As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2018
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 811-22732
HORIZONS ETF TRUST I
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
c/o Horizons ETFs Management (US) LLC
1 Landmark Square, 7th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Jonathan Molchan
President/Chief Executive Officer
c/o Horizons ETFs Management (US) LLC
625 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Name and address of agent for service)
212-205-8300
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: April 30, 2018
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)
April 30, 2018
Horizons ETF Trust I
Horizons ETF Trust I (the “Trust”), was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on May 17, 2012 and is currently comprised of four investment portfolios. These financial statements relate to the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF (“QYLD”), Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF (“HSPX”), Horizons DAX Germany ETF (“DAX”) and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF (“USDY”) (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and Horizons DAX Germany ETF both trade on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, the Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange and the Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF trades on the Cboe BZX Exchange.
NASDAQ 100® is a registered trademark of The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. and has been licensed for use by Horizons ETFs Management (US) LLC and QYLD. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by NASDAQ, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.
S&P 500® is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and has been licensed for use by Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF. S&P®, S&P 500®, and S&P 500 Stock Covered Call™ are trademarks of S&P and have been licensed for use by Horizons ETFs Management (US) LLC.
DAX® is a registered trademark of Deutsche Börse AG and has been licensed for use by Horizons ETFs Management (US) LLC and DAX. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Deutsche Börse AG, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.
The Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF is an actively managed fund that invests in dividend-paying companies in the Russell 1000® Index and stocks of companies similar to those in the Russell 1000® Index. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by FTSE Russell, nor does this company make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.
The financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of each Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value
Foreside Fund Services, LLC, distributor.
An investment in each Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. The risks associated with the Funds are detailed in the prospectus which include: stock market risk, index risk, tracking error risk, replication management risk, market price risk and trading halts risk.
Shares are bought and sold at market price (not net asset value or “NAV”), are not individually redeemable, and owners of the shares may acquire those shares from the Funds and tender those shares for redemption to the Funds in creation unit aggregations only.
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
April 30, 2018 |
Shareholder Expense Example |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur a unitary management fee. Each Fund bears other expenses which are not covered under the unitary management fee that may vary and will affect the total level of expenses paid by the Fund, such as taxes and governmental fees, brokerage fees, commissions and other transaction expenses, costs of borrowing money, including interest expenses, certain custody expenses and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation and indemnification expenses), if any. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held throughout the entire period (from November 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018).
Actual Expenses
The first line under the Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for the Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line under the Fund in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the second line under the Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing Fund costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | Beginning Account Value 11/1/2017 | | Ending Account Value 4/30/2018 | | Annualized Expense Ratios During the Period 11/1/2017 to 4/30/2018 | | Expenses Paid During Period** 11/1/2017 to 4/30/2018 |
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF*** | | | | | | | | |
Actual | | $1,000.00 | | $1,039.70 | | 0.83% | | $4.20 |
Hypothetical* | | $1,000.00 | | $1,020.68 | | 0.83% | | $4.16 |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | | | | | | | | |
Actual | | $1,000.00 | | $1,017.00 | | 0.65% | | $3.25 |
Hypothetical* | | $1,000.00 | | $1,021.57 | | 0.65% | | $3.26 |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | | | | | | |
Actual | | $1,000.00 | | $ 987.50 | | 0.20% | | $0.99 |
Hypothetical* | | $1,000.00 | | $1,023.80 | | 0.20% | | $1.00 |
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF | | | | | | | | |
Actual | | $1,000.00 | | $ 984.90 | | 0.68% | | $1.41 |
Hypothetical* | | $1,000.00 | | $1,021.42 | | 0.68% | | $3.41 |
| * | 5% return before expenses |
| ** | Expenses are calculated using the most recent expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period) for QYLD, HSPX and DAX. The actual dollar amount shown as expenses paid during the period for USDY are multiplied by 76/365 which is based upon the inception date of February 14, 2018. |
| *** | Excise tax expense totaled 0.23% of average net assets for the six months ended April 30, 2018. Had this expense not been included, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 0.60%. |
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks — 99.7% † | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary — 22.7% | | | | | | | | |
Amazon.com, Inc.* | | | 13,266 | | | $ | 20,776,281 | |
Booking Holdings, Inc.* | | | 1,309 | | | | 2,851,002 | |
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A* | | | 6,520 | | | | 1,768,811 | |
Comcast Corp. Class A | | | 126,948 | | | | 3,984,898 | |
Ctrip.com International Ltd. (a)* | | | 12,428 | | | | 508,305 | |
DISH Network Corp.* | | | 6,203 | | | | 208,111 | |
Dollar Tree, Inc.* | | | 6,483 | | | | 621,655 | |
Expedia, Inc. | | | 3,750 | | | | 431,775 | |
Hasbro, Inc. | | | 3,416 | | | | 300,915 | |
JD.Com, Inc. (a)* | | | 25,250 | | | | 921,877 | |
Liberty Global PLC Class A* | | | 6,196 | | | | 186,747 | |
Liberty Global PLC Class C* | | | 15,837 | | | | 460,857 | |
Marriott International, Inc. Class A | | | 9,782 | | | | 1,337,004 | |
Netflix, Inc.* | | | 11,878 | | | | 3,711,400 | |
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.* | | | 2,288 | | | | 585,888 | |
Qurate Retail Group, Inc.* | | | 11,780 | | | | 275,770 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 10,460 | | | | 845,691 | |
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. | | | 122,987 | | | | 778,508 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | 38,489 | | | | 2,215,812 | |
Tesla Motors, Inc.* | | | 4,613 | | | | 1,355,761 | |
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A | | | 28,845 | | | | 1,054,573 | |
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B | | | 22,064 | | | | 795,848 | |
Ulta Beauty, Inc.* | | | 1,702 | | | | 427,049 | |
Wynn Resorts Ltd. | | | 2,803 | | | | 521,890 | |
| | | | | | | 46,926,428 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer Staples — 4.1% | | | | | | | | |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | 12,023 | | | | 2,370,455 | |
Kraft Heinz Co. | | | 33,359 | | | | 1,880,780 | |
Mondelez International, Inc. | | | 40,731 | | | | 1,608,875 | |
Monster Beverage Corp.* | | | 15,429 | | | | 848,595 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | | 27,111 | | | | 1,801,526 | |
| | | | | | | 8,510,231 | |
Health Care — 9.5% | | | | | | | | |
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 6,055 | | | | 712,250 | |
Align Technology, Inc.* | | | 2,182 | | | | 545,173 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 19,727 | | | | 3,441,967 | |
Biogen, Inc.* | | | 5,787 | | | | 1,583,323 | |
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | | | 4,792 | | | | 400,180 | |
Celgene Corp.* | | | 20,593 | | | | 1,793,650 | |
Cerner Corp.* | | | 9,100 | | | | 530,075 | |
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | | | 6,384 | | | | 321,370 | |
Express Scripts Holding Co.* | | | 15,438 | | | | 1,168,657 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 35,873 | | | | 2,591,107 | |
Henry Schein, Inc.* | | | 4,204 | | | | 319,504 | |
Hologic, Inc.* | | | 7,662 | | | | 297,209 | |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* | | | 2,381 | | | | 463,081 | |
Illumina, Inc.* | | | 4,018 | | | | 968,057 | |
Incyte Corp.* | | | 5,691 | | | | 352,500 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | | | 3,061 | | | | 1,349,227 | |
Mylan NV* | | | 14,793 | | | | 573,377 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 2,883 | | | | 875,509 | |
Shire PLC (a) | | | 1,918 | | | | 305,787 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 6,937 | | | | 1,062,471 | |
| | | | | | | 19,654,474 | |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Industrials — 2.1% | | | | | | | | |
American Airlines Group, Inc. | | | 12,945 | | | $ | 555,729 | |
Cintas Corp. | | | 2,849 | | | | 485,185 | |
CSX Corp. | | | 24,285 | | | | 1,442,286 | |
Fastenal Co. | | | 7,914 | | | | 395,621 | |
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | | | 3,000 | | | | 352,290 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | | | 9,669 | | | | 615,625 | |
Verisk Analytics, Inc.* | | | 4,607 | | | | 490,415 | |
| | | | | | | 4,337,151 | |
Information Technology — 60.4% | | | | | | | | |
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | | | 20,768 | | | | 1,377,957 | |
Adobe Systems, Inc.* | | | 13,454 | | | | 2,981,406 | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A* | | | 8,155 | | | | 8,306,520 | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class C* | | | 9,584 | | | | 9,750,091 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 10,230 | | | | 893,590 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 139,168 | | | | 22,998,904 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 28,767 | | | | 1,428,857 | |
ASML Holding NV* | | | 1,991 | | | | 375,204 | |
Autodesk, Inc.* | | | 6,018 | | | | 757,666 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 12,124 | | | | 1,431,602 | |
Baidu, Inc. (a)* | | | 7,684 | | | | 1,927,916 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 11,227 | | | | 2,575,698 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 11,490 | | | | 399,852 | |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* | | | 7,881 | | | | 315,713 | |
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.* | | | 4,461 | | | | 430,531 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 131,968 | | | | 5,844,863 | |
Citrix Systems, Inc.* | | | 3,719 | | | | 382,722 | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A | | | 16,093 | | | | 1,316,729 | |
eBay, Inc.* | | | 27,711 | | | | 1,049,693 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc.* | | | 8,393 | | | | 990,206 | |
Facebook, Inc. Class A* | | | 65,656 | | | | 11,292,832 | |
Fiserv, Inc.* | | | 11,297 | | | | 800,505 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 127,867 | | | | 6,600,495 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | 7,027 | | | | 1,298,519 | |
KLA-Tencor Corp. | | | 4,253 | | | | 432,700 | |
Lam Research Corp. | | | 4,449 | | | | 823,332 | |
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | | | 7,694 | | | | 419,323 | |
MercadoLibre, Inc. | | | 1,169 | | | | 397,004 | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | | | 6,385 | | | | 534,169 | |
Micron Technology, Inc.* | | | 31,644 | | | | 1,454,991 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 211,125 | | | | 19,744,410 | |
NetEase, Inc. (a) | | | 2,040 | | | | 524,423 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 16,565 | | | | 3,725,468 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 9,938 | | | | 601,945 | |
Paypal Holdings, Inc.* | | | 32,849 | | | | 2,450,864 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 40,525 | | | | 2,067,180 | |
Seagate Technology PLC | | | 7,785 | | | | 450,674 | |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | | | 4,982 | | | | 432,238 | |
Symantec Corp. | | | 16,797 | | | | 466,789 | |
Synopsys, Inc.* | | | 4,193 | | | | 358,543 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* | | | 3,195 | | | | 318,573 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 26,927 | | | | 2,731,206 | |
Western Digital Corp. | | | 8,113 | | | | 639,223 | |
Workday, Inc.* | | | 3,802 | | | | 474,642 | |
Xilinx, Inc. | | | 7,011 | | | | 450,387 | |
| | | | | | | 125,026,155 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF (concluded) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Telecommunication Services — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
T-Mobile US, Inc.* | | | 23,070 | | | $ | 1,395,966 | |
Vodafone Group PLC (a) | | | 12,984 | | | | 381,859 | |
| | | | | | | 1,777,825 | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $179,203,678) | | | | | | $ | 206,232,264 | |
| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.7% | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $179,203,678) | | | | | | | 206,232,264 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Written Call Options — (0.9)% | | | | | | | (1,903,200 | ) |
Other Assets — 1.2% | | | | | | | 2,482,039 | |
Total Other Assets in Excess | | | | | | | | |
of Liabilities — 0.3% | | | | | | | 578,839 | |
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 206,811,103 | |
Number of Contracts | | Notional Value | | | | | |
Written Call Options — (0.9)% | | | | | | | | |
(312) | NASDAQ 100® Index, | | | | | | | | |
| Strike @ $6,710, Exp 5/18/18 | | $ | (206,093,784 | ) | | | $ | (1,903,200 | ) |
| Total Written Call Options | | | | | | | | |
| (Premiums Received $4,036,392) | | | | | | | $ | (1,903,200 | ) |
| † | All or a portion of these securities has been segregated as collateral for written options contracts. The aggregate market value of collateral at April 30, 2018 was $206,232,264. |
| * | Non-income producing security. |
| (a) | American Depositary Receipt |
Glossary:
Ltd. — Private Limited Company
PLC — Public Limited Company
Sector Allocation (as of April 30, 2018) | | | |
Information Technology | | | 60.4 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 22.7 | |
Health Care | | | 9.5 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 4.1 | |
Industrials | | | 2.1 | |
Telecommunication Services | | | 0.9 | |
Total Investments | | | 99.7 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | | | 0.3 | |
Net Assets | | | 100.0 | % |
Percentages indicated are based upon net assets.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks — 99.6%† | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary — 12.9% | | | | | | | | |
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | | | 148 | | | $ | 16,939 | |
Amazon.com, Inc.* | | | 776 | | | | 1,215,317 | |
Aptiv PLC | | | 510 | | | | 43,136 | |
AutoZone, Inc.* | | | 60 | | | | 37,471 | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | 506 | | | | 38,724 | |
Booking Holdings, Inc.* | | | 95 | | | | 206,910 | |
BorgWarner, Inc. | | | 385 | | | | 18,842 | |
CarMax, Inc.* | | | 353 | | | | 22,062 | |
Carnival Corp. | | | 777 | | | | 48,998 | |
CBS Corp. Class B | | | 697 | | | | 34,292 | |
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A* | | | 385 | | | | 104,447 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.* | | | 54 | | | | 22,860 | |
Comcast Corp. Class A | | | 8,951 | | | | 280,972 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 241 | | | | 22,379 | |
Discovery Communications, Inc. Class A* | | | 295 | | | | 6,977 | |
Discovery Communications, Inc. Class C* | | | 586 | | | | 13,021 | |
DISH Network Corp.* | | | 434 | | | | 14,561 | |
Dollar General Corp. | | | 500 | | | | 48,265 | |
Dollar Tree, Inc.* | | | 461 | | | | 44,205 | |
DR Horton, Inc. | | | 648 | | | | 28,603 | |
Expedia, Inc. | | | 240 | | | | 27,634 | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 237 | | | | 10,210 | |
Ford Motor Co. | | | 7,438 | | | | 83,603 | |
Gap Inc. | | | 420 | | | | 12,281 | |
Garmin Ltd. | | | 218 | | | | 12,790 | |
General Motors Co. | | | 2,498 | | | | 91,776 | |
Genuine Parts Co. | | | 284 | | | | 25,083 | |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | | | 483 | | | | 12,128 | |
H&R Block, Inc. | | | 399 | | | | 11,032 | |
Hanesbrands, Inc. | | | 698 | | | | 12,892 | |
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | | | 325 | | | | 13,367 | |
Hasbro, Inc. | | | 217 | | | | 19,116 | |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | | | 394 | | | | 31,063 | |
Home Depot, Inc. | | | 2,245 | | | | 414,876 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | 752 | | | | 17,740 | |
Kohl’s Corp. | | | 328 | | | | 20,375 | |
L Brands, Inc. | | | 479 | | | | 16,722 | |
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | | | 252 | | | | 10,219 | |
Lennar Corp. | | | 392 | | | | 20,733 | |
