The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Diversified US Cash Pay High Yield Core Industrial Index (the “Index”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade bonds (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that contains issuers from the industrial sector, including the basic materials, capital goods, transportation and services sub-sectors. Below investment grade bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a modified market value-weighted index with a cap on each issuer of 25% of the market capitalization of the Index. This means that Index constituents are capitalization weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, and then adjusted in accordance with the index methodology detailed below. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 492 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

The Index is composed of a subset of bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index components are classified into “large cap” and “small cap” categories. Their weightings are then adjusted based on a capitalization-weighting adjustment formula. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by the Index Provider)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the average rating is attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date; and (vii) are issued by companies that each derive at least 50% of their revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of industrial assets. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds denominated in U.S. dollars of issuers in the industrial sector, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

An issuer is considered to be in the industrial sector if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of industrial assets.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Index currently holds 25% or more of its assets in the basic industry, capital goods, and services sub-sectors.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Diversified US Cash Pay High Yield Telecom, Media & Technology Index (the “Index”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade bonds (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that contains issuers from the telecom, media and technology sector, including the telecommunications, technology and electronics, and media sub-sectors. Below investment grade bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a modified market value-weighted index with a cap on each issuer of 25% of the market capitalization of the Index. This means that Index constituents are capitalization weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, and then adjusted in accordance with the index methodology detailed below. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 315 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

The Index is composed of a subset of bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index components are classified into “large cap” and “small cap” categories. Their weightings are then adjusted based on a capitalization-weighting adjustment formula. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by the Index Provider)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the average rating is attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date; and (vii) are issued by companies that each derive at least 50% of their revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of telecom, media and technology assets. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds denominated in U.S. dollars of issuers in the telecom, media and technology sector, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). Because the Index does not have a minimum percentage in the telecommunications sub-sector, technology and electronics sub-sector, or media sub-sector, the Fund also does not have a sub-sector investment minimum; however, the Fund intends to invest at least 15% of its net assets in each of the telecommunications, media and technology sub-sectors subject to the Fund’s investment objective to track the investment results of its Index and the Fund’s fundamental investment policy. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

An issuer is considered to be in the telecom, media and technology sector if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of telecom, media and technology assets.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Index currently holds 25% or more of its assets in the media, telecommunications, and technology and electronics sub-sectors.

The Fund is “non-diversified,” which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Diversified US Cash Pay High Yield Healthcare Index (the “Index”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade bonds (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that contains issuers from the healthcare sector, including the health facilities, health services, managed care, medical products, and pharmaceuticals sub-sectors. Below investment grade bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a modified market value-weighted index with a cap on each issuer of 25% of the market capitalization of the Index. This means that Index constituents are capitalization weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, and then adjusted in accordance with the index methodology detailed below. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 127 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

The Index is composed of a subset of bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index components are classified into “large cap” and “small cap” categories. Their weightings are then adjusted based on a capitalization-weighting adjustment formula. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by the Index Provider)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the average rating is attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date; and (vii) are issued by companies that each derive at least 50% of their revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of healthcare assets. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds denominated in U.S. dollars of issuers in the healthcare sector, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives).The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

An issuer is considered to be in the healthcare sector if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of healthcare assets.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Index currently holds 25% or more of its assets in the healthcare sub-sector.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Diversified US Cash Pay High Yield Financial & REIT Index (the “Index”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade bonds (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that contains issuers from the financial sector, including the banking, financial services, and insurance sub-sectors, and the REIT sector. The REIT sector is comprised solely of debt issued by real estate investment trusts. Below investment grade bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a modified market value-weighted index with a cap on each issuer of 25% of the market capitalization of the Index. This means that Index constituents are capitalization weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, and then adjusted in accordance with the index methodology detailed below. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 272 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

The Index is composed of a subset of bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index components are classified into “large cap” and “small cap” categories. Their weightings are then adjusted based on a capitalization-weighting adjustment formula. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by the Index Provider)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the average rating is attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date; and (vii) are issued by companies that each derive at least 50% of their revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of financial or REIT assets. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds denominated in U.S. dollars of issuers in the financial and REIT sector, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). Because the Index does not have a minimum percentage in the financial sub-sector or the REIT sector, the Fund also does not have a sector or sub-sector investment minimum; however, the Fund intends to invest at least 15% of its net assets in each of the financial and REIT sectors subject to the Fund’s investment objective to track the investment results of its index and the Fund’s fundamental investment policy. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

An issuer is considered to be in the financial sector or the REIT sector if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of financial or REIT assets.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Index currently holds 25% or more of its assets in the financial services and REIT sub-sectors.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Diversified US Cash Pay High Yield Energy Index (the “Index”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade bonds (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that contains issuers from the energy sector, including the exploration & production, gas distribution, oil field equipment & services, and oil refining & marketing sub-sectors. Below investment grade bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a modified market value-weighted index with a cap on each issuer of 25% of the market capitalization of the Index. This means that Index constituents are capitalization weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, and then adjusted in accordance with the index methodology detailed below. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 215 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

The Index is composed of a subset of bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index components are classified into “large cap” and “small cap” categories. Their weightings are then adjusted based on a capitalization-weighting adjustment formula. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by the Index Provider)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the average rating is attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date; and (vii) are issued by companies that each derive at least 50% of their revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of energy assets. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds denominated in U.S. dollars of issuers in the energy sector, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives).The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

An issuer is considered to be in the energy sector if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of energy assets.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Index currently holds 25% or more of its assets in the energy sub-sector.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Diversified US Cash Pay High Yield Consumer Cyclical Index (the “Index”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade bonds (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that contains issuers from the consumer cyclicals sector (companies whose performance is generally more closely connected to the business cycle and current economic conditions), including the leisure, real estate development & management, department stores, and specialty retail sub-sectors. The performance of securities in this sector, in the aggregate, may exhibit greater volatility in response to macroeconomic or systematic changes in the overall economy. Below investment grade bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a modified market value-weighted index with a cap on each issuer of 25% of the market capitalization of the Index. This means that Index constituents are capitalization weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, and then adjusted in accordance with the index methodology detailed below. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 274 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

The Index is composed of a subset of bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index components are classified into “large cap” and “small cap” categories. Their weightings are then adjusted based on a capitalization-weighting adjustment formula. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by the Index Provider)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the average rating is attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date; and (vii) are issued by companies that each derive at least 50% of their revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of consumer cyclical assets. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds denominated in U.S. dollars of issuers in the consumer cyclicals sector, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives).The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

