AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

Exhibit 4

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 27th day of March, 2020, by and between Reality Shares ETF Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of the DIVCON Dividend Guard ETF (the “Acquired Fund”), and the Trust, on behalf of the DIVCON Dividend Defender ETF (the “Surviving Fund” and, together with the Acquired Fund, the “Funds”). Reality Shares Advisors, LLC (“Reality Shares”) joins this Agreement solely for purposes of Sections 14(b) and 18(b). Except for the Funds, no other series of the Trust are parties to this Agreement. The Trust has its principal place of business at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.

WHEREAS, the Trust was organized as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2013 and is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); and

WHEREAS, each Fund is a separate investment series of the Trust and the Acquired Fund owns securities that generally are assets of the character in which the Surviving Fund is permitted to invest; and

WHEREAS, each Fund is authorized to issue shares of beneficial interest; and

WHEREAS, the Funds intend (i) this Agreement to be, and adopt it as, a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g), and (ii) that for United States federal income tax purposes the transaction contemplated by this Agreement constitutes a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; and

WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust, including a majority of Trustees that are not “interested persons,” as such term is defined in section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, of the Trust have determined that the transactions contemplated herein are in the best interests of each Fund and that the interests of each Fund’s existing shareholders will not be diluted as a result;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree to enter into a transaction pursuant to which: (i) the Acquired Fund will transfer all of its assets to the Surviving Fund solely in exchange for (a) the Surviving Fund’s assumption of all of the liabilities of the Acquired Fund, (b) shares of beneficial interest of the Surviving Fund (“Surviving Fund Shares”) of equal value (taking into account cash in lieu of fractional Surviving Fund Shares) to the net assets of the Acquired Fund being acquired, and (c) cash in lieu of fractional Surviving Fund Shares, and (ii) the Acquired Fund will distribute, at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 13 of this Agreement), the Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of fractional Surviving Fund Shares to holders of shares of the Acquired Fund (“Acquired Fund Shares”), in redemption of all outstanding Acquired Fund Shares and in connection with the complete liquidation and termination of the Acquired Fund, all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement. The parties hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:

1. Plan of Reorganization. At the Closing Date, the Acquired Fund shall assign, deliver and otherwise transfer all of its assets and good and marketable title thereto, and assign all of the liabilities as are set forth in a statement of assets and liabilities, to be prepared as of the Valuation Time (as defined in Section 5 of this Agreement) (the “Statement of Assets and Liabilities”), to the Surviving Fund, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and adverse claims except as provided in this Agreement, and the Surviving Fund shall acquire all assets, and shall assume all liabilities of the Acquired Fund, and the Surviving Fund shall deliver to the Acquired Fund a number of Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of fractional Surviving Fund Shares that in the aggregate are equivalent in value to the Acquired Fund Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date. Shareholders of record of the Acquired Fund at the Closing Date shall be credited with Surviving Fund Shares and, as necessary, cash in lieu of any outstanding fractional Surviving Fund Shares, owned immediately prior to the Closing Date. The assets and liabilities of the Acquired Fund shall be exclusively assigned to and assumed by the Surviving Fund. All debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the Acquired Fund, to the extent that they exist at or after the Closing Date, shall after the Closing Date attach to the Surviving Fund and may be enforced against the Surviving Fund to the same extent as if the same had been incurred by the Surviving Fund. The events outlined in this Section 1 are referred to herein collectively as the “Reorganization.”

2. Transfer of Assets.

(a) The assets of the Acquired Fund to be acquired by the Surviving Fund and allocated thereto shall include, without limitation, all cash, cash equivalents, securities, receivables (including interest and dividends receivable) as set forth in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, as well as any claims or rights of action or rights to register shares under applicable securities laws, any books or records of the Acquired Fund and other property owned by the Acquired Fund at the Closing Date.

(b) The Surviving Fund will, within a reasonable time prior to the Closing Date, furnish the Acquired Fund with a list of the securities and investments, if any, on the Acquired Fund’s list referred to in the second sentence of this paragraph that do not conform to the Surviving Fund’s investment objectives, policies, and restrictions. The Acquired Fund will, within a reasonable period of time (not less than 30 days) prior to the Closing Date, furnish the Surviving Fund with a list of its portfolio securities and other investments. In the event that the Acquired Fund holds any investments that the Surviving Fund may not hold, the Acquired Fund, if requested by the Surviving Fund, will dispose of such investments prior to the Closing Date. In addition, if it is determined that the Acquired Fund and the Surviving Fund portfolios, when aggregated, would contain investments exceeding certain percentage limitations imposed upon the Surviving Fund with respect to such investments, the Acquired Fund, if requested by the Surviving Fund, will dispose of a sufficient amount of such investments as may be necessary to avoid violating such limitations as of the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein will require the Acquired Fund to dispose of any investments or securities if, in the reasonable judgment of the Acquired Fund, such disposition would either violate the Acquired Fund’s fiduciary duty to its shareholders or adversely affect the tax-free nature of the Reorganization (including the customary representations to be made by the Acquired Fund with respect to the opinion described below).

