Form 487 GUGGENHEIM DEFINED PORTF

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2022

1933 Act File No. 333-265790

1940 Act File No. 811-03763

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 1

Form S-6

For Registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of Securities of Unit Investment Trusts Registered on Form N-8B-2

Exact name of Trust: Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243

Name of Depositor: Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC

Complete address of Depositor’s principal executive offices:

227 West Monroe Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Name and complete address of agents for service:

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC

Attention: Amy Lee, Esq.

Vice President and Secretary

227 West Monroe Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Chapman and Cutler LLP

Attention: Eric F. Fess, Esq.

320 South Canal Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of rule 485

Title of securities being registered: Units of fractional undivided beneficial interest.

Approximate date of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement.

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Check box if it is proposed that this filing will become effective on August 10, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time pursuant to Rule 487.

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56

PROSPECTUS PART A DATED AUGUST 10, 2022

A portfolio containing securities selected by
Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC
with the assistance of Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not
approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or
accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

INVESTMENT SUMMARY

Use this Investment Summary to help you decide whether an investment in this trust is right for you. More detailed information can be found later in this prospectus.

Overview

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243 is a unit investment trust that consists of the Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56 (the “trust”). Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (“Guggenheim Funds” or the “sponsor”) serves as the sponsor of the trust.

The trust is scheduled to terminate in approximately two years.

Investment Objective

The trust primarily seeks to provide current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

Principal Investment Strategy

Under normal circumstances, the trust will invest at least 80% of the value of its assets in preferred securities. The sponsor has selected Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated (“Flaherty”) to serve as the trust’s portfolio consultant. The portfolio consultant is responsible for assisting the sponsor with the selection of the trust’s portfolio.

The trust may consist of a portfolio of exchange-listed preferred securities, which include traditional and hybrid preferred securities, and/or baby bonds selected from Flaherty’s proprietary preferred securities database and its internally generated credit research. The U.S.-listed common stocks held by the trust may include the common stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. companies. The trust may also invest in real estate investment trusts and master limited partnerships.

In choosing the securities the primary factors include, but are not limited to, credit quality of the issuer and the liquidity and yield of the security as of the trust’s initial date of deposit. Certain of the securities are rated below investment-grade and are considered to be high-yield or “junk” securities. As a result of this strategy, the trust is concentrated in the financial sector.

Security Selection

With assistance from Flaherty, the sponsor has selected preferred securities and/or baby bonds believed to have the best potential for current income with the potential for capital appreciation. The sponsor believes that an investment in a portfolio of preferred securities and/or baby bonds offers investors an opportunity to receive many of the income flow advantages of bonds. The trust is diversified across the listed preferred and/or baby bonds market, with attention paid to the credit quality of the issuer and the liquidity and yield of the security. As of the trust’s initial date of deposit (the “Inception Date”), at least 50% of the securities included in the trust are rated investment-grade quality by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

See “Description of Ratings” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information regarding the ratings criteria.

Preferred Stock. As of the Inception Date, 86.49% of the trust consists of preferred stocks, including the preferred stocks of real estate investment trusts. Similar to bonds, preferred stocks offer a stated rate of return, paid in the form of a dividend, and are traded on the basis of their credit risk and yield. Dividend distributions

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of preferred stocks may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporations and typically count as qualified dividend income for individual investors.

Like common stock, preferred stocks usually are perpetual equity securities representing ownership in a company. Preferred stock ranks senior to common stock and preferred stockholders enjoy preference over common stockholders with regard to liquidations. Preferred stockholders may also forfeit or at least be limited in their voting rights. The preferred stocks included in the trust, if applicable, are traded on the national stock exchanges.

Hybrid Preferred Securities. As of the Inception Date, 12.50% of the trust consists of hybrid preferred securities, including the preferred securities of master limited partnerships. Hybrid preferred securities possess varying combinations of features of both debt and traditional preferred securities. As such, they may constitute subordinated debt or preferred shares in an issuer’s capital structure. Certain hybrid preferred securities are typically issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes or preferred securities, or by an affiliated business trust of a corporation, generally in the form of beneficial interests in subordinated debentures issued by the corporation. Unlike preferred stocks, distributions for hybrid preferred securities are generally treated as interest rather than dividends for federal income tax purposes and therefore are not eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporations and typically do not count as qualified dividend income for individual investors.

Baby Bonds. As of the Inception Date, 1.01% of the trust consists of baby bonds. Baby bonds are generally long-term, fixed-income senior debt securities that are issued in small denominations. As with other types of bonds, baby bonds usually have a stated maturity that is at least 10 years after they are issued, and some are issued for as long as 50 years. When a baby bond reaches maturity, the issuing organization is required to repay the principal to the bondholder. The distributions from baby bonds are generally treated as interest for federal income tax purposes and therefore, are not eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporations and do not count as qualified dividend income for individual investors.

Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated

Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated was formed in 1983 with the express intention of managing portfolios of preferred and debt securities for institutional investors. The firm has experience dating back to 1991 in managing preferred securities funds. Through its experience in the preferred and debt securities markets, Flaherty has developed the expertise necessary to implement the portfolio and interest rate management strategies necessary in seeking to obtain the highest sustainable income. In addition to receiving a portfolio consulting fee, the trust pays Flaherty a licensing fee for the use of its intellectual property.

Future Trusts

The sponsor may create future trusts that follow the same general investment strategy. One such trust is expected to be available approximately six months after the trust’s initial date of deposit (the “Inception Date”) and upon the trust’s termination. Each trust is designed to be part of a longer term strategy.

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Essential Information
(as of the Inception Date)
Inception Date	August 10, 2022
Unit Price	$10.00
Termination Date	August 12, 2024
Distribution Date	25th day of each month
(commencing September 25, 2022, if any)
Record Date	15th day of each month
(commencing September 15, 2022, if any)
CUSIP Numbers
Cash Distributions
Standard Accounts	40177K181
Fee Account Cash	40177K207

Reinvested Distributions
Standard Accounts	40177K199
Fee Account Reinvest	40177K215

Ticker	CPREFX

Portfolio Diversification
	Approximate
Security Type	Portfolio Percentage
Baby Bond	1.01%
Hybrid Preferred	12.50
Preferred Stock	86.49
Total	100.00%

	Approximate
Sector/Industry	Portfolio Percentage
Communication Services	0.99%
Financials	84.52
Real Estate	2.99
Utilities	11.50
Total	100.00%

Country/Territory	Approximate
(Headquartered)	Portfolio Percentage
Bermuda	7.52%
Canada	1.00
Great Britain	0.50
United States	90.98
Total	100.00%


Summary of Ratings	Approximate
Standard & Poor’s	Portfolio Percentage
BBB+	5.02%
BBB	11.51
BBB-	32.49
BB+	21.24
BB	8.99
BB-	3.51
B+	2.00
B	0.49
N/R	13.25
NR	1.50
Total	100.00%

Minimum Investment
All accounts	1 unit

Principal Risks

As with all investments, you may lose some or all of your investment in the trust. No assurance can be given that the trust’s investment objective will be achieved. The trust also might not perform as well as you expect. This can happen for reasons such as these:

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Securities prices can be volatile. The value of your investment may fall over time. Market value fluctuates in response to various factors. These can include stock market movements, purchases or sales of securities by the trust, government policies, litigation, and changes in interest rates, inflation, the financial condition of the securities’ issuer or even perceptions of the issuer. Changes in legal, political, regulatory, tax and economic conditions may cause fluctuations in markets and securities prices, which could negatively impact the value of the trust. Additionally, event such war, terrorism, natural and environmental disasters and the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health emergencies may adversely affect the economy, various markets and issuers.

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An outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) was first detected in December 2019 and rapidly spread around the globe leading the World Health Organization to declare the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic in March 2020 and resulting in major disruptions to economies and markets around the world. The complete economic impacts of COVID-19 are not yet fully known. The COVID-19 pandemic, or any future public health crisis, is impossible to predict and could result in adverse market conditions which may negatively impact the performance of the trust and the trust's ability to achieve its investment objectives. Units of the trust are not deposits of any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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The trust invests in preferred stocks and hybrid preferred securities. Preferred securities are typically subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure in terms of priority to corporate income and therefore will be subject to greater risk than those debt instruments. In addition, preferred securities are subject to other risks, such as having no or limited voting rights, being subject to special redemption rights, changing tax treatments and possibly being issued by companies in heavily regulated industries. Furthermore, certain hybrid preferred securities often contain deferral features, whereby the issuer may fail to make distributions without a default occurring.

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Certain of the preferred securities held by the trust have “make whole” call options that generally cause the securities to be redeemable at any time at a designated price. Such securities are generally more likely to be subject to early redemption and may result in the reduction of income received by the trust and the early termination of the trust.

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Certain of the preferred securities held by the trust are “noncumulative.” As a result, these securities will not distribute any unpaid or omitted dividends from the prior year. If an issuer chooses not to pay dividends in a given year, the trust will not have the right to claim the unpaid dividends in the future.

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The trust is concentrated in the financial sector. As a result, the factors that impact the financial sector will likely have a greater effect on this trust than on a more broadly diversified trust. Companies in the financial sector include banks, insurance companies and investment firms. The profitability of companies in the financial sector is largely dependent upon the availability and cost of capital which may fluctuate significantly in response to changes in interest rates and general economic developments. Financial sector companies are especially subject to the adverse effects of economic recession, decreases in the availability of capital, volatile interest rates, portfolio concentrations in geographic markets and in commercial and residential real estate loans, and competition from new entrants in their fields of business.

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The trust invests in securities that are rated below investment-grade and are considered to be “junk” securities. Below investment-grade obligations are considered to be speculative and are subject to greater market and credit risks, and accordingly, the risk of non-payment or default is higher than investment-grade securities. In addition, such securities may be more sensitive to interest rate changes and more likely to receive early returns of principal in falling rate environments.

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Certain of the securities held by the trust may be rated as investment-grade by only one rating agency. As a result, such split-rated securities may have more speculative characteristics and are subject to a greater risk of default than securities rated as investment-grade by more than one rating agency.

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The trust invests in securities that are not rated by one or more of the rating agencies. As a result, it may be difficult to assess the credit quality of such securities.

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The value of your units will generally fall if interest rates, in general, rise. Typically, fixed-income securities with longer periods before maturity are more sensitive to interest rate changes. The trust may be subject to greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low rates.

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An insurer or an issuer of the securities may be unwilling or unable to make principal or interest payments and/or to declare dividends in the future, may call a security before its stated maturity or may reduce the level of distributions declared. Issuers may suspend distributions during the life of the trust. This may result in a reduction in the value of your units.

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The financial condition of an issuer or an insurer of the securities may worsen or its credit ratings may drop, resulting in a reduction in the value of your units. This may occur at any point in time, including during the initial offering period. As the trust is unmanaged, a downgraded security will remain in the portfolio.

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The trust will receive early returns of principal if securities held by the trust are called or sold before they mature. If this happens your income will decline and you may not be able to reinvest the money you receive at as high a yield or as long a maturity.

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The trust may be susceptible to potential risks through breaches in cybersecurity. A breach in cybersecurity refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the trust to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption or lose operational capacity. Such events could cause the sponsor of the trust to incur regulatory penalties, reputational damage, additional compliance costs associated with corrective measures and/or financial loss. In addition, cybersecurity breaches of the trust’s third-party service providers, or issuers in which the trust invests, can also subject the trust to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches.

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The trust is subject to risks arising from various operational factors and their service providers. Operational factors include, but not limited to, human error, processing and communication errors, errors of the trust’s service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally, the trust may be subject to the risk that a service provider may not be willing or able to perform their duties as required or contemplated by their agreements with the trust. Although the trust seeks to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures, there is no way to completely protect against such risks.

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Inflation may lead to a decrease in the value of assets or income from investments.

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The sponsor does not actively manage the portfolio. The value of your investment may fall over time. The trust will generally hold, and may, when creating additional units, continue to buy, the same securities even though a security’s outlook, rating, market value or yield may have changed.

See “Investment Risks” in Part A of the prospectus and “Risk Factors” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

Who Should Invest

You should consider this investment if:

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You want current income potential and diversification;

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The trust represents only a portion of your overall investment portfolio; and

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The trust is part of a longer term investment strategy.

You should not consider this investment if:

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You are uncomfortable with the risks involved with owning preferred securities;

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You are uncomfortable with the risks of an unmanaged investment in securities; or

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You want capital preservation.

Fees and Expenses

The amounts below are estimates of the direct and indirect fees and expenses that you may incur based on a $10 unit price. Actual expenses may vary.


	Percentage
	of Public
	Offering	Amount Per
Investor Fees	Price (5)	100 Units
Initial sales fee
paid on purchase (1)	0.00%	$ 0.00
Deferred sales fee (2)	2.25	22.50
Creation and
development fee (3)	0.50	5.00
Maximum sales fees
(including creation
and development fee)	2.75%	$27.50
Estimated organization costs (4)
(amount per 100 units as
a percentage of the public
offering price)	0.3218%	$3.218

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	Approximate
Annual Fund	% of Public
Operating	Offering	Amount Per
Expenses	Price (5)	100 Units
Trustee’s fee	0.1050%	$1.050
Sponsor’s supervisory fee	0.0300	0.300
Evaluator’s fee	0.0350	0.350
Bookkeeping and
administrative fee	0.0350	0.350
Estimated other trust
operating expenses (6)	0.0919	0.919

Total	0.2969%	$2.969

(1)

The initial sales fee provided above is based on the unit price on the Inception Date. The combination of the initial and deferred sales charge comprises what we refer to as the “transactional sales charge.” The initial sales charge is equal to the difference between the maximum sales charge and the sum of any remaining deferred sales charge and creation and development fee (“C&D Fee”). The percentage and dollar amount of the initial sales fee will vary as the unit price varies and after deferred fees begin. When the Public Offering Price per unit equals $10, there is no initial sales charge. If the price you pay for your units exceeds $10 per unit, you will pay an initial sales charge. Despite the variability of the initial sales fee, each unitholder is obligated to pay the entire applicable maximum sales fee.

(2)

The deferred sales charge is a fixed dollar amount equal to $0.225 per unit and is deducted in monthly installments of $0.075 per unit on the last business day of March 2023 through May 2023. The percentage provided is based on a $10 per unit Public Offering Price as of the Inception Date and the percentage amount will vary over time. If the price you pay for your units exceeds $10 per unit, the deferred sales fee will be less than 2.25% of the Public Offering Price unit. If the price you pay for your units is less than $10 per unit, the deferred sales fee will exceed 2.25% of the Public Offering Price. If units are redeemed prior to the deferred sales fee period, the entire deferred sales fee will be collected. If you purchase units after the first deferred sales fee payment has been assessed, your maximum sales fee will consist of an initial sales fee and the amount of any remaining deferred sales fee payments.

(3)

The C&D Fee compensates the sponsor for creating and developing your trust. The actual C&D Fee is $0.050 per unit and is paid to the sponsor at the close of the initial offering period, which is expected to be approximately six months from the Inception Date. Units purchased after the close of the initial offering period do not pay the C&D Fee. The percentages provided are based on a $10 unit as of the Inception Date and the percentage amount will vary over time. If the unit price exceeds $10 per unit, the C&D Fee will be less than 0.50% of the Public Offering Price; if the unit price is less than $10 per unit, the C&D Fee will exceed 0.50% of the Public Offering Price. However, in no event will the maximum sales fee exceed 2.75% of a unitholder’s initial investment.

(4)

Organization costs include the portfolio consulting fee paid to Flaherty for its assistance in selecting the trust’s portfolio.

(5)

Based on 100 units with a $10 per unit Public Offering Price as of the Inception Date.

(6)

The estimated trust operating expenses are based upon an estimated trust size. Because certain of the operating expenses are fixed amounts, if the trust does not reach such estimated size or falls below the estimated size over its life, the actual amount of the operating expenses may exceed the amounts reflected. In some cases, the actual amount of the operating expenses may greatly exceed the amounts reflected. Other operating expenses include a licensing fee of 0.07% of the aggregate daily liquidation value of transactional sales made during the primary offering period paid by the trust to Flaherty for the use of intellectual property owned by Flaherty, but do not include brokerage costs and other transactional fees.

Example

This example helps you compare the costs of this trust with other unit trusts and mutual funds. In the example we assume that you reinvest your investment in a new trust every other year with the maximum sales fees, the trust’s operating expenses do not change and the trust’s annual return is 5%. Your actual returns and expenses will vary. Based on these assumptions, you would pay these expenses for every $10,000 you invest:


1 year	$ 338
3 years	728
5 years	1,143
10 years	2,089

These amounts are the same regardless of whether you sell your investment at the end of a period or continue to hold your investment. The example does not consider any brokerage fees the trust pays or any transaction fees that broker-dealers may charge for processing redemption requests.

See “Expenses of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

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Trust Portfolio

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56
The Trust Portfolio as of the Inception Date, August 10, 2022
			Rating	1st Optional	Per
	Number		(Unaudited)	Redemption	Share	Cost To
Ticker	of Shares	Company Name (1)	S&P (2)	Provisions (3)	Price	Portfolio (4)
		BABY BOND (1.01%)
HWCPZ	59	Hancock Whitney Corporation	BBB-	6/15/2025 @ 25	$ 25.5900	$ 1,510
		6.250% Due 6/15/2060
		HYBRID PREFERRED (12.50%)
		Financials (5.00%)
AEFC	32	AEGON Funding Company LLC	BBB	12/15/2024 @ 25	23.5100	752
		5.100% Due 12/15/2049
MGRD	40	Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.	BBB-	9/30/2026 @ 25	18.8350	753
		4.200% Due 9/30/2061
MGRB	35	Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.	BBB-	9/30/2025 @ 25	21.3600	748
		4.750% Due 9/30/2060
AIZN	31	Assurant, Inc.	BB+	1/15/2026 @ 25	23.8100	738
		5.250% Due 1/15/2061
BAMI	38	Brookfield Finance I UK Plc (7)	BBB	11/24/2025 @ 25	19.6500	747
		4.500%
PFH	34	Prudential Financial, Inc.	BBB+	9/1/2025 @ 25	22.3300	759
		4.125% Due 9/1/2060
RZB	58	Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. (6)	BBB+	6/15/2026 @ 25	25.9000	1,502
		5.750% Due 6/15/2056
WRB H	38	W R Berkley Corporation	BBB-	3/30/2026 @ 25	19.6700	747
		4.125% Due 3/30/2061
WRB G	37	W R Berkley Corporation	BBB-	9/30/2025 @ 25	20.3220	752
		4.250% Due 9/30/2060
		Utilities (7.50%)
BEPH	80	Brookfield BRP Holdings Canada, Inc. (7)	BBB-	4/30/2026 @ 25	18.6500	1,492
		4.625%
DTG	186	DTE Energy Company	BBB-	12/1/2026 @ 25	20.1300	3,744
		4.375% Due 12/1/2081
SREA	120	Sempra Energy	BBB-	10/1/2024 @ 25	24.9700	2,996
		5.750% Due 7/1/2079
SOJD	64	Southern Company	BBB-	1/30/2025 @ 25	23.3600	1,495
		4.950% Due 1/30/2080
SOJE	74	Southern Company	BBB-	10/15/2025 @ 25	20.3200	1,504
		4.200% Due 10/15/2060
		PREFERRED STOCK (86.49%)
		Communication Services (0.99%)
T C	36	AT&T, Inc.	BB+	2/18/2025 @ 25	20.9700	755
		4.750%
TDS V	35	Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.	B	9/30/2026 @ 25	21.2100	742
		6.000%
		Financials (78.51%)
ALL H	62	Allstate Corporation	BBB	10/15/2024 @ 25	24.3500	1,510
		5.100%
AEL B	28	American Equity Investment Life Holding
		Company	BB	9/1/2025 @ 25	26.3317	737
		6.625%

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Trust Portfolio (continued)

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56
The Trust Portfolio as of the Inception Date, August 10, 2022
			Rating	1st Optional	Per
	Number		(Unaudited)	Redemption	Share	Cost To
Ticker	of Shares	Company Name (1)	S&P (2)	Provisions (3)	Price	Portfolio (4)
		PREFERRED STOCK (continued)
		Financials (continued))
ABR F	37	Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (5)	N/R	10/12/2026 @ 25	$ 20.4100	$ 755
		6.250%
ACGLN	108	Arch Capital Group, Limited (7)	BBB	6/11/2026 @ 25	20.7400	2,240
		4.550%
ARGO A	31	Argo Group International Holdings,
		Limited (7)	BB	9/15/2025 @ 25	23.9914	744
		7.000%
AHL D	31	Aspen Insurance Holdings, Limited (7)	BB+	1/1/2027 @ 25	24.0200	745
		5.625%
AHL E	32	Aspen Insurance Holdings, Limited (7)	BB+	10/1/2024 @ 25	23.7500	760
		5.625%
ATH D	36	Athene Holding, Limited (7)	BBB	12/30/2025 @ 25	20.8300	750
		4.875%
ATH A	57	Athene Holding, Limited (7)	BBB	6/30/2029 @ 25	26.3000	1,499
		6.350%
BAC Q	94	Bank of America Corporation	BBB-	11/17/2026 @ 25	20.0100	1,881
		4.250%
BAC S	86	Bank of America Corporation	BBB-	2/17/2027 @ 25	21.8300	1,877
		4.750%
BAC N	32	Bank of America Corporation	BBB-	9/17/2024 @ 25	23.3200	746
		5.000%
BAC O	108	Bank of America Corporation	BBB-	11/3/2025 @ 25	20.7800	2,244
		4.375%
BOH A	75	Bank of Hawaii Corporation	N/R	8/1/2026 @ 25	19.9800	1,499
		4.375%
OZKAP	37	Bank OZK	N/R	11/15/2026 @ 25	20.0250	741
		4.625%
CADE A	62	Cadence Bank	BB	11/20/2024 @ 25	24.0500	1,491
		5.500%
COF N	38	Capital One Financial Corporation	BB	9/1/2026 @ 25	19.6000	745
		4.250%
COF L	114	Capital One Financial Corporation	BB	9/1/2026 @ 25	19.8100	2,258
		4.375%
COF J	104	Capital One Financial Corporation	BB	6/1/2025 @ 25	21.6700	2,254
		4.800%
COF I	66	Capital One Financial Corporation	BB	12/1/2024 @ 25	22.8300	1,507
		5.000%
SCHW J	66	Charles Schwab Corporation	BBB	6/1/2026 @ 25	22.8000	1,505
		4.450%
CFG E	137	Citizens Financial Group, Inc.	BB+	1/6/2025 @ 25	21.8200	2,989
		5.000%
CNOBP	33	ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.	N/R	9/1/2026 @ 25	22.6500	747
		5.250%

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Trust Portfolio (continued)

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56
The Trust Portfolio as of the Inception Date, August 10, 2022
			Rating	1st Optional	Per
	Number		(Unaudited)	Redemption	Share	Cost To
Ticker	of Shares	Company Name (1)	S&P (2)	Provisions (3)	Price	Portfolio (4)
		PREFERRED STOCK (continued)
		Financials (continued)
CFR B	69	Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.	BBB-	12/15/2025 @ 25	$ 21.5900	$ 1,490
		4.450%
DCOMP	34	Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.	N/R	2/15/2025 @ 25	22.0000	748
		5.500%
ESGRP	60	Enstar Group, Limited (6) (7)	BB+	9/1/2028 @ 25	25.1500	1,509
		7.000%
EQH A	32	Equitable Holdings, Inc.	BBB-	12/15/2024 @ 25	23.1600	741
		5.250%
EQH C	37	Equitable Holdings, Inc.	BBB-	3/15/2026 @ 25	20.2000	747
		4.300%
AGM F	17	Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation	N/R	10/17/2025 @ 25	22.4100	381
		5.250%
FITBO	93	Fifth Third Bancorp	BB+	9/30/2024 @ 25	24.2500	2,255
		4.950%
FCNCO	64	First Citizens BancShares, Inc.	N/R	1/4/2027 @ 25	23.3900	1,497
		5.625%
FHN E	44	First Horizon Corporation	N/R	10/10/2025 @ 25	25.8500	1,137
		6.500%
FHN B	14	First Horizon Corporation	N/R	8/1/2025 @ 25	25.9000	363
		6.625%
FRC M	120	First Republic Bank	BBB-	8/30/2026 @ 25	18.7400	2,249
		4.000%
FRC L	114	First Republic Bank	BBB-	3/30/2026 @ 25	19.7500	2,252
		4.250%
FULTP	99	Fulton Financial Corporation	N/R	1/15/2026 @ 25	22.6700	2,244
		5.125%
HTLFP	28	Heartland Financial USA, Inc.	N/R	7/15/2025 @ 25	27.1240	759
		7.000%
HBANP	147	Huntington Bancshares, Inc.	BB+	4/15/2026 @ 25	20.3900	2,997
		4.500%
JPM M	38	JPMorgan Chase & Company	BBB-	9/1/2026 @ 25	19.9100	757
		4.200%
JPM L	143	JPMorgan Chase & Company	BBB-	6/1/2026 @ 25	21.0500	3,010
		4.625%
JPM K	142	JPMorgan Chase & Company	BBB-	6/1/2026 @ 25	21.0900	2,995
		4.550%
KEY I	110	KeyCorp	BB+	12/15/2026 @ 25	27.3500	3,009
		6.125%
KREF A	33	KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, Inc. (5)	N/R	4/16/2026 @ 25	22.7050	749
		6.500%
MTB H	102	M&T Bank Corporation	BB+	12/15/2026 @ 25	25.6100	2,612
		5.625%
MBINO	31	Merchants Bancorp	N/R	10/1/2024 @ 25	24.1800	750
		6.000%

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Trust Portfolio (continued)

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56
The Trust Portfolio as of the Inception Date, August 10, 2022
			Rating	1st Optional	Per
	Number		(Unaudited)	Redemption	Share	Cost To
Ticker	of Shares	Company Name (1)	S&P (2)	Provisions (3)	Price	Portfolio (4)
		PREFERRED STOCK (continued)
		Financials (continued)
MET F	64	MetLife, Inc.	BBB	3/15/2025 @ 25	$ 23.5100	$ 1,505
		4.750%
MS K	116	Morgan Stanley	BBB-	4/15/2027 @ 25	25.7900	2,992
		5.850%
MS P	143	Morgan Stanley	BBB-	10/15/2027 @ 25	26.1500	3,739
		6.500%
NYCB A	114	New York Community Bancorp, Inc.	B+	3/17/2027 @ 25	26.2500	2,993
		6.375%
NYMTN	36	New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (5)	N/R	10/15/2027 @ 25	20.5700	741
		8.000%
NTRSO	31	Northern Trust Corporation	BBB+	1/1/2025 @ 25	24.1500	749
		4.700%
PACWP	29	PacWest Bancorp	N/R	9/1/2027 @ 25	26.1500	758
		7.750%
PRE J	66	PartnerRe, Limited (7)	BBB	3/15/2026 @ 25	22.8677	1,509
		4.875%
RF C	75	Regions Financial Corporation	BB+	5/15/2029 @ 25	25.0600	1,880
		5.700%
RF E	92	Regions Financial Corporation	BB+	6/15/2026 @ 25	20.4000	1,877
		4.450%
RNR G	77	RenaissanceRe Holdings, Limited (7)	BBB	7/15/2026 @ 25	19.4700	1,499
		4.200%
SIGIP	37	Selective Insurance Group, Inc.	BB+	12/15/2025 @ 25	20.5000	759
		4.600%
SBNYP	148	Signature Bank	N/R	12/30/2025 @ 25	20.2500	2,997
		5.000%
STT G	57	State Street Corporation	BBB	3/15/2026 @ 25	26.2600	1,497
		5.350%
SF D	74	Stifel Financial Corporation	BB-	8/15/2026 @ 25	20.1800	1,493
		4.500%
SIVBP	101	SVB Financial Group	BB	2/15/2025 @ 25	22.1900	2,241
		5.250%
SYF A	69	Synchrony Financial	BB-	11/15/2024 @ 25	21.6300	1,492
		5.625%
TCBIO	96	Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.	BB-	6/15/2026 @ 25	23.5200	2,258
		5.750%

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Trust Portfolio (continued)

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56
The Trust Portfolio as of the Inception Date, August 10, 2022
			Rating	1st Optional	Per
	Number		(Unaudited)	Redemption	Share	Cost To
Ticker	of Shares	Company Name (1)	S&P (2)	Provisions (3)	Price	Portfolio (4)
		PREFERRED STOCK (continued)
		Financials (continued)
TRTX C	40	TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. (5)	N/R	6/30/2026 @ 25	$ 18.7500	$ 750
		6.250%
TFC R	103	Truist Financial Corporation	BBB-	9/1/2025 @ 25	21.8600	2,252
		4.750%
USB S	211	US Bancorp	BBB+	4/15/2027 @ 25	21.3700	4,509
		4.500%
VOYA B	29	Voya Financial, Inc.	BBB-	9/15/2029 @ 25	26.0000	754
		5.350%
WAFDP	35	Washington Federal, Inc.	N/R	4/15/2026 @ 25	21.5600	755
		4.875%
WFC A	88	Wells Fargo & Company	BB+	12/15/2025 @ 25	21.2000	1,866
		4.700%
WFC Z	88	Wells Fargo & Company	BB+	3/15/2025 @ 25	21.2300	1,868
		4.750%
WFC C	76	Wells Fargo & Company	BB+	3/15/2026 @ 25	19.8200	1,506
		4.375%
WFC D	77	Wells Fargo & Company	BB+	9/15/2026 @ 25	19.5300	1,504
		4.250%
WSBCP	28	WesBanco, Inc.	N/R	11/15/2025 @ 25	26.7600	749
		6.750%
WTFCM	29	Wintrust Financial Corporation	N/R	7/15/2025 @ 25	26.3100	763
		6.500%
		Real Estate (2.99%)
DLR L	30	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (5)	BB+	10/10/2024 @ 25	24.6000	738
		5.200%
PSB Z	121	PS Business Parks, Inc. (5)	NR	11/4/2024 @ 25	18.5300	2,242
		4.875%
VNO O	39	Vornado Realty Trust (5)	BB	9/22/2026 @ 25	19.0700	744
		4.450%
VNO N	34	Vornado Realty Trust (5)	BB	11/24/2025 @ 25	22.2600	757
		5.250%

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Trust Portfolio (continued)

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56
The Trust Portfolio as of the Inception Date, August 10, 2022
			Rating	1st Optional	Per
	Number		(Unaudited)	Redemption	Share	Cost To
Ticker	of Shares	Company Name (1)	S&P (2)	Provisions (3)	Price	Portfolio (4)
		PREFERRED STOCK (continued)
		Utilities (4.00%)
CMS C	110	CMS Energy Corporation	BBB-	7/15/2026 @ 25	$ 20.4200	$ 2,246
		4.200%
SCE J	73	SCE Trust IV	BB+	9/15/2025 @ 25	20.4700	1,494
		5.375%
SR A	88	Spire, Inc.	BBB	8/15/2024 @ 25	25.4800	2,242
		5.900%
						$ 149,929

(1)

All securities are represented entirely by contracts to purchase securities, which were entered into by the trust on the trust’s inception date. All contracts for securities are expected to be settled by the initial settlement date for the purchase of units. All securities were issued with a par equal to the first optional redemption price, except as noted in the Trust Portfolio.

