81_FR_529 81 FR 526 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF and RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600

81 FR 526 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF and RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-76798; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2015-125]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
of Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of RiverFront Dynamic 
Unconstrained Income ETF and RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF Under 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600

December 30, 2015.
    Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby 
given that, on December 15, 2015, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or 
``NYSE Arca'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, 
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory 
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the following 
under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 (``Managed Fund Shares''): 
RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF and RiverFront Dynamic Core 
Income ETF. The text of the proposed rule change is available on the 
Exchange's Web site at www.nyse.com, at the principal office of the 
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization 
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the 
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the 
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at 
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared 
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most 
significant parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares (``Shares'') of the 
following under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600,\4\ which governs the 
listing and trading of Managed Fund Shares: \5\ RiverFront Dynamic 
Unconstrained Income ETF and RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF, each 
referred to as a ``Fund'' and collectively as the ``Funds.'' The Funds 
are each a series of ALPS ETF Trust (``Trust''), a statutory trust 
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and registered with 
the Commission as an open-end management investment company.\6\ The 
Funds will be managed by ALPS Advisors, Inc. (``ALPS Advisors'' or the 
``Adviser''). RiverFront Investment Group, LLC (``RiverFront'') is the 
investment sub-adviser for the Funds (the ``Sub-Adviser'').
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    \4\ The Commission has previously approved listing and trading 
on the Exchange of actively managed funds under Rule 8.600. See, 
e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 57801 (May 8, 2008), 73 
FR 27878 (May 14, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2008-31) (order approving 
Exchange listing and trading of twelve actively-managed funds of the 
WisdomTree Trust); 66321 (February 3, 2012), 77 FR 6850 (February 9, 
2012) (SR-NYSEArca-2011-95) (order approving listing and trading of 
PIMCO Total Return Exchange Traded Fund); 66670 (March 28, 2012), 77 
FR 20087 (April 3, 2012) (SR-NYSEArca-2012-09) (order approving 
listing and trading of PIMCO Global Advantage Inflation-Linked Bond 
Strategy Fund).
    \5\ A Managed Fund Share is a security that represents an 
interest in an investment company registered under the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1) (``1940 Act'') organized as an 
open-end investment company or similar entity that invests in a 
portfolio of securities selected by its investment adviser 
consistent with its investment objectives and policies. In contrast, 
an open-end investment company that issues Investment Company Units, 
listed and traded on the Exchange under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
5.2(j)(3), seeks to provide investment results that correspond 
generally to the price and yield performance of a specific foreign 
or domestic stock index, Fixed Income Securities index or 
combination thereof.
    \6\ The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On September 1, 
2015, the Trust filed with the Commission an amendment to its 
registration statement on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 
(15 U.S.C. 77a) (``Securities Act'') and the 1940 Act relating to 
the Funds (File Nos. 333-148826 and 811-22175) (the ``Registration 
Statement''). The description of the operation of the Trust and the 
Funds herein is based, in part, on the Registration Statement. In 
addition, the Commission has issued an order granting certain 
exemptive relief to the Trust and the Adviser (as defined below) 
under the 1940 Act. See Investment Company Act Release No. 30553 
(June 11, 2013) (File No. 812-13884) (``Exemptive Order''). The 
Funds will be offered in reliance upon the Exemptive Order issued to 
the Trust and the Adviser.
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    Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600 provides that, if the investment 
adviser to the investment company issuing Managed Fund Shares is 
affiliated with a broker-dealer, such investment adviser shall erect a 
``fire wall'' between the investment adviser and the broker-dealer with 
respect to access to information concerning the composition and/or 
changes to such investment company portfolio.\7\ In addition, 
Commentary .06 further requires that personnel who make decisions on 
the open-end fund's portfolio composition must be subject to procedures 
designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material nonpublic 
information regarding the open-end fund's portfolio. Each of ALPS 
Advisors and RiverFront is not registered as a broker-dealer but is 
affiliated with a broker-dealer. Each of ALPS Advisors and RiverFront 
has implemented and will maintain a fire wall with respect to its 
affiliated broker-dealer(s) regarding access to information concerning 
the composition and/or changes to a Fund portfolio. In the event (a) 
the Adviser or Sub-Adviser becomes newly affiliated with a broker-
dealer, or (b) any new adviser or sub-adviser becomes affiliated with a 
broker-dealer, it will implement a fire wall with respect to such 
broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to information concerning the 
composition and/or changes to the portfolio, and will be subject to 
procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material 
non-public information regarding such portfolio.
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    \7\ An investment adviser to an open-end fund is required to be 
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers 
Act''). As a result, the Adviser and Sub-Adviser and their related 
personnel are subject to the provisions of Rule 204A-1 under the 
Advisers Act relating to codes of ethics. This Rule requires 
investment advisers to adopt a code of ethics that reflects the 
fiduciary nature of the relationship to clients as well as 
compliance with other applicable securities laws. Accordingly, 
procedures designed to prevent the communication and misuse of non-
public information by an investment adviser must be consistent with 
Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act. The Exchange represents that the 
Adviser and Sub-Adviser, and their respective related personnel, are 
subject to Investment Advisers Act Rule 204A-1. In addition, Rule 
206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act makes it unlawful for an investment 
adviser to provide investment advice to clients unless such 
investment adviser has (i) adopted and implemented written policies 
and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation, by the 
investment adviser and its supervised persons, of the Advisers Act 
and the Commission rules adopted thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a 
minimum, an annual review regarding the adequacy of the policies and 
procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and the 
effectiveness of their implementation; and (iii) designated an 
individual (who is a supervised person) responsible for 
administering the policies and procedures adopted under subparagraph 
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RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF
Principal Investment Strategies
    According to the Registration Statement, the investment objective 
of the Fund will be to seek total return with an emphasis on income as 
the source of that total return. Under normal circumstances, the Fund 
will principally invest its assets in the securities and financial 
instruments described below.\8\
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    \8\ The term ``under normal circumstances'' includes, but is not 
limited to, the absence of extreme volatility or trading halts in 
the securities markets or the financial markets generally; 
circumstances under which a Fund's investments are made for 
temporary defensive purposes; operational issues causing 
dissemination of inaccurate market information; or force majeure 
type events such as systems failure, natural or man-made disaster, 
act of God, armed conflict, act of terrorism, riot or labor 
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    The Fund's portfolio is constructed through a two-step process, 
with the first step setting the allocation among different fixed income 
asset classes and the second step determining security selection within 
those asset classes. The allocation across long-term, medium-term and 
short-term investment grade securities, long-term and short-term high 
yield securities and emerging market debt is determined by a 
quantitative methodology. The methodology models historical returns as 
a function of initial valuation conditions and creates estimates of 
potential returns and downside risks consistent with historical market 
behavior. These capital market assumptions are incorporated into a 
patent-pending Mean Reversion Optimization (MRO) process to produce the 
index weighting within each of the major fixed income asset classes. 
The objective of this optimization is to construct a combination of 
fixed income asset classes that are expected to have a high probability 
of generating a positive potential total return over a five-year 
investment horizon.
    The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing 
in a global portfolio of ``Fixed Income Securities'' (as described 
below) of various maturities, ratings and currency denominations. The 
Fund intends to utilize various investment strategies in a broad array 
of fixed income sectors. The Fund will allocate its investments based 
upon the analysis of the Sub-Adviser of the pertinent economic and 
market conditions, as well as yield, maturity, credit and currency 
considerations.
    For purposes of this filing, Fixed Income Securities include the 
following (as described further below): Bonds, including corporate 
bonds; securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies, 
instrumentalities or sponsored corporations (including those not backed 
by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government); agency and non-
agency mortgage-backed securities (``MBS'', which may include 
commercial MBS (``CMBS'')) and asset-backed securities (``ABS''); 
municipal securities; U.S. agency mortgage pass-through securities; 
convertible securities; preferred stocks; commercial instruments; 
variable or floating rate instruments and variable rate demand 
instruments; \9\ zero-coupon and pay-in-kind securities; \10\ bank 
instruments, including certificates of deposit (``CDs''), time deposits 
and bankers' acceptances from U.S. banks; and participations in and 
assignments of bank loans or corporate loans,\11\ which loans include 
senior loans, syndicated bank loans, junior loans, bridge loans, 
unfunded commitments, revolving credit facilities, and participation 
interests.\12\
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    \9\ Variable or floating interest rates are readjusted on set 
dates (such as the last day of the month or calendar quarter) in the 
case of variable rates or whenever a specified interest rate change 
occurs in the case of a floating rate instrument. The terms of such 
demand instruments require payment of principal and accrued interest 
by the issuer, a guarantor and/or a liquidity provider. The Sub-
Adviser will monitor the pricing, quality and liquidity of the 
variable or floating rate securities held by the Fund.
    \10\ Zero-coupon or pay-in-kind securities are debt securities 
that do not make regular cash interest payments. Zero-coupon 
securities are sold at a deep discount to their face value. Pay-in-
kind securities pay interest through the issuance of additional 
securities.
    \11\ The Adviser expects that under normal market conditions, 
the Fund generally will seek to invest at least 80% of its corporate 
loan assets in issuances that have at least $100,000,000 par amount 
outstanding (if tied to developed countries) and at least 
$200,000,000 par amount outstanding (if tied to emerging market 
countries).
    \12\ Participation interests generally will be acquired from a 
commercial bank or other financial institution (a ``Lender'') or 
from other holders of a participation interest (a ``Participant''). 
The purchase of a participation interest either from a Lender or a 
Participant will not result in any direct contractual relationship 
with the borrowing company (the ``Borrower''). The Fund generally 
will have no right directly to enforce compliance by the Borrower 
with the terms of the credit agreement. Instead, the Fund will be 
required to rely on the Lender or the Participant that sold the 
participation interest, both for the enforcement of the Fund's 
rights against the Borrower and for the receipt and processing of 
payments due to the Fund under the loans. Under the terms of a 
participation interest, the Fund may be regarded as a member of the 
Participant, and thus the Fund is subject to the credit risk of both 
the Borrower and a Participant. Participation interests are 
generally subject to restrictions on resale.
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    The Fund may purchase Fixed Income Securities issued by U.S. or 
foreign corporations \13\ or financial institutions.
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    \13\ The Fund will invest only in securities that the Adviser or 
Sub-Adviser deems to be sufficiently liquid. While foreign corporate 
debt securities generally must have $200 million or more par amount 
outstanding and significant par value traded to be considered as an 
eligible investment, at least 80% of issues of foreign corporate 
debt held by the Fund will have $200 million or more par amount 
outstanding.
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    The Fund may purchase securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. 
Government or foreign governments (including foreign states, provinces 
and municipalities) or their agencies and instrumentalities or issued 
or guaranteed by international organizations designated or supported by 
multiple government entities to promote economic reconstruction or 
development.
    The Fund may invest in MBS issued or guaranteed by federal agencies 
and/or U.S. government sponsored instrumentalities, such as the 
Government National Mortgage Administration (``Ginnie Mae''), the 
Federal Housing Administration (``FHA''), the Federal National Mortgage 
Association (``Fannie Mae'') and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation (``Freddie Mac''). The MBS in which the Fund may invest 
will be either pass-through securities or collateralized mortgage 
obligations (``CMOs''), and may use to-be-announced (``TBA'') 
transactions.\14\
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    \14\ Pass-through securities represent a right to receive 
principal and interest payments collected on a pool of mortgages, 
which are passed through to security holders. CMOs are created by 
dividing the principal and interest payments collected on a pool of 
mortgages into several revenue streams (tranches) with different 
priority rights to portions of the underlying mortgage payments. The 
Fund will not invest in CMO tranches which represent a right to 
receive interest only (``IOs''), principal only (``POs'') or an 
amount that remains after other floating-rate tranches are paid (an 
inverse floater).
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    The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued,\15\ 
delayed delivery or forward commitment basis,

