

As a controlling shareholder, the shareholder could control the outcome of any proposal submitted to the shareholders for approval, including changes to a Fund's fundamental policies or the terms of the management agreement with the Adviser. The following table sets forth the name, address, and percentage of ownership of a person who is known by the Trust to be either a control person or principal shareholder of the Funds as of September 30, 2024:

The Funds have not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI.

**Management ownership**

As of September 30, 2024, the Trustees and officers of the Trust, as a group, owned of record and beneficially less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Funds. The Funds have not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI.

**<u>INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES</u>**

**Investment Advisory Agreement**

Under investment advisory agreements between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Adviser (the "Advisory Agreement"), the Fund pays the Adviser a fee at an annualized rate, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, based on its average daily net assets, set forth in the table below:

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| **Fund** | **Advisory<br>Fee** |
| Alpha Architect US Equity ETF | 0.15% |
| Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF | 0.25% |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 0.1949% |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | 0.1949% |

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The Adviser, in turn, compensates the Sub-Adviser from the management fee the Adviser receives. The Funds have not commenced operations prior to the date of this SAI and therefore, the Funds have not yet paid management fees to the Adviser.

The Adviser manages the investment and the reinvestment of the assets of the Fund, in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations of the Fund, subject to the general supervision and control of the Board. The Adviser is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Pennsylvania. The address of the Adviser is 19 East Eagle Road, Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083. The Adviser is wholly-owned by Alpha Architect, LLC. The Adviser was founded in October 2013 and provides investment advisory services to the Funds, other exchange-traded funds, and Alpha Architect, LLC, its parent company.

The following table summarizes the affiliated persons of the Funds who are also affiliated persons of the Adviser.

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| **NAME** | **AFFILIATION WITH FUNDS** | **AFFILIATION WITH ADVISER** |
| Wesley R. Gray, PhD | Trustee and Chairman of the Trust; Portfolio Manager | Executive Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer |
| Michael D. Barolsky | Vice President and Secretary | Chief Legal Officer |
| Joshua J. Hinderliter | Vice President | General Counsel |
| Sean Hegarty | Treasurer | Chief Operating Officer |
| Jessica Leighty | Chief Compliance Officer | Chief Compliance Officer |
| Brian P. Massaro | Assistant Treasurer | Chief Technology Officer |
| John R. Vogel | Portfolio Manager | Chief Financial Officer |
| Elizabeth Winske | Assistant Treasurer | Assistant Operating Officer |

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Under the Advisory Agreement for each Fund, the Adviser bears all of the costs of each of the Funds, except for the advisory fee, payments under each Fund's Rule 12b-1 Distribution and Service Plan (the "Plan"), brokerage expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest (including borrowing costs), litigation expenses and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses (including litigation to which the Trust or a Fund may be a party and indemnification of the Trustees and officers with respect thereto).

The Adviser (or an affiliate of the Adviser) bears all of the Adviser's own costs associated with providing these advisory services and all expenses of the Fund, except for the fee payment under the Advisory Agreement, payments under the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Distribution and Service Plan (the "Plan"), brokerage expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes (including tax-related services), interest (including borrowing costs), litigation expense (including class action-related services) and other non-routine or extraordinary expenses.

For each Fund, except for the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF and the Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee to the extent necessary to offset acquired fund fees and expenses related to holding Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF, which are the indirect expenses of investing in other investment companies. This waiver agreement will continue in effect for the life of each applicable Fund or until terminated sooner only by agreement of the investment adviser and the Fund's Board of Trustees.

The Advisory Agreement with respect to a Fund will remain in effect for an initial term of two years from its effective date and thereafter continue in effect for as long as its continuance is specifically approved at least annually, by (1) the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the shareholders of such Fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or Interested Persons of any person thereto, cast in person (or virtually, if permitted) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Advisory Agreement for each Fund provides that it may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Board or, with respect to a Fund, by a majority of the outstanding shares of a Fund, on 60 days' written notice to the Adviser, and by the Adviser upon 60 days' written notice, and that it shall be automatically terminated if it is assigned.

**Investment Sub-Adviser: Alpha Architect, LLC**

The Trust, on behalf of each Fund, and the Adviser have retained Alpha Architect, LLC ("Alpha Architect"), 19 East Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083, to serve as a sub-adviser for the Funds. Empirical Finance, LLC is the parent company of Alpha Architect, which is the parent company of the Adviser. Alpha Architect was founded in July 2010.

Subject to the supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board, and pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Alpha Architect, Alpha Architect is responsible for identifying investments for the Alpha Architect US Equity ETF and the Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF (the "AA Equity Funds"). For its services to the AA Equity Funds, Alpha Architect is entitled to receive a management fee, which is calculated daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate based on a Fund's average daily net assets multiplied by the sub-advisory fee, as set forth below:

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| **Fund** | **Sub-Advisory<br>Fee** |
| Alpha Architect US Equity ETF | 0.08% |
| Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF | 0.13% |

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As it relates to the Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF, Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF, Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF and Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF (the "Options-Based Funds"), subject to the supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board, and pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Alpha Architect, Alpha Architect is responsible for providing strategic investment advice and trend signals to Arin with respect to Arin's investment models. Alpha Architect may also provide research or advice with respect to valuation matters and infrastructure, among other matters, as requested by the Adviser and/or Arin.

For the services it provides to the Options-Based Funds, Alpha Architect is entitled to receive a management fee, which is calculated daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate based on a Fund's average daily net assets multiplied by the sub-advisory fee, as set forth below:

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| **Fund** | **Sub-Advisory<br>Fee** |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | 0.05% |

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The payment of a management fee by the Adviser to Alpha Architect is subject to the terms of the Fund sponsorship agreement described below.

The following table summarizes the affiliated persons of the Funds that are also affiliated persons of Alpha Architect.

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| **NAME** | **AFFILIATION WITH FUNDS** | **AFFILIATION WITH SUB-ADVISER** |
| Wesley R. Gray, PhD | Trustee, Chairman of the Trust; Portfolio Manager | Chief Investment Officer |
| John R. Vogel | Portfolio Manager | Chief Financial Officer |

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**Investment Sub-Adviser: Arin Risk Advisors, LLC**

The Trust, on behalf of the Options-Based Funds, and the Adviser have retained Arin Risk Advisors, LLC ("Arin"), 1100 East Hector Street, Suite 215, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2980, to serve as a sub-adviser for the Options-Based Funds. Subject to the supervision and oversight of the Adviser and the Board, and pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Arin (the "Arin Sub-Advisory Agreement"), Arin has discretion to purchase and sell securities in accordance with the Options-Based

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Funds' objectives, policies, and restrictions. Arin continuously reviews, supervises, and administers the Options-Based Funds' investment program subject to oversight by the Adviser and Alpha Architect.

For the services it provides to the Options-Based Funds, Arin is entitled to receive a management fee, which is calculated daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate based on a Fund's average daily net assets multiplied by the sub-advisory fee, as set forth below:

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| **Fund** | **Sub-Advisory<br>Fee** |
| Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 0.05% |
| Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF | 0.05% |

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The payment of a management fee by the Adviser to Arin is subject to the terms of the Fund sponsorship agreement described below.

The following table summarizes the affiliated persons of the Options-Based Funds that are also affiliated persons of Arin.

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| **NAME** | **AFFILIATION WITH FUND** | **AFFILIATION WITH ARIN** |
| Lawrence Lempert | Portfolio Manager | Trading Director and Chief Compliance Officer |
| Joseph DeSipio | Portfolio Manager | Co-Founder and Chief Market Strategist |
| Ryan Bailey | Portfolio Manager | Lead Portfolio Manager |

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**The Sub-Advisory Agreements**

In compliance with the 1940 Act, the Alpha Architect Sub-Advisory Agreement and the Arin Sub-Advisory Agreement were approved by the Trustees (including all the Independent Trustees) and holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares (if required by the 1940 Act). Each Sub-Advisory Agreement will continue in force for an initial period of two years. Thereafter, each Sub-Advisory Agreement is renewable from year to year with respect to the Fund, so long as its continuance is approved at least annually (1) by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for that purpose, of a majority of those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust; and (2) by the majority vote of either the full Board or the vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares. Each Sub-Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment, and is terminable at any time without penalty by vote of a majority of the Board or, with respect to the Fund, by a majority of the outstanding Shares of the Fund, or by the Adviser, upon 60 days' written notice to the Sub-Adviser, or by the Sub-Adviser on 90 days' written notice to the Adviser and the Trust. Each Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that the Sub-Adviser shall not be protected against any liability to the Trust or its shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, fraud, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard of its obligations or duties thereunder.

The Funds are new and therefore the Adviser has not paid management fees to the Sub-Adviser as of the date of this SAI.

**Sponsor**

*AA Equity Funds –* The Adviser has entered into a fund sponsorship agreement with its parent, Alpha Architect (the "AA Equity Funds Sponsor"), under which the AA Equity Funds Sponsor assumes the Adviser's obligation to pay some of the AA Equity Funds' expenses. Although the AA Equity Funds Sponsor has agreed to be responsible for paying some of the AA Equity Funds' expenses, the Adviser retains the ultimate obligation to the AA Equity Funds to pay them. For assuming those obligations, the Sponsor is entitled to share in the potential profits generated by the management and operation of the AA Equity Funds.

Every month, the Advisory Fee, which is a unitary management fee, is calculated and paid to the Adviser. If the amount of the unitary management fee exceeds a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, the Adviser pays the net total to Alpha Architect. The amount paid to Alpha Architect represents both the sub-advisory fee and any remaining profits from the Advisory Fee. During months where there are no profits or the funds are not sufficient to cover the entire sub-advisory fee, the sub-advisory fee is automatically waived. If the amount of the unitary management fee is less than a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, Alpha Architect is obligated to reimburse the Adviser for the shortfall.

*Options-Based Funds* – The Adviser, Alpha Architect, and Arin have entered into a fund sponsorship agreement, under which Alpha Architect and Arin, as the Options-Based Funds' sponsors, provides financial support to the Options-Based Funds and assumes the Adviser's obligation to pay some of the Options-Based Funds' expenses, including sub-advisory fees. Although Alpha Architect and

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Arin has agreed to be responsible for paying some of the Options-Based Funds' expenses, the Adviser retains the ultimate obligation to the Options-Based Funds to pay them.

Every month, the Advisory Fee, which is a unitary management fee, is calculated and paid to the Adviser. If the amount of the unitary management fee exceeds a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, the Adviser pays the net total to Alpha Architect and Arin. The amount paid to Alpha Architect and Arin represents both their respective sub-advisory fees (if any) and any remaining profits from the Advisory Fee. During months where there are no profits or the funds are not sufficient to cover the sub-advisory fees, the sub-advisory fees are automatically waived. If the amount of the unitary management fee is less than a Fund's operating expenses and the Adviser-retained amount, Alpha Architect and Arin are obligated to reimburse the Adviser for the shortfall.

**Custodian**

U.S. Bank National Association (the "Custodian"), located at 1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212, serves as the Custodian of each Fund's assets. The Custodian has agreed to: (1) make receipts and disbursements of money on behalf of the Funds, (2) collect and receive all income and other payments and distributions on account of each Fund's portfolio investments and (3) make periodic reports to the Funds concerning the Fund's operations. The Custodian does not exercise any supervisory function over the purchase and sale of securities. As compensation for these services, the Custodian receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly by the Adviser from its fees.

**Administrator, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent**

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services, (the "Administrator" or "Transfer Agent"), located at 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, serves as Administrator and Fund Accountant to the Funds. The Administrator provides the Funds with all required general administrative services, including, without limitation, clerical and general back office services; bookkeeping, internal accounting and secretarial services; the calculation of NAV; and the preparation and filing of all reports, updates to registration statements, and all other materials required to be filed or furnished by the Funds under federal and state securities laws. As compensation for these services, the Administrator receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly by the Adviser from its fees.

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC also serves as the Transfer Agent of each Fund's assets. The Transfer Agent has agreed to: (1) issue and redeem shares of the Funds in Creation Units, (2) make dividend and other distributions to shareholders of the Funds, (3) maintain shareholder accounts and (4) make periodic reports to the Funds. As compensation for these services, the Transfer Agent receives certain out-of-pocket costs and transaction fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly by the Adviser from its fees.

The Funds have not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI and therefore does not have any information regarding fees paid to the Administrator to report as of the date of this SAI.

**Securities Lending Agent**

U.S. Bank National Association is each Fund's securities lending agent. As of the date of this SAI, the Funds have not commenced operations and therefore did not have any securities lending information to report.

**<u>PORTFOLIO MANAGERS</u>**

Messrs. Gray and Vogel are portfolio managers for all the Funds, while Messrs. Lempert, DiSipio and Bailey are portfolio managers for the Options-Based Funds only. The following table shows the number of other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the reporting information is provided as of September 30, 2024:

The following information is applicable to Wesley R. Gray:

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| **Type of Accounts** | **Total Number of Accounts** | **Total Assets of Accounts (millions)** | **Total Number of Accounts with Performance Based Fees** | **Total Assets of Accounts with Performance Based Fees (millions)** |
| Registered Investment Companies | 6 | $912.33 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Accounts | 163 | $790.29 | 0 | $0 |

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The following information is applicable to John R. Vogel:

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| **Type of Accounts** | **Total Number of Accounts** | **Total Assets of Accounts (millions)** | **Total Number of Accounts with Performance Based Fees** | **Total Assets of Accounts with Performance Based Fees (millions)** |
| Registered Investment Companies | 6 | $912.33 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Accounts | 163 | $790.29 | 0 | $0 |

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The following information is applicable to Lawrence Lempert:

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| **Type of Accounts** | **Total Number of Accounts** | **Total<br>Assets of Accounts (millions)** | **Total Number of Accounts with Performance Based Fees** | **Total Assets of Accounts with Performance Based Fees (millions)** |
| Registered Investment Companies | 4 | $4219.00 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 1 | $2.00 | 1 | $2.00 |
| Other Accounts | 105 | $114.00 | 0 | $0 |

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The following information is applicable to Joseph DeSipio:

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| **Type of Accounts** | **Total Number of Accounts** | **Total<br>Assets of Accounts (millions)** | **Total Number of Accounts with Performance Based Fees** | **Total Assets of Accounts with Performance Based Fees (millions)** |
| Registered Investment Companies | 2 | $4217.00 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Accounts | 105 | $114.00 | 0 | $0 |

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The following information is applicable to Ryan Bailey:

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| **Type of Accounts** | **Total Number of Accounts** | **Total<br>Assets of Accounts (millions)** | **Total Number of Accounts with Performance Based Fees** | **Total Assets of Accounts with Performance Based Fees (millions)** |
| Registered Investment Companies | 3 | $3983 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 1 | $2.00 | 1 | $2.00 |
| Other Accounts | 48 | $24.00 | 0 | $0 |

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The following table provides the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each portfolio manager in the Funds as of September 30, 2024.

