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

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811- 22733

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Salvatore Schiavone

Treasurer
200 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4497


Date of fiscal year end:       April 30
     
     
Date of reporting period: April 30, 2020



ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.



John Hancock

Multifactor ETFs

Annual report 4/30/2020

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Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the fund's shareholder reports like this one will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the fund or from your financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change, and you do not need to take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications electronically by calling John Hancock Investment Management or by contacting your financial intermediary.

You may elect to receive all reports in paper, free of charge, at any time. You can inform John Hancock Investment Management or your financial intermediary that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by following the instructions listed above. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with John Hancock Investment Management or your financial intermediary.


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A message to shareholders

Dear shareholder,

Global financial markets were on pace to deliver strong returns during the 12 months ended April 30, 2020, until heightened fears over the coronavirus (COVID-19) sent markets tumbling during the latter half of February and early March.

In response to the sell-off, governments and banks in some of the hardest hit areas throughout the world enacted policies and stimulus efforts designed to reignite their respective economies. The U.S. Federal Reserve acted quickly, lowering interest rates to zero and reinstating quantitative easing, as well as announcing its plans to shore up short-term debt. Congress passed a $2 trillion federal economic stimulus bill. While these measures helped lift equity and fixed-income markets in the United States in the final six weeks of the period, results were mixed in other areas of the world.

The continued spread of COVID-19, trade disputes, rising unemployment, and other geopolitical tensions may continue to create uncertainty among businesses and investors. Your financial professional can help position your portfolio so that it's sufficiently diversified to seek to meet your long-term objectives and to withstand the inevitable bouts of market volatility along the way.      

On behalf of everyone at John Hancock Investment Management, I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome new shareholders and thank existing shareholders for the continued trust you've placed in us.

Sincerely,

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Andrew G. Arnott
President and CEO,
John Hancock Investment Management
Head of Wealth and Asset Management,
United States and Europe

This commentary reflects the CEO's views as of this report's period end and are subject to change at any time. Diversification does not guarantee investment returns and does not eliminate risk of loss. All investments entail risks, including the possible loss of principal. For more up-to-date information, you can visit our website at jhinvestments.com.


John Hancock
Multifactor ETFs

Table of contents

     
2   Multifactor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at a glance
3   Discussion of fund performance
8   John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF
9   John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
10   John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF
11   John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
12   John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF
13   John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF
14   John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF
15   John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF
16   John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF
17   John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF
18   John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF
19   John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
20   John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF
21   John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF
22   John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF
23   Premium/discount analysis
26   Your expenses
28   Funds' investments
79   Financial statements
92   Financial highlights
100   Notes to financial statements
114   Report of independent registered public accounting firm
116   Tax information
117   Statement regarding liquidity risk management
119   Trustees and officers
122   More information

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Multifactor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at a glance

Many traditional indexes and index funds are weighted by market capitalization, a bias that can expose investors to certain risks and potentially reduce returns. Strategic beta strategies such as John Hancock Multifactor ETFs offer a different approach. Each ETF seeks to improve on cap-weighted strategies by tracking an index that combines active management insight with the discipline of a rules-based approach.

STRATEGIC BETA1: STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE INVESTING


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PHILOSOPHY BACKING INDEX DESIGN


According to Dimensional Fund Advisors, subadvisor for all John Hancock Multifactor ETFs, there are four key factors that drive higher expected returns, and these factors guide Dimensional's index construction and semiannual reconstitution.

Market
Equity premium—stocks over bonds

Company size
Small-cap premium—small company stocks over large company stocks

Relative price2
Value premium—value stocks over growth stocks

Profitability3
Profitability premium—stocks of highly profitable companies over stocks of less profitable companies

To be considered a true factor, a premium must be sensible, persistent across time periods, pervasive across markets, robust in data, and cost effective.

WHY MULTIFACTOR?


Individual factors can be volatile: there's no telling which will be the best performing from year to year. Adopting a multifactor approach is one way investors can pursue more consistent—and more attractive—risk-adjusted returns.
   

1 Strategic beta (also known as smart beta) defines a set of investment strategies that seek to improve on traditional market-capitalization weighted indexes in order to lower risk and achieve better diversification.
2 Relative price as measured by the price-to-book ratio; value stocks are those with lower price-to-book ratios.
3 Profitability is a measure of current profitability, based on information from individual companies' income statements.
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Manager's discussion of fund performance

Can you tell us about your investment philosophy and how it drives the composition of the exchange-traded funds (ETFs)?

We have identified four characteristics, or dimensions, of expected returns that academic research has shown to account for most of the variation in historical asset returns and that we believe will account for most of the variation in future returns. These dimensions are the overall market, company size, relative price, and profitability.*

The overall market dimension reflects the excess return over the risk-free rate, which is typically measured by short-term Treasury bills, that market participants demand for investing in a broadly diversified portfolio of equity securities without any style or market capitalization bias. That premium is called the equity premium.

The company size dimension reflects the excess return that investors demand for investing in small-capitalization stocks relative to large-capitalization stocks. The premium associated with this dimension is the small-cap, or size premium.

The relative price dimension reflects the excess return that investors expect from investing in low relative price, or value, stocks—as measured, for instance, by their price-to-book ratios—in comparison with high relative price, or growth stocks. The premium associated with this dimension is the value premium.

Finally, the profitability dimension provides a way to discern the expected returns of companies with similar price-driven characteristics. Our research shows that if two companies trade at the same relative price, the one with higher profitability should have a higher expected return over time. The premium associated with this dimension is called the profitability premium.

Relative to a cap-weighted measure of the market, we believe that incorporating the four dimensions of expected returns—market, company size, relative price, and profitability—into a single investment strategy offers the potential for outperformance over time, and an ETF is a vehicle well suited to our systematic and transparent investment approach.

The indexes we developed for John Hancock Multifactor ETFs are designed to capture these dimensions over time, and the funds are, in turn, designed to track their respective indexes.

What drives changes to the composition of the funds?

Changes are made to the funds as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions, a semiannual process by which the list of stocks and their weights in each index are updated, as well as any unscheduled changes to the index driven by company events. Reconstitution ensures that the indexes that the funds track maintain their intended exposure to the dimensions of expected returns. In addition, we impose a maximum issuer cap in each index at the time of reconstitution to control stock-specific risk.

How did the broad equity market perform during the 12 months ended April 30, 2020?

After moving steadily higher throughout most of the period, most equities plunged once the spread of the coronavirus led to shutdowns across various segments of the global economy beginning in January and continuing through the rest of the period. With no way to assess the outlook for economic growth or corporate earnings in the coming year, investors chose to sell higher-risk assets and move into relative safe havens, such as U.S. Treasuries. Value stocks trailed growth by a wide margin over the full period, due in part to investors' expectation that higher-growth companies would be in a better position to withstand an economic downturn. While the markets rebounded somewhat in April, volatility is still high.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (JHMD)

The fund underperformed the MSCI EAFE Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for developed ex-U.S. stock markets. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. Its greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations also detracted from relative performance, as mid caps underperformed large caps for the period. Conversely, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability had a positive impact on relative performance, as these stocks generally outperformed.

Compared with its benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. The fund's largest sector exposures were to the industrials, financials, and healthcare sectors. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Bayer AG and Royal Dutch Shell PLC and decreased weights in ABB, Ltd. and E.ON SE.

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JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (JHEM)

The fund underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for emerging markets. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. Its greater emphasis on mid caps had a negative impact on relative performance, as mid caps underperformed large caps. At the country level, the fund's lesser allocation to China also detracted from relative performance, as China outperformed the overall index.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest sector exposures were to the financials, information technology, and communication services sectors. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. and Sunac China Holdings, Ltd. and decreased holdings in Tencent Holdings, Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (JHML)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the broad large-cap U.S. stock market. Its greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as mid caps underperformed large caps for the period. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. Conversely, the fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability had a positive impact on relative performance, as these stocks generally outperformed.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest sector exposures were to the information technology, healthcare, and financials sectors. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Truist Financial Corp. and Trane Technologies PLC (both new additions) and decreased holdings in Apple, Inc. and L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (JHMM)

The fund underperformed the Russell Midcap Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the broad mid-cap U.S. stock market. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks detracted from relative performance. Its greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations also detracted from relative performance, as smaller mid caps underperformed larger mid caps for the period.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest sector exposures were to the information technology, industrials, and healthcare sectors. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in The Kroger Company and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (both new additions) and decreased weights in L3Harris Technologies, Inc. and Xcel Energy, Inc. (both holdings were sold during the period).

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (JHSC)

The fund underperformed the Russell 2000 Index, a cap-weighted benchmark we used as proxy for the broad small-cap U.S. stock market. The fund's exclusion of stocks with the lowest profitability and highest relative price (growth stocks) detracted from relative performance, as those stocks outperformed. Conversely, the fund's lesser exposure to micro caps contributed positively to relative performance, as micro caps underperformed small caps for the period.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest sector exposures were to the financials, industrials, and consumer discretionary sectors. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in ManpowerGroup, Inc. and Leggett & Platt, Inc. (both new additions) and decreased weights in Teladoc Health, Inc. and Chemed Corp. (both holdings were sold during the period).

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JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF (JHMC)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Consumer Discretionary Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the consumer discretionary sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as these stocks underperformed for the period. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks also detracted from relative performance.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to specialty retail and hotels, restaurants, and leisure. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in eBay, Inc. and Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (both new additions) and decreased weights in The Home Depot, Inc. and Intuit, Inc. (sold during the period).

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF (JHMS)

The fund outperformed the Russell 1000 Consumer Staples Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the consumer staples sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with higher profitability had a positive impact on relative performance, as these stocks generally outperformed within the consumer staples sector. Constituency differences between the fund and the benchmark also contributed positively to relative performance.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to food products and food and staples retailing. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Corteva, Inc. (a new addition) and Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. and decreased weights in General Mills, Inc. and The Hershey Company.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF (JHME)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Energy Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the energy sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as these stocks underperformed for the period.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to oil, gas and consumable fuels, and energy equipment and services. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Valero Energy Corp. and ConocoPhilips and decreased weights in Kinder Morgan, Inc. and MDU Resources Group, Inc. (sold during the period).

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (JHMF)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Financial Services Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the financials sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as these stocks underperformed for the period. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks also detracted from relative performance. At the industry level, the fund's general exclusion of real estate investment trusts (REITs) had a negative impact on relative performance, as REITs outperformed the overall index.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to banks and capital markets. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Truist Financial Corp. (a new addition) and PayPal Holdings, Inc. and decreased weights in Accenture PLC and IHS Markit, Ltd. (both holdings were sold during the period).

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JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF (JHMH)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Health Care Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the healthcare sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations had a negative impact on relative performance, as these stocks underperformed.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to health care equipment and supplies and pharmaceuticals. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and McKesson Corp. and decreased weights in Zoetis, Inc. and Cigna Corp.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (JHMI)

The fund outperformed the Russell 1000 Producer Durables Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the industrials sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations contributed positively to relative performance, as these stocks outperformed for the period within the industrials sector.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative price, smaller market capitalization, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to machinery and aerospace and defense. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Accenture PLC, Class A and Paychex, Inc. (both new additions) and decreased weights in L3Harris Technologies, Inc. and Ecolab, Inc. (sold during the period).

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF (JHMA)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Materials & Processing Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the materials sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations had a negative impact on relative performance, as these stocks underperformed. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks also detracted from relative performance.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to chemicals and containers and packaging. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Ecolab, Inc. and Westrock Company (both new additions) and decreased weights in Masco Corp. (sold during the period) and Linde PLC.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (JHMT)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Technology Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the information technology sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as these stocks underperformed. With low relative price (value) stocks underperforming high relative price (growth) stocks, the fund's greater emphasis on value stocks also detracted from relative performance.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, its largest industry exposures were to software and semiconductors and semiconductor equipment. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Amphenol Corp. and TE Connectivity, Ltd. (both new additions) and decreased weights in Fiserv, Inc. (sold during the period) and Apple, Inc.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF (JHMU)

The fund underperformed the Russell 1000 Utilities Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the utilities sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund holds companies involved in the provision of gas, electricity, water and power, as well as energy trading or the provision of related infrastructure or services. It excludes communication services, a sector that is included in the benchmark. The fund's greater emphasis on stocks with smaller market capitalizations detracted from relative performance, as these stocks

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underperformed for the period. The fund's exclusion of communication services securities also detracted from relative performance, as those stocks generally outperformed.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to electric utilities and multi-utilities. Changes were made to the fund as a result of regularly scheduled reconstitutions during the period. Notable changes in composition for the period included increased weights in Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. and Consolidated Edison, Inc. and decreased weights in Xcel Energy, Inc. and Eversource Energy.

JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF (JHCS)

The fund outperformed the Russell 1000 Telecommunications Index, a cap-weighted benchmark used as a proxy for the telecommunication sector of the U.S. stock market. The fund holds companies involved in the media, entertainment, interactive media and services, diversified telecommunication services, and wireless telecommunication services industries. The benchmark contains only companies in the diversified telecommunication services and the wireless telecommunication services industries. The fund's greater exposure to securities outside of the telecommunication services sector detracted from relative performance. Outside of the differences in sector definitions, the fund's greater emphasis on low relative price (value) stocks detracted from relative performance, as value stocks generally underperformed high relative price (growth) stocks for the period.

Compared with the benchmark, the fund ended the period with an emphasis on stocks with lower relative prices, smaller market capitalizations, and higher profitability. In absolute terms, the fund's largest industry exposures were to media and entertainment. Notable changes in composition for the period include increased weights in Spotify Technology SA (added during the period) and ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B and decreased weights in CoStar Group, Inc. (sold during the period) and The Walt Disney Company.

* Profitability is measured as operating income before depreciation and amortization minus interest expense, scaled by book.


A note about risks

Each fund may be subject to various risks as described in the fund's prospectus. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to change and risk. Investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal. There is no guarantee that a fund's investment strategy will be successful and there can be no assurance that active trading markets for shares will develop of be maintained by market makers or authorized participants. A widespread health crisis such as a global pandemic could cause substantial market volatility, exchange-trading suspensions and closures, impact the ability to complete redemptions, and affect fund performance. For example, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in significant disruptions to global business activity. The impact of a health crisis and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future could affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. A health crisis may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social, and economic risks. Any such impact could adversely affect each fund's performance, resulting in losses to your investment. For more information, please refer to the "Principal risks" section of each fund's prospectus. 

A note about the performance shown on the following pages
Net asset value (NAV) performance is based on the NAV calculated each business day. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing investment company shares as of the close of regular trading hours on the NYSE (see Note 2 to financial statements). Market price is determined using the bid/ask midpoint at 4 P.M. Eastern time, when the NAV is typically calculated. Your returns may differ if you traded shares at other times during the day.

   

The past performance shown here reflects reinvested distributions and the beneficial effect of any expense reductions, and does not guarantee future results. Returns for periods shorter than one year are cumulative. Shares will fluctuate in value and, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance cited. For the most recent month-end performance, visit jhinvestments.com/etf.

MANAGED BY


   
  lukasjsmart.jpg Lukas J. Smart, CFA
On the funds since inception
Investing since 2003
  joelpschneider.jpg Joel P. Schneider
On the funds since inception
Investing since 2011
  josephfhohn.jpg Joseph F. Hohn
On the funds since 2018
Investing since 2012

 

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The views expressed in this report are exclusively those of Joseph F. Hohn, Dimensional Fund Advisors and are subject to change. They are not meant as investment advice. Please note that the holdings discussed in this report may not have been held by the fund for the entire period. Portfolio composition is subject to review in accordance with the fund's investment strategy and may vary in the future. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk. A price-to-book ratio is calculated by dividing the market price of a stock by its book value per share. A price-to-earnings ratio is calculated by dividing the market price of a stock by its earnings per share. Actual performance data provided for any MSCI IMI indexes in the market performance commentary are net dividends.
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Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -10.08 5.32     26.89
Market price -10.18 5.31     26.84
John Hancock Dimensional
Consumer Discretionary Index2
-9.78 5.78     29.43
Russell 1000 Consumer
Discretionary Index3
1.45 12.16     69.37

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Specialty retail 25.2
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 19.7
Internet and direct marketing retail 16.1
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods 9.6
Multiline retail 7.6
Automobiles 5.1
Household durables 2.6
Diversified consumer services 2.2
Commercial services and supplies 1.9
Leisure products 1.7
Other 8.3
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Amazon.com, Inc. 8.5
The Home Depot, Inc. 5.0
eBay, Inc. 3.4
NIKE, Inc., Class B 3.3
Target Corp. 3.0
McDonald's Corp. 2.9
Booking Holdings, Inc. 2.5
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. 2.3
Best Buy Company, Inc. 2.3
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 2.2
TOTAL 35.4

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $12,684.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Discretionary Index is designed to comprise securities in the consumer discretionary sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The consumer discretionary sector is composed of companies in areas such as restaurants, media, consumer retail, leisure equipment and products, hotels, apparel, automobiles, and consumer durable goods. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Consumer Discretionary Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the consumer discretionary sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.68
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       8


Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 1.62 4.76     20.95
Market price 1.62 4.75     20.94
John Hancock Dimensional
Consumer Staples Index2
1.99 5.21     23.11
Russell 1000 Consumer
Staples Index3
0.62 3.20     13.76

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Food products 29.6
Food and staples retailing 22.1
Beverages 19.7
Household products 17.3
Tobacco 7.5
Chemicals 2.6
Household durables 0.7
Personal products 0.4
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Walmart, Inc. 6.7
The Procter & Gamble Company 6.2
PepsiCo, Inc. 6.0
The Coca-Cola Company 5.1
Costco Wholesale Corp. 5.1
The Kroger Company 4.9
Philip Morris International, Inc. 3.9
Altria Group, Inc. 3.6
Colgate-Palmolive Company 3.4
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 3.1
TOTAL 48.0

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $12,094.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Staples Index is designed to comprise securities in the consumer staples sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The consumer staples sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of food, beverages, tobacco, household goods, or personal products. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Consumer Staples Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the consumer staples sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.85
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       9


Multifactor Developed International ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1 year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -12.57 1.43     4.91
Market price -13.69 1.08     3.71
John Hancock Dimensional
Developed International Index2
-11.99 2.15     7.44
MSCI EAFE Index3 -11.34 2.13     7.37

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Industrials 16.2
Financials 14.5
Health care 12.2
Consumer discretionary 11.9
Consumer staples 9.6
Materials 9.1
Communication services 6.4
Information technology 6.1
Utilities 4.9
Real estate 4.3
Other 4.8
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Nestle SA 1.7
Toyota Motor Corp. 1.5
Roche Holding AG 1.3
Novartis AG 1.1
Vonovia SE 1.0
BP PLC 1.0
Orange SA 0.9
Bayer AG 0.7
AstraZeneca PLC 0.7
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares 0.7
TOTAL 10.6

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $10,371.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 12-15-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Developed International Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities of companies associated with developed markets outside of the United States and Canada. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis.
3 The MSCI Europe, Australasia, and Far East (EAFE) Index comprises securities of publicly traded large- and mid-cap stocks of companies in those regions.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until July 31, 2021 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.45
Net (%) 0.39

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       10


Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -14.44 -7.23     -11.26
Market price -16.99 -8.70     -13.49
John Hancock Dimensional
Emerging Markets Index2
-13.77 -6.98     -10.88
MSCI Emerging Markets Index3 -12.00 -5.36     -8.39

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Financials 22.2
Information technology 15.8
Communication services 12.5
Consumer discretionary 12.0
Materials 7.8
Energy 7.8
Consumer staples 7.4
Industrials 4.6
Real estate 3.6
Utilities 3.3
Other 3.0
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. 4.8
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. 4.0
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 3.8
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR 3.8
China Construction Bank Corp., H Shares 1.8
China Mobile, Ltd. 1.6
Ping An Insurance Group Company of China, Ltd., H Shares 1.5
Reliance Industries, Ltd. 1.3
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., H Shares 1.1
NetEase, Inc., ADR 1.0
TOTAL 24.7

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $8,651.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-27-18.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities of companies associated with emerging markets, which may include frontier markets (Emerging markets in an earlier stage of development). The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis.
3 The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is an unmanaged index designed to measure the performance of developing markets.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until July 31, 2021 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.57
Net (%) 0.49

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       11


Multifactor Energy ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -44.93 -11.01     -37.95
Market price -44.93 -11.01     -37.97
John Hancock Dimensional
Energy Index2
-44.84 -10.64     -36.91
Russell 1000 Energy Index3 -39.06 -8.45     -30.32

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 87.8
Energy equipment and services 12.1
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Chevron Corp. 7.6
Valero Energy Corp. 7.4
Exxon Mobil Corp. 7.0
ConocoPhillips 6.7
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 5.2
EOG Resources, Inc. 4.1
The Williams Companies, Inc. 3.9
Pioneer Natural Resources Company 3.9
Baker Hughes Company 3.8
Schlumberger, Ltd. 3.6
TOTAL 53.2

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $6,203.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Energy Index is designed to comprise securities in the energy sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The energy sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as the production, distribution, or sale of alternative fuels, coal, electricity, natural gas, nuclear power, oil, and other forms of energy. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Energy Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index s classified in the energy sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.80
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       12


Multifactor Financials ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -16.06 6.52     33.63
Market price -16.03 6.52     33.64
John Hancock Dimensional
Financials Index2
-15.78 6.99     36.37
Russell 1000 Financial
Services Index3
-11.28 8.50     45.44

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Banks 25.0
Capital markets 23.6
Insurance 22.0
IT services 16.8
Consumer finance 5.3
Diversified financial services 5.0
Professional services 1.5
Thrifts and mortgage finance 0.8
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Visa, Inc., Class A 4.6
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 4.3
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B 4.0
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.8
Bank of America Corp. 3.1
Wells Fargo & Company 2.6
Citigroup, Inc. 2.2
PayPal Holdings, Inc. 2.1
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 1.5
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 1.4
TOTAL 29.6

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $13,364.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Financials Index is designed to comprise securities in the financials sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The financials sector is composed of companies in areas such as banking, savings and loans, insurance, consumer finance, investment brokerage, asset management, or other diverse financial services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Financial Services Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the financial services sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.61
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       13


Multifactor Healthcare ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 13.70 10.15     55.86
Market price 13.71 10.14     55.82
John Hancock Dimensional
Healthcare Index2
14.16 10.64     59.10
Russell 1000 Health Care Index3 15.12 11.41     64.22

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Health care equipment and supplies 24.9
Pharmaceuticals 23.5
Health care providers and services 22.6
Biotechnology 16.2
Life sciences tools and services 10.0
Health care technology 2.4
Diversified consumer services 0.3
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Johnson & Johnson 6.3
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 5.6
Pfizer, Inc. 4.3
Merck & Company, Inc. 3.9
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2.5
Abbott Laboratories 2.5
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 2.4
Amgen, Inc. 2.4
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 2.3
Medtronic PLC 2.2
TOTAL 34.4

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $15,582.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Healthcare Index is designed to comprise securities in the healthcare sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The healthcare sector is composed of companies in areas such as the manufacture of healthcare equipment and supplies, biotechnology, home or long-term healthcare facilities, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, or the provision of basic healthcare services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Health Care Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the health care sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.61
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       14


Multifactor Industrials ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -13.92 7.41     33.97
Market price -13.94 7.40     33.96
John Hancock Dimensional
Industrials Index2
-13.62 7.89     36.48
Russell 1000 Producer
Durables Index3
-15.48 6.23     28.09

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Machinery 20.6
Aerospace and defense 13.6
Road and rail 9.2
IT services 9.0
Electrical equipment 6.4
Industrial conglomerates 6.2
Commercial services and supplies 5.1
Trading companies and distributors 4.2
Building products 4.2
Air freight and logistics 4.1
Other 17.4
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Union Pacific Corp. 2.7
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 2.6
Accenture PLC, Class A 2.5
3M Company 2.1
Honeywell International, Inc. 2.0
Lockheed Martin Corp. 2.0
PACCAR, Inc. 2.0
Caterpillar, Inc. 1.9
Deere & Company 1.8
Cummins, Inc. 1.8
TOTAL 21.4

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $13,396.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Industrials Index is designed to comprise securities in the industrials sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The industrials sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as aerospace and defense, construction and engineering, machinery, building products and equipment, road/rail/air/marine transportation and infrastructure, industrial trading and distribution, and related services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Producer Durables Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the industrials sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.84
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       15


Multifactor Large Cap ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -3.04 9.95     54.56
Market price -3.20 9.91     54.34
John Hancock Dimensional
Large Cap Index2
-2.74 10.29     56.78
Russell 1000 Index3 0.09 11.22     62.96

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Information technology 22.7
Health care 15.0
Financials 12.0
Industrials 10.8
Consumer discretionary 10.4
Communication services 8.1
Consumer staples 6.8
Utilities 4.6
Materials 3.4
Real estate 3.4
Other 2.8
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Microsoft Corp. 3.4
Apple, Inc. 3.3
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.3
Alphabet, Inc., Class A 1.6
Johnson & Johnson 1.1
Facebook, Inc., Class A 1.1
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B 1.1
Intel Corp. 0.9
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 0.9
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.9
TOTAL 16.6

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $15,434.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Large Cap Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities in the U.S. universe issued by companies whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 801st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Index comprises 1000 publicly-traded large-cap companies in the United States.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until July 31, 2021 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.32
Net (%) 0.29

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       16


Multifactor Materials ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -11.77 4.45     19.52
Market price -11.84 4.45     19.52
John Hancock Dimensional
Materials Index2
-11.47 4.90     21.63
Russell 1000 Materials &
Processing Index3
-9.56 5.65     25.21

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Chemicals 51.5
Containers and packaging 23.8
Metals and mining 16.1
Construction materials 4.8
Building products 1.2
Aerospace and defense 1.1
Multi-utilities 0.9
Machinery 0.5
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Linde PLC 5.8
Newmont Corp. 5.3
PPG Industries, Inc. 4.7
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 4.4
The Sherwin-Williams Company 4.2
Ecolab, Inc. 4.1
Ball Corp. 3.7
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A 3.6
International Paper Company 3.5
Nucor Corp. 3.4
TOTAL 42.7

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $11,952.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Materials Index is designed to comprise securities in the materials sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The materials sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as chemicals, metals, paper products, containers and packaging, and construction materials. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Materials & Processing Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the materials sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.94
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       17


Multifactor Media and Communications ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -4.60 1.03     1.18
Market price -4.57 1.09     1.24
John Hancock Dimensional
Media & Comm Index2
-4.26 1.34     1.53
Russell 1000 Telecommunication Index3 -11.58 2.83     3.23

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Media 31.6
Entertainment 25.0
Interactive media and services 22.0
Diversified telecommunication services 16.5
Wireless telecommunication services 3.1
Software 1.0
Communications equipment 0.7
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Netflix, Inc. 7.1
Facebook, Inc., Class A 6.7
Verizon Communications, Inc. 6.6
Comcast Corp., Class A 5.8
AT&T, Inc. 5.4
The Walt Disney Company 5.0
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A 4.8
CenturyLink, Inc. 3.5
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 3.4
Twitter, Inc. 3.4
TOTAL 51.7

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $10,124.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-11-19.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Media and Communications Index is designed to comprise securities in the media and communications sector within the U.S. Universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution.
3 The Russell 1000 Telecommunication Index tracks the performance of 1,000 publicly traded communication companies in the United States. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.85
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       18


Multifactor Mid Cap ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -10.56 6.93     36.01
Market price -10.61 6.93     36.01
John Hancock Dimensional
Mid Cap Index2
-10.22 7.36     38.58
Russell Midcap Index3 -10.00 7.05     36.70

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Information technology 20.3
Industrials 14.9
Health care 14.3
Financials 13.1
Consumer discretionary 10.9
Real estate 6.3
Materials 5.7
Utilities 5.7
Consumer staples 3.7
Communication services 3.5
Other 1.6
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
ANSYS, Inc. 0.4
Synopsys, Inc. 0.4
Amphenol Corp., Class A 0.4
MSCI, Inc. 0.4
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 0.4
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 0.4
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 0.4
Akamai Technologies, Inc. 0.4
ResMed, Inc. 0.4
Best Buy Company, Inc. 0.4
TOTAL 4.0

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $13,601.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Mid Cap Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities in the U.S. universe issued by companies whose market capitalizations are between the 200th and 951st largest U.S. companies at the time of reconstitution. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell Midcap Index comprises approximately 800 publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the United States.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until July 31, 2021 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.44
Net (%) 0.42

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       19


Multifactor Small Cap ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -18.07 -4.59     -10.99
Market price -18.13 -4.62     -11.05
John Hancock Dimensional
Small Cap Index2
-17.80 -4.20     -10.09
Russell 2000 Index3 -16.39 -3.42     -8.25

SECTOR COMPOSITION (%)


   
Financials 18.1
Industrials 15.9
Consumer discretionary 14.3
Information technology 13.4
Health care 12.5
Real estate 10.2
Utilities 5.3
Materials 4.0
Consumer staples 3.5
Communication services 1.8
Other 1.0
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Five9, Inc. 0.5
Repligen Corp. 0.5
United Therapeutics Corp. 0.5
ITT, Inc. 0.5
Legg Mason, Inc. 0.5
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 0.5
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 0.5
Cree, Inc. 0.5
Chegg, Inc. 0.5
Quidel Corp. 0.5
TOTAL 5.0

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $8,895.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 11-8-17.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index is designed to comprise a subset of securities in the U.S. universe issued by companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than the 750th largest U.S. company but excluding the smallest 4% of U.S. companies at the time of reconstitution. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE American, LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 2000 Index comprises 2000 publicly-traded small-cap companies in the United States.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until July 31, 2021 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.49
Net (%) 0.42

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       20


Multifactor Technology ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value 6.65 19.15     123.56
Market price 6.51 19.11     123.25
John Hancock Dimensional
Technology Index2
7.02 19.55     126.99
Russell 1000 Technology Index3 17.22 22.22     151.29

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Software 34.8
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 30.9
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals 10.3
IT services 8.9
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 8.1
Communications equipment 6.6
Electrical equipment 0.4
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Microsoft Corp. 6.5
Apple, Inc. 6.3
Intel Corp. 5.4
Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.3
Oracle Corp. 3.0
IBM Corp. 2.8
Texas Instruments, Inc. 2.4
salesforce.com, Inc. 2.4
Broadcom, Inc. 2.0
Adobe, Inc. 2.0
TOTAL 36.1

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $22,325.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 9-28-15.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Technology Index is designed to comprise securities in the technology sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The technology sector is composed of companies in areas such as the creation, development or provision of software, hardware, internet services, database management, information technology consulting and services, data processing, or semi-conductors. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Technology Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the technology sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.59
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       21


Multifactor Utilities ETF

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%)


           
Average annual total returns (%)   Cumulative total returns (%)
  1-year Since fund
inception1
    Since fund
inception1
Net asset value -5.16 6.34     28.61
Market price -5.10 6.35     28.66
John Hancock Dimensional
Utilities Index2
-4.81 6.85     31.14
Russell 1000 Utilities Index3 1.25 5.67     25.33

INDUSTRY COMPOSITION (%)


   
Electric utilities 54.0
Multi-utilities 32.7
Gas utilities 5.2
Independent power and renewable electricity producers 4.0
Water utilities 4.0
Short-term investments and other 0.1
TOTAL 100.0
As a percentage of net assets.  

GROWTH OF $10,000


This chart shows what happened to a hypothetical $10,000 investment in John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF for the period indicated, assuming all distributions were reinvested. For comparison, we've shown the same investment in two separate indexes.

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TOP TEN HOLDINGS4 (%)


   
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 5.5
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 5.0
PPL Corp. 4.6
Exelon Corp. 4.4
The Southern Company 4.3
Edison International 4.2
Entergy Corp. 3.8
NextEra Energy, Inc. 3.7
DTE Energy Company 3.7
Duke Energy Corp. 3.6
TOTAL 42.8

The value of a $10,000 investment calculated at market value from inception through period end would be $12,866.

The chart and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Unlike an index, the fund's total returns are reduced by operating expenses and management fees.

1 From 3-28-16.
2 The John Hancock Dimensional Utilities Index is designed to comprise securities in the utilities sector within the U.S. universe whose market capitalizations are larger than that of the 1001st largest U.S. company at the time of reconstitution. Stocks that compose the index include those that may be considered medium or smaller capitalization company stocks. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on a semiannual basis. The utilities sector is composed of companies involved in areas such as the provision of gas, electric, and water power, energy trading, or the provision of related infrastructure or services. The U.S. universe is defined as a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted portfolio of U.S. operating companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE MKT LLC, NASDAQ Global Market, or such other securities exchanges deemed appropriate in accordance with the rules-based methodology that is maintained by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.
3 The Russell 1000 Utilities Index comprises securities of the Russell 1000 Index classified in the utilities sector.
4 Listed holdings are a portion of the fund's total and may change at any time. They are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Data is expressed as a percentage of net assets and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights table in this report. Net expenses reflect contractual expense limitations in effect until August 31, 2020 and are subject to change. Had the contractual fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

   
Gross (%) 0.82
Net (%) 0.40

Please refer to the most recent prospectus and annual or semiannual report for more information on expenses and any expense limitation arrangements for the fund.

ANNUAL REPORT   |   JOHN HANCOCK MULTIFACTOR ETFS       22


Premium/discount analysis (unaudited)

ETF shares are bought and sold through exchange trading at market price—not net asset value (NAV)—and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Due to various factors, shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market, and as a result you may pay more than NAV when you buy shares and receive less than NAV when you sell shares. Additionally, due to various factors, a fund's holdings and returns may deviate from those of its index. These variations may be greater when markets are volatile or subject to unusual conditions.

A premium exists when the closing market price is trading above NAV, while a discount indicates that the closing market price is trading below NAV. The differences are expressed as basis points, with one basis point equaling 1/100 of 1%.

The chart below presents information about the differences between each fund's daily closing market price and the fund's NAV. The closing market price is determined using the bid/ask midpoint as reported on the NYSE Arca, Inc., at 4 P.M. Eastern time, when the NAV is typically calculated.

Data presented represents past performance and cannot be used to predict future results.

PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2020


                       
    Closing Price Below NAV   Closing Price Above or Equal to NAV
Basis Point Differential   Number of Days   % of Total Days   Number of Days   % of Total Days
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF                
0 - < 25   159   62.85%   90   35.57%
25 - < 50   2   0.79%   1   0.40%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   1   0.40%
Total   161   63.64%   92   36.37%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
0 - < 25   94   37.15%   153   60.47%
25 - < 50   3   1.19%   3   1.19%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   97   38.34%   156   61.66%
Multifactor Developed International ETF
0 - < 25   73   28.85%   62   24.51%
25 - < 50   32   12.65%   29   11.46%
50 - < 75   16   6.32%   8   3.16%
75 - < 100   9   3.56%   3   1.19%
100 or Above   14   5.53%   7   2.77%
Total   144   56.91%   109   43.09%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
0 - < 25   41   16.21%   46   18.18%
25 - < 50   25   9.88%   34   13.44%
50 - < 75   17   6.72%   29   11.46%
75 - < 100   7   2.77%   13   5.14%
100 or Above   24   9.49%   17   6.72%
Total   114   45.07%   139   54.94%
Multifactor Energy ETF
0 - < 25   147   58.10%   90   35.57%
25 - < 50   1   0.40%   4   1.58%
50 - < 75   1   0.40%   5   1.98%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   3   1.19%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   2   0.79%
Total   149   58.90%   104   41.11%

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PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2020


                       
    Closing Price Below NAV   Closing Price Above or Equal to NAV
Basis Point Differential   Number of Days   % of Total Days   Number of Days   % of Total Days
Multifactor Financials ETF
0 - < 25   87   34.39%   163   64.43%
25 - < 50   2   0.79%   1   0.40%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   89   35.18%   164   64.83%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF
0 - < 25   187   73.91%   63   24.90%
25 - < 50   1   0.40%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   1   0.40%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   1   0.40%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   189   74.71%   64   25.30%
Multifactor Industrials ETF
0 - < 25   130   51.38%   120   47.43%
25 - < 50   3   1.19%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   133   52.57%   120   47.43%
Multifactor Large Cap ETF
0 - < 25   81   32.02%   167   66.01%
25 - < 50   2   0.79%   1   0.40%
50 - < 75   1   0.40%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   1   0.40%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   84   33.21%   169   66.81%
Multifactor Materials ETF
0 - < 25   88   34.78%   164   64.82%
25 - < 50   1   0.40%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   89   35.18%   164   64.82%
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF
0 - < 25   121   47.83%   128   50.59%
25 - < 50   1   0.40%   1   0.40%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   1   0.40%   1   0.40%
Total   123   48.63%   130   51.39%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
0 - < 25   39   15.42%   212   83.79%
25 - < 50   1   0.40%   1   0.40%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   40   15.82%   213   84.19%

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PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2020


                       
    Closing Price Below NAV   Closing Price Above or Equal to NAV
Basis Point Differential   Number of Days   % of Total Days   Number of Days   % of Total Days
Multifactor Small Cap ETF
0 - < 25   32   12.65%   208   82.21%
25 - < 50   1   0.40%   5   1.98%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   1   0.40%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   1   0.40%
100 or Above   2   0.79%   3   1.19%
Total   35   13.84%   218   86.18%
Multifactor Technology ETF
0 - < 25   105   41.50%   145   57.31%
25 - < 50   0   0.00%   1   0.40%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   2   0.79%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
Total   105   41.50%   148   58.50%
Multifactor Utilities ETF
0 - < 25   66   26.09%   185   73.12%
25 - < 50   1   0.40%   0   0.00%
50 - < 75   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
75 - < 100   0   0.00%   0   0.00%
100 or Above   0   0.00%   1   0.40%
Total   67   26.49%   186   73.52%

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Your expenses  
These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing operating expenses of investing in the fund so you can compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.
Understanding fund expenses
As a shareholder of a fund, you incur two types of costs:
Transaction costs, which may include creation and redemption fees and brokerage charges.
Ongoing operating expenses, including management fees, and other fund expenses.
We are presenting only your ongoing operating expenses here.
Actual expenses/actual returns
The first line in the table on the following page is intended to provide information about a fund’s actual ongoing operating expenses, and is based on the fund’s actual NAV return. It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on November 1, 2019, with the same investment held until April 30, 2020.
Together with the value of your account, you may use this information to estimate the operating expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value at April 30, 2020, by $1,000.00, then multiply it by the “expenses paid” from the table. For example, for an account value of $8,600.00, the operating expenses should be calculated as follows:
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The second line in the table on the following page allows you to compare a fund’s ongoing operating expenses with those of any other fund. It provides an example of the fund’s hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% annualized return before expenses (which is not the fund’s actual return). It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on November 1, 2019, with the same investment held until April 30, 2020. Look in any other fund shareholder report to find its hypothetical example and you will be able to compare these expenses. Please remember that these hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Remember, these examples do not include any transaction costs. A fund charges a transaction fee per creation unit to those creating or redeeming creation units, and those buying or selling shares in the secondary market will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges. Therefore, these examples will not help you to determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, your expenses would have been higher. See the prospectus for details regarding transaction costs.
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE CHART

  Account
value on
11-1-2019
Ending
value on
4-30-2020
Expenses
paid during
4-30-20201
Annualized
expense
ratio
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 885.10 $1.87 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 977.50 $1.97 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Developed International ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 850.90 $2.02 0.44%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.70 2.21 0.44%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 865.20 $2.50 0.54%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.20 2.72 0.54%
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SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE CHART  (continued)

  Account
value on
11-1-2019
Ending
value on
4-30-2020
Expenses
paid during
4-30-20201
Annualized
expense
ratio
Multifactor Energy ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 649.50 $1.64 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Financials ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 812.70 $1.80 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,078.80 $2.07 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Industrials ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 837.20 $1.83 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Large Cap ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 933.10 $1.59 0.33%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,023.20 1.66 0.33%
Multifactor Materials ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 855.50 $1.85 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 937.80 $1.93 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 875.70 $1.96 0.42%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.80 2.11 0.42%
Multifactor Small Cap ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 822.30 $2.22 0.49%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.40 2.46 0.49%
Multifactor Technology ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $1,045.80 $2.03 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
Multifactor Utilities ETF
Actual expenses/actual returns $1,000.00 $ 868.40 $1.86 0.40%
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes 1,000.00 1,022.90 2.01 0.40%
    
