AS FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 24, 2014
File No. 033-42484
File No. 811-06400
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 236 /X/
AND
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 237 /X/
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
101 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
1-800-932-7781
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
Michael Beattie
c/o SEI Corporation
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Timothy W. Levin, Esquire Dianne M. Descoteaux, Esquire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP c/o SEI Corporation 1701 Market Street One Freedom Valley Drive Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456 |
It is proposed that this filing become effective (check appropriate box)
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
PROSPECTUS
JUNE 24, 2014
LSV U.S. MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES: LSVMX
INVESTOR CLASS SHARES: LVAMX
INVESTMENT ADVISER:
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT
THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED
THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN ARRANGED INTO DIFFERENT SECTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY REVIEW THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND, PLEASE SEE:
PAGE FUND SUMMARY .................................................... 1 INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE ....................................... 1 FUND FEES AND EXPENSES ..................................... 1 PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ............................ 2 PRINCIPAL RISKS ............................................ 2 PERFORMANCE INFORMATION .................................... 3 INVESTMENT ADVISER ......................................... 3 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS ......................................... 3 PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES ........................... 4 TAX INFORMATION ............................................ 4 PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ............................................. 4 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK ..................................... 5 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FUND INVESTMENTS ......................... 5 INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ............................ 6 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT ADVISER ................... 6 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS .............................................. 6 RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER ......................... 7 PURCHASING, SELLING AND EXCHANGING FUND SHARES .................. 9 OTHER POLICIES .................................................. 16 DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES ..................................... 18 SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS .............................. 18 PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ............................ 18 DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS ..................................... 19 TAXES ........................................................... 19 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ............................................ 21 HOW TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND ................... Back Cover |
LSV U.S. MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund's (the "Fund") investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS INVESTOR SHARES CLASS SHARES Management Fees 0.45% 0.45% 12b-1 Fees None 0.25% Other Expenses(1) 0.66% 0.66% Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.11% 1.36% Less Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (0.56)% (0.56)% ------- ------- Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense 0.55% 0.80% Reimbursements(2) |
(1) Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
(2) LSV Asset Management ("LSV" or the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.55% and 0.80% of the Fund's Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until February 29, 2016. This Agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust"), for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 29, 2016.
EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses (including capped expenses for the period in the footnote to the fee table) remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 YEAR 3 YEARS INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES $56 $244 INVESTOR CLASS SHARES $82 $322 |
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in total annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of U.S. companies. This investment policy can be changed by the Fund upon 60 days' prior written notice to shareholders. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are mainly common stocks. Although the Fund may invest in securities of companies of any size, the Fund generally invests in companies with market capitalizations of $100 million or more at the time of purchase.
In selecting securities for the Fund, the Adviser focuses on companies whose securities, in the Adviser's opinion, are out-of-favor (undervalued) in the marketplace at the time of purchase in light of factors such as the company's earnings, book value, revenues or cash flow, but show signs of recent improvement. The Adviser believes that these out-of-favor securities will produce superior future returns if their future growth exceeds the market's low expectations. The Adviser seeks to manage volatility by selecting stocks for the Fund's portfolio whose total returns are not expected to fluctuate as dramatically as those of the equity markets as a whole.
The Adviser uses a quantitative investment model to make investment decisions for the Fund. The investment model ranks securities based on fundamental measures of value (such as price-to-earnings ratio) and indicators of near-term appreciation potential (such as recent price appreciation). Additionally, securities are ranked based on sensitivity to broader market movements or "beta," standard deviation, and volatility of operating performance (cash flow and earnings) to identify securities that the Adviser believes will have less volatility than the overall equity markets. The investment model is used to select stocks to buy from those with higher expected returns and lower expected volatility and select stocks to sell from those whose expected returns have decreased and expected volatility has increased, subject to overall risk controls.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. A FUND SHARE IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FDIC OR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders' investments in the Fund are set forth below.
Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund's equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day-to-day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.
Although the Fund seeks to manage volatility within its portfolio, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be successful. Securities in the Fund's portfolio may be subject to price volatility, and the Fund's share price may not be any less volatile than the market as a whole and could be more volatile. The Adviser's determinations/expectations regarding volatility may be incorrect or inaccurate, which may also adversely affect the Fund's actual volatility. The Fund also may underperform other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. The Fund may provide protection in volatile markets by potentially curbing or mitigating the risk of loss in declining equity markets, but the Fund's opportunity to achieve returns when the equity markets are rising may also be limited. In general, the greater the protection against downside loss, the lesser the Fund's opportunity to participate in the returns generated by rising equity markets; however, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be successful in protecting the value of its portfolio in down markets.
The medium- and smaller-capitalization companies in which the Fund may invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, these medium- and small-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, medium- and small-capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. These securities may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange.
Since the Fund pursues a "value style" of investing, if the Adviser's assessment of a company's value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations or market conditions is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, "value stocks" can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
Investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, may not employ a successful investment strategy, or may fail to attract sufficient assets under management to realize economies of scale, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such liquidation could have negative tax consequences for shareholders and will cause shareholders to incur expenses of liquidation.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The Fund is new, and therefore does not have performance history for a full calendar year. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of the Fund's returns and comparing the Fund's performance to a broad measure of market performance.
INVESTMENT ADVISER
LSV Asset Management
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Josef Lakonishok, CEO, CIO, and Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Menno Vermeulen, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Greg Sleight, Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
Guy Lakonishok, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
Jason Karceski, Ph.D., Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
To purchase Institutional Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $100,000, including for individual retirement accounts ("IRAs"). To purchase Investor Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $1,000, including for IRAs. There are no minimum subsequent investment amounts for the Fund. The Fund may accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
If you own your shares directly, you may redeem your shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business (a "Business Day") by contacting the Fund directly by mail at: LSV Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail: LSV Funds c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105) or telephone at 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578).
If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to redeem your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.
TAX INFORMATION
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA, in which case your distribution will be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account.
PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's web site for more information.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK
Investing in the Fund involves risk and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal. The Adviser's judgments about the markets, the economy, or companies may not anticipate actual market movements, economic conditions or company performance, and these judgments may affect the return on your investment. In fact, no matter how good a job the Adviser does, you could lose money on your investment in the Fund, just as you could with similar investments.
The value of your investment in the Fund is based on the value of the securities the Fund holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other events that affect particular companies and other issuers. These price movements, sometimes called volatility, may be greater or lesser depending on the types of securities the Fund owns and the markets in which they trade. The effect on the Fund of a change in the value of a single security will depend on how widely the Fund diversifies its holdings.
Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants, rights to subscribe to common stock, convertible securities, as well as shares of exchange-traded funds that attempt to track the price movement of equity indices. Common stock represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer. Preferred stock provides a fixed dividend that is paid before any dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes precedence over common stock in the event of a liquidation. Like common stock, preferred stocks represent partial ownership in a company, although preferred stock shareholders do not enjoy any of the voting rights of common stockholders. Also, unlike common stock, a preferred stock pays a fixed dividend that does not fluctuate, although the company does not have to pay this dividend if it lacks the financial ability to do so. Investments in equity securities in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. The value of securities convertible into equity securities, such as warrants or convertible debt, is also affected by prevailing interest rates, the credit quality of the issuer and any call provision. Fluctuations in the value of equity securities in which a mutual fund invests will cause the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") to fluctuate. An investment in a portfolio of equity securities may be more suitable for long-term investors who can bear the risk of these share price fluctuations.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FUND INVESTMENTS
The Fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The investment objective may not be changed without shareholder approval.
The investments and strategies described in this prospectus are those that the Fund uses under normal conditions. During unusual economic or market conditions, or for temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in money market instruments and other cash equivalents that would not ordinarily be consistent with its investment objective. If the Fund invests in this manner, it may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund will only make temporary defensive investments if the Adviser believes that the risk of loss outweighs the opportunity for total return or capital growth.
This prospectus describes the Fund's principal investment strategies, and the Fund will normally invest in the types of securities described in this prospectus. In addition to the investments and strategies described in this prospectus, the Fund also may invest, to a lesser extent, in other securities, use other strategies and engage in other investment practices that are not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and strategies, as well as those described in
this prospectus, are described in the Statement of Additional Information
("SAI") (for information on how to obtain a copy of the SAI, see the back cover
of this prospectus). For liquidity purposes, the Fund may invest a portion of
its assets in cash, money market instruments or equity index futures contracts.
However, the Fund intends to remain as fully invested as practicable
regardless of market conditions. Of course, the Fund cannot guarantee that it
will achieve its investment goal.
INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
A description of the Fund's policy and procedures with respect to the circumstances under which the Fund discloses its portfolio holdings is available in the SAI.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT ADVISER
Formed in 1994 as a Delaware general partnership, LSV Asset Management provides active, quantitative value equity management through the application of proprietary models. The Adviser's general partners include officers and employees of the Adviser who collectively own a majority of the Adviser and SEI Funds, Inc. SEI Investments Company is the parent of SEI Funds, Inc. As of April 30, 2014, the Adviser had approximately $84.3 billion in assets under management. The Adviser's principal place of business is located at 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, IL 60606.
The Adviser makes investment decisions for the Fund and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the Fund's investment program. The Board supervises the Adviser and establishes policies that the Adviser must follow in its management activities. For its services to the Fund, the Adviser is entitled to an investment advisory fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.45% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.
The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses of
the Fund in order to keep net operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes,
brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 0.55% and 0.80% of the Fund's Institutional Class and
Investor Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until February
29, 2016. The contractual expense limitation agreement may be terminated: (i)
by the Board, for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety
(90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of
business on February 29, 2016. To maintain these expense limits, the Adviser
may reduce a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of
the Fund.
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's investment advisory agreement will be available in the Fund's first Annual or Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals who are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Josef Lakonishok has served as CEO, CIO, Partner and portfolio manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has more than 37 years of investment and research experience.
Menno Vermeulen, CFA, has served as a portfolio manager for LSV since 1995 and a Partner since 1998. He has more than 22 years of investment and research experience.
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, has served as a Partner and portfolio manager for LSV since 2006. He has more than 15 years of investment experience.
Greg Sleight, has served as a Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 2006, a partner since 2012 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 8 years of investment experience.
Guy Lakonishok, CFA, has served as a Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 2009, a partner since 2013 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 13 years of investment experience.
Jason Karceski, Ph.D., has served as a Senior Research Analyst of LSV since 2009, a partner since 2012 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 20 years of investment experience.
The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed and ownership of Fund shares.
RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER
The following tables give the related performance of all the actual separate accounts (each, an "Account"), referred to as a "Composite," managed by the Adviser that have investment objectives, policies and strategies substantially similar to those of the Fund. THE DATA DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND. Performance is historical and does not represent the future performance of the Fund or of the Adviser.
The manner in which the performance was calculated for the Composite differs from that of registered mutual funds such as the Fund. If the performance was calculated in accordance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") standardized performance methodology, the performance results may have been different. The Adviser claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS[R]) and has prepared and presented the following in compliance with the GIPS[R] standards. The policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request.
All returns presented were calculated on a total return basis and include all dividends and interest, accrued income, and realized and unrealized gains and losses. All fees and expenses, except custodial fees, if any, were included in the calculations. Securities are valued as of trade-date. Each Account was under management by the Adviser for the entire reporting period in which the Account was included in the Composite. The currency used to express performance in the Composite is U.S. dollars. Performance results are presented both net of fees and gross of fees. Because of variation in fee levels, the "net of fees" Composite returns may not be reflective of performance in any one particular Account. Therefore, the performance information shown below is not necessarily representative of the performance information that typically would be shown for a registered mutual fund.
The Accounts that are included in the Composite are not subject to the same type of expenses to which the Fund is subject and are not subject to the diversification requirements, specific tax restrictions, and investment limitations imposed by the federal securities and tax laws. Consequently, the performance results for the Composite could have been adversely affected if
the Accounts in the Composite were subject to the same fees and expenses or federal securities and tax laws as the Fund.
The investment results for the Composite presented below are not intended to predict or suggest the future returns of the Fund. THE PERFORMANCE DATA SHOWN BELOW SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FUND'S OWN PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. Investors should be aware that the use of a methodology different than that used below to calculate performance could result in different performance data.
THE FOLLOWING DATA DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR THE ADVISER'S SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR COMPOSITE(1)
(March 1, 2010 through December 31, 2013)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S&P 500 INDEX(2) TOTAL TOTAL PRE- TOTAL PRE- (REFLECTS NO ASSETS AT TAX RETURN TAX RETURN DEDUCTION FOR NUMBER OF END OF (NET OF (GROSS OF FEES, EXPENSES PORTFOLIOS PERIOD YEAR FEES) FEES) OR TAXES) ($ MILLIONS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 32.23% 33.01% 32.39% 8 $1,682 2012 11.90% 12.57% 16.00% 5 $1,069 2011 9.56% 10.22% 2.12% 5 $670 2010(3) 13.35% 13.92% 15.76% 1 $33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
INDEX(2)
(REFLECTS NO ADVISER'S DEDUCTION FOR COMPOSITE RETURNS FEES, EXPENSES TIME PERIOD NET OF FEES GROSS OF FEES OR TAXES) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Year 32.23% 33.01% 32.39% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Inception(3) 17.20% 17.90% 16.83% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(1) Returns include the reinvestment of all income. Net results are calculated using the highest management fee in the Adviser's standard fee schedule (0.40%), or, if higher, the performance- based management fee charged to an Account, and doing so results in performance figures that are no higher than those that would have resulted if the actual fees had been deducted. Returns are based on fully discretionary accounts under management, including, for certain time periods, those accounts no longer with the Adviser.
(2) The S&P 500 Index is a widely-recognized index of 500 leading large capitalization companies that captures approximately 80% of the U.S. equity market capitalization.
(3) Inception date (the initial date of the Composite's performance record) of the Composite is March 1, 2010.
PURCHASING, SELLING AND EXCHANGING FUND SHARES
This section tells you how to purchase, sell (sometimes called "redeem") and exchange Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund.
HOW TO CHOOSE A SHARE CLASS
The Fund offers two classes of shares to investors, Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. Each share class has its own shareholder eligibility criteria, investment minimums, cost structure and other features. The following summarizes the primary features of Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. Contact your financial intermediary or the Fund for more information about the Fund's share classes and how to choose between them.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASS NAME ELIGIBLE INVESTORS INVESTMENT MINIMUMS FEES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Institutional Class Primarily institutional investors and Initial -- $100,000 (including for No 12b-1 Fee. individual investors who meet the IRAs) initial investment minimum Subsequent -- None --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investor Class Primarily individual investors Initial -- $1,000 (including for 0.25% 12b-1 Fee. IRAs) Subsequent -- None --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares are offered to investors who purchase shares directly from the Fund or through certain financial intermediaries such as financial planners, investment advisors, broker-dealers or other financial institutions. An investor may be eligible to purchase more than one share class. However, if you purchase shares through a financial intermediary, you may only purchase that class of shares which your financial intermediary sells or services. Your financial intermediary can tell you which class of shares is available through the intermediary.
The Fund reserves the right to change the criteria for eligible investors and accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
For information regarding the federal income tax consequences of transactions in shares of the Fund, including information about cost basis reporting, see "Taxes."
HOW TO PURCHASE FUND SHARES
To purchase shares directly from the Fund, complete and send in the application. If you need an application or have questions, please call 1-888-FUND-LSV.
All investments must be made by check, Automated Clearing House ("ACH"), or wire. All checks must be made payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. financial institutions. The Fund does not accept purchases made by third-party checks, credit cards, credit card checks, cash, traveler's checks, money orders or cashier's checks.
You may also buy shares through accounts with brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. If you invest through an authorized institution, you will have to follow its procedures, which may be different from the procedures for investing
directly. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund. You will also generally have to address your correspondence or questions regarding the Fund to your institution.
The Fund reserves the right to suspend all sales of new shares or to reject any specific purchase order, including exchange purchases, for any reason. The Fund is not intended for excessive trading by shareholders in response to short-term market fluctuations. For more information about the Fund's policy on excessive trading, see "Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures."
The Fund does not generally accept investments by non-U.S. persons. Non-U.S. persons may be permitted to invest in the Fund subject to the satisfaction of enhanced due diligence. Please contact the Fund for more information.
BY MAIL
You can open an account with the Fund by sending a check and your account application to the address below. You can add to an existing account by sending the Fund a check and, if possible, the "Invest By Mail" stub that accompanies your statement. Be sure your check identifies clearly your name, your account number, the Fund's name and the share class. Make your check payable to "LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund."
REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
c/o DST Systems, Inc.
430 West 7th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of purchase orders does not constitute receipt by the Fund's transfer agent. The share price used to fill the purchase order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Fund's transfer agent receives the order in proper form at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.
BY WIRE
To open an account by wire, first call 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578) for details. To add to an existing account by wire, wire your money using the wiring instructions set forth below (be sure to include the Fund's name, your account number and the share class).
WIRING INSTRUCTIONS
UMB Bank, NA
ABA #101000695
LSV Funds
DDA Account #9870523965
Ref: Fund name/account name/account number/share class
BY AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN (VIA ACH)
You may not open an account via ACH. However, once you have established an account, you can set up an automatic investment plan by mailing a completed application to the Fund. These purchases can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually in amounts of at least $25. To cancel or change a plan, write to the Fund at: LSV Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9009, (Express Mail Address: LSV Funds, c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105). Please allow up to 15 days to create the plan and 3 days to cancel or change it.
