| Investment Objective: |
The fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Screened Index. The fund, using a "passive" or indexing investment approach, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Screened Index (the "Underlying Index"). The Underlying Index is designed to measure the performance of constituents from the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index that meet certain environmental, social and governance ("ESG") criteria. The S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index measures the performance of companies within the S&P Composite 1500 Index that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 20 years. The Index Provider constructs the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index by applying proprietary eligibility criteria to the constituent companies of the S&P 1500 Composite Index. It then constructs the Underlying Index by applying proprietary ESG eligibility criteria to the constituent companies of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index. |
