Index returns are not Fund returns and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses. Certain indices may take into account withholding taxes. Investors can not invest directly in the Index. Index returns assume that dividends have been reinvested.
An investment in the Fund may be subject to risks which include, among others, risks related to investing in the environmental services industry, equity securities, basic materials sector, industrials sector, depositary receipts, micro-, small- and medium-capitalization companies, issuer-specific changes, market, operational, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount risk and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversified, and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Micro-, small- and medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks.
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