−Removed: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
−Removed: of RISE have traded on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “RISE”
−Removed: since February 19, 2015.
−Removed: of June 30, 2020, RISE had approximately 100 holders of its shares.
−Removed: of BDRY have traded on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “BDRY”
−Removed: since March 22, 2018.
−Removed: of June 30, 2020, BDRY had approximately 1,325 holders of its shares.
−Removed: Funds have not made and do not currently intend to make cash distributions to their shareholders.
−Removed: Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: Funds do not purchase shares directly from their shareholders.
−Removed: Participant redemption activity for each Fund during the period from April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 and the period from April
−Removed: 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019 was as follows:
−Removed: Period of Redemption
−Removed: Period from April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020
−Removed: Period from April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019
−Removed: Period of Redemption
−Removed: Period from April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020
−Removed: Period from April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019
+Added: Market for Registrant’s Common
+Added: Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
+Added: Shares of BDRY have traded on the NYSE Arca under
+Added: the symbol “BDRY” since March 22, 2018.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, BDRY had approximately
+Added: 7,673 holders of its shares.
+Added: The Fund has not made and does not currently
+Added: intend to make cash distributions to its shareholders.
+Added: Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
+Added: The Fund does not purchase shares directly from
+Added: its shareholders.
+Added: Authorized Participant redemption activity for
+Added: the Fund during the period from April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021 and the period from April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 was as follows:
+Added: of Redemption
+Added: from April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021
+Added: from April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020
Selected Financial Data.
−Removed: required for small reporting companies.
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
−Removed: following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto of the Trust and the Fund
−Removed: included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in Item 8 of this Annual Report (the
−Removed: “Report”).
−Removed: The discussion and analysis which follows may contain trend analysis and other forward-looking statements
−Removed: within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which reflect our current views with respect to future
−Removed: events and financial results.
−Removed: Words such as “anticipate,”
−Removed: “expect,”
−Removed: “intend,”
−Removed: “plan,”
−Removed: “believe,”
−Removed: “seek,”
−Removed: “outlook”
−Removed: and “estimate,”
−Removed: as well as similar words and phrases,
−Removed: signify forward-looking statements.
−Removed: ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I’s forward-looking statements are not guarantees
−Removed: of future results and conditions, and important factors, risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results to differ materially
−Removed: from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.
−Removed: should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Except as expressly required by the Federal securities laws,
−Removed: ETF Managers Capital, LLC undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or the risks, uncertainties
−Removed: or other factors described in this Report, as a result of new information, future events or changed circumstances or for any other
−Removed: reason after the date of this Report.
−Removed: Trust is a Delaware statutory trust formed on July 23, 2014.
−Removed: It is a series trust currently consisting of two publicly listed
−Removed: Sit Rising Rate ETF (“RISE”) and Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (“BDRY”).
−Removed: All of the series of
−Removed: the Trust are collectively referred to as the “Funds”
−Removed: and singularly as the “Fund.”
−Removed: Each Fund issues common
−Removed: units, called the “Shares,”
−Removed: representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in the respective Fund.
−Removed: and the Funds operate pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust
−Removed: Agreement”).
−Removed: Sponsor has the power and authority to establish and designate one or more series and to issue shares thereof, from time to time
−Removed: as it deems necessary or desirable.
−Removed: The Sponsor has exclusive power to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences as
−Removed: between the shares of any series as to the right of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and other distributions
−Removed: and on liquidation, conversion rights, and conditions under which the series shall have separate voting rights or no voting rights.
−Removed: The term for which the Trust is to exist commenced on the date of the filing of the Certificate of Trust, and the Trust, the Funds,
−Removed: and any additional series created in the future will exist in perpetuity, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions
−Removed: of the Trust Agreement.
−Removed: Separate and distinct records shall be maintained for each Fund and the assets associated with a Fund
−Removed: shall be held in such separate and distinct records (directly or indirectly, including a nominee or otherwise) and accounted for
−Removed: in such separate and distinct records separately from the assets of any other series.
−Removed: The Funds and each future series will be
−Removed: separate from all such series in respect of the assets and liabilities allocated to a Fund and each separate series and will represent
−Removed: a separate investment portfolio of the Trust.
−Removed: sole Trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust, N.A.
−Removed: (the “Trustee”), and the Trustee serves as the Trust’s corporate
−Removed: trustee as required under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (“DSTA”).
−Removed: The Trustee’s principal offices are located
−Removed: at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890.
−Removed: The Trustee is unaffiliated with the Sponsor.
