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Schwab Strategic Trust, et al. – ‘485BPOS’ on 12/16/22 – ‘R44’

On:  Friday, 12/16/22, at 5:39pm ET   ·   As of:  12/19/22   ·   Effective:  12/19/22   ·   Accession #:  1104659-22-127941   ·   File #s:  811-22311, 333-160595

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/19/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/19/22   38:12M                                    Toppan Merrill/FASchwab 1000 Index ETF SCHKSchwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF SCHESchwab International Dividend Equity ETF SCHYSchwab International Equity ETF SCHFSchwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF SCHCSchwab U.S. Broad Market ETF SCHBSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF SCHDSchwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF SCHXSchwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF SCHGSchwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF SCHVSchwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF SCHMSchwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF SCHA

Post-Effective Amendment of a Form N-1 or N-1A Registration   —   Rule 485(b)

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485BPOS     Post-Effective Amendment of a Form N-1 or N-1A      HTML   3.49M 
                Registration                                                     
 2: EX-99.(I)   Opinion and Consent of Counsel                      HTML     16K 
 3: EX-99.(J)(1)  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLC                  HTML     13K 
 9: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     66K 
10: R2          Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF   HTML    121K 
11: R8          Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab U.S. Broad Market   HTML    185K 
                ETF                                                              
12: R9          Risk/Return Summary- Schwab 1000 Index ETF          HTML    105K 
13: R15         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab 1000 Index ETF      HTML    168K 
14: R16         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF      HTML    120K 
15: R22         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF  HTML    184K 
16: R23         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth   HTML    121K 
                ETF                                                              
17: R29         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab U.S. Large-Cap      HTML    188K 
                Growth ETF                                                       
18: R30         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value    HTML    120K 
                ETF                                                              
19: R36         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab U.S. Large-Cap      HTML    184K 
                Value ETF                                                        
20: R37         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF        HTML    120K 
21: R43         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF    HTML    186K 
22: R44         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF      HTML    121K 
23: R50         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF  HTML    185K 
24: R51         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity    HTML    122K 
                ETF                                                              
25: R57         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab U.S. Dividend       HTML    186K 
                Equity ETF                                                       
26: R58         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab International Dividend  HTML     85K 
                Equity ETF                                                       
27: R62         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab International       HTML    106K 
                Dividend Equity ETF                                              
28: R63         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab International Equity    HTML    124K 
                ETF                                                              
29: R69         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab International       HTML    191K 
                Equity ETF                                                       
30: R70         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab International           HTML    124K 
                Small-Cap Equity ETF                                             
31: R76         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab International       HTML    191K 
                Small-Cap Equity ETF                                             
32: R77         Risk/Return Summary- Schwab Emerging Markets        HTML    125K 
                Equity ETF                                                       
33: R83         Risk/Return Detail Data- Schwab Emerging Markets    HTML    192K 
                Equity ETF                                                       
34: R84         Risk/Return Detail Data                             HTML     15K 
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‘R44’   —   Risk/Return Summary- Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF


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Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
Investment Objective
The fund’s goal is to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index.
Fund Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
USD ($)
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) none
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value​of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
Management fees 0.04%
Other expenses none
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.04%
Example
This 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 sell all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be higher or lower.
Expenses on a $10,000 Investment
Expense Example
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF | USD ($) 4 13 23 51
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 the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 15% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
To pursue its goal, the fund generally invests in stocks that are included in the Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index. The index includes the small-cap portion of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index actually available to investors in the marketplace. The Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index includes the components ranked 751-2,500 by full market capitalization. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index. As of August 31, 2022, the index was composed of 1,795 stocks.
It is the fund’s policy that under normal circumstances it will invest at least 90% of its net assets (including, for this purpose, any borrowings for investment purposes) in these stocks. The fund will notify its shareholders at least 60 days before changing this policy. The fund generally will seek to replicate the performance of the index by giving the same weight to a given stock as the index does. However, when the investment adviser believes it is appropriate to do so, such as to avoid purchasing odd-lots (i.e., purchasing less than the usual number of shares traded for a security), for tax considerations, or to address liquidity considerations with respect to a stock, the investment adviser may cause the fund’s weighting of a stock to be more or less than the index’s weighting of the stock. The fund may sell securities that are represented in the index in anticipation of their removal from the index, or buy securities that are not yet represented in the index in anticipation of their addition to the index.
Under normal circumstances, the fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities not included in the index. The principal types of these investments include those that the investment adviser believes will help the fund track the index, such as investments in (a) securities that are not represented in the index but the investment adviser anticipates will be added to the index or as necessary to reflect various corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs); (b) other investment companies; and (c) derivatives, principally futures contracts. The fund may use futures contracts and other derivatives primarily to seek returns on the fund’s otherwise uninvested cash assets to help it better track the index. The fund may also invest in cash and cash equivalents, including money market funds, and may lend its securities to minimize the difference in performance that naturally exists between an index fund and its corresponding index.
The investment adviser typically seeks to track the price and yield performance of the index by replicating the index. This means that the fund generally expects that it will hold the same securities as

Index ownership — Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones). The Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates, and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management. The Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, or any of their respective affiliates and neither S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, nor any of their respective affiliates make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product.
those included in the index. However, the investment adviser may use sampling techniques if the investment adviser believes such use will best help the fund to track the index or is otherwise in the best interest of the fund. Sampling techniques involve investing in a limited number of index securities that, when taken together, are expected to perform similarly to the index as a whole. These techniques are based on a variety of factors, including performance attributes, tax considerations, capitalization, dividend yield, price/ earnings ratio, industry factors, risk factors and other characteristics. When the fund uses sampling techniques, the fund generally expects that its portfolio will hold less than the total number of securities in the index, but reserves the right to hold as many securities as it believes necessary to achieve the fund’s investment objective. The fund generally expects that its industry weightings, dividend yield and price/earnings ratio will be similar to those of the index.
The fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry, group of industries or sector to approximately the same extent that the index is so concentrated.
The investment adviser seeks to achieve, over time, a correlation between the fund’s performance and that of the index, before fees and expenses, of 95% or better. However, there can be no guarantee that the fund will achieve a high degree of correlation with the index. A number of factors may affect the fund’s ability to achieve a high correlation with the index, including the degree to which the fund utilizes a sampling technique. The correlation between the performance of the fund and the index may also diverge due to transaction costs, asset valuations, corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs), timing variances, and differences between the fund’s portfolio and the index resulting from legal restrictions (such as diversification requirements) that apply to the fund but not to the index.
Principal Risks
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Investment Style Risk. The fund is an index fund. Therefore, the fund follows the securities included in the index during upturns as well as downturns. Because of its indexing strategy, the fund does not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the effects of a declining market. In addition, because of the fund’s expenses, the fund’s performance may be below that of the index. Errors relating to the index may occur from time to time and may not be identified
by the index provider for a period of time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in the index’s rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for the fund.
Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, the fund’s performance could be impacted.
Small-Cap Company Risk. Securities issued by small-cap companies may be riskier than those issued by larger companies, and their prices may move sharply, especially during market upturns and downturns.
Sampling Index Tracking Risk. To the extent the fund uses sampling techniques, the fund will not fully replicate the index and may hold securities not included in the index. As a result, the fund will be subject to the risk that the investment adviser’s investment management strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results. If the fund uses a sampling approach it may not track the return of the index as well as it would if the fund purchased all of the securities in the index.
Tracking Error Risk. As an index fund, the fund seeks to track the performance of the index, although it may not be successful in doing so. The divergence between the performance of the fund and the index, positive or negative, is called “tracking error.” Tracking error can be caused by many factors and it may be significant.
Derivatives Risk. The fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. The fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the fund’s performance, increase its volatility and cause the fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition, investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on the fund.
Liquidity Risk. The fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the fund may have to sell them at a loss.
Securities Lending Risk. Securities lending involves the risk of loss of rights in, or delay in recovery of, the loaned securities if the borrower fails to return the security loaned or becomes insolvent.
Concentration Risk. To the extent that the fund’s or the index’s portfolio is concentrated in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class, the fund
may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
Market Trading Risk. Although fund shares are listed on national securities exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for fund shares will develop or be maintained. If an active market is not maintained, investors may find it difficult to buy or sell fund shares.
Shares of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV. Fund shares may be bought and sold in the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of the shares of the fund will approximate the fund’s net asset value (NAV), there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. An investor may pay more than NAV when buying shares of the fund in the secondary market, and an investor may receive less than NAV when selling those shares in the secondary market. The market price of fund shares may deviate, sometimes significantly, from NAV during periods of market volatility or market disruption.
For more information on the risks of investing in the fund, please see the “Fund Details” section in the prospectus.
Performance
The bar chart below shows how the fund’s investment results have varied from year to year, and the following table shows how the fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compared to that of an index. This information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. All figures assume distributions were reinvested. Keep in mind that future performance (both before and after taxes) may differ from past performance. For current performance information, please see
www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabetfs_prospectus.
Annual Total Returns (%) as of 12/31
Bar Chart
Best Quarter: 30.84% Q4 2020
Worst Quarter: (31.61%) Q1 2020
Year-to-date performance (before taxes) as of 9/30/22: (25.58%)
Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/21
Average Annual Returns - Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 16.35% 12.27% 13.67%
After Taxes on Distributions | Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 15.98% 11.84% 13.20%
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 9.88% 9.66% 11.31%
Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index 16.33% 12.24% 13.65%
The after-tax figures reflect the highest individual federal income tax rates in effect during the period and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation. In addition, after-tax returns are not relevant if you hold your fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan, an individual retirement account (IRA) or other tax-advantaged account.

