Innovator Capital plans liquidation of Innovator Uncapped Bitcoin ETF

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: Innovator ETFs(®) Announces Liquidation of an Exchange-Traded Fund Innovator Capital Management, LLC (“Innovator”), the investment adviser for the Innovator Uncapped Bitcoin 20 Floor ETF(®) — Quarterly (the “Fund”), announced today that the Fund’s Board of Trustees, at the recommendation of Innovator, has approved a plan of liquidation for the Fund (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, which is effective as of September 16, 2026, the Fund will begin the process of liquidating portfolio assets and unwinding its affairs in an orderly fashion over time. The Plan is not subject to shareholder approval. Shareholders of the Fund may sell their shares on the Fund’s listing exchange, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., until market close on December 31, 2026, and may incur transaction fees from their broker-dealers. The Fund’s shares will no longer trade on the Fund’s listing exchange after market close on December 31, 2026, and the shares will subsequently be de-listed. Shareholders who continue to hold shares of the Fund on the Fund’s liquidation date, which is expected to be on or about January 8, 2027, will receive a liquidating distribution of cash in the cash portion of their brokerage accounts equal to the amount of the net asset value of their shares as of January 8, 2027. For tax purposes, shareholders will generally recognize a capital gain or loss equal to the amount received for their shares over their adjusted basis in such shares. The Fund will stop accepting creation orders from Authorized Participants on December 23, 2026. About Innovator Capital Management Innovator Capital Management is a leading active ETF sponsor and is the pioneer of outcome-based ETFs, most notably, the inaugural and largest lineup of Buffer ETFs™. The firm is committed to delivering innovative risk-managed strategies and managed 179 ETFs with approximately $36.4 billion in assets under management as of August 31, 2026. Innovatoretfs.com About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”) is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world. On April 1, 2026, GSAM Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, acquired Innovator and Innovator became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. The Innovator Uncapped Bitcoin 20 Floor ETF® — Quarterly seeks to provide investors with investment results that participate in a percentage of any positive price returns of bitcoin while providing a maximum loss of 20%, before fees and expenses, of any bitcoin price return losses, over successive three-month periods. The Fund provides exposure to bitcoin price returns by investing in FLEX Options tha