Summary Prospectus-BKLC
Summary Prospectus-BKLC
Summary Prospectus-BKLC
Equity ETF
Summary Prospectus | March 1, 2024
Ticker Symbol: BKLC
Before you invest, you may want to review the fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund's
prospectus and other information about the fund, including the statement of additional information and most recent reports to shareholders, online at
http://im.bnymellon.com/etfliterature. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-833-ETF-BNYM (383-2696) (inside the U.S. only)
or by sending an e-mail request to info@bnymellon.com. The fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, dated March 1, 2024, are
incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
Example
The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The
Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all of your shares at
the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's
operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs
would be:
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher
portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the fund's
performance. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 5.33% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Risks
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) or any other government agency. It is not a complete investment program. The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes
dramatically, which means you could lose money.
• Risks of stock investing. Stocks generally fluctuate more in value than bonds and may decline significantly over short time periods.
There is the chance that stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising
prices and falling prices. The market value of a stock may decline due to general market conditions or because of factors that
affect the particular company or the company's industry.
• Indexing strategy risk. The fund uses an indexing strategy. It does not attempt to manage market volatility, use defensive
strategies or reduce the effects of any long-term periods of poor index performance. The correlation between fund and index
performance may be affected by, among other things, the fund's expenses, changes in securities markets, changes in the
composition of the index, the manner in which the total return of the fund's index is calculated, the size of the fund's portfolio,
and the timing of purchases and redemptions of fund shares. Outdated or unreliable market information could result in errors
in index data, index computations or the construction of the index in accordance with its methodology and may not be
identified and corrected by the index provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the fund and
its shareholders.
• Large-cap stock risk. The fund may underperform funds that invest primarily in the stocks of lower quality, smaller capitalization
companies during periods when the stocks of such companies are in favor. Compared to small- and mid-capitalization
companies, large-capitalization companies may be less responsive to changes and opportunities affecting their business. In
addition, large-capitalization companies may be subject to greater regulation than small- and mid-capitalization companies.
• Concentration risk. The fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., invest more than 25% its total assets) in a particular industry or
group of industries to approximately the same extent that the index is concentrated. To the extent the fund concentrates in a
particular industry or group of industries, it will be more susceptible to economic conditions and risks affecting those industries.
• Information technology companies risk. The information technology sector has been among the most volatile sectors of the stock
market. Information technology companies involve greater risk because their revenue and/or earnings tend to be less
predictable (and some companies may be experiencing significant losses) and their share prices tend to be more
volatile. Certain information technology companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, or may
Performance
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in
the performance of the fund from year to year. The table compares the average annual total returns of the fund to those of
different broad measures of market performance. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an
indication of how the fund will perform in the future. Recent performance information may be available
at www.im.bnymellon.com.
The fund's investment objective changed effective November 15, 2023. Fund performance prior to November 15, 2023, reflects
the fund's prior investment objective of seeking to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Morningstar® US
Large Cap IndexSM.
Best Quarter
Q4, 2023: 12.46%
Worst Quarter
Q2, 2022: -17.12%
(for the periods reflected in
the bar chart)
After-tax returns in the table below are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do
not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's tax situation and may differ from
those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through U.S. tax-deferred
arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Portfolio Management
The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC (Adviser). The Adviser has engaged its affiliate,
Mellon Investments Corporation (Mellon), to serve as the fund's sub-adviser.
David France, CFA, Todd Frysinger, CFA, Vlasta Sheremeta, CFA, Michael Stoll, and Marlene Walker Smith are the fund's
primary portfolio managers, positions they have held since October 2020. Messrs. France, Frysinger and Stoll and Ms. Sheremeta
are each a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Mellon. Ms. Walker Smith is a Director and Head of Equity
Index Portfolio Management at Mellon. Each portfolio manager is jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day
management of the fund's portfolio.
Tax Information
The fund's distributions are taxable as qualified dividend income, ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment
is through an individual retirement account (IRA), retirement plan or other U.S. tax-advantaged investment plan (in which case
you may be taxed upon withdrawal of your investment from such account).