Alger ETF Trust

05/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/01/2024 11:49

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company - Form 497K

Alger Weatherbie Enduring Growth ETF
Alger Weatherbie Enduring Growth ETFSummary Prospectus
May 1, 2024
Ticker Symbol
Exchange
AWEG
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's Prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at www.alger.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 223-3810 or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected]. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated May 1, 2024, are incorporated by reference to this Summary Prospectus, and may be obtained at no cost in the same manner as described above.
This Exchange-Traded Fund ("ETF") is different from traditional ETFs.
Traditional ETFs tell the public what assets they hold each day. This ETF will not. This may create additional risks for your
investment. For example:
•You may have to pay more money to trade the ETF's shares. This ETF will provide less information to traders, who tend to
charge more for trades when they have less information.
•The price you pay to buy ETF shares on an exchange may not match the value of the ETF's portfolio. The same is true
when you sell shares. These price differences may be greater for this ETF compared to other ETFs because this ETF
provides less information to traders.
•These additional risks may be even greater in bad or uncertain market conditions.
The differences between this ETF and other ETFs may also have advantages. By keeping certain information about the ETF
secret, this ETF may face less risk that other traders can predict or copy its investment strategies. This may improve the
ETF's performance. If other traders are able to copy or predict the ETF's investment strategies, however, this may hurt the
ETF's performance.
For additional information regarding the unique attributes and risks of this ETF, see the Share Price and Distributions section
of the ETF's prospectus and the Non-Transparent Risks in the Principal Risks section of this Summary Prospectus.
Inspired by Change, Driven by Growth.
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Investment Objective
Alger Weatherbie Enduring Growth ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fund Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Alger Weatherbie Enduring Growth ETF
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Management Fees
.55
%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees*
None
Other Expenses
3.93
%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
4.48
%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement**
(3.83)
%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
.65
%
*
The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 plan that allows the Fund to pay annual fees not to exceed 0.25% to the Fund's distributor for distribution and individual shareholder services; however, the Board of Trustees has determined not to authorize payment of a 12b-1 plan fee at this time, and for at least one year from the effective date of this prospectus.
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Fred Alger Management, LLC (the "Manager") has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse Fund expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expense on short sales, net borrowing costs, interest, taxes, brokerage and extraordinary expenses, to the extent applicable) through December 31, 2025 to the extent necessary to limit other expenses of the Fund to 0.10% of the Fund's average daily net assets. This expense reimbursement may only be amended or terminated prior to its expiration date by agreement between the Manager and the Fund's Board of Trustees, and will terminate automatically in the event of termination of the Investment Management Agreement. The Manager may recoup any fees waived or expenses reimbursed pursuant to the contract; however, the Fund will only make repayments to the Manager if such repayment does not cause the Fund's expense ratio after the repayment is taken into account, to exceed both (i) the expense cap in place at the time such amounts were waived or reimbursed, and (ii) the Fund's current expense cap. Such recoupment is limited to two years from the date the amount is initially waived or reimbursed.
Example
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. The example also assumes that the contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement is only in effect through December 31, 2025. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
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$66
$754
$1,727
$4,206
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 35.65% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategy
The Fund is sub-advised by Weatherbie Capital, LLC ("Weatherbie" or the "Sub-Adviser"), an affiliate of the Manager (Weatherbie and the Manager, collectively referred to as the "Manager," where applicable). Subject to the general supervision by the Fund's Board of Trustees, the Manager oversees Weatherbie and evaluates its performance results. The Manager reviews portfolio performance, compliance with investment guidelines and federal securities laws, and changes in key personnel of Weatherbie. Weatherbie is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio, including purchases and sales of individual securities.
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The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of mid-cap growth companies with an environmental, social and governance ("ESG") rating of medium or better, as rated by Sustainalytics, a third-party ESG rating agency ("Sustainalytics" or the "ESG Rating Agency"), at the time of purchase. Sustainalytics provides ESG ratings that measure a company's exposure to ESG risks and how well the company is managing those risks. Using its proprietary methodology, as described below, Sustainalytics rates companies on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 to 10 representing negligible ESG risk, 10 to 20 representing low ESG risk, 20 to 30 representing medium ESG risk, 30 to 40 representing high ESG risk, and 40 and higher representing severe ESG risk.