(c) The Acquired Fund shall direct The Bank of New York Mellon, as custodian for the Acquired Fund (the “Custodian”), to deliver, at or prior to the Closing Date, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that: (i) assets have been delivered in proper form to the Surviving Fund at the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the assets, including all applicable foreign, federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made. The Acquired Fund’s portfolio investments represented by a certificate or other written instrument shall be transferred and delivered by the Acquired Fund as of the Closing Date for the account of the Surviving Fund duly endorsed in proper form for transfer in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof. The Custodian shall deliver prior to or as of the Closing Date by book entry, in accordance with the customary practices of any securities depository, as defined in Rule 17f-4 under the 1940 Act, in which the Acquired Fund’s assets are deposited, the Acquired Fund’s assets deposited with such depositories. The cash to be transferred by the Acquired Fund shall be delivered by wire transfer of federal funds prior to or as of the Closing Date.

(d) The Acquired Fund shall direct The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as the Trust’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), on behalf of the Acquired Fund, to deliver prior to or as of the Closing Date a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records contain the names and addresses of the holders of the Acquired Fund Shares and the number and percentage ownership of outstanding shares of each class owned by each shareholder immediately prior to the Closing Date. The Surviving Fund shall issue and deliver a confirmation evidencing the Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of fractional Surviving Fund Shares to be credited at the Closing Date to the Secretary of the Acquired Fund, or provide evidence that the Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of fractional Surviving Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Fund’ account on the books of the Surviving Fund. No later than the Closing Date, each party shall deliver to the other such xxxx of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein fractional Surviving Fund Shares will not be issued to the holders of Acquired Fund Shares. If the calculation of the pro rata distribution amount of Surviving Fund Shares to any holder of Acquired Fund Shares results in fractional Surviving Fund Shares, such holder of Acquired Fund Shares will receive an amount in cash equal to the net asset value of the fractional Surviving Fund Shares at the Closing. All issued and outstanding Acquired Fund Shares, and certificates representing such Acquired Fund Shares, if any, will simultaneously be cancelled on the books of the Acquired Fund. The Surviving Fund will not issue certificates representing Surviving Fund shares.

3. Calculations.

(a) The number of Surviving Fund Shares to be issued and amount of cash in lieu of fractional Surviving Fund Shares to be distributed in exchange for the Acquired Fund’s assets pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall be determined by multiplying the outstanding shares of the Acquired Fund by the ratio computed by dividing the net asset value per share of the Acquired Fund by the net asset value per share of the Surviving Fund on the Valuation Date, determined in accordance with Section 3(b). Shareholders of record of the Acquired Fund at the Closing Date shall be credited with Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of any fractional Surviving Fund Shares held. Any cash in lieu of any fractional Surviving Fund Shares owed to an Acquired Fund shareholder will be calculated in accordance with Section 1(e).

(b) The net asset value per share of the Surviving Fund shall be the net asset value per share computed as of the time at which the Surviving Fund’s net asset value is calculated at the Valuation Time, in accordance with the pricing policies and procedures adopted by the Trust as described in the then current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Funds under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”).

4. Valuation of Assets. The value of the assets of the Acquired Fund shall be the value of such assets computed as of the time at which the Acquired Fund’s net asset value is calculated at the Valuation Time. The net asset value of the assets of the Acquired Fund to be transferred to the Surviving Fund shall be computed by the Acquired Fund. In determining the value of the securities transferred by the Acquired Fund to the Surviving Fund, each security shall be priced in accordance with the pricing policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. For such purposes, price quotations and the security characteristics relating to establishing such quotations shall be determined by the Acquired Fund, provided that such determination shall be subject to the approval of the Surviving Fund. The Acquired Fund and the Surviving Fund agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to resolve, prior to the Valuation Time, any material pricing differences.

