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About Morningstar® IndexesMorningstar is known by investment professionals globally for its thorough, objective research and astute market insight. The Morningstar team of researchers applies this same rigorous, discerning approach when constructing Morningstar Indexes.

Morningstar’s broad-market indexes represent 97% of the market, tracking thousands of liquid, investable stocks-not just the largest ones. Sector indexes also pull from this wide body of securities, providing depth and diversity within each carefully categorized sector.







Get to Know FocusShares
FocusShares, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisor (RIA) and exchange-traded funds (ETF) sponsor offering value-focused investment products for investors and traders. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Scottrade Financial Services, Inc., FocusShares launched the Focus™ Morningstar ETFs on the New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE) in March 2011.

These 15 ETFs are based on Morningstar's US Market, Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap indexes, as well as 11 sector indexes, including Basic Materials, Consumer Cyclical, Financial Services, Consumer Defensive, Health Care, Utilities, Communication Services, Energy, Industrials, Technology and Real Estate. These ETFs began trading on March 30, 2011 and are the first investment products sponsored by FocusShares since being acquired by Scottrade Financial Services in June 2010.

Online trading of these ETFs is available commission-free to Scottrade brokerage customers and investment advisors using Scottrade Advisor Services as their custodian. Investors and advisors who do not have an account with Scottrade may acquire Focus™ Morningstar ETFs on NYSE Arca through a broker-dealer.

Brokerage commissions will apply to all non-Scottrade investors. ETFs are subject to commission costs each time a "buy" or "sell" is executed. Depending on the amount of trading activity, the low costs of ETFs may be outweighed by commissions and related trading costs.

FocusShares History
FocusShares was founded in 2007 by industry veteran Erik Liik to provide new and unique ETFs to the rapidly growing ETF marketplace. Liik planned to leverage his experience at the American Stock Exchange, where the first ETFs were traded, and his experience launching the first cross- listing of U.S.-registered ETFs in Amsterdam and Singapore.

FocusShares launched its first ETF products at the end of 2007 – a homebuilders fund; a Wal-Mart suppliers' fund; and an alcohol, tobacco and gaming fund known as the Sindex. Just as the funds' assets grew, the market downturn in late 2008 led to FocusShares closing the ETFs in October 2008. Liik and his team, Chief Operating Officer David Weissman, and Business Development Manager Michael Liik, began work on establishing a strategic partnership that would support the issuance of a broader suite of ETFs. FocusShares was acquired in 2010 by Scottrade Financial Services, Inc. This new partnership between Scottrade and FocusShares created an opportunity for Liik to bring new ETFs to the marketplace with the backing of the 30-year-old leading brokerage firm known for providing investors and advisors with the value and support they need to make better investing decisions.
Focus™ Morningstar ETFs
In March 2011, FocusShares launched Focus™ Morningstar ETFs, a family of 15 ETFs based on Morningstar® indexes. Morningstar, the leading provider of research to retail investors and investment advisors, is known for its independent and unbiased approach and constructs its indexes in the same fashion. These low-cost index funds make the Focus™ Morningstar ETFs a strong option for individual and institutional investors as well as for advisors investing for their clients.

Focus Morningstar ETFs include: Symbol Mgt. Fee
Focus™ Morningstar US Market Index ETF FMU 0.05
Focus™ Morningstar Large Cap Index ETF FLG 0.05
Focus™ Morningstar Mid Cap Index ETF FMM 0.12
Focus™ Morningstar Small Cap Index ETF FOS 0.12
Focus™ Morningstar Basic Materials Index ETF FBM 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Communication Services Index ETF FCQ 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Consumer Cyclical Index ETF FCL 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Consumer Defensive Index ETF FCD 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Energy Index Index ETF FEG 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Financial Services Index ETF FFL 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Healthcare Index ETF FHC 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Industrials Index ETF FIL 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Real Estate Index ETF FRL 0.12
Focus™ Morningstar Technology Index ETF FTQ 0.19
Focus™ Morningstar Utilities Index ETF FUI 0.19

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Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized.

Before investing in any Focus™ Morningstar ETF, you should carefully consider the applicable fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the fund prospectus which can be downloaded from this website. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Concentrated Fund investments will subject the Fund to a greater risk of loss as a result of adverse economic, business or other developments than if its investments were diversified across different industry sectors.

Shares are bought and sold at market price on an exchange not NAV as a mutual fund and are not individually redeemed by the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Market price returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4:00 pm Eastern Time (when NAV is normally determined), and do not represent the return you would receive if you traded at other times.

An investment in the Funds is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. Sector funds tend to be riskier and more volatile than the broad market because they are less diversified. Investing in mid and small capitalization companies may be more volatile than those of larger companies. The Funds are new and there can be no assurance that active trading markets for the Shares will develop or be maintained.

ETFs are subject to commission costs each time a “buy” or “sell” is executed. Depending on the amount of trading activity, the low costs of ETFs may be outweighed by commissions and related trading costs.

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The Focus™ Morningstar ETFs are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC, Distributor.

Morningstar® is a service mark of Morningstar, Inc. and has been licensed for use for certain purposes by FocusShares. Focus Morningstar ETFs are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Morningstar, and Morningstar makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any Focus Morningstar ETFs.