ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I - Quarter Report: 2021 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021.

OR

☐ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the transition period from _______ to _______.

Commission File Number: 001-36851

ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

844-383-6477

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes   ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). ☒ Yes   ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided in Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes   ☒ No

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate the number of Shares outstanding, as of May 3, 2021: 3,600,040

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Table of Contents

Part I.
INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Interim Combined Financial Statements.

Index to Interim Combined Financial Statements

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2020

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Schedules of Investments

March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Schedules of Investments

June 30, 2020

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Schedules of Investments – Continued

June 30, 2020

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Operations

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Operations

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Cash Flows

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim combined financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Combined Statements of Cash Flows

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I

Notes to Interim Combined Financial Statements

March 31, 2021 (unaudited)

(1) Organization

ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 23, 2014. The Trust is a series trust formed pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and currently consists of one separate series. BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF (“BDRY,” the “Fund”), is a commodity pool that continuously issues shares of beneficial interest that may be purchased and sold on NYSE Arca. As described below, SIT RISING RATE ETF (“RISE”) also operated as a series of the Trust, but was closed and liquidated prior to March 31, 2021. The Fund is managed and controlled by ETF Managers Capital LLC (the “Sponsor”), a Delaware limited liability company. The Sponsor is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a “commodity pool operator” (“CPO”) and is a member of the National Futures Trading Association (“NFA”). Breakwave Advisors, LLC (“Breakwave”) is registered as a “commodity trading advisor” (“CTA”) with the CFTC and serves as BDRY’s commodity trading advisor.

RISE Closure and Liquidation

On October 16, 2020, the Sponsor announced that it would close and liquidate the SIT RISING RATE ETF (“RISE”) because of current market conditions and the Fund’s asset size. The last day the liquidated fund accepted creation orders was on October 30, 2020. Trading in RISE was suspended after the close of the NYSE Arca on October 30, 2020. Proceeds of the liquidation were sent to shareholders on November 18, 2020 (the “Distribution Date”). From October 30, 2020 through the distribution date, shares of RISE did not trade on the NYSE Arca nor was there a secondary market for the shares. Any shareholders that remained in RISE on the Distribution Date automatically had their shares redeemed for cash at the current net asset value on November 18, 2020.

BDRY commenced investment operations on March 22, 2018. BDRY commenced trading on NYSE Arca on March 22, 2018 and trades under the symbol “BDRY.”

BDRY’s investment objective is to provide investors with exposure to the daily change in the price of dry bulk freight futures, before expenses and liabilities of BDRY, by tracking the performance of a portfolio (the “BDRY Benchmark Portfolio”) consisting of a three-month strip of the nearest calendar quarter of futures contracts on specified indexes (each a “Reference Index”) that measure rates for shipping dry bulk freight (“Freight Futures”). Each Reference Index is published each United Kingdom business day by the London-based Baltic Exchange Ltd. (the “Baltic Exchange”) and measures the charter rate for shipping dry bulk freight in a specific size category of cargo ship – Capesize, Panamax or Supramax. The three Reference Indexes are as follows:

The value of the Capesize 5TC Index is disseminated at 11:00 a.m., London Time and the value of the Panamax 4TC Index and the Supramax 6TC Index each is disseminated at 1:00 p.m., London Time. The Reference Index information disseminated by the Baltic Exchange also includes the components and value of each component in each Reference Index. Such Reference Index information also is widely disseminated by Reuters and/or other major market data vendors.

BDRY seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Freight Futures currently constituting the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio. The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes all existing positions to maturity and settles them in cash. During any given calendar quarter, the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio progressively increases its positions to the next calendar quarter three-month strip, thus maintaining constant exposure to the Freight Futures market as positions mature.

The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio maintains long-only positions in Freight Futures. The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes a combination of Capesize, Panamax and Supramax Freight Futures. More specifically, the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes 50% exposure in Capesize Freight Futures contracts, 40% exposure in Panamax Freight Futures contracts and 10% exposure in Supramax Freight Futures contracts. The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio does not include and BDRY does not invest in swaps, non-cleared dry bulk freight forwards or other over-the-counter derivative instruments that are not cleared through exchanges or clearing houses. BDRY may hold exchange-traded options on Freight Futures. The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio is maintained by Breakwave and will be rebalanced annually. The Freight Futures currently constituting the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio, as well as the daily holdings of BDRY are available on BDRY’s website at www.drybulketf.com.