5. Valuation Time. The valuation time shall be 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 27, 2020, or such earlier or later date and time as may be mutually agreed in writing by an authorized officer of the Funds (the “Valuation Time”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that at the Valuation Time, (a) the New York Stock Exchange shall be closed to trading or trading thereon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that, in the judgment of the Trust, accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquired Fund is impracticable, the Valuation Time shall be postponed until the second business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed without restriction or disruption, reporting shall have been restored and accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquired Fund is practicable.

6. Liquidation of the Acquired Fund and Cancellation of Shares. At the Closing Date, the Acquired Fund will liquidate and the Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of any fractional Surviving Fund Shares received by the Acquired Fund will be distributed to the shareholders of record of the Acquired Fund as of the Closing Date in exchange for their Acquired Fund Shares and in complete liquidation of the Acquired Fund. Such liquidation and distribution will be accompanied by the establishment of an open account on the share records of the Surviving Fund in the name of each shareholder of the Acquired Fund that represents the respective number of Surviving Fund Shares and amount of cash in lieu of any fractional Surviving Fund Shares due such shareholder. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Acquired Fund shall be cancelled on the books of the Trust at the Closing Date and shall thereafter represent only the right to receive Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of any fractional Surviving Fund Shares. The Acquired Fund’s transfer books shall be closed permanently. The Trust also shall take any and all other steps as shall be necessary and proper to effect a complete termination of the Acquired Fund.

7. Representations and Warranties of the Surviving Fund. The Surviving Fund represents and warrants to the Acquired Fund as follows:

(a) The Surviving Fund has been duly established as a separate investment series of the Trust, which is a statutory trust duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b) The Trust is registered as an investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as an investment company under the 1940 Act is in full force and effect.

(c) The shares of the Surviving Fund have been duly established and represent a fractional undivided interest in the Surviving Fund. The issued and outstanding shares of the Surviving Fund are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. There are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire from the Trust any shares or equity interests of the Surviving Fund or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or which otherwise confer on the holder thereof any right to acquire, any such additional shares, nor is the Trust committed to issue any share appreciation or similar rights or options, warrants, rights or securities in connection with the Surviving Fund. The Surviving Fund Shares to be issued and delivered to the Acquired Fund, for the account of the Acquired Fund’s shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement will, at the Closing Date, have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Surviving Fund Shares, and will be fully paid and non-assessable.

(d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been duly and validly authorized by the Trust’s Board of Trustees and no other proceedings by the Surviving Fund are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust, as it relates to the Surviving Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Surviving Fund is not a party to or obligated under any charter, by-law, indenture or contract provision or any other commitment or obligation, or subject to any order or decree, which would be violated by its executing and carrying out this Agreement.

(e) The audited financial statements of the Surviving Fund as of October 31, 2019 are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and such statements (copies of which have been furnished to the Acquired Fund) fairly reflect the financial condition of the Surviving Fund as of such date, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Surviving Fund as of such date not disclosed therein.

(f) Since October 31, 2019, there has not been any material adverse change in the Surviving Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities, or business other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business, or any incurrence by the Surviving Fund of indebtedness maturing more than one year from the date such indebtedness was incurred, except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by the Acquired Fund. For purposes of this paragraph (f), a decline in the net asset value of the Surviving Fund shall not constitute a material adverse change.

(g) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Surviving Fund conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(h) Except as otherwise disclosed in writing and accepted by the Acquired Fund, no litigation, administrative proceeding or investigation of or before any court or governmental body is presently pending or to its knowledge threatened against the Surviving Fund or any of its properties or assets, which, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect its financial condition and the conduct of its business or the ability of the Surviving Fund to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Surviving Fund knows of no facts that might form the basis for the institution of such proceedings and is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree, or judgment of any court or governmental body that materially and adversely affects its business or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(i) Except for contracts and agreements disclosed to the Acquired Fund, under which no default exists, the Surviving Fund is not a party to or subject to any material contract, debt instrument, plan, lease, franchise, license or permit of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Surviving Fund.

(j) As of the Closing Date, all Federal and other tax returns, information returns and other tax-related reports of the Surviving Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including extensions) shall have been filed, and all other taxes shall have been paid so far as due, or provision shall have been made for the payment thereof, and to the best of the Surviving Fund’s knowledge, no such return is currently under audit by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local tax authority, and no assessment has been asserted with respect to any of such returns.