PURCHASES IN-KIND
Subject to the approval of the Fund, an investor may purchase shares of the Fund with liquid securities and other assets that are eligible for purchase by the Fund (consistent with the Fund's investment policies and restrictions) and that have a value that is readily ascertainable in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies. These transactions will be effected only if the Adviser deems the security to be an appropriate investment for the Fund. Assets purchased by the Fund in such a transaction will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate this practice at any time.
GENERAL INFORMATION
You may purchase shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business (a "Business Day"). Shares cannot be purchased by Federal Reserve wire on days when either the NYSE or the Federal Reserve is closed. The price per share will be the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your purchase order in proper form. "Proper form" means that the Fund was provided a complete and signed account application, including the investor's social security number, tax identification number, and other identification required by law or regulation, as well as sufficient purchase proceeds.
The Fund calculates its NAV once each Business Day as of the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time). To receive the current Business Day's NAV, the Fund must receive your purchase order in proper form before 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. If the NYSE closes early -- such as on days in advance of certain holidays -- the Fund reserves the right to calculate NAV as of the earlier closing time. The Fund will not accept orders that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions.
BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY
In addition to being able to buy and sell Fund shares directly from the Fund through its transfer agent, you may also buy or sell shares of the Fund through accounts with financial intermediaries, such as brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. When you purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary (rather than directly from the Fund), you may have to transmit your purchase and sale requests to the financial intermediary at an earlier time for your transaction to become effective that day. This allows the financial intermediary time to process your requests and transmit them to the Fund prior to the time the Fund calculates its NAV that day. Your financial intermediary is responsible for
transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation and money to the Fund on time. If your financial intermediary fails to do so, it may be responsible for any resulting fees or losses. Unless your financial intermediary is an authorized institution (defined below), orders transmitted by the financial intermediary and received by the Fund after the time NAV is calculated for a particular day will receive the following day's NAV.
Certain financial intermediaries, including certain broker-dealers and shareholder organizations, are authorized to act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to the receipt of purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares ("authorized institutions"). Authorized institutions are also authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on the Fund's behalf. The Fund will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order when an authorized institution or, if applicable, an authorized institution's designee, receives the order. Orders will be priced at the Fund's NAV next computed after they are received by an authorized institution or an authorized institution's designee. To determine whether your financial intermediary is an authorized institution or an authorized institution's designee such that it may act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares, you should contact them directly.
If you deal directly with a financial intermediary, you will have to follow their procedures for transacting with the Fund. Your financial intermediary may charge a fee for your purchase and/or redemption transactions. For more information about how to purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact your authorized institution directly.
HOW THE FUND CALCULATES NAV
NAV for one Fund share is the value of that share's portion of the net assets of the Fund.
In calculating NAV, the Fund generally values its investment portfolio at market price. If market prices are not readily available or the Fund reasonably believes that they are unreliable, such as in the case of a security value that has been materially affected by events occurring after the relevant market closes, the Fund is required to price those securities at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Fund's Board. Pursuant to the policies adopted by and under the ultimate supervision of the Board, these methods are implemented through the Fund's Fair Value Pricing Committee, members of which are appointed by the Board. The Fund's determination of a security's fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors, and is therefore subject to the unavoidable risk that the value that the Fund assigns to a security may be higher or lower than the security's value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security was readily available.
Although the Fund invests primarily in the stocks of U.S. companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, there may be limited circumstances in which the Fund would price securities at fair value -- for example, if the exchange on which a portfolio security is principally traded closed early or if trading in a particular security was halted during the day and did not resume prior to the time the Fund calculated its NAV.
MINIMUM PURCHASES
To purchase Institutional Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $100,000, including for IRAs. To purchase Investor Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $1,000, including for IRAs. There are no minimum subsequent
investment amounts for the Fund. The Fund may accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
FUND CODES
The reference information listed below will be helpful to you when you contact the Fund to purchase shares, check daily NAV or obtain additional information.
FUND NAME TICKER SYMBOL CUSIP FUND CODE LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund Institutional Class Shares LSVMX 00769G 410 4507 Investor Class Shares LVAMX 00769G 394 4508 |
HOW TO SELL YOUR FUND SHARES
If you own your shares directly, you may sell your shares on any Business Day by contacting the Fund directly by mail or telephone at 1-888-FUND-LSV.
If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to sell your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services, in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.
If you would like to have your sales proceeds, including proceeds generated as a result of closing your account, sent to a third party or an address other than your own, please notify the Fund in writing.
Certain redemption requests will require a signature guarantee by an eligible guarantor institution. Eligible guarantors include commercial banks, savings and loans, savings banks, trust companies, credit unions, member firms of a national stock exchange, or any other member or participant of an approved signature guarantor program. For example, signature guarantees may be required if your address of record has changed in the last 30 days, if you want the proceeds sent to a bank other than the bank of record on your account, or if you ask that the proceeds be sent to a different person or address. Please note that a notary public is not an acceptable provider of a signature guarantee and that we must be provided with the original guarantee. Signature guarantees are for the protection of our shareholders. Before it grants a redemption request, the Fund may require a shareholder to furnish additional legal documents to ensure proper authorization.
Accounts held by a corporation, trust, fiduciary or partnership, may require additional documentation along with a signature guaranteed letter of instruction. The Fund participates in the Paperless Legal Program (the "Program"), which eliminates the need for accompanying paper documentation on legal securities transfers. Requests received with a Medallion Signature Guarantee will be reviewed for the proper criteria to meet the guidelines of the Program and may not require additional documentation. Please contact Shareholder Services at 1-888-FUND-LSV for more information.
The sale price of each share will be the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your request.
BY MAIL
To redeem shares by mail, please send a letter to the Fund signed by all registered parties on the account specifying:
o The Fund name;
o The share class
o The account number;
o The dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem;
o The account name(s); and
o The address to which redemption (sale) proceeds should be sent.
All registered shareholders must sign the letter in the exact name(s) in which their account is registered and must designate any special capacity in which they are registered.
REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
c/o DST Systems, Inc.
430 West 7th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of sale orders does not constitute receipt by the Fund's transfer agent. The share price used to fill the sale order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Fund's transfer agent receives the order in proper form at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.
BY TELEPHONE
You must first establish the telephone redemption privilege (and, if desired, the wire and ACH redemption privileges) by completing the appropriate sections of the account application. Call 1-888-FUND-LSV to redeem your shares. Based on your instructions, the Fund will mail your proceeds to you, or send them to your bank via wire or ACH.
BY SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN (VIA ACH)
If your account balance is at least $500,000 for Institutional Class Shares or $5,000 for Investor Class Shares, you may transfer as little as $100 per month from your account to another financial institution through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan (via ACH). To participate in this service you must complete the appropriate sections of the account application and mail it to the Fund.
HOW TO EXCHANGE FUND SHARES
At no charge, you may convert Investor Class Shares of the Fund directly to Institutional Class Shares of the Fund or Institutional Class Shares of the Fund directly to Investor Class Shares of the Fund, where offered, by writing to or calling the Fund, subject to the fees and expenses of the share class you are converting, and provided that you meet the eligibility requirements applicable to investing in such share class, as set forth in the prospectus. You may only exchange or convert shares between accounts with identical registrations (i.e., the same names and addresses). An exchange between share classes of the Fund is not a taxable event.
RECEIVING YOUR MONEY
Normally, the Fund will send your sale proceeds within seven days after the Fund receives your request. Your proceeds can be sent to your bank account via wire (may be subject to a $10 fee) or ACH, or sent to you by check. IF YOU ARE SELLING SHARES THAT WERE RECENTLY PURCHASED BY CHECK OR THROUGH ACH, REDEMPTION PROCEEDS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL YOUR CHECK HAS CLEARED OR THE ACH TRANSACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED (WHICH MAY TAKE UP TO 15 DAYS FROM YOUR DATE OF PURCHASE).
REDEMPTIONS IN-KIND
The Fund generally pays sale (redemption) proceeds in cash. However, under unusual conditions that make the payment of cash unwise and for the protection of the Fund's remaining shareholders, the Fund might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in securities with a market value equal to the redemption price (redemption in kind). The Fund may also redeem in kind to discourage short-term trading of shares. It is highly unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in kind, but if they were you would have to pay transaction costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from the sale as with any redemption. In addition, you would continue to be subject to the risks of any market fluctuation in the value of the securities you receive in kind until they are sold.
INVOLUNTARY REDEMPTIONS OF YOUR SHARES
If your account balance drops below $100,000 with respect to Institutional Class Shares and $1,000 with respect to Investor Class Shares because of redemptions, you may be required to sell your shares. The Fund generally will provide you at least 30 days' written notice to give you time to add to your account and avoid the involuntary redemption of your shares. The Fund reserves the right to waive the minimum account value requirements in its sole discretion.