LKQ Corp.* | | | 593 | | | | 18,395 | |
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 1,607 | | | | 132,465 | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 581 | | | | 18,052 | |
Marriott International, Inc. Class A | | | 595 | | | | 81,325 | |
Mattel, Inc. | | | 654 | | | | 9,679 | |
McDonald’s Corp. | | | 1,467 | | | | 245,634 | |
MGM Resorts International | | | 990 | | | | 31,106 | |
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.* | | | 289 | | | | 19,773 | |
Mohawk Industries, Inc.* | | | 126 | | | | 26,445 | |
Netflix, Inc.* | | | 826 | | | | 258,092 | |
Newell Brands, Inc. | | | 939 | | | | 25,945 | |
News Corp. Class A | | | 730 | | | | 11,665 | |
News Corp. Class B | | | 238 | | | | 3,867 | |
NIKE, Inc. Class B | | | 2,505 | | | | 171,317 | |
Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 224 | | | | 11,325 | |
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.* | | | 345 | | | | 18,447 | |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | | | 443 | | | | 32,631 | |
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.* | | | 171 | | | | 43,788 | |
PulteGroup, Inc. | | | 530 | | | | 16,091 | |
PVH Corp. | | | 149 | | | | 23,791 | |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Ralph Lauren Corp. | | | 113 | | | $ | 12,413 | |
Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 742 | | | | 59,991 | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | | | 329 | | | | 35,594 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | 2,751 | | | | 158,375 | |
Tapestry, Inc. | | | 545 | | | | 29,305 | |
Target Corp. | | | 1,044 | | | | 75,794 | |
Tiffany & Co. | | | 200 | | | | 20,566 | |
Time Warner, Inc. | | | 1,480 | | | | 140,304 | |
TJX Cos., Inc. | | | 1,212 | | | | 102,838 | |
Tractor Supply Co. | | | 245 | | | | 16,660 | |
TripAdvisor, Inc.* | | | 210 | | | | 7,858 | |
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A | | | 2,004 | | | | 73,266 | |
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B | | | 849 | | | | 30,623 | |
Ulta Beauty, Inc.* | | | 113 | | | | 28,353 | |
Under Armour, Inc. Class A* | | | 358 | | | | 6,358 | |
Under Armour, Inc. Class C* | | | 360 | | | | 5,526 | |
VF Corp. | | | 626 | | | | 50,625 | |
Viacom, Inc. Class B | | | 672 | | | | 20,268 | |
Walt Disney Co. | | | 2,910 | | | | 291,960 | |
Whirlpool Corp. | | | 145 | | | | 22,468 | |
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | | | 202 | | | | 23,070 | |
Wynn Resorts Ltd. | | | 157 | | | | 29,232 | |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | | | 659 | | | | 57,399 | |
| | | | | | | 5,631,300 | |
Consumer Staples — 7.2% | | | | | | | | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | | 3,653 | | | | 204,970 | |
Archer Daniels Midland Co. | | | 1,073 | | | | 48,693 | |
Brown-Forman Corp. Class B | | | 472 | | | | 26,451 | |
Campbell Soup Co. | | | 374 | | | | 15,252 | |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | | | 479 | | | | 22,130 | |
Clorox Co. | | | 252 | | | | 29,534 | |
Coca-Cola Co. | | | 7,304 | | | | 315,606 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | 1,677 | | | | 109,391 | |
ConAgra Brands, Inc. | | | 799 | | | | 29,619 | |
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A | | | 329 | | | | 76,700 | |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | 837 | | | | 165,023 | |
Coty, Inc. | | | 904 | | | | 15,684 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | | 1,937 | | | | 135,261 | |
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 347 | | | | 41,626 | |
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A | | | 431 | | | | 63,827 | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | 1,105 | | | | 48,333 | |
Hershey Co. | | | 276 | | | | 25,375 | |
Hormel Foods Corp. | | | 516 | | | | 18,705 | |
JM Smucker Co. | | | 217 | | | | 24,755 | |
Kellogg Co. | | | 476 | | | | 28,036 | |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | 674 | | | | 69,786 | |
Kraft Heinz Co. | | | 1,136 | | | | 64,048 | |
Kroger Co. | | | 1,714 | | | | 43,176 | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | 231 | | | | 24,350 | |
Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B | | | 357 | | | | 25,433 | |
Mondelez International, Inc. | | | 2,869 | | | | 113,325 | |
Monster Beverage Corp.* | | | 796 | | | | 43,780 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 2,724 | | | | 274,960 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 3,066 | | | | 251,412 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 4,852 | | | | 350,994 | |
Sysco Corp. | | | 926 | | | | 57,912 | |
Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A | | | 555 | | | | 38,905 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | | 1,657 | | | | 110,107 | |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | | | 2,789 | | | | 246,715 | |
| | | | | | | 3,159,874 | |
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF (continued) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Energy — 6.2% | | | | | | | | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | | | 1,068 | | | $ | 71,898 | |
Andeavor | | | 276 | | | | 38,176 | |
Apache Corp. | | | 727 | | | | 29,771 | |
Baker Hughes a GE Co. | | | 816 | | | | 29,466 | |
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. | | | 887 | | | | 21,208 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 3,693 | | | | 462,031 | |
Cimarex Energy Co. | | | 182 | | | | 18,307 | |
Concho Resources, Inc.* | | | 289 | | | | 45,434 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 2,318 | | | | 151,829 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | | | 1,005 | | | | 36,512 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 1,098 | | | | 129,751 | |
EQT Corp. | | | 459 | | | | 23,037 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 8,095 | | | | 629,386 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | 1,656 | | | | 87,751 | |
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | | | 211 | | | | 14,675 | |
Hess Corp. | | | 518 | | | | 29,521 | |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | | | 3,658 | | | | 57,870 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 1,623 | | | | 29,620 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | 967 | | | | 72,438 | |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | | | 725 | | | | 28,036 | |
Newfield Exploration Co.* | | | 379 | | | | 11,294 | |
Noble Energy, Inc. | | | 929 | | | | 31,428 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 1,461 | | | | 112,877 | |
ONEOK, Inc. | | | 725 | | | | 43,660 | |
Phillips 66 | | | 820 | | | | 91,274 | |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | | | 331 | | | | 66,713 | |
Range Resources Corp. | | | 437 | | | | 6,052 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. | | | 2,649 | | | | 181,615 | |
TechnipFMC PLC | | | 839 | | | | 27,653 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 846 | | | | 93,847 | |
Williams Cos., Inc. | | | 1,575 | | | | 40,525 | |
| | | | | | | 2,713,655 | |
Financials — 14.7% | | | | | | | | |
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | | | 114 | | | | 18,794 | |
Aflac, Inc. | | | 1,514 | | | | 68,993 | |
Allstate Corp. | | | 690 | | | | 67,496 | |
American Express Co. | | | 1,399 | | | | 138,151 | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 1,721 | | | | 96,376 | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 293 | | | | 41,082 | |
Aon PLC | | | 491 | | | | 69,953 | |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | | 343 | | | | 24,007 | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | 109 | | | | 10,117 | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 18,661 | | | | 558,337 | |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | 1,967 | | | | 107,221 | |
BB&T Corp. | | | 1,540 | | | | 81,312 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B* | | | 3,709 | | | | 718,545 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Class A | | | 237 | | | | 123,595 | |
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.* | | | 184 | | | | 9,344 | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 920 | | | | 83,370 | |
CBOE Holdings, Inc. | | | 222 | | | | 23,705 | |
Charles Schwab Corp. | | | 2,291 | | | | 127,563 | |
Chubb Ltd. | | | 886 | | | | 120,204 | |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | 290 | | | | 20,399 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | 5,041 | | | | 344,149 | |
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | | | 960 | | | | 39,830 | |
CME Group, Inc. | | | 654 | | | | 103,123 | |
Comerica, Inc. | | | 340 | | | | 32,157 | |
Discover Financial Services, Inc. Class A | | | 711 | | | | 50,659 | |
E*TRADE Financial Corp.* | | | 524 | | | | 31,796 | |
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Financials (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | | | 81 | | | $ | 18,846 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | 1,408 | | | | 46,703 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | | | 632 | | | | 21,260 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 685 | | | | 163,256 | |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 697 | | | | 37,526 | |
Huntington Bancshares Inc. | | | 2,073 | | | | 30,908 | |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | | | 1,122 | | | | 81,300 | |
Invesco Ltd. | | | 774 | | | | 22,423 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 6,696 | | | | 728,391 | |
KeyCorp | | | 2,075 | | | | 41,334 | |
Leucadia National Corp. | | | 605 | | | | 14,544 | |
Lincoln National Corp. | | | 426 | | | | 30,093 | |
Loews Corp. | | | 527 | | | | 27,646 | |
M&T Bank Corp. | | | 289 | | | | 52,676 | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | 976 | | | | 79,544 | |
MetLife, Inc. | | | 2,023 | | | | 96,436 | |
Moody’s Corp. | | | 322 | | | | 52,228 | |
Morgan Stanley | | | 2,692 | | | | 138,961 | |
MSCI, Inc. | | | 172 | | | | 25,771 | |
Nasdaq, Inc. | | | 225 | | | | 19,872 | |
Navient Corp. | | | 529 | | | | 7,015 | |
Northern Trust Corp. | | | 413 | | | | 44,088 | |
People’s United Financial, Inc. | | | 658 | | | | 12,035 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 917 | | | | 133,524 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | 515 | | | | 30,498 | |
Progressive Corp. | | | 1,110 | | | | 66,922 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 813 | | | | 86,438 | |
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | | | 250 | | | | 22,437 | |
Regions Financial Corp. | | | 2,276 | | | | 42,561 | |
S&P Global, Inc. | | | 491 | | | | 92,603 | |
State Street Corp. | | | 715 | | | | 71,343 | |
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | | | 921 | | | | 61,523 | |
SVB Financial Group* | | | 101 | | | | 30,261 | |
Synchrony Financial | | | 1,422 | | | | 47,168 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | 461 | | | | 52,471 | |
Torchmark Corp. | | | 210 | | | | 18,215 | |
Travelers Cos., Inc. | | | 527 | | | | 69,353 | |
Unum Group | | | 436 | | | | 21,094 | |
US Bancorp | | | 3,028 | | | | 152,763 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 8,503 | | | | 441,816 | |
Willis Towers Watson PLC | | | 257 | | | | 38,167 | |
XL Group Ltd. | | | 493 | | | | 27,406 | |
Zions Bancorporation | | | 398 | | | | 21,791 | |
| | | | | | | 6,431,488 | |
Health Care — 13.7% | | | | | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 3,308 | | | | 192,294 | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 3,123 | | | | 301,526 | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 631 | | | | 112,981 | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | 619 | | | | 40,693 | |
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 429 | | | | 50,463 | |
Align Technology, Inc.* | | | 143 | | | | 35,729 | |
Allergan PLC | | | 638 | | | | 98,029 | |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 309 | | | | 27,989 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 1,272 | | | | 221,939 | |
Anthem, Inc. | | | 506 | | | | 119,411 | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | 960 | | | | 66,720 | |
Becton Dickinson and Co. | | | 511 | | | | 118,486 | |
Biogen, Inc.* | | | 406 | | | | 111,082 | |
Boston Scientific Corp.* | | | 2,610 | | | | 74,959 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF (continued) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Health Care (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 3,121 | | | $ | 162,698 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 605 | | | | 38,823 | |
Celgene Corp.* | | | 1,494 | | | | 130,127 | |
Centene Corp.* | | | 330 | | | | 35,831 | |
Cerner Corp.* | | | 602 | | | | 35,066 | |
Cigna Corp. | | | 483 | | | | 82,989 | |
Cooper Cos., Inc. | | | 95 | | | | 21,727 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 1,168 | | | | 117,174 | |
DaVita, Inc.* | | | 292 | | | | 18,335 | |
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | | | 439 | | | | 22,099 | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* | | | 405 | | | | 51,581 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 1,845 | | | | 149,574 | |
Envision Healthcare Corp.* | | | 236 | | | | 8,772 | |
Express Scripts Holding Co.* | | | 1,115 | | | | 84,406 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 2,484 | | | | 179,419 | |
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | | | 554 | | | | 53,040 | |
Henry Schein, Inc.* | | | 308 | | | | 23,408 | |
Hologic, Inc.* | | | 539 | | | | 20,908 | |
Humana, Inc. | | | 278 | | | | 81,782 | |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* | | | 169 | | | | 32,869 | |
Illumina, Inc.* | | | 282 | | | | 67,942 | |
Incyte Corp.* | | | 328 | | | | 20,316 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | | | 219 | | | | 96,531 | |
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.* | | | 289 | | | | 27,675 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 5,097 | | | | 644,720 | |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings* | | | 200 | | | | 34,150 | |
McKesson Corp. | | | 402 | | | | 62,796 | |
Medtronic PLC | | | 2,576 | | | | 206,415 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 5,104 | | | | 300,472 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.* | | | 55 | | | | 30,796 | |
Mylan NV* | | | 1,025 | | | | 39,729 | |
Nektar Therapeutics* | | | 306 | | | | 25,600 | |
PerkinElmer, Inc. | | | 216 | | | | 15,846 | |
Perrigo Co. PLC | | | 253 | | | | 19,769 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 11,290 | | | | 413,327 | |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | 263 | | | | 26,616 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 147 | | | | 44,641 | |
ResMed, Inc. | | | 271 | | | | 25,647 | |
Stryker Corp. | | | 612 | | | | 103,685 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 764 | | | | 160,707 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 1,839 | | | | 434,740 | |
Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B | | | 172 | | | | 19,642 | |
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.* | | | 181 | | | | 20,922 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | | | 484 | | | | 74,129 | |
Waters Corp.* | | | 156 | | | | 29,392 | |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | | | 389 | | | | 44,801 | |
Zoetis, Inc. | | | 940 | | | | 78,471 | |
| | | | | | | 5,992,406 | |
Industrials — 9.8% | | | | | | | | |
3M Co. | | | 1,136 | | | | 220,827 | |
Acuity Brands, Inc. | | | 84 | | | | 10,061 | |
Alaska Air Group, Inc. | | | 236 | | | | 15,323 | |
Allegion PLC | | | 181 | | | | 13,970 | |
American Airlines Group, Inc. | | | 831 | | | | 35,675 | |
AMETEK, Inc. | | | 443 | | | | 30,921 | |
AO Smith Corp. | | | 283 | | | | 17,362 | |
Arconic, Inc. | | | 809 | | | | 14,408 | |
Boeing Co. | | | 1,101 | | | | 367,250 | |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | | | 273 | | | | 25,124 | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 1,128 | | | | 162,838 | |
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Industrials (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Cintas Corp. | | | 162 | | | $ | 27,589 | |
CSX Corp. | | | 1,740 | | | | 103,339 | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | 305 | | | | 48,757 | |
Deere & Co. | | | 616 | | | | 83,363 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | 1,271 | | | | 66,372 | |
Dover Corp. | | | 300 | | | | 27,810 | |
Eaton Corp PLC | | | 847 | | | | 63,550 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | | | 1,222 | | | | 81,153 | |
Equifax, Inc. | | | 235 | | | | 26,332 | |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | | | 344 | | | | 21,968 | |
Fastenal Co. | | | 551 | | | | 27,544 | |
FedEx Corp. | | | 471 | | | | 116,431 | |
Flowserve Corp. | | | 255 | | | | 11,325 | |
Fluor Corp. | | | 272 | | | | 16,034 | |
Fortive Corp. | | | 582 | | | | 40,920 | |
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. | | | 295 | | | | 16,134 | |
General Dynamics Corp. | | | 532 | | | | 107,097 | |
General Electric Co. | | | 17,481 | | | | 245,958 | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | 1,454 | | | | 210,365 | |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | | | 93 | | | | 22,619 | |
IHS Markit Ltd.* | | | 694 | | | | 34,096 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 595 | | | | 84,502 | |
Ingersoll-Rand PLC | | | 489 | | | | 41,022 | |
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | | | 235 | | | | 13,651 | |
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | | | 162 | | | | 19,024 | |
Johnson Controls International PLC | | | 1,777 | | | | 60,187 | |
Kansas City Southern | | | 202 | | | | 21,539 | |