An issuer is considered to be in the consumer cyclicals sector if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of consumer cyclicals assets.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Index currently holds 25% or more of its assets in the leisure sub-sector.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE Diversified US Cash Pay High Yield Consumer Non-Cyclical Index (the “Index”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade bonds (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates (collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that contains issuers from the consumer non-cyclicals sector (companies whose performance is generally less closely connected to the business cycle and current economic conditions), including the consumer goods, discount stores, food & drug retail, restaurants, and utilities sub-sectors. The performance of securities in this sector, in the aggregate, may exhibit lower sensitivity in response to macroeconomic or systematic changes in the overall economy. Below investment grade bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.” The Index is a modified market value-weighted index with a cap on each issuer of 25% of the market capitalization of the Index. This means that Index constituents are capitalization weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, and then adjusted in accordance with the index methodology detailed below. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 180 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

The Index is composed of a subset of bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index components are classified into “large cap” and “small cap” categories. Their weightings are then adjusted based on a capitalization-weighting adjustment formula. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by the Index Provider)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the average rating is attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date; and (vii) are issued by companies that each derive at least 50% of their revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of consumer non-cyclical assets. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds denominated in U.S. dollars of issuers in the consumer non-cyclicals sector, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives).The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

An issuer is considered to be in the consumer non-cyclicals sector if it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from the ownership, operation, development, construction, management, financing, leasing or sale of consumer non-cyclicals assets.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Index currently holds 25% or more of its assets in the consumer goods and utilities sub-sectors.

The Fund is “non-diversified,” which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund is “actively managed” and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund operates as a “fund of funds,” meaning that it primarily invests its assets in securities of other ETFs. In particular, the Fund allocates its assets among ETFs that each focus on U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) in the various sectors of the fixed income securities market (each, a “Sector” and collectively, the “Sectors”). As of December 31, 2025, the Sectors include: Industrials, Telecom, Media & Technology, Healthcare, Financial & REIT, Energy, Consumer Cyclicals, Consumer Non-Cyclicals, BB-rated, single-B rated, and CCC-rated Sectors. Exposure to the Sectors is obtained by investing in ETFs that invest in the specific sectors included in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Underlying Benchmark”), which is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated below investment grade corporate debt, currently in a coupon paying period, that is publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC (“IDI” or “Index Provider”)). The sector classifications as determined by IDI are subject to change and are not controlled by the Fund or BondBloxx Investment Management Corporation (the “Adviser” or “BIM”), the Fund’s and the Underlying Funds’ (as defined below) investment adviser. The ETFs in which the Fund invests are: BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Industrial Sector ETF (ticker: XHYI), BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Telecom, Media & Technology Sector ETF (ticker: XHYT), BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Healthcare Sector ETF (ticker: XHYH), BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Financial & REIT Sector ETF (ticker: XHYF), BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Energy Sector ETF (ticker: XHYE), BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Consumer Cyclicals Sector ETF (ticker: XHYC), BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Consumer Non-Cyclicals Sector ETF (ticker: XHYD), BondBloxx BB Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (ticker: XBB), BondBloxx B Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (ticker: XB), and BondBloxx CCC Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (ticker: XCCC) (each, an “Underlying Fund”). The Fund will be close to fully invested at all times in the Underlying Funds. Each Underlying Fund is an affiliated fund advised by the Adviser.

“Sector rotation” refers to the allocation and reallocation of Fund assets from one or more Sectors into one or more other Sectors. The Adviser makes asset allocation recommendations among the Underlying Funds based on its fundamental investment approach that takes into consideration the analysis of macroeconomic, financial and market data to formulate decisions regarding the recommended sector allocation(s) within the portfolio, which may result in the allocation and reallocation of Fund assets from one or more Sectors into one or more other Sectors.

The Adviser’s asset allocations may attempt to enhance returns relative to the Underlying Benchmark by overweighting and underweighting exposure to the Sectors and this may consequently increase or reduce the Fund’s overall exposure to certain Underlying Funds. It is possible the Fund may not have exposure to all Sectors or Underlying Funds at all times.

The Adviser typically rebalances the Fund’s portfolio of Underlying Funds on a monthly basis, although rebalancing may occur more or less frequently depending on market conditions. As a result of frequent rebalances, the Fund may experience a high turnover rate.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) directly or indirectly through the Underlying Funds, in high yield bonds issued by U.S. companies. High yield bonds are below investment grade securities (sometimes referred to as “junk bonds”) that are rated below “BBB-” by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”) or below “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or similar securities that are unrated but considered to be of equivalent quality by BIM. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE BofA BB US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Index”), which contains all bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Index (the “Underlying Index”) that are rated BB1 though BB3, based on an average of Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), but caps issuer exposure at 2%. Index constituents are capitalization-weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, provided the total allocation to an individual issuer does not exceed 2%. Issuers that exceed the limit are reduced to 2% and the face value of each of their bonds is adjusted on a pro-rata basis. Similarly, the face values of bonds of all other issuers that fall below the 2% cap are increased on a pro-rata basis. In the event there are fewer than 50 issuers in the Index, each is equally weighted and the face values of their respective bonds are increased or decreased on a pro-rata basis. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 1,066 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates, collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch, Moody’s or S&P are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the Index Provider assigns a numeric equivalent to the available ratings from Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, calculates the average rating of the numeric equivalents and that average rating is then attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; and (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds (sometimes called “junk bonds”) rated BB (or its equivalent) denominated in U.S. dollars of corporate issuers, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Fund is not concentrated in any industry.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE BofA Single-B US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Index”), which contains all bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Index (the “Underlying Index”) that are rated B1 through B3, based on an average of Moody’s Investors Services Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), but caps issuer exposure at 2%. Index constituents are capitalization-weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, provided the total allocation to an individual issuer does not exceed 2%. Issuers that exceed the limit are reduced to 2% and the face value of each of their bonds is adjusted on a pro-rata basis. Similarly, the face values of bonds of all other issuers that fall below the 2% cap are increased on a pro-rata basis. In the event there are fewer than 50 issuers in the Index, each is equally weighted and the face values of their respective bonds are increased or decreased on a pro-rata basis. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 605 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates, collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch, Moody’s or S&P are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the Index Provider assigns a numeric equivalent to the available ratings from Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, calculates the average rating of the numeric equivalents and that average rating is then attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; and (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds (sometimes called “junk bonds”) rated B (or its equivalent) denominated in U.S dollars of corporate issuers, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives).The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Fund is not concentrated in any industry.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the ICE CCC US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index (the “Index”) which contains all bonds in the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Index (the “Underlying Index”) that are rated CCC1 through CCC3, based on an average of Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), but caps issuer exposure at 2%. Index constituents are capitalization-weighted, based on their current amount outstanding, provided the total allocation to an individual issuer does not exceed 2%. Issuers that exceed the limit are reduced to 2% and the face value of each of their bonds is adjusted on a pro-rata basis. Similarly, the face values of bonds of all other issuers that fall below the 2% cap are increased on a pro-rata basis. In the event there are fewer than 50 issuers in the index, each is equally weighted and the face values of their respective bonds are increased or decreased on a pro-rata basis. See “More Information About the Funds—Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 204 constituents. The bonds included in the Index are publicly issued in the United States domestic market. Because the Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds, currently in a coupon paying period, that are publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market, and that: (i) are issued by companies having “risk exposure” to countries (i.e., issuers that are subject to the risks of one or more of these countries as a result of the principal country of domicile of the issuers (as determined by ICE Data Indices, LLC or its affiliates, collectively “Index Provider” or “IDI”)) that are members of the FX-G10, which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. and their respective territories; (ii) have an average rating of below investment grade (ratings from Fitch, Moody’s or S&P are considered; if more than one agency provides a rating, the Index Provider assigns a numeric equivalent to the available ratings from Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, calculates the average rating of the numeric equivalents and that average rating is then attached to the bond); (iii) are registered with the SEC, exempt from registration at issuance, or offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with or without registration rights; (iv) have at least $250 million of outstanding face value; (v) have an original maturity date of at least 18 months at the time of issuance; and (vi) have at least one year to maturity as of the rebalancing date. There is no upper limit on the maturity of bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index. For more information regarding the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in high-yield, below-investment grade bonds (sometimes called “junk bonds”) rated CCC (or its equivalent) denominated in U.S. dollars of corporate issuers, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Fund is not concentrated in any industry.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Liquid 1-10 Year Maturity Index (the “Index”), which contains all bonds with at least $1 billion in face amount outstanding in the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index (the “Underlying Index”) that have an average life below 10 years at each month-end rebalance. A bond’s “average life” or “average maturity” is the length of time the principal of the bond is expected to be outstanding. The Underlying Index is a broad, diverse U.S. dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark that tracks the total return of actively-traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries. The index methodology of the Underlying Index is designed to distribute the weight of each country within the Underlying Index by limiting the weights of countries with higher debt outstanding and reallocating this excess to countries with lower debt outstanding. “External debt instruments” means the U.S. dollar denominated bonds issued by sovereign or quasi-sovereign issuers in the index-eligible countries representing the portion of a country’s debt that is borrowed from foreign lenders, including commercial banks, governments, or international financial institutions. The Index was comprised of 52 countries as of December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, the Index’s five highest weighted countries were Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Argentina, Mexico and United Arab Emirates.