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and may enter into repurchase \16\ and reverse repurchase 
agreements.\17\
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    \15\ Purchasing securities on a ``when-issued'' basis means that 
the date for delivery of and payment for the securities is not fixed 
at the date of purchase, but is set after the securities are issued. 
The payment obligation and, if applicable, the interest rate that 
will be received on the securities are fixed at the time the buyer 
enters into the commitment. The Fund will only make commitments to 
purchase such securities with the intention of actually acquiring 
such securities, but the Fund may sell these securities before the 
settlement date if it is deemed advisable.
    \16\ Repurchase agreements are agreements pursuant to which 
securities are acquired by the Fund from a third party with the 
understanding that they will be repurchased by the seller at a fixed 
price on an agreed date. These agreements may be made with respect 
to any of the portfolio securities in which the Fund is authorized 
to invest. Repurchase agreements may be characterized as loans 
secured by the underlying securities.
    \17\ Reverse repurchase agreements involve the sale of 
securities with an agreement to repurchase the securities at an 
agreed-upon price, date and interest payment and have the 
characteristics of borrowing. The securities purchased with the 
funds obtained from the agreement and securities collateralizing the 
agreement will have maturity dates no later than the repayment date.
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    The Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds (``ETFs'') \18\ and/or 
exchange-traded closed-end funds that invest in Fixed Income 
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    \18\ For purposes of this filing, ETFs consist of Investment 
Company Units (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3)), 
Portfolio Depositary Receipts (as described in NYSE Arca Equities 
Rule 8.100), and Managed Fund Shares (as described in NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 8.600). All ETFs will be listed and traded in the U.S. 
on a national securities exchange. The Funds will not invest in 
leveraged or leveraged inverse ETFs.
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    The Fund may invest without limitation in U.S. dollar-denominated 
securities of foreign issuers and up to 50% of its total assets in 
securities denominated in foreign currencies, and in securities of 
issuers located in emerging markets. The Sub-Adviser may attempt to 
reduce currency risk by entering into contracts with banks, brokers or 
dealers to purchase or sell securities or foreign currencies at a 
future date (``forward contracts'').\19\
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    \19\ A foreign currency forward contract is a negotiated 
agreement between the contracting parties to exchange a specified 
amount of currency at a specified future time at a specified rate. 
The rate can be higher or lower than the spot rate between the 
currencies that are the subject of the contract.
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    The Fund may enter into cleared and over-the-counter (``OTC'') swap 
agreements that effectively bundle the purchase of foreign bonds and 
the hedging of foreign currency into a single transaction.\20\
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    \20\ See ``The Funds' Use of Derivatives'', infra.
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    The Fund may invest in securities that are offered pursuant to Rule 
144A under the Securities Act.
    The average maturity or duration of the Fund's portfolio of Fixed 
Income Securities will vary based on the Sub-Adviser's assessment of 
economic and market conditions; however, the Sub-Adviser intends to 
manage the Fund's portfolio so that it has an average duration of 
between two and ten years, under normal circumstances.
Other Investments
    While the Fund will, under normal circumstances, principally invest 
its assets in the securities and financial instruments described above, 
the Fund may invest its remaining assets in the securities and 
financial instruments described below.
    According to the Registration Statement, the Fund may invest in 
money market instruments, including other funds which invest 
exclusively in money market instruments. The Fund may invest up to 20% 
of its total assets in structured notes (notes on which the amount of 
principal repayment and interest payments are based on the movement of 
one or more specified factors, such as the movement of a particular 
bond or bond index). In addition to the types of forward contracts and 
swaps discussed above, the Fund may invest in other types of forward 
contracts and swaps, as well as options and futures contracts (as 
discussed below), each based on fixed-income securities, currencies, or 
indexes of fixed-income securities or currencies.
    The Fund may invest up to 5% of its assets in U.S. exchange-traded 
equity securities (excluding ETFs and closed-end funds).
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF
Principal Investment Strategies
    According to the Registration Statement, the investment objective 
of the Fund will be to seek total return with an emphasis on income as 
the source of that total return. Under normal circumstances, the Fund 
will principally invest its assets in the securities and financial 
instruments described below.\21\
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    The Fund's portfolio is constructed through a two-step process, 
with the first step setting the allocation among different fixed income 
asset classes and the second step determining security selection within 
those asset classes. The allocation across long-term, medium-term and 
short-term investment grade securities, long-term and short-term high 
yield securities and emerging market debt is determined by a 
quantitative methodology. The methodology models historical returns as 
a function of initial valuation conditions and creates estimates of 
potential returns and downside risks consistent with historical market 
behavior. These capital market assumptions are incorporated into a 
patent-pending Mean Reversion Optimization (MRO) process to produce the 
index weighting within each of the major fixed income asset classes. 
The objective of this optimization is to construct a combination of 
fixed income asset classes that are expected to have a high probability 
of generating a positive potential total return over a five-year 
investment horizon.
    The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing 
in a global portfolio of Fixed Income Securities (as described above) 
of various maturities, ratings and currency denominations. The Fund 
intends to utilize various investment strategies in a broad array of 
fixed income sectors. The Fund will allocate its investments based upon 
the analysis of the Sub-Adviser of the pertinent economic and market 
conditions, as well as yield, maturity, credit and currency 
considerations.
    The Fund may purchase Fixed Income Securities issued by U.S. or 
foreign corporations \22\ or financial institutions.
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    The Fund may purchase securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. 
Government or foreign governments (including foreign states, provinces 
and municipalities) or their agencies and instrumentalities or issued 
or guaranteed by international organizations designated or supported by 
multiple government entities to promote economic reconstruction or 
development.
    The Fund may invest in MBS issued or guaranteed by federal agencies 
and/or U.S. government sponsored instrumentalities, such as Ginnie Mae, 
the FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The MBS in which the Fund may 
invest will be either pass-through securities or CMOs and may use TBA 
transactions.\23\
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    The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed 
delivery or forward commitment basis, and may enter into repurchase and 
reverse repurchase agreements.
    The Fund may invest in ETFs\24\ and/or exchange-traded closed-end 
funds which invest in Fixed Income Securities.
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    \24\ See note 18, supra.
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    The Fund may invest without limitation in U.S. dollar-denominated 
securities of foreign issuers and up to 10% of its total assets in 
securities denominated in foreign currencies, and in securities of 
issuers located in emerging markets. The Sub-Adviser may attempt to 
reduce currency risk by entering into forward contracts.
    The Fund may enter into cleared and OTC swap agreements that 
effectively bundle the purchase of foreign bonds and the hedging of 
foreign currency into a single transaction.\25\
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    The Fund may invest in securities that are offered pursuant to Rule 
144A under the Securities Act.
    The average maturity or duration of the Fund's portfolio of Fixed 
Income Securities will vary based on the Sub-Adviser's assessment of 
economic and market conditions; however, the Sub-Adviser intends to 
manage the Fund's portfolio so that it has an average duration of 
between two and eight years, under normal circumstances.
Other Investments
    While the Fund will, under normal circumstances, principally invest 
its assets in the securities and financial instruments described above, 
the Fund may invest its remaining assets in the securities and 
financial instruments described below.
    According to the Registration Statement, the Fund may also invest 
in money market instruments, including other funds which invest 
exclusively in money market instruments. The Fund may invest up to 20% 
of its total assets in structured notes. In addition to the types of 
forward contracts and swaps discussed above, the Fund may invest in 
other types of forward contracts and swaps, as well as options and 
futures contracts (as described below), each based on fixed-income 
securities, currencies, or indexes of fixed-income securities or 
currencies.
    The Fund may invest up to 5% of its assets in U.S. exchange-traded 
equity securities (excluding ETFs and closed-end funds).
Investment Restrictions
    Each Fund may invest up to an aggregate amount of 15% of its net 
assets in illiquid assets (calculated at the time of investment), 
including securities that are offered pursuant to Rule 144A under the 
Securities Act deemed illiquid by the Sub-Adviser.\26\ A Fund will 
monitor its portfolio liquidity on an ongoing basis to determine 
whether, in light of current circumstances, an adequate level of 
liquidity is being maintained, and will consider taking appropriate 
steps in order to maintain adequate liquidity if, through a change in 
values, net assets, or other circumstances, more than 15% of a Fund's 
net assets are held in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities include 
securities subject to contractual or other restrictions on resale and 
other instruments that lack readily available markets as determined in 
accordance with Commission staff guidance.\27\
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    \26\ Rule 144A securities are securities which, while privately 
placed, are eligible for purchase and resale pursuant to Rule 144A. 
According to the Registration Statement, Rule 144A permits certain 
qualified institutional buyers, such as a Fund, to trade in 
privately placed securities even though such securities are not 
registered under the Securities Act.
    \27\ The Commission has stated that long-standing Commission 
guidelines have required open-end funds to hold no more than 15% of 
their net assets in illiquid securities and other illiquid assets. 
See Investment Company Act Release No. 28193 (March 11, 2008), 73 FR 
14618 (March 18, 2008), footnote 34. See also, Investment Company 
Act Release No. 5847 (October 21, 1969), 35 FR 19989 (December 31, 
1970) (Statement Regarding ``Restricted Securities''); Investment 
Company Act Release No. 18612 (March 12, 1992), 57 FR 9828 (March 
20, 1992) (Revisions of Guidelines to Form N-1A). A fund's portfolio 
security is illiquid if it cannot be disposed of in the ordinary 
course of business within seven days at approximately the value 
ascribed to it by the fund. See Investment Company Act Release No. 
14983 (March 12, 1986), 51 FR 9773 (March 21, 1986) (adopting 
amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act); Investment Company Act 
Release No. 17452 (April 23, 1990), 55 FR 17933 (April 30, 1990) 
(adopting Rule 144A under the Securities Act).
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    The Funds intend to qualify for and to elect to be treated as 
separate regulated investment companies (``RICs'') under Subchapter M 
of the Internal Revenue Code.\28\
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    \28\ 26 U.S.C. 851.
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    A Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in MBS (which may 
include CMBS) or ABS issued or guaranteed by private entities.
    A Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in junior loans.
    The RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF may invest entirely 
in high yield securities (``junk bonds''). Junk bonds are Fixed Income 
Securities that are rated below investment grade by nationally 
recognized statistical rating organizations (``NRSROs''), or are 
unrated securities that the Sub-Adviser believes are of comparable 
quality. The Sub-Adviser considers the credit ratings assigned by 
NRSROs as one of several factors in its independent credit analysis of 
issuers.
    The RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF may invest up to 15% of its 
total assets in Fixed Income Securities that are rated below investment 
grade by NRSROs, or unrated securities that the Sub-Adviser believes 
are of comparable quality. The Sub-Adviser considers the credit ratings 
assigned by NRSROs as one of several factors in its independent credit 
analysis of issuers.
    The Funds will not invest in non-U.S. equity securities.
    A Fund's investments will be consistent with a Fund's investment 
objective and will not be used to enhance leverage. That is, while a 
Fund will be permitted to borrow as permitted under the 1940 Act, a 
Fund's investments will not be used to seek performance that is the 
multiple or inverse multiple (i.e., 2Xs and 3Xs) of a Fund's primary 
broad-based securities benchmark index (as defined in Form N-1A).\29\
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    \29\ A Fund's broad-based securities benchmark index will be 
identified in a future amendment to the Registration Statement 
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The Funds' Use of Derivatives
    Each Fund proposes to seek certain exposures through derivative 
transactions as described below. With respect to a Fund, derivative 
instruments may include foreign exchange forward contracts; exchange-
traded futures on securities, indices, currencies and other 
investments; exchange-traded and OTC options; exchange-traded and OTC 
options on futures contracts; exchange-traded and OTC interest rate 
swaps, cross-currency swaps, total return swaps, inflation swaps and 
credit default swaps; and options on such swaps (``swaptions'').\30\ 
Generally, derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends 
upon, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference 
rate or index, and may relate to stocks, bonds, interest rates, 
currencies or currency exchange rates, commodities, and related 
indexes. A Fund may, but is not required to, use derivative instruments 
for risk management purposes or as part of its investment 
strategies.\31\ A Fund may also engage in derivative transactions for 
speculative purposes to enhance total return, to seek to hedge against 
fluctuations in securities prices, interest rates or currency rates, to 
change the effective duration of its portfolio, to manage certain 
investment risks and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of 
securities or currencies.
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    \30\ Options on swaps are traded OTC. In the future, in the 
event that there are exchange-traded options on swaps, a Fund may 
invest in these instruments.
    \31\ A Fund will seek, where possible, to use counterparties 
whose financial status is such that the risk of default is reduced; 
however, the risk of losses resulting from default is still 
possible. The Sub-Adviser will monitor the financial standing of 
counterparties on an ongoing basis. This monitoring may include 
information provided by credit agencies, as well as the Sub-
Adviser's credit analysts and other team members who evaluate 
approved counterparties using various methods of analysis, including 
but not limited to earnings updates, the counterparty's reputation, 
the Sub-Adviser's past experience with the broker-dealer, market 
levels for the counterparty's debt and equity, the counterparty's 
liquidity and its share of market participation.
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    Investments in derivative instruments will be made in accordance 
with the 1940 Act and consistent with a Fund's investment objective and 
policies. As described further below, a Fund will typically use 
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substitute for taking a position in the underlying asset and/or as part 
of a strategy designed to reduce exposure to other risks, such as 
currency risk. A Fund may also use derivative instruments to enhance 
returns. To limit the potential risk associated with such transactions, 
a Fund will segregate or ``earmark'' assets determined to be liquid by 
the Sub-Adviser in accordance with procedures established by a Fund's 
Board of Trustees (the ``Board'') and in accordance with the 1940 Act 
(or, as permitted by applicable regulation, enter into certain 
offsetting positions) to cover its obligations under derivative 
instruments. These procedures have been adopted consistent with section 
18 of the 1940 Act and related Commission guidance. In addition, a Fund 
will include appropriate risk disclosure in its offering documents, 
including leveraging risk. Leveraging risk is the risk that certain 
transactions of a Fund, including a Fund's use of derivatives, may give 
rise to leverage, causing a Fund to be more volatile than if it had not 
been leveraged.\32\ Because the markets for certain securities, or the 
securities themselves, may be unavailable or cost prohibitive as 
compared to derivative instruments, suitable derivative transactions 
may be an efficient alternative for a Fund to obtain the desired asset 
exposure.
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    \32\ To mitigate leveraging risk, the Sub-Adviser will segregate 
or ``earmark'' liquid assets or otherwise cover the transactions 
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    The Sub-Adviser believes that derivatives can be an economically 
attractive substitute for an underlying physical security that a Fund 
would otherwise purchase. For example, as part of a Fund's non-
principal investment strategies, a Fund could purchase Treasury futures 
contracts instead of physical Treasuries or could sell credit default 
protection on a corporate bond instead of buying a physical bond. 
Economic benefits include potentially lower transaction costs or 
attractive relative valuation of a derivative versus a physical bond 
(e.g., differences in yields).
    The Sub-Adviser further believes that derivatives can be used as a 
more liquid means of adjusting portfolio duration as well as targeting 
specific areas of yield curve exposure, with potentially lower 
transaction costs than the underlying securities (e.g., interest rate 
swaps may have lower transaction costs than physical bonds). Similarly, 
money market futures can be used, as part of a Fund's non-principal 
investment strategies, to gain exposure to short-term interest rates in 
order to express views on anticipated changes in central bank policy 
rates. In addition, derivatives can be used to protect client assets 
through selectively hedging downside (or ``tail risks'') in a Fund.
    A Fund also can use derivatives to increase or decrease credit 
exposure. Index credit default swaps (CDX) can be used, as part of a 
Fund's non-principal investment strategies, to gain exposure to a 
basket of credit risk by ``selling protection'' against default or 
other credit events, or to hedge broad market credit risk by ``buying 
protection''. Single name credit default swaps (CDS) can be used, as 
part of a Fund's non-principal investment strategies, to allow a Fund 
to increase or decrease exposure to specific issuers, saving investor 
capital through lower trading costs. A Fund can use total return swap 
contracts to obtain the total return of a reference asset or index in 
exchange for paying a financing cost. A total return swap may be more 
efficient than buying underlying securities of an index, potentially 
lowering transaction costs.
    A Fund may attempt to reduce foreign currency exchange rate risk by 
entering into contracts with banks, brokers or dealers to purchase or 
sell foreign currencies at a future date (``forward contracts'').
    The Sub-Adviser believes that the use of derivatives will allow a 
Fund to selectively add, as part of a Fund's non-principal investment 
strategies, diversifying sources of return from selling options. Option 
purchases and sales can also be used, as part of a Fund's non-principal 
investment strategies, to hedge specific exposures in the portfolio, 
and can provide access to return streams available to long-term 
investors such as the persistent difference between implied and 
realized volatility. Option strategies can, as part of a Fund's non-
principal investment strategies, generate income or improve execution 
prices (i.e., covered calls).
Valuation Methodology for Purposes of Determining Net Asset Value
    According to the Registration Statement, the NAV per Share of each 
Fund will be computed by dividing the value of the net assets of each 
Fund (i.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities) by 
the total number of Shares of the Fund outstanding, rounded to the 
nearest cent. Expenses and fees, including without limitation, the 
management fees, will be accrued daily and taken into account for 
purposes of determining NAV. The NAV per Share will be calculated by 
each Fund's custodian and determined as of the close of the regular 
trading session on the New York Stock Exchange (``NYSE'') (ordinarily 
4:00 p.m., Eastern Time) on each day that such exchange is open. 
Information that becomes known to a Fund or its agents after the NAV 
has been calculated on a particular day will not generally be used to 
retroactively adjust the price of a portfolio asset or the NAV 
determined earlier that day. Each Fund reserves the right to change the 
time its NAV is calculated if the Fund closes earlier, or as permitted 
by the Commission.
    In computing each Fund's NAV, each Fund's Fixed Income Securities 
will be valued at market value. Market value generally means a 
valuation (i) obtained from an exchange, a pricing service or a major 
market maker (or dealer), (ii) based on a price quotation or other 
equivalent indication of value supplied by an exchange, a pricing 
service or a major market maker (or dealer) or (iii) based on amortized 
cost. Each Fund's Fixed Income Securities are thus valued by reference 
to a combination of transactions and quotations for the same or other 
securities believed to be comparable in quality, coupon, maturity, type 
of issue, call provisions, trading characteristics and other features 
deemed to be relevant. To the extent each Fund's Fixed Income 
Securities, including some or all of the MBS in which a Fund invests, 
will be valued based on price quotations or other equivalent 
indications of value provided by a third-party pricing service, any 
such third-party pricing service may use a variety of methodologies to 
value some or all of a Fund's Fixed Income Securities to determine the 
market price. For example, the prices of securities with 
characteristics similar to those held by a Fund may be used to assist 
with the pricing process. In addition, the pricing service may use 
proprietary pricing models. Each Fund's securities holdings that are 
traded on a national securities exchange will be valued based on their 
last sale price. Price information on listed securities will be taken 
from the exchange where the security is primarily traded. Other 
portfolio securities and assets for which market quotations are not 
readily available will be valued based on fair value as determined in 
good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board.
    A third-party pricing service will be used to value some or all of 
a Fund's MBS. Derivatives for which market quotes are readily available 
will be valued at market value. Local closing prices will be used for 
all instrument valuation purposes. Futures will be valued at the last 
reported sale or settlement price on the day of valuation. Swaps traded 
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (``CME'') or the Intercontinental Exchange 
(``ICE-US'') will use the applicable exchange closing price where 
available. Foreign currency-denominated derivatives will generally be 
valued as of the respective local region's market close.
    With respect to specific derivatives:
     Currency spot and forward rates from major market data 
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    \33\ Major market data vendors may include, but are not limited 
to: Thomson Reuters, JPMorgan Chase PricingDirect Inc., Markit Group 
Limited, Bloomberg, Interactive Data Corporation or other major data 
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     Exchange-traded futures will generally be valued at the 
settlement price of the relevant exchange.
     A total return swap on an index will be valued at the 
publicly available index price. The index price, in turn, is determined 
by the applicable index calculation agent, which generally values the 
securities underlying the index at the last reported sale price.
     Bank loan total return swaps will generally be valued 
using the evaluated underlying bank loan price minus the strike price 
of the loan.
     Exchange-traded non-equity options, (for example, options 
on bonds, Eurodollar options and U.S. Treasury options), index options, 
and options on futures will generally be valued at the official 
settlement price determined by the relevant exchange, if available.
     OTC foreign currency (FX) options will generally be valued 
by pricing vendors.
     All other swaps such as interest rate swaps, inflation 
swaps, swaptions, credit default swaps, and CDX/CDS will generally be 
valued by pricing services.
Derivatives Valuation Methodology for Purposes of Determining Intra-Day 
Indicative Value
    On each business day, before commencement of trading in Fund Shares 
on NYSE Arca, a Fund will disclose on its Web site the identities and 
quantities of the portfolio instruments and other assets held by a Fund 
that will form the basis for a Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of 
the business day.
    In order to provide additional information regarding the intra-day 
value of Shares of a Fund, the NYSE Arca or a market data vendor will 
disseminate every 15 seconds through the facilities of the Consolidated 
Tape Association or other widely disseminated means an updated Intra-
day Indicative Value (``IIV'') for a Fund as calculated by a third 
party market data provider.
    A third party market data provider will calculate the IIV for each 
Fund. For the purposes of determining the IIV, the third party market 
data provider's valuation of derivatives is expected to be similar to 
their valuation of all securities. The third party market data provider 
may use market quotes if available or may fair value securities against 
proxies (such as swap or yield curves).