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| | **Portfolio Manager** | **Portfolio Manager** | **Portfolio Manager** | **Portfolio Manager** | **Portfolio Manager** |
| | **Wesley Gray** | **John Vogel** | **Lawrence Lempert** | **Joseph DeSipio** | **Ryan Bailey** |
| | ***Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned*** | ***Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned*** | ***Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned*** | ***Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned*** | ***Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned*** |
| **AAUS** | None | None | None | None | None |
| **AAGL** | None | None | None | None | None |
| **BOXS** | None | None | None | None | None |
| **BOXI** | None | None | None | None | None |
| **BOXL** | None | None | None | None | None |
| **BOXA** | None | None | None | None | None |
| **BOXP** | None | None | None | None | None |
| **BOXR** | None | None | None | None | None |

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The Funds have not commenced operation as of the date of this SAI.

**Potential Conflicts of Interest** 

A portfolio manager's management of "other accounts" may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with his/her management of each Fund's investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other. The other accounts may have the same investment objective as a Fund. Therefore, a potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the identical investment objectives, whereby a portfolio manager could favor one account over another. Another potential conflict could include a portfolio manager's knowledge about the size, timing and possible market impact of a Funds trades, whereby a portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of other accounts and to the disadvantage of a Fund.

**Alpha Architect – Portfolio Managers**

The portfolio managers' management of "other accounts" may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with their management of the Funds' investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other. The other accounts may have the same investment objective as the Funds. Therefore, a potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the identical investment objectives, whereby a portfolio manager could favor one account over another. Another potential conflict could include a portfolio manager's knowledge about the size, timing and possible market impact of Fund trades, whereby the portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of other accounts and to the disadvantage of the Funds.

The Sub-Adviser has established policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the purchase and sale of securities among all accounts it manages are fairly and equitably allocated. There can be no assurance that these policies and procedures will be effective, however.

**Arin – Portfolio Managers**

Each portfolio manager's management of "other accounts" may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with his management of the Fund's investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other. The other accounts consist of separately managed private clients ("Other Accounts"). The Other Accounts might have similar investment objectives as the Fund, be compared to the same index as the Fund, or otherwise hold, purchase, or sell securities that are eligible to be held, purchased, or sold by the Fund.

Knowledge of the Timing and Size of Fund Trades: A potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the portfolio manager's day-to-day management of the Fund. The portfolio manager knows the size and timing of trades for the Fund and the Other Accounts, and may be able to predict the market impact of Fund trades. It is theoretically possible that the portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of Other Accounts it manages and to the possible detriment of the Fund, or vice versa.

Investment Opportunities: The Sub-Adviser provides investment supervisory services for a number of investment products that have varying investment guidelines. The portfolio manager works across different investment products. Differences in the compensation structures of the Sub-Adviser's investment products may give rise to a conflict of interest by creating an incentive for the Sub-Adviser to allocate the investment opportunities it believes might be the most profitable to the client accounts where it might benefit the most from the investment gains.

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**Compensation**

**Alpha Architect – Portfolio Managers**

Messrs. Gray and Vogel's compensation is comprised of both fixed and variable components – the variable component is a potential bonus that is dependent upon the overall profitability of the Adviser's parent company. The Adviser's parent company is the sub-adviser to the Funds.

**Arin – Portfolio Managers**

The portfolio managers' compensation varies with the general success of Arin as a firm. Each portfolio manager's compensation is variable in that it is based on net revenue after all firm expenses and profit sharing. The portfolio managers' compensation is not directly linked to the Fund's performance, although positive performance and growth in managed assets are factors that may contribute to Arin's distributable profits and assets under management.

**<u>PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE</u>**

**Brokerage Transactions - AA Equity Funds**

Depending on prevailing market conditions, portfolio changes will generally be implemented through in-kind transactions (including a Cash Component or Cash Redemption Amount as applicable) for Creation Units or, in certain limited situations, through cash-only transactions for Creation Units. In connection with an in-kind component, the Adviser may nonetheless execute brokerage transactions for a Fund and a Fund may incur brokerage commissions, particularly during the early stages of the Funds' development or in the case of transactions involving realized losses. In connection with the cash component (or with an all cash transaction), the Adviser will execute brokerage transactions for a Fund in connection with portfolio changes. Generally, equity securities are bought and sold through brokerage transactions for which commissions are payable. Purchases from underwriters will include the underwriting commission or concession, and purchases from dealers serving as market makers will include a dealer's mark-up or reflect a dealer's mark-down. Money market securities and other debt securities are usually bought and sold directly from the issuer or an underwriter or market maker for the securities. Generally, the Funds will not pay brokerage commissions for such purchases. When a debt security is bought from an underwriter, the purchase price will usually include an underwriting commission or concession. The purchase price for securities bought from dealers serving as market makers will similarly include the dealer's mark-up or reflect a dealer's mark-down. When a Fund executes transactions in the over-the-counter market, it will generally deal with primary market makers unless prices that are more favorable are otherwise obtainable.

In addition, the Adviser may place a combined order, often referred to as "bunching," for two or more accounts it manages, including the Funds, engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security or other instrument if, in its judgment, joint execution is in the best interest of each participant and will result in best price and execution. Transactions involving commingled orders are allocated in a manner deemed equitable to each account or Fund. Although it is recognized that, in some cases, the joint execution of orders could adversely affect the price or volume of the security that a particular account or a Fund may obtain, it is the opinion of the Adviser and the Board that the advantages of combined orders outweigh the possible disadvantages of separate transactions. In addition, in some instances a Fund effecting the larger portion of a combined order may not benefit to the same extent as participants effecting smaller portions of the combined order. Nonetheless, the Adviser believes that the ability of a Fund to participate in higher volume transactions will generally be beneficial to the Fund.

**Brokerage Selection - AA Equity Funds** 

The Trust does not expect to use one particular broker-dealer to effect the AA Equity Funds' portfolio transactions. When one or more broker-dealers is believed capable of providing the best combination of price and execution, the Adviser may not select a broker-dealer based on the lowest commission rate available for a particular transaction. The Adviser does not currently use soft dollars.

**Brokerage Transactions and Selection - Options-Based Funds**

Arin executes portfolio transactions for the Options-Based Funds. Arin may not give consideration to sales of shares of a Fund as a factor in selecting broker-dealers to execute portfolio securities transactions. Arin may, however, place portfolio transactions with broker-dealers that promote or sell the Fund's shares so long as such transactions are done in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Trustees that are designed to ensure that the selection is based on the quality of the broker's execution and not on its sales efforts. In selecting brokers to be used in portfolio transactions, Arin seeks to obtain the best overall execution for each trade, which is a combination of price and execution. With respect to execution, Arin considers a number of discretionary factors, including, without limitation, the actual handling of the order, the ability of the broker to settle the trade promptly and accurately, the financial standing of the broker, the ability of the broker to position stock to facilitate execution, Arin's past experience with similar trades, and other factors that may be unique to a particular order. Recognizing the value of these discretionary factors, Arin may select

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brokers who charge a brokerage commission that is higher than the lowest commission that might otherwise be available for any given trade.

The Options-Based Funds' fixed income portfolio transactions may be executed through broker-dealers on an agency basis or be principal transactions executed in OTC markets on a "net" basis, which may include a dealer mark up. Where possible, Arin will deal directly with the broker-dealers who make a market in the securities involved except in those circumstances where better prices and execution are available elsewhere. Such broker-dealers usually act as principal for their own account.

The Options-Based Funds may participate, if and when practicable, in bidding for the purchase of a Fund's securities directly from an issuer in order to take advantage of the lower purchase price available to members of a bidding group. A Fund will engage in this practice, however, only when Arin, in its sole discretion, believes such practice to be otherwise in the Fund's interest.

*Aggregated Trades.* While investment decisions for the Options-Based Funds are made independently of Arin's other client accounts, Arin's other client accounts may invest in the same securities as the Fund. To the extent permitted by law, Arin may aggregate the securities to be sold or purchased for a Fund with those to be sold or purchased for other investment companies or accounts in executing transactions. When a purchase or sale of the same security is made at substantially the same time on behalf of the Fund and another investment company or account, the transaction will be averaged as to price and available investments allocated as to amount in a manner which Arin believes to be equitable to the Fund and such other investment company or account. In some instances, this investment procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by a Fund or the size of the position obtained or sold by the Fund.

The Funds have not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI and therefore does not have brokerage commissions to report.

**Brokerage with Fund Affiliates** 

Although not expected, the Funds may execute brokerage or other agency transactions through registered broker-dealer affiliates of the Funds, the Adviser, Arin, Alpha Architect, LLC or the Distributor for a commission in conformity with the Investment Company Act, the 1934 Act and rules promulgated by the SEC. Under the Investment Company Act and the 1934 Act, affiliated broker-dealers are permitted to receive and retain compensation for effecting portfolio transactions for a Fund on an exchange if a written contract is in effect between the affiliate and the Fund expressly permitting the affiliate to receive and retain such compensation. These rules further require that commissions paid to the affiliate by a Fund for exchange transactions not exceed "usual and customary" brokerage commissions. The rules define "usual and customary" commissions to include amounts that are "reasonable and fair compared to the commission, fee or other remuneration received or to be received by other brokers in connection with comparable transactions involving similar securities being purchased or sold on a securities exchange during a comparable period of time." The Board, including those who are not "interested persons" of the Funds, has adopted procedures for evaluating the reasonableness of commissions paid to affiliates and reviews these procedures periodically. The Funds have not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI and therefore does not have transactions with affiliates to report.

**Securities of "Regular Broker-Dealers"** 

The Funds are required to identify any securities of their "regular brokers and dealers" (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act) that the Funds may hold at the close of their most recent fiscal year. "Regular brokers and dealers" of the Trust are the ten brokers or dealers that, during the most recent fiscal year: (i) received the greatest dollar amounts of brokerage commissions from the Trust's portfolio transactions; (ii) engaged as principal in the largest dollar amounts of portfolio transactions of the Trust; or (iii) sold the largest dollar amounts of the Trust's shares.

The Fund has not commenced operations as of the date of this SAI and therefore does not hold any securities of "regular broker dealers."

**<u>THE DISTRIBUTOR</u>**

Quasar Distributors, LLC (the "Distributor"), located at Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101, serves as the Distributor for the Funds.

Shares will be continuously offered for sale by the Trust through the Distributor only in Creation Units, as described below under "Transactions in Creation Units." Shares in less than Creation Units are not distributed by the Distributor. The Distributor also acts as agent for the Trust. The Distributor will deliver a Prospectus to persons purchasing Shares in Creation Units and will maintain records of both orders placed with it and confirmations of acceptance furnished by it. The Distributor is a broker-dealer registered under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA. The Distributor has no role in determining the investment policies of the Funds or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Funds.

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The Board has adopted the Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act. In accordance with its Plan, each Fund is authorized to pay an amount of 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year for certain distribution-related activities. The Plan was adopted in order to permit the implementation of the Funds' method of distribution. No fees are currently paid by any Fund under the Plan. In the event such fees were to be charged, over time they would increase the cost of an investment in a Fund because they would be paid on an ongoing basis. If fees were charged under each Plan, the Trustees would receive and review at the end of each quarter a written report provided by the Distributor of the amounts expended under the Plan and the purpose for which such expenditures were made.

Each Plan will remain in effect for a period of one year and is renewable from year to year with respect to a Fund, so long as its continuance is approved at least annually (1) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees, and (2) by a vote of the majority of those Independent Trustees who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the Plan (the "Rule 12b-1 Trustees"), cast in person (or virtually, if permitted) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Plans may not be amended to increase materially the amount of fees paid by any Fund unless such amendment is approved by an Investment Company Act majority vote of the outstanding shares and by the Fund Trustees in the manner described above. A Plan is terminable with respect to a Fund at any time by a vote of a majority of the Rule 12b-1 Trustees or by an Investment Company Act majority vote of the outstanding shares.

**<u>ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS</u>**

**Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** 

Tait, Weller & Baker LLP, 50 South 16<sup>th</sup> Street, Suite 2900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, serves as the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the annual financial statements of the Fund.

**Legal Counsel** 

Practus, LLP, 11300 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 310, Leawood, Kansas 66211, serves as legal counsel to the Trust.

**<u>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SHARES</u>**

**Organization and Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest** 

The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust and registered open-end investment company. The Trust was organized on October 11, 2013 and has authorized capital of an unlimited number of Shares of beneficial interest of no par value that may be issued in more than one class or series. Currently, the Trust consists of multiple series, including each Fund discussed in this SAI ("each Fund"). The Board may designate additional series and classify Shares of a particular series into one or more classes of that series.

Under Delaware law, the Trust is not required to hold an annual meeting of shareholders if the Investment Company Act does not require such a meeting, which it does not. Generally, there will not be annual meetings of Trust shareholders, but if requested by shareholders of at least 10% of the outstanding Shares of the Trust, the Trust will call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Trustees, provided that the Shareholders requesting such meeting shall have paid the Trust the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing the notice thereof.

All Shares are freely transferable. Shares will not have preemptive rights or cumulative voting rights, and none of the Shares will have any preference to conversion, exchange, dividends, retirements, liquidation, redemption or any other feature. Shares have equal voting rights. The Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust confers upon the Board the power to alter the number of Shares constituting a Creation Unit or to specify that Shares may be individually redeemable. The Trust reserves the right to adjust the stock prices of Shares to maintain convenient trading ranges for investors. Any such adjustments would be accomplished through stock splits or reverse stock splits that would have no effect on the NAV of each Fund.

The Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust disclaims liability of the shareholders or the officers of the Trust for acts or obligations of the Trust that are binding only on the assets and property of the Trust. The Agreement and Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification out of each Fund's property for all loss and expense of such Fund's shareholders being held personally liable solely by reason of his or her being or having been a shareholder and not because of his or her acts or omissions or for some other reason. The risk of a Trust shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the applicable Fund itself would not be able to meet the Trust's obligations and this risk should be considered remote.

If the applicable Fund does not grow to a size to permit it to be economically viable, s Fund may cease operations. In such an event, shareholders may be required to liquidate or transfer their Shares at an inopportune time and shareholders may lose money on their investment.

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**Book Entry Only System** 

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the section in the Prospectus entitled "Book Entry."

DTC acts as securities depository for Shares. Shares are represented by securities registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, Cede & Co., and deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC.

DTC, a limited purpose trust company, was created to hold securities of its participants (the "DTC Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among the DTC Participants in such securities through electronic book entry changes in accounts of the DTC Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives) own DTC. More specifically, DTC is owned by a number of its DTC Participants and by the NYSE, NYSE Amex Equities and FINRA. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly (the "Indirect Participants").

