Estate Counselors LLC

Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Our fee for portfolio management and financial planning services are based on a percentage
of the assets we manage. A flat fee of 0.90% is charged for clients for whom we manage assets valued
in total at less than $1,000,000. Our fee for clients for whom we manage in excess of $1,000,000 is
determined in accordance with the following fee schedule:

Assets Under Management                 Annual Fee
First $1,000,000                          0.70%
Next $1,500,000                            0.50%
Next $7,500,000                            0.40%
Next $90,000,000                           0.35%
Over $100,000,000                          0.30%

We do not charge a fee for cash or cash equivalents held in an account (except in those instances
where a cash equivalent investment is a result of a strategic decision).

Our portfolio management fees are billed and payable monthly in arrears based on the value of your
account on the last day of the month. If the investment management agreement is executed at any
time other than the first day of a calendar month, our fees will be applied on a pro rata basis, which
means that the advisory fee is payable in proportion to the number of days in the month for which you
are a client. Clients will be billed a 1% per month interest charge for unpaid invoices over 30 days old.

Our advisory fee is negotiable, depending on individual client circumstances. At our discretion, we may
combine the account values of family members living in the same household to determine the
applicable advisory fee. For example, we may combine account values for you and your minor
children, joint accounts with your spouse, and other types of related accounts. Combining account
values will increase the amount of assets to which our fee schedule is applied, which may result in
your paying a reduced advisory fee based on the available breakpoints in our fee schedule stated
above.

We will send you an invoice for the payment of our advisory fee, or we will deduct our fee directly from
your account through the qualified custodian holding your Securities. We will deduct our advisory fee
only when you have given our Firm written authorization permitting the fees to be paid directly from
your account. Further, the qualified custodian will deliver an account statement to you each month.
These account statements will show all disbursements from your account. You should review all
statements for accuracy. We will also receive a duplicate copy of your account statements.

You may terminate the portfolio management agreement upon written notice to our Firm. You will incur
a pro rata charge for services rendered prior to the termination of the portfolio management
agreement, which means you will incur advisory fees only in proportion to the number of days in the
month for which you are a client.

We encourage you to reconcile our invoices with the statement(s) you receive from the qualified
custodian. Please call our office at the number located on the cover page of this Brochure if you find
any inconsistent information between our invoice and the statement(s) you receive from the qualified
custodian.

Exchange Traded Fund Adviser Services
Our fees for providing services to The Brinsmere Fund – Growth ETF ("Fund") and The Brinsmere
Fund – Conservative ETF ("Fund") are calculated daily at an annual rate of 0.35% per Fund based on
the average daily net assets of each Fund and is payable monthly in arrears. No fee will be accrued
with respect to any day that the value of the assets under our management equals zero. We may, in
our discretion and from time to time, waive a portion of our fees. Complete information regarding the
Fund's operating expenses is located in the Prospectus for the Fund.

Additional Fees and Expenses
The fees that you pay to our Firm for investment advisory and financial planning services are separate
and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by mutual funds or exchange traded funds (described
in each fund's prospectus) to their shareholders. These fees will generally include a management fee
and other fund expenses. However, we only recommend no-load funds, and we never collect a fee or
commission from the mutual fund provider.

You will also incur transaction charges and/or brokerage fees when purchasing or selling Securities.
These charges and fees are typically imposed by the broker-dealer or custodian through which your
account transactions are executed. We do not share in any portion of the brokerage fees/transaction
charges imposed by the broker-dealer or custodian. To fully understand the total cost you will incur,
you should review all the fees charged by mutual funds, exchange traded funds, our Firm, and others.
For information on our brokerage practices, please refer to the "Brokerage Practices" section of this
Disclosure Brochure.

You may elect to use margin loans to purchase Securities to be held in your portfolio. Our
management fees are based on the total asset value of your account (less cash and cash equivalents),
which includes the value of the Securities purchased on margin. While a negative amount may show
on your brokerage statement for the margined security as the result of a lower net market value, the
amount of the fee is based on the absolute market value (less cash and cash equivalents). Thus, the
recommendation of margin loans to fund security purchases may cause a conflict of interest because it
may result in a higher market value of Securities and therefore we receive a higher fee. The use of
margin may also result in interest charges in addition to other fees and expenses associated with the
security involved.

Because we are a fiduciary, we are required by law to act in your best interest and not put our interest
ahead of yours. At the same time, because our fee is based on the value of your account, there are
some inherent unavoidable conflicts between our respective interests. It is important that you
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Item 7 Types of Clients
We offer portfolio advisory services to individuals, trusts, retirement accounts, investment entities, and
charitable organizations.

In general, we require a minimum of $500,000 to open and maintain an advisory account. At our
discretion, we may waive this minimum account size. We may combine account values for you and
your minor children, joint accounts with your spouse, and other types of related accounts to meet the
stated minimum.