(2)

See “Description of Ratings” in Part B of the prospectus for a brief description of the rating symbols and their meanings. The ratings are by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”). “NR” indicates no rating by S&P. Such securities may, however, be rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. See “Investment Risks” for a discussion of the risk of investing in below investment-grade securities.

(3)

The securities are first redeemable on such date and at such price as listed above. Optional redemption provisions, which may be exercised in whole or in part, are at prices of par or stated value. Optional redemption provisions generally will occur at times when the redeemed securities have an offering side evaluation which represents a premium over par or stated value. To the extent that the securities were acquired at a price higher than the redemption price, this will generally represent a loss of capital when compared with the Public Offering Price of the units when acquired. Distributions will generally be reduced by the amount of the dividends and other distributions which otherwise would have been paid with respect to redeemed securities, and any principal amount received on such redemption after satisfying any redemption requests for units received by the trust will generally be distributed to unitholders. Certain of the securities have provisions which would allow for their redemption prior to the earliest stated call date pursuant to the occurrence of certain extraordinary events.

(4)

Valuation of securities was performed as of the Evaluation Time on August 9, 2022. For securities quoted on a national exchange, including the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., securities are generally valued at the closing sale price using the market value per share. For foreign securities traded on a foreign exchange, if any, securities are generally valued at the closing sale price on the applicable exchange converted into U.S. dollars. The trust’s investments are classified as Level 1, which refers to security prices determined using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

(5)

Security of a real estate investment trust (“REIT”).

(6)

This security has a “make whole” call option and is redeemable in whole or in part at any time at the option of the issuer at a redemption price that is generally equal to the sum of the principal amount of the securities, a “make whole” amount, and any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The “make whole” amount is generally equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value as of the date of redemption of principal being redeemed and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable if redemption had not been made, determined by discounting the remaining principal and interest at a specified rate (which varies from security to security and is generally equal to an average of yields on U.S. Treasury obligations with maturities corresponding to the remaining life of the security plus a premium rate) from the dates on which the principal and interest would have been payable if the redemption had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the securities being redeemed. In addition, the securities may also be subject to redemption without premium at any time pursuant to extraordinary optional or mandatory redemptions if certain events occur.

(7)

U.S.-listed foreign security based on the country of incorporation, which may differ from the way the company is classified for investment purposes and portfolio diversification purposes.

(8)

Security of a master limited partnership (“MLP”).

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR INVESTMENT

How to Buy Units

You can buy units of your trust on any business day by contacting your financial professional. Public offering prices of units are available daily on the Internet at www.guggenheiminvestments.com. The unit price includes:

•

the value of the securities,

•

organization costs,

•

the maximum sales fee (which includes an initial sales fee, if applicable, a deferred sales fee and the creation and development fee), and

•

cash and other net assets in the portfolio.

We often refer to the purchase price of units as the “offer price” or the “Public Offering Price.” We must receive your order to buy units prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) to give you the price for that day. If we receive your order after this time, you will receive the price computed on the next business day.

Value of the Securities. The sponsor serves as the evaluator of the trust (the “evaluator”). We cause the trustee to determine the value of the securities as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on each day that the exchange is open (the “Evaluation Time”).

Pricing the Securities. The value of securities is generally determined by using the last sale price for securities traded on a national or foreign securities exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market. In some cases we will price a security based on the last asked or bid price in the over-the-counter market or by using other recognized pricing methods. We will only do this if a security is not principally traded on a national or foreign securities exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, or if the market quotes are unavailable or inappropriate.

If applicable, the trustee or its designee will value foreign securities primarily traded on foreign exchanges at their fair value which may be other than their market prices if the market quotes are unavailable or inappropriate.

The trustee determined the initial prices of the securities shown in “Trust Portfolio” for your trust in this prospectus. Such prices were determined as described above at the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the business day before the date of this prospectus. On the first day we sell units we will compute the unit price as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange or the time the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective, if later.

Organization Costs. During the initial offering period, part of your purchase price includes a per unit amount sufficient to reimburse us for some or all of the costs of creating your trust. These costs include the costs of preparing the registration statement and legal documents, legal fees, federal and state registration fees, the portfolio consulting fee, and the initial fees and expenses of the trustee. Your trust will sell securities to reimburse us for these costs at the end of the initial offering period or after six months, at the discretion of the sponsor. The estimated organization costs shown under the “Investment Summary – Fees and Expenses” section are based upon an estimated trust size. Because certain of the organization costs are fixed amounts, if the trust does not reach such estimated size, the actual amount of organization

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costs may exceed the estimated amounts. However, the sponsor has agreed to cap the organization costs so that you will not pay more than 0.80% of the public offering price ($8.00 per 100 units) in organization costs.

Transactional Sales Fee. You pay a fee when you buy units. We refer to this fee as the “transactional sales fee.” The transactional sales fee for the trust typically has only a deferred component of 2.25% of the Public Offering Price, based on a $10 unit. This percentage amount of the transactional sales fee is based on the unit price on the Inception Date. Because the transactional sales fee equals the difference between the maximum sales fee and the C&D Fee, the percentage and dollar amount of the transactional sales fee will vary as the unit price varies.

The transactional sales fee does not include the C&D Fee which is described in “Fees and Expenses” in Part A of the prospectus and under “Expenses of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus.

Initial Sales Fee. On the date of deposit, the trust does not charge an initial sales fee. However, you will be charged an initial sales fee if you purchase your units after the first deferred sales fee payment has been assessed or if the price you pay for your units exceeds $10 per unit. The initial sales fee, which you will pay at the time of purchase, is equal to the difference between the maximum sales fee (2.75% of the Public Offering Price) and the sum of the maximum remaining deferred sales fee and the C&D Fee (initially $0.275 per unit). The dollar amount and percentage amount of the initial sales fee will vary over time.

Deferred Sales Fee. We defer payment of the rest of the transactional sales fee through the deferred sales fee ($0.225 per unit). You pay any remaining deferred sales fee when you sell or redeem units. The trust may sell securities to meet the trust’s obligations with respect to the deferred sales fee. Thus, no assurance can be given that the trust will retain its present size and composition for any length of time.

In limited circumstances and only if deemed in the best interests of unitholders, the sponsor may delay the payment of the deferred sales fee from the dates listed under “Fees and Expenses.”

When you purchase units of the trust, if your total maximum sales fee is less than the fixed dollar amount of the deferred sales fee and the C&D Fee, the sponsor will credit you the difference between your maximum sales fee and the sum of the deferred sales fee and the C&D Fee at the time you buy units by providing you with additional units.

Advisory and Fee Accounts. We eliminate your transactional sales fee for purchases made through registered investment advisers, certified financial planners or registered broker-dealers who charge periodic fees in lieu of commissions or who charge for financial planning or for investment advisory or asset management services or provide these services as part of an investment account where a comprehensive “wrap fee” is imposed (a “Fee Account”).

This discount applies during the initial offering period and in the secondary market. Your financial professional may purchase units with the Fee Account CUSIP numbers to facilitate purchases under this discount, however, we do not require that you buy units with these CUSIP numbers to qualify for the discount. If you purchase units with these special CUSIP numbers, you should be aware that you may have the distributions automatically reinvest into additional units of your trust or receive cash distributions. We reserve the right to limit or deny purchases of units

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not subject to the transactional sales fee by investors whose frequent trading activity we determine to be detrimental to your trust. We, as sponsor, will receive and you will pay the C&D Fee. See “Expenses of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

Employees. We do not charge the portion of the transactional sales fee that we would normally pay to your financial professional for purchases made by officers, directors and employees and their family members (spouses, children under the age of 21 living in the same household and parents) of Guggenheim Funds and its affiliates, or by employees of selling firms, their affiliates and their family members (spouses, children under the age of 21 living in the same household and parents). You pay only the portion of the fee that the sponsor retains. Such purchases are also subject to the C&D Fee. This discount applies during the initial offering period and in the secondary market. Only those broker-dealers that allow their employees to participate in employee discount programs will be eligible for this discount. All employee discounts are subject to the policies of the related selling firm, including any eligibility limitations enforced by the selling firm.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan. We do not charge any transactional sales fee when you reinvest distributions from your trust into additional units of the trust. Since the deferred sales fee is a fixed dollar amount per unit, your trust must charge the deferred sales fee per unit regardless of this discount. If you elect the distribution reinvestment plan, we will credit you with additional units with a dollar value sufficient to cover the amount of any remaining deferred sales fee that will be collected on such units at the time of reinvestment. The dollar value of these units will fluctuate over time. This discount applies during the initial offering period and in the secondary market.

See “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Units” in Part B of the prospectus for more information regarding buying units.

How We Distribute Units. We sell units to the public through broker-dealers and other firms. We pay part of the sales fee you pay to these distribution firms when they sell units. The distribution fee paid is 2.00% of the Public Offering Price per unit.

Eligible dealer firms and other selling agents that sell units of Guggenheim Funds unit trusts in the primary market are eligible to receive additional compensation for volume sales. Such payments will be in addition to the regular concessions paid to dealer firms as set forth in the applicable trust’s prospectus. For this volume concession, Guggenheim Investment Grade Corporate Trust 3-7 Year, Investment Grade Corporate Trust 3-7 Year, Guggenheim Investment Grade Corporate Trust 5-8 Year and Guggenheim Short Duration High Yield Trust are designated as “Fixed Income Trusts” and all other Guggenheim Funds unit trusts are designated as “Equity Trusts.” Sales of units from the following Guggenheim Funds unit trust strategies will not count toward this volume concession: Advisory Series: Guggenheim Investment Grade Corporate Trust 3-7 Year; Advisory Series: Investment Grade Corporate 3-7 Year Trust; Blue Chip Growth Portfolio, CDA; ARK Early Stage Disruptors Portfolio, CDA; Dow 50 Value Dividend Portfolio, CDA; Kensho Space Exploration & Innovation Portfolio, CDA and S&P Dividend Aristocrats Select 25 Strategy Portfolio, CDA. Eligible dealer firms and other selling agents who, during the previous consecutive 12-month period through the end of the most recent month, sold primary market units of eligible Guggenheim Funds unit investment trusts in the dollar amounts shown below will be entitled to up to the following additional sales concession on primary market sales of units

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during the current month of unit investment trusts sponsored by us:


	Additional	Additional
	Concession	Concession for
Total Sales	for Equity	Fixed Income
(in millions)	Trust Units	Trust Units
$25 but less
than $100	0.035%	0.035%
$100 but less
than $150	0.050%	0.050%
$150 but less
than $250	0.075%	0.075%
$250 but less
than $1,000	0.100%	0.100%
$1,000 but less
than $5,000	0.125%	0.100%
$5,000 but less
than $7,500	0.150%	0.100%
$7,500 or more	0.175%	0.100%

Dealer firms or other selling agents deemed to be an underwriter for a Fixed Income Trust will not be eligible to receive the above sales concession on the underwritten units for that trust. However, Fixed Income Trust units sold in an underwriting will be included in the total sales calculation when determining the appropriate sales concession level for the dealer firm or other selling agent. Please see the respective Fixed Income Trust’s prospectus for more information.

Eligible unit trusts include Fixed Income Trusts and Equity Trusts sold in the primary market. Redemptions of units during the primary offering period will reduce the amount of units used to calculate the volume concessions. In addition, dealer firms will not receive volume concessions on the sale of units which are not subject to a transactional sales fee. However, such sales will be included in determining whether a firm has met the sales level breakpoints for volume concessions.

Guggenheim Funds reserves the right to modify or terminate the volume concession program at any time. The sponsor may also pay to certain dealers an administrative fee for information or service used in connection with the distribution of trust units. Such amounts will be in addition to any concessions received for the sale of units.

In addition to the concessions described above, the sponsor may pay additional compensation out of its own assets to broker-dealers that meet certain sales targets and that have agreed to provide services relating to the trust to their customers.

Other Compensation and Benefits to Broker-Dealers. The sponsor, at its own expense and out of its own profits, may provide additional compensation and benefits to broker-dealers who sell shares of units of this trust and other Guggenheim products. This compensation is intended to result in additional sales of Guggenheim products and/or compensate broker-dealers and financial advisors for past sales. A number of factors are considered in determining whether to pay these additional amounts. Such factors may include, but are not limited to, the level or type of services provided by the intermediary, the level or expected level of sales of Guggenheim products by the intermediary or its agents, the placing of Guggenheim products on a preferred or recommended product list, access to an intermediary’s personnel, and other factors.

The sponsor makes these payments for marketing, promotional or related expenses, including, but not limited to, expenses of entertaining retail customers and financial advisers, advertising, sponsorship of events or seminars, obtaining information about the breakdown of unit sales among an intermediary’s representatives or offices,

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obtaining shelf space in broker-dealer firms and similar activities designed to promote the sale of the sponsor’s products. The sponsor may make such payments to many intermediaries that sell Guggenheim products. The sponsor may also make certain payments to, or on behalf of, intermediaries to defray a portion of their costs incurred for the purpose of facilitating unit sales, such as the costs of developing trading or purchasing trading systems to process unit trades.

Payments of such additional compensation, some of which may be characterized as “revenue sharing,” may create an incentive for financial intermediaries and their agents to sell or recommend a Guggenheim product, including the trust, over products offered by other sponsors or fund companies. These arrangements will not change the price you pay for your units.

We generally register units for sale in various states in the United States. We do not register units for sale in any foreign country. It is your financial professional’s responsibility to make sure that units are registered or exempt from registration if you are a foreign investor or if you want to buy units in another country. This prospectus does not constitute an offer of units in any state or country where units cannot be offered or sold lawfully. We may reject any order for units in whole or in part.

We may gain or lose money when we hold units in the primary or secondary market due to fluctuations in unit prices. The gain or loss is equal to the difference between the price we pay for units and the price at which we sell or redeem them. We may also gain or lose money when we deposit securities to create units. For example, we lost the amount set forth in the “Trust Portfolio” on the initial deposit of securities into the trust.

See “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Units” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

How to Sell Your Units

You can sell your units on any business day by contacting your financial professional or, in some cases, the trustee. Unit prices are available daily on the Internet at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or through your financial professional. We often refer to the sale price of units as the “liquidation price.” You pay any remaining deferred sales fee when you sell or redeem your units. Certain broker-dealers may charge a transaction fee for processing unit redemptions or sale requests.

Until the end of the initial offering period or six months after the Inception Date, at the discretion of the sponsor, the price at which the trustee will redeem units and the price at which the sponsor may repurchase units include organization costs. After such period, the amount paid will not include such organization costs. If units of the trust are redeemed prior to the deferred sales fee period, the entire deferred sales fee will be collected.

Selling Units. We do not intend to but may maintain a secondary market for units. This means that if you want to sell your units, we may buy them at the current price which is based on their net asset value. We may then resell the units to other investors at the Public Offering Price or redeem them for the redemption price. Our secondary market repurchase price is generally the same as the redemption price. Certain broker-dealers might also maintain a secondary market in units. You should contact your financial professional for current unit prices to determine the best price available. We may discontinue our secondary market at any time without notice. Even if we do not make a market, you will be

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able to redeem your units with the trustee on any business day for the current price.

Redeeming Units. You may also be able to redeem your units directly with the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open. The trustee must receive your completed redemption request prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange for you to receive the unit price for a particular day. (For what constitutes a completed redemption request, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Units--Redemption” in Part B of the prospectus.) If your request is received after that time or is incomplete in any way, you will receive the next price computed after the trustee receives your completed request. Rather than contacting the trustee directly, your financial professional may also be able to redeem your units by using the Investors’ Voluntary Redemptions and Sales (IVORS) automated redemption service offered through Depository Trust Company.

If you redeem your units, the trustee will generally send you a payment for your units no later than two business days after it receives all necessary documentation. At the sponsor’s discretion, certain redemptions may be made by an in-kind distribution of the securities underlying the units in lieu of cash.

You can generally request an in-kind distribution of the securities underlying your units if you own units worth at least $25,000 or you originally paid at least that amount for your units, and you have held your units through the end of the initial offering period. This option is generally available only for securities traded and held in the United States and is not available within 30 business days of the trust’s termination. We may modify or discontinue this option at any time without notice.

For more complete information regarding selling or redeeming your units, see “Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Units” in Part B of the prospectus.

Distributions

Dividends. Your trust generally pays dividends from its net investment income, if any, along with any excess capital on each distribution date to unitholders of record on the preceding record date.

The income distribution to the unitholders of the trust as of each record date will be made on the following distribution date or shortly thereafter and shall consist of an amount substantially equal to such portion of each unitholder’s pro rata share of the estimated net annual income distributions in the Income Account. Because income payments are not received by your trust at a constant rate throughout the year, such distributions to unitholders may be more or less than the amount credited to the Income Account as of the record date. For the purpose of minimizing fluctuation in the distributions from the Income Account, the trustee is authorized in certain circumstances to advance such amounts as may be necessary to provide income distributions of approximately equal amounts. The trustee shall be reimbursed, without interest, for any such advances from funds in the Income Account on the ensuing record date.

You can elect to:

•

reinvest distributions in additional units of your trust at no fee, or

•

receive distributions in cash.

You may change your election by contacting your financial professional or the trustee. Once

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you elect to participate in a reinvestment program, the trustee will automatically reinvest your distributions into additional units at their net asset value two business days prior to the distribution date. We waive the sales fee for reinvestments into units of your trust. We cannot guarantee that units will always be available for reinvestment. If units are unavailable, you will receive cash distributions. We may discontinue these options at any time without notice.

In some cases, your trust might pay a special distribution if it holds an excessive amount of principal pending distribution. For example, this could happen as a result of a merger or similar transaction involving a company whose security is in your portfolio. In addition, your trust may pay a special distribution in order to maintain the qualification of the trust as a regulated investment company or to provide funds to make any distribution for a taxable year in order to avoid imposition of any income or excise tax on undistributed income in the trust. The amount of your distributions will vary from time to time as companies change their dividends or default on interest payments, trust expenses change or as a result of changes in the trust’s portfolio.

Reinvest in Your Trust. You can keep your money working by electing to reinvest your distributions in additional units of your trust. The easiest way to do this is to have your financial professional purchase units with one of the Reinvestment CUSIP numbers listed in the “Investment Summary” section of this prospectus. You may also make or change your election by contacting your financial professional or the trustee. This reinvestment option may be subject to availability or limitation by the broker-dealer or selling firm. In certain circumstances, broker-dealers may suspend or terminate the offering of a reinvestment option at any time.

Reports. The trustee will send your financial professional a statement showing income and other receipts of your trust for each distribution. Each year the trustee will also provide an annual report on your trust’s activity and certain tax information. Annual reports for 2022 and future years will not be distributed by the trustee in paper form. The annual reports are posted to the sponsor’s website (www.guggenheiminvestments.com) in the UIT Literature link and retrievable by CUSIP. You may also request one be sent to you by calling the sponsor at 800-621-9944. You can request copies of security evaluations to enable you to complete your tax forms and audited financial statements for your trust, if available.

See “Administration of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

Investment Risks

All investments involve risk. This section describes the main risks that can impact the value of the securities in your trust. You should understand these risks before you invest. You could lose some or all of your investment in the trust. Recently, equity markets have experienced significant volatility. If the value of the securities in your trust falls, the value of your units will also fall. We cannot guarantee that your trust will achieve its objective or that your investment return will be positive over any period.

Market risk. Market risk is the risk that a particular security in the trust, the trust itself or securities in general may fall in value. Market value may be affected by a variety of factors including:

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General securities markets movements;

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Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or a sector;

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Changes in perceptions about an issuer or a sector;

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Interest rates and inflation;

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Governmental policies and litigation; and

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Purchases and sales of securities by the trust.

Changes in legal, political, regulatory, tax and economic conditions may cause fluctuations in markets and securities prices, which could negatively impact the value of the trust. Additionally, event such war, terrorism, natural and environmental disasters and the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health emergencies may adversely affect the economy, various markets and issuers. An outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) was first detected in December 2019 and rapidly spread around the globe leading the World Health Organization to declare the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic in March 2020 and resulting in major disruptions to economies and markets around the world. The complete economic impacts of COVID-19 are not yet fully known. The COVID-19 pandemic, or any future public health crisis, is impossible to predict and could result in adverse market conditions which may negatively impact the performance of the trust and the trust's ability to achieve its investment objectives.

Even though we carefully supervise the portfolio, you should remember that we do not manage the portfolio. The trust will not sell a security solely because the market value falls as is possible in a managed fund.

Preferred securities risk. The trust invests in preferred securities, including preferred stock and hybrid preferred securities.

Similar to bonds, preferred stocks typically offer a fixed rate of return, paid in the form of a dividend. Like common stock, most preferred stocks are equity securities representing ownership in a company. Preferred stocks are generally considered “senior equity securities” and preferred stockholders enjoy preference over common stockholders with regard to liquidations. For the prospect of a higher or stated yield, preferred stockholders may forfeit or at least be limited in their voting rights. Preferred stocks are generally traded on national stock exchanges. Preferred securities are typically subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure, in terms of priority in liquidation and therefore will be subject to greater credit risk than those debt instruments.

Generally, preferred securities may be subject to provisions that allow an issuer, under certain conditions, to skip or defer distributions without any adverse consequences to the issuer. If the trust owns a preferred security that is deferring its distribution, the trust may be required to report income for tax purposes although it has not yet received such income. Certain of the preferred securities held by the trust are “noncumulative.” As a result, these securities will not distribute any unpaid or omitted dividends from the prior year. If an issuer chooses not to pay dividends in a given year, the trust will not have the right to claim the unpaid dividends in the future.

Certain hybrid preferred securities are securities typically issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes or preferred securities, or by an affiliated business trust of a corporation, generally in the form of beneficial interest in subordinated debentures issued by the corporation. Hybrid preferred securities may possess varying combinations of features of debt and preferred securities.

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Tax or regulatory changes taken by the Internal Revenue Service may change the tax characterization of the trust’s preferred securities and, as a result, may effect the value of your units.

Make whole risk. Certain of the preferred securities held by the trust have “make whole” call options that generally cause the securities to be redeemable at any time at a designated price. Such securities are generally more likely to be subject to early redemption and may result in the reduction of income received by the trust and the early termination of the trust.

Financial sector risk. The trust is concentrated in the financial sector. As a result, the factors that impact the financial sector will likely have a greater effect on this trust than on a more broadly diversified trust. Companies in the financial sector are especially subject to the adverse effects of economic recession, decreases in the availability of capital, volatile interest rates, portfolio concentrations in geographic markets and in commercial and residential real estate loans, and competition from new entrants in their fields of business. These industries are still extensively regulated at both the federal and state level and may be adversely affected by increased regulations.

Failure of issuers or insurers of preferred securities or baby bonds to pay interest and/or principal. An investment in preferred securities or baby bonds is subject to the risk that the issuer or insurer of a preferred security or baby bond may default on principal and/or interest payments when due on the security. Such a default would have the effect of lessening the income generated by the trust and/or the value of the securities and the trust’s units. The preferred security or baby bond ratings assigned by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations are an indication of the issuer’s ability to make interest and principal payments when due. Subsequent to the initial date of deposit the rating assigned to a preferred security or baby bond may decline. Neither the sponsor nor the trustee shall be liable in any way for any default, failure or defect in any preferred security or baby bond.

High-yield securities risk. The trust invests in high-yield or “junk” securities. High-yield securities are subject to greater market fluctuations and risk of loss than securities with higher investment ratings. The value of these securities will decline significantly with increases in interest rates because an increase in rates generally decreases values. An economic slowdown, or a reduction in an issuer’s creditworthiness, may affect an issuer’s ability to make dividend or interest payments.

High-yield or “junk” securities, the general names for securities rated below investment-grade, are frequently issued by corporations in the growth stage of their development or by established companies who are highly leveraged or whose operations or industries are depressed. Obligations rated below investment-grade should be considered speculative as these ratings indicate a quality of less than investment-grade. Because high-yield securities are generally subordinated obligations and are perceived by investors to be riskier than higher rated, senior securities, their prices tend to fluctuate more than higher rated securities and are affected by short-term credit developments to a greater degree.

The market for high-yield securities is generally smaller and less liquid than that for investment-grade securities. High-yield securities are generally not listed on a national securities exchange but trade in the over-the-counter markets. Due to the smaller, less liquid market for high-yield securities, the bid-offer spread on such securities is generally greater than it is for investment-grade securities and the

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purchase or sale of such securities may take longer to complete and may include higher execution expenses.

Split-ratings risk. Split-rated securities are those securities that, at the time of investment, are rated below investment-grade by one rating agency, so long as at least one other rating agency rates such securities within the four highest grades (i.e., investment-grade quality). This means that a split-rated security may be regarded by one rating agency as having predominately speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal, and accordingly subject to a greater risk of default. The prices of split-rated securities, in the view of one but not all rating agencies, may be more sensitive than securities without a split-rating to negative developments, such as a decline in the issuer’s revenues or a general economic downturn.