With respect to specific derivatives:

     Foreign currency derivatives may be valued intraday using 
market quotes, or another proxy as determined to be appropriate by the 
third party market data provider.
     Futures may be valued intraday using the relevant futures 
exchange data, or another proxy as determined to be appropriate by the 
third party market data provider.
     Interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps may be mapped 
to a swap curve and valued intraday based on changes of the swap curve, 
or another proxy as determined to be appropriate by the third party 
market data provider.
     Index credit default swaps (such as, CDX/CDS) may be 
valued using intraday data from market vendors, or based on underlying 
asset price, or another proxy as determined to be appropriate by the 
third party market data provider.
     Total return swaps may be valued intraday using the 
underlying asset price, or another proxy as determined to be 
appropriate by the third party market data provider.
     Exchange listed options may be valued intraday using the 
relevant exchange data, or another proxy as determined to be 
appropriate by the third party market data provider.
     OTC options and swaptions may be valued intraday through 
option valuation models (e.g., Black-Scholes) or using exchange traded 
options as a proxy, or another proxy as determined to be appropriate by 
the third party market data provider.
Disclosed Portfolio
    The Funds' disclosure of derivative positions in the Disclosed 
Portfolio will include information that market participants can use to 
value these positions intraday. On a daily basis, the Adviser or Sub-
Adviser will disclose on the Funds' Web site the following information 
regarding each portfolio holding, as applicable to the type of holding: 
Ticker symbol, CUSIP number or other identifier, if any; a description 
of the holding (including the type of holding, such as the type of 
swap); the identity of the security, commodity, index or other asset or 
instrument underlying the holding, if any; for options, the option 
strike price; quantity held (as measured by, for example, par value, 
notional value or number of shares, contracts or units); maturity date, 
if any; coupon rate, if any; effective date, if any; market value of 
the holding; and the percentage weighting of the holding in each Fund's 
portfolio. The Web site information will be publicly available at no 
charge.
Impact on Arbitrage Mechanism
    The Adviser believes there will be minimal, if any, impact to the 
arbitrage mechanism as a result of the use of derivatives. Market 
makers and participants should be able to value derivatives as long as 
the positions are disclosed with relevant information. The Adviser 
believes that the price at which Shares trade will continue to be 
disciplined by arbitrage opportunities created by the ability to 
purchase or redeem creation Shares at their NAV, which should ensure 
that Shares will not trade at a material discount or premium in 
relation to their NAV.
    The Adviser does not believe there will be any significant impacts 
to the settlement or operational aspects of a Fund's arbitrage 
mechanism due to the use of derivatives. Because derivatives generally 
are not eligible for in-kind transfer, they will typically be 
substituted with a ``cash in lieu'' amount when a Fund processes 
purchases or redemptions of creation units in-kind.
Creation and Redemption of Shares
    Shares may be created and redeemed in ``Creation Unit'' size 
aggregations of 50,000 or multiples thereof. The size of a Creation 
Unit is subject to change. In order to purchase Creation Units of a 
Fund, an investor must generally deposit a designated portfolio of 
securities (the ``Deposit Securities'') (and/or an amount in cash in 
lieu of some or all of the Deposit Securities) and generally make a 
cash payment referred to as the ``Cash Component.'' The list of the 
names and the amounts of the Deposit Securities is made available by 
the Funds' custodian through the facilities of the National Securities 
Clearing Corporation (``NSCC'') immediately prior to the opening of 
business each day of the NYSE Arca. The Cash Component represents the 
difference between the NAV of a Creation Unit and the market value of 
the Deposit Securities. Creations and redemptions of Shares may only be 
made through an Authorized Participant, as described in the 
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    Shares may be redeemed only in Creation Units at their NAV and only 
on a day the NYSE Arca is open for business. The Funds' custodian will 
make available immediately prior to the opening of business each day of 
the NYSE Arca, through the facilities of the NSCC, the list of the 
names and the amounts of each Fund's portfolio securities that will be 
applicable that day to redemption requests in proper form (``Fund 
Securities''). Fund Securities received on redemption may not be 
identical to Deposit Securities, which are applicable to purchases of 
Creation Units.
    Unless cash redemptions or partial cash redemptions are available 
or specified for a Fund, the redemption proceeds will consist of the 
Fund Securities, plus cash in an amount equal to the difference between 
the NAV of Shares being redeemed as next determined after receipt by 
the transfer agent of a redemption request in proper form, and the 
value of the Fund Securities (the ``Cash Redemption Amount''), less the 
applicable redemption fee and, if applicable, any transfer taxes.\34\
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    \34\ Each Fund may, in certain circumstances, allow cash 
creations or partial cash creations but not redemptions (or vice 
versa) if the Sub-Adviser believes it will allow the Fund to adjust 
its portfolio in a manner which is more efficient for shareholders. 
Each Fund may allow creations or redemptions to be conducted 
partially in cash only where certain instruments are (i) in the case 
of the purchase of a Creation Unit, not available in sufficient 
quantity for delivery; (ii) not eligible for transfer through either 
the NSCC or DTC; or (iii) not eligible for trading due to local 
trading restrictions, local restrictions on securities transfers or 
other similar circumstances. To the extent each Fund allows 
creations or redemptions to be conducted wholly or partially in 
cash, such transactions will be effected in the same manner for all 
Authorized Participants on a given day except where: (i) Such 
instruments are, in the case of the purchase of a Creation Unit, not 
available to a particular Authorized Participant in sufficient 
quantity; (ii) such instruments are not eligible for trading by an 
Authorized Participant or the investor on whose behalf the 
Authorized Participant is acting; or (iii) a holder of Shares of a 
Fund would be subject to unfavorable income tax treatment if the 
holder receives redemption proceeds in kind. According to the 
Registration Statement, an additional variable charge for cash or 
partial cash creations, and cash or partial cash redemptions, may 
also be imposed to compensate a Fund for the costs associated with 
buying the applicable securities.
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Availability of Information
    The Funds' Web site (www.alpsetfs.com), which will be publicly 
available prior to the public offering of Shares, will include a form 
of the prospectus for each Fund that may be downloaded. The Funds' Web 
site will include additional quantitative information updated on a 
daily basis, including, for each Fund, (1) daily trading volume, the 
prior business day's reported closing price, NAV and mid-point of the 
bid/ask spread at the time of calculation of such NAV (the ``Bid/Ask 
Price''),\35\ and a calculation of the premium and discount of the Bid/
Ask Price against the NAV, and (2) data in chart format displaying the 
frequency distribution of discounts and premiums of the daily Bid/Ask 
Price against the NAV, within appropriate ranges, for each of the four 
previous calendar quarters. On each business day, before commencement 
of trading in Shares in the Core Trading Session on the Exchange, each 
Fund will disclose on its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio as defined 
in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(2) that will form the basis for the 
Fund's calculation of NAV at the end of the business day.\36\
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    \35\ The Bid/Ask Price of each Fund's Shares will be determined 
using the mid-point of the highest bid and the lowest offer on the 
Exchange as of the time of calculation of a Fund's NAV. The records 
relating to Bid/Ask Prices will be retained by a Fund and its 
service providers.
    \36\ Under accounting procedures to be followed by the Funds, 
trades made on the prior business day (``T'') will be booked and 
reflected in NAV on the current business day (``T+1''). Accordingly, 
each Fund will be able to disclose at the beginning of the business 
day the portfolio that will form the basis for the NAV calculation 
at the end of the business day.
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    In addition, a basket composition file, which will include the 
security names and share quantities required to be delivered in 
exchange for Fund Shares, together with estimates and actual cash 
components, will be publicly disseminated daily prior to the opening of 
the NYSE via NSCC. The basket represents one Creation Unit of the 
applicable Fund.
    Investors can also obtain the Trust's Statement of Additional 
Information (``SAI''), the Funds' Shareholder Reports, and Form N-CSR 
and Form N-SAR, filed twice a year. The Trust's SAI and Shareholder 
Reports are available free upon request from the Trust, and those 
documents and the Form N-CSR and Form N-SAR may be viewed on-screen or 
downloaded from the Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov. Information 
regarding market price and trading volume for the Shares will be 
continually available on a real-time basis throughout the day on 
brokers' computer screens and other electronic services. Information 
regarding the previous day's closing price and trading volume 
information for the Shares will be published daily in the financial 
section of newspapers. Quotation and last sale information for the 
Shares, U.S. exchange-traded common stocks, ETFs and closed-end funds 
will be available via the Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') high-
speed line. Price information for exchange-traded derivative 
instruments will be available from the applicable exchange and from 
major market data vendors. Price information for forwards, swaps, money 
market instruments, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase 
agreements, OTC options, structured notes, and OTC derivative 
instruments will be available from major market data vendors. Intra-day 
and closing price information for exchange-traded options and futures 
will be available from the applicable exchange and from major market 
data vendors. In addition, price information for U.S. exchange-traded 
options is available from the Options Price Reporting Authority. 
Quotation information from brokers and dealers or independent pricing 
services will be available for Fixed Income Securities. In addition, 
the IIV, as defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be 
widely disseminated by one or more major market data vendors at least 
every 15 seconds during the Core Trading Session.\37\ The dissemination 
of the IIV, together with the Disclosed Portfolio, will allow investors 
to determine the value of the underlying portfolio of each Fund on a 
daily basis and provide a close estimate of that value throughout the 
trading day.
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    \37\ Currently, it is the Exchange's understanding that several 
major market data vendors display and/or make widely available IIVs 
taken from CTA or other data feeds.
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Trading Halts
    With respect to trading halts, the Exchange may consider all 
relevant factors in exercising its discretion to halt or suspend 
trading in the Shares of a Fund.\38\ Trading in Shares of a Fund will 
be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
7.12 have been reached. Trading also may be halted because of market 
conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make 
trading in the Shares inadvisable. These may include: (1) The extent to 
which trading is not occurring in the securities and/or the financial 
instruments comprising the Disclosed Portfolio of a Fund; or (2) 
whether other unusual conditions or circumstances detrimental to the 
maintenance of a fair and orderly market are present. Trading in the 
Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which 
sets forth circumstances under which Shares of a Fund may be halted.
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    \38\ See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12, Commentary .04.
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Trading Rules
    The Exchange deems the Shares to be equity securities, thus 
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in the Shares subject to the Exchange's existing rules governing the 
trading of equity securities. Shares will trade on the NYSE Arca 
Marketplace from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time in accordance with NYSE 
Arca Equities Rule 7.34 (Opening, Core, and Late Trading Sessions). The 
Exchange has appropriate rules to facilitate transactions in the Shares 
during all trading sessions. As provided in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
7.6, Commentary .03, the minimum price variation (``MPV'') for quoting 
and entry of orders in equity securities traded on the NYSE Arca 
Marketplace is $0.01, with the exception of securities that are priced 
less than $1.00 for which the MPV for order entry is $0.0001.
    The Shares will conform to the initial and continued listing 
criteria under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The Exchange represents 
that, for initial and/or continued listing, each Fund will be in 
compliance with Rule 10A-3 \39\ under the Act, as provided by NYSE Arca 
Equities Rule 5.3. A minimum of 100,000 Shares of each Fund will be 
outstanding at the commencement of trading on the Exchange. The 
Exchange will obtain a representation from the issuer of the Shares 
that the NAV per Share will be calculated daily and that the NAV and 
the Disclosed Portfolio of each Fund will be made available to all 
market participants at the same time.
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    \39\ 17 CFR 240.10A-3.
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Surveillance
    The Exchange represents that trading in the Shares will be subject 
to the existing trading surveillances, administered by the Financial 
Industry Regulatory Authority (``FINRA'') on behalf of the Exchange, or 
regulatory staff of the Exchange, which are designed to detect 
violations of Exchange rules and applicable federal securities laws. 
The Exchange represents that these procedures are adequate to properly 
monitor Exchange trading of the Shares in all trading sessions and to 
deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and federal securities 
laws applicable to trading on the Exchange.\40\
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    \40\ FINRA surveils trading on the Exchange pursuant to a 
regulatory services agreement. The Exchange is responsible for 
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    The surveillances referred to above generally focus on detecting 
securities trading outside their normal patterns, which could be 
indicative of manipulative or other violative activity. When such 
situations are detected, surveillance analysis follows and 
investigations are opened, where appropriate, to review the behavior of 
all relevant parties for all relevant trading violations.
    FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or regulatory staff of the 
Exchange, will communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares, 
certain exchange-traded options and futures, certain exchange-traded 
equities with other markets or other entities that are members of the 
Intermarket Surveillance Group (``ISG''),\41\ and FINRA or regulatory 
staff of the Exchange may obtain trading information regarding trading 
in the Shares, certain exchange-traded options and futures, and certain 
exchange-traded equities from such markets or entities. In addition, 
the Exchange may obtain information regarding trading in the Shares, 
certain exchange-traded options and futures, and certain exchange-
traded equities from markets or other entities that are members of ISG 
or with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance 
sharing agreement.\42\ FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, is able to 
access, as needed, trade information for certain Fixed Income 
Securities held by the Fund reported to FINRA's Trade Reporting and 
Compliance Engine (``TRACE'').
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    \41\ For a list of the current members of ISG, see 
www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that not all components of the 
Disclosed Portfolio may trade on markets that are members of ISG or 
with which the Exchange has in place a comprehensive surveillance 
sharing agreement.
    \42\ Certain of the exchange-traded equity instruments in which 
a Fund may invest may trade in markets that are not members of ISG.
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    Not more than 10% of the net assets of a Fund in the aggregate 
invested in futures contracts or options contracts shall consist of 
futures contracts or exchange-traded options contracts whose principal 
market is not a member of ISG or is a market with which the Exchange 
does not have a comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement.
    In addition, the Exchange also has a general policy prohibiting the 
distribution of material, non-public information by its employees.
Information Bulletin
    Prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will inform its 
Equity Trading Permit (``ETP'') Holders in an Information Bulletin 
(``Bulletin'') of the special characteristics and risks associated with 
trading the Shares. Specifically, the Bulletin will discuss the 
following: (1) The procedures for purchases and redemptions of Shares 
in Creation Units (and that Shares are not individually redeemable); 
(2) NYSE Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a), which imposes a duty of due 
diligence on its ETP Holders to learn the essential facts relating to 
every customer prior to trading the Shares; (3) the risks involved in 
trading the Shares during the Opening and Late Trading Sessions when an 
updated IIV will not be calculated or publicly disseminated; (4) how 
information regarding the IIV and the Disclosed Portfolio is 
disseminated; (5) the requirement that ETP Holders deliver a prospectus 
to investors purchasing newly issued Shares prior to or concurrently 
with the confirmation of a transaction; and (6) trading information.
    In addition, the Bulletin will reference that each Fund is subject 
to various fees and expenses described in the Registration Statement. 
The Bulletin will discuss any exemptive, no-action, and interpretive 
relief granted by the Commission from any rules under the Act. The 
Bulletin will also disclose that the NAV for the Shares will be 
calculated after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time each trading day.
2. Statutory Basis
    The basis under the Act for this proposed rule change is the 
requirement under section 6(b)(5) \43\ that an exchange have rules that 
are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, 
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market 
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    \43\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is designed to 
prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices in that the 
Shares will be listed and traded on the Exchange pursuant to the 
initial and continued listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities Rule 
8.600. The Exchange has in place surveillance procedures that are 
adequate to properly monitor trading in the Shares in all trading 
sessions and to deter and detect violations of Exchange rules and 
federal securities laws applicable to trading on the Exchange.
    The proposed rule change is designed to promote just and equitable 
principles of trade and to protect investors and the public interest in 
that the Sub-Adviser is affiliated with a broker-dealer and has 
represented that it has implemented a fire wall with respect to its 
broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to information concerning the 
composition and/or changes to the portfolio. The Exchange will obtain a 
representation from the issuer of the Shares that the NAV per Share 
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Portfolio will be made available to all market participants at the same 
time. FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or regulatory staff of the 
Exchange, will communicate as needed regarding trading in the Shares, 
certain exchange-traded options and futures, certain exchange-traded 
equities with other markets or other entities that are members of the 
ISG, and FINRA or regulatory staff of the Exchange may obtain trading 
information regarding trading in the Shares, certain exchange-traded 
options and futures, certain exchange-traded equities from such markets 
or entities. In addition, the Exchange may obtain information regarding 
trading in the Shares, certain exchange-traded options and futures, 
certain exchange-traded equities from markets or other entities that 
are members of ISG or with which the Exchange has in place a 
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. FINRA, on behalf of the 
Exchange, is able to access, as needed, trade information for certain 
Fixed Income Securities held by a Fund reported to FINRA's TRACE.
    Each Fund's disclosure of derivative positions in the Disclosed 
Portfolio will include information that market participants can use to 
value these positions intraday. On a daily basis, the Funds will 
disclose on the Funds' Web site the following information regarding 
each portfolio holding, as applicable to the type of holding: Ticker 
symbol, CUSIP number or other identifier, if any; a description of the 
holding (including the type of holding, such as the type of swap); the 
identity of the security, commodity, index or other asset or instrument 
underlying the holding, if any; for options, the option strike price; 
quantity held (as measured by, for example, par value, notional value 
or number of shares, contracts or units); maturity date, if any; coupon 
rate, if any; effective date, if any; market value of the holding; and 
the percentage weighting of the holding in each Fund's portfolio. Price 
information for the debt and equity securities held by a Fund will be 
available through major market data vendors and on the applicable 
securities exchanges on which such securities are listed and traded. In 
addition, a large amount of information will be publicly available 
regarding the Funds and the Shares, thereby promoting market 
transparency. Moreover, the IIV will be widely disseminated by one or 
more major market data vendors at least every 15 seconds during the 
Exchange's Core Trading Session. On each business day, before 
commencement of trading in Shares in the Core Trading Session on the 
Exchange, each Fund will disclose on its Web site the Disclosed 
Portfolio that will form the basis for the Fund's calculation of NAV at 
the end of the business day. Information regarding market price and 
trading volume of the Shares will be continually available on a real-
time basis throughout the day on brokers' computer screens and other 
electronic services, and quotation and last sale information will be 
available via the CTA high-speed line. The Web site for the Funds will 
include a form of the prospectus for each Fund and additional data 
relating to NAV and other applicable quantitative information. 
Moreover, prior to the commencement of trading, the Exchange will 
inform its ETP Holders in an Information Bulletin of the special 
characteristics and risks associated with trading the Shares. Trading 
in Shares of a Fund will be halted if the circuit breaker parameters in 
NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12 have been reached or because of market 
conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make 
trading in the Shares inadvisable, and trading in the Shares will be 
subject to NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets forth 
circumstances under which Shares of a Fund may be halted. In addition, 
as noted above, investors will have ready access to information 
regarding each Fund's holdings, the IIV, the Disclosed Portfolio, and 
quotation and last sale information for the Shares.
    The proposed rule change is designed to perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and, in general, to protect investors and the 
public interest in that it will facilitate the listing and trading of 
an additional type of actively-managed exchange-traded product that 
will enhance competition among market participants, to the benefit of 
investors and the marketplace. As noted above, the Exchange has in 
place surveillance procedures relating to trading in the Shares and may 
obtain information via ISG from other exchanges that are members of ISG 
or with which the Exchange has entered into a comprehensive 
surveillance sharing agreement. Not more than 10% of the net assets of 
a Fund in the aggregate invested in futures contracts or exchange-
traded options contracts shall consist of futures contracts or 
exchange-traded options contracts whose principal market is not a 
member of ISG or is a market with which the Exchange does not have a 
comprehensive surveillance sharing agreement. In addition, as noted 
above, investors will have ready access to information regarding each 
Fund's holdings, the IIV, the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation and 
last sale information for the Shares.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purpose of the Act. The Exchange notes that the 
proposed rule change will facilitate the listing and trading of an 
additional type of actively-managed exchange-traded product that 
primarily holds Fixed Income Securities, which may be represented by 
certain derivative instruments as discussed above, which will enhance 
competition among market participants, to the benefit of investors and 
the marketplace.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the 
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which the self-regulatory 
organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) By order approve or disapprove the proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEArca-2015-125 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.