   
1 Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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Funds' investments  
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $31,155,726
(Cost $33,719,074)    
Communication services – 0.8% 258,827
Entertainment – 0.8%  
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (A) 472 39,034
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (A) 472 80,863
Roku, Inc. (A) 1,146 138,930
Consumer discretionary – 91.4% 28,486,899
Automobiles – 5.1%  
Ford Motor Company 84,401 429,601
General Motors Company 19,481 434,231
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (B) 4,348 94,917
Tesla, Inc. (A) 705 551,225
Thor Industries, Inc. (B) 990 65,538
Distributors – 1.6%  
Genuine Parts Company 3,831 303,722
LKQ Corp. (A) 7,274 190,215
Diversified consumer services – 2.2%  
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (A) 1,465 170,599
Chegg, Inc. (A) 2,737 117,007
frontdoor, Inc. (A) 1,623 62,826
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (A) 1,215 104,514
H&R Block, Inc. 5,319 88,561
Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (A) 2,567 24,309
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (A) 3,367 114,646
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 19.7%  
Carnival Corp. (B) 3,800 60,420
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (A) 682 599,171
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (B) 796 59,740
Churchill Downs, Inc. 916 91,802
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 864 84,154
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 3,494 257,822
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 807 292,078
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 1,668 104,817
Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (A)(B) 1,150 24,656
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 5,531 418,752
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A 1,080 60,761
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 6,727 323,031
Marriott International, Inc., Class A 3,469 315,471
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 948 78,684
McDonald's Corp. 4,888 916,793
MGM Resorts International 11,462 192,905
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (A) 6,057 99,335
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (A) 1,878 113,300
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 4,580 214,203
Starbucks Corp. 7,848 602,177
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 1,646 77,510
The Wendy's Company 5,003 99,360
Vail Resorts, Inc. 1,000 171,000
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Hotels, restaurants and leisure (continued)  
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 2,133 $54,541
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 2,544 95,934
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 3,296 281,907
Yum! Brands, Inc. 5,169 446,757
Household durables – 2.6%  
Garmin, Ltd. 3,311 268,721
Helen of Troy, Ltd. (A) 616 101,196
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (A) 1,355 118,861
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (A) 1,782 95,783
Whirlpool Corp. 1,917 214,206
Internet and direct marketing retail – 16.1%  
Amazon.com, Inc. (A) 1,077 2,664,498
Booking Holdings, Inc. (A) 526 778,780
Chewy, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 702 30,354
eBay, Inc. 26,584 1,058,841
Etsy, Inc. (A) 2,163 140,314
Expedia Group, Inc. 3,264 231,679
Wayfair, Inc., Class A (A) 974 120,815
Leisure products – 1.7%  
Brunswick Corp. 1,775 84,703
Hasbro, Inc. 3,057 220,746
Mattel, Inc. (A) 5,795 50,532
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (A) 660 20,790
Polaris, Inc. 2,253 159,805
Multiline retail – 7.6%  
Dollar General Corp. 3,529 618,634
Dollar Tree, Inc. (A) 7,083 564,303
Kohl's Corp. 5,341 98,595
Macy's, Inc. (B) 7,691 45,069
Nordstrom, Inc. (B) 5,074 95,290
Target Corp. 8,598 943,545
Specialty retail – 25.2%  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 1,875 226,705
AutoNation, Inc. (A) 1,927 71,761
AutoZone, Inc. (A) 475 484,652
Best Buy Company, Inc. 9,393 720,725
Burlington Stores, Inc. (A) 1,761 321,717
CarMax, Inc. (A) 5,045 371,564
Carvana Company (A)(B) 683 54,715
Five Below, Inc. (A) 1,499 135,150
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 1,671 70,850
Foot Locker, Inc. 2,880 73,814
L Brands, Inc. 4,104 48,797
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 6,541 685,170
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (A) 1,896 732,501
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. 598 21,516
Ross Stores, Inc. 7,163 654,412
The Gap, Inc. 5,984 48,590
The Home Depot, Inc. 7,052 1,550,241
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MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Specialty retail (continued)  
The TJX Companies, Inc. 13,533 $663,794
Tractor Supply Company 3,920 397,606
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (A) 1,637 356,735
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 2,906 179,707
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 9.6%  
Capri Holdings, Ltd. (A) 3,483 53,116
Carter's, Inc. 1,200 93,840
Columbia Sportswear Company 882 64,289
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) 935 139,091
Hanesbrands, Inc. (B) 17,177 170,739
Levi Strauss & Company, Class A (B) 1,095 14,115
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (A) 2,560 572,109
NIKE, Inc., Class B 11,948 1,041,627
PVH Corp. 1,412 69,513
Ralph Lauren Corp. 1,409 103,956
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (A) 3,317 93,473
Tapestry, Inc. 5,059 75,278
Under Armour, Inc., Class A (A) 4,783 49,839
Under Armour, Inc., Class C (A) 4,950 45,887
VF Corp. 7,130 414,253
Consumer staples – 1.5% 480,185
Personal products – 1.5%  
Coty, Inc., Class A 7,028 38,303
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Class A 2,505 441,882
Industrials – 6.2% 1,929,815
Building products – 1.6%  
Allegion PLC 3,223 324,040
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 3,440 165,808
Commercial services and supplies – 1.9%  
Copart, Inc. (A) 5,801 464,718
Rollins, Inc. 3,288 131,520
Machinery – 1.3%  
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 3,747 412,919
Road and rail – 1.2%  
Lyft, Inc., Class A (A) 925 30,368
Uber Technologies, Inc. (A) 10,790 326,613
Trading companies and distributors – 0.2%  
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (A) 833 73,829
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.2%   $679,305
(Cost $679,128)    
Short-term funds – 2.2% 679,305
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 64,449 645,028
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 34,277 $34,277
Total investments (Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF) (Cost $34,398,202) 102.1% $31,835,031
Other assets and liabilities, net (2.1%)   (663,715)
Total net assets 100.0%   $31,171,316
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $19,197,670
(Cost $20,011,093)    
Consumer discretionary – 0.7% 143,339
Household durables – 0.7%  
Newell Brands, Inc. 10,327 143,339
Consumer staples – 96.6% 18,564,761
Beverages – 19.7%  
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A 1,078 61,144
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 6,476 402,807
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 1,932 318,181
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. 12,262 324,453
Molson Coors Beverage Company, Class B 4,730 193,977
Monster Beverage Corp. (A) 4,026 248,847
PepsiCo, Inc. 8,678 1,148,013
The Boston Beer Company, Inc., Class A (A) 241 112,429
The Coca-Cola Company 21,417 982,826
Food and staples retailing – 22.1%  
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 1,072 162,312
Costco Wholesale Corp. 3,237 980,811
Performance Food Group Company (A) 3,076 90,281
Sysco Corp. 6,106 343,585
The Kroger Company 29,808 942,231
US Foods Holding Corp. (A) 6,763 145,405
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 6,641 287,489
Walmart, Inc. 10,600 1,288,430
Food products – 29.6%  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 13,886 515,726
Beyond Meat, Inc. (A) 473 46,822
Bunge, Ltd. 3,584 142,177
Campbell Soup Company 5,972 298,481
Conagra Brands, Inc. 12,124 405,427
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MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer staples (continued)  
Food products (continued)  
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (A) 3,116 $64,158
Flowers Foods, Inc. 4,394 97,898
General Mills, Inc. 8,144 487,744
Hormel Foods Corp. 6,364 298,153
Ingredion, Inc. 1,886 153,143
Kellogg Company 7,494 490,857
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 3,378 207,274
Lancaster Colony Corp. 557 74,989
McCormick & Company, Inc. 2,846 446,367
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 11,697 601,694
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (A) 1,872 41,184
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 2,058 189,027
Seaboard Corp. 9 27,100
The Hershey Company 1,912 253,206
The J.M. Smucker Company 2,812 323,127
The Kraft Heinz Company 4,185 126,931
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 6,374 396,399
Household products – 17.3%  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. 5,795 405,592
Colgate-Palmolive Company 9,350 657,025
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3,343 462,939
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. 820 26,593
The Clorox Company 3,144 586,167
The Procter & Gamble Company 10,084 1,188,601
Personal products – 0.4%  
Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (A) 2,232 83,363
Tobacco – 7.5%  
Altria Group, Inc. 17,623 691,703
Philip Morris International, Inc. 9,942 741,673
Materials – 2.6% 489,570
Chemicals – 2.6%  
Corteva, Inc. 18,693 489,570
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $8,249
(Cost $8,249)    
Short-term funds – 0.1% 8,249
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (B) 8,249 8,249
Total investments (Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF) (Cost $20,019,342) 100.0% $19,205,919
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.0%   5,265
Total net assets 100.0%   $19,211,184
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.4% $426,168,986
(Cost $459,076,756)    
Australia - 6.2% 26,988,576
Afterpay, Ltd. (A)(B) 2,904 59,319
AGL Energy, Ltd. 73,939 820,997
APA Group 83,509 597,033
Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. 18,616 310,669
ASX, Ltd. 9,490 506,679
Aurizon Holdings, Ltd. 264,189 811,204
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. 76,962 851,541
BHP Group PLC 67,166 1,132,027
BHP Group, Ltd. 82,360 1,744,347
Brambles, Ltd. 51,900 376,487
Caltex Australia, Ltd. 3,400 55,471
CIMIC Group, Ltd. 7,466 120,440
Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd. 16,424 93,334
Cochlear, Ltd. 4,552 549,846
Coles Group, Ltd. 34,175 347,027
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 44,202 1,814,189
Computershare, Ltd. 35,860 285,956
Crown Resorts, Ltd. 27,907 180,697
CSL, Ltd. 12,348 2,501,586
Dexus 31,125 186,658
Evolution Mining, Ltd. 69,726 233,270
Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd. 144,906 1,134,645
Goodman Group 27,214 234,294
Insurance Australia Group, Ltd. 52,231 197,651
Lendlease Group (A) 8,263 66,130
Lendlease Group, Stapled Security 47,440 383,889
Macquarie Group, Ltd. 11,591 779,049
Magellan Financial Group, Ltd. 7,058 235,757
Medibank Pvt., Ltd. 230,345 407,179
Mirvac Group 107,872 158,197
National Australia Bank, Ltd. 67,595 750,555
National Australia Bank, Ltd., No-Par Value Stock (A) 4,846 53,348
Newcrest Mining, Ltd. 14,745 292,406
Northern Star Resources, Ltd. 25,296 211,819
Oil Search, Ltd. 148,358 296,246
Orica, Ltd. 16,111 189,018
Origin Energy, Ltd. 126,487 460,429
Qantas Airways, Ltd. 88,371 223,326
QBE Insurance Group, Ltd. 48,950 270,802
Ramsay Health Care, Ltd. 11,334 464,589
REA Group, Ltd. (B) 4,123 240,321
Santos, Ltd. 208,785 675,256
Scentre Group 60,533 92,340
Sonic Healthcare, Ltd. 22,250 396,079
South32, Ltd. 162,017 210,554
Stockland 86,528 163,152
Suncorp Group, Ltd. 66,969 402,932
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Australia (continued)  
Sydney Airport 22,788 $93,992
Tabcorp Holdings, Ltd. 145,228 306,160
Telstra Corp., Ltd. 135,147 269,866
The GPT Group 56,986 157,816
TPG Telecom, Ltd. 13,855 66,762
Transurban Group 29,598 267,414
Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd. 25,262 167,871
Vicinity Centres 91,712 89,465
Wesfarmers, Ltd. 25,258 623,257
Westpac Banking Corp. 95,343 1,016,215
Woodside Petroleum, Ltd. 30,260 444,762
Woolworths Group, Ltd. 39,147 916,256
Austria - 0.2% 689,359
ANDRITZ AG 2,312 75,970
Erste Group Bank AG (A) 8,709 189,110
OMV AG 4,537 148,584
Raiffeisen Bank International AG 6,850 118,019
Telekom Austria AG 3,106 21,841
Verbund AG 1,135 51,417
voestalpine AG 4,079 84,418
Belgium - 0.9% 4,107,749
Ackermans & van Haaren NV 2,447 324,036
Ageas 20,156 725,225
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV 19,577 898,020
Colruyt SA 4,546 271,966
Elia Group SA/NV 2,969 341,454
Galapagos NV (A) 705 155,676
Galapagos NV (Euronext Amsterdam) (A) 30 6,621
KBC Group NV 8,398 453,294
Proximus SADP 12,713 271,111
Solvay SA (B) 2,489 194,215
Telenet Group Holding NV 1,420 59,227
UCB SA 1,499 137,161
Umicore SA 6,249 269,743
Chile - 0.1% 250,945
Antofagasta PLC 24,471 250,945
Denmark - 2.1% 9,253,571
A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S, Series A 112 103,356
A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S, Series B 131 130,218
Carlsberg A/S, Class B 3,232 407,449
Chr. Hansen Holding A/S 6,650 572,959
Coloplast A/S, B Shares 2,669 422,061
Danske Bank A/S (A) 31,103 368,999
DSV Panalpina A/S 7,215 744,314
Genmab A/S (A) 4,163 1,000,920
Novo Nordisk A/S, B Shares 42,502 2,710,258
Novozymes A/S, B Shares 15,114 740,316
Orsted A/S (C) 5,575 563,504
Tryg A/S 6,308 166,993
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Denmark (continued)  
Vestas Wind Systems A/S 15,362 $1,322,224
Finland - 1.4% 6,135,836
Elisa OYJ 10,342 628,002
Fortum OYJ 13,747 228,115
Kesko OYJ, A Shares 6,616 107,248
Kesko OYJ, B Shares 17,628 286,723
Kone OYJ, Class B 11,310 685,295
Neste OYJ 12,126 429,394
Nokia OYJ 90,467 329,370
Nordea Bank ABP 81,331 520,861
Orion OYJ, Class A 713 35,221
Orion OYJ, Class B 3,509 178,257
Sampo OYJ, A Shares 6,800 225,229
Stora Enso OYJ, R Shares 64,586 764,003
UPM-Kymmene OYJ 54,589 1,510,329
Wartsila OYJ ABP 28,298 207,789
France - 9.6% 41,353,498
Aeroports de Paris 2,371 232,168
Air Liquide SA 13,626 1,732,741
Airbus SE (A) 13,252 840,123
AXA SA 58,597 1,039,480
BNP Paribas SA 28,176 884,944
Bouygues SA (A) 44,883 1,381,897
Capgemini SE 11,978 1,124,866
Cie de Saint-Gobain 38,857 1,030,379
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA 27,768 2,709,913
Credit Agricole SA 93,815 748,266
Danone SA 14,952 1,036,004
Dassault Systemes SE 4,653 680,628
Electricite de France SA 30,609 243,868
Engie SA 128,863 1,397,886
EssilorLuxottica SA 5,606 691,699
Hermes International 689 503,963
Kering SA 1,642 827,662
Legrand SA 22,188 1,495,091
L'Oreal SA 3,059 888,894
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 6,954 2,684,511
Orange SA 317,609 3,873,611
Pernod Ricard SA 5,734 873,611
Peugeot SA 97,524 1,396,646
Safran SA 10,940 1,009,173
Sanofi 23,456 2,291,412
Sartorius Stedim Biotech 843 202,211
Schneider Electric SE 16,127 1,474,229
Societe Generale SA 42,743 667,602
Sodexo SA (B) 7,429 589,931
Thales SA 8,467 641,198
TOTAL SA 72,353 2,603,304
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (B) 6,331 372,513
Veolia Environnement SA 17,473 372,907
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
France (continued)  
Vinci SA 16,479 $1,348,294
Vivendi SA 67,733 1,461,873
Germany - 8.3% 36,015,369
adidas AG 3,967 908,985
Allianz SE 11,403 2,109,261
BASF SE 27,915 1,427,408
Bayer AG 48,322 3,183,035
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 22,095 1,308,045
Beiersdorf AG 5,022 525,747
Continental AG 3,959 334,762
Daimler AG 28,865 997,005
Delivery Hero SE (A)(C) 2,006 169,182
Deutsche Bank AG 145,400 1,079,441
Deutsche Boerse AG 5,641 875,815
Deutsche Post AG 24,914 740,877
Deutsche Telekom AG 100,785 1,470,944
Deutsche Wohnen SE 39,253 1,590,771
E.ON SE 28,604 286,544
Evonik Industries AG 21,830 537,027
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Company KGaA 21,610 1,696,151
Fresenius SE & Company KGaA 35,526 1,542,068
Hannover Rueck SE 3,514 560,013
Hapag-Lloyd AG (C) 876 125,884
HeidelbergCement AG 14,156 672,610
Henkel AG & Company KGaA 1,558 121,331
Infineon Technologies AG 93,271 1,731,607
Knorr-Bremse AG 2,902 269,733
Merck KGaA 1,623 188,611
MTU Aero Engines AG 3,489 475,013
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG 4,709 1,035,680
RWE AG 33,001 948,471
SAP SE 12,868 1,535,435
Siemens AG 12,221 1,133,498
Siemens Healthineers AG (C) 3,057 134,603
Symrise AG 8,175 826,640
Traton SE (A) 2,980 44,926
Volkswagen AG 2,779 414,875
Vonovia SE 86,855 4,285,709
Wirecard AG 7,349 727,662
Hong Kong - 3.6% 15,759,919
AIA Group, Ltd. 221,724 2,057,833
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd. 163,795 503,913
Budweiser Brewing Company APAC, Ltd. (A)(C) 11,800 32,193
CK Asset Holdings, Ltd. 156,896 991,687
CK Hutchison Holdings, Ltd. 144,273 1,068,227
CK Infrastructure Holdings, Ltd. 49,929 297,551
CLP Holdings, Ltd. 99,571 1,063,481
Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd. 74,641 485,742
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Hong Kong (continued)  
Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. 38,889 $684,741
Henderson Land Development Company, Ltd. 107,398 439,159
HKT Trust & HKT, Ltd. 417,337 670,767
Hong Kong & China Gas Company, Ltd. 200,484 358,434
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd. 40,625 1,320,567
Hongkong Land Holdings, Ltd. 80,400 338,484
Link REIT 51,526 462,596
MTR Corp., Ltd. 54,005 299,898
New World Development Company, Ltd. 673,060 794,404
Power Assets Holdings, Ltd. 106,573 712,792
Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. 49,662 681,605
Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class A 38,664 253,858
Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class B 68,128 74,523
Swire Properties, Ltd. 84,801 237,918
Techtronic Industries Company, Ltd. 118,577 903,206
Wharf Real Estate Investment Company, Ltd. 86,992 367,500
Wheelock & Company, Ltd. 90,001 658,840
Ireland - 1.1% 4,604,534
CRH PLC 30,972 934,596
DCC PLC 4,884 348,557
Experian PLC 27,449 822,638
Flutter Entertainment PLC (B) 2,749 336,326
ICON PLC (A) 2,768 444,181
James Hardie Industries PLC 29,460 432,425
Kerry Group PLC, Class A 2,025 232,223
Kingspan Group PLC 4,914 250,277
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC 25,626 803,311
Israel - 0.4% 1,615,363
Azrieli Group, Ltd. 736 43,915
Bank Hapoalim BM 32,401 209,852
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM 56,194 305,830
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (A) 2,713 286,873
Elbit Systems, Ltd. 713 97,473
Isracard, Ltd. 1,600 4,218
Israel Chemicals, Ltd. 12,695 44,512
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. 4,517 93,362
Nice, Ltd. (A) 1,197 200,127
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (A) 25,565 282,763
Wix.com, Ltd. (A) 355 46,438
Italy - 2.1% 8,903,259
Amplifon SpA 2,484 56,890
Assicurazioni Generali SpA 26,162 372,948
Atlantia SpA 11,543 187,812
Davide Campari-Milano SpA 29,251 226,513
DiaSorin SpA 1,605 273,011
Enel SpA 162,731 1,111,500
Eni SpA 130,937 1,249,721
Ferrari NV 3,753 589,469
FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (A) 35,997 399,795
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Italy (continued)  
Hera SpA 42,686 $157,935
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA (C) 5,801 61,346
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 346,891 540,668
Leonardo SpA 44,316 305,506
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA 63,489 367,725
Moncler SpA 14,148 531,523
Nexi SpA (A)(C) 3,404 51,545
Poste Italiane SpA (C) 7,925 67,289
Prysmian SpA 13,662 256,932
Recordati SpA 7,688 334,048
Snam SpA 39,798 178,199
Telecom Italia SpA (A)(B) 1,161,434 459,998
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA 103,298 647,174
UniCredit SpA (A) 48,013 369,646
UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA (B) 43,154 106,066
Japan - 26.8% 115,963,336
ABC-Mart, Inc. 1,700 87,595
Acom Company, Ltd. 15,900 65,126
Advantest Corp. 12,400 611,100
Aeon Company, Ltd. 20,500 416,288
AGC, Inc. 14,200 358,403
Aisin Seiki Company, Ltd. 13,400 390,340
Ajinomoto Company, Inc. 16,500 295,638
Alfresa Holdings Corp. 7,700 155,390
ANA Holdings, Inc. (A) 10,100 217,329
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. 9,800 342,750
Asahi Intecc Company, Ltd. 12,100 323,957
Asahi Kasei Corp. 64,300 459,994
Astellas Pharma, Inc. 39,700 663,244
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. 7,101 360,645
Bridgestone Corp. 38,100 1,203,552
Brother Industries, Ltd. 17,800 305,614
Canon, Inc. 22,700 484,950
Central Japan Railway Company 7,644 1,215,563
Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc. 38,000 518,287
Chugai Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 4,300 515,107
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings, Inc. 8,400 152,784
Concordia Financial Group, Ltd. 98,200 304,881
CyberAgent, Inc. 7,000 297,190
Dai Nippon Printing Company, Ltd. 27,224 582,999
Daifuku Company, Ltd. 9,100 640,791
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. 36,900 469,640
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. 8,300 572,971
Daikin Industries, Ltd. 6,847 896,734
Daito Trust Construction Company, Ltd. 3,986 384,491
Daiwa House Industry Company, Ltd. 31,400 809,702
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. 33 80,390
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. 103,100 432,319
Denso Corp. 11,400 406,385
Dentsu Group, Inc. 4,300 91,601
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Disco Corp. 1,298 $295,566
East Japan Railway Company 20,200 1,487,208
Eisai Company, Ltd. 3,272 230,403
Electric Power Development Company, Ltd. 16,200 327,227
FamilyMart Company, Ltd. 4,200 71,993
FANUC Corp. 2,670 445,187
Fast Retailing Company, Ltd. 1,719 827,872
Fuji Electric Company, Ltd. 5,993 145,377
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. 13,100 629,550
Fujitsu, Ltd. 3,200 315,257
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. 2,000 180,483
Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. 15,400 173,103
Hamamatsu Photonics KK 4,600 203,469
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. 27,300 944,593
Hikari Tsushin, Inc. 1,041 204,335
Hino Motors, Ltd. 31,000 187,273
Hirose Electric Company, Ltd. 1,305 144,858
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. 1,800 85,510
Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, Ltd. 15,600 371,418
Hitachi Metals, Ltd. 22,700 224,166
Hitachi, Ltd. 32,100 972,891
Honda Motor Company, Ltd. 54,654 1,334,215
Hoshizaki Corp. 2,600 200,346
Hoya Corp. 12,900 1,190,175
Hulic Company, Ltd. 20,800 208,515
Idemitsu Kosan Company, Ltd. 23,659 546,479
Iida Group Holdings Company, Ltd. 12,200 164,173
Inpex Corp. 42,300 273,377
Isuzu Motors, Ltd. 32,400 249,935
ITOCHU Corp. 47,600 945,902
Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. 5,500 169,729
Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. 10,200 185,047
Japan Exchange Group, Inc. 41,100 773,303
Japan Post Bank Company, Ltd. 10,800 100,895
Japan Post Holdings Company, Ltd. 30,200 244,232
Japan Post Insurance Company, Ltd. 1,300 16,801
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. 40 218,450
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp. 74 81,934
Japan Tobacco, Inc. 30,900 582,111
JFE Holdings, Inc. 20,100 136,086
JSR Corp. 8,600 164,062
JXTG Holdings, Inc. 107,600 385,080
Kajima Corp. 52,500 554,776
Kansai Paint Company, Ltd. 8,100 156,114
Kao Corp. 15,800 1,228,717
KDDI Corp. 53,100 1,543,815
Keikyu Corp. 12,500 207,135
Keio Corp. 5,570 317,735
Keisei Electric Railway Company, Ltd. 8,700 265,227
Keyence Corp. 2,170 786,748
Kikkoman Corp. 5,000 232,852
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Kintetsu Group Holdings Company, Ltd. 16,300 $786,534
Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd. 27,900 542,293
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 1,400 130,135
Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 7,500 286,857
Komatsu, Ltd. 37,200 717,492
Konami Holdings Corp. 6,700 213,340
Kose Corp. 1,100 138,458
Kubota Corp. 24,300 306,093
Kuraray Company, Ltd. 38,900 394,693
Kyocera Corp. 11,400 616,081
Kyowa Kirin Company, Ltd. 3,200 75,350
Kyushu Railway Company 4,000 108,589
Lawson, Inc. 5,100 265,647
LINE Corp. (A) 600 29,569
Lion Corp. 12,100 254,707
LIXIL Group Corp. 32,600 398,754
M3, Inc. 13,300 483,817
Makita Corp. 5,300 174,461
Marubeni Corp. 55,900 273,920
Mazda Motor Corp. 67,300 385,165
Medipal Holdings Corp. 4,900 95,952
MEIJI Holdings Company, Ltd. 4,200 293,393
MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc. 30,500 505,980
MISUMI Group, Inc. 14,100 340,979
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. 47,700 275,401
Mitsubishi Corp. 47,000 1,010,894
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. 41,700 522,737
Mitsubishi Estate Company, Ltd. 15,900 262,063
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 15,000 387,642
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. 12,700 36,223
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 353,370 1,435,158
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company, Ltd. 73,900 358,667
Mitsui & Company, Ltd. 58,200 824,003
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. 20,300 403,589
Mitsui Fudosan Company, Ltd. 20,800 388,632
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 611,300 719,143
MonotaRO Company, Ltd. 8,400 272,577
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. 14,900 435,010
Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 13,100 737,354
Nagoya Railroad Company, Ltd. 9,700 280,745
NEC Corp. 23,203 903,731
Nexon Company, Ltd. 4,600 75,021
NGK Insulators, Ltd. 20,000 266,330
NH Foods, Ltd. 4,192 151,121
Nidec Corp. 6,400 376,214
Nikon Corp. 32,300 304,167
Nintendo Company, Ltd. 2,017 842,185
Nippon Building Fund, Inc. 20 120,260
Nippon Express Company, Ltd. 12,200 603,526
Nippon Paint Holdings Company, Ltd. 1,900 110,338
Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. 49 135,451
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Nippon Shinyaku Company, Ltd. 1,200 $84,949
Nippon Steel Corp. 29,400 250,712
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. 95,166 2,174,130
Nissan Chemical Corp. 10,000 387,151
Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. 82,200 284,262
Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. 11,400 179,313
Nissin Foods Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,716 224,524
Nitori Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,501 386,370
Nitto Denko Corp. 8,194 414,547
Nomura Holdings, Inc. 94,900 399,177
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc. 140 161,818
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. 13,500 332,529
NSK, Ltd. 52,300 365,833
NTT Data Corp. 22,800 235,601
NTT DOCOMO, Inc. 37,900 1,115,717
Obayashi Corp. 107,300 955,249
Obic Company, Ltd. 800 121,345
Odakyu Electric Railway Company, Ltd. 24,600 545,900
Oji Holdings Corp. 103,400 531,818
Olympus Corp. 37,800 609,940
Omron Corp. 2,600 154,636
Ono Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 5,065 122,723
Oracle Corp. Japan 1,700 176,780
Oriental Land Company, Ltd. 2,500 319,820
ORIX Corp. 43,200 520,735
Orix JREIT, Inc. 46 55,793
Osaka Gas Company, Ltd. 44,900 839,343
Otsuka Corp. 8,600 389,648
Otsuka Holdings Company, Ltd. 9,100 362,094
Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. 13,600 264,789
Panasonic Corp. 100,704 778,623
PeptiDream, Inc. (A) 5,000 189,367
Pigeon Corp. 4,100 147,038
Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. 7,100 127,347
Rakuten, Inc. 18,800 161,040
Recruit Holdings Company, Ltd. 27,500 818,301
Renesas Electronics Corp. (A) 14,200 77,019
Resona Holdings, Inc. 121,300 382,271
Ricoh Company, Ltd. 58,600 405,517
Rohm Company, Ltd. 6,900 442,643
Ryohin Keikaku Company, Ltd. 19,000 229,560
Santen Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 15,600 277,761
SBI Holdings, Inc. 18,100 343,771
SCSK Corp. 1,600 72,717
Secom Company, Ltd. 2,661 224,083
Seibu Holdings, Inc. 17,500 211,928
Seiko Epson Corp. 36,100 414,221
Sekisui Chemical Company, Ltd. 67,500 864,778
Sekisui House, Ltd. 20,100 349,332
Seven & i Holdings Company, Ltd. 39,200 1,302,451
SG Holdings Company, Ltd. 9,800 274,200
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Sharp Corp. (A) 7,400 $82,972
Shimadzu Corp. 9,900 248,576
Shimano, Inc. 1,086 160,866
Shimizu Corp. 82,400 644,189
Shin-Etsu Chemical Company, Ltd. 8,098 909,875
Shionogi & Company, Ltd. 6,471 358,784
Shiseido Company, Ltd. 8,577 511,564
SMC Corp. 845 387,198
Softbank Corp. 30,700 420,300
SoftBank Group Corp. 54,936 2,380,123
Sohgo Security Services Company, Ltd. 2,100 101,529
Sompo Holdings, Inc. 11,200 366,578
Sony Corp. 28,000 1,815,084
Sony Financial Holdings, Inc. 9,600 185,473
Stanley Electric Company, Ltd. 11,500 266,166
Subaru Corp. 19,300 392,552
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. 187,600 585,948
Sumitomo Corp. 38,700 444,597
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Company, Ltd. 8,000 112,068
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 50,000 520,643
Sumitomo Metal Mining Company, Ltd. 17,000 432,174
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 40,400 1,074,462
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. 9,075 268,257
Sumitomo Realty & Development Company, Ltd. 6,600 179,820
Sundrug Company, Ltd. 5,200 179,679
Suntory Beverage & Food, Ltd. 2,800 106,177
Suzuki Motor Corp. 17,500 567,705
Sysmex Corp. 4,748 330,342
T&D Holdings, Inc. 42,200 370,560
Taisei Corp. 19,261 609,702
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Company, Ltd. 3,029 190,631
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. 15,900 250,094
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. 32,347 1,174,577
TDK Corp. 4,000 350,867
Terumo Corp. 15,400 514,413
The Chiba Bank, Ltd. 72,000 338,000
The Chugoku Electric Power Company, Inc. 33,700 455,699
The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. 41,200 425,735
The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. 52,200 319,248
Tobu Railway Company, Ltd. 28,900 990,494
Toho Company, Ltd. 3,600 119,175
Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc. 87,900 832,681
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 22,500 1,070,136
Tokyo Century Corp. 5,400 186,085
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (A) 249,500 846,949
Tokyo Electron, Ltd. 3,257 698,701
Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd. 19,100 421,170
Tokyu Corp. 24,400 370,558
Toppan Printing Company, Ltd. 26,000 391,939
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Japan (continued)  
Toray Industries, Inc. 95,300 $444,796
Toshiba Corp. 11,900 299,016
Tosoh Corp. 35,400 439,955
TOTO, Ltd. 7,600 269,360
Toyota Industries Corp. 5,100 258,970
Toyota Motor Corp. 104,728 6,528,422
Toyota Tsusho Corp. 7,200 174,252
Trend Micro, Inc. 10,900 557,563
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. 2,200 295,843
Unicharm Corp. 13,400 494,974
United Urban Investment Corp. 78 79,360
USS Company, Ltd. 17,800 284,640
Welcia Holdings Company, Ltd. 1,500 108,851
West Japan Railway Company 8,381 522,524
Yakult Honsha Company, Ltd. 1,200 70,361
Yamada Denki Company, Ltd. 46,800 224,076
Yamaha Corp. 6,566 268,940
Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. 35,700 468,388
Yamato Holdings Company, Ltd. 5,100 90,043
Yamazaki Baking Company, Ltd. 6,000 106,551
Yaskawa Electric Corp. 14,100 470,066
Z Holdings Corp. 47,700 186,901
ZOZO, Inc. 12,000 195,259
Luxembourg - 0.2% 960,820
ArcelorMittal SA 23,309 255,355
Aroundtown SA 44,284 238,156
Millicom International Cellular SA 14,838 390,426
Tenaris SA 10,978 76,883
Macau - 0.1% 373,869
Sands China, Ltd. 64,800 266,644
Wynn Macau, Ltd. 61,121 107,225
Mexico - 0.0% 83,435
Fresnillo PLC 9,293 83,435
Netherlands - 3.9% 17,080,278
ABN AMRO Bank NV (C) 28,617 219,409
Adyen NV (A)(C) 456 450,110
Akzo Nobel NV (B) 19,425 1,472,313
Argenx SE (A) 493 74,248
ASML Holding NV 7,326 2,171,741
Heineken Holding NV (B) 10,804 841,370
Heineken NV (B) 9,389 798,226
ING Groep NV 102,841 564,110
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (A)(C) 2,050 208,864
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (London Stock Exchange) (A)(C) 24 2,448
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV 93,420 2,267,476
Koninklijke DSM NV 13,224 1,618,614
Koninklijke Philips NV 30,039 1,306,692
Prosus NV (A) 4,190 317,488
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Netherlands (continued)  
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares 191,076 $3,100,402
Wolters Kluwer NV (B) 22,672 1,666,767
New Zealand - 0.2% 1,078,871
a2 Milk Company, Ltd. (A) 20,999 254,313
Auckland International Airport, Ltd. 26,826 100,791
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp., Ltd. 13,055 220,607
Meridian Energy, Ltd. 37,632 104,245
Ryman Healthcare, Ltd. 5,375 40,158
Spark New Zealand, Ltd. 56,799 155,587
Xero, Ltd. (A) 3,902 203,170
Norway - 0.5% 2,161,654
Adevinta ASA (A) 2,312 19,173
Aker BP ASA 3,713 61,801
DNB ASA 26,772 325,365
Equinor ASA 55,944 785,276
Gjensidige Forsikring ASA 2,696 47,749
Mowi ASA 9,546 163,933
Norsk Hydro ASA 29,603 75,807
Orkla ASA 9,355 84,894
Salmar ASA 1,348 52,762
Schibsted ASA, A Shares 1,701 36,185
Schibsted ASA, B Shares 3,149 61,350
Telenor ASA (B) 20,035 308,282
Yara International ASA 4,069 139,077
Portugal - 0.2% 723,566
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA 65,591 276,591
Galp Energia SGPS SA 12,885 148,398
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA 17,684 298,577
Singapore - 1.1% 4,691,452
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust 49,792 105,052
CapitaLand Commercial Trust 55,400 63,362
CapitaLand Mall Trust 72,100 96,803
CapitaLand, Ltd. (A) 82,400 176,191
City Developments, Ltd. 44,800 253,327
DBS Group Holdings, Ltd. 36,458 516,944
Genting Singapore, Ltd. 150,200 83,759
Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Ltd. 2,800 40,000
Keppel Corp., Ltd. 49,000 208,155
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd. 107,240 688,676
Sea, Ltd., ADR (A) 2,103 116,885
Singapore Airlines, Ltd. (B) 74,600 323,795
Singapore Exchange, Ltd. 59,400 407,196
Singapore Technologies Engineering, Ltd. 47,900 116,713
Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd. 266,100 534,960
United Overseas Bank, Ltd. 59,324 857,178
Wilmar International, Ltd. 40,400 102,456
Spain - 2.6% 11,095,662
Aena SME SA (A)(C) 3,675 464,914
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Spain (continued)  
Amadeus IT Group SA 14,244 $685,216
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 155,748 509,555
Banco Santander SA 470,650 1,050,337
CaixaBank SA 235,571 423,412
Cellnex Telecom SA (A)(C) 12,319 644,965
EDP Renovaveis SA 4,903 60,147
Endesa SA 10,402 230,715
Ferrovial SA 21,983 548,978
Grifols SA 31,769 1,080,782
Iberdrola SA 203,795 2,040,200
Industria de Diseno Textil SA 37,359 951,374
Naturgy Energy Group SA 36,500 644,053
Red Electrica Corp. SA 15,288 268,840
Repsol SA 90,292 822,228
Telefonica SA 146,329 669,946
Sweden - 2.7% 11,769,029
Alfa Laval AB (A) 9,930 186,559
Assa Abloy AB, B Shares (B) 12,107 218,224
Atlas Copco AB, A Shares 17,882 621,198
Atlas Copco AB, B Shares 10,844 338,958
Boliden AB (B) 42,581 873,226
Castellum AB 11,450 200,989
Electrolux AB, B Shares 27,681 382,175
Electrolux Professional AB, B Shares (A) 26,101 60,020
Epiroc AB, A Shares 20,060 201,520
Epiroc AB, B Shares 10,855 107,603
Essity AB, B Shares (A) 12,497 406,237
Fabege AB 14,154 169,476
Fastighets AB Balder, B Shares (A) 6,079 240,242
Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares (B) 25,369 353,761
Hexagon AB, B Shares (A) 5,410 269,802
Hufvudstaden AB, A Shares 3,613 46,387
Husqvarna AB, B Shares 30,839 186,792
ICA Gruppen AB (B) 3,368 146,966
Lundin Energy AB 3,252 84,470
Nibe Industrier AB, B Shares 12,262 229,555
Sandvik AB (A) 32,251 499,588
Securitas AB, B Shares (B) 23,080 272,810
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, A Shares 36,329 298,824
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, C Shares 371 3,320
Skanska AB, B Shares (A) 18,319 351,012
SKF AB, B Shares 68,671 1,093,637
Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, B Shares (A) 63,377 682,942
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, A Shares (A) 43,543 402,565
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, B Shares (A) 1,743 17,364
Swedbank AB, A Shares 28,096 331,841
Swedish Match AB 2,608 161,705
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (A) 7,279 141,597
Tele2 AB, B Shares 14,030 181,853
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares 42,028 366,183
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Sweden (continued)  
Telia Company AB 69,672 $240,748
Trelleborg AB, B Shares (A) 16,390 211,101
Volvo AB, A Shares (A) 13,975 179,710
Volvo AB, B Shares (A) 78,050 1,008,069
Switzerland - 10.0% 43,242,867
ABB, Ltd. 62,243 1,181,788
Alcon, Inc. (A) 30,830 1,627,188
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG 2 167,435
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation Certificates 17 132,544
Cie Financiere Richemont SA 28,336 1,609,470
Coca-Cola HBC AG 20,456 519,914
Credit Suisse Group AG (A) 195,508 1,767,604
Givaudan SA 397 1,329,846
Glencore PLC (A) 368,638 683,988
LafargeHolcim, Ltd. (A) 37,940 1,573,970
Lonza Group AG (A) 5,339 2,331,093
Nestle SA 68,662 7,249,293
Novartis AG 55,056 4,692,438
Partners Group Holding AG 1,263 994,278
Roche Holding AG 15,807 5,493,921
Roche Holding AG, Bearer Shares 1,352 470,395
Schindler Holding AG 1,508 323,427
Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates 3,203 711,852
SGS SA 368 833,114
Sika AG (B) 9,590 1,586,824
STMicroelectronics NV 65,337 1,696,773
Swiss Re AG (B) 25,570 1,845,523
Swisscom AG 4,102 2,132,708
UBS Group AG (A) 86,644 928,248
Zurich Insurance Group AG 4,269 1,359,233
United Arab Emirates - 0.0% 1,764
NMC Health PLC 5,181 1,764
United Kingdom - 14.1% 61,218,999
3i Group PLC 106,588 1,054,048
Admiral Group PLC 16,452 483,516
Anglo American PLC 70,572 1,259,755
Ashtead Group PLC 39,857 1,093,452
Associated British Foods PLC 11,685 278,933
AstraZeneca PLC 30,222 3,172,391
Auto Trader Group PLC (C) 32,115 185,811
AVEVA Group PLC 1,582 71,238
Aviva PLC 309,811 944,907
BAE Systems PLC 108,296 694,470
Barclays PLC 474,507 633,832
Barratt Developments PLC 79,350 519,458
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC 4,169 219,966
BP PLC 1,048,193 4,139,617
British American Tobacco PLC 48,780 1,895,391
MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
United Kingdom (continued)  
BT Group PLC 181,177 $265,206
Bunzl PLC 24,480 533,415
Burberry Group PLC 36,638 642,366
Clarivate Analytics PLC (A) 1,786 41,042
CNH Industrial NV (A) 71,536 447,554
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC (B) 27,943 1,109,466
Compass Group PLC 52,379 882,672
Croda International PLC 9,325 574,225
Diageo PLC 61,518 2,133,884
Ferguson PLC 16,877 1,221,069
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV 59,480 522,230
GlaxoSmithKline PLC 121,090 2,536,961
Halma PLC 23,795 627,289
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC 22,070 401,006
HSBC Holdings PLC 510,869 2,641,978
Imperial Brands PLC 56,438 1,195,248
Informa PLC 79,478 440,296
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC 7,359 334,905
Intertek Group PLC 12,028 720,647
ITV PLC 125,160 120,771
JD Sports Fashion PLC 25,394 169,571
Johnson Matthey PLC 9,791 246,071
Land Securities Group PLC 25,152 210,023
Legal & General Group PLC 422,769 1,091,050
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 1,704,202 693,030
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 4,580 430,732
M&G PLC 112,259 187,263
Melrose Industries PLC 311,917 392,571
Mondi PLC 40,964 728,547
National Grid PLC 109,319 1,287,613
Next PLC 12,880 767,795
Ocado Group PLC (A) 13,423 271,660
Persimmon PLC 23,665 658,189
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC 17,426 132,102
Prudential PLC 35,396 503,839
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 8,888 743,282
RELX PLC 61,108 1,384,717
Rentokil Initial PLC 128,318 767,673
Rightmove PLC 30,736 192,914
Rio Tinto PLC 32,143 1,493,829
Rio Tinto, Ltd. 18,452 1,057,167
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (A) 80,733 336,048
RSA Insurance Group PLC 76,183 347,090
Schroders PLC 5,499 184,086
Schroders PLC, Non-Voting Shares 3,570 95,914
Segro PLC 30,191 315,924
Severn Trent PLC 13,825 416,772
Smith & Nephew PLC 45,011 884,549
Smiths Group PLC 20,723 324,254
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC 4,441 488,913
SSE PLC 34,688 546,922
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
United Kingdom (continued)  
St. James's Place PLC 39,383 $422,940
Standard Chartered PLC 113,490 583,339
Standard Life Aberdeen PLC 178,683 498,319
Taylor Wimpey PLC 244,084 452,731
Tesco PLC 350,000 1,037,902
The British Land Company PLC 30,878 157,584
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC 102,111 142,386
The Sage Group PLC 84,335 680,806
Unilever NV 30,595 1,527,418
Unilever PLC 30,253 1,565,308
United Utilities Group PLC 45,680 519,834
Vodafone Group PLC 818,185 1,157,305
Whitbread PLC 10,517 395,316
WPP PLC 87,893 688,686
United States - 0.0% 45,406
Carnival PLC 3,286 45,406
PREFERRED SECURITIES - 0.7% $3,091,660
(Cost $3,333,988)    
Germany - 0.7% 3,091,660
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 6,225 294,684
Henkel AG & Company KGaA 2,137 189,687
Porsche Automobil Holding SE 11,280 568,700
Sartorius AG 2,420 680,681
Volkswagen AG 9,669 1,357,908
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.6% $11,065,611
(Cost $11,062,439)    
Short-term funds - 2.6% 11,065,611
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (D)(E) 1,053,412 10,542,966
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (D) 522,645 522,645
Total investments (Multifactor Developed International ETF) (Cost $473,473,183) - 101.7% $440,326,257
Other assets and liabilities, net - (1.7%) (7,288,963)
Total net assets - 100.0% $433,037,294
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
ADR American Depositary Receipt
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration.
(D) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(E) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.2% $673,037,862
(Cost $749,601,807)    
Brazil - 4.1% 28,403,104
Ambev SA 766,600 1,605,905
Atacadao SA 32,700 120,814
B2W Cia Digital (A) 15,497 209,697
B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao 216,000 1,533,024
Banco Bradesco SA 200,530 650,492
Banco BTG Pactual SA 20,600 160,970
Banco do Brasil SA 175,600 924,501
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA 140,300 688,114
BRF SA (A) 89,400 320,224
CCR SA 255,100 581,990
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA 68,520 306,950
Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao 43,300 529,682
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo 118,000 873,670
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais 7,700 13,755
Cielo SA 232,500 174,376
Cogna Educacao 158,200 161,903
Cosan SA 15,100 168,314
Energisa SA 30,800 248,639
Engie Brasil Energia SA 59,025 426,553
Equatorial Energia SA 120,000 406,333
Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA (B) 27,500 266,399
Hypera SA 45,100 242,275
IRB Brasil Resseguros SA 80,800 152,546
JBS SA 228,600 1,006,747
Klabin SA 63,300 208,260
Localiza Rent a Car SA 81,985 517,811
Lojas Americanas SA 49,586 186,223
Lojas Renner SA 159,160 1,128,730
Magazine Luiza SA 70,393 646,285
Natura & Company Holding SA 88,500 580,703
Neoenergia SA 54,900 185,289
Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA 34,100 345,265
Pagseguro Digital, Ltd., Class A (A)(C) 20,751 525,623
Petrobras Distribuidora SA 66,600 240,278
Petroleo Brasileiro SA 599,800 2,066,442
Porto Seguro SA 14,600 122,150
Raia Drogasil SA 50,600 979,415
Rumo SA (A) 202,400 739,936
StoneCo, Ltd., Class A (A)(C) 7,085 186,894
Sul America SA 14,400 119,040
Suzano SA (A) 85,865 625,116
TIM Participacoes SA 303,900 716,340
Ultrapar Participacoes SA 120,400 322,502
Vale SA 681,500 5,647,588
WEG SA 73,100 539,341
Chile - 0.7% 4,959,875
Banco de Chile 3,843,931 338,425
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Chile (continued)  
Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA 6,039 $223,928
Banco Santander Chile 8,377,437 359,261
Cencosud SA 242,780 293,321
Cencosud Shopping SA (A) 61,148 108,256
Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA 29,344 210,610
Colbun SA 2,061,366 302,065
Empresas CMPC SA 245,025 527,555
Empresas COPEC SA 56,257 351,148
Enel Americas SA 7,487,103 1,226,998
Enel Chile SA 5,838,696 474,865
Falabella SA 73,613 200,770
Latam Airlines Group SA 90,797 342,673
China - 29.1% 199,030,158
Agricultural Bank of China, Ltd., H Shares 4,499,000 1,891,909
Air China, Ltd., H Shares 708,000 508,692
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR (A) 128,039 25,949,666
Anhui Conch Cement Company, Ltd., H Shares 409,500 3,222,184
ANTA Sports Products, Ltd. 230,000 1,941,798
Baidu, Inc., ADR (A) 26,233 2,647,697
Bank of China, Ltd., H Shares 11,971,000 4,586,205
Bank of Communications Company, Ltd., H Shares 4,145,000 2,630,609
BeiGene, Ltd., ADR (A) 3,445 526,499
BYD Company, Ltd., H Shares (C) 189,000 1,189,730
CGN Power Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 2,786,000 697,187
China CITIC Bank Corp., Ltd., H Shares 2,506,000 1,225,143
China Communications Construction Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,237,000 828,140
China Construction Bank Corp., H Shares 14,920,000 12,163,331
China Eastern Airlines Corp., Ltd., H Shares 554,000 230,823
China Everbright Bank Company, Ltd., H Shares 611,000 259,301
China Evergrande Group (C) 1,035,000 1,837,069
China Galaxy Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares 684,000 349,396
China Life Insurance Company, Ltd., H Shares 985,000 2,101,543
China Merchants Bank Company, Ltd., H Shares 779,500 3,735,438
China Merchants Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 138,800 153,618
China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., H Shares 1,574,000 1,177,604
China Molybdenum Company, Ltd., H Shares 642,000 193,784
China Pacific Insurance Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 695,000 2,304,011
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., H Shares 4,806,000 2,430,169
China Railway Construction Corp., Ltd., H Shares 586,000 642,515
China Railway Group, Ltd., H Shares 809,000 486,296
China Shenhua Energy Company, Ltd., H Shares 976,500 1,745,831
China Southern Airlines Company, Ltd., H Shares 730,000 364,419
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
China (continued)  
China Telecom Corp., Ltd., H Shares 4,752,000 $1,636,644
China Vanke Company, Ltd., H Shares 512,300 1,704,946
CITIC Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares 442,500 853,909
CNOOC, Ltd. 4,404,000 4,993,474
Country Garden Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,397,046 3,088,933
Country Garden Services Holdings Company, Ltd. 109,000 506,169
CRRC Corp., Ltd., H Shares 704,000 373,234
CSC Financial Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 111,500 102,980
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, Ltd. 878,000 1,744,142
ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd. 211,700 2,392,168
Fosun International, Ltd. 731,000 925,967
GF Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares 289,800 316,627
Great Wall Motor Company, Ltd., H Shares 906,000 605,375
GSX Techedu, Inc., ADR (A) 955 37,780
Guangzhou Automobile Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 648,000 584,277
Guotai Junan Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 118,400 170,444
Haitong Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares 571,200 520,924
Hengan International Group Company, Ltd. 213,500 1,904,394
Huaneng Power International, Inc., H Shares 1,348,000 507,738
Huatai Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 301,800 502,977
Huazhu Group, Ltd., ADR (C) 19,753 711,306
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., H Shares 11,328,000 7,700,705
iQIYI, Inc., ADR (A)(C) 20,030 339,909
JD.com, Inc., ADR (A) 106,736 4,600,322
Longfor Group Holdings, Ltd. (B) 502,000 2,541,616
NetEase, Inc., ADR 20,569 7,095,482
New China Life Insurance Company, Ltd., H Shares 130,800 453,865
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR (A) 18,531 2,365,667
Orient Securities Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 160,000 82,349
PetroChina Company, Ltd., H Shares 4,764,000 1,714,520
PICC Property & Casualty Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,396,000 1,337,953
Pinduoduo, Inc. (A) 19,381 919,435
Ping An Insurance Group Company of China, Ltd., H Shares 1,005,000 10,332,157
Postal Savings Bank of China Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 1,508,000 904,526
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (A)(C) 290,500 555,343
Shandong Gold Mining Company, Ltd., H Shares (B) 60,550 180,033
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 84,500 322,638
Shenwan Hongyuan Group Company, Ltd., H Shares (A)(B) 173,600 41,875
Shenzhou International Group Holdings, Ltd. 135,100 1,574,527
Sinopharm Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 349,600 947,016
Sunac China Holdings, Ltd. 697,000 3,092,843
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
China (continued)  
Sunny Optical Technology Group Company, Ltd. 121,900 $1,731,241
TAL Education Group, ADR (A) 42,428 2,299,173
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. 605,500 32,569,930
The People's Insurance Company Group of China, Ltd., H Shares 1,405,000 460,338
Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp. 326,000 576,950
Trip.com Group, Ltd., ADR (A) 63,802 1,643,540
Want Want China Holdings, Ltd. 1,920,000 1,377,028
Weibo Corp., ADR (A) 7,616 285,828
Weichai Power Company, Ltd., H Shares 713,000 1,247,142
Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (A)(B) 38,500 600,915
Yum China Holdings, Inc. 75,083 3,638,522
Zijin Mining Group Company, Ltd., H Shares 1,964,000 810,696
ZTE Corp., H Shares (A) 131,400 376,283
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc., ADR 70,725 2,104,776
Hong Kong - 5.6% 38,027,142
Alibaba Health Information Technology, Ltd. (A) 490,000 1,185,757
China Gas Holdings, Ltd. 655,000 2,420,653
China Mengniu Dairy Company, Ltd. (A) 695,000 2,478,829
China Mobile, Ltd. 1,336,500 10,766,339
China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd. 1,231,000 4,517,591
China Resources Beer Holdings Company, Ltd. 362,000 1,725,399
China Resources Gas Group, Ltd. 260,000 1,468,974
China Resources Land, Ltd. 944,000 3,872,271
China Unicom Hong Kong, Ltd. 2,060,000 1,331,287
Geely Automobile Holdings, Ltd. 1,620,000 2,532,703
Guangdong Investment, Ltd. 552,000 1,147,812
Shimao Property Holdings, Ltd. 225,000 908,434
Sino Biopharmaceutical, Ltd. 1,617,000 2,365,319
Sun Art Retail Group, Ltd. 783,500 1,305,774
India - 12.1% 83,052,144
ABB India, Ltd. 6,218 74,853
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Ltd. 195,978 758,519
Alkem Laboratories, Ltd. 1,424 49,777
Ambuja Cements, Ltd. 179,030 410,056
Asian Paints, Ltd. 63,013 1,478,513
AU Small Finance Bank, Ltd. (B) 3,176 22,993
Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd. 86,585 721,551
Avenue Supermarts, Ltd. (A)(B) 19,792 622,264
Axis Bank, Ltd. 300,244 1,775,396
Bajaj Auto, Ltd. 12,853 449,081
Bajaj Finance, Ltd. 23,753 733,197
Bajaj Finserv, Ltd. 7,530 510,390
Bajaj Holdings & Investment, Ltd. 5,618 152,691
Bank of Baroda (A) 160,730 105,413
Berger Paints India, Ltd. 48,943 330,436
Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd. 296,042 1,465,919
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. (A) 376,375 2,578,917
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
India (continued)  
Bharti Infratel, Ltd. 151,251 $350,962
Biocon, Ltd. 30,160 142,215
Bosch, Ltd. 1,307 184,664
Britannia Industries, Ltd. 13,061 549,694
Cipla, Ltd. 69,050 542,506
Coal India, Ltd. 170,629 338,100
Colgate-Palmolive India, Ltd. 19,306 376,376
Container Corp. of India, Ltd. 45,733 227,767
Dabur India, Ltd. 142,543 930,103
Divi's Laboratories, Ltd. 14,991 465,730
DLF, Ltd. 104,763 204,727
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. 21,843 1,143,416
Eicher Motors, Ltd. 2,462 480,302
GAIL India, Ltd. 333,375 421,075
Godrej Consumer Products, Ltd. 88,019 636,451
Grasim Industries, Ltd. 50,688 342,859
Havells India, Ltd. 51,032 382,596
HCL Technologies, Ltd. 311,372 2,259,774
HDFC Bank, Ltd. 241,572 3,216,885
HDFC Life Insurance Company, Ltd. (A)(B) 60,552 402,565
Hero MotoCorp, Ltd. 30,888 885,570
Hindalco Industries, Ltd. 198,367 343,401
Hindustan Petroleum Corp., Ltd. 214,721 627,193
Hindustan Unilever, Ltd. 133,601 3,922,893
Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd. 221,416 5,649,727
ICICI Bank, Ltd. 525,417 2,642,653
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, Ltd. (B) 8,520 144,430
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, Ltd. (B) 27,122 148,296
Indian Oil Corp., Ltd. 613,374 687,335
Indraprastha Gas, Ltd. 12,660 80,357
Info Edge India, Ltd. 2,866 98,311
Infosys, Ltd. 568,754 5,415,641
InterGlobe Aviation, Ltd. (B) 9,166 121,204
ITC, Ltd. 607,606 1,464,905
JSW Steel, Ltd. 385,714 934,815
Kansai Nerolac Paints, Ltd. 17,717 96,494
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd. 92,525 1,670,120
Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Ltd. (B) 4,721 100,524
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd. 71,138 850,634
Lupin, Ltd. 45,365 503,700
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd. 146,269 715,909
Marico, Ltd. 103,102 395,274
Maruti Suzuki India, Ltd. 20,329 1,446,406
Motherson Sumi Systems, Ltd. 203,555 239,891
MRF, Ltd. 293 233,752
Muthoot Finance, Ltd. 17,140 197,933
Nestle India, Ltd. 5,291 1,261,117
NMDC, Ltd. 70,051 75,186
NTPC, Ltd. 455,477 581,970
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
India (continued)  
Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Ltd. 613,748 $651,793
Petronet LNG, Ltd. 177,710 573,395
Pidilite Industries, Ltd. 27,381 555,313
Piramal Enterprises, Ltd. 19,873 259,914
Power Finance Corp., Ltd. 194,453 247,290
Power Grid Corp. of India, Ltd. 588,800 1,277,256
Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care, Ltd. 1,783 252,605
Punjab National Bank (A) 125,995 54,361
Reliance Industries, Ltd. 458,499 8,938,578
SBI Life Insurance Company, Ltd. (A)(B) 12,562 121,446
Shree Cement, Ltd. 1,718 448,631
Siemens, Ltd. 13,906 210,548
State Bank of India (A) 378,082 957,603
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. 117,606 729,801
Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd. 147,114 3,956,376
Tata Motors, Ltd. (A) 364,636 455,218
Tata Steel, Ltd. 81,106 321,367
Tech Mahindra, Ltd. 151,005 1,097,825
Titan Company, Ltd. 69,173 891,479
Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. 8,092 252,905
UltraTech Cement, Ltd. 16,446 773,517
United Breweries, Ltd. 14,939 186,999
United Spirits, Ltd. (A) 61,940 442,022
UPL, Ltd. 158,510 871,758
Vedanta, Ltd. 359,320 424,897
Wipro, Ltd. 284,773 724,873
Indonesia - 2.0% 13,410,650
Adaro Energy Tbk PT 5,435,900 336,204
Astra International Tbk PT 4,036,300 1,044,689
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 1,375,600 2,390,538
Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT 3,761,900 1,127,938
Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT 1,711,900 471,851
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT 10,119,600 1,857,244
Barito Pacific Tbk PT (A) 2,951,300 287,690
Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk PT 1,549,400 479,142
Gudang Garam Tbk PT 125,800 383,109
Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT 293,800 230,102
Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT 446,500 296,416
Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT 1,198,300 525,641
Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT 563,800 119,393
Kalbe Farma Tbk PT 4,259,700 412,368
Mayora Indah Tbk PT 2,374,900 343,263
Pollux Properti Indonesia Tbk PT (A) 146,625 46,723
Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT 774,200 413,774
Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT 8,973,700 2,111,459
United Tractors Tbk PT 486,500 533,106
Malaysia - 2.3% 16,009,436
AMMB Holdings BHD 341,700 236,806
Axiata Group BHD 561,595 514,578
CIMB Group Holdings BHD 832,306 667,780
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Malaysia (continued)  
Dialog Group BHD 620,700 $480,682
DiGi.Com BHD 447,500 482,884
Fraser & Neave Holdings BHD 17,300 127,698
Genting BHD 512,100 496,618
Genting Malaysia BHD 575,300 317,084
HAP Seng Consolidated BHD 104,400 178,694
Hartalega Holdings BHD 270,000 477,209
Hong Leong Bank BHD 108,300 334,974
Hong Leong Financial Group BHD 79,700 242,807
IHH Healthcare BHD 292,900 357,610
IOI Corp. BHD 283,900 268,054
KLCCP Stapled Group 44,100 80,406
Kuala Lumpur Kepong BHD 57,175 279,227
Malayan Banking BHD 820,670 1,444,761
Malaysia Airports Holdings BHD 268,800 328,186
Maxis BHD 282,300 359,768
MISC BHD 225,600 413,950
Nestle Malaysia BHD 8,100 263,909
Petronas Chemicals Group BHD 360,900 470,009
Petronas Dagangan BHD 66,700 315,507
Petronas Gas BHD 88,800 318,028
PPB Group BHD 123,800 473,895
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings BHD 421,400 386,120
Public Bank BHD 294,100 1,120,316
RHB Bank BHD 401,800 443,849
Sime Darby BHD 793,900 369,256
Sime Darby Plantation BHD 290,700 334,643
Telekom Malaysia BHD 341,900 320,432
Tenaga Nasional BHD 795,400 2,264,115
Top Glove Corp. BHD 219,200 370,091
Westports Holdings BHD 237,700 204,533
YTL Corp. BHD 1,489,300 264,957
Mexico - 2.0% 13,981,308
America Movil SAB de CV, Series L 3,830,188 2,342,190
Arca Continental SAB de CV 76,364 297,181
Cemex SAB de CV 3,110,888 666,339
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 91,812 371,914
El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV, Series C1 27,256 69,645
Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV 340,640 286,275
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV 207,648 1,356,209
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, Series B 73,228 460,158
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV, Series B 27,759 280,761
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Series A 467,600 694,035
Grupo Carso SAB de CV, Series A1 76,204 153,240
Grupo Elektra SAB de CV 6,281 363,248
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Series O 369,904 1,025,043
Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV, Series O 580,440 350,799
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B 697,808 1,502,002
Grupo Televisa SAB 531,452 569,843
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Mexico (continued)  
Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 29,058 $225,166
Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de CV 98,536 330,992
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A 194,300 277,863
Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV 153,200 184,471
Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV (A) 19,500 136,787
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 833,840 2,037,147
Philippines - 1.3% 8,982,234
Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. 387,510 319,017
Aboitiz Power Corp. 598,300 325,202
Ayala Corp. 50,560 583,732
Ayala Land, Inc. 988,900 626,768
Bank of the Philippine Islands 357,000 414,293
BDO Unibank, Inc. 382,780 766,927
Globe Telecom, Inc. 7,585 330,424
GT Capital Holdings, Inc. (A) 25,088 225,449
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. 268,940 478,021
JG Summit Holdings, Inc. 563,770 569,250
Jollibee Foods Corp. 106,350 301,898
Manila Electric Company 59,310 299,315
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company 556,952 431,442
PLDT, Inc. 29,055 748,709
San Miguel Corp. 140,859 271,044
SM Investments Corp. 53,965 904,591
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. 1,466,700 901,958
Universal Robina Corp. 193,870 484,194
Poland - 0.9% 5,890,449
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA 21,128 265,200
CD Projekt SA 6,378 550,758
Cyfrowy Polsat SA 55,789 344,341
Dino Polska SA (A)(B) 5,788 244,035
Grupa Lotos SA 22,149 333,533
ING Bank Slaski SA (A) 4,026 129,691
KGHM Polska Miedz SA (A) 41,172 765,348
LPP SA 231 362,580
mBank SA (A) 2,775 146,753
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (A) 127,839 127,248
Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA 65,620 988,147
Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA 323,452 290,011
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA 110,866 589,247
Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA 86,914 635,513
Santander Bank Polska SA 2,999 118,044
Romania - 0.0% 316,259
NEPI Rockcastle PLC 72,692 316,259
Russia - 3.0% 20,823,591
Gazprom PJSC, ADR 932,740 4,734,588
Gazprom PJSC, ADR (London Stock Exchange) 3,193 16,125
Lukoil PJSC, ADR 81,461 5,335,696
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Russia (continued)  
Lukoil PJSC, ADR (London Stock Exchange) 258 $16,659
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC, ADR 131,614 3,656,237
Novatek PJSC, GDR 9,832 1,380,413
Novatek PJSC, GDR (London Stock Exchange) 122 17,129
Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR 329,102 3,506,582
Tatneft PJSC, ADR 44,621 1,990,989
Tatneft PJSC, ADR (London Stock Exchange) 3,858 169,173
South Africa - 4.3% 29,376,786
Absa Group, Ltd. 233,963 1,163,127
Anglo American Platinum, Ltd. 9,698 515,676
AngloGold Ashanti, Ltd. 111,000 2,808,696
Bid Corp., Ltd. 66,078 869,466
Capitec Bank Holdings, Ltd. 12,532 615,511
Clicks Group, Ltd. 42,630 535,539
Discovery, Ltd. 151,230 798,765
Exxaro Resources, Ltd. 41,954 246,287
FirstRand, Ltd. 906,121 1,996,772
Gold Fields, Ltd. 227,220 1,754,661
Growthpoint Properties, Ltd. (C) 414,738 314,582
Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd. 103,721 633,678
Investec, Ltd. 65,630 137,192
Kumba Iron Ore, Ltd. 16,509 317,064
Mr. Price Group, Ltd. 57,166 410,885
MTN Group, Ltd. 493,947 1,307,420
MultiChoice Group, Ltd. (A) 61,453 291,889
Naspers, Ltd., N Shares 34,496 5,445,090
Nedbank Group, Ltd. 122,580 715,590
Ninety One, Ltd. (A) 32,817 69,780
Northam Platinum, Ltd. (A) 31,319 157,661
Old Mutual, Ltd. 778,563 558,388
PSG Group, Ltd. 13,918 120,499
Sanlam, Ltd. 526,067 1,698,081
Sasol, Ltd. 106,595 506,479
Shoprite Holdings, Ltd. 97,472 568,591
Sibanye Stillwater, Ltd. (A)(C) 311,996 641,490
Standard Bank Group, Ltd. (C) 348,659 1,938,935
The Bidvest Group, Ltd. 163,620 1,341,301
Vodacom Group, Ltd. (C) 133,794 897,691
South Korea - 12.7% 86,656,815
Amorepacific Corp. 3,306 480,251
AMOREPACIFIC Group 5,099 243,138
BGF retail Company, Ltd. 418 54,203
Celltrion Healthcare Company, Ltd. (A) 6,719 466,517
Celltrion, Inc. (A) 10,942 1,890,345
CJ CheilJedang Corp. 2,392 534,958
CJ ENM Company, Ltd. 1,075 112,842
CJ Logistics Corp. (A) 948 115,150
Coway Company, Ltd. 15,271 769,535
DB Insurance Company, Ltd. 15,063 545,801
Doosan Bobcat, Inc. 4,680 90,262
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
South Korea (continued)  
E-MART, Inc. 4,789 $471,648
GS Holdings Corp. 19,036 602,272
GS Retail Company, Ltd. 2,432 75,747
Hana Financial Group, Inc. 63,464 1,437,569
Hanjin Kal Corp. 1,882 134,379
Hankook Tire & Technology Company, Ltd. 23,787 414,850
Hanmi Pharm Company, Ltd. 752 159,849
Hanon Systems 31,519 236,176
Hanwha Solutions Corp. 22,390 267,368
HLB, Inc. (A) 2,079 163,802
Hotel Shilla Company, Ltd. 3,487 243,828
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company, Ltd. 15,141 435,547
Hyundai Glovis Company, Ltd. 6,117 509,562
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Company, Ltd. 1,904 379,722
Hyundai Mobis Company, Ltd. 9,810 1,384,809
Hyundai Motor Company 26,097 2,004,743
Hyundai Steel Company 17,630 312,535
Industrial Bank of Korea 69,037 447,612
Kakao Corp. 5,412 817,274
Kangwon Land, Inc. 16,441 338,009
KB Financial Group, Inc. 72,706 2,073,564
Kia Motors Corp. 56,312 1,370,307
Korea Electric Power Corp. (A) 53,025 1,037,914
Korea Gas Corp. 9,188 203,223
Korea Investment Holdings Company, Ltd. 8,258 339,551
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Company, Ltd. (A) 7,987 542,103
Korea Zinc Company, Ltd. 2,103 666,222
KT&G Corp. 15,307 1,018,834
LG Chem, Ltd. 4,924 1,521,512
LG Corp. 28,145 1,432,139
LG Display Company, Ltd. (A) 64,059 580,945
LG Electronics, Inc. 39,270 1,769,398
LG Household & Health Care, Ltd. 1,674 1,904,193
LG Uplus Corp. 82,722 906,347
Lotte Chemical Corp. 4,742 838,689
Lotte Corp. 9,098 299,421
Lotte Shopping Company, Ltd. 3,519 288,232
Mirae Asset Daewoo Company, Ltd. 75,741 348,727
NAVER Corp. 15,737 2,550,829
NCSoft Corp. 2,512 1,325,632
Netmarble Corp. (A)(B) 5,339 418,462
NH Investment & Securities Company, Ltd. 28,884 229,707
Orion Corp. 3,391 345,097
POSCO 14,204 2,150,797
POSCO Chemical Company, Ltd. 1,423 60,496
S-1 Corp. 3,391 240,733
Samsung Biologics Company, Ltd. (A)(B) 1,080 514,982
Samsung C&T Corp. 10,127 881,006
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
South Korea (continued)  
Samsung Card Company, Ltd. 6,767 $166,613
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company, Ltd. 10,087 939,616
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. 662,406 27,182,322
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Ltd. 8,587 1,342,545
Samsung Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. (A)(C) 99,544 350,073
Samsung Life Insurance Company, Ltd. 18,554 747,672
Samsung SDI Company, Ltd. 5,759 1,351,778
Samsung SDS Company, Ltd. 4,417 589,078
Samsung Securities Company, Ltd. 13,798 340,859
Shinhan Financial Group Company, Ltd. 85,874 2,153,105
SK Holdings Company, Ltd. 6,037 901,747
SK Hynix, Inc. 77,020 5,290,799
SK Innovation Company, Ltd. 11,440 922,937
SK Telecom Company, Ltd. 6,686 1,160,564
S-Oil Corp. 6,638 381,353
Woori Financial Group, Inc. 97,674 676,572
Yuhan Corp. 4,130 159,817
Taiwan - 15.1% 103,295,823
Advantech Company, Ltd. 87,000 830,898
ASE Technology Holding Company, Ltd. 920,000 2,075,967
Asia Cement Corp. 663,000 978,787
Asustek Computer, Inc. 149,000 1,014,662
AU Optronics Corp. 2,728,000 724,739
Catcher Technology Company, Ltd. 157,000 1,203,773
Cathay Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 1,376,359 1,846,778
Chailease Holding Company, Ltd. 338,200 1,302,235
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd. 1,811,840 1,194,225
Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Company, Ltd. 597,000 693,637
China Development Financial Holding Corp. 4,132,000 1,258,922
China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. 981,842 676,871
China Steel Corp. 2,495,000 1,678,072
Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. 459,000 1,690,196
Compal Electronics, Inc. 1,246,000 800,316
CTBC Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 3,635,000 2,444,807
Delta Electronics, Inc. 216,000 1,016,932
E.Sun Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,437,826 2,238,079
Eclat Textile Company, Ltd. 44,000 443,899
Far Eastern New Century Corp. 1,157,000 1,011,619
Far EasTone Telecommunications Company, Ltd. 353,000 788,230
Feng TAY Enterprise Company, Ltd. 89,900 516,971
First Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,271,280 1,684,184
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. 624,000 1,592,709
Formosa Petrochemical Corp. 190,000 573,134
Formosa Plastics Corp. 597,000 1,764,710
Foxconn Technology Company, Ltd. 271,000 524,931
Fubon Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 1,475,000 2,098,179
Globalwafers Company, Ltd. 39,000 504,935
Hiwin Technologies Corp. 14,420 139,659
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Taiwan (continued)  
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Ltd. 1,844,800 $4,776,944
Hotai Motor Company, Ltd. 73,000 1,367,377
Hua Nan Financial Holdings Company, Ltd. 2,388,260 1,562,109
Innolux Corp. 2,709,000 595,795
Inventec Corp. 616,000 486,809
Largan Precision Company, Ltd. 17,000 2,349,638
Lite-On Technology Corp. 631,000 986,717
MediaTek, Inc. 211,000 2,944,698
Mega Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,146,000 2,172,233
Nan Ya Plastics Corp. 1,071,000 2,384,282
Nanya Technology Corp. 244,000 533,351
Novatek Microelectronics Corp. 109,000 683,621
Pegatron Corp. 630,000 1,400,400
Pou Chen Corp. 780,000 739,697
President Chain Store Corp. 120,000 1,242,917
Quanta Computer, Inc. 519,000 1,132,719
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 64,000 554,201
Shin Kong Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,993,340 859,655
SinoPac Financial Holdings Company, Ltd. 3,057,000 1,254,196
Taishin Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 3,038,199 1,302,676
Taiwan Cement Corp. 1,017,286 1,477,872
Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,058,450 1,391,382
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. 422,000 483,924
Taiwan Mobile Company, Ltd. 321,000 1,160,443
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 2,569,000 26,306,408
Uni-President Enterprises Corp. 1,009,000 2,358,230
United Microelectronics Corp. 2,991,000 1,564,073
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. 185,000 434,870
Walsin Technology Corp. 46,000 329,494
Win Semiconductors Corp. 56,000 506,583
Yageo Corp. 45,000 591,697
Yuanta Financial Holding Company, Ltd. 2,721,000 1,564,713
Zhen Ding Technology Holding, Ltd. 133,000 483,043
Thailand - 2.5% 17,170,475
Advanced Info Service PCL, NVDR 214,700 1,313,880
Airports of Thailand PCL 6,100 11,736
Airports of Thailand PCL, Foreign Quota Shares 1,700 3,242
Airports of Thailand PCL, NVDR 531,600 1,022,782
B Grimm Power PCL, NVDR 94,900 131,256
Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR 92,600 297,648
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL, NVDR 488,400 313,977
Bangkok Expressway & Metro PCL, NVDR 1,204,400 351,772
Bank of Ayudhya PCL, NVDR 108,600 72,501
Berli Jucker PCL, NVDR 235,800 293,338
BTS Group Holdings PCL, NVDR 1,124,300 399,612
Bumrungrad Hospital PCL, NVDR 73,300 266,195
Central Pattana PCL, NVDR 203,300 307,888
Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL, NVDR 989,500 825,730
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Thailand (continued)  
CP ALL PCL, NVDR 828,000 $1,816,968
Electricity Generating PCL, NVDR 50,000 441,972
Energy Absolute PCL, NVDR 333,300 414,629
Global Power Synergy PCL, NVDR 110,386 240,526
Gulf Energy Development PCL, NVDR 275,000 329,354
Home Product Center PCL, NVDR 788,800 331,562
Indorama Ventures PCL, NVDR 437,700 388,931
Intouch Holdings PCL, NVDR 167,600 277,132
Kasikornbank PCL, NVDR 114,500 305,227
Krung Thai Bank PCL, NVDR 685,100 232,919
Krungthai Card PCL, NVDR 70,300 73,874
Land & Houses PCL, NVDR 634,600 145,141
Minor International PCL, NVDR 371,800 242,466
Muangthai Capital PCL, NVDR 88,300 129,632
Osotspa PCL, NVDR 129,800 166,487
PTT Exploration & Production PCL 3,800 9,924
PTT Exploration & Production PCL, Foreign Quota Shares 2,600 6,711
PTT Exploration & Production PCL, NVDR 428,500 1,119,093
PTT Global Chemical PCL, NVDR 320,700 374,175
PTT PCL, NVDR 1,642,500 1,802,156
Ratch Group PCL, NVDR 72,800 149,628
Thai Beverage PCL 944,900 463,153
Thai Oil PCL, NVDR 234,100 296,650
Thai Union Group PCL, NVDR 442,700 179,242
The Siam Cement PCL, NVDR 59,000 630,938
The Siam Commercial Bank PCL, NVDR 170,000 359,913
TMB Bank PCL, NVDR 3,505,489 104,011
Total Access Communication PCL, NVDR 174,400 227,736
True Corp. PCL, NVDR 2,894,200 298,768
Turkey - 0.5% 3,651,613
Akbank T.A.S. (A) 471,960 397,717
Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS 24,072 93,471
BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS 88,785 703,090
Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS 213,263 184,597
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS 281,127 325,391
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS 14,652 132,695
KOC Holding AS 114,778 251,906
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS (A) 15,308 198,865
Turk Hava Yollari AO (A) 199,358 304,906
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS 156,993 313,335
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS (A) 402,728 480,542
Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, Class C (A) 253,514 179,540
Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS (A) 284,765 85,558
PREFERRED SECURITIES - 1.5% $10,104,694
(Cost $20,463,250)    
Brazil - 1.4% 9,723,682
Banco Bradesco SA 606,526 2,145,636
Braskem SA, A Shares 34,700 135,510
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, B Shares 42,360 217,853
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MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Brazil (continued)  
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais 125,100 $220,005
Cia Paranaense de Energia, B Shares 9,700 97,478
Gerdau SA 190,900 414,011
Itau Unibanco Holding SA 536,350 2,256,053
Lojas Americanas SA 121,772 559,675
Petroleo Brasileiro SA 903,600 3,012,946
Telefonica Brasil SA 78,800 664,515
Chile - 0.1% 381,012
Embotelladora Andina SA, B Shares 31,000 73,943
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, B Shares 12,932 307,069
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.0% $130,658
(Cost $134,359)    
South Korea - 0.0% 130,658
Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund 13,904 130,658
RIGHTS - 0.0% $2,641
(Cost $0)    
HLB, Inc. (Expiration Date: 5-29-20; Strike Price: KRW 78,700.00) (A) 186 2,641
WARRANTS - 0.0% $3,305
(Cost $0)    
BTS Group Holdings PCL (Expiration Date: 2-16-21; Strike Price: THB 14.00) (A) 109,110 3,305
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.1% $7,175,868
(Cost $7,173,192)    
Short-term funds - 1.1% 7,175,868
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (D)(E) 673,310 6,738,757
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (D) 437,111 437,111
Total investments (Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF) (Cost $777,372,608) - 100.8% $690,455,028
Other assets and liabilities, net - (0.8%) (5,342,098)
Total net assets - 100.0% $685,112,930
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Currency Abbreviations
KRW Korean Won
THB Thai Bhat
    