Under normal circumstances, 80% of companies in the Fund's portfolio, based on net assets, will have a Sustainalytics ESG rating. The Sustainalytics ESG ratings for this portion of the portfolio will have a weighted average of 25 or better. For determining the weighted average, the Sustainalytics ESG rating of a security comprising a higher percentage of the portfolio will have a greater impact than the Sustainalytics ESG rating of a security with a lower percentage of the portfolio on the weighted average ESG rating of this portion of the portfolio. As a result, the Fund may invest in companies with Sustainalytics ESG ratings above and below 25, although the Fund will not invest in a company if, as a result, the weighted average of the applicable portion of its portfolio would exceed a Sustainalytics ESG rating of 25. In addition, the Fund will not invest in a company with a Sustainalytics ESG rating of 40 or above (i.e., severe ESG risk) at the time of purchase. If an existing portfolio holding's ESG rating is adjusted by Sustainalytics to 40 or higher, Weatherbie will sell that portfolio holding within six months, subject to its fiduciary obligations to the Fund, although the Fund may continue to hold that investment if Sustainalytics readjusts the company's ESG rating back to below 40 as a result of positive actions taken by the company to reduce its ESG risk rating.
Although the Fund expects to invest primarily in companies with ESG ratings provided by Sustainalytics, certain investments may not be rated by Sustainalytics. Reasons for this may be because (i) Sustainalytics does not include the company in its rating universe; and (ii) of timing differences between when the Fund may invest in a company and when, and if, that company receives an ESG rating from Sustainalytics. With respect to (ii) for example, Sustainalytics may take time to rate a particular company when it is newly publicly traded or as a result of a corporate action, such as a merger, spin-off or restructuring. The Fund may hold up to three securities totaling no more than 20% of the Fund's net assets in securities, without a Sustainalytics ESG rating. If a company does receive an ESG rating from Sustainalytics, Weatherbie will include that company as part of the portion of the Fund's portfolio that is required to maintain a weighted average ESG rating of 25 or better.
In effecting the Fund's investment strategy, Weatherbie initially employs fundamental analysis to identify innovative and dynamic companies that demonstrate promising growth potential such as strong earnings growth and sound stock market values. Weatherbie then uses Sustainalytics' ESG ratings to determine whether an identified company is an appropriate investment for the Fund, including determining the impact that the investment would have on the Sustainalytics ESG rating of the Fund's portfolio on a weighted average basis. In selecting and monitoring investments for the Fund, Weatherbie conducts due diligence on Sustainalytics, reviews the Sustainalytics ESG ratings of existing and potential portfolio investments, and separately engages with identified companies to determine whether a company's Sustainalytics ESG rating seems consistent with the company's practices. As part of Weatherbie's fundamental analysis when considering investing in a company without a Sustainalytics ESG rating, Weatherbie will consider the company's ESG record in addition to the company's overall growth potential.
With respect to its ESG ratings, Sustainalytics arrives at an ESG risk score for each company it rates by assessing the company's exposure to material ESG risks and assessing how well management manages the company's exposure to those risks. Regarding assessing exposure to material ESG risks, Sustainalytics uses a variety of criteria, which may change from time to time as part of its ratings process. The environmental criteria include, but are not limited to, climate change (carbon, energy efficiency, fines), natural resources (water stress, biodiversity), pollution and waste (air/water pollution, waste management), and environmental opportunities (clean technology, green building, renewable energy). The social criteria include, but are not limited to, human capital (labor management, development, supply chain, health and safety, employee sentiment, diversity), product liability (safety and quality, consumer satisfaction), stakeholder opposition (controversial sourcing), social opportunities (access to finance, healthcare, communications, nutrition and health, philanthropy), and board composition (diversity). The governance criteria include, but are not limited to, corporate governance (board, executive pay, ownership structure, accounting and disclosures, audit committee structure) and corporate behavior (business ethics, anti-competition strategies, corruption, lobbying, political contributions, shareholder rights). The overall Sustainalytics risk score for each company is a measure of whether or not, and how well, a company has responded to the various material ESG risks to which it is exposed.