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All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEArca-2015-125. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other 
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Section, 100 F Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090 on official business days between the 
hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing will also be 
available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the 
Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the 
Commission does not edit personal identifying information from 
submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-
NYSEArca-2015-125 and should be submitted on or before January 27, 
2016.
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    \44\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\44\
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-33207 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                  A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       to the investment company issuing
                                                  COMMISSION                                               Statement of the Purpose of, and the                    Managed Fund Shares is affiliated with
                                                                                                           Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                  a broker-dealer, such investment adviser
                                                  [Release No. 34–76798; File No. SR–                      Change                                                  shall erect a ‘‘fire wall’’ between the
                                                  NYSEArca–2015–125]                                       1. Purpose                                              investment adviser and the broker-
                                                                                                                                                                   dealer with respect to access to
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE                         The Exchange proposes to list and
                                                                                                                                                                   information concerning the composition
                                                                                                           trade shares (‘‘Shares’’) of the following
                                                  Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed                                                                         and/or changes to such investment
                                                                                                           under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600,4
                                                  Rule Change To List and Trade Shares                                                                             company portfolio.7 In addition,
                                                                                                           which governs the listing and trading of
                                                  of RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained                                                                              Commentary .06 further requires that
                                                                                                           Managed Fund Shares: 5 RiverFront
                                                  Income ETF and RiverFront Dynamic                                                                                personnel who make decisions on the
                                                                                                           Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF
                                                  Core Income ETF Under NYSE Arca                                                                                  open-end fund’s portfolio composition
                                                                                                           and RiverFront Dynamic Core Income
                                                  Equities Rule 8.600                                                                                              must be subject to procedures designed
                                                                                                           ETF, each referred to as a ‘‘Fund’’ and
                                                  December 30, 2015.                                       collectively as the ‘‘Funds.’’ The Funds                to prevent the use and dissemination of
                                                                                                           are each a series of ALPS ETF Trust                     material nonpublic information
                                                     Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) 1 of the                 (‘‘Trust’’), a statutory trust organized                regarding the open-end fund’s portfolio.
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                     under the laws of the State of Delaware                 Each of ALPS Advisors and RiverFront
                                                  ‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3                   and registered with the Commission as                   is not registered as a broker-dealer but
                                                  notice is hereby given that, on December                 an open-end management investment                       is affiliated with a broker-dealer. Each of
                                                  15, 2015, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the                           company.6 The Funds will be managed                     ALPS Advisors and RiverFront has
                                                  ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed with                by ALPS Advisors, Inc. (‘‘ALPS                          implemented and will maintain a fire
                                                  the Securities and Exchange                              Advisors’’ or the ‘‘Adviser’’). RiverFront              wall with respect to its affiliated broker-
                                                  Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the                      Investment Group, LLC (‘‘RiverFront’’)                  dealer(s) regarding access to information
                                                  proposed rule change as described in                     is the investment sub-adviser for the                   concerning the composition and/or
                                                  Items I, II, and III below, which Items                  Funds (the ‘‘Sub-Adviser’’).                            changes to a Fund portfolio. In the event
                                                  have been prepared by the self-                             Commentary .06 to Rule 8.600                         (a) the Adviser or Sub-Adviser becomes
                                                  regulatory organization. The                             provides that, if the investment adviser
                                                  Commission is publishing this notice to                                                                          newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or
                                                  solicit comments on the proposed rule                       4 The Commission has previously approved
                                                                                                                                                                   (b) any new adviser or sub-adviser
                                                  change from interested persons.                          listing and trading on the Exchange of actively         becomes affiliated with a broker-dealer,
                                                                                                           managed funds under Rule 8.600. See, e.g.,              it will implement a fire wall with
                                                  I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                        Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 57801 (May         respect to such broker-dealer affiliate
                                                  Statement of the Terms of Substance of                   8, 2008), 73 FR 27878 (May 14, 2008) (SR–
                                                                                                           NYSEArca–2008–31) (order approving Exchange             regarding access to information
                                                  the Proposed Rule Change                                 listing and trading of twelve actively-managed          concerning the composition and/or
                                                                                                           funds of the WisdomTree Trust); 66321 (February         changes to the portfolio, and will be
                                                     The Exchange proposes to list and                     3, 2012), 77 FR 6850 (February 9, 2012) (SR–
                                                                                                                                                                   subject to procedures designed to
                                                  trade shares of the following under                      NYSEArca–2011–95) (order approving listing and
                                                  NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600                            trading of PIMCO Total Return Exchange Traded           prevent the use and dissemination of
                                                  (‘‘Managed Fund Shares’’): RiverFront
                                                                                                           Fund); 66670 (March 28, 2012), 77 FR 20087 (April       material non-public information
                                                                                                           3, 2012) (SR–NYSEArca–2012–09) (order approving         regarding such portfolio.
                                                  Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF                         listing and trading of PIMCO Global Advantage
                                                  and RiverFront Dynamic Core Income                       Inflation-Linked Bond Strategy Fund).
                                                                                                              5 A Managed Fund Share is a security that               7 An investment adviser to an open-end fund is
                                                  ETF. The text of the proposed rule
                                                                                                           represents an interest in an investment company         required to be registered under the Investment
                                                  change is available on the Exchange’s                    registered under the Investment Company Act of          Advisers Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’). As a
                                                  Web site at www.nyse.com, at the                         1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1) (‘‘1940 Act’’) organized as      result, the Adviser and Sub-Adviser and their
                                                  principal office of the Exchange, and at                 an open-end investment company or similar entity        related personnel are subject to the provisions of
                                                  the Commission’s Public Reference                        that invests in a portfolio of securities selected by   Rule 204A–1 under the Advisers Act relating to
                                                                                                           its investment adviser consistent with its              codes of ethics. This Rule requires investment
                                                  Room.                                                    investment objectives and policies. In contrast, an     advisers to adopt a code of ethics that reflects the
                                                                                                           open-end investment company that issues                 fiduciary nature of the relationship to clients as
                                                  II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       Investment Company Units, listed and traded on          well as compliance with other applicable securities
                                                  Statement of the Purpose of, and                         the Exchange under NYSE Arca Equities Rule              laws. Accordingly, procedures designed to prevent
                                                  Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                   5.2(j)(3), seeks to provide investment results that     the communication and misuse of non-public
                                                  Change                                                   correspond generally to the price and yield             information by an investment adviser must be
                                                                                                           performance of a specific foreign or domestic stock     consistent with Rule 204A–1 under the Advisers
                                                                                                           index, Fixed Income Securities index or
                                                    In its filing with the Commission, the                 combination thereof.
                                                                                                                                                                   Act. The Exchange represents that the Adviser and
                                                  self-regulatory organization included                       6 The Trust is registered under the 1940 Act. On
                                                                                                                                                                   Sub-Adviser, and their respective related personnel,
                                                                                                                                                                   are subject to Investment Advisers Act Rule 204A–
                                                  statements concerning the purpose of,                    September 1, 2015, the Trust filed with the
                                                                                                                                                                   1. In addition, Rule 206(4)–7 under the Advisers
                                                  and basis for, the proposed rule change                  Commission an amendment to its registration
                                                                                                                                                                   Act makes it unlawful for an investment adviser to
                                                  and discussed any comments it received                   statement on Form N–1A under the Securities Act
                                                                                                                                                                   provide investment advice to clients unless such
                                                                                                           of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a) (‘‘Securities Act’’) and the
                                                  on the proposed rule change. The text                    1940 Act relating to the Funds (File Nos. 333–
                                                                                                                                                                   investment adviser has (i) adopted and
                                                  of those statements may be examined at                   148826 and 811–22175) (the ‘‘Registration               implemented written policies and procedures
                                                                                                                                                                   reasonably designed to prevent violation, by the
                                                  the places specified in Item IV below.                   Statement’’). The description of the operation of the
                                                                                                                                                                   investment adviser and its supervised persons, of
                                                                                                           Trust and the Funds herein is based, in part, on the
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                                                  The Exchange has prepared summaries,                                                                             the Advisers Act and the Commission rules adopted
                                                                                                           Registration Statement. In addition, the
                                                  set forth in sections A, B, and C below,                 Commission has issued an order granting certain         thereunder; (ii) implemented, at a minimum, an
                                                  of the most significant parts of such                    exemptive relief to the Trust and the Adviser (as       annual review regarding the adequacy of the
                                                  statements.                                              defined below) under the 1940 Act. See Investment       policies and procedures established pursuant to
                                                                                                           Company Act Release No. 30553 (June 11, 2013)           subparagraph (i) above and the effectiveness of their
                                                                                                           (File No. 812–13884) (‘‘Exemptive Order’’). The         implementation; and (iii) designated an individual
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                 Funds will be offered in reliance upon the              (who is a supervised person) responsible for
                                                    2 15 U.S.C. 78a.                                       Exemptive Order issued to the Trust and the             administering the policies and procedures adopted
                                                    3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                    Adviser.                                                under subparagraph (i) above.



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                                                  RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained                        including corporate bonds; securities                     foreign corporations 13 or financial
                                                  Income ETF                                              issued by the U.S. government or its                      institutions.
                                                  Principal Investment Strategies                         agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored                     The Fund may purchase securities
                                                                                                          corporations (including those not                         issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
                                                     According to the Registration
                                                                                                          backed by the full faith and credit of the                Government or foreign governments
                                                  Statement, the investment objective of
                                                                                                          U.S. government); agency and non-                         (including foreign states, provinces and
                                                  the Fund will be to seek total return
                                                                                                          agency mortgage-backed securities                         municipalities) or their agencies and
                                                  with an emphasis on income as the
                                                  source of that total return. Under normal               (‘‘MBS’’, which may include                               instrumentalities or issued or
                                                  circumstances, the Fund will                            commercial MBS (‘‘CMBS’’)) and asset-                     guaranteed by international
                                                  principally invest its assets in the                    backed securities (‘‘ABS’’); municipal                    organizations designated or supported
                                                  securities and financial instruments                    securities; U.S. agency mortgage pass-                    by multiple government entities to
                                                  described below.8                                       through securities; convertible                           promote economic reconstruction or
                                                     The Fund’s portfolio is constructed                  securities; preferred stocks; commercial                  development.
                                                  through a two-step process, with the                    instruments; variable or floating rate
                                                                                                                                                                       The Fund may invest in MBS issued
                                                  first step setting the allocation among                 instruments and variable rate demand
                                                                                                                                                                    or guaranteed by federal agencies and/
                                                  different fixed income asset classes and                instruments; 9 zero-coupon and pay-in-
                                                                                                                                                                    or U.S. government sponsored
                                                  the second step determining security                    kind securities; 10 bank instruments,
                                                  selection within those asset classes. The                                                                         instrumentalities, such as the
                                                                                                          including certificates of deposit
                                                  allocation across long-term, medium-                                                                              Government National Mortgage
                                                                                                          (‘‘CDs’’), time deposits and bankers’
                                                  term and short-term investment grade                                                                              Administration (‘‘Ginnie Mae’’), the
                                                                                                          acceptances from U.S. banks; and
                                                  securities, long-term and short-term                                                                              Federal Housing Administration
                                                                                                          participations in and assignments of
                                                  high yield securities and emerging                                                                                (‘‘FHA’’), the Federal National Mortgage
                                                                                                          bank loans or corporate loans,11 which
                                                  market debt is determined by a                                                                                    Association (‘‘Fannie Mae’’) and the
                                                                                                          loans include senior loans, syndicated
                                                  quantitative methodology. The                                                                                     Federal Home Loan Mortgage
                                                                                                          bank loans, junior loans, bridge loans,
                                                  methodology models historical returns                                                                             Corporation (‘‘Freddie Mac’’). The MBS
                                                                                                          unfunded commitments, revolving
                                                  as a function of initial valuation                                                                                in which the Fund may invest will be
                                                                                                          credit facilities, and participation
                                                  conditions and creates estimates of                                                                               either pass-through securities or
                                                                                                          interests.12
                                                  potential returns and downside risks                                                                              collateralized mortgage obligations
                                                  consistent with historical market                          The Fund may purchase Fixed                            (‘‘CMOs’’), and may use to-be-
                                                  behavior. These capital market                          Income Securities issued by U.S. or                       announced (‘‘TBA’’) transactions.14
                                                  assumptions are incorporated into a                                                                                  The Fund may purchase or sell
                                                  patent-pending Mean Reversion                              9 Variable or floating interest rates are readjusted
                                                                                                                                                                    securities on a when-issued,15 delayed
                                                  Optimization (MRO) process to produce                   on set dates (such as the last day of the month or
                                                                                                          calendar quarter) in the case of variable rates or        delivery or forward commitment basis,
                                                  the index weighting within each of the                  whenever a specified interest rate change occurs in
                                                  major fixed income asset classes. The                   the case of a floating rate instrument. The terms of
                                                  objective of this optimization is to                    such demand instruments require payment of
                                                  construct a combination of fixed income                 principal and accrued interest by the issuer, a
                                                                                                          guarantor and/or a liquidity provider. The Sub-
                                                  asset classes that are expected to have                 Adviser will monitor the pricing, quality and
                                                  a high probability of generating a                      liquidity of the variable or floating rate securities        13 The Fund will invest only in securities that the