SUSPENSION OF YOUR RIGHT TO SELL YOUR SHARES
The Fund may suspend your right to sell your shares during times when trading on the NYSE is restricted or halted, or otherwise as permitted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). More information about this is in the SAI.
TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS
Purchasing, selling and exchanging Fund shares over the telephone is extremely convenient, but not without risk. Although the Fund has certain safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers and the authenticity of instructions, the Fund is not responsible for any losses or costs incurred by following telephone instructions it reasonably believes to be genuine. If you or your
financial institution transact with the Fund over the telephone, you will generally bear the risk of any loss.
OTHER POLICIES
EXCESSIVE TRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The Fund is intended for long-term investment purposes only and discourages shareholders from engaging in "market timing" or other types of excessive short-term trading. This frequent trading into and out of the Fund may present risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and could adversely affect shareholder returns. The risks posed by frequent trading include interfering with the efficient implementation of the Fund's investment strategies, triggering the recognition of taxable gains and losses on the sale of Fund investments, requiring the Fund to maintain higher cash balances to meet redemption requests and experiencing increased transaction costs.
Because the Fund invests in small- and mid-cap securities, which often trade in lower volumes and may be less liquid, the Fund may be more susceptible to the risks posed by frequent trading because frequent transactions in the Fund's shares may have a greater impact on the market prices of these types of securities.
The Fund's service providers will take steps reasonably designed to detect and deter frequent trading by shareholders pursuant to the Fund's policies and procedures described in this prospectus and approved by the Fund's Board. For purposes of applying these policies, the Fund's service providers may consider the trading history of accounts under common ownership or control. The Fund's policies and procedures include:
o Shareholders are restricted from making more than four (4) "round trips" into or out of the Fund per calendar year. If a shareholder exceeds this amount, the Fund and/or its service providers may, at their discretion, reject any additional purchase orders. The Fund defines a "round trip" as a purchase into the Fund by a shareholder, followed by a subsequent redemption out of the Fund, of an amount the Adviser reasonably believes would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.
o The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase request by any investor or group of investors for any reason without prior notice, including, in particular, if the Fund or the Adviser reasonably believes that the trading activity would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.
The Fund and/or its service providers seek to apply these policies to the best of their abilities uniformly and in a manner they believe is consistent with the interests of the Fund's long-term shareholders. The Fund does not knowingly accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions by Fund shareholders. Although these policies are designed to deter frequent trading, none of these measures alone nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that frequent trading in the Fund will occur. Systematic purchases and redemptions are exempt from these policies.
Financial intermediaries (such as investment advisers and broker-dealers) often establish omnibus accounts in the Fund for their customers through which transactions are placed. The Fund has entered into "information sharing agreements" with these financial intermediaries, which permit the Fund to obtain, upon request, information about the trading activity of the intermediary's customers that invest in the Fund. If the Fund or its service providers identify omnibus account
level trading patterns that have the potential to be detrimental to the Fund, the Fund or its service providers may, in their sole discretion, request from the financial intermediary information concerning the trading activity of its customers. Based upon a review of that information, if the Fund or its service providers determine that the trading activity of any customer may be detrimental to the Fund, they may, in their sole discretion, request the financial intermediary to restrict or limit further trading in the Fund by that customer. If the Fund is not satisfied that the intermediary has taken appropriate action, the Fund may terminate the intermediary's ability to transact in Fund shares. When information regarding transactions in the Fund's shares is requested by the Fund and such information is in the possession of a person that is itself a financial intermediary to a financial intermediary (an "indirect intermediary"), any financial intermediary with whom the Fund has an information sharing agreement is obligated to obtain transaction information from the indirect intermediary or, if directed by the Fund, to restrict or prohibit the indirect intermediary from purchasing shares of the Fund on behalf of other persons.
The Fund and its service providers will use reasonable efforts to work with financial intermediaries to identify excessive short-term trading in omnibus accounts that may be detrimental to the Fund. However, there can be no assurance that the monitoring of omnibus account level trading will enable the Fund to identify or prevent all such trading by a financial intermediary's customers. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.
What this means to you: When you open an account, the Fund will ask your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Fund to identify you. This information is subject to verification to ensure the identity of all persons opening a mutual fund account.
The Fund is required by law to reject your new account application if the required identifying information is not provided.
In certain instances, the Fund is required to collect documents to fulfill its legal obligation. Documents provided in connection with your application will be used solely to establish and verify a customer's identity.
Attempts to collect the missing information required on the application will be performed by either contacting you or, if applicable, your broker. If this information cannot be obtained within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund, your application will be rejected.
Upon receipt of your application in proper form (or upon receipt of all identifying information required on the application), your investment will be accepted and your order will be processed at the NAV next-determined.
The Fund reserves the right to close or liquidate your account at the NAV next-determined and remit proceeds to you via check if it is unable to verify your identity. Attempts to verify your identity will be performed within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund. Further, the Fund reserves the right to hold your proceeds until your original check clears
the bank, which may take up to 15 days from the date of purchase. In such an instance, you may be subject to a gain or loss on Fund shares and will be subject to corresponding tax implications.
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM
Customer identification and verification is part of the Fund's overall obligation to deter money laundering under federal law. The Fund has adopted an anti-money laundering compliance program designed to prevent the Fund from being used for money laundering or the financing of illegal activities. In this regard, the Fund reserves the right to: (i) refuse, cancel or rescind any purchase or exchange order; (ii) freeze any account and/or suspend account services; or (iii) involuntarily close your account in cases of threatening conduct or suspected fraudulent or illegal activity. These actions will be taken when, in the sole discretion of Fund management, they are deemed to be in the best interest of the Fund or in cases when the Fund is requested or compelled to do so by governmental or law enforcement authority. If your account is closed at the request of governmental or law enforcement authority, you may not receive proceeds of the redemption if the Fund is required to withhold such proceeds.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES
The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, for Investor Class Shares that allows the Fund to pay distribution and/or service fees for the sale and distribution of its shares and for services provided to shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The maximum annual 12b-1 fee for Investor Class Shares of the Fund is 0.25% .
SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS
The Adviser compensates financial intermediaries for providing a variety of services to shareholders. Financial intermediaries may include unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Fund, its service providers or their respective affiliates. This section and the following section briefly describe how financial intermediaries are paid for providing these services.
The Adviser pays financial intermediaries a fee that is based on the number of the intermediary's accounts that hold shares of the Fund. The services for which financial intermediaries are compensated may include record-keeping, transaction processing for shareholders' accounts and other shareholder services. In addition to these payments, your financial intermediary may charge you account fees, transaction fees for buying or redeeming shares of the Fund, or other fees for servicing your account. Your financial intermediary should provide a schedule of its fees and services to you upon request. The Fund does not pay these service fees; they are paid by the Adviser, as described in the section below.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The Adviser makes payments to certain unaffiliated financial intermediaries to compensate them for the costs associated with distribution, marketing, administration and shareholder servicing
support for the Fund. These payments may be in addition to any Rule 12b-1 fees that are reflected in the fee table section of this prospectus. These payments are sometimes characterized as "revenue sharing" payments and are made out of the Adviser's own legitimate profits or other resources, and are not paid by the Fund. A financial intermediary may provide these services with respect to Fund shares sold or held through programs such as retirement plans, qualified tuition programs, fund supermarkets, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, bank trust programs, and insurance (e.g., individual or group annuity) programs. For more information please see "Payments to Financial Intermediaries" in the Fund's SAI.
The level of payments to individual financial intermediaries varies in any given year based on the number of accounts holding shares of the Fund and may be negotiated on the basis of sales of Fund shares, the amount of Fund assets serviced by the financial intermediary or the quality of the financial intermediary's relationship with the Adviser. These payments may be more or less than the payments received by the financial intermediaries from other mutual funds and may influence a financial intermediary to favor the sales of certain funds or share classes over others. In certain instances, the payments could be significant and may cause a conflict of interest for your financial intermediary. Any such payments will not change the NAV or price of the Fund's shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for information about any payments it may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to Fund shareholders, as well as information about any fees and/or commissions it charges.
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund distributes its net investment income and makes distributions of its net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. If you own Fund shares on the Fund's record date, you will be entitled to receive the distribution.
You will receive dividends and distributions in the form of additional Fund shares unless you elect to receive payment in cash. To elect cash payment, you must notify the Fund in writing prior to the date of the distribution. Your election will be effective for dividends and distributions paid after the Fund receives your written notice. To cancel your election, simply send the Fund written notice.
TAXES
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR REGARDING YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES. Below is a summary of some important tax issues that affect the Fund and its shareholders. This summary is based on current tax laws, which may change. This summary does not apply to shares held in an individual retirement account or other tax-qualified plan, which are not subject to current tax. Transactions relating to shares held in such accounts may, however, be taxable at some time in the future.