Beneficial ownership of Shares is limited to DTC Participants, Indirect Participants and persons holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in Shares (owners of such beneficial interests are referred to herein as "Beneficial Owners") is shown on, and the transfer of ownership is effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to DTC Participants) and on the records of DTC Participants (with respect to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners that are not DTC Participants). Beneficial Owners will receive from or through the DTC Participant a written confirmation relating to their purchase and sale of Shares.

Conveyance of all notices, statements and other communications to Beneficial Owners is effected as follows. Pursuant to the Depositary Agreement between the Trust and DTC, DTC is required to make available to the Trust upon request and for a fee to be charged to the Trust a listing of the Shares held by each DTC Participant. The Trust shall inquire of each such DTC Participant, directly or through one or more intermediaries, as to the number of Beneficial Owners holding Shares, directly or indirectly, through such DTC Participant. The Trust shall provide each such DTC Participant with copies of such notice, statement or other communication, in such form, number and at such place as such DTC Participant may reasonably request, in order that such notice, statement or communication may be transmitted by such DTC Participant, directly or indirectly, to such Beneficial Owners. In addition, the Trust shall pay to each such DTC Participant a fair and reasonable amount as reimbursement for the expenses attendant to such transmittal, all subject to applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

Fund distributions shall be made to DTC or Cede & Co., as the registered holder of all Shares. DTC or Cede & Co., upon receipt of any such distributions, shall immediately credit DTC Participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in Shares as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. Payments by DTC Participants to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners of Shares held through such DTC Participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, and will be the responsibility of such DTC Participants.

The Trust has no responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or notices to Beneficial Owners, or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in such Shares, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for any other aspect of the relationship between DTC and the DTC Participants or the relationship between such DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners owning through such DTC Participants.

DTC may decide to discontinue providing its service with respect to Shares at any time by giving reasonable notice to the Trust and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Trust shall take action to find a replacement for DTC to perform its functions, though there can be no guarantee that such services would be available at a comparable cost.

**Transactions In Creation Units**

Each Fund sells and redeems Shares in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without a sales load, at the NAV next determined after receipt of an order in proper form on any Business Day. As of the date of this SAI, the Exchange observes the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. No Fund will issue fractional Creation Units, except in conjunction with a merger or reorganization or for the receipt of securities in-kind at the commencement of the Fund's operations.

The Board may declare a split or a consolidation in the number of Shares outstanding of a Fund or the Trust and make a corresponding change in the number of Shares in a Creation Unit.

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To purchase or redeem any Creation Units from a Fund, you must be, or transact through, an Authorized Participant. In order to be an Authorized Participant, you must be a member or participant of a clearing agency registered with the SEC and have a written agreement (a "Participant Agreement") with the applicable Fund or one of its service providers that allows the Authorized Participant to place orders for the purchase and redemption of creation units.

Transactions by an Authorized Participant that is a participant in the Continuous Net Settlement System ("Clearing Process") of the NSCC using the NSCC system are referred to as transactions "through the Clearing Process." Transactions by an Authorized Participant that is a participant in DTC with access to the DTC system ("DTC Participant") using the DTC system are referred to as transactions "outside the Clearing Process."

Investors who are not Authorized Participants but want to transact in Creation Units may contact the Distributor for the names of Authorized Participants. An Authorized Participant may require investors to enter into a separate agreement to transact through it for Creation Units and may require orders for purchases of shares placed with it to be in a particular form. Investors should be aware that their broker may not be an Authorized Participant and, therefore, may need to place any order to purchase or redeem Creation Units through another broker or person that is an Authorized Participant, which may result in additional charges. There are expected to be a limited number of Authorized Participants at any one time.

Orders must be transmitted by an Authorized Participant by telephone or other transmission method acceptable to the Distributor pursuant to procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement. Market disruptions and telephone or other communication failures may impede the transmission of orders.

**Purchasing Creation Units** 

Shares may be purchased only in Creation Units at their NAV next determined after receipt of a purchase request in proper form by the applicable Fund through the Distributor and only on a Business Day.

*Fund Deposit.* The consideration for a Creation Unit of a Fund is the "Fund Deposit". The Fund Deposit will consist of the In-Kind Creation Basket and Cash Component (computed as described below), or an all cash payment ("Cash Value"), as determined by the Adviser to be in the best interest of the applicable Fund. The standard Fund Deposit with respect to each Fund can be found in the table at the end of this section (the "Order Information Table").

The Cash Component will typically include an amount reflecting the difference, if any, between the NAV of a Creation Unit and the market value of the securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket ("Balancing Amount"). If the NAV per Creation Unit exceeds the market value of the securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket, the purchaser pays the Balancing Amount to the applicable Fund. By contrast, if the NAV per Creation Unit is less than the market value of the securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket, the Fund pays the Balancing Amount to the purchaser. The Balancing Amount ensures that the consideration paid by an investor for a Creation Unit is exactly equal to the value of the Creation Unit.

The Transfer Agent, in a portfolio composition file sent via the NSCC, generally makes available on each Business Day, immediately prior to the opening of business on the Exchange (currently 9:30 a.m., Eastern time), a list of the names and the required number of shares of each security (or contracts of each option) in the In-Kind Creation Basket to be included in the current Fund Deposit for the applicable Fund (based on information about such Fund's portfolio at the end of the previous Business Day) (subject to amendment or correction). If applicable, the Transfer Agent, through the NSCC, also makes available on each Business Day the estimated Cash Component or Cash Value per Creation Unit based on the previous Business Day.

The announced Fund Deposit is applicable, subject to any adjustments as described below, for purchases of Creation Units of a Fund until such time as the next-announced Fund Deposit is made available. From day to day, the composition of the In-Kind Creation Basket may change as, among other things, corporate actions and investment decisions by the Adviser are implemented for the applicable Fund's portfolio. All questions as to the composition of the In-Kind Creation Basket and the validity, form, eligibility, and acceptance for deposit of any securities shall be determined by the applicable Fund, and such Fund's determination shall be final and binding. Each Fund reserves the right to accept a nonconforming (*i.e.*, custom) Fund Deposit.

Payment of any stamp duty or the like shall be the sole responsibility of the Authorized Participant purchasing a Creation Unit. The Authorized Participant must ensure that all Deposit Securities properly denote change in beneficial ownership.

*Cash in lieu.* Each Fund may, in its sole discretion, permit or require the substitution of an amount of cash ("c

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ash in lieu") to be added to the Cash Component to replace any security in the In-Kind Creation Basket. Each Fund may permit or require cash in lieu when, for example, the securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or may not be eligible for transfer through the systems of DTC or the Clearing Process. Similarly, each Fund may permit or require cash in lieu when, for example, the Authorized Participant or its underlying investor is restricted under U.S. or local securities law or policies from transacting in one or more securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket. Each Fund will comply with the federal securities laws in accepting securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket, including the securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket that are sold in transactions that would be exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

In all cases, cash and securities should be transferred to the applicable Fund by the "Settlement Date," which, unless extended as noted below, is generally the Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date (as defined below). The Settlement Date may be extended if deemed to be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders by the Adviser. Persons placing custom orders or orders involving Cash Value should be aware of time deadlines imposed by intermediaries, such as DTC and/or the Federal Reserve Bank wire system, which may delay the delivery of cash and securities by the Settlement Date.

*Placement of Creation Orders*.** All purchase orders must be placed by or through an Authorized Participant. To order a Creation Unit, an Authorized Participant must submit an irrevocable purchase order to the Distributor. In-kind (portions of) purchase orders will be processed through the Clearing Process when it is available. The Clearing Process is an enhanced clearing process that is available only for certain securities and only to DTC Participants that are also participants in the Clearing Process of the NSCC. In-kind (portions of) purchase orders not subject to the Clearing Process will go through a manual clearing process run by DTC. Fund Deposits that include government securities must be delivered through the Federal Reserve Bank wire transfer system ("Federal Reserve System"). Fund Deposits that include cash may be delivered through the Clearing Process or the Federal Reserve System. Certain orders for a Fund may be made outside the Clearing Process. In-kind deposits of securities for such orders must be delivered through the Federal Reserve System (for government securities) or through DTC (for corporate securities) and/or through such other arrangements allowed by the Trust or its agents.

*Orders Using the Clearing Process.* In connection with creation orders made through the Clearing Process, the Distributor transmits, on behalf of the Authorized Participant, such trade instructions as are necessary to effect the creation order. Pursuant to such trade instructions, the Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the requisite Fund Deposit to the Trust, together with such additional information as may be required by the Distributor. An order to create Creation Units through the Clearing Process is deemed received by the Distributor on the Business Day that the next NAV of the applicable Fund is calculated (the "Transmittal Date") if (i) such order is received by the Distributor by the applicable cut-off time (see the Order Information Table below) and (ii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed. Cash Components will be delivered using either the Clearing Process or the Federal Reserve System, as described below.

*Orders Outside the Clearing Process.* Fund Deposits made outside the Clearing Process must state that the DTC Participant is not using the Clearing Process and that the creation of Creation Units will instead be effected through a transfer of securities and cash directly through DTC. With respect to such orders, the Fund Deposit transfer must be ordered by the DTC Participant on the Transmittal Date in a timely fashion so as to ensure the delivery of the requisite number of securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket (whether standard or custom) through DTC to the relevant Trust account by 11:00 a.m., Eastern time (the "DTC Cut-Off Time") on the Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date (unless extended as described herein). The amount of cash equal to the Cash Component, along with any cash in lieu and Transaction Fee (see Transaction Fees below and the Order Information Table below), must be transferred directly to the Custodian through the Federal Reserve Bank wire transfer system in a timely manner so as to be received by the Custodian no later than 12:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date (unless extended as described herein). The delivery of corporate securities through DTC must occur by 3:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date (unless extended as described herein). The delivery of government securities through the Federal Reserve System must occur by 3:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date (unless extended as described herein).

An order to create Creation Units outside the Clearing Process is deemed received by the Distributor on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is received by the Distributor by the by the applicable cut-off time (see Purchase and Redemption Cut-Off Times below and the Order Information Table below) and (ii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed. If the Custodian does not receive both the required In-Kind Creation Basket by the DTC Cut-Off Time (unless extended as described herein) and the Cash Component and applicable Transaction Fee by the appointed time, such order may be canceled. Upon written notice to the Distributor, a canceled order may be resubmitted the following Business Day using a Fund Deposit as newly constituted to reflect the then-current In-Kind Creation Basket and Cash Component. Generally, the delivery of Creation Units so created will generally occur no later than the Business Day following the day on which the order is deemed received by the Distributor. The Settlement Date may be extended if deemed to be in the best interests of the applicable Fund and its shareholders by the Adviser. Authorized Participants that submit a canceled order will be liable to the applicable Fund for any losses resulting therefrom.

Orders involving foreign securities are expected to be settled outside the Clearing Process. Thus, upon receipt of an irrevocable purchase order, the Distributor will notify the Adviser and the Custodian of such order. The Custodian, who will have caused the appropriate local sub-custodian(s) of the applicable Fund to maintain an account into which an Authorized Participant may deliver the Fund Deposit (or cash in lieu), with adjustments determined by the applicable Fund, will then provide information of the order to such local sub-custodian(s). The Authorized Participant must also make available on or before the Settlement, by means satisfactory to the applicable Fund, immediately available or same day funds in U.S. dollars estimated by the applicable Fund to be sufficient to pay the Cash Component and Transaction Fee.

While, as stated above, Creation Units are generally delivered the Business Day following the day on which the order is deemed received by the Distributor, except the applicable Fund may settle Creation Unit transactions on a basis other than the one described above to accommodate foreign market holiday schedules, to account for different treatment among foreign and U.S. markets of dividend record dates and ex-dividend dates (that is the last day the holder of a security can sell the security and still receive dividends payable on the security), and in certain other circumstances.

*Acceptance of Orders for Creation Units.* The Trust reserves the right to reject a creation order transmitted to it by the Distributor with respect to a Fund if: (i) the order is not in proper form; (ii) the securities delivered do not conform to the In-Kind Creation Basket for the relevant date; (iii) acceptance of the Fund Deposit would, in the opinion of counsel, be unlawful; or (iv) in the event that circumstances that are outside the control of the Trust, Custodian, Distributor, and Adviser make it practically impossible to process creation orders. Examples of such circumstances include acts of God; public service or utility problems resulting in telephone, telecopy and computer failures; fires, floods, or extreme weather conditions; market conditions or activities causing trading halts; systems failures involving computer or other information systems affecting the Trust, the Adviser, the Distributor, DTC, NSCC, the Custodian or sub-custodian or any other participant in the creation process; and similar extraordinary events. The Distributor shall notify an Authorized Participant of its or the Trust's rejection of the order. Each Fund, the Custodian, any sub-custodian, and the Distributor are under no duty, however, to give notification of any defects or irregularities in the delivery of Fund Deposits, and they shall not incur any liability for the failure to give any such notification.

*Issuance of a Creation Unit.* Once a Fund has accepted a creation order, upon next determination of the applicable Fund's NAV, such Fund will confirm the issuance of a Creation Unit, against receipt of payment, at such NAV. The Distributor will transmit a confirmation of acceptance to the Authorized Participant that placed the order.

Except as provided below, a Creation Unit will not be issued until the applicable Fund obtains good title to the In-Kind Creation Basket securities and the Cash Component, along with any cash in lieu and Transaction Fee .

In certain cases, Authorized Participants will create and redeem Creation Units on the same trade date. In these instances, the Trust reserves the right to settle these transactions on a net basis.

With respect to orders involving foreign securities, when the applicable local sub-custodian(s) has confirmed to the Custodian that the In-Kind Creation Basket (or cash in lieu) has been delivered to the applicable Fund's account at the applicable sub-custodian(s), the Distributor and the Adviser shall be notified of such delivery, and such Fund will issue and cause the delivery of the Creation Unit.

Creation Units may be created in advance of receipt by the Trust of all or a portion of the applicable In-Kind Creation Basket, provided the purchaser tenders an initial deposit consisting of any available securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket and cash equal to the sum of the Cash Component and at least 105% of the market value, as adjusted from time to time by the Adviser, of the In-Kind Creation Basket securities not delivered ("Additional Cash Deposit"). Such initial deposit will have a value greater than the NAV of the Creation Unit on the date the order is placed.

To the extent securities in the In-Kind Creation Basket remain undelivered, pending delivery of such securities additional cash will be required to be deposited with the Trust as necessary to maintain an Additional Cash Deposit equal to at least 105% (as adjusted by the Adviser) of the daily marked-to-market value of the missing securities. To the extent that either (i) such securities are still not received by 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the second Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is deemed received by the Distributor or (ii) a marked-to-market payment is not made within one Business Day following notification to the purchaser and/or Authorized Participant that such a payment is required, the Trust may use the cash on deposit to purchase the missing securities, and the Authorized Participant effectuating such transaction will be liable to the applicable Fund for any costs incurred therein or losses resulting therefrom, including any Transaction Fee, any amount by which the actual purchase price of the missing securities exceeds the Additional Cash Deposit or the market value of such securities on the day the purchase order was deemed received by the Distributor, as well as brokerage and related transaction costs. The Trust will return any unused portion of the Additional Cash Deposit once all of the missing securities have been received by the Trust.