                                                  positive potential total return over a                  held by the Fund.                                         Adviser or Sub-Adviser deems to be sufficiently
                                                  five-year investment horizon.                              10 Zero-coupon or pay-in-kind securities are debt
                                                                                                                                                                    liquid. While foreign corporate debt securities
                                                     The Fund will seek to achieve its                    securities that do not make regular cash interest         generally must have $200 million or more par
                                                                                                          payments. Zero-coupon securities are sold at a deep       amount outstanding and significant par value
                                                  investment objective by investing in a                  discount to their face value. Pay-in-kind securities
                                                  global portfolio of ‘‘Fixed Income                                                                                traded to be considered as an eligible investment,
                                                                                                          pay interest through the issuance of additional
                                                                                                                                                                    at least 80% of issues of foreign corporate debt held
                                                  Securities’’ (as described below) of                    securities.
                                                                                                                                                                    by the Fund will have $200 million or more par
                                                  various maturities, ratings and currency                   11 The Adviser expects that under normal market
                                                                                                                                                                    amount outstanding.
                                                  denominations. The Fund intends to                      conditions, the Fund generally will seek to invest
                                                                                                                                                                       14 Pass-through securities represent a right to
                                                                                                          at least 80% of its corporate loan assets in issuances
                                                  utilize various investment strategies in a              that have at least $100,000,000 par amount                receive principal and interest payments collected
                                                  broad array of fixed income sectors. The                outstanding (if tied to developed countries) and at       on a pool of mortgages, which are passed through
                                                  Fund will allocate its investments based                least $200,000,000 par amount outstanding (if tied        to security holders. CMOs are created by dividing
                                                  upon the analysis of the Sub-Adviser of                 to emerging market countries).                            the principal and interest payments collected on a
                                                                                                             12 Participation interests generally will be
                                                  the pertinent economic and market                                                                                 pool of mortgages into several revenue streams
                                                                                                          acquired from a commercial bank or other financial        (tranches) with different priority rights to portions
                                                  conditions, as well as yield, maturity,                 institution (a ‘‘Lender’’) or from other holders of a     of the underlying mortgage payments. The Fund
                                                  credit and currency considerations.                     participation interest (a ‘‘Participant’’). The           will not invest in CMO tranches which represent a
                                                     For purposes of this filing, Fixed                   purchase of a participation interest either from a
                                                                                                                                                                    right to receive interest only (‘‘IOs’’), principal only
                                                  Income Securities include the following                 Lender or a Participant will not result in any direct
                                                                                                          contractual relationship with the borrowing               (‘‘POs’’) or an amount that remains after other
                                                  (as described further below): Bonds,                    company (the ‘‘Borrower’’). The Fund generally will       floating-rate tranches are paid (an inverse floater).
                                                                                                                                                                       15 Purchasing securities on a ‘‘when-issued’’ basis
                                                                                                          have no right directly to enforce compliance by the
                                                    8 The term ‘‘under normal circumstances’’             Borrower with the terms of the credit agreement.          means that the date for delivery of and payment for
                                                  includes, but is not limited to, the absence of         Instead, the Fund will be required to rely on the         the securities is not fixed at the date of purchase,
                                                  extreme volatility or trading halts in the securities   Lender or the Participant that sold the participation
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                                                                                                                                                                    but is set after the securities are issued. The
                                                  markets or the financial markets generally;             interest, both for the enforcement of the Fund’s          payment obligation and, if applicable, the interest
                                                  circumstances under which a Fund’s investments          rights against the Borrower and for the receipt and       rate that will be received on the securities are fixed
                                                  are made for temporary defensive purposes;              processing of payments due to the Fund under the
                                                                                                                                                                    at the time the buyer enters into the commitment.
                                                  operational issues causing dissemination of             loans. Under the terms of a participation interest,
                                                  inaccurate market information; or force majeure         the Fund may be regarded as a member of the               The Fund will only make commitments to purchase
                                                  type events such as systems failure, natural or man-    Participant, and thus the Fund is subject to the          such securities with the intention of actually
                                                  made disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of       credit risk of both the Borrower and a Participant.       acquiring such securities, but the Fund may sell
                                                  terrorism, riot or labor disruption or any similar      Participation interests are generally subject to          these securities before the settlement date if it is
                                                  intervening circumstance.                               restrictions on resale.                                   deemed advisable.



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                                                  and may enter into repurchase 16 and                     assets in the securities and financial                 construct a combination of fixed income
                                                  reverse repurchase agreements.17                         instruments described above, the Fund                  asset classes that are expected to have
                                                     The Fund may invest in exchange-                      may invest its remaining assets in the                 a high probability of generating a
                                                  traded funds (‘‘ETFs’’) 18 and/or                        securities and financial instruments                   positive potential total return over a
                                                  exchange-traded closed-end funds that                    described below.                                       five-year investment horizon.
                                                  invest in Fixed Income Securities.                         According to the Registration                           The Fund will seek to achieve its
                                                     The Fund may invest without                           Statement, the Fund may invest in                      investment objective by investing in a
                                                  limitation in U.S. dollar-denominated                    money market instruments, including                    global portfolio of Fixed Income
                                                  securities of foreign issuers and up to                  other funds which invest exclusively in                Securities (as described above) of
                                                  50% of its total assets in securities                    money market instruments. The Fund                     various maturities, ratings and currency
                                                  denominated in foreign currencies, and                   may invest up to 20% of its total assets               denominations. The Fund intends to
                                                  in securities of issuers located in                      in structured notes (notes on which the                utilize various investment strategies in a
                                                  emerging markets. The Sub-Adviser may                    amount of principal repayment and                      broad array of fixed income sectors. The
                                                  attempt to reduce currency risk by                       interest payments are based on the                     Fund will allocate its investments based
                                                  entering into contracts with banks,                      movement of one or more specified                      upon the analysis of the Sub-Adviser of
                                                  brokers or dealers to purchase or sell                   factors, such as the movement of a                     the pertinent economic and market
                                                  securities or foreign currencies at a                    particular bond or bond index). In                     conditions, as well as yield, maturity,
                                                  future date (‘‘forward contracts’’).19                   addition to the types of forward                       credit and currency considerations.
                                                     The Fund may enter into cleared and                   contracts and swaps discussed above,                      The Fund may purchase Fixed
                                                  over-the-counter (‘‘OTC’’) swap                          the Fund may invest in other types of                  Income Securities issued by U.S. or
                                                  agreements that effectively bundle the                   forward contracts and swaps, as well as                foreign corporations 22 or financial
                                                  purchase of foreign bonds and the                        options and futures contracts (as                      institutions.
                                                  hedging of foreign currency into a single                discussed below), each based on fixed-                    The Fund may purchase securities
                                                  transaction.20                                           income securities, currencies, or                      issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
                                                     The Fund may invest in securities                     indexes of fixed-income securities or                  Government or foreign governments
                                                  that are offered pursuant to Rule 144A                   currencies.                                            (including foreign states, provinces and
                                                  under the Securities Act.                                  The Fund may invest up to 5% of its                  municipalities) or their agencies and
                                                     The average maturity or duration of                   assets in U.S. exchange-traded equity                  instrumentalities or issued or
                                                  the Fund’s portfolio of Fixed Income                     securities (excluding ETFs and closed-                 guaranteed by international
                                                  Securities will vary based on the Sub-                   end funds).                                            organizations designated or supported
                                                  Adviser’s assessment of economic and                                                                            by multiple government entities to
                                                  market conditions; however, the Sub-                     RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF                     promote economic reconstruction or
                                                  Adviser intends to manage the Fund’s                     Principal Investment Strategies                        development.
                                                  portfolio so that it has an average                                                                                The Fund may invest in MBS issued
                                                  duration of between two and ten years,                      According to the Registration
                                                                                                                                                                  or guaranteed by federal agencies and/
                                                  under normal circumstances.                              Statement, the investment objective of
                                                                                                                                                                  or U.S. government sponsored
                                                                                                           the Fund will be to seek total return
                                                  Other Investments                                                                                               instrumentalities, such as Ginnie Mae,
                                                                                                           with an emphasis on income as the
                                                                                                                                                                  the FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
                                                    While the Fund will, under normal                      source of that total return. Under normal
                                                                                                                                                                  The MBS in which the Fund may invest
                                                  circumstances, principally invest its                    circumstances, the Fund will
                                                                                                                                                                  will be either pass-through securities or
                                                                                                           principally invest its assets in the
                                                                                                                                                                  CMOs and may use TBA transactions.23
                                                     16 Repurchase agreements are agreements               securities and financial instruments                      The Fund may purchase or sell
                                                  pursuant to which securities are acquired by the         described below.21                                     securities on a when-issued, delayed
                                                  Fund from a third party with the understanding that         The Fund’s portfolio is constructed
                                                  they will be repurchased by the seller at a fixed                                                               delivery or forward commitment basis,
                                                  price on an agreed date. These agreements may be         through a two-step process, with the                   and may enter into repurchase and
                                                  made with respect to any of the portfolio securities     first step setting the allocation among                reverse repurchase agreements.
                                                  in which the Fund is authorized to invest.               different fixed income asset classes and                  The Fund may invest in ETFs24 and/
                                                  Repurchase agreements may be characterized as            the second step determining security
                                                  loans secured by the underlying securities.                                                                     or exchange-traded closed-end funds
                                                     17 Reverse repurchase agreements involve the sale     selection within those asset classes. The              which invest in Fixed Income
                                                  of securities with an agreement to repurchase the        allocation across long-term, medium-                   Securities.
                                                  securities at an agreed-upon price, date and interest    term and short-term investment grade                      The Fund may invest without
                                                  payment and have the characteristics of borrowing.       securities, long-term and short-term
                                                  The securities purchased with the funds obtained                                                                limitation in U.S. dollar-denominated
                                                  from the agreement and securities collateralizing
                                                                                                           high yield securities and emerging                     securities of foreign issuers and up to
                                                  the agreement will have maturity dates no later than     market debt is determined by a                         10% of its total assets in securities
                                                  the repayment date.                                      quantitative methodology. The                          denominated in foreign currencies, and
                                                     18 For purposes of this filing, ETFs consist of
                                                                                                           methodology models historical returns                  in securities of issuers located in
                                                  Investment Company Units (as described in NYSE           as a function of initial valuation
                                                  Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(3)), Portfolio Depositary                                                             emerging markets. The Sub-Adviser may
                                                  Receipts (as described in NYSE Arca Equities Rule        conditions and creates estimates of                    attempt to reduce currency risk by
                                                  8.100), and Managed Fund Shares (as described in         potential returns and downside risks                   entering into forward contracts.
                                                  NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600). All ETFs will be         consistent with historical market                         The Fund may enter into cleared and
                                                  listed and traded in the U.S. on a national securities   behavior. These capital market
                                                  exchange. The Funds will not invest in leveraged                                                                OTC swap agreements that effectively
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                                                  or leveraged inverse ETFs.                               assumptions are incorporated into a                    bundle the purchase of foreign bonds
                                                     19 A foreign currency forward contract is a           patent-pending Mean Reversion                          and the hedging of foreign currency into
                                                  negotiated agreement between the contracting             Optimization (MRO) process to produce                  a single transaction.25
                                                  parties to exchange a specified amount of currency       the index weighting within each of the
                                                  at a specified future time at a specified rate. The
                                                  rate can be higher or lower than the spot rate
                                                                                                           major fixed income asset classes. The                    22 See note 11, supra.
                                                  between the currencies that are the subject of the       objective of this optimization is to                     23 See note 14, supra.
                                                  contract.                                                                                                         24 See note 18, supra.
                                                     20 See ‘‘The Funds’ Use of Derivatives’’, infra.       21 See   note 8, supra.                                 25 See ‘‘The Funds’ Use of Derivatives’’, infra.




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                                                    The Fund may invest in securities                     or other restrictions on resale and other               inverse multiple (i.e., 2Xs and 3Xs) of a
                                                  that are offered pursuant to Rule 144A                  instruments that lack readily available                 Fund’s primary broad-based securities
                                                  under the Securities Act.                               markets as determined in accordance                     benchmark index (as defined in Form
                                                    The average maturity or duration of                   with Commission staff guidance.27                       N–1A).29
                                                  the Fund’s portfolio of Fixed Income                       The Funds intend to qualify for and
                                                                                                                                                                  The Funds’ Use of Derivatives
                                                  Securities will vary based on the Sub-                  to elect to be treated as separate
                                                  Adviser’s assessment of economic and                    regulated investment companies                             Each Fund proposes to seek certain
                                                  market conditions; however, the Sub-                    (‘‘RICs’’) under Subchapter M of the                    exposures through derivative
                                                  Adviser intends to manage the Fund’s                    Internal Revenue Code.28                                transactions as described below. With
                                                  portfolio so that it has an average                        A Fund may invest up to 20% of its                   respect to a Fund, derivative
                                                  duration of between two and eight                       total assets in MBS (which may include                  instruments may include foreign
                                                  years, under normal circumstances.                      CMBS) or ABS issued or guaranteed by                    exchange forward contracts; exchange-
                                                                                                          private entities.                                       traded futures on securities, indices,
                                                  Other Investments                                          A Fund may invest up to 20% of its                   currencies and other investments;
                                                    While the Fund will, under normal                     total assets in junior loans.                           exchange-traded and OTC options;
                                                  circumstances, principally invest its                      The RiverFront Dynamic                               exchange-traded and OTC options on
                                                  assets in the securities and financial                  Unconstrained Income ETF may invest                     futures contracts; exchange-traded and
                                                  instruments described above, the Fund                   entirely in high yield securities (‘‘junk               OTC interest rate swaps, cross-currency
                                                  may invest its remaining assets in the                  bonds’’). Junk bonds are Fixed Income                   swaps, total return swaps, inflation
                                                  securities and financial instruments                    Securities that are rated below                         swaps and credit default swaps; and
                                                  described below.                                        investment grade by nationally                          options on such swaps (‘‘swaptions’’).30
                                                    According to the Registration                         recognized statistical rating                           Generally, derivatives are financial
                                                  Statement, the Fund may also invest in                  organizations (‘‘NRSROs’’), or are                      contracts whose value depends upon, or
                                                  money market instruments, including                     unrated securities that the Sub-Adviser                 is derived from, the value of an
                                                  other funds which invest exclusively in                 believes are of comparable quality. The                 underlying asset, reference rate or
                                                  money market instruments. The Fund                      Sub-Adviser considers the credit ratings                index, and may relate to stocks, bonds,
                                                  may invest up to 20% of its total assets                assigned by NRSROs as one of several                    interest rates, currencies or currency
                                                  in structured notes. In addition to the                 factors in its independent credit                       exchange rates, commodities, and
                                                  types of forward contracts and swaps                    analysis of issuers.                                    related indexes. A Fund may, but is not
                                                  discussed above, the Fund may invest in                    The RiverFront Dynamic Core Income                   required to, use derivative instruments
                                                  other types of forward contracts and                    ETF may invest up to 15% of its total                   for risk management purposes or as part
                                                  swaps, as well as options and futures                   assets in Fixed Income Securities that                  of its investment strategies.31 A Fund
                                                  contracts (as described below), each                    are rated below investment grade by                     may also engage in derivative
                                                  based on fixed-income securities,                       NRSROs, or unrated securities that the                  transactions for speculative purposes to
                                                  currencies, or indexes of fixed-income                  Sub-Adviser believes are of comparable                  enhance total return, to seek to hedge
                                                  securities or currencies.                               quality. The Sub-Adviser considers the                  against fluctuations in securities prices,
                                                    The Fund may invest up to 5% of its                   credit ratings assigned by NRSROs as                    interest rates or currency rates, to
                                                  assets in U.S. exchange-traded equity                   one of several factors in its independent               change the effective duration of its
                                                  securities (excluding ETFs and closed-                  credit analysis of issuers.                             portfolio, to manage certain investment
                                                  end funds).                                                The Funds will not invest in non-U.S.                risks and/or as a substitute for the
                                                                                                          equity securities.                                      purchase or sale of securities or
                                                  Investment Restrictions                                    A Fund’s investments will be                         currencies.
                                                     Each Fund may invest up to an                        consistent with a Fund’s investment                        Investments in derivative instruments
                                                  aggregate amount of 15% of its net                      objective and will not be used to                       will be made in accordance with the
                                                  assets in illiquid assets (calculated at                enhance leverage. That is, while a Fund                 1940 Act and consistent with a Fund’s
                                                  the time of investment), including                      will be permitted to borrow as permitted                investment objective and policies. As
                                                  securities that are offered pursuant to                 under the 1940 Act, a Fund’s                            described further below, a Fund will
                                                  Rule 144A under the Securities Act                      investments will not be used to seek                    typically use derivative instruments as a
                                                  deemed illiquid by the Sub-Adviser.26 A                 performance that is the multiple or
                                                  Fund will monitor its portfolio liquidity                                                                         29 A Fund’s broad-based securities benchmark

