The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500 Value Index (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of the large-capitalization value sector of the U.S. equity market. It is a subset of the S&P 500 (the Parent Index) and consists of those stocks in the Parent Index exhibiting the strongest value characteristics, as determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the Index Provider or SPDJI), a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc. The value characteristics used by the Index Provider are book value to price ratio, earnings to price ratio and sales to price ratio. The Underlying Index represented approximately 45.4 percent of the market capitalization of the Parent Index as of March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2024, stocks must have a market capitalization of at least dollar 15.8 billion for initial inclusion in the Parent Index; this threshold and constituents' market capitalization may fluctuate depending on the overall level of the equity markets.