The Fund will distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any. The dividends and distributions you receive, whether in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund, may be subject to federal, state and local taxation, depending upon your tax situation. Income distributions (including distributions of net short-term capital gains), other than distributions of qualified dividend income, are generally taxable at ordinary income tax rates. Long-term capital gains distributions and distributions that are designated by the Fund as qualified dividend income are generally taxable at the rates applicable to long-term capital gains and set at a maximum tax rate for individuals at 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower
tax brackets). Once a year the Fund will send you a statement showing the types and total amount of distributions you received during the previous year.
You should note that if you purchase shares just before a distribution, the purchase price would reflect the amount of the upcoming distribution. In this case, you would be taxed on the entire amount of the distribution received, even though, as an economic matter, the distribution simply constitutes a return of your investment. This is known as "buying a dividend" and should be avoided by taxable investors.
Each sale of Fund shares may be a taxable event. A sale may result in a capital gain or loss to you. The gain or loss on the sale of Fund shares generally will be treated as a short-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for 12 months or less or a long-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for longer. For tax purposes, an exchange of your Fund shares for shares of a different fund is the same as a sale.
Beginning January 1, 2013, U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) are subject to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on their "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of shares of the Fund).
The Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and furnish to Fund shareholders cost basis information for Fund shares. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Fund is also required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares, the Fund will permit shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including the average basis method. In the absence of an election, the Fund will use the average basis method as the default cost basis method. The cost basis method elected by the Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how cost basis reporting applies to them.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES IS IN THE SAI.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Because the Fund is new, financial highlights are not available.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
LSV FUNDS
INVESTMENT ADVISER
LSV Asset Management
155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
DISTRIBUTOR
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
LEGAL COUNSEL
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
More information about the Fund is available, without charge, through the following:
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ("SAI"): The SAI, dated June 24, 2014, includes detailed information about The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and the LSV Funds. The SAI is on file with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This means that the SAI, for legal purposes, is a part of this prospectus.
ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS: These reports list the Fund's holdings and contain information from The Adviser about investment strategies, and recent market conditions and trends and their impact on Fund performance. The reports also contain detailed financial information about the Fund.
TO OBTAIN AN SAI, ANNUAL OR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, OR MORE INFORMATION:
BY TELEPHONE: 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578)
BY MAIL: LSV Funds P.O. Box 219009 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9009 BY INTERNET: www.lsvasset.com FROM THE SEC: You can also obtain the SAI or the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, |
as well as other information about The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, from the
EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at: http://www.sec.gov. You may review and
copy documents at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (for
information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, call 202-551-8090).
You may request documents by mail from the SEC, upon payment of a duplicating
fee, by writing to: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Reference
Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520. You may also obtain this information, upon
payment of a duplicating fee, by e-mailing the SEC at the following address:
publicinfo@sec.gov.
The Trust's Investment Company Act registration number is 811-06400.
LSV-PS-007-0100
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
PROSPECTUS
JUNE 24, 2014
LSV GLOBAL MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES: LSVFX
INVESTOR CLASS SHARES: LVAFX
INVESTMENT ADVISER:
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT
THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED
THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN ARRANGED INTO DIFFERENT SECTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY REVIEW THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND, PLEASE SEE:
PAGE FUND SUMMARY .................................................... 1 INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE ....................................... 1 FUND FEES AND EXPENSES ..................................... 1 PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ............................ 2 PRINCIPAL RISKS ............................................ 2 PERFORMANCE INFORMATION .................................... 4 INVESTMENT ADVISER ......................................... 4 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS ......................................... 4 PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES ........................... 5 TAX INFORMATION ............................................ 5 PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ............................................. 5 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK ..................................... 6 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FUND INVESTMENTS ......................... 7 INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ............................ 7 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT ADVISER ................... 7 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS .............................................. 8 RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER ......................... 8 PURCHASING, SELLING AND EXCHANGING FUND SHARES .................. 11 OTHER POLICIES .................................................. 18 DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES ..................................... 21 SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS .............................. 21 PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ............................ 21 DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS ..................................... 22 TAXES ........................................................... 22 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ............................................ 24 HOW TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND ................... Back Cover |
LSV GLOBAL MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund's (the "Fund") investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS INVESTOR SHARES CLASS SHARES Management Fees 0.60% 0.60% 12b-1 Fees None 0.25% Other Expenses(1) 0.73% 0.73% Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.33% 1.58% Less Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (0.58)% (0.58)% ------- ------- Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense 0.75% 1.00% Reimbursements(2) |
(1) Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
(2) LSV Asset Management ("LSV" or the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.75% and 1.00% of the Fund's Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until February 29, 2016. This Agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust"), for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 29, 2016.
EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses (including capped expenses for the period in the footnote to the fee table) remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 YEAR 3 YEARS INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES $77 $309 INVESTOR CLASS SHARES $102 $387 |
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in total annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies located throughout the world. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are mainly common stocks, but may also include American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depository Receipts ("GDRs" and, together with ADRs, "Depositary Receipts"). Depositary Receipts are certificates issued by a bank or trust company that represent ownership of shares of a foreign issuer and generally trade on an established market, in the United States or elsewhere. Although the Fund may invest in securities of companies of any size, the Fund generally invests in companies with market capitalizations of $100 million or more at the time of purchase.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest in at least three countries, including the United States, and at least 40% of its assets will be invested in non-U.S. companies, in both developed and emerging market countries. The Fund considers a company to be a non-U.S. company if (i) the company's primary issue trades on a non-U.S. exchange; or (ii) the company is organized, maintains its principal place of business, or primarily generates its revenues outside of the United States.
In selecting securities for the Fund, the Adviser focuses on companies whose securities, in the Adviser's opinion, are out-of-favor (undervalued) in the marketplace at the time of purchase in light of factors such as the company's earnings, book value, revenues or cash flow, but show signs of recent improvement. The Adviser believes that these out-of-favor securities will produce superior future returns if their future growth exceeds the market's low expectations. The Adviser seeks to manage volatility by selecting stocks for the Fund's portfolio whose total returns are not expected to fluctuate as dramatically as those of the equity markets as a whole.
The Adviser uses a quantitative investment model to make investment decisions for the Fund. The investment model ranks securities based on fundamental measures of value (such as price-to-earnings ratio) and indicators of near-term appreciation potential (such as recent price appreciation). Additionally, securities are ranked based on sensitivity to broader market movements or "beta," standard deviation, and volatility of operating performance (cash flow and earnings) to identify securities that the Adviser believes will have less volatility than the overall equity markets. The investment model is used to select stocks to buy from those with higher expected returns and lower expected volatility and select stocks to sell from those whose expected returns have decreased and expected volatility has increased, subject to overall risk controls.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. A FUND SHARE IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FDIC OR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders' investments in the Fund are set forth below.
Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund's equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day-to-day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.
Although the Fund seeks to manage volatility within its portfolio, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be successful. Securities in the Fund's portfolio may be subject to price volatility, and the Fund's share price may not be any less volatile than the market as a whole and could be more volatile. The Adviser's determinations/expectations regarding volatility may be incorrect or inaccurate, which may also adversely affect the Fund's actual volatility. The Fund also may underperform other funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. The Fund may provide protection in volatile markets by potentially curbing or mitigating the risk of loss in declining equity markets, but the Fund's opportunity to achieve returns when the equity markets are rising may also be limited. In general, the greater the protection against downside loss, the lesser the Fund's opportunity to participate in the returns generated by rising equity markets; however, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be successful in protecting the value of its portfolio in down markets.
Investing in foreign companies, including direct investments and through Depositary Receipts, which are traded on exchanges and represent an ownership in a foreign security, poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These risks will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, investments in foreign companies are generally denominated in a foreign currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of the Fund's investments. These currency movements may occur separately from, and in response to, events that do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the issuer's home country. Foreign companies may not be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and are generally not subject to the regulatory controls imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publically available information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Income from foreign securities owned by the Fund may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which would reduce income received from the securities comprising the portfolio. The Fund's investments in foreign securities are also subject to the risk that the securities may be difficult to value and/or valued incorrectly. While Depositary Receipts provide an alternative to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their respective national markets and currencies, investments in Depositary Receipts continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.
Investments in emerging markets securities are considered speculative and subject to heightened risks in addition to the general risks of investing in foreign securities. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less liquid and economies that are less developed. In addition, the securities markets of emerging market countries may consist of companies with smaller market capitalizations and may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible restrictions on repatriation of investment income and capital. Furthermore, foreign investors may
be required to register the proceeds of sales, and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization or creation of government monopolies.
As a result of the Fund's investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in which case, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected.