(k) At the end of its first taxable year since its commencement of operations, the Surviving Fund properly elected to be treated as a separate “regulated investment company” under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Surviving Fund has met the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code for qualification and treatment as a regulated investment company within the meaning of Section 851 et seq. of the Code in respect of each taxable year since its commencement of operations and will continue to meet such requirements at all times through the Closing Date. The Surviving Fund will qualify as a regulated investment company as of the Closing Date and will have satisfied as of the close of its most recent prior quarter of its taxable year, the diversification requirements of Section 851(b)(3) of the Code without regard to the last sentence of Section 851(d)(1) of the Code. The Surviving Fund has not at any time since its inception been liable for, nor is now liable for, any material income or excise tax pursuant to Sections 852 or 4982 of the Code. There is no other tax liability (including, any foreign, state, or local tax liability) except as set forth and accrued on the Surviving Fund’s books. The Surviving Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated with respect to any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply. The Surviving Fund will not be subject to corporate-level taxation on the sale of any assets currently held by it as a result of the application of Section 337(d) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. All dividends paid by the Surviving Fund at any time prior to the Closing Date shall have been deductible pursuant to the dividends paid deduction under Section 562 of the Code. The Surviving Fund is in compliance in all material respects with applicable Treasury Regulations of the IRS pertaining to the reporting of dividends and other distributions on and redemptions of its shares of beneficial interest, has withheld in respect of dividends and other distributions, paid to the proper taxing authorities all taxes required to be withheld, and is not liable for any penalties which could be imposed thereunder.

(l) The Surviving Fund agrees to use all reasonable efforts to obtain any necessary approvals and authorizations required by the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”), the 1940 Act, and such of the state Blue Sky or securities laws as it may deem appropriate in order to continue its operations after the Closing Date.

(m) The information statement and prospectus and statement of additional information (collectively, the “Information Statement/Prospectus”) to be included in the Surviving Fund’s registration statement on Form N-14 (the “Registration Statement”) and filed in connection with this Agreement, and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto insofar as they relate to the Surviving Fund, each comply or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, 1934 Act and the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder on the effective date of such Registration Statement. Each of the Information Statement/Prospectus, Registration Statement and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto, insofar as it relates to the Surviving Fund, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading on the effective date of such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Surviving Fund makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in the Information Statement/Prospectus, Registration Statement and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Acquired Fund and furnished by the Acquired Fund to the Surviving Fund specifically for use in connection with the Information Statement/Prospectus, Registration Statement and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto.

8. Representations and Warranties of the Acquired Fund. The Acquired Fund represents and warrants to the Surviving Fund as follows:

(a) The Acquired Fund has been duly established as a separate investment series of the Trust, which is a statutory trust duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b) The Trust is registered as an investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act is in full force and effect.

(c) Shares of the Acquired Fund have been duly established and represent a fractional undivided interest in the Acquired Fund. The issued and outstanding shares of the Acquired Fund are, and at the Closing Date will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Acquired Fund will, at the time of the Closing Date, be held by the persons and in the amounts set forth in the records of the Transfer Agent as provided in Section 2(d). There are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights of any kind to acquire from the Trust any shares of any class or equity interests of the Acquired Fund or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or which otherwise confer on the holder thereof any right to acquire, any such additional shares, nor is the Trust committed to issue any share appreciation or similar rights or options, warrants, rights or securities in connection with the Acquired Fund.

(d) The audited financial statements of the Acquired Fund as of October 31, 2019, are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and such statements (copies of which have been furnished to the Surviving Fund) fairly reflect the financial condition of the Acquired Fund as of such date, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquired Fund as of such date not disclosed therein.

(e) Since October 31, 2019, there has not been any material adverse change in the Acquired Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities, or business other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business, or any incurrence by the Acquired Fund of indebtedness maturing more than one year from the date such indebtedness was incurred, except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by the Surviving Fund. For purposes of this paragraph (e), a decline in the net asset value of the Acquired Fund shall not constitute a material adverse change.

(f) The Acquired Fund will have, at the Closing Date, good and marketable title to, and full right, power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver, the assets to be transferred to the Surviving Fund pursuant to Section 1. Upon delivery and payment for such assets, the Surviving Fund will have good and marketable title to such assets without restriction on the transfer thereof free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and adverse claims other than as disclosed to the Surviving Fund and accepted by the Surviving Fund.

(g) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been duly and validly authorized by the Trust’s Board of Trustees and no other proceedings by the Acquired Fund are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trust, as it relates to the Acquired Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Acquired Fund is not a party to or obligated under any charter, by-law, indenture or contract provision or any other commitment or obligation, or subject to any order or decree, which would be violated by its executing and carrying out this Agreement.