                                                  on an ongoing basis to determine                          27 The  Commission has stated that long-standing      index will be identified in a future amendment to
                                                                                                          Commission guidelines have required open-end            the Registration Statement following a Fund’s first
                                                  whether, in light of current                            funds to hold no more than 15% of their net assets      full calendar year of performance.
                                                  circumstances, an adequate level of                     in illiquid securities and other illiquid assets. See     30 Options on swaps are traded OTC. In the

                                                  liquidity is being maintained, and will                 Investment Company Act Release No. 28193 (March         future, in the event that there are exchange-traded
                                                  consider taking appropriate steps in                    11, 2008), 73 FR 14618 (March 18, 2008), footnote       options on swaps, a Fund may invest in these
                                                                                                          34. See also, Investment Company Act Release No.        instruments.
                                                  order to maintain adequate liquidity if,                5847 (October 21, 1969), 35 FR 19989 (December            31 A Fund will seek, where possible, to use
                                                  through a change in values, net assets,                 31, 1970) (Statement Regarding ‘‘Restricted             counterparties whose financial status is such that
                                                  or other circumstances, more than 15%                   Securities’’); Investment Company Act Release No.       the risk of default is reduced; however, the risk of
                                                  of a Fund’s net assets are held in                      18612 (March 12, 1992), 57 FR 9828 (March 20,           losses resulting from default is still possible. The
                                                                                                          1992) (Revisions of Guidelines to Form N–1A). A         Sub-Adviser will monitor the financial standing of
                                                  illiquid securities. Illiquid securities                fund’s portfolio security is illiquid if it cannot be   counterparties on an ongoing basis. This monitoring
                                                  include securities subject to contractual               disposed of in the ordinary course of business          may include information provided by credit
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                                                                                                          within seven days at approximately the value            agencies, as well as the Sub-Adviser’s credit
                                                     26 Rule 144A securities are securities which,        ascribed to it by the fund. See Investment Company      analysts and other team members who evaluate
                                                  while privately placed, are eligible for purchase and   Act Release No. 14983 (March 12, 1986), 51 FR           approved counterparties using various methods of
                                                  resale pursuant to Rule 144A. According to the          9773 (March 21, 1986) (adopting amendments to           analysis, including but not limited to earnings
                                                  Registration Statement, Rule 144A permits certain       Rule 2a–7 under the 1940 Act); Investment               updates, the counterparty’s reputation, the Sub-
                                                  qualified institutional buyers, such as a Fund, to      Company Act Release No. 17452 (April 23, 1990),         Adviser’s past experience with the broker-dealer,
                                                  trade in privately placed securities even though        55 FR 17933 (April 30, 1990) (adopting Rule 144A        market levels for the counterparty’s debt and equity,
                                                  such securities are not registered under the            under the Securities Act).                              the counterparty’s liquidity and its share of market
                                                  Securities Act.                                           28 26 U.S.C. 851.                                     participation.



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                                                  substitute for taking a position in the                 on anticipated changes in central bank                 (ordinarily 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time) on
                                                  underlying asset and/or as part of a                    policy rates. In addition, derivatives can             each day that such exchange is open.
                                                  strategy designed to reduce exposure to                 be used to protect client assets through               Information that becomes known to a
                                                  other risks, such as currency risk. A                   selectively hedging downside (or ‘‘tail                Fund or its agents after the NAV has
                                                  Fund may also use derivative                            risks’’) in a Fund.                                    been calculated on a particular day will
                                                  instruments to enhance returns. To limit                   A Fund also can use derivatives to                  not generally be used to retroactively
                                                  the potential risk associated with such                 increase or decrease credit exposure.                  adjust the price of a portfolio asset or
                                                  transactions, a Fund will segregate or                  Index credit default swaps (CDX) can be                the NAV determined earlier that day.
                                                  ‘‘earmark’’ assets determined to be                     used, as part of a Fund’s non-principal                Each Fund reserves the right to change
                                                  liquid by the Sub-Adviser in accordance                 investment strategies, to gain exposure                the time its NAV is calculated if the
                                                  with procedures established by a Fund’s                 to a basket of credit risk by ‘‘selling                Fund closes earlier, or as permitted by
                                                  Board of Trustees (the ‘‘Board’’) and in                protection’’ against default or other                  the Commission.
                                                  accordance with the 1940 Act (or, as                    credit events, or to hedge broad market                   In computing each Fund’s NAV, each
                                                  permitted by applicable regulation,                     credit risk by ‘‘buying protection’’.                  Fund’s Fixed Income Securities will be
                                                  enter into certain offsetting positions) to             Single name credit default swaps (CDS)                 valued at market value. Market value
                                                  cover its obligations under derivative                  can be used, as part of a Fund’s non-                  generally means a valuation (i) obtained
                                                  instruments. These procedures have                      principal investment strategies, to allow              from an exchange, a pricing service or
                                                  been adopted consistent with section 18                 a Fund to increase or decrease exposure                a major market maker (or dealer), (ii)
                                                  of the 1940 Act and related Commission                  to specific issuers, saving investor                   based on a price quotation or other
                                                  guidance. In addition, a Fund will                      capital through lower trading costs. A                 equivalent indication of value supplied
                                                  include appropriate risk disclosure in                  Fund can use total return swap                         by an exchange, a pricing service or a
                                                  its offering documents, including                       contracts to obtain the total return of a              major market maker (or dealer) or (iii)
                                                  leveraging risk. Leveraging risk is the                 reference asset or index in exchange for               based on amortized cost. Each Fund’s
                                                  risk that certain transactions of a Fund,               paying a financing cost. A total return                Fixed Income Securities are thus valued
                                                  including a Fund’s use of derivatives,                  swap may be more efficient than buying                 by reference to a combination of
                                                  may give rise to leverage, causing a                    underlying securities of an index,                     transactions and quotations for the same
                                                  Fund to be more volatile than if it had                 potentially lowering transaction costs.                or other securities believed to be
                                                  not been leveraged.32 Because the                          A Fund may attempt to reduce foreign                comparable in quality, coupon,
                                                  markets for certain securities, or the                  currency exchange rate risk by entering                maturity, type of issue, call provisions,
                                                  securities themselves, may be                           into contracts with banks, brokers or                  trading characteristics and other
                                                  unavailable or cost prohibitive as                      dealers to purchase or sell foreign                    features deemed to be relevant. To the
                                                                                                          currencies at a future date (‘‘forward                 extent each Fund’s Fixed Income
                                                  compared to derivative instruments,
                                                                                                          contracts’’).                                          Securities, including some or all of the
                                                  suitable derivative transactions may be
                                                                                                             The Sub-Adviser believes that the use               MBS in which a Fund invests, will be
                                                  an efficient alternative for a Fund to                  of derivatives will allow a Fund to
                                                  obtain the desired asset exposure.                                                                             valued based on price quotations or
                                                                                                          selectively add, as part of a Fund’s non-              other equivalent indications of value
                                                     The Sub-Adviser believes that
                                                                                                          principal investment strategies,                       provided by a third-party pricing
                                                  derivatives can be an economically
                                                                                                          diversifying sources of return from                    service, any such third-party pricing
                                                  attractive substitute for an underlying
                                                                                                          selling options. Option purchases and                  service may use a variety of
                                                  physical security that a Fund would
                                                                                                          sales can also be used, as part of a                   methodologies to value some or all of a
                                                  otherwise purchase. For example, as
                                                                                                          Fund’s non-principal investment                        Fund’s Fixed Income Securities to
                                                  part of a Fund’s non-principal
                                                                                                          strategies, to hedge specific exposures in             determine the market price. For
                                                  investment strategies, a Fund could
                                                                                                          the portfolio, and can provide access to               example, the prices of securities with
                                                  purchase Treasury futures contracts
                                                                                                          return streams available to long-term                  characteristics similar to those held by
                                                  instead of physical Treasuries or could
                                                                                                          investors such as the persistent                       a Fund may be used to assist with the
                                                  sell credit default protection on a
                                                                                                          difference between implied and realized                pricing process. In addition, the pricing
                                                  corporate bond instead of buying a
                                                                                                          volatility. Option strategies can, as part             service may use proprietary pricing
                                                  physical bond. Economic benefits
                                                                                                          of a Fund’s non-principal investment                   models. Each Fund’s securities holdings
                                                  include potentially lower transaction
                                                                                                          strategies, generate income or improve                 that are traded on a national securities
                                                  costs or attractive relative valuation of a
                                                                                                          execution prices (i.e., covered calls).                exchange will be valued based on their
                                                  derivative versus a physical bond (e.g.,
                                                                                                                                                                 last sale price. Price information on
                                                  differences in yields).                                 Valuation Methodology for Purposes of
                                                     The Sub-Adviser further believes that                                                                       listed securities will be taken from the
                                                                                                          Determining Net Asset Value
                                                  derivatives can be used as a more liquid                                                                       exchange where the security is
                                                                                                             According to the Registration                       primarily traded. Other portfolio
                                                  means of adjusting portfolio duration as                Statement, the NAV per Share of each                   securities and assets for which market
                                                  well as targeting specific areas of yield               Fund will be computed by dividing the                  quotations are not readily available will
                                                  curve exposure, with potentially lower                  value of the net assets of each Fund (i.e.,            be valued based on fair value as
                                                  transaction costs than the underlying                   the value of its total assets less total               determined in good faith in accordance
                                                  securities (e.g., interest rate swaps may               liabilities) by the total number of Shares             with procedures adopted by the Board.
                                                  have lower transaction costs than                       of the Fund outstanding, rounded to the                   A third-party pricing service will be
                                                  physical bonds). Similarly, money                       nearest cent. Expenses and fees,                       used to value some or all of a Fund’s
                                                  market futures can be used, as part of a
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                                                                                                          including without limitation, the                      MBS. Derivatives for which market
                                                  Fund’s non-principal investment                         management fees, will be accrued daily                 quotes are readily available will be
                                                  strategies, to gain exposure to short-term              and taken into account for purposes of                 valued at market value. Local closing
                                                  interest rates in order to express views                determining NAV. The NAV per Share                     prices will be used for all instrument
                                                    32 To mitigate leveraging risk, the Sub-Adviser
                                                                                                          will be calculated by each Fund’s                      valuation purposes. Futures will be
                                                  will segregate or ‘‘earmark’’ liquid assets or
                                                                                                          custodian and determined as of the                     valued at the last reported sale or
                                                  otherwise cover the transactions that may give rise     close of the regular trading session on                settlement price on the day of valuation.
                                                  to such risk.                                           the New York Stock Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’)                 Swaps traded on exchanges such as the


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                                                  Chicago Mercantile Exchange (‘‘CME’’)                     A third party market data provider                   index or other asset or instrument
                                                  or the Intercontinental Exchange (‘‘ICE–                will calculate the IIV for each Fund. For              underlying the holding, if any; for
                                                  US’’) will use the applicable exchange                  the purposes of determining the IIV, the               options, the option strike price; quantity
                                                  closing price where available. Foreign                  third party market data provider’s                     held (as measured by, for example, par
                                                  currency-denominated derivatives will                   valuation of derivatives is expected to                value, notional value or number of
                                                  generally be valued as of the respective                be similar to their valuation of all                   shares, contracts or units); maturity
                                                  local region’s market close.                            securities. The third party market data                date, if any; coupon rate, if any;
                                                     With respect to specific derivatives:                provider may use market quotes if                      effective date, if any; market value of the
                                                     • Currency spot and forward rates                    available or may fair value securities                 holding; and the percentage weighting
                                                  from major market data vendors 33 will                  against proxies (such as swap or yield                 of the holding in each Fund’s portfolio.
                                                  generally be determined as of the NYSE                  curves).                                               The Web site information will be
                                                  Close.                                                  With respect to specific derivatives:                  publicly available at no charge.
                                                     • Exchange-traded futures will
                                                  generally be valued at the settlement                     • Foreign currency derivatives may                   Impact on Arbitrage Mechanism
                                                  price of the relevant exchange.                         be valued intraday using market quotes,                   The Adviser believes there will be
                                                     • A total return swap on an index                    or another proxy as determined to be                   minimal, if any, impact to the arbitrage
                                                  will be valued at the publicly available                appropriate by the third party market                  mechanism as a result of the use of
                                                  index price. The index price, in turn, is               data provider.                                         derivatives. Market makers and
                                                  determined by the applicable index                        • Futures may be valued intraday                     participants should be able to value
                                                  calculation agent, which generally                      using the relevant futures exchange                    derivatives as long as the positions are
                                                  values the securities underlying the                    data, or another proxy as determined to                disclosed with relevant information.
                                                  index at the last reported sale price.                  be appropriate by the third party market               The Adviser believes that the price at
                                                     • Bank loan total return swaps will                  data provider.                                         which Shares trade will continue to be
                                                  generally be valued using the evaluated                   • Interest rate swaps and cross-                     disciplined by arbitrage opportunities
                                                  underlying bank loan price minus the                    currency swaps may be mapped to a                      created by the ability to purchase or
                                                  strike price of the loan.                               swap curve and valued intraday based                   redeem creation Shares at their NAV,
                                                     • Exchange-traded non-equity                         on changes of the swap curve, or                       which should ensure that Shares will
                                                  options, (for example, options on bonds,                another proxy as determined to be                      not trade at a material discount or
                                                  Eurodollar options and U.S. Treasury                    appropriate by the third party market                  premium in relation to their NAV.
                                                  options), index options, and options on                 data provider.                                            The Adviser does not believe there
                                                  futures will generally be valued at the                   • Index credit default swaps (such as,               will be any significant impacts to the
                                                  official settlement price determined by                 CDX/CDS) may be valued using intraday                  settlement or operational aspects of a
                                                  the relevant exchange, if available.                    data from market vendors, or based on                  Fund’s arbitrage mechanism due to the
                                                     • OTC foreign currency (FX) options                  underlying asset price, or another proxy               use of derivatives. Because derivatives
                                                  will generally be valued by pricing                     as determined to be appropriate by the                 generally are not eligible for in-kind
                                                  vendors.                                                third party market data provider.                      transfer, they will typically be
                                                     • All other swaps such as interest rate                • Total return swaps may be valued                   substituted with a ‘‘cash in lieu’’
                                                  swaps, inflation swaps, swaptions,                      intraday using the underlying asset                    amount when a Fund processes
                                                  credit default swaps, and CDX/CDS will                  price, or another proxy as determined to               purchases or redemptions of creation
                                                  generally be valued by pricing services.                be appropriate by the third party market               units in-kind.
                                                                                                          data provider.
                                                  Derivatives Valuation Methodology for                                                                          Creation and Redemption of Shares
                                                                                                            • Exchange listed options may be
                                                  Purposes of Determining Intra-Day                                                                                 Shares may be created and redeemed
                                                                                                          valued intraday using the relevant
                                                  Indicative Value                                                                                               in ‘‘Creation Unit’’ size aggregations of
                                                                                                          exchange data, or another proxy as
                                                    On each business day, before                          determined to be appropriate by the                    50,000 or multiples thereof. The size of
                                                  commencement of trading in Fund                         third party market data provider.                      a Creation Unit is subject to change. In
                                                  Shares on NYSE Arca, a Fund will                          • OTC options and swaptions may be                   order to purchase Creation Units of a
                                                  disclose on its Web site the identities                 valued intraday through option                         Fund, an investor must generally
                                                  and quantities of the portfolio                         valuation models (e.g., Black-Scholes) or              deposit a designated portfolio of
                                                  instruments and other assets held by a                  using exchange traded options as a                     securities (the ‘‘Deposit Securities’’)
                                                  Fund that will form the basis for a                     proxy, or another proxy as determined                  (and/or an amount in cash in lieu of
                                                  Fund’s calculation of NAV at the end of                 to be appropriate by the third party                   some or all of the Deposit Securities)
                                                  the business day.                                       market data provider.                                  and generally make a cash payment
                                                    In order to provide additional                                                                               referred to as the ‘‘Cash Component.’’
                                                  information regarding the intra-day                     Disclosed Portfolio                                    The list of the names and the amounts
                                                  value of Shares of a Fund, the NYSE                       The Funds’ disclosure of derivative                  of the Deposit Securities is made
                                                  Arca or a market data vendor will                       positions in the Disclosed Portfolio will              available by the Funds’ custodian
                                                  disseminate every 15 seconds through                    include information that market                        through the facilities of the National
                                                  the facilities of the Consolidated Tape                 participants can use to value these                    Securities Clearing Corporation
                                                  Association or other widely                             positions intraday. On a daily basis, the              (‘‘NSCC’’) immediately prior to the
                                                  disseminated means an updated Intra-                    Adviser or Sub-Adviser will disclose on                opening of business each day of the
                                                  day Indicative Value (‘‘IIV’’) for a Fund
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                                                                                                          the Funds’ Web site the following                      NYSE Arca. The Cash Component
                                                  as calculated by a third party market                   information regarding each portfolio                   represents the difference between the
                                                  data provider.                                          holding, as applicable to the type of                  NAV of a Creation Unit and the market
                                                                                                          holding: Ticker symbol, CUSIP number                   value of the Deposit Securities.
                                                    33 Major market data vendors may include, but are
                                                                                                          or other identifier, if any; a description             Creations and redemptions of Shares
                                                  not limited to: Thomson Reuters, JPMorgan Chase
                                                  PricingDirect Inc., Markit Group Limited,
                                                                                                          of the holding (including the type of                  may only be made through an
                                                  Bloomberg, Interactive Data Corporation or other        holding, such as the type of swap); the                Authorized Participant, as described in
                                                  major data vendors.                                     identity of the security, commodity,                   the Registration Statement.


