If a company engages in controversial behavior, such as acquiescing to the BDS movement, what kinds of actions would JLens take?

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If we have any concern about a product, a platform or a personal conduct, we will engage with a company in good faith to ask for change. If need be, we will use our shareholder advocacy tools to help get the issue addressed. We view divestment as the absolute last resort. As of March 2025, TOV owns 496 of the top 500 companies. Our preference is always to “own and advocate.”

JLens maintains a Do Not Invest List, in which companies can be placed due to egregious acts, such as acquiescing to the BDS movement’s pressure to remove its products or shift its products out of Israel. While JLens prefers to “own and advocate,” the Do Not Invest List is a powerful tool to take a stance against the BDS movement. JLens full methodology is available in the fund prospectus.

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Investments involve risk. Principal loss is possible.

Large-Capitalization Companies Risk. Large-capitalization companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market. Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better – or worse – than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years.

Jewish Values Investing Risk. The Index considers JLens’ Jewish Value Pillars in its index methodology and may exclude otherwise profitable investments in companies which have been identified as being in conflict with JLens’ Jewish Value Pillars. The Index does not select constituents for inclusion in the Index on the basis of future anticipated performance or capital appreciation, similar to traditional market capitalization-weighted indexes.

Responsible Investing Criteria Risk. Because the methodology of the Index selects securities of issuers using responsible investing considerations, the Fund may underperform the broader equity market or other funds that do not utilize responsible investing criteria when selecting investments.

New Fund Risk. The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision.

The Fund is distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC. The Fund’s investment advisor is Empowered Funds, LLC which is doing business as ETF Architect.

If a company engages in controversial behavior, such as acquiescing to the BDS movement, what kinds of actions would JLens take?

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