L3 Technologies, Inc. | | | 151 | | | | 29,578 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 480 | | | | 154,003 | |
Masco Corp. | | | 612 | | | | 23,176 | |
Nielsen Holdings PLC | | | 642 | | | | 20,191 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 551 | | | | 79,052 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 335 | | | | 107,883 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | | | 670 | | | | 42,659 | |
Parker-Hannifin Corp. | | | 255 | | | | 41,978 | |
Pentair PLC | | | 319 | | | | 21,462 | |
Quanta Services, Inc.* | | | 288 | | | | 9,360 | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 557 | | | | 114,152 | |
Republic Services, Inc. Class A | | | 438 | | | | 28,330 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | | | 243 | | | | 14,762 | |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | 250 | | | | 41,133 | |
Rockwell Collins, Inc. | | | 310 | | | | 41,087 | |
Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | 200 | | | | 52,838 | |
Snap-on, Inc. | | | 110 | | | | 15,978 | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 1,049 | | | | 55,419 | |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | | 293 | | | | 41,486 | |
Stericycle, Inc.* | | | 162 | | | | 9,511 | |
Textron, Inc. | | | 504 | | | | 31,319 | |
TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | 93 | | | | 29,813 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | 1,526 | | | | 203,919 | |
United Continental Holdings, Inc.* | | | 495 | | | | 33,432 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B | | | 1,316 | | | | 149,366 | |
United Rentals, Inc.* | | | 168 | | | | 25,200 | |
United Technologies Corp. | | | 1,442 | | | | 173,256 | |
Verisk Analytics, Inc.* | | | 299 | | | | 31,829 | |
Waste Management, Inc. | | | 787 | | | | 63,975 | |
WW Grainger, Inc. | | | 106 | | | | 29,823 | |
Xylem, Inc. | | | 349 | | | | 25,442 | |
| | | | | | | 4,293,852 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF (continued) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
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Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Information Technology — 24.7% | | | | | | | | |
Accenture PLC | | | 1,178 | | | $ | 178,114 | |
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | | | 1,442 | | | | 95,677 | |
Adobe Systems, Inc.* | | | 940 | | | | 208,304 | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | | | 1,531 | | | | 16,657 | |
Akamai Technologies, Inc.* | | | 328 | | | | 23,501 | |
Alliance Data Systems Corp. | | | 93 | | | | 18,884 | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class A* | | | 585 | | | | 595,869 | |
Alphabet, Inc. Class C* | | | 595 | | | | 605,311 | |
Amphenol Corp. Class A | | | 584 | | | | 48,887 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 706 | | | | 61,669 | |
ANSYS, Inc.* | | | 169 | | | | 27,321 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 9,773 | | | | 1,615,086 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 2,034 | | | | 101,029 | |
Autodesk, Inc.* | | | 418 | | | | 52,626 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 849 | | | | 100,250 | |
Broadcom, Inc. | | | 774 | | | | 177,571 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 603 | | | | 20,984 | |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* | | | 538 | �� | | | 21,552 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 9,209 | | | | 407,867 | |
Citrix Systems, Inc.* | | | 275 | | | | 28,300 | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A | | | 1,127 | | | | 92,211 | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 1,721 | | | | 46,501 | |
DXC Technology Co. | | | 543 | | | | 55,962 | |
eBay, Inc.* | | | 1,895 | | | | 71,783 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc.* | | | 592 | | | | 69,844 | |
F5 Networks, Inc.* | | | 127 | | | | 20,712 | |
Facebook, Inc. Class A* | | | 4,511 | | | | 775,892 | |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | 655 | | | | 62,205 | |
Fiserv, Inc.* | | | 806 | | | | 57,113 | |
FLIR Systems, Inc. | | | 265 | | | | 14,191 | |
Gartner, Inc.* | | | 178 | | | | 21,590 | |
Global Payments, Inc. | | | 291 | | | | 32,898 | |
Harris Corp. | | | 234 | | | | 36,602 | |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | | | 3,127 | | | | 53,315 | |
HP, Inc. | | | 3,179 | | | | 68,317 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 8,716 | | | | 449,920 | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 1,623 | | | | 235,270 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | 469 | | | | 86,667 | |
IPG Photonics Corp.* | | | 72 | | | | 15,338 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. | | | 725 | | | | 17,828 | |
KLA-Tencor Corp. | | | 304 | | | | 30,929 | |
Lam Research Corp. | | | 310 | | | | 57,369 | |
Mastercard, Inc. Class A | | | 1,781 | | | | 317,499 | |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | | | 447 | | | | 37,396 | |
Micron Technology, Inc.* | | | 2,124 | | | | 97,662 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 14,953 | | | | 1,398,405 | |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | 311 | | | | 34,157 | |
NetApp, Inc. | | | 523 | | | | 34,821 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 1,144 | | | | 257,286 | |
Oracle Corp. | | | 5,773 | | | | 263,653 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 616 | | | | 37,311 | |
Paypal Holdings, Inc.* | | | 2,154 | | | | 160,710 | |
Qorvo, Inc.* | | | 246 | | | | 16,580 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 2,810 | | | | 143,338 | |
Red Hat, Inc.* | | | 344 | | | | 56,093 | |
salesforce.com, Inc.* | | | 1,299 | | | | 157,166 | |
Seagate Technology PLC | | | 550 | | | | 31,839 | |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | | | 354 | | | | 30,713 | |
Symantec Corp. | | | 1,177 | | | | 32,709 | |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Information Technology (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Synopsys, Inc.* | | | 293 | | | $ | 25,054 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* | | | 233 | | | | 23,232 | |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | | | 674 | | | | 61,840 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 1,888 | | | | 191,500 | |
Total System Services, Inc. | | | 325 | | | | 27,319 | |
VeriSign, Inc.* | | | 164 | | | | 19,257 | |
Visa, Inc. | | | 3,398 | | | | 431,138 | |
Western Digital Corp. | | | 562 | | | | 44,280 | |
Western Union Co. | | | 882 | | | | 17,419 | |
Xerox Corp. | | | 411 | | | | 12,926 | |
Xilinx, Inc. | | | 476 | | | | 30,578 | |
| | | | | | | 10,769,797 | |
Materials — 2.9% | | | | | | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 415 | | | | 67,350 | |
Albemarle Corp. | | | 216 | | | | 20,943 | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 172 | | | | 18,027 | |
Ball Corp. | | | 671 | | | | 26,900 | |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 448 | | | | 17,383 | |
DowDuPont, Inc. | | | 4,547 | | | | 287,552 | |
Eastman Chemical Co. | | | 279 | | | | 28,480 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | | | 500 | | | | 72,385 | |
FMC Corp. | | | 256 | | | | 20,411 | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | | 2,560 | | | | 38,938 | |
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | | | 154 | | | | 21,754 | |
International Paper Co. | | | 790 | | | | 40,732 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A | | | 620 | | | | 65,553 | |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | | | 125 | | | | 24,346 | |
Monsanto Co. | | | 839 | | | | 105,186 | |
Mosaic Co. | | | 669 | | | | 18,030 | |
Newmont Mining Corp. | | | 1,018 | | | | 39,997 | |
Nucor Corp. | | | 614 | | | | 37,835 | |
Packaging Corp of America | | | 187 | | | | 21,634 | |
PPG Industries, Inc. | | | 489 | | | | 51,775 | |
Praxair, Inc. | | | 546 | | | | 83,276 | |
Sealed Air Corp. | | | 343 | | | | 15,041 | |
Sherwin-Williams Co. | | | 162 | | | | 59,561 | |
Vulcan Materials Co. | | | 252 | | | | 28,146 | |
WestRock Co. | | | 490 | | | | 28,988 | |
| | | | | | | 1,240,223 | |
Real Estate — 2.7% | | | | | | | | |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | | | 185 | | | | 23,045 | |
American Tower Corp. | | | 818 | | | | 111,543 | |
Apartment Investment & Management Co. | | | 304 | | | | 12,342 | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | 268 | | | | 43,684 | |
Boston Properties, Inc. | | | 296 | | | | 35,937 | |
CBRE Group, Inc.* | | | 593 | | | | 26,869 | |
Crown Castle International Corp. | | | 781 | | | | 78,779 | |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 395 | | | | 41,748 | |
Duke Realty Corp. | | | 681 | | | | 18,455 | |
Equinix, Inc. | | | 151 | | | | 63,539 | |
Equity Residential | | | 705 | | | | 43,506 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | | 133 | | | | 31,879 | |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | | | 242 | | | | 21,681 | |
Federal Realty Investment Trust | | | 143 | | | | 16,567 | |
GGP, Inc. | | | 1,195 | | | | 23,888 | |
HCP, Inc. | | | 896 | | | | 20,931 | |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 1,409 | | | | 27,560 | |
Iron Mountain, Inc. | | | 511 | | | | 17,343 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF (concluded) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Real Estate (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Kimco Realty Corp. | | | 810 | | | $ | 11,753 | |
Macerich Co. | | | 212 | | | | 12,215 | |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | 217 | | | | 19,847 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | | 1,014 | | | | 65,819 | |
Public Storage | | | 292 | | | | 58,920 | |
Realty Income Corp. | | | 529 | | | | 26,720 | |
Regency Centers Corp. | | | 288 | | | | 16,949 | |
SBA Communications Corp.* | | | 235 | | | | 37,654 | |
Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 598 | | | | 93,491 | |
SL Green Realty Corp. | | | 192 | | | | 18,766 | |
UDR, Inc. | | | 512 | | | | 18,509 | |
Ventas, Inc. | | | 682 | | | | 35,068 | |
Vornado Realty Trust | | | 330 | | | | 22,450 | |
Welltower, Inc. | | | 702 | | | | 37,515 | |
Weyerhaeuser Co. | | | 1,436 | | | | 52,816 | |
| | | | | | | 1,187,788 | |
Telecommunication Services — 1.9% | | | | | | | | |
AT&T, Inc. | | | 11,679 | | | | 381,903 | |
CenturyLink, Inc. | | | 1,853 | | | | 34,429 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 7,894 | | | | 389,569 | |
| | | | | | | 805,901 | |
Utilities — 2.9% | | | | | | | | |
AES Corp. | | | 1,261 | | | | 15,435 | |
Alliant Energy Corp. | | | 444 | | | | 19,070 | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 467 | | | | 27,375 | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 942 | | | | 65,921 | |
American Water Works Co., Inc. | | | 346 | | | | 29,957 | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 824 | | | | 20,872 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | | 543 | | | | 25,624 | |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | 595 | | | | 47,677 | |
Dominion Energy, Inc. | | | 1,228 | | | | 81,736 | |
DTE Energy Co. | | | 348 | | | | 36,679 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | | 1,338 | | | | 107,254 | |
Edison International | | | 623 | | | | 40,819 | |
Entergy Corp. | | | 349 | | | | 28,475 | |
Eversource Energy | | | 606 | | | | 36,511 | |
Exelon Corp. | | | 1,830 | | | | 72,614 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | | 853 | | | | 29,343 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 894 | | | | 146,536 | |
NiSource, Inc. | | | 623 | | | | 15,195 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. | | | 579 | | | | 17,949 | |
PG&E Corp. | | | 977 | | | | 45,040 | |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | | 219 | | | | 17,629 | |
PPL Corp. | | | 1,301 | | | | 37,859 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | 966 | | | | 50,377 | |
SCANA Corp. | | | 272 | | | | 10,001 | |
Sempra Energy | | | 481 | | | | 53,776 | |
Southern Co. | | | 1,905 | | | | 87,859 | |
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | | | 602 | | | | 38,697 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | | 971 | | | | 45,482 | |
| | | | | | | 1,251,762 | |
| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $34,837,511) | | | | | | | 43,478,046 | |
Security Description | | | Shares | | Fair Value | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.6% | | | | | | | |
(Cost $34,837,511) | | | | | $ | 43,478,046 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities: | | | | | | | |
Written Call Options — (0.1)% | | | | | | (48,085 | ) |
Other Assets — 0.5% | | | | | | 213,710 | |
Total Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.4% | | | | | | 165,625 | |
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | $ | 43,643,671 | |
| † | All or a portion of these securities has been segregated as collateral for written options contracts. The aggregate market value of collateral at April 30, 2018 was $43,478,046. |
| * | Non-income producing security. |
Glossary:
Ltd. — Private Limited Company
PLC — Public Limited Company
Number of Contracts | | | Notional Value | | | Fair Value |
Written Call Options — (0.1)% | | | | |
(163) | S&P 500® Index, | | | | |
| Strike @ $2,735, Exp 5/18/18 | | $ | (43,163,215 | ) | | $ (48,085) |
| Total Written Call Options | | | | |
| (Premiums Received $193,005) | | | | | | $ (48,085) |
Sector Allocation (as of April 30, 2018) | | | |
Information Technology | | | 24.7 | % |
Financials | | | 14.7 | |
Health Care | | | 13.7 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 12.9 | |
Industrials | | | 9.8 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 7.2 | |
Energy | | | 6.2 | |
Materials | | | 2.9 | |
Utilities | | | 2.9 | |
Real Estate | | | 2.7 | |
Telecommunication Services | | | 1.9 | |
Total Investments | | | 99.6 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | | | 0.4 | |
Net Assets | | | 100.0 | % |
Percentages indicated are based upon net assets.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons DAX Germany ETF |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks — 93.2% | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary — 14.4% | | | | | | | | |
adidas AG | | | 3,112 | | | $ | 766,645 | |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | | | 5,546 | | | | 619,610 | |
Continental AG | | | 1,878 | | | | 501,901 | |
Daimler AG | | | 15,409 | | | | 1,219,420 | |
| | | | | | | 3,107,576 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer Staples — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Beiersdorf AG | | | 1,732 | | | | 196,537 | |
Financials — 16.1% | | | | | | | | |
Allianz SE | | | 7,486 | | | | 1,776,894 | |
Commerzbank AG | | | 17,465 | | | | 225,993 | |
Deutsche Bank AG | | | 32,981 | | | | 452,907 | |
Deutsche Boerse AG | | | 3,300 | | | | 445,154 | |
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs- | | | | | | | | |
Gesellschaft AG | | | 2,536 | | | | 582,004 | |
| | | | | | | 3,482,952 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Health Care — 5.3% | | | | | | | | |
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | | | 3,730 | | | | 379,814 | |
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA | | | 7,211 | | | | 551,837 | |
Merck KGaA | | | 2,248 | | | | 220,596 | |
| | | | | | | 1,152,247 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Industrials — 12.8% | | | | | | | | |
Deutsche Lufthansa AG | | | 8,058 | | | | 235,310 | |
Deutsche Post AG | | | 16,294 | | | | 710,677 | |
Siemens AG | | | 14,198 | | | | 1,812,146 | |
| | | | | | | 2,758,133 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Information Technology — 11.8% | | | | | | | | |
Infineon Technologies AG | | | 19,715 | | | | 506,881 | |
SAP SE | | | 18,371 | | | | 2,051,334 | |
| | | | | | | 2,558,215 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials — 22.6% | | | | | | | | |
BASF SE | | | 16,007 | | | | 1,669,394 | |
Bayer AG | | | 14,647 | | | | 1,756,904 | |
Covestro AG | | | 3,065 | | | | 279,808 | |
HeidelbergCement AG | | | 2,594 | | | | 254,674 | |
Linde AG | | | 3,082 | | | | 685,340 | |
ThyssenKrupp AG | | | 8,606 | | | | 224,591 | |
| | | | | | | 4,870,711 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real Estate — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
Vonovia SE | | | 7,824 | | | | 393,336 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Telecommunication Services — 4.5% | | | | | | | | |
Deutsche Telekom AG | | | 55,984 | | | | 980,437 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities — 3.0% | | | | | | | | |
E.ON SE | | | 38,867 | | | | 426,012 | |
RWE AG | | | 8,982 | | | | 215,684 | |
| | | | | | | 641,696 | |
| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $19,126,403) | | | | | | | 20,141,840 | |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Preferred Stocks — 4.8% | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary — 3.0% | | | | | | | | |
Volkswagen AG (2.30%) | | | 3,107 | | | $ | 645,064 | |
Consumer Staples — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (1.70%) | | | 3,045 | | | | 387,762 | |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $1,085,142) | | | | | | | 1,032,826 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.0% | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $20,211,545) | | | | | | | 21,174,666 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 2.0% | | | | | | | 424,549 | |
Total Net Assets - 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 21,599,215 | |
Glossary:
AG — Aktiengesellschaft is both the German and Swiss term for a stock corporation.
