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Convergence Long/Short Equity ETF
Trading Symbol: CLSE

Listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.

Summary Prospectus
March 28, 2025
www.investcip.com

Before you invest, you may want to review the Convergence Long/Short Equity ETF’s (the “Fund”) prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund online at http://https://www.investcip.com/etfstrategies.html. You may also obtain this information at no cost by calling 877-677-9414 or by sending an email to info@investcip.com. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated March 28, 2025, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.

Investment Objective
The investment objective of the Convergence Long/Short Equity ETF (the “Fund”) is to seek long-term capital growth.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.


Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees0.95%
Other Expenses0.00%
Dividends and Interest on Short Positions(1)0.49%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses1.44%
(1)“Dividends and Interest on Short Positions” reflect interest expense and dividends paid on borrowed securities. Interest expenses result from the Fund’s use of prime brokerage arrangements to execute short sales. Dividends paid on borrowed securities are an expense of short sales. These expenses are required to be treated as a Fund expense for accounting purposes and are not payable to Convergence Investment Partners, LLC (the “Adviser”). Any interest expense amount or dividends paid on securities sold short will vary based on the Fund’s use of those investments as an investment strategy best suited to seek the investment objective of the Fund.

Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the costs 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 hold or redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

1 Year3 Years5 Years10 Years
$147$456$787$1,724

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 transaction costs and potentially higher taxes, which are not reflected in the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 225.05% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in long and short positions in equity
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securities of domestic companies. The Fund focuses primarily on companies with medium and large market capitalizations, although the Fund may establish long and short positions in companies of any market capitalization. The Fund will hold long (purchase) securities that the Adviser believes will outperform the market, and will sell short securities expected to underperform the market.

The Fund intends to maintain a net long exposure (the market value of long positions minus the market value of short positions) of approximately 50% to 100%. Under normal market conditions, the Fund’s long positions may range from approximately 90% to 150% and its short positions may range from approximately 20% to 70%.

In making investment decisions for the Fund, the Adviser utilizes a proprietary stock ranking process. This stock ranking process is based on the philosophy that fundamentally sound companies are rewarded while fundamentally inferior companies are punished. Additionally, this process was designed to capture the best attributes of both quantitative and fundamental methods. Unlike traditional fundamental stock picking, quantitative management allows for broader coverage and increased data utilization. The Adviser seeks to maximize return while minimizing the risk assumed by the Fund through a stock ranking process that measures what market participants are rewarding or punishing. The Adviser systematically measures both current factor exposures for company stocks and the market’s factor preferences and tilts the Fund’s investment portfolio towards stocks that are ranked highly by the Adviser from a fundamental perspective. The factors the Adviser evaluates as part of its stock ranking process include, but are not limited to, valuation, growth, momentum, and quality.

Valuation factors help to identify stocks that appear inexpensive relative to other companies based on fundamental measures. The Adviser evaluates valuation factors such as price-to-value ratios, earnings, enterprise value, cash flow, revenues, and yield.
Growth factors seek to identify stocks that exhibit signs of higher-than-average growth metrics. The Adviser evaluates growth factors such as the growth rates in company earnings, revenue, and cash flow, in addition to assessing the rate of change of these growth rates.
Momentum factors quantify trends in both price and fundamentals. The Adviser evaluates momentum factors such as the strength and duration of stock price movements, as well as fundamental trends in a company’s cash flow, earnings, and sales.
Quality factors differentiate companies based on a variety of corporate health and stability measures. The Adviser evaluates quality factors such as the stability of a company’s earnings and cash flow, the strength of the balance sheet, and profit margins.

The Adviser aggregates similar measures into factors and each measure is equally weighted. The Adviser’s buy and sell decisions are primarily driven by this investment process. Applying these indicators, the Adviser takes long or short positions in stocks that it believes are favorably ranked.