−Removed: The rights and duties of
−Removed: the Trustee and the Sponsor with respect to the offering of the Shares and Fund management and the shareholders are governed by
−Removed: the provisions of the DSTA and by the Trust Agreement.
−Removed: On January 29, 2015, the initial Form S-1
−Removed: for the Fund was declared effective by the U.S.
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
−Removed: On January 8, 2015, 4 Creation
−Removed: Baskets for the Fund were issued representing 200,000 shares and $5,000,000.
−Removed: The Fund began trading on the New York Stock Exchange
−Removed: (“NYSE”) Arca on February 19, 2015.
−Removed: On March 9, 2018, the initial Forms S-1
−Removed: for BDRY was declared effective by the SEC.
−Removed: On March 21, 2018, two Creation Baskets were issued for the Fund, representing 100,000
−Removed: shares and $2,500,000.
−Removed: The Fund began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) Arca on March 22, 2018.
−Removed: Each Fund is designed and managed to track
−Removed: the performance of a portfolio (a “Benchmark Portfolio”) consisting of futures contracts and options on futures contracts
−Removed: (the “Benchmark Component Instruments”).
−Removed: Results of Operations
−Removed: RISE commenced investment operations on
−Removed: February 19, 2015 at $25.00 per Share.
−Removed: The Shares have been trading on the NYSE Arca since February 19, 2015 under the symbol “RISE”.
−Removed: BDRY commenced investment operations on
−Removed: March 22, 2018 at $25.00 per Share.
−Removed: The Shares have been trading on the NYSE Arca since March 22, 2018 under the symbol “BDRY.”
−Removed: Each Fund seeks to track the daily return
−Removed: of the applicable Benchmark Portfolio, over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Fund’s interest income from its holdings
−Removed: of United States Treasury Obligations, options and futures, and, if applicable, other high credit quality short-term fixed income
−Removed: securities over the expenses of the Fund.
−Removed: The following graphs illustrate changes
−Removed: in (i) the price of each Fund’s Shares (reflected, as applicable, by the graphs “Comparison of Per Share RISE NAV to
−Removed: RISE Market Value for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019”
−Removed: and “Comparison of Per Share RISE NAV to RISE
−Removed: Market Value for the Year Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 and (ii) the Fund’s NAV (as reflected by the graphs “Comparison
−Removed: of RISE NAV to Benchmark Index for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019”
−Removed: and “Comparison of RISE NAV to Benchmark
−Removed: Index for the Year Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019”).
−Removed: Each Benchmark Portfolio is frictionless,
−Removed: in that it does not take into account fees or expenses associated with investing in the applicable Fund.
−Removed: The performance of the
−Removed: Funds involves friction, in that fees and expenses impose a drag on performance.
−Removed: Sit Rising Rate ETF
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, interest rates went from
−Removed: being stable to declining sharply due to a flight to quality sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: RISE is particularly sensitive to
−Removed: the impact of changes in the Fed funds rate which declined from 1.50% to nearly zero in March 2020.
−Removed: As a result, this decline in
−Removed: the Fed funds rate drove up treasury bond prices.
−Removed: Since the RISE portfolio is short bond futures, this caused the net asset value
−Removed: per share of RISE to decline.
−Removed: The Federal Reserve reduced interest rates drastically to try
−Removed: to help off-set some of the economic decline from the economy shutting down in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.
−Removed: Fed also pursued other policies in an attempt to stabilize financial markets.
−Removed: While financial markets have stabilized, interest
−Removed: rates remain low as investors expect the Fed to keep interest rates low until economic activity returns to a more normalized level,
−Removed: which could be sometime in 2021 once a vaccine has been widely distributed.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of RISE and
−Removed: its NAV tracked closely for the three months ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of RISE and
−Removed: its NAV tracked closely for the year ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of RISE and
−Removed: its NAV tracked closely for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of RISE and its NAV tracked closely
−Removed: for the year ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: RISE with the benchmark portfolio returns for the three months ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark
−Removed: value often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative
−Removed: impact on NAV of the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: RISE with the benchmark portfolio returns for the year ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value
−Removed: often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of
−Removed: the Fund’s expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: RISE with the benchmark portfolio returns for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark
−Removed: value often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on
−Removed: NAV of the Fund’s expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: RISE with the benchmark portfolio returns for the year ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value
−Removed: often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of
−Removed: the Fund’s expenses.
