ETF Risk Report: WUGI Buyer beware: Every ETF holds the full risk of its underlying equities Disclosures in the best interest of investors

Esoterica NextG Economy ETF Gray Swan Event Risks exist for every equity held by WUGI. Gray swan events include accounting fraud, management failures, failed internal controls, M&A problems, restatements, etc. These risks occur Gray Swan Event Factor for WUGI 1.11% infrequently, but consistently for all equities. Equities account for 99.98% of WUGI’s assets. Most investors ignore these risks until after they are disclosed; whereupon a stock’s price drops precipitously. Just as insurance companies can predict likely costs for a driver’s future car accidents based on the driver’s history, Watchdog Research contacts each ETF asking how they notify investors about we predict the likely cost (price drop) for WUGI following accounting governance risks in equities in their fund. We will publish their response gray swan disclosures within its holdings. The expected when received. price decrease across the WUGI equity portfolio is 1.11%. However, individual equity risks vary signicantly. This report helps investors know their risk exposure.

Inception Date: 03/31/2020 Year-to-Date Return: 0.19% The Esoterica NextG Economy ETF is an actively-managed ETF seeking capital appreciation by investing in stocks of Net Assets: $49m 1-Year Return: 104.72% global companies involved in fth-generation digital cellular network (5G) technology, including infrastructure, Price: $50.42 3-Year Return: NA advanced silicon architecture, edge devices, and software; Net Asset Value (NAV): $50.26 5-Year Return: NA services such as 5G wireless networks and cloud computing; and companies that benet from the use of Net Expense Ratio: 0.75% Yield: NA 5G, such as those engaged in e-commerce. The ETF uses both top down (changes in the market and underlying As of: 03/31/2021 technological cycle) and bottom up (valuation, fundamental and quantitative measures) approaches to identify equities.

Company Ticker Held Current GSEF Category Value Top Holdings by Value

Advanced Micro Devices AMD Long 1.08% Low $4.48m This table shows Gray Swan Event Factors for the top ten equity holdings by dollar-value, as of Sep 17, 2021. Corp. NVDA Long 0.98% Low $4.21m Investors should invest in ETFs only when they adequately Sea Ltd. SE Long 0.63% Low $3.93m understand an ETF’s risks. Buyer beware. ETF prospectuses generally acknowledge that ETF managers Meituan Dianping Cl... 3690 Long - NA $3.07m do NO traditional risk analysis on equities in their fund. Marvell Technology ... MRVLUW Long - NA $2.93m Our Gray Swan Event Factors are meant to inform investors of signicant traditional accounting and Inc. QCOM Long 1.59% Low $2.79m managerial risks for the equities in each ETF.

Bilibili Inc. BILI Long 2.55% Mid $2.32m ETF Risk Reports are published quarterly on dedicated Taiwan Semiconducto... 2330 Long - NA $2.07m platforms like Factset, Renitiv, Capital IQ etc. Weekly updates are available for a paid subscription. Alphabet Inc. GOOG Long 0.46% Low $2.02m For more details contact: [email protected] Corp. MSFT Long 0.97% Low $1.9m

Company Ticker Held Current GSEF Category Value Riskiest Holdings

Twilio Inc. TWLO Long 3.66% Mid $1.62m This table shows the individual Gray Swan Event Factors for this ETF’s most at-risk equities as of Sep 17, 2021. Zoom Video Communic... ZM Long 3.10% Mid $315k The average equity GSEF across 6,500 public equities is , Inc. BIDU Long 2.62% Mid $443k 1.25%. Equities with a GSEF between 5% and 10% are considered high risk. Equities with a GSEF above 10% are Pinduoduo Inc. PDD Long 2.59% Mid $701k extreme risks. Gray Swan Event Factors are derived from skilled analysts Bilibili Inc. BILI Long 2.55% Mid $2.32m charting 15 years of negative gray swan event disclosures Nxp Semiconductors ... NXPI Long 1.71% Low $1.09m against stock price declines following such disclosures. A Gray Swan Event Factor is an assessment of the Qualcomm Inc. QCOM Long 1.59% Low $2.79m likelihood of, and 12-month price risk for, gray swan AMD Long 1.08% Low $4.48m events for each equity.

Nvidia Corp. NVDA Long 0.98% Low $4.21m

Microsoft Corp. MSFT Long 0.97% Low $1.9m

Watchdog Research, Inc. • www.watchdogresearch.com • [email protected] • (855) 820-6272 This table lists the equity holdings for Esoterica NextG Economy ETF ranked by highest GSE Factor (riskiest rst). We list all equities (US and foreign) for this ETF. However, some foreign listings only show via a ticker.

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Company Access Details Ticker Held Current GSEF Category Value

Twilio Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$TWLO TWLO Long 3.66% Mid $1.62m

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$ZM ZM Long 3.10% Mid $315k

Baidu, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$BIDU BIDU Long 2.62% Mid $443k

Pinduoduo Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$PDD PDD Long 2.59% Mid $701k

Bilibili Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$BILI BILI Long 2.55% Mid $2.32m

Nxp Semiconductors N.V. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$NXPI NXPI Long 1.71% Low $1.09m

Qualcomm Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$QCOM QCOM Long 1.59% Low $2.79m

Advanced Micro Devices Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$AMD AMD Long 1.08% Low $4.48m

Nvidia Corp. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$NVDA NVDA Long 0.98% Low $4.21m

Microsoft Corp. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$MSFT MSFT Long 0.97% Low $1.9m

Square, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$SQ SQ Long 0.86% Low $587k

Amazon.Com Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$AMZN AMZN Long 0.77% Low $1.79m

Splunk Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$SPLK SPLK Long 0.70% Low $573k

Coupa Software Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$COUP COUP Long 0.67% Low $174k

Sea Ltd. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$SE SE Long 0.63% Low $3.93m

Workday, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$WDAY WDAY Long 0.55% Low $1.03m

Paypal Holdings, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$PYPL PYPL Long 0.55% Low $895k

Datadog, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$DDOG DDOG Long 0.55% Low $809k

Netix Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$NFLX NFLX Long 0.52% Low $1.04m

Cloudare, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$NET NET Long 0.52% Low $843k

Elastic N.V. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$ESTC ESTC Long 0.52% Low $1.48m

Mongodb, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$MDB MDB Long 0.52% Low $1.2m

Facebook Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$FB FB Long 0.47% Low $1.61m

Alphabet Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$GOOG GOOG Long 0.46% Low $2.02m

Snowake Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$SNOW SNOW Long 0.41% Low $374k

Servicenow, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$NOW NOW Long 0.41% Low $1.14m

Zscaler, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$ZS ZS Long 0.41% Low $567k

Meituan Dianping Class B Common Stock - 3690 Long - NA $3.07m Usd.00001

Marvell Technology Group Ltd Mrvl - MRVLUW Long - NA $2.93m

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufac - 2330 Long - NA $2.07m

Mediatek Inc - 2454 Long - NA $1.31m

Agora, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$API API Long - NA $906k

Tencent - 700 Long - NA $804k

Adyen Nv Common Stock Eur.01 - ADYEN Long - NA $511k

Weimob Inc - 2013HK Long - NA $159k

China Youzan Ltd - 8083 Long - NA $93.8k

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