When establishing positions in Freight Futures, BDRY will be required to deposit initial margin with a value of approximately 10% to 40% of the notional value of each Freight Futures position at the time it is established. These margin requirements are established and subject to change from time to time by the relevant exchanges, clearing houses or BDRY’s Futures Commission Merchant (“FCM”), ED&F Man Capital Markets, Inc. On a daily basis, BDRY is obligated to pay, or entitled to receive, variation margin in an amount equal to the change in the daily settlement level of its Freight Futures positions. Any assets not required to be posted as margin with the FCM may be held at BDRY’s custodian or remain with the FCM in cash or cash equivalents, as discussed below.

BDRY was created to provide investors with a cost-effective and convenient way to gain exposure to daily changes in the price of Freight Futures. BDRY is intended to be used as a diversification opportunity as part of a complete portfolio, not a complete investment program.

The Fund will incur certain expenses in connection with its operations. The Fund will hold cash or cash equivalents such as U.S. Treasuries or other high credit quality, short-term fixed-income or similar securities for direct investment or as collateral for the Treasury Instruments and for other liquidity purposes and to meet redemptions that may be necessary on an ongoing basis. These expenses and income from the cash and cash equivalent holdings may cause imperfect correlation between changes in the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and changes in the Benchmark Portfolio, because the Benchmark Portfolio does not reflect expenses or income.

The Fund seeks to trade its positions prior to maturity; accordingly, natural market forces may cost the Fund while rebalancing. Each time the Fund seeks to reconstitute its positions, barring movement in the underlying securities, the futures and option prices may be higher or lower. Such differences in price, barring a movement in the price of the underlying security, will constitute “roll yield” and may inhibit the Fund’s ability to achieve its respective investment objective.

Several factors determine the total return from investing in a futures contract position. One factor that impacts the total return that will result from investing in near month futures contracts and “rolling” those contracts forward each month is the price relationship between the current near month contract and the next month contract.

The CTA will close existing positions when it determines it would be appropriate to do so and reinvest the proceeds in other positions. Positions may also be closed out to meet orders for redemption baskets.

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of Accounting

The accompanying interim combined financial statements of the Fund have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The Fund qualifies as an investment company for financial reporting purposes under Topic 946 of the Accounting Standard Codification of U.S. GAAP.

The accompanying interim combined financial statements are unaudited, but in the opinion of management, contain all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary to present fairly the interim combined financial statements. These interim combined financial statements should be read in conjunction with BDRY’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2020 and BDRY’s prospectus dated March 18, 2021 (the “BDRY Prospectus,”). Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period.

(b) Use of Estimates

The preparation of the interim combined financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the interim combined financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. There were no significant estimates used in the preparation of the interim combined financial statements.

(c) Cash

Cash, when shown in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities, represents non-segregated cash with the custodian and does not include short-term investments.

(d) Cash Held by Broker

Breakwave is registered as a “commodity trading advisor” and acts as such for BDRY. The Fund’s arrangement with its FCM requires the Fund to meet its variation margin requirement related to the price movements, both positive and negative, on futures contracts held by the Fund by keeping cash on deposit with the Commodity Broker (as defined below). These amounts are shown as Segregated cash held by broker in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund deposits cash or United States Treasury Obligations, as applicable, with its FCM subject to the CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. The combination of the Fund’s deposits with its FCM of cash and United States Treasury Obligations, as applicable, and the unrealized gain or loss on open futures contracts (variation margin) represents the Fund’s overall equity in its brokerage trading account. The Fund uses its cash held by its FCM to satisfy variation margin requirements. The Fund earns interest on its cash deposited with its FCM and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.