Security Abbreviations and Legend
ADR American Depositary Receipt
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration.
(C) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(D) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF (continued)

(E) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $15,010,074
(Cost $24,091,992)    
Energy – 99.9% 15,010,074
Energy equipment and services – 12.1%  
Baker Hughes Company 40,775 568,811
Halliburton Company 20,521 215,471
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 4,844 95,766
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 17,263 218,204
Schlumberger, Ltd. 32,546 547,424
TechnipFMC PLC 19,394 172,801
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 87.8%  
Apache Corp. 19,886 260,109
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 18,489 399,732
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (A) 8,099 378,142
Chevron Corp. 12,430 1,143,560
Cimarex Energy Company 5,186 131,828
Concho Resources, Inc. 8,789 498,512
ConocoPhillips 23,970 1,009,137
Continental Resources, Inc. (B) 4,364 71,526
Devon Energy Corp. 27,820 346,915
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 7,224 314,533
EOG Resources, Inc. 13,001 617,678
Exxon Mobil Corp. 22,556 1,048,177
Hess Corp. 11,127 541,217
HollyFrontier Corp. 10,938 361,392
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 29,390 447,610
Marathon Oil Corp. 56,476 345,633
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 24,114 773,577
Noble Energy, Inc. 29,671 291,073
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 20,141 334,341
ONEOK, Inc. 17,394 520,602
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A 32,759 309,573
Phillips 66 6,584 481,751
Pioneer Natural Resources Company 6,540 584,087
Targa Resources Corp. 6,167 79,924
The Williams Companies, Inc. 30,468 590,165
Valero Energy Corp. 17,511 1,109,322
WPX Energy, Inc. (A) 32,868 201,481
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.5%   $69,108
(Cost $69,094)    
Short-term funds – 0.5% 69,108
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 5,957 59,622
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MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 9,486 $9,486
Total investments (Multifactor Energy ETF) (Cost $24,161,086) 100.4% $15,079,182
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.4%)   (62,930)
Total net assets 100.0%   $15,016,252
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 100.0%   $30,341,528
(Cost $36,157,867)    
Financials – 81.7% 24,804,668
Banks – 25.0%  
Bank of America Corp. 39,225 943,361
BOK Financial Corp. 373 19,318
CIT Group, Inc. 2,721 51,645
Citigroup, Inc. 14,064 682,948
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 8,093 181,202
Comerica, Inc. 2,649 92,344
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 1,895 115,955
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 977 70,207
East West Bancorp, Inc. 2,481 87,009
Fifth Third Bancorp 13,876 259,342
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 107 40,874
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 1,756 48,905
First Horizon National Corp. 5,383 48,878
First Republic Bank 2,272 236,947
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 17,963 165,978
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 12,176 1,165,974
KeyCorp 18,625 216,981
M&T Bank Corp. 2,044 229,092
PacWest Bancorp 1,971 39,893
People's United Financial, Inc. 5,529 70,163
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 1,117 44,959
Popular, Inc. 1,849 71,353
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 1,326 79,467
Regions Financial Corp. 20,347 218,730
Signature Bank 881 94,426
SVB Financial Group (A) 875 169,024
Synovus Financial Corp. 1,968 41,348
TCF Financial Corp. 692 20,545
MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Banks (continued)  
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 3,303 $352,331
Truist Financial Corp. 9,469 353,383
U.S. Bancorp 8,294 302,731
Valley National Bancorp 5,479 45,804
Webster Financial Corp. 1,603 45,285
Wells Fargo & Company 27,633 802,739
Western Alliance Bancorp 1,886 67,670
Zions Bancorp NA 3,475 109,845
Capital markets – 23.6%  
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 901 63,034
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 2,601 298,959
Ares Management Corp., Class A 1,106 37,106
BlackRock, Inc. 561 281,644
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 1,680 166,958
CME Group, Inc. 1,341 238,980
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 4,537 184,248
Eaton Vance Corp. 2,248 82,502
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 699 192,225
Franklin Resources, Inc. 5,337 100,549
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A 293 19,001
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A 1,024 41,984
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 3,827 342,325
Invesco, Ltd. 7,640 65,857
Janus Henderson Group PLC 2,575 46,093
KKR & Company, Inc., Class A 6,033 152,092
Lazard, Ltd., Class A 2,115 58,163
Legg Mason, Inc. 841 41,907
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 1,512 91,053
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 619 281,651
Moody's Corp. 1,338 326,338
Morgan Stanley 8,437 332,671
Morningstar, Inc. 391 60,980
MSCI, Inc. 1,112 363,624
Nasdaq, Inc. 1,867 204,754
Northern Trust Corp. 3,555 281,414
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 2,221 146,408
S&P Global, Inc. 1,375 402,710
SEI Investments Company 2,560 130,458
State Street Corp. 4,226 266,407
Stifel Financial Corp. 1,174 51,985
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 4,001 462,636
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 2,649 104,026
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 7,964 298,969
The Blackstone Group, Inc., Class A 2,611 136,399
The Charles Schwab Corp. 9,120 344,006
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 2,296 421,132
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A 505 26,341
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A 370 8,647
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MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Consumer finance – 5.3%  
Ally Financial, Inc. 10,468 $171,571
American Express Company 4,055 370,019
Capital One Financial Corp. 4,858 314,604
Credit Acceptance Corp. (A)(B) 204 63,560
Discover Financial Services 5,637 242,222
LendingTree, Inc. (A)(B) 80 19,950
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 1,898 45,951
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 3,556 55,438
SLM Corp. 8,134 67,838
Synchrony Financial 12,458 246,544
Diversified financial services – 5.0%  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (A) 6,488 1,215,592
Equitable Holdings, Inc. 6,093 111,624
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 4,890 67,091
Voya Financial, Inc. 2,774 125,302
Insurance – 22.0%  
Aflac, Inc. 5,851 217,891
Alleghany Corp. 238 127,023
American Financial Group, Inc. 1,333 88,298
American International Group, Inc. 7,916 201,304
Aon PLC 1,936 334,289
Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (A) 5,384 129,378
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 2,937 230,555
Assurant, Inc. 1,001 106,346
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 2,157 64,128
Athene Holding, Ltd., Class A (A) 3,118 84,186
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 1,630 59,658
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (A) 1,621 41,676
Brown & Brown, Inc. 4,106 147,446
Chubb, Ltd. 1,836 198,297
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 2,921 192,202
CNA Financial Corp. 564 17,811
Enstar Group, Ltd. (A) 188 27,189
Erie Indemnity Company, Class A 476 84,757
Everest Re Group, Ltd. 686 118,767
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 4,672 126,378
First American Financial Corp. 2,150 99,158
Globe Life, Inc. 1,846 152,000
Kemper Corp. 1,010 67,892
Lincoln National Corp. 3,645 129,288
Loews Corp. 4,519 156,629
Markel Corp. (A) 224 193,948
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 4,371 425,429
MetLife, Inc. 6,549 236,288
Old Republic International Corp. 5,150 82,143
Primerica, Inc. 742 77,101
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 4,910 178,773
Prudential Financial, Inc. 3,293 205,384
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 1,179 123,418
MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Insurance (continued)  
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 707 $103,229
RLI Corp. 390 28,404
The Allstate Corp. 3,014 306,584
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 693 69,563
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 8,095 307,529
The Progressive Corp. 5,060 391,138
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2,609 264,057
Unum Group 4,040 70,498
W.R. Berkley Corp. 2,401 129,654
Willis Towers Watson PLC 1,640 292,396
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 0.8%  
Essent Group, Ltd. 1,713 46,799
MGIC Investment Corp. 7,621 55,710
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 7,450 80,907
Radian Group, Inc. 4,228 63,335
TFS Financial Corp. 706 9,637
Industrials – 1.5% 446,465
Professional services – 1.5%  
Equifax, Inc. 1,453 201,822
TransUnion 3,105 244,643
Information technology – 16.8% 5,090,395
IT services – 16.8%  
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (A) 737 67,627
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 2,547 335,924
Fiserv, Inc. (A) 1,951 201,070
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A) 1,424 343,540
Global Payments, Inc. 2,043 339,179
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 1,056 172,709
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 4,738 1,302,808
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (A) 5,217 641,691
Square, Inc., Class A (A) 1,115 72,631
The Western Union Company 6,845 130,534
Visa, Inc., Class A 7,786 1,391,514
WEX, Inc. (A) 689 91,168
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.2%   $69,761
(Cost $69,753)    
Short-term funds – 0.2% 69,761
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 3,545 35,481
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 34,280 34,280
Total investments (Multifactor Financials ETF) (Cost $36,227,620) 100.2% $30,411,289
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.2%)   (53,393)
Total net assets 100.0%   $30,357,896
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
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MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF (continued)

Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $43,192,912
(Cost $39,665,683)    
Consumer discretionary – 0.3% 153,132
Diversified consumer services – 0.3%  
Service Corp. International 4,168 153,132
Health care – 99.6% 43,039,780
Biotechnology – 16.2%  
AbbVie, Inc. 8,439 693,686
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 1,193 57,634
Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (A) 385 34,854
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 3,314 356,156
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 1,634 215,198
Amgen, Inc. 4,284 1,024,818
Biogen, Inc. (A) 2,647 785,709
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 2,806 258,208
Bluebird Bio, Inc. (A) 786 42,350
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (A)(B) 875 26,714
Exact Sciences Corp. (A) 1,512 119,418
Exelixis, Inc. (A) 7,674 189,509
FibroGen, Inc. (A) 1,035 38,181
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 12,992 1,091,328
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 599 45,835
Incyte Corp. (A) 2,848 278,136
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 1,723 95,678
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (A) 950 30,543
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 318 27,043
Moderna, Inc. (A) 2,727 125,415
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (A) 1,110 108,935
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 889 467,507
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 848 99,962
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (A) 1,437 197,200
United Therapeutics Corp. (A) 1,277 139,908
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 1,770 444,624
Health care equipment and supplies – 24.9%  
Abbott Laboratories 11,827 1,089,148
ABIOMED, Inc. (A) 637 121,826
Align Technology, Inc. (A) 1,515 325,498
Baxter International, Inc. 5,613 498,322
Becton, Dickinson and Company 2,006 506,575
Boston Scientific Corp. (A) 14,409 540,049
Danaher Corp. 3,864 631,609
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 5,231 222,004
MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care equipment and supplies (continued)  
DexCom, Inc. (A) 1,077 $361,010
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (A) 1,736 377,580
Envista Holdings Corp. (A) 2,390 46,533
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (A) 1,998 94,825
Haemonetics Corp. (A) 911 103,654
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 1,878 211,256
Hologic, Inc. (A) 6,543 327,804
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (A) 1,745 484,412
Insulet Corp. (A) 926 184,941
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (A) 1,387 70,806
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (A) 667 340,757
LivaNova PLC (A) 1,041 55,298
Masimo Corp. (A) 936 200,220
Medtronic PLC 9,654 942,520
Nevro Corp. (A) 253 29,763
Novocure, Ltd. (A) 895 58,891
Penumbra, Inc. (A)(B) 373 66,140
ResMed, Inc. 2,637 409,579
STERIS PLC 1,857 264,623
Stryker Corp. 2,267 422,637
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (A) 602 48,028
Teleflex, Inc. 856 287,102
The Cooper Companies, Inc. 1,072 307,342
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (A) 2,085 238,482
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 1,544 292,217
Wright Medical Group NV (A)(B) 1,505 43,825
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 4,536 542,959
Health care providers and services – 22.6%  
Amedisys, Inc. (A) 583 107,365
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 3,777 338,646
Anthem, Inc. 2,403 674,594
Cardinal Health, Inc. 6,809 336,909
Centene Corp. (A) 6,729 448,017
Chemed Corp. 347 144,550
Cigna Corp. 3,307 647,444
CVS Health Corp. 10,643 655,077
DaVita, Inc. (A) 2,963 234,107
Encompass Health Corp. 2,844 188,415
Guardant Health, Inc. (A) 510 39,250
HCA Healthcare, Inc. 2,464 270,744
HealthEquity, Inc. (A) 959 53,963
Henry Schein, Inc. (A) 3,796 207,110
Humana, Inc. 1,833 699,876
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (A) 2,826 464,736
LHC Group, Inc. (A) 442 57,456
McKesson Corp. 5,071 716,279
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (A) 1,948 319,414
Premier, Inc., Class A (A) 1,241 41,152
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 3,833 422,052
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MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care providers and services (continued)  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 8,291 $2,424,869
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B 2,557 270,249
Health care technology – 2.4%  
Cerner Corp. 7,420 514,874
Teladoc Health, Inc. (A) 1,155 190,101
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (A) 1,706 325,505
Life sciences tools and services – 10.0%  
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. (A) 158 5,058
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 6,767 518,758
Avantor, Inc. (A) 4,822 81,058
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A) 497 218,730
Bio-Techne Corp. 731 164,475
Bruker Corp. 2,606 102,468
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (A) 1,318 190,675
Illumina, Inc. (A) 1,153 367,842
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (A) 3,892 554,960
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (A) 458 329,733
PerkinElmer, Inc. 1,852 167,662
PPD, Inc. (A) 579 13,838
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (A) 1,184 114,256
Repligen Corp. (A) 711 82,583
Syneos Health, Inc. (A) 1,754 97,856
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 3,086 1,032,822
Waters Corp. (A) 1,495 279,565
Pharmaceuticals – 23.5%  
Allergan PLC 2,426 454,487
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 16,325 992,723
Catalent, Inc. (A) 3,894 269,270
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (A) 5,154 127,355
Eli Lilly & Company 5,828 901,242
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (A) 4,161 149,962
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A) 1,652 182,133
Johnson & Johnson 18,025 2,704,471
Merck & Company, Inc. 21,023 1,667,965
Mylan NV (A) 12,728 213,449
Perrigo Company PLC 2,818 150,199
Pfizer, Inc. 48,817 1,872,620
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 197 31,158
Zoetis, Inc. 3,595 464,869
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.5%   $206,649
(Cost $206,587)    
Short-term funds – 0.5% 206,649
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 18,363 183,786
MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 22,863 $22,863
Total investments (Multifactor Healthcare ETF) (Cost $39,872,270) 100.4% $43,399,561
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.4%)   (192,645)
Total net assets 100.0%   $43,206,916
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $22,229,705
(Cost $25,327,564)    
Consumer discretionary – 6.6% 1,459,065
Auto components – 1.7%  
Aptiv PLC 4,087 284,251
Gentex Corp. 3,579 86,755
Distributors – 0.5%  
Pool Corp. 523 110,698
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 0.5%  
Aramark 3,823 104,406
Household durables – 3.9%  
D.R. Horton, Inc. 5,131 242,286
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 2,845 99,945
Lennar Corp., A Shares 3,640 182,255
Lennar Corp., B Shares 205 7,821
NVR, Inc. (A) 58 179,800
PulteGroup, Inc. 4,258 120,374
Toll Brothers, Inc. 1,685 40,474
Industrials – 82.5% 18,360,255
Aerospace and defense – 13.6%  
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,106 45,501
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (A) 317 23,049
BWX Technologies, Inc. 1,282 68,023
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 666 69,031
General Dynamics Corp. 1,780 232,504
HEICO Corp. 450 39,420
HEICO Corp., Class A 776 56,128
Hexcel Corp. 1,160 40,124
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 677 129,585
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 1,127 218,300
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MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Aerospace and defense (continued)  
Lockheed Martin Corp. 1,146 $445,863
Mercury Systems, Inc. (A) 644 57,419
Northrop Grumman Corp. 980 324,057
Parsons Corp. (A) 331 12,379
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 9,001 583,355
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 1,939 42,968
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (A) 456 148,506
Textron, Inc. 3,556 93,736
The Boeing Company 1,944 274,143
TransDigm Group, Inc. 315 114,370
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (A)(B) 338 5,956
Air freight and logistics – 4.1%  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 2,199 155,909
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2,513 179,943
FedEx Corp. 1,214 153,899
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 3,401 321,939
XPO Logistics, Inc. (A) 1,624 108,386
Airlines – 3.4%  
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 2,005 65,203
American Airlines Group, Inc. (B) 4,066 48,833
Copa Holdings SA, Class A 388 17,153
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 6,743 174,711
JetBlue Airways Corp. (A) 4,416 43,012
Southwest Airlines Company 7,975 249,219
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (A) 5,028 148,728
Building products – 4.2%  
AO Smith Corp. 1,710 72,470
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 628 48,406
Carrier Global Corp. (A) 4,092 72,469
Johnson Controls International PLC 9,117 265,396
Lennox International, Inc. 416 77,659
Masco Corp. 2,916 119,673
Trane Technologies PLC 2,461 215,141
Trex Company, Inc. (A) 599 57,037
Commercial services and supplies – 5.1%  
ADT, Inc. (B) 3,374 19,333
Cintas Corp. 1,092 242,238
Clean Harbors, Inc. (A) 738 39,431
IAA, Inc. (A) 1,258 48,559
MSA Safety, Inc. 422 47,488
Republic Services, Inc. 3,330 260,872
Stericycle, Inc. (A) 1,111 54,217
Tetra Tech, Inc. 562 42,307
The Brink's Company 994 50,813
Waste Management, Inc. 3,273 327,365
Construction and engineering – 1.9%  
AECOM (A) 2,392 86,734
EMCOR Group, Inc. 1,043 66,262
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1,910 158,053
MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Construction and engineering (continued)  
MasTec, Inc. (A) 1,111 $39,885
Quanta Services, Inc. 2,078 75,556
Electrical equipment – 6.4%  
Acuity Brands, Inc. 665 57,582
AMETEK, Inc. 3,609 302,687
Eaton Corp. PLC 3,083 257,431
Emerson Electric Company 4,905 279,732
Generac Holdings, Inc. (A) 852 83,019
Hubbell, Inc. 888 110,494
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 1,711 324,200
Industrial conglomerates – 6.2%  
3M Company 3,116 473,383
Carlisle Companies, Inc. 850 102,816
General Electric Company 32,663 222,108
Honeywell International, Inc. 3,176 450,674
Roper Technologies, Inc. 391 133,343
Machinery – 20.6%  
AGCO Corp. 1,001 52,893
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 2,113 76,786
Caterpillar, Inc. 3,698 430,373
Colfax Corp. (A) 869 22,412
Crane Company 809 44,050
Cummins, Inc. 2,487 406,625
Deere & Company 2,815 408,344
Donaldson Company, Inc. 1,996 87,485
Dover Corp. 2,084 195,167
Flowserve Corp. 1,676 47,213
Fortive Corp. 3,932 251,648
Graco, Inc. 2,602 116,205
IDEX Corp. 1,071 164,538
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 2,110 342,875
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (A) 2,702 78,574
ITT, Inc. 1,608 84,774
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 1,033 83,167
Nordson Corp. 705 113,442
Oshkosh Corp. 1,324 89,410
Otis Worldwide Corp. (A) 2,047 104,213
PACCAR, Inc. 6,346 439,334
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 1,994 315,291
Pentair PLC 2,564 88,689
Snap-on, Inc. 916 119,346
The Middleby Corp. (A) 949 52,793
The Toro Company 1,475 94,120
Wabtec Corp. 1,330 75,039
Woodward, Inc. 830 50,265
Xylem, Inc. 2,226 160,049
Marine – 0.2%  
Kirby Corp. (A) 918 49,040
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MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Professional services – 3.4%  
CoreLogic, Inc. 889 $34,155
Exponent, Inc. 320 22,506
FTI Consulting, Inc. (A) 438 55,784
IHS Markit, Ltd. 2,737 184,200
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 947 70,305
Robert Half International, Inc. 1,900 89,813
TriNet Group, Inc. (A) 891 43,632
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 1,653 252,628
Road and rail – 9.2%  
AMERCO 168 47,062
CSX Corp. 5,547 367,378
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 1,676 169,477
Kansas City Southern 1,326 173,109
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (B) 1,636 60,826
Landstar System, Inc. 681 70,354
Norfolk Southern Corp. 2,006 343,227
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 1,521 220,986
Union Pacific Corp. 3,760 600,802
Trading companies and distributors – 4.2%  
Air Lease Corp. 1,733 45,318
Fastenal Company 7,854 284,472
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (A) 2,857 84,796
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., Class A 698 41,629
United Rentals, Inc. (A) 1,665 213,953
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 733 202,000
Watsco, Inc. 382 61,498
Information technology – 10.8% 2,410,385
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 1.6%  
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (A) 1,238 77,895
CDW Corp. 1,900 210,520
SYNNEX Corp. 669 58,578
IT services – 9.0%  
Accenture PLC, Class A 3,000 555,570
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 1,811 265,656
Black Knight, Inc. (A) 1,492 105,290
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 1,835 134,762
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 1,525 176,900
CACI International, Inc., Class A (A) 326 81,546
Genpact, Ltd. 2,247 77,364
KBR, Inc. 1,367 27,695
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 2,014 199,003
MAXIMUS, Inc. 852 57,357
Paychex, Inc. 3,797 260,170
Sabre Corp. 4,103 29,829
Science Applications International Corp. 501 40,912
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 0.1%  
Enphase Energy, Inc. (A) 748 35,029
MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software – 0.1%  
Globant SA (A)(B) 141 $16,309
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.6%   $119,191
(Cost $119,171)    
Short-term funds – 0.6% 119,191
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 9,528 95,357
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 23,834 23,834
Total investments (Multifactor Industrials ETF) (Cost $25,446,735) 100.5% $22,348,896
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.5%)   (101,056)
Total net assets 100.0%   $22,247,840
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $788,432,145
(Cost $776,148,143)    
Communication services – 8.1% 64,150,859
Diversified telecommunication services – 1.5%  
AT&T, Inc. 175,724 5,354,310
CenturyLink, Inc. 70,884 752,788
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (A) 3,114 189,425
Verizon Communications, Inc. 102,161 5,869,149
Entertainment – 1.4%  
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 23,572 1,502,244
Electronic Arts, Inc. (A) 9,690 1,107,179
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series A (A) 751 22,718
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series C (A) 9,837 316,653
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (A) 7,434 333,564
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (A) 719 59,461
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (A) 719 123,179
Netflix, Inc. (A) 6,409 2,690,819
Roku, Inc. (A) 1,590 192,756
Spotify Technology SA (A) 1,025 155,359
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (A) 4,816 582,977
The Walt Disney Company 37,046 4,006,525
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Entertainment (continued)  
Zynga, Inc., Class A (A) 11,201 $84,456
Interactive media and services – 3.2%  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (A) 9,178 12,360,013
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (A) 1,560 2,103,910
Facebook, Inc., Class A (A) 42,240 8,646,950
InterActiveCorp (A) 3,794 847,883
Match Group, Inc. (A)(B) 2,358 181,472
Pinterest, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 3,741 77,289
Snap, Inc., Class A (A) 16,350 287,924
Twitter, Inc. (A) 27,053 775,880
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (A) 1,005 43,758
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (A)(B) 5,318 233,779
Media – 1.8%  
Altice USA, Inc., Class A (A) 12,923 335,610
Cable One, Inc. 150 286,929
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (A) 4,972 2,462,284
Comcast Corp., Class A 137,817 5,186,054
Discovery, Inc., Series A (A)(B) 17,055 382,373
Discovery, Inc., Series C (A) 12,453 254,166
DISH Network Corp., Class A (A) 14,037 351,136
Fox Corp., Class A 15,945 412,497
Fox Corp., Class B 4,681 119,646
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A (A) 614 73,692
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C (A) 7,274 892,374
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series A (A) 7,508 253,095
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series C (A) 3,764 128,239
News Corp., Class A 21,431 212,381
News Corp., Class B 5,568 56,905
Omnicom Group, Inc. 18,820 1,073,305
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (B) 58,231 344,145
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 33,185 563,481
The New York Times Company, Class A 1,081 35,154
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class A 84 1,649
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 36,177 624,415
Wireless telecommunication services – 0.2%  
T-Mobile US, Inc. (A) 13,655 1,198,909
Consumer discretionary – 10.4% 82,522,415
Auto components – 0.4%  
Aptiv PLC 18,558 1,290,709
Autoliv, Inc. 5,999 360,060
BorgWarner, Inc. 13,838 395,352
Gentex Corp. 15,460 374,750
Lear Corp. 5,534 540,395
Automobiles – 0.4%  
Ford Motor Company 115,594 588,373
General Motors Company 39,559 881,770
Tesla, Inc. (A) 2,326 1,818,653
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Distributors – 0.2%  
Genuine Parts Company 10,029 $795,099
LKQ Corp. (A) 16,467 430,612
Pool Corp. 1,803 381,623
Diversified consumer services – 0.1%  
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (A) 2,132 248,271
Service Corp. International 11,666 428,609
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (A) 7,688 261,776
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 1.8%  
Aramark 15,839 432,563
Carnival Corp. (B) 14,695 233,651
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (A) 1,575 1,383,716
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 7,953 586,852
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 1,895 685,857
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 2,408 151,319
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 12,370 936,533
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A 2,070 116,458
Las Vegas Sands Corp. 14,427 692,785
Marriott International, Inc., Class A 10,148 922,859
McDonald's Corp. 15,162 2,843,785
MGM Resorts International 30,451 512,490
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (A) 9,418 154,455
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (A) 2,062 124,400
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 9,007 421,257
Starbucks Corp. 25,964 1,992,218
Vail Resorts, Inc. 2,135 365,085
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 7,995 301,491
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 5,213 445,868
Yum! Brands, Inc. 11,096 959,027
Household durables – 0.7%  
D.R. Horton, Inc. 21,198 1,000,970
Garmin, Ltd. 7,619 618,358
Lennar Corp., A Shares 13,524 677,147
Lennar Corp., B Shares 782 29,833
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (A) 4,113 360,792
Newell Brands, Inc. 22,813 316,644
NVR, Inc. (A) 302 936,200
PulteGroup, Inc. 16,824 475,614
Toll Brothers, Inc. 8,587 206,260
Whirlpool Corp. 5,273 589,205
Internet and direct marketing retail – 2.9%  
Amazon.com, Inc. (A) 7,476 18,495,624
Booking Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,080 1,599,016
Chewy, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 960 41,510
eBay, Inc. 48,543 1,933,468
Etsy, Inc. (A) 2,367 153,547
Expedia Group, Inc. 7,007 497,357
Wayfair, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 1,292 160,260
Leisure products – 0.1%  
Hasbro, Inc. 9,000 649,890
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Leisure products (continued)  
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (A) 646 $20,349
Polaris, Inc. 3,770 267,406
Multiline retail – 0.7%  
Dollar General Corp. 10,437 1,829,606
Dollar Tree, Inc. (A) 15,276 1,217,039
Kohl's Corp. 15,798 291,631
Target Corp. 22,345 2,452,140
Specialty retail – 2.4%  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 4,241 512,779
AutoZone, Inc. (A) 1,171 1,194,795
Best Buy Company, Inc. 20,919 1,605,115
Burlington Stores, Inc. (A) 3,414 623,704
CarMax, Inc. (A) 11,934 878,939
Carvana Company (A)(B) 1,076 86,198
Five Below, Inc. (A) 1,551 139,838
L Brands, Inc. 2,497 29,689
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 22,314 2,337,392
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (A) 3,868 1,494,363
Ross Stores, Inc. 20,564 1,878,727
The Gap, Inc. 18,314 148,710
The Home Depot, Inc. 20,198 4,440,126
The TJX Companies, Inc. 40,590 1,990,940
Tractor Supply Company 8,781 890,657
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (A) 3,580 780,154
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 0.7%  
Columbia Sportswear Company 876 63,852
Levi Strauss & Company, Class A (B) 746 9,616
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (A) 5,417 1,210,591
NIKE, Inc., Class B 29,806 2,598,487
PVH Corp. 4,112 202,434
Ralph Lauren Corp. 3,919 289,144
Tapestry, Inc. 14,891 221,578
Under Armour, Inc., Class A (A) 8,394 87,465
Under Armour, Inc., Class C (A) 8,572 79,462
VF Corp. 14,614 849,073
Consumer staples – 6.8% 53,632,536
Beverages – 1.5%  
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A 3,181 180,426
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 15,961 992,774
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 5,804 955,861
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc. 11,686 309,212
Molson Coors Beverage Company, Class B 11,203 459,435
Monster Beverage Corp. (A) 13,556 837,896
PepsiCo, Inc. 30,924 4,090,936
The Coca-Cola Company 78,950 3,623,016
Food and staples retailing – 1.5%  
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 1,201 181,843
Costco Wholesale Corp. 10,040 3,042,120
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer staples (continued)  
Food and staples retailing (continued)  
Sysco Corp. 19,994 $1,125,062
The Kroger Company 65,355 2,065,872
US Foods Holding Corp. (A) 12,241 263,182
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 19,710 853,246
Walmart, Inc. 36,660 4,456,023
Food products – 1.7%  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 28,673 1,064,915
Beyond Meat, Inc. (A) 369 36,527
Bunge, Ltd. 9,772 387,655
Campbell Soup Company 12,845 641,993
Conagra Brands, Inc. 28,951 968,121
General Mills, Inc. 27,265 1,632,901
Hormel Foods Corp. 14,813 693,989
Ingredion, Inc. 4,996 405,675
Kellogg Company 15,078 987,609
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 8,535 523,708
McCormick & Company, Inc. 7,992 1,253,465
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A 36,326 1,868,609
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (A) 616 13,552
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 4,312 396,057
The Hershey Company 6,474 857,352
The J.M. Smucker Company 6,442 740,250
The Kraft Heinz Company 9,478 287,468
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A 13,959 868,110
Household products – 1.4%  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. 12,760 893,072
Colgate-Palmolive Company 19,552 1,373,919
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 9,156 1,267,923
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. 493 15,988
The Clorox Company 8,531 1,590,520
The Procter & Gamble Company 51,888 6,116,039
Personal products – 0.2%  
Coty, Inc., Class A 12,483 68,032
Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (A) 6,467 241,542
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Class A 7,908 1,394,971
Tobacco – 0.5%  
Altria Group, Inc. 41,771 1,639,512
Philip Morris International, Inc. 26,356 1,966,158
Energy – 2.7% 21,576,545
Energy equipment and services – 0.1%  
Baker Hughes Company 9,412 131,297
Halliburton Company 19,628 206,094
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 17,749 224,347
Schlumberger, Ltd. 22,610 380,300
TechnipFMC PLC 23,485 209,251
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 2.6%  
Apache Corp. 18,582 243,053
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 19,265 416,509
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Energy (continued)  
Oil, gas and consumable fuels (continued)  
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (A) 8,815 $411,572
Chevron Corp. 47,781 4,395,852
Concho Resources, Inc. 8,055 456,880
ConocoPhillips 23,018 969,058
Continental Resources, Inc. (B) 4,906 80,409
Devon Energy Corp. 23,635 294,728
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 7,034 306,260
EOG Resources, Inc. 11,909 565,797
Exxon Mobil Corp. 84,674 3,934,801
Hess Corp. 15,550 756,352
HollyFrontier Corp. 14,073 464,972
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 55,817 850,093
Marathon Oil Corp. 52,830 323,320
Marathon Petroleum Corp. 29,978 961,694
Noble Energy, Inc. 32,326 317,118
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 24,371 404,559
ONEOK, Inc. 20,343 608,866
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A 8,247 77,934
Phillips 66 12,004 878,333
Pioneer Natural Resources Company 5,532 494,063
Targa Resources Corp. 9,013 116,808
The Williams Companies, Inc. 36,115 699,548
Valero Energy Corp. 22,047 1,396,677
Financials – 12.0% 94,400,650
Banks – 3.8%  
Bank of America Corp. 165,353 3,976,740
BOK Financial Corp. 1,054 54,587
Citigroup, Inc. 56,115 2,724,944
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 29,085 651,213
Comerica, Inc. 10,792 376,209
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 5,576 341,195
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (B) 2,197 157,876
East West Bancorp, Inc. 8,239 288,942
Fifth Third Bancorp 57,463 1,073,983
First Republic Bank 8,110 845,792
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 65,009 600,683
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 70,586 6,759,315
KeyCorp 65,087 758,264
M&T Bank Corp. 8,307 931,049
People's United Financial, Inc. 19,954 253,216
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 1,154 69,159
Regions Financial Corp. 85,272 916,674
Signature Bank 2,792 299,247
SVB Financial Group (A) 3,063 591,680
TCF Financial Corp. 3,020 89,664
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 12,951 1,381,483
Truist Financial Corp. 46,733 1,744,076
U.S. Bancorp 39,270 1,433,355
Wells Fargo & Company 108,459 3,150,734
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Banks (continued)  
Zions Bancorp NA 12,258 $387,475
Capital markets – 3.3%  
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 11,506 1,322,500
Ares Management Corp., Class A 1,608 53,948
BlackRock, Inc. 2,177 1,092,941
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 5,443 540,925
CME Group, Inc. 6,856 1,221,808
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 15,151 615,282
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 2,236 614,900
Franklin Resources, Inc. 19,451 366,457
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 15,682 1,402,755
Invesco, Ltd. 22,945 197,786
KKR & Company, Inc., Class A 10,308 259,865
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 3,578 215,467
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 1,899 864,064
Moody's Corp. 5,684 1,386,328
Morgan Stanley 32,668 1,288,099
Morningstar, Inc. 667 104,025
MSCI, Inc. 5,566 1,820,082
Nasdaq, Inc. 6,889 755,517
Northern Trust Corp. 13,221 1,046,574
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 8,090 533,293
S&P Global, Inc. 7,109 2,082,084
SEI Investments Company 9,963 507,714
State Street Corp. 13,334 840,575
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 14,058 1,625,527
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 12,393 486,673
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 33,313 1,250,570
The Blackstone Group, Inc., Class A 4,558 238,110
The Charles Schwab Corp. 31,509 1,188,519
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 8,538 1,566,040
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A 719 37,503
Consumer finance – 0.7%  
Ally Financial, Inc. 36,735 602,087
American Express Company 18,759 1,711,759
Capital One Financial Corp. 21,270 1,377,445
Credit Acceptance Corp. (A)(B) 504 157,031
Discover Financial Services 21,553 926,132
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 8,712 135,820
Synchrony Financial 40,075 793,084
Diversified financial services – 1.2%  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (A) 45,658 8,554,483
Equitable Holdings, Inc. 12,084 221,379
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 15,725 215,747
Voya Financial, Inc. 9,388 424,056
Insurance – 3.0%  
Aflac, Inc. 29,869 1,112,322
Alleghany Corp. 848 452,586
American Financial Group, Inc. 5,002 331,332
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Insurance (continued)  
American International Group, Inc. 26,140 $664,740
Aon PLC 9,839 1,698,900
Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (A) 19,096 458,877
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 10,162 797,717
Assurant, Inc. 1,811 192,401
Athene Holding, Ltd., Class A (A) 5,778 156,006
Brown & Brown, Inc. 13,603 488,484
Chubb, Ltd. 8,483 916,249
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 9,538 627,600
CNA Financial Corp. 1,972 62,276
Erie Indemnity Company, Class A 1,298 231,122
Everest Re Group, Ltd. 2,720 470,914
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 16,270 440,104
First American Financial Corp. 5,274 243,237
Globe Life, Inc. 7,407 609,892
Lincoln National Corp. 16,227 575,572
Loews Corp. 18,165 629,599
Markel Corp. (A) 691 598,295
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 15,405 1,499,369
MetLife, Inc. 23,098 833,376
Old Republic International Corp. 16,214 258,613
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 20,633 751,248
Prudential Financial, Inc. 14,657 914,157
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 4,609 482,470
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 1,146 167,327
The Allstate Corp. 12,716 1,293,472
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 30,130 1,144,639
The Progressive Corp. 21,991 1,699,904
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 13,748 1,391,435
W.R. Berkley Corp. 9,919 535,626
Willis Towers Watson PLC 6,143 1,095,235
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 0.0%  
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 5,767 62,630
TFS Financial Corp. 763 10,415
Health care – 15.0% 118,062,070
Biotechnology – 2.2%  
AbbVie, Inc. 28,739 2,362,346
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 830 40,097
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 6,610 710,377
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 2,920 384,564
Amgen, Inc. 15,612 3,734,703
Biogen, Inc. (A) 6,114 1,814,819
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 6,298 579,542
Exact Sciences Corp. (A) 3,297 260,397
Exelixis, Inc. (A) 13,349 329,654
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 34,723 2,916,732
Incyte Corp. (A) 6,289 614,184
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 3,315 184,082
Moderna, Inc. (A) 2,434 111,940
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Biotechnology (continued)  
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (A) 2,120 $208,057
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 2,029 1,067,011
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 1,189 140,159
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (A) 3,332 457,250
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 5,594 1,405,213
Health care equipment and supplies – 3.7%  
Abbott Laboratories 41,424 3,814,736
ABIOMED, Inc. (A) 1,379 263,734
Align Technology, Inc. (A) 3,136 673,770
Baxter International, Inc. 16,290 1,446,226
Becton, Dickinson and Company 6,713 1,695,234
Boston Scientific Corp. (A) 35,806 1,342,009
Danaher Corp. 13,934 2,277,652
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 12,833 544,633
DexCom, Inc. (A) 1,980 663,696
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (A) 5,974 1,299,345
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (A) 1,469 69,719
Haemonetics Corp. (A) 1,095 124,589
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 3,286 369,642
Hologic, Inc. (A) 19,395 971,690
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (A) 5,124 1,422,422
Insulet Corp. (A) 1,566 312,762
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (A) 2,273 1,161,230
Masimo Corp. (A) 1,473 315,089
Medtronic PLC 27,089 2,644,699
Novocure, Ltd. (A) 1,127 74,157
Penumbra, Inc. (A) 257 45,571
ResMed, Inc. 7,963 1,236,813
STERIS PLC 4,633 660,203
Stryker Corp. 8,782 1,637,228
Teleflex, Inc. 2,213 742,240
The Cooper Companies, Inc. 2,509 719,330
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (A) 6,069 694,172
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 3,527 667,520
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 11,317 1,354,645
Health care providers and services – 3.6%  
Amedisys, Inc. (A) 367 67,587
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 10,321 925,381
Anthem, Inc. 8,536 2,396,311
Cardinal Health, Inc. 18,176 899,348
Centene Corp. (A) 25,087 1,670,292
Chemed Corp. 401 167,045
Cigna Corp. 12,987 2,542,595
CVS Health Corp. 36,246 2,230,941
DaVita, Inc. (A) 10,274 811,749
Encompass Health Corp. 3,852 255,195
Guardant Health, Inc. (A) 749 57,643
HCA Healthcare, Inc. 7,263 798,058
Henry Schein, Inc. (A) 11,687 637,643
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care providers and services (continued)  
Humana, Inc. 5,476 $2,090,846
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (A) 8,474 1,393,549
McKesson Corp. 12,365 1,746,556
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (A) 3,293 539,953
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 13,934 1,534,273
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 23,539 6,884,451
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B 7,945 839,707
Health care technology – 0.3%  
Cerner Corp. 19,355 1,343,043
Teladoc Health, Inc. (A) 658 108,300
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (A) 4,088 779,990
Life sciences tools and services – 1.5%  
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 19,288 1,478,618
Avantor, Inc. (A) 5,883 98,893
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A) 1,099 483,670
Bio-Techne Corp. 1,150 258,750
Bruker Corp. 3,110 122,285
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (A) 2,176 314,802
Illumina, Inc. (A) 4,074 1,299,728
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (A) 9,163 1,306,552
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (A) 1,633 1,175,662
PerkinElmer, Inc. 5,984 541,732
PPD, Inc. (A) 547 13,073
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (A) 2,442 235,653
Syneos Health, Inc. (A) 1,225 68,343
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 8,953 2,996,390
Waters Corp. (A) 4,918 919,666
Pharmaceuticals – 3.7%  
Allergan PLC 7,059 1,322,433
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 43,741 2,659,890
Catalent, Inc. (A) 8,058 557,211
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (A) 13,924 344,062
Eli Lilly & Company 18,029 2,788,005
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (A) 2,954 106,462
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A) 3,338 368,015
Johnson & Johnson 58,633 8,797,295
Merck & Company, Inc. 59,560 4,725,490
Mylan NV (A) 27,716 464,797
Perrigo Company PLC 6,824 363,719
Pfizer, Inc. 134,179 5,147,106
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 174 27,520
Zoetis, Inc. 13,842 1,789,909
Industrials – 10.8% 84,917,674
Aerospace and defense – 1.7%  
BWX Technologies, Inc. 1,612 85,533
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 973 100,851
General Dynamics Corp. 7,083 925,181
HEICO Corp. 1,491 130,612
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Aerospace and defense (continued)  
HEICO Corp., Class A 2,832 $204,839
Hexcel Corp. 3,283 113,559
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 23,992 313,575
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 2,789 533,842
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 6,428 1,245,104
Lockheed Martin Corp. 5,703 2,218,809
Northrop Grumman Corp. 4,251 1,405,678
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 43,707 2,832,651
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 7,300 161,768
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (A) 1,411 459,520
Textron, Inc. 17,209 453,629
The Boeing Company 10,221 1,441,365
TransDigm Group, Inc. 1,729 627,765
Air freight and logistics – 0.5%  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 9,537 676,173
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 11,345 812,359
FedEx Corp. 7,662 971,312
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 13,972 1,322,590
XPO Logistics, Inc. (A) 5,770 385,090
Airlines – 0.4%  
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 8,912 289,818
American Airlines Group, Inc. (B) 25,753 309,294
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 30,999 803,184
Southwest Airlines Company 31,400 981,250
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (A) 24,885 736,098
Building products – 0.7%  
Allegion PLC 6,838 687,493
AO Smith Corp. 6,819 288,989
Carrier Global Corp. (A) 21,999 389,602
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 8,755 421,991
Johnson Controls International PLC 33,349 970,789
Lennox International, Inc. 2,038 380,454
Masco Corp. 15,368 630,703
Owens Corning 7,741 335,650
Trane Technologies PLC 14,205 1,241,801
Trex Company, Inc. (A) 634 60,369
Commercial services and supplies – 0.8%  
Cintas Corp. 6,139 1,361,814
Copart, Inc. (A) 11,338 908,287
IAA, Inc. (A) 6,597 254,644
Republic Services, Inc. 19,608 1,536,091
Rollins, Inc. 7,770 310,800
Waste Management, Inc. 17,549 1,755,251
Construction and engineering – 0.1%  
AECOM (A) 3,987 144,569
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 7,562 625,756
Quanta Services, Inc. 2,019 73,411
Electrical equipment – 0.8%  
AMETEK, Inc. 14,112 1,183,573
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Electrical equipment (continued)  
Eaton Corp. PLC 15,794 $1,318,799
Emerson Electric Company 21,100 1,203,333
Generac Holdings, Inc. (A) 833 81,168
Hubbell, Inc. 3,409 424,182
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 8,202 1,554,115
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (A) 10,331 375,842
Industrial conglomerates – 0.9%  
3M Company 13,336 2,026,005
Carlisle Companies, Inc. 4,135 500,170
General Electric Company 160,980 1,094,664
Honeywell International, Inc. 16,441 2,332,978
Roper Technologies, Inc. 3,545 1,208,951
Machinery – 2.5%  
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 8,632 313,687
Caterpillar, Inc. 15,493 1,803,075
Cummins, Inc. 9,378 1,533,303
Deere & Company 13,083 1,897,820
Donaldson Company, Inc. 8,073 353,840
Dover Corp. 11,693 1,095,049
Flowserve Corp. 9,518 268,122
Fortive Corp. 15,102 966,528
Graco, Inc. 7,987 356,699
IDEX Corp. 4,486 689,184
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 10,721 1,742,163
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (A) 12,456 362,220
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 3,632 292,412
Nordson Corp. 2,686 432,204
Otis Worldwide Corp. (A) 10,980 558,992
PACCAR, Inc. 25,919 1,794,372
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 9,232 1,459,764
Pentair PLC 10,050 347,630
Snap-on, Inc. 3,674 478,685
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 9,929 1,094,176
The Middleby Corp. (A) 3,133 174,289
The Toro Company 5,421 345,914
Wabtec Corp. 6,684 377,111
Woodward, Inc. 1,656 100,287
Xylem, Inc. 9,412 676,723
Professional services – 0.7%  
CoStar Group, Inc. (A) 1,435 930,253
Equifax, Inc. 6,973 968,550
IHS Markit, Ltd. 12,850 864,805
Nielsen Holdings PLC 13,837 203,819
Robert Half International, Inc. 8,024 379,294
TransUnion 9,352 736,844
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 8,856 1,353,462
Road and rail – 1.2%  
AMERCO 579 162,195
CSX Corp. 24,218 1,603,958
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Road and rail (continued)  
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 7,652 $773,770
Kansas City Southern 6,816 889,829
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (B) 3,580 133,104
Lyft, Inc., Class A (A) 431 14,150
Norfolk Southern Corp. 12,017 2,056,109
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 5,746 834,836
Uber Technologies, Inc. (A) 9,246 279,876
Union Pacific Corp. 19,801 3,164,002
Trading companies and distributors – 0.5%  
Fastenal Company 34,071 1,234,052
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (A) 10,909 323,779
United Rentals, Inc. (A) 6,751 867,504
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 4,210 1,160,192
Watsco, Inc. 1,524 245,349
Information technology – 22.7% 179,174,470
Communications equipment – 1.0%  
Arista Networks, Inc. (A) 2,076 455,267
Ciena Corp. (A) 5,361 247,946
Cisco Systems, Inc. 105,695 4,479,354
F5 Networks, Inc. (A) 4,076 567,624
Juniper Networks, Inc. 24,149 521,618
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,053 85,198
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 8,840 1,271,280
Ubiquiti, Inc. (B) 559 90,575
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 1.2%  
Amphenol Corp., Class A 21,417 1,890,264
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (A) 7,011 441,132
CDW Corp. 8,468 938,254
Cognex Corp. 5,690 314,316
Corning, Inc. 54,373 1,196,750
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 3,029 181,831
Flex, Ltd. (A) 48,403 472,417
FLIR Systems, Inc. 6,184 268,386
IPG Photonics Corp. (A) 1,685 217,921
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (A) 10,295 996,247
National Instruments Corp. 4,421 169,855
SYNNEX Corp. 707 61,905
TE Connectivity, Ltd. 17,677 1,298,552
Trimble, Inc. (A) 13,822 478,656
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (A) 2,668 612,733
IT services – 5.1%  
Accenture PLC, Class A 15,469 2,864,704
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (A) 10,921 1,067,091
Amdocs, Ltd. 11,274 726,497
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 10,417 1,528,070
Black Knight, Inc. (A) 6,442 454,612
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 7,035 516,650
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 6,878 797,848
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
IT services (continued)  
CACI International, Inc., Class A (A) 632 $158,088
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 19,830 1,150,537
DXC Technology Company 14,179 257,065
EPAM Systems, Inc. (A) 1,956 432,061
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (A) 1,828 167,737
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 13,860 1,827,995
Fiserv, Inc. (A) 10,934 1,126,858
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A) 4,950 1,194,188
Gartner, Inc. (A) 4,514 536,308
Genpact, Ltd. 7,998 275,371
Global Payments, Inc. 10,105 1,677,632
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (A) 4,665 323,891
IBM Corp. 23,749 2,981,924
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 4,494 734,994
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 8,312 821,309
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 19,933 5,480,977
MongoDB, Inc. (A) 726 117,706
Okta, Inc. (A) 2,279 344,813
Paychex, Inc. 18,221 1,248,503
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (A) 21,292 2,618,916
Square, Inc., Class A (A) 5,177 337,230
The Western Union Company 27,935 532,720
Twilio, Inc., Class A (A) 4,118 462,451
VeriSign, Inc. (A) 5,362 1,123,285
Visa, Inc., Class A 35,626 6,367,079
WEX, Inc. (A) 1,775 234,868
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 4.6%  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (A) 24,300 1,273,077
Analog Devices, Inc. 15,648 1,715,021
Applied Materials, Inc. 35,823 1,779,687
Broadcom, Inc. 8,870 2,409,269
Enphase Energy, Inc. (A) 1,065 49,874
Entegris, Inc. 3,927 212,961
First Solar, Inc. (A) 1,802 79,306
Intel Corp. 114,809 6,886,244
KLA Corp. 9,104 1,493,875
Lam Research Corp. 8,813 2,249,783
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 34,355 918,653
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 18,245 1,003,110
Microchip Technology, Inc. 13,443 1,179,354
Micron Technology, Inc. (A) 47,941 2,295,894
MKS Instruments, Inc. 774 77,578
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 1,269 253,686
NVIDIA Corp. 9,644 2,818,748
ON Semiconductor Corp. (A) 24,811 398,093
Qorvo, Inc. (A) 6,754 662,095
QUALCOMM, Inc. 31,419 2,471,733
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 11,704 1,215,812
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (A) 582 64,945
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (continued)  
Teradyne, Inc. 9,966 $623,274
Texas Instruments, Inc. 23,720 2,753,180
Universal Display Corp. 993 149,069
Xilinx, Inc. 9,112 796,389
Software – 6.9%  
Adobe, Inc. (A) 7,810 2,761,928
Alteryx, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 638 72,209
Anaplan, Inc. (A) 1,286 52,546
ANSYS, Inc. (A) 4,569 1,196,301
Aspen Technology, Inc. (A) 2,452 250,717
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (A) 2,525 392,612
Autodesk, Inc. (A) 5,219 976,631
Avalara, Inc. (A) 873 78,020
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (A) 15,268 1,238,693
CDK Global, Inc. 7,094 278,652
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (A) 2,265 133,567
Citrix Systems, Inc. 9,050 1,312,341
Coupa Software, Inc. (A) 1,194 210,251
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 1,156 78,215
DocuSign, Inc. (A) 2,538 265,856
Dropbox, Inc., Class A (A) 4,654 97,827
Dynatrace, Inc. (A) 688 20,537
Elastic NV (A) 534 34,251
Fair Isaac Corp. (A) 1,100 388,234
Fortinet, Inc. (A) 5,094 548,828
Guidewire Software, Inc. (A) 3,236 293,958
HubSpot, Inc. (A) 855 144,179
Intuit, Inc. 6,304 1,700,882
Microsoft Corp. 148,504 26,613,402
NortonLifeLock, Inc. 41,806 889,214
Nuance Communications, Inc. (A) 4,016 81,123
Oracle Corp. 75,419 3,994,944
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (A) 2,744 539,223
Paycom Software, Inc. (A) 1,761 459,656
Paylocity Holding Corp. (A) 545 62,419
Pegasystems, Inc. 719 60,123
Proofpoint, Inc. (A) 1,413 172,004
PTC, Inc. (A) 3,671 254,217
RealPage, Inc. (A) 2,396 154,518
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (A) 1,570 358,792
salesforce.com, Inc. (A) 13,305 2,154,745
ServiceNow, Inc. (A) 4,197 1,475,413
Slack Technologies, Inc., Class A (A) 3,522 94,002
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (A) 1,885 99,377
SolarWinds Corp. (A) 722 12,260
Splunk, Inc. (A) 4,879 684,816
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 12,462 687,404
Synopsys, Inc. (A) 8,620 1,354,374
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (A) 852 249,278
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software (continued)  
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (A) 1,643 $526,894
VMware, Inc., Class A (A) 2,049 269,484
Workday, Inc., Class A (A) 3,424 526,954
Zendesk, Inc. (A) 2,275 174,902
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (A) 1,116 150,850
Zscaler, Inc. (A)(B) 720 48,298
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 3.9%  
Apple, Inc. 88,334 25,952,529
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (A) 5,299 226,214
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 71,086 715,125
HP, Inc. 49,350 765,419
NetApp, Inc. 17,977 786,853
Seagate Technology PLC 23,631 1,180,368
Western Digital Corp. 21,754 1,002,424
Xerox Holdings Corp. 15,902 290,848
Materials – 3.4% 27,160,096
Chemicals – 1.9%  
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 6,936 1,564,623
Albemarle Corp. 6,111 375,399
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd. (A) 13,177 260,114
Celanese Corp. 9,501 789,248
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 17,460 480,150
Corteva, Inc. 26,814 702,259
Dow, Inc. 17,245 632,719
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 12,837 603,596
Eastman Chemical Company 11,602 702,037
Ecolab, Inc. 8,050 1,557,675
FMC Corp. 8,108 745,125
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 5,296 693,935
Linde PLC 9,485 1,745,145
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A 11,147 645,969
PPG Industries, Inc. 13,725 1,246,642
RPM International, Inc. 8,355 554,856
The Mosaic Company 20,494 235,886
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 926 114,852
The Sherwin-Williams Company 2,999 1,608,574
Westlake Chemical Corp. 2,272 98,718
Construction materials – 0.2%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 3,589 682,735
Vulcan Materials Company 7,364 831,911
Containers and packaging – 0.7%  
Amcor PLC 41,250 370,013
AptarGroup, Inc. 3,226 345,440
Avery Dennison Corp. 4,770 526,560
Ball Corp. 21,038 1,379,882
Berry Global Group, Inc. (A) 6,737 268,065
Crown Holdings, Inc. (A) 8,628 555,729
International Paper Company 30,854 1,056,750
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Materials (continued)  
Containers and packaging (continued)  
Packaging Corp. of America 7,052 $681,576
Sonoco Products Company 2,869 140,122
Westrock Company 13,884 446,926
Metals and mining – 0.6%  
Arconic Corp. (A) 5,830 50,838
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 86,803 766,470
Newmont Corp. 28,585 1,700,236
Nucor Corp. 21,458 883,855
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company 4,858 435,180
Royal Gold, Inc. 1,785 218,716
Southern Copper Corp. 3,678 119,314
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 14,102 342,256
Real estate – 3.4% 26,844,653
Equity real estate investment trusts – 3.2%  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 4,418 694,024
American Campus Communities, Inc. 5,127 180,932
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A 9,327 225,154
American Tower Corp. 8,287 1,972,306
Americold Realty Trust 4,075 124,654
Apartment Investment & Management Company, Class A 6,486 244,328
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 5,755 937,777
Boston Properties, Inc. 6,559 637,404
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. 5,531 63,330
Camden Property Trust 3,885 342,152
CoreSite Realty Corp. 397 48,112
Crown Castle International Corp. 8,866 1,413,506
CubeSmart 4,588 115,618
CyrusOne, Inc. 2,869 201,260
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 8,161 1,219,988
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 6,373 194,313
Duke Realty Corp. 15,280 530,216
Equinix, Inc. 1,955 1,320,016
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 6,812 410,832
Equity Residential 12,679 824,896
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 2,755 672,496
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 5,185 457,524
Federal Realty Investment Trust 3,072 255,805
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. 7,896 222,983
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A 6,327 155,834
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. 20,174 527,348
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 31,008 381,708
Invitation Homes, Inc. 13,442 317,903
Iron Mountain, Inc. 11,465 277,224
Kilroy Realty Corp. 4,111 255,951
Kimco Realty Corp. 17,393 189,758
Lamar Advertising Company, Class A 3,409 196,529
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 11,195 191,882
MGM Growth Properties LLC, Class A 3,431 86,358
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Real estate (continued)  
Equity real estate investment trusts (continued)  
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 4,467 $499,947
National Retail Properties, Inc. 6,485 211,670
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 8,606 250,865
Prologis, Inc. 15,729 1,403,499
Public Storage 3,223 597,705
Realty Income Corp. 12,517 687,434
Regency Centers Corp. 5,971 262,187
SBA Communications Corp. 3,561 1,032,405
Simon Property Group, Inc. 6,139 409,901
SL Green Realty Corp. 4,023 213,420
STORE Capital Corp. 5,806 116,526
Sun Communities, Inc. 3,244 435,994
UDR, Inc. 11,758 440,572
Ventas, Inc. 14,438 467,069
VEREIT, Inc. 39,910 218,707
VICI Properties, Inc. 12,869 224,178
Vornado Realty Trust 7,359 322,471
Welltower, Inc. 12,886 660,150
Weyerhaeuser Company 40,884 894,133
WP Carey, Inc. 5,864 385,734
Real estate management and development – 0.2%  
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (A) 20,705 888,866
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 3,136 331,099
Utilities – 4.6% 35,990,177
Electric utilities – 2.6%  
Alliant Energy Corp. 14,195 689,167
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 21,784 1,810,468
Avangrid, Inc. 2,690 115,670
Duke Energy Corp. 16,286 1,378,773
Edison International 25,357 1,488,709
Entergy Corp. 14,651 1,399,317
Evergy, Inc. 16,205 946,858
Eversource Energy 19,253 1,553,717
Exelon Corp. 43,319 1,606,269
FirstEnergy Corp. 29,607 1,221,881
IDACORP, Inc. 770 70,671
NextEra Energy, Inc. 9,161 2,117,290
NRG Energy, Inc. 11,526 386,467
OGE Energy Corp. 13,483 424,984
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 8,522 656,109
PPL Corp. 51,785 1,316,375
The Southern Company 28,167 1,597,914
MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Utilities (continued)  
Electric utilities (continued)  
Xcel Energy, Inc. 23,900 $1,519,084
Gas utilities – 0.1%  
Atmos Energy Corp. 6,078 619,774
UGI Corp. 12,057 363,880
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
0.1%
 