*Cash Purchase Method.* When cash purchases of Creation Units are available or specified for a Fund, they will be effected in essentially the same manner as in-kind purchases. In the case of a cash purchase, the investor must pay the cash equivalent of the Fund Deposit. In addition, cash purchases may be subject to Transaction Fees as described below. A cash purchase may cause a Fund to incur certain costs that it would not have had the purchase been in-kind. These costs may include brokerage costs, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades by such Fund. To the extent that these costs are not offset by the Transaction Fees the applicable Fund's NAV will be negatively impacted.

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**Redeeming Creation Units** 

Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units at their NAV next determined after receipt of a redemption request in proper form by each Fund through the Distributor and only on a Business Day.

*Fund Redemptions.* The redemption proceeds for a Creation Unit will consist of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and a Cash Redemption Amount (computed as described below), or the Cash Value, in all instances equal to the value of a Creation Unit.

There can be no assurance that there will be sufficient liquidity in Shares in the secondary market to permit assembly of a Creation Unit. In addition, investors may incur brokerage and other costs in connection with assembling a Creation Unit.

The Cash Redemption Amount will typically include a Balancing Amount, reflecting the difference, if any, between the NAV of a Creation Unit and the market value of the securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket. If the NAV per Creation Unit exceeds the market value of the securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket, each Fund pays the Balancing Amount to the redeeming investor. By contrast, if the NAV per Creation Unit is less than the market value of the securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket, the redeeming investor pays the Balancing Amount to each Fund.

The composition of the In-Kind Creation Basket will normally be the same as the composition of the In-Kind Redemption Basket. Otherwise, the In-Kind Redemption Basket will be made available by the Adviser or Transfer Agent. Each Fund reserves the right to accept a nonconforming (*i.e.*, custom) Fund Redemption.

In lieu of an In-Kind Redemption Basket and Cash Redemption Amount, Creation Units may be redeemed consisting solely for the Cash Value if permitted or required by each Fund in its sole discretion. Such redemptions for each Fund may be subject to a variable charge, as explained below. If applicable, information about the Cash Value will be made available by the Adviser or Transfer Agent.

From day to day, the composition of the In-Kind Redemption Basket may change as, among other things, corporate actions are implemented for each Fund's portfolio. All questions as to the composition of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and the validity, form, eligibility, and acceptance for deposit of any securities shall be determined by each Fund, and each Fund's determination shall be final and binding.

The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed: (i) for any period during which the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings); (ii) for any period during which trading on the NYSE is suspended or restricted; (iii) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of the Shares or determination of each Fund's NAV is not reasonably practicable; or (iv) in such other circumstances as permitted by the SEC, including as described below.

*Cash in lieu.* Each Fund may, in its sole discretion, permit or require the substitution of an amount of cash ("cash in lieu") to be added to the Cash Redemption Amount to replace any security in the In-Kind Redemption Basket. Each Fund may permit or require cash in lieu when, for example, the securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket may not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or may not be eligible for transfer through the systems of DTC or the Clearing Process. Similarly, each Fund may permit or require cash in lieu when, for example, the Authorized Participant or its underlying investor is restricted under U.S. or local securities law or policies from transacting in one or more securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket. Each Fund will comply with the federal securities laws in satisfying redemptions with the applicable In-Kind Redemption Basket, including the securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket that are sold in transactions that would be exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

*Placement of Redemption Orders.* Redemptions must be placed to the Transfer Agent through the Distributor. In addition, redemption orders must be processed either through the DTC process or the Clearing Process. To redeem a Creation Unit, an Authorized Participant must submit an irrevocable redemption order to the Distributor.

An Authorized Participant submitting a redemption order is deemed to represent to each Fund that it or, if applicable, the investor on whose behalf it is acting, (i) owns outright or has full legal authority and legal beneficial right to tender for redemption the Creation Unit to be redeemed and can receive the entire proceeds of the redemption, and (ii) all of the Shares in the Creation Unit to be redeemed have not been borrowed, loaned, or pledged to another party nor are they the subject of a repurchase agreement, securities lending agreement, or such other arrangement which would preclude the delivery of such Shares to the applicable Fund. Each Fund reserves the absolute right, in its sole discretion, to verify these representations, but will typically require verification in connection with higher levels of redemption activity and/or short interest in the applicable Fund. If the Authorized Participant, upon receipt of a verification report, does not provide sufficient verification of the requested representations, the redemption order will not be considered to be in proper form and may be rejected by the applicable Fund.

In certain cases, Authorized Participants will create and redeem Creation Units on the same trade date. In these instances, the Trust reserves the right to settle these transactions on a net basis.

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*Placement of Redemption Orders Using Clearing Process.* Orders to redeem Creation Units through the Clearing Process are deemed received by the Trust on the Transmittal Date if (i) such order is received by the Transfer Agent not later than the Standard Cut-Off Time, and (ii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed. Orders deemed received will be effectuated based on the NAV of each Fund as next determined. An order to redeem Creation Units using the Clearing Process made in proper form but received by the Trust after the Standard Cut-Off Time will be deemed received on the Transmittal Date and will be effected at the NAV determined on such Transmittal Date. In connection with such orders, the Distributor transmits on behalf of the Authorized Participant such trade instructions as are necessary to effect the redemption. Pursuant to such trade instructions, the Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the requisite Creation Unit(s) to the applicable Fund, together with such additional information as may be required by the Distributor. Cash Redemption Amounts will be delivered using either the Clearing Process or the Federal Reserve System. The applicable In-Kind Redemption Basket and the Cash Redemption Amount will be transferred to the investor by the second NSCC business day following the date on which such request for redemption is deemed received.

*Placement of Redemption Orders Outside Clearing Process.* Orders to redeem Creation Units outside the Clearing Process must state that the DTC Participant is not using the Clearing Process and that redemption of Creation Units will instead be effected through transfer of Shares directly through DTC. Such orders are deemed received by the Trust on the Transmittal Date if: (i) such order is received by the Transfer Agent not later than the Standard Cut-Off Time; (ii) such order is accompanied or followed by the delivery of both (a) the Creation Unit(s), which delivery must be made through DTC to the Custodian no later than the DTC Cut-Off Time on the Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date (unless extended as described herein) and (b) the Cash Redemption Amount by 12:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Business Day immediately following the Transmittal Date (unless extended as described herein); and (iii) all other procedures set forth in the Participant Agreement are properly followed. After the Trust has deemed such an order received, the Trust will initiate procedures to transfer, and expect to deliver, the requisite In-Kind Redemption Basket and/or any Cash Redemption Amount owed to the redeeming party by the second Business Day following the Transmittal Date on which such redemption order is deemed received by the Trust.

Orders involving foreign securities are expected to be settled outside the Clearing Process. Thus, upon receipt of an irrevocable redemption order, the Distributor will notify the Adviser and the Custodian. The Custodian will then provide information of the redemption to each Fund's local sub-custodian(s). The redeeming Authorized Participant, or the investor on whose behalf it is acting, will have established appropriate arrangements with a broker-dealer, bank or other custody provider in each jurisdiction in which the securities are customarily traded and to which such securities (and any cash in lieu) can be delivered from the applicable Fund's accounts at the applicable local sub-custodian(s).

The calculation of the value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and the Cash Redemption Amount to be delivered/received upon redemption will be made by the Custodian computed on the Business Day on which a redemption order is deemed received by the Trust. Therefore, if a redemption order in proper form is submitted to the Transfer Agent by a DTC Participant or an Authorized Participant with the ability to transact through the Federal Reserve System, as applicable, not later than Closing Time on the Transmittal Date, and the requisite number of Shares of the applicable Fund are delivered to the Custodian prior to the DTC Cut-Off-Time, then the value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and the Cash Redemption Amount to be delivered/received will be determined by the Custodian on such Transmittal Date. If, however, either: (i) the requisite number of Shares of the applicable Fund are not delivered by the DTC Cut-Off-Time, as described below, or (ii) the redemption order is not submitted in proper form, then the redemption order will not be deemed received as of the Transmittal Date. In such case, the value of the In-Kind Redemption Basket and the Cash Redemption Amount to be delivered/received will be computed on the Transmittal Date provided that the Shares of the applicable Fund are delivered through DTC to the Custodian by 11:00 a.m., Eastern time, the following Business Day pursuant to a properly submitted redemption order.

If it is not possible to effect deliveries of the securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket, the Trust may in its discretion exercise its option to redeem Shares in cash, and the redeeming beneficial owner will be required to receive its redemption proceeds in cash. In addition, an investor may request a redemption in cash that the applicable Fund may, in its sole discretion, permit. In either case, the investor will receive a cash payment equal to the NAV of its Shares based on the NAV of Shares of the applicable Fund next determined after the redemption request is received in proper form (minus a Transaction Fee, including a variable charge, if applicable, as described below).

The Fund may also, in its sole discretion, upon request of a shareholder, provide such redeemer a portfolio of securities that differs from the exact composition of the In-Kind Redemption Basket, or cash in lieu of some securities added to the Cash Component, but in no event will the total value of the securities delivered and the cash transmitted differ from the NAV. Redemptions of Fund Shares for the In-Kind Redemption Basket will be subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and each Fund (whether or not it otherwise permits cash redemptions) reserves the right to redeem Creation Units for cash to the extent that the Trust could not lawfully deliver specific securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket upon redemptions or could not do so without first registering the securities in the In-Kind Redemption Basket under such laws. An Authorized Participant or an investor for which it is acting subject to a legal restriction with respect to a particular security included in the In-Kind Redemption Basket applicable to the redemption of a Creation Unit may be paid an equivalent amount of cash. The Authorized Participant may request the redeeming beneficial owner of the Shares to complete an order form or to enter into agreements with respect to such matters as compensating cash payment, beneficial ownership of shares or delivery instructions.

*Delivery of Redemption Basket.* Once the applicable Fund has accepted a redemption order, upon next determination of that Fund's NAV, that Fund will confirm the issuance of an In-Kind Redemption Basket, against receipt of the Creation Unit(s) at such NAV, any cash in lieu and Transaction Fee, if applicable. A Creation Unit tendered for redemption and the payment of the Cash Redemption Amount, any cash in lieu and Transaction Fee, if applicable, will be effected through DTC. The Authorized Participant, or the investor on whose behalf it is acting, will be recorded on the book-entry system of DTC.

*Cash Redemption Method.* When cash redemptions of Creation Units are available or specified for the applicable Fund, at that Fund's sole discretion, they will be effected in essentially the same manner as in-kind redemptions. In the case of a cash redemption, the investor will receive the cash equivalent of the In-Kind Redemption Basket minus any Transaction Fees, if applicable. Cash redemptions may cause the applicable Fund to incur certain costs that it would not have had had the redemption been in-kind. These costs may include brokerage costs, execution, price movement and other costs and expenses related to the execution of trades by the applicable Fund, including taxable gains or losses it might not have incurred if the redemption had been in-kind. To the extent that these costs are not offset by the Transaction Fees of the applicable Fund's NAV will be negatively impacted.

**Purchase and Redemption Cut-Off Times**

All orders and redemptions involving cash in lieu are considered to be "custom." All other orders and redemptions are considered "standard." Order cut-off times for standard and custom orders are as show in the Order Information Table below. On days when the Exchange or bond markets close earlier than normal (such as the day before a holiday), the Order Cut-Off Time (whether standard or custom) is expected to be similarly earlier than normal.

If indicated in the Order Information Table below, orders to purchase Shares directly from the indicated Fund(s) on the next Business Day must be submitted as a "Future Dated Trade" for one or more Creation Units between 4:30 p.m. Eastern time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on the prior Business Day and in the manner set forth in the Participant Agreement and/or applicable order form. Such order window is referred to as a "T-1" order window. For such Future Dated Trades, the Transmittal Date will be the Business Day following the date that the order is submitted. For example, to place an order for such a Fund to receive the NAV of the Fund calculated on a Wednesday, the order would need to be submitted as a Future Dated Trade between 4:30 p.m. Eastern time and 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on the preceding Tuesday.

**Transaction Fees** 

Authorized Participants may be required to pay a Transaction Fee as set forth in the Order Information Table below to compensate the Trust or its custodian for costs incurred in connection with creation and redemption transactions.

The Standard Transaction Fee, which is payable to the Trust's custodian, typically applies to in-kind purchases of the applicable Fund effected through the Clearing Process on any Business Day, regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased or redeemed that day (assuming, in the case of multiple orders on the same day, that the orders are received at or near the same time). A Transaction Fee of up to four times the standard fee may apply to creation and redemption transactions that occur outside the Clearing Process. As shown in the Order Information Table below, certain Fund Deposits consisting of cash-in-lieu or Cash Value may be subject to a variable charge, which is payable to the applicable Fund, of up to 2.00% of the value of the order in addition to the Standard Transaction Fee. The Standard Transaction Fee may be waived on certain orders if the Trust's custodian has determined to waive the Transaction Fees associated with the order or another party, such as the Adviser, has agreed to pay such fee. The Fund may determine to waive the variable charge on certain orders when such waiver is determined to be in the best interests of Fund shareholders, *e.g.*, for cash creation orders that facilitate the rebalance of the applicable Fund's portfolio in a more tax efficient manner than could be achieved without such order.

The Fund may adjust the Transaction Fee from time to time. The Standard Transaction Fee is based, in part, on the number of holdings in the applicable Fund's portfolio and may be adjusted periodically if the number of holdings change. Investors will also be responsible for the costs associated with transferring the securities in the In-Kind Creation (and Redemption) Baskets to (and from) the account of the Trust. Further, investors who, directly or indirectly, use the services of a broker or other intermediary to compose a Creation Unit in addition to an Authorized Participant to effect a transaction in Creation Units may be charged an additional fee by such intermediary for such services.

