| Investment Objective: |
The SP Funds Dow Jones Global Sukuk ETF (the Fund or the Sukuk ETF ) seeks to track the performance, before fees andexpenses, of the Dow Jones Sukuk Total Return (ex Reinvestment) Index (the Index or the Sukuk Index ). The Index includes U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade sukuk, which are financial certificates, similar to bonds, issuedin the global markets and structured to comply with Islamic religious law commonly known as Sharia and its investment principles. Unlike conventional bonds, sukuk are based on a variety of contracts to create financial obligations, and the returns to investorsare considered to be profit sharing, not interest. Issuers of sukuk may include international financial institutions, foreigngovernments (including in emerging markets), and foreign government agencies or instrumentalities that issue sukuk througha secondary issuing vehicle such as a trust. Sharia has certain restrictions regarding finance and commercial activities, includinginterest restrictions and prohibited industries and only sukuk, as screened by Thomson Reuters, is eligible for the Index. TheFund considers emerging market countries to be those countries included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. |