−Removed: FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the
−Removed: NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-10.87%) from $22.73 per share, representing the closing price on June 28, 2019,
−Removed: to $20.26 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30,
−Removed: 2020 and related change from the closing share price on June 30, 2019 was as follows:
−Removed: shares traded from a high of $23.10 per share
−Removed: (+1.63%) on December 18, 2019 to a low of $19.93 per share (-12.32%) on April 16, 2020.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance
−Removed: For the year ended June 30, 2020, the net
−Removed: asset value of each share decreased (-10.70%) from $22.70 per share to $20.27 per share.
−Removed: Net losses in the futures and options
−Removed: contracts more than offset Fund net investment income resulting in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the year ended
−Removed: June 30, 2020.
−Removed: Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2020,
−Removed: was $520,302, resulting from net realized losses on investments, futures and options contracts of $903,915, net unrealized gains
−Removed: on investments, futures and options contracts of $336,740, and the net investment income of $46,873.
−Removed: FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2019, the
−Removed: NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-7.83%) from $24.66 per share, representing the closing price on June 29, 2018,
−Removed: to $22.73 per share, representing the closing price on June 28, 2019.
−Removed: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30,
−Removed: 2019 and related change from the closing share price on June 29, 2018 was as follows:
−Removed: shares traded from a high of $25.50 per share
−Removed: (+3.41%) on October 5, 2018 and November 8, 2018 to a low of $22.635 per share (-8.21%) on June 25, 2019.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance
−Removed: For the year ended June 30, 2019, the net
−Removed: asset value of each share decreased (-7.91%) from $24.65 per share to $22.70 per share.
−Removed: Net losses in the futures and options contracts
−Removed: more than offset Fund net investment income resulting in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30,
−Removed: Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2019,
−Removed: was $2,753,749, resulting from net realized losses on investments, futures and options contracts of $3,673,921, net unrealized
−Removed: gains on investments, futures and options contracts of $443,911, and the net investment income of $476,261.
−Removed: FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the three months ended June 30,
−Removed: 2020, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-1.32%) from $20.53 per Share, representing the closing price on March
−Removed: 31, 2020, to $20.26 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The Share price high and low for the three months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2020 and related change from the closing Share price on March 31, 2020 was as follows:
−Removed: Shares traded from a high
−Removed: of $20.75 per Share (+1.07%) on June 5, 2020 to a low of $19.93 per Share (-2.92%) on April 16, 2020.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Performance
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2020,
−Removed: the net asset value of each Share decreased (-1.27%) from $20.53 per Share to $20.27 per Share.
−Removed: For the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2020, losses in the investments, futures and options contracts more than offset Fund net investment income resulting in the
−Removed: overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the period.
−Removed: Net loss for the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2020, was $65,490, resulting from net realized losses on investments, futures and options contracts of $483,292, net unrealized
−Removed: gains on investments, futures and options contracts of $413,306, and the net investment income of $4,496.
−Removed: FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the three months ended June 30,
−Removed: 2019, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-3.65%) from $23.59 per Share, representing the closing price on March
−Removed: 29, 2019, to $22.73 per Share, representing the closing price on June 28, 2019.
−Removed: The Share price high and low for the three months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2019 and related change from the closing Share price on March 29, 2019 was as follows:
−Removed: Shares traded from a high
−Removed: of $24.045 per Share (+1.93%) on April 17, 2019 to a low of $22.635 per Share (-4.05%) on June 25, 2019.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Performance
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2019,
−Removed: the net asset value of each Share decreased (-4.02%) from $23.65 per Share to $22.70 per Share.
−Removed: For the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2019, losses in the investments, futures and options contracts more than offset Fund net investment income resulting in the
−Removed: overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the period.
−Removed: Net loss for the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2019, was $439,961, resulting from net realized losses on investments, futures and options contracts of $759,399, net unrealized
−Removed: gains on investments, futures and options contracts of $276,630, and the net investment income of $42,808.
−Removed: Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, dry bulk spot rates experienced
−Removed: considerable volatility for the second year in a row, as the disruption of iron ore exports out of Brazil following the 2019 Brumadinho
−Removed: dam rupture combined with the extreme economic and trade disruption caused by the COVID-19 virus outbreak, dominated shipping market
−Removed: fundamentals.
−Removed: Brazil iron ore exports, a major commodity shipped by dry bulk vessels, ended the 2019 calendar year lower by about
−Removed: 10% as Vale’s exports were severely impacted by the rupture of the aforementioned tailings dam in January of 2019.
−Removed: freight rates enjoyed a strong summer and autumn due to imbalances in ship supply between the Atlantic and the Pacific regions,
−Removed: once such imbalances normalized, rates declined towards the end of 2019 as trade volumes remained weak.