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37 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/07/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            POS EX     11/07/22    4:244K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/31/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            N-CSR       8/31/22    4:18M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 9/28/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     9/28/22   23:2.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/29/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     7/29/22   22:2.3M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/15/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS     7/14/22    2:961K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 6/27/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     6/27/22   30:9.2M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/28/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/28/22   29:7.8M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/02/22  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS                2:1M                                     Toppan Merrill/FA
11/02/21  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    11/02/21   24:2.6M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 6/25/21  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     6/25/21   31:9.1M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/05/21  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS4/05/21    4:1M                                     Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/23/21  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     3/23/21   20:2.2M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
12/18/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/18/20   38:10M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/26/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     6/26/20    5:2.8M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/17/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS     4/16/20    3:1M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/24/20  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS     2/21/20    3:1.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/18/19  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/18/19    9:3.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/03/19  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    10/03/19    5:1.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/26/19  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/26/19    8:1.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/26/18  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     6/28/18    5:2.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/28/17  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/29/17    7:2.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/05/17  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    10/05/17   10:959K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/28/17  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/29/17    5:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/28/16  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/29/16    8:2.7M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/27/16  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     4/29/16    6:1.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/12/16  Schwab Strategic Trust            POS EX      1/12/16   13:272K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/26/13  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    12/27/13    8:3.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/08/13  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     8/08/13    9:2M                                     Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/14/11  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS    10/14/11   10:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/08/11  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     7/08/11    9:1.5M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/15/11  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS     4/14/11    8:1.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 9/24/10  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS¶               7:1.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/23/10  Schwab Strategic Trust            485BPOS     7/26/10   10:1.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/21/10  Schwab Strategic Trust            485APOS               10:890K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/27/09  Schwab Strategic Trust            N-1A/A10/26/09    9:1.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
10/08/09  Schwab Strategic Trust            N-1A/A¶               16:1.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/15/09  Schwab Strategic Trust            N-1A¶                  5:1.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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