The medium- and smaller-capitalization companies in which the Fund may invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, these medium- and small-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, medium- and small-capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. These securities may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange.
Since the Fund pursues a "value style" of investing, if the Adviser's assessment of a company's value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations or market conditions is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, "value stocks" can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
Investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, may not employ a successful investment strategy, or may fail to attract sufficient assets under management to realize economies of scale, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such liquidation could have negative tax consequences for shareholders and will cause shareholders to incur expenses of liquidation.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The Fund is new, and therefore does not have performance history for a full calendar year. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of the Fund's returns and comparing the Fund's performance to a broad measure of market performance.
INVESTMENT ADVISER
LSV Asset Management
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Josef Lakonishok, CEO, CIO, and Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Menno Vermeulen, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Greg Sleight, Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
Guy Lakonishok, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
Jason Karceski, Ph.D., Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
To purchase Institutional Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $100,000, including for individual retirement accounts ("IRAs"). To purchase Investor Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $1,000, including for IRAs. There are no minimum subsequent investment amounts for the Fund. The Fund may accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
If you own your shares directly, you may redeem your shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business (a "Business Day") by contacting the Fund directly by mail at: LSV Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail: LSV Funds c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105) or telephone at 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578).
If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to redeem your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.
TAX INFORMATION
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA, in which case your distribution will be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account.
PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's web site for more information.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK
Investing in the Fund involves risk and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal. The Adviser's judgments about the markets, the economy, or companies may not anticipate actual market movements, economic conditions or company performance, and these judgments may affect the return on your investment. In fact, no matter how good a job the Adviser does, you could lose money on your investment in the Fund, just as you could with similar investments.
The value of your investment in the Fund is based on the value of the securities the Fund holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other events that affect particular companies and other issuers. These price movements, sometimes called volatility, may be greater or lesser depending on the types of securities the Fund owns and the markets in which they trade. The effect on the Fund of a change in the value of a single security will depend on how widely the Fund diversifies its holdings.
Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants, rights to subscribe to common stock, convertible securities, Depositary Receipts, as well as shares of exchange-traded funds that attempt to track the price movement of equity indices. Common stock represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer. Preferred stock provides a fixed dividend that is paid before any dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes precedence over common stock in the event of a liquidation. Like common stock, preferred stocks represent partial ownership in a company, although preferred stock shareholders do not enjoy any of the voting rights of common stockholders. Also, unlike common stock, a preferred stock pays a fixed dividend that does not fluctuate, although the company does not have to pay this dividend if it lacks the financial ability to do so. Investments in equity securities in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. The value of securities convertible into equity securities, such as warrants or convertible debt, is also affected by prevailing interest rates, the credit quality of the issuer and any call provision. Fluctuations in the value of equity securities in which a mutual fund invests will cause the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") to fluctuate. An investment in a portfolio of equity securities may be more suitable for long-term investors who can bear the risk of these share price fluctuations.
Investments in securities of foreign companies (including direct investments as well as investments through Depositary Receipts) can be more volatile than investments in U.S. companies. Diplomatic, political, or economic developments, including nationalization or appropriation, could affect investments in foreign companies. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets. In addition, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies, and of dividends from such securities, can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Financial statements of foreign issuers are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards than U.S. issuers and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Thus, there may be less information publicly available about foreign issuers than about most U.S. issuers. Transaction costs are generally higher than those in the United States and expenses for custodial arrangements of foreign securities may be somewhat greater than typical expenses for custodial arrangements of similar U.S. securities. Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividend and interest income. Although in some countries a portion of these taxes are recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the income received from the securities comprising the portfolio. These risks may be heightened with respect to emerging market countries since political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur in these countries.
Because non-U.S. securities are usually denominated in currencies other than the dollar, the value of the Fund's portfolio may be influenced by currency exchange rates and exchange control regulations. The currencies of emerging market countries may experience significant declines against the U.S. dollar, and devaluation may occur subsequent to investments in these currencies by the Fund. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging market countries.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FUND INVESTMENTS
The Fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The investment objective may not be changed without shareholder approval.
The investments and strategies described in this prospectus are those that the Fund uses under normal conditions. During unusual economic or market conditions, or for temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in money market instruments and other cash equivalents that would not ordinarily be consistent with its investment objective. If the Fund invests in this manner, it may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund will only make temporary defensive investments if the Adviser believes that the risk of loss outweighs the opportunity for total return or capital growth.
This prospectus describes the Fund's principal investment strategies, and the Fund will normally invest in the types of securities described in this prospectus. In addition to the investments and strategies described in this prospectus, the Fund also may invest, to a lesser extent, in other securities, use other strategies and engage in other investment practices that are not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and strategies, as well as those described in this prospectus, are described in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") (for information on how to obtain a copy of the SAI, see the back cover of this prospectus). For liquidity purposes, the Fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash, money market instruments or equity index futures contracts. However, the Fund intends to remain as fully invested as practicable regardless of market conditions. Of course, the Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment goal.
INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
A description of the Fund's policy and procedures with respect to the circumstances under which the Fund discloses its portfolio holdings is available in the SAI.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT ADVISER
Formed in 1994 as a Delaware general partnership, LSV Asset Management provides active, quantitative value equity management through the application of proprietary models. The Adviser's general partners include officers and employees of the Adviser who collectively own a majority of the Adviser and SEI Funds, Inc. SEI Investments Company is the parent of SEI Funds, Inc. As of April 30, 2014, the Adviser had approximately $84.3 billion in assets under management. The Adviser's principal place of business is located at 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, IL 60606.
The Adviser makes investment decisions for the Fund and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the Fund's investment program. The Board supervises the Adviser and establishes policies that the Adviser must follow in its management activities. For its services to the Fund, the Adviser is entitled to an investment advisory fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.
The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses of
the Fund in order to keep net operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes,
brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 0.75% and 1.00% of the Fund's Institutional Class and
Investor Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until February
29, 2016. The contractual expense limitation agreement may be terminated: (i)
by the Board, for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety
(90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of
business on February 29, 2016. To maintain these expense limits, the Adviser
may reduce a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of
the Fund.
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's investment advisory agreement will be available in the Fund's first Annual or Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals who are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Josef Lakonishok has served as CEO, CIO, Partner and portfolio manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has more than 37 years of investment and research experience.
Menno Vermeulen, CFA, has served as a portfolio manager for LSV since 1995 and a Partner since 1998. He has more than 22 years of investment and research experience.
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, has served as a Partner and portfolio manager for LSV since 2006. He has more than 15 years of investment experience.
Greg Sleight, has served as a Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 2006, a partner since 2012 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 8 years of investment experience.
Guy Lakonishok, CFA, has served as a Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 2009, a partner since 2013 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 13 years of investment experience.
Jason Karceski, Ph.D., has served as a Senior Research Analyst of LSV since 2009, a partner since 2012 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 20 years of investment experience.
The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed and ownership of Fund shares.
RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER
The following tables give the related performance of all the actual separate accounts (each, an "Account"), referred to as a "Composite," managed by the Adviser that have investment
objectives, policies and strategies substantially similar to those of the Fund.
THE DATA DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND. Performance is
historical and does not represent the future performance of the Fund or of the
Adviser.
The manner in which the performance was calculated for the Composite differs from that of registered mutual funds such as the Fund. If the performance was calculated in accordance with SEC standardized performance methodology, the performance results may have been different. The Adviser claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS[R]) and has prepared and presented the following in compliance with the GIPS[R] standards. The policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request.
All returns presented were calculated on a total return basis and include all dividends and interest, accrued income, and realized and unrealized gains and losses. All fees and expenses, except custodial fees, if any, were included in the calculations. Securities are valued as of trade-date. Each Account was under management by the Adviser for the entire reporting period in which the Account was included in the Composite. The currency used to express performance in the Composite is U.S. dollars. Performance results are presented both net of fees and gross of fees. Because of variation in fee levels, the "net of fees" Composite returns may not be reflective of performance in any one particular Account. Therefore, the performance information shown below is not necessarily representative of the performance information that typically would be shown for a registered mutual fund.
The Accounts that are included in the Composite are not subject to the same type of expenses to which the Fund is subject and are not subject to the diversification requirements, specific tax restrictions, and investment limitations imposed by the federal securities and tax laws. Consequently, the performance results for the Composite could have been adversely affected if the Accounts in the Composite were subject to the same fees and expenses or federal securities and tax laws as the Fund.
The investment results for the Composite presented below are not intended to predict or suggest the future returns of the Fund. THE PERFORMANCE DATA SHOWN BELOW SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FUND'S OWN PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. Investors should be aware that the use of a methodology different than that used below to calculate performance could result in different performance data.