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                                                     Shares may be redeemed only in                         reported closing price, NAV and mid-                    information for exchange-traded
                                                  Creation Units at their NAV and only on                   point of the bid/ask spread at the time                 derivative instruments will be available
                                                  a day the NYSE Arca is open for                           of calculation of such NAV (the ‘‘Bid/                  from the applicable exchange and from
                                                  business. The Funds’ custodian will                       Ask Price’’),35 and a calculation of the                major market data vendors. Price
                                                  make available immediately prior to the                   premium and discount of the Bid/Ask                     information for forwards, swaps, money
                                                  opening of business each day of the                       Price against the NAV, and (2) data in                  market instruments, repurchase
                                                  NYSE Arca, through the facilities of the                  chart format displaying the frequency                   agreements, reverse repurchase
                                                  NSCC, the list of the names and the                       distribution of discounts and premiums                  agreements, OTC options, structured
                                                  amounts of each Fund’s portfolio                          of the daily Bid/Ask Price against the                  notes, and OTC derivative instruments
                                                  securities that will be applicable that                   NAV, within appropriate ranges, for                     will be available from major market data
                                                  day to redemption requests in proper                      each of the four previous calendar                      vendors. Intra-day and closing price
                                                  form (‘‘Fund Securities’’). Fund                          quarters. On each business day, before                  information for exchange-traded options
                                                  Securities received on redemption may                     commencement of trading in Shares in                    and futures will be available from the
                                                  not be identical to Deposit Securities,                   the Core Trading Session on the                         applicable exchange and from major
                                                  which are applicable to purchases of                      Exchange, each Fund will disclose on                    market data vendors. In addition, price
                                                  Creation Units.                                           its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio as                 information for U.S. exchange-traded
                                                     Unless cash redemptions or partial                     defined in NYSE Arca Equities Rule                      options is available from the Options
                                                  cash redemptions are available or                         8.600(c)(2) that will form the basis for                Price Reporting Authority. Quotation
                                                  specified for a Fund, the redemption                      the Fund’s calculation of NAV at the                    information from brokers and dealers or
                                                  proceeds will consist of the Fund                         end of the business day.36                              independent pricing services will be
                                                  Securities, plus cash in an amount equal                     In addition, a basket composition file,              available for Fixed Income Securities. In
                                                  to the difference between the NAV of                      which will include the security names                   addition, the IIV, as defined in NYSE
                                                  Shares being redeemed as next                             and share quantities required to be                     Arca Equities Rule 8.600(c)(3), will be
                                                  determined after receipt by the transfer                  delivered in exchange for Fund Shares,                  widely disseminated by one or more
                                                  agent of a redemption request in proper                   together with estimates and actual cash                 major market data vendors at least every
                                                  form, and the value of the Fund                           components, will be publicly                            15 seconds during the Core Trading
                                                  Securities (the ‘‘Cash Redemption                         disseminated daily prior to the opening                 Session.37 The dissemination of the IIV,
                                                  Amount’’), less the applicable                            of the NYSE via NSCC. The basket                        together with the Disclosed Portfolio,
                                                  redemption fee and, if applicable, any                    represents one Creation Unit of the                     will allow investors to determine the
                                                  transfer taxes.34                                         applicable Fund.                                        value of the underlying portfolio of each
                                                  Availability of Information                                  Investors can also obtain the Trust’s                Fund on a daily basis and provide a
                                                                                                            Statement of Additional Information                     close estimate of that value throughout
                                                     The Funds’ Web site                                    (‘‘SAI’’), the Funds’ Shareholder                       the trading day.
                                                  (www.alpsetfs.com), which will be                         Reports, and Form N–CSR and Form N–
                                                  publicly available prior to the public                                                                            Trading Halts
                                                                                                            SAR, filed twice a year. The Trust’s SAI
                                                  offering of Shares, will include a form                   and Shareholder Reports are available                      With respect to trading halts, the
                                                  of the prospectus for each Fund that                      free upon request from the Trust, and                   Exchange may consider all relevant
                                                  may be downloaded. The Funds’ Web                         those documents and the Form N–CSR                      factors in exercising its discretion to
                                                  site will include additional quantitative                 and Form N–SAR may be viewed on-                        halt or suspend trading in the Shares of
                                                  information updated on a daily basis,                     screen or downloaded from the                           a Fund.38 Trading in Shares of a Fund
                                                  including, for each Fund, (1) daily                       Commission’s Web site at www.sec.gov.                   will be halted if the circuit breaker
                                                  trading volume, the prior business day’s                  Information regarding market price and                  parameters in NYSE Arca Equities Rule
                                                                                                            trading volume for the Shares will be                   7.12 have been reached. Trading also
                                                     34 Each Fund may, in certain circumstances,
                                                                                                            continually available on a real-time                    may be halted because of market
                                                  allow cash creations or partial cash creations but                                                                conditions or for reasons that, in the
                                                  not redemptions (or vice versa) if the Sub-Adviser        basis throughout the day on brokers’
                                                  believes it will allow the Fund to adjust its portfolio   computer screens and other electronic                   view of the Exchange, make trading in
                                                  in a manner which is more efficient for                   services. Information regarding the                     the Shares inadvisable. These may
                                                  shareholders. Each Fund may allow creations or
                                                                                                            previous day’s closing price and trading                include: (1) The extent to which trading
                                                  redemptions to be conducted partially in cash only                                                                is not occurring in the securities and/or
                                                  where certain instruments are (i) in the case of the      volume information for the Shares will
                                                  purchase of a Creation Unit, not available in             be published daily in the financial                     the financial instruments comprising
                                                  sufficient quantity for delivery; (ii) not eligible for   section of newspapers. Quotation and                    the Disclosed Portfolio of a Fund; or (2)
                                                  transfer through either the NSCC or DTC; or (iii) not
                                                                                                            last sale information for the Shares, U.S.              whether other unusual conditions or
                                                  eligible for trading due to local trading restrictions,                                                           circumstances detrimental to the
                                                  local restrictions on securities transfers or other       exchange-traded common stocks, ETFs
                                                  similar circumstances. To the extent each Fund            and closed-end funds will be available                  maintenance of a fair and orderly
                                                  allows creations or redemptions to be conducted           via the Consolidated Tape Association                   market are present. Trading in the
                                                  wholly or partially in cash, such transactions will
                                                                                                            (‘‘CTA’’) high-speed line. Price                        Shares will be subject to NYSE Arca
                                                  be effected in the same manner for all Authorized                                                                 Equities Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets
                                                  Participants on a given day except where: (i) Such
                                                  instruments are, in the case of the purchase of a            35 The Bid/Ask Price of each Fund’s Shares will      forth circumstances under which Shares
                                                  Creation Unit, not available to a particular              be determined using the mid-point of the highest        of a Fund may be halted.
                                                  Authorized Participant in sufficient quantity; (ii)       bid and the lowest offer on the Exchange as of the
                                                  such instruments are not eligible for trading by an       time of calculation of a Fund’s NAV. The records        Trading Rules
                                                  Authorized Participant or the investor on whose           relating to Bid/Ask Prices will be retained by a
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                                                                                                                                                                      The Exchange deems the Shares to be
                                                  behalf the Authorized Participant is acting; or (iii)     Fund and its service providers.
                                                  a holder of Shares of a Fund would be subject to             36 Under accounting procedures to be followed by
                                                                                                                                                                    equity securities, thus rendering trading
                                                  unfavorable income tax treatment if the holder            the Funds, trades made on the prior business day
                                                                                                                                                                      37 Currently, it is the Exchange’s understanding
                                                  receives redemption proceeds in kind. According to        (‘‘T’’) will be booked and reflected in NAV on the
                                                  the Registration Statement, an additional variable        current business day (‘‘T+1’’). Accordingly, each       that several major market data vendors display and/
                                                  charge for cash or partial cash creations, and cash       Fund will be able to disclose at the beginning of the   or make widely available IIVs taken from CTA or
                                                  or partial cash redemptions, may also be imposed          business day the portfolio that will form the basis     other data feeds.
                                                  to compensate a Fund for the costs associated with        for the NAV calculation at the end of the business        38 See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.12,

                                                  buying the applicable securities.                         day.                                                    Commentary .04.



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                                                  in the Shares subject to the Exchange’s                 all relevant parties for all relevant                  ETP Holders to learn the essential facts
                                                  existing rules governing the trading of                 trading violations.                                    relating to every customer prior to
                                                  equity securities. Shares will trade on                    FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or                trading the Shares; (3) the risks involved
                                                  the NYSE Arca Marketplace from 4 a.m.                   regulatory staff of the Exchange, will                 in trading the Shares during the
                                                  to 8 p.m. Eastern Time in accordance                    communicate as needed regarding                        Opening and Late Trading Sessions
                                                  with NYSE Arca Equities Rule 7.34                       trading in the Shares, certain exchange-               when an updated IIV will not be
                                                  (Opening, Core, and Late Trading                        traded options and futures, certain                    calculated or publicly disseminated; (4)
                                                  Sessions). The Exchange has                             exchange-traded equities with other                    how information regarding the IIV and
                                                  appropriate rules to facilitate                         markets or other entities that are                     the Disclosed Portfolio is disseminated;
                                                  transactions in the Shares during all                   members of the Intermarket                             (5) the requirement that ETP Holders
                                                  trading sessions. As provided in NYSE                   Surveillance Group (‘‘ISG’’),41 and                    deliver a prospectus to investors
                                                  Arca Equities Rule 7.6, Commentary .03,                 FINRA or regulatory staff of the                       purchasing newly issued Shares prior to
                                                  the minimum price variation (‘‘MPV’’)                   Exchange may obtain trading                            or concurrently with the confirmation of
                                                  for quoting and entry of orders in equity               information regarding trading in the                   a transaction; and (6) trading
                                                  securities traded on the NYSE Arca                      Shares, certain exchange-traded options                information.
                                                  Marketplace is $0.01, with the exception                and futures, and certain exchange-                        In addition, the Bulletin will
                                                  of securities that are priced less than                 traded equities from such markets or                   reference that each Fund is subject to
                                                  $1.00 for which the MPV for order entry                 entities. In addition, the Exchange may                various fees and expenses described in
                                                  is $0.0001.                                             obtain information regarding trading in                the Registration Statement. The Bulletin
                                                     The Shares will conform to the initial               the Shares, certain exchange-traded                    will discuss any exemptive, no-action,
                                                  and continued listing criteria under                    options and futures, and certain                       and interpretive relief granted by the
                                                  NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. The                      exchange-traded equities from markets                  Commission from any rules under the
                                                  Exchange represents that, for initial                   or other entities that are members of ISG              Act. The Bulletin will also disclose that
                                                  and/or continued listing, each Fund will                or with which the Exchange has in place                the NAV for the Shares will be
                                                  be in compliance with Rule 10A–3 39                     a comprehensive surveillance sharing                   calculated after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                  under the Act, as provided by NYSE                      agreement.42 FINRA, on behalf of the                   each trading day.
                                                  Arca Equities Rule 5.3. A minimum of                    Exchange, is able to access, as needed,                2. Statutory Basis
                                                  100,000 Shares of each Fund will be                     trade information for certain Fixed
                                                  outstanding at the commencement of                                                                                The basis under the Act for this
                                                                                                          Income Securities held by the Fund
                                                  trading on the Exchange. The Exchange                                                                          proposed rule change is the requirement
                                                                                                          reported to FINRA’s Trade Reporting
                                                  will obtain a representation from the                                                                          under section 6(b)(5) 43 that an exchange
                                                                                                          and Compliance Engine (‘‘TRACE’’).
                                                  issuer of the Shares that the NAV per                                                                          have rules that are designed to prevent
                                                                                                             Not more than 10% of the net assets
                                                  Share will be calculated daily and that                                                                        fraudulent and manipulative acts and
                                                                                                          of a Fund in the aggregate invested in
                                                  the NAV and the Disclosed Portfolio of                                                                         practices, to promote just and equitable
                                                                                                          futures contracts or options contracts
                                                  each Fund will be made available to all                                                                        principles of trade, to remove
                                                                                                          shall consist of futures contracts or
                                                  market participants at the same time.                                                                          impediments to, and perfect the
                                                                                                          exchange-traded options contracts
                                                                                                                                                                 mechanism of a free and open market
                                                  Surveillance                                            whose principal market is not a member
                                                                                                                                                                 and, in general, to protect investors and
                                                                                                          of ISG or is a market with which the
                                                     The Exchange represents that trading                                                                        the public interest.
                                                                                                          Exchange does not have a                                  The Exchange believes that the
                                                  in the Shares will be subject to the
                                                  existing trading surveillances,                         comprehensive surveillance sharing                     proposed rule change is designed to
                                                  administered by the Financial Industry                  agreement.                                             prevent fraudulent and manipulative
                                                                                                             In addition, the Exchange also has a
                                                  Regulatory Authority (‘‘FINRA’’) on                                                                            acts and practices in that the Shares will
                                                                                                          general policy prohibiting the
                                                  behalf of the Exchange, or regulatory                                                                          be listed and traded on the Exchange
                                                  staff of the Exchange, which are                        distribution of material, non-public
                                                                                                                                                                 pursuant to the initial and continued
                                                  designed to detect violations of                        information by its employees.
                                                                                                                                                                 listing criteria in NYSE Arca Equities
                                                  Exchange rules and applicable federal                   Information Bulletin                                   Rule 8.600. The Exchange has in place
                                                  securities laws. The Exchange                                                                                  surveillance procedures that are
                                                                                                             Prior to the commencement of
                                                  represents that these procedures are                                                                           adequate to properly monitor trading in
                                                                                                          trading, the Exchange will inform its
                                                  adequate to properly monitor Exchange                                                                          the Shares in all trading sessions and to
                                                                                                          Equity Trading Permit (‘‘ETP’’) Holders
                                                  trading of the Shares in all trading                                                                           deter and detect violations of Exchange
                                                                                                          in an Information Bulletin (‘‘Bulletin’’)
                                                  sessions and to deter and detect                                                                               rules and federal securities laws
                                                                                                          of the special characteristics and risks
                                                  violations of Exchange rules and federal                                                                       applicable to trading on the Exchange.
                                                                                                          associated with trading the Shares.
                                                  securities laws applicable to trading on                                                                          The proposed rule change is designed
                                                                                                          Specifically, the Bulletin will discuss
                                                  the Exchange.40                                                                                                to promote just and equitable principles
                                                     The surveillances referred to above                  the following: (1) The procedures for
                                                                                                                                                                 of trade and to protect investors and the
                                                  generally focus on detecting securities                 purchases and redemptions of Shares in
                                                                                                                                                                 public interest in that the Sub-Adviser
                                                  trading outside their normal patterns,                  Creation Units (and that Shares are not
                                                                                                                                                                 is affiliated with a broker-dealer and has
                                                  which could be indicative of                            individually redeemable); (2) NYSE
                                                                                                                                                                 represented that it has implemented a
                                                  manipulative or other violative activity.               Arca Equities Rule 9.2(a), which
                                                                                                                                                                 fire wall with respect to its broker-
                                                  When such situations are detected,                      imposes a duty of due diligence on its
                                                                                                                                                                 dealer affiliate regarding access to
                                                  surveillance analysis follows and
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                                                                                                            41 For a list of the current members of ISG, see
                                                                                                                                                                 information concerning the composition
                                                  investigations are opened, where                        www.isgportal.org. The Exchange notes that not all     and/or changes to the portfolio. The
                                                  appropriate, to review the behavior of                  components of the Disclosed Portfolio may trade on     Exchange will obtain a representation
                                                                                                          markets that are members of ISG or with which the      from the issuer of the Shares that the
                                                    39 17CFR 240.10A–3.                                   Exchange has in place a comprehensive
                                                    40 FINRA                                              surveillance sharing agreement.
                                                                                                                                                                 NAV per Share will be calculated daily
                                                              surveils trading on the Exchange
                                                  pursuant to a regulatory services agreement. The          42 Certain of the exchange-traded equity             and that the NAV and the Disclosed
                                                  Exchange is responsible for FINRA’s performance         instruments in which a Fund may invest may trade
                                                  under this regulatory services agreement.               in markets that are not members of ISG.                  43 15   U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).