−Removed: In early 2020, the
−Removed: COVID-19 outbreak caused a severe disruption in trade and global economies came to a virtual halt leading to a collapse in demand
−Removed: for commodities.
−Removed: China was the first major economy to see some gradual recovery toward the second calendar quarter of 2020, which
−Removed: led to a slight uptick in dry bulk freight rates.
−Removed: An ongoing economic recovery and
−Removed: considerable stimulus efforts by the major economies around the globe because of COVID-19 should benefit the shipping
−Removed: markets, which was also evident by strong realized freight rates during the summer of 2020.
−Removed: Although the global economic
−Removed: recovery seems strong, it is also highly fragile as the persistence of the COVID-19 virus remains a major risk globally.
−Removed: the global economy remains on the path of growth, then shipping should benefit as trade flows should continue to increase.
−Removed: Dry bulk should also see increasing demand due to high iron ore flows into China, as local steel demand remains robust
−Removed: supporting strong imports.
−Removed: Differences in the benchmark return and BDRY net asset value
−Removed: per share are due primarily to the following factors:
−Removed: ● Benchmark portfolio uses settlement prices of freight futures vs.
−Removed: closing share price for BDRY.
−Removed: ● Benchmark portfolio roll methodology assumes rolls that happen even at fractions of lots vs.
−Removed: BDRY that transacts at real minimum
−Removed: lot size available pursuant to market practice (5 lots minimum)
−Removed: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes rolls that are happening at settlement prices vs.
−Removed: BDRY that transacts at prevailing prices
−Removed: during the day that might or might not be equal to settlement prices.
−Removed: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes no trading commissions vs.
−Removed: BDRY that pays 10bps of nominal value in commissions per transaction.
−Removed: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes no clearing fees vs BDRY that pays approximately $10 per lot in clearing fees per transaction.
−Removed: ● Benchmark portfolio assumes no management fees vs.
−Removed: BDRY fee structure.
−Removed: ● Creations and redemptions that lead to transactions in the freight futures market might occur at prices that might be different
−Removed: versus the settlement prices of that day.
−Removed: There are no known competitors.
−Removed: BDRY is the only freight futures
−Removed: ETF globally.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of BDRY and
−Removed: its NAV tracked closely for the three months ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of BDRY and
−Removed: its NAV tracked closely for the year ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of BDRY and
−Removed: its NAV tracked closely for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE
−Removed: The per Share market value of BDRY and
−Removed: its NAV tracked closely for the year ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: BDRY with the benchmark portfolio returns for the three months ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark
−Removed: value often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative
−Removed: impact on NAV of the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: BDRY with the benchmark portfolio returns for the year ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value
−Removed: often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of
−Removed: the Fund’s expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: BDRY with the benchmark portfolio returns for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark
−Removed: value often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative
−Removed: impact on NAV of the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
−Removed: NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE
−Removed: FUND NOR THE PRIOR BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S
−Removed: FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: The graph above compares the return of
−Removed: BDRY with the benchmark portfolio returns for the year ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value
−Removed: often results in the appearance of a NAV premium or discount to the benchmark.
−Removed: The difference is related to the cumulative impact
−Removed: on NAV of the Fund’s income and expenses during the period presented in the chart above.
−Removed: FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2020, the
−Removed: NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-43.80%) from $13.15 per share, representing the closing price on June 28, 2019,
−Removed: to $7.39 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: and related change from the closing share price on June 28, 2019 was as follows:
−Removed: shares traded from a high of $22.19 per share
−Removed: (+68.75%) on October 9, 2019 to a low of $3.75 per share (-71.48%) on May 13, 2020.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance
−Removed: For the year ended June 30, 2020, the net
−Removed: asset value of each share decreased (-41.89%) from $13.25 per share to $7.70 per share.
−Removed: Net gains in the futures and options contracts,
−Removed: the impact of the timing of Fund share purchases in the fourth quarter of the year, and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease
−Removed: in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: Net income for the year ended June 30,
−Removed: 2020, was $6,159,382, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $1,565,921, net unrealized gains
−Removed: on investments and futures contracts of $8,190,140, and the net investment loss of $464,837.
−Removed: FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the year ended June 30, 2019, the
−Removed: NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-40.34%) from $22.04 per share, representing the closing price on June 29, 2018,
−Removed: to $13.15 per share, representing the closing price on June 28, 2019.