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**Order Information Table**

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| **Fund** | **Ticker** | **Standard Order**<br>**Cut-Off Time** | **Custom Order** <br>**Cut-Off Time** | **Standard <br>Transaction Fee** | **Standard Fund Deposit**  |
| **Alpha Architect US Equity ETF** | AAUS | 4:00 p.m. ET | 4:00 p.m. ET | $750 | In-Kind |
| **Alpha Architect Global Equity ETF** | AAGL | 4:30 p.m.-<br>5:30 p.m. ET (T-1) | 4:30 p.m.-<br>5:30 p.m. ET (T-1) | $5000 | In-Kind |
| **Alpha Architect 1-3 Year Box ETF** | BOXS | 3:00 p.m. ET | 3:00 p.m. ET | $300 | Cash |
| **Alpha Architect Intermediate-Term Treasury Bond ETF** | BOXI | 3:00 p.m. ET | 3:00 p.m. ET | $300 | Cash |
| **Alpha Architect Long-Term Treasury Bond ETF** | BOXL | 3:00 p.m. ET | 3:00 p.m. ET | $300 | Cash |
| **Alpha Architect Aggregate Bond ETF** | BOXA | 3:00 p.m. ET | 3:00 p.m. ET | $300 | Cash |
| **Alpha Architect Inflation-Protected Securities ETF** | BOXP | 3:00 p.m. ET | 3:00 p.m. ET | $300 | Cash |
| **Alpha Architect Real Estate ETF** | BOXR | 3:00 p.m. ET | 3:00 p.m. ET | $300 | Cash |

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**<u>DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE</u>**

The NAV of Shares is calculated each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time.

Each Fund calculates its NAV per Share by:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Taking the current market value of its total assets,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Subtracting any liabilities, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Dividing that amount by the total number of Shares owned by shareholders.

If you buy or sell Shares on the secondary market, you will pay or receive the market price, which may be higher or lower than NAV. Your transaction will be priced at NAV only if you purchase or redeem your Shares in Creation Units.

Because securities listed on foreign exchanges may trade on weekends or other days when a Fund does not price its Shares, the NAV of the Fund, to the extent it may hold foreign securities, may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell Shares.

Equity securities that are traded on a national securities exchange, except those listed on the NASDAQ Global Market® ("NASDAQ") are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities traded on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"). If, on a particular day, an exchange-traded or NASDAQ security does not trade, then the most recent quoted bid for exchange traded or the mean between the most recent quoted bid and ask price for NASDAQ securities will be used. Equity securities that are not traded on a listed exchange are generally valued at the last sale price in the over-the-counter market. If a non-exchange traded security does not trade on a particular day, then the mean between the last quoted closing bid and asked price will be used. Prices denominated in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents using current exchange rates deemed appropriate for a Fund, which approximates fair value.

If a market price is not readily available or is deemed not to reflect market value, a Fund will determine the price of the security held by the Fund based on a determination of the security's fair value pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Board. Fair valuation may have the effect of reducing stale pricing arbitrage opportunities presented by the pricing of Shares. However, when a Fund uses fair valuation to price securities, it may value those securities higher or lower than another fund would have priced the security. Also, the use of fair valuation may cause the Shares' NAV performance to diverge from the Shares' market price and from the performance of various benchmarks used to compare a Fund's performance because benchmarks generally do not use fair valuation techniques. Because of the judgment involved in fair valuation decisions, there can be no assurance that the value ascribed to a particular security is accurate.

Subject to its oversight, the Board has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of each Fund's investments to the Adviser, pursuant to the Trust's valuation policy and procedures, which have been adopted by the Trust and approved by the Board. In accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board designated the Adviser as the "valuation designee" of the Funds. If the Adviser, as valuation designee, determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available for an investment, the investment is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser in accordance with the Trust's fair valuation policy and procedures. The Adviser will provide the Board with periodic reports, no less frequently than quarterly, that discuss the functioning of the valuation process, if applicable, and that identify issues and valuation problems that have arisen, if any. As appropriate, the Adviser and the Board will review any securities valued by the Adviser in accordance with the Trust's valuation policies during these periodic reports.

Repurchase agreements are generally valued at par. Pricing services will be used to determine the value of a fixed income investment. In certain circumstances, short-term instruments may be valued on the basis of amortized cost.

Redeemable securities issued by open-end investment companies are valued at the investment company's applicable net asset value, with the exception of exchange-traded open-end investment companies which are priced as equity securities. Each investment company values securities and other instruments in a manner as described in that investment company's prospectus.

**<u>TAXES</u>**

The following is a summary of certain additional material tax considerations generally affecting a Fund and its shareholders that are not described in the Prospectus. No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of a Fund or its shareholders, and the discussion here and in the Prospectus is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning.

This "Taxes" section is based on the Code and applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations in effect on the date of this SAI. Future legislative, regulatory, or administrative changes, including provisions of current law that sunset and thereafter no longer apply, or court decisions may significantly change the tax rules applicable to a Fund and its shareholders. Any of these changes or court decisions may have a retroactive effect.

In addition, no attempt is made to address tax concerns applicable to an investor with a special tax status such as a financial institution, real estate investment trust ("REIT"), insurance company, regulated investment company ("RIC"), individual retirement account ("IRA"), other tax-exempt entity, dealer in securities, or non-U.S. investor. Furthermore, this discussion does not reflect possible application of the alternative minimum tax. Unless otherwise noted, this discussion assumes Shares are held by U.S. shareholders and that such Shares are held as capital assets.

A U.S. shareholder is a beneficial owner of Shares of a Fund that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a citizen or individual resident of the United States (including certain former citizens and former long-term residents);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a corporation or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• a trust with respect to which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions or the trust has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

A "Non-U.S. investor" is a beneficial owner of Shares of a Fund that is an individual, corporation, trust or estate and is not a U.S. shareholder. If a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds Shares, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally depends upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partner of a partnership holding the Shares should consult its own tax advisor with respect to the purchase, ownership and disposition of Shares by the partnership.

***The description below is for general information only and is not tax advice. All investors should consult their own tax advisors as to the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax provisions applicable to them.***

**Taxation of the Funds** 

Each Fund is treated as a separate corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Losses in a Fund do not offset gains in another fund in the Fund Complex and the requirements (other than certain organizational requirements) for qualifying for RIC status as described below are determined at the Fund level rather than the Trust level.

Each Fund has elected and intends to qualify, or, if newly organized, intends to elect and qualify, each year as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. If a Fund so qualifies, the Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of its investment company taxable income (that is, generally, taxable interest, dividends, net short-term capital gains, and other taxable ordinary income, net of expenses, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) that it distributes to shareholders.

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To qualify for treatment as a RIC, a Fund must satisfy the following requirements:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Distribution Requirement — a Fund must distribute an amount equal to the sum of at least 90% of its investment company taxable income and 90% of its net tax-exempt income, if any, for the tax year (including, for purposes of satisfying this distribution requirement, certain distributions made by a Fund after the close of its taxable year that are treated as made during such taxable year).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Income Requirement — a Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies and net income derived from qualified publicly traded partnerships ("QPTPs"). See "Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions – Investments in Partnerships and QPTPs" below.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Asset Diversification Test — a Fund must satisfy the following asset diversification test at the close of each quarter of the Fund's tax year: (i) at least 50% of the value of the Fund's assets must consist of cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs, and securities of other issuers (as to which the Fund has not invested more than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets in securities of an issuer and as to which the Fund does not hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer); and (ii) no more than 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. government securities or securities of other RICs) or of two or more issuers which the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses, or, in the securities of one or more QPTPs.

If a Fund fails this Income Requirement as long as such failure was due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect it is subject to a penalty for non-compliance, which is generally is the amount by which the non-qualifying income exceeds one-ninth of the qualifying gross income.

Similarly, if a Fund fails the Asset Diversification Test and the failure is not de minimis, the Fund can cure if: (i) it files with the U.S. Treasury Department a description of each asset that caused it to fail the Asset Diversification Test; (ii) the failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect; and (iii) the failure is cured within six months (or such other period specified by the U.S. Treasury Department). In such cases, a tax is imposed on the Fund equal to the greater of: (i) $50,000 or (ii) an amount determined by multiplying the highest rate of tax (currently 21%) by the amount of net income generated during the period of Asset Diversification Test failure by the assets that caused the Fund to fail the Asset Diversification Test.

In some circumstances, the character and timing of income realized by a Fund for purposes of the Income Requirement or the identification of the issuer for purposes of the Asset Diversification Test is uncertain under current law with respect to a particular investment, and an adverse determination or future guidance by the IRS with respect to such type of investment may adversely affect the Fund's ability to satisfy these requirements. See, "Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions" below with respect to the application of these requirements to certain types of investments. In other circumstances, a Fund may be required to sell portfolio holdings in order to meet the Income Requirement, Distribution Requirement, or Asset Diversification Test, which may have a negative impact on the Fund's income and performance. In lieu of potential disqualification, a Fund is permitted to pay a tax for certain failures to satisfy the Asset Diversification Test or Income Requirement, which, in general, are limited to those due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect.

A Fund may use "equalization accounting" (in lieu of making some cash distributions) in determining the portion of its income and gains that has been distributed. If a Fund uses equalization accounting, it will allocate a portion of its undistributed investment company taxable income and net capital gain to redemptions of Shares and will correspondingly reduce the amount of such income and gains that it distributes in cash. Certain aspects of equalization accounting are uncertain under current law. If the IRS determines that a Fund's allocation is improper and that the Fund has under-distributed its income and gain for any taxable year, the Fund may be liable for U.S. federal income and/or excise tax. If, as a result of such adjustment, the applicable Fund fails to satisfy the Distribution Requirement, the Fund will not qualify that year as a RIC the effect of which is described in the following paragraph.

If for any taxable year a Fund does not qualify as a RIC, all of its taxable income (including its net capital gain) would be subject to tax at regular U.S. federal corporate rates without any deduction for dividends paid to shareholders, and the dividends would be taxable to the shareholders as ordinary income (or possibly as qualified dividend income) to the extent of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits. Failure to qualify as a RIC would thus have a negative impact on a Fund's income and performance. Subject to savings provisions for certain failures to satisfy the Income Requirement or Asset Diversification Test, which, in general, are limited to those due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, it is possible that a Fund will not qualify as a RIC in any given tax year. Even if such savings provisions apply, a Fund may be subject to a monetary sanction of $50,000 or more. Moreover, the Board reserves the right not to maintain the qualification of a Fund as a RIC if it determines such a course of action to be beneficial to shareholders.

To qualify as a RIC in a subsequent taxable year, a Fund would be required to satisfy the Income Requirement, the Asset Diversification Test, and the Distribution Requirement for that year and dispose of any earnings and profits from any year in which the Fund failed to qualify for tax treatment as a RIC. Subject to a limited exception applicable to RICs that qualified as such under the Code for at least one year prior to disqualification and that requalify as a RIC no later than the second year following the nonqualifying year, a Fund would be subject to tax on any unrealized built-in gains in the assets held by it during the period in which the Fund failed to qualify for tax treatment as a RIC that are recognized within the subsequent five years, unless the Fund made a special election to pay corporate-level tax on such built-in gain at the time of its requalification as a RIC.

*Portfolio Turnover.* For investors that hold their Shares in a taxable account, a high portfolio turnover rate may result in higher taxes. This is because a fund with a high turnover rate is likely to accelerate the recognition of capital gains and more of such gains are likely to be taxable as short-term rather than long-term capital gains in contrast to a comparable fund with a low turnover rate. Any such higher taxes would reduce a Fund's after-tax performance. See, "Taxation of Fund Distributions – Distributions of Capital Gain" below. For Non-U.S. investors, any such acceleration of the recognition of capital gains that results in more short-term and less long-term capital gains being recognized by a Fund may cause such investors to be subject to increased U.S. withholding taxes. See, "Non-U.S. Investors – Capital Gain Dividends" and "Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends and Interest Related Dividends" below.

*Capital Loss Carryovers.* The capital losses of a Fund, if any, do not flow through to shareholders. Rather, a Fund may use its capital losses, subject to applicable limitations, to offset its capital gains without being required to pay taxes on or distribute to shareholders such gains that are offset by the losses. Rules similar to those that apply to capital loss carryovers of individuals apply to RICs. Thus, if a Fund has a "net capital loss" (that is, capital losses in excess of capital gains), the excess (if any) of the Fund's net short-term capital losses over its net long-term capital gains is treated as a short-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year, and the excess (if any) of the Fund's net long-term capital losses over its net short-term capital gains is treated as a long-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year. Any such net capital losses of a Fund that are not used to offset capital gains may be carried forward indefinitely to reduce any future capital gains realized by the Fund in succeeding taxable years. The amount of capital losses that can be carried forward and used in any single year is subject to an annual limitation if there is a more than 50% "change in ownership" of a Fund. An ownership change generally results when shareholders owning 5% or more of a Fund increase their aggregate holdings by more than 50% over a three-year look-back period. An ownership change could result in capital loss carryovers being used at a slower rate, thereby reducing a Fund's ability to offset capital gains with those losses. An increase in the amount of taxable gains distributed to a Fund's shareholders could result from an ownership change. A Fund undertakes no obligation to avoid or prevent an ownership change, which can occur in the normal course of shareholder purchases and redemptions or as a result of engaging in a tax-free reorganization with another fund. Moreover, because of circumstances beyond a Fund's control, there can be no assurance that a Fund will not experience, or has not already experienced, an ownership change. Additionally, if a Fund engages in a tax-free reorganization with another fund, the effect of these and other rules not discussed herein may be to disallow or postpone the use by a Fund of its capital loss carryovers (including any current year losses and built-in losses when realized) to offset its own gains or those of the other fund, or vice versa, thereby reducing the tax benefits Fund shareholders would otherwise have enjoyed from use of such capital loss carryovers.

*Deferral of Late Year Losses.* Each Fund may elect to treat part or all of any "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in determining such Fund's taxable income, net capital gain, net short-term capital gain, and earnings and profits. The effect of this election is to treat any such "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in characterizing Fund distributions for any calendar year (see, "Taxation of Fund Distributions – Distributions of Capital Gain" below). A "qualified late year loss" includes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)any net capital loss, net long-term capital loss, or net short-term capital loss incurred after October 31 of the current taxable year ("post-October losses"), and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of (a) specified losses incurred after October 31 of the current taxable year, and (b) other ordinary losses incurred after December 31 of the current taxable year, over (2) the sum of (a) specified gains incurred after October 31 of the current taxable year, and (b) other ordinary gains incurred after December 31 of the current taxable year.

The terms "specified losses" and "specified gains" mean ordinary losses and gains from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of property (including the termination of a position with respect to such property), foreign currency losses and gains, and losses and gains resulting from holding stock in a passive foreign investment company ("PFIC") for which a mark-to-market election is in effect. The terms "ordinary losses" and "ordinary gains" mean other ordinary losses and gains that are not described in the preceding sentence.

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*Undistributed Capital Gains*. A Fund may retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain for each taxable year. Each Fund currently intends to distribute net capital gains. If a Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund will be taxed thereon (except to the extent of any available capital loss carryovers) at the highest U.S. federal corporate tax rate (currently 21%). If a Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, it is expected that the Fund also will elect to have shareholders treated as if each received a distribution of its pro rata share of such gain, with the result that each shareholder will be required to report its pro rata share of such gain on its tax return as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax credit for its pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain, and will increase the tax basis for its Shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.