(e) Final Net Asset Value for Fiscal Period

The calculation time of the Fund’s final net asset value for creation and redemption of Fund shares for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. RISE was liquidated on November 18, 2020 at its final net asset value as of that date.

Although the Fund’s shares may continue to trade on secondary markets subsequent to the calculation of the final NAV, the 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time represented the final opportunity to transact in creation or redemption baskets for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Fair value per share is determined at the close of the NYSE Arca.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund values its investment positions based upon the final closing price in their primary markets. Accordingly, the investment valuations in these interim combined financial statements differ from those used in the calculations of the Fund’s final creation/redemption NAVs at March 31, 2021 and 2020.

(f) Investment Valuation

Short-term investments, excluding U.S. Treasury Bills, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued as determined by an independent pricing service based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions.

Futures and options contracts are valued at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that futures and/or options contract trades.

(g) Financial Instruments and Fair Value

The Fund discloses the fair value of its investments in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) fair value measurement and disclosure guidance which requires a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The disclosure requirements establish a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between: (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent to the Fund (observable inputs); and (2) the Fund’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The three levels defined by the disclosure requirements hierarchy are as follows:

In some instances, the inputs used to measure fair value might fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest input level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Fair value measurements also require additional disclosure when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased, as well as when circumstances indicate that a transaction is not orderly.

The following table summarizes BDRY’s valuation of investments at March 31, 2021 and at June 30, 2020 using the fair value hierarchy:

a – Included in Investments in securities in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

b – Included in Receivable on open futures contracts in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

a – Included in Investments in securities in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

b – Included in Receivable on open futures contracts in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. During the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended June 30, 2020, BDRY recognized no transfers from Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following tables summarize RISE’s valuation of investments at June 30, 2020 using the fair value hierarchy:

a – Included in Investments in securities in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

b – Included in Options written, at fair value in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

c – Included in Payable on open futures contracts in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. During the year ended June 30, 2020, RISE recognized no transfers from Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.

(h) Investment Transactions and Related Income

Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. All such transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis, and marked to market daily. Unrealized gain/loss on open futures contracts is reflected in Receivable/Payable on open futures contracts in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the change in the unrealized gain/loss between periods is reflected in the Combined Statements of Operations. BDRY’s interest earned on short-term securities and on cash deposited with ED & F Man Capital Markets Inc. is accrued daily and reflected as Interest Income, when applicable, in the Combined Statements of Operations.

(i) Federal Income Taxes

The Fund is registered as a Delaware statutory trust and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Fund does not expect to incur U.S. federal income tax liability; rather, each beneficial owner is required to take into account their allocable share of the Fund’s income, gain, loss, deductions and other items for the Fund’s taxable year ending with or within the beneficial owner’s taxable year.

Management of the Fund has reviewed the open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns at March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020. The Fund is also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. On an ongoing basis, management will monitor its tax positions taken to determine if adjustments to its conclusions are necessary based on factors including, but not limited to, further implementation of guidance expected from the FASB and on-going analysis of tax law, regulation, and interpretations thereof. The Fund’s federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years after they are filed.

(j) Reclassification and Changes in Presentation

Certain reclassifications and changes in presentation have been made to the prior unaudited interim combined financial statements to conform with the current period presentation.

(3) Investments

(a) Short-Term Investments

The Fund may purchase U.S. Treasury Bills, agency securities, and other high-credit quality short-term fixed income or similar securities with original maturities of one year or less. A portion of these investments may be used as margin for the Fund’s trading in futures contracts.

(b) Accounting for Derivative Instruments

In seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the commodity trading advisor uses a mathematical approach to investing. Using this approach, the commodity trading advisor determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that it believes in combination should produce returns consistent with the Fund’s objective.

All open derivative positions at March 31, 2021 and at June 30, 2020, as applicable, are disclosed in the Combined Schedules of Investments and the notional value of these open positions relative to the shareholders’ capital of the Fund is generally representative of the notional value of open positions to shareholders’ capital throughout the reporting periods for the Fund. The volume associated with derivative positions varies on a daily basis as the Fund transacts in derivative contracts in order to achieve the appropriate exposure, as expressed in notional value, in comparison to shareholders’ capital consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.