−Removed: The share price high and low for the year ended June 30,
−Removed: 2019 and related change from the closing share price on June 29, 2018 was as follows:
−Removed: shares traded from a high of $25.60 per share
−Removed: (+16.15%) on August 21, 2018 and August 22, 2018 to a low of $9.20 per share (-58.26%) on April 11, 2019.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance
−Removed: For the year ended June 30, 2019, the net
−Removed: asset value of each share decreased (-39.72%) from $21.98 per share to $13.25 per share.
−Removed: Net losses in the futures and options
−Removed: contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2019,
−Removed: was $785,330, resulting from net realized losses on investments, futures and options contracts of $1,006,844, net unrealized gains
−Removed: on investments, futures and options contracts of $309,735, and the net investment loss of $88,221.
−Removed: FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the three months ended June 30,
−Removed: 2020, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share increased (+15.65%) from $6.39 per Share, representing the closing price on March
−Removed: 31, 2020, to $7.39 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2020.
−Removed: The Share price high and low for the three months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2020 and related change from the closing Share price on March 31, 2020 was as follows:
−Removed: Shares traded from a high
−Removed: of $8.24 per Share (+28.95%) on June 25, 2020 to a low of $3.75 per Share (-41.31%) on April 8, 2020.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Performance
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2020,
−Removed: the net asset value of each Share increased (+18.46%) from $6.50 per Share to $7.70 per Share.
−Removed: For the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2020, gains in the investments, futures and options contracts more than offset Fund expenses resulting in the overall increase
−Removed: in the NAV per Share during the period.
−Removed: Net income for the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2020, was $9,894,451, resulting from net realized losses on investments and futures contracts of $340,186, net unrealized gains
−Removed: on investments and futures contracts of $10,557,850, and the net investment loss of $323,213.
−Removed: FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
−Removed: Fund Share Price Performance
−Removed: During the three months ended June 30,
−Removed: 2019, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share increased (+40.49%) from $9.36 per Share, representing the closing price on March
−Removed: 29, 2019, to $13.15 per Share, representing the closing price on June 28, 2019.
−Removed: The Share price high and low for the three months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2019 and related change from the closing Share price on March 29, 2019 was as follows:
−Removed: Shares traded from a high
−Removed: of $13.15 per Share (+40.49%) on June 28, 2019 to a low of $9.20 per Share (-1.71%) on April 11, 2019.
−Removed: Fund Share Net Asset Performance
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2019,
−Removed: the net asset value of each Share increased (+39.18%) from $9.52 per Share to $13.25 per Share.
−Removed: For the three months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2019, gains in the investments, futures and options contracts more than offset Fund expenses resulting in the overall increase
−Removed: in the NAV per Share during the period.
−Removed: Net income for the three months ended
−Removed: June 30, 2019, was $1,214,187, resulting from net realized gains on investments, futures and options contracts of $854,695, net
−Removed: unrealized gains on investments, futures and options contracts of $384,282, and the net investment loss of $24,790.
−Removed: Accounting Policies
−Removed: Fund’s critical accounting policies are as follows:
−Removed: of the financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles requires
−Removed: the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates.
−Removed: The Funds’
−Removed: application of
−Removed: these policies involves judgments and the use of estimates.
−Removed: Actual results may differ from the estimates used and such differences
−Removed: could be material.
−Removed: Each Fund holds a significant portion of its assets in futures contracts and money market funds, which are
−Removed: held at fair value.
−Removed: Fund calculates its net asset value as of the NAV Calculation Time as described above.
−Removed: values which are used by the Funds for their Treasury Instruments and Freight Futures, as applicable, are provided by the applicable
−Removed: Fund’s commodity broker, which uses market prices when available.
−Removed: In addition, the Funds estimate interest income on a daily
−Removed: basis using prevailing rates earned on their cash and cash equivalents.
−Removed: These estimates are adjusted to the actual amount received
−Removed: on a monthly basis and the difference, if any, is not considered material.
−Removed: a Fund enters into Benchmark Component Instruments, it will be exposed to the credit risk that the counterparty will not be able
−Removed: to meet its obligations.
−Removed: For purposes of credit risk, the counterparty for the Benchmark Component Instruments traded on or cleared
−Removed: by the CME and other futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with those exchanges.
−Removed: In general, clearinghouses are backed
−Removed: by their members who may be required to share in the financial burden resulting from the nonperformance of one of their members,
−Removed: which should significantly reduce credit risk.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearinghouse, or their financial
−Removed: backers will satisfy their obligations to the Funds.
−Removed: Sponsor will attempt to minimize certain of these market and credit risks by normally:
−Removed: and clearing trades with creditworthy counterparties, as determined by the Sponsor;
−Removed: the outstanding amounts due from counterparties of the Funds;
−Removed: posting margin directly with a counterparty;
−Removed: the amount of margin or premium posted at the FCM;
−Removed: that deliverable contracts are not held to such a date when delivery of an underlying asset could be called for.