*U.S. Federal Excise Tax*. To avoid a 4% non-deductible U.S. federal excise tax, a Fund must distribute by December 31 of each year an amount equal to at least: (1) 98% of its ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 98.2% of capital gain net income (that is, the excess of the gains from sales or exchanges of capital assets over the losses from such sales or exchanges) for the one-year period ended on October 31 of such calendar year, and (3) any prior year undistributed ordinary income and capital gain net income. A Fund may elect to defer to the following year any net ordinary loss incurred for the portion of the calendar year which is after the beginning of the Fund's taxable year. Also, a Fund will defer any "specified gain" or "specified loss" which would be properly taken into account for the portion of the calendar year after October 31. Any net ordinary loss, specified gain, or specified loss deferred shall be treated as arising on January 1 of the following calendar year. Generally, a Fund intends to make sufficient distributions prior to the end of each calendar year to avoid any material liability for U.S. federal income and excise tax, but can give no assurances that all or a portion of such liability will be avoided. In addition, under certain circumstances, temporary timing or permanent differences in the realization of income and expense for book and tax purposes can result in a Fund having to pay the U.S. federal excise tax.

*Foreign Income Tax*. Investment income received by a Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign income tax withheld at the source and the amount of tax withheld generally will be treated as an expense of the Fund. The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries which entitle a Fund to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, tax on such income. It is impossible to determine the effective rate of foreign tax in advance since the amount of a Fund's assets to be invested in various countries is not known. Under certain circumstances, a Fund may elect to pass-through foreign tax credits to shareholders, although it reserves the right not to do so.

*Purchase of Shares.* As a result of tax requirements, the Trust on behalf of a Fund has the right to reject an order to purchase Shares if the purchaser (or group of purchasers acting in concert with each other) 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 Code, the Fund would have a basis in the Deposit Securities different from the market value of such securities on the date of deposit. The Trust also has the right to require information necessary to determine beneficial Share ownership for purposes of the 80% determination.

**Taxation of Fund Distributions** 

This section applies to U.S. shareholders.

Each Fund anticipates distributing all or substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain for each taxable year. Distributions by a Fund will be treated in the manner described below regardless of whether such distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional Shares of the Fund (or of another fund). A Fund will send you information annually as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year.

*Distributions of Net Investment Income.* A Fund receives ordinary income generally in the form of dividends and/or interest on its investments. A Fund may also recognize ordinary income from other sources, including, but not limited to, certain gains on foreign currency-related transactions. This income, less expenses incurred in the operation of a Fund, constitutes a Fund's net investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. If you are a taxable investor, distributions of net investment income generally are taxable as ordinary income to the extent of a Fund's earnings and profits. In the case of a Fund whose strategy includes investing in stocks of corporations, a portion of the income dividends paid to you may be qualified dividends eligible to be taxed at reduced rates. See the discussion below under the headings, "– Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals" and "– Dividends-Received Deduction for Corporations."

*Distributions of Capital Gain.* A Fund may derive capital gain and loss in connection with sales or other dispositions of its portfolio securities. Distributions derived from the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss will be taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions paid from the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss will be taxable to you as long-term capital gain, regardless of how long you have held your Shares in a Fund. Any net short-term or long-term capital gain realized by a Fund (net of any capital loss carryovers) generally will be distributed once each year and may be distributed more frequently, if necessary, in order to reduce or eliminate U.S. federal excise or income taxes on the Fund.

*Returns of Capital.* Distributions by a Fund that are not paid from earnings and

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profits will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of (and in reduction of) the shareholder's tax basis in its Shares; any excess will be treated as gain from the sale of its Shares. Thus, the portion of a distribution that constitutes a return of capital will decrease the shareholder's tax basis in its Shares (but not below zero) and will result in an increase in the amount of gain (or decrease in the amount of loss) that will be recognized by the shareholder for tax purposes on the later sale of such Shares. Return of capital distributions can occur for a number of reasons including, among others, a Fund over-estimates the income to be received from certain investments such as those classified as partnerships or equity REITs (see, "Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions – Investments in U.S. REITs" below).

*Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals.* Ordinary income dividends reported by a Fund to shareholders as derived from qualified dividend income will be taxed in the hands of individuals and other noncorporate shareholders at the rates applicable to long-term capital gain. "Qualified dividend income" means dividends paid to a Fund (a) by domestic corporations, (b) by foreign corporations that are either (i) incorporated in a possession of the United States, or (ii) are eligible for benefits under certain income tax treaties with the United States that include an exchange of information program, or (c) with respect to stock of a foreign corporation that is readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Both a Fund and the investor must meet certain holding period requirements to qualify Fund dividends for this treatment. Specifically, a Fund must hold the stock for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the stock becomes ex-dividend. Similarly, investors must hold their Shares for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before a Fund distribution goes ex-dividend. Income derived from investments in derivatives, fixed-income securities, U.S. REITs, PFICs, and income received "in lieu of" dividends in a securities lending transaction generally is not eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income. If the qualifying dividend income received by a Fund is equal to or greater than 95% of the Fund's gross income (exclusive of net capital gain) in any taxable year, all of the ordinary income dividends paid by the Fund will be qualifying dividend income.

*Dividends-Received Deduction for Corporations*. For corporate shareholders, a portion of the dividends paid by a Fund may qualify for the corporate dividends-received deduction. The portion of dividends paid by a Fund that so qualifies will be reported by the Fund to shareholders each year and cannot exceed the gross amount of dividends received by the Fund from domestic (U.S.) corporations. The availability of the dividends-received deduction is subject to certain holding period and debt financing restrictions that apply to both a Fund and the investor. Specifically, the amount that a Fund may report as eligible for the dividends-received deduction will be reduced or eliminated if the shares on which the dividends earned by the Fund were debt-financed or held by the Fund for less than a minimum period of time, generally 46 days during a 91-day period beginning 45 days before the stock becomes ex-dividend. Similarly, if your Shares are debt-financed or held by you for less than a 46-day period then the dividends-received deduction for Fund dividends on your Shares may also be reduced or eliminated. Even if reported as dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction, all dividends (including any deducted portion) must be included in your alternative minimum taxable income calculation. Income derived by a Fund from investments in derivatives, fixed-income and foreign securities generally is not eligible for this treatment.

*Realized but Undistributed Income and Gains, and Net Unrealized Appreciation of Portfolio Securities*. At the time of your purchase of Shares, a Fund's net asset value may reflect undistributed income, undistributed capital gains, or net unrealized appreciation of portfolio securities held by the Fund. A subsequent distribution to you of such amounts, although constituting a return of your investment, would be taxable, and would be taxed as ordinary income (some portion of which may be taxed as qualified dividend income), capital gains, or some combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. A Fund may be able to reduce the amount of such distributions from capital gains by utilizing its capital loss carryovers, if any.

*Pass-Through of Foreign Tax Credits*. If more than 50% of a Fund's total assets at the end of a fiscal year is invested in foreign securities, the Fund may elect to pass through to you your pro rata share of foreign taxes paid by the Fund. If this election is made, a Fund may report more taxable income to you than it actually distributes. You will then be entitled either to deduct your share of these taxes in computing your taxable income, or to claim a foreign tax credit for these taxes against your U.S. federal income tax (subject to limitations for certain shareholders). A Fund will provide you with the information necessary to claim this deduction or credit on your personal income tax return if it makes this election. No deduction for foreign tax may be claimed by a non-corporate shareholder who does not itemize deductions or who is subject to the alternative minimum tax. Shareholders may be unable to claim a credit for the full amount of their proportionate shares of the foreign income tax paid by a Fund due to certain limitations that may apply. A Fund reserves the right not to pass through to its shareholders the amount of foreign income taxes paid by the Fund. Additionally, any foreign tax withheld on payments made "in lieu of" dividends or interest will not qualify for the pass-through of foreign tax credits to shareholders. See, "Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions – Securities Lending" below.

*U.S. Government Securities.* Income earned on certain U.S. government obligations is exempt from state and local personal income taxes if earned directly by you. States

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also grant tax-free status to dividends paid to you from interest earned on direct obligations of the U.S. government, subject in some states to minimum investment or reporting requirements that must be met by a Fund. Income on investments by a Fund in certain other obligations, such as repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government obligations, commercial paper and federal agency-backed obligations (*e.g.*, GNMA or FNMA obligations), generally does not qualify for tax-free treatment. The rules on exclusion of this income are different for corporations.

*Dividends Declared in December and Paid in January*. Ordinarily, shareholders are required to take distributions by a Fund into account in the year in which the distributions are made. However, dividends declared in October, November or December of any year and payable to shareholders of record on a specified date in such a month will be deemed to have been received by the shareholders (and made by the Fund) on December 31 of such calendar year if such dividends are actually paid in January of the following year. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year in accordance with the guidance that has been provided by the IRS.

*Medicare Tax*. A 3.8% U.S. federal Medicare tax is imposed on net investment income earned by certain individuals, estates and trusts. "Net investment income," for these purposes, means investment income, including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from a Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Shares, reduced by the deductions properly allocable to such income. In the case of an individual, the tax will be imposed on the lesser of (i) the shareholder's net investment income or (ii) the amount by which the shareholder's modified adjusted gross income exceeds certain thresholds based on filing status. This Medicare tax, if applicable, is reported by you on, and paid with, your U.S. federal income tax return.

*Tax-Exempt Shareholders*. A tax-exempt U.S. shareholder could recognize unrelated business taxable income ("UBTI") by virtue of its investment in a Fund if Shares constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the tax-exempt U.S. shareholder. Furthermore, a tax-exempt U.S. shareholder may recognize UBTI if a Fund recognizes "excess inclusion income" derived from direct or indirect investments in residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs") or equity interests in taxable mortgage pools ("TMPs") if the amount of such income recognized by the Fund exceeds the Fund's investment company taxable income (after taking into account deductions for dividends paid by the Fund).

In addition, special tax consequences apply to charitable remainder trusts ("CRTs") that invest in RICs that invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs. A CRT that realizes any UBTI for a taxable year, must pay an excise tax annually of an amount equal to such UBTI. Under IRS guidance issued in October 2006, a CRT will not recognize UBTI solely as a result of investing in a Fund that recognize "excess inclusion income." Rather, if at any time during any taxable year a CRT (or one of certain other tax-exempt shareholders, such as the United States, a state or political subdivision, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, and certain energy cooperatives) is a record holder of a Share that recognize "excess inclusion income," then a Fund will be subject to a tax on that portion of its "excess inclusion income" for the taxable year that is allocable to such shareholders, at the highest U.S. federal corporate income tax rate. The extent to which this IRS guidance remains applicable is unclear. To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, a Fund may elect to specially allocate any such tax to the applicable CRT, or other shareholder, and thus reduce such shareholder's distributions for the year by the amount of the tax that relates to such shareholder's interest in the Fund. Each Fund has not yet determined whether such an election will be made. CRTs and other tax-exempt investors are urged to consult their own tax advisor concerning the consequences of investing in the Fund.

**Sales and Redemption of Shares** 

This section applies to U.S. shareholders.

Sales and redemptions (including redemptions in kind) of Shares are taxable transactions for U.S. federal and state income tax purposes. If you redeem your Shares, the IRS requires you to report any gain or loss on your redemption. If you held your Shares as a capital asset, the gain or loss that you realize will be a capital gain or loss and will be long-term or short-term, generally depending on how long you have held your Shares. Any redemption fees you incur on Shares redeemed will decrease the amount of any capital gain (or increase any capital loss) you realize on the sale. Capital losses in any year are deductible only to the extent of capital gains plus, in the case of a non-corporate taxpayer, $3,000 of ordinary income.

*Taxes on Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units.* An Authorized Participant who exchanges equity 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 of purchase and the exchanger's aggregate basis in the securities surrendered and any cash paid. A person who exchanges Creation Units for equity securities will generally recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the exchanger's basis in the Creation Units and the aggregate market value of the securities received and any cash received. The IRS, 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. Persons exchanging securities should consult their own tax advisor with respect to whether wash sale rules apply and when a loss might not be deductible.

Any capital gain or loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one year and as a short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for one year or less.

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If a Fund redeems Creation Units in cash, it may recognize more capital gains than it would had it redeemed Creation Units in-kind.

*Tax Basis Information*. Each Fund is required to provide shareholders with cost basis information on the redemption of any of the shareholder's Shares in the Fund, subject to certain exceptions for exempt recipients. If you hold your Shares through a broker (or other nominee), please contact that broker (nominee) with respect to reporting of cost basis and available elections for your account.

Each Fund has selected the highest cost method to calculate cost basis information. Highest cost is a tax lot identification method that selects the Shares with the highest price for sale. It is specifically designed to limit gains. Under the highest cost method, the shareholder's tax lot with the highest cost basis is sold first so as to minimize gains or maximize losses, depending on market movement since the purchase date.

The highest cost method does not consider the length of time you held your Shares. If your Shares consist of several tax lots and they consist of both long- and short-term holdings, highest cost may deliver the lowest gains but not the lowest tax rate, due to the difference between short- and long-term capital gains tax rates.

When selling at a loss, highest cost also fails to distinguish between two positions that may be similar in cost where one is a long-term holding and the other is a short-term holding. You may want to consult a tax advisor as to whether or not the use of the short-term holding is better for your particular situation. Should the market price of the security rise over time, holding the long-term tax lot will mean you will be taxed at long-term capital gains rates, should you sell those securities for a profit. Highest cost is generally an attractive methodology for short-term holdings, except when the market has risen dramatically.

*Wash Sales*. All or a portion of any loss that you realize on a redemption of your Shares will be disallowed to the extent that you buy other Shares in a Fund (through reinvestment of dividends or otherwise) within 30 days before or after your Share redemption. Any loss disallowed under these rules will be added to your tax basis in the new Shares.

*Redemptions at a Loss Within Six Months of Purchase*. Any loss incurred on a redemption or exchange of Shares held for six months or less will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of any long-term capital gain distributed to you by a Fund on those Shares.

*Reportable Transactions.* Under U.S. Treasury Regulations, if a shareholder recognizes a loss with respect to a Fund's Shares of certain threshold amounts, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. The fact that a loss is reportable under these Treasury Regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

*Shares Purchased through Tax-Qualified Plans.* Special tax rules apply to investments through defined contribution plans and other tax-qualified plans. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors to determine the suitability of Shares as an investment through such plans, and the precise effect of an investment on their particular tax situation.

If you invest in a Fund through an IRA or other retirement plan, you should consult with your own tax advisor on the applicable rules for such IRA or retirement plan with respect to plan qualification requirements, limits on contributions and distributions, and required distributions from IRAs and retirement plans. As an example, there could be tax penalties on distributions from an IRA or retirement plan prior to age 59-1/2. Certain minimum distribution requirements may also apply to IRAs or retirement plans. Failure to follow these requirements and other applicable requirements may result in significant additional taxes and penalties. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with these and other requirements.