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                                                  Portfolio will be made available to all                 the Exchange, each Fund will disclose                  the Disclosed Portfolio, and quotation
                                                  market participants at the same time.                   on its Web site the Disclosed Portfolio                and last sale information for the Shares.
                                                  FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, or                    that will form the basis for the Fund’s
                                                                                                                                                                 B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  regulatory staff of the Exchange, will                  calculation of NAV at the end of the
                                                                                                                                                                 Statement on Burden on Competition
                                                  communicate as needed regarding                         business day. Information regarding
                                                  trading in the Shares, certain exchange-                market price and trading volume of the                   The Exchange does not believe that
                                                  traded options and futures, certain                     Shares will be continually available on                the proposed rule change will impose
                                                  exchange-traded equities with other                     a real-time basis throughout the day on                any burden on competition that is not
                                                  markets or other entities that are                      brokers’ computer screens and other                    necessary or appropriate in furtherance
                                                  members of the ISG, and FINRA or                        electronic services, and quotation and                 of the purpose of the Act. The Exchange
                                                  regulatory staff of the Exchange may                    last sale information will be available                notes that the proposed rule change will
                                                  obtain trading information regarding                    via the CTA high-speed line. The Web                   facilitate the listing and trading of an
                                                  trading in the Shares, certain exchange-                site for the Funds will include a form of              additional type of actively-managed
                                                  traded options and futures, certain                     the prospectus for each Fund and                       exchange-traded product that primarily
                                                  exchange-traded equities from such                      additional data relating to NAV and                    holds Fixed Income Securities, which
                                                  markets or entities. In addition, the                   other applicable quantitative                          may be represented by certain derivative
                                                  Exchange may obtain information                         information. Moreover, prior to the                    instruments as discussed above, which
                                                  regarding trading in the Shares, certain                commencement of trading, the Exchange                  will enhance competition among market
                                                  exchange-traded options and futures,                    will inform its ETP Holders in an                      participants, to the benefit of investors
                                                  certain exchange-traded equities from                   Information Bulletin of the special                    and the marketplace.
                                                  markets or other entities that are                      characteristics and risks associated with              C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  members of ISG or with which the                        trading the Shares. Trading in Shares of               Statement on Comments on the
                                                  Exchange has in place a comprehensive                   a Fund will be halted if the circuit                   Proposed Rule Change Received From
                                                  surveillance sharing agreement. FINRA,                  breaker parameters in NYSE Arca                        Members, Participants, or Others
                                                  on behalf of the Exchange, is able to                   Equities Rule 7.12 have been reached or                  No written comments were solicited
                                                  access, as needed, trade information for                because of market conditions or for                    or received with respect to the proposed
                                                  certain Fixed Income Securities held by                 reasons that, in the view of the                       rule change.
                                                  a Fund reported to FINRA’s TRACE.                       Exchange, make trading in the Shares
                                                     Each Fund’s disclosure of derivative                 inadvisable, and trading in the Shares                 III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                  positions in the Disclosed Portfolio will               will be subject to NYSE Arca Equities                  Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
                                                  include information that market                         Rule 8.600(d)(2)(D), which sets forth                  Commission Action
                                                  participants can use to value these                     circumstances under which Shares of a                     Within 45 days of the date of
                                                  positions intraday. On a daily basis, the               Fund may be halted. In addition, as                    publication of this notice in the Federal
                                                  Funds will disclose on the Funds’ Web                   noted above, investors will have ready                 Register or up to 90 days (i) as the
                                                  site the following information regarding                access to information regarding each                   Commission may designate if it finds
                                                  each portfolio holding, as applicable to                Fund’s holdings, the IIV, the Disclosed                such longer period to be appropriate
                                                  the type of holding: Ticker symbol,                     Portfolio, and quotation and last sale                 and publishes its reasons for so finding
                                                  CUSIP number or other identifier, if                    information for the Shares.                            or (ii) as to which the self-regulatory
                                                  any; a description of the holding                          The proposed rule change is designed                organization consents, the Commission
                                                  (including the type of holding, such as                 to perfect the mechanism of a free and                 will:
                                                  the type of swap); the identity of the                  open market and, in general, to protect                   (A) By order approve or disapprove
                                                  security, commodity, index or other                     investors and the public interest in that              the proposed rule change, or
                                                  asset or instrument underlying the                      it will facilitate the listing and trading                (B) institute proceedings to determine
                                                  holding, if any; for options, the option                of an additional type of actively-                     whether the proposed rule change
                                                  strike price; quantity held (as measured                managed exchange-traded product that                   should be disapproved.
                                                  by, for example, par value, notional                    will enhance competition among market                  IV. Solicitation of Comments
                                                  value or number of shares, contracts or                 participants, to the benefit of investors
                                                                                                                                                                   Interested persons are invited to
                                                  units); maturity date, if any; coupon                   and the marketplace. As noted above,
                                                                                                                                                                 submit written data, views, and
                                                  rate, if any; effective date, if any; market            the Exchange has in place surveillance
                                                                                                                                                                 arguments concerning the foregoing,
                                                  value of the holding; and the percentage                procedures relating to trading in the
                                                                                                                                                                 including whether the proposed rule
                                                  weighting of the holding in each Fund’s                 Shares and may obtain information via
                                                                                                                                                                 change is consistent with the Act.
                                                  portfolio. Price information for the debt               ISG from other exchanges that are
                                                                                                                                                                 Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                  and equity securities held by a Fund                    members of ISG or with which the
                                                                                                                                                                 the following methods:
                                                  will be available through major market                  Exchange has entered into a
                                                  data vendors and on the applicable                      comprehensive surveillance sharing                     Electronic Comments
                                                  securities exchanges on which such                      agreement. Not more than 10% of the                       • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                  securities are listed and traded. In                    net assets of a Fund in the aggregate                  comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  addition, a large amount of information                 invested in futures contracts or                       rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                  will be publicly available regarding the                exchange-traded options contracts shall                   • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                                  Funds and the Shares, thereby                           consist of futures contracts or exchange-              sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
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                                                  promoting market transparency.                          traded options contracts whose                         NYSEArca–2015–125 on the subject
                                                  Moreover, the IIV will be widely                        principal market is not a member of ISG                line.
                                                  disseminated by one or more major                       or is a market with which the Exchange
                                                  market data vendors at least every 15                   does not have a comprehensive                          Paper Comments
                                                  seconds during the Exchange’s Core                      surveillance sharing agreement. In                       • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                  Trading Session. On each business day,                  addition, as noted above, investors will               to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
                                                  before commencement of trading in                       have ready access to information                       Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                  Shares in the Core Trading Session on                   regarding each Fund’s holdings, the IIV,               Washington, DC 20549–1090.


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                                                  All submissions should refer to File                    notice is hereby given that on December                and C below, of the most significant
                                                  Number SR–NYSEArca–2015–125. This                       24, 2015, The Depository Trust                         aspects of such statements.
                                                  file number should be included on the                   Company (‘‘DTC’’) filed with the
                                                                                                                                                                 (A) Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
                                                  subject line if email is used. To help the              Securities and Exchange Commission
                                                                                                                                                                 Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
                                                  Commission process and review your                      (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
                                                                                                                                                                 Proposed Rule Change
                                                  comments more efficiently, please use                   change as described in Items I, II and III
                                                  only one method. The Commission will                    below, which Items have been prepared                  1. Purpose
                                                  post all comments on the Commission’s                   by DTC. DTC filed the proposed rule                       The proposed rule change would add
                                                  Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                  change pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A)                 a fee to the Fee Schedule that would be
                                                  rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                         of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2)                      charged to the transfer agent of a DTC-
                                                  submission, all subsequent                              thereunder.4 The proposed rule change                  eligible security when DTC is notified
                                                  amendments, all written statements                      was effective upon filing with the                     by the transfer agent to process a
                                                  with respect to the proposed rule                       Commission. The Commission is                          Corporate Action with respect to the
                                                  change that are filed with the                          publishing this notice to solicit                      security that requires DTC to make a
                                                  Commission, and all written                             comments on the proposed rule change                   new CUSIP eligible for DTC services.
                                                  communications relating to the                          from interested persons.
                                                  proposed rule change between the                                                                               Background
                                                                                                          I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
                                                  Commission and any person, other than                                                                             Securities may become eligible for
                                                                                                          Terms of Substance of the Proposed
                                                  those that may be withheld from the                                                                            deposit at DTC through initial
                                                                                                          Rule Change
                                                  public in accordance with the                                                                                  offerings,8 the Older Issue Eligibility
                                                  provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                        The proposed rule change consists of                Request process,9 and Corporate Actions
                                                  available for Web site viewing and                      a change to DTC’s Fee Schedule (‘‘Fee                  processing.10 Through ongoing efforts to
                                                  printing in the Commission’s Public                     Schedule’’) 5 to add a new fee that                    evaluate its fees and align them with
                                                  Reference Section, 100 F Street NE.,                    would be charged to the transfer agent                 operating costs, DTC has identified that
                                                  Washington, DC 20549–1090 on official                   of any DTC-eligible issue when the                     it is not recovering costs that it incurs
                                                  business days between the hours of                      transfer agent notifies DTC of a                       in connection with making securities
                                                  10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the                  corporate action event (‘‘Corporate                    eligible for DTC services through its
                                                  filing will also be available for                       Action’’) that requires a new CUSIP to                 Corporate Actions process.11
                                                  inspection and copying at the principal                 be made DTC-eligible,6 as more fully
                                                  office of the Exchange. All comments                    described below.7                                      Proposal
                                                  received will be posted without change;                 II. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the                    Pursuant to the proposed rule change,
                                                  the Commission does not edit personal                   Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the               in order to align DTC’s fees with the
                                                  identifying information from                            Proposed Rule Change                                   costs it incurs in making securities
                                                  submissions. You should submit only                                                                            eligible for DTC services through its
                                                  information that you wish to make                          In its filing with the Commission,                  processing of Corporate Actions, DTC
                                                  available publicly. All submissions                     DTC included statements concerning                     would implement a new fee, to be
                                                  should refer to File Number SR–                         the purpose of and basis for the                       known as the Corporate Actions
                                                  NYSEArca–2015–125 and should be                         proposed rule change and discussed any                 Eligibility Fee (‘‘New Fee’’), which
                                                  submitted on or before January 27, 2016.                comments it received on the proposed                   would be charged to the transfer agent
                                                                                                          rule change. The text of these statements              of any DTC-eligible security when the
                                                     For the Commission, by the Division of               may be examined at the places specified
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                                                                     transfer agent notifies DTC of a
                                                  authority.44
                                                                                                          in Item IV below. DTC has prepared                     Corporate Action that requires DTC to
                                                                                                          summaries, set forth in sections A, B,
                                                  Jill M. Peterson,                                                                                              make a new CUSIP eligible for DTC
                                                  Assistant Secretary.                                      3 15
                                                                                                                                                                 services. The amount of the New Fee
                                                                                                                  U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–33207 Filed 1–5–16; 8:45 am]                4 17  CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
                                                                                                                                                                 would be $1,000 per new CUSIP for any
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                     5 Available at http://www.dtcc.com/∼/media/         security that is made eligible at DTC in
                                                                                                          Files/Downloads/legal/fee-guides/                      connection with a Corporate Action.12
                                                                                                          dtcfeeguide.pdf?la=en.
                                                                                                             6 Corporate Actions processed by DTC include           8 An initial offering is made eligible for deposit
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 but are not limited to the restructuring of DTC-       at DTC pursuant to an eligibility request to
                                                  COMMISSION                                              eligible securities resulting from mergers,            Underwriting from a sponsoring Participant. See
                                                                                                          acquisitions, and reverse splits. DTC performs         OA, supra note 6, pp. 1–2 (Submission of an
                                                  [Release No. 34–76802; File No. SR–DTC–                 Corporate Actions processing primarily through its
                                                  2015–012]                                                                                                      Eligibility Request to DTC).
                                                                                                          Mandatory and Voluntary Reorganization Services           9 Older issues (i.e., issues on the secondary
                                                                                                          by the DTC Reorganization Department
                                                                                                                                                                 market) may be made eligible for deposit pursuant
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; The                      (‘‘Reorganization’’). Additionally, with respect to
                                                                                                                                                                 to an Older Issue Eligibility Request of a DTC
                                                  Depository Trust Company; Notice of                     any Corporate Action that requires DTC to make a
                                                                                                                                                                 Participant to Underwriting. See id [sic] at p. 2.
                                                                                                          new CUSIP(s) DTC-eligible DTC’s Underwriting
                                                  Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of                   Department (‘‘Underwriting’’) must also process the
                                                                                                                                                                    10 See supra text accompanying note 6.

                                                  Proposed Rule Change To Add a Fee                       eligibility component of the Corporate Action. DTC        11 Eligibility fees for initial offerings and older

                                                  To Be Charged To Transfer Agents of                     processes the new CUSIP(s) for eligibility pursuant    issues are charged to the Participants that sponsor
                                                                                                          to the transfer agent’s notification to DTC of the     the issues for DTC eligibility. DTC does not
                                                  DTC-Eligible Issues Subject to a                                                                               currently charge an eligibility fee with respect to
                                                                                                          Corporate Action and related instructions and
                                                  Corporate Action                                        information detailing the issuance of the new          CUSIPS [sic] made eligible in connection with a
                                                                                                          CUSIP(s) provided by the transfer agent. See           Corporate Action. See Fee Schedule, supra note 5,
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                                                  December 30, 2015.                                      generally, the DTC Operational Arrangements            at pp. 25–26.
                                                     Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the                  (‘‘OA’’), available at http://www.dtcc.com/∼/media/       12 For example, in the case of an issue of DTC-

                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934                         Files/Downloads/legal/issue-eligibility/eligibility/   eligible common stock under CUSIP W which
                                                  (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2                 operational-arrangements.pdf.                          undergoes a reverse split, with the newly-
                                                                                                             7 Each term not otherwise defined herein has its    denominated common stock issued under CUSIP X,
                                                                                                          respective meaning as set forth in the Rules, By-      the transfer agent for that security would incur a
                                                    44 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                            Laws and Organization Certificate of DTC (the          charge of $1,000 for the processing of the reverse
                                                    1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                ‘‘Rules’’), available at http://www.dtcc.com/legal/    split. If the same issuer subsequently undergoes a
                                                    2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                   rules-and-procedures.aspx.                                                                          Continued




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