KGaA — Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien is a German corporate designation standing for partnership limited by shares.
SE — SE Regulation. A European Company which can operate on a Europe-wide basis and be governed by Community law directly applicable in all Member States.
Sector Allocation (as of April 30, 2018) | | | |
Materials | | | 22.6 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 17.4 | |
Financials | | | 16.1 | |
Industrials | | | 12.8 | |
Information Technology | | | 11.8 | |
Health Care | | | 5.3 | |
Telecommunication Services | | | 4.5 | |
Utilities | | | 3.0 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 2.7 | |
Real Estate | | | 1.8 | |
| | | | |
Total Investments | | | 98.0 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | | | 2.0 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | | 100.0 | % |
| | | | |
Percentages indicated are based upon net assets.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks — 99.2% | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Discretionary — 12.3% | | | | | | | | |
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | | | 966 | | | $ | 16,866 | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | 876 | | | | 67,040 | |
Carnival Corp. | | | 1,629 | | | | 102,725 | |
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. | | | 682 | | | | 26,714 | |
Comcast Corp. Class A | | | 11,370 | | | | 356,904 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 375 | | | | 34,823 | |
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | | | 608 | | | | 20,119 | |
Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. | | | 290 | | | | 17,678 | |
Extended Stay America, Inc. | | | 567 | | | | 11,102 | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 1,289 | | | | 55,530 | |
Ford Motor Co. | | | 15,883 | | | | 178,525 | |
Gap Inc. | | | 747 | | | | 21,842 | |
Garmin Ltd. | | | 355 | | | | 20,828 | |
General Motors Co. | | | 4,165 | | | | 153,022 | |
Genuine Parts Co. | | | 765 | | | | 67,565 | |
H&R Block, Inc. | | | 725 | | | | 20,046 | |
Hanesbrands, Inc. | | | 2,709 | | | | 50,035 | |
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | | | 2,309 | | | | 94,969 | |
Hasbro, Inc. | | | 383 | | | | 33,738 | |
Home Depot, Inc. | | | 2,167 | | | | 400,462 | |
International Game Technology PLC | | | 375 | | | | 10,601 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | 6,514 | | | | 153,665 | |
Kohl’s Corp. | | | 589 | | | | 36,589 | |
L Brands, Inc. | | | 900 | | | | 31,419 | |
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | | | 1,178 | | | | 86,383 | |
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | | | 453 | | | | 18,369 | |
Macy’s, Inc. | | | 942 | | | | 29,268 | |
McDonald’s Corp. † | | | 2,370 | | | | 396,833 | |
Newell Brands, Inc. | | | 2,150 | | | | 59,405 | |
Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 450 | | | | 22,752 | |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | | | 1,737 | | | | 127,947 | |
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | | | 150 | | | | 6,765 | |
Signet Jewelers Ltd. | | | 336 | | | | 13,064 | |
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. | | | 329 | | | | 20,806 | |
Starbucks Corp. † | | | 6,557 | | | | 377,486 | |
Tapestry, Inc. | | | 840 | | | | 45,167 | |
Target Corp. | | | 2,789 | | | | 202,481 | |
TEGNA, Inc. | | | 666 | | | | 7,040 | |
Tribune Media Co. | | | 234 | | | | 8,843 | |
Tupperware Brands Corp. | | | 175 | | | | 7,798 | |
Vail Resorts, Inc. | | | 129 | | | | 29,581 | |
VF Corp. | | | 1,833 | | | | 148,235 | |
Viacom, Inc. Class B | | | 1,139 | | | | 34,352 | |
Whirlpool Corp. | | | 580 | | | | 89,871 | |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | 619 | | | | 29,588 | |
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | | | 527 | | | | 60,189 | |
| | | | | | | 3,805,030 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Consumer Staples — 16.3% | | | | | | | | |
Altria Group, Inc. † | | | 6,051 | | | | 339,522 | |
Archer Daniels Midland Co. | | | 8,801 | | | | 399,389 | |
Bunge Ltd. | | | 2,087 | | | | 150,744 | |
Campbell Soup Co. | | | 625 | | | | 25,487 | |
Clorox Co. | | | 445 | | | | 52,154 | |
Coca-Cola Co. † | | | 8,688 | | | | 375,408 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | 3,797 | | | | 247,678 | |
ConAgra Brands, Inc. | | | 1,237 | | | | 45,855 | |
Coty, Inc. | | | 1,750 | | | | 30,362 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | | 6,092 | | | | 425,404 | |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Staples (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Flowers Foods, Inc. | | | 562 | | | $ | 12,707 | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | 3,489 | | | | 152,609 | |
Hershey Co. | | | 555 | | | | 51,027 | |
Hormel Foods Corp. | | | 1,344 | | | | 48,720 | |
JM Smucker Co. | | | 521 | | | | 59,436 | |
Kellogg Co. | | | 1,344 | | | | 79,161 | |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | 1,981 | | | | 205,113 | |
Kraft Heinz Co. | | | 2,202 | | | | 124,149 | |
Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B | | | 536 | | | | 38,185 | |
Mondelez International, Inc. † | | | 8,002 | | | | 316,079 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. † | | | 3,489 | | | | 352,180 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. † | | | 3,800 | | | | 311,600 | |
Pinnacle Foods, Inc. | | | 475 | | | | 28,690 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. † | | | 4,823 | | | | 348,896 | |
Sysco Corp. | | | 1,507 | | | | 94,248 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. † | | | 4,715 | | | | 313,312 | |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. † | | | 4,380 | | | | 387,455 | |
| | | | | | | 5,015,570 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Energy — 8.1% | | | | | | | | |
Andeavor | | | 526 | | | | 72,756 | |
Apache Corp. | | | 2,315 | | | | 94,799 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 3,313 | | | | 414,489 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 5,095 | | | | 396,136 | |
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | | | 323 | | | | 22,465 | |
HollyFrontier Corp. | | | 512 | | | | 31,073 | |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | | | 6,130 | | | | 96,977 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | 1,789 | | | | 134,014 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 550 | | | | 16,561 | |
Nabors Industries Ltd. | | | 1,350 | | | | 10,274 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 3,148 | | | | 243,215 | |
Oceaneering International, Inc. | | | 350 | | | | 7,434 | |
ONEOK, Inc. | | | 1,277 | | | | 76,901 | |
PBF Energy, Inc. | | | 325 | | | | 12,457 | |
Phillips 66 | | | 1,559 | | | | 173,532 | |
RPC, Inc. | | | 171 | | | | 3,080 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. | | | 5,882 | | | | 403,270 | |
Targa Resources Corp. | | | 827 | | | | 38,844 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 1,615 | | | | 179,152 | |
Williams Cos., Inc. | | | 3,255 | | | | 83,751 | |
| | | | | | | 2,511,180 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Financials — 11.7% | | | | | | | | |
Aflac, Inc. | | | 2,633 | | | | 119,986 | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 4,345 | | | | 243,320 | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 565 | | | | 79,219 | |
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | | 472 | | | | 33,035 | |
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. | | | 190 | | | | 8,066 | |
Associated Banc-Corp | | | 575 | | | | 15,209 | |
Assurant, Inc. | | | 314 | | | | 29,146 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | | 302 | | | | 17,727 | |
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | | | 125 | | | | 10,526 | |
BankUnited, Inc. | | | 325 | | | | 12,873 | |
BB&T Corp. | | | 2,668 | | | | 140,870 | |
BGC Partners, Inc. | | | 825 | | | | 11,022 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Class A | | | 379 | | | | 197,649 | |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | 488 | | | | 34,326 | |
CNA Financial Corp. | | | 100 | | | | 5,046 | |
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | | | 162 | | | | 18,541 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF (continued) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Financials (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Eaton Vance Corp. | | | 347 | | | $ | 18,873 | |
Federated Investors, Inc. | | | 300 | | | | 7,941 | |
First American Financial Corp. | | | 325 | | | | 16,611 | |
First Hawaiian, Inc. | | | 175 | | | | 4,821 | |
First Horizon National Corp. | | | 896 | | | | 16,397 | |
FNB Corp. | | | 941 | | | | 12,233 | |
FNF Group | | | 1,384 | | | | 50,973 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | | | 1,250 | | | | 42,050 | |
Huntington Bancshares Inc. | | | 5,219 | | | | 77,815 | |
Invesco Ltd. | | | 1,579 | | | | 45,744 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. † | | | 3,469 | | | | 377,358 | |
KeyCorp | | | 5,534 | | | | 110,237 | |
Lazard Ltd. | | | 400 | | | | 21,768 | |
Legg Mason, Inc. | | | 473 | | | | 18,778 | |
Mercury General Corp. | | | 125 | | | | 5,716 | |
MetLife, Inc. † | | | 6,215 | | | | 296,269 | |
Navient Corp. | | | 1,197 | | | | 15,872 | |
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | | | 1,461 | | | | 17,357 | |
Old Republic International Corp. | | | 726 | | | | 14,810 | |
PacWest Bancorp | | | 414 | | | | 21,213 | |
People’s United Financial, Inc. | | | 1,088 | | | | 19,900 | |
Popular, Inc. | | | 1,050 | | | | 48,605 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | 1,483 | | | | 87,823 | |
ProAssurance Corp. | | | 162 | | | | 7,663 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 1,878 | | | | 199,669 | |
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | | | 1,728 | | | | 115,430 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | 727 | | | | 82,747 | |
TCF Financial Corp. | | | 509 | | | | 12,638 | |
Travelers Cos., Inc. | | | 958 | | | | 126,073 | |
US Bancorp † | | | 6,816 | | | | 343,867 | |
Validus Holdings Ltd. | | | 193 | | | | 13,080 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. † | | | 7,288 | | | | 378,684 | |
| | | | | | | 3,605,576 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Health Care — 11.4% | | | | | | | | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 4,205 | | | | 405,993 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 2,250 | | | | 392,580 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 5,092 | | | | 265,446 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 3,363 | | | | 215,804 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 3,375 | | | | 273,611 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. † | | | 5,153 | | | | 372,201 | |
Johnson & Johnson † | | | 2,957 | | | | 374,031 | |
Medtronic PLC | | | 4,839 | | | | 387,749 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 7,041 | | | | 414,503 | |
Patterson Cos., Inc. | | | 778 | | | | 18,112 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 10,634 | | | | 389,311 | |
| | | | | | | 3,509,341 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Industrials — 12.6% | | | | | | | | |
3M Co. † | | | 1,760 | | | | 342,126 | |
Alaska Air Group, Inc. | | | 395 | | | | 25,647 | |
Boeing Co. | | | 1,155 | | | | 385,262 | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 1,657 | | | | 239,205 | |
Copa Holdings SA | | | 94 | | | | 11,014 | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | 535 | | | | 85,525 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | 3,608 | | | | 188,410 | |
Eaton Corp PLC | | | 1,507 | | | | 113,070 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | | | 2,110 | | | | 140,125 | |
Fastenal Co. | | | 887 | | | | 44,341 | |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Industrials (continued) | | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | | 27,556 | | | $ | 387,713 | |
Hubbell, Inc. | | | 229 | | | | 23,784 | |
Johnson Controls International PLC | | | 4,643 | | | | 157,258 | |
KAR Auction Services, Inc. | | | 419 | | | | 21,784 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. † | | | 760 | | | | 243,838 | |
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. | | | 170 | | | | 14,695 | |
Nielsen Holdings PLC | | | 2,139 | | | | 67,272 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 881 | | | | 126,397 | |
Pentair PLC | | | 568 | | | | 38,215 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | | | 700 | | | | 7,154 | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 233 | | | | 15,711 | |
Snap-on, Inc. | | | 192 | | | | 27,888 | |
Timken Co. | | | 225 | | | | 9,619 | |
Union Pacific Corp. † | | | 2,805 | | | | 374,832 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B † | | | 3,317 | | | | 376,479 | |
United Technologies Corp. † | | | 2,317 | | | | 278,388 | |
Waste Management, Inc. | | | 1,277 | | | | 103,807 | |
Watsco, Inc. | | | 106 | | | | 17,747 | |
| | | | | | | 3,867,306 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Information Technology — 10.3% | | | | | | | | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 1,069 | | | | 93,377 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 1,435 | | | | 169,445 | |
Broadcom, Inc. † | | | 1,607 | | | | 368,678 | |
CA, Inc. | | | 970 | | | | 33,756 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 9,147 | | | | 405,121 | |
Corning, Inc. | | | 3,032 | | | | 81,925 | |
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. | | | 971 | | | | 14,157 | |
HP, Inc. | | | 5,598 | | | | 120,301 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 7,653 | | | | 395,048 | |
International Business Machines Corp. † | | | 2,519 | | | | 365,154 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. | | | 1,252 | | | | 30,787 | |
KLA-Tencor Corp. | | | 503 | | | | 51,175 | |
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | | | 823 | | | | 44,853 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 1,068 | | | | 64,689 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. † | | | 6,654 | | | | 339,420 | |
Sabre Corp. | | | 725 | | | | 14,964 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. † | | | 3,342 | | | | 338,979 | |
Western Digital Corp. | | | 914 | | | | 72,014 | |
Western Union Co. | | | 6,694 | | | | 132,206 | |
Xerox Corp. * | | | 1,075 | | | | 33,809 | |
| | | | | | | 3,169,858 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Materials — 4.2% | | | | | | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 848 | | | | 137,622 | |
Bemis Co., Inc. | | | 431 | | | | 18,649 | |
Cabot Corp. | | | 225 | | | | 12,569 | |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 685 | | | | 26,578 | |
Domtar Corp. | | | 183 | | | | 8,034 | |
DowDuPont, Inc. | | | 5,980 | | | | 378,175 | |
Eastman Chemical Co. | | | 488 | | | | 49,815 | |
Huntsman Corp. | | | 594 | | | | 17,683 | |
International Paper Co. | | | 1,848 | | | | 95,283 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A | | | 1,002 | | | | 105,942 | |
Nucor Corp. | | | 950 | | | | 58,539 | |
Olin Corp. | | | 481 | | | | 14,521 | |
Packaging Corp of America | | | 287 | | | | 33,203 | |
Praxair, Inc. | | | 1,187 | | | | 181,041 | |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | 216 | | | | 18,991 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF (continued) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Materials (continued) | | | | | | | | |
RPM International, Inc. | | | 581 | | | $ | 28,062 | |
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. | | | 150 | | | | 12,537 | |
Sonoco Products Co. | | | 375 | | | | 19,260 | |
WestRock Co. | | | 1,128 | | | | 66,733 | |
| | | | | | | 1,283,237 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Real Estate — 6.7% | | | | | | | | |
AGNC Investment Corp. | | | 1,169 | | | | 22,118 | |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | | | 251 | | | | 31,267 | |
American Campus Communities, Inc. | | | 379 | | | | 14,823 | |
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | | | 3,420 | | | | 35,465 | |
Apartment Investment & Management Co. | | | 444 | | | | 18,026 | |
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. | | | 597 | | | | 10,740 | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | 395 | | | | 64,385 | |
Boston Properties, Inc. | | | 368 | | | | 44,679 | |
Brandywine Realty Trust | | | 485 | | | | 7,813 | |
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | | | 794 | | | | 11,823 | |
Camden Property Trust | | | 236 | | | | 20,154 | |
Chimera Investment Corp. | | | 566 | | | | 9,899 | |
Columbia Property Trust, Inc. | | | 271 | | | | 5,789 | |
CoreCivic, Inc. | | | 200 | | | | 4,032 | |
