Description of Firm The Helmstar Group, LLC d/b/a Helmstar Wealth Management is a privately held company and is a registered investment adviser primarily based in Boise, ID. We are organized as a limited liability company ("LLC") under the laws of the State of Idaho. We have been providing investment advisory services since 10/01/2007. We are primarily owned by Benjamin Boettcher and Thomas Steelman. The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Refer to the description of each investment advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your individual needs. As used in this brochure, the words "we," "our," and "us" refer to The Helmstar Group, LLC and the words "you," "your," and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective client of our firm. Financial Planning Services We offer financial planning services which typically involve providing a variety of advisory services to clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their individual needs. These services can range from broad- based financial planning to consultative or single subject planning. If you retain our firm for financial planning services, we will meet with you to gather information about your financial circumstances and objectives. We may also use financial planning software to determine your current financial position and to define and quantify your long-term goals and objectives. Once we specify those long-term objectives (both financial and non-financial), we will develop shorter-term, targeted objectives. We will review and analyze the information you provide to our firm and the data derived from our financial planning software, to deliver a written plan to you, designed to help you achieve your stated financial goals and objectives. Clients can also receive financial consulting or advice on a more limited basis. This may include advice on an isolated area(s) of concern such as estate planning, retirement planning, reviewing a client's existing portfolio, or any other specific topic. We may also provide specific consultation regarding investment and financial concerns of the client. Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the financial information you provide to us. You must promptly notify our firm if your financial situation, goals, objectives, or needs change. You are under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you choose to act on any of our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial plan through any of our other investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our recommendations by placing securities transactions with any brokerage firm. Portfolio Management Services We identify your objectives, rate of return requirements, and risk tolerance. We then develop a portfolio strategy. This may include the determination of the appropriate asset allocation and underlying investments. We then implement the portfolio recommendations by utilizing the asset management and manager selection services of approved asset management programs. We then assist you in establishing an investment account. We continue to consult you periodically to advise you on issues such as account performance and suitability of the investment strategy in meeting your independent goals and objectives. You will receive periodic account statements and/or confirmations from your custodians on a regular basis, which provides a record of transactions in the account and a list of your actual holdings. Performance reports may or may not be provided as performance reporting is determined by each custodian. We do not act as custodian for any client assets. The money managers and/or mutual 4 funds have the ultimate responsibility for the investment performance of the investment vehicles. You understand that the account may be periodically rebalanced. If you choose to restrict investments in certain securities or types of securities, such a request must be

made in writing. In a separate agreement, you may grant discretionary authority which is a limited power of attorney for discretionary trading including the type of securities to be bought or sold, and the amount of securities to be bought and sold. See Item 16 - Investment Discretion Pension Consulting Services We offer pension consulting services to employee benefit plans and their fiduciaries based upon the needs of the plan and the services requested by the plan sponsor or named fiduciary. In general, these services may include an existing plan review and analysis, plan-level advice regarding fund selection and investment options, education services to plan participants, investment performance monitoring, and/or ongoing consulting. These pension consulting services will generally be non-discretionary and advisory in nature. The ultimate decision to act on behalf of the plan shall remain with the plan sponsor or other named fiduciary. We may also assist with participant enrollment meetings and provide investment-related educational seminars to plan participants on such topics as:
• Diversification
• Asset allocation
• Risk tolerance
• Time horizon Our educational seminars may include other investment-related topics specific to the particular plan. We may also provide additional types of pension consulting services to plans on an individually negotiated basis. All services, whether discussed above or customized for the plan based upon requirements from the plan fiduciaries, (which may include additional plan-level or participant-level services) shall be detailed in a written agreement and be consistent with the parameters set forth in the plan documents. Types of Investments We primarily offer advice on Mutual Funds, and ETF's. Refer to the Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss below for additional disclosures on this topic. Additionally, we may advise you on various types of investments based on your stated goals and objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in your portfolio at the inception of our advisory relationship. Rollover Recommendations Effective December 20, 2021 (or such later date as the US Department of Labor ("DOL") Field Assistance Bulletin 2018-02 ceases to be in effect), for purposes of complying with the DOL's Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ("PTE 2020-02") where applicable, we are providing the following acknowledgment to you. When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement 5 accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. Under this special rule's provisions, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent advice);
• Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best interest;
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
• Give you basic information about conflicts of interest. We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that we manage or provide investment advice, because the assets increase our assets under management and, in turn, our advisory fees. As a fiduciary, we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in your best interest. Assets Under Management As of December 31, 2023, we provide continuous management services for $454,837,733 in client assets managed on a discretionary basis.