Announcement Composition Change | Adaptive Wealth Strategies U.S. Risk Management Index | Effective Date 01/04/2022

Today, on the 21/02/2022, Solactive, on behalf of NorthCrest Asset Management, announces the following change to the composition of the following index:

Rationale for Component Change
NorthCrest Asset Management has determined that in order to make it more feasible to track the performance of treasury exposure in the portfolio, the treasury component iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY UQ Equity, ISIN: US4642874576) will be replaced by Solactive US 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Index (SOLUT13 Index, ISIN: DE000SLA4B65). Solactive, on behalf of NorthCrest Asset Management, would like to announce that the change in the index guideline and the calculation will be effective on the 1st of April 2022.
Changes to the Index Guideline
The component change will be implemented in the following points of the Index Guideline (ordered in accordance with the numbering of the affected sections):

The table in section 2 of the Index Guideline will be changed.

From (old version):

To (new version):

The wording in section 3.1.2 of the Index Guideline will be changed.
From (old version):
“[…]
The weight of SHY.OQ will be equal to 1 minus the weight of .US500T.
To (new version):
“[…]
The weight of SOLUT13 Index will be equal to 1 minus the weight of .US500T.