The Underlying Index was comprised of 68 countries as of December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, the Underlying Index’s five highest weighted countries were Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia and United Arab Emirates. The Underlying Index may change its composition and weighting monthly upon rebalancing. The Underlying Index includes both fixed-rate and floating-rate instruments issued by sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities from index-eligible countries. Quasi-sovereign entities are defined as entities that are 100% guaranteed or 100% owned by the national government and reside in the index eligible country. A fixed-rate bond is a bond typically issued by a corporate or government issuer that has a contractual obligation to pay interest at a stated rate on specific dates and to repay principal (the bond’s face value) periodically or on a specified maturity date. A floating-rate bond is a debt instrument which pays a rate of interest that fluctuates over time because it is based on an underlying benchmark interest rate or index that changes periodically. Only instruments which meet the following criteria are considered for inclusion in the Underlying Index (i) are denominated in U.S. dollars, (ii) have a current face amount outstanding of $500 million or more, (iii) have at least 2.5 years until maturity to be eligible for inclusion and, at each subsequent rebalance, have at least six months until maturity to remain in the index and (iv) have bid and offer prices that are available on a daily and timely basis sourced from a third party valuation vendor. As of December 31, 2025, the Underlying Index consisted of both investment-grade and non-investment-grade bonds (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”), each as defined by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (the “Index Provider” or “J.P. Morgan”). Convertible bonds are not eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is market value weighted and is rebalanced monthly on the last business day of the month. Eligible issuer countries must have (1) gross national income (“GNI”) below the Index Income Ceiling (“IIC”) for three consecutive years or (2) an Index Purchasing Power Parity Ratio (the “IPR”) below the EM IPR threshold, each as defined by the Index Provider, for three consecutive years. The Index differs from the Underlying Index in that the Index includes only bonds in the Underlying Index with an average life of below 10 years and an outstanding face amount of $1 billion or more (as opposed to $500 million or more for the Underlying Index).