−Removed: Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) requires all FCMs, such as the Fund’s clearing brokers, to meet and maintain
−Removed: specified fitness and financial requirements, to segregate customer funds from proprietary funds and account separately for all
−Removed: customers’
−Removed: funds and positions, and to maintain specified books and records open to inspection by the staff of the CFTC.
−Removed: The CFTC has similar authority over introducing brokers, or persons who solicit or accept orders for commodity interest trades
−Removed: but who do not accept margin deposits for the execution of trades.
−Removed: The CEA authorizes the CFTC to regulate trading by FCMs and
−Removed: by their officers and directors, permits the CFTC to require action by exchanges in the event of market emergencies, and establishes
−Removed: an administrative procedure under which customers may institute complaints for damages arising from alleged violations of the
−Removed: The CEA also gives the states powers to enforce its provisions and the regulations of the CFTC.
−Removed: November 14, 2013, the CFTC published final regulations that require enhanced customer protections, risk management programs,
−Removed: internal monitoring and controls, capital and liquidity standards, customer disclosures and auditing and examination programs
−Removed: The rules are intended to afford greater assurances to market participants that customer segregated funds and secured
−Removed: amounts are protected, customers are provided with appropriate notice of the risks of futures trading and of the FCMs with which
−Removed: they may choose to do business, FCMs are monitoring and managing risks in a robust manner, the capital and liquidity of FCMs are
−Removed: strengthened to safeguard the continued operations and the auditing and examination programs of the CFTC and the self-regulatory
−Removed: organizations are monitoring the activities of FCMs in a thorough manner.
−Removed: and Capital Resources
−Removed: Funds do not anticipate making use of borrowings or other lines of credit to meet their obligations.
−Removed: The Funds meets their liquidity
−Removed: needs in the normal course of business from the proceeds of the sale of their investments or from the cash, cash equivalents and/or
−Removed: the collateralizing Treasury Securities that they hold.
−Removed: The Funds’
−Removed: liquidity needs include:
−Removed: redeeming their shares, providing
−Removed: margin deposits for existing Benchmark Component Instruments, the purchase of additional Benchmark Component Instruments, and
−Removed: paying expenses.
−Removed: Funds generate cash primarily from (i) the sale of Creation Baskets and (ii) interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and
−Removed: their investments in collateralizing Treasury Securities.
−Removed: Generally, all of the net assets of the Funds are allocated to
−Removed: trading in Benchmark Component Instruments.
−Removed: Most of the assets of the Funds are held in Treasury Instruments, cash and/or
−Removed: cash equivalents that could or are used as margin or collateral for trading in Benchmark Component Instruments.
−Removed: percentage that such assets bear to the total net assets will vary from period to period as the market values of the
−Removed: Benchmark Component Instruments change.
−Removed: Interests earned on interest-bearing assets of the Funds are paid to the Funds.
−Removed: to the economic uncertainty due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Funds have experienced a significant
−Removed: decrease in interest rates, and as such the Funds are experiencing a higher breakeven year over year.
−Removed: investments of the Funds in Benchmark Component Instruments could be subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions,
−Removed: regulatory considerations and other reasons.
−Removed: Such conditions could prevent the Funds from promptly liquidating a position in Benchmark
−Removed: Component Instruments.
−Removed: in Benchmark Component Instruments such as futures contracts will involve the Funds entering into contractual commitments to purchase
−Removed: or sell specific amounts of instruments at a specified date in the future.
−Removed: The gross or face amount of the contracts is expected
−Removed: to significantly exceed the future cash requirements of the Funds as the Funds intend to close out any open positions prior to
−Removed: the contractual expiration date.
−Removed: As a result, the Funds’
−Removed: market risk is the risk of loss arising from the decline in value
−Removed: of the contracts, not from the need to make delivery under the contracts.
−Removed: The Funds consider the “fair value”
−Removed: of derivative
−Removed: instruments to be the unrealized gain or loss on the contracts.
−Removed: The market risk associated with the commitment by the Funds to
−Removed: purchase a specific contract will be limited to the aggregate face amount of the contracts held.
−Removed: exposure of the Funds to market risk will depend on a number of factors including the markets for the specific instrument, the
−Removed: volatility of interest rates and foreign exchange rates, the liquidity of the instrument-specific market and the relationships
−Removed: among the contracts held by the Funds.