Foreign securities risk. The trust invests in U.S.-listed foreign securities. Securities of foreign issuers present risks beyond those of domestic securities. The prices of foreign securities can be more volatile than U.S. securities due to such factors as political, social and economic developments abroad, the differences between the regulations to which U.S. and foreign issuers and markets are subject, the seizure by the government of company assets, excessive taxation, withholding taxes on dividends and interest, limitations on the use or transfer of portfolio assets, and political or social instability. Other risks include the following:

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Enforcing legal rights may be difficult, costly and slow in foreign countries, and there may be special problems enforcing claims against foreign governments.

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Foreign issuers may not be subject to accounting standards or governmental supervision comparable to U.S. issuers, and there may be less public information about their operations.

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Foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets.

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Foreign securities often trade in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Changes in currency exchange rates may affect the trust’s value, the value of dividends and interest earned, and gains and losses realized on the sale of securities. An increase in the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to these other currencies may cause the value of the trust to decline. Certain foreign currencies may be particularly volatile, and foreign governments may intervene in the currency markets, causing a decline in value or liquidity in the trust’s foreign security holdings.

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Future political and governmental restrictions which might adversely affect the payment or receipt of income on the foreign securities.

REIT risk. The trust invests in REITs. A REIT is a company that buys, develops, finances and/or manages income-producing real estate. REITs may concentrate their investments in specific geographic areas or in specific property types, such as hotels, shopping malls, residential complexes and office buildings. The value of the REIT and the ability of the REIT to distribute income may be adversely affected by several factors, including: rising interest rates; changes in the national, state and local economic climate and real estate conditions; perceptions of prospective tenants about the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the properties; the ability of the owner to provide

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adequate management, maintenance and insurance; the cost of complying with the Americans With Disabilities Act; increased competition from new properties; the impact of present or future environmental legislation and compliance with environmental laws; changes in real estate taxes and other operating expenses; adverse changes in governmental rules and fiscal policies; adverse changes in zoning laws; declines in the value of real estate; the downturn in the subprime mortgage lending market in the United States; and other factors beyond the control of the issuer of the REIT. Additionally, current negative economic impacts caused by COVID-19 have resulted in a number of businesses and individuals struggling to pay their rents, which has created cash flow difficulties for many landlords. Furthermore, demand for leased commercial space has weakened. REITs provide space to many industries that have been directly impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and may be negatively impacted by these current conditions.

Interest rate risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that securities in the trust will decline in value because of a rise in interest rates. Generally, securities that pay fixed rates of return will increase in value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Typically, securities that pay fixed rates of return with longer periods before maturity are more sensitive to interest rate changes. The trust may be subject to greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low rates.

Credit and dividend payment risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a security in the trust is unable or unwilling to make dividend, interest and/or principal payments. Distributions for both preferred stocks and hybrid preferred securities may not be paid at all or payments on hybrid preferred securities may be deferred. High-yield or “junk” securities that are rated below investment-grade are generally more susceptible to credit risk than investment-grade securities.

Call risk. Call risk is the risk that securities can be prepaid or “called” by the issuer before their stated maturity. If securities are called, your income will decline and you may not be able to reinvest the money you receive at as high a yield. Also, an early call at par of a security trading at a premium will reduce your return. Securities held by your trust are more likely to be called when interest rates decline. This would result in early returns of principal to you and may result in early termination of the trust. The dates and prices upon which the securities are first subject to optional calls are provided in “The Trust Portfolio.” The securities may also be subject to special or extraordinary call provisions and “mandatory put” features that may cause the securities to be removed from your trust prior to maturity or stated call dates. High-yield or “junk” securities that are rated below investment-grade are generally more susceptible to this risk than investment-grade securities.

Security quality risk. Security quality risk is the risk that a reduction in a security’s rating may decrease its value and the value of your investment in the trust. Securities ratings may be reduced at any time, including during the primary offering period of your trust. High-yield or “junk” securities that are rated below investment-grade are generally more susceptible to this risk than investment-grade securities. Certain securities held by the trust may not be rated by one or more of the credit agencies. As a result, it may be difficult to assess the credit quality of such securities.

Passive foreign investment companies (“PFICs”) risk. The trust may invest in issuers that are considered to be PFICs. In general,

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PFICs are certain non-U.S. corporations that receive at least 75% of their annual gross income from passive sources (such as interest, dividends, certain rents and royalties or capital gains) or that hold at least 50% of their assets in investments producing such passive income. As a result of an investment in PFICs, your trust could be subject to U.S. federal income tax and additional interest charges on gains and certain distributions with respect to those securities, even if all the income or gain is timely distributed to its unitholders. Your trust will not be able to pass through to its unitholders any credit or deduction for such taxes. Your trust may be able to make an election that could ameliorate these adverse tax consequences. In this case, your trust would recognize as ordinary income any increase in the value of such PFIC shares, and as ordinary loss any decrease in such value to the extent it did not exceed prior increases included in income. Under this election, your trust might be required to recognize in a year income in excess of its distributions from PFICs and its proceeds from dispositions of PFIC stock during that year, and such income would nevertheless be subject to the distribution requirement and would be taken into account for purposes of the 4% excise tax. Dividends paid by PFICs will not be treated as qualified dividend income.

Litigation and legislation risk. Your trust is also subject to litigation and legislation risk. From time to time, various legislative initiatives are proposed in the United States and abroad which may have a negative impact on certain issuers represented in the trust. In addition, litigation regarding any of the issuers of the securities or of the sectors represented by these issuers, may raise potential bankruptcy concerns and may negatively impact the share prices of these securities. We cannot predict what impact any pending or threatened litigation or any bankruptcy concerns will have on the prices of the securities.

Cybersecurity risk. The trust may be susceptible to potential risks through breaches in cybersecurity. A breach in cybersecurity refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the trust to lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption or lose operational capacity. Such events could cause the sponsor of the trust to incur regulatory penalties, reputational damage, additional compliance costs associated with corrective measures and/or financial loss. Cybersecurity breaches may involve unauthorized access to digital information systems utilized by the trust through “hacking” or malicious software coding, but may also result from outside attacks such as denial-of-service attacks through efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users. In addition, cybersecurity breaches of the trust’s third-party service providers, or issuers in which the trust invests, can also subject the trust to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches. The sponsor of the trust and third-party service providers have established risk management systems designed to reduce the risks associated with cybersecurity. However, there is no guarantee that such efforts will succeed, especially because the trust does not directly control the cybersecurity systems of issuers or third-party service providers.

Operational and service provider risk. The trust is subject to risks arising from various operational factors and its service providers. Operational factors include, but not limited to, human error, processing and communication errors, errors of the trust’s service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally, the trust may be subject to the risk that a service provider may not be willing or able to perform their duties as required or contemplated by their agreements with the trust. Although the trust seeks to reduce these operational risks through controls and

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procedures, there is no way to completely protect against such risks.

Inflation risk. Inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money.

Significant unitholders risk. There may be unitholders of the trust who hold a significant portion of the trust and, as result, a redemption by such significant holder may have a material impact on the size, expenses and viability of the trust.

See “Risk Factors” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

How the Trust Works

Your Trust. Your trust is a unit investment trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act of 1933. We created the trust under a trust agreement between Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (as sponsor, evaluator and supervisor) and The Bank of New York Mellon (as trustee). To create your trust, we deposited contracts to purchase securities with the trustee along with an irrevocable letter of credit or other consideration to pay for the securities. In exchange, the trustee delivered units of your trust to us. Each unit represents an undivided interest in the assets of your trust. These units remain outstanding until redeemed or until your trust terminates.

Changing Your Portfolio. Your trust is not a managed fund. Unlike a managed fund, we designed your portfolio to remain relatively fixed after its inception. Your trust will generally buy and sell securities:

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to pay expenses,

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to issue additional units or redeem units,

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in limited circumstances to protect the trust,

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to avoid direct or indirect ownership of a passive foreign investment company,

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to make required distributions or avoid imposition of taxes on the trust,

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to maintain the qualification of the trust as a regulated investment company, or

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as permitted by the trust agreement.

You will not be able to dispose of or vote any of the securities in your trust. As the holder of the securities, the trustee will vote the securities and will endeavor to vote the securities such that the securities are voted as closely as possible in the same manner and the same general proportion as are the securities held by owners other than your trust. However, the trustee may not be able to vote the securities in your trust that are traded on foreign exchanges.

In the event that an issuer of any of the securities in the trust offers to issue new securities, or to exchange securities for trust securities, the trustee will, at the direction of the sponsor, accept or reject such offer or vote for or against any offer for new or exchanged securities or property in exchange for a trust security. Should any issuance, exchange or substitution take place, any securities, cash or property received will be deposited and promptly sold by the trustee pursuant to the sponsor’s direction, unless the sponsor advises the trustee to keep such securities or property.

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We will increase the size of your trust as we sell units. When we create additional units, we will seek to replicate the existing portfolio. In certain cases, the trustee may need additional time to acquire the securities necessary to create units, and consequently, the trust may not be fully invested at all times, which may impact the trust’s performance. When your trust buys securities, it will pay brokerage or other acquisition fees. You could experience a dilution of your investment because of these fees and fluctuations in security prices between the time we create units and the time your trust buys the securities. When your trust buys or sells securities, we, acting in an agency capacity, may direct that the trust places orders with and pays brokerage commissions to brokers that sell units or are affiliated with the trust. We will not select firms to handle these transactions on the basis of their sale of units of your trust or any other products sponsored by us. We cannot guarantee that the trust will keep its present size and composition for any length of time.

Termination of Your Trust. Your trust will terminate no later than the termination date listed in the “Investment Summary” section of this prospectus. The trustee may terminate your trust early if the value of the trust is less than $1 million or less than 40% of the value of the securities in the trust at the end of the initial offering period. At this size, the expenses of your trust may create an undue burden on your investment. Investors owning two-thirds of the units in your trust may also vote to terminate the trust early. We may also terminate your trust in other limited circumstances.

The trustee will notify you of any termination and sell any remaining securities. The trustee will send your final distribution to you within a reasonable time following liquidation of all the securities after deducting final expenses. Your termination distribution may be less than the price you originally paid for your units.

See “Administration of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

General Information

Guggenheim Funds. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC specializes in the creation, development and distribution of investment solutions for advisors and their valued clients. We operate as a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC.

During our history we have been active in public and corporate finance, have underwritten closed-end funds and have distributed bonds, mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, structured products and unit trusts in the primary and secondary markets. We are a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). If we fail to or cannot perform our duties as sponsor or become bankrupt, the trustee may replace us, continue to operate your trust without a sponsor, or terminate your trust. You can contact us at 227 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606 or by using the contacts listed on the back cover of this prospectus. Guggenheim Funds personnel may from time to time maintain a position in certain securities held by your trust.

Guggenheim Funds and your trust have adopted a code of ethics requiring Guggenheim Funds’ employees who have access to information on trust transactions to report personal securities transactions. The purpose of the code is to avoid potential conflicts of interest and to prevent fraud, deception or misconduct with respect to your trust.

See “Administration of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

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The Trustee. The Bank of New York Mellon is the trustee of your trust. It is a trust company organized under New York law. You can contact the trustee by calling the telephone number on the back cover of this prospectus or write to Unit Investment Trust Division, 240 Greenwich Street, 22W Floor, New York, NY 10286. We may remove and replace the trustee in some cases without your consent. The trustee may also resign by notifying the sponsor and investors.

See “Administration of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

Portfolio Consultant. Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated has been selected by the sponsor to serve as the portfolio consultant for the trust. As portfolio consultant, Flaherty will assist the sponsor with the selection of the trust’s portfolio. For its service as portfolio consultant, Flaherty will be paid by the trust a fee of 0.18% of the aggregate daily liquidation value of transactional sales made during the primary offering period at the close of the initial offering period. To calculate this fee, the liquidation price for each day of the primary offering period is multiplied by number of units subject to a transactional sales charge created on that day. Once this amount is calculated for each day of the primary offering period, the amounts are added together and then multiplied by the fee percentage. While the sponsor is responsible for supervising the trust’s portfolio, neither the sponsor nor the portfolio consultant manage the trust.

The portfolio consultant is not an affiliate of the sponsor. The portfolio consultant may use the list of securities included in the trust portfolio in its independent capacity as an investment adviser and distribute this information to various individuals and entities. The portfolio consultant may recommend or effect transactions in the securities included in your trust. This may have an adverse effect on the prices of the securities included in your trust. This also may have an impact on the price your trust pays for the securities and the price received upon unit redemptions or trust termination. The portfolio consultant may act as agent or principal in connection with the purchase and sale of securities, including the securities included in your trust. The portfolio consultant’s research department may receive compensation based on commissions generated by research and/or sales of units.

You should note that the selection criteria was applied to the securities for inclusion in your trust prior to the Inception Date. After this time, the securities included in your trust may no longer meet the selection criteria. Should a security no longer meet the selection criteria, we will generally not remove the security from your trust. In offering the units to the public, neither the sponsor nor any broker-dealers are recommending any of the individual securities but rather the entire pool of securities in your trust, taken as a whole, which are represented by the units.

Expenses

Your trust will pay various expenses to conduct its operations. The “Investment Summary” section of this prospectus shows the estimated amount of these expenses.

Your trust will pay a fee to the trustee for its services. The trustee also benefits when it holds cash for your trust in non-interest bearing accounts. Your trust will reimburse the sponsor as supervisor and evaluator for providing portfolio supervisory services, evaluating your portfolio and performing bookkeeping and administrative services. Our reimbursements may exceed the costs of the services we provide to your trust but will not exceed the costs of services provided to all Guggenheim Funds unit

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investment trusts in any calendar year. In addition, the trustee may reimburse the sponsor out of its own assets for services performed by employees of the sponsor in connection with the operation of your trust. All of these fees may adjust for inflation without your approval.

Your trust will pay a fee to the sponsor for creating and developing your trust, including determining the trust’s objective, policies, composition and size, selecting service providers and information services, and for providing other similar administrative and ministerial functions. Your trust pays this “creation and development fee” of $0.05 per unit from the assets of your trust as of the close of the initial public offering period. The sponsor does not use the fee to pay distribution expenses or as compensation for sales efforts.

Your trust will also pay its general operating expenses, including licensing fees, if applicable. The trust will pay a licensing fee to Flaherty for its use of trademarks, trade names or other intellectual property owned by Flaherty. The licensing fee received by Flaherty is equal to 0.07% of the aggregate daily liquidation value of transactional sales made during the primary offering period. To calculate this fee, the liquidation price for each day of the primary offering period is multiplied by number of units subject to a transactional sales charge created on that day. Once this amount is calculated for each day of the primary offering period, the amounts are added together and then multiplied by the fee percentage.

Your trust may also pay expenses such as trustee expenses (including legal and auditing expenses), organization expenses, various governmental charges, fees for extraordinary trustee services, costs of taking action to protect your trust, costs of indemnifying the trustee and Guggenheim Funds, legal fees and expenses, expenses incurred in contacting you and costs incurred to reimburse the trustee for advancing funds to meet distributions. Your trust may pay the costs of updating its registration statement each year. The trustee may sell securities to pay trust expenses.

See “Expenses of the Trust” in Part B of the prospectus for additional information.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Sponsor and Unitholders
Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243

Opinion on the financial statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition, including the trust portfolio on pages 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243 (the “Trust”) as of August 10, 2022, the initial date of deposit, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Trust as of August 10, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, the Sponsor. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Trust’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of cash or irrevocable letter of credit deposited for the purchase of securities as shown in the statement of financial condition as of August 10, 2022 by correspondence with The Bank of New York Mellon, Trustee. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the unit investment trusts, sponsored by Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC and its predecessor since 2002.

Chicago, Illinois
August 10, 2022

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Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
Statement of Financial Condition
as of the Inception Date, August 10, 2022

*Investment in securities*
Contracts to purchase underlying securities backed by
letter of credit (1)(2)	$ 149,929
	$ 149,929
*Liabilities and interest of unitholders*
Liabilities:
Organization costs (3)	$ 482
Creation and development fee (6)		750
Deferred sales fee (4)		3,373
		4,605
Interest of unitholders:
Cost to unitholders (5)		149,929
Less: initial sales fee (4)		–
Less: organization costs, C&D and deferred sales fees (3)(4)(5)(6)		4,605
Net interest of unitholders		145,324
Total	$ 149,929
Number of units		14,993
Net Asset Value per Unit	$ 9.693

(1)

Aggregate cost of the securities is based on the closing sale price, generally the last business day prior to the trust inception date.

(2)

A letter of credit has been deposited with The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, covering the funds necessary for the purchase of the securities in the trust, represented by purchase contracts.

(3)

A portion of the Public Offering Price represents an amount sufficient to pay for all or a portion of the costs incurred in establishing the trust. These costs have been estimated at $3.218 per 100 units of the trust. A distribution will be made as of the close of the initial offering period or six months after the initial date of deposit (at the discretion of the sponsor) to an account maintained by the trustee from which this obligation of the investors will be satisfied. Organization costs will not be assessed to units that are redeemed prior to the close of the initial offering period or six months after the initial date of deposit (at the discretion of the sponsor). To the extent that actual organization costs are greater than the estimated amount, the sponsor has agreed to cap the organization costs so that not more than $8.00 per 100 units of the trust will be deducted from the assets of the trust.

(4)

The aggregate cost to unitholders includes a maximum sales fee, which consists of an initial sales fee, if applicable, a deferred sales fee and a creation and development fee. If units are purchased after the first deferred sales fee has been assessed or if the price you pay for your units exceeds $10 per unit, an initial sales fee is charged, which is equal to the difference between the maximum sales fee and the sum of the remaining deferred sales fee and the creation and development fee. On the Inception Date, the maximum sales fee is 2.75% of the Public Offering Price (equivalent to 2.75% of the net amount invested). The deferred sales fee is equal to $0.225 per unit.

(5)

The aggregate cost to investors includes the applicable sales fee, assuming no reduction of sales fees.

(6)

The trust is committed to pay a creation and development fee of $5.00 per 100 units at the close of the initial public offering period. The creation and development fee will not be assessed to units that are redeemed prior to the close of the initial offering period.

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GUGGENHEIM DEFINED PORTFOLIOS

GUGGENHEIM PORTFOLIO PROSPECTUS

PART B DATED AUGUST 10, 2022

The prospectus for a Guggenheim Defined Portfolio (a “trust”) is divided into two parts. Part A of the prospectus relates exclusively to a particular trust or trusts and provides specific information regarding each trust’s portfolio, strategies, investment objectives, expenses, financial highlights, income and capital distributions, hypothetical performance information, risk factors and optional features. Part B of the prospectus provides more general information regarding the Guggenheim Defined Portfolios. You should read both parts of the prospectus and retain them for future reference. Except as provided in Part A of the prospectus, the information contained in this Part B will apply to each trust.


Contents

General Information	2
Investment Policies	2
Risk Factors	3
Administration of the Trust	16
Expenses of the Trust	22
Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage Allocation	24
Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Units	24
Taxes	28
Experts	32
Description of Ratings	32

General Information

Each trust is one of a series of separate unit investment trusts created under the name Guggenheim Defined Portfolios and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act of 1933. Each trust was created as a common law trust on the inception date described in the prospectus under the laws of the state of New York. Each trust was created under a trust agreement among Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (as sponsor, evaluator and supervisor) and The Bank of New York Mellon (as trustee).

When your trust was created, the sponsor delivered to the trustee securities or contracts for the purchase thereof for deposit in the trust and the trustee delivered to the sponsor documentation evidencing the ownership of units of the trust. After your trust is created, the sponsor may deposit additional securities in the trust, contracts to purchase additional securities along with cash (or a bank letter of credit in lieu of cash) to pay for such contracted securities or cash (including a letter of credit) with instructions to purchase additional securities. Such additional deposits will be in amounts which will seek to replicate, as closely as practicable, the portfolio immediately prior to such deposits. If the sponsor deposits cash, existing and new investors may experience a dilution of their investments and a reduction in their anticipated income because of fluctuations in the prices of the securities between the time of the cash deposit and the purchase of the securities and because the trust will pay the associated brokerage fees.

A trust consists of (i) the securities listed under “Trust Portfolio” in the prospectus as may continue to be held from time to time in the trust; (ii) any additional securities acquired and held by the trust pursuant to the provisions of the trust agreement; and (iii) any cash held in the accounts of the trust. Neither the sponsor nor the trustee shall be liable in any way for any failure in any of the securities. However, should any contract for the purchase of any of the securities initially deposited in a trust fail, the sponsor will, unless substantially all of the moneys held in the trust to cover such purchase are reinvested in substitute securities in accordance with the trust agreement, refund the cash and sales charge attributable to such failed contract to all unitholders on the next distribution date.

Investment Policies

The trust is a unit investment trust and is not an “actively managed” fund. Traditional methods of investment management for a managed fund typically involve frequent changes in a portfolio of securities on the basis of economic, financial and market analysis. The portfolio of a trust, however, will not be actively managed and therefore the adverse financial condition of an issuer will not necessarily require the sale of its securities from a portfolio.

Unitholders will not be able to dispose of or vote any of the securities in a trust. As the holder of the securities, the trustee will vote the securities and will endeavor to vote the securities such that the securities are voted as closely as possible in the same manner and the same general proportion as are the securities held by owners other than such trust. However, the trustee may not be able to vote the securities in a trust that are traded on foreign exchanges.

The trust agreement provides that the sponsor may (but need not) direct the trustee to dispose of a security in certain events such as the issuer having defaulted on the payment on any of its outstanding obligations, the issuer having qualified as a passive foreign investment company under the Internal Revenue Code, or the price of a security has declined to such an extent or other such credit factors exist so that in the opinion of the sponsor the retention of such securities would be detrimental to the trust. If a public tender offer has been made for a security or a merger or acquisition has been announced affecting a security, the trustee may either sell the security or accept a tender offer for cash if the supervisor determines that the sale or tender is in the best interest of unitholders. The trustee will distribute any cash proceeds to unitholders. Pursuant to the trust agreement and with limited exceptions, the trustee may sell any securities or other properties acquired in exchange for securities such as those acquired in connection with a merger or other transaction. If offered such new or exchanged securities or property other than cash, the trustee shall reject the offer. However, in the event such securities or property are nonetheless acquired by the trust, they may be accepted for deposit in a trust and either sold by the trustee or held in a trust pursuant to the direction of the sponsor. Proceeds from the sale of securities (or any securities or other property received by the trust in exchange for securities) are credited to the Capital Account for distribution to unitholders or to meet redemptions.

Except as stated in the trust agreement, or in the prospectus, the acquisition by the trust of any securities other than the portfolio securities is prohibited. The trustee may sell securities, designated by the sponsor, from the trust for the purpose of redeeming units of a trust tendered for redemption and the payment of expenses and for such other purposes as permitted under the trust agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the trustee is authorized to reinvest any funds held in the Capital or Income Accounts, pending distribution, in U.S. Treasury obligations which mature on or before the next applicable distribution date. Any obligations so acquired must be held until they mature and proceeds therefrom may not be reinvested.

Proceeds from the sale of securities (or any securities or other property received by a trust in exchange for securities) are credited to the Capital Account of a trust for distribution to unitholders or to meet redemptions. Except for failed securities and as provided in the prospectus or in the trust agreement, the acquisition by a trust of any securities other than the portfolio securities is prohibited. The trustee may sell securities from a trust for limited purposes, including redeeming units tendered for redemption and the payment of expenses.

Risk Factors

Stocks. An investment in units of a trust should be made with an understanding of the risks inherent in an investment in equity securities, including the risk that the financial condition of issuers of the securities may become impaired or that the general condition of the stock market may worsen (both of which may contribute directly to a decrease in the value of the securities and thus, in the value of the units) or the risk that holders of common stock have a right to receive payments from the issuers of those stocks that is generally inferior to that of creditors of, or holders of debt obligations issued by, the issuers and that the rights of holders of common stock generally rank inferior to the rights of holders of preferred stock. You could lose some or all of your investment in the trust. Common stocks are especially susceptible to general stock market movements and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of the issuers change. These perceptions are based on unpredictable factors including expectations regarding government, economic,

monetary and fiscal policies, inflation and interest rates, economic expansion or contraction, and global or regional political, economic or banking crises.

Holders of common stock incur more risk than the holders of preferred stocks and debt obligations because common stockholders, as owners of the entity, have generally inferior rights to receive payments from the issuer in comparison with the rights of creditors of, or holders of debt obligations or preferred stock issued by the issuer. Holders of common stock of the type held by a trust have a right to receive dividends only when and if, and in the amounts, declared by the issuer’s board of directors and to participate in amounts available for distribution by the issuer only after all other claims on the issuer have been paid or provided for. By contrast, holders of preferred stock have the right to receive dividends at a fixed rate when and as declared by the issuer’s board of directors, normally on a cumulative basis, but do not participate in other amounts available for distribution by the issuing corporation. Cumulative preferred stock dividends must be paid before common stock dividends and any cumulative preferred stock dividend omitted is added to future dividends payable to the holders of cumulative preferred stock. Preferred stocks are also entitled to rights on liquidation which are senior to those of common stocks. Moreover, common stocks do not represent an obligation of the issuer and therefore do not offer any assurance of income or provide the degree of protection of capital debt securities. Indeed, the issuance of debt securities or even preferred stock will create prior claims for payment of principal, interest, liquidation preferences and dividends which could adversely affect the ability and inclination of the issuer to declare or pay dividends on its common stock or the rights of holders of common stock with respect to assets of the issuer upon liquidation or bankruptcy. Further, unlike debt securities which typically have a stated principal amount payable at maturity (whose value, however, will be subject to market fluctuations prior thereto), common stocks have neither a fixed principal amount nor a maturity and have values which are subject to market fluctuations for as long as the stocks remain outstanding. The value of the securities in a portfolio thus may be expected to fluctuate over the entire life of a trust to values higher or lower than those prevailing at the time of purchase.

The sponsor’s buying and selling of the securities, especially during the initial offering of units of the trust or to satisfy redemptions of units may impact upon the value of the underlying securities and the units. The publication of the list of the securities selected for the trust may also cause increased buying activity in certain of the stocks comprising the portfolio. After such announcement, investment advisory and brokerage clients of the sponsor and its affiliates may purchase individual securities appearing on the list during the course of the initial offering period or may purchase warrants issued by the sponsor or its affiliates which are based on the performance of the securities on the list. The sponsor or its affiliates may also purchase securities as a hedge against its risk on the warrants (although generally the sponsor and its affiliates will not purchase securities for their own account until after the trust portfolio has been acquired). Such buying activity in the stock of these companies or issuance of the warrants prior to the purchase of the securities by the trust may cause the trust to purchase stocks at a higher price than those buyers who effect purchases by the trust.

Fixed Portfolio. Investors should be aware that the trust is not “managed” and as a result, the adverse financial condition of a company will not result in the elimination of its securities from the portfolio of the trust except under extraordinary circumstances. Investors should note in particular that the securities were selected on the basis of the criteria set forth in the prospectus and that the trust may continue to purchase or hold securities originally selected through this process even though the evaluation of the attractiveness of the securities may have changed. A number of the securities in the trust may also be owned by other clients

of the sponsor. However, because these clients may have differing investment objectives, the sponsor may sell certain securities from those accounts in instances where a sale by the trust would be impermissible, such as to maximize return by taking advantage of market fluctuations. In the event a public tender offer is made for a security or a merger or acquisition is announced affecting a security, the sponsor may instruct the trustee to tender or sell the security on the open market when, in its opinion, it is in the best interest of the unitholders of the unit to do so. Although the portfolio is regularly reviewed and evaluated and the sponsor may instruct the trustee to sell securities under certain limited circumstances, securities will not be sold by the trust to take advantage of market fluctuations or changes in anticipated rates of appreciation. As a result, the amount realized upon the sale of the securities may not be the highest price attained by an individual security during the life of the trust. The prices of single shares of each of the securities in the trust vary widely, and the effect of a dollar of fluctuation, either higher or lower, in stock prices will be much greater as a percentage of the lower-price stocks’ purchase price than as a percentage of the higher-price stocks’ purchase price.