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of bonds that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of the applicable index that the Fund seeks to track. The bonds selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the applicable index that the Fund seeks to track. The Fund may or may not hold all of the bonds in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in emerging markets bonds with an average life of 1-10 years denominated in U.S. dollars, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in bonds not included in the Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track the Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by J.P. Morgan, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As of December 31, 2025, the Fund is not concentrated in any industry.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury Six Month Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury bills that are included in the Bloomberg US Treasury Bill Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index is constructed using two underlying “duration buckets” of U.S. Treasury bills included in the Underlying Index that are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 6 month target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and the Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and the Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and the Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds -- Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula. There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and the Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index and the Underlying Index each included approximately 43 constituents. Because the Index and the Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury bills with durations in the following two duration bucket ranges from the Underlying Index: 1 to 6 month duration securities and 6 to 12 month duration securities. The Underlying Index tracks the market for Treasury bills issued by the U.S. government. For more information regarding the Index and the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 6 months, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury One Year Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury notes and bonds that are included in the Bloomberg US Short Treasury Index and the Bloomberg US Treasury Index (each an “Underlying Index”). The Index is constructed using two underlying “duration buckets” of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in each Underlying Index that are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 1 year target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and each Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and each Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and each Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and each Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and each Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds -- Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and in each Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 57 constituents, the Bloomberg US Short Treasury Index included approximately 48 constituents and the Bloomberg US Treasury Index included approximately X constituents. Because the Index and each Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and each Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with durations in the following two duration bucket ranges from each respective Underlying Index: 6 to 12 month duration securities from the Bloomberg US Short Treasury Index and 12 to 18 month duration securities from the Bloomberg US Treasury Index. The Bloomberg US Short Treasury Index is a market value weighted index of U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds under 1 year to maturity. The Bloomberg US Treasury Index includes a broad range of U.S. Treasury obligations with a remaining maturity of 1 year or more. No U.S. Treasury bills from the Bloomberg US Short Treasury Index are included in the Index. For more information regarding the Index and each Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 1 year, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury Two Year Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury notes and bonds that are included in the Bloomberg US Treasury Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index is constructed using two underlying “duration buckets” of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in the Underlying Index that are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 2 year target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and the Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and the Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and the Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds – Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and the Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 101 constituents, and the Underlying Index included approximately 295 constituents. Because the Index and the Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with durations in the following two duration bucket ranges from the Underlying Index: 1 to 2 year duration securities and 2 to 3 year duration securities. The Underlying Index includes a broad range of U.S. Treasury obligations with a remaining maturity of 1 year or more. For more information regarding the Index and the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 2 years, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury Three Year Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury notes and bonds that are included in the Bloomberg US Treasury Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index is constructed using two underlying “duration buckets” of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in the Underlying Index that are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 3 year target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and the Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and the Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and the Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds -- Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and the Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 77 constituents, and the Underlying Index included approximately 295 constituents. Because the Index and the Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with durations in the following two duration bucket ranges from the Underlying Index: 2 to 3 year duration securities and 3 to 4 year duration securities. The Underlying Index includes a broad range of U.S. Treasury obligations with a remaining maturity of 1 year or more. For more information regarding the Index and the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 3 years, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury Five Year Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury notes and bonds that are included in the Bloomberg US Treasury Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index is constructed using two underlying “duration buckets” of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in the Underlying Index that are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 5 year target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and the Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and the Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and the Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds -- Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and the Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 50 constituents, and the Underlying Index included approximately 295 constituents. Because the Index and the Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with durations in the following two duration bucket ranges from the Underlying Index: 4 to 5 year duration securities and 5 to 6 year duration securities. The Underlying Index includes a broad range of U.S. Treasury obligations with a remaining maturity of 1 year or more. For more information regarding the Index and the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 5 years, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury Seven Year Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury notes and bonds that are included in the Bloomberg US Treasury Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index is constructed using two underlying “duration buckets” of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in the Underlying Index that are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 7 year target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and the Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and the Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and the Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds -- Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and the Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 38 constituents, and the Underlying Index included approximately 295 constituents. Because the Index and the Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with durations in the following two duration bucket ranges from the Underlying Index: 5 to 7 year duration securities and 7 to 9 year duration securities. The Underlying Index includes a broad range of U.S. Treasury obligations with a remaining maturity of 1 year or more. For more information regarding the Index and the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 7 years, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury Ten Year Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury notes and bonds that are included in the Bloomberg US Treasury Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Index is constructed using two underlying “duration buckets” of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in the Underlying Index that are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 10 year target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and the Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and the Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and the Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds -- Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and the Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 66 constituents, and the Underlying Index included approximately 295 constituents. Because the Index and the Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with durations in the following two duration bucket ranges from the Underlying Index: 6 to 10 year duration securities and 10 to 14 year duration securities. The Underlying Index includes a broad range of U.S. Treasury obligations with a remaining maturity of 1 year or more. For more information regarding the Index and the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 10 years, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is diversified and seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg US Treasury Twenty Year Target Duration Index (the “Index”). The Index is comprised of certain U.S. Treasury notes and bonds that are included in the Bloomberg US Treasury Index (the “Underlying Index”), along with principal only U.S. Treasury STRIPS (as defined herein). The Index is constructed using two underlying buckets: one bucket of 16 to 20 year duration U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in the Underlying Index, and one bucket of at least 20 year duration U.S. Treasury notes and bonds included in the Underlying Index along with principal only U.S. Treasury STRIPS. The buckets are weighted by market capitalization of their component securities and then blended according to the weighting required to match the 20 year target duration of the Index at the monthly rebalancing date. Securities in the Index and the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each calendar month.

The Index and the Underlying Index are sponsored by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and the Underlying Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the respective market value of the Index and the Underlying Index. See “More Information About the Funds -- Index Construction” for more information about the adjustment formula.

There is no limit to the number of issues in the Index and the Underlying Index, but as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 54 constituents, and the Underlying Index included approximately 295 constituents. Because the Index and the Underlying Index are reconstituted and rebalanced monthly, the respective components of the Index and the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.

As of December 31, 2025, the securities eligible for inclusion in the Index include U.S. Treasury notes and bonds from the Underlying Index, along with U.S. Treasury STRIPS, in the following two buckets: 16 to 20 year duration securities from the Underlying Index and (2) at least 20 year duration securities from the Underlying Index, along with principal only U.S. Treasury STRIPS. The Underlying Index includes a broad range of U.S. Treasury obligations with a remaining maturity of 1 year or more. For more information regarding the Index and the Underlying Index, see “More Information About the Funds — Index” below.

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing will eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index. There may be instances in which BIM may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Index and/or purchase securities not in the Index that BIM believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in the Index in seeking to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the Index in anticipation of their removal from the Index or purchase securities not represented in the Index in anticipation of their addition to the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities that collectively have an average duration of approximately 20 years, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives). U.S. Treasury STRIPS are considered U.S. Treasury securities for purposes of the Fund’s investment policies and are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain other U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in U.S Treasury securities.

The Fund is “non-diversified,” which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Bloomberg US Corporate BBB 1-5 Year Index (the “Index”) before fees and expenses of the Fund. The Index is designed to reflect the performance of BBB (or its equivalent) fixed-rate, taxable U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility and financial issuers (as determined by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”)). As of the December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index are taxable, U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds that: (i) pay fixed-rate coupons; (ii) have at least $500 million in par amount outstanding (par amount outstanding provides a measure of relative liquidity and is often seen as a proxy of the float available for investors to purchase); (iii) have a maturity of greater than or equal to one year and less than five years; and (iv) carry a rating of Baa1/BBB+, Baa2/BBB or Baa3/BBB- using Bloomberg’s index rating methodology. BBB-rated bonds are considered investment grade. The Index is market value weighted based on amounts outstanding of issuances consisting of publicly issued BBB fixed-rate, taxable U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers with remaining maturities of greater than or equal to one year and less than five years. As of December 31, 2025, a significant portion of the Index is represented by securities of companies in the financial industry or sector. While there is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 1,277 constituents, reflecting the currently expected approximate number of constituents in the Index. The Index is rebalanced monthly, on the last business day of the month. Accordingly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time. For more information regarding the Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

The Fund will invest in privately-issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment grade corporate bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers rated BBB (or its equivalent) with remaining maturities of greater than or equal to one year and less than five years. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies (including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”)), cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time.

The Fund is “non-diversified,” which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Bloomberg US Corporate BBB 5-10 Year Index (the “Index”) before fees and expenses of the Fund. The Index is designed to reflect the performance of BBB (or its equivalent) fixed-rate, taxable U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility and financial issuers (as determined by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”)). As of December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index are taxable, U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds that: (i) pay fixed-rate coupons; (ii) have at least $500 million in par amount outstanding (par amount outstanding provides a measure of relative liquidity and is often seen as a proxy of the float available for investors to purchase); (iii) have a maturity of greater than or equal to five years and less than ten years; and (iv) carry a rating of Baa1/BBB+, Baa2/BBB, or Baa3/BBB- using Bloomberg’s index rating methodology. BBB-rated bonds are considered investment grade. The Index is market value weighted based on amounts outstanding of issuances consisting of publicly issued BBB fixed-rate, taxable U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers with remaining maturities of greater than or equal to five years and less than ten years. As of December 31, 2025, a significant portion of the Index is represented by securities of companies in the financial industry or sector. While there is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 1,016 constituents, reflecting the currently expected approximate number of constituents in the Index. The Index is rebalanced monthly, on the last business day of the month. Accordingly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time. For more information regarding the Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

The Fund will invest in privately-issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment grade corporate bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers rated BBB (or its equivalent) with remaining maturities of greater than or equal to five year and less than ten years. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies (including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”)), cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time. 