CoreSite Realty Corp. | | | 75 | | | | 7,808 | |
Corporate Office Properties Trust | | | 200 | | | | 5,502 | |
Crown Castle International Corp. | | | 1,085 | | | | 109,444 | |
CubeSmart | | | 513 | | | | 15,103 | |
CyrusOne, Inc. | | | 284 | | | | 15,220 | |
DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. | | | 259 | | | | 16,983 | |
DDR Corp. | | | 880 | | | | 6,380 | |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 553 | | | | 58,447 | |
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | | | 433 | | | | 16,138 | |
Duke Realty Corp. | | | 876 | | | | 23,740 | |
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 307 | | | | 5,348 | |
EPR Properties | | | 187 | | | | 10,289 | |
Equinix, Inc. | | | 188 | | | | 79,109 | |
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | | | 231 | | | | 20,596 | |
Equity Residential | | | 888 | | | | 54,798 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | | 177 | | | | 42,425 | |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | | | 305 | | | | 27,325 | |
Federal Realty Investment Trust | | | 228 | | | | 26,414 | |
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 596 | | | | 11,956 | |
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | | | 500 | | | | 17,135 | |
GGP, Inc. | | | 1,561 | | | | 31,204 | |
HCP, Inc. | | | 1,254 | | | | 29,293 | |
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. | | | 527 | | | | 13,170 | |
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | | | 289 | | | | 12,722 | |
Hospitality Properties Trust | | | 486 | | | | 12,092 | |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 1,731 | | | | 33,858 | |
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. | | | 390 | | | | 12,819 | |
Iron Mountain, Inc. | | | 792 | | | | 26,880 | |
JBG SMITH | | | 204 | | | | 7,521 | |
Kilroy Realty Corp. | | | 240 | | | | 17,201 | |
Kimco Realty Corp. | | | 1,227 | | | | 17,804 | |
Lamar Advertising Co. | | | 198 | | | | 12,615 | |
Liberty Property Trust | | | 336 | | | | 14,052 | |
Life Storage, Inc. | | | 126 | | | | 11,143 | |
Macerich Co. | | | 400 | | | | 23,048 | |
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | | | 857 | | | | 10,952 | |
MFA Financial, Inc. | | | 1,208 | | | | 9,084 | |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | 298 | | | | 27,255 | |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Real Estate (continued) | | | | | | | | |
National Retail Properties, Inc. | | | 431 | | | $ | 16,395 | |
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | | | 609 | | | | 15,822 | |
Outfront Media, Inc. | | | 394 | | | | 7,388 | |
Paramount Group, Inc. | | | 487 | | | | 6,988 | |
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | 446 | | | | 12,836 | |
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. | | | 398 | | | | 7,132 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | | 1,366 | | | | 88,667 | |
Public Storage | | | 423 | | | | 85,353 | |
Rayonier, Inc. | | | 267 | | | | 9,930 | |
Realty Income Corp. | | | 803 | | | | 40,560 | |
Regency Centers Corp. | | | 415 | | | | 24,423 | |
Retail Properties of America, Inc. | | | 678 | | | | 7,824 | |
Senior Housing Properties Trust | | | 669 | | | | 10,416 | |
Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 936 | | | | 146,334 | |
SL Green Realty Corp. | | | 258 | | | | 25,217 | |
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | | | 1,408 | | | | 11,334 | |
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | | | 816 | | | | 17,103 | |
STORE Capital Corp. | | | 458 | | | | 11,555 | |
Sun Communities, Inc. | | | 175 | | | | 16,424 | |
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | | | 175 | | | | 3,841 | |
Taubman Centers, Inc. | | | 146 | | | | 8,173 | |
UDR, Inc. | | | 715 | | | | 25,847 | |
Ventas, Inc. | | | 1,023 | | | | 52,603 | |
VEREIT, Inc. | | | 2,304 | | | | 15,667 | |
Vornado Realty Trust | | | 484 | | | | 32,927 | |
Weingarten Realty Investors | | | 373 | | | | 10,246 | |
Welltower, Inc. | | | 1,137 | | | | 60,761 | |
Weyerhaeuser Co. | | | 1,810 | | | | 66,572 | |
WP Carey, Inc. | | | 305 | | | | 19,474 | |
| | | | | | | 2,051,698 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Telecommunication Services — 2.5% | | | | | | | | |
AT&T, Inc. † | | | 10,703 | | | | 349,988 | |
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | | | 550 | | | | 15,032 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 7,977 | | | | 393,665 | |
| | | | | | | 758,685 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Utilities — 3.1% | | | | | | | | |
AES Corp. | | | 927 | | | | 11,346 | |
Alliant Energy Corp. | | | 300 | | | | 12,885 | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 279 | | | | 16,355 | |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 647 | | | | 45,277 | |
Aqua America, Inc. | | | 250 | | | | 8,787 | |
Atmos Energy Corp. | | | 152 | | | | 13,207 | |
Avangrid, Inc. | | | 100 | | | | 5,271 | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 641 | | | | 16,237 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | | 371 | | | | 17,507 | |
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | 437 | | | | 35,017 | |
Dominion Energy, Inc. | | | 1,084 | | | | 72,151 | |
DTE Energy Co. | | | 240 | | | | 25,296 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | | 1,082 | | | | 86,733 | |
Edison International | | | 540 | | | | 35,381 | |
Entergy Corp. | | | 223 | | | | 18,195 | |
Eversource Energy | | | 475 | | | | 28,619 | |
Exelon Corp. | | | 1,182 | | | | 46,902 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | | 528 | | | | 18,163 | |
Great Plains Energy, Inc. | | | 257 | | | | 8,412 | |
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. | | | 129 | | | | 4,475 | |
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | | | 251 | | | | 7,071 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Portfolio of Investments — Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF (concluded) |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
Security Description | | Shares | | | Fair Value | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Utilities (continued) | | | | | | | | |
National Fuel Gas Co. | | | 125 | | | $ | 6,419 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 571 | | | | 93,593 | |
NiSource, Inc. | | | 453 | | | | 11,049 | |
OGE Energy Corp. | | | 318 | | | | 10,453 | |
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | | | 145 | | | | 11,672 | |
PPL Corp. | | | 1,055 | | | | 30,700 | |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | 630 | | | | 32,854 | |
SCANA Corp. | | | 209 | | | | 7,685 | |
Sempra Energy | | | 365 | | | | 40,807 | |
Southern Co. | | | 1,607 | | | | 74,115 | |
UGI Corp. | | | 242 | | | | 11,710 | |
Vectren Corp. | | | 105 | | | | 7,378 | |
WEC Energy Group, Inc. | | | 470 | | | | 30,212 | |
Westar Energy, Inc. | | | 171 | | | | 9,265 | |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | | | 691 | | | | 32,367 | |
| | | | | | | 943,566 | |
| | | | | | | | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $31,510,972) | | | | | | | 30,521,047 | |
Purchased Put Options — 0.0% | | Notional | | | Contracts | | | Fair Value | |
S&P 500® Index, Strike @ $2,550, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Exp 5/18/18 | | $ | 4,236,880 | | | | 16 | | | $ | 14,000 | |
TOTAL PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS | | | |
(Cost $15,344) | | | 14,000 | |
| | | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.2% | | | | |
(Cost $31,526,316) | | | 30,535,047 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities: | | | | |
Written Call Options — (0.0)% | | | (2,790 | ) |
Other Assets — 0.8% | | | 246,876 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.8% | | | 244,086 | |
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | | $ | 30,779,133 | |
| † | All or a portion of these securities has been segregated as collateral for written options contracts. The aggregate market value of collateral at April 30, 2018 was $9,039,063. |
| * | Non-income producing security. |
Glossary:
Ltd. — Private Limited Company
PLC — Public Limited Company
Number of Contracts | | | Notional Value | | | Fair Value |
Written Call Options — (0.0)% | | | | |
(31) | S&P 500® Index, Strike @ 2,775, | | | | |
| Exp 5/18/18 | | $ | (8,208,955 | ) | | $ | (2,790 | ) |
| Total Written Call Options | | | | |
| (Premiums Received $15,716) | | | | | | $ | (2,790 | ) |
Sector Allocation (as of April 30, 2018) | | | |
Consumer Staples | | 16.3 | % |
Industrials | | 12.6 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 12.3 | |
Financials | | 11.7 | |
Health Care | | 11.4 | |
Information Technology | | 10.3 | |
Energy | | 8.1 | |
Real Estate | | 6.7 | |
Materials | | 4.2 | |
Utilities | | 3.1 | |
Telecommunication Services | | 2.5 | |
Purchased Options | | 0.0 | |
Total Investments | | 99.2 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | | 0.8 | |
Net Assets | | 100.0 | % |
Percentages indicated are based upon net assets.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statements of Assets and Liabilities |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
| | Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | | Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | | | Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at cost | | $ | 179,203,678 | | | $ | 34,837,511 | | | $ | 20,211,545 | | | $ | 31,526,316 | |
Investments, at value (Note 2) | | $ | 206,232,264 | | | $ | 43,478,046 | | | $ | 21,174,666 | | | $ | 30,535,047 | |
Cash | | | 4,484,263 | | | | 420,336 | | | | 237,967 | | | | 224,592 | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fund shares sold | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Due From Related Party (Note 10) | | | 99,686 | | | | — | | | | 101,330 | | | | — | |
Dividends and interest | | | 15,036 | | | | 37,077 | | | | 26,484 | | | | 39,385 | |
Reclaims | | | — | | | | 313 | | | | 66,794 | | | | — | |
Total Assets | | | 210,831,249 | | | | 43,935,772 | | | | 21,607,241 | | | | 30,799,024 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payables: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options written, at value (premiums received | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$4,036,392, $193,005, $— and $15,716) | | | 1,903,200 | | | | 48,085 | | | | — | | | | 2,790 | |
Accrued Advisory fees | | | 100,804 | | | | 23,426 | | | | 3,543 | | | | 17,101 | |
Distribution Payable. | | | 2,013,260 | | | | 220,590 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Accrued other expenses | | | 2,377 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Dividend Withholding Tax Payable | | | 505 | | | | — | | | | 4,483 | | | | — | |
Total Liabilities | | | 4,020,146 | | | | 292,101 | | | | 8,026 | | | | 19,891 | |
Net Assets | | $ | 206,811,103 | | | $ | 43,643,671 | | | $ | 21,599,215 | | | $ | 30,779,133 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 202,321,995 | | | $ | 37,403,780 | | | $ | 20,999,141 | | | $ | 31,690,620 | |
Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss) | | | (9,246,658 | ) | | | (1,090,767 | ) | | | 185,064 | | | | 128,899 | |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
options written and foreign currency transactions | | | (15,426,012 | ) | | | (1,454,797 | ) | | | (551,808 | ) | | | (62,043 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
options written and foreign currency translations | | | 29,161,778 | | | | 8,785,455 | | | | 966,818 | | | | (978,343 | ) |
Net Assets | | $ | 206,811,103 | | | $ | 43,643,671 | | | $ | 21,599,215 | | | $ | 30,779,133 | |
Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares of | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
beneficial interest authorized, without par value) | | | 8,650,000 | | | | 900,000 | | | | 700,000 | | | | 1,250,000 | |
Net asset value, per share | | $ | 23.91 | | | $ | 48.49 | | | $ | 30.86 | | | $ | 24.62 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statements of Operations |
For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
| | Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | | Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | | | Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF2 | |
Investment Income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend income1 | | $ | 866,046 | | | $ | 561,087 | | | $ | 205,089 | | | $ | 166,482 | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advisory fees | | | 541,393 | | | | 187,350 | | | | 45,056 | | | | 41,452 | |
Excise tax (Note 5) | | | 207,014 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total Expenses | | | 748,407 | | | | 187,350 | | | | 45,056 | | | | 41,452 | |
Advisory fees waived | | | — | | | | — | | | | (25,031 | ) | | | (3,869 | ) |
Net Expenses | | | 748,407 | | | | 187,350 | | | | 20,025 | | | | 37,583 | |
Net Investment Income (Loss) | | | 117,639 | | | | 373,737 | | | | 185,064 | | | | 128,899 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments. | | | (582,875 | ) | | | 314,712 | | | | (98,536 | ) | | | (121,972 | ) |
Options written. | | | (7,991,491 | ) | | | (1,809,339 | ) | | | — | | | | 24,780 | |
In-kind transactions | | | 12,989,336 | | | | 7,209,951 | | | | — | | | | 35,149 | |
Foreign currency transactions | | | — | | | | — | | | | (1,521 | ) | | | — | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | 4,414,970 | | | | 5,715,324 | | | | (100,057 | ) | | | (62,043 | ) |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(Depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments. | | | (2,389,816 | ) | | | (4,871,452 | ) | | | (533,087 | ) | | | (991,269 | ) |
Options written. | | | 4,384,780 | | | | 347,673 | | | | — | | | | 12,926 | |
Foreign currency translations | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,158 | | | | — | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(Depreciation) | | | 1,994,964 | | | | (4,523,779 | ) | | | (531,929 | ) | | | (978,343 | ) |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
on Investments | | | 6,409,934 | | | | 1,191,545 | | | | (631,986 | ) | | | (1,040,386 | ) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Resulting From Operations | | $ | 6,527,573 | | | $ | 1,565,282 | | | $ | (446,922 | ) | | $ | (911,487 | ) |
Foreign tax withheld. | | $ | (505 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (31,095 | ) | | $ | (25 | ) |
| 1 | Net of Foreign tax withheld. |
| 2 | Commencement of operations on February 14, 2018. The information presented is from February 14, 2018 through April 30, 2018. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
| | Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | | Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 | | | For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) | | | For the Period Ended October 31, 20171 | | | For the Year Ended April 30, 2017 | |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 117,639 | | | $ | 482,596 | | | $ | 373,737 | | | $ | 432,293 | | | $ | 929,506 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
options written and foreign | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
currency transactions | | | 4,414,970 | | | | (6,397,862 | ) | | | 5,715,324 | | | | 260,819 | | | | (142,244 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(depreciation) on investments, options | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
written and foreign currency translation | | | 1,994,964 | | | | 21,495,772 | | | | (4,523,779 | ) | | | 3,109,570 | | | | 7,748,541 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
resulting from operations | | | 6,527,573 | | | | 15,580,506 | | | | 1,565,282 | | | | 3,802,682 | | | | 8,535,803 | |
Distributions to Shareholders From: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | (9,364,297 | ) | | | (7,462,456 | ) | | | (1,464,504 | ) | | | (671,990 | ) | | | (2,156,257 | ) |
Net Realized Gain | | | (792,220 | ) | | | — | | | | (1,590,888 | ) | | | — | | | | — |
Total distributions | | | (10,156,517 | ) | | | (7,462,456 | ) | | | (3,055,392 | ) | | | (671,990 | ) | | | (2,156,257 | ) |
Shareholder Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from shares sold | | | 81,175,235 | | | | 96,910,375 | | | | 2,528,045 | | | | 4,814,360 | | | | 9,058,596 | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | (28,715,190 | ) | | | — | | | | (20,022,760 | ) | | | (9,729,200 | ) | | | (11,484,311 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