(h) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Acquired Fund conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(i) Except as otherwise disclosed in writing and accepted by the Surviving Fund, no litigation, administrative proceeding or investigation of or before any court or governmental body is presently pending or to its knowledge threatened against the Acquired Fund or any of its properties or assets, which, if adversely determined, would materially and adversely affect its financial condition and the conduct of its business or the ability of the Acquired Fund to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Acquired Fund knows of no facts that might form the basis for the institution of such proceedings and is not a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, decree, or judgment of any court or governmental body that materially and adversely affects its business or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(j) Except for contracts and agreements disclosed to the Surviving Fund, under which no default exists, the Acquired Fund is not a party to or subject to any material contract, debt instrument, plan, lease, franchise, license or permit of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Acquired Fund.

(k) As of the Closing Date, all Federal and other tax returns, information returns and other tax-related reports of the Acquired Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including extensions) shall have been filed, and all other taxes shall have been paid so far as due, or provision shall have been made for the payment thereof, and to the best of the Acquired Fund’s knowledge, no such return is currently under audit by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local tax authority, and no assessment has been asserted with respect to any of such returns.

(l) At the end of its first taxable year since its commencement of operations, the Acquired Fund properly elected to be treated as a separate “regulated investment company” under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Acquired Fund has met the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code for qualification and treatment as a regulated investment company within the meaning of Section 851 et seq. of the Code in respect of each taxable year since its commencement of operations and will continue to meet such requirements at all times for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Acquired Fund will qualify as a regulated investment company as of the Closing Date and will have satisfied as of the close of its most recent prior quarter of its taxable year, the diversification requirements of Section 851(b)(3) of the Code without regard to the last sentence of Section 851(d)(1) of the Code. The Acquired Fund has not at any time since its inception been liable, nor is now liable for, any income or excise tax pursuant to Sections 852 or 4982 of the Code. There is no other tax liability (including, any foreign, state, or local tax liability) except as set forth and accrued on the Acquired Fund’s books. The Acquired Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated with respect to any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply. The Acquired Fund will not be subject to corporate-level taxation on the sale of any assets currently held by it as a result of the application of Section 337(d) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. All dividends paid by the Acquired Fund at any time prior to the Closing Date shall have been deductible pursuant to the dividends paid deduction under Section 562 of the Code. The Acquired Fund is in compliance in all material respects with applicable Treasury Regulations of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) pertaining to the reporting of dividends and other distributions on and redemptions of its shares of beneficial interest, has withheld in respect of dividends and other distributions, paid to the proper taxing authorities all taxes required to be withheld, and is not liable for any penalties which could be imposed thereunder.

(m) The Information Statement/Prospectus to be included in the Registration Statement and filed in connection with this Agreement, and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto insofar as they relate to the Acquired Fund, each comply or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, 1934 Act and the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder on the effective date of such Registration Statement. Each of the Information Statement/Prospectus, Registration Statement and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto, insofar as it relates to the Acquired Fund, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading on the effective date of such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Acquired Fund makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in the Information Statement/Prospectus, Registration Statement and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Surviving Fund and furnished by the Surviving Fund to the Acquired Fund specifically for use in connection with the Information Statement/Prospectus, Registration Statement and the documents incorporated therein by reference and any amendment or supplement thereto.

9. Covenants of the Surviving Fund and the Acquired Fund.

(a) The Surviving Fund and the Acquired Fund each will operate its business in the ordinary course between the date hereof and the Closing Date, it being understood that such ordinary course of business will include customary dividends and distributions.

(b) The Acquired Fund will assist the Surviving Fund in obtaining such information as the Surviving Fund reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of the Acquired Fund shares.

(c) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Surviving Fund and the Acquired Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any actions required to be taken after the Closing Date.

(d) As promptly as practicable, but in any case within sixty days after the Closing Date, the Acquired Fund shall furnish the Surviving Fund, in such form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Surviving Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits of the Acquired Fund for federal income tax purposes that will be carried over by the Surviving Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code, and certified by the Acquired Fund’s President, Vice President or Chief Financial Officer.

(e) On or before the Closing Date, the Acquired Fund shall declare and pay a dividend or dividends which, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders all of the Acquired Fund’s investment company taxable income (computed without regard to any deduction for dividends paid), if any, plus the excess, if any, of its interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for all taxable periods or years ending on or before the Closing Date, and all of its net capital gains realized (after reduction for any capital loss carry forwards), if any, in all taxable periods or years ending on or before the Closing Date (and treating the current taxable year as ending on the Closing Date) such that the Acquired Fund will not have any unpaid tax liability under Section 852 of the Code.

10. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Surviving Fund. The obligations of the Surviving Fund to complete the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at its election, to the performance by the Acquired Fund of all the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:

(a) All representations and warranties of the Acquired Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Surviving Fund shall have received a certificate from the President or Vice President of the Acquired Fund, dated as of such date, certifying on behalf of the Acquired Fund that as of such date that the conditions set forth in this clause (a) have been met.

(b) The Surviving Fund shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Surviving Fund, covering the following points:

(i) The Trust is a statutory trust validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(ii) The Trust, with respect to the Acquired Fund, has the trust power to conduct the business of an open-end management investment company as set forth in the Trust’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration”).

(iii) The Agreement has been duly authorized and executed by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, and so far as is known to us, delivered by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund. Assuming the due authorization, execution, and delivery of the Agreement by the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund, the Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with its terms.

(iv) The execution and delivery by the Trust of the Agreement did not, and the transfer of the assets for Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Surviving Fund and the assumption by the Surviving Fund of the liabilities pursuant to the Agreement will not, violate the Declaration or the Trust’s Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”).

(v) To the knowledge of such counsel, all regulatory or court consents, authorizations, approvals, orders or filings required to be obtained or made by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of Delaware for the transfer of the assets for Surviving Fund Shares and the assumption by the Surviving Fund of the liabilities pursuant to the Agreement have been obtained or made.

(vi) To the knowledge of such counsel, and without any independent investigation, other than as disclosed to the Surviving Fund pursuant to Section 8(i) of the Agreement to which the Trust is a party, the Acquired Fund is not subject to any litigation or administrative proceeding that could reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the operations of the Acquired Fund.

(vii) The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company with the Commission and the Acquired Fund is not subject to any stop order.

Such opinion may contain such assumptions and limitations as shall be in the opinion of such counsel appropriate to render the opinions expressed therein. In addition, such counsel shall be entitled to state that they have relied upon officers’ certificates and certificates of public officials in rendering their opinion.

(c) The Acquired Fund shall have delivered to the Surviving Fund at the Closing Date the Acquired Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, together with a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Acquired Fund as to the aggregate asset value of the Acquired Fund’s portfolio securities.

(d) On the Closing Date, the Acquired Fund shall have performed and complied in all material respects with each of its agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Acquired Fund prior to or at the Closing Date and the Surviving Fund shall have received a certificate from the President or Vice President of the Acquired Fund, dated as of such date, certifying on behalf of the Acquired Fund that the conditions set forth in this clause (d) have been and continue to be, satisfied.

11. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Acquired Fund. The obligations of the Acquired Fund to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at its election, to the performance by the Surviving Fund of all the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date, and, in addition thereto, the following further conditions:

(a) All representations and warranties of the Surviving Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Acquired Fund shall have received a certificate from the President or Vice President of the Surviving Fund, dated as of such date, certifying on behalf of Surviving Fund that as of such date that the conditions set forth in this clause (a) have been met.

(b) The Acquired Fund shall have received an opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Bockius LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Acquired Fund, covering the following points:

(i) The Trust is a statutory trust validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(ii) The Trust, with respect to the Surviving Fund, has the trust power to conduct the business of an open-end management investment company as set forth in the Declaration.

(iii) The Agreement has been duly authorized and executed by the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund, and so far as is known to us, delivered by the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund. Assuming the due authorization, execution, and delivery of the Agreement by the Trust, on behalf of the Acquired Fund, the Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with its terms.

(iv) The execution and delivery by the Trust of the Agreement did not, and the issuance of Surviving Fund Shares and cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Surviving Fund and the assumption of the liabilities in exchange for the transfer of assets pursuant to the Agreement will not, violate the Declaration or By-Laws.

(v) To the knowledge of such counsel, all regulatory or court consents, authorizations, approvals, orders or filings required to be obtained or made by the Trust, on behalf of the Surviving Fund, under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of Delaware with respect to the issuance of the Surviving Fund Shares, the receipt of the assets and the assumption of the liabilities pursuant to the Agreement have been obtained or made.

(vi) To the knowledge of such counsel and without any independent investigation, other than as disclosed to the Acquired Fund pursuant to Section 7(h) of the Agreement to which the Trust is a party, the Surviving Fund is not subject to any litigation or administrative proceeding that could reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the operations of the Surviving Fund.

(vii) The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company with the Commission and the Surviving Fund is not subject to any stop order.

(c) On the Closing Date, the Surviving Fund shall have performed and complied in all material respects with each of its agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Surviving Fund prior to or at the Closing Date and the Acquired Fund shall have received a certificate from the President or Vice President of the Surviving Fund, dated as of such date, certifying on behalf of the Surviving Fund that the conditions set forth in this clause (c) have been, and continue to be, satisfied.