The Fund is “non-diversified,” which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results (i.e., the total return) of the Bloomberg US Corporate BBB 10+ Year Index (the “Index”) before fees and expenses of the Fund. The Index is designed to reflect the performance of BBB (or its equivalent) fixed-rate, taxable U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility and financial issuers (as determined by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the “Index Provider”)). As of the December 31, 2025, the bonds eligible for inclusion in the Index are taxable, U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds that: (i) pay fixed-rate coupons; (ii) have at least $500 million in par amount outstanding (par amount outstanding provides a measure of relative liquidity and is often seen as a proxy of the float available for investors to purchase); (iii) have a maturity of greater than or equal to ten years; and (iv) carry a rating of Baa1/BBB+, Baa2/BBB, or Baa3/BBB- using Bloomberg’s index rating methodology. BBB-rated bonds are considered investment grade. The Index is market value weighted based on amounts outstanding of issuances consisting of publicly issued BBB fixed-rate, taxable U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers with remaining maturities of greater than or equal to ten years. While there is no limit to the number of issues in the Index, as of December 31, 2025, the Index included approximately 945 constituents, reflecting the currently expected approximate number of constituents in the Index. The Index is rebalanced monthly, on the last business day of the month. Accordingly, the components of the Index are likely to change over time. For more information regarding the Index, see “More Information About the Funds—Underlying Index” below.

The Fund will invest in privately-issued securities, including those that are normally purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

BIM uses a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “outperform” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.

BIM uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable target index that BIM determines to collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market value and sector weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, duration, maturity, credit ratings and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment grade corporate bonds issued by U.S. and non-U.S. corporate issuers rated BBB (or its equivalent) with remaining maturities of greater than or equal to ten years. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies (including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”)), cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in its Index, but which BIM believes will help the Fund track its Index.

The Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is independent of the Fund and BIM. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the bonds in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the same extent that the Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities, and tax-exempt securities of state or municipal governments and their political subdivisions are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund is newly organized and invests in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated municipal and taxable short duration fixed income securities that in the Sub-Adviser’s (as defined below) view offers relatively attractive after-tax income (i.e., securities that generate a greater amount of after-tax return than the comparable universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments over a specified period of time). The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 50% of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax. These securities may pay interest that is subject to the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax and state and local income tax for certain taxpayers. The income earned and distributed to shareholders on taxable securities would not be exempt from U.S. federal, state or local income tax.

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments. The fixed income debt instruments in which the Fund may invest include municipal securities, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies, corporate debt securities, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities of any kind, including commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), asset-backed securities of any kind, and the rated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) (i.e., securities backed by an underlying portfolio of loan obligations, which may include senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans).

“Investment-grade” securities are securities that at the time of purchase are rated above Baa3 by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSRO”). In the case where only one NRSRO has provided a rating, that rating shall apply. In the case of a split rated security (that is, two or more NRSROs give a security different ratings), the lowest rating shall apply. The Fund may only invest in fixed income investments that have a minimum of B3 by Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or B- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or the equivalent by another NRSRO or that are unrated but considered to be of equivalent quality by the Sub-Adviser. Those bonds rated Baa3/BBB-/BBB-, while considered to be “investment grade,” may have speculative characteristics. Any credit quality requirements as to investments apply only at the time of an investment to which the requirement is applicable and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Accordingly, any later credit quality downgrade or change in circumstances will not be considered in determining whether any investment complies with the Fund’s credit quality limitation or requirement. Nevertheless, while the percentage of investments in investment grade securities is below 80%, the Fund will only purchase qualifying securities and not purchase additional non-investment grade securities.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other securities, including fixed-income securities rated, at the time of purchase, below investment grade (“high yield” or “junk” bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by the Sub-Adviser, U.S. dollar denominated foreign securities, securities of other registered investment companies, including ETFs, cash, and cash equivalents. The Sub-Adviser does not consider the term “junk bonds” to include any mortgage-backed securities or any other asset backed securities, regardless of their credit rating or credit quality.

The Fund expects to invest up to 30% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments issued by non-U.S. domiciled issuers.

Income Research + Management (“IR+M” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s sub-adviser. The Sub-Adviser selects securities for the Fund based on a variety of factors, including credit quality, diversification benefits, and the relative expected after-tax returns of taxable and municipal securities (considering federal tax rates and without regard to state and local income taxes). Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Fund could continue to hold a security even if the interest on that security changes from being tax-exempt to taxable. If the Fund should hold a municipal security that loses its tax-exempt status retroactively, the Sub-Adviser will evaluate the after-tax yield of the security relative to the broader universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments that the Sub-Adviser follows to determine whether to continue to hold or dispose of the security. Although the Fund may invest in instruments of any duration or maturity, the Fund normally will seek to maintain a weighted average portfolio duration of between 1.5 and 2 years. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed-income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The Fund’s dollar weighted average portfolio duration, however, may be longer or shorter at any time or from time to time based on market conditions (including, among other events or factors, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity) in the Sub-Adviser’s discretion. For example, the price of a security with a two-year duration would be expected to drop approximately 2% in response to a 1% increase in interest rates. As part of its tax-aware strategy, the Fund typically sells securities when, in the opinion of the Sub-Adviser, the anticipated performance benefit justifies the resulting gain. This strategy often includes minimizing the sale of securities with large unrealized gains, holding securities long enough to avoid short-term capital gains taxes, selling securities with a higher cost basis first and offsetting capital gains realized in one security by selling another security at a capital loss.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund is newly organized and invests in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated municipal and taxable intermediate duration fixed income securities that in the Sub-Adviser’s (as defined below) view offers relatively attractive after-tax income (i.e., securities that generate a greater amount of after-tax return than the comparable universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments over a specified period of time). The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 50% of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax. These securities may pay interest that is subject to the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax and state and local income tax for certain taxpayers. The income earned and distributed to shareholders on taxable securities would not be exempt from U.S. federal, state or local income tax.