The AES Corp. 48,686 645,090
Vistra Energy Corp. 18,866 368,642
Multi-utilities – 1.6%  
Ameren Corp. 18,206 1,324,487
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 35,126 598,196
CMS Energy Corp. 16,597 947,523
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 23,071 1,817,995
Dominion Energy, Inc. 18,122 1,397,750
DTE Energy Company 12,757 1,323,411
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 9,118 204,790
NiSource, Inc. 27,304 685,603
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 32,122 1,628,907
Sempra Energy 7,183 889,615
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 16,139 1,461,386
Water utilities – 0.2%  
American Water Works Company, Inc. 9,180 1,117,114
Essential Utilities, Inc. 7,090 296,291
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.3%   $2,303,461
(Cost $2,302,487)    
Short-term funds – 0.3% 2,303,461
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 188,118 1,882,757
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 420,704 420,704
Total investments (Multifactor Large Cap ETF) (Cost $778,450,630) 100.2% $790,735,606
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.2%)   (1,521,484)
Total net assets 100.0%   $789,214,122
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
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DERIVATIVES
FUTURES
Open contracts Number of
contracts
Position Expiration
date
Notional
basis^
Notional
value^
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
S&P 500 Index E-Mini Futures 2 Long Jun 2020 $235,434 $290,125 $54,691
            $54,691
^ Notional basis refers to the contractual amount agreed upon at inception of open contracts; notional value represents the current value of the open contract.
See Notes to financial statements regarding investment transactions and other derivatives information.
MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $17,154,136
(Cost $19,405,376)    
Industrials – 2.8% 493,227
Aerospace and defense – 1.1%  
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 14,993 195,959
Building products – 1.2%  
Owens Corning 4,799 208,085
Machinery – 0.5%  
RBC Bearings, Inc. (A) 704 89,183
Materials – 96.2% 16,508,787
Chemicals – 51.5%  
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 3,380 762,460
Albemarle Corp. 3,419 210,029
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 2,203 135,903
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd. (A) 8,177 161,414
Celanese Corp. 4,294 356,703
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 8,001 220,028
Dow, Inc. 13,545 496,966
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 6,004 282,308
Eastman Chemical Company 5,951 360,095
Ecolab, Inc. 3,595 695,633
FMC Corp. 4,624 424,946
Huntsman Corp. 8,832 148,466
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 3,436 450,219
Linde PLC 5,446 1,002,010
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A 10,667 618,152
NewMarket Corp. 321 132,072
PPG Industries, Inc. 8,840 802,937
RPM International, Inc. 4,130 274,273
The Mosaic Company 12,334 141,964
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 1,247 154,665
The Sherwin-Williams Company 1,349 723,563
Valvoline, Inc. 5,573 95,800
W.R. Grace & Company 2,369 111,888
Westlake Chemical Corp. 1,723 74,864
Construction materials – 4.8%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 1,932 367,524
Vulcan Materials Company 4,084 461,369
Containers and packaging – 23.8%  
Amcor PLC 50,418 452,249
MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
   
Containers and packaging (continued)  
AptarGroup, Inc. 2,158 $231,079
Ardagh Group SA 462 5,747
Avery Dennison Corp. 2,854 315,053
Ball Corp. 9,609 630,254
Berry Global Group, Inc. (A) 6,355 252,865
Crown Holdings, Inc. (A) 5,421 349,167
Graphic Packaging Holding Company 12,753 170,253
International Paper Company 17,567 601,670
Packaging Corp. of America 4,379 423,230
Sealed Air Corp. 4,313 123,309
Sonoco Products Company 4,266 208,351
Westrock Company 9,798 315,398
Metals and mining – 16.1%  
Arconic Corp. (A) 3,748 32,683
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 46,993 414,948
Newmont Corp. 15,404 916,230
Nucor Corp. 14,002 576,742
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company 2,674 239,537
Royal Gold, Inc. 1,927 236,115
Southern Copper Corp. 2,987 96,898
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 10,332 250,758
Utilities – 0.9% 152,122
Multi-utilities – 0.9%  
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 6,773 152,122
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $18,142
(Cost $18,142)    
Short-term funds – 0.1% 18,142
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (B) 18,142 18,142
Total investments (Multifactor Materials ETF) (Cost $19,423,518) 100.0% $17,172,278
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.0%)   (6,840)
Total net assets 100.0%   $17,165,438
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
 
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MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $22,324,297
(Cost $23,041,863)    
Communication services – 98.2% 21,957,472
Diversified telecommunication services – 16.5%  
AT&T, Inc. 39,721 1,210,299
CenturyLink, Inc. 74,639 792,666
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (A) 3,395 206,518
Verizon Communications, Inc. 25,849 1,485,025
Entertainment – 25.0%  
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 11,946 761,319
Electronic Arts, Inc. (A) 4,009 458,068
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series A (A) 950 28,738
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series C (A) 6,840 220,180
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (A) 4,676 209,812
Netflix, Inc. (A) 3,798 1,594,590
Spotify Technology SA (A) 2,963 449,101
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (A) 3,749 453,816
The Walt Disney Company 10,307 1,114,702
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A 1,403 62,391
Zynga, Inc., Class A (A) 30,117 227,082
Interactive media and services – 22.0%  
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (A) 525 707,018
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (A) 520 701,303
ANGI Homeservices, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 1,528 10,352
Facebook, Inc., Class A (A) 7,270 1,488,242
InterActiveCorp (A) 1,547 345,724
Match Group, Inc. (A)(B) 2,047 157,537
Pinterest, Inc., Class A (A) 7,499 154,929
Snap, Inc., Class A (A) 20,783 365,989
Twitter, Inc. (A) 26,124 749,236
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (A) 1,464 63,743
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (A) 4,056 178,302
Media – 31.6%  
Altice USA, Inc., Class A (A) 11,629 302,005
Cable One, Inc. 189 361,531
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (A) 2,176 1,077,620
Comcast Corp., Class A 34,625 1,302,939
Discovery, Inc., Series A (A) 5,215 116,920
Discovery, Inc., Series C (A) 9,779 199,589
DISH Network Corp., Class A (A) 9,319 233,115
Fox Corp., Class A 12,273 317,503
Fox Corp., Class B 5,993 153,181
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A (A) 838 100,577
MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Media (continued)  
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C (A) 5,406 $663,208
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series A (A) 3,029 102,108
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series C (A) 5,302 180,639
News Corp., Class A 13,263 131,436
News Corp., Class B 4,459 45,571
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 2,676 187,427
Omnicom Group, Inc. 9,333 532,261
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. 33,629 198,747
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 22,623 384,139
The New York Times Company, Class A 3,414 111,023
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class A 287 5,634
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 20,491 353,675
Wireless telecommunication services – 3.1%  
T-Mobile US, Inc. (A) 7,972 699,942
Information technology – 1.7% 366,825
Communications equipment – 0.7%  
EchoStar Corp., Class A (A) 1,785 56,317
ViaSat, Inc. (A) 2,253 95,527
Software – 1.0%  
Dynatrace, Inc. (A) 2,574 76,834
Slack Technologies, Inc., Class A (A) 5,176 138,147
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.7%   $156,174
(Cost $156,145)    
Short-term funds – 0.7% 156,174
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 15,058 150,711
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 5,463 5,463
Total investments (Multifactor Media and Communications ETF) (Cost $23,198,008) 100.6% $22,480,471
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.6%)   (127,968)
Total net assets 100.0%   $22,352,503
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
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DERIVATIVES
FUTURES
Open contracts Number of
contracts
Position Expiration
date
Notional
basis^
Notional
value^
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
S&P 500 Index Micro E-Mini Futures 1 Long Jun 2020 $14,106 $14,506 $400
            $400
^ Notional basis refers to the contractual amount agreed upon at inception of open contracts; notional value represents the current value of the open contract.
See Notes to financial statements regarding investment transactions and other derivatives information.
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 100.0%   $1,330,514,222
(Cost $1,449,517,181)    
Communication services – 3.5% 46,852,131
Diversified telecommunication services – 0.3%  
CenturyLink, Inc. 280,509 2,979,006
GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A (A) 27,146 1,651,291
Entertainment – 0.8%  
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series A (A) 6,280 189,970
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Series C (A) 63,642 2,048,636
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (A) 31,609 1,418,296
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (A) 6,900 570,630
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (A) 6,916 1,184,849
Roku, Inc. (A) 8,618 1,044,760
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (A) 22,495 2,723,020
Zynga, Inc., Class A (A) 195,230 1,472,034
Interactive media and services – 0.5%  
InterActiveCorp (A) 14,724 3,290,520
Match Group, Inc. (A)(B) 13,286 1,022,491
Pinterest, Inc., Class A (A) 29,245 604,202
Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (A) 9,005 392,078
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (A) 26,706 1,173,996
Media – 1.9%  
Altice USA, Inc., Class A (A) 64,496 1,674,961
Cable One, Inc. 1,520 2,907,547
Discovery, Inc., Series A (A)(B) 27,892 625,339
Discovery, Inc., Series C (A) 72,588 1,481,521
DISH Network Corp., Class A (A) 52,291 1,308,059
Fox Corp., Class A 43,874 1,135,020
Fox Corp., Class B 20,847 532,849
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A (A) 4,938 592,659
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C (A) 21,479 2,635,044
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series A (A) 24,245 817,299
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Series C (A) 27,621 941,047
News Corp., Class A 146,406 1,450,883
News Corp., Class B 43,001 439,470
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 17,519 1,227,031
Omnicom Group, Inc. 48,373 2,758,712
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
   
Media (continued)  
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 152,307 $2,586,173
The New York Times Company, Class A 32,818 1,067,241
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class A (B) 438 8,598
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B 51,964 896,899
Consumer discretionary – 10.9% 144,372,701
Auto components – 0.9%  
Aptiv PLC 36,594 2,545,113
Autoliv, Inc. 36,535 2,192,831
BorgWarner, Inc. 72,016 2,057,497
Gentex Corp. 97,860 2,372,126
Lear Corp. 26,349 2,572,980
Automobiles – 0.2%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (B) 70,173 1,531,877
Thor Industries, Inc. (B) 9,831 650,812
Distributors – 0.6%  
Genuine Parts Company 37,757 2,993,375
LKQ Corp. (A) 99,180 2,593,557
Pool Corp. 12,372 2,618,658
Diversified consumer services – 0.7%  
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (A) 14,419 1,679,093
Chegg, Inc. (A) 18,133 775,186
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (A) 11,563 994,649
H&R Block, Inc. 64,302 1,070,628
Service Corp. International 82,497 3,030,940
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (A) 45,431 1,546,926
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 2.0%  
Aramark 93,457 2,552,311
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (A) 4,580 4,023,759
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (B) 7,976 598,599
Churchill Downs, Inc. 8,165 818,296
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 32,520 2,399,651
Domino's Pizza, Inc. 8,636 3,125,627
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. 29,025 1,823,931
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A 11,819 664,937
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 9,306 772,398
MGM Resorts International 102,002 1,716,694
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (A) 50,292 824,789
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (A) 18,763 1,131,972
The Wendy's Company 48,150 956,259
 
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Hotels, restaurants and leisure (continued)  
Vail Resorts, Inc. 12,564 $2,148,444
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 30,116 1,135,674
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 20,433 1,747,634
Household durables – 1.9%  
D.R. Horton, Inc. 81,204 3,834,453
Garmin, Ltd. 25,033 2,031,678
Helen of Troy, Ltd. (A) 4,043 664,184
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 51,135 1,796,373
Lennar Corp., A Shares 57,933 2,900,705
Lennar Corp., B Shares 3,686 140,621
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (A) 16,712 1,465,977
Newell Brands, Inc. 90,819 1,260,568
NVR, Inc. (A) 1,039 3,220,900
PulteGroup, Inc. 80,445 2,274,180
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (A) 11,485 617,319
Toll Brothers, Inc. 49,044 1,178,037
Whirlpool Corp. 27,188 3,037,987
Internet and direct marketing retail – 0.4%  
Chewy, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 4,383 189,521
Etsy, Inc. (A) 25,588 1,659,894
Expedia Group, Inc. 25,769 1,829,084
GrubHub, Inc. (A) 17,065 815,536
Wayfair, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 6,188 767,560
Leisure products – 0.4%  
Brunswick Corp. 33,518 1,599,479
Hasbro, Inc. 27,107 1,957,396
Mattel, Inc. (A) 46,724 407,433
Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (A) 4,735 149,153
Polaris, Inc. 21,759 1,543,366
Multiline retail – 0.5%  
Dollar Tree, Inc. (A) 49,572 3,949,401
Kohl's Corp. 62,869 1,160,562
Macy's, Inc. (B) 125,648 736,297
Nordstrom, Inc. (B) 40,869 767,520
Specialty retail – 2.2%  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. 19,562 2,365,241
AutoNation, Inc. (A) 15,696 584,519
AutoZone, Inc. (A) 1,707 1,741,686
Best Buy Company, Inc. 68,332 5,243,114
Burlington Stores, Inc. (A) 18,512 3,381,957
CarMax, Inc. (A) 47,752 3,516,935
Carvana Company (A)(B) 4,976 398,627
Five Below, Inc. (A) 12,422 1,119,968
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 16,774 711,218
Foot Locker, Inc. 43,241 1,108,267
L Brands, Inc. 41,323 491,330
The Gap, Inc. 82,135 666,936
Tractor Supply Company 33,375 3,385,226
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (A) 13,337 2,906,399
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Specialty retail (continued)  
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 34,034 $2,104,663
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 1.1%  
Capri Holdings, Ltd. (A) 43,874 669,079
Carter's, Inc. 17,972 1,405,410
Columbia Sportswear Company 10,293 750,257
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) 8,457 1,258,063
Hanesbrands, Inc. 139,976 1,391,361
Levi Strauss & Company, Class A (B) 14,804 190,824
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (A) 19,669 4,395,628
PVH Corp. 19,163 943,394
Ralph Lauren Corp. 15,671 1,156,206
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (A) 44,338 1,249,445
Tapestry, Inc. 50,398 749,922
Under Armour, Inc., Class A (A) 43,591 454,218
Under Armour, Inc., Class C (A) 44,272 410,401
Consumer staples – 3.7% 49,625,289
Beverages – 0.5%  
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A 2,333 132,328
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B 59,891 3,725,220
Molson Coors Beverage Company, Class B 34,192 1,402,214
The Boston Beer Company, Inc., Class A (A) 1,776 828,522
Food and staples retailing – 0.6%  
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 12,186 1,845,082
Performance Food Group Company (A) 29,384 862,420
The Kroger Company 107,478 3,397,380
US Foods Holding Corp. (A) 81,603 1,754,465
Food products – 1.9%  
Beyond Meat, Inc. (A) 4,123 408,136
Bunge, Ltd. 49,556 1,965,887
Campbell Soup Company 36,167 1,807,627
Conagra Brands, Inc. 103,168 3,449,938
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (A) 29,991 617,515
Flowers Foods, Inc. 53,297 1,187,457
Hormel Foods Corp. 34,435 1,613,280
Ingredion, Inc. 27,539 2,236,167
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 32,040 1,965,974
Lancaster Colony Corp. 5,176 696,845
McCormick & Company, Inc. 23,066 3,617,671
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (A) 23,525 517,550
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 26,097 2,397,009
Seaboard Corp. 91 274,010
The J.M. Smucker Company 23,367 2,685,102
Household products – 0.6%  
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. 48,195 3,373,168
Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. 7,399 239,950
The Clorox Company 26,045 4,855,830
Personal products – 0.1%  
Coty, Inc., Class A 82,475 449,489
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer staples (continued)  
Personal products (continued)  
Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd. (A) 35,316 $1,319,053
Energy – 1.6% 21,443,818
Energy equipment and services – 0.2%  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 45,793 905,328
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 61,637 779,092
TechnipFMC PLC 86,771 773,130
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 1.4%  
Apache Corp. 73,610 962,819
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 82,319 1,779,737
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (A) 33,940 1,584,659
Concho Resources, Inc. 34,457 1,954,401
Continental Resources, Inc. (B) 12,469 204,367
Devon Energy Corp. 70,037 873,361
Diamondback Energy, Inc. 36,240 1,577,890
Hess Corp. 43,219 2,102,172
HollyFrontier Corp. 61,819 2,042,500
Marathon Oil Corp. 195,740 1,197,929
Noble Energy, Inc. 98,332 964,637
ONEOK, Inc. 54,993 1,645,940
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A 57,464 543,035
Targa Resources Corp. 50,782 658,135
WPX Energy, Inc. (A) 145,952 894,686
Financials – 13.1% 174,429,414
Banks – 3.7%  
BOK Financial Corp. 9,454 489,623
CIT Group, Inc. 56,077 1,064,341
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 107,003 2,395,797
Comerica, Inc. 43,808 1,527,147
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 42,192 2,581,728
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 19,407 1,394,587
East West Bancorp, Inc. 56,539 1,982,823
Fifth Third Bancorp 200,599 3,749,195
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 2,086 796,852
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 32,792 913,257
First Horizon National Corp. 106,601 967,937
First Republic Bank 35,775 3,730,975
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 284,687 2,630,508
KeyCorp 251,693 2,932,223
M&T Bank Corp. 25,317 2,837,529
PacWest Bancorp 43,845 887,423
People's United Financial, Inc. 130,332 1,653,913
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 20,209 813,412
Popular, Inc. 35,717 1,378,319
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 23,780 1,425,135
Regions Financial Corp. 292,579 3,145,224
Signature Bank 18,175 1,947,997
SVB Financial Group (A) 12,953 2,502,131
Synovus Financial Corp. 53,502 1,124,077
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Banks (continued)  
TCF Financial Corp. 46,945 $1,393,797
Western Alliance Bancorp 34,339 1,232,083
Zions Bancorp NA 67,696 2,139,871
Capital markets – 3.3%  
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 30,385 3,492,452
Ares Management Corp., Class A 20,478 687,037
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 20,618 2,049,017
E*TRADE Financial Corp. 67,834 2,754,739
Eaton Vance Corp. 51,473 1,889,059
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 10,760 2,959,000
Franklin Resources, Inc. 50,490 951,232
Invesco, Ltd. 117,751 1,015,014
Janus Henderson Group PLC 27,017 483,604
Lazard, Ltd., Class A 35,235 968,963
Legg Mason, Inc. 12,551 625,416
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. 24,623 1,482,797
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 10,391 4,728,009
Morningstar, Inc. 5,800 904,568
MSCI, Inc. 17,285 5,652,195
Nasdaq, Inc. 30,077 3,298,545
Northern Trust Corp. 38,314 3,032,936
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 38,118 2,512,739
SEI Investments Company 41,769 2,128,548
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 15,258 1,764,283
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A 5,707 297,677
Consumer finance – 0.6%  
Ally Financial, Inc. 179,998 2,950,167
Credit Acceptance Corp. (A) 3,645 1,135,673
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 34,557 836,625
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 66,729 1,040,305
SLM Corp. 88,399 737,248
Synchrony Financial 85,488 1,691,808
Diversified financial services – 0.4%  
Equitable Holdings, Inc. 63,631 1,165,720
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. 95,522 1,310,562
Voya Financial, Inc. 63,074 2,849,053
Insurance – 4.7%  
Alleghany Corp. 3,776 2,015,289
American Financial Group, Inc. 32,582 2,158,232
Arch Capital Group, Ltd. (A) 80,346 1,930,714
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 43,941 3,449,369
Assurant, Inc. 21,879 2,324,425
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 42,833 1,273,425
Athene Holding, Ltd., Class A (A) 62,512 1,687,824
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 34,404 1,259,186
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (A) 15,896 408,686
Brown & Brown, Inc. 52,379 1,880,930
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 35,704 2,349,323
CNA Financial Corp. 6,765 213,639
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Insurance (continued)  
Enstar Group, Ltd. (A) 1,362 $196,972
Erie Indemnity Company, Class A 7,580 1,349,695
Everest Re Group, Ltd. 10,300 1,783,239
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 71,486 1,933,696
First American Financial Corp. 41,819 1,928,692
Globe Life, Inc. 31,039 2,555,751
Kemper Corp. 21,979 1,477,428
Lincoln National Corp. 53,779 1,907,541
Loews Corp. 56,920 1,972,847
Markel Corp. (A) 2,882 2,495,351
Old Republic International Corp. 104,963 1,674,160
Primerica, Inc. 14,768 1,534,543
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 71,301 2,596,069
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 27,881 2,918,583
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 15,413 2,250,452
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 12,911 1,296,006
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 101,043 3,838,624
Unum Group 78,659 1,372,600
W.R. Berkley Corp. 32,709 1,766,286
Willis Towers Watson PLC 24,304 4,333,160
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 0.4%  
Essent Group, Ltd. 31,805 868,913
MGIC Investment Corp. 143,803 1,051,200
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. 169,376 1,839,423
Radian Group, Inc. 86,705 1,298,841
TFS Financial Corp. 15,048 205,405
Health care – 14.3% 190,052,755
Biotechnology – 1.8%  
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 13,191 637,257
Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (A) 5,310 480,714
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 21,501 2,831,682
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A) 28,029 2,579,229
Bluebird Bio, Inc. (A) 11,114 598,822
Exact Sciences Corp. (A) 19,478 1,538,372
Exelixis, Inc. (A) 127,464 3,147,723
FibroGen, Inc. (A) 11,178 412,356
Incyte Corp. (A) 21,834 2,132,308
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 28,079 1,559,227
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (A) 10,872 349,535
Moderna, Inc. (A) 41,100 1,890,189
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (A) 18,122 1,778,493
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 11,080 1,306,110
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (A) 15,545 2,133,240
United Therapeutics Corp. (A) 7,361 806,471
Health care equipment and supplies – 4.7%  
ABIOMED, Inc. (A) 9,024 1,725,840
Align Technology, Inc. (A) 17,724 3,808,001
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 57,022 2,420,014
DexCom, Inc. (A) 14,108 4,729,002
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care equipment and supplies (continued)  
Envista Holdings Corp. (A) 31,983 $622,709
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (A) 29,010 1,376,815
Haemonetics Corp. (A) 15,117 1,720,012
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 28,329 3,186,729
Hologic, Inc. (A) 84,007 4,208,751
ICU Medical, Inc. (A) 3,552 778,989
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (A) 18,430 5,116,168
Insulet Corp. (A) 10,817 2,160,371
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (A) 22,981 1,173,180
Masimo Corp. (A) 14,595 3,122,016
Nevro Corp. (A) 2,905 341,744
Novocure, Ltd. (A) 12,425 817,565
Penumbra, Inc. (A) 6,367 1,128,996
ResMed, Inc. 33,771 5,245,312
STERIS PLC 25,413 3,621,353
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (A) 7,849 626,193
Teleflex, Inc. 11,741 3,937,931
The Cooper Companies, Inc. 13,160 3,772,972
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (A) 30,613 3,501,515
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 20,244 3,831,379
Health care providers and services – 3.0%  
Amedisys, Inc. (A) 8,483 1,562,229
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 39,708 3,560,219
Cardinal Health, Inc. 82,634 4,088,730
Chemed Corp. 5,385 2,243,229
DaVita, Inc. (A) 38,755 3,062,033
Encompass Health Corp. 42,189 2,795,021
Guardant Health, Inc. (A) 7,221 555,728
HealthEquity, Inc. (A) 15,518 873,198
Henry Schein, Inc. (A) 58,328 3,182,376
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (A) 30,016 4,936,131
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (A) 27,175 4,455,885
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. 46,325 5,100,846
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B 33,864 3,579,086
Health care technology – 1.0%  
Cerner Corp. 73,471 5,098,153
Teladoc Health, Inc. (A) 15,528 2,555,754
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (A) 25,427 4,851,472
Life sciences tools and services – 2.7%  
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 51,533 3,950,520
Avantor, Inc. (A) 60,979 1,025,057
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A) 6,639 2,921,824
Bio-Techne Corp. 11,516 2,591,100
Bruker Corp. 38,908 1,529,863
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (A) 20,991 3,036,768
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (A) 23,549 3,357,852
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (A) 6,648 4,786,161
PerkinElmer, Inc. 37,140 3,362,284
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Life sciences tools and services (continued)  
PPD, Inc. (A) 3,569 $85,299
PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (A) 24,946 2,407,289
Repligen Corp. (A) 12,180 1,414,707
Syneos Health, Inc. (A) 29,885 1,667,284
Waters Corp. (A) 17,863 3,340,381
Pharmaceuticals – 1.1%  
Catalent, Inc. (A) 63,552 4,394,621
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (A) 53,179 1,314,053
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (A) 71,703 2,584,176
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (A) 26,480 2,919,420
Mylan NV (A) 86,476 1,450,203
Perrigo Company PLC 35,620 1,898,546
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 2,276 359,972
Industrials – 14.9% 198,351,284
Aerospace and defense – 1.3%  
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (A) 5,602 407,321
BWX Technologies, Inc. 30,050 1,594,453
Curtiss-Wright Corp. 14,214 1,473,281
HEICO Corp. 8,064 706,406
HEICO Corp., Class A 12,923 934,721
Hexcel Corp. 34,334 1,187,613
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 103,232 1,349,242
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 15,004 2,871,916
Mercury Systems, Inc. (A) 11,614 1,035,504
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A 34,535 765,296
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (A) 8,099 2,637,601
Textron, Inc. 79,376 2,092,351
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (A)(B) 5,194 91,518
Air freight and logistics – 0.7%  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 45,218 3,205,956
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 47,436 3,396,655
XPO Logistics, Inc. (A) 38,335 2,558,478
Airlines – 0.4%  
Alaska Air Group, Inc. 50,833 1,653,089
American Airlines Group, Inc. (B) 30,836 370,340
JetBlue Airways Corp. (A) 135,614 1,320,880
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (A) 76,595 2,265,680
Building products – 1.1%  
Allegion PLC 26,630 2,677,380
AO Smith Corp. 43,518 1,844,293
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 11,943 920,566
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. 52,561 2,533,440
Lennox International, Inc. 9,062 1,691,694
Masco Corp. 51,769 2,124,600
Owens Corning 46,850 2,031,416
Trex Company, Inc. (A) 15,555 1,481,147
Commercial services and supplies – 1.4%  
ADT, Inc. 38,597 221,161
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Commercial services and supplies (continued)  
Cintas Corp. 20,190 $4,478,748
Copart, Inc. (A) 50,649 4,057,491
IAA, Inc. (A) 35,185 1,358,141
MSA Safety, Inc. 4,817 542,057
Republic Services, Inc. 60,286 4,722,805
Rollins, Inc. 36,112 1,444,480
Stericycle, Inc. (A) 22,691 1,107,321
Tetra Tech, Inc. 10,516 791,644
Construction and engineering – 0.6%  
AECOM (A) 49,056 1,778,771
EMCOR Group, Inc. 18,453 1,172,319
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 33,849 2,801,005
MasTec, Inc. (A) 14,359 515,488
Quanta Services, Inc. 63,480 2,308,133
Electrical equipment – 1.5%  
Acuity Brands, Inc. 13,585 1,176,325
AMETEK, Inc. 57,761 4,844,415
Generac Holdings, Inc. (A) 14,500 1,412,880
Hubbell, Inc. 24,831 3,089,721
nVent Electric PLC 25,972 484,378
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 29,390 5,568,817
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (A) 75,784 2,757,022
Industrial conglomerates – 0.2%  
Carlisle Companies, Inc. 22,723 2,748,574
Machinery – 3.8%  
AGCO Corp. 29,483 1,557,882
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 53,593 1,947,570
Crane Company 19,147 1,042,554
Donaldson Company, Inc. 51,299 2,248,435
Dover Corp. 43,130 4,039,125
Flowserve Corp. 44,832 1,262,917
Graco, Inc. 52,938 2,364,211
IDEX Corp. 17,523 2,692,058
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. (A) 59,900 1,741,892
ITT, Inc. 28,753 1,515,858
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 21,772 1,752,864
Nordson Corp. 17,792 2,862,911
Oshkosh Corp. 29,510 1,992,810
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 34,733 5,491,982
Pentair PLC 50,935 1,761,842
RBC Bearings, Inc. (A) 2,706 342,796
Snap-on, Inc. 21,504 2,801,756
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 35,539 3,916,398
The Middleby Corp. (A) 19,015 1,057,804
The Toro Company 33,103 2,112,302
Wabtec Corp. 31,809 1,794,664
Woodward, Inc. 17,014 1,030,368
Xylem, Inc. 38,070 2,737,233
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Marine – 0.1%  
Kirby Corp. (A) 16,391 $875,607
Professional services – 1.6%  
CoStar Group, Inc. (A) 5,727 3,712,585
Equifax, Inc. 18,924 2,628,544
FTI Consulting, Inc. (A) 5,652 719,839
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 27,048 2,008,044
Nielsen Holdings PLC 136,967 2,017,524
Robert Half International, Inc. 45,227 2,137,880
TransUnion 35,461 2,793,972
TriNet Group, Inc. (A) 10,659 521,971
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 28,135 4,299,872
Road and rail – 0.9%  
AMERCO 3,352 938,996
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. 23,690 2,395,533
Kansas City Southern 24,851 3,244,298
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (B) 30,614 1,138,229
Landstar System, Inc. 13,127 1,356,150
Lyft, Inc., Class A (A) 2,840 93,237
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 24,068 3,496,840
Trading companies and distributors – 1.3%  
Air Lease Corp. 38,081 995,818
Fastenal Company 118,049 4,275,735
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (A) 68,929 2,045,813
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (A) 6,345 562,357
United Rentals, Inc. (A) 33,850 4,349,725
W.W. Grainger, Inc. 12,944 3,567,108
Watsco, Inc. 9,335 1,502,842
Information technology – 20.3% 269,975,696
Communications equipment – 1.3%  
Arista Networks, Inc. (A) 11,269 2,471,292
Ciena Corp. (A) 55,223 2,554,064
F5 Networks, Inc. (A) 23,330 3,248,936
Juniper Networks, Inc. 127,811 2,760,718
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (A) 19,516 1,579,040
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 30,814 4,431,361
Ubiquiti, Inc. 2,991 484,632
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 3.2%  
Amphenol Corp., Class A 65,206 5,755,082
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (A) 38,561 2,426,258
CDW Corp. 39,943 4,425,684
Cognex Corp. 47,186 2,606,555
Corning, Inc. 110,255 2,426,713
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 22,516 1,351,635
Flex, Ltd. (A) 233,962 2,283,469
FLIR Systems, Inc. 52,832 2,292,909
IPG Photonics Corp. (A) 12,438 1,608,607
Jabil, Inc. 83,648 2,378,949
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (A) 43,543 4,213,656
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Electronic equipment, instruments and
components (continued)
 
Littelfuse, Inc. 7,362 $1,069,257
National Instruments Corp. 46,589 1,789,949
SYNNEX Corp. 16,289 1,426,265
Trimble, Inc. (A) 72,979 2,527,263
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (A) 14,181 3,256,808
IT services – 4.6%  
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (A) 54,286 5,304,285
Alliance Data Systems Corp. 17,261 864,258
Amdocs, Ltd. 60,095 3,872,522
Black Knight, Inc. (A) 32,988 2,327,963
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 38,890 2,856,082
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 31,407 3,643,212
CACI International, Inc., Class A (A) 7,547 1,887,807
EPAM Systems, Inc. (A) 15,131 3,342,287
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (A) 16,858 1,546,890
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A) 17,148 4,136,955
Gartner, Inc. (A) 20,154 2,394,497
Genpact, Ltd. 64,472 2,219,771
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (A) 34,776 2,414,498
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 18,806 3,075,721
Leidos Holdings, Inc. 37,832 3,738,180
MAXIMUS, Inc. 25,840 1,739,549
MongoDB, Inc. (A)(B) 6,876 1,114,806
Okta, Inc. (A) 11,502 1,740,253
Perspecta, Inc. 50,401 1,087,150
Sabre Corp. 95,479 694,132
Science Applications International Corp. 16,600 1,355,556
Switch, Inc., Class A 9,265 159,080
The Western Union Company 122,431 2,334,759
Twilio, Inc., Class A (A) 18,232 2,047,454
VeriSign, Inc. (A) 18,946 3,968,998
WEX, Inc. (A) 13,487 1,784,600
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 3.7%  
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. 6,219 762,076
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (A) 12,470 942,732
Cree, Inc. (A) 31,483 1,357,862
Enphase Energy, Inc. (A) 15,154 709,662
Entegris, Inc. 53,363 2,893,875
First Solar, Inc. (A) 30,417 1,338,652
KLA Corp. 26,466 4,342,806
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 166,995 4,465,446
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 74,233 4,081,330
Microchip Technology, Inc. 46,320 4,063,654
MKS Instruments, Inc. 21,608 2,165,770
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 10,915 2,182,018
ON Semiconductor Corp. (A) 201,165 3,227,692
Qorvo, Inc. (A) 45,616 4,471,736
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (A) 7,524 731,483
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (continued)  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 48,463 $5,034,336
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (A) 8,804 982,438
Teradyne, Inc. 65,768 4,113,131
Universal Display Corp. 11,806 1,772,317
Software – 6.3%  
Alteryx, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 8,074 913,815
Anaplan, Inc. (A) 13,478 550,711
ANSYS, Inc. (A) 22,416 5,869,174
Appfolio, Inc., Class A (A) 2,145 235,650
Aspen Technology, Inc. (A) 21,121 2,159,622
Avalara, Inc. (A) 10,279 918,634
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (A) 69,486 5,637,399
CDK Global, Inc. 41,858 1,644,182
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (A) 16,530 974,774
Citrix Systems, Inc. 35,291 5,117,548
Coupa Software, Inc. (A) 9,599 1,690,288
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 6,761 457,449
DocuSign, Inc. (A) 17,026 1,783,474
Dropbox, Inc., Class A (A) 34,780 731,076
Dynatrace, Inc. (A) 10,393 310,231
Elastic NV (A) 6,733 431,855
Envestnet, Inc. (A) 9,458 591,314
Fair Isaac Corp. (A) 7,973 2,813,991
Five9, Inc. (A) 6,969 645,817
Fortinet, Inc. (A) 30,617 3,298,676
Globant SA (A)(B) 2,347 271,477
Guidewire Software, Inc. (A) 24,241 2,202,052
HubSpot, Inc. (A) 7,749 1,306,714
j2 Global, Inc. 18,454 1,488,131
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (A) 15,746 1,117,021
NortonLifeLock, Inc. 138,452 2,944,874
Nuance Communications, Inc. (A) 100,444 2,028,969
Nutanix, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 18,787 384,946
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (A) 12,020 2,362,050
Paycom Software, Inc. (A) 11,204 2,924,468
Paylocity Holding Corp. (A) 8,128 930,900
Pegasystems, Inc. 8,147 681,252
Proofpoint, Inc. (A) 11,279 1,372,993
PTC, Inc. (A) 28,576 1,978,888
Q2 Holdings, Inc. (A) 4,705 375,083
RealPage, Inc. (A) 22,784 1,469,340
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (A) 9,512 2,173,777
Slack Technologies, Inc., Class A (A) 19,124 510,420
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (A) 16,002 843,625
SolarWinds Corp. (A) 17,331 294,280
Splunk, Inc. (A) 21,372 2,999,774
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 60,865 3,357,313
Synopsys, Inc. (A) 37,053 5,821,767
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (A) 6,318 1,848,520
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software (continued)  
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (A) 10,420 $3,341,590
Zendesk, Inc. (A) 18,775 1,443,422
Zscaler, Inc. (A)(B) 10,005 671,135
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 1.2%  
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 271,307 2,729,348
NetApp, Inc. 63,680 2,787,274
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (A) 35,238 507,427
Seagate Technology PLC 78,963 3,944,202
Western Digital Corp. 85,311 3,931,131
Xerox Holdings Corp. 81,819 1,496,470
Materials – 5.7% 76,288,257
Chemicals – 2.1%  
Albemarle Corp. 30,463 1,871,342
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 23,440 1,446,014
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd. (A) 78,042 1,540,549
Celanese Corp. 32,238 2,678,011
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 69,510 1,911,525
Eastman Chemical Company 50,158 3,035,061
FMC Corp. 29,500 2,711,050
Huntsman Corp. 88,395 1,485,920
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 18,102 2,371,905
NewMarket Corp. 3,212 1,321,545
RPM International, Inc. 47,121 3,129,306
The Mosaic Company 69,789 803,271
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 10,618 1,316,951
Valvoline, Inc. 24,209 416,153
W.R. Grace & Company 22,473 1,061,400
Westlake Chemical Corp. 11,793 512,406
Construction materials – 0.4%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 13,501 2,568,295
Vulcan Materials Company 29,729 3,358,485
Containers and packaging – 2.4%  
Amcor PLC 292,013 2,619,357
AptarGroup, Inc. 24,727 2,647,767
Ardagh Group SA 1,798 22,367
Avery Dennison Corp. 26,425 2,917,056
Ball Corp. 72,023 4,723,989
Berry Global Group, Inc. (A) 52,053 2,071,189
Crown Holdings, Inc. (A) 43,553 2,805,249
Graphic Packaging Holding Company 13,247 176,847
International Paper Company 93,415 3,199,464
Packaging Corp. of America 37,683 3,642,062
Sealed Air Corp. 55,952 1,599,668
Sonoco Products Company 50,920 2,486,933
Westrock Company 86,273 2,777,128
Metals and mining – 0.8%  
Arconic Corp. (A) 25,465 222,055
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 127,186 1,123,052
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Materials (continued)  
Metals and mining (continued)  
Nucor Corp. 74,950 $3,087,191
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company 28,362 2,540,668
Royal Gold, Inc. 16,377 2,006,674
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 85,717 2,080,352
Real estate – 6.3% 82,980,439
Equity real estate investment trusts – 5.8%  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 16,846 2,646,338
American Campus Communities, Inc. 31,622 1,115,940
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A 59,605 1,438,865
Americold Realty Trust 37,594 1,150,000
Apartment Investment & Management Company, Class A 36,423 1,372,054
Boston Properties, Inc. 4,448 432,257
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. 68,322 782,287
Camden Property Trust 20,004 1,761,752
CoreSite Realty Corp. 8,541 1,035,084
Cousins Properties, Inc. 26,878 810,909
CubeSmart 44,183 1,113,412
CyrusOne, Inc. 25,692 1,802,294
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 25,988 3,884,946
Douglas Emmett, Inc. 38,767 1,182,006
Duke Realty Corp. 74,303 2,578,314
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 6,952 736,912
EPR Properties 17,478 514,203
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 34,324 2,070,080
Essex Property Trust, Inc. 9,258 2,259,878
Extra Space Storage, Inc. 23,643 2,086,258
Federal Realty Investment Trust 16,809 1,399,685
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 23,147 874,262
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. 46,802 1,321,688
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 23,562 692,487
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A 48,520 1,195,048
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. 67,552 1,765,809
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 23,641 917,507
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 103,684 1,276,350
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 35,249 866,420
Invitation Homes, Inc. 64,481 1,524,976
Iron Mountain, Inc. 64,689 1,564,180
JBG SMITH Properties 26,139 887,419
Kilroy Realty Corp. 24,674 1,536,203
Kimco Realty Corp. 94,909 1,035,457
Lamar Advertising Company, Class A 23,957 1,381,121
Life Storage, Inc. 9,647 844,981
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. 91,268 1,564,334
MGM Growth Properties LLC, Class A 25,778 648,832
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 17,226 1,927,934
National Retail Properties, Inc. 38,806 1,266,628
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 50,776 1,480,120
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 43,926 417,736
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Real estate (continued)  
Equity real estate investment trusts (continued)  
PS Business Parks, Inc. 3,689 $476,213
Realty Income Corp. 35,938 1,973,715
Regency Centers Corp. 31,292 1,374,032
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. 20,677 841,967
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 24,743 317,205
SL Green Realty Corp. 18,594 986,412
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. 17,698 544,390
STAG Industrial, Inc. 18,998 498,698
STORE Capital Corp. 48,835 980,118
Sun Communities, Inc. 16,694 2,243,674
UDR, Inc. 53,864 2,018,284
VEREIT, Inc. 234,799 1,286,699
VICI Properties, Inc. 66,838 1,164,318
Vornado Realty Trust 22,925 1,004,574
Weyerhaeuser Company 122,901 2,687,845
WP Carey, Inc. 24,108 1,585,824
Real estate management and development – 0.5%  
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (A) 70,426 3,023,388
Cushman & Wakefield PLC (A) 27,630 336,257
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 17,298 1,826,323
The Howard Hughes Corp. (A) 11,956 647,537
Utilities – 5.7% 76,142,438
Electric utilities – 2.5%  
Alliant Energy Corp. 59,271 2,877,607
Avangrid, Inc. 10,658 458,294
Entergy Corp. 48,009 4,585,340
Evergy, Inc. 74,680 4,363,552
Eversource Energy 59,938 4,836,997
FirstEnergy Corp. 120,089 4,956,073
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 28,068 1,107,844
IDACORP, Inc. 13,714 1,258,671
NRG Energy, Inc. 61,904 2,075,641
OGE Energy Corp. 77,448 2,441,161
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 34,520 2,657,695
PNM Resources, Inc. 9,878 399,960
Portland General Electric Company 38,490 1,800,947
Gas utilities – 0.5%  
Atmos Energy Corp. 30,586 3,118,854
National Fuel Gas Company 7,882 323,162
ONE Gas, Inc. 14,504 1,156,114
Spire, Inc. 10,020 731,059
UGI Corp. 47,825 1,443,359
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
0.4%
 
