Notice regarding settlement of all stock index futures held by "NEXT FUNDS JPX-Nikkei 400 Leveraged Index Exchange Traded Fund"

Nomura Asset Management hereby announces that for the NEXT FUNDS JPX-Nikkei 400 Leveraged Index Exchange Traded Fund (hereinafter referred to as "this ETF") (code: 1470) we conducted the full settlement of all stock index futures that this ETF holds as trust property, in order to fund the early redemption.

As a result, the net asset value per unit of the ETF will no longer track the price movements of the JPX-Nikkei 400 Leveraged Index.

Please refer to the following for the schedule of early redemption.

Monday, June 28, 2021: Final date of trading on TSE
Tuesday, June 29, 2021: Date of delisting from TSE
Wednesday, June 30, 2021: Trust termination date
Friday, August 6, 2021: Payment of redemption proceeds will begin