Following is a description of the derivative instruments used by the Fund during the reporting period, including the primary underlying risk exposures.

(c) Futures Contracts

The Fund enters into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of the Benchmark Portfolio. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future cash settlement of a specified quantity and type of a treasury futures contract at a specified time and place. The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller of a treasury futures contract may generally be satisfied by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. The initial margin is segregated as Cash held by broker, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and is restricted as to its use. Pursuant to the futures contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing a futures transaction.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically treasury price risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin. The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure the Fund has in the particular classes of instruments. Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts include imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default.

BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as of March 31, 2021

BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2020

BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

The futures contracts open at March 31, 2021 are indicative of the activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

The futures contracts open at March 31, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations

For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021

The futures contracts open at March 31, 2021 are indicative of the activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2021.

BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations

For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020

The futures contracts open at March 31, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2020.

SIT RISING RATE ETF

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2020

SIT RISING RATE ETF

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

The futures and options contracts open at March 31, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

SIT RISING RATE ETF

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations

For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021

The operations include the activity of Sit Rising Rate ETF through November 18, 2020, the date of liquidation.

SIT RISING RATE ETF

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations

For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020

The futures and options contracts open at March 31, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the nine months ended March 31, 2020.

(4) Agreements

(a) Management Fee

The Fund pays the Sponsor a sponsor fee (the “Sponsor Fee”) in consideration of the Sponsor’s advisory services to the Fund. Additionally, the Fund pays its commodity trading advisor a license and service fee (the “CTA fee”).

BDRY pays the Sponsor an annual Sponsor Fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount calculated as the greater of 0.15% of its average daily net assets, or $125,000. BDRY also paid an annual fee to Breakwave, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 1.45% of BDRY’s average daily net assets. Breakwave has agreed to waive its CTA fee to the extent necessary, and the Sponsor has voluntarily agreed to correspondingly assume the remaining expenses of BDRY such that Fund expenses do not exceed an annual rate of 3.50%, excluding brokerage commissions and interest expense, of the value of BDRY’s average daily net assets through February 28, 2022 (the “BDRY Expense Cap,”). The assumption of expenses by the Sponsor and waiver of BDRY’s CTA fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor and Breakwave, respectively.

The waiver of BDRY’s CTA fees, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $20,752 and $25,190, for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $39,184 and $41,403 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

BDRY (and, prior to its liquidation, RISE) currently accrues its daily expenses up to the Expense Cap, or if less, at accrual estimates established by the Sponsor. At the end of each month, the accrued amount is remitted to the Sponsor as the Sponsor has assumed, and is responsible for the payment of the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund in excess of the Fund’s Expense Cap, which in the case of RISE, aggregated $100,377 for the three months ended March 31, 2020, and $136,902 and $297,853 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations. In the case of BDRY, expenses absorbed by the sponsor aggregated $-0- and $67,532 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $-0- and $284,850 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

(b) The Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent

The Fund has appointed U.S. Bank, a national banking association, with its principal office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the custodian (the “Custodian”). Its affiliate, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, is the Fund accountant (“the Fund accountant”) of the Fund, transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) for Fund shares and administrator for the Fund (the “Administrator”). It performs certain administrative and accounting services for the Fund and prepares certain SEC, NFA and CFTC reports on behalf of the Fund. (U.S. Bank and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services are referred to collectively hereinafter as “U.S. Bank”).

BDRY has agreed to pay U.S. Bank 0.05% of AUM, with a $45,000 minimum annual fee payable for its administrative, accounting and transfer agent services and 0.01% of AUM, with an annual minimum of $4,800 for custody services. BDRY paid U.S. Bank $15,930 and $15,379 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $48,498 and $46,475 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

Prior to its liquidation RISE paid U.S. Bank $14,322 for the three months ended March 31, 2020, and $19,486 and $43,280 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

(c) The Distributor

The Fund pays ETFMG Financial LLC. (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, an annual fee for statutory and wholesaling distribution services and related administrative services equal to the greater of $15,000 or 0.02% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, payable monthly. Pursuant to the Marketing Agent Agreement between the Sponsor, the Fund and the Distributor, the Distributor assists the Sponsor and the Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund, including reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance matters. The Distributor also assists with the processing of creation and redemption orders.

