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Author: Christian Granada

Important Information

Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. The Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses must be considered carefully before investing. Click here for the ROE Prospectus and Summary Prospectus. Click here for the GQQQ Prospectus and Summary Prospectus. Click here for the AGGA Prospectus and Summary Prospectus. A free hardcopy of any prospectus may be obtained by calling +1.215.330.4476.

Principal Risks

Management Risk. Each Fund is actively managed and may not meet its investment objective based on the Adviser’s, Sub-Adviser’s or portfolio mangers’ success or failure to implement investment strategies for the Fund. The success of each Fund’s investment program depends largely on the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by the Adviser, Sub-Adviser and the portfolio managers and the skill of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, and/or portfolio managers in evaluating, selecting, and monitoring a Fund’s assets. Each Fund could experience losses (realized and unrealized) if the judgment of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, or portfolio managers about markets or sectors or the attractiveness of particular investments made for a Fund’s portfolio prove to be incorrect. It is possible the investment techniques and risk analyses employed on behalf of a Fund will not produce the desired results.

Investment Risk. When you sell your Shares, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. Therefore, a Fund could lose money due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns.

Sector Risk. To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors.

The following risks apply to the Fund indicated:

 Risk of InvestingROEGQQQAGGA
 Equity Investing RiskXX 
 Quality Stocks RiskXX 
 Value-Style Investing RiskX  
 Dividend-Paying Common Stock RiskX  
 Growth Investing Risk X 
 Large-Capitalization Stock RiskXX 
 Mid-Capitalization Stock RiskXX 
 Quantitative Security Selection RiskXX 
 Sector RiskXX 
 Non-Diversification Risk  X
 New Fund Risk XX

Equity Investing Risk. An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in stock prices. The values of equity securities could decline generally or could underperform other investments. 

Quality Stocks Risk. Stocks included in the Fund are deemed by the Sub-Adviser to be quality stocks, but there is no guarantee that the past performance of these stocks will continue. Companies that issue these stocks may experience lower than expected returns or may experience negative growth, as well as increased leverage, resulting in lower than expected or negative returns to Fund shareholders. 

Value-Style Investing Risk. The Sub-Adviser may be wrong in its assessment of a company’s value, and the stocks the Fund owns may not reach what the Sub-Adviser believes are their true values. The market may not favor value-oriented stocks and may not favor equities at all, which may cause the Fund’s relative performance to suffer. 

Dividend-Paying Common Stock Risk. The Fund will normally receive income from dividends that are paid by issuers of the Fund’s investments. The amount of the dividend payments may vary and depends on performance and decisions of the issuer. Poor performance by the issuer or other factors may cause the issuer to lower or eliminate dividend payments to investors, including the Fund.

Growth Investing Risk. The Fund invests in growth securities, which may be more volatile than other types of investments, may perform differently than the market as a whole and may underperform when compared to securities with different investment parameters. Under certain market conditions, growth securities have performed better during the later stages of economic recovery (although there is no guarantee that they will continue to do so). 

Large-Capitalization Stock Risk. Large-capitalization stocks 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.

Mid-Capitalization Stock Risk. Investing in stocks of mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. Often mid-capitalization companies and the industries in which they focus are still evolving and, as a result, they may be more sensitive to changing market conditions.

Quantitative Security Selection Risk. Data for some companies may be less available and/or less current than data for companies in other markets. The Sub-Adviser uses quantitative analysis, and its processes could be adversely affected if erroneous or outdated data is utilized. The securities selected using quantitative analysis could perform differently from the financial markets as a whole as a result of the characteristics used in the analysis, the weight placed on each characteristic and changes in the characteristic’s historical trends. In addition, the investment analysis used in making investment decisions may not adequately consider certain factors, or may contain design flaws or faulty assumptions, any of which may result in a decline in the value of an investment in the Fund.

Sector Risk. To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors of the economy, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. The Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in the Information Technology Sector and, therefore, the performance of the Fund could be negatively impacted by events affecting this sector.

Non-Diversification Risk. Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Shares and greater risk of loss.

New Fund Risk. The Funds are a recently organized management investment company with little or no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have little or no track record or history on which to base their investment decision. There can be no assurance that each Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size.

In addition, the following risks apply to AGGA:

Asset Allocation Risk. The Fund is also subject to asset allocation risk, which is the chance that the selection of investments, and the allocation of assets to such investments, will cause the Fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.

