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- Innovator Capital Management, LLC (Innovator) defines, issues, and manages exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with a focus on pioneering Defined Outcome ETFs™ that utilize FLEX options on the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (SPY) to provide investors with targeted upside exposure up to a predetermined cap and downside buffers against losses over specific one-year outcome periods; these include Ultra Buffer ETFs such as the Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - August (UAUG), which offers a 30% buffer and exposure to SPY returns up to an annual cap (e.g., 13.44% as of August 2024), alongside Buffer ETFs, 100% Buffer ETFs, Dual Directional Buffer ETFs, Growth ETFs, Income ETFs, and Power Buffer ETFs across monthly, quarterly, and multi-year series. The firm serves financial advisors, institutional investors, and individual investors seeking risk-managed equity exposure, primarily targeting the U.S. large-cap equity market through SPY-linked strategies that emphasize predictability in outcomes amid market volatility. Innovator operates from its headquarters in Wheaton, Illinois, where it was founded in 2017 by industry veterans Bruce Bond and John Southard, former co-founders of PowerShares ETFs. In recent developments, Innovator announced the launch of new Defined Outcome ETFs in 2025, including expansions to its Dual Directional ETF suite with the Innovator Equity Dual Directional 10 Buffer ETF – October (DDTO) and Innovator Equity Dual Directional 15 Buffer ETF – October (DDFO), designed to deliver positive returns in both rising and falling equity markets up to specified thresholds over a one-year period, as well as the Innovator 100% Buffer ETF – October (TOCT) providing full downside protection to a cap over two years. On December 1, 2025, Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire Innovator in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion, combining cash and stock, to bolster its asset and wealth management division with Innovator's $28 billion in assets under supervision across 159 ETFs as of September 30, 2025; the deal, expected to close in Q2 2026, will integrate Innovator as a wholly owned subsidiary under Goldman Sachs Asset Management, retaining its investment management and service providers while transitioning leadership including CEO Bruce Bond and over 60 employees.