from shareholder transactions | | | 52,460,045 | | | | 96,910,375 | | | | (17,494,715 | ) | | | (4,914,840 | ) | | | (2,425,715 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | 48,831,101 | | | | 105,028,425 | | | | (18,984,825 | ) | | | (1,784,148 | ) | | | 3,953,831 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 157,980,002 | | | | 52,951,577 | | | | 62,628,496 | | | | 64,412,644 | | | | 60,458,813 | |
End of period | | $ | 206,811,103 | | | $ | 157,980,002 | | | $ | 43,643,671 | | | $ | 62,628,496 | | | $ | 64,412,644 | |
Including undistributed (accumulated) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
net investment income (loss) as follows: | | $ | (9,246,658 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (1,090,767 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Changes in Shares Outstanding: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding, beginning of period | | | 6,500,000 | | | | 2,400,000 | | | | 1,250,000 | | | | 1,352,500 | | | | 1,402,500 | |
Shares sold | | | 3,300,000 | | | | 4,100,000 | | | | 50,000 | | | | 100,000 | | | | 200,000 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (1,150,000 | ) | | | — | | | | (400,000 | ) | | | (202,500 | )2 | | | (250,000 | ) |
Shares outstanding, end of period | | | 8,650,000 | | | | 6,500,000 | | | | 900,000 | | | | 1,250,000 | | | | 1,352,500 | |
| 1 | Effective October 31, 2017, the Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF changed its fiscal year end from April 30 to October 31. The information presented is from May 1, 2017 through October 31, 2017. |
| 2 | Includes the redemption of the Advisor’s seed capital. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (concluded) |
| | Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF | |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 | | | For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)1 | |
Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | 185,064 | | | $ | 236,269 | | | $ | 128,899 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, options written and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
foreign currency transactions | | | (100,057 | ) | | | 71,627 | | | | (62,043 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on | | | | | | | | | | | | |
investments, options written and foreign currency translation | | | (531,929 | ) | | | 3,237,538 | | | | (978,343 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (446,922 | ) | | | 3,545,434 | | | | (911,487 | ) |
Distributions to Shareholders From: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | — | | | | (403,498 | ) | | | — | |
Return of capital | | | — | | | | (18,200 | ) | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | — | | | | (421,698 | ) | | | — | |
Shareholder Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from shares sold | | | 4,859,840 | | | | 3,074,616 | | | | 34,191,890 | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | — | | | | (2,613,010 | ) | | | (2,501,270 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from shareholder transactions | | | 4,859,840 | | | | 461,606 | | | | 31,690,620 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | 4,412,918 | | | | 3,585,342 | | | | 30,779,133 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 17,186,297 | | | | 13,600,955 | | | | — | |
End of period | | $ | 21,599,215 | | | $ | 17,186,297 | | | $ | 30,779,133 | |
Including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss) as follows: | | $ | 185,064 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 128,899 | |
Changes in Shares Outstanding: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding, beginning of period | | | 550,000 | | | | 550,000 | | | | — | |
Shares sold | | | 150,000 | | | | 100,000 | | | | 1,350,000 | |
Shares redeemed | | | — | | | | (100,000 | ) | | | (100,000 | ) |
Shares outstanding, end of period | | | 700,000 | | | | 550,000 | | | | 1,250,000 | |
| 1 | For the period February 14, 2018 (commencement of operations) through April 30, 2018. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial Highlights — Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2016 | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2015 | | | For the Period December 12, 20131 Through October 31, 2014 | |
For A Share Outstanding Throughout | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the Periods Presented: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 24.30 | | | $ | 22.06 | | | $ | 23.51 | | | $ | 24.04 | | | $ | 25.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss)2 | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.15 | | | | 0.16 | | | | 0.16 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
on investments and options written | | | 0.95 | | | | 3.93 | | | | 0.53 | | | | 1.47 | | | | 1.11 | |
Total from investment operations. | | | 0.97 | | | | 4.05 | | | | 0.68 | | | | 1.63 | | | | 1.27 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | (1.25 | ) | | | (1.81 | ) | | | (1.06 | ) | | | (1.92 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) |
Net realized gain. | | | (0.11 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Return of capital7 | | | — | | | | — | | | | (1.07 | ) | | | (0.24 | ) | | | (1.88 | ) |
Total distribution to shareholders. | | | (1.36 | ) | | | (1.81 | ) | | | (2.13 | ) | | | (2.16 | ) | | | (2.23 | ) |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 23.91 | | | $ | 24.30 | | | $ | 22.06 | | | $ | 23.51 | | | $ | 24.04 | |
Total Return on Market Price8 | | | 3.96 | % | | | 18.81 | % | | | 3.38 | % | | | 7.48 | % | | | 5.91 | % |
Total Return on Net Asset Value3 | | | 3.97 | % | | | 19.04 | % | | | 3.32 | % | | | 7.25 | % | | | 5.11 | % |
Net assets, end of period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(000’s omitted) | | $ | 206,811 | | | $ | 157,980 | | | $ | 52,952 | | | $ | 22,337 | | | $ | 12,022 | |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to average net assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses | | | 0.83 | %4,9 | | | 0.60 | % | | | 0.60 | % | | | 0.60 | % | | | 0.60 | %4 |
Net investment income (loss) | | | 0.13 | %4 | | | 0.53 | % | | | 0.69 | % | | | 0.67 | % | | | 0.74 | %4 |
Portfolio turnover rate5 | | | 4 | %6 | | | 4 | % | | | 9 | % | | | 13 | % | | | 18 | %6 |
| 1 | Commencement of operations. |
| 2 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | Total Return on Net Asset Value is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Total Return on Net Asset Value calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 5 | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. |
| 7 | Pursuant to Rule 19a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Notices of Sources of Distributions are posted on the Fund’s website: https://horizonsetfsus.com. |
| 8 | Total Return on Market Price is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and redemption at market price on the last day of the period. Total Return on Market Price calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 9 | Includes excise tax. If this excise expense was not included, the expense ratio would have been 0.60%. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial Highlights — Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) | | | For the Period Ended October 31, 20178 | | | For the Year Ended April 30, 2017 | | | For the Year Ended April 30, 2016 | | | For the Year Ended April 30, 2015 | | | For the Period June 24, 20131 Through April 30, 2014 | |
For A Share Outstanding | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Throughout the Period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Presented: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of period | | $ | 50.10 | | | $ | 47.62 | | | $ | 43.11 | | | $ | 45.39 | | | $ | 44.85 | | | $ | 40.00 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
income (loss)2 | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.66 | | | | 0.70 | | | | 0.63 | | | | 0.52 | |
Net realized and unrealized | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
gain (loss) on investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and options written | | | 0.57 | | | | 2.67 | | | | 5.39 | | | | (0.90 | ) | | | 2.03 | | | | 5.66 | |
Total from investment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
operations | | | 0.89 | | | | 3.01 | | | | 6.05 | | | | (0.20 | ) | | | 2.66 | | | | 6.18 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | (1.28 | ) | | | (0.53 | ) | | | (1.54 | ) | | | (1.50 | ) | | | (0.83 | ) | | | (0.64 | ) |
Net realized gain | | | (1.22 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.63 | ) | | | (0.69 | ) |
Return of capital7 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.58 | ) | | | (0.66 | ) | | | — | |
Total distribution to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
shareholders | | | (2.50 | ) | | | (0.53 | ) | | | (1.54 | ) | | | (2.08 | ) | | | 2.12 | | | | (1.33 | ) |
Net asset value, end of | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
period | | $ | 48.49 | | | $ | 50.10 | | | $ | 47.62 | | | $ | 43.11 | | | $ | 45.39 | | | $ | 44.85 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return on Market Price9 | | | 2.27 | %6 | | | 6.24 | % | | | 14.54 | % | | | (0.67 | )% | | | 6.47 | % | | | 15.73 | % |
Total Return on Net Asset Value3 | | | 1.70 | %6 | | | 6.35 | % | | | 14.29 | % | | | (0.29 | )% | | | 5.97 | % | | | 15.59 | % |
Net assets, end of period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(000’s omitted) | | $ | 43,644 | | | $ | 62,628 | | | $ | 64,413 | | | $ | 60,459 | | | $ | 77,276 | | | $ | 27,024 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to average net assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net expenses | | | 0.65 | %4 | | | 0.65 | %4 | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.65 | %4 |
Net investment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
income (loss) | | | 1.30 | %4 | | | 1.39 | %4 | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.61 | % | | | 1.39 | % | | | 1.37 | %4 |
Portfolio turnover rate5 | | | 4 | %6 | | | 8 | %6 | | | 21 | % | | | 7 | % | | | 12 | % | | | 34 | %6 |
| 1 | Commencement of operations. |
| 2 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | Total Return on Net Asset Value is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Total Return on Net Asset Value calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 5 | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. |
| 7 | Pursuant to Rule 19a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Notices of Sources of Distributions are posted on the Fund’s website: https://us.horizonsetfs.com. |
| 8 | Effective October 31, 2017, the Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF changed its fiscal year end from April 30 to October 31. The information presented is from May 1, 2017 through October 31, 2017. |
| 9 | Total Return on Market Price is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and redemption at market price on the last day of the period. Total Return on Market Price calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial Highlights — Horizons DAX Germany ETF |
| | For the Period Ended April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2016 | | | For the Year Ended October 31, 2015 | | | For the Period October 23, 20141 Through October 31, 2014 | |
For A Share Outstanding Throughout | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the Periods Presented: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
of period | | $ | 31.25 | | | $ | 24.73 | | | $ | 25.82 | | | $ | 25.73 | | | $ | 25.00 | |
Investment operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss)2 | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.48 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 0.73 | | | | (— | )3 |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(loss) on investments and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
foreign currency translations. | | | (0.68 | ) | | | 6.91 | | | | (1.33 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) | | | 0.73 | |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.39 | ) | | | 7.39 | | | | (0.88 | ) | | | 0.36 | | | | 0.73 | |
Distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | — | | | | (0.83 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | — | |
Return of capital | | | — | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distribution to shareholders | | | — | | | | (0.87 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | — | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 30.86 | | | $ | 31.25 | | | $ | 24.73 | | | $ | 25.82 | | | $ | 25.73 | |
Total Return on Market Price8 | | | (2.59 | )%7 | | | 31.52 | % | | | (2.77 | )% | | | 0.56 | % | | | 3.00 | % |
Total Return on Net Asset Value4 | | | (1.25 | )%7 | | | 30.40 | % | | | (3.41 | )% | | | 1.34 | % | | | 2.92 | % |
Net assets, end of period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(000’s omitted) | | $ | 21,599 | | | $ | 17,186 | | | $ | 13,601 | | | $ | 15,494 | | | $ | 12,866 | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to average net assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gross expenses | | | 0.45 | %5 | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.45 | %5 |
Net expenses | | | 0.20 | %5 | | | 0.38 | % | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.45 | %5 |
Net investment income (loss) | | | 1.85 | %5 | | | 1.74 | % | | | 1.86 | % | | | 2.70 | % | | | (0.45 | )%5 |
Portfolio turnover rate6 | | | 3 | %7 | | | 9 | % | | | 14 | % | | | 9 | % | | | 0 | %7 |
| 1 | Commencement of operations. |
| 2 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | Amount is less than $(0.005). |
| 4 | Total Return on Net Asset Value is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Total Return on Net Asset Value calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 6 | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. |
| 8 | Total Return on Market Price is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and redemption at market price on the last day of the period. Total Return on Market Price calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Financial Highlights — Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF |
| | For the Period February 14, 2018 Through April 30, 2018 (Unaudited)1 | |
For A Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented: | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 25.00 | |
Investment operations: | | | | |
Net investment income (loss)2 | | | 0.12 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and options written | | | (0.50 | ) |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.38 | ) |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 24.62 | |
Total Return on Market Price4 | | | (0.34 | )%7 |
Total Return on Net Asset Value3 | | | (1.51 | )%7 |
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | | $ | 30,779 | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | | | | |
Ratios to average net assets: | | | | |
Gross expenses | | | 0.75 | %5 |
Net expenses | | | 0.68 | %5 |
Net investment income (loss) | | | 2.33 | %5 |
Portfolio turnover rate6 | | | 12 | %7 |
| 1 | Commencement of operations. |
| 2 | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | Total Return on Net Asset Value is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Total Return on Net Asset Value calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 4 | Total Return on Market Price is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price on the first day of the period, reinvestment of dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and redemption at market price on the last day of the period. Total Return on Market Price calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
| 6 | Portfolio turnover excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
Notes to Financial Statements |
April 30, 2018 (Unaudited) |
1. ORGANIZATION
Horizons ETF Trust I, formerly known as Recon Capital Series Trust, ETF Series Trust and Sage Quant ETF Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on May 17, 2012 and is currently comprised of four investment portfolios. These financial statements relate to the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF, Horizons DAX Germany ETF and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), which are series of the Trust. Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and Horizons DAX Germany ETF are classified as non-diversified and Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF are classified as diversified, open-end, management investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Funds commenced operations on December 12, 2013, June 24, 2013 October 23, 2014 and February 14, 2018, respectively.