BDRY incurred $3,873 and $3,933 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $11,791 and $11,887 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

Prior to its liquidation, RISE incurred $3,863 in distribution and related administrative services for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $5,116 and $11,675 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

BDRY pays the Sponsor an annual fee for wholesale support services of $25,000 plus 0.12% of BDRY’s average daily net assets, payable monthly.

Prior to its liquidation, RISE also paid the Sponsor an annual fee for wholesale support services equal to 0.1% of RISE’s average daily net assets, payable monthly.

BDRY incurred $16,042 and $8,301 in wholesale support fees for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $46,437 and $22,211 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

Prior to its liquidation, RISE incurred $1,369 in wholesale support fees for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $1,522 and $4,952 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

(d) The Commodity Broker

ED&F Man Capital Inc., a Delaware limited liability company, serves as BDRY’s clearing broker (the “Commodity Broker”). In its capacity as clearing broker, the Commodity Broker executes and clear the Funds’ futures transactions and performs certain administrative services for the Funds. Prior to November 6, 2020, MacQuarie Futures USA LLC served as BDRY’s clearing broker.

The Fund pays respective brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association (“NFA”) fees, give–up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities in CFTC regulated investments. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are recognized on a half-turn basis.

The Sponsor does not expect brokerage commissions and fees to exceed 0.40% (excluding the impact on the Fund of creation and/or redemption activity) for BDRY of the net asset value of the Fund for execution and clearing services on behalf of the Fund, although the actual amount of brokerage commissions and fees in any year or any part of any year may be greater. The effects of trading spreads, financing costs associated with financial instruments, and costs relating to the purchase of U.S. Treasury Securities or similar high credit quality short-term fixed-income or similar securities are not included in the foregoing analysis. BDRY incurred $115,803 and $61,408 in brokerage commissions and fees for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $274,845 and $76,907 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

Prior to its liquidation, RISE incurred $1,120 in brokerage commissions and fees for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $1,424 and $3,913 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.

(e) The Trustee

Under the respective Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) for the Fund, Wilmington Trust Company, the Trustee of the Fund (the “Trustee”) serves as the sole trustee of the Fund in the State of Delaware. The Trustee will accept service of legal process on the Fund in the State of Delaware and will make certain filings under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. Under the Trust Agreement for the Fund, the Sponsor has the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Fund. The Trustee does not owe any other duties to the Fund, the Sponsor or the Shareholders of the Fund. The Trustee has no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Sponsor, nor does the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Sponsor. BDRY incurred $617 and $621 in trustee fees for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $1,877 and $1,878 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is included in Other Expenses in the Combined Statements of Operations.

Prior to its liquidation, RISE incurred $621 in trustee fees for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $843 and $1,878 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is included in Other Expenses in the Combined Statements of Operations.

(f) Routine Offering, Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses

The Sponsor, in accordance with the BDRY Expense Cap limitation paid, after the waiver of the CTA fee for BDRY by Breakwave, all of the routine offering, operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of BDRY in excess of 3.50% (excluding brokerage commissions and interest expense) of BDRY’s average daily net assets, including, but not limited to, accounting and computer services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, Administrator, Custodian, Transfer Agent and Distributor, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax return preparation expenses, filing fees, and printing, mailing and duplication costs. BDRY incurred $424,697 and $214,940 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $1,082,512 and $503,104 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in routine offering, operational, administrative or other ordinary expenses.

The CTA fee waiver for BDRY by Breakwave was $20,752 and $25,190 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $39,184 and $41,403 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

In addition, the assumption of Fund expenses above the BDRY Expense Cap by the Sponsor, pursuant to the undertaking (as discussed in Note 4a), amounted to $-0- and $67,532 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $-0- and $284,850 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Prior to its liquidation, RISE incurred $115,209 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $193,779 and $351,317 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, in routine offering, operational, administrative or other ordinary expenses.

