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LBAY

- LEATHERBACK LONG/SHORT ALTERNATIVE YIELD ETF

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Earliest date2020-11-17

About LBAY

TheFund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by purchasinglong positions in securities believed to provide sustainable shareholder yield (defined as dividends plus buybacks plus debt paydowns)and taking short positions in securities expected to decline in price. The Fund will generally have net exposure of 75% - 110%long. Investmentdecisions for the Fund are made by Leatherback Asset Management, LLC (“Leatherback” or the “Sub-Adviser”),the Fund’s sub-adviser. Leatherback identifies securities to purchase long for the Fund through quantitative and fundamentalanalyses of U.S.-listed large-, mid-, or small-capitalization companies. Leatherback typically looks to purchase securities ofcompanies with high shareholder yield. As part of its analysis, Leatherback considers whether a security is expected to pay adividend and the ability of the issuer to grow that dividend over time, although the Fund may own securities that do not pay anydividends. Leatherback considers alternative yield to include interest and dividend income received from a security that is nota debt instrument. TheFund’s long positions are generally expected to be comprised of equity securities or depositary receipts, although longpositions may also include investment-grade corporate bonds and convertible bonds. The Fund’s equity securities may includecommon stocks, preferred stocks, other ETFs, closed-end funds, business development companies (“BDCs”), master limitedpartnerships (“MLPs”), real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), and publicly traded companies that areformed to own operating assets that produce defined cash flows (“YieldCos”). TheFund may write (sell) covered calls up to 100% of the value of the Fund’s individual equity security or an index when Leatherbackbelieves call premiums are attractive relative to the price of the underlying security or index. Leatherbackseeks to identify short positions for the Fund based on identifying idiosyncratic ideas that suggest a security’s pricewill decline. For example, Leatherback may look for financial or accounting anomalies in a company’s financial statements,may seek to identify short-term fads leading to overvalued securities, or look for companies with a poor governance record. Securitiesthat the Fund sells short are generally expected to have lower margins and be in industries facing significant challenges forgrowth. The Fund may also sell short equity securities or other ETFs that are sector-, market capitalization-, or geography-focusedor factor-based to take advantage of headwinds perceived by Leatherback for those investments. Ashort sale is a transaction in which the Fund sells a security it does not own, typically in anticipation of a decline in themarket price of that security. To effect a short sale, the Fund arranges through a broker to borrow the security it does not ownto be delivered to a buyer of such security. In borrowing the security to be delivered to the buyer, the Fund will become obligatedto replace the security borrowed at the time of replacement, regardless of the market price at that time. A short sale resultsin a gain when the price of the securities sold short declines between the date of the short sale and the date on which a securityis purchased to replace the borrowed security. Conversely, a short sale will result in a loss if the price of the security soldshort increases. When the Fund makes a short sale, the broker effecting the short sale typically holds the proceeds as part ofthe collateral securing the Fund’s obligation to cover the short position. Inaddition to the strategies described above, the Fund may also purchase put options on equity securities or ETFs.