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments. The fixed income debt instruments in which the Fund may invest include municipal securities, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies, corporate debt securities, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities of any kind, including commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), asset-backed securities of any kind, and the rated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) (i.e., securities backed by an underlying portfolio of loan obligations, which may include senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans).

“Investment-grade” securities are securities that at the time of purchase are rated above Baa3 by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSRO”). In the case where only one NRSRO has provided a rating, that rating shall apply. In the case of a split rated security (that is, two or more NRSROs give a security different ratings), the lowest rating shall apply. The Fund may only invest in fixed income investments that have a minimum of B3 by Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or B- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or the equivalent by another NRSRO or that are unrated but considered to be of equivalent quality by the Sub-Adviser. Fixed income investments with a rating below Baa3 by Moody’s (which includes investments rated B3) or below BBB- by S&P (which includes investments rated B-) are below investment grade securities. Those bonds rated Baa3/BBB-/BBB-, while considered to be “investment grade,” may have speculative characteristics. Any credit quality requirements as to investments apply only at the time of an investment to which the requirement is applicable and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Accordingly, any later credit quality downgrade or change in circumstances will not be considered in determining whether any investment complies with the Fund’s credit quality limitation or requirement. Nevertheless, while the percentage of investments in investment grade securities is below 80%, the Fund will only purchase qualifying securities and not purchase additional non-investment grade securities.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other securities, including fixed-income securities rated, at the time of purchase, below investment grade (“high yield” or “junk” bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by the Sub-Adviser, U.S. dollar denominated foreign securities, securities of other registered investment companies, including ETFs, cash, and cash equivalents. The Sub-Adviser does not consider the term “junk bonds” to include any mortgage-backed securities or any other asset backed securities, regardless of their credit rating or credit quality.

The Fund expects to invest up to 30% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments issued by non-U.S. domiciled issuers, other than sovereign debt.

Income Research + Management (“IR+M” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s sub-adviser. The Sub-Adviser selects securities for the Fund based on a variety of factors, including credit quality, diversification benefits, and the relative expected after-tax returns of taxable and municipal securities (considering federal tax rates and without regard to state and local income taxes). Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Fund could continue to hold a security even if the interest on that security changes from being tax-exempt to taxable. If the Fund should hold a municipal security that loses its tax-exempt status retroactively, the Sub-Adviser will evaluate the after-tax yield of the security relative to the broader universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments that the Sub-Adviser follows to determine whether to continue to hold or dispose of the security. Although the Fund may invest in instruments of any duration or maturity, the Fund normally will seek to maintain a weighted average portfolio duration of between 4 and 8 years. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed-income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The Fund’s dollar weighted average portfolio duration, however, may be longer or shorter at any time or from time to time based on market conditions (including, among other events or factors, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity) in the Sub-Adviser’s discretion. For example, the price of a security with a two-year duration would be expected to drop approximately 2% in response to a 1% increase in interest rates. As part of its tax-aware strategy, the Fund typically sells securities when, in the opinion of the Sub-Adviser, the anticipated performance benefit justifies the resulting gain. This strategy often includes minimizing the sale of securities with large unrealized gains, holding securities long enough to avoid short-term capital gains taxes, selling securities with a higher cost basis first and offsetting capital gains realized in one security by selling another security at a capital loss.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund is newly organized and invests in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated municipal and taxable intermediate duration fixed income securities that in the Sub-Adviser’s (as defined below) view offers relatively attractive after-tax income (i.e., securities that generate a greater amount of after-tax return than the comparable universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments over a specified period of time) for California residents. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 50% of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and California income taxes (i.e., excluded from gross income for U.S. federal and California income tax purposes but not necessarily exempt from the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax). Because the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in taxable securities, an investor’s U.S. federal income tax and California state and local income tax obligations may be greater than if it had invested in a California municipal bond fund for California investors. These municipal securities are generally issued by the State of California, a city in California, or a political subdivision, agency, authority, or instrumentality of such state or city, but may be issued by other U.S. states and/or U.S. territories, the interest from which is exempt from California and U.S. federal income taxes. The income earned and distributed to shareholders on taxable securities would not be exempt from U.S. federal, state or local income tax. While at least 50% of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and California income taxes, the Fund will not invest 80% or more of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and California income taxes, and will not be considered to be a California tax-exempt fund.

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments. The fixed income debt instruments in which the Fund may invest include municipal securities, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies, corporate debt securities, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities of any kind, including commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), asset-backed securities of any kind. and the rated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) (i.e., securities backed by an underlying portfolio of loan obligations, which may include senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans).

“Investment-grade” securities are securities that at the time of purchase are rated above Baa3 by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSRO”). In the case where only one NRSRO has provided a rating, that rating shall apply. In the case of a split rated security (that is, two or more NRSROs give a security different ratings), the lowest rating shall apply. The Fund may only invest in fixed income investments that have a minimum of B3 by Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or B- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or the equivalent by another NRSRO or that are unrated but considered to be of equivalent quality by the Sub-Adviser. Those bonds rated Baa3/BBB-/BBB-, while considered to be “investment grade,” may have speculative characteristics. Any credit quality requirements as to investments apply only at the time of an investment to which the requirement is applicable and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Accordingly, any later credit quality downgrade or change in circumstances will not be considered in determining whether any investment complies with the Fund’s credit quality limitation or requirement. Nevertheless, while the percentage of investments in investment grade securities is below 80%, the Fund will only purchase qualifying securities and not purchase additional non-investment grade securities.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other securities, including fixed-income securities rated, at the time of purchase, below investment grade (“high yield” or “junk” bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by the Sub-Adviser, U.S. dollar denominated foreign securities, securities of other registered investment companies, including ETFs, cash, and cash equivalents. However, as noted above, a downgrade or default affecting any of the Fund’s securities could result in the Fund holding more than 20% of its total assets in below investment grade securities.

The Fund expects to invest up to 30% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments issued by non-U.S. domiciled issuers.