Closed-End Fund Risks. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust may invest in the common stock of closed-end funds (“Closed-End Funds”). Closed-End Funds are actively managed investment companies which invest in various types of securities. Closed-End Funds issue shares of common stock that are traded on a securities exchange. Closed-End Funds are subject to various risks, including management’s ability to meet the Closed-End Fund’s investment objective, and to manage the Closed-End Fund portfolio when the underlying securities are redeemed or sold, during periods of market turmoil and as investors’ perceptions regarding Closed-End Funds or their underlying investments change.

Shares of Closed-End Funds frequently trade at a discount from their net asset value in the secondary market. This risk is separate and distinct from the risk that the net asset value of Closed-End Fund shares may decrease. The amount of such discount from net asset value is subject to change from time to time in response to various factors.

Certain of the Closed-End Funds included in a trust may employ the use of leverage in their portfolios through the issuance of preferred stock. While leverage often serves to increase the yield of a Closed-End Fund, this leverage also subjects the Closed-End Fund to increased risks, including the likelihood of increased volatility and the possibility that the Closed-End Fund’s common share income will fall if the dividend rate on the preferred shares or the interest rate on any borrowing rises.

Exchange-Traded Fund Risks. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust may invest in the common stock of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). ETFs are investment pools that hold other securities. ETFs are either open-end management investment companies or unit investment trusts registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Unlike typical open-end funds or unit investment trusts, ETFs generally do not sell or redeem their individual shares at net asset value. In addition, securities exchanges list ETF shares for trading, which allows investors to purchase and sell individual ETF shares at current market prices throughout the day. ETFs therefore possess characteristics of traditional open-end funds and unit investment trusts, which issue redeemable shares, and of corporate common stocks or closed-end funds, which generally issue shares that trade at negotiated prices on securities exchanges and are not redeemable. ETFs are subject to various risks, including management’s ability to meet the fund’s investment objective. The underlying ETF has management and operating expenses. You will bear not only your share of the trust’s expenses,

but also the expenses of the underlying ETF. By investing in an ETF, the trust incurs greater expenses than you would incur if you invested directly in the ETF.

Shares of ETFs may trade at a discount from their net asset value in the secondary market. This risk is separate and distinct from the risk that the net asset value of the ETF shares may decrease. The amount of such discount from net asset value is subject to change from time to time in response to various factors.

Market Discounts or Premiums. Certain of the securities may have been deposited at a market discount or premium principally because their dividend rates are lower or higher than prevailing rates on comparable securities. The current returns of market discount securities are lower than comparably rated securities selling at par because discount securities tend to increase in market value as they approach maturity. The current returns of market premium securities are higher than comparably rated securities selling at par because premium securities tend to decrease in market value as they approach maturity. Because part of the purchase price is returned through current income payments and not at maturity, an early redemption at par of a premium security will result in a reduction in yield to the trust. Market premium or discount attributable to dividend rate changes does not indicate market confidence or lack of confidence in the issue.

Liquidity. Whether or not the securities are listed on a national securities exchange, the principal trading market for the securities may be in the over-the-counter market. As a result, the existence of a liquid trading market for the securities may depend on whether dealers will make a market in the securities. There can be no assurance that a market will be made for any of the securities, that any market for the securities will be maintained or of the liquidity of the securities in any markets made. In addition, a trust is restricted under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from selling securities to the sponsor. The price at which the securities may be sold to meet redemptions and the value of a trust will be adversely affected if trading markets for the securities are limited or absent.

Additional Deposits. The trust agreement authorizes the sponsor to increase the size of a trust and the number of units thereof by the deposit of additional securities, or cash (including a letter of credit) with instructions to purchase additional securities, in such trust and the issuance of a corresponding number of additional units. If the sponsor deposits cash, existing and new investors may experience a dilution of their investments and a reduction in their anticipated income because of fluctuations in the prices of the securities between the time of the cash deposit and the purchase of the securities and because a trust will pay the associated brokerage fees. To minimize this effect, the trusts will attempt to purchase the securities as close to the evaluation time or as close to the evaluation prices as possible.

Some of the securities may have limited trading volume. The trustee, with directions from the sponsor, will endeavor to purchase securities with deposited cash as soon as practicable reserving the right to purchase those securities over the 20 business days following each deposit in an effort to reduce the effect of these purchases on the market price of those stocks. This could, however, result in the trusts’ failure to participate in any appreciation of those stocks before the cash is invested. If any cash remains at the end of this period (and such date is within the 90-day period following the inception date) and cannot be invested in one or more stocks, at what the sponsor considers reasonable prices, it intends to use that cash to purchase each of the other securities in the original proportionate relationship among those securities. Similarly, at termination

of the trust, the sponsor reserves the right to sell securities over a period of up to nine business days to lessen the impact of its sales on the market price of the securities. The proceeds received by unitholders following termination of the trust will reflect the actual sales proceeds received on the securities, which will likely differ from the closing sale price on the termination date.

Litigation and Legislation. At any time litigation may be initiated on a variety of grounds, or legislation may be enacted with respect to the securities in a trust or the issuers of the securities. There can be no assurance that future litigation or legislation will not have a material adverse effect on the trust or will not impair the ability of issuers to achieve their business goals.

Financial Sector Risks. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, certain of the issuers of securities in a trust may be involved in the financial sector. An investment in units of a trust containing securities of such issuers should be made with an understanding of the problems and risks inherent in the financial sector in general.

Banks, thrifts and their holding companies are especially subject to the adverse effects of economic recession; volatile interest rates; portfolio concentrations in geographic markets, in commercial and residential real estate loans or any particular segment or industry; and competition from new entrants in their fields of business. Banks and thrifts are highly dependent on net interest margin. Banks and thrifts traditionally receive a significant portion of their revenues from consumer mortgage fee income as a result of activity in mortgage and refinance markets.

Banks, thrifts and their holding companies are subject to extensive federal regulation and, when such institutions are state-chartered, to state regulation as well. Such regulations impose strict capital requirements and limitations on the nature and extent of business activities that banks and thrifts may pursue. Furthermore, bank regulators have a wide range of discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement authority and may substantially restrict the permissible activities of a particular institution if deemed to pose significant risks to the soundness of such institution or the safety of the federal deposit insurance fund. Regulatory actions, such as increases in the minimum capital requirements applicable to banks and thrifts and increases in deposit insurance premiums required to be paid by banks and thrifts to the FDIC, can negatively impact earnings and the ability of a company to pay dividends. Neither federal insurance of deposits nor governmental regulations, however, insures the solvency or profitability of banks or their holding companies, or insures against any risk of investment in the securities issued by such institutions.

The statutory requirements applicable to and regulatory supervision of banks, thrifts and their holding companies have increased significantly and have undergone substantial change in the recent past.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) require the expanded use of market value accounting by banks and have imposed rules requiring mark-to-market accounting for investment securities held in trading accounts or available for sale. Adoption of additional such rules may result in increased volatility in the reported health of the industry, and mandated regulatory intervention to correct such problems. Accounting Standards Codification 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” changed the requirements of mark-to-market accounting and determining

fair value when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability has significantly decreased. These changes and other potential changes in financial accounting rules and valuation techniques may have a significant impact on the banking and financial services industries in terms of accurately pricing assets or liabilities. Additional legislative and regulatory changes may be forthcoming. For example, the bank regulatory authorities have proposed substantial changes to the Community Reinvestment Act and fair lending laws, rules and regulations, and there can be no certainty as to the effect, if any, that such changes would have on the securities in a trust’s portfolio. In addition, from time to time the deposit insurance system is reviewed by Congress and federal regulators, and proposed reforms of that system could, among other things, further restrict the ways in which deposited moneys can be used by banks or change the dollar amount or number of deposits insured for any depositor. On October 3, 2008, EESA increased the maximum amount of federal deposit insurance coverage payable as to any certificate of deposit from $100,000 to $250,000 per depositor. The impact of this reform is unknown and could reduce profitability as investment opportunities available to bank institutions become more limited and as consumers look for savings vehicles other than bank deposits. The sponsor makes no prediction as to what, if any, manner of bank and thrift regulatory actions might ultimately be adopted or what ultimate effect such actions might have on a trust’s portfolio.

The Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (“BHC Act”) generally prohibits a bank holding company from (i) acquiring, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of a bank or bank holding company; (ii) acquiring control of a bank or another bank holding company; (iii) acquiring all or substantially all the assets of a bank; or (iv) merging or consolidating with another bank holding company, without first obtaining FRB approval. In considering an application with respect to any such transaction, the FRB is required to consider a variety of factors, including the potential anti-competitive effects of the transaction, the financial condition and future prospects of the combining and resulting institutions, the managerial resources of the resulting institution, the convenience and needs of the communities the combined organization would serve, the record of performance of each combining organization under the Community Reinvestment Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the prospective availability to the FRB of information appropriate to determine ongoing regulatory compliance with applicable banking laws. In addition, the federal Change In Bank Control Act and various state laws impose limitations on the ability of one or more individuals or other entities to acquire control of banks or bank holding companies.

The FRB has issued a policy statement on the payment of cash dividends by bank holding companies in which the FRB expressed its view that a bank holding company experiencing earnings weaknesses should not pay cash dividends which exceed its net income or which could only be funded in ways that would weaken its financial health, such as by borrowing. The FRB also may impose limitations on the payment of dividends as a condition to its approval of certain applications, including applications for approval of mergers and acquisitions. The sponsor makes no prediction as to the effect, if any, such laws will have on the securities in a trust or whether such approvals, if necessary, will be obtained.

Companies engaged in investment banking/brokerage and investment management include brokerage firms, broker/dealers, investment banks, finance companies and mutual fund companies. Earnings and share prices of companies in this industry are quite volatile, and often exceed the volatility levels of the market as a whole. Negative economic events in the credit markets have led some firms to declare bankruptcy, forced short-notice sales to competing firms, or required government intervention by the FDIC

or through an infusions of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. Consolidation in the industry and the volatility in the stock market have negatively impacted investors.

Additionally, government intervention has required many financial institutions to become bank holding companies under the BHC Act. Under the system of functional regulation established under the BHC Act, the FRB supervises bank holding companies as an umbrella regulator. The BHC Act and regulations generally restrict bank holding companies from engaging in business activities other than the business of banking and certain closely related activities. The FRB and FDIC have also issued substantial risk-based and leverage capital guidelines applicable to U.S. banking organizations. The guidelines define a three-tier framework, requiring depository institutions to maintain certain leverage ratios depending on the type of assets held. If any depository institution controlled by a financial or bank holding company ceases to meet capital or management standards, the FRB may impose corrective capital and/or managerial requirements on the company and place limitations on its ability to conduct broader financial activities. Furthermore, proposed legislation will allow the Treasury and the FDIC to create a resolution regime to “take over” bank and financial holding companies. The “taking over” would be based on whether the firm is in default or in danger of defaulting and whether such a default would have a serious adverse effect on the financial system or the economy. This mechanism would only be used by the government in exceptional circumstances to mitigate these effects. This type of intervention has unknown risks and costs associated with it, which may cause unforeseeable harm in the industry.

Companies involved in the insurance industry are engaged in underwriting, reinsuring, selling, distributing or placing of property and casualty, life or health insurance. Other growth areas within the insurance industry include brokerage, reciprocals, claims processors and multi-line insurance companies. Interest rate levels, general economic conditions and price and marketing competition affect insurance company profits. Property and casualty insurance profits may also be affected by weather catastrophes and other disasters. Life and health insurance profits may be affected by mortality and morbidity rates. Individual companies may be exposed to material risks including reserve inadequacy and the inability to collect from reinsurance carriers. Insurance companies are subject to extensive governmental regulation, including the imposition of maximum rate levels, which may not be adequate for some lines of business. Proposed or potential tax law changes may also adversely affect insurance companies’ policy sales, tax obligations, and profitability. In addition to the foregoing, profit margins of these companies continue to shrink due to the commoditization of traditional businesses, new competitors, capital expenditures on new technology and the pressures to compete globally.

In addition to the normal risks of business, companies involved in the insurance industry are subject to significant risk factors, including those applicable to regulated insurance companies, such as: (i) the inherent uncertainty in the process of establishing property-liability loss reserves, particularly reserves for the cost of environmental, asbestos and mass tort claims, and the fact that ultimate losses could materially exceed established loss reserves which could have a material adverse effect on results of operations and financial condition; (ii) the fact that insurance companies have experienced, and can be expected in the future to experience, catastrophe losses which could have a material adverse impact on their financial condition, results of operations and cash flow; (iii) the inherent uncertainty in the process of establishing property-liability loss reserves due to changes in loss payment patterns caused by new claims settlement practices; (iv) the need for insurance companies and their subsidiaries to maintain appropriate levels of statutory capital and surplus,

particularly in light of continuing scrutiny by rating organizations and state insurance regulatory authorities, and in order to maintain acceptable financial strength or claims-paying ability rating; (v) the extensive regulation and supervision to which insurance companies’ subsidiaries are subject, various regulatory initiatives that may affect insurance companies, and regulatory and other legal actions; (vi) the adverse impact that increases in interest rates could have on the value of an insurance company’s investment portfolio and on the attractiveness of certain of its products; (vii) the need to adjust the effective duration of the assets and liabilities of life insurance operations in order to meet the anticipated cash flow requirements of its policyholder obligations; and (viii) the uncertainty involved in estimating the availability of reinsurance and the collectability of reinsurance recoverables. This enhanced oversight into the insurance industry may pose unknown risks to the sector as a whole.

The state insurance regulatory framework has, during recent years, come under increased federal scrutiny, and certain state legislatures have considered or enacted laws that alter and, in many cases, increase state authority to regulate insurance companies and insurance holding company systems. Further, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) and state insurance regulators are reexamining existing laws and regulations, specifically focusing on insurance companies, interpretations of existing laws and the development of new laws. In addition, Congress and certain federal agencies have investigated the condition of the insurance industry in the United States to determine whether to promulgate additional federal regulation. The sponsor is unable to predict whether any state or federal legislation will be enacted to change the nature or scope of regulation of the insurance industry, or what effect, if any, such legislation would have on the industry.

All insurance companies are subject to state laws and regulations that require diversification of their investment portfolios and limit the amount of investments in certain investment categories. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations would cause non-conforming investments to be treated as non-admitted assets for purposes of measuring statutory surplus and, in some instances, would require divestiture.

Environmental pollution clean-up is the subject of both federal and state regulation. By some estimates, there are thousands of potential waste sites subject to clean up. The insurance industry is involved in extensive litigation regarding coverage issues. The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“Superfund”) and comparable state statutes (“mini-Superfund”) govern the clean-up and restoration by “Potentially Responsible Parties” (“PRPs”). Superfund and the mini-Superfunds (“Environmental Clean-up Laws” or “ECLs”) establish a mechanism to pay for clean-up of waste sites if PRPs fail to do so, and to assign liability to PRPs. The extent of liability to be allocated to a PRP is dependent on a variety of factors. The extent of clean-up necessary and the assignment of liability has not been fully established. The insurance industry is disputing many such claims. Key coverage issues include whether Superfund response costs are considered damages under the policies, when and how coverage is triggered, applicability of pollution exclusions, the potential for joint and several liability and definition of an occurrence. Similar coverage issues exist for clean up and waste sites not covered under Superfund. To date, courts have been inconsistent in their rulings on these issues. An insurer’s exposure to liability with regard to its insureds which have been, or may be, named as PRPs is uncertain. Superfund reform proposals have been introduced in Congress, but none have been enacted. There can be no assurance that any Superfund reform legislation will be enacted or that any such legislation will provide for a fair, effective and cost-efficient system for settlement of Superfund related claims.

While current federal income tax law permits the tax-deferred accumulation of earnings on the premiums paid by an annuity owner and holders of certain savings-oriented life insurance products, no assurance can be given that future tax law will continue to allow such tax deferrals. If such deferrals were not allowed, consumer demand for the affected products would be substantially reduced. In addition, proposals to lower the federal income tax rates through a form of flat tax or otherwise could have, if enacted, a negative impact on the demand for such products.

Major determinants of future earnings of companies in the financial services sector are the direction of the stock market, investor confidence, equity transaction volume, the level and direction of long-term and short-term interest rates, and the outlook for emerging markets. Negative trends in any of these earnings determinants could have a serious adverse effect on the financial stability, as well as the stock prices, of these companies. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the issuers of the securities included in the trust will be able to respond in a timely manner to compete in the rapidly developing marketplace. In addition to the foregoing, profit margins of these companies continue to shrink due to the commoditization of traditional businesses, new competitors, capital expenditures on new technology and the pressures to compete globally.

Foreign Securities Risk. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust, or issuers of securities held by a trust, may invest in foreign issuers, and therefore, an investment in such a trust involves some investment risks that are different in some respects from an investment in a trust that invests entirely in securities of domestic issuers. Those investment risks include future political and governmental restrictions which might adversely affect the payment or receipt of payment of dividends on the relevant securities, currency exchange rate fluctuations, exchange control policies, and the limited liquidity and small market capitalization of such foreign countries’ securities markets. In addition, for foreign issuers that are not subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, there may be less publicly available information than is available from a domestic issuer. Also, foreign issuers are not necessarily subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. However, due to the nature of the issuers of the securities included in the trust, the sponsor believes that adequate information will be available to allow the sponsor to provide portfolio surveillance.

Certain of the securities in the trust may be in ADR or GDR form. ADRs, American Depositary Receipts and GDRs, Global Depositary Receipts, represent common stock deposited with a custodian in a depositary. American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts (collectively, the “Depositary Receipts”) are issued by a bank or trust company to evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. These instruments may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities into which they may be converted. For purposes of the discussion herein, the terms ADR and GDR generally include American Depositary Shares and Global Depositary Shares, respectively.

Depositary Receipts may be sponsored or unsponsored. In an unsponsored facility, the depositary initiates and arranges the facility at the request of market makers and acts as agent for the Depositary Receipts holder, while the company itself is not involved in the transaction. In a sponsored facility, the issuing company initiates the facility and agrees to pay certain administrative and shareholder-related expenses. Sponsored facilities use a single depositary and entail a contractual relationship between the issuer, the shareholder and the depositary; unsponsored facilities involve several depositaries with no contractual relationship to the company. The

depositary bank that issues Depositary Receipts generally charges a fee, based on the price of the Depositary Receipts, upon issuance and cancellation of the Depositary Receipts. This fee would be in addition to the brokerage commissions paid upon the acquisition or surrender of the security. In addition, the depositary bank incurs expenses in connection with the conversion of dividends or other cash distributions paid in local currency into U.S. dollars and such expenses are deducted from the amount of the dividend or distribution paid to holders, resulting in a lower payout per underlying shares represented by the Depositary Receipts than would be the case if the underlying share were held directly. Certain tax considerations, including tax rate differentials and withholding requirements, arising from the application of the tax laws of one nation to nationals of another and from certain practices in the Depositary Receipts market may also exist with respect to certain Depositary Receipts. In varying degrees, any or all of these factors may affect the value of the Depositary Receipts compared with the value of the underlying shares in the local market. In addition, the rights of holders of Depositary Receipts may be different than those of holders of the underlying shares, and the market for Depositary Receipts may be less liquid than that for the underlying shares. Depositary Receipts are registered securities pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and may be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

For the securities that are Depositary Receipts, currency fluctuations will affect the United States dollar equivalent of the local currency price of the underlying domestic share and, as a result, are likely to affect the value of the Depositary Receipts and consequently the value of the securities. The foreign issuers of securities that are Depositary Receipts may pay dividends in foreign currencies which must be converted into United States dollars. Most foreign currencies have fluctuated widely in value against the United States dollar for many reasons, including supply and demand of the respective currency, the soundness of the world economy and the strength of the respective economy as compared to the economies of the United States and other countries. Therefore, for any securities of issuers (whether or not they are in Depositary Receipt form) whose earnings are stated in foreign currencies, or which pay dividends in foreign currencies or which are traded in foreign currencies, there is a risk that their United States dollar value will vary with fluctuations in the United States dollar foreign exchange rates for the relevant currencies.

Preferred Stock Risks. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust, or issuers of securities held by a trust, may invest in preferred stock. If this is the case, an investment in units should be made with an understanding of the risks which an investment in preferred stocks entails, including the risk that the financial condition of the issuers of the securities or the general condition of the preferred stock market may worsen, and the value of the preferred stocks and therefore the value of the units may decline. Preferred stocks may be susceptible to general stock market movements and to volatile increases and decreases of value as market confidence in and perceptions of the issuers change. These perceptions are based on unpredictable factors, including expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal policies, inflation and interest rates, economic expansion or contraction, market liquidity, and global or regional political, economic or banking crises. Preferred stocks are also vulnerable to congressional reductions in the dividends-received deduction which would adversely affect the after-tax return to the investors who can take advantage of the deduction. Such a reduction might adversely affect the value of preferred stocks in general. Holders of preferred stocks, as owners of the entity, have rights to receive payments from the issuers of those preferred stocks that are generally subordinate to those of creditors of, or holders of debt obligations or, in some cases, other senior preferred stocks of, such issuers. Preferred stocks do not represent an obligation of the issuer and, therefore, do not offer any assurance of income or provide the same degree of protection of capital as

do debt securities. The issuance of additional debt securities or senior preferred stocks will create prior claims for payment of principal and interest and senior dividends which could adversely affect the ability and inclination of the issuer to declare or pay dividends on its preferred stock or the rights of holders of preferred stock with respect to assets of the issuer upon liquidation or bankruptcy. The value of preferred stocks is subject to market fluctuations for as long as the preferred stocks remain outstanding, and thus the value of the securities may be expected to fluctuate over the life of the trust to values higher or lower than those prevailing on the initial date of deposit.

Hybrid Preferred Securities Risks. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust, or issuers of securities held by a trust, may invest in hybrid preferred securities. Holders of hybrid preferred securities incur risks in addition to or slightly different than the typical risks of holding preferred stocks. Hybrid preferred securities are preferred securities that are typically issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes or preferred securities issued by corporations, or by an affiliated business trust of a corporation, generally in the form of beneficial interests in subordinated debentures issued by the corporation. Certain hybrid securities mature on the stated maturity date of the interest-bearing notes, preferred securities or subordinated debentures and may be redeemed or liquidated prior to the stated maturity date of such instruments for any reason on or after their stated call date or upon the occurrence of certain circumstances at any time. Unlike preferred stocks, distributions on the hybrid preferred securities are generally treated as interest rather than dividends for federal income tax purposes. Unlike most preferred stocks, distributions received from hybrid preferred securities are generally not eligible for the dividends-received deduction. Certain of the risks unique to certain hybrid preferred securities include: (i) distributions on trust preferred securities will be made only if interest payments on the interest-bearing notes, preferred securities or subordinated debentures are made; (ii) a corporation issuing the interest-bearing notes, preferred securities or subordinated debentures may defer interest payments on these instruments and if such election is made, distributions will not be made on the hybrid preferred securities during the deferral period; (iii) certain tax or regulatory events may trigger the redemption of the interest-bearing notes, preferred securities or subordinated debentures by the issuing corporation and result in prepayment of the hybrid preferred securities prior to their stated maturity date; (iv) future legislation may be proposed or enacted that may prohibit the corporation from deducting its interest payments on the interest-bearing notes, preferred securities or subordinated debentures for tax purposes, making redemption of these instruments likely; (v) a corporation may redeem the interest-bearing notes, preferred securities or subordinated debentures in whole at any time or in part from time to time on or after a stated call date; (vi) hybrid preferred securities holders have very limited voting rights; and (vii) payment of interest on the interest-bearing notes, preferred securities or subordinated debentures, and therefore distributions on the hybrid preferred securities, is dependent on the financial condition of the issuing corporation.

Convertible Securities Risks. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust, or issuers of securities held by a trust, may invest in convertible securities.

Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible fixed-income securities of similar credit quality because of the potential for capital appreciation. The market values of convertible securities tend to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, to increase as interest rates decline. However, a convertible security’s market value also tends to reflect the market price of the common

stock of the issuing company, particularly when the stock price is greater than the convertible security’s conversion price. The conversion price is defined as the predetermined price or exchange ratio at which the convertible security can be converted or exchanged for the underlying common stock. As the market price of the underlying common stock declines below the conversion price, the price of the convertible security tends to be increasingly influenced more by the yield of the convertible security than by the market price of the underlying common stock. Thus, it may not decline in price to the same extent as the underlying common stock, and convertible securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks. However, mandatory convertible securities (as discussed below) generally do not limit the potential for loss to the same extent as securities convertible at the option of the holder. In the event of a liquidation of the issuing company, holders of convertible securities would be paid before that company’s common stockholders. Consequently, an issuer’s convertible securities generally entail less risk than its common stock. However, convertible securities fall below debt obligations of the same issuer in order of preference or priority in the event of a liquidation and are typically unrated or rated lower than such debt obligations. In addition, contingent payment, convertible securities allow the issuer to claim deductions based on its nonconvertible cost of debt, which generally will result in deduction in excess of the actual cash payments made on the securities (and accordingly, holders will recognize income in amounts in excess of the cash payments received).

Mandatory convertible securities are distinguished as a subset of convertible securities because the conversion is not optional and the conversion price at maturity is based solely upon the market price of the underlying common stock, which may be significantly less than par or the price (above or below par) paid. For these reasons, the risks associated with investing in mandatory convertible securities most closely resemble the risks inherent in common stocks. Mandatory convertible securities customarily pay a higher coupon yield to compensate for the potential risk of additional price volatility and loss upon conversion. Because the market price of a mandatory convertible security increasingly corresponds to the market price of its underlying common stock as the convertible security approaches its conversion date, there can be no assurance that the higher coupon will compensate for the potential loss.

Senior Loan Risks. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust, or issuers of securities held by a trust, may invest in senior loans.

Senior loans in which a Closed-End Fund or an ETF may invest:

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generally are of below investment-grade or “junk” credit quality;

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may be unrated at the time of investment;

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generally are not registered with the SEC or any state securities commission; and

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generally are not listed on any securities exchange.

The amount of public information available on senior loans generally will be less extensive than that available for other types of assets.

No reliable, active trading market currently exists for many senior loans, although a secondary market

for certain senior loans has developed over the past several years. Senior loans are thus relatively illiquid. Liquidity relates to the ability of a Closed-End Fund or an ETF to sell an investment in a timely manner at a price approximately equal to its value on the Closed-End Fund’s or the ETF’s books. The illiquidity of senior loans may impair a Closed-End Fund’s or an ETF’s ability to realize the full value of its assets in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation of such assets. Because of the lack of an active trading market, illiquid securities are also difficult to value and prices provided by external pricing services may not reflect the true value of the securities. However, many senior loans are of a large principal amount and are held by a large number of financial institutions. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain senior loans, the market may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. The market for senior loans could be disrupted in the event of an economic downturn or a substantial increase or decrease in interest rates. This could result in increased volatility in the market and in the trusts’ net asset value.

If legislation or state or federal regulators impose additional requirements or restrictions on the ability of financial institutions to make loans that are considered highly leveraged transactions, the availability of senior loans for investment by the Closed-End Funds or the ETFs may be adversely affected. In addition, such requirements or restrictions could reduce or eliminate sources of financing for certain borrowers. This would increase the risk of default. If legislation or federal or state regulators require financial institutions to dispose of senior loans that are considered highly leveraged transactions or subject such senior loans to increased regulatory scrutiny, financial institutions may determine to sell such senior loans. Such sales could result in depressed prices. If a Closed-End Fund or an ETF attempts to sell a senior loan at a time when a financial institution is engaging in such a sale, the price a Closed-End Fund or an ETF could get for the senior loan may be adversely affected.

Some senior loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the senior loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower or take other action detrimental to lenders. Such court action could under certain circumstances include invalidation of senior loans. Any lender, which could include a Closed-End Fund or an ETF, is subject to the risk that a court could find the lender liable for damages in a claim by a borrower arising under the common laws of tort or contracts or anti-fraud provisions of certain securities laws for actions taken or omitted to be taken by the lenders under the relevant terms of a loan agreement or in connection with actions with respect to the collateral underlying the senior loan.