Foreign Fixed-Income Investment Risk. Investments by Underlying Funds in fixed-income securities of non-U.S. issuers are subject to the same risks as other debt securities, notably credit risk, market risk, and interest rate risk, while also facing risks beyond those associated with investments in U.S. securities.
Foreign securities also are subject to the risks of expropriation, nationalization, political instability or other adverse political or economic developments and the difficulty of enforcing obligations in other countries. Investments in foreign securities also may be subject to dividend withholding or confiscatory taxes, currency blockage and/or transfer restrictions and higher transactional costs.

Municipal Securities Risk. Litigation, legislation or other political events, local business or economic conditions or the bankruptcy of the issuer could have a significant effect on the ability of an issuer of municipal securities to make payments of principal and/or interest. Because many securities are issued to finance similar projects, especially those relating to education, health care, transportation and utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal market. In addition, changes in the financial condition of an individual municipal issuer can affect the overall municipal market. If the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) determines that an issuer of a municipal security has not complied with applicable tax requirements, interest from the security could become taxable and the security could decline significantly in value.

Fixed Income Securities Risks. The Fund will be subject to fixed income securities risk through its investments in Underlying Funds. 

Mortgage-Backed and Asset Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of mortgages or other assets, including consumer loans or receivables held in trust. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to “prepayment risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more quickly in periods of falling interest rates) and “extension risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more slowly in periods of rising interest rates). The Underlying Funds’ investments in other asset-backed securities are subject to risks similar to those associated with mortgage-backed securities, as well as additional risks associated with the nature of the assets and the servicing of those assets.

High-Yield Debt Securities (Junk Bonds) Risk. High-yield securities (also known as “junk bonds”) carry a greater degree of risk and are considered speculative by the major credit rating agencies. High-yield securities have greater volatility because there is less certainty that principal and interest payments will be made as scheduled. An Underlying Fund’s investments in high-yield securities expose it to a substantial degree of credit risk. These investments are considered speculative under traditional investment standards. Prices of high-yield securities will rise and fall primarily in response to actual or perceived changes in the issuer’s financial health, although changes in market interest rates also will affect prices. High-yield securities may experience reduced liquidity and sudden and substantial decreases in price.

Emerging Markets Risk. An Underlying Fund may invest in companies organized in emerging market nations. Securities in emerging markets also may be less liquid than those in developed markets and foreigners are often limited in their ability to invest in, and withdraw assets from, these markets.

Fund of Funds Risk. Because it invests primarily in other funds, the Fund’s investment performance largely depends on the investment performance of the selected underlying exchange-traded funds (ETFs). An investment in the Fund is subject to the risks associated with the Underlying Funds that then-currently comprise the Fund’s portfolio. At times, certain of the segments of the market represented by the Underlying Funds may be out of favor and underperform other segments. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in which it invests (including operating expenses and management fees), which are identified in the fee schedule as “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.” In addition, an Underlying Fund may also trade at a discount to its net asset value. This could, in turn, result in differences between the market price of the Underlying Fund’s shares and the underlying value of those shares. The Fund will pay brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of Underlying Funds.

An investment in the Fund involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) trade like stocks, are subject to investment risk, fluctuate in market value and may trade at prices above or below the ETF’s net asset value (NAV), and are not individually redeemable directly with the ETF. Brokerage commissions and ETF expenses will reduce returns. ETFs are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the underlying strategy of the Fund, which should be considered carefully when making investment decisions. For a complete description of the Fund’s principal investment risks, please refer to the prospectus.

Shares of the Funds are not FDIC Insured, may lose value, and have no bank guarantee.

Median 30 Day Spread is a calculation of Fund’s median bid-ask spread, expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest hundredth, computed by: identifying the Fund’s national best bid and national best offer as of the end of each 10 second interval during each trading day of the last 30 calendar days; dividing the difference between each such bid and offer by th midpoint of the national best bid and national best offer; and identifying the median of those values.

Basis Points (bps): A unit of measure used in quoting yields, changes in yields or differences between yields. One basis point is equal to 0.01%, or one one-hundredth of a percent of yield and 100 basis points equals 1%.

Definitions

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR): The rate of return that would be required for an investment to grow from its beginning balance to its ending balance, assuming the profits were reinvested at the end of each period of the investment’s life span.

Sharpe Ratio: A measure that uses standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. The greater a fund’s Sharpe ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance has been.

P/E Ratio: Current share price of a stock divided by its earnings per share.

The Funds are distributed by PINE Distributors LLC. The Funds’ investment adviser is Empowered Funds, LLC, which is doing business as ETF Architect. Astoria Portfolio Advisors, LLC and Beacon Capital Management, Inc. serve as the Sub-Advisers to the Funds. PINE Distributors LLC is not affiliated with ETF Architect, Astoria Portfolio Advisors, LLC, or Beacon Capital Management, Inc. Learn more about PINE Distributors LLC at FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

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