Principal Risks
Before investing in the Fund, you should carefully consider your own investment goals, the amount of time you are willing to leave your money invested, and the amount of risk you are willing to take. Remember, in addition to possibly not achieving your investment goals, you could lose all or a portion of your investment in the Fund over long or even short periods of time. 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 principal risks of investing in the Fund are:

General Market Risk. Certain securities selected for the Fund’s portfolio may be worth less than the price originally paid for them, or less than they were worth at an earlier time..
Short Sales Risk. The value of a security sold short may increase prior to the scheduled delivery date, and because the market price of the security sold short could increase without limit, the Fund could be subject to a theoretically unlimited loss.
Management Risk. Investment strategies employed by the Adviser in selecting investments and asset allocations for the Fund may not result in an increase in the value of your investment or in overall performance equal to other investments.
ETF Risk. The Fund is an ETF and, as a result of an ETF’s structure, it is exposed to the following risks:
Authorized Participants, Market Makers, and Liquidity Providers Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants (“APs”). In addition, there may be a limited number of market makers and/or liquidity providers in the marketplace. To the extent either of the following events occur, Shares may trade at a material discount to NAV and possibly face delisting: (i) APs exit the business or otherwise become unable to process creation and/or redemption orders and no other APs step forward to perform these services, or (ii) market makers and/or liquidity providers exit the business or significantly reduce their business activities and no other entities step forward to perform their functions.
Cash Redemption Risk. The Fund’s investment strategy may require it to redeem Shares for cash or to otherwise include cash as part of its redemption proceeds. The Fund may be required to sell or unwind portfolio investments to obtain the cash
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needed to distribute redemption proceeds. This may cause the Fund to realize a capital gain that it might not have realized if it had made a redemption in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher annual capital gain distributions than if the in-kind redemption process was used. To the extent that the transaction fees charged for redemptions of creation units is insufficient to cover the Fund’s transaction costs of selling portfolio securities, the Fund’s performance equal to other investments could be negatively impacted.
Costs of Buying or Selling Shares. Due to the costs of buying or selling Shares, including brokerage commissions imposed by brokers and bid/ask spreads, frequent trading of Shares may significantly reduce investment results and an investment in Shares may not be advisable for investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Shares May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. As with all ETFs, Shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. As a result, investors in the Fund may pay significantly more or receive significantly less for Shares than the Fund’s NAV. Although it is expected that the market price of Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price of Shares is more than the NAV intra-day (premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (discount) due to supply and demand of Shares or during periods of market volatility. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility, periods of steep market declines, and periods when there is limited trading activity for Shares in the secondary market, in which case such premiums or discounts may be significant. Such conditions may also cause the bid/ask spreads for an ETF to widen.
Trading. Although Shares are listed for trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”) and may be traded on U.S. exchanges other than the Exchange, there can be no assurance that Shares will trade with any volume, or at all, on any stock exchange. In stressed market conditions, the liquidity of Shares may begin to mirror the liquidity of the Fund’s underlying portfolio holdings, which can be significantly less liquid than Shares. This could lead to an increase in the bid/ask spread for the Shares or the shares trading at a price that is higher or lower than the Fund’s NAV.
Recent Market Events Risk. U.S. and international markets have experienced and may continue to experience significant periods of volatility in recent years and months due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors including uncertainty regarding inflation and central banks’ interest rate changes, the possibility of a national or global recession, trade tensions, political events and geopolitical conflicts. As a result of continuing political tensions and armed conflicts, including the wars in Europe and the Middle East, markets have experienced increased volatility and may continue to do so. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent market conditions or other events may have an adverse effect on the performance of the Fund.
Common Stock Risk. Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change.
Large-Capitalization Company Risk. Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors. Also, large-capitalization companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Medium-Capitalization Company Risk. Medium-capitalization companies in which the Fund may invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, these mid-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, mid-cap stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies.
Small- and Micro-Capitalization Company Risk. Generally, small- and micro-capitalization companies have more potential for rapid growth. They also often involve greater risk than larger companies, and these risks are passed on to the Fund. These smaller-capitalization companies may not have the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies, and, therefore, their securities tend to be more volatile than the securities of larger, more established companies, making them less liquid than other securities.
High Portfolio Turnover Rate Risk. The Fund may have a relatively high turnover rate compared to many registered funds. A high portfolio turnover rate (100% or more) has the potential to result in increased brokerage transaction costs which may lower the Fund’s returns. Furthermore, a high portfolio turnover rate may result in the realization by the Fund, and distribution to shareholders, of a greater amount of capital gains, including short-term capital gains, than if the Fund had a low portfolio turnover rate. Distributions to shareholders of short-term capital gains are taxed as ordinary income under federal income tax laws. This could result in a higher tax liability and may lower an investor’s after-tax return.
Cybersecurity Risk. With the widespread use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. Cyber incidents affecting the Fund or its service
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providers have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs.