Floating-Rate Securities Risk. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust, or issuers of securities held by a trust may invest in floating-rate securities. Certain Closed-End Funds or ETFs held by the trust may invest in securities that are structured as floating-rate instruments in which the interest rate payable on the obligations fluctuates on a periodic basis based upon changes in a base lending rate. As a result, the yield on these securities will generally decline in a falling interest rate environment, causing the Closed-End Funds or the ETFs to experience a reduction in the income they receive from these securities. A sudden and significant increase in market interest rates may increase the risk of payment defaults and cause a decline in the value of these investments and the value of the Closed-End Funds or the ETFs held by the trust.

Small-Capitalization and Mid-Capitalization Stocks Risk. If set forth in Part A of the prospectus, a trust may invest in small-capitalization or mid-capitalization stocks. Investing in small-capitalization stocks or mid-capitalization stocks may involve greater risk than investing in large-capitalization stocks, since they can be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements. Many small market capitalization companies (“Small-Cap Companies”) or middle market capitalization companies (“Mid-Cap Companies”) will have had their securities publicly traded, if at all, for only a short period of time and will not have had the opportunity to establish a reliable trading pattern through economic cycles. The price volatility of Small-Cap Companies and Mid-Cap Companies is relatively higher than larger, older and more mature companies. The greater price volatility of Small-Cap Companies and Mid-Cap Companies may result from the fact that there may be less market liquidity, less information publicly available or fewer investors who monitor the activities of these companies. In addition, the market prices of these securities may exhibit more sensitivity to changes in industry or general economic conditions. Some Small-Cap Companies or Mid-Cap Companies will not have been in existence long enough to experience economic cycles or to demonstrate whether they are sufficiently well managed to survive downturns or inflationary periods. Further, a variety of factors may affect the success of a company’s business beyond the ability of its management to prepare or compensate for them, including domestic and international political developments, government trade and fiscal policies, patterns of trade and war or other military conflict which may affect industries or markets or the economy generally.

Administration of the Trust

Distributions to Unitholders. Income received by a trust is credited by the trustee to the Income Account of the trust. Other receipts are credited to the Capital Account of a trust. Income received by a trust will be distributed on or shortly after the distribution dates each year shown in the prospectus on a pro rata basis to unitholders of record as of the preceding record date shown in the prospectus. However, if set forth in Part A of the prospectus that the trust will prorate distributions on an annual basis (“Income Averaging”), then income received by the trust will be distributed on a prorated basis of one-twelfth of the estimated annual income to the trust for the ensuing 12 months. All distributions will be net of applicable expenses. There is no assurance that any actual distributions will be made since all dividends received may be used to pay expenses. In addition, excess amounts from the Capital Account of a trust, if any, will be distributed at least annually to the unitholders then of record. Proceeds received from the disposition of any of the securities after a record date and prior to the following distribution date will be held in the Capital Account and not distributed until the next distribution date applicable to the Capital Account. The trustee shall be required to make a distribution from the Capital Account if the cash balance on deposit therein available for distribution shall be sufficient to distribute at least $1.00 per 100 units. The trustee is not required to pay interest on funds held in the Capital or Income Accounts (but may itself earn interest thereon and therefore benefits from the use of such funds). The trustee is authorized to reinvest any funds held in the Capital or Income Accounts, pending distribution, in U.S. Treasury obligations which mature on or before the next applicable distribution date. Any obligations so acquired must be held until they mature and proceeds therefrom may not be reinvested.

The distribution to the unitholders as of each record date will be made on the following distribution date or shortly thereafter and shall consist of an amount substantially equal to such portion of the unitholders’ pro rata share of the dividend distributions then held in the Income Account after deducting estimated

expenses. Because dividends are not received by a trust at a constant rate throughout the year, such distributions to unitholders are expected to fluctuate. However, if the trust uses Income Averaging, the trust prorates the income distribution on an annual basis and annual income distributions are expected to vary from year to year. If the amount on deposit in the Income Account is insufficient for payment of the amount of income to be distributed on a monthly basis, the trustee shall advance out of its own funds and cause to be deposited in and credited to such Income Account such amount as may be required to permit payment of the monthly income distribution. The trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the trust, without interest, out of income received by the trust subsequent to the date of such advance and subject to the condition that any such reimbursement shall be made only if it will not reduce the funds in or available for the Income Account to an amount less than required for the next ensuing distribution. Persons who purchase units will commence receiving distributions only after such person becomes a record owner. A person will become the owner of units, and thereby a unitholder of record, on the date of settlement provided payment has been received. Notification to the trustee of the transfer of units is the responsibility of the purchaser, but in the normal course of business such notice is provided by the selling broker-dealer.

The trustee will periodically deduct from the Income Account of a trust and, to the extent funds are not sufficient therein, from the Capital Account of a trust amounts necessary to pay the expenses of a trust. The trustee also may withdraw from said accounts such amounts, if any, as it deems necessary to establish a reserve for any governmental charges payable out of a trust. Amounts so withdrawn shall not be considered a part of a trust’s assets until such time as the trustee shall return all or any part of such amounts to the appropriate accounts. In addition, the trustee may withdraw from the Income and Capital Accounts of a trust such amounts as may be necessary to cover redemptions of units.

Distribution Reinvestment. Unitholders may elect to have distributions of capital (including capital gains) or dividends, if any, or both automatically invested into additional units of their trust without a sales fee.

Your trust will pay any deferred sales fee per unit regardless of any sales fee discounts. However, if you elect to have distributions on your units reinvested into additional units of your trust, you will be credited the amount of any remaining deferred sales charge on such additional units at the time of reinvestment.

Unitholders who are receiving distributions in cash may elect to participate in distribution reinvestment by filing with the Program Agent an election to have such distributions reinvested without charge. Such election must be received by the Program Agent at least ten days prior to the record date applicable to any distribution in order to be in effect for such record date. Any such election shall remain in effect until a subsequent notice is received by the Program Agent.

The Program Agent is The Bank of New York Mellon. All inquiries concerning participating in distribution reinvestment should be directed to The Bank of New York Mellon at its Unit Investment Trust Division office.

Statements to Unitholders. With each distribution, the trustee will furnish to each registered holder a statement of the amount of income and the amount of other receipts, if any, which are being distributed, expressed in each case as a dollar amount per unit.

The accounts of a trust will not be audited annually unless the sponsor determines that such an audit would be in the best interest of the unitholders of the trust. If an audit is conducted, it will be done at the related trust’s expense, by independent public accountants designated by the sponsor. The accountants’ report will be furnished by the trustee to any unitholder upon written request. Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the trustee shall furnish to each person who at any time during the calendar year was a unitholder of a trust a statement, covering the calendar year, generally setting forth for the trust:

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As to the Income Account:

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Income received;

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Deductions for applicable taxes and for fees and expenses of the trust and for redemptions of units, if any; and

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The balance remaining after such distributions and deductions, expressed in each case both as a total dollar amount and as a dollar amount representing the pro rata share of each unit outstanding on the last business day of such calendar year; and

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As to the Capital Account:

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The dates of disposition of any securities and the net proceeds received therefrom;

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Deductions for payment of applicable taxes and fees and expenses of the trust; and

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The balance remaining after such distributions and deductions expressed both as a total dollar amount and as a dollar amount representing the pro rata share of each unit outstanding on the last business day of such calendar year; and

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The following information:

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A list of the securities as of the last business day of such calendar year;

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The number of units outstanding on the last business day of such calendar year;

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The redemption price based on the last evaluation made during such calendar year; and

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The amount actually distributed during such calendar year from the Income and Capital Accounts separately stated, expressed both as total dollar amounts and as dollar amounts per unit outstanding on the record dates for each such distribution.

Rights of Unitholders. A unitholder may at any time tender units to the trustee for redemption. The death or incapacity of any unitholder will not operate to terminate a trust nor entitle legal representatives or heirs

to claim an accounting or to bring any action or proceeding in any court for partition or winding up of a trust. No unitholder shall have the right to control the operation and management of a trust in any manner, except to vote with respect to the amendment of the trust agreement or termination of a trust.

Amendment and Termination. The trust agreement may be amended by the trustee and the sponsor without the consent of any of the unitholders: (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision which may be defective or inconsistent; (ii) to change any provision thereof as may be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency; (iii) to make such provisions as shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the unitholders; or (iv) to make such other amendments as may be necessary for a trust to qualify as a regulated investment company, in the case of a trust which has elected to qualify as such. The trust agreement with respect to any trust may also be amended in any respect by the sponsor and the trustee, or any of the provisions thereof may be waived, with the consent of the holders of units representing 66 2/3% of the units then outstanding of the trust, provided that no such amendment or waiver will reduce the interest of any unitholder thereof without the consent of such unitholder or reduce the percentage of units required to consent to any such amendment or waiver without the consent of all unitholders of the trust. In no event shall the trust agreement be amended to increase the number of units of a trust issuable thereunder, to permit the acquisition of any securities in addition to or in substitution for those initially deposited in the trust or to adversely affect the characterization of a trust as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes, except in accordance with the provisions of the trust agreement. The trustee shall promptly notify unitholders of the substance of any such amendment.

The trust agreement provides that a trust shall terminate upon the liquidation, redemption or other disposition of the last of the securities held in the trust but in no event is it to continue beyond the mandatory termination date set forth in Part A of the prospectus. If the value of a trust shall be less than the applicable minimum value stated in the prospectus, the trustee may, in its discretion, and shall, when so directed by the sponsor, terminate the trust. A trust may be terminated at any time by the holders of units representing 66 2/3% of the units thereof then outstanding. In addition, the sponsor may terminate a trust if it is based on a security index and the index is no longer maintained.

Beginning nine business days prior to, but no later than, the mandatory termination date described in the prospectus, the trustee may begin to sell all of the remaining underlying securities on behalf of unitholders in connection with the termination of the trust. The sponsor may assist the trustee in these sales and receive compensation to the extent permitted by applicable law. The sale proceeds will be net of any incidental expenses involved in the sales.

The trustee will attempt to sell the securities as quickly as it can during the termination proceedings without, in its judgment, materially adversely affecting the market price of the securities, but it is expected that all of the securities will in any event be disposed of within a reasonable time after a trust’s termination. The sponsor does not anticipate that the period will be longer than one month, and it could be as short as one day, depending on the liquidity of the securities being sold. The liquidity of any security depends on the daily trading volume of the security and the amount that the sponsor has available for sale on any particular day. Of course, no assurances can be given that the market value of the securities will not be adversely affected during the termination proceedings.

Within a reasonable period after termination, the trustee will sell any securities remaining in a trust and, after paying all expenses and charges incurred by the trust, will distribute to unitholders thereof their pro rata share of the balances remaining in the Income and Capital Accounts of the trust.

The sponsor currently intends, but is not obligated, to offer for sale units of a subsequent series of certain trusts at approximately one year after the inception date of such trusts. If the sponsor does offer such units for sale, unitholders may be given the opportunity to purchase such units at a public offering price. There is, however, no assurance that units of any new series of a trust will be offered for sale at that time, or if offered, that there will be sufficient units available for sale to meet the requests of any or all unitholders.

The Trustee. The trustee is The Bank of New York Mellon, a trust company organized under the laws of New York. The Bank of New York Mellon has its Unit Investment Trust Division offices at 240 Greenwich Street, 22W Floor, New York, NY 10286, telephone 1-800-701-8178. The Bank of New York Mellon is subject to supervision and examination by the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to the extent permitted by law.

The trustee, whose duties are ministerial in nature, has not participated in selecting the portfolio of any trust. In accordance with the trust agreement, the trustee shall keep records of all transactions at its office. Such records shall include the name and address of, and the number of units held by, every unitholder of a trust. Such books and records shall be open to inspection by any unitholder at all reasonable times during usual business hours. The trustee shall make such annual or other reports as may from time to time be required under any applicable state or federal statute, rule or regulation. The trustee shall keep a certified copy or duplicate original of the trust agreement on file in its office available for inspection at all reasonable times during usual business hours by any unitholder, together with a current list of the securities held in each trust. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee may employ one or more agents for the purpose of custody and safeguarding of securities comprising a trust.

Under the trust agreement, the trustee or any successor trustee may resign and be discharged of a trust created by the trust agreement by executing an instrument in writing and filing the same with the sponsor. The trustee or successor trustee must mail a copy of the notice of resignation to all unitholders then of record, not less than sixty days before the date specified in such notice when such resignation is to take effect. The sponsor upon receiving notice of such resignation is obligated to appoint a successor trustee promptly. If, upon such resignation, no successor trustee has been appointed and has accepted the appointment within thirty days after notification, the retiring trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor. The sponsor may at any time remove the trustee, with or without cause, and appoint a successor trustee as provided in the trust agreement. Notice of such removal and appointment shall be mailed to each unitholder by the sponsor. Upon execution of a written acceptance of such appointment by such successor trustee, all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the original trustee shall vest in the successor. The trustee must be a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, be authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers and have at all times an aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $5,000,000.

The Sponsor. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC specializes in the creation, development and distribution of investment solutions for advisors and their valued clients. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC was created as Ranson & Associates, Inc. in 1995 and is the successor sponsor to unit investment trusts formerly sponsored by EVEREN Unit Investment Trusts, a service of EVEREN Securities, Inc. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is also the sponsor and successor sponsor of Series of Ranson Unit Investment Trusts and The Kansas Tax-Exempt Trust and Multi-State Series of The Ranson Municipal Trust. On October 29, 2001, Ranson & Associates, Inc. was acquired by Claymore Group LLC. The sale to Claymore Group LLC was financed by a loan from The Bank of New York Mellon, the trustee. In November 2001, the sponsor changed its name from Ranson & Associates, Inc. to Claymore Securities, Inc. On October 14, 2009, Guggenheim Partners, LLC acquired Claymore Securities, Inc. Since the finalization of the acquisition, Claymore Securities, Inc. has been operating as a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, LLC. On September 27, 2010, Claymore Securities, Inc. officially changed its name to Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC has been active in public and corporate finance, has underwritten closed-end funds and has sold bonds, mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, structured products and unit investment trusts and maintained secondary market activities relating thereto. At present, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC which is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is the sponsor to each of the above-named unit investment trusts. The sponsor’s office is located at 227 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

If at any time the sponsor shall fail to perform any of its duties under the trust agreement or shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or shall have its affairs taken over by public authorities, then the trustee may (i) appoint a successor sponsor at rates of compensation deemed by the trustee to be reasonable and not exceeding such reasonable amounts as may be prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission; (ii) terminate the trust agreement and liquidate any trust as provided therein; or (iii) continue to act as trustee without terminating the trust agreement.

The Supervisor and the Evaluator. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, the sponsor, also serves as evaluator and supervisor. The evaluator and supervisor may resign or be removed by the trustee in which event the trustee is to use its best efforts to appoint a satisfactory successor. Such resignation or removal shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor evaluator. If upon resignation of the evaluator no successor has accepted appointment within thirty days after notice of resignation, the evaluator may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor. Notice of such registration or removal and appointment shall be mailed by the trustee to each unitholder. As evaluator, Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC utilizes the trustee to perform certain evaluation services.

Limitations on Liability. The sponsor is liable for the performance of its obligations arising from its responsibilities under the trust agreement, but will be under no liability to the unitholders for taking any action or refraining from any action in good faith pursuant to the trust agreement or for errors in judgment, except in cases of its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or its reckless disregard for its duties thereunder. The sponsor shall not be liable or responsible in any way for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of the sale of any securities.

The trust agreement provides that the trustee shall be under no liability for any action taken in good faith in reliance upon prima facie properly executed documents or for the disposition of moneys, securities or certificates except by reason of its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, or its reckless disregard for its duties under the trust agreement, nor shall the trustee be liable or responsible in any way for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of the sale by the trustee of any securities. In the event that the sponsor shall fail to act, the trustee may act and shall not be liable for any such action taken by it in good faith. The trustee shall not be personally liable for any taxes or other governmental charges imposed upon or in respect of the securities or upon the interest thereof. In addition, the trust agreement contains other customary provisions limiting the liability of the trustee.

The unitholders may rely on any evaluation furnished by the evaluator and shall have no responsibility for the accuracy thereof. The trust agreement provides that the determinations made by the evaluator shall be made in good faith upon the basis of the best information available to it, provided, however, that the evaluator shall be under no liability to the trustee or unitholders for errors in judgment, but shall be liable for its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or its reckless disregard for its obligations under the trust agreement.

Expenses of the Trust

The sponsor does not charge a trust an annual advisory fee. The sponsor will receive a portion of the sale commissions paid in connection with the purchase of units and will share in profits, if any, related to the deposit of securities in the trust. The sponsor and/or its affiliates do, also, receive an annual fee as set forth in Part A of the prospectus for maintaining surveillance over the portfolio and for performing certain administrative services for the trust (the “Sponsor’s Supervisory Fee”). In providing such supervisory services, the sponsor may purchase research from a variety of sources, which may include dealers of the trusts. If so provided in Part A of the prospectus, the sponsor may also receive an annual fee for providing bookkeeping and administrative services for a trust (the “Bookkeeping and Administrative Fee”). Such services may include, but are not limited to, the preparation of various materials for unitholders and providing account information to the unitholders. If so provided in Part A of the prospectus, the evaluator may also receive an annual fee for performing evaluation services for the trusts (the “Evaluator’s Fee”). In addition, if so provided in Part A of the prospectus, a trust may be charged an annual licensing fee to cover licenses for the use of service marks, trademarks, trade names and intellectual property rights and/or for the use of databases and research. The trust will bear all operating expenses. Estimated annual trust operating expenses are as set forth in Part A of the prospectus; if actual expenses are higher than the estimate, the excess will be borne by the trust. The estimated expenses include listing fees but do not include the brokerage commissions and other transactional fees payable by the trust in purchasing and selling securities.

The trustee receives for its services that fee set forth in Part A of the prospectus. The trustee’s fee, which is paid monthly, is based on the largest number of units of a trust outstanding at any time during the primary offering period. After the primary offering period, the fee shall accrue daily and be based on the number of units outstanding on the first business day of each calendar year in which the fee is calculated or the number of units outstanding at the end of the primary offering period, as appropriate. The Sponsor’s Supervisory Fee, the Bookkeeping and Administrative Fee and the Evaluator’s Fee are paid monthly and are based on

the largest number of units of a trust outstanding at any time during the primary offering period. After the primary offering period, these fees shall accrue daily and be based on the number of units outstanding on the first business day of each calendar year in which a fee is calculated or the number of units outstanding at the end of the primary offering period, as appropriate. The trustee benefits to the extent there are funds for future distributions, payment of expenses and redemptions in the Capital and Income Accounts since these Accounts are non-interest bearing and the amounts earned by the trustee are retained by the trustee. Part of the trustee’s compensation for its services to a trust is expected to result from the use of these funds. In addition, the Sponsor’s Supervisory Fee, Bookkeeping and Administrative Fee, Evaluator’s Fee and the Trustee’s Fee may be adjusted in accordance with the cumulative percentage increase of the United States Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index entitled “All Services Less Rent” since the establishment of the trust. In addition, with respect to any fees payable to the sponsor or an affiliate of the sponsor for providing bookkeeping and other administrative services, supervisory services and evaluation services, such individual fees may exceed the actual costs of providing such services for a trust, but at no time will the total amount received for such services, in the aggregate, rendered to all unit investment trusts of which Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is the sponsor in any calendar year exceed the actual cost to the sponsor or its affiliates of supplying such services, in the aggregate, in such year. In addition, the trustee may reimburse the sponsor out of its own assets for services performed by employees of the sponsor in connection with the operation of your trust.

The trust will also pay a fee to the sponsor for creating and developing the trust, including determining the trust’s objective, policies, composition and size, selecting service providers and information services, and for providing other similar administrative and ministerial functions. Your trust pays this “creation and development fee” as a fixed dollar amount at the close of the initial offering period. The sponsor does not use the fee to pay distribution expenses or as compensation for sales efforts.

The following additional charges are or may be incurred by the trust: (i) fees for the trustee’s extraordinary services; (ii) expenses of the trustee (including legal and auditing expenses, but not including any fees and expenses charged by an agent for custody and safeguarding of securities) and of counsel, if any; (iii) various governmental charges; (iv) expenses and costs of any action taken by the trustee to protect the trust or the rights and interests of the unitholders; (v) indemnification of the trustee for any loss, liability or expense incurred by it in the administration of the trust not resulting from gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part; (vi) indemnification of the sponsor for any loss, liability or expense incurred in acting in that capacity without gross negligence, bad faith or willful malfeasance or its reckless disregard for its obligations under the trust agreement; (vii) any offering costs incurred after the end of the initial offering period; and (viii) expenditures incurred in contacting unitholders upon termination of the trust. The fees and expenses set forth herein are payable out of a trust and, when owing to the trustee, are secured by a lien on the trust. Since the securities are all stocks, and the income stream produced by dividend payments, if any, is unpredictable, the sponsor cannot provide any assurance that dividends will be sufficient to meet any or all expenses of a trust. If the balances in the Income and Capital Accounts are insufficient to provide for amounts payable by the trust, the trustee has the power to sell securities to pay such amounts. These sales may result in capital gains or losses to unitholders. It is expected that the income stream produced by dividend payments may be insufficient to meet the expenses of a trust and, accordingly, it is expected that securities will be sold to pay all of the fees and expenses of the trust.

The trust shall also bear the expenses associated with updating the trust’s registration statement and maintaining registration or qualification of the units and/or a trust under federal or state securities laws subsequent to initial registration. Such expenses shall include legal fees, accounting fees, typesetting fees, electronic filing expenses and regulatory filing fees. The expenses associated with updating registration statements have been historically paid by a unit investment trust’s sponsor.

Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage Allocation

When a trust sells securities, the composition and diversity of the securities in the trust may be altered. In order to obtain the best price for a trust, it may be necessary for the supervisor to specify minimum amounts (such as 100 shares) in which blocks of securities are to be sold. In effecting purchases and sales of a trust’s portfolio securities, the sponsor may direct that orders be placed with and brokerage commissions be paid to brokers, including brokers which may be affiliated with the trust, the sponsor or dealers participating in the offering of units.

Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Units

Public Offering Price. Units of a trust are offered at the public offering price (which is based on the aggregate underlying value of the securities in the trust and includes the initial sales fee, if applicable, plus a pro rata share of any accumulated amounts in the accounts of the trust). The initial sales fee is equal to the difference between the maximum sales fee and the sum of the remaining deferred sales fee and the creation and development fee (“C&D Fee”). The maximum sales fee is set forth in Part A of the prospectus. The deferred sales fee and the C&D Fee will be collected as described in this prospectus. Units purchased subsequent to the initial deferred sales fee payment will be subject to the initial sales fee, the remaining deferred sales fee payments and the C&D Fee. Units sold or redeemed prior to such time as the entire applicable deferred sales fee has been collected will be assessed the remaining deferred sales fee at the time of such sale or redemption. During the initial offering period, a portion of the public offering price includes an amount of securities to pay for all or a portion of the costs incurred in establishing a trust (“organization costs”). These organization costs include the cost of preparing the registration statement, the trust indenture and other closing documents, registering units with the Securities and Exchange Commission and states, the initial audit of the trust portfolio, legal fees, fees paid to a portfolio consultant for assisting the sponsor in selecting the trust’s portfolio, and the initial fees and expenses of the trustee. These costs will be deducted from a trust as of the end of the initial offering period or after six months, at the discretion of the sponsor. As indicated above, the initial public offering price of the units was established by dividing the aggregate underlying value of the securities by the number of units outstanding. Such price determination as of the opening of business on the date a trust was created was made on the basis of an evaluation of the securities in the trust prepared by the evaluator. After the opening of business on this date, the evaluator will appraise or cause to be appraised daily the value of the underlying securities as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on days the New York Stock Exchange is open and will adjust the public offering price of the units commensurate with such valuation. Such public offering price will be effective for all orders properly received at or prior to the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each such day. Orders received by the trustee, sponsor or any dealer for purchases, sales or redemptions after that time, or on a day when the New York Stock Exchange is closed, will be held until the next determination of price.

The value of the securities is determined on each business day by the evaluator based on the closing sale prices on a national securities exchange or the NASDAQ National Market System or by taking into account the same factors referred to under “Computation of Redemption Price.”

Public Distribution of Units. During the initial offering period, units of a trust will be distributed to the public at the public offering price thereof. Upon the completion of the initial offering, units which remain unsold or which may be acquired in the secondary market may be offered at the public offering price determined in the manner provided above.

The sponsor intends to qualify units of a trust for sale in a number of states. Units will be sold through dealers who are members of FINRA and through others. Broker-dealers and others will be allowed a concession or agency commission in connection with the distribution of units during the initial offering period as set forth in the prospectus.

The sponsor reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any order for the purchase of units.

Sponsor Profits. The sponsor will receive gross sales fees equal to the percentage of the public offering price of the units of a trust described in the prospectus. In addition, the sponsor may realize a profit (or sustain a loss) as of the date a trust is created resulting from the difference between the purchase prices of the securities to the sponsor and the cost of such securities to the trust. Thereafter, on subsequent deposits the sponsor may realize profits or sustain losses from such deposits. The sponsor may realize additional profits or losses during the initial offering period on unsold units as a result of changes in the daily market value of the securities in the trust.

Market for Units. After the initial offering period, the sponsor may maintain a market for units of a trust offered hereby and continuously offer to purchase said units at prices, determined by the evaluator, based on the value of the underlying securities. Unitholders who wish to dispose of their units should inquire of their broker as to current market prices in order to determine whether there is in existence any price in excess of the redemption price and, if so, the amount thereof. Unitholders who sell or redeem units prior to such time as the entire deferred sales fee on such units has been collected will be assessed the amount of the remaining deferred sales fee at the time of such sale or redemption. The offering price of any units resold by the sponsor will be in accord with that described in the currently effective prospectus describing such units. Any profit or loss resulting from the resale of such units will belong to the sponsor. If the sponsor decides to maintain a secondary market, it may suspend or discontinue purchases of units of the trust if the supply of units exceeds demand, or for other business reasons.

Redemption. A unitholder who does not dispose of units in the secondary market described above may cause units to be redeemed by the trustee by making a written request to the trustee at its Unit Investment Trust Division office in the city of New York. Unitholders must sign the request, and such transfer instrument, exactly as their names appear on the records of the trustee. If the amount of the redemption is $500 or less and the proceeds are payable to the unitholder(s) of record at the address of record, no signature guarantee is necessary for redemptions by individual account owners (including joint owners). Additional documentation may be requested, and a signature guarantee is always required, from corporations, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians or associations. The signatures must be guaranteed by a participant in the

Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other signature guaranty program in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, as may be accepted by the trustee.

Redemption shall be made by the trustee no later than the second business day following the day on which a tender for redemption is received (the “Redemption Date”) by payment of cash equivalent to the redemption price, determined as set forth below under “Computation of Redemption Price,” as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange next following such tender, multiplied by the number of units being redeemed. Any units redeemed shall be canceled and any undivided fractional interest in the related trust extinguished. The price received upon redemption might be more or less than the amount paid by the unitholder depending on the value of the securities in the trust at the time of redemption. Unitholders who sell or redeem units prior to such time as the entire deferred sales fee on such units has been collected will be assessed the amount of the remaining deferred sales fee at the time of such sale or redemption. Certain broker-dealers may charge a transaction fee for processing redemption requests.

Under regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service, the trustee is required to withhold a specified percentage of the principal amount of a unit redemption if the trustee has not been furnished the redeeming unitholder’s tax identification number in the manner required by such regulations. Any amount so withheld is transmitted to the Internal Revenue Service and may be recovered by the unitholder only when filing a tax return. Under normal circumstances the trustee obtains the unitholder’s tax identification number from the selling broker. However, any time a unitholder elects to tender units for redemption, such unitholder should make sure that the trustee has been provided a certified tax identification number in order to avoid this possible “back-up withholding.” In the event the trustee has not been previously provided such number, one must be provided at the time redemption is requested. Any amounts paid on redemption representing unpaid dividends shall be withdrawn from the Income Account of a trust to the extent that funds are available for such purpose. All other amounts paid on redemption shall be withdrawn from the Capital Account for a trust.