**Tax Treatment of Portfolio Transactions** 

Set forth below is a general description of the tax treatment of certain types of securities, investment techniques and transactions that may apply to a Fund and, in turn, affect the amount, character and timing of dividends and distributions payable by the Fund to its shareholders. This section should be read in conjunction with the discussion above under "Investment Objective, Investment Strategies and Risks" for a detailed description of the various types of securities and investment techniques that apply to each Fund.

*In General*. In general, gain or loss recognized by a Fund on the sale or other disposition of portfolio investments will be a capital gain or loss. Such capital gain and loss may be long-term or short-term depending, in general, upon the length of time a particular investment position is maintained and, in some cases, upon the nature of the transaction. Property held for more than one year generally will be eligible for long-term capital gain or loss treatment. The application of certain rules described below may serve to alter the manner in which the holding period for a security is determined or may otherwise affect the characterization as long-term or short-term, and also the timing of the realization, of certain gains or losses.

*Certain Fixed Income Investments.* Gain recognized on the disposition of a debt obligation purchased by a Fund at a market discount (generally, at a price less than its pr

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incipal amount) will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the portion of the market discount that accrued during the period of time the Fund held the debt obligation unless the Fund made a current inclusion election to accrue market discount into income as it accrues. If a Fund purchases a debt obligation (such as a zero-coupon security or payment-in-kind security) that was originally issued at a discount, the Fund generally is required to include in gross income each year the portion of the original issue discount that accrues during such year. Therefore, a Fund's investment in such securities may cause the Fund to recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it receives any cash payments on the securities. To generate cash to satisfy those distribution requirements, a Fund may have to sell portfolio securities that it otherwise might have continued to hold or to use cash flows from other sources such as the sale of Shares.

*Investments in Debt Obligations that are at Risk of or in Default Present Tax Issues for a Fund.* Tax rules are not entirely clear about issues such as whether and to what extent a Fund should recognize market discount on a debt obligation, when the Fund may cease to accrue interest, original issue discount or market discount, when and to what extent the Fund may take deductions for bad debts or worthless securities and how the Fund should allocate payments received on obligations in default between principal and income. These and other related issues will be addressed by a Fund in order to ensure that it distributes sufficient income to preserve its status as a RIC.

*Foreign Currency Transactions.* A Fund's transactions in foreign currencies, foreign currency-denominated debt obligations and certain foreign currency options, futures contracts and forward contracts (and similar instruments) may give rise to ordinary income or loss to the extent such income or loss results from fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency concerned. This treatment could increase or decrease a Fund's ordinary income distributions to you and may cause some or all of the Fund's previously distributed income to be classified as a return of capital. In certain cases, a Fund may make an election to treat such gain or loss as capital.

*PFIC Investments*. A Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies that may be classified under the Code as PFICs. In general, a foreign company is classified as a PFIC if at least one-half of its assets constitute investment-type assets or 75% or more of its gross income is investment-type income. When investing in PFIC securities, a Fund intends to mark-to-market these securities under certain provisions of the Code and recognize any unrealized gains as ordinary income at the end of the Fund's fiscal and excise tax years. Deductions for losses are allowable only to the extent of any current or previously recognized gains. These gains (reduced by allowable losses) are treated as ordinary income that a Fund is required to distribute, even though it has not sold or received dividends from these securities. The designation of a foreign security as a PFIC security will cause its income dividends to not qualify for the reduced rate of taxation on qualified dividends when distributed to you by a Fund. Foreign companies are not required to identify themselves as PFICs. Due to various complexities in identifying PFICs, a Fund can give no assurances that it will be able to identify portfolio securities in foreign corporations that are PFICs in time for the Fund to make a mark-to-market election. If a Fund is unable to identify an investment as a PFIC and thus does not make a mark-to-market election, the Fund may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a portion of any "excess distribution" or gain from the disposition of such Shares even if such income is distributed as a taxable dividend by the Fund to its shareholders. Additional charges in the nature of interest may be imposed on a Fund in respect of deferred taxes arising from such distributions or gains.

*Investments in Partnerships and QPTPs.* For purposes of the Income Requirement, income derived by a Fund from a partnership that is not a qualified publicly traded partnership ("QPTP") will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership that would be qualifying income if realized directly by the Fund. While the rules are not entirely clear with respect to a Fund investing in a partnership outside a master-feeder structure, for purposes of testing whether the Fund satisfies the Asset Diversification Test, the Fund generally is treated as owning a pro rata share of the underlying assets of a partnership. See, "Taxation of a Fund." In contrast, different rules apply to a partnership that is a QPTP. A QPTP is a partnership (i) the interests in which are traded on an established securities market, (ii) that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and (iii) that derives less than 90% of its income from sources that satisfy the Income Requirement (*e.g.*, because it invests in commodities). All of the net income derived by a Fund from an interest in a QPTP will be treated as qualifying income, but the Fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in one or more QPTPs. However, there can be no assurance that a partnership classified as a QPTP in one year will qualify as a QPTP in the next year. Any such failure to annually qualify as a QPTP might, in turn, cause a Fund to fail to qualify as a RIC. Although, in general, the passive loss rules of the Code do not apply to RICs, such rules do apply to a Fund with respect to items attributable to an interest in a QPTP. Fund investments in partnerships, including in QPTPs, may result in a Fund being subject to state, local or foreign income, franchise or withholding tax liabilities.

*Securities Lending*. While securities are loaned out by a Fund, the Fund generally will receive from the borrower amounts equal to any dividends or interest paid on the borrowed securities. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, payments made "in lieu of" dividends are not considered dividend income. These distributions will neither qualify for the reduced rate of taxation for qualified dividend income nor the dividends received deduction for corporations. Also, any foreign tax withheld on payments made "in lieu of" dividends or interest will not qualify for the pass-through of foreign tax credits to shareholders.

*Investments in Convertible Securities*. Convertible debt is ordinarily treated as a "single property" consisting of a pure debt interest until conversion, after which the investment becomes an equity interest. If the securi

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ty is issued at a premium (*i.e.*, for cash in excess of the face amount payable on retirement), the creditor-holder may amortize the premium over the life of the security. If the security is issued for cash at a price below its face amount, the creditor-holder must accrue original issue discount in income over the life of the debt. The creditor-holder's exercise of the conversion privilege is treated as a nontaxable event. Mandatorily convertible debt (*e.g.*, an exchange traded note issued in the form of an unsecured obligation that pays a return based on the performance of a specified market index, exchange currency, or commodity) is often, but not always, treated as a contract to buy or sell the reference property rather than debt. Similarly, convertible preferred stock with a mandatory conversion feature is ordinarily, but not always, treated as equity rather than debt. Dividends received generally are qualified dividend income and eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction. In general, conversion of preferred stock for common stock of the same corporation is tax-free. Conversion of preferred stock for cash is a taxable redemption. Any redemption premium for preferred stock that is redeemable by the issuing company might be required to be amortized under original issue discount principles.

*Investments in ETFs*. To the extent a Fund invests in ETFs, the Fund generally intends to invest in ETFs that are taxable as RICs under the Code. Accordingly, the income a Fund receives from such ETFs should be qualifying income for purposes of the Fund satisfying the "Income Requirement" (as defined above under the heading "Taxes"). However, a Fund may also invest in one or more ETFs that are not taxable as RICs under the Code and that may generate non-qualifying income for purposes of satisfying the Income Requirement. Each Fund anticipates monitoring its investments in such ETFs so as to keep such Fund's non-qualifying income within acceptable limits of the Income Requirement, however, it is possible that such non-qualifying income will be more than anticipated which could cause the Fund to inadvertently fail the Income Requirement thereby causing the Fund to fail to qualify as a RIC. In such a case, such Fund would be subject to the rules described above.

*Investments in Securities of Uncertain Tax Character.* A Fund may invest in securities the U.S. federal income tax treatment of which may not be clear or may be subject to recharacterization by the IRS. To the extent the tax treatment of such securities or the income from such securities differs from the tax treatment expected by a Fund, it could affect the timing or character of income recognized by the Fund, requiring the Fund to purchase or sell securities, or otherwise change its portfolio, in order to comply with the tax rules applicable to RICs under the Code.

*Options, Futures and Forward Contracts, Straddles, and Swap Agreements*. Some of the options, futures contracts, forward contracts, and swap agreements used by a Fund may be considered "section 1256 contracts." Any gains or losses on section 1256 contracts are generally considered 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses ("60/40") although certain foreign currency gains and losses from such contracts may be treated as ordinary in character. Also, section 1256 contracts held by a Fund at the end of each taxable year (and, for purposes of the 4% U.S. federal excise tax, on certain other dates as prescribed under the Code) are "marked to market" with the result that unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized and the resulting gain or loss is treated as ordinary or 60/40 gain or loss.

Generally, hedging transactions and certain other transactions in options, futures and forward contracts undertaken by a Fund, may result in "straddles" for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In some cases, the straddle rules also could apply in connection with swap agreements. The straddle rules may affect the amount, timing and character of gains (or losses) realized by a Fund. In addition, losses realized by a Fund on positions that are part of a straddle may be deferred under the straddle rules, rather than being taken into account in calculating the Fund's taxable income for the taxable year in which such losses are realized. Because only a few U.S. Treasury Regulations implementing the straddle rules have been promulgated, the tax consequences of transactions in options, futures, forward contracts, and swap agreements to a Fund are not entirely clear. The transactions may increase the amount of short-term capital gain realized by a Fund which generally would be taxed as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders.

A Fund may make one or more of the elections available under the Code which are applicable to straddles. If a Fund makes any of the elections, the amount, character and timing of the recognition of gains or losses from the affected straddle positions will be determined under rules that vary according to the election(s) made. The rules applicable under certain of the elections operate to accelerate the recognition of gains or losses from the affected straddle positions.

The key features of the straddle rules are as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• <u>A Fund may have to wait to deduct any losses</u>. If a Fund has a capital gain in one position of a straddle and a capital loss in the other, the Fund may not recognize the loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes until the Fund disposes of both positions. This might occur, for example, if a Fund had a highly appreciated stock position and the Fund purchased protective put options (which give the Fund the right to sell the stock to someone else for a period of time at a predetermined price) to offset the risk. If the stock continued to increase in value and the put options expired worthless, the Fund must defer recognition of the loss on its put options until the Fund sells and recognizes the gain on the original, appreciated position.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• <u>A Fund's capital gain holding period may get clipped</u>. The moment a Fund enters into a typical straddle, the capital gains holding period on its offsetting positions is frozen. If a Fund held the original posi

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tion for one year or less (thus not qualifying for the long-term capital gains rate), not only is the holding period frozen, it starts all over again when the Fund disposes of the offsetting position.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• <u>Losses recognized with respect to certain straddle positions that would otherwise constitute short-term capital losses may be treated as long-term capital losses</u>. This generally has the effect of reducing the tax benefit of such losses.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• <u>A Fund may not be able to deduct any interest expenses or carrying charges</u>. During the offsetting period, any interest or carrying charges associated with the straddle are not currently tax deductible but must be capitalized (added to cost basis).

Because application of the straddle rules may affect the character of gains or losses, defer losses and/or accelerate the recognition of gains or losses from the affected straddle positions, the amount which must be distributed to shareholders, and which generally will be taxed to shareholders either as ordinary income or long-term capital gain, may be increased or decreased substantially as compared to a Fund that did not engage in such hedging transactions.

Rules governing the tax aspects of swap agreements are in a developing stage and are not entirely clear in certain respects. Accordingly, while each Fund intends to account for such transactions in a manner they deem to be appropriate, the IRS might not accept such treatment. If it did not, the status of a Fund as a RIC might be affected. The Trust intends to monitor developments in this area.

Certain requirements that must be met under the Code in order for a Fund to qualify as a RIC, including the Income Requirement and Asset Diversification Test applicable to the Fund's assets may limit the extent to which the Fund will be able to engage in transactions in options, futures contracts, forward contracts, and swap agreements.

In addition, the use of swaps or other derivatives could adversely affect the character (capital gain vs. ordinary income) of the income recognized by a Fund for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as well as the amount and timing of such recognition, as compared to a direct investment in underlying securities, and could result in the Fund's recognition of income prior to the receipt of any corresponding cash. As a result of the use of swaps and derivatives, a larger portion of a Fund's distributions may be treated as ordinary income than would have been the case if the Fund did not enter into such swaps or derivatives. The tax treatment of swap agreements and other derivatives may also be affected by future legislation or U.S. Treasury Regulations and/or guidance issued by the IRS that could affect the character, timing and/or amount of a Fund's taxable income or gains and distributions made by the Fund.

*Short Sales*. Each Fund may engage in short sales of securities. In general, gain or loss on a short sale is recognized when a Fund closes the short sale by delivering the borrowed securities to the lender, not when the borrowed securities are sold. Short sales may increase the amount of short-term capital gain realized by a Fund, which generally would be taxed as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. In addition, these rules may terminate the holding period of "substantially identical property" held by these Funds. Moreover, a loss recognized by a Fund on a short sale will be treated as a long-term capital loss if, on the date of the short sale, "substantially identical property" has been held by the Fund for more than one year. A Fund generally will not be permitted to deduct payments made to reimburse a lender of securities for dividends paid on borrowed securities if the short sale is closed on or before the 45th day after the Fund enters into the short sale. Short sales also may be subject to the "Constructive Sales" rules, discussed below.

*Constructive Sales*. Certain rules may affect the timing and character of gain if a Fund engages in transactions that reduce or eliminate its risk of loss with respect to appreciated financial positions. If a Fund enters into certain transactions in property while holding substantially identical property, the Fund would be treated as if it had sold and immediately repurchased the property and would be subject to tax on any gain (but not loss) from the constructive sale. The character of gain from a constructive sale would depend upon a Fund's holding period in the property. Loss from a constructive sale would be recognized when the property was subsequently disposed of, and its character would depend on a Fund's holding period and the application of various loss deferral provisions of the Code.

*Investments in REITs and REMICs*. Each Fund may invest in REITs. Such investments in REIT equity securities may require a Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. In order to generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, a Fund may be required to sell securities in its portfolio (including when it is not advantageous to do so) that it otherwise would have continued to hold. A Fund's investments in REIT equity securities may at other times result in the Fund's receipt of cash in excess of the REIT's earnings; if the Fund distributes such amounts, such distribution could constitute a return of capital to Fund shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Dividends received by a Fund from a REIT generally will not constitute qualified dividend income.

As discussed above, a Fund or some of the REITs in which the Fund may invest may be permitted to hold senior or residual interests in REMICs or debt or equity interests in TMPs. Generally, a portion of a Fund's income from a REIT that is attributable to the REIT's residual interest in a REMIC or a TMP (referred to in the Code as an "excess inclusion") will be subject to U.S. federal income tax in all events. Excess inclusion income of a RIC, such as a Fund, will be allocated to shareholders of the RIC in proportion to the dividends received by shareholders, with the same consequences as if shareholders held the related REMIC residual or TMP interest directly.