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A 3,481 65,095
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C 8,495 170,155
TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A 16,376 283,632
The AES Corp. 186,430 2,470,198
Vistra Energy Corp. 98,767 1,929,907
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MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Utilities (continued)  
Multi-utilities – 1.8%  
Ameren Corp. 62,564 $4,551,531
Black Hills Corp. 17,630 1,092,002
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 137,438 2,340,569
CMS Energy Corp. 69,707 3,979,573
DTE Energy Company 39,352 4,082,376
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 69,130 1,552,660
NiSource, Inc. 82,266 2,065,699
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 50,854 4,604,830
Water utilities – 0.5%  
American Water Works Company, Inc. 37,185 4,525,043
Essential Utilities, Inc. 43,954 1,836,838
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.8%   $11,158,906
(Cost $11,155,270)    
Short-term funds – 0.8% 11,158,906
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 971,895 9,727,116
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 1,431,790 1,431,790
Total investments (Multifactor Mid Cap ETF) (Cost $1,460,672,451) 100.8% $1,341,673,128
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.8%)   (10,463,729)
Total net assets 100.0%   $1,331,209,399
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $463,052,268
(Cost $516,803,226)    
Communication services – 1.8% 8,155,662
Diversified telecommunication services – 0.6%  
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. 19,156 1,605,847
Iridium Communications, Inc. (A) 59,180 1,331,846
Entertainment – 0.2%  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 51,515 735,634
Interactive media and services – 0.2%  
CarGurus, Inc. (A) 39,402 901,518
Media – 0.7%  
Liberty Latin America, Ltd., Class A (A) 21,999 235,389
Liberty Latin America, Ltd., Class C (A) 56,049 579,547
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Communication services (continued)  
Media (continued)  
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A 21,595 $1,512,514
TEGNA, Inc. 95,362 1,022,281
Wireless telecommunication services – 0.1%  
United States Cellular Corp. (A) 7,260 231,086
Consumer discretionary – 14.3% 66,420,232
Auto components – 0.2%  
Fox Factory Holding Corp. (A) 20,286 1,034,789
Automobiles – 0.7%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (B) 70,155 1,531,484
Thor Industries, Inc. (B) 23,417 1,550,205
Diversified consumer services – 2.1%  
Chegg, Inc. (A) 53,394 2,282,594
frontdoor, Inc. (A) 36,829 1,425,651
Graham Holdings Company, Class B 1,976 770,660
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (A) 21,570 1,855,451
H&R Block, Inc. 87,213 1,452,096
Laureate Education, Inc., Class A (A) 45,618 432,002
Strategic Education, Inc. 9,611 1,531,032
Hotels, restaurants and leisure – 3.0%  
Boyd Gaming Corp. 40,022 667,967
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (B) 14,458 1,085,073
Churchill Downs, Inc. 17,632 1,767,079
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 10,350 1,008,090
Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (A)(B) 36,090 773,770
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 16,700 1,386,100
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (A) 56,095 999,613
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. 28,623 1,347,857
The Wendy's Company 103,671 2,058,906
Wingstop, Inc. 15,280 1,791,886
Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 39,400 1,007,458
Household durables – 2.0%  
Helen of Troy, Ltd. (A) 11,168 1,834,679
KB Home 36,938 969,253
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 66,152 2,323,920
MDC Holdings, Inc. 21,691 634,462
Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (A) 57,233 832,740
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (A) 20,060 1,078,225
TopBuild Corp. (A) 16,095 1,499,893
Internet and direct marketing retail – 0.5%  
GrubHub, Inc. (A) 39,765 1,900,369
Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 25,047 402,004
Leisure products – 0.8%  
Brunswick Corp. 37,866 1,806,966
Mattel, Inc. (A) 163,085 1,422,101
YETI Holdings, Inc. (A) 18,123 500,376
Multiline retail – 0.4%  
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (A) 26,992 1,833,027
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)  
Specialty retail – 3.0%  
Aaron's, Inc. 32,111 $1,024,662
AutoNation, Inc. (A) 36,031 1,341,794
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 30,954 909,738
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 32,135 1,362,524
Foot Locker, Inc. 60,467 1,549,769
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A 11,331 1,252,755
Murphy USA, Inc. (A) 15,243 1,627,952
National Vision Holdings, Inc. (A) 34,604 917,006
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. 22,449 807,715
RH (A) 7,521 1,081,369
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 33,297 2,059,086
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods – 1.6%  
Carter's, Inc. 19,553 1,529,045
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) 12,730 1,893,715
Hanesbrands, Inc. (B) 195,739 1,945,646
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (A) 42,337 1,193,057
Steven Madden, Ltd. 44,939 1,126,621
Consumer staples – 3.5% 16,377,853
Beverages – 0.4%  
The Boston Beer Company, Inc., Class A (A) 3,799 1,772,271
Food and staples retailing – 0.7%  
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (A) 55,100 1,449,681
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (A) 21,950 730,277
Performance Food Group Company (A) 44,399 1,303,111
Food products – 1.9%  
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (A) 70,835 1,458,493
Flowers Foods, Inc. 77,038 1,716,407
Freshpet, Inc. (A) 14,188 1,069,917
J&J Snack Foods Corp. 6,591 837,255
Lancaster Colony Corp. 10,088 1,358,147
Sanderson Farms, Inc. 9,013 1,227,030
Seaboard Corp. 139 418,543
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (A) 35,705 922,617
Household products – 0.4%  
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 26,099 1,016,817
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. 18,290 787,567
Personal products – 0.1%  
BellRing Brands, Inc., Class A (A) 17,668 309,720
Energy – 0.9% 4,081,210
Energy equipment and services – 0.2%  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 48,967 968,078
Oil, gas and consumable fuels – 0.7%  
CVR Energy, Inc. 14,297 340,983
Murphy Oil Corp. (B) 64,729 767,686
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A 49,772 567,401
WPX Energy, Inc. (A) 234,431 1,437,062
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials – 18.1% $83,864,630
Banks – 8.5%  
Associated Banc-Corp 81,291 1,149,455
BancorpSouth Bank 42,522 930,807
Bank of Hawaii Corp. 21,382 1,457,825
Bank OZK 55,906 1,264,594
BankUnited, Inc. 42,815 848,165
Cathay General Bancorp 34,467 962,319
CenterState Bank Corp. 61,361 1,067,068
CIT Group, Inc. 49,930 947,671
Community Bank System, Inc. 21,377 1,335,849
CVB Financial Corp. 58,398 1,213,802
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A 2,598 992,436
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 59,007 1,643,345
First Hawaiian, Inc. 59,036 1,038,443
First Horizon National Corp. 149,108 1,353,901
FNB Corp. 144,337 1,167,686
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 39,982 1,522,515
Hancock Whitney Corp. 41,582 869,480
Home BancShares, Inc. 68,183 1,045,245
IBERIABANK Corp. 22,148 918,256
Investors Bancorp, Inc. 120,869 1,125,290
Old National Bancorp 73,748 1,045,009
PacWest Bancorp 53,005 1,072,821
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 33,353 1,342,458
Popular, Inc. 41,627 1,606,386
Sterling Bancorp 86,884 1,071,280
Synovus Financial Corp. 64,622 1,357,708
UMB Financial Corp. 20,040 1,018,834
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 98,278 1,230,932
United Bankshares, Inc. 42,882 1,284,745
Valley National Bancorp 174,232 1,456,580
Webster Financial Corp. 47,218 1,333,909
Western Alliance Bancorp 44,724 1,604,697
Wintrust Financial Corp. 26,390 1,105,741
Capital markets – 3.6%  
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. 24,325 1,701,777
BGC Partners, Inc., Class A 127,385 394,257
Cohen & Steers, Inc. 9,787 565,101
Eaton Vance Corp. 47,276 1,735,029
Evercore, Inc., Class A 17,668 911,669
Federated Hermes, Inc. 41,505 945,069
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A 10,639 689,939
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. 19,089 1,133,505
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A 32,137 1,317,617
Janus Henderson Group PLC 76,315 1,366,039
Lazard, Ltd., Class A 54,963 1,511,483
Legg Mason, Inc. 46,949 2,339,469
Stifel Financial Corp. 29,834 1,321,050
Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A 31,990 747,606
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Financials (continued)  
Consumer finance – 1.0%  
FirstCash, Inc. 17,958 $1,290,103
LendingTree, Inc. (A)(B) 3,648 909,702
OneMain Holdings, Inc. 34,226 828,611
SLM Corp. 187,827 1,566,477
Diversified financial services – 0.4%  
Cannae Holdings, Inc. (A) 32,669 1,030,707
FGL Holdings (B) 69,438 720,766
Insurance – 3.8%  
American National Insurance Company 4,309 346,875
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. 42,260 1,256,390
Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 36,000 1,317,600
Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (A) 53,296 1,370,240
Enstar Group, Ltd. (A) 4,940 714,423
Kemper Corp. 26,765 1,799,143
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. 8,618 936,087
Primerica, Inc. 20,914 2,173,174
RLI Corp. 20,022 1,458,202
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. 25,346 1,270,595
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. 19,967 2,004,287
Unum Group 83,222 1,452,224
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. 1,665 1,620,045
Thrifts and mortgage finance – 0.8%  
Essent Group, Ltd. 39,712 1,084,932
MGIC Investment Corp. 141,924 1,037,464
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. 12,948 390,641
Radian Group, Inc. 81,514 1,221,080
Health care – 12.5% 57,943,234
Biotechnology – 4.8%  
Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (A) 18,825 1,704,227
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 27,387 1,126,701
Alkermes PLC (A) 71,987 986,942
Allakos, Inc. (A)(B) 11,987 788,265
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 46,448 1,599,205
Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (A)(B) 32,781 1,000,804
CRISPR Therapeutics AG (A) 17,736 872,611
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) 15,191 880,774
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (A) 20,111 1,487,208
FibroGen, Inc. (A) 38,936 1,436,349
Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 27,642 2,115,166
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (A) 46,066 1,481,022
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (A)(B) 16,321 1,387,938
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (A) 28,068 1,429,223
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A)(B) 26,138 1,579,519
United Therapeutics Corp. (A) 21,883 2,397,501
Health care equipment and supplies – 4.3%  
Cantel Medical Corp. 17,310 640,470
CONMED Corp. 13,728 1,014,636
Envista Holdings Corp. (A) 71,850 1,398,920
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Health care (continued)  
Health care equipment and supplies (continued)  
ICU Medical, Inc. (A) 9,993 $2,191,565
Integer Holdings Corp. (A) 14,791 1,101,338
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (A) 32,156 1,641,564
LivaNova PLC (A) 20,917 1,111,111
Neogen Corp. (A) 23,324 1,459,849
Nevro Corp. (A) 13,498 1,587,905
NuVasive, Inc. (A) 24,847 1,512,685
Quidel Corp. (A) 15,897 2,209,683
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (A) 27,092 2,161,400
Wright Medical Group NV (A)(B) 58,062 1,690,765
Health care providers and services – 1.8%  
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (A) 38,789 931,324
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (A) 20,977 985,499
HealthEquity, Inc. (A) 34,180 1,923,309
LHC Group, Inc. (A) 12,790 1,662,572
Premier, Inc., Class A (A) 30,447 1,009,623
Select Medical Holdings Corp. (A) 49,535 845,562
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (A) 46,518 938,733
Health care technology – 0.4%  
Inovalon Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 32,015 560,263
Omnicell, Inc. (A) 18,761 1,367,677
Life sciences tools and services – 1.2%  
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. (A) 32,850 1,051,529
Medpace Holdings, Inc. (A) 13,313 1,063,176
NeoGenomics, Inc. (A) 41,713 1,140,433
Repligen Corp. (A) 21,250 2,468,188
Industrials – 15.9% 73,886,274
Aerospace and defense – 1.4%  
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (A) 31,500 1,295,910
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (A) 25,494 1,853,669
Mercury Systems, Inc. (A) 23,011 2,051,661
Moog, Inc., Class A 13,997 692,572
Parsons Corp. (A) 10,774 402,948
Airlines – 0.4%  
Copa Holdings SA, Class A 13,921 615,443
JetBlue Airways Corp. (A) 130,851 1,274,489
Building products – 1.4%  
AAON, Inc. 17,647 840,703
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 18,984 769,611
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 20,482 1,578,753
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (A) 48,927 897,810
Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. 19,173 1,382,373
Universal Forest Products Inc 26,054 1,071,340
Commercial services and supplies – 2.5%  
ADT, Inc. (B) 48,789 279,561
Brady Corp., Class A 20,873 908,810
Cimpress PLC (A) 9,874 718,728
Clean Harbors, Inc. (A) 23,147 1,236,744
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Commercial services and supplies (continued)  
KAR Auction Services, Inc. 64,506 $966,300
MSA Safety, Inc. 15,346 1,726,885
Stericycle, Inc. (A) 36,912 1,801,306
Tetra Tech, Inc. 22,943 1,727,149
The Brink's Company 21,913 1,120,193
UniFirst Corp. 6,866 1,154,518
Construction and engineering – 0.9%  
EMCOR Group, Inc. 29,732 1,888,874
MasTec, Inc. (A) 27,392 983,373
Valmont Industries, Inc. 9,792 1,148,014
Electrical equipment – 1.1%  
Acuity Brands, Inc. 17,857 1,546,238
EnerSys 18,155 1,060,070
nVent Electric PLC 67,673 1,262,101
Regal Beloit Corp. 20,436 1,451,160
Machinery – 3.4%  
AGCO Corp. 27,302 1,442,638
Barnes Group, Inc. 20,935 803,485
Colfax Corp. (A) 39,328 1,014,269
Crane Company 24,799 1,350,306
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC (A) 23,488 201,762
ITT, Inc. 44,952 2,369,869
John Bean Technologies Corp. 14,015 1,075,511
Navistar International Corp. (A) 21,862 519,660
Oshkosh Corp. 30,784 2,078,844
RBC Bearings, Inc. (A) 11,166 1,414,509
Rexnord Corp. 52,742 1,438,274
The Timken Company 32,429 1,218,682
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A 11,868 977,923
Marine – 0.3%  
Kirby Corp. (A) 25,498 1,362,103
Professional services – 2.2%  
ASGN, Inc. (A) 23,909 1,110,573
CoreLogic, Inc. 39,207 1,506,333
Exponent, Inc. 22,859 1,607,673
FTI Consulting, Inc. (A) 16,563 2,109,464
Insperity, Inc. 17,583 838,885
ManpowerGroup, Inc. 31,136 2,311,537
TriNet Group, Inc. (A) 19,374 948,745
Road and rail – 0.6%  
Landstar System, Inc. 19,945 2,060,518
Schneider National, Inc., Class B 25,855 566,483
Trading companies and distributors – 1.5%  
Air Lease Corp. 47,382 1,239,039
GATX Corp. 15,656 928,401
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc., Class A 18,977 1,131,788
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (A) 20,005 1,773,043
Triton International, Ltd. 23,809 737,603
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Industrials (continued)  
Trading companies and distributors (continued)  
Univar Solutions, Inc. (A) 80,708 $1,171,880
Transportation infrastructure – 0.2%  
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. 31,503 869,168
Information technology – 13.4% 61,938,142
Communications equipment – 0.9%  
Acacia Communications, Inc. (A) 16,316 1,104,430
EchoStar Corp., Class A (A) 21,518 678,893
ViaSat, Inc. (A) 25,196 1,068,310
Viavi Solutions, Inc. (A) 102,714 1,240,785
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 2.3%  
Anixter International, Inc. (A) 13,066 1,213,309
Avnet, Inc. 44,563 1,337,781
Coherent, Inc. (A) 11,058 1,413,986
Itron, Inc. (A) 17,947 1,253,060
Jabil, Inc. 59,878 1,702,930
Littelfuse, Inc. 10,473 1,521,099
Novanta, Inc. (A) 15,133 1,314,906
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. 58,477 970,133
IT services – 2.2%  
ExlService Holdings, Inc. (A) 14,521 896,381
KBR, Inc. 63,312 1,282,701
ManTech International Corp., Class A 12,184 908,439
MAXIMUS, Inc. 30,589 2,059,251
Perspecta, Inc. 63,126 1,361,628
Sabre Corp. 126,283 918,077
Science Applications International Corp. 24,663 2,013,981
Switch, Inc., Class A 32,757 562,438
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 2.6%  
Amkor Technology, Inc. (A) 26,939 266,157
Brooks Automation, Inc. 32,504 1,251,079
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. 12,896 1,580,276
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (A) 25,941 1,961,140
Cree, Inc. (A) 53,021 2,286,796
Power Integrations, Inc. 12,245 1,253,276
Semtech Corp. (A) 29,333 1,327,025
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (A) 21,086 2,049,981
Software – 4.8%  
ACI Worldwide, Inc. (A) 49,725 1,362,465
Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A (A) 17,528 578,249
Appfolio, Inc., Class A (A) 7,575 832,190
Blackbaud, Inc. 21,800 1,204,668
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (A) 28,234 947,533
Envestnet, Inc. (A) 23,433 1,465,031
FireEye, Inc. (A) 98,444 1,133,090
Five9, Inc. (A) 26,716 2,475,772
Globant SA (A)(B) 10,455 1,209,330
j2 Global, Inc. 22,268 1,795,692
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (A) 28,765 2,040,589
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software (continued)  
Mimecast, Ltd. (A) 25,993 $1,063,114
Nutanix, Inc., Class A (A) 85,538 1,752,674
Q2 Holdings, Inc. (A) 21,067 1,679,461
Qualys, Inc. (A) 14,959 1,577,277
Verint Systems, Inc. (A) 30,882 1,319,897
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 0.6%  
NCR Corp. (A) 57,983 1,189,811
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (A) 105,073 1,513,051
Materials – 4.0% 18,464,012
Chemicals – 2.4%  
Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. 27,434 1,692,403
Balchem Corp. 14,121 1,260,158
Element Solutions, Inc. (A) 96,380 987,895
Huntsman Corp. 100,678 1,692,397
NewMarket Corp. 3,776 1,553,597
Olin Corp. 74,445 993,841
Valvoline, Inc. 82,842 1,424,054
W.R. Grace & Company 29,312 1,384,406
Construction materials – 0.2%  
Eagle Materials, Inc. 19,408 1,184,082
Containers and packaging – 1.1%  
Ardagh Group SA 8,460 105,242
Graphic Packaging Holding Company 125,067 1,669,644
Sealed Air Corp. 66,678 1,906,324
Silgan Holdings, Inc. 40,453 1,395,629
Paper and forest products – 0.3%  
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 60,717 1,214,340
Real estate – 10.2% 47,139,951
Equity real estate investment trusts – 9.7%  
Agree Realty Corp. 19,163 1,247,703
American Assets Trust, Inc. 23,602 668,409
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. 96,697 936,027
Corporate Office Properties Trust 46,284 1,222,823
Cousins Properties, Inc. 41,274 1,245,237
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 15,428 1,635,368
EPR Properties 34,334 1,010,106
Equity Commonwealth 51,288 1,741,228
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 51,817 1,957,128
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. 57,034 1,676,229
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 43,473 1,687,187
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 45,624 1,121,438
JBG SMITH Properties 43,898 1,490,337
Lexington Realty Trust 104,745 1,094,585
Life Storage, Inc. 19,222 1,683,655
National Health Investors, Inc. 18,755 1,032,650
National Storage Affiliates Trust 26,806 763,435
Outfront Media, Inc. 62,661 983,151
MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Real estate (continued)  
Equity real estate investment trusts (continued)  
Paramount Group, Inc. 89,575 $864,399
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 108,081 1,027,850
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 61,403 727,012
Physicians Realty Trust 85,612 1,320,137
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 66,583 1,155,215
PotlatchDeltic Corp. 27,907 979,815
PS Business Parks, Inc. 8,705 1,123,728
QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A 25,289 1,581,321
Rayonier, Inc. 57,702 1,386,579
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. 48,025 1,955,578
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. 23,834 842,294
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. 90,396 1,158,877
Service Properties Trust 75,580 523,769
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. 43,886 1,349,933
STAG Industrial, Inc. 64,277 1,687,271
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. 99,726 916,482
Terreno Realty Corp. 29,794 1,633,307
The Macerich Company 67,459 503,919
Weingarten Realty Investors 52,889 962,051
Real estate management and development – 0.5%  
Cushman & Wakefield PLC (A) 47,839 582,201
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. 52,778 746,809
The Howard Hughes Corp. (A) 16,889 914,708
Utilities – 5.3% 24,781,068
Electric utilities – 1.7%  
ALLETE, Inc. 21,276 1,224,647
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 53,140 2,097,436
MGE Energy, Inc. 15,145 979,276
PNM Resources, Inc. 36,451 1,475,901
Portland General Electric Company 41,285 1,931,725
Gas utilities – 1.9%  
National Fuel Gas Company 36,414 1,492,974
New Jersey Resources Corp. 39,987 1,350,761
ONE Gas, Inc. 22,261 1,774,424
South Jersey Industries, Inc. 38,773 1,108,520
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 23,679 1,794,868
Spire, Inc. 21,129 1,541,572
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
0.6%
 
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A 15,985 298,920
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C 35,221 705,477
Ormat Technologies, Inc. 17,582 1,097,293
TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A 37,168 643,750
Multi-utilities – 0.9%  
Avista Corp. 28,359 1,220,571
Black Hills Corp. 26,242 1,625,429
NorthWestern Corp. 21,007 1,211,894
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Utilities (continued)  
Water utilities – 0.2%  
American States Water Company 15,190 $1,205,630
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.8%   $12,899,986
(Cost $12,894,499)    
Short-term funds – 2.8% 12,899,986
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 1,266,007 12,670,705
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 229,281 229,281
Total investments (Multifactor Small Cap ETF) (Cost $529,697,725) 102.7% $475,952,254
Other assets and liabilities, net (2.7%)   (12,706,476)
Total net assets 100.0%   $463,245,778
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 100.0%   $36,258,391
(Cost $33,249,627)    
Industrials – 0.4% 128,349
Electrical equipment – 0.4%  
Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (A) 3,528 128,349
Information technology – 99.6% 36,130,042
Communications equipment – 6.6%  
Arista Networks, Inc. (A) 1,015 222,590
Ciena Corp. (A) 3,243 149,989
Cisco Systems, Inc. 28,535 1,209,313
F5 Networks, Inc. (A) 1,198 166,833
Juniper Networks, Inc. 6,424 138,758
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (A) 1,364 110,361
Motorola Solutions, Inc. 2,480 356,649
Ubiquiti, Inc. 173 28,031
Electronic equipment, instruments and components – 8.1%  
Amphenol Corp., Class A 6,324 558,156
Cognex Corp. 2,480 136,995
Corning, Inc. 14,498 319,101
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A 1,128 67,714
Flex, Ltd. (A) 10,730 104,719
FLIR Systems, Inc. 3,081 133,715
IPG Photonics Corp. (A) 41 5,303
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Electronic equipment, instruments and
components (continued)
 
Jabil, Inc. 5,054 $143,736
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (A) 3,736 361,533
Littelfuse, Inc. 577 83,803
National Instruments Corp. 2,618 100,584
TE Connectivity, Ltd. 6,272 460,741
Trimble, Inc. (A) 5,374 186,102
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (A) 1,143 262,501
IT services – 8.9%  
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (A) 3,571 348,922
Amdocs, Ltd. 2,536 163,420
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 6,131 355,721
DXC Technology Company 4,569 82,836
EPAM Systems, Inc. (A) 886 195,709
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (A) 2,180 151,357
IBM Corp. 8,181 1,027,206
MongoDB, Inc. (A)(B) 486 78,795
Okta, Inc. (A) 1,154 174,600
Perspecta, Inc. 2,849 61,453
Switch, Inc., Class A 763 13,101
Twilio, Inc., Class A (A) 2,319 260,424
VeriSign, Inc. (A) 1,605 336,231
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment – 30.9%  
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (A) 7,248 379,723
Analog Devices, Inc. 3,442 377,243
Applied Materials, Inc. 9,748 484,281
Broadcom, Inc. 2,726 740,436
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. 531 65,069
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (A) 1,052 79,531
Cree, Inc. (A) 2,121 91,479
Entegris, Inc. 2,856 154,881
First Solar, Inc. (A) 1,301 57,257
Intel Corp. 32,775 1,965,845
KLA Corp. 4,171 684,419
Lam Research Corp. 2,064 526,898
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. 12,479 333,688
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 5,988 329,220
Microchip Technology, Inc. 4,551 399,259
Micron Technology, Inc. (A) 11,082 530,717
MKS Instruments, Inc. 1,015 101,733
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 699 139,737
NVIDIA Corp. 2,322 678,674
ON Semiconductor Corp. (A) 9,106 146,106
Qorvo, Inc. (A) 2,320 227,430
QUALCOMM, Inc. 7,155 562,884
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (A) 806 78,359
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 3,810 395,783
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (A) 783 87,375
Teradyne, Inc. 3,856 241,154
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MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (continued)  
Texas Instruments, Inc. 7,548 $876,096
Universal Display Corp. 713 107,036
Xilinx, Inc. 4,154 363,060
Software – 34.8%  
Adobe, Inc. (A) 2,040 721,426
Alteryx, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 500 56,590
Anaplan, Inc. (A) 1,028 42,004
ANSYS, Inc. (A) 1,416 370,751
Appfolio, Inc., Class A (A) 159 17,468
Aspen Technology, Inc. (A) 1,137 116,258
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (A) 831 129,212
Autodesk, Inc. (A) 1,143 213,890
Avalara, Inc. (A) 708 63,274
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (A) 5,476 444,268
CDK Global, Inc. 1,799 70,665
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. (A) 1,665 98,185
Citrix Systems, Inc. 2,280 330,623
Coupa Software, Inc. (A) 660 116,219
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) 1,036 70,096
DocuSign, Inc. (A) 1,551 162,467
Dropbox, Inc., Class A (A) 3,537 74,348
Elastic NV (A) 457 29,312
Envestnet, Inc. (A) 943 58,956
Fair Isaac Corp. (A) 533 188,117
Five9, Inc. (A) 616 57,085
Fortinet, Inc. (A) 1,844 198,673
Guidewire Software, Inc. (A) 1,456 132,263
HubSpot, Inc. (A) 593 99,998
Intuit, Inc. 1,399 377,464
j2 Global, Inc. 1,222 98,542
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (A) 1,184 83,993
Microsoft Corp. 13,193 2,364,318
NortonLifeLock, Inc. 14,614 310,840
Nuance Communications, Inc. (A) 5,566 112,433
Nutanix, Inc., Class A (A) 1,538 31,514
Oracle Corp. 20,630 1,092,771
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (A) 1,207 237,188
Paycom Software, Inc. (A) 733 191,328
Paylocity Holding Corp. (A) 430 49,248
Pegasystems, Inc. 603 50,423
Proofpoint, Inc. (A) 932 113,452
PTC, Inc. (A) 1,694 117,310
Q2 Holdings, Inc. (A)(B) 733 58,435
RealPage, Inc. (A) 1,423 91,769
RingCentral, Inc., Class A (A) 781 178,482
salesforce.com, Inc. (A) 5,322 861,898
ServiceNow, Inc. (A) 985 346,267
Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (A) 1,738 91,627
SolarWinds Corp. (A) 1,008 17,116
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Information technology (continued)  
Software (continued)  
Splunk, Inc. (A) 2,059 $289,001
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 5,031 277,510
Synopsys, Inc. (A) 2,750 432,080
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 415 121,421
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (A) 646 207,166
Verint Systems, Inc. (A) 1,188 50,775
VMware, Inc., Class A (A)(B) 681 89,565
Workday, Inc., Class A (A) 866 133,277
Zendesk, Inc. (A) 1,204 92,564
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A (A) 1,033 139,631
Zscaler, Inc. (A)(B) 612 41,053
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals – 10.3%  
Apple, Inc. 7,826 2,299,279
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (A) 1,601 68,347
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 25,726 258,804
HP, Inc. 11,107 172,270
NetApp, Inc. 4,636 202,918
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A (A) 3,632 52,301
Seagate Technology PLC 6,760 337,662
Western Digital Corp. 6,105 281,318
Xerox Holdings Corp. 4,492 82,159
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.5%   $186,917
(Cost $186,875)    
Short-term funds – 0.5% 186,917
John Hancock Collateral Trust, 0.6614% (C)(D) 14,937 149,493
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (C) 37,424 37,424
Total investments (Multifactor Technology ETF) (Cost $33,436,502) 100.5% $36,445,308
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.5%)   (178,621)
Total net assets 100.0%   $36,266,687
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) Non-income producing security.
(B) All or a portion of this security is on loan as of 4-30-20.
(C) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
(D) Investment is an affiliate of the fund, the advisor and/or subadvisor. This security represents the investment of cash collateral received for securities lending.
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MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF

As of 4-30-20
  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%   $25,433,428
(Cost $29,154,314)    
Utilities – 99.9% 25,433,428
Electric utilities – 54.0%  
ALLETE, Inc. 1,859 107,004
Alliant Energy Corp. 10,044 487,636
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 11,042 917,701
Avangrid, Inc. 2,679 115,197
Duke Energy Corp. 10,905 923,217
Edison International 18,065 1,060,596
Entergy Corp. 10,047 959,589
Evergy, Inc. 13,244 773,847
Eversource Energy 10,129 817,410
Exelon Corp. 30,275 1,122,597
FirstEnergy Corp. 21,256 877,235
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. 6,267 247,358
IDACORP, Inc. 1,681 154,282
NextEra Energy, Inc. 4,123 952,908
NRG Energy, Inc. 7,868 263,814
OGE Energy Corp. 7,072 222,909
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 5,643 434,455
PNM Resources, Inc. 2,748 111,267
Portland General Electric Company 5,042 235,915
PPL Corp. 46,236 1,175,319
The Southern Company 19,163 1,087,117
Xcel Energy, Inc. 10,906 693,188
Gas utilities – 5.2%  
Atmos Energy Corp. 4,335 442,040
New Jersey Resources Corp. 2,370 80,059
ONE Gas, Inc. 2,428 193,536
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. 2,993 226,869
Spire, Inc. 1,872 136,581
UGI Corp. 8,298 250,434
Independent power and renewable electricity producers –
4.0%
 
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class A 720 13,464
Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C 1,627 32,589
TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A 2,907 50,349
The AES Corp. 26,813 355,272
Vistra Energy Corp. 28,904 564,784
Multi-utilities – 32.7%  
Ameren Corp. 10,341 752,308
Black Hills Corp. 2,961 183,404
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 31,785 541,299
CMS Energy Corp. 11,261 642,890
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 17,694 1,394,287
Dominion Energy, Inc. 8,234 635,088
DTE Energy Company 9,016 935,320
NiSource, Inc. 18,748 470,762
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 25,316 1,283,774
Sempra Energy 5,224 646,992
MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF (continued)

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
Value
Utilities (continued)  
Multi-utilities (continued)  
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 9,347 $846,371
Water utilities – 4.0%  
American Water Works Company, Inc. 6,375 775,774
Essential Utilities, Inc. 5,710 238,621
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1%   $31,046
(Cost $31,046)    
Short-term funds – 0.1% 31,046
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.2162% (A) 31,046 31,046
Total investments (Multifactor Utilities ETF) (Cost $29,185,360) 100.0% $25,464,474
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.0%)   (10,774)
Total net assets 100.0%   $25,453,700
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
Security Abbreviations and Legend
(A) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of 4-30-20.
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Financial statements  
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-20

  Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF Multifactor Developed International ETF Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Assets        
Unaffiliated investments, at value $31,190,003 $19,205,919 $429,783,291 $683,716,271
Affiliated investments, at value 645,028 10,542,966 6,738,757
Total investments, at value 31,835,031 19,205,919 440,326,257 690,455,028
Foreign currency, at value 900,440 996,983
Dividends and interest receivable 8,680 28,550 2,467,712 760,530
Receivable for investments sold 111,405 875,953
Receivable for securities lending income 685 208 10,327 14,456
Receivable from affiliates 1,125
Other assets 8,385 8,134 10,636 11,952
Total assets 31,852,781 19,243,936 443,826,777 693,114,902
Liabilities        
Payable for investments purchased 53,016 875,954
Payable upon return of securities loaned 646,339 10,537,500 6,740,342
Payable to affiliates        
Investment management fees 736 95,390 167,705
Accounting and legal services fees 3,488 2,659 33,254 51,768
Trustees' fees 44 37 546 905
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 30,858 30,056 69,777 165,298
Total liabilities 681,465 32,752 10,789,483 8,001,972
Net assets $31,171,316 $19,211,184 $433,037,294 $685,112,930
Net assets consist of        
Paid-in capital $37,851,751 $20,861,092 $478,391,764 $781,178,446
Total distributable earnings (loss) (6,680,435) (1,649,908) (45,354,470) (96,065,516)
Net assets $31,171,316 $19,211,184 $433,037,294 $685,112,930
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $33,753,351 $20,019,342 $462,933,389 $770,636,527
Affiliated investments, at cost $644,851 $10,539,794 $6,736,081
Foreign currency, at cost $892,836 $986,870
Securities loaned, at value $590,699 $9,841,955 $6,346,286
Net asset value per share        
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.        
Net assets $31,171,316 $19,211,184 $433,037,294 $685,112,930
Shares outstanding 1,040,000 690,000 17,800,000 31,700,000
Net asset value per share $29.97 $27.84 $24.33 $21.61
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-20

Continued
  Multifactor Energy ETF Multifactor Financials ETF Multifactor Healthcare ETF Multifactor Industrials ETF
Assets        
Unaffiliated investments, at value $15,019,560 $30,375,808 $43,215,775 $22,253,539
Affiliated investments, at value 59,622 35,481 183,786 95,357
Total investments, at value 15,079,182 30,411,289 43,399,561 22,348,896
Dividends and interest receivable 16,256 25,471 28,563 15,699
Receivable for fund shares sold 973,274
Receivable for investments sold 366,015 955,067
Receivable for securities lending income 123 40 167 163
Receivable from affiliates 4,497 631 1,715
Other assets 8,040 8,545 8,442 8,167
Total assets 16,081,372 30,445,976 43,802,748 23,329,707
Liabilities        
Payable for investments purchased 973,064 17,153
Payable for fund shares repurchased 372,128 953,478
Payable upon return of securities loaned 59,621 35,631 183,433 95,354
Payable to affiliates        
Investment management fees 4,386
Accounting and legal services fees 1,892 3,357 3,597 2,637
Trustees' fees 16 41 51 31
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 30,527 31,898 32,237 30,367
Total liabilities 1,065,120 88,080 595,832 1,081,867
Net assets $15,016,252 $30,357,896 $43,206,916 $22,247,840
Net assets consist of        
Paid-in capital $28,530,325 $37,865,673 $42,543,171 $27,238,857
Total distributable earnings (loss) (13,514,073) (7,507,777) 663,745 (4,991,017)
Net assets $15,016,252 $30,357,896 $43,206,916 $22,247,840
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $24,101,478 $36,192,147 $39,688,546 $25,351,398
Affiliated investments, at cost $59,608 $35,473 $183,724 $95,337
Securities loaned, at value $60,135 $33,532 $175,355 $89,360
Net asset value per share        
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.        
Net assets $15,016,252 $30,357,896 $43,206,916 $22,247,840
Shares outstanding 1,080,000 970,000 1,170,000 700,000
Net asset value per share $13.90 $31.30 $36.93 $31.78
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-20

Continued
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF Multifactor Materials ETF Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
Assets        
Unaffiliated investments, at value $788,852,849 $17,172,278 $22,329,760 $1,331,946,012
Affiliated investments, at value 1,882,757 150,711 9,727,116
Total investments, at value 790,735,606 17,172,278 22,480,471 1,341,673,128
Collateral held at broker for futures contracts 23,880 1,180
Dividends and interest receivable 621,970 13,609 37,239 671,103
Receivable for fund shares sold 512,601
Receivable for investments sold 5,764,765
Receivable for securities lending income 3,624 31 18,434
Receivable from affiliates 3,042 79
Other assets 16,107 8,112 6,645 19,499
Total assets 791,401,187 17,197,072 23,038,215 1,348,146,929
Liabilities        
Payable for futures variation margin 3,860 185
Payable for investments purchased 511,059 823,361
Payable for fund shares repurchased 5,780,955
Payable upon return of securities loaned 1,885,827 150,850 9,730,266
Payable to affiliates        
Investment management fees 137,655 348,516
Accounting and legal services fees 64,773 2,072 1,519 109,758
Trustees' fees 1,047 22 26 1,758
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 93,903 29,540 22,073 142,916
Total liabilities 2,187,065 31,634 685,712 16,937,530
Net assets $789,214,122 $17,165,438 $22,352,503 $1,331,209,399
Net assets consist of        
Paid-in capital $789,375,596 $21,229,383 $23,927,136 $1,493,589,361
Total distributable earnings (loss) (161,474) (4,063,945) (1,574,633) (162,379,962)
Net assets $789,214,122 $17,165,438 $22,352,503 $1,331,209,399
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $776,568,847 $19,423,518 $23,047,326 $1,450,948,971
Affiliated investments, at cost $1,881,783 $150,682 $9,723,480
Securities loaned, at value $1,747,860 $143,079 $8,966,859
Net asset value per share        
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.        
Net assets $789,214,122 $17,165,438 $22,352,503 $1,331,209,399
Shares outstanding 21,825,000 610,000 890,000 41,100,000
Net asset value per share $36.16 $28.14 $25.12 $32.39
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 4-30-20

Continued
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF Multifactor Technology ETF Multifactor Utilities ETF
Assets      
Unaffiliated investments, at value $463,281,549 $36,295,815 $25,464,474
Affiliated investments, at value 12,670,705 149,493
Total investments, at value 475,952,254 36,445,308 25,464,474
Dividends and interest receivable 198,961 240 15,318
Receivable for investments sold 6,607,353 877,243
Receivable for securities lending income 9,501 268
Receivable from affiliates 111
Other assets 8,398 8,605 8,150
Total assets 482,776,467 36,454,421 26,365,296
Liabilities      
Payable for fund shares repurchased 6,649,923 877,714
Payable upon return of securities loaned 12,667,808 149,834
Payable to affiliates      
Investment management fees 123,720 1,668
Accounting and legal services fees 35,012 3,818 3,127
Trustees' fees 578 46 41
Other liabilities and accrued expenses 53,648 32,368 30,714
Total liabilities 19,530,689 187,734 911,596
Net assets $463,245,778 $36,266,687 $25,453,700
Net assets consist of      
Paid-in capital $573,340,278 $35,404,318 $30,206,022
Total distributable earnings (loss) (110,094,500) 862,369 (4,752,322)
Net assets $463,245,778 $36,266,687 $25,453,700
Unaffiliated investments, at cost $517,032,507 $33,287,051 $29,185,360
Affiliated investments, at cost $12,665,218 $149,451
Securities loaned, at value $11,929,990 $144,125
Net asset value per share      
Based on net asset values and shares outstanding-the fund has an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value.      
Net assets $463,245,778 $36,266,687 $25,453,700
Shares outstanding 21,275,000 680,000 870,000
Net asset value per share $21.77 $53.33 $29.26
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-20

  Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF Multifactor Developed International ETF Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
Investment income        
Dividends $626,039 $762,430 $15,330,925 $24,579,217
Securities lending 6,358 6,181 112,041 77,297
Interest 860 593 19,048 44,673
Non-cash dividends 789,133 3,457,399
Less foreign taxes withheld (1,298,257) (3,111,413)
Total investment income 633,257 769,204 14,952,890 25,047,173
Expenses        
Investment management fees 147,692 109,414 2,148,089 4,354,839
Accounting and legal services fees 8,216 5,975 102,093 156,508
Transfer agent fees 10,000 10,000 9,996 10,837
Trustees' fees 850 660 9,115 13,351
Custodian fees 61,293 61,326 157,157 477,057
Printing and postage 20,821 19,910 32,385 33,071
Professional fees 16,333 15,868 41,430 82,788
Stock exchange listing fees 6,899 7,175 6,856 7,247
Other 11,154 9,628 34,147 29,175
Total expenses 283,258 239,956 2,541,268 5,164,873
Less expense reductions (127,792) (124,783) (375,543) (937,665)
Net expenses 155,466 115,173 2,165,725 4,227,208
Net investment income 477,791 654,031 12,787,165 20,819,965
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)        
Net realized gain (loss) on        
Unaffiliated investments (1,246,471) (386,111) (10,454,262) (10,466,843)
Affiliated investments (745) (252) 480 (5,023)
Futures contracts (4,612) 1,838 (1,247,787) (231,104)
Redemptions in kind 2,376,970 2,141,212 8,894,107 8,712,056
  1,125,142 1,756,687 (2,807,462) (1,990,914)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of        
Unaffiliated investments (6,052,937) (1,987,455) (66,314,157) (128,332,415)
Affiliated investments 168 (4) 2,701 2,614
  (6,052,769) (1,987,459) (66,311,456) (128,329,801)
Net realized and unrealized loss (4,927,627) (230,772) (69,118,918) (130,320,715)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations $(4,449,836) $423,259 $(56,331,753) $(109,500,750)
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-20