In evaluating a particular company's ESG rating, as well as the Fund's weighted average ESG rating, the Fund relies exclusively on ratings provided by Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics periodically assesses companies for their exposure to and management of ESG risks and opportunities based on data collected from company filings, public disclosures and other sources.
For purposes of the Fund's principal investment strategies, "mid-cap companies" are those companies that, at the time of purchase of the securities, primarily have total market capitalization within the range of (i) companies included in the Russell Midcap Growth Index, as reported by the index at the most recent quarter end, or (ii) $1 billion to $25 billion. At December 31, 2023, the companies in this index ranged from $978 million to $73.3 billion. Because of the Fund's long-term
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approach to investing, it could have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of issuers that have appreciated beyond the market capitalization thresholds noted.
The Fund intends to invest a substantial portion of its assets in a smaller number of issuers. Generally, the Fund will own no more than 30 holdings. As a result, the Fund is a non-diversified investment company, which means the performance results of any one position may have a greater impact on the Fund's performance. Fund holdings may differ from this number for any reason. Such reasons may be, among others, because of extreme market volatility, such as when the Fund has entered a temporary defensive position. Additionally, the Fund may temporarily exceed the stated number of holdings when it acquires a new holding and determines that it is in the best interests of shareholders to sell an existing holding over a period of time, instead of immediately selling the entire holding.
The Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in securities of companies conducting business within a single sector, including the industrials, health care and information technology sectors.
The Fund may sell a stock when it reaches a target price, it fails to perform as expected, or other opportunities appear more attractive.
The Fund is a non-diversified and non-transparent, actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.
The Fund operates in reliance on an exemptive order (the "Order") from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which limits the types of investments the Fund may hold to those listed in the Fund's application for the Order. Under the terms of the Order, the Fund is permitted to invest only in exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes, exchange listed common stocks, exchange-traded preferred stocks, exchange-traded ADRs, exchange-traded real estate investment trusts, exchange-traded commodity pools, exchange-traded metal trusts, exchange-traded currency trusts and exchange-traded futures that trade on a U.S. exchange contemporaneously with the Fund's shares, as well as cash and cash equivalents (which are short-term U.S. Treasury securities, government money market funds, and repurchase agreements). The Fund's investment strategies and practices, including those listed above, are subject to these limitations.
The Fund invests in cash (and cash equivalents) when the Fund is unable to find enough attractive long-term investments to meet its investment objective, in the event of a large redemption order from an Authorized Participant (as defined below) and/or when the Sub-Adviser believes it is advisable to do so during times of short-term market volatility. During these times, cash (and cash equivalents) will not exceed 15% of the Fund's net assets.
Principal Risks
An investment in the Fund involves risks. The Fund's share price may go down, which means you could lose money.An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The following is a summary description of principal risks involved in investing in the Fund.
Non-Transparent ETF Risks
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Non-Transparent ETF Structure Risk - Unlike traditional ETFs, the Fund does not provide daily disclosure of its portfolio holdings. Instead, the Fund provides a verified intraday indicative value ("VIIV"), calculated and disseminated every second throughout the trading day. The VIIV is intended to provide investors and other market participants with enough information to allow for an effective arbitrage mechanism that will attempt to keep the market price of the Fund at or close to the underlying net asset value ("NAV") per share of the Fund. There is, however, a risk, which may increase during periods of market disruption or volatility, that market prices may vary significantly from the underlying NAV of the Fund. Similarly, because the Fund's shares trade on the basis of a published VIIV, they may trade at a wider bid/ask spread than shares of ETFs that publish their portfolio holdings on a daily basis, especially during periods of market disruption or volatility, and therefore, may cost investors more to trade. Although the Fund seeks to benefit from keeping its portfolio information confidential, some market participants may attempt to use the VIIV to identify the Fund's trading strategy, which if successful, could result in such market participants engaging in certain predatory trading practices that may have the potential to harm the Fund and its shareholders.
