● RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UTILITIES SECTOR WITH RESPECT TO THE FUND —
All or substantially all of the equity securities held by the Fund are issued by companies whose primary line of business is directly
associated with the utilities sector. As a result, the value of the notes may be subject to greater volatility and be more adversely
affected by a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting this sector than a different investment linked to securities
of a more broadly diversified group of issuers. Utility companies are affected by supply and demand, operating costs, government
regulation, environmental factors, liabilities for environmental damage and general civil liabilities and rate caps or rate changes.
Although rate changes of a regulated utility usually fluctuate in approximate correlation with financing costs, due to political and
regulatory factors, rate changes ordinarily occur only following a delay after the changes in financing costs. This factor will tend to
favorably affect a regulated utility company’s earnings and dividends in times of decreasing costs, but conversely, will tend to
adversely affect earnings and dividends when costs are rising. The value of regulated utility equity securities may tend to have an
inverse relationship to the movement of interest rates. Certain utility companies have experienced full or partial deregulation in
recent years. These utility companies are frequently more similar to industrial companies in that they are subject to greater
competition and have been permitted by regulators to diversify outside of their original geographic regions and their traditional lines
of business. These opportunities may permit certain utility companies to earn more than their traditional regulated rates of return.
Some companies, however, may be forced to defend their core business and may be less profitable. In addition, natural disasters,
terrorist attacks, government intervention or other factors may render a utility company’s equipment unusable or obsolete and
negatively impact profitability. Among the risks that may affect utility companies are the following: risks of increases in fuel and
other operating costs; the high cost of borrowing to finance capital construction during inflationary periods; restrictions on
operations and increased costs and delays associated with compliance with environmental and nuclear safety regulations; and the
difficulties involved in obtaining natural gas for resale or fuel for generating electricity at reasonable prices. Other risks include
those related to the construction and operation of nuclear power plants, the effects of energy conservation and the effects of
regulatory changes. These factors could affect the utilities sector and could affect the value of the equity securities held by the
Fund and the price of the Fund during the term of the notes, which may adversely affect the value of your notes.
● YOU ARE EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF EACH UNDERLYING —
Payments on the notes are not linked to a basket composed of the Underlyings and are contingent upon the performance of each
individual Underlying. Poor performance by any of the Underlyings over the term of the notes may negatively affect whether you
will receive a Contingent Interest Payment on any Interest Payment Date and your payment at maturity and will not be offset or
mitigated by positive performance by any other Underlying.
● YOUR PAYMENT AT MATURITY WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE LEAST PERFORMING UNDERLYING.
● THE BENEFIT PROVIDED BY THE TRIGGER VALUE MAY TERMINATE ON THE FINAL REVIEW DATE —
If the Final Value of any Underlying is less than its Trigger Value and the notes have not been redeemed early, the benefit provided
by the Trigger Value will terminate and you will be fully exposed to any depreciation of the Least Performing Underlying.
● THE OPTIONAL EARLY REDEMPTION FEATURE MAY FORCE A POTENTIAL EARLY EXIT —
If we elect to redeem your notes early, the term of the notes may be reduced to as short as approximately three months and you
will not receive any Contingent Interest Payments after the applicable Interest Payment Date. There is no guarantee that you would
be able to reinvest the proceeds from an investment in the notes at a comparable return and/or with a comparable interest rate for
a similar level of risk. Even in cases where we elect to redeem your notes before maturity, you are not entitled to any fees and
commissions described on the front cover of this pricing supplement.
● YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE DIVIDENDS ON THE FUND OR THE SECURITIES INCLUDED IN OR HELD BY ANY UNDERLYING
OR HAVE ANY RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO THE FUND OR THOSE SECURITIES.
● THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND —
The Fund is subject to management risk, which is the risk that the investment strategies of the Fund’s investment adviser, the
implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results. These constraints could
adversely affect the market price of the shares of the Fund and, consequently, the value of the notes.
● THE PERFORMANCE AND MARKET VALUE OF THE FUND, PARTICULARLY DURING PERIODS OF MARKET VOLATILITY,
MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND’S UNDERLYING INDEX AS WELL AS THE NET ASSET
VALUE PER SHARE —
The Fund does not fully replicate its Underlying Index (as defined under “The Underlyings” below) and may hold securities different
from those included in its Underlying Index. In addition, the performance of the Fund will reflect additional transaction costs and
fees that are not included in the calculation of its Underlying Index. All of these factors may lead to a lack of correlation between
the performance of the Fund and its Underlying Index. In addition, corporate actions with respect to the equity securities underlying
the Fund (such as mergers and spin-offs) may impact the variance between the performances of the Fund and its Underlying
Index. Finally, because the shares of the Fund are traded on a securities exchange and are subject to market supply and investor
demand, the market value of one share of the Fund may differ from the net asset value per share of the Fund.
During periods of market volatility, securities underlying the Fund may be unavailable in the secondary market, market participants
may be unable to calculate accurately the net asset value per share of the Fund and the liquidity of the Fund may be adversely
affected. This kind of market volatility may also disrupt the ability of market participants to create and redeem shares of the Fund.
Further, market volatility may adversely affect, sometimes materially, the prices at which market participants are willing to buy and
sell shares of the Fund. As a result, under these circumstances, the market value of shares of the Fund may vary substantially from
the net asset value per share of the Fund. For all of the foregoing reasons, the performance of the Fund may not correlate with the
performance of its Underlying Index as well as the net asset value per share of the Fund, which could materially and adversely
affect the value of the notes in the secondary market and/or reduce any payment on the notes.
● THE ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTION FOR THE FUND IS LIMITED —
The calculation agent will make adjustments to the Share Adjustment Factor for certain events affecting the shares of the Fund.
However, the calculation agent will not make an adjustment in response to all events that could affect the shares of the Fund. If an
event occurs that does not require the calculation agent to make an adjustment, the value of the notes may be materially and
adversely affected.