Income Research + Management (“IR+M” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s sub-adviser. The Sub-Adviser selects securities for the Fund based on a variety of factors, including credit quality, diversification benefits, and the relative expected after-tax returns of taxable and municipal securities (considering top marginal U.S. federal and California state tax rates). Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Fund could continue to hold a security even if the interest on that security changes from being tax-exempt to taxable. If the Fund should hold a municipal security that loses its tax-exempt status retroactively, the Sub-Adviser will evaluate the after-tax yield of the security relative to the broader universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments that the Sub-Adviser follows to determine whether to continue to hold or dispose of the security. Although the Fund may invest in instruments of any duration or maturity, the Fund normally will seek to maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of between 4 and 8 years. The Fund’s dollar weighted average portfolio duration, however, may be longer or shorter at any time or from time to time based on market conditions (including, among other events or factors, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity) in the Sub-Adviser’s discretion. For example, the price of a security with a three-year duration would be expected to drop approximately 3% in response to a 1% increase in interest rates. As part of its tax-aware strategy, the Fund typically sells securities when, in the opinion of the Sub-Adviser, the anticipated performance benefit justifies the resulting gain. This strategy often includes minimizing the sale of securities with large unrealized gains, holding securities long enough to avoid short-term capital gains taxes, selling securities with a higher cost basis first and offsetting capital gains realized in one security by selling another security at a capital loss.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund is newly organized and invests in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated municipal and taxable intermediate duration fixed income securities that in the Sub-Adviser’s (as defined below) view offers relatively attractive after-tax income (i.e., securities that generate a greater amount of after-tax return than the comparable universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments over a specified period of time) for Massachusetts residents. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 50% of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and Massachusetts income taxes (i.e., excluded from gross income for U.S. federal and Massachusetts income tax purposes but not necessarily exempt from the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax). Because the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in taxable securities, an investor’s U.S. federal income tax and Massachusetts state and local income tax obligations may be greater than if it had invested in a Massachusetts municipal bond fund for Massachusetts investors. These municipal securities are generally issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a city in Massachusetts, or a political subdivision, agency, authority, or instrumentality of such commonwealth or city, but may be issued by other U.S. states and/or U.S. territories, the interest from which is exempt from Massachusetts and U.S. federal income taxes. The income earned and distributed to shareholders on taxable securities would not be exempt from U.S. federal, state or local income tax. While at least 50% of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and Massachusetts income taxes, the Fund will not invest 80% or more of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and Massachusetts income taxes, and will not be considered to be a Massachusetts tax-exempt fund.

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments. The fixed income debt instruments in which the Fund may invest include municipal securities, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies, corporate debt securities, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities of any kind, including commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), asset-backed securities of any kind. and the rated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) (i.e., securities backed by an underlying portfolio of loan obligations, which may include senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans).

“Investment-grade” securities are securities that at the time of purchase are rated above Baa3 by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSRO”). In the case where only one NRSRO has provided a rating, that rating shall apply. In the case of a split rated security (that is, two or more NRSROs give a security different ratings), the lowest rating shall apply. The Fund may only invest in fixed income investments that have a minimum of B3 by Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or B- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or the equivalent by another NRSRO or that are unrated but considered to be of equivalent quality by the Sub-Adviser. Those bonds rated Baa3/BBB-/BBB-, while considered to be “investment grade,” may have speculative characteristics. Any credit quality requirements as to investments apply only at the time of an investment to which the requirement is applicable and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Accordingly, any later credit quality downgrade or change in circumstances will not be considered in determining whether any investment complies with the Fund’s credit quality limitation or requirement. Nevertheless, while the percentage of investments in investment grade securities is below 80%, the Fund will only purchase qualifying securities and not purchase additional non-investment grade securities.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other securities, including fixed-income securities rated, at the time of purchase, below investment grade (“high yield” or “junk” bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by the Sub-Adviser, U.S. dollar denominated foreign securities, securities of other registered investment companies, including ETFs, cash, and cash equivalents. However, as noted above, a downgrade or default affecting any of the Fund’s securities could result in the Fund holding more than 20% of its total assets in below investment grade securities.

The Fund expects to invest up to 30% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments issued by non-U.S. domiciled issuers.

Income Research + Management (“IR+M” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s sub-adviser. The Sub-Adviser selects securities for the Fund based on a variety of factors, including credit quality, diversification benefits, and the relative expected after-tax returns of taxable and municipal securities (considering top marginal U.S. federal and Massachusetts state tax rates). Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Fund could continue to hold a security even if the interest on that security changes from being tax-exempt to taxable. If the Fund should hold a municipal security that loses its tax-exempt status retroactively, the Sub-Adviser will evaluate the after-tax yield of the security relative to the broader universe of U.S. dollar-denominated,

investment-grade fixed income debt instruments that the Sub-Adviser follows to determine whether to continue to hold or dispose of the security. Although the Fund may invest in instruments of any duration or maturity, the Fund normally will seek to maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of between 4 and 8 years. The Fund’s dollar weighted average portfolio duration, however, may be longer or shorter at any time or from time to time based on market conditions (including, among other events or factors, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity) in the Sub-Adviser’s discretion. For example, the price of a security with a three-year duration would be expected to drop approximately 3% in response to a 1% increase in interest rates. As part of its tax-aware strategy, the Fund typically sells securities when, in the opinion of the Sub-Adviser, the anticipated performance benefit justifies the resulting gain. This strategy often includes minimizing the sale of securities with large unrealized gains, holding securities long enough to avoid short-term capital gains taxes, selling securities with a higher cost basis first and offsetting capital gains realized in one security by selling another security at a capital loss.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund is newly organized and invests in a diversified portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated municipal and taxable intermediate duration fixed income securities that in the Sub-Adviser’s (as defined below) view offers relatively attractive after-tax income (i.e., securities that generate a greater amount of after-tax return than the comparable universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments over a specified period of time) for New York residents. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 50% of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and New York and, where relevant, New York City income taxes (i.e., excluded from gross income for U.S. federal and New York income tax purposes but not necessarily exempt from the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax). Because the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in taxable securities, an investor’s U.S. federal income tax and New York state and local income tax obligations may be greater than if it had invested in a New York municipal bond fund for New York investors. These municipal securities are generally issued by the State of New York, the City of New York, another city in New York, or a political subdivision, agency, authority, or instrumentality of such state or city, but may be issued by other U.S. states and/or U.S. territories, the interest from which is exempt from New York and U.S. federal income taxes. The income earned and distributed to shareholders on taxable securities would not be exempt from U.S. federal, state or local income tax. While at least 50% of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and New York state income taxes, the Fund will not invest 80% or more of its total assets in municipal securities that pay interest that is exempt from U.S. federal and New York state income taxes, and will not be considered to be a New York state tax-exempt fund.

The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through derivatives) in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments. The fixed income debt instruments in which the Fund may invest include municipal securities, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies, corporate debt securities, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities of any kind, including commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), asset-backed securities of any kind. and the rated debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) (i.e., securities backed by an underlying portfolio of loan obligations, which may include senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans).