Continued
  Multifactor Energy ETF Multifactor Financials ETF Multifactor Healthcare ETF Multifactor Industrials ETF
Investment income        
Dividends $1,162,303 $933,940 $1,003,059 $487,292
Securities lending 419 377 1,668 1,543
Interest 685 861 1,082 733
Non-cash dividends 138,167
Less foreign taxes withheld (275)
Total investment income 1,301,574 934,903 1,005,809 489,568
Expenses        
Investment management fees 73,002 157,476 180,182 102,438
Accounting and legal services fees 4,126 8,842 9,925 5,672
Transfer agent fees 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Trustees' fees 514 927 1,056 639
Custodian fees 61,272 61,333 61,350 61,507
Printing and postage 21,350 23,609 24,751 20,154
Professional fees 15,463 19,113 16,840 15,748
Stock exchange listing fees 7,175 6,899 6,899 7,175
Other 9,435 10,461 10,181 9,621
Total expenses 202,337 298,660 321,184 232,954
Less expense reductions (125,493) (132,896) (131,519) (125,124)
Net expenses 76,844 165,764 189,665 107,830
Net investment income 1,224,730 769,139 816,144 381,738
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)        
Net realized gain (loss) on        
Unaffiliated investments (2,253,467) (895,723) (1,490,826) (524,722)
Affiliated investments (58) (146) 234 (45)
Futures contracts (5,957) (2,839) (3,387)
Redemptions in kind (2,446,792) 3,163,958 4,158,332 1,901,504
  (4,706,274) 2,265,250 2,667,740 1,373,350
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of        
Unaffiliated investments (6,660,737) (8,624,164) 2,858,845 (5,760,080)
Affiliated investments 14 8 46 16
  (6,660,723) (8,624,156) 2,858,891 (5,760,064)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (11,366,997) (6,358,906) 5,526,631 (4,386,714)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations $(10,142,267) $(5,589,767) $6,342,775 $(4,004,976)
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-20

Continued
  Multifactor Large Cap ETF Multifactor Materials ETF Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
Investment income        
Dividends $20,005,698 $446,085 $315,015 $23,120,053
Securities lending 27,509 943 3,163 116,333
Interest 14,088 617 405 24,378
Less foreign taxes withheld (139) (18) (4,051)
Total investment income 20,047,156 447,627 318,583 23,256,713
Expenses        
Investment management fees 2,526,608 76,684 82,195 4,973,528
Accounting and legal services fees 171,273 4,238 4,436 279,494
Transfer agent fees 10,000 10,000 7,917 10,000
Trustees' fees 16,181 516 338 22,117
Custodian fees 161,843 61,245 28,029 229,509
Printing and postage 62,613 18,916 19,215 108,611
Professional fees 57,766 15,457 66,264 69,857
Stock exchange listing fees 6,899 7,175 7,051 6,899
Other 30,629 9,498 4,456 36,394
Total expenses 3,043,812 203,729 219,901 5,736,409
Less expense reductions (88,298) (123,009) (133,238) (125,631)
Net expenses 2,955,514 80,720 86,663 5,610,778
Net investment income 17,091,642 366,907 231,920 17,645,935
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)        
Net realized gain (loss) on        
Unaffiliated investments (11,714,541) (966,402) (946,827) (33,698,833)
Affiliated investments (3,454) (227) (169) (8,177)
Futures contracts (68,713) (679) 7,921 58,802
Redemptions in kind 63,608,384 937,583 465,165 44,613,768
  51,821,676 (29,725) (473,910) 10,965,560
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of        
Unaffiliated investments (93,125,875) (2,701,140) (773,450) (203,737,430)
Affiliated investments 894 29 3,405
Futures 54,691 400
  (93,070,290) (2,701,140) (773,021) (203,734,025)
Net realized and unrealized loss (41,248,614) (2,730,865) (1,246,931) (192,768,465)
Decrease in net assets from operations $(24,156,972) $(2,363,958) $(1,015,011) $(175,122,530)
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For the year ended 4-30-20

Continued
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF Multifactor Technology ETF Multifactor Utilities ETF
Investment income      
Dividends $8,358,204 $891,136 $1,054,783
Securities lending 92,999 4,538 9
Interest 8,479 1,154 694
Less foreign taxes withheld (3,224)
Total investment income 8,456,458 896,828 1,055,486
Expenses      
Investment management fees 2,313,324 194,216 131,108
Accounting and legal services fees 98,840 10,768 7,380
Transfer agent fees 9,982 10,000 10,000
Trustees' fees 8,208 1,099 779
Custodian fees 93,815 61,453 61,146
Printing and postage 31,767 24,799 21,370
Professional fees 34,550 16,950 16,215
Stock exchange listing fees 8,379 6,899 7,175
Other 17,060 10,302 9,761
Total expenses 2,615,925 336,486 264,934
Less expense reductions (290,563) (132,049) (126,925)
Net expenses 2,325,362 204,437 138,009
Net investment income 6,131,096 692,391 917,477
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)      
Net realized gain (loss) on      
Unaffiliated investments (44,998,414) (977,868) (224,651)
Affiliated investments (8,448) (367) (23)
Futures contracts 6,618 3,658 (10,044)
Redemptions in kind 21,066,306 7,334,267 3,641,646
  (23,933,938) 6,359,690 3,406,928
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of      
Unaffiliated investments (66,712,404) (4,028,328) (5,737,233)
Affiliated investments 5,197 36
  (66,707,207) (4,028,292) (5,737,233)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (90,641,145) 2,331,398 (2,330,305)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations $(84,510,049) $3,023,789 $(1,412,828)
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

  Multifactor Consumer
Discretionary ETF
Multifactor Consumer
Staples ETF
Multifactor Developed
International ETF
  Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $477,791 $506,396 $654,031 $752,999 $12,787,165 $7,439,007
Net realized gain (loss) 1,125,142 3,463,171 1,756,687 (508,673) (2,807,462) 1,214,314
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (6,052,769) 201,120 (1,987,459) 2,552,512 (66,311,456) 29,078,060
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (4,449,836) 4,170,687 423,259 2,796,838 (56,331,753) 37,731,381
Distributions to shareholders            
From earnings (485,939) (530,221) (655,650) (726,880) (16,526,310) (2,179,880)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 11,360,925 29,178,495 10,343,541 28,284,271 81,190,244 442,661,741
Shares repurchased (17,415,480) (37,248,356) (19,762,263) (23,801,043) (87,062,063) (33,948,220)
Total from fund share transactions (6,054,555) (8,069,861) (9,418,722) 4,483,228 (5,871,819) 408,713,521
Total increase (decrease) (10,990,330) (4,429,395) (9,651,113) 6,553,186 (78,729,882) 444,265,022
Net assets            
Beginning of year 42,161,646 46,591,041 28,862,297 22,309,111 511,767,176 67,502,154
End of year $31,171,316 $42,161,646 $19,211,184 $28,862,297 $433,037,294 $511,767,176
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 1,250,000 1,520,000 1,030,000 880,000 17,800,000 2,200,000
Shares issued 360,000 930,000 360,000 1,060,000 3,200,000 16,800,000
Shares repurchased (570,000) (1,200,000) (700,000) (910,000) (3,200,000) (1,200,000)
End of year 1,040,000 1,250,000 690,000 1,030,000 17,800,000 17,800,000
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
  Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF Multifactor Energy ETF Multifactor Financials ETF
  Year ended
4-30-20
Period ended
4-30-191
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $20,819,965 $2,282,377 $1,224,730 $523,509 $769,139 $947,377
Net realized gain (loss) (1,990,914) 33,503 (4,706,274) (350,163) 2,265,250 7,325,410
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (128,329,801) 41,340,904 (6,660,723) (5,089,757) (8,624,156) (6,337,124)
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (109,500,750) 43,656,784 (10,142,267) (4,916,411) (5,589,767) 1,935,663
Distributions to shareholders            
From earnings (19,729,767) (587,064) (1,221,422) (528,622) (867,642) (931,038)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 72,646,860 789,649,435 6,544,437 13,102,633 29,464,818 12,405,246
Shares repurchased (75,885,634) (15,136,934) (6,406,805) (18,450,941) (40,276,738) (34,334,702)
Total from fund share transactions (3,238,774) 774,512,501 137,632 (5,348,308) (10,811,920) (21,929,456)
Total increase (decrease) (132,469,291) 817,582,221 (11,226,057) (10,793,341) (17,269,329) (20,924,831)
Net assets            
Beginning of year 817,582,221 26,242,309 37,035,650 47,627,225 68,552,056
End of year $685,112,930 $817,582,221 $15,016,252 $26,242,309 $30,357,896 $47,627,225
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 31,600,000 980,000 1,180,000 1,250,000 1,860,000
Shares issued 3,100,000 32,200,000 420,000 450,000 810,000 340,000
Shares repurchased (3,000,000) (600,000) (320,000) (650,000) (1,090,000) (950,000)
End of year 31,700,000 31,600,000 1,080,000 980,000 970,000 1,250,000
    
1 Period from 9-27-18 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
    
  Multifactor Healthcare ETF Multifactor Industrials ETF Multifactor Large Cap ETF
  Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $816,144 $1,266,304 $381,738 $455,592 $17,091,642 $12,674,950
Net realized gain 2,667,740 4,093,261 1,373,350 3,725,555 51,821,676 9,435,734
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 2,858,891 (1,351,861) (5,760,064) (1,124,569) (93,070,290) 56,144,497
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 6,342,775 4,007,704 (4,004,976) 3,056,578 (24,156,972) 78,255,181
Distributions to shareholders            
From earnings (1,306,455) (415,032) (372,367) (439,292) (16,652,227) (9,266,101)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 10,898,269 35,143,443 10,999,231 22,199,862 131,654,328 511,454,207
Shares repurchased (26,389,183) (26,182,752) (16,550,559) (24,363,027) (223,416,055) (59,917,739)
Total from fund share transactions (15,490,914) 8,960,691 (5,551,328) (2,163,165) (91,761,727) 451,536,468
Total increase (decrease) (10,454,594) 12,553,363 (9,928,671) 454,121 (132,570,926) 520,525,548
Net assets            
Beginning of year 53,661,510 41,108,147 32,176,511 31,722,390 921,785,048 401,259,500
End of year $43,206,916 $53,661,510 $22,247,840 $32,176,511 $789,214,122 $921,785,048
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 1,610,000 1,320,000 860,000 940,000 24,275,000 11,625,000
Shares issued 310,000 1,060,000 310,000 620,000 3,675,000 14,350,000
Shares repurchased (750,000) (770,000) (470,000) (700,000) (6,125,000) (1,700,000)
End of year 1,170,000 1,610,000 700,000 860,000 21,825,000 24,275,000
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
  Multifactor Materials ETF Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
  Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Period ended
4-30-192
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $366,907 $363,066 $231,920 $6,194 $17,645,935 $9,689,897
Net realized gain (loss) (29,725) 1,434,017 (473,910) (775) 10,965,560 13,674,393
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (2,701,140) (2,749,386) (773,021) 55,884 (203,734,025) 54,960,102
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (2,363,958) (952,303) (1,015,011) 61,303 (175,122,530) 78,324,392
Distributions to shareholders            
From earnings (400,889) (317,644) (159,184) (14,393,874) (7,646,180)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 7,172,493 10,356,476 6,196,500 23,535,317 719,955,147 739,490,500
Shares repurchased (9,996,413) (9,452,363) (6,266,422) (229,422,956) (111,863,202)
Total from fund share transactions (2,823,920) 904,113 (69,922) 23,535,317 490,532,191 627,627,298
Total increase (decrease) (5,588,767) (365,834) (1,244,117) 23,596,620 301,015,787 698,305,510
Net assets            
Beginning of year 22,754,205 23,120,039 23,596,620 1,030,193,612 331,888,102
End of year $17,165,438 $22,754,205 $22,352,503 $23,596,620 $1,331,209,399 $1,030,193,612
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 700,000 680,000 890,000 28,150,000 9,750,000
Shares issued 220,000 310,000 250,000 890,000 19,975,000 21,625,000
Shares repurchased (310,000) (290,000) (250,000) (7,025,000) (3,225,000)
End of year 610,000 700,000 890,000 890,000 41,100,000 28,150,000
    
2 Period from 3-12-19 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  

Continued
    
  Multifactor Small Cap ETF Multifactor Technology ETF Multifactor Utilities ETF
  Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Year ended
4-30-20
Year ended
4-30-19
Increase (decrease) in net assets            
From operations            
Net investment income $6,131,096 $2,454,656 $692,391 $633,578 $917,477 $819,391
Net realized gain (loss) (23,933,938) (2,478,980) 6,359,690 12,357,497 3,406,928 1,561,661
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (66,707,207) 12,757,111 (4,028,292) (2,473,617) (5,737,233) 2,100,834
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (84,510,049) 12,732,787 3,023,789 10,517,458 (1,412,828) 4,481,886
Distributions to shareholders            
From earnings (5,745,267) (1,596,006) (628,863) (544,744) (922,136) (724,139)
From fund share transactions            
Shares issued 237,133,023 464,818,266 13,101,142 39,668,496 34,715,208 47,348,977
Shares repurchased (122,564,999) (76,202,047) (41,017,240) (50,871,145) (36,393,455) (39,483,795)
Total from fund share transactions 114,568,024 388,616,219 (27,916,098) (11,202,649) (1,678,247) 7,865,182
Total increase (decrease) 24,312,708 399,753,000 (25,521,172) (1,229,935) (4,013,211) 11,622,929
Net assets            
Beginning of year 438,933,070 39,180,070 61,787,859 63,017,794 29,466,911 17,843,982
End of year $463,245,778 $438,933,070 $36,266,687 $61,787,859 $25,453,700 $29,466,911
Share activity            
Shares outstanding            
Beginning of year 16,325,000 1,525,000 1,220,000 1,470,000 930,000 650,000
Shares issued 9,875,000 17,725,000 260,000 860,000 1,060,000 1,630,000
Shares repurchased (4,925,000) (2,925,000) (800,000) (1,110,000) (1,120,000) (1,350,000)
End of year 21,275,000 16,325,000 680,000 1,220,000 870,000 930,000
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Financial Highlights  
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $33.73 $30.65 $28.04 $25.56 $24.21
Net investment income2 0.41 0.37 0.32 0.51 0.18
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (3.76) 3.11 2.58 2.45 1.24
Total from investment operations (3.35) 3.48 2.90 2.96 1.42
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.41) (0.40) (0.29) (0.48) (0.07)
Net asset value, end of period $29.97 $33.73 $30.65 $28.04 $25.56
Total return (%)3 (10.08) 11.57 10.37 11.78 5.87 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $31 $42 $47 $31 $15
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.73 0.73 0.85 1.07 1.27 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.23 1.17 1.08 1.93 1.22 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 20 42 9 16 5
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $28.02 $25.35 $26.48 $25.14 $25.12
Net investment income2 0.65 0.75 0.55 0.48 0.03
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (0.17) 2.66 (1.24) 1.21 (0.01)
Total from investment operations 0.48 3.41 (0.69) 1.69 0.02
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.66) (0.74) (0.44) (0.35)
Net asset value, end of period $27.84 $28.02 $25.35 $26.48 $25.14
Total return (%)3 1.62 13.89 (2.67) 6.75 0.08 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $19 $29 $22 $17 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.83 0.91 1.07 1.18 5.96 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 2.27 2.87 2.05 1.86 1.49 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 12 14 14 11 0
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 1
Per share operating performance        
Net asset value, beginning of period $28.75 $30.68 $27.17 $24.54
Net investment income2 0.73 0.91 0.77 0.31
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (4.21) (2.31) 3.43 2.32
Total from investment operations (3.48) (1.40) 4.20 2.63
Less distributions        
From net investment income (0.94) (0.53) (0.69)
Net asset value, end of period $24.33 $28.75 $30.68 $27.17
Total return (%)3 (12.57) (4.54) 15.64 10.73 4
Ratios and supplemental data        
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $433 $512 $68 $33
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):        
Expenses before reductions 0.52 0.55 0.80 0.99 5
Expenses including reductions 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 5
Net investment income 2.46 3.28 2.60 3.02 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 10 17 15 8
    
1 Period from 12-15-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-17.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR EMERGING MARKETS ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 1
Per share operating performance    
Net asset value, beginning of period $25.87 $25.00
Net investment income2 0.66 0.14
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (4.29) 0.78
Total from investment operations (3.63) 0.92
Less distributions    
From net investment income (0.63) (0.05)
Net asset value, end of period $21.61 $25.87
Total return (%)3 (14.44) 3.71 4
Ratios and supplemental data    
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $685 $818
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):    
Expenses before reductions 0.67 0.71 5
Expenses including reductions 0.55 0.55 5
Net investment income 2.69 0.97 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 22 3
    
1 Period from 9-27-18 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $26.78 $31.39 $27.42 $27.23 $24.84
Net investment income2 1.35 3 0.51 0.66 4 0.42 5
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (12.80) (4.59) 3.85 0.06 2.39
Total from investment operations (11.45) (4.08) 4.51 0.48 2.39
Less distributions          
From net investment income (1.43) (0.53) (0.54) (0.29)
Net asset value, end of period $13.90 $26.78 $31.39 $27.42 $27.23
Total return (%)6 (44.93) (12.84) 16.69 1.73 9.63 7
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $15 $26 $37 $16 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 1.05 0.86 1.07 1.15 5.86 8
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.48 0.50 0.50 0.50 8
Net investment income 6.38 3 1.72 2.35 4 1.46 0.20 8
Portfolio turnover (%)9 22 25 16 30 2
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Net investment income (loss) per share and ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets reflect a special dividend received by the fund, which amounted to $0.82 and 3.84%, respectively.
4 Net investment income (loss) per share and ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets reflect a special dividend received by the fund, which amounted to $0.16 and 0.58%, respectively.
5 Less than $0.005 per share.
6 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
7 Not annualized.
8 Annualized.
9 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $38.10 $36.86 $31.48 $25.35 $24.37
Net investment income2 0.70 0.57 0.45 0.38 0.21
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (6.64) 1.21 5.30 6.10 0.85
Total from investment operations (5.94) 1.78 5.75 6.48 1.06
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.86) (0.54) (0.37) (0.35) (0.08)
Net asset value, end of period $31.30 $38.10 $36.86 $31.48 $25.35
Total return (%)3 (16.06) 5.15 18.33 25.78 4.33 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $30 $48 $69 $43 $19
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.72 0.66 0.75 0.99 1.19 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.86 1.57 1.26 1.32 1.41 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 10 9 8 7 11
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $33.33 $31.14 $28.59 $25.77 $23.93
Net investment income2 0.60 0.73 0.24 0.30 0.11
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 3.91 1.71 2.62 2.72 1.78
Total from investment operations 4.51 2.44 2.86 3.02 1.89
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.91) (0.25) (0.31) (0.20) (0.05)
Net asset value, end of period $36.93 $33.33 $31.14 $28.59 $25.77
Total return (%)3 13.70 7.89 10.04 11.78 7.89 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $43 $54 $41 $33 $17
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.68 0.66 0.86 1.06 1.23 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.46 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.72 2.18 0.79 1.12 0.74 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 10 21 11 14 6
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $37.41 $33.75 $30.40 $25.37 $25.01
Net investment income2 0.52 0.59 0.33 0.35 0.01
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (5.64) 3.69 3.33 4.94 0.35
Total from investment operations (5.12) 4.28 3.66 5.29 0.36
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.51) (0.62) (0.31) (0.26)
Net asset value, end of period $31.78 $37.41 $33.75 $30.40 $25.37
Total return (%)3 (13.92) 13.16 12.04 20.95 1.45 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $22 $32 $32 $21 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.86 0.90 0.98 1.12 5.95 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.42 1.70 0.98 1.24 0.50 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 21 49 3 8 0 7
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
7 Less than 1%.
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MULTIFACTOR LARGE CAP ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $37.97 $34.52 $31.09 $26.69 $24.35
Net investment income2 0.73 0.70 0.51 0.49 0.27
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (1.83) 3.25 3.42 4.31 2.17
Total from investment operations (1.10) 3.95 3.93 4.80 2.44
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.71) (0.50) (0.50) (0.40) (0.10)
Net asset value, end of period $36.16 $37.97 $34.52 $31.09 $26.69
Total return (%)3 (3.04) 11.74 12.69 18.13 10.01 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $789 $922 $401 $342 $27
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.34 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.93 5
Expenses including reductions 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.35 5
Net investment income 1.92 1.96 1.53 1.67 1.80 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 6 6 5 12 6
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $32.51 $34.00 $30.85 $26.76 $25.10
Net investment income2 0.58 0.55 0.44 0.44 0.04
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (4.31) (1.54) 3.13 3.97 1.62
Total from investment operations (3.73) (0.99) 3.57 4.41 1.66
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.64) (0.50) (0.42) (0.32)
Net asset value, end of period $28.14 $32.51 $34.00 $30.85 $26.76
Total return (%)3 (11.77) (2.76) 11.62 16.58 6.63 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $17 $23 $23 $20 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 1.01 1.01 1.05 1.15 5.85 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.82 1.68 1.32 1.51 1.57 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 20 46 10 17 0
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 1
Per share operating performance    
Net asset value, beginning of period $26.51 $25.00
Net investment income2 0.29 0.04
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (1.48) 1.47
Total from investment operations (1.19) 1.51
Less distributions    
From net investment income (0.20)
Net asset value, end of period $25.12 $26.51
Total return (%)3 (4.60) 6.05 4
Ratios and supplemental data    
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $22 $24
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):    
Expenses before reductions 1.02 2.98 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.40 5
Net investment income 1.07 1.29 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 19 0
    
1 Period from 3-12-19 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-19.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR MID CAP ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $36.60 $34.04 $30.65 $26.07 $24.29
Net investment income2 0.48 0.53 0.34 0.33 0.21
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (4.29) 2.44 3.36 4.58 1.65
Total from investment operations (3.81) 2.97 3.70 4.91 1.86
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.40) (0.41) (0.31) (0.33) (0.08)
Net asset value, end of period $32.39 $36.60 $34.04 $30.65 $26.07
Total return (%)3 (10.56) 8.98 12.11 18.96 7.70 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $1,331 $1,030 $332 $170 $20
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.43 0.45 0.52 0.61 1.11 5
Expenses including reductions 0.42 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.45 5
Net investment income 1.33 1.53 1.03 1.16 1.44 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 11 13 11 14 12
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR SMALL CAP ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 1
Per share operating performance      
Net asset value, beginning of period $26.89 $25.69 $25.00
Net investment income2 0.33 0.29 0.13
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (5.13) 1.16 0.56
Total from investment operations (4.80) 1.45 0.69
Less distributions      
From net investment income (0.32) (0.25)
Net asset value, end of period $21.77 $26.89 $25.69
Total return (%)3 (18.07) 5.71 2.77 4
Ratios and supplemental data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $463 $439 $39
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):      
Expenses before reductions 0.55 0.60 0.90 5,6
Expenses including reductions 0.49 0.50 0.51 5,6
Net investment income 1.30 1.13 1.05 5
Portfolio turnover (%)7 36 33 17
    
1 Period from 11-8-17 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-18.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Certain expenses are presented unannualized due to the short reporting period.
7 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $50.65 $42.87 $35.10 $25.86 $24.42
Net investment income2 0.69 0.43 0.28 0.34 0.27
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 2.66 7.72 7.77 9.30 1.26
Total from investment operations 3.35 8.15 8.05 9.64 1.53
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.67) (0.37) (0.28) (0.40) (0.09)
Net asset value, end of period $53.33 $50.65 $42.87 $35.10 $25.86
Total return (%)3 6.65 19.25 23.02 37.66 6.26 4
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $36 $62 $63 $42 $18
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.66 0.64 0.74 1.00 1.18 5
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.47 0.50 0.50 0.50 5
Net investment income 1.35 0.96 0.70 1.11 1.75 5
Portfolio turnover (%)6 21 27 7 18 11
    
1 Period from 9-28-15 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF

Period ended 4-30-20 4-30-19 4-30-18 4-30-17 4-30-16 1
Per share operating performance          
Net asset value, beginning of period $31.68 $27.45 $27.02 $24.86 $24.92
Net investment income2 0.87 0.84 0.77 0.71 0.02
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (2.40) 4.05 0.34 3 1.94 (0.08)
Total from investment operations (1.53) 4.89 1.11 2.65 (0.06)
Less distributions          
From net investment income (0.89) (0.66) (0.68) (0.49)
Net asset value, end of period $29.26 $31.68 $27.45 $27.02 $24.86
Total return (%)4 (5.16) 18.21 4.14 10.79 (0.27) 5
Ratios and supplemental data          
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $25 $29 $18 $18 $5
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):          
Expenses before reductions 0.77 0.87 1.16 1.18 6.05 6
Expenses including reductions 0.40 0.46 0.50 0.50 0.50 6
Net investment income 2.66 2.86 2.78 2.77 0.95 6
Portfolio turnover (%)7 11 19 12 16 0
    
1 Period from 3-28-16 (commencement of operations) to 4-30-16.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 The amount shown for net investment income per share does not correspond with distributions from net investment income due to the timing of sales and repurchase of shares throughout the period as compared to shares outstanding at distribution date.
4 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
5 Not annualized.
6 Annualized.
7 Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered from in-kind transactions.
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Notes to financial statements  
Note 1Organization
John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the Trust) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). It is a series company with multiple investment series (the funds), fifteen of which are presented in this report.
The investment objective of each fund is to seek to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of their respective Index as listed below:
Fund Index
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Discretionary Index
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF John Hancock Dimensional Consumer Staples Index
Multifactor Developed International ETF John Hancock Dimensional Developed International Index
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Multifactor Energy ETF John Hancock Dimensional Energy Index
Multifactor Financials ETF John Hancock Dimensional Financials Index
Multifactor Healthcare ETF John Hancock Dimensional Healthcare Index
Multifactor Industrials ETF John Hancock Dimensional Industrials Index
Multifactor Large Cap ETF John Hancock Dimensional Large Cap Index
Multifactor Materials ETF John Hancock Dimensional Materials Index
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF John Hancock Dimensional Media and Communications Index
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF John Hancock Dimensional Mid Cap Index
Multifactor Small Cap ETF John Hancock Dimensional Small Cap Index
Multifactor Technology ETF John Hancock Dimensional Technology Index
Multifactor Utilities ETF John Hancock Dimensional Utilities Index
Note 2Significant accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be significant. The funds qualify as investment companies under Topic 946 of Accounting Standards Codification of US GAAP.
Events or transactions occurring after the end of the fiscal period through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the funds:
Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. In case of emergency or other disruption resulting in the NYSE not opening for trading or the NYSE closing at a time other than the regularly scheduled close, the net asset value (NAV) may be determined as of the regularly scheduled close of the NYSE pursuant to the funds' Valuation Policies and Procedures.
In order to value the securities, the funds use the following valuation techniques: Equity securities, including exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds, held by the funds are typically valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or principal market where the security trades. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, the securities are valued using the last available bid price. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including John Hancock Collateral Trust (JHCT), are valued at their respective NAVs each business day. Futures contracts are typically valued at the last traded price on the exchange on which they trade. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing vendor valued at London close.
In certain instances, the Pricing Committee may determine to value equity securities using prices obtained from another exchange or market if trading on the exchange or market on which prices are typically obtained did not open for trading as scheduled, or if trading closed earlier than scheduled, and trading occurred as normal on another exchange or market.
Other portfolio securities and assets, for which reliable market quotations are not readily available, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the funds' Pricing Committee following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The frequency with which these fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and fair value of securities may differ significantly from the value that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed. Trading in foreign securities may be completed before the scheduled daily close of trading on the NYSE. Significant events at the issuer or market level may affect the values of securities between the time when the valuation of the securities is generally determined and the close of the NYSE. If a significant event occurs, these securities may be fair valued, as determined in good faith by the funds' Pricing Committee, following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The funds may use fair value adjustment factors provided by an independent pricing vendor to value certain foreign securities in order to adjust for events that may occur between the close of foreign exchanges or markets and the close of the NYSE.
The funds use a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, including registered investment companies. Level 2 includes securities valued using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the funds' own assumptions in determining
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the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events or trends, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Changes in valuation techniques and related inputs may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.
The following is a summary of the values by input classification of the funds' investments as of April 30, 2020, by major security category or type:
  Total
value at
4-30-20
Level 1
quoted
price
Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $31,155,726   $31,155,726
Short-term investments   679,305   679,305
Total investments in securities   $31,835,031   $31,835,031
 
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $19,197,670   $19,197,670
Short-term investments   8,249   8,249
Total investments in securities   $19,205,919   $19,205,919
 
Multifactor Developed International ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks        
Australia   $26,988,576   $26,869,098   $119,478
Austria   689,359   689,359
Belgium   4,107,749   4,107,749
Chile   250,945   250,945
Denmark   9,253,571   9,253,571
Finland   6,135,836   6,135,836
France   41,353,498   41,353,498
Germany   36,015,369   36,015,369
Hong Kong   15,759,919   15,759,919
Ireland   4,604,534   4,604,534
Israel   1,615,363   1,615,363
Italy   8,903,259   8,903,259
Japan   115,963,336   115,963,336
Luxembourg   960,820   960,820
Macau   373,869   373,869
Mexico   83,435   83,435
Netherlands   17,080,278   17,080,278
New Zealand   1,078,871   1,078,871
Norway   2,161,654   2,161,654
Portugal   723,566   723,566
Singapore   4,691,452   4,691,452
Spain   11,095,662   11,095,662
Sweden   11,769,029   11,769,029
Switzerland   43,242,867   43,242,867
United Arab Emirates   1,764   1,764
United Kingdom   61,218,999   61,218,999
United States   45,406   45,406
Preferred securities   3,091,660   3,091,660
Short-term investments   11,065,611   11,065,611
Total investments in securities   $440,326,257   $440,205,015   $121,242
 
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  Total
value at
4-30-20
Level 1
quoted
price
Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $673,037,862   $673,037,862
Preferred securities   10,104,694   10,104,694
Investment companies   130,658   130,658
Rights   2,641   $2,641
Warrants   3,305   3,305
Short-term investments   7,175,868   7,175,868
Total investments in securities   $690,455,028   $690,452,387   $2,641
 
Multifactor Energy ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $15,010,074   $15,010,074
Short-term investments   69,108   69,108
Total investments in securities   $15,079,182   $15,079,182
 
Multifactor Financials ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $30,341,528   $30,341,528
Short-term investments   69,761   69,761
Total investments in securities   $30,411,289   $30,411,289
 
Multifactor Healthcare ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $43,192,912   $43,192,912
Short-term investments   206,649   206,649
Total investments in securities   $43,399,561   $43,399,561
 
Multifactor Industrials ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $22,229,705   $22,229,705
Short-term investments   119,191   119,191
Total investments in securities   $22,348,896   $22,348,896
 
Multifactor Large Cap ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $788,432,145   $788,432,145
Short-term investments   2,303,461   2,303,461
Total investments in securities   $790,735,606   $790,735,606
Derivatives:        
Assets        
Futures   $54,691   $54,691
 
Multifactor Materials ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $17,154,136   $17,154,136
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  Total
value at
4-30-20
Level 1
quoted
price
Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
Multifactor Materials ETF (continued)        
Short-term investments   $18,142   $18,142
Total investments in securities   $17,172,278   $17,172,278
 
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $22,324,297   $22,324,297
Short-term investments   156,174   156,174
Total investments in securities   $22,480,471   $22,480,471
Derivatives:        
Assets        
Futures   $400   $400
 
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $1,330,514,222   $1,330,514,222
Short-term investments   11,158,906   11,158,906
Total investments in securities   $1,341,673,128   $1,341,673,128
 
Multifactor Small Cap ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $463,052,268   $463,052,268
Short-term investments   12,899,986   12,899,986
Total investments in securities   $475,952,254   $475,952,254
 
Multifactor Technology ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $36,258,391   $36,258,391
Short-term investments   186,917   186,917
Total investments in securities   $36,445,308   $36,445,308
 
Multifactor Utilities ETF        
Investments in securities:        
Assets        
Common stocks   $25,433,428   $25,433,428
Short-term investments   31,046   31,046
Total investments in securities   $25,464,474   $25,464,474
Security transactions and related investment income. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily NAV calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-date, except for dividends of certain foreign securities where the dividend may not be known until after the ex-date. In those cases, dividend income, net of withholding taxes, is recorded when the fund becomes aware of the dividends. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds from litigation.
Real estate investment trusts. The funds may invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs). Distributions from REITs may be recorded as income and subsequently characterized by the REIT at the end of the fiscal year as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. As a result, the funds will estimate the components of distributions from these securities. Such estimates are revised when the actual components of the distributions are known.
Securities lending. The funds may lend their securities to earn additional income. The funds receive collateral from the borrower in an amount not less than the market value of the loaned securities. The funds will invest their cash collateral in JHCT, an affiliate of the funds, which has a floating NAV and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment company. JHCT invests in short-term money market investments. Each fund will receive the benefit of any gains and bear any losses generated by JHCT with respect to the cash collateral.
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The funds have the right to recall loaned securities on demand. If a borrower fails to return loaned securities when due, then the lending agent is responsible and indemnifies the funds for the lent securities. The lending agent uses the collateral received from the borrower to purchase replacement securities of the same issue, type, class and series of the loaned securities. If the value of the collateral is less than the purchase cost of replacement securities, the lending agent is responsible for satisfying the shortfall but only to the extent that the shortfall is not due to any decrease in the value of JHCT.
Although the risk of loss on securities lent is mitigated by receiving collateral from the borrower and through lending agent indemnification, the funds could experience a delay in recovering securities or could experience a lower than expected return if the borrower fails to return the securities on a timely basis. The funds receive compensation for lending their securities by retaining a portion of the return on the investment of the collateral and compensation from fees earned from borrowers of the securities. Securities lending income received by the funds is net of fees retained by the securities lending agent. Net income received from JHCT is a component of securities lending income as recorded on the Statements of operations.
Obligations to repay collateral received by the funds are shown on the Statements of assets and liabilities as Payable upon return of securities loaned and are secured by the loaned securities. The following table summarizes the values of securities loaned by the funds and the corresponding cash collateral received at April 30, 2020:
Fund Market value of securities on loan Cash collateral received
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $590,699 $646,339
Multifactor Developed International ETF 9,841,955   10,537,500
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 6,346,286 6,740,342
Multifactor Energy ETF 60,135 59,621
Multifactor Financials ETF 33,532 35,631
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 175,355 183,433
Multifactor Industrials ETF 89,360 95,354
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 1,747,860 1,885,827
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 143,079 150,850
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 8,966,859 9,730,266
Multifactor Small Cap ETF   11,929,990   12,667,808
Multifactor Technology ETF 144,125 149,834
Foreign investing. Assets, including investments, and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar values each day at the prevailing exchange rate. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the date of the transaction. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the value of securities is reflected as a component of the realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments. Foreign investments are subject to a decline in the value of a foreign currency versus the U.S. dollar, which reduces the dollar value of securities denominated in that currency.
Funds that invest internationally generally carry more risk than funds that invest strictly in U.S. securities. These risks are heightened for investments in emerging markets. Risks can result from differences in economic and political conditions, regulations, market practices (including higher transaction costs), accounting standards and other factors.
Foreign taxes. The funds may be subject to withholding tax on income, capital gains or repatriation taxes imposed by certain countries, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes are accrued based upon the funds' understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. Taxes are accrued based on gains realized by the funds as a result of certain foreign security sales. In certain circumstances, estimated taxes are accrued based on unrealized appreciation of such securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign withholding taxes.
Overdraft. The funds may have the ability to borrow from banks for temporary or emergency purposes, including meeting redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely sale of securities. Pursuant to the funds' custodian agreement, the custodian may loan money to the funds to make properly authorized payments. The funds are obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses. The custodian may have a lien, security interest or security entitlement in any fund property that is not otherwise segregated or pledged, to the extent of any overdraft, and to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Line of credit. The funds and other affiliated funds have entered into a syndicated line of credit agreement with Citibank, N.A. as the administrative agent that enables them to participate in a $750 million unsecured committed line of credit. Effective June 27, 2019, Multifactor Media and Communications ETF entered into the existing $750 million unsecured committed line of credit. Excluding commitments designated for a certain fund and subject to the needs of all other affiliated funds, a fund can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $500 million, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement.
A commitment fee payable at the end of each calendar quarter, based on the average daily unused portion of each line of credit, is charged to each participating fund based on a combination of fixed and asset based allocations and is reflected in Other expenses on the Statements of operations. For the year ended April 30, 2020, the funds had no borrowings under the line of credit.
Commitment fees for the year ended April 30, 2020 were as follows:
Fund Commitment fee
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF   $2,243
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 2,213
Multifactor Developed International ETF 3,397
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 3,938
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Fund Commitment fee
Multifactor Energy ETF   $2,199
Multifactor Financials ETF 2,251
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 2,268
Multifactor Industrials ETF 2,215
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 4,299
Multifactor Materials ETF 2,197
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 1,206
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 5,094
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 3,255
Multifactor Technology ETF 2,276
Multifactor Utilities ETF 2,218
Expenses. Within the John Hancock group of funds complex, expenses that are directly attributable to an individual fund are allocated to such fund. Expenses that are not readily attributable to a specific fund are allocated among all funds in an equitable manner, taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the fund’s relative net assets. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Federal income taxes. Each fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
For federal income tax purposes, as of April 30, 2020, certain funds have short-term and long-term capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net realized capital gains. These carryforwards do not expire. The following table details the capital loss carryforward available as of April 30, 2020:
  No Expiration Date
Fund Short Term Long Term
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF   $2,009,939   $2,185,094
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 873,464 141,869
Multifactor Developed International ETF 8,248,408 5,837,151
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 8,583,969 1,812,018
Multifactor Energy ETF 3,499,014 1,012,194
Multifactor Financials ETF 1,354,761 504,749
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 1,633,762 1,649,061
Multifactor Industrials ETF 1,027,142 905,998
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 10,081,955 7,357,177
Multifactor Materials ETF 1,016,878 879,524
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 936,580
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 35,946,007 12,892,570
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 47,317,665 10,356,537
Multifactor Technology ETF 1,732,501 638,057
Multifactor Utilities ETF 1,193,729 32,049
Due to certain Internal Revenue Code rules, utilization of the capital loss carryforwards may be limited in future years.
As of April 30, 2020, the funds had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. The funds' federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.
For federal income tax purposes, the costs of investments owned on April 30, 2020, including short-term investments, were as follows:
Fund Aggregate
cost
Unrealized
appreciation
Unrealized
(depreciation)
Net unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF   $34,429,073 $2,711,940 $(5,305,982)   $(2,594,042)
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 20,021,582 947,404 (1,763,067) (815,663)
Multifactor Developed International ETF   474,063,003 30,313,621 (64,050,367)   (33,736,746)
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF   778,648,638 53,349,843   (141,543,453)   (88,193,610)
Multifactor Energy ETF 24,216,830 20,560 (9,158,208) (9,137,648)
Multifactor Financials ETF 36,237,194 568,493 (6,394,398) (5,825,905)
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 39,898,814 4,779,034 (1,278,287) 3,500,747
Multifactor Industrials ETF 25,491,493 541,390 (3,683,987) (3,142,597)
Multifactor Large Cap ETF   778,919,098   104,623,543 (92,752,344) 11,871,199
Multifactor Materials ETF 19,427,460 838,208 (3,093,390) (2,255,182)
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Fund Aggregate
cost
Unrealized
appreciation
Unrealized
(depreciation)
Net unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF $23,200,322   $1,528,476 $(2,247,927) $(719,451)
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF   1,461,239,719   97,973,617   (217,540,208)   (119,566,591)
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 529,758,019   23,649,932 (77,455,697) (53,805,765)
Multifactor Technology ETF 33,439,769 4,896,622 (1,891,083) 3,005,539
Multifactor Utilities ETF 29,189,419 68,329 (3,793,274) (3,724,945)
Distribution of income and gains. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-date. The funds generally declare and pay dividends at least semiannually from net investment income, if any. Capital gain distributions, if any, are typically distributed annually.
The tax character of distributions for the year ended April 30, 2020 was as follows:
Fund Ordinary
Income
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $485,939
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 655,650
Multifactor Developed International ETF   16,526,310
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF   19,729,767
Multifactor Energy ETF 1,221,422
Multifactor Financials ETF 867,642
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 1,306,455
Multifactor Industrials ETF 372,367
Multifactor Large Cap ETF   16,652,227
Multifactor Materials ETF 400,889
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 159,184
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF   14,393,874
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 5,745,267
Multifactor Technology ETF 628,863
Multifactor Utilities ETF 922,136
The tax character of distributions for the year ended April 30, 2019 was as follows:
Fund Ordinary
Income
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $530,221
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 726,880
Multifactor Developed International ETF   2,179,880
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 587,064
Multifactor Energy ETF 528,622
Multifactor Financials ETF 931,038
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 415,032
Multifactor Industrials ETF 439,292
Multifactor Large Cap ETF   9,266,101
Multifactor Materials ETF 317,644
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF   7,646,180
Multifactor Small Cap ETF   1,596,006
Multifactor Technology ETF 544,744
Multifactor Utilities ETF 724,139
As of April 30, 2020, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Fund Undistributed
Ordinary Income
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $108,639
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 181,088
Multifactor Developed International ETF   2,428,107
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF   2,595,398
Multifactor Energy ETF 134,783
Multifactor Financials ETF 177,638
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 445,821
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Fund Undistributed
Ordinary Income
Multifactor Industrials ETF $84,720
Multifactor Large Cap ETF   5,406,459
Multifactor Materials ETF 87,638
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 81,397
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF   6,025,206
Multifactor Small Cap ETF   1,385,467
Multifactor Technology ETF 227,388
Multifactor Utilities ETF 198,401
Such distributions and distributable earnings, on a tax basis, are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in the funds' financial statements as a return of capital.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences, if any, will reverse in a subsequent period. Book-tax differences are primarily attributable to wash sale loss deferrals and redemptions-in-kind.
Note 3Derivative instruments
The funds may invest in derivatives in order to meet their investment objective. Derivatives include a variety of different instruments that may be traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) market, on a regulated exchange or through a clearing facility. The risks in using derivatives vary depending upon the structure of the instruments, including the use of leverage, optionality, the liquidity or lack of liquidity of the contract, the creditworthiness of the counterparty or clearing organization and the volatility of the position. Some derivatives involve risks that are potentially greater than the risks associated with investing directly in the referenced securities or other referenced underlying instrument. Specifically, the funds are exposed to the risk that the counterparty to an OTC derivatives contract will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. OTC derivatives transactions typically can only be closed out with the other party to the transaction.
Certain derivatives are traded or cleared on an exchange or central clearinghouse. Exchange-traded or centrally-cleared transactions generally present less counterparty risk to a fund than OTC transactions. The exchange or clearinghouse stands between the funds and the broker to the contract and therefore, credit risk is generally limited to the failure of the exchange or clearinghouse and the clearing member.
Futures. A futures contract is a contractual agreement to buy or sell a particular currency or financial instrument at a pre-determined price in the future. Futures are traded on an exchange and cleared through a central clearinghouse. Risks related to the use of futures contracts include possible illiquidity of the futures markets and contract prices that can be highly volatile and imperfectly correlated to movements in the underlying financial instrument and potential losses in excess of the amounts recognized on the Statements of assets and liabilities. Use of long futures contracts subjects the funds to the risk of loss up to the notional value of the futures contracts. Use of short futures contracts subjects the funds to unlimited risk of loss.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities. The amount of required margin is set by the broker and is generally based on a percentage of the contract value. The margin deposit must then be maintained at the established level over the life of the contract. Cash that has been pledged by a fund is detailed in the Statements of assets and liabilities as Collateral held at broker for futures contracts. Securities pledged by the funds, if any, are identified in the Funds' investments. Subsequent payments, referred to as variation margin, are made or received by a fund periodically and are based on changes in the market value of open futures contracts. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and unrealized gain or loss is recorded by the fund. Receivable/Payable for futures variation margin is included in the Statements of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, a fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.
The following table details how the funds used futures contracts during the year ended April 30, 2020. In addition, the table summarizes the range of notional contract amounts held by the funds, as measured at each quarter end:
Fund Reason USD Notional range
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $90,000, as measured during the period
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $86,000, as measured during the period
Multifactor Developed International ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $42.1 million, as measured during the period
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $115.5 million, as measured during the period
Multifactor Energy ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $125,000, as measured during the period
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Fund Reason USD Notional range
Multifactor Financials ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $90,000, as measured during the period
Multifactor Industrials ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $173,000, as measured during the period
Multifactor Large Cap ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. Up to $290,000
Multifactor Materials ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $154,000, as measured during the period
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. Up to $76,000
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $1.7 million
Multifactor Small Cap ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $304,000
Multifactor Technology ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $147,000, as measured during the period
Multifactor Utilities ETF The fund used futures contracts to gain exposure to certain securities markets and as a substitute for securities purchased. As of April 30, 2020, there were no open futures contracts. Up to $368,000, as measured during the period
Fair value of derivative instruments by risk category
The table below summarizes the fair value of derivatives held by the funds at April 30, 2020 by risk category:
Fund Risk Statements of
assets and
liabilities location
Financial
instruments
location
Assets
derivatives
fair value
Liabilities
derivatives
fair value
Multifactor Large Cap ETF Equity Receivable/payable for futures variation margin Futures 1   $54,691
        $54,691
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Equity Receivable/payable for futures variation margin Futures 1   $400
        $ 400
    
