Morningstar® Investment Profile™   Morningstar® Disclosure   Format for Print CVT Russell 2000 Small Cap Idx I Release date as of 2024-10-31. Data on page is subject to change. Snapshot Ratings & Risk Portfolio Nuts & Bolts

Morningstar Report Overall Morningstar Rating™ What is this? As of 2024-10-31 Out of 569 Small Blend Funds Morningstar® Style Box™ What is this? As of 2024-09-30 Total Fund Assets ($ Mil) 277.2 View Historical Morningstar Star Ratings and Definitions

Investment Objective & Strategy   The investment seeks investment results that correspond to the investment performance of U.S. common stocks, as represented by the Russell 2000® Index. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in investments with economic characteristics similar to small cap stocks as represented in the index. The index is an unmanaged index comprising common stocks of approximately 2,400 smaller U.S. companies that aims to include approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of the broader Russell 3000® Index.

Morningstar Category: Small Blend Small-blend portfolios favor U.S. firms at the smaller end of the market-capitalization range. Some aim to own an array of value and growth stocks while others employ a discipline that leads to holdings with valuations and growth rates close to the small-cap averages. Stocks in the bottom 10% of the capitalization of the U.S. equity market are defined as small cap. The blend style is assigned to portfolios where neither growth nor value characteristics predominate.

Investment Risks Small Cap Funds: Smaller companies typically have higher risk of failure, and are not as well established as larger blue-chip companies. Historically, the smaller company stocks have experienced a greater degree of market volatility than the overall market average.

Portfolio Profile Asset Allocation % of Net Assets U.S. Stocks 95.3 Non-U.S. Stocks 1.7 Bonds 0.3 Cash 2.7 Other 0.0 Data through 2024-09-30 Morningstar Equity Sectors % of Stocks Cyclical 38.54 Basic Materials 4.60 Consumer Cyclical 9.98 Financial Services 16.20 Real Estate 7.76 Sensitive 37.67 Communication Services 2.17 Energy 5.07 Industrials 15.63 Technology 14.80 Defensive 23.78 Consumer Defensive 3.43 Healthcare 17.45 Utilities 2.90 Data through 2024-09-30 Holding Status Total Number of Stock Holdings 1992 Total Number of Bond Holdings 1 % of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings 5.55 Turnover % (as of 2023-12-31) 15.00 30 Day SEC Yield % 0.00 Top Holdings Sector P/E % of Net Assets iShares Russell 2000 ETF --- --- 2.24 Vaxcyte Inc Ordinary Shares --- 0.48 FTAI Aviation Ltd --- 0.48 Insmed Inc --- 0.41 Sprouts Farmers Market Inc 37.12 0.39 United States Treasury Bills 0% --- --- 0.35 Applied Industrial Technologies Inc 23.63 0.31 Fabrinet 29.75 0.31 Mueller Industries Inc 15.95 0.29 Fluor Corp 22.53 0.29 Data through 2024-09-30

Principal Risks    Lending, Long-Term Outlook and Projections, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Index Correlation/Tracking Error, Market/Market Volatility, Equity Securities, ETF, Industry and Sector Investing, Restricted/Illiquid Securities, Derivatives, Shareholder Activity, Passive Management, Small Cap, Real Estate/REIT Sector, Money Market Fund Ownership Show Risk Definitions

Other Information Inception Date: 2000-04-27 Portfolio Manager(s) Kevin L. Keene   (2008-11-30) Kevin L. Keene, CFA May 2014 -present: Portfolio Manager, Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. April 2013-April 2014: Assistant Portfolio Manager, Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 2011-2013: Senior Analyst, Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 2008-2011: Equity Index and Derivatives Analyst, Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. Investment Advisor(s) Calvert Research and Management Issuer Calvert Research and Management Subadvisor(s) Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc

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