“Investment-grade” securities are securities that at the time of purchase are rated above Baa3 by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSRO”). In the case where only one NRSRO has provided a rating, that rating shall apply. In the case of a split rated security (that is, two or more NRSROs give a security different ratings), the lowest rating shall apply. The Fund may only invest in fixed income investments that have a minimum of B3 by Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or B- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or the equivalent by another NRSRO or that are unrated but considered to be of equivalent quality by the Sub-Adviser. Those bonds rated Baa3/BBB-/BBB-, while considered to be “investment grade,” may have speculative characteristics. Any credit quality requirements as to investments apply only at the time of an investment to which the requirement is applicable and shall not be considered violated unless an excess or deficiency occurs or exists immediately after and as a result of such investment. Accordingly, any later credit quality downgrade or change in circumstances will not be considered in determining whether any investment complies with the Fund’s credit quality limitation or requirement. Nevertheless, while the percentage of investments in investment grade securities is below 80%, the Fund will only purchase qualifying securities and not purchase additional non-investment grade securities.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other securities, including fixed-income securities rated, at the time of purchase, below investment grade (“high yield” or “junk” bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by the Sub-Adviser, U.S. dollar denominated foreign securities, securities of other registered investment companies, including ETFs, cash, and cash equivalents. However, as noted above, a downgrade or default affecting any of the Fund’s securities could result in the Fund holding more than 20% of its total assets in below investment grade securities.

The Fund expects to invest up to 30% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments issued by non-U.S. domiciled issuers.

Income Research + Management (“IR+M” or the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s sub-adviser. The Sub-Adviser selects securities for the Fund based on a variety of factors, including credit quality, diversification benefits, and the relative expected after-tax returns of taxable and municipal securities (considering top marginal U.S. federal and New York state tax rates). Consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Fund could continue to hold a security even if the interest on that security changes from being tax-exempt to taxable. If the Fund should hold a municipal security that loses its tax-exempt status retroactively, the Sub-Adviser will evaluate the after-tax yield of the security relative to the broader universe of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments that the Sub-Adviser follows to determine whether to continue to hold or dispose of the security. Although the Fund may invest in instruments of any duration or maturity, the Fund normally will seek to maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio duration of between 4 and 8 years. The Fund’s dollar weighted average portfolio duration, however, may be longer or shorter at any time or from time to time based on market conditions (including, among other events or factors, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity) in the Sub-Adviser’s discretion. For example, the price of a security with a three-year duration would be expected to drop approximately 3% in response to a 1% increase in interest rates. As part of its tax-aware strategy, the Fund typically sells securities when, in the opinion of the Sub-Adviser, the anticipated performance benefit justifies the resulting gain. This strategy often includes minimizing the sale of securities with large unrealized gains, holding securities long enough to avoid short-term capital gains taxes, selling securities with a higher cost basis first and offsetting capital gains realized in one security by selling another security at a capital loss.

The Fund is “non-diversified,” which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer and may invest in fewer issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in private credit collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). A CLO is a type of asset backed security supported by interest and principal payments generated from a pool of loans, which may include, among others, U.S. and non-U.S. senior secured loans and subordinated corporate loans and privately placed loans. The term “private credit” refers to lending activity that occurs outside of the broadly-syndicated markets where banks and other traditional lenders place an issuer’s debt obligations across a wide range of investors. For purposes of the Fund’s 80% policy, the Fund expects private credit CLOs to be CLOs in which at least 80% of each such CLO consists of a pool of loans to companies that are privately-owned and do not issue equity securities in the public markets (“private credit CLOs,” also commonly known as “middle market CLOs”). The companies underlying these private credit CLOs can be companies of any size, although middle market CLOs are typically backed by pools of loans to small or medium-sized private companies with EBITDA values of $100 million or less. The Fund expects that each private credit CLO will consist of loans where at least 80% of the total companies within the CLO are private or where at least 80% of total loan amounts within the CLO are issued to private companies. The Fund may temporarily deviate from its 80% policy while deploying new capital as the result of the initial seeding of the Fund, as a result of cash creation or redemption activity, or during unusual market conditions such as a downgrade in the rating of one or more private credit CLOs.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in broadly syndicated bank loans, broadly syndicated bank loans CLOs, high yield bonds, investment grade bonds and cash. The Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in any single CLO. The Fund may invest in floating- and fixed-rate CLOs, but will not invest more than 20% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in fixed-rate CLOs. The Fund may purchase CLOs both in the primary and secondary markets. Additionally, the credit obligations in which the Fund invests through its CLO investments may include newly-issued securities, or “new issues,” such as initial debt offerings or newly-issued loans.

The Fund primarily invests in securities rated investment grade at the time of purchase. Investment grade securities are considered to be those instruments that are rated BBB- or higher by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or the equivalent by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), or if unrated, are determined by the Sub-Adviser (as defined below) to be of comparable quality. The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities rated below investment grade by an NRSRO (inclusive of private credit CLOs and broadly syndicated loan CLOs), or, if unrated, determined by the Sub-Adviser to be of comparable quality including securities in the lowest rating categories and comparable unrated securities (commonly referred to as “high yield” or “junk bonds”). In the event that a security receives different ratings from different NRSROs, the Fund will treat the security as being rated in the highest rating category received from an NRSRO. The Fund may invest in the aggregate up to 25% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in non-U.S. dollar denominated instruments. The Fund may seek to limit its risk or enhance returns through derivatives designed to adjust the Fund’s exposure to interest rates, foreign currency, portfolio duration and specific securities or baskets of securities. In selecting investments for the Fund, the Sub-Adviser will evaluate overall investment opportunities and risks among the types of investments the Fund may hold.

The Fund engages in active trading—that is, frequent trading of its securities—in order to take advantage of new investment opportunities. The Fund expects to be more heavily involved in active trading during periods of market volatility seeking to preserve gains or limit losses.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, U.S. Treasury obligations, U.S. government obligations, U.S. agency securities, securities of other registered investment companies, cash and cash equivalents. Instead of, or in addition to, investing directly in particular securities, the Fund may invest in derivative instruments, including futures, forwards, options, swaps, and options on swaps, to try to enhance return or to try to reduce (“hedge”) investment risks.

The Adviser has retained Macquarie Asset Management Credit Advisers US, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, to serve as the Fund’s investment sub-adviser (“MAMCA” or the “Sub-Adviser”). In managing the Fund’s assets, the Sub-Adviser uses a combination of top-down economic analysis and bottom-up research in conjunction with proprietary quantitative models, and risk management systems. In the top-down economic analysis, the Sub-Adviser develops views on economic, policy and market trends by continually evaluating economic data that affect the movement of markets and securities prices. This top-down macroeconomic analysis is integrated into the Sub-Adviser’s bottom-up research which informs security selection. In its bottom-up research, the Sub-Adviser develops an internal rating and outlook on issuers. The rating and outlook are determined based on a thorough review of the financial health and trends of the issuer. The Sub-Adviser may also consider investment factors such as expected total return, yield, spread and potential for price appreciation as well as credit quality, maturity and risk. The Fund may invest in a security based upon the expected total return rather than the yield of such security.