ROUNDHILL INVESTMENTS NERD The Esports & Digital Entertainment ETF INVESTOR PRESENTATION JUNE 2021 ROUNDHILL INVESTMENTS Disclaimer Investors should consider the investment objectives, risk, charges and expenses carefully before investing. For a prospectus or summary prospectus with this and other information about the NERD ETF please call 1-877-220-7649 or visit the website at roundhillinvestments.com/etf/nerd. Read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before investing. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Esports gaming companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, may have products that face rapid obsolescence, and are heavily dependent on the protection of patent and intellectual property rights. Such factors may adversely affect the profitability and value of video gaming companies. 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The Funds are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC which is not affiliated with Roundhill Financial Inc., U.S. Bank, or any of their affiliates. TABLE OF CONTENTS Esports & Digital Entertainment Explained Market Opportunity: Audience Expansion Gaming Growth Viewership Esports vs. Sports NERD Case Studies: Razer Inc DouYu Sea Limited ETF Characteristics Top Holdings & Exposures ETF Performance 02 ROUNDHILL INVESTMENTS Esports & Digital Entertainment Explained Esports, “electronic sports”, is the growing business of playing video games competitively in front of a live or online viewing audience. The Esports & Digital Entertainment categorization includes: Game Publishers Media Companies Streaming Services Hardware Developers And more! This market is expected to grow significantly as esports becomes one of the largest entertainment sectors in the world. Market Opportunity: Audience Expansion Esports viewership is expected to grow to 646 million by 2023. This represents a 10.3% CAGR from 2018-2023. Esports Audience Growth 750M 500M Occasional Viewer 250M Esports Enthusiasts 0M 2018 2019 2020* 2023* Source: NewZoo as of October 2020 = Estimates by NewZoo as of October 2020 Market Opportunity: Games Growth The global games market is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2023. Global Games Market Forecast $250B $200B $150B $100B $50B $0B 2018 2019 2020* 2023* Source: NewZoo as of October 2020 = Estimates by NewZoo as of October 2020 Market Opportunity: Viewership More people watch gaming than HBO + Netflix + ESPN + Hulu combined. Source: PC Gamer as of April 2017 Market Opportunity: Esports vs Sports Esports viewership is competing with traditional U.S. sports leagues. Finals Peak Viewership 125M 100M 75M 50M 25M 0M NFL '20 LoL '19 MLB '19 NBA '20 Data based on reports by Nexus as of 2019 for LoL, Fox as of 2019 for NFL, Fox Sports for MLB as of 2019, Republic World / Sports Pro for NBA as 2020 As of 06/30/2021 Case Study: Razer NERD ETF Exposure: 3.4% Company Details Notable Brands Ticker: 1337 HK Gaming Peripherals Country: Singapore Gaming Laptops Thematic Relevance: Hardware Razer Synapse (IoT Platform) Market Capitalization: $2.4 Billion Team Razer Key Highlight Key Statistic Razer plans to leverage its young and For the first half of 2020, Razer achieved #1 engaged gaming audience into additional market share in the US for gaming verticals like fintech. In January 2020, the peripherals and premium gaming laptops company applied for a digital banking (priced above $1,800). license in Singapore. This example was chosen because Razer is a leader in gaming peripherals. As of 06/30/2021 Case Study: Modern Times Group NERD ETF Exposure: 5.1% Company Details Notable Brands Ticker: MTGB SS ESL Country: Sweden DreamHack Thematic Relevance: Media InnoGames Market Capitalization: $1.5 Billion Kongregate Key Highlight Key Statistic In September 2020, MTG combined its two ESL is the world's largest esports esport portfolio companies, ESL and company. The company operates high DreamHack. The company believes this will profile international leagues and improve organization and operations, tournaments. In total, ESL events attract creating significant shareholder value. hundreds of millions of viewers each year. This example was chosen because MTG is a leader in esports events. As of 06/30/2021 Case Study: Huya NERD ETF Exposure: 5.5% Company Details Notable Brands Ticker: HUYA Huya Live Country: China Chengdu Hunters Thematic Relevance: Media Nimo TV Market Capitalization: $4.2 Billion Royal Never Give Up Key Highlight Key Statistic In October 2020, Huya and its sister company As of August 2020, Huya Live averaged 168.5 Douyu agreed to merge. The combined entity million monthly active users, including will control the large majority of the 75.6 million on mobile. Of these, 6.2 million Chinese game livestreaming market. were paid users. This example was chosen because Huya is a leader in livestreaming. ETF Characteristics: NERD Characteristics Thematic Breakdown NERD Broad-Based Ticker: 8.5% Expense Ratio: 0.50% Launch Date: June 4th, 2019 Rebalance: Quarterly Hardware Games AUM: $99MM 24.1% 41.4% Shares Outstanding: 3,125,000 Number of Holdings: 33 ETF Options: Yes 20 Day ADV: $0.6MM Media 26% As of 06/30/2021. Information is subject to change and is not a guarantee of future results. ETF Exposures: NERD Country Exposure Market Capitalization Exposure Other Small Cap (<$1B) 9.7% 11.4% France 4.2% United States Taiwan 28.2% 4.4% Singapore 6.8% Large Cap (>$5B) Sweden Mid Cap ($1-5B) 55% 7.4% 33.6% South Korea 8.3% China 22.1% Japan 8.9% As of 06/30/2021. Information is subject to change and is not a guarantee of future results. ETF Top Holdings: NERD Huya Tencent MTG Activision Corsair Weight: 5.5% Weight: 5.1% Weight: 5.1% Weight: 5.0% Weight: 4.8% Ticker: HUYA Ticker: 700 HK Ticker: MTGB SS Ticker: ATVI Ticker: CRSR DouYu AfreecaTV Skillz Bilibili NetEase Weight: 4.3% Weight: 3.9% Weight: 3.8% Weight: 3.7% Weight: 3.5% Ticker: DOYU Ticker: 067160 KS Ticker: SKLZ Ticker: BILI Ticker: NTES As of 06/30/2021. Information is subject to change and is not a guarantee of future results. ETF Performance: NERD NERD Growth of $10,000 Chart Since Inception The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. For the most recent month-end performance, please call (855) 561-5728. You cannot invest directly in an index. Shares are bought and sold at market price (closing price), not net asset value (NAV), and are individually redeemed from the Fund. Market performance is determined using the bid/ask midpoint at 4:00pm Eastern time when the NAV is typically calculated. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. 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