12. Further Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Acquired Fund and the Surviving Fund. If any of the conditions set forth below do not exist on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Funds, the other party to this Agreement shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(a) The Trust’s Board of Trustees, on behalf of the Acquired Fund and the Surviving Fund, shall have approved this Agreement.

(b) On the Closing Date, the Commission shall not have issued an unfavorable report under Section 25(b) of the 1940 Act, nor instituted any proceeding seeking to enjoin the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under Section 25(c) of the 1940 Act and no action, suit or other proceeding shall be threatened or pending before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) All required consents of other parties and all other consents, orders, and permits of federal, state and local regulatory authorities (including those of the Commission and of state Blue Sky securities authorities, including any necessary “no-action” positions of and exemptive orders from such federal and state authorities) to permit consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order, or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Surviving Fund or the Acquired Fund, provided that either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions.

(d) The Registration Statement shall have become effective under the 1933 Act, and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act.

(e) The Funds shall have received a favorable opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP addressed to the Surviving Fund and the Acquired Fund substantially to the effect that with respect to the Funds and the Reorganization for Federal income tax purposes:

(i) The acquisition by the Surviving Fund of all of the assets of the Acquired Fund, as provided for in the Agreement, in exchange for Surviving Fund Shares (and cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any) and the assumption by the Surviving Fund of all of the liabilities of the Acquired Fund, followed by the distribution by the Acquired Fund to its shareholders of the Surviving Fund Shares (and cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any) in complete liquidation of the Acquired Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and the Acquired Fund and the Surviving Fund each will be a “party to a reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.

(ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquired Fund upon the transfer of all of its assets to, and assumption of all of its liabilities by, the Surviving Fund in exchange solely for Surviving Fund Shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code, except for (A) gain or loss that may be recognized on the transfer of “section 1256 contracts” as defined in Section 1256(b) of the Code, (B) gain that may be recognized on the transfer of stock in a “passive foreign investment company” as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code, and (C) any other gain or loss that may be required to be recognized (i) as a result of the closing of the Acquired Fund’s taxable year or (ii) upon the transfer of an asset regardless of whether such transfer would otherwise be a non-recognition transaction under the Code.

(iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Surviving Fund upon the receipt by it of all of the assets of the Acquired Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of all of the liabilities of the Acquired Fund and issuance of the Surviving Fund Shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the Code.

(iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquired Fund upon the distribution of Surviving Fund Shares to shareholders of the Acquired Fund in complete liquidation (in pursuance of the Agreement) of the Acquired Fund pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.

(v) The tax basis of the assets of the Acquired Fund received by the Surviving Fund will be the same as the tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Acquired Fund immediately prior to the transfer of such assets, increased by the amount of gain (or decreased by the amount of loss), if any, recognized by the Acquired Fund on the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.

(vi) The holding periods of the assets of the Acquired Fund in the hands of the Surviving Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Acquired Fund pursuant to Section 1223(2) of the Code, other than assets with respect to which gain or loss is required to be recognized and except where investment activities of the Surviving Fund have the effect of reducing or eliminating the holding period with respect to an asset.

(vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Acquired Fund upon the exchange of all of their shares of beneficial interest of the Acquired Fund (“Acquired Fund Shares”) solely for Surviving Fund Shares (except with respect to cash, if any, received in lieu of fractional shares) pursuant to Section 354(a) of the Code.

(viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Surviving Fund Shares received by a shareholder of the Acquired Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of the Acquired Fund Shares exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.

(ix) The holding period of the Surviving Fund Shares received by a shareholder of the Acquired Fund will include the holding period of the Acquired Fund Shares exchanged therefor, provided that the shareholder held the Acquired Fund Shares as a capital asset on the date of the exchange pursuant to Section 1223(1) of the Code.

(x) The Surviving Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer (as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations), the items of the Acquired Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Sections 381(b) and (c), 382, 383 and 384 of the Code.

Such opinion shall be based on customary assumptions and shall be conditioned on (1) such representations as Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Bockius LLP, counsel providing the opinion, may reasonably request (and the Funds will cooperate to make and certify the accuracy of such representations) all being true and complete on the Closing Date, and (2) the Reorganization’s consummation in accordance with the Agreement (without the waiver or modification of any terms or conditions hereof and without taking into account any amendments hereof that Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP has not approved). The foregoing opinion may state that no opinion is expressed as to any other U.S. federal tax issues (except those set forth above) and all state, local or foreign tax issues of any kind. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Surviving Fund nor the Acquired Fund may waive the conditions set forth in this Section 12(e).