Performance
The Fund is an exchange-traded fund. It is the successor to the Convergence Long/Short Equity Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Predecessor Fund”) that operated as a mutual fund. The Predecessor Fund converted to an ETF as a result of the reorganization of the Predecessor Fund into the Fund on February 18, 2022 (the “Reorganization”). As a result of the Reorganization, the Fund adopted the financial and performance history of the Predecessor Fund. Accordingly, the performance shown in the bar chart and performance table for periods from January 1, 2015 to February 18, 2022, represents the performance of the Predecessor Fund. The Predecessor Fund was also advised by the Adviser and had the same investment objective and substantially similar strategies as the Fund. Prior to the Reorganization, the Fund had not yet commenced operations. Returns of the Fund will be different from returns of the Predecessor Fund because they have different expenses.

The performance information demonstrates the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s (and the Predecessor Fund’s) performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s (and the Predecessor Fund’s) average annual returns for the one-year, five-year and ten-year periods compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Remember, 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.investcip.com or by calling the Fund toll-free at 877-677-9414.

Calendar Year Returns as of December 31
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During the period shown in the bar chart, the best performance for the Fund for a quarter was19.70% (for the quarter ended March 31, 2024). The worst performance for the Fund was -18.08% (for the quarter ended March 31, 2020).
Average Annual Total Returns
(Periods Ended December 31, 2024)
One YearFive YearsTen Years
Return Before Taxes35.36%12.80%10.49%
Return After Taxes on Distributions35.03%11.55%8.22%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares21.11%9.77%7.58%
Russell 3000® Total Return Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
23.81%13.86%12.55%

Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect and do not reflect the effect of state and local taxes. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred or other tax-advantaged arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).

Management

Investment Adviser
Convergence Investment Partners, LLC is the Fund’s investment adviser.

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Portfolio Managers
David J. Abitz, CFA, President and Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served as a portfolio manager for the Fund since its inception in February 2022 and the Predecessor Fund since it commenced operations in December 2009. Mr. Justin Neuberg, CFA, has served as a portfolio manager for the Fund since its inception in February 2022 and the Predecessor Fund since March 2016. Mr. Abitz and Mr. Neuberg are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investment portfolio.

Purchase and Sale of Shares
The Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in large blocks known as “Creation Units,” which only APs (typically, broker-dealers) may purchase or redeem. The Fund generally issues and redeems Creation Units in exchange for a portfolio of securities closely approximating the holdings of the Fund (the “Deposit Securities”) and/or a designated amount of U.S. cash.

Shares are listed on the Exchange, and individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in the secondary market through a broker or dealer at market prices, rather than NAV. Because 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 (the “bid” price) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (the “ask” price) when buying or selling Shares in the secondary market. This difference in bid and asked prices is often referred to as the “bid-ask spread”.

Recent information about the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads can also be found on the Fund’s website at www.investcip.com.
Tax Information
The Fund’s distributions will be taxed as ordinary income or long-term capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred or other tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. You may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from tax-deferred arrangements.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (a “Financial Intermediary”), the Adviser or its affiliates may pay Financial Intermediaries for certain activities related to the Fund, including participation in activities that are designed to make Financial Intermediaries more knowledgeable about exchange traded products, including the Fund, or for other activities, such as marketing, educational training or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Financial Intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Any such arrangements do not result in increased Fund expenses. Ask your financial adviser or visit the Financial Intermediary’s website for more information.
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