Prior to its liquidation, the assumption of Fund expenses above the RISE Expense Cap by the Sponsor, pursuant to the undertaking (as discussed in Note 4a), amounted to $100,377 the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $136,902 and $297,853 for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(g) Organizational and Offering Costs

Expenses incurred in connection with organizing BDRY and up to the offering of its Shares upon commencement of its investment operations on March 22, 2018, were paid by the Sponsor and Breakwave without reimbursement.

Accordingly, all such expenses are not reflected in the Statements of Operations. The Fund will bear the costs of its continuous offering of Shares and ongoing offering expenses. Such ongoing offering costs will be included as a portion of the Routine Offering, Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses. These costs will include registration fees for regulatory agencies and all legal, accounting, printing and other expenses associated therewith. These costs will be accounted for as a deferred charge and thereafter amortized to expense over twelve months on a straight-line basis or a shorter period if warranted. During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 the Sponsor, in order to maintain the continuous offering of Shares, undertook to register additional Shares of the Fund, the costs of which will be borne by the Fund. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020, BDRY incurred no such expenses.

(h) Extraordinary Fees and Expenses

The Fund will pay all extraordinary fees and expenses, if any. Extraordinary fees and expenses are fees and expenses which are nonrecurring and unusual in nature, such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs or indemnification or other unanticipated expenses. Such extraordinary fees and expenses, by their nature, are unpredictable in terms of timing and amount. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, BDRY incurred no such expenses.

(5) Creations and Redemptions

The Fund issues and redeems Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Creation Baskets. A Creation Basket is a block of 25,000 Shares of each Fund. Baskets may be created or redeemed only by Authorized Participants.

Except when aggregated in Creation Baskets, the Shares are not redeemable securities. Retail investors, therefore, generally will not be able to purchase or redeem Shares directly from or with the Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase or sell Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker. Thus, some of the information contained in these Notes to Interim Combined Financial Statements – such as references to the Transaction Fee imposed on creations and redemptions – is not relevant to retail investors.

(a) Transaction Fees on Creation and Redemption Transactions

In connection with orders to create and redeem one or more Creation Baskets, an Authorized Participant is required to pay a transaction fee, or AP Transaction Fee, of $250 ($500 prior to May 18, 2020) per order, which goes directly to the Custodian. The AP Transaction Fees are paid by the Authorized Participants and not by the Fund.

(b) Share Transactions

BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF

SIT RISING RATE ETF (PRIOR TO LIQUIDATION ON NOVEMBER 18, 2020)

(6) Risk

(a) Investment Related Risk

The NAV of BDRY’s shares relates directly to the value of the futures portfolio, cash and cash equivalents held by BDRY. Fluctuations in the prices of these assets could materially adversely affect the value and performance of an investment in BDRY’s shares. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results; all or substantially all of an investment in BDRY could be lost.

The NAV of BDRY’s shares relates directly to the value of futures investments held by BDRY which are materially impacted by fluctuations in changes in spot charter rates. Charter rates for dry bulk vessels are volatile and have declined significantly since their historic highs and may remain at low levels or decrease further in the future.

Futures and options contracts have expiration dates. Before or upon the expiration of a contract, BDRY may be required to enter into a replacement contract that is priced higher or that have less favorable terms than the contract being replaced (see “Negative Roll Risk,” below). The Freight Futures market settles in cash against published indices, so there is no physical delivery against the futures contracts.

Similar to other futures contracts, the Freight Futures curve shape could be either in “contango” (where the futures curve is upward sloping with next futures price higher than the current one) or “backwardation” (where each the next futures price is lower than the current one). Contango curves are generally characterized by negative roll cost, as the expiring contract value is lower that the next prompt contract value, assuming the same lot size. That means there could be losses incurred when the contracts are rolled each period and such losses are independent of the Freight Futures price level.