13. Closing Date of the Reorganization. The exchange of the Acquired Fund’s assets for the Surviving Fund Shares shall occur after the close of business on March 27, 2020 and complete prior to the open of business on March 30, 2020, or at such other time and date as fixed by the mutual consent of the parties (the “Closing Date”).

14. Termination.

(a) This Agreement may be terminated by the mutual agreement of the Surviving Fund and the Acquired Fund. In addition, either the Surviving Fund or the Acquired Fund may at its option terminate this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date:

(i) because of a material breach by the other party of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) because of a condition herein expressed to be precedent to the obligations of the terminating party which has not been met and which reasonably appears will not or cannot be met;

(iii) by resolution of the Trust’s Board of Trustees if circumstances should develop that, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Trustees, make proceeding with the Agreement not in the best interests of either of the Acquired Fund’s or Surviving Fund’s shareholders;

(b) In the event of any such termination, in the absence of willful default, there shall be no liability for damages on the part of the Acquired Fund, the Surviving Fund, the Trust, or their Trustees or officers, to the other party. In such event, Reality Shares shall bear the expenses incurred by the Acquired Fund and the Surviving Fund incidental to the preparation and carrying out of this Agreement as provided in Section 18.

15. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon in writing by the authorized officers of the Funds; provided, however, that no such amendment may have the effect of changing the provisions for determining the number of the Surviving Fund Shares to be issued to the Acquired Fund shareholders under this Agreement to the detriment of such Acquired Fund shareholders.

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.

17. Notices. Any notice, report, statement or demand required or permitted by any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by prepaid telegraph, telecopy, certified mail or overnight express courier addressed as follows:

Acquired Fund:

Surviving Fund:

Xxxx Xxxxx

President

Reality Shares ETF Trust

000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000

Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000

Xxxx Xxxxx

President Reality Shares ETF Trust

000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000

Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000

18. Fees and Expenses.

(a) Each of the Surviving Fund and the Acquired Fund represents and warrants to the other that there are no brokers or finders entitled to receive any payments in connection with the transactions provided for herein.

(b) Except as otherwise provided for herein, all expenses that are solely and directly related to the Reorganization contemplated by this Agreement will be borne and paid by Reality Shares. Such expenses include, without limitation, to the extent solely and directly related to the Reorganization contemplated by this Agreement: (i) expenses incurred in connection with the entering into and the carrying out of the provisions of this Agreement; (ii) expenses associated with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act covering the Surviving Fund Shares to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; (iii) registration or qualification fees and expenses of preparing and filing such forms as are necessary under applicable state securities laws to qualify the Surviving Fund Shares to be issued in connection herewith in each state in which the Acquired Fund’s shareholders are resident as of the date of the mailing of the Information Statement/Prospectus to such shareholders; (iv) postage; (v) printing; (vi) accounting fees; and (vii) legal fees. Reality Shares agrees that all such fees and expenses so borne and paid, shall be paid directly by Reality Shares to the relevant providers of services or other payees in accordance with the principles set forth in the Internal Revenue Service Rev. Ruling 73-54, 1973-1 C.B. 187. Fees and expenses not incurred directly in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be borne by the party incurring such fees and expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, expenses will in any event be paid by the party directly incurring such expenses if and to the extent that the payment by the other party of such expenses would result in the disqualification of the Acquired Fund or the Surviving Fund, as the case may be, as a “regulated investment company” within the meaning of Section 851 of the Code or would prevent the Reorganization from qualifying as a “reorganization” under Section 368(a) of the Code. Acquired Fund shareholders will pay their respective expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the Acquired Fund nor the Surviving Fund will pay the Surviving Fund shareholders’ expenses, if any. In the event this Agreement is terminated at or prior to the Closing Date in accordance with Section 14 hereto, Reality Shares will bear the costs incurred by the Acquired Fund under this Section 18(b).

19. Headings, Counterparts, Assignment.

(a) The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(b) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

(c) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other party. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

(d) The Surviving Fund and the Acquired Fund agree that neither party has made any representation, warranty or covenant not set forth herein and that this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement, all as of the date first written above.

	REALITY SHARES ETF TRUST, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVCON DIVIDEND GUARD ETF


	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
	Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
	Title: President

	REALITY SHARES ETF TRUST, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVCON DIVIDEND DEFENDER ETF


	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
	Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
	Title: President

	SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 14(B) AND 18(B), REALITY SHARES ADVISORS, LLC


	By:	/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
	Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
	Title: President

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