THE FOLLOWING DATA DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR THE ADVISER'S SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR COMPOSITE(1)
(March 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSCI WORLD INDEX(2) TOTAL TOTAL PRE- TOTAL PRE- (REFLECTS NO ASSETS AT TAX RETURN TAX RETURN DEDUCTION FOR NUMBER OF END OF (NET OF (GROSS OF FEES, EXPENSES PORTFOLIOS PERIOD YEAR FEES) FEES) OR TAXES) ($ MILLIONS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 26.89% 27.52% 26.68% 5 $610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012(3) 7.25% 7.69% 5.15% 2 $126 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MSCI WORLD
INDEX(2)
(REFLECTS NO ADVISER'S DEDUCTION FOR COMPOSITE RETURNS FEES, EXPENSES TIME PERIOD NET OF FEES GROSS OF FEES OR TAXES) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Year 26.89% 27.52% 26.68% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Inception(3) 18.30% 18.89% 16.93% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(1) Returns include the reinvestment of all income. Net results are calculated using the highest management fee in the Adviser's standard fee schedule (0.50%), or, if higher, the performance- based management fee charged to an Account, and doing so results in performance figures that are no higher than those that would have resulted if the actual fees had been deducted. Returns are based on fully discretionary accounts under management, including, for certain time periods, those accounts no longer with the Adviser.
(2) The MSCI World Index captures large and mid cap representation across 23 developed markets countries. With 1,609 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.
(3) Inception date (the initial date of the Composite's performance record) of the Composite is March 1, 2012.
PURCHASING, SELLING AND EXCHANGING FUND SHARES
This section tells you how to purchase, sell (sometimes called "redeem") and exchange Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund.
HOW TO CHOOSE A SHARE CLASS
The Fund offers two classes of shares to investors, Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. Each share class has its own shareholder eligibility criteria, investment minimums, cost structure and other features. The following summarizes the primary features of Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. Contact your financial intermediary or the Fund for more information about the Fund's share classes and how to choose between them.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLASS NAME ELIGIBLE INVESTORS INVESTMENT MINIMUMS FEES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Institutional Class Primarily institutional investors and Initial -- $100,000 (including for No 12b-1 Fee. individual investors who meet the IRAs) initial investment minimum Subsequent -- None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investor Class Primarily individual investors Initial -- $1,000 (including for 0.25% 12b-1 Fee. IRAs) Subsequent -- None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares are offered to investors who purchase shares directly from the Fund or through certain financial intermediaries such as financial planners, investment advisors, broker-dealers or other financial institutions. An investor may be eligible to purchase more than one share class. However, if you purchase shares through a financial intermediary, you may only purchase that class of shares which your financial intermediary sells or services. Your financial intermediary can tell you which class of shares is available through the intermediary.
The Fund reserves the right to change the criteria for eligible investors and accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
For information regarding the federal income tax consequences of transactions in shares of the Fund, including information about cost basis reporting, see "Taxes."
HOW TO PURCHASE FUND SHARES
To purchase shares directly from the Fund, complete and send in the application. If you need an application or have questions, please call 1-888-FUND-LSV.
All investments must be made by check, Automated Clearing House ("ACH"), or wire. All checks must be made payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. financial institutions. The Fund does not accept purchases made by third-party checks, credit cards, credit card checks, cash, traveler's checks, money orders or cashier's checks.
You may also buy shares through accounts with brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. If you invest through an authorized institution, you will have to follow its procedures, which may be different from the procedures for investing
directly. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund. You will also generally have to address your correspondence or questions regarding the Fund to your institution.
The Fund reserves the right to suspend all sales of new shares or to reject any specific purchase order, including exchange purchases, for any reason. The Fund is not intended for excessive trading by shareholders in response to short-term market fluctuations. For more information about the Fund's policy on excessive trading, see "Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures."
The Fund does not generally accept investments by non-U.S. persons. Non-U.S. persons may be permitted to invest in the Fund subject to the satisfaction of enhanced due diligence. Please contact the Fund for more information.
BY MAIL
You can open an account with the Fund by sending a check and your account application to the address below. You can add to an existing account by sending the Fund a check and, if possible, the "Invest By Mail" stub that accompanies your statement. Be sure your check identifies clearly your name, your account number, the Fund's name and the share class. Make your check payable to "LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund."
REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
c/o DST Systems, Inc.
430 West 7th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of purchase orders does not constitute receipt by the Fund's transfer agent. The share price used to fill the purchase order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Fund's transfer agent receives the order in proper form at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.
BY WIRE
To open an account by wire, first call 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578) for details. To add to an existing account by wire, wire your money using the wiring instructions set forth below (be sure to include the Fund's name, your account number and the share class).
WIRING INSTRUCTIONS
UMB Bank, NA
ABA #101000695
LSV Funds
DDA Account #9870523965
Ref: Fund name/account name/account number/share class
BY AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN (VIA ACH)
You may not open an account via ACH. However, once you have established an account, you can set up an automatic investment plan by mailing a completed application to the Fund. These purchases can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually in amounts of at least $25. To cancel or change a plan, write to the Fund at: LSV Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9009, (Express Mail Address: LSV Funds, c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105). Please allow up to 15 days to create the plan and 3 days to cancel or change it.
PURCHASES IN-KIND
Subject to the approval of the Fund, an investor may purchase shares of the Fund with liquid securities and other assets that are eligible for purchase by the Fund (consistent with the Fund's investment policies and restrictions) and that have a value that is readily ascertainable in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies. These transactions will be effected only if the Adviser deems the security to be an appropriate investment for the Fund. Assets purchased by the Fund in such a transaction will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate this practice at any time.
GENERAL INFORMATION
You may purchase shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business (a "Business Day"). Shares cannot be purchased by Federal Reserve wire on days when either the NYSE or the Federal Reserve is closed. The price per share will be the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your purchase order in proper form. "Proper form" means that the Fund was provided a complete and signed account application, including the investor's social security number, tax identification number, and other identification required by law or regulation, as well as sufficient purchase proceeds.
The Fund calculates its NAV once each Business Day as of the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time). To receive the current Business Day's NAV, the Fund must receive your purchase order in proper form before 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. If the NYSE closes early -- such as on days in advance of certain holidays -- the Fund reserves the right to calculate NAV as of the earlier closing time. The Fund will not accept orders that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions.
BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY
In addition to being able to buy and sell Fund shares directly from the Fund through its transfer agent, you may also buy or sell shares of the Fund through accounts with financial intermediaries, such as brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. When you purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary (rather than directly from the Fund), you may have to transmit your purchase and sale requests to the financial intermediary at an earlier time for your transaction to become effective that day. This allows the financial intermediary time to process your requests and transmit them to the Fund prior to the time the Fund calculates its NAV that day. Your financial intermediary is responsible for
transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation and money to the Fund on time. If your financial intermediary fails to do so, it may be responsible for any resulting fees or losses. Unless your financial intermediary is an authorized institution (defined below), orders transmitted by the financial intermediary and received by the Fund after the time NAV is calculated for a particular day will receive the following day's NAV.
Certain financial intermediaries, including certain broker-dealers and shareholder organizations, are authorized to act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to the receipt of purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares ("authorized institutions"). Authorized institutions are also authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on the Fund's behalf. The Fund will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order when an authorized institution or, if applicable, an authorized institution's designee, receives the order. Orders will be priced at the Fund's NAV next computed after they are received by an authorized institution or an authorized institution's designee. To determine whether your financial intermediary is an authorized institution or an authorized institution's designee such that it may act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares, you should contact them directly.
If you deal directly with a financial intermediary, you will have to follow their procedures for transacting with the Fund. Your financial intermediary may charge a fee for your purchase and/or redemption transactions. For more information about how to purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact your authorized institution directly.
HOW THE FUND CALCULATES NAV
NAV for one Fund share is the value of that share's portion of the net assets of the Fund.
In calculating NAV, the Fund generally values its investment portfolio at market price. If market prices are not readily available or the Fund reasonably believes that they are unreliable, such as in the case of a security value that has been materially affected by events occurring after the relevant market closes, the Fund is required to price those securities at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Fund's Board. Pursuant to the policies adopted by and under the ultimate supervision of the Board, these methods are implemented through the Fund's Fair Value Pricing Committee, members of which are appointed by the Board. The Fund's determination of a security's fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors, and is therefore subject to the unavoidable risk that the value that the Fund assigns to a security may be higher or lower than the security's value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security was readily available.
With respect to non-U.S. securities held by the Fund, the Fund may take factors influencing specific markets or issuers into consideration in determining the fair value of a non-U.S. security. International securities markets may be open on days when the U.S. markets are closed. In such cases, the value of any international securities owned by the Fund may be significantly affected on days when investors cannot buy or sell shares. In addition, due to the difference in times between the close of the international markets and the time the Fund prices its shares, the value the Fund assigns to securities generally will not be the same as the quoted or published prices of those securities on their primary markets or exchanges. In determining fair value prices, the Fund may consider the performance of securities on their primary exchanges, foreign currency appreciation/depreciation, securities market movements in the United States, or other relevant information as related to the securities.