Unitholders tendering units for redemption may request an in-kind distribution (a “Distribution In Kind”) from the trustee in lieu of cash redemption. A unitholder may request a Distribution In Kind of an amount and value of securities per unit equal to the redemption price per unit as determined as of the evaluation time next following the tender, provided that the tendering unitholder is (i) entitled to receive at least $25,000 of proceeds as part of his or her distribution or if he paid at least $25,000 to acquire the units being tendered; and (ii) the unitholder has elected to redeem at least thirty business days prior to the termination of the trust. If the unitholder meets these requirements, a Distribution In Kind will be made by the trustee through the distribution of each of the securities of the trust in book entry form to the account of the unitholder’s bank or broker-dealer at Depository Trust Company. The tendering unitholder shall be entitled to receive whole shares of each of the securities comprising the portfolio of the trust and cash from the Capital Account equal to the fractional shares to which the tendering unitholder is entitled. The trustee shall make any adjustments necessary to reflect differences between the redemption price of the units and the value of the securities distributed in kind as of the date of tender. If funds in the Capital Account are insufficient to cover the required cash distribution to the tendering unitholder, the trustee may sell securities. The in-kind redemption option may be terminated by the sponsor at any time. The trustee is empowered to sell securities in order to make funds available for the redemption of units. To the extent that securities are sold or redeemed in kind, the size of a trust will be, and the diversity of a trust may be, reduced but each remaining unit will continue to represent approximately the

same proportional interest in each security. Sales may be required at a time when securities would not otherwise be sold and may result in lower prices than might otherwise be realized. The price received upon redemption may be more or less than the amount paid by the unitholder depending on the value of the securities in the portfolio at the time of redemption.

Unitholders of a trust that holds closed-end funds or other investment company securities who request a Distribution In Kind will be subject to any 12b-1 Fees or other service or distribution fees applicable to the underlying securities.

The right of redemption may be suspended and payment postponed for more than two business days following the day on which tender for redemption is made (i) for any period during which the New York Stock Exchange is closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closings, or during which (as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted; (ii) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the trustee of securities is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable to fairly determine the value of the underlying securities in accordance with the trust agreement; or (iii) for such other period as the Securities and Exchange Commission may by order permit. The trustee is not liable to any person in any way for any loss or damage which may result from any such suspension or postponement.

Computation of Redemption Price. The redemption price per unit (as well as the secondary market public offering price) will generally be determined on the basis of the last sale price of the securities in a trust. The redemption price per unit is the pro rata share of each unit in a trust determined generally on the basis of (i) the cash on hand in the trust or moneys in the process of being collected; and (ii) the value of the securities in the trust less (a) amounts representing taxes or other governmental charges payable out of the trust, (b) any amount owing to the trustee for its advances and (c) the accrued expenses or remaining deferred sales fees of the trust. During the initial offering period, the redemption price and the secondary market repurchase price will also include organizational costs. The evaluator may determine the value of the securities in the trust in the following manner: if the securities are listed on a national or foreign securities exchange or the NASDAQ National Market System, such evaluation shall generally be based on the last available sale price on or immediately prior to the Evaluation Time on the exchange or NASDAQ National Market System which is the principal market therefor, which shall be deemed to be the New York Stock Exchange if the securities are listed thereon (unless the evaluator deems such price inappropriate as a basis for evaluation) or, if there is no such available sale price on such exchange, at the last available bid prices (offer prices for primary market purchases) of the securities. Securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange but principally traded on the NASDAQ National Market System will be valued at the NASDAQ National Market System’s official closing price. If the securities are not so listed or, if so listed, the principal market therefor is other than on such exchange or there is no such available sale price on such exchange, such evaluation shall generally be based on the following methods or any combination thereof whichever the evaluator deems appropriate: (i) on the basis of the current bid price (offer prices for primary market purchases) for comparable securities (unless the evaluator deems such price inappropriate as a basis for evaluation); (ii) by determining the valuation of the securities on the bid side (offer side for primary market purchases) of the market by appraisal; or (iii) by any combination of the above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the evaluator or its designee, will generally value foreign securities primarily traded on foreign exchanges at their fair value which may be other than their market price. If the trust holds securities denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the evaluation of such security is based upon U.S. dollars based on current

bid side (offer side for primary market purchases) exchange rates (unless the evaluator deems such prices inappropriate as a basis for valuation).

Retirement Plans. A trust may be well suited for purchase by Individual Retirement Accounts, Keogh Plans, pension funds and other qualified retirement plans. Generally, capital gains and income received under each of the foregoing plans are deferred from federal taxation. All distributions from such plans are generally treated as ordinary income but may, in some cases, be eligible for special income averaging or tax deferred rollover treatment. Investors considering participation in any such plan should review specific tax laws related thereto and should consult their attorneys or tax advisers with respect to the establishment and maintenance of any such plan. Such plans are offered by brokerage firms and other financial institutions. The trust will lower the minimum investment requirement for IRA accounts to 1 unit. Fees and charges with respect to such plans may vary.

Ownership of Units. Ownership of units will not be evidenced by certificates. All evidence of ownership of units will be recorded in book entry form at Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through an investor’s brokers’ account. Units held through DTC will be registered in the nominee name of Cede & Co. Individual purchases of beneficial ownership interest in the trust will be made in book entry form through DTC. Ownership and transfer of units will be evidenced and accomplished by book entries made by DTC and its participants. DTC will record ownership and transfer of the units among DTC participants and forward all notices and credit all payments received in respect of the units held by the DTC participants. Beneficial owners of units will receive written confirmation of their purchases and sale from the broker dealer or bank from whom their purchase was made. Units are transferable by making a written request properly accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer which should be sent registered or certified mail for the protection of the unitholder. Record holders must sign such written request exactly as their names appear on the records of the trust. The signatures must be guaranteed by a participant in the STAMP or such other signature guaranty program in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, as may be acceptable by the trustee.

Units may be purchased in denominations of one unit or any multiple thereof, subject to the minimum investment requirement. Fractions of units, if any, will be computed to three decimal places.

Taxes

This section summarizes some of the main U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning units of the trust. This section is current as of the date of this prospectus. Tax laws and interpretations change frequently, and these summaries do not describe all of the tax consequences to all taxpayers. For example, these summaries generally do not describe your situation if you are a corporation, a non-U.S. person, a broker/dealer, or other investor with special circumstances. In addition, this section does not describe your state, local or foreign tax consequences.

This federal income tax summary is based in part on the advice of counsel to the sponsor. The Internal Revenue Service could disagree with any conclusions set forth in this section. In addition, our counsel may not have been asked to review, and may not have reached a conclusion with respect to the federal income tax

treatment of the assets to be deposited in the trust. This may not be sufficient for you to use for the purpose of avoiding penalties under federal tax law.

As with any investment, you should seek advice based on your individual circumstances from your own tax advisor.

Trust Status. The trust intends to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under the federal tax laws. If the trust qualifies as a regulated investment company and distributes its income as required by the tax law, the trust generally will not pay federal income taxes. An adverse federal income tax audit of a partnership that the trust invests in could result in the trust being required to pay federal income tax or pay a deficiency dividend (without having received additional cash).

Distributions. Trust distributions are generally taxable. After the end of each year, you will receive a tax statement that separates your trust’s distributions into two categories, ordinary income distributions and capital gain dividends. Ordinary income distributions are generally taxed at your ordinary tax rate, however, as further discussed below, certain ordinary income distributions received from the trust may be taxed at the capital gains tax rates. Some portion of the ordinary income distributions that are attributable to dividends received by the trust from shares in certain real estate investment trusts may be designated by the trust as eligible for a deduction for qualified business income, provided certain holding period requirements are satisfied. Generally, you will treat all capital gain dividends as long-term capital gains regardless of how long you have owned your units. To determine your actual tax liability for your capital gain dividends, you must calculate your total net capital gain or loss for the tax year after considering all of your other taxable transactions, as described below. In addition, the trust may make distributions that represent a return of capital for tax purposes and thus will generally not be currently taxable to you. The tax status of your distributions from your trust is not affected by whether you reinvest your distributions in additional units or receive them in cash. The income from your trust that you must take into account for federal income tax purposes is not reduced by amounts used to pay a deferred sales fee, if any. The tax laws may require you to treat distributions made to you in January as if you had received them on December 31 of the previous year. Income from the trust may also be subject to a 3.8% “Medicare tax”. This tax generally applies to your net investment income if your adjusted gross income exceeds certain threshold amounts, which are $250,000 in the case of married couples filing joint returns and $200,000 in the case of single individuals.

Dividends Received Deduction. A corporation that owns units generally may be entitled to the dividends received deduction with respect to many dividends received from the trust if certain holding period and other technical requirements are met.

Sale or Redemption of Units. If you sell or redeem your units, you will generally recognize a taxable gain or loss. To determine the amount of this gain or loss, you must subtract your tax basis in your units from the amount you receive in the transaction. Your tax basis in your units is generally equal to the cost of your units, generally including sales charges. In some cases, however, you may have to adjust your tax basis after you purchase your units. An election may be available to you to defer recognition of capital gain if you make certain qualifying investments within a limited time. You should talk to your tax advisor about the availability of this deferral election and its requirements.

Capital Gains and Losses and Certain Ordinary Income Dividends. If you are an individual, the maximum marginal stated federal tax rate for net capital gain is generally 20% (15% or 0% for taxpayers with taxable incomes below certain thresholds). Some capital gains, including some portion of your capital gain dividends, may be taxed at a higher stated tax rate. Some portion of your capital gain dividends may be attributable to the trust’s interest in a master limited partnership which may be subject to a maximum marginal stated federal tax rate of 28%, rather than the rates set forth above. In addition, capital gain received from assets held for more than one year that is considered “unrecaptured section 1250 gain” (which may be the case, for example, with some capital gains attributable to equity interests in the REITs included in the trust) is taxed at a maximum stated tax rate of 25%. In the case of capital gain dividends, the determination of which portion of the capital gain dividend, if any, is subject to the 28% tax rate or the 25% tax rate, will be made based on rules prescribed by the United States Treasury. Capital gain may also be subject to the Medicare tax described above.

Net capital gain equals net long-term capital gain minus net short-term capital loss for the taxable year. Capital gain or loss is long-term if the holding period for the asset is more than one year and is short-term if the holding period for the asset is one year or less. You must exclude the date you purchase your units to determine your holding period. However, if you receive a capital gain dividend from your trust and sell your unit at a loss after holding it for six months or less, the loss will be recharacterized as long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain dividend received. The tax rates for capital gains realized from assets held for one year or less are generally the same as for ordinary income. The Internal Revenue Code treats certain capital gains as ordinary income in special situations.

An election may be available to you to defer recognition of the gain attributable to a capital gain dividend if you make certain qualifying investments within a limited time. You should talk to your tax advisor about the availability of this deferral election and its requirements.

Ordinary income dividends received by an individual unitholder from a regulated investment company such as the trust are generally taxed at the same rates that apply to net capital gain (as discussed above), provided certain holding period requirements are satisfied and provided the dividends are attributable to qualifying dividends received by the trust itself. Dividends from REITs such as those held by the trust are qualifying dividends only in limited circumstances. Your trust will provide notice to its unitholders of the amount of any distribution which may be taken into account as a dividend which is eligible for the capital gains tax rates.

In-Kind Distributions. Under certain circumstances, as described in this prospectus, you may receive an in-kind distribution of trust securities when you redeem units or up to 30 business days before your trust terminates. However, this ability to request an in-kind distribution will terminate at any time that the number of outstanding units has been reduced to 10% or less of the highest number of units issued by the trust. By electing to receive an in-kind distribution, you will receive trust securities plus, possibly, cash. This distribution will be treated as a sale for federal income tax purposes and you will generally recognize gain or loss, generally based on the value at that time of the securities and the amount of cash received. The Internal Revenue Service could, however, assert that a loss could not be currently deducted.

Treatment of Trust Expenses. Expenses incurred and deducted by your trust will generally not be treated as income taxable to you. In some cases, however, you may be required to treat your portion of these trust expenses as income. You may not be able to deduct some or all of these expenses.

Foreign Tax Credit. If your trust invests in any foreign securities, the tax statement that you receive may include an item showing foreign taxes your trust paid to other countries. In this case, dividends taxed to you will include your share of the taxes your trust paid to other countries. You may be able to deduct or receive a tax credit for your share of these taxes.

Investments in Certain Foreign Corporations. If the trust holds an equity interest in any “passive foreign investment companies” (“PFICs”), which are generally certain foreign corporations that receive at least 75% of their annual gross income from passive sources (such as interest, dividends, certain rents and royalties or capital gains) or that hold at least 50% of their assets in investments producing such passive income, the trust could be subject to U.S. federal income tax and additional interest charges on gains and certain distributions with respect to those equity interests, even if all the income or gain is timely distributed to its Unitholders. The trust will not be able to pass through to its Unitholders any credit or deduction for such taxes. The trust may be able to make an election that could ameliorate these adverse tax consequences. In this case, the trust would recognize as ordinary income any increase in the value of such PFIC shares, and as ordinary loss any decrease in such value to the extent it did not exceed prior increases included in income. Under this election, the trust might be required to recognize in a year income in excess of its distributions from PFICs and its proceeds from dispositions of PFIC stock during that year, and such income would nevertheless be subject to the distribution requirement and would be taken into account for purposes of the 4% excise tax. Dividends paid by PFICs are not treated as qualified dividend income.

Foreign Investors. If you are a foreign investor (i.e., an investor other than a U.S. citizen or resident or a U.S. corporation, partnership, estate or trust), you should be aware that, generally, subject to applicable tax treaties, distributions from your trust will be characterized as dividends for federal income tax purposes (other than dividends which the trust properly reports as capital gain dividends) and will be subject to U.S. income taxes, including withholding taxes, subject to certain exceptions described below. However, distributions received by a foreign investor from your trust that are properly reported by the trust as capital gain dividends may not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, including withholding taxes, provided that the trust makes certain elections and certain other conditions are met. Distributions from your trust that are properly reported by the trust as an interest-related dividend attributable to certain interest income received by the trust or as a short-term capital gain dividend attributable to certain net short-term capital gain income received by the trust may not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, including withholding taxes when received by certain foreign investors, provided that the trust makes certain elections and certain other conditions are met. Distributions to, and the gross proceeds from dispositions of units by, (i) certain non-U.S. financial institutions that have not entered into an agreement with the U.S. Treasury to collect and disclose certain information and are not resident in a jurisdiction that has entered into such an agreement with the U.S. Treasury and (ii) certain other non-U.S. entities that do not provide certain certifications and information about the entity’s U.S. owners, may be subject to a U.S. withholding tax of 30%. However, proposed regulations may eliminate the requirement to withhold on payments of gross proceeds from dispositions.

Experts

Legal Matters. Chapman and Cutler LLP, 320 South Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, acts as counsel for the trust and has passed upon the legality of the units.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The statement of financial condition, including the Trust Portfolio, appearing herein, has been audited by Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon appearing elsewhere herein, and is included in reliance on such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

Description of Ratings

Standard & Poor’s Issue Credit Ratings

A Standard & Poor’s issue credit rating is a forward-looking opinion about the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to a specific financial obligation, a specific class of financial obligations, or a specific financial program (including ratings on medium-term note programs and commercial paper programs). It takes into consideration the creditworthiness of guarantors, insurers, or other forms of credit enhancement on the obligation and takes into account the currency in which the obligation is denominated. The opinion reflects Standard & Poor's view of the obligor's capacity and willingness to meet its financial commitments as they come due, and may assess terms, such as collateral security and subordination, which could affect ultimate payment in the event of default.

Issue credit ratings can be either long-term or short-term. Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days, including commercial paper. Short-term ratings are also used to indicate the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to put features on long-term obligations. The result is a dual rating, in which the short-term rating addresses the put feature, in addition to the usual long-term rating. Medium-term notes are assigned long-term ratings.

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GUGGENHEIM DEFINED PORTFOLIOS

GUGGENHEIM PORTFOLIO PROSPECTUS-PART B

AUGUST 10, 2022

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Contents

Investment Summary

A concise	2	Overview
description	2	Investment Objective
of essential	2	Principal Investment Strategy
information	2	Security Selection
about the	3	Future Trusts
portfolio	4	Essential Information
	4	Portfolio Diversification
	4	Principal Risks
	7	Who Should Invest
	7	Fees and Expenses
	8	Example
	9	Trust Portfolio

Understanding Your Investments

Detailed	15	How to Buy Units
information	19	How to Sell Your Units
to help you	20	Distributions
understand	21	Investment Risks
your	27	How the Trust Works
investment	28	General Information
	29	Expenses
	31	Report of Independent Registered Public
		Accounting Firm
	32	Statement of Financial Condition

For the Table of Contents of Part B, see Part B of the prospectus.

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free information about		Guggenheiminvestments.com
these investments.		Call Guggenheim Investments
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Additional Information

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Commission. To obtain or copy this information (a duplication fee may be required):


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Refer to:	Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243
	Securities Act file number: 333-265790
	Investment Company Act file number: 811-03763

When units of the trust are no longer available, we may use this prospectus as a preliminary prospectus for a future trust.

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08.10.2022

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243 Prospectus

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56

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Subject to the terms and conditions of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such supplementary and periodic information, documents, and reports as may be prescribed by any rule or regulation of the Commission heretofore or hereafter duly adopted pursuant to authority conferred in that section.

Contents of Registration Statement

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The Depositor has obtained the following Securities Dealer Blanket Bond for its officers, directors and employees:

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Defined Portfolios, Series 779, Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 767, Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 766, Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 751, Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 750, Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 747, Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 746, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 714, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 712, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 688, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 687, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 680, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 648, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 645, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 617, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 610, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 609, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 567, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 526, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 314, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 295, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 154, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 153, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 136, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 129, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 128, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 121, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 118, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 117, Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 116, Ranson Unit Investment Trusts, Series 53 and Series 90, Kemper Defined Funds, Series 9, Kemper Defined Funds, Series 45, Kemper Defined Funds Insured National Series 1, Kemper Insured Corporate Trust, Series 1, Kemper Tax-Exempt Insured Income Trust, Multi-State Series 19, and Kemper Government Securities Trust, Series 39 (GNMA Portfolio), Series 40 (GNMA Portfolio) and Series 41 (U.S. Treasury Portfolio) for purposes of the representations required by Rule 487 and represents the following:

(1) that the portfolio securities deposited in the series as to the securities of which this Registration Statement is being filed do not differ materially in type or quality from those deposited in such previous series;

(2) that, except to the extent necessary to identify the specific portfolio securities deposited in, and to provide essential financial information for, the series with respect to the securities of which this Registration Statement is being filed, this Registration Statement does not contain disclosures that differ in any material respect from those contained in the registration statements for such previous series as to which the effective date was determined by the Commission or the staff; and

(3) that it has complied with Rule 460 under the Securities Act of 1933.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243 has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois on the 10th day of August, 2022.

GUGGENHEIM DEFINED PORTFOLIOS, SERIES 2243

(Registrant)

By GUGGENHEIM FUNDS DISTRIBUTORS, LLC

(Depositor)

By /s/ Amy Lee_______

Amy Lee,
Vice President and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature*	Title		Date
		) ) ) )	By:	/s/ Amy Lee Amy Lee Attorney-in-Fact*
Dina DiLorenzo*	President of Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC	) )		August 10, 2022
Dominick Cogliandro*	Chief Operating Officer of Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC	) ) )		August 10, 2022
Julie Jacques*	Treasurer of Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC	) ) )		August 10, 2022
Julie Jacques*	Principal Financial Officer of Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC (fulfills the role of principal accounting officer)	) ) ) ) ) )		August 10, 2022
Farhan Sharaff	Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC
/s/ Amy Lee_____ Amy lee	Vice President and Secretary of Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC			August 10, 2022

Executed copies of the related powers of attorney were filed as Exhibit 6.0 to the Registration Statement of Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2201 on January 10, 2022 and Exhibit 6.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2177 on December 27, 2021.

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The consent of Grant Thornton LLP to the use of its report and to the reference to such firm in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement is filed by this amendment as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement.

Consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP

The consent of Chapman and Cutler LLP to the use of its name in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement is contained in its opinion filed by this amendment as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement.

Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP to the use of its name in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement is contained in its opinion filed by this amendment as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement.

List of Exhibits

1.1

Reference Trust Agreement.

1.1.1

Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust (Reference is made to Exhibit 1.1.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 for Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 116 (File No. 333-72828) filed on December 18, 2001).

2.1

Code of Ethics (Reference is made to Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 for Claymore Securities Defined Portfolios, Series 213 (File No. 333-122184) filed on February 9, 2005).

3.1

Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered including a consent to the use of its name in the Registration Statement.

3.2

Opinion of counsel as to the Trustee and the Trust(s), including a consent to the use of its name in the Registration Statement.

4.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

6.0

Powers of Attorney authorizing Amy Lee to execute the Registration Statement. (Reference is made to Exhibit 6.0 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 for Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2201 (File No. 333-262073) filed on January 10, 2022) and Exhibit 6.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 for Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2177 (File No. 333-260405) filed on December 27, 2021.).

9.1

Portfolio Support and License Agreement.

EXHIBIT 1.1

GUGGENHEIM DEFINED PORTFOLIOS, SERIES 2243

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56

REFERENCE TRUST AGREEMENT

This Reference Trust Agreement dated as of August 10, 2022, between Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, as Depositor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, sets forth certain provisions in full and incorporates other provisions by reference to the document entitled “Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust For Series Formed on or Subsequent to December 18, 2001” (herein called the “Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust”), and such provisions as are set forth in full and such provisions as are incorporated by reference constitute a single instrument. All references herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust.

WITNESSETH THAT:

In consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor and the Trustee agree as follows:

PART I.

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRUST

Subject to the provisions of Part II hereof, all the provisions contained in the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this instrument as fully and to the same extent as though said provisions had been set forth in this instrument.

PART II.

SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF TRUST

The following special terms and conditions are hereby agreed to:

(1) The securities listed in the Schedule hereto have been deposited in the Trust(s) under this Reference Trust Agreement as indicated on the attached Schedule A.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of the term “Unit” in Article I, it is hereby specified that the fractional undivided interest in and ownership of a Trust(s) is the amount described in Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-265790) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The fractional undivided interest may (a) increase by the number of any additional Units issued pursuant to Section 2.03, (b) increase or decrease in connection with an adjustment to the number of Units pursuant to Section 2.03, or (c) decrease by the number of Units redeemed pursuant to Section 5.02.

(3) The term “Deferred Sales Charge” shall mean the “deferred sales fee” as described in the Prospectus.

(4) The terms “Income Account Record Date” and “Capital Account Record Date” shall mean the dates set forth under “Essential Information--Record Dates” in the Prospectus.

(5) The terms “Income Account Distribution Date” and “Capital Account Distribution Date” shall mean the dates set forth under “Essential Information--Distribution Dates” in the Prospectus.

(6) The term “Initial Date of Deposit” shall mean the date of this Reference Trust Agreement as set forth above.

(7) The definition of “Supplemental Indenture” is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(8) The definition of “Addendum to the Reference Trust Agreement” is hereby deleted in its entirety.

(9) The term “Additional Securities” shall mean such Securities which have been deposited pursuant to Section 2.05 to effect an increase over the number of Units initially specified in the Reference Trust Agreement.

(10) The number of Units of the Trust(s) referred to in Section 2.03 shall be equal to the “Number of Units” in the Statement(s) of Financial Condition in the Prospectus.

(11) Article III is hereby amended by adding the following section:

Section 3.23. Bookkeeping and Administrative Expenses. If so provided in the Prospectus, as compensation for providing bookkeeping and other administrative services of a character described in Section 26(a)(2)(C) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to the extent such services are in addition to, and do not duplicate, the services to be provided hereunder by the Trustee or the Depositor for providing supervisory services, the Depositor shall receive at the times specified in Section 3.05, against a statement or statements therefor submitted to the Trustee an aggregate annual fee in an amount which shall not exceed that amount set forth in the Prospectus, calculated as specified in Section 3.05. Such compensation may, from time to time, be adjusted provided that the total adjustment upward does not, at the time of such adjustment, exceed the percentage of the total increase, during the period from the Trust Agreement to the date of any such increase, in consumer prices for services as measured by the United States Department of Labor Consumer Price Index entitled “All Services Less Rent of Shelter” or similar index as described under Section 3.18. The consent or concurrence of any Unitholder hereunder shall not be required for any such adjustment or increase. Such compensations shall be paid by the Trustee, upon receipt of invoice therefor from the Depositor, upon which, as to the cost incurred by the Depositor of providing services hereunder the Trustee may rely, and shall be charged against the Income and Capital Accounts as specified in Section 3.05. The Trustee shall have no liability to any Unitholder or other person for any payment made in good faith pursuant to this Section.

If the cash balance in the Income and Capital Accounts shall be insufficient to provide for amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3.23, the Trustee shall have the power to sell (1) Securities from the current list of Securities designated to be sold pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof, or (2) if no such Securities have been so designated, such Securities as the Trustee may see fit to sell in its own discretion, and to apply the proceeds of any such sale in payment of the amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3.23. Any moneys payable to the Depositor pursuant to this Section 3.23 shall be secured by a prior lien on the Trust except that no such lien shall be prior to any lien in favor of the Trustee under the provisions of Section 6.04.

Any moneys payable to the Depositor pursuant to this Section 3.23 shall be secured by a prior lien on the Trust except that no such lien shall be prior to any lien in favor of the Trustee under the provisions of Section 6.04.

(12) The phrases “supervisory services,” “supervisory portfolio services” and “portfolio supervisory services” in Sections 3.18 are hereby replaced with the phrase “portfolio supervisory services and bookkeeping and administrative expenses.”

(13) Section 7.05 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Section 7.05. Compensation. The Depositor shall receive at the times set forth in Sections 3.05, 3.18, 3.23 and 4.03 as compensation for performing portfolio supervisory services, bookkeeping and administrative expenses and evaluation services, such amount and for such periods as specified the Prospectus and/or Reference Trust Agreement. The compensation for providing portfolio supervisory services, bookkeeping and administrative expenses and evaluation services shall be made on the basis of the largest number of units outstanding at any time during the period for which such compensation is being computed. At no time, however, will the total amount received by the Depositor for services rendered to all series of Guggenheim Defined Portfolios in any calendar year exceed the aggregate cost to them of supplying such services in such year. Such rate may be increased by the Trustee from time to time, without the consent or approval of any Unitholder, or the Depositor, by amounts not exceeding the proportionate increase during the period from the date of such Prospectus and/or Reference Trust Agreement to the date of any such increase, in consumer prices as published either under the classification “All Services Less Rent” in the Consumer Price Index published by the United States Department of Labor or, IF such Index is no longer published, a similar index.

In the event that any amount of the compensation paid to the Depositor pursuant to Sections 3.05, 3.18 and 3.23 and 4.03 is found to be an improper charge against a Trust, the Depositor shall reimburse the Trust in such amount. An improper charge shall be established if a final judgment or order for reimbursement of the Trust shall be rendered against the Depositor and such judgment or order shall not be effectively stayed or a final settlement is established in which the Depositor agrees to reimburse the Trust for amounts paid to the Depositor pursuant to this Section 7.05.

