Company NEXT FUNDS TOPIX-17 Automobiles & Transportation Equipment ETF

NEXT FUNDS TOPIX-17 AUTOMOBILES & TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT ETF (the Fund) is an index-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Japan. The Fund is an open-type stock investment fund with an indefinite term of the project. The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Tokyo Stock Exchange stock price index (TOPIX)-17 AUTOMOBILES & TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, a weighted index calculated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in the component stocks of the TOPIX-17 AUTOMOBILES & TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT and stocks which are scheduled to become such component stocks, and intends to construct and maintain the portfolio, which is similar in composition to the TOPIX-17 AUTOMOBILES & TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT. The asset manager of the Fund is Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.