(b) Liquidity Risk

In certain circumstances, such as the disruption of the orderly markets for the futures contracts or Financial Instruments in which the Fund invests, the Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent what the market value may have been in an orderly market. Futures and option positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired price. It is difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in a market. A market disruption can also make it difficult to liquidate a position. The large size of the positions that the Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity both by making its positions more difficult to liquidate and by potentially increasing losses while trying to do so. Such a situation may prevent the Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation with the Benchmark Portfolio.

(c) Natural Disaster/Epidemic Risk

Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics (for example, the novel coronavirus COVID-19), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and have recently led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and significant market losses. Such natural disaster and health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned, and result in significant breakdowns, delays, shutdowns, social isolation, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains affected, with potential corresponding results on the operating performance of the Fund and its investments. A climate of uncertainty and panic, including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may adversely affect global, regional, and local economies and reduce the availability of potential investment opportunities, and increases the difficulty of performing due diligence and modeling market conditions, potentially reducing the accuracy of financial projections. Under these circumstances, the Fund may have difficulty achieving its investment objective which may adversely impact performance. Further, such events can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, significantly disrupt the operations of individual companies (including, but not limited to, the Fund’s Sponsor and third party service providers), sectors, industries, markets, securities and commodity exchanges, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Fund’s investments. These factors can cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures and can impact the ability of the Fund to complete redemptions and otherwise affect Fund performance and Fund trading in the secondary market. A widespread crisis may also affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. How long such events will last and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted. Impacts from these events could have significant impact on the Fund’s performance, resulting in losses to the Fund.

(d) Risk that Current Assumptions and Expectations Could Become Outdated as a result of Global Economic Shocks

The onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused significant shocks to global financial markets and economies, with many governments taking extreme actions to slow and contain the spread of COVID-19. These actions have had, and likely will continue to have, a severe economic impact on global economies as economic activity in some instances has essentially ceased at times. Financial markets across the globe have experienced, and may continue to experience, severe distress at least equal to what was experienced during the global financial crisis in 2008.

The global economic shocks being experienced as of the date hereof may cause the underlying assumptions and expectations of the Fund to become outdated quickly or inaccurate, resulting in significant losses.

(7) Profit and Loss Allocations and Distributions

Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, income and expenses are allocated pro rata among the Shareholders monthly based on their respective percentage interests as of the close of the last trading day of the preceding month. Any losses allocated to the Sponsor which are in excess of the Sponsor’s capital balance are allocated to the Shareholders in accordance with their respective interest in the Fund as a percentage of total Shareholders’ capital. Distributions (other than redemption of units) may be made at the sole discretion of the Sponsor on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective interests of the Shareholders.

(8) Indemnifications

The Sponsor, either in its own capacity or in its capacity as the Sponsor and on behalf of the Fund, has entered into various service agreements that contain a variety of representations, or provide indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Fund. As of March 31, 2021, the Fund had not received any claims or incurred any losses pursuant to these agreements and expects the risk of such losses to be remote.

(9) Termination

The term of the Fund is perpetual unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances as described in the Prospectus.

On October 16, 2020, the Sponsor announced that it would close and liquidate the SIT RISING RATE ETF (“RISE”) because of current market conditions and the Fund’s asset size. The last day the liquidated fund accepted creation orders was on October 30, 2020. Trading in RISE was suspended after the close of the NYSE Arca on October 30, 2020. Proceeds of the liquidation were sent to shareholders on November 18, 2020 (the “Distribution Date”). From October 30, 2020 through the distribution date, shares of RISE did not trade on the NYSE Arca nor was there a secondary market for the shares. Any shareholders that remained in RISE on the Distribution Date automatically had their shares redeemed for cash at the current net asset value on November 18, 2020.

(10) Net Asset Value and Financial Highlights

The Funds are presenting, as applicable, the following net asset value and financial highlights related to investment performance for a Share outstanding throughout the three month and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, respectively. The net investment income and total expense ratios are calculated using average net assets. The net asset value presentation is calculated by dividing each Fund’s net assets by the average daily number of Shares outstanding. The net investment income (loss) and expense ratios have been annualized. The total return is based on the change in net asset value and market value of the Shares during the period. An individual investor’s return and ratios may vary based on the timing of their transactions in Fund Shares.