The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of the small-capitalization value sector of the U.S. equity market. It is a subset of the S&P SmallCap 600 (the Parent Index) and consists of those stocks in the Parent Index exhibiting the strongest value characteristics, as determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the Index Provider or SPDJI), a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. The value characteristics used by the Index Provider are book value to price ratio, earnings to price ratio and sales to price ratio. The Underlying Index represented approximately 49 percent of the market capitalization of the Parent Index as of March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2024, stocks must have a market capitalization between dollar 900 million and dollar 5.8 billion for initial inclusion in the Parent Index; this range and constituents' market capitalization may fluctuate depending on the overall level of the equity markets.