   
1 Reflects cumulative appreciation/depreciation on futures as disclosed in Funds' investments. Only the year end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Statements of assets and liabilities.
Effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of operations
The table below summarizes the net realized gain (loss) included in the net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations, classified by derivative instrument and risk category, for the year ended April 30, 2020:
    Statements of operations location - Net realized gain (loss) on:
Fund Risk Futures contracts
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF Equity   $(4,612)
  Total $ (4,612)
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF Equity   $1,838
  Total $ 1,838
Multifactor Developed International ETF Equity   $(1,247,787)
  Total $(1,247,787)
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF Equity   $(231,104)
  Total $ (231,104)
Multifactor Energy ETF Equity   $(5,957)
  Total $ (5,957)
Multifactor Financials ETF Equity   $(2,839)
  Total $ (2,839)
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    Statements of operations location - Net realized gain (loss) on:
Fund Risk Futures contracts
Multifactor Industrials ETF Equity   $(3,387)
  Total $ (3,387)
Multifactor Large Cap ETF Equity   $(68,713)
  Total $(68,713)
Multifactor Materials ETF Equity   $(679)
  Total $ (679)
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Equity   $7,921
  Total $ 7,921
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF Equity   $58,802
  Total $ 58,802
Multifactor Small Cap ETF Equity   $6,618
  Total $ 6,618
Multifactor Technology ETF Equity   $3,658
  Total $ 3,658
Multifactor Utilities ETF Equity   $(10,044)
  Total $(10,044)
The table below summarizes the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations, classified by derivative instrument and risk category, for the year ended April 30, 2020:
    Statements of operations location - Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:
Fund Risk Futures contracts
Multifactor Large Cap ETF Equity   $54,691
  Total $54,691
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF Equity   $400
  Total $ 400
Note 4Guarantees and indemnifications
Under the Trust's organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust, including the funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
Note 5Fees and transactions with affiliates
John Hancock Investment Management LLC (the Advisor) serves as investment advisor for the funds. The Advisor is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC). Prior to June 28, 2019, the Advisor was known as John Hancock Advisers, LLC.
Management fee. The funds have an investment management agreement with the Advisor under which each fund pays a monthly management fee to the Advisor equivalent on an annual basis as detailed below. The Advisor has a subadvisory agreement with Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. The funds are not responsible for payment of the subadvisory fees.
The management fee structure is as follows:
•     Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF, Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF, Multifactor Energy ETF, Multifactor Financials ETF, Multifactor Healthcare ETF, Multifactor Industrials ETF, Multifactor Materials ETF, Multifactor Media and Communications Cap ETF, Multifactor Technology ETF, and Multifactor Utilities ETF —The management fee is 0.380% of the fund’s average daily net assets
•    Multifactor Developed International ETF—The management fee is 0.350% of the fund’s average daily net assets
•    Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF—The management fee is 0.440% of the fund’s average daily net assets
•    Multifactor Large Cap ETF—The management fee is 0.260% of the fund’s average daily net assets
•    Multifactor Mid Cap ETF—The management fee is 0.370% of the fund’s average daily net assets
•    Multifactor Small Cap ETF—The management fee is 0.390% of the fund’s average daily net assets
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Prior to March 30, 2020, the management fee structure was as follows:
•     Multifactor Developed International ETF—Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor Developed International Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor Developed International Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is 0.450% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets
•     Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF—Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund and Manulife Multifactor Emerging Markets Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is as follows: a) 0.600% of the first $500 million of the fund's aggregate daily net assets, b) 0.525% of the next $500 million of the fund's aggregate daily net assets and c) 0.500% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets in excess of $1 billion
•     Multifactor Large Cap ETF—Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Large Cap Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor U.S. Large Cap Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is as follows: a) 0.300% of the first $300 million of the fund's aggregate daily net assets and b) 0.280% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets in excess of $300 million
•     Multifactor Mid Cap ETF—Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Mid Cap Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor U.S. Mid Cap Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is as follows: a) 0.400% of the first $300 million of the fund's aggregate daily net assets and b) 0.370% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets in excess of $300 million
•     Multifactor Small Cap ETF—Aggregate net assets are the aggregate net assets of the fund, Manulife Multifactor U.S. Small Cap Index ETF (hedged) and Manulife Multifactor U.S. Small Cap Index ETF (unhedged). The management fee is 0.500% of the fund's aggregate daily net assets
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse expenses for certain funds of the John Hancock group of funds complex, including the fund (the participating portfolios). This waiver is based upon aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios. The amount of the reimbursement is calculated daily and allocated among all the participating portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each fund. During the year ended April 30, 2020, this waiver amounted to 0.01% of the fund’s average daily net assets. This arrangement expires on July 31, 2021, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the fund and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.
The Advisor has contractually agreed to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make a payment to a fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which expenses of the fund exceed the following:
Fund Expense
limitation as a
percentage of
average net
assets
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Developed International ETF 0.39%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 0.49%
Multifactor Energy ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Financials ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Industrials ETF 0.40%
Fund Expense
limitation as a
percentage of
average net
assets
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 0.29%
Multifactor Materials ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 0.42%
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 0.42%
Multifactor Technology ETF 0.40%
Multifactor Utilities ETF 0.40%
 
Prior to March 30, 2020, the Advisor had contractually agreed to reduce its management fee or, if necessary, make a payment to a fund, in an amount equal to the amount by which expenses of the fund exceed the following:
Fund Expense
limitation as a
percentage of
average net
assets
Multifactor Developed International ETF 0.45%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 0.55%
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 0.35%
Fund Expense
limitation as a
percentage of
average net
assets
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 0.45%
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 0.50%
 
Expenses means all the expenses of the funds, excluding taxes, brokerage commissions, interest expense, litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the funds’ business, borrowing costs, prime brokerage fees, acquired fund fees and expenses paid indirectly, and short dividend expense. Each fund’s, excluding Multifactor Developed International ETF, Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF, Multifactor Large Cap ETF, Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, and Multifactor Small Cap ETF, expense limitation agreement expires on August 31, 2020, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the funds and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time. The expense limitation for Multifactor Developed International ETF, Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF, Multifactor Large Cap ETF, Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, and Multifactor Small Cap ETF expires on August 31, 2021 unless renewed by mutual agreement of the fund and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.
The expense reductions described above amount to the following for the year ended April 30, 2020.
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Fund Expense reimbursement
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF   $127,792
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 124,783
Multifactor Developed International ETF 375,543
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 937,665
Multifactor Energy ETF 125,493
Multifactor Financials ETF 132,896
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 131,519
Multifactor Industrials ETF 125,124
Fund Expense reimbursement
Multifactor Large Cap ETF   $88,298
Multifactor Materials ETF   123,009
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF   133,238
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF   125,631
Multifactor Small Cap ETF   290,563
Multifactor Technology ETF   132,049
Multifactor Utilities ETF   126,925
Expenses waived or reimbursed in the current fiscal period are not subject to recapture in future fiscal periods.
The investment management fees, including the impact of the waivers and reimbursements as described above, incurred for the year ended April 30, 2020, were equivalent to a net annual effective rate of the funds' average daily net assets:
Fund Net Annual Effective Rate
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF 0.05%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 0.00%
Multifactor Developed International ETF 0.36%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 0.44%
Multifactor Energy ETF 0.00%
Multifactor Financials ETF 0.06%
Multifactor Healthcare ETF 0.10%
Multifactor Industrials ETF 0.00%
Fund Net Annual Effective Rate
Multifactor Large Cap ETF 0.27%
Multifactor Materials ETF 0.00%
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 0.00%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 0.37%
Multifactor Small Cap ETF 0.43%
Multifactor Technology ETF 0.12%
Multifactor Utilities ETF 0.01%
 
Accounting and legal services. Pursuant to a service agreement, the funds reimburse the Advisor for all expenses associated with providing the administrative, financial, legal, compliance, accounting and recordkeeping services to the funds, including the preparation of all tax returns, periodic reports to shareholders and regulatory reports, among other services. These accounting and legal services fees incurred for the year ended April 30, 2020 amounted to an annual rate of 0.02% of the funds' average daily net assets.
Trustee expenses. The funds compensate each Trustee who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates. The costs of paying Trustee compensation and expenses are allocated to each fund based on their net assets relative to other funds within the John Hancock group of funds complex.
Note 6Capital share transactions
Each fund will issue and redeem shares only in a large number of specified shares, each called a “creation unit,” or multiples thereof. Multifactor Large Cap ETF, Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, and Multifactor Small Cap ETF issue and redeem shares at NAV in creation units of 25,000 shares. Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF, Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF, Multifactor Energy ETF, Multifactor Financials ETF, Multifactor Healthcare ETF, Multifactor Industrials ETF, Multifactor Materials ETF, Multifactor Media and Communications ETF, Multifactor Technology ETF, and Multifactor Utilities ETF issue and redeem shares at NAV in creation units of 10,000 shares. Multifactor Developed International ETF and Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF issue and redeem shares at NAV in creation units of 100,000 shares.
Only authorized participants may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the funds. Such transactions generally take place when an authorized participant deposits into a fund a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash approximating the holdings of the fund in exchange for a specified number of creation units. Similarly, shares can be redeemed only in creation units, generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) held by a fund and a specified amount of cash. For purposes of US GAAP, in-kind redemption transactions are treated as a sale of securities and any resulting gains and losses are recognized based on the market value of the securities on the date of the transfer. Authorized participants pay a transaction fee to the custodian when purchasing and redeeming creation units of the funds. The transaction fee is used to defray the costs associated with the issuance and redemption of creation units. Individual shares of the funds may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Secondary market transactions may be subject to brokerage commissions. Shares of the funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc., trade at market prices rather than NAV, and may trade at a price greater than or less than NAV.
Affiliates of the funds or the Advisor owned the following percentage of shares outstanding on April 30, 2020:
Fund % by Fund
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF 78%
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 76%
Multifactor Energy ETF 53%
Multifactor Industrials ETF 77%
Multifactor Materials ETF 89%
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 84%
Multifactor Utilities ETF 56%
Such concentration of shareholders’ capital could have a material effect on a fund if such shareholders redeem from the fund.
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Note 7Purchase and sale of securities
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term investments and in kind transactions and U.S. Treasury obligations, are aggregated below for the year ended April 30, 2020. In addition, purchases and sales of in-kind transactions are aggregated below for the year ended April 30, 2020:
  Purchases Sales and maturities
Fund In-kind transactions Other issuers In-kind transactions Other issuers
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF   $11,345,912   $7,697,117   $17,288,598   $7,815,317
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF   10,322,280   3,404,700   19,709,348   3,432,419
Multifactor Developed International ETF   36,585,531   82,280,120   84,006,484   45,835,073
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF   12,498,638   209,189,660   53,145,378   169,347,336
Multifactor Energy ETF   6,540,504   4,353,916   6,380,576   4,216,788
Multifactor Financials ETF   27,782,035   4,238,720   38,254,244   4,660,854
Multifactor Healthcare ETF   10,850,935   4,847,663   26,292,815   5,732,550
Multifactor Industrials ETF   10,374,051   5,527,117   15,823,597   5,603,132
Multifactor Large Cap ETF   119,083,914   49,840,301   210,661,933   50,510,560
Multifactor Materials ETF   7,173,874   3,911,156   9,961,804   3,981,374
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF   6,179,643   4,220,685   6,181,670   4,221,130
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF   686,184,408   156,786,064   196,893,734   150,317,084
Multifactor Small Cap ETF   235,531,062   168,219,988   119,509,153   168,302,929
Multifactor Technology ETF   13,089,738   10,916,913   40,928,909   10,912,511
Multifactor Utilities ETF   32,230,103   3,638,411   33,686,923   3,815,611
Note 8Industry or sector risk
Certain funds generally invest a large percentage of their assets in one or more particular industries or sectors of the economy. If a large percentage of a fund's assets are economically tied to a single or small number of industries or sectors of the economy, the fund will be less diversified than a more broadly diversified fund, and it may cause the fund to underperform if that industry or sector underperforms. In addition, focusing on a particular industry or sector may make the fund’s NAV more volatile. Further, a fund that invests in particular industries or sectors is particularly susceptible to the impact of market, economic, regulatory and other factors affecting those industries or sectors. Financial services companies can be hurt by economic declines, changes in interest rates regulatory and market impacts.
Note 9Investment by affiliated funds
Certain investors in the funds are affiliated funds that are managed by the Advisor and its affiliates. The affiliated funds do not invest in the funds for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, this investment may represent a significant portion of the funds' net assets. At April 30, 2020, funds within the John Hancock group of funds complex had the following affiliate ownership as a percentage of the funds’ net assets (funds with an affiliate ownership of 5% or more are disclosed separately):
Fund Affiliated fund Affiliated Concentration
Multifactor Developed International ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 46.80%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 22.78%
  Other affiliated funds 6.04%
  Total 75.62%
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio 26.29%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 20.32%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio 17.58%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 10.56%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Aggressive Portfolio 10.05%
  Other affiliated funds 8.20%
  Total 93.00%
Multifactor Large Cap ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 27.02%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 17.12%
  Other affiliated funds 7.59%
  Total 51.73%
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 11.03%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 6.73%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio 5.22%
  Other affiliated funds 9.18%
  Total 32.16%
Multifactor Small Cap ETF John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Growth Portfolio 29.39%
  John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust Managed Volatility Balanced Portfolio 14.95%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Growth Portfolio 12.79%
  John Hancock Funds II Multimanager Lifestyle Balanced Portfolio 9.64%
  Other affiliated funds 11.02%
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Fund Affiliated fund Affiliated Concentration
  Total 77.79%
Note 10Investment in affiliated underlying funds
The funds may invest in affiliated underlying funds that are managed by the Advisor and its affiliates. Information regarding the funds’ purchases and sales of the affiliated underlying funds as well as income and capital gains earned, if any, during the period is as follows:
              Dividends and distributions
Affiliate Ending
share
amount
Beginning
value
Cost of
purchases
Proceeds
from shares
sold
Realized
gain
(loss)
Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
Income
distributions
received
Capital gain
distributions
received
Ending
value
Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 64,449 $1,156,793 $18,888,406 $(19,399,594)   $(745)   $168   $6,358   $645,028
Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* $216,306 $6,140,032 $(6,356,082)   $(252)   $(4)   $6,181
Multifactor Developed International ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 1,053,412   $30,501,151 $87,031,509   $(106,992,875)   $480   $2,701   $112,041   $10,542,966
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 673,310 $4,188,357 $46,277,133 $(43,724,324)   $(5,023)   $2,614   $77,297   $6,738,757
Multifactor Energy ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 5,957 $1,463,794 $(1,404,128)   $(58)   $14   $419   $59,622
Multifactor Financials ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 3,545 $3,120,749 $(3,085,130)   $(146)   $8   $377   $35,481
Multifactor Healthcare ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 18,363 $637,469 $7,002,769 $(7,456,732)   $234   $46   $1,668   $183,786
Multifactor Industrials ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 9,528 $257,948 $3,832,772 $(3,995,334)   $(45)   $16   $1,543   $95,357
Multifactor Large Cap ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 188,118 $4,260,052 $77,556,562 $(79,931,297)   $(3,454)   $894   $27,509   $1,882,757
Multifactor Materials ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* $3,928,021 $(3,927,794)   $(227)   $943
Multifactor Media and Communications ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 15,058 $7,053,441 $(6,902,590)   $(169)   $29   $3,163   $150,711
Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 971,895   $11,926,516   $318,193,809   $(320,388,437)   $(8,177)   $3,405   $116,333   $9,727,116
Multifactor Small Cap ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 1,266,007   $17,290,805   $220,421,657   $(225,038,506)   $(8,448)   $5,197   $92,999   $12,670,705
Multifactor Technology ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust* 14,937 $595,033 $19,374,998 $(19,820,207)   $(367)   $36   $4,538   $149,493
Multifactor Utilities ETF
John Hancock Collateral Trust $222,750 $(222,727)   $(23)   $9
    
* Refer to the Securities lending note within Note 2 for details regarding this investment.
Note 11Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
The novel COVID-19 disease has resulted in significant disruptions to global business activity. A widespread health crisis such as a global pandemic could cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, impact the ability to complete redemptions, and affect fund performance.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Trustees of John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Shareholders of John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF, John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF, and John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF
Opinions on the Financial Statements      
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the Funds’ investments, of each of the funds listed in the table below (constituting John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2020, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of April 30, 2020, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Individual fund comprising the
John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
Statement of
operations
Statements of
changes in net assets
Financial Highlights
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF
For the year ended April 30, 2020 For the years ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 For the years ended April 30, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017, and for the period September 28, 2015 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2016
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF
For the year ended April 30, 2020 For the years ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 For the years ended April 30, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017, and for the period March 28, 2016 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2016
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF For the year ended April 30, 2020 For the years ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 For the years ended April 30, 2020, 2019 and 2018, and for the period December 15, 2016 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2017
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF For the year ended April 30, 2020 For the years ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 For the years ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, and for the period November 8, 2017 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2018
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF For the year ended April 30, 2020 For the year ended April 30, 2020 and for the period September 27, 2018 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2019
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF For the year ended April 30, 2020 For the year ended April 30, 2020 and for the period March 12, 2019 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2019
Basis for Opinions      
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
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Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2020 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
June 9, 2020
     
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the John Hancock group of funds since 1988.
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Tax information (Unaudited)  
For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions of the funds, if any, paid during its taxable year ended April 30, 2020.
Each fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as eligible for the corporate dividends-received deduction.
Each fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividend income as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
Each fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its Section 199A dividends as defined in Proposed Treasury Regulation §1.199A-3(d).
Fund Foreign sourced income Foreign tax credit
Multifactor Developed International ETF $16,120,058 $1,028,048
Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 28,001,857 3,025,953
Eligible shareholders will be mailed a 2020 Form 1099-DIV in early 2021. This will reflect the tax character of all distributions paid in calendar year 2020.
Please consult a tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of your investment in the fund.
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STATEMENT REGARDING LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT


Operation of the Liquidity Risk Management Program

This section describes operation and effectiveness of the Liquidity Risk Management Program (LRMP) established in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Liquidity Rule). The Board of Trustees (the Board) of each Fund in the John Hancock Group of Funds (each a Fund and collectively, the Funds) that is subject to the requirements of the Liquidity Rule has appointed John Hancock Investment Management LLC and John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC (together, the Advisor) to serve as Administrator of the LRMP with respect to each of the Funds, including John Hancock Multifactor ETFs, subject to the oversight of the Board. In order to provide a mechanism and process to perform the functions necessary to administer the LRMP, the Advisor established the Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the Committee). The Fund's subadvisor, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. (the Subadvisor) executes the day-to-day investment management and security-level activities of the Fund in accordance with the requirements of the LRMP, subject to the supervision of the Advisor and the Board.

The Committee holds monthly meetings to: (1) review the day-to-day operations of the LRMP; (2) review and approve month end liquidity classifications; (3) review quarterly testing and determinations, as applicable; and (4) review other LRMP related material. The Committee also conducts daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual quantitative and qualitative assessments of each subadvisor to a Fund that is subject to the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and is a part of the LRMP to monitor investment performance issues, risks and trends. In addition, the Committee may conduct ad-hoc reviews and meetings with subadvisors as issues and trends are identified, including potential liquidity and valuation issues.

The Committee provided the Board at a meeting held on March 15-17, 2020 with a written report which addressed the Committee's assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of the implementation and operation of the LRMP and any material changes to the LRMP. The report, which covered the period December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019, included an assessment of important aspects of the LRMP including, but not limited to:

•  Operation of the Fund's Redemption-In-Kind Procedures;

•  Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (HLIM) determination;

•  Compliance with the 15% limit on illiquid investments;

•  Reasonably Anticipated Trade Size (RATS) determination;

•  Security-level liquidity classifications; and

•  Liquidity risk assessment.

The report also covered material liquidity matters which occurred or were reported during this period applicable to the Fund, if any, and the Committee's actions to address such matters.

Redemption-In-Kind Procedures

Rule 22e-4 requires any fund that engages in or reserves the right to engage in in-kind redemptions to adopt and implement written policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as part of the management of its liquidity risk. These procedures address the process for redeeming in kind, as well as the circumstances under which the Fund would consider redeeming in kind. Anticipated large redemption activity will be evaluated to identify situations where redeeming in securities instead of cash may be appropriate.

As part of its annual assessment of the LRMP, the Committee reviewed the implementation and operation of the Redemption-In-Kind Procedures and determined they are operating in a manner that such procedures are adequate and effective to manage in-kind redemptions on behalf of the Fund as part of the LRMP.

Highly Liquid Investment Minimum determination

The Committee uses an HLIM model to determine a Fund's HLIM. This process incorporates the Fund's investment strategy, historical redemptions, liquidity classification rollup percentages and cash balances, redemption policy, access to funding sources, distribution channels and client concentrations. If the Fund falls below its established HLIM for a period greater than 7 consecutive calendar days, the Committee prepares a report to the Board within one business day following the seventh consecutive calendar day with an explanation of how the Fund plans to restore its HLIM within a reasonable period of time.

Based on the HLIM model, the Committee has determined that the Fund qualifies as a Primarily Highly Liquid Fund (PHLF). It is therefore not required to establish a HLIM. The Fund is tested quarterly to confirm its PHLF status.

As part of its annual assessment of the LRMP, the Committee reviewed the policies and procedures in place with respect to HLIM and PHLF determinations, and determined that such policies and procedures are operating in a manner that is adequate and effective as part of the LRMP.

Compliance with the 15% limit on illiquid investments

Rule 22e-4 sets an aggregate illiquid investment limit of 15% for a fund. Funds are prohibited from acquiring an illiquid investment if this results in greater than 15% of its net assets being classified as illiquid. When applying this limit, the Committee defines "illiquid investment" to mean any investment that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. If a 15% illiquid investment limit breach occurs for longer than 1 business day, the Fund is required to notify the Board and provide a plan on how to bring illiquid investments within the 15% threshold, and after 7 days confidentially notify the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

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In February 2019, as a result of extended security markets closures in connection with the Chinese New Year in certain countries, the SEC released guidance, and the Committee approved and adopted an Extended Market Holiday Policy to plan for and monitor known Extended Market Holidays (defined as all expected market holiday closures spanning four or more calendar days).

As part of its annual assessment of the LRMP, the Committee reviewed the policies and procedures in place with respect to the 15% illiquid investment limit and determined such policies and procedures are operating in a manner that is adequate and effective as part of the LMRP.

Reasonably Anticipated Trade Size determination

In order to assess the liquidity risk of a Fund, the Committee considers the impact on the Fund that redemptions of a RATS would have under both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. Modelling the Fund's RATS requires quantifying cash flow volatility and analyzing distribution channel concentration and redemption risk. The model is designed to estimate the amount of assets that the Fund could reasonably anticipate trading on a given day, during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, to satisfy redemption requests.

As part of its annual assessment of the LRMP, the Committee reviewed the policies and procedures in place with respect to RATS determinations and determined that such policies and procedures are operating in a manner that is adequate and effective at making RATS determinations as part of the LRMP.

Security-level liquidity classifications

When classifying the liquidity of portfolio securities, the Fund adheres to the liquidity classification procedures established by the Advisor. In assigning a liquidity classification to Fund portfolio holdings, the following key inputs, among others, are considered: the Fund's RATS, feedback from the applicable Subadvisor on market-, trading- and investment-specific considerations, an assessment of current market conditions and fund portfolio holdings, and a value impact standard. The Subadvisor also provides position-level data to the Committee for use in monthly classification reconciliation in order to identify any classifications that may need to be changed as a result of the above considerations.

As part of its annual assessment of the LRMP, the Committee reviewed the policies and procedures in place with respect to security-level liquidity classifications and determined that such policies and procedures are operating in a manner that is adequate and effective as part of the LRMP.

Liquidity risk assessment

The Committee periodically reviews and assesses, the Fund's liquidity risk, including its investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions (including whether the investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund, the extent to which the strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers, and the use of borrowings for investment purposes and derivatives), cash flow analysis during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

The Committee also monitors global events, such as the COVID-19 Coronavirus, that could impact the markets and liquidity of portfolio investments and their classifications.

As part of its annual assessment of the LRMP, the Committee reviewed Fund-Level Liquidity Risk Assessment Reports for each of the Funds and determined that the investment strategy for each Fund continues to be appropriate for an open-ended structure.

Adequacy and Effectiveness

Based on the review and assessment conducted by the Committee, the Committee has determined that the LRMP has been implemented, and is operating in a manner that is adequate and effective at assessing and managing the liquidity risk of each Fund.

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Trustees and Officers

This chart provides information about the Trustees and Officers who oversee your John Hancock fund. Officers elected by the Trustees manage the day-to-day operations of the portfolios and execute policies formulated by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

     
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) and other directorships during past 5 years
Trustee of
the Trust
since1
Number of
John Hancock
funds overseen
by Trustee
Hassell H. McClellan, Born: 1945 2015 195
Trustee and Chairperson of the Board
Director/Trustee, Virtus Funds (since 2008); Director, The Barnes Group (since 2010); Associate Professor, The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College (retired 2013). Trustee (since 2005) and Chairperson of the Board (since 2017) of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex.

     
Charles L. Bardelis,2 Born: 1941 2015 195
Trustee
Director, Island Commuter Corp. (marine transport). Trustee, John Hancock Collateral Trust (since 2014), Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 1988).

     
James R. Boyle, Born: 1959 2015 195
Trustee
Chief Executive Officer, Foresters Financial (since 2018); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Zillion Group, Inc. (formerly HealthFleet, Inc.) (healthcare) (2014-2018); Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Life Insurance Division of Genworth Financial, Inc. (insurance) (January 2014-July 2014); Senior Executive Vice President, Manulife Financial, President and Chief Executive Officer, John Hancock (1999-2012); Chairman and Director, John Hancock Investment Management LLC, John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC, and John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC (2005-2010). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (2005-2014 and since 2015).

     
Peter S. Burgess,2 Born: 1942 2015 195
Trustee
Consultant (financial, accounting, and auditing matters) (since 1999); Certified Public Accountant; Partner, Arthur Andersen (independent public accounting firm) (prior to 1999); Director, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (since 2004); Director, Symetra Financial Corporation (2010-2016)); Director, PMA Capital Corporation (2004-2010). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2005).

     
William H. Cunningham, Born: 1944 2015 195
Trustee
Professor, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (since 1971); former Chancellor, University of Texas System and former President of the University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Chairman (since 2009) and Director (since 2006), Lincoln National Corporation (insurance); Director, Southwest Airlines (since 2000); former Director, LIN Television (2009-2014). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 1986).

     
Grace K. Fey, Born: 1946 2015 195
Trustee
Chief Executive Officer, Grace Fey Advisors (since 2007); Director and Executive Vice President, Frontier Capital Management Company (1988-2007); Director, Fiduciary Trust (since 2009). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2008).

     
Deborah C. Jackson, Born: 1952 2015 195
Trustee
President, Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (since 2011); Board of Directors, Massachusetts Women's Forum (since 2018); Board of Directors, National Association of Corporate Directors/New England (since 2015); Board of Directors, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (2014-2017); Chief Executive Officer, American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay (2002-2011); Board of Directors of Eastern Bank Corporation (since 2001); Board of Directors of Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation (since 2001); Board of Directors of American Student Assistance Corporation (1996-2009); Board of Directors of Boston Stock Exchange (2002-2008); Board of Directors of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare (health benefits company) (2007-2011). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2008).

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Independent Trustees (continued)

     
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) and other directorships during past 5 years
Trustee of
the Trust
since1
Number of
John Hancock
funds overseen
by Trustee
James M. Oates,2 Born: 1946 2015 195
Trustee
Managing Director, Wydown Group (financial consulting firm) (since 1994); Chairman and Director, Emerson Investment Management, Inc. (2000-2015); Independent Chairman, Hudson Castle Group, Inc. (formerly IBEX Capital Markets, Inc.) (financial services company) (1997-2011); Director, Stifel Financial (since 1996); Director, Investor Financial Services Corporation (1995-2007); Director, Connecticut River Bancorp (1998-2014); Director/Trustee, Virtus Funds (since 1988). Trustee (since 2004) and Chairperson of the Board (2005-2016) of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex.

     
Steven R. Pruchansky, Born: 1944 2015 195
Trustee and Vice Chairperson of the Board
Managing Director, Pru Realty (since 2017); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Greenscapes of Southwest Florida, Inc. (since 2014); Director and President, Greenscapes of Southwest Florida, Inc. (2000-2014); Member, Board of Advisors, First American Bank (until 2010); Managing Director, Jon James, LLC (real estate) (since 2000); Partner, Right Funding, LLC (2014-2017); Director, First Signature Bank & Trust Company (until 1991); Director, Mast Realty Trust (until 1994); President, Maxwell Building Corp. (until 1991). Trustee (since 1992), Chairperson of the Board (2011-2012), and Vice Chairperson of the Board (since 2012) of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex.

     
Gregory A. Russo, Born: 1949 2015 195
Trustee
Director and Audit Committee Chairman (since 2012), and Member, Audit Committee and Finance Committee (since 2011), NCH Healthcare System, Inc. (holding company for multi-entity healthcare system); Director and Member (2012-2018) and Finance Committee Chairman (2014-2018), The Moorings, Inc. (nonprofit continuing care community); Vice Chairman, Risk & Regulatory Matters, KPMG LLP (KPMG) (2002-2006); Vice Chairman, Industrial Markets, KPMG (1998-2002); Chairman and Treasurer, Westchester County, New York, Chamber of Commerce (1986-1992); Director, Treasurer, and Chairman of Audit and Finance Committees, Putnam Hospital Center (1989-1995); Director and Chairman of Fundraising Campaign, United Way of Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York (1990-1995). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2008).

Non-Independent Trustees3

     
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) and other directorships during past 5 years
Trustee of
the Trust
since1
Number of
John Hancock
funds overseen
by Trustee
Andrew G. Arnott, Born: 1971 2017 195
President and Non-Independent Trustee
Executive Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2009, including prior positions); Director and Executive Vice President, John Hancock Investment Management LLC (since 2005, including prior positions); Director and Executive Vice President, John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC (since 2006, including prior positions); President, John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC (since 2004, including prior positions); President of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2007, including prior positions). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2017).

     
Marianne Harrison, Born: 1963 2018 195
Non-Independent Trustee
President and CEO, John Hancock (since 2017); President and CEO, Manulife Canadian Division (2013-2017); Member, Board of Directors, CAE Inc. (since 2019); Member, Board of Directors, MA Competitive Partnership Board (since 2018); Member, Board of Directors, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) (since 2018); Member, Board of Directors, Communitech, an industry-led innovation center that fosters technology companies in Canada (2017-2019); Member, Board of Directors, Manulife Assurance Canada (2015-2017); Board Member, St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation (2014-2017); Member, Board of Directors, Manulife Bank of Canada (2013-2017); Member, Standing Committee of the Canadian Life & Health Assurance Association (2013-2017); Member, Board of Directors, John Hancock USA, John Hancock Life & Health, John Hancock New York (2012-2013). Trustee of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2018).

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Principal officers who are not Trustees

   
Name, year of birth
Position(s) held with Trust
Principal occupation(s) during past 5 years
Officer
of the
Trust
since
Francis V. Knox, Jr., Born: 1947 2014
Chief Compliance Officer
Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2005); Chief Compliance Officer, various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex, John Hancock Investment Management LLC, and John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC (since 2005).

   
Charles A. Rizzo, Born: 1957 2014
Chief Financial Officer
Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2008); Senior Vice President, John Hancock Investment Management LLC and John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC (since 2008); Chief Financial Officer of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2007).

   
Salvatore Schiavone, Born: 1965 2014
Treasurer
Assistant Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2007); Vice President, John Hancock Investment Management LLC and John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC (since 2007); Treasurer of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2007, including prior positions).

   
Christopher (Kit) Sechler, Born: 1973 2018
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Vice President and Deputy Chief Counsel, John Hancock Investments (since 2015); Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel (2009-2015), John Hancock Investments; Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of various trusts within the John Hancock Fund Complex (since 2018); Assistant Secretary of John Hancock Investment Management LLC and John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC (since 2009).

The business address for all Trustees and Officers is 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5023.

The Statement of Additional Information of the fund includes additional information about members of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-225-6020.

1 Each Trustee holds office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until the Trustee's death, retirement, resignation, or removal.
2 Member of the Audit Committee.
3 The Trustee is a Non-Independent Trustee due to current or former positions with the Advisor and certain affiliates.
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More information

   

Trustees

Hassell H. McClellan, Chairperson
Steven R. Pruchansky, Vice Chairperson
Andrew G. Arnott
Charles L. Bardelis*
James R. Boyle
Peter S. Burgess*
William H. Cunningham
Grace K. Fey
Marianne Harrison
Deborah C. Jackson
James M. Oates*
Gregory A. Russo

Officers

Andrew G. Arnott
President

Francis V. Knox, Jr.
Chief Compliance Officer

Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer

Salvatore Schiavone
Treasurer

Christopher (Kit) Sechler
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Investment advisor

John Hancock Investment Management LLC

Subadvisor

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Portfolio Managers

Joseph F. Hohn
Joel P. Schneider
Lukas J. Smart, CFA

Principal distributor

Foreside Fund Services, LLC

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Transfer agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Legal counsel

Dechert LLP

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

* Member of the Audit Committee
† Non-Independent Trustee

The funds' proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as the funds' proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, are available free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website at sec.gov or on our website.

All of the funds' holdings as of the end of the third month of every fiscal quarter are filed with the SEC on Form N-PORT within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter. The funds' Form N-PORT filings are available on our website and the SEC's website, sec.gov.

We make this information on your funds', as well as monthly portfolio holdings, and other funds' details available on our website at jhinvestments.com/etf or by calling 800-225-6020.

     
  You can also contact us:
  800-225-6020
jhinvestments.com/etf

Regular mail:

John Hancock
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116

 

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John Hancock family of funds

     

DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS



Blue Chip Growth

Classic Value

Disciplined Value

Disciplined Value Mid Cap

Equity Income

Financial Industries

Fundamental All Cap Core

Fundamental Large Cap Core

New Opportunities

Regional Bank

Small Cap Core

Small Cap Growth

Small Cap Value

U.S. Global Leaders Growth

U.S. Quality Growth

GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS



Disciplined Value International

Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets Equity

Fundamental Global Franchise

Global Equity

Global Shareholder Yield

Global Thematic Opportunities

International Dynamic Growth

International Growth

International Small Company

 

INCOME FUNDS



Bond

California Tax-Free Income

Emerging Markets Debt

Floating Rate Income

Government Income

High Yield

High Yield Municipal Bond

Income

Investment Grade Bond

Money Market

Short Duration Bond

Short Duration Credit Opportunities

Strategic Income Opportunities

Tax-Free Bond

ALTERNATIVE AND SPECIALTY FUNDS



Absolute Return Currency

Alternative Asset Allocation

Alternative Risk Premia

Diversified Macro

Infrastructure

Multi-Asset Absolute Return

Seaport Long/Short

A fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses should be considered carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. To obtain a prospectus, contact your financial professional, call John Hancock Investment Management at 800-225-5291, or visit our website at jhinvestments.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money.

     

ASSET ALLOCATION



Balanced

Multi-Asset High Income

Multi-Index Lifetime Portfolios

Multi-Index Preservation Portfolios

Multimanager Lifestyle Portfolios

Multimanager Lifetime Portfolios

Retirement Income 2040

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS



John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Media and
Communications ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF

John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF

 

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND
GOVERNANCE FUNDS



ESG All Cap Core

ESG Core Bond

ESG International Equity

ESG Large Cap Core

CLOSED-END FUNDS



Financial Opportunities

Hedged Equity & Income

Income Securities Trust

Investors Trust

Preferred Income

Preferred Income II

Preferred Income III

Premium Dividend

Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income

Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield

John Hancock Multifactor ETF shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

John Hancock ETFs are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC, and are subadvised by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Foreside is not affiliated with John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC or Dimensional Fund Advisors LP.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP receives compensation from John Hancock in connection with licensing rights to the John Hancock Dimensional indexes. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP does not sponsor, endorse, or sell, and makes no representation as to the advisability of investing in, John Hancock Multifactor ETFs.


John Hancock Investment Management

A trusted brand

John Hancock Investment Management is a premier asset manager representing one of America's most
trusted brands, with a heritage of financial stewardship dating back to 1862. Helping our shareholders
pursue their financial goals is at the core of everything we do. It's why we support the role of professional
financial advice and operate with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

A better way to invest

We serve investors globally through a unique multimanager approach: We search the world to find
proven portfolio teams with specialized expertise for every strategy we offer, then we apply robust
investment oversight to ensure they continue to meet our uncompromising standards and serve the
best interests of our shareholders.

Results for investors

Our unique approach to asset management enables us to provide a diverse set of investments backed
by some of the world's best managers, along with strong risk-adjusted returns across asset classes.

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John Hancock Investment Management LLC n 200 Berkeley Street n Boston, MA 02116 n 800-225-6020 n jhinvestments.com/etf

This report is for the information of the shareholders of John Hancock Multifactor ETFs. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

   
JHAN-20180615-0136 ETFA 4/20
6/2020


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

As of the end of the period, April 30, 2020, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (respectively, the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and the principal accounting officer, the “Senior Financial Officers”). A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Peter S. Burgess is the audit committee financial expert and is “independent”, pursuant to general instructions on Form N-CSR Item 3.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

(a)Audit Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audits of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements amounted to the following for the fiscal periods ended April 30, 2020 and April 30, 2019. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the registrant’s audit committee.

Fund April 30, 2020 April 30, 2019
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $              14,000 $              14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 14,000 14,500
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 14,000 14,500
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 14,000 14,500
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 14,000 14,500
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 14,000 14,000
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 14,525 15,550
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 14,000 14,000
Total $            210,525 $            213,550

 

(b)Audit-Related Services

Audit-related service fees for assurance and related services by the principal accountant are billed to the registrant or to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser (“control affiliates”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant.



Fund April 30, 2020 April 30, 2019
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $              5 $              0
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 5 -
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 5 -
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 5 0
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 5 -
Total $              75 $            0

(c) Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“tax fees”) amounted to the following for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2020 and for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019. The nature of the services comprising the tax fees was the review of the registrant’s tax returns and tax distribution requirements. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the registrant’s audit committee.

Fund April 30, 2020 April 30, 2019
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $             1,233 $             1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 1,233 0
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 1,233 0
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 1,233 1,000
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 1,233 1,000
Total $            18,495 $            13,000

(d) All Other Fees

Other fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant or to the control affiliates for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2020 and for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2019 amounted to the following:



Fund April 30, 2020 April 30, 2019
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Discretionary ETF $              91 $              102
John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF 91 1,213
John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF 91 89
John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF 91 1,213
John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF 91 1,213
John Hancock Multifactor Energy ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF 91 84
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Utilities ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF 91 102
John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF 91 1,213
Total $            1,365 $            2,873

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The trust’s Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm (the “Auditor”) relating to the operations or financial reporting of the funds. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

The trust’s Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee’s consideration of audit-related and non-audit services by the Auditor. The policies and procedures require that any audit-related and non-audit service provided by the Auditor and any non-audit service provided by the Auditor to a fund service provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a fund are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided. Audit-related services provided by the Auditor that are expected to exceed $25,000 per instance/per fund are subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Tax services provided by the Auditor that are expected to exceed $30,000 per instance/per fund are subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

All audit services, as well as the audit-related and non-audit services that are expected to exceed the amounts stated above, must be approved in advance of provision of the service by formal resolution of the Audit Committee. At the regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings, the Committee reviews a report summarizing the services, including fees, provided by the Auditor.

(e)(2) Services approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:

Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees:
There were no amounts that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) According to the registrant’s principal accountant, for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2020, the percentage of hours spent on the audit of the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons who were not full-time, permanent employees of principal accountant was less than 50%.


(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant's accountant for non- audit services rendered to the registrant and rendered to the registrant's control affiliates for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2020 and April 30, 2019 amounted to the following:

Trust April 30, 2020 April 30, 2019
John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust $               1,090,477 $               1,018,671

(h) The audit committee of the registrant has considered the non-audit services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant(s) to the control affiliates and has determined that the services that were not pre-approved are compatible with maintaining the principal accountant(s)' independence.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee comprised of independent trustees. The members of the audit committee are as follows:

Peter S. Burgess - Chairman
Charles L. Bardelis
Theron S. Hoffman

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

(a)Not applicable.
(b)Not applicable.

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The registrant has adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's Board of Trustees. A copy of the procedures is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Nominating, Governance and Administration Committee Charter”.


ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.: Not applicable.

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics for Covered Officers is attached.

(a)(2) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.

(b)(1) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached. The certifications furnished pursuant to this paragraph are not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications are not deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.

(c)(1) Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders is attached. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Nominating, Governance and Administration Committee Charter”.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

 
By: /s/ Andrew Arnott
Andrew Arnott
President
   
   
Date:      June 11, 2020     

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 
By: /s/ Andrew Arnott
Andrew Arnott
President
 
 
Date:      June 11, 2020     
 
 
By: /s/ Charles A. Rizzo
Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Date: June 11, 2020