(14) Section 3.22 is hereby amended by deleting the tenth sentence in its entirety and by replacing the first two sentences in their entirety with the following:

If the Prospectus related to a Trust specifies a creation and development fee (the “Creation and Development Fee”), the Trustee shall, on such date or dates set forth in the Prospectus for a Trust, withdraw from the Capital Account an amount equal to either the accrued and unpaid Creation and Development Fee as of such date (for Trusts in which the applicable Prospectus provides that the Creation and Development Fee accrues on a daily basis) or the entire Creation and Development Fee (for Trusts in which the applicable Prospectus provides that the Creation and Development Fee be assessed at the conclusion of the initial offering period, as certified by the Depositor to the Trustee) and credit such amount to a special non-Trust account designated by the Depositor out of which the Creation and Development Fee will be distributed to the Depositor (the “Creation and Development Account”). For Trusts in which the applicable Prospectus provides for daily accrual of the Creation and Development Fee, the Creation and Development Fee will accrue on a daily basis from the day after the conclusion of the initial offering period through the Trust’s Mandatory Termination Date. Such a Creation and Development Fee will accrue at a daily rate of the total fixed dollar Creation and Development Fee amount stated in the applicable Prospectus divided by the number of days from the day after the conclusion of the initial offering period through the Trust’s Mandatory Termination Date. For Trusts in which the applicable Prospectus provides that the entire Creation and Development Fee will be assessed at the conclusion of the initial offering period, the reimbursement provided for in this Section shall be for the account of Unitholders of record at the conclusion of the initial offering period and shall have no effect on the Unit Value prior to such date.

(15) Article III is hereby amended by adding the following section:

Section 3.24. License Fees. If so provided in the Prospectus, the Depositor may enter into a Licensing Agreement (the “Agreement”) with a licensor (the “Licensor”) described in the Prospectus in which the Trust(s), as consideration for the licenses granted by the Licensor for the right to use its trademarks and trade names, intellectual property rights or for the use of databases and research owned by the Licensor, will pay a fee set forth in the Agreement to the applicable Licensor or the Depositor to reimburse the Depositor for payment of the expenses.

If the Agreement provides for an annual license fee computed in whole or part by reference to the average daily net asset value of the Trust assets, for purpose of calculating the accrual of estimated expenses such annual fee shall accrue at a daily rate and the Trustee is authorized to compute an estimated license fee payment (i) until the Depositor has informed the Trustee that there will be no further deposits of additional Securities, by reference to an estimate of the average daily net asset value of the Trust assets which the Depositor shall provide the Trustee, (ii) thereafter and during the calendar quarter in which the last business day of the period described in clause (i) occurs, by reference to the net asset value of the Trust assets as of such last business day, and (iii) during each subsequent calendar quarter, by reference to the net asset value of the Trust assets as of the last business day of the preceding calendar quarter. The Trustee shall adjust the net asset value (Trust Fund Evaluation) as of the dates specified in the preceding sentence to account for any variation between accrual of estimated license fee and the license fee payable pursuant to the Agreement, but such adjustment shall not affect calculations made prior thereto and no adjustment shall be made in respect thereof.

(16) Sections 2.05(a) and 2.05(b) are hereby amended and replaced in their entirety with the following:

Section 2.05. Deposit of Additional Securities. (a) Subject to the requirements set forth below in this Section, the Depositor may, on any Business Day (the “Trade Date”), subscribe for Additional Units as follows:

(1) Prior to the Evaluation Time defined in Section 5.01 on the Trade Date, the Depositor shall provide notice (the “Subscription Notice”) to the Trustee of the Depositor’s intention to subscribe for Additional Units. The Subscription Notice shall identify the Additional Securities to be acquired (unless such Additional Securities are a precise replication of the then existing portfolio) and shall either (i) specify the quantity of Additional Securities to be deposited by the Depositor on the settlement date for such subscription or (ii) instruct the Trustee to purchase Additional Securities with an aggregate cost as specified in the Subscription Notice.

(2) Promptly following the Evaluation Time on such Business Day, the Depositor shall verify with the Trustee, the number of Additional Units to be created.

(3) Not later than the time on the settlement date for such subscription when the Trustee is to deliver the Additional Units created thereby (which time shall not be later than the time by which the Trustee is required to settle any contracts for the purchase of Additional Securities entered into by the Trustee pursuant to the instruction of the Depositor referred to in subparagraph (1) above), the Depositor shall deposit with the Trustee (i) any Additional Securities specified in the Subscription Notice (or contracts to purchase such Additional Securities together with cash or a letter of credit in the amount necessary to settle such contracts) or (ii) cash or a letter of credit in the amount equal to the aggregate cost of the Additional Securities to be purchased by the Trustee, as specified in the Subscription Notice, together with, in each case, Cash defined below. “Cash” means, as to the Capital Account, cash or other property (other than Securities) on hand in the Capital Account or receivable and to be credited to the Capital Account as of the Evaluation Time on the Business Day preceding the Trade Date (other than amounts to be distributed solely to persons other than persons receiving the distribution from the Capital Account as holders of Additional Units created by the deposit), and, as to the Income Account, cash or other property (other than Securities) received by the Trust as of the Evaluation Time on the Business Day preceding the Trade Date or receivable by the Trust in respect of dividends or other distributions declared but not received as of the Evaluation Time on the Business Day preceding the Trade Date, reduced by the amount of any cash or other property received or receivable on any Security allocable (in accordance with the Trustee’s calculation of the monthly distribution from the Income Account pursuant to Section 3.05) to a distribution made or to be made in respect of a Record Date occurring prior to the Trade Date. Each deposit made pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall replicate, to the extent practicable, the portfolio immediately prior to such deposit.

(4) On the settlement date for a subscription, the Trustee shall, in exchange for the Securities and cash or Letter of Credit described above, issue and deliver to or on the order of the Depositor the number of Units verified by the Depositor with the Trustee. No Unit to be issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be issued or delivered unless and until Securities, cash or a Letter of Credit is received in exchange therefor and no person shall have any claim to any Unit not so issued and delivered or any interest in the Trust in respect thereof.

(5) Any Additional Securities shall be held, administered and applied by the Trustee in the same manner as herein provided for the Securities.

(6) The acceptance of Additional Units by the Depositor in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section shall be deemed a certification by the Depositor that the deposit or purchase of Additional Securities associated therewith complies with the conditions of this Section 2.05.

(b) Instructions to purchase Additional Securities under this Section shall be in writing and shall direct the Trustee to purchase, or enter into contracts to purchase, Additional Securities; such instructions shall also specify the name, CUSIP number, if any, aggregate amount of each such Additional Security and price or range of price. If, at the time of a subsequent deposit under this Section, Securities of an Original Issue are unavailable, cannot be purchased at reasonable prices or their purchase is prohibited or restricted by applicable law, regulation or policies, in lieu of the portion of the deposit that would otherwise be represented by those Securities, the Depositor may (A) deposit (or instruct the Trustee to purchase) Securities of another Original Issue or (B) deposit cash or a letter of credit with instructions to acquire the Securities of such Original Issue when they become available.

(17) The first two paragraphs of Section 9.05 is hereby amended and replaced in their entirety to read as follows:

Section 9.05. Written Notice. Any notice, demand, direction or instruction to be given to the Depositor, Evaluator or Supervisor hereunder shall be in writing and shall be duly given if mailed or delivered to the Depositor, 227 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, or at such other address as shall be specified by the Depositor to the other parties hereto in writing.

Any notice, demand, direction or instruction to be given to the Trustee shall be in writing and shall be duly given if delivered to the unit investment trust division office of the Trustee at 240 Greenwich Street, 22W Floor, New York, NY 10286, Attention: Unit Trust Division, or to such other address as shall be specified by the Trustee to the other parties in writing.

(18) The second paragraph of Section 6.02 is replaced in its entirety as follows:

An audit of the accounts of each Trust shall not be conducted unless the Depositor determines that such an audit is required. In the event that the Depositor determines that an audit is required, the accounts of each Trust shall be audited not less than annually by independent public accountants designated from time to time by the Depositor and reports of such accountants shall be furnished by the Trustee, upon request, to Unitholders. The Trustee, however, in connection with any such audits shall not be obligated to use Trust assets to pay for such audits in excess of the amounts, if any, indicated in the Prospectus relating to such Trust. The Trustee shall maintain and provide, upon the request of a Unitholder or the Depositor, the Unitholders’ or the Unitholder’s designated representative with the cost basis of the Securities represented by the Unitholder’s Units.

(19) The first paragraph of Section 6.04 is replaced in its entirety as follows:

Section 6.04. Compensation. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.14 hereof, the Trustee shall receive at the times set forth in Section 3.05, as compensation for performing ordinary normal recurring services under this Indenture, an amount calculated at the annual compensation rate stated in the Prospectus. The Trustee shall charge a pro rated portion of its annual fee at the times specified in Section 3.05, which pro rated portion shall be calculated on the basis of the largest number of Units in such Trust at any time during the primary offering period. After the primary offering period has terminated, the fee shall accrue daily and be based on the number of Units outstanding on the first business day of each calendar year in which the fee is calculated or the number of Units outstanding at the end of the primary offering period, as appropriate. The Trustee may from time to time adjust its compensation as set forth above, provided that total adjustment upward does not, at the time of such adjustment, exceed the percentage of the total increase, after the date hereof, in consumer prices for services as measured by the United States Department of Labor Consumer Price Index entitled “All Services Less Rent,” or, if such index shall cease to be published, then as measured by the available index most nearly comparable to such index. The consent or concurrence of any Unitholder hereunder shall not be required for any such adjustment or increase, however, the consent of the Depositor shall be required. Such compensation shall be charged by the Trustee against the Income and Capital Accounts of each Trust; provided, however, that such compensation shall be deemed to provide only for the usual, normal and proper functions undertaken as Trustee pursuant to this Indenture.

(20) Section 2.03 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Section 2.03. Issuance of Units. By executing the Reference Trust Agreement and receipt for deposited Securities, the Trustee will thereby acknowledge receipt of the deposit of the Securities listed in the Schedules to the Reference Trust Agreement and referred to in Section 2.01 hereof, and simultaneously with the receipt of said deposit, has recorded on its books the ownership, by the Depositor or such other person or persons as may be indicated by the Depositor, of the aggregate number of Units specified in the Reference Trust Agreement and has delivered, or on the order of the Depositor will deliver, in exchange for such Securities, cash or a Letter of Credit, documentation evidencing the ownership of the number of Units specified or, if requested by the Depositor, the ownership by DTC of all such Units and will cause such Units to be credited at DTC to the account of the Depositor or, pursuant to the Depositor’s direction and as hereafter provided, the account of the issuer of the Letter of Credit referred to in Section 2.01. The number of Units in a Trust may be increased through a split of the Units or decreased through a reverse split thereof, as directed by the Depositor, on any day on which the Depositor is the only Unitholder of such Trust, which revised number of Units shall be recorded by the Trustee on its books. Effective as of the Evaluation Time on August 10, 2022, in the event that the aggregate value of Securities in the Trust has increased since the evaluation on August 9, 2022, the Trustee shall issue such number of additional Units to the Unitholder of outstanding Units as of the close of business on August 10, 2022, that the price per Unit computed as of the Evaluation Time on August 10, 2022, plus the maximum applicable sales charge shall equal approximately $10 per Unit (based on the number of Units outstanding as of said Evaluation Time, including the additional Units issued pursuant to this sentence); in the event that the aggregate value of Securities in the Trust Fund has decreased since the evaluation on August 9, 2022, there will be a reverse split of the outstanding Units, and said Unitholder will surrender to the Trustee for cancellation such number of Units, that the price per Unit computed as of the Evaluation Time on August 10, 2022, plus the maximum applicable sales charge shall equal approximately $10 per Unit (based on the number of Units outstanding as of said Evaluation Time, reflecting cancellation of Units pursuant to this sentence). The Trustee hereby agrees that on the date of any deposit of additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.05 it shall acknowledge that the additional Securities identified therein have been deposited with it by recording on its books the ownership, by the Depositor or such other person or persons as may be indicated by the Depositor, of the aggregate number of Units to be issued in respect of such additional Securities so deposited.

(21) Section 2.01 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Section 2.01. Deposit of Securities. The Depositor, on the date of the Reference Trust Agreement, has deposited with the Trustee in trust the Securities and contracts (or cash or a Letter of Credit in the amount necessary to settle any contracts for the purchase of Securities entered into by the Trustee pursuant to the instructions of the Depositor) for the purchase of Contract Securities listed in the Schedules to the Reference Trust Agreement in bearer form or duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by all necessary instruments of assignment and transfer in proper form or Contract Securities relating to such Securities to be held, managed and applied by the Trustee as herein provided. The Depositor shall deliver the Securities listed on said Schedules which were not actually delivered concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Reference Trust Agreement and which were represented by Contract Securities to the Trustee within 10 calendar days after said execution and delivery (the “Delivery Period”). In the event that the purchase of Contract Securities pursuant to any contract shall not be consummated in accordance with said contract or if the Securities represented by Contract Securities are not delivered to a Trust in accordance with this Section 2.01 and the moneys, or, if applicable, the moneys drawn on the Letter of Credit, deposited by the Depositor are not utilized for Section 3.17 purchases of Replacement Securities, such funds, to the extent of the purchase price of Failed Contract Securities for which no Replacement Security were acquired pursuant to Section 3.17, plus all amounts described in the next succeeding sentence, shall be credited to the Capital Account and distributed pursuant to Section 3.05 to Unitholders of record as of the Income Account Record Date next following the failure of consummation of such purchase. The Depositor shall cause to be refunded to each Unitholder his pro rata portion of the sales charge levied on the sale of Units to such Unitholder attributable to such Failed Contract Security. Any amounts remaining from moneys drawn on the Letter of Credit which are not used to purchase Replacement Securities or are not used to provide refunds to Unitholders shall be paid to the Depositor. The Trustee is hereby irrevocably authorized to effect registration or transfer of the Securities in fully registered form to the name of the Trustee or to the name of its nominee or to hold the Securities in a clearing agency registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in a book entry system operated by the Federal Reserve Board.

(22) The first two sentences in the first paragraph of Section 3.11 are hereby deleted and replaced in their entirety with the following:

In the event that an offer by the issuer of any of the Securities or any other party shall be made to issue new securities, or to exchange securities, for Trust Securities, the Trustee will, at the direction of the Depositor, accept or reject such offer or vote for or against any offer to new or exchanged securities or property in exchange for a Trust Security. Should any issuance, exchange or substitution be effected, any securities, cash and/or property received shall be deposited hereunder and shall be promptly sold, if securities or property, by the Trustee pursuant to the Depositor’s direction, unless the Depositor advises the Trustee to keep such securities or property.

(23) Section 3.05 is hereby amended by adding the following as subsection (c):

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Trust has elected to be treated as a “regulated investment company” as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, the Trustee may make such additional distributions to Unitholders as shall be determined by the Depositor or such agent as the Depositor shall designate to be necessary or desirable to maintain the status of each Trust as a regulated investment company or to avoid imposition of any income or excise taxes on undistributed income of the Trust. The Trustee shall be authorized to rely conclusively upon the direction, and shall have no duty to make any additional distributions from a Trust in the absence of such direction. The Trustee shall have no liability for any tax or other liability incurred by reason of action or inaction resulting from such direction. The fees of such agent designated by the Depositor shall be an expense of the Trust reimbursable to the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.04.

(24) Section 9.01 is hereby amended by adding the following as subsection (d):

(d) If a Trust has elected to be treated as a “regulated investment company” as defined in the Internal Revenue Code and notwithstanding Section 9.01(a), this Indenture may be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Unitholders (1) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provisions contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein; (2) to change any provision hereof as may be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor governmental agency exercising similar authority; (3) to make such amendments as may be necessary for each Trust to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes; or (4) to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder as shall not materially adversely affect the interest of the Unitholders (as determined in good faith by the Depositor and the Trustee). This Indenture may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor and the Trustee (or the performance of any of the provisions of this Indenture may be waived) with the consent of holders of Units representing 66-2/3% of the Units at the time outstanding under the Trust Indenture of the individual Trust or Trusts affected for the purpose of adding any provisions of this Indenture or of materially modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of Units of such Trust or Trusts; provided, however, that in no event may any amendment be made which would (1) alter the rights to the Unitholders as against each other, (2) provide the Trustee with the power to engage in business or investment activities other than as specifically provided in this Indenture or (3) adversely affect the characterization of a Trust as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes; provided, further, that the consent of 100% of the Unitholders of any individual Trust is required to amend this Indenture (1) to reduce the aforesaid percentage of Units the holders of which are required to consent to certain amendments and (2) to reduce the interest in such Trust represented by any Units of such Trust.

Promptly after the execution of any amendment requiring the consent of the Unitholders or any of any other amendment if directed by the Depositor, the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Unitholder then of record affected thereby.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Unitholders under this Section 9.01 or under Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Unitholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.

(25) Section 3.01 is hereby amended by as follows:

Section 3.01. Initial Costs. Subject to reimbursement as hereinafter provided, the cost of organizing a Trust and sale of the Trust Units shall be borne by the Depositor, provided, however, that the liability on the part of the Depositor under this Section shall not include any fees or other expenses incurred in connection with the administration of the Trust subsequent to the deposit referred to in Section 2.01. Upon notification from the Depositor that the primary offering period is concluded, or after six months, at the discretion of the Depositor, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Account or Accounts specified in the Prospectus or, if no Account is therein specified, from the Capital Account as further set forth in Section 3.03, and pay to the Depositor the Depositor’s reimbursable expenses of organizing the Trust and sale of the Trust Units in an amount certified to the Trustee by the Depositor but not in excess of the estimated per-Unit amount set forth in the Prospectus multiplied by the number of Units outstanding as of the conclusion of the primary offering period. If the cash balance of the Capital Account is insufficient to make such withdrawal, the Trustee shall, as directed by the Depositor, sell Securities identified by the Depositor, or distribute to the Depositor Securities having a value, as determined under Section 4.01 as of the date of distribution, sufficient for such reimbursement. Securities sold or distributed to the Depositor to reimburse the Depositor pursuant to this Section shall be sold or distributed by the Trustee to the extent practicable, in the percentage ratio then existing (unless the Trust elects to be treated as a “regulated investment company” as defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code (the “Internal Revenue Code”), in which case sales or distributions by the Trustee shall be made in accordance with the instructions of the Depositor or its designees). The reimbursement provided for in this Section shall be for the account of the Unitholders of record at the conclusion of the primary offering period. Any assets deposited with the Trustee in respect of the expenses reimbursable under this Section shall be held and administered as assets of the Trust for all purposes hereunder. The Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee any cash identified in the Statement of Financial Condition of the Trust included in the Prospectus not later than the First Settlement Date and the Depositor’s obligation to make such delivery shall be secured by the Letter of Credit deposited pursuant to Section 2.01. Any cash which the Depositor has identified as to be used for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to this Section shall be held by the Trustee, without interest, and reserved for such purpose and, accordingly, prior to the conclusion of the primary offering period, shall not be subject to distribution or, unless the Depositor otherwise directs, used for payment of redemptions in excess of the per-Unit amount payable pursuant to the next sentence. If a Unitholder redeems Units prior to the conclusion of the primary offering period, the Trustee shall pay to the Unitholder, in addition to the Redemption Price of the tendered Units, an amount equal to the estimated per-Unit cost of organizing the Trust and the sale of Trust Units set forth in the Prospectus multiplied by the number of Units tendered for redemption; to the extent the cash on hand in the Trust is insufficient for such payment, the Trustee shall have the power to sell Securities in accordance with Section 5.02. As used herein, the Depositor’s reimbursable expenses of organizing the Trust and sale of the Trust Units shall include the cost of the initial preparation and typesetting of the registration statement, prospectuses (including preliminary prospectuses), the indenture, and other documents relating to the Trust, Securities and Exchange Commission and state blue sky registration fees, the cost of the initial valuation of the portfolio and audit of the Trust, the costs of a portfolio consultant, if any, the initial fees and expenses of the Trustee, and legal and other out-of-pocket expenses related thereto but not including the expenses incurred in the printing of preliminary prospectuses and prospectuses, expenses incurred in the preparation and printing of brochures and other advertising materials and any other selling expenses.

(26) Section 9.01(a)(iii) is hereby amended as follows:

(a)(iii) to make such other provision regarding matters or questions arising hereunder as shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the Unitholders; provided, however, that in no event may any amendment be made which would adversely affect the status of a Trust for federal income tax purposes.

(27) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no In Kind Distribution requests made pursuant to Section 5.02 and submitted during the 30 business days prior to the Trust’s Mandatory Termination Date will be honored. In addition, no unitholder will be eligible for an In Kind Distribution of securities pursuant to Section 9.02. Furthermore, the availability of In Kind Distributions may be modified or discontinued as described in the Prospectus.

(28) Section 3.15 is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Section 3.15. Regulated Investment Company Election. If so provided in the Prospectus for a Trust Fund, such Trust Fund elects to be treated and to qualify as a “regulated investment company” as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, and the Trustee is hereby directed to make such elections, including any appropriate election to be taxed as a corporation, as shall be necessary to effect such qualification. In addition, the Trustee is authorized to take any actions necessary to allow a Trust Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company.

(29) All references to The Bank of New York in the Standard Terms and Conditions of the Trust shall be replaced with “The Bank of New York Mellon.”

(30) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Standard Terms and Conditions of the Trust, Section 3.19 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

In limited circumstances and only if deemed in the best interests of the Unitholders, the Depositor is authorized to instruct the Trustee to change the dates on which the deferred sales charge is deducted as described in the Prospectus. The deferred sales charge payment dates may be delayed: (i) in order for a Trust which is a widely held fixed investment trust as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.671-5(b)(22) to report in accordance with any of the safe harbor methods described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.671-5(f); or (ii) in order for a Trust which is a regulated investment company as defined by the Internal Revenue Code to maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company. The Trustee shall have no liability for any tax or other liability incurred by reason of action or inaction resulting from such direction. The Depositor will amend the Prospectus to include the new dates on which the deferred sales charge will be collected and distributing such notice to Unitholders.

(31) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust, Section 3.19 shall be amended by adding the following sentences at the end thereof:

“To the extent permitted by applicable law and regulatory authorization, unpaid portions of the deferred sales charge shall be secured by a lien on the Trust in favor of the Depositor, provided that such lien shall be subordinate to the lien of the Trustee granted by Section 6.04 of the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust. To the extent of such lien, the Trustee shall hold the assets of the Trust for the benefit of the Depositor, provided that the Trustee is authorized to make dispositions, distributions and payments for expenses in the ordinary course of the administration of the Trust without regard to such lien.”

(32) All reference to Claymore Securities, Inc. in the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust shall be replaced with “Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC”

(33) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Standard Terms and Conditions of the Trust, the first paragraph of Section 9.02 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

This Indenture and each Trust created hereby shall terminate upon the maturity, redemption, sale or other disposition as the case may be of the last Security held in such Trust hereunder unless sooner terminated as hereinbefore specified, and may be terminated (i) at any time by the written consent of Unitholders representing at least 66-2/3% of the Units then outstanding or (ii) if stated in the Prospectus, if the per unit net asset value reaches or exceeds 15% above its initial net asset value as calculated on the date of deposit, net of the upfront sales charge and other related investment expenses; provided that in no event shall any Trust continue beyond the Mandatory Termination Date. If the value of a Trust shall be less than the applicable minimum value stated in the prospectus (generally 20% of the total value of securities deposited in the Trust during the initial offering period), the Trustee may in its discretion, and shall, when so directed by the Depositor, terminate the Trust. Upon the date of termination the registration books of the Trustee shall be closed.

(34) Section 3.05(b)(ii) is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

For the purposes of this Section 3.05, the term “Income Distribution” shall be calculated as set forth in subparagraph (A), below, unless the Prospectus provides for the averaging of income distributions, in which case, “Income Distribution” shall be shall be calculated as set forth in subparagraph (B), below. Accordingly, the Unitholder’s “Income Distribution” shall be equal to:

(A) such Unitholder’s pro rata share of the cash balance (other than any amortized discount) in the Income Account computed as of the close of business on the Income Account Record Date immediately preceding such Income Distribution after deduction of (1) the fees and expenses then deductible pursuant to Section 3.05(a) and (2) the Trustee’s estimate of other expenses properly chargeable to the Income Account pursuant to the Indenture which have accrued, as of such Income Account Record Date or are otherwise properly attributable to the period to which such Income Distribution relates; or

(B) such Unitholder's pro rata share of the balance in the Income Account calculated on the basis of a fraction (the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the total number of Distribution Dates per year) of the estimated annual income to the Trust for the ensuing twelve months computed as of the close of business on the Record Date immediately preceding such Income Distribution after deduction of (1) the fees and expenses then deductible pursuant to Section 3.05(a) and (2) the Trustee's estimate of other expenses properly chargeable to the Income Account pursuant to the Indenture which have accrued, as of such Record Date or are otherwise properly attributable to the period to which such Income Distribution relates.

In the event that the amount on deposit in the Income Account is not sufficient for the payment of the amount intended to be distributed to Unitholders on the basis of the aforesaid computation in paragraph (B), the Trustee is authorized to advance its own funds and cause to be deposited in and credited to the Income Account such amounts as may be required to permit payment of the related distribution to be made as aforesaid and shall be entitled to be reimbursed, without interest, out of income payments received by the Trust subsequent to the date of such advance. Any such advance shall be reflected in the Income Account until repaid.

(35) The definitions of “Contract Securities,” “Equity Securities” and “Securities” in Section 1.01 are hereby amended and replaced in their entirety with the following:

“Contract Securities” shall mean Securities which are not actually delivered concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Reference Trust Agreement and which are to be acquired by a Trust pursuant to contracts, including (i) Securities listed in Schedule A to the Reference Trust Agreement and (ii) Securities which the Depositor has contracted to purchase for the Trust pursuant to Section 2.01.

“Equity Securities” shall mean any equity securities of corporations or other entities (including such securities held in American Depositary Receipt (“ADRs”) or similar form) including delivery statements related to contracts, if any, for the purchase of certain securities and cash, certified or bank check or checks or letter of credit or letters of credit sufficient in amount or availability required for such purchase, deposited in irrevocable trust and listed on Schedule A of the Reference Trust Agreement, and any securities received in addition to, or in exchange, substitution or replacement for, such securities pursuant to Sections 2.01, 3.10 and 3.17 hereof, as may from time to time continue to be held as a part of the Trust.”

“Securities” shall mean the securities of corporations or other entities, including Contract Securities, Fixed Income Securities and Equities Securities, deposited in irrevocable trust and listed in the Schedules to the Reference Trust Agreement or which are deposited in or purchased on behalf of a Trust pursuant to Section 2.05 or as otherwise permitted hereby, and any securities received in exchange, substitution or replacement for such securities, as may from time to time continue to be held as a part of the Trusts.

(36) Section 1.01 is hereby amended by adding the following definition of “Fixed Income Securities”:

(37) The first paragraph of Section 3.02 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Income Account. The Trustee shall collect the dividends, interest or other like cash distributions on the Securities in each Trust as such becomes payable (including all moneys representing penalties for the failure to make timely payments on the Securities, or as liquidated damages for default or breach of any condition or term of the Securities or of the underlying instrument relating to any Securities and other income attributable to a Failed Contract Security for which no Replacement Security has been obtained pursuant to Section 3.17 hereof and interest accrued but unpaid prior to the date of deposit of the Securities, if applicable, in Trust and including that part of the proceeds of the sale, liquidation, redemption, prepayment or maturity of any Fixed Income Securities or insurance payments thereon which represent interest thereon, if applicable) and credit such income to a separate account for each Trust to be known as the “Income Account.”