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Trading Issues Risk - Trading in Fund shares on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Listing Exchange") may be halted in certain circumstances. If at any time the securities representing 10% or more of the Fund's portfolio become subject to a trading halt or otherwise do not have readily available market quotations, the Manager will request the Listing Exchange to halt trading of the Fund. There may be other instances that require a trading halt. Specifically, if there is a discrepancy of sufficient magnitude in the Fund's VIIV calculation, the Manager will request the Listing Exchange to halt trading. This "circuit breaker" is designed to prevent the VIIV from reflecting outlier prices.
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Early Close/Trading Halt Risk - An exchange or market may close early or issue trading halts on portfolio securities. In times of market volatility, if trading is halted in some of the securities that the Fund holds, there may be a disconnect between the market
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price of those securities and the market price of the Fund. If at any time the securities representing 10% or more of the Fund's portfolio become subject to a trading halt or otherwise do not have readily available market quotations, the Manager will request the Listing Exchange to halt trading on the Fund, meaning that investors would not be able to trade their shares. During any such trading halt, the VIIV would continue to be calculated and disseminated. Trading halts may have a greater impact on the Fund than traditional ETFs because of its lack of transparency. Additionally, the Manager monitors the bid and ask quotations for the securities the Fund holds, and, if it determines that such a security does not have readily available market quotations (such as during an extended trading halt), it will post that fact and the name and weighting of that security in the Fund's VIIV calculation on the Fund's web site. This information should permit market participants to calculate the effect of that security on the VIIV calculation, determine their own fair value of the disclosed portfolio security, and better judge the accuracy of that day's VIIV for the Fund. An extended trading halt in a portfolio security could exacerbate discrepancies between the VIIV and the Fund's NAV.
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Authorized Participant/ AP Representative Concentration Risk - The creation and redemption process for the Fund occurs through a confidential brokerage account ("Confidential Account") with an agent, called an "AP Representative," on behalf of authorized participants who have entered into agreements with the Fund's distributor ("Authorized Participants") and Confidential Account agreements with an AP Representative. Each day, the AP Representative will be given the names and quantities of the securities to be deposited, in the case of a creation, or redeemed, in the case of a redemption (a "Basket"), allowing the AP Representative to buy and sell positions in the portfolio securities to permit creations or redemptions on the Authorized Participant's behalf, without disclosing the information to the Authorized Participant. The Fund may have a limited number of institutions that act as Authorized Participants and AP Representatives, none of which are obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to process creation and/or redemption orders, Fund shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting. This risk may be more pronounced in volatile markets, potentially where there are significant redemptions in ETFs generally. The fact that the Fund is offering a novel and unique structure may result in fewer entities willing to act as Authorized Participants and AP Representatives. During times of market stress, Authorized Participants may be more likely to step away from this type of ETF than a traditional ETF.
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Market Trading Risk - The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active trading market for Fund shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility and disruption in the creation and/or redemption process of the Fund. Any of these factors, among others, may lead to the Fund's shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV. Thus, you may pay more (or less) than NAV when you buy shares of the Fund in the secondary market, and you may receive less (or more) than NAV when you sell those shares in the secondary market. The Manager cannot predict whether shares will trade above (premium), below (discount) or at NAV.
