Overview

The Fund uses a “passive management” (or indexing) approach to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index is constructed using a rules-based methodology that identifies companies in the banking industry with publicly traded ordinary shares listed on major stock exchanges in developed European markets, as classified by BITA GmbH (the “Index Provider”).

Index Overview:

The Index’s initial universe consists of all publicly listed equity securities for which sufficient relevant information is available from public sources. The initial universe is screened using the following criteria, which are based on each company’s financial information for the most recent quarter:

According to BITA’s thematic data methodology, to be eligible companies must have a Thematic Exposure Score of at least 50%. A company’s total Thematic Exposure Score is equivalent to the sum of the revenue derived by the company from relevant products, services, and business activities (“PSA”), as a proportion of the company’s total revenue.

BITA approaches the construction and research of Themes through the mapping of PSA into a set of granular “Sub-Themes” designed to facilitate the construction of heavily focused index and data products.

The universe includes companies whose PSA are integral to the banking ecosystem. These companies operate across the following Sub-Themes:

Companies that meet the foregoing screens are included in the Index. The Index is expected to be comprised of between 50 and 70 constituents; however, the number of constituents will vary over time. As of market close October 9, 2025, the Index contained 60 constituents.

The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly (reconstitution means the Index is updated with new eligible companies based on current data; rebalancing means the weights of the companies in the Index are adjusted). In addition, the Index Provider may determine to substitute an Index constituent or make an extraordinary adjustment to the Index if it determines an extraordinary event has occurred. The determination date for regular adjustments takes place on the first Friday of the rebalancing month. On each determination day, Index constituents are weighted according to their free-float market capitalization (i.e., the total market value of a company’s shares that are readily available for public trading, excluding shares held by insiders or controlling shareholders). In addition, the Index methodology includes the following capping constraints to limit the amount that an issuer or issuers can make up of the Index: (1) no single issuer may exceed 25% of the Index weight; and (2) all issuers with individual weights above 4.5% may not, in the aggregate, exceed 45% of the total Index weight.

To the extent the Index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund is expected to be concentrated in that industry. It is expected that the Index will be concentrated in the banking industry or group of industries.

The Index is owned, calculated, administered, and disseminated by the Index Provider. The Index Provider is not affiliated with the Fund’s investment adviser, Tidal Investments LLC (the “Adviser”).

The Fund’s Investment Strategy

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in component securities that make up the Index.

The Fund attempts to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the component securities that make up the Index. The Fund will generally use a “replication” strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it generally will invest in all of the component securities of the Index. However, the Fund may use a “representative sampling” strategy, meaning it may invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics closely resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole, when the Adviser believes it is in the best interests of the Fund. For example, representative sampling may be used when replicating the Index involves practical difficulties or substantial costs, an Index constituent becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable, or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations that apply to the Fund but not to the Index.

The Fund will invest in listed equity securities, which may include common stocks, business trust shares, American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are securities listed on US exchanges that represent shares of foreign companies, and other equity investments or ownership interests in business enterprises.

The Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means the Fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.