(38) Section 3.06(A)(1) is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

(1) The amount of income received on the Securities (including income received as a portion of the proceeds of any disposition of Securities) and accreted original discount on the Fixed Income Securities;

(39) Section 3.07 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Section 3.07. Sale of Securities (a) If necessary, in order to maintain the sound investment character of a Trust, the Depositor may direct the Trustee to sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of Securities in such Trust at such price and time and in such manner as shall be determined by the Depositor, provided that the Supervisor has determined, if appropriate, that any one or more of the following conditions exist with respect to such Securities:

(i) That there has been a default on any of the Securities in the payment of principal, interest or dividends, after declared and when due and payable;

(ii) That any action or proceeding has been instituted at law or equity seeking to restrain or enjoin the payment of dividends on Equity Securities, or that there exists any legal question or impediment affecting such Equity Securities or the payment of dividends from the same;

(iii) That there has occurred any breach of covenant or warranty in any document relating to the issuer of the Securities which would adversely affect either immediately or contingently the payment of dividends from the Equity Securities or the debt service on the Fixed Income Securities, or the general credit standing of the issuer or otherwise impair the sound investment character of such Securities;

(iv) That there has been a default in the payment of dividends, interest, principal of or income or premium, if any, on any other outstanding obligations of the issuer or guarantor of such Securities;

(v) That the price of any Security has declined to such an extent or other such credit factors exist so that in the opinion of the Supervisor, as evidenced in writing to the Trustee, the retention of such Securities would be detrimental to the Trust and to the interest of the Unitholders;

(vi) That all of the Securities in the Trust will be sold pursuant to termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.02 hereof;

(vii) That such sale is required due to Units tendered for redemption;

(viii) That there has been a public tender offer made for a Security or a merger or acquisition is announced affecting a Security, and that in the opinion of the Supervisor the sale or tender of the Security is in the best interest of the Unitholders;

(ix) That such sale is necessary or advisable (A) to maintain the qualification of the Trust as a regulated investment company or (B) to provide funds to make any distribution for a taxable year in order to avoid imposition of any income or excise taxes on the Trust or on undistributed income in the Trust;

(x) That as result of the ownership of the Security, the Trust or its Unitholders would be a direct or indirect shareholder of a passive foreign investment company as defined in section 1297(a) of the Code;

(xi) That such sale is desirable because a Security is determined to be taxed as a partnership for U.S. Federal tax purposes;

(xii) he Supervisor or its designee determines that such sale is appropriate;

(xiii) That any action or proceeding has been instituted at law or equity seeking to restrain or enjoin the payment of principal or interest, or both, on any Fixed Income Security, attacking the constitutionality of any enabling legislation or alleging and seeking to have judicially determined the illegality of the issuing body or the constitution of its governing body or officers, the illegality, irregularity or omission of any necessary acts or proceedings preliminary to the issuance of such Fixed Income Securities, or seeking to restrain or enjoin the performance by the officers or employees of any such issuing body of any improper or illegal act in connection with the administration of funds necessary for debt service on such Fixed Income Securities or otherwise; or that there exists any other legal question or impediment affecting such Fixed Income Securities or the payment of debt service on the same;

(xiv) That Fixed Income Securities are the subject of an advanced refunding. For the purposes of this Section 3.07(a)(xiv), “an advanced refunding” shall mean when refunding Securities are issued and the proceeds thereof are deposited in irrevocable trust to retire the Fixed Income Securities on or before their redemption date;

(xv) If the Trust holds Fixed Income Securities, that as of any Record Date such Securities are scheduled to be redeemed and paid prior to the next succeeding monthly Distribution Date; provided, however, that as the result of such sale the Trustee will receive funds in an amount sufficient to enable the Trustee to include in the distribution from the Capital Account on such next succeeding monthly Distribution Date at least $1.00 per 100 Units; or

(xvi) That such sale is necessary for the Trust to comply with such federal and/or state securities laws, regulations and/or regulatory actions and interpretations which may be in effect from time to time.

(b) Upon receipt of a direction from the Depositor to dispose of Securities as described in this Section 3.07, upon which the Trustee shall rely, the Trustee shall proceed to sell or liquidate the specified Securities in accordance with such direction, and upon the receipt of the proceeds of any such sale or liquidation, after deducting therefrom any fees and expenses of the Trustee connected with such sale or liquidation and any brokerage charges, taxes or other governmental charges shall deposit such net proceeds in the applicable Capital Account; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not liquidate or sell any Securities upon a direction from the Depositor pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(xv), unless the Trustee shall receive on account of such sale or liquidation the full principal amount of such Securities, plus the premium, if any, and the interest accrued and to accrue thereon to the date of the redemption of such Securities.

(c) The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible in any way for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale made pursuant to any such direction or by reason of the failure of the Depositor to give any such direction, and in the absence of such direction the Trustee shall have no duty to sell or liquidate any Securities under this Section 3.07.

(40) The first sentence of Section 3.12 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

If at any time a dividend (once due and payable) on any of the Equity Securities shall not have been paid or the principal or interest on any of the Fixed Income Securities shall be in default and not paid or provisions for payment thereof shall not have been duly made, within 30 days be in default, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor thereof.

(41) Article III is hereby amended by adding the following two sections:

Section 3.25. Trustee Not Required to Amortize. Nothing in this Indenture, or otherwise, shall be construed to require the Trustee to make any adjustments between the Income and Capital Accounts of any Trust by reason of any premium or discount in respect of any of the Fixed Income Securities.

Section 3.21. Refunding Securities. In the event that an offer shall be made by an obligor of any of the Fixed Income Securities in a Trust to issue new obligations in exchange and substitution for any issue of Fixed Income Securities pursuant to a plan for the refunding or refinancing of such Fixed Income Securities, the Depositor shall instruct the Trustee in writing to reject such offer and either to hold or sell such Fixed Income Securities, except that if (A) the issuer is in default with respect to such Fixed Income Securities or (B) in the opinion of the Depositor, given in writing to the Trustee, the issuer will probably default with respect to such Fixed Income Securities in the reasonably foreseeable future, the Depositor shall instruct the Trustee in writing to accept or reject such offer or take any other action with respect thereto as the Depositor may deem proper. Any obligation so received in exchange shall be deposited hereunder and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture to the same extent as the Fixed Income Securities originally deposited hereunder. Within five days after such deposit, notice of such exchange and deposit shall be given by the Trustee to each Unitholder of such Trust, including an identification of the Fixed Income Securities eliminated and the securities substituted therefor.

(42) Sections 4.01(b) and 4.01(c) are hereby amended and replaced in their entirety with the following:

(b) During the initial offering period of a Trust (as determined by the Depositor) such Evaluation shall be made in the following manner: (i) with respect to Securities for which market quotations are readily available, such Evaluation shall be made on the basis of the current market value of such Securities; and (ii) with respect to other Securities’ such Evaluation shall be made on the basis of the fair value of such Securities as determined in good faith by the Evaluator. If the Securities are listed on a national or foreign securities exchange and market quotations of such Securities are not readily available, the market value of such Securities shall generally be based on the last available closing sale price on or immediately prior to the Evaluation Time on the exchange which is the principal market therefor, which shall be deemed to be the New York Stock Exchange if the Securities are listed thereon (unless the Evaluator deems such price inappropriate as a basis for evaluation) or, if there is no such available closing sale price on such exchange or market at the last available offer prices of the Securities. Securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange but principally traded on the Nasdaq National Market System will be valued at Nasdaq’s official close price. If the Securities are not so listed or, if so listed and the principal market therefor is other than on such exchange, or if there is no such available sale price on such exchange or if the Evaluator determines that such price is inappropriate as a basis for evaluation, such Evaluation shall generally be based on the following methods or any combination thereof whichever the Evaluator deems appropriate: (i) in the case of Equity Securities, on the basis of the current offer price for comparable securities on the over-the-counter market (unless the Evaluator deems such price inappropriate as a basis for evaluation), (ii) on the basis of current offering prices for the Fixed Income Securities as obtained from investment dealers or brokers who customarily deal in securities comparable to those held by the Trust; (iii) if current ask or offering prices are not available for the Securities, on the basis of current ask or offering prices for comparable securities, (iv) by determining the valuation of Securities on the ask or offering side of the market by appraisal, (v) by utilizing a securities pricing service to help determine the value of each issue so long as the service uses a similar methodology to determine securities prices; or (vi) by any combination of the above. With respect to shares issued by investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that are not listed on a national or foreign securities exchange, such valuations shall be made on the basis of the current net asset value of such shares as determined by the issuers of such shares. If the Trust holds Securities denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the Evaluation of such Security shall be converted to U.S. dollars based on current offering side exchange rates (unless the Evaluator deems such prices inappropriate as a basis for valuation). The Evaluator shall add to the Evaluation of such Security which is traded principally on a foreign securities exchange the amount of any commissions and relevant taxes associated with the acquisition of the Security. As used herein, the closing sale price is deemed to mean the most recent closing sale price on the relevant securities exchange at or immediately prior to the Evaluation Time. For each Evaluation, the Trustee shall also confirm and furnish to the Depositor the calculation of the Trust Fund Evaluation to be computed pursuant to Section 5.01

(c) After the initial offering period of Units of a Trust (as determined by the Depositor), Evaluation of the Securities shall be made in the manner described in Section 4.01(b), on the basis of the bid side value of the relevant currency exchange rate expressed in U.S. dollars and, except in those cases in which the Securities are listed on a national or foreign securities exchange and the last available sale prices are utilized, on the basis of the last available bid price of the Securities. In addition, the Evaluator may reduce the Evaluation of each Security which is principally traded outside of the United States by the amount of any liquidation costs (other than brokerage costs incurred on any national securities exchange) and any capital gains or other taxes which would be incurred by the Trust upon the sale of such Security, such taxes being computed as if the Security were sold on the date of the Evaluation.

(43) The first paragraph of Section 5.01 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Section 5.01. Trust Evaluation. As of the Evaluation Time (a) on the last Business Day of each year, (b) on the day on which any Unit is tendered for redemption and (c) on any other day desired by the Trustee or requested by the Depositor, the Trustee shall: add (i) all moneys on deposit in a Trust or moneys in the process of being collected from matured interest coupons or bonds matured or called for redemption prior to maturity (excluding (A) cash, cash equivalents or Letters of Credit deposited pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof for the purchase of Contract Securities, unless such cash or Letters of Credit have been deposited in the Income and Capital Accounts because of failure to apply such moneys to the purchase of Contract Securities pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2.01, 3.02 and 3.03 hereof and (B) moneys credited to the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof), plus (ii) the aggregate Evaluation of all Securities (including Contract Securities and additional Securities for which purchase contracts have been entered into pursuant to the Depositor’s instructions pursuant to Section 2.05, less the purchase price of such contracts) on deposit in such Trust (such Evaluation to be made on the basis of the aggregate underlying value of the Securities as determined in Section 4.01(b) for the purpose of computing redemption value of Units as set forth in Section 5.02 hereof), plus (iii) all other income from the Securities (including dividends receivable on the Equity Securities trading ex-dividend as of the date of such valuation and including interest accrued on the Fixed Income Securities not subject to collection and distribution) as of the Evaluation Time on the date of such Evaluation together with all other assets of such Trust. For each such computation there shall be deducted from the sum of the above (i) amounts representing any applicable taxes or charges payable out of the respective Trust and for which no deductions shall have previously been made for the purpose of addition to the Reserve Account, (ii) amounts representing estimated accrued expenses of such Trust including but not limited to unpaid fees and expenses of the Trustee, the Evaluator, the Supervisor, the Depositor and counsel, in each case as reported by the Trustee to the Depositor on or prior to the date of computation, (iii) amounts representing unpaid organization costs, (iv) if the Prospectus for a Trust provides that the creation and development fee, if any, accrues on a daily basis, amounts representing unpaid accrued creation and development fees, (v) if the Prospectus for a Trust provides that the deferred sales charge, if any, accrues on a daily basis, amounts representing unpaid accrued deferred sales charge, and (vi) any moneys identified by the Trustee, as of the date of such computation, as held for distribution to Unitholders of record as of an Income or Capital Account Record Date, or for payment of the Redemption Value of Units tendered, prior to such date. The resulting figure is herein called a “Trust Fund Evaluation.” The value of the pro rata share of each Unit of the respective Trust determined on the basis of any such evaluation shall be referred to herein as the “Unit Value.” Amounts receivable by the Trust in foreign currency shall be reported to the Evaluator who shall convert the same to U.S. dollars based on current exchange rates, in the same manner as provided in Section 4.01(b) or 4.01(c), as applicable, for the conversion of the valuation of foreign Securities, and the Evaluator shall report such conversion with each Evaluation made pursuant to Section 4.01.

This Reference Trust Agreement shall be deemed effective when executed and delivered by the Sponsor and the Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Reference Trust Agreement to be duly executed.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, Depositor

By /s/ Amy Lee _________
Vice President and Secretary

The Bank of New York Mellon, Trustee

By /s/ Margarita Kalantarova

Vice President

Schedule A

Securities Initially Deposited

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243

(Note:

Incorporated herein and made a part hereof are the "Trust Portfolio(s)" as set forth in the Prospectus.)

EXHIBIT 3.1

Chapman and Cutler LLP
320 South Canal Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606

August 10, 2022

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC

227 West Monroe Street

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Re: Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have served as counsel to Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243 (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”), in connection with the issuance, under the Reference Trust Agreement dated the date hereof between Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, as Depositor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, of Units of fractional undivided interest in the one or more Trusts of said Fund (hereinafter referred to as the “Units”).

In connection therewith, we have examined such pertinent records and documents and matters of law as we have deemed necessary in order to enable us to express the opinions hereinafter set forth. We have assumed the genuineness of all agreements, instruments and documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to originals of all copies thereof submitted to us. We have also assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the legal capacity of all persons executing agreements, instruments and documents examined or relied upon by us.

We have not reviewed the financial statements, compilation of the securities to be acquired by the Fund, or other financial or statistical data contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as to which we understand you have been furnished with the reports of the accountants appearing in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. In addition, we have made no specific inquiry as to whether any stop order or investigatory proceedings have been commenced with respect to the Registration Statement or the Depositor nor have we reviewed court or governmental agency dockets.

Statements in this opinion as to the validity, binding effect and enforceability of agreements, instruments and documents are subject: (i) to limitations as to enforceability imposed by bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights, and (ii) to limitations under equitable principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York. No opinion is expressed as to the effect that the law of any other jurisdiction might have upon the subject matter of the opinions expressed herein under applicable conflicts of law principles, rules or regulations or otherwise. Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Reference Trust Agreement has been duly authorized and executed and delivered by an authorized officer of the Depositor and is a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor in accordance with its terms.

2. The establishment of book entry positions evidencing the Units in the Trust(s) of the Fund have been duly authorized by the Depositor. Upon payment of the consideration for the Units as provided in the Reference Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement, the Units will be, when sold, validly issued and purchasers of the Units will not have any obligation to make payments to the Fund or its creditors (other than the purchase price for the Units) or contributions to the Fund or its creditors solely by reason of the purchasers’ ownership of the Units.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (File No. 333-265790) relating to the Units referred to above and to the use of our name and to the reference to our firm in said Registration Statement and in the related Prospectus.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Chapman and Cutler LLP

Chapman and Cutler LLP

EXHIBIT 3.2

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

COUNSELORS AT LAW

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019-6119

Writer's Direct Dial (212) 415-9200

Fax: (212) 953-7201

August 10, 2022

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee of

Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243

240 Greenwich Street, 22W

New York, New York 10286

Re: Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243 (the “Trust”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as your counsel in connection with the execution and delivery by you of a certain Reference Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of today’s date between Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC, as Depositor (the “Depositor”), and you, as Trustee, establishing the Trust and the execution by you, as Trustee under the Trust Agreement, of receipts for units evidencing ownership of all of the units of fractional undivided interest (such receipts for units and such aggregate units being herein respectively called “Receipts for Units” and “Units”) in the Trust, as set forth in the prospectus (the “Prospectus”), included in the registration statement on Form S-6, as amended to the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the Trust. The Trust consists of equity and/or debt securities (the “Securities”) (including delivery statements relating to contracts for the purchase of certain Securities not yet delivered and cash, cash equivalents or an irrevocable letter or letters of credit, or a combination thereof, in the amount required to pay for such purchases upon the receipt of such Securities) as listed under “Portfolio” in the Prospectus (such Securities, delivery statements and cash, cash equivalents, letter or letters of credit being herein called the “Portfolio Assets”).

We have examined the Trust Agreement, and originals (or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of such other instruments, certificates and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of rendering this opinion. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to our opinion, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon the aforesaid instruments, certificates and documents.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Bank of New York Mellon is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York with the powers of a trust company under the Banking Law of the State of New York.

2. The Trust Agreement is in proper form for execution and delivery by you, as Trustee, and each has been duly executed and delivered by you, as Trustee, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Depositor, the Trust Agreement is a valid and legally binding obligation of The Bank of New York Mellon.

3. The Receipts for Units are in proper form for execution by you, as Trustee, and have been duly executed by you, as Trustee, and pursuant to the Depositor’s instructions, the Trustee has registered on the registration books of the Trusts the ownership of the Units by Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company where it has caused the Units to be credited to the account of the Depositor.

In rendering the foregoing opinion we have not considered, among other things, the merchantability of the Portfolio Assets, whether the Portfolio Assets have been duly authorized and delivered or the tax status of the Portfolio Assets under any federal, state or local laws.

The foregoing opinions are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America. This opinion is for your benefit and may not be disclosed to or relied upon by any other person without our prior written consent.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement relating to the Units and to the use of our name and the reference to our firm in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Dorsey & Whitney LLP

EXHIBIT 4.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts-Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and to the use of our report dated August 10, 2022 in the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (File No. 333-265790) and related Prospectus of Guggenheim Defined Portfolios, Series 2243.

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP____________________

GRANT THORNTON LLP

Chicago, Illinois

August 10, 2022

EXHIBIT 9.1

Portfolio Support and License Agreement

This Agreement, dated as of August 10th, 2022 is made by and between Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated, a California corporation (“Consultant/Licensor”), and Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC., (“Guggenheim” or “Licensee”) as sponsor to, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Portfolio, Series 56 (the “Trust”).

Recitals

A. Consultant/Licensor is an investment adviser federally registered or exempt under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

B. Guggenheim sponsors, underwrites and distributes a wide array of unit investment trusts (“UITs”).

C. Consultant/Licensor has developed an investment strategy (which includes without limitation selection criteria and methodology) set forth in Schedule A (the “Strategy”), and Consultant/Licensor owns rights in and to the Strategy and the proprietary data relating to the Strategy (such rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark or proprietary rights and trade secrets, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Intellectual Property”).

D. The parties desire to enter into an agreement whereby Consultant/Licensor, shall provide to Guggenheim a list of securities selected in accordance with the Strategy (any securities selected in accordance with the Strategy are referred to herein as “Appropriate Securities”) for deposit by Guggenheim, in its discretion, into the Trust.

E. Consultant/Licensor uses in commerce and has trade name, trademark and/or service mark rights to the marks set forth in Schedule B (such rights are individually and collectively referred to herein as the “Marks”).

F. Licensee wishes to use the Strategy, Intellectual Property and the Marks in connection with the Trust.

The parties agree as follows:

1. Consultant/Licensor Services.

(a) Selection of Securities. Prior to 4:00 p.m. (C.S.T.) on the third business day before August 10th, 2022 (such prior day being the “Target Date”), Consultant/Licensor shall provide Guggenheim with a list of Appropriate Securities for deposit by Guggenheim, in its sole discretion, into the Trust. If Consultant/Licensor fails to provide Guggenheim with a list of Appropriate Securities prior to 4:00 p.m. on the Target Date: (i) Consultant/Licensor shall be liable (and shall promptly pay) for any costs and expenses incurred by Guggenheim and the Trust resulting from such delay and (ii) the Portfolio Fee and the License Fee set forth in Section 4, below, shall each be reduced by one (1) basis point for each 24-hour period of delay following 4:00 p.m. on the Target Date. The date that the Appropriate Securities are deposited is referred to herein as the “Deposit Date”. Guggenheim shall provide to Consultant/Licensor the registration statement relating to the Trust (the “Registration Statement”). Consultant/Licensor hereby covenants, represents and warrants that, as of any Trust’s Deposit Date, any list of Appropriate Securities furnished pursuant to this Agreement shall be appropriate for inclusion in such Trust based on the investment objectives and criteria set forth in the Trust’s Registration Statement. Consultant/Licensor further covenants, represents and warrants that as of the Trust’s Deposit Date, the Appropriate Securities and any consultation it provides with respect to the Trust will be consistent, and not conflict, with that provided to other Consultant/Licensor clients with similar investment objectives and strategies and a substantially similar investment program.

(b) Consultation. Consultant/Licensor shall:

(i) upon Guggenheim’s reasonable request, provide Guggenheim with information about the Appropriate Securities as reasonably necessary for use by Guggenheim in preparing and updating Registration Statement disclosures and marketing materials for the Trust; and

(ii) promptly review for accuracy and completeness information provided and disclosures made in the Registration Statement for the Trust in which the Appropriate Securities are deposited.

(c) Key Personnel and Standard of Performance. Consultant/Licensor represents and warrants that: (i) the services will be performed with that degree of skill and care generally observed by companies performing the same or similar services and (ii) the services will be provided in compliance with all applicable statutes, acts, ordinances, laws, rules, regulations, codes and standards.

(d) Non-disclosure. Neither Consultant/Licensor nor any if its officers, directors, employees, members or agents shall disclose in any manner any information concerning the Trust, including any Appropriate Securities, prior to the Trust’s Deposit Date.

2. Grant of License.

(a) Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Consultant/Licensor hereby grants to the Licensee a non-transferable (except as otherwise provided herein), license to use and refer to the Consultant/Licensor Marks, Strategy and Intellectual Property (i) in connection with the creation, issuance, sale, marketing and promotion of the Trust in order to indicate (x) that the securities included in the Trust are determined through the use of the Strategy, and (y) that Consultant/Licensor is the source of the Strategy; (ii) as may otherwise be required by applicable laws, rules or regulations and court orders or under this Agreement; and (iii) in the name of the Trust (collectively, the “License”).

(b) Scope. Consultant/Licensor agrees that Licensee has the right to sublicense the License to the Trust or other appropriate party if necessary or helpful in achieving the intent of this Agreement.

(c) Ownership and Retention of Rights. The Licensee acknowledges that the Strategy and the Consultant/Licensor Marks are the exclusive property of Consultant/Licensor and that Consultant/Licensor has and retains all Intellectual Property rights therein. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Consultant/Licensor reserves all rights to the Strategy and the Consultant/Licensor Marks, and this Agreement shall not be construed to transfer to the Licensee any ownership right to, or equity interest in, any of the Strategy or the Consultant/Licensor Marks, or in any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights pertaining thereto.

(d) Duty to Maintain. During the term of this Agreement, Consultant/Licensor shall use its best efforts to maintain in full force and effect U.S. federal registrations for the Consultant/Licensor Marks.

3. Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the date set forth above and shall remain in full force and effect until the termination of the Trust.

4. Fees. As consideration for the services and license granted herein, Guggenheim shall pay to Consultant/ Licensor the following fees (which fees are Trust costs that Guggenheim expects the Trust to reimburse pursuant to the applicable Trust Indenture):

(a) a portfolio consulting fee equal to eighteen basis points (.18%) of the aggregate daily liquidation value of transactional sales (specifically excluding fee-based sales) made during the primary offering period of the Trust (the “Portfolio Fee”); and

(b) a license fee equal to seven basis points (.07%) of the aggregate daily liquidation value of transactional sales (specifically excluding fee-based sales) made during the primary offering period of the Trust (the “License Fee”).

The Portfolio Fee and License Fee shall be paid on a one-time basis on or before the 15^th day of the second month after the close of the primary offering period. Consultant/Licensor acknowledges that (a) Guggenheim may at any time determine that it does not wish to go forward with a primary offering of the Trust and, if it so determines, Guggenheim shall not be responsible for the payment of any Portfolio Fee or License Fee under this Agreement, (b) Guggenheim may delay the Deposit Date in its discretion, and (c) Guggenheim has full authority to determine the length of any offering period, and may shorten or lengthen such offering period for any reason in its sole discretion.

5. Relationship of the Parties. This Agreement shall not be deemed to create any partnership or joint venture between Guggenheim and Consultant/Licensor, and the services provided by Consultant/Licensor shall be as an independent contractor and not as an employee or agent of Guggenheim. Consultant/Licensor shall have no authority whatsoever to bind Guggenheim on any agreement or obligation. Consultant/Licensor agrees that it shall not hold itself out as an employee or agent of Guggenheim.

6. Confidentiality. A party may obtain proprietary, non-public information concerning the other party during the term of this Agreement. Each party shall keep such information confidential and shall not use such information in any manner. In no event shall the following information be deemed a disclosing party’s proprietary, non-public information: (a) information that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the receiving party; (b) information that was within the receiving party’s possession prior to its being furnished by the disclosing party; (c) information that becomes available to the receiving party from a third party who is not, to the receiving party’s knowledge, bound by an obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing party and (d) information that is independently developed by the receiving party without the receiving party violating its obligations under this agreement. Each party acknowledges that a breach of this Section would cause permanent and irreparable damage for which money damages would be an inadequate remedy. Therefore, each party shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in the event of any breach of the provisions of this Section in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity.

7. Indemnification. Consultant/Licensor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Guggenheim from any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (“Losses”) which Guggenheim suffers by reason of any claims, demands, actions or suits brought by a third party arising from Consultant/Licensor’s (a) failure to comply with this Agreement or (b) breach of a representation or warranty contained in this Agreement. .Guggenheim will indemnify Consultant/Licensor against, and hold it harmless from, any and all Losses which Consultant/Licensor suffers by reasons of any claims, demands, actions or suits brought by a third party in connection with the Trust; provided, however, Guggenheim shall not be obligated pursuant to the foregoing to indemnify Consultant/Licensor for any Losses directly resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of Consultant/Licensor in the performance of its duties, or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties, under this Agreement.

8. Limitation of Liability. Neither party shall be liable to the other party for any liabilities, damages, costs and expenses except for those resulting from the other party’s breach of a representation or warranty contained in this Agreement, gross negligence or willful misfeasance. Notwithstanding the above, in no event shall either party be liable to the other party for any punitive, special, indirect, consequential, incidental or similar damages or losses, regardless of how such damages or losses arise. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to limit a party’s right to indemnification under Section 7.

9. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Guggenheim. Guggenheim represents, warrants and covenants that it is a corporation duly organized, existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Kansas, with full right, power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, and the execution and performance of this Agreement does not conflict with or violate any agreement to which it is a party, any court order to which it is subject, or its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

(b) Consultant/Licensor. Consultant/Licensor represents, warrants and covenants that it is a corporation duly formed, existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, with full right, power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, and the execution and performance of this Agreement does not conflict with or violate any agreement to which it is a party, any court order to which it is subject, or any of its organizational documents. Consultant/Licensor further represents, warrants and covenants that (i) it is an investment adviser federally registered or exempt from registration under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and any applicable state statutes, (ii) the Strategy, Intellectual Property and Consultant/Licensor Marks are the exclusive property of Consultant/Licensor and (iii) neither the selection of Appropriate Securities pursuant to the Strategy nor the Intellectual Property or the License granted pursuant to this Agreement infringes or otherwise violates any third-party’s intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights.

10. Miscellaneous.

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles.

(b) Arbitration. Except as to any matter as to which the parties may seek equitable relief, any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such arbitration shall be held in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois. The arbitrator of any such controversy shall not have the authority to modify or alter any express condition or provision of this Agreement. Any arbitration award rendered under this Section shall be final and binding, and judgment may be entered on the award in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the Appendices and Schedules hereto, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements relating to the subject matter hereof.

(d) Assignment. Consultant/Licensor shall not assign any rights or delegate any obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Guggenheim, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any assignment in violation of this provision shall be void. Guggenheim may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any successor in interest to all or substantially all of Guggenheim’s assets, provided, however, such assignee agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns of the parties.

(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(f) Survival. The provisions of Sections 6, 7, 8, 10(a), 10(b), and 10(f) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

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In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated

By____________________________________

Name: Chad Conwell

Title: Executive Vice President

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC., as Sponsor of the Trust

By____________________________________

Name: Dennis Dunleavy

Title: Managing Director

Schedule A
The Strategy

Investment Objective

The primary objective is to provide high current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

Principal Investment Strategy

The sponsor has selected Flaherty & Crumrine, Incorporated to serve as the Trust’s portfolio consultant. The portfolio consultant is responsible for assisting the sponsor with the selection of the Trust’s portfolio.

The Trust will consist of a diversified portfolio of exchange-listed preferred stocks and trust preferred securities based upon Flaherty & Crumrine’s proprietary preferred securities database and its internally generated credit research

In choosing the securities the primary factors include, but are not limited to; credit quality of the issuer and the liquidity and dividend yield of the security.

Schedule B

Consultant/Licensor Marks

Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated

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