In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders (i) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) will constitute UBTI to entities (including a qualified pension plan, an IRA, a 401(k) plan, a Keogh plan or other tax-exempt entity) subject to tax on UBTI, thereby potentially requiring such an entity that is allocated excess inclusion income, and that otherwise might not be required to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case of a non-U.S. investor, will not qualify for any reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax.

If at any time during any taxable year a "disqualified organization" (as defined in the Code) is a record holder of a share in a RIC earning excess inclusion income, then the RIC will be subject to a tax equal to that portion of its excess inclusion income for the taxable year that is allocable to the disqualified organization, multiplied by the highest corporate U.S. federal income tax rate. It is not expected that a substantial portion of a Fund's assets will be residual interests in REMICs. Additionally, a Fund does not intend to invest in REITs in which a substantial portion of the assets will consist of residual interests in REMICs.

*Investments in Commodities*. Each Fund may invest in physical commodities, exchange-traded commodities ("ETCs"), ETFs that are not taxable as RICs under the Code that in turn invest in commodities, or other direct or indirect exposure to commodities. The income a Fund receives from such commodity-related investments will generally not be qualifying income for purposes of the Fund satisfying the Income Requirement (as defined above under the heading "Taxes"). A Fund anticipates monitoring such commodity-related investments so as to keep the Fund's non-qualifying income within acceptable limits of the Income Requirement. However, it is possible that such non-qualifying income will be more than anticipated which could cause a Fund to inadvertently fail the Income Requirement thereby causing the Fund to fail to qualify as a RIC. In such a case, such Fund would be subject to the rules described above.

*Commodity-Linked Derivatives Tax Risk*. The tax treatment of commodity-linked derivative instruments is currently uncertain and may be adversely affected by changes in legislation, regulations, or other legally binding authority. As a RIC, a Fund must satisfy the Income Requirement. On May 1, 2017, the IRS published a series of revocations of private letter rulings that had been issued to RICs. In each of the revocations, at least one of the rulings requested in the original private letter ruling was that the income from a commodity-linked note was qualified income for the purposes of the Income Requirement. Although the original rulings were favorable, the IRS indicated in the revocations that the rulings were not in accord with the current views of the IRS. If, as a result of any adverse future legislation, Treasury Regulations, and/or guidance issued by the IRS, the income of a Fund from certain commodity-linked derivatives were treated as non-qualifying income, the Fund may fail to qualify as RIC and/or be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the Fund level. The uncertainty surrounding the treatment of certain derivative instruments under the qualification tests for a RIC may limit a Fund's use of such derivative instruments.

**Backup Withholding** 

By law, a Fund may be required to backup withhold a portion of your taxable dividends and sales proceeds unless you:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• provide your correct social security or taxpayer identification number,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• certify that this number is correct,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• certify that you are a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).

A Fund also must backup withhold if the IRS instructs it to do so. When backup withholding is required, the amount will be 24% of any distributions or proceeds paid. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld may be credited against the shareholder's U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the appropriate information is furnished to the IRS. Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding and information reporting. The special U.S. tax certification requirements applicable to non-U.S. investors to avoid backup withholding are described under the "Non-U.S. Investors" heading below.

**Non-U.S. Investors** 

This section applies to Non-U.S. investors.

Non-U.S. investors may be subject to U.S. federal withholding and estate tax and are subject to special U.S. federal tax certification requirements. Non-U.S. investors should consult their own tax advisors about the applicability of U.S. federal tax withholding and the use of the appropriate forms to certify their status.

*In General*. The United States imposes a

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flat 30% federal withholding tax (or a withholding tax at a lower treaty rate) on U.S. source dividends, including on income dividends, paid to you by a Fund, subject to certain exemptions described below. However, notwithstanding such exemptions from U.S. federal withholding at the source, any dividends and distributions of income and capital gains, including the proceeds from the sale of your Shares, will be subject to U.S. federal backup withholding at a rate of 24% if you fail to properly certify that you are not a U.S. person.

*Capital Gain Dividends*. In general, capital gain dividends reported by a Fund to shareholders as paid from its net long-term capital gains, other than long-term capital gains realized on disposition of U.S. real property interests (see the discussion below), are not subject to U.S. withholding tax.

*Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends and Interest-Related Dividends.* Short-term capital gain dividends reported by a Fund to shareholders as paid from its net short-term capital gains, other than short-term capital gains realized on disposition of U.S. real property interests (see the discussion below), generally are not subject to U.S. federal withholding tax. Similarly, dividends reported by a Fund to shareholders as interest-related dividends and paid from its qualified net interest income from U.S. sources generally are not subject to U.S. federal withholding tax. "Qualified interest income" includes, in general, U.S. source (i) bank deposit interest, (ii) short-term original discount, (iii) interest (including original issue discount, market discount, or acquisition discount) on an obligation that is in registered form, unless it is earned on an obligation issued by a corporation or partnership in which a Fund is a 10-percent shareholder or is contingent interest, and (iv) any interest-related dividend from another RIC. Each Fund reserves the right to not report amounts of short-term capital gain dividends or interest-related dividends. Additionally, a Fund's reporting of short-term capital gain dividends or interest-related dividends may not be passed through to shareholders by intermediaries who have assumed tax reporting responsibilities for this income in managed or omnibus accounts due to systems limitations or operational constraints.

*Net Investment Income from Dividends on Stock and Foreign Source Interest Income Continue to be Subject to Withholding Tax; Foreign Tax Credits.* Ordinary dividends paid by a Fund to Non-U.S. investors on the income earned on portfolio investments in (i) the stock of domestic and foreign corporations and (ii) the debt of foreign issuers continue to be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax. Non-U.S. investors may be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a rate of 30% on the income resulting from an election to pass-through foreign tax credits to shareholders but may not be able to claim a credit or deduction with respect to the withholding tax for the foreign tax treated as having been paid by them.

*Income Effectively Connected with a U.S. Trade or Business*. If the income from a Fund is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business carried on by a Non-U.S. investor, then ordinary income dividends, capital gain dividends and any gains realized upon the sale or redemption of Shares of a Fund will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the rates applicable to U.S. citizens or corporations and require the filing of a nonresident U.S. federal income tax returns.

*Investment in U.S. Real Property*. The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 ("FIRPTA") makes non-U.S. persons subject to U.S. federal tax on disposition of a U.S. real property interest ("USRPI") as if they were U.S. persons. Such gain is sometimes referred to as FIRPTA gain. A Fund may invest in equity securities of corporations that invest in USRPI, which may trigger FIRPTA gain to the Fund's Non-U.S. investors.

The Code provides a look-through rule for distributions of FIRPTA gain when a RIC is classified as a qualified investment entity. A RIC will be classified as a qualified investment entity only with respect to any distribution by the RIC which is attributable directly or indirectly to a distribution to the RIC from a U.S. REIT ("FIRPTA distribution") and if, in general, 50% or more of the RIC's assets consist of interests in U.S. REITs and other U.S. real property holding corporations ("USRPHCs"). If a RIC is a qualified investment entity and the Non-U.S. investor owns more than 5% of a class of Shares at any time during the one-year period ending on the date of the FIRPTA distribution, the FIRPTA distribution to the Non-U.S. investor is treated as gain from the disposition of a USRPI, causing the distribution to be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a rate of 15%, and requiring the Non-U.S. investor to file a nonresident U.S. income tax return. In addition, even if the Non-U.S. investor does not own more than 5% of a class of Shares, but a Fund is a qualified investment entity, the FIRPTA distribution will be taxable as ordinary dividends (rather than as a capital gain or short-term capital gain dividend) subject to withholding at 30% or lower treaty rate.

It is currently unclear whether Congress will extend the look-through rules previously in effect before January 1, 2014 for distributions of FIRPTA gain to other types of distributions on or after January 1, 2014 from a RIC to a Non-U.S. investor from the RIC's direct or indirect investment in USRPI or what the terms of any such extension would be, including whether such extension would have retroactive effect.

*U.S. Estate Tax.* Transfers by gift of Shares by a Non-U.S. investor who is a nonresident alien individual will not be subject to U.S. federal gift tax. An individual who, at the time of death, is a Non-U.S. investor will nevertheless be subject to U.S. federal estate tax with respect to Shares at the graduated rates applicable to U.S. citizens and residents, unless a treaty exemption applies. If a treaty exemption is available, a decedent's estate may nonetheless need to file a U.S. federal estate tax return to claim the exemption in order to obtain a U.S. federal transfer certificate.

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*U.S. Tax Certification Rules.* Special U.S. tax certification requirements may apply to Non-U.S. investors both to avoid U.S. federal backup withholding imposed at a rate of 24% and to obtain the benefits of any treaty between the United States and the shareholder's country of residence. In general, if you are a Non-U.S. investor, you must provide an applicable Form W-8BEN (or other applicable Form W-8) to establish that you are not a U.S. person, to claim that you are the beneficial owner of the income and, if applicable, to claim a reduced rate of, or exemption from, U.S. federal withholding as a resident of a country with which the United States has an income tax treaty. Certain payees and payments are exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding.

The tax consequences to a Non-U.S. investor entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Non-U.S. investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in a Fund, including the applicability of foreign tax.

*Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA").* Payments to a shareholder that is either a foreign financial institution ("FFI") or a non-financial foreign entity ("NFFE") within the meaning of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA") may be subject to a generally nonrefundable 30% withholding tax on: (i) income dividends paid by a Fund and (ii) possibly in the future, certain capital gain distributions and the proceeds arising from the sale of Shares paid by a Fund. FATCA withholding tax generally can be avoided: (i) by an FFI, subject to any applicable intergovernmental agreement or other exemption, if it enters into a valid agreement with the IRS to, among other requirements, report required information about certain direct and indirect ownership of foreign financial accounts held by U.S. persons with the FFI and (ii) by an NFFE, if it: (a) certifies that it has no substantial U.S. persons as owners or (b) if it does have such owners, reports information relating to them. A Fund may disclose the information that it receives from its shareholders to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities or other parties as necessary to comply with FATCA. Withholding also may be required if a foreign entity that is a shareholder of a Fund fails to provide the Fund with appropriate certifications or other documentation concerning its status under FATCA, generally on an applicable IRS Form W-8.

**Effect of Future Legislation or Administrative Changes; Local Tax Considerations** 

The foregoing general discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences is based on the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations issued thereunder as in effect on the date of this SAI. Future legislative or administrative changes, including provisions of current law that sunset and thereafter no longer apply, or court decisions may significantly change the conclusions expressed herein, and any such changes or decisions may have a retroactive effect with respect to the transactions contemplated herein. Rules of state and local taxation of ordinary income, qualified dividend income and capital gain dividends may differ from the rules for U.S. federal income taxation described above. Distributions may also be subject to additional state, local and foreign taxes depending on each shareholder's particular situation. Non-U.S. investors may be subject to U.S. tax rules that differ significantly from those summarized above. Shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors as to the consequences of these and other state and local tax rules affecting investment in a Fund.

**<u>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</u>**

Financial Statements and Annual Reports will be available after the Funds have completed a fiscal period/year of operations. When available, you may request a copy of the Annual Report for the Funds at no charge by calling (215) 882-9983, or you may download the report from the Funds' website at https://funds.alphaarchitect.com.

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**<u>Appendix A</u>**

**EA Advisers**

**Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures**

**PROXY VOTING POLICY** 

The Board has delegated authority to EA Advisers (the "Firm") to vote all proxies relating to the securities held in the Fund's portfolios in the best interest of Funds and their shareholders. The Firm has therefore adopted the following procedures for voting proxies on behalf of the Funds.

**VOTING PROCEDURES** 

All employees will forward any proxy materials received on behalf of Funds to the Compliance Officer, who will determine which Fund holds the security to which the proxy relates.

Absent material conflicts, the Compliance Officer will determine how the Firm should vote the proxy in accordance with applicable voting guidelines, complete the proxy and direct that the proxy be submitted in a timely and appropriate manner.

**DISCLOSURE** 

The Firm will provide conspicuously displayed information to the Funds summarizing this proxy voting policy and procedures, including a statement that the Funds may request information regarding how the Firm voted a Fund's proxies, and that the Funds may request a copy of these policies and procedures. The Funds will disclose this Proxy Policy, or the Firm's description of the Proxy Policy, to their shareholders by including it as an appendix to the Funds' Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") on Form N-1A.

**VOTING GUIDELINES** 

In the absence of specific voting guidelines from the Funds, the Firm will vote proxies in the best interests of each particular Fund. The Firm's policy is to vote all proxies from a specific issuer the same way for each Fund absent qualifying restrictions from a Fund. The Funds are permitted to place reasonable restrictions on the Firm's voting authority in the same manner that they may place such restrictions on the actual selection of portfolio securities.

The Firm will generally vote in favor of routine corporate housekeeping proposals such as the election of directors and selection of auditors absent conflicts of interest raised by an auditor's non-audit services.

In reviewing proposals, the Firm will further consider the opinion of management and the effect on management, and the effect on shareholder value and the issuer's business practices. In general, much weight will be given to management's recommendation on the proxy vote in the Firm's decision making. The Firm may consider the opinions of independent proxy service providers, such as Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. ("ISS") in certain situations.

**CONFLICTS OF INTEREST** 

The Firm will identify any conflicts that exist between the interests of the Firm and the Fund(s) by reviewing the relationship of the Firm with the issuer of each security to determine if the Firm or any of its employees has any financial, business or personal relationship with the issuer.

If a material conflict of interest exists, the Compliance Officer will determine whether it is appropriate to disclose the conflict to the affected Fund(s), to give such Fund(s) an opportunity to vote the proxies themselves, or to address the voting issue through other objective means such as voting in a manner consistent with a predetermined voting policy or receiving an independent third-party voting recommendation.

The Firm will maintain a record of the voting resolution of any conflict of interest.

**REPORTING** 

The Firm will present to the Board a quarterly report summarizing its proxy voting compliance activities for the preceding quarter. In accordance with its procedures, the Board will review the quarterly report to ensure compliance with the SEC Rules and this Policy, and will determine the steps and procedures, if any, that must be undertaken or adopted by the Firm to ensure further compliance with the relevant laws. Votes cast on behalf of the Funds will be compiled and transmitted to the Administrator, which will assist in preparing the Form N-PX report as required by the SEC.

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**RECORDKEEPING** 

The Compliance Officer shall retain the following proxy records in accordance with the SEC's five-year retention requirement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.These policies and procedures and any amendments;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.A copy of each proxy statement that the Firm receives;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.A record of each vote that the Firm casts;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.Any document the Firm created that was material to making a decision how to vote proxies, or that memorializes that decision.

A copy of each written request from a Fund for information on how the Firm voted such Fund's proxies, and a copy of any written response.