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF seeks to provide investment results that will closely correspond, before fees and expenses, generally to the price and yield performance of the CBOE NASDAQ 100® Buy Write V2 Index (the “Buy Write Index”). The Buy Write Index measures the total return of a portfolio consisting of common stocks of the 100 companies included in the NASDAQ 100® Index and call options systematically written on those securities through a “buy-write” or covered call strategy. A “buy-write” strategy is an investment strategy in which the Fund buys a specific basket of stocks (such as the NASDAQ 100® Index) and sells covered call options that correspond to that basket of stocks.
The S&P 500 Covered Call ETF seeks investment results that, before fees and expenses, generally correspond to the performance of the CBOE S&P 500 2% OTM BuyWrite Index. The CBOE S&P 500 2% OTM BuyWrite Index measures the total return of a portfolio consisting of common stocks of companies included in the S&P 500 Index and call options systematically written on those securities through a “buy-write” or covered call strategy. A “buy-write” strategy is an investment strategy in which the Fund buys a specific basket of stocks (such as the S&P 500 Index) and sells covered call options that correspond to that basket of stocks.
Horizons DAX Germany ETF seeks to provide investment results using a passive or indexing investment approach that will closely correspond, before fees and expenses, generally to the price and yield performance of the DAX® Index (“DAX® Index”). The DAX® Index tracks the segment of the largest and most actively traded companies — known as blue chips — on the German equities market. It contains the shares of the 30 largest German companies in terms of liquidity and market capitalization admitted to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the Prime Standard segment. The 30 stocks contained in the Index represents about 80% of the market capitalization listed in Germany.
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF seeks to provide investment results using an actively managed investment approach that will invest in dividend-paying companies in the Russell 1000® Index and stocks of companies similar to those in the Russell 1000® Index. The Fund uses a rules-based approach that ranks the stocks in this universe based on dividend-paying criteria and financial quality characteristics such as the company’s history in meeting earnings and dividend targets and earnings quality. The Fund has the ability to buy and sell call and put options on an index which is the most correlated to the Fund’s underlying equity holdings. The options overlay seeks to potentially provide a measure of downside protection and an additional component to the Fund’s risk management. The options overlay are actively managed by the Adviser and adapt to both changing market environments and shifts in the underlying equity holdings of the Fund.
Effective as of the close of business June 13, 2018, Troy M. Cates and Garrett K. Paolella each no longer serve as a Portfolio Manager to the Funds. Jonathan Molchan continues as the Portfolio Manager for each Fund. Also effective as of the close of business June 13, 2018, Jonathan Molchan was appointed the Principal Executive Officer of the Horizons ETF Trust I and Thomas Calabria was appointed the Secretary of the Horizons ETF Trust I.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Funds follow the accounting and reporting guidelines issued in Topic 946, “Financial Services — Investment Companies,” by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).
Use of Estimates
These financial statements are prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of increases and decreases in the net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds.
Securities Valuation
Security holdings traded on a national securities exchange are valued based on their last sale price. Price information on listed securities is taken from the exchange where the security is primarily traded. Securities regularly traded in an over-the-counter market are valued
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at the latest quoted sale price in such market or in the case of the NASDAQ, at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. If there has been no sale or official closing price for a particular security on a particular day, one of the factors that a Fund will use to estimate the market price of that security is the midpoint of the bid/ask price of that security. If market quotations are not readily available, or if it is determined that a quotation of a security does not represent fair value, then the security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith using procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Short-term securities with 60 days or less remaining to maturity are valued using the amortized cost method, which approximates current market value.
Purchased and written options contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported mean of bid and ask quotations; over-the-counter derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by an independent pricing service.
Fair Value Measurement
GAAP requires disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category.
The Funds categorize their fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available. Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Funds’ assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels and methodology are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
| • | Level 1—Valuations based on quoted prices for identical investments in active markets that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurements date (including NAV for open-end mutual funds). Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments. |
| • | Level 2—Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayments speeds, credit risks, etc.). |
| • | Level 3—Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments). |
The following summarizes inputs used as of April 30, 2018 in valuing the Funds’ assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF
Assets† | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 206,232,264 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 206,232,264 | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options Written* | | | — | | | | (1,903,200 | ) | | | — | | | | (1,903,200 | ) |
Total | | $ | 206,232,264 | | | $ | (1,903,200 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 204,329,064 | |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF
Assets† | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 43,478,046 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 43,478,046 | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options Written* | | | — | | | | (48,085 | ) | | | — | | | | (48,085 | ) |
Total | | $ | 43,478,046 | | | $ | (48,085 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 43,429,961 | |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF
Assets† | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 20,141,840 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 20,141,840 | |
Preferred Stocks | | | 1,032,826 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,032,826 | |
Total | | $ | 21,174,666 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 21,174,666 | |
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Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF
Assets † | | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Common Stocks | | $ | 30,521,047 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 30,521,047 | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options Purchased* | | | — | | | | 14,000 | | | | — | | | | 14,000 | |
Options Written* | | | — | | | | (2,790 | ) | | | — | | | | (2,790 | ) |
Total | | $ | 30,521,047 | | | $ | 11,210 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 30,532,257 | |
| † | See the Portfolio of Investments for breakdown by sector. |
| * | Purchased and written options contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported mean of bid and ask quotations. |
A reconciliation of assets in which Level 3 inputs are used in determining fair value is presented when there are Level 3 investments at the end of the period. It is the Trust’s policy to recognize transfers into and out of all levels at the beginning of the reporting period. There were no transfers between levels during the reporting period.
Indemnification
In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications for certain liabilities. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may not be made against each Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include funds from time to time deposited with financial institutions and short-term, liquid investments in a money market fund. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost which approximates fair value.
Concentration of Risk
The Funds place cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions and, at times, cash held in money market accounts may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured limit.
Investment Valuation
The NAV is determined as of the close of trading (generally, 4:00 PM Eastern Time) on each day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading. NAV per share is calculated by dividing each Fund’s net assets by the number of Fund shares outstanding. The price used to calculate Market Price returns is determined by using the closing price and does not represent returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times.
Security Transactions
Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of investment securities are calculated using the specific identification method of cost relief.
Foreign Currency Translation
The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rates of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. The market value of investment securities and other assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate as of the valuation date. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated at the exchange rate prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
Although the net assets of the Funds are presented at the foreign exchange rates and market values at the close of the period, the Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held or sold during the period. Accordingly, such foreign currency gains/(losses) are included in the reported net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investment transactions.
The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes related to foreign income received, capital gains on the sale of securities and certain foreign currency transactions (a portion of which may be reclaimable). All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdiction in which the Funds invest.
Reported realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from the disposition of foreign currency, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and
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foreign withholding taxes recorded on each Fund’s books on the transaction date and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes (due to the changes in the exchange rate) in the value of foreign currency and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, which are held at period end.
Investment Income and Expenses
Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date. The Funds distribute all or substantially all of their net investment income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Expenses are recognized on the accrual basis.
Distributions to Shareholders
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF distribute a monthly dividend of net investment company taxable income calculated during each monthly dividend calculation period. If, for any monthly distribution, net investment company taxable income (which term includes net short-term capital gains from option activity, etc.), if any, is less than the amount of the distribution, then the difference will generally be a tax-free return of capital distributed from the Funds’ assets. Horizons DAX Germany ETF and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF expect to declare and distribute all of their net investment income, if any, to shareholders as dividends at least semi-annually. The Funds make distributions of remaining net realized capital gains, if any, annually. The Funds may also make distributions at other times in order to improve index tracking or to maintain their eligibility for treatment as a regulated investment company under the Code and to avoid the imposition of excise taxes. A distribution may also include return of capital, although the Funds intend to take appropriate measures to minimize the return of capital in all events in a manner consistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act.
3. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
Investment Advisory Agreement
The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with Horizons ETFs Management (US) LLC (the “Adviser”), on behalf of the Funds. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser has overall responsibility for the management and investment of the Funds’ securities portfolios. The Adviser is wholly-owned by Horizons ETFs Management (USA) LLC, which is deemed to be indirectly controlled by Hyeon Joo Park through his majority ownership of the ultimate parent of Horizons ETFs Management (USA) LLC. For its services, Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF, Horizons DAX Germany ETF and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend ETF pay the Adviser an annual rate of 0.60%, 0.65%, 0.45% and 0.75% respectively of each Fund’s average daily net assets. Such fee, an all-in fee, is accrued daily and paid monthly. It pays for substantially all expenses of the Funds, including the cost of transfer agency, trustees, custody, fund administration, legal, audit, printing and certain administrative, distribution and investment advisory services. The types of Fund expenses that the Adviser is not obligated to pay under the Advisory Agreement are as follows: taxes and governmental fees; brokerage fees, commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses; costs of borrowing money (including interest expenses); extraordinary expenses (including expenses incurred in connection with litigation, proceedings, other claims and the legal obligations of the Fund to indemnify the Trust’s trustees, officers, employees, shareholders, distributors, and agents with respect thereto); organizational and offering expenses of the Trust and each Fund, and any other expenses which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles); and costs and/or fees, including legal fees, incident to meetings of the Trust’s shareholders, the preparation, printing and distribution of Fund product descriptions for distribution to shareholders or authorized participants, notices and proxy statements and reports of the Trust to its shareholders, the filing of reports with regulatory bodies, the maintenance of the Trust’s existence and qualification to do business, and the expenses of issuing, redeeming, registering and qualifying for sale, Fund shares with federal and state securities authorities. The advisory fees paid by Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF, Horizons DAX Germany ETF and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF for the period ended April 30, 2018 were $541,393, $187,350, $45,056 and $41,452, respectively.
Effective August 1, 2017, the Adviser, has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee, which is 0.45% of the average daily net assets of the Horizons DAX Germany ETF, and/or reimburse fees or expenses to 0.20% of the average daily net assets until July 31, 2018. The advisory fees waived for the period ended April 30, 2018 for the Horizons DAX Germany ETF were $25,031.
Effective since inception, the Adviser, has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee, which is 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF, and/or reimburse fees or expenses to 0.68% of the average daily net assets until February 28, 2019. The advisory fees waived for the period ended April 30, 2018 for the Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF were $3,869.
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Distribution Agreement
Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”) serves as the Funds’ Distributor. The Distributor will not distribute shares in less than Creation Units, as defined in Note 4, and does not maintain a secondary market in shares. The shares are traded in the secondary market.
The Board has adopted a distribution and service plan, where the Funds are authorized to pay distribution fees in connection with the sale and distribution of its shares and pay service fees in connection with the provision of ongoing services to shareholders. No distribution fees are currently paid by the Funds and there are no current plans to impose the fees.
Administrator, Custodian, Accounting Agent and Transfer Agent Agreements
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“USBFS”) (in each capacity, the “Administrator”, “Accounting Agent” or “Transfer Agent”) serves as the Funds’ Administrator, Accounting Agent and Transfer Agent pursuant to the fund administration and accounting agreements. U.S. Bank N.A. (the “Custodian”), an affiliate of USBFS, serves as the Funds’ custodian pursuant to the custody agreement.
Independent Trustees
The Independent Trustees of the Trust receive, in total, annual Trustee fees of $62,000. Independent Trustees are also reimbursed for expenses they incur relating to their services as Trustees by the Adviser.
4. CREATION AND REDEMPTION TRANSACTIONS
The Funds issue and redeem shares on a continuous basis at NAV in groups of 50,000 shares called “Creation Units.” Creation Units of the Funds are issued and redeemed generally in exchange for specified securities held by the Funds generally included in the Index and a specified cash payment. The Trust reserves the right to permit or require a “cash” option for creations and redemptions of shares. In each instance of such cash creations or redemptions, the Trust may impose transaction fees based on transaction expenses related to the particular exchange that will be higher than the transaction fees associated with in-kind purchase or redemptions.
Only “Authorized Participants” who have entered into contractual arrangements with the Distributor may purchase or redeem shares directly from the Funds. An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) participant and, in each case, must have executed a participant agreement with the Distributor.
Most retail investors will not qualify as Authorized Participants or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker and will be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees.
5. FEDERAL INCOME TAX
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies by complying with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, by distributing substantially all of their net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders. Dividends and/or distributions, if any, are paid to shareholders invested in the Funds on the applicable record date, at least annually. The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations which may differ from GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their Federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.
Although each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and may distribute its capital gains for any taxable year, the Fund will be subject to federal income taxation to the extent any such income or gains are not distributed. The Fund is treated as a separate corporation for federal income tax purposes. The Fund therefore is considered to be a separate entity in determining its treatment under the Code. The Funds’ policy is to classify interest and penalties associated with underpayment of federal and state income taxes, if any as income tax expense on its Statement of Operations.
Each Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% federal excise tax on certain undistributed income if it does not distribute to its shareholders in each calendar year an amount at least equal to 98% of its ordinary income for the calendar year plus 98.2% of its capital gain net income for the one-year period ending on October 31 of that year, subject to an increase for any shortfall in the prior year’s distribution. In order to qualify as a regulated investment company, and avoid being subject to federal income or excise taxes at the fund level, each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains within each calendar year as well as on a fiscal year basis (if the fiscal year is other than the calendar year), and intends to comply with other tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies. During the period ended April 30, 2018, the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF
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did not distribute all of its required distribution by the excise tax deadline of December 31, 2017 and therefore incurred an Excise Tax of $207,014 on January 1, 2018, which is reflected in the Statement of Operations.
