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- WEBs ETF Trust – WEBs QQQ Defined Volatility ETF is a U.S.-domiciled, non-diversified exchange-traded fund launched on December 16, 2024 and listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the ticker DVQQ. The Fund is a series of WEBs ETF Trust and is advised by WEBs Investments Inc., an SEC-registered investment adviser founded in 2024 and headquartered in Park City, Utah; WEBs Investments Inc. is supported operationally and in distribution by Westwood Holdings Group Inc. The Fund provides investors with a passively managed, rules-based volatility-managed equity strategy designed to seek investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding to the Syntax Defined Volatility Triple Qs Index, which is created and maintained by Syntax LLC. DVQQ seeks exposure to the total return performance of the Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1, including capital appreciation, dividends and distributions, while targeting an annual volatility rate of 22%. Its investment products and portfolio instruments include shares of Invesco QQQ Trust; over-the-counter total-return swap agreements referencing Invesco QQQ Trust; cash and cash equivalents; U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds; money market funds; fixed-income ETFs; collateralized repurchase agreements; commercial paper; and other high-quality short-term debt instruments. The Fund generally invests at least 80% of net assets, including borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments intended to provide the Index’s investment results. The Index dynamically adjusts exposure to Invesco QQQ Trust based on its trailing 21-day realized volatility, increasing exposure, potentially through swap-based leverage, when volatility is below the 22% target and reducing exposure through cash or cash-like holdings when volatility exceeds the target; exposure may range from 0% to 200% of the underlying ETF. Accordingly, DVQQ provides indirect exposure principally to large-capitalization, Nasdaq-100-oriented U.S. equities across information technology, communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, health care, industrials, utilities, materials, energy, real estate and financial services, with a material concentration in technology to the extent reflected in Invesco QQQ Trust. The Fund serves retail, intermediary, institutional and private-wealth investors seeking a volatility-defined alternative to direct investment in Nasdaq-100-related equities. In October 2025, WEBs Investments renamed the Fund from WEBs Defined Volatility QQQ ETF to WEBs QQQ Defined Volatility ETF as part of a broader rebranding of its Defined Volatility ETF suite intended to clarify each fund’s underlying exposure and unify product naming. In August 2026, the Board of Trustees of WEBs ETF Trust approved a plan to close and liquidate DVQQ; trading was scheduled to halt after the close of business on August 26, 2026, new creation purchases were to cease on the same date, and liquidation was scheduled to occur after the close of business on August 31, 2026.