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Premium/Discount Risk - Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on the Listing Exchange and are bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices that may differ from their most recent NAV. The market value of the Fund's shares will fluctuate, in some cases materially, in response to changes in the Fund's NAV, the intraday value of the Fund's holdings, and the relative supply and demand for the Fund's shares on the Listing Exchange. Although the Fund is intended to provide investors with enough information to allow for an effective arbitrage mechanism that will keep the market price of the Fund at or close to the Fund's NAV, there is a risk (which may increase during periods of market disruption or volatility) that market prices for Fund shares will vary significantly from the Fund's NAV. This risk may be greater for the Fund than for traditional ETFs that disclose their full portfolio holdings on a daily basis because the publication of the VIIV does not provide the same level of transparency as the publication of the full portfolio by a fully transparent active ETF. This could cause the Fund's shares to have wider bid/ask spreads and larger premiums/discounts than fully transparent ETFs using the same investment strategies. During such periods, you may be unable to sell your shares or may incur significant losses if you sell your shares. There are various methods by which investors can purchase and sell shares and various types of orders that may be placed. Investors should consult their financial intermediary before purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. If a shareholder purchases shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may pay significantly more or receive significantly less than the underlying value of the Fund shares and may sustain losses. The Fund cannot predict whether shares will trade above (premium), below (discount) or at NAV.
Investment Risk - An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest.
Market Risk - Your investment in Fund shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Fund. The value of these securities, like other investments, may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Local, regional or global events such as environmental or natural disasters, war, terrorism, pandemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, and similar public health threats, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and could result in increased premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV.
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Equity Securities Risk - As with any fund that invests in stocks, your investment will fluctuate in value, and the loss of your investment is a risk of investing. The Fund's price per share will fluctuate due to changes in the market prices of its investments. Also, the Fund's investments may not grow as fast as the rate of inflation and stocks tend to be more volatile than some other investments you could make, such as bonds.
Environmental, Social and/or Governance Sustainability-Related Securities Risk - The Sub-Adviser's use of an ESG Rating Agency to implement the Fund's investment strategy may result in the selection or exclusion of securities of certain issuers in and from the Fund's portfolio for reasons other than financial performance, and carries the risk that the Fund's investment returns may underperform funds that do not utilize an ESG Rating Agency or employ another type of ESG investment strategy. The application of this strategy may affect the Fund's investment exposure to certain companies, sectors, regions, countries or types of investments, which could negatively impact the Fund's performance depending on whether such investments are in or out of favor. In evaluating a particular issuer's ESG rating, as well as the Fund's weighted average ESG rating, the Sub-Adviser relies exclusively on the ESG Rating Agency and, therefore, is dependent upon information and data from the ESG Rating Agency that may be incomplete or inaccurate, or that may present conflicting information and data with respect to an issuer than other third party ESG data providers utilized throughout the industry. Determining a company's ESG rating is inherently subjective and the ESG Rating Agency's assessment of a company, based on the ESG Rating Agency's proprietary methodology may differ from that of other third party ESG rating agencies, other funds, or an investor. As a result, the Fund may invest in companies that do not reflect the beliefs or values of any particular investor and may not be deemed to exhibit positive or favorable ESG characteristics if different metrics or ESG rating agencies were used to evaluate them. ESG standards differ by region and industry, and a company's ESG practices or the ESG Rating Agency's assessment of a company's ESG practices may change over time.
Mid Cap Securities Risk - There may be greater risk in investing in medium-capitalization companies rather than larger, more established companies due to such factors as inexperienced management and limited product lines or financial resources. It may also be difficult or impossible to liquidate a security position at a time and price acceptable to the Fund because of the potentially less frequent trading of stocks of smaller market capitalization.
Growth Securities Risk - Prices of growth stocks tend to be higher in relation to their companies' earnings and may be more sensitive to market, political and economic developments than other stocks, making their prices more volatile. An investment in the Fund may be better suited to investors who seek long-term capital growth and can tolerate fluctuations in their investment's value.
Sector Risk - The Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting business within a single sector, as defined by third party sources. Companies in the same sector may be similarly affected by economic, regulatory, political or market events or conditions, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that sector than a fund that has a more diversified portfolio. Generally, the more broadly the Fund invests, the more it spreads risk and potentially reduces the risks of loss and volatility.
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Industrials Sector Risk - The Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies in the industrials sector. Industrial companies are affected by supply and demand both for their specific product or service and for industrials sector products in general. Government regulation, world events, exchange rates and economic conditions, technological developments and liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities will likewise affect the performance of these companies. Aerospace and defense companies, a component of the industrials sector, can be significantly affected by government spending policies because companies involved in this industry rely, to a significant extent, on U.S. and foreign government demand for their products and services.