Management of the Funds is required to analyze all open tax years (2014 – 2017), as defined by IRS statute of limitations, for all major jurisdictions, including federal tax authorities and certain state tax authorities. As of April 30, 2018, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds have no examination in progress and are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
At April 30, 2018, the cost of investments and options written, if applicable, on a tax basis was as follows:
Funds | | Cost | | | Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Horizons NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF ^ | | $ | 175,167,286 | | | $ | 33,593,401 | | | $ | (4,431,623 | ) | | $ | 29,161,778 | |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF ^ | | | 34,644,506 | | | | 11,086,535 | | | | (2,301,080 | ) | | | 8,785,455 | |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF ^ | | | 20,211,545 | | | | 2,718,181 | | | | (1,751,362 | ) | | | 966,819 | |
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF ^ | | | 31,510,600 | | | | 615,497 | | | | (1,593,840 | ) | | | (978,343 | ) |
| ^ | Because tax adjustments are calculated annually at the end of the Funds' fiscal year, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments for the current fiscal year. For the previous fiscal year's federal tax income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Funds' most recent annual report. |
At October 31, 2017, the components of undistributed or accumulated earnings/losses on a tax-basis were as follows:
Funds | | Undistributed Net Investment Income (Loss) | | | Accumulated Capital and Other Gains (Losses) | | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | Total Earnings (Losses) | |
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | $ | 7,325,879 | | | $ | 792,173 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 8,118,052 | |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | | | 183,126 | | | | 1,590,396 | | | | 5,956,479 | | | | 7,730,001 | |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | — | | | | (404,245 | ) | | | 1,451,241 | | | | 1,046,996 | |
The differences between book and tax basis components of net assets are primarily attributable to appreciation (depreciation) of investments or a mixed straddle adjustment and non-taxable distribution from regulated investment companies.
The tax character of distributions paid were as follows:
| | Period Ended April 30, 2018* | | | Period Ended October 31, 2017 |
Funds | | Ordinary Income | | | Long-Term Capital | | | Return of Capital | | | Ordinary Income | | | Long-Term Capital | | | Return of Capital |
Horizons NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF | | $ | 9,364,297 | | | $ | 792,220 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 7,462,456 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF** | | | 1,464,504 | | | | 1,590,888 | | | | — | | | | 671,990 | | | | — | | | | — |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 403,498 | | | | — | | | | 18,200 |
Horizons Cadence Hedged | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
US Dividend Yield ETF | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — |
| * | The amount and character of tax-basis distributions and composition of net assets, including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss), are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax-basis balances have not been determined as of the date of this report. |
| ** | For the year ended April 30, 2017, the Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF’s tax character of distributions were $2,156,257 from Ordinary Income. |
The capital loss carryover for each fund as of the year or period ended October 31, 2017 were as follows:
| | Capital Loss Carryover | |
Funds | | Short Term | | | Long Term | |
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | | | — | | | | — | |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | 235,212 | | | | 169,033 | |
At October 31, 2017, the Funds did not have any Late-Year ordinary losses.
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At October 31, 2017, the effect of permanent book/tax reclassifications resulted in increases (decreases) to the components of net assets as follows:
Funds | | Undistributed (Accumulated) Net Investment Income (Loss) | | | Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | Paid-in Capital | |
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | $ | 6,979,860 | | | $ | (6,979,860 | ) | | $ | — | |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | | | 239,697 | | | | (245,550 | ) | | | 5,853 | |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | (8,512 | ) | | | (108,405 | ) | | | 116,917 | |
For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book/tax differences.
6. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short term investments) for the period ended April 30, 2018:
| | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | $ | 7,213,844 | | | $ | 23,819,607 | |
Horizons S&P® 500 Covered Call ETF | | | 2,146,114 | | | | 7,401,288 | |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | 666,754 | | | | 669,722 | |
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF | | | 3,517,063 | | | | 3,351,957 | |
| | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | $ | 80,784,951 | | | $ | 28,335,732 | |
Horizons S&P® 500 Covered Call ETF | | | 2,519,658 | | | | 19,682,727 | |
Horizons DAX Germany ETF | | | 4,854,287 | | | | — | |
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF | | | 33,893,765 | | | | 2,481,497 | |
Purchases and sales of in-kind transactions for the period ended April 30, 2018:
7. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Certain Funds may either purchase or write options in order to hedge against adverse market movements or fluctuations in value caused by changes in prevailing interest rates, value of equities or foreign exchange rates, with respect to securities which a Fund currently owns or intends to purchase. A Fund’s principal reason for writing options is to realize, through receipt of premiums, a greater current return than would be realized on the underlying security alone.
When a Fund purchases an option, it pays a premium and an amount equal to that premium is recorded as an asset. When a Fund writes an option, it receives a premium and an amount equal to that premium is recorded as a liability. The asset or liability is adjusted daily to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires unexercised, a Fund makes an adjustment to the proceeds from the sale or the cost of the purchase in determining whether a Fund has realized a gain or loss. The difference between the premium and the amount received or paid on effecting a closing purchase or sale transaction is also treated as a realized gain or loss. Gain or loss on purchased options is included in net realized gain or loss on investments and gain or loss on written options is presented separately as net realized gain or loss on options written when financial statements are present. A Fund, as writer of options, may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (called) or purchased (put). As a result, a Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. A Fund, as purchaser of over-the-counter options, bears the risk of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
Risks may arise from an imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the securities held and the prices of options relating to the securities purchased or sold and from possible lack of a liquid secondary market for an option. The maximum exposure to loss for any purchased option is limited to the premium initially paid for the option. Written uncovered call options subject a Fund to unlimited risk of loss. Written covered call options limit the upside potential of a security above the strike price. Put options written expose a Fund to risk of loss if the value of the security declines below the strike price.
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF may write covered call and put options on portfolio securities and other financial instruments. By writing a covered call option, the Funds, in exchange for the premium, forego the opportunity for capital appreciation above the strike price should the market of the price of the underlying security increase. Conversely, by writing a put option, the Funds, in exchange for the premium, accept the risk of having to purchase a security at a strike price that is above the current price. When the written option expires, is terminated or is sold, the Funds will record a gain or loss.
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Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF invests in derivatives in the form of call options as part of its investment strategy to track the performance of the CBOE NASDAQ 100® Buy Write V2 Index (the “Buy Write NASDAQ V2 Index”). The type of derivatives used by the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF are call options on the NASDAQ 100® Index. Consistent with its investment strategy, the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF wrote (sold) a succession of one-month call options on the Buy Write NASDAQ V2 Index and covered such options by holding the securities underlying the options written. The use of the call options helps the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF track the performance of the Buy Write NASDAQ V2 Index.
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF invests in derivatives in the form of call options as part of its investment strategy to track the performance of the CBOE S&P 500 2% OTM Buy Write Index (the “Buy Write S&P 500 V2 Index”). The type of derivatives used by the Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF are call options on the S&P 500® Index. Consistent with its investment strategy, the Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF wrote (sold) a succession of one-month call options on the Buy Write S&P 500 V2 Index and covered such options by holding the securities underlying the options written. The use of the call options helps the Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF track the performance of the Buy Write S&P 500 V2 Index.
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF has the ability to buy and write call and put options on indexes such as the Russell 1000® Index, the Russell 2000® Index and the S&P 500® Index which are the most correlated to the Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF’s underlying equity holdings. The options overlay seeks to potentially provide a measure of downside protection and an additional component to the Fund’s risk management. The options overlay will be actively managed by the Adviser and will adapt to both changing market environments and shifts in the underlying equity holdings of the Fund.
Transactions in derivative instruments reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations at April 30, 2018, are:
| | Equity Risk |
| | Assets (Investments, at value) | | | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF | | $ | 14,000 | | | $ | (20,577 | ) | | $ | (1,344 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Equity Risk | |
| | Liabilities (Options Written, at value) | | | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF | | $ | (1,903,200 | ) | | $ | (7,991,491 | ) | | $ | 4,384,780 | |
Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF | | | (48,085 | ) | | | (1,809,339 | ) | | | 347,673 | |
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF | | | (2,790 | ) | | | 24,780 | | | | 12,926 | |
For the period ended April 30, 2018 (and since inception through April 30, 2018 for the Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF) the monthly average fair value of the purchased options contracts held by the Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF was $22,883. The monthly average fair value of the written options contracts held by the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF and Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF were $2,639,624, $308,522 and $1,822, respectively.
8. PRINCIPAL RISKS
Each Fund is subject to the principal risks described below, some or all of these risks may adversely affect each Fund’s NAV, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment objective. As with any investment, an investment in the Funds could result in a loss or the performance of the Funds could be inferior to that of other investments.
Foreign Security Risk
Certain of the Funds invest directly or indirectly in the securities of non-U.S. issuers, which involves risks beyond those associated with investments in U.S. securities. These additional risks include greater market volatility, the availability of less reliable financial information, higher transactional and custody costs, taxation by foreign governments, decreased market liquidity and political instability.
Risks Related to Investing in Germany
Germany is a significant exporter to its major trading partners, which are other Western European developed nations and the United States. Therefore, Germany’s economy is dependent on the economies of these other countries. As such, reductions by these countries in spending on German exports could adversely impact the German economy. Many of these Western European developed nations,
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including Germany, are member states of the European Union (“EU”) and Economic and Monetary Union of the EU (“EMU”). As a result, these member states are dependent upon one another economically and politically.
During the most recent financial crisis, the German economy, along with certain other EU economies, experienced a significant economic slowdown. Recently, new concerns emerged in relation to the economic health of the EU. These concerns have led to tremendous downward pressure on certain financial institutions, including German financial services companies. During the recent European debt crisis, Germany played a key role in stabilizing the euro. However, such efforts may prove unsuccessful, and any ongoing crisis may continue to significantly affect the economies of every country in Europe, including Germany.
Structural Risk
Germany is subject to risks of social unrest and heavy governmental control, either of which may adversely affect investments in Germany.
Heavy Governmental Control and Regulation
Heavy regulation of labor and product markets is pervasive in Germany. These regulations may at times stifle German economic growth or cause prolonged periods of recession.
Equity Risk
The Funds invest in equity securities. Equity risk is the risk that the value of the securities that the Funds hold will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities the Funds hold participate or factors relating to specific companies in which the Funds invest.
Index Tracking Risk
While the Funds seek to achieve a high degree of correlation with the Indices, each Fund’s return may not match the returns of the respective Indices due to, among other reasons, operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, and operational inefficiencies. For example, a Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to an Index and incurs costs when buying and selling securities, particularly where a Fund must rebalance its securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of an Index. Because these and other costs are not factored into the return of an Index, the Funds’ returns may deviate significantly from the return of the Indices.
The Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF may be unable to write options at the times or at the prices that the Indices expects such options to be written. Because these and other costs are not factored into the return of the Indices, the Funds’ return may deviate significantly from the return of the Index.
Counterparty Risk
The Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and Horizons S&P 500® Covered Call ETF are exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss to the Funds could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the Funds’ financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to counterparty risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The Adviser seeks to minimize the Funds’ counterparty risk by performing reviews of each counterparty and by minimizing concentration of counterparty risk by undertaking transactions with multiple customers and counterparties on recognized and reputable exchanges. Delivery of securities sold is only made once the Funds have received payment. Payment is made on a purchase once the securities have been delivered by the counterparty. The trade will fail if either party fails to meet its obligation.
Political and Social Risk
Certain sectors and regions of Germany have experienced high unemployment and labor and social unrest. These issues may cause downturns in the German markets or the German industries or sectors in which the Horizons DAX Germany ETF invests.
Currency Risk
Because the Funds’ NAVs are determined in U.S. dollars, each Fund’s NAV could decline if the currency of a non-U.S. market in which the Fund invests depreciates against the U.S. dollar. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. Therefore, the value of an investment in the Funds may also go up or down quickly and unpredictably and investors may lose money.
Non-U.S. Securities Risk
Investments in the securities of non-U.S. issuers are subject to the risks of investing in the markets where such issuers are located, including heightened risks of inflation or nationalization and market fluctuations caused by economic and political developments.
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Passive Management Risk
Because the Funds are not “actively” managed, unless a security is removed from an Index, the Funds generally would not sell the security. Therefore, the Funds may underperform funds that actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to move to defensive positions to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers.
Non-Diversified Risk
Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and Horizons DAX Germany ETF are non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of their assets in securities of individual issuers than diversified funds. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase each Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number of issuers to have a greater impact on each Fund’s performance.
Because Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and Horizons DAX Germany ETF are non-diversified under the 1940 Act and may invest in a smaller number of issuers or a larger proportion of its assets may be invested in a single issuer, the gains and losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on each Fund’s NAV and may make each Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Active Management Risk.
Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF is actively managed, which means that investment decisions are made based on investment views. There is no guarantee that the investment views will produce the desired results or expected returns, which may cause the Fund to fail to meet its investment objective or to underperform its benchmark index or funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. Furthermore, active trading that can accompany active management may result in high portfolio turnover, which may have a negative impact on performance. Active trading may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which are ultimately passed on to shareholders of the Fund. Active trading may also result in adverse tax consequences.
9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Funds have evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of this report and has determined that there are no other material events that would require disclosure.
10. DUE FROM RELATED PARTY
During the year ended October 31, 2016, the Horizons NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF and the Horizons DAX Germany ETF terminated their administrator and hired US Bancorp Fund Services (“US Bank”) to be their new administrator. During the conversion to US Bank, the prior administrator seized cash from the Funds’ custody accounts as a result of a fee dispute. The Funds are taking appropriate steps to recover these amounts from the prior administrator. As these amounts relate to disputed Fund expenses, the prior Advisor has agreed to reimburse each Fund for those amounts should the Funds be unsuccessful in their attempt to recover them from the prior administrator.
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INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Funds file complete schedules of portfolio holdings for their first and third fiscal quarters with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free at 1-855-496-3837. Furthermore, you may obtain the Form N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ portfolio holdings are posted daily on the Funds’ website at https://horizonsetfsus.com.
INFORMATION ABOUT PROXY VOTING
A description of the policies and procedures the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is provided in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). The SAI is available without charge upon request by calling toll-free at 1-855-496-3837, by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by accessing the Funds’ website at https://horizonsetfsus.com.
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the period ended June 30 is available by calling toll-free at 1-855-496-3837 or by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS
Information regarding how often shares of the Funds trade on the exchange at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) to their daily net asset value (NAV) is available, without charge, on the Funds’ website at https://horizonsetfsus.com.
PRIVACY POLICY
The Funds collect non-public information about you from the following sources:
| • | Information we receive about you on applications or other forms; |
| • | Information you give us orally; and |
| • | Information about your transactions with us or others. |
The Funds do not disclose any non-public personal information about its customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities. The Funds may share information with affiliated parties and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Funds. The Funds will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibility. The Funds maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your non-public information with the same high degree of confidentially.
In the event that you hold shares of the Funds through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your nonpublic personal information would be shared by those entities with unaffiliated third parties.
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 6. Investments.
| (a) | Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form. |
| (b) | Not applicable since no such divestments during the period covered. |
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to open-end investment companies.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
| (a) | The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider. |
| (b) | There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the last fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is 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
The registrant did not directly engage in securities lending activities during the period reported on this Form N-CSR.
Item 13. Exhibits.
| (a) | (1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Not applicable. |
(2) A separate certification for each principal executive and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable.
(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant. There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.
| (b) | Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Furnished herewith. |
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.
(Registrant) | HORIZONS ETF TRUST I |
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By (Signature and Title) | /s/ Jonathan Molchan |
| Jonathan Molchan, |
| President/Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date June 25, 2018
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 (Signature and Title) | /s/ Jonathan Molchan |
| Jonathan Molchan, |
| President/Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date June 25, 2018
By (Signature and Title) | /s/ Christopher W. Roleke |
| Christopher W. Roleke, |
| Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) |
Date June 25, 2018