SPDR S&P 500(R) BUYBACK ETF (SPYB) Exchange: NYSE ARCA

DELISTED - In seeking to track the performance of the S&P 500 Buyback Index (the “Index”), the Fund employs a sampling strategy, which means that the Fund is not required to purchase all of the securities represented in the Index. Instead, the Fund may purchase a subset of the securities in the Index in an effort to hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk and return characteristics of the Index. The quantity of holdings in the Fund will be based on a number of factors, including asset size of the Fund. Based on its analysis of these factors, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM” or the “Adviser”), the investment adviser to the Fund, either may invest the Fund's assets in a subset of securities in the Index or may invest the Fund's assets in substantially all of the securities represented in the Index in approximately the same proportions as the Index, as determined by the Adviser to be in the best interest of the Fund in pursuing its objective.Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index. In addition, in seeking to track the Index, the Fund may invest in equity securities that are not included in the Index, cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds (including money market funds advised by the Adviser). In seeking to track the Index, the Fund's assets will generally be concentrated in an industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index concentrates in a particular industry or group of industries.The Index provides exposure to the 100 constituent companies in the S&P 500® with the highest buyback ratio in the last 12 month period ending one quarter before the rebalance reference date (defined below). The S&P 500 Index focuses on the large capitalization U.S. equity market, including common stock and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The selection universe for the S&P 500 Index includes all U.S.-domiciled, as determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, common equities listed on the NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Select Market, Investors Exchange (IEX), NASDAQ Capital Market, Cboe BZX, Cboe BYX, Cboe EDGA, or Cboe EDGX with market capitalizations of $8.2 billion or more at the time of inclusion. The minimum required capitalization may be revised by the Index Provider (as defined below) at any time. A “buyback” occurs when a company buys back its own shares from the marketplace, reducing the number of shares outstanding. At each rebalancing reference date, the buyback ratio is defined as the monetary amount of cash paid for common shares bought back in the last four calendar quarters with interim reports available divided by the total market capitalization of common shares at the beginning of the buyback period.Constituents are equally weighted and the Index is rebalanced quarterly. The rebalancing reference dates are the last trading day of March, June, September and December. Index rebalancings are effective after market close on the third Friday of the month following the reference date. As of August 31, 2019, a significant portion of the Fund comprised companies in the consumer discretionary, financial and technology sectors, although this may change from time to time. As of August 31, 2019, the Index comprised 100 stocks.The Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or the Adviser. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.