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Health Care Sector Risk - The Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of healthcare companies. At times, the performance of healthcare companies will lag the performance of other industries or the broader market as a whole, and the performance of such companies may be more volatile. Healthcare companies may also be significantly affected by intense competition, aggressive pricing, government regulation, technological innovations, product obsolescence, patent considerations, product compatibility and consumer preferences.
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Information Technology Sector Risk - The Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of technology-related companies. Therefore, the Fund may be more susceptible to particular risks that may affect companies in the information technology sector and technology-related sectors than if it were invested in a wider variety of companies in unrelated sectors. At times, the performance of such companies will lag the performance of other industries or the broader market as a whole. Certain technology related companies may face special risks that their products or services may not prove to be commercially successful. Technology related companies are also strongly affected by worldwide scientific or technological developments. As a result, their products may rapidly become obsolete. Such companies are also often subject to governmental regulation and may, therefore, be adversely affected by governmental policies. These factors may lead to limited earnings and/or failing profit margins. As a result, the value of technology related companies' securities may fall or fail to rise. Many technology related companies' securities have historically been more volatile than other securities, especially over the short term.
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Non-Diversification Risk - The Fund is a non-diversified investment company. Therefore, the Fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes in the market value of a single issuer and more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political, or regulatory occurrence than a fund that has a diversified portfolio.
Cash Position Risk - At times, the Fund may hold up to 15% of its net assets in cash (and cash equivalents), which may underperform relative to equity securities. U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government and generally have negligible credit risk. Investments in government money market funds are subject to interest rate risk, credit risk, and market risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that rising interest rates could cause the value of such an investment to decline. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer, guarantor or insurer of an obligation, or the counterparty to a transaction, may fail or become less able or unwilling to make timely payment of interest or principal or otherwise honor its obligations, or that it may default completely. If the other party to a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligation under the agreement, the Fund may suffer delays and incur costs or lose money in exercising its rights under the agreement. If the seller fails to repurchase the security and the market value of the security declines, the Fund may lose money.
Performance
No performance information will be presented until the Fund has been in operation for a full calendar year. Annual performance information gives some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by comparing the Fund's performance with a broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund's website at www.alger.com.
Management
Investment Manager
Portfolio Managers Jointly and Primarily Responsible for Day-to-Day Management of
the Fund
Fred Alger Management, LLC
Sub-Adviser
Weatherbie Capital, LLC*
H. George Dai, Ph.D.
Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager
Since Inception (March 2023)
Joshua D. Bennett, CFA
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager
Since Inception (March 2023)
*
Weatherbie, an affiliate of the Manager, sub-advises the Fund subject to the Manager's supervision and approval.
As the Fund is co-managed, the responsibilities of such portfolio managers may be shared, divided or otherwise assigned based on various factors including, but not limited to, the level of Fund assets to be managed, their overall experience, their sector expertise, and such other factors as the Manager believes are most efficient and effective. In all cases, each portfolio manager collaborates with the other portfolio manager(s) and analysts to develop overall strategy, outlook, and themes, which impact industry, sector and security allocations in the Fund. Responsibilities amongst portfolio managers may be fully or partially allocated to one of the portfolio managers for the purposes of day-to-day portfolio management and stock selection, implementation of trades, strategic and performance oversight, risk management, or oversight of guidelines, whether externally driven or internally developed by the Manager.
Shareholder Information
Purchasing and Redeeming Fund Shares
Individual Fund shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through a broker or dealer at a market price. Because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the "bid-ask spread"). Once the Fund commences operations, recent information, including information on the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, will be available on the Fund's website at www.alger.com.
Tax Information
The Fund's distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains. The Fund is actively managed, and as a result, investors may receive capital gains distributions annually.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as if your account is held at a bank), the Manager or the Fund's distributor may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial professional to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial professional or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
Fred Alger & Company, LLC 100 Pearl Street, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10004 / (800) 223-3810 / www.alger.com
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