There may be limited circumstances in which the Fund would price securities at fair value for stocks of U.S. companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges-- for example, if the exchange on which a portfolio security is principally traded closed early or if trading in a particular security was halted during the day and did not resume prior to the time the Fund calculated its NAV.
MINIMUM PURCHASES
To purchase Institutional Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $100,000, including for IRAs. To purchase Investor Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $1,000, including for IRAs. There are no minimum subsequent investment amounts for the Fund. The Fund may accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
FUND CODES
The reference information listed below will be helpful to you when you contact the Fund to purchase shares, check daily NAV or obtain additional information.
FUND NAME TICKER SYMBOL CUSIP FUND CODE LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund Institutional Class Shares LSVFX 00769G 386 4505 Investor Class Shares LVAFX 00769G 378 4506 |
HOW TO SELL YOUR FUND SHARES
If you own your shares directly, you may sell your shares on any Business Day by contacting the Fund directly by mail or telephone at 1-888-FUND-LSV.
If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to sell your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services, in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.
If you would like to have your sales proceeds, including proceeds generated as a result of closing your account, sent to a third party or an address other than your own, please notify the Fund in writing.
Certain redemption requests will require a signature guarantee by an eligible guarantor institution. Eligible guarantors include commercial banks, savings and loans, savings banks, trust companies, credit unions, member firms of a national stock exchange, or any other member or participant of an approved signature guarantor program. For example, signature guarantees may be required if your address of record has changed in the last 30 days, if you want the proceeds sent to a bank other than the bank of record on your account, or if you ask that the proceeds be sent to a different person or address. Please note that a notary public is not an acceptable provider of a signature guarantee and that we must be provided with the original guarantee. Signature guarantees are for the protection of our shareholders. Before it grants a redemption request, the Fund may require a shareholder to furnish additional legal documents to ensure proper authorization.
Accounts held by a corporation, trust, fiduciary or partnership, may require additional documentation along with a signature guaranteed letter of instruction. The Fund participates in the Paperless Legal Program (the "Program"), which eliminates the need for accompanying paper documentation on legal securities transfers. Requests received with a Medallion Signature Guarantee will be reviewed for the proper criteria to meet the guidelines of the Program and may not require additional documentation. Please contact Shareholder Services at 1-888-FUND-LSV for more information.
The sale price of each share will be the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your request.
BY MAIL
To redeem shares by mail, please send a letter to the Fund signed by all registered parties on the account specifying:
o The Fund name;
o The share class
o The account number;
o The dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem;
o The account name(s); and
o The address to which redemption (sale) proceeds should be sent.
All registered shareholders must sign the letter in the exact name(s) in which their account is registered and must designate any special capacity in which they are registered.
REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
c/o DST Systems, Inc.
430 West 7th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of sale orders does not constitute receipt by the Fund's transfer agent. The share price used to fill the sale order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Fund's transfer agent receives the order in proper form at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.
BY TELEPHONE
You must first establish the telephone redemption privilege (and, if desired, the wire and ACH redemption privileges) by completing the appropriate sections of the account application. Call 1-
888-FUND-LSV to redeem your shares. Based on your instructions, the Fund will mail your proceeds to you, or send them to your bank via wire or ACH.
BY SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN (VIA ACH)
If your account balance is at least $500,000 for Institutional Class Shares or $5,000 for Investor Class Shares, you may transfer as little as $100 per month from your account to another financial institution through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan (via ACH). To participate in this service you must complete the appropriate sections of the account application and mail it to the Fund.
HOW TO EXCHANGE FUND SHARES
At no charge, you may convert Investor Class Shares of the Fund directly to Institutional Class Shares of the Fund or Institutional Class Shares of the Fund directly to Investor Class Shares of the Fund, where offered, by writing to or calling the Fund, subject to the fees and expenses of the share class you are converting, and provided that you meet the eligibility requirements applicable to investing in such share class, as set forth in the prospectus. You may only exchange or convert shares between accounts with identical registrations (i.e., the same names and addresses). An exchange between share classes of the Fund is not a taxable event.
RECEIVING YOUR MONEY
Normally, the Fund will send your sale proceeds within seven days after the Fund receives your request. Your proceeds can be sent to your bank account via wire (may be subject to a $10 fee) or ACH, or sent to you by check. IF YOU ARE SELLING SHARES THAT WERE RECENTLY PURCHASED BY CHECK OR THROUGH ACH, REDEMPTION PROCEEDS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL YOUR CHECK HAS CLEARED OR THE ACH TRANSACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED (WHICH MAY TAKE UP TO 15 DAYS FROM YOUR DATE OF PURCHASE).
REDEMPTIONS IN-KIND
The Fund generally pays sale (redemption) proceeds in cash. However, under unusual conditions that make the payment of cash unwise and for the protection of the Fund's remaining shareholders, the Fund might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in securities with a market value equal to the redemption price (redemption in kind). The Fund may also redeem in kind to discourage short-term trading of shares. It is highly unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in kind, but if they were you would have to pay transaction costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from the sale as with any redemption. In addition, you would continue to be subject to the risks of any market fluctuation in the value of the securities you receive in kind until they are sold.
INVOLUNTARY REDEMPTIONS OF YOUR SHARES
If your account balance drops below $100,000 with respect to Institutional Class Shares and $1,000 with respect to Investor Class Shares because of redemptions, you may be required to sell your shares. The Fund generally will provide you at least 30 days' written notice to give you time to add to your account and avoid the involuntary redemption of your shares. The Fund reserves the right to waive the minimum account value requirements in its sole discretion.
SUSPENSION OF YOUR RIGHT TO SELL YOUR SHARES
The Fund may suspend your right to sell your shares during times when trading on the NYSE is restricted or halted, or otherwise as permitted by the SEC. More information about this is in the SAI.
TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS
Purchasing, selling and exchanging Fund shares over the telephone is extremely convenient, but not without risk. Although the Fund has certain safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers and the authenticity of instructions, the Fund is not responsible for any losses or costs incurred by following telephone instructions it reasonably believes to be genuine. If you or your financial institution transact with the Fund over the telephone, you will generally bear the risk of any loss.
OTHER POLICIES
EXCESSIVE TRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The Fund is intended for long-term investment purposes only and discourages shareholders from engaging in "market timing" or other types of excessive short-term trading. This frequent trading into and out of the Fund may present risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and could adversely affect shareholder returns. The risks posed by frequent trading include interfering with the efficient implementation of the Fund's investment strategies, triggering the recognition of taxable gains and losses on the sale of Fund investments, requiring the Fund to maintain higher cash balances to meet redemption requests and experiencing increased transaction costs.
Because the Fund invests in small- and mid-cap securities, which often trade in lower volumes and may be less liquid, the Fund may be more susceptible to the risks posed by frequent trading because frequent transactions in the Fund's shares may have a greater impact on the market prices of these types of securities.
In addition, because the Fund invests in foreign securities traded primarily on markets that close prior to the time the Fund determines its NAV, the risks posed by frequent trading may have a greater potential to dilute the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders than a fund investing exclusively in U.S. securities. In instances where a significant event that affects the value of one or more foreign securities held by the Fund takes place after the close of the primary foreign market, but before the time that the Fund determines its NAV, certain investors may seek to take advantage of the fact that there will be a delay in the adjustment of the market price for a security caused by this event until the foreign market reopens (sometimes referred to as "price" or "time zone" arbitrage). Shareholders who attempt this type of arbitrage may dilute the value of the Fund's shares by virtue of their Fund share transaction, if those prices reflect the fair value of the foreign securities. Although the Fund has procedures designed to determine the fair value of foreign securities for purposes of calculating its NAV when such an event has occurred, fair value pricing, because it involves judgments which are inherently subjective, may not always eliminate the risk of price arbitrage. For more information about how the Fund uses fair value pricing, see "How the Fund Calculates NAV."
The Fund's service providers will take steps reasonably designed to detect and deter frequent trading by shareholders pursuant to the Fund's policies and procedures described in this prospectus and approved by the Fund's Board. For purposes of applying these policies, the
Fund's service providers may consider the trading history of accounts under common ownership or control. The Fund's policies and procedures include:
o Shareholders are restricted from making more than four (4) "round trips" into or out of the Fund per calendar year. If a shareholder exceeds this amount, the Fund and/or its service providers may, at their discretion, reject any additional purchase orders. The Fund defines a "round trip" as a purchase into the Fund by a shareholder, followed by a subsequent redemption out of the Fund, of an amount the Adviser reasonably believes would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.
o The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase request by any investor or group of investors for any reason without prior notice