div style="margin-bottom:6pt"span style="color:#323232;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Fund’s benchmark index. For purposes of this policy, the term “assets” means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in companies that are involved in the gold mining industry (the “80% policy”). /spanspan style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#323232;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"To be initially eligible for the Junior Gold Miners Index, companies must generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, royalties and/or streaming or have at least 50% of their mineral resources related to gold and/or silver./span/divdiv style="margin-bottom:6pt"span style="color:#323232;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"Pursuant to the Index methodology, junior mining companies are those ranking between the bottom 60% (55% for existing components) and 98% (99% for existing components) in market capitalization of the eligible universe of companies. Such companies may include small- and medium-capitalization companies and foreign issuers. As of December 31, 2025, the Junior /span/divdiv style="margin-bottom:6pt"span style="color:#323232;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"Gold Miners Index included 86 securities of companies with a market capitalization range of between approximately $59.8 million and $21.87 billion and a weighted average market capitalization of $10.1 billion. These amounts are subject to change. The Fund’s 80% policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders./span/divdiv style="margin-bottom:6pt"span style="color:#323232;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"The Fund, using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Junior Gold Miners Index by investing in a portfolio of securities that generally replicates the Junior Gold Miners Index. Unlike many investment companies that try to “beat” the performance of a benchmark index, the Fund does not try to “beat” the Junior Gold Miners Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its investment objective of seeking to replicate the Junior Gold Miners Index. As of December 31, 2025, approximately 91.93% of the Junior Gold Miners Index was comprised of securities of gold mining companies./span/divdiv style="margin-bottom:6pt"span style="color:#323232;font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"The Fund is classified as a non-diversified fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act of 1940”), and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer. The Fund may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Junior Gold Miners Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of December 31, 2025, the gold mining industry represented a significant portion of the Fund./span/div