−Removed: Balance Sheet Financing
−Removed: of June 30, 2020, neither the Trust nor the Funds have any loan guarantees, credit support or other off-balance sheet arrangements
−Removed: of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions
−Removed: relating to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Funds.
−Removed: the exposure of the Funds under these indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, they are not expected to have a material
−Removed: impact on the financial position of the Funds.
−Removed: Basket Obligation
−Removed: than as necessary to meet the investment objective of the Funds and pay the contractual obligations described below, the Funds
−Removed: will require liquidity to redeem Redemption Baskets.
−Removed: The Funds intend to satisfy this obligation through the transfer of cash
−Removed: of a Fund (generated, if necessary, through the sale of Treasury Instruments or Freight Futures, as applicable) in an amount proportionate
−Removed: to the number of Shares being redeemed.
−Removed: primary contractual obligations of each Fund will be with the Sponsor and certain other service providers.
−Removed: Rising Rate ETF
−Removed: pays the Sponsor a management fee (the “Sponsor Fee”), monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to the greater of 0.15%
−Removed: per annum of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets or $75,000.
−Removed: The Sponsor Fee is paid in consideration of the
−Removed: Sponsor’s management services to the Fund.
−Removed: RISE also pays Sit a license and service fee (the “CTA Fee”) monthly
−Removed: in arrears, for the use of RISE’s Benchmark Portfolio in an amount equal to 0.20% per annum of the Fund’s average
−Removed: daily net assets.
−Removed: The Sponsor has contractually agreed
−Removed: to waive the Sponsor Fee and/or assume RISE’s remaining expenses so that the Fund’s expenses do not exceed an
−Removed: annual rate of 1.00%, excluding brokerage commissions, interest expense, and extraordinary expenses, of the value of the
−Removed: Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Cap”).
−Removed: The assumption of expenses and waiver of the Sponsor
−Removed: fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor, through September 30, 2021.
−Removed: If after that date, the Sponsor no longer assumed
−Removed: expenses or waived the Sponsor Fee, RISE could be adversely impacted, including in its ability to achieve its investment
−Removed: Fund currently accrues its daily expenses up to the Expense Cap.
−Removed: At the end of each month, the accrued amount is remitted to the
−Removed: Sponsor as the Sponsor has assumed, and is responsible for the payment of, the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary
−Removed: expenses of the Fund which aggregated $105,143 and $121,296, of which $91,188 and $82,026 was absorbed by the Sponsor, for the
−Removed: three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Fund’s ongoing fees, costs and expenses of its operation, not subject to the Expense Cap include brokerage and other fees
−Removed: and commissions incurred in connection with the trading activities of the Fund, and extraordinary expenses (including, but not
−Removed: limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto).
−Removed: Expenses subject to the
−Removed: Expense Cap include (i) expenses incurred in connection with registering additional Shares of the Fund or offering Shares of the
−Removed: (ii) the routine expenses associated with the preparation and, if required, the printing and mailing of monthly, quarterly,
−Removed: annual and other reports required by applicable U.S.
−Removed: federal and state regulatory authorities, Trust meetings and preparing, printing
−Removed: and mailing proxy statements to Shareholders;
−Removed: (iii) the routine services of the Trustee, legal counsel and independent accountants;
−Removed: (iv) routine accounting, bookkeeping, custodial and transfer agency services, whether performed by an outside service provider
−Removed: or by affiliates of the Sponsor;
−Removed: (v) postage and insurance;
−Removed: (vi) costs and expenses associated with client relations and services;
−Removed: (vii) costs of preparation of all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns and any taxes payable on the income, assets or
−Removed: operations of the Fund.
−Removed: the Sponsor has agreed to pay registration fees to the SEC and any other regulatory agency in connection with the offer and sale
−Removed: of the Shares offered through the Fund’s prospectus, the legal, printing, accounting and other expenses associated with
−Removed: such registration, and the initial fee of $7,500 for listing the Shares on the NYSE Arca, the Fund will be responsible for any
−Removed: registration fees and related expenses incurred in connection with any future offer and sale of Shares of the Fund in excess of
−Removed: those offered through its prospectus.
−Removed: general expenses of the Trust will be allocated among the Fund and any other series of the Trust as determined by the Sponsor
−Removed: in its sole and absolute discretion.
−Removed: The Trust is also responsible for extraordinary expenses, including, but not limited to,
−Removed: legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto.
−Removed: The Trust and/or the Sponsor may be
−Removed: required to indemnify the Trustee, Distributor or Administrator under certain circumstances.
−Removed: parties cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as the NAV
−Removed: and trading levels to meet investment objectives for the Fund will not be known until a future date.
−Removed: These agreements are effective
−Removed: for a specific term agreed upon by the parties with an option to renew, or, in some cases, are in effect for the duration of the
−Removed: Fund’s existence.
−Removed: The parties may terminate these agreements earlier for certain reasons listed in the agreements.
−Removed: Dry Bulk Shipping ETF
−Removed: pays a Sponsor Fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to the greater of (i) 0.15% per year of the Fund’s average daily
−Removed: or (ii) $125,000.
−Removed: The Sponsor Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s management services to the Fund.
−Removed: BDRY also pays Breakwave a license and service fee (the “CTA Fee”) monthly in arrears, for the use of BDRY’s
−Removed: Benchmark Portfolio in an amount equal to 1.45% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
−Removed: Breakwave has agreed to waive its
−Removed: license and services fee and the Sponsor has agreed to correspondingly assume the remaining expenses of the Fund so that Fund
−Removed: expenses do not exceed an annual rate of 3.50%, excluding brokerage commissions, interest expense, and extraordinary
−Removed: expenses, of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Cap”).
−Removed: The assumption of
−Removed: expenses and waiver of the license and services fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor and Breakwave, respectively,
−Removed: through September 30, 2021.
−Removed: If after that date, the Sponsor and/or Breakwave no longer assumed expenses or waived the CTA Fee,
−Removed: respectively, BDRY could be adversely impacted, including in its ability to achieve its investment objective.
−Removed: Fund currently accrues its daily expenses based on accrued expense amounts established and monitored by the Sponsor, subject to
−Removed: the Expense Cap.
−Removed: At the end of each month, the accrued amount is remitted to the Sponsor as the Sponsor has assumed, and is responsible
−Removed: for the payment of, the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund which aggregated $344,625
−Removed: and $151,627, of which $19,366 and $13,534 was waived by Breakwave for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: No absorption of expenses was required by the Sponsor for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $95,357 was absorbed by the
−Removed: Sponsor for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: Fund’s ongoing fees, costs and expenses of its operation, not subject to the applicable Expense Cap include brokerage and
−Removed: other fees and commissions incurred in connection with the trading activities of the Fund, and extraordinary expenses (including,
−Removed: but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto).
−Removed: Expenses subject
−Removed: to an Expense Cap include (i) expenses incurred in connection with registering additional Shares of a Fund or offering Shares
−Removed: (ii) the routine expenses associated with the preparation and, if required, the printing and mailing of monthly, quarterly,
−Removed: annual and other reports required by applicable U.S.
−Removed: federal and state regulatory authorities, Trust meetings and preparing, printing
−Removed: and mailing proxy statements to Shareholders;
−Removed: (iii) the routine services of the Trustee, legal counsel and independent accountants;
−Removed: (iv) routine accounting, bookkeeping, custodial and transfer agency services, whether performed by an outside service provider
−Removed: or by affiliates of the Sponsor;
−Removed: (v) postage and insurance;
−Removed: (vi) costs and expenses associated with client relations and services;
−Removed: (vii) costs of preparation of all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns and any taxes payable on the income, assets or
−Removed: operations of a Fund.
−Removed: the Sponsor has agreed to pay registration fees to the SEC and any other regulatory agency in connection with the offer and sale
−Removed: of the Shares offered through each Fund’s prospectus, the legal, printing, accounting and other expenses associated with
−Removed: such registration, and the initial fee of $7,500 for listing the Shares on the NYSE Arca, each Fund will be responsible for any
−Removed: registration fees and related expenses incurred in connection with any future offer and sale of Shares of the Fund in excess of
−Removed: those offered through its prospectus.
−Removed: general expenses of the Trust will be allocated among the Funds and any other series of the Trust as determined by the Sponsor
−Removed: in its sole and absolute discretion.
−Removed: The Trust is also responsible for extraordinary expenses, including, but not limited to,
−Removed: legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto.
−Removed: The Trust and/or the Sponsor may be
−Removed: required to indemnify the Trustee, Distributor or Administrator under certain circumstances.
−Removed: parties cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as the NAV
−Removed: and trading levels to meet investment objectives for the Funds will not be known until a future date.
−Removed: These agreements are effective
−Removed: for a specific term agreed upon by the parties with an option to renew, or, in some cases, are in effect for the duration of a
−Removed: Fund’s existence.
−Removed: The parties may terminate these agreements earlier for certain reasons listed in the agreements.
−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
−Removed: applicable to Smaller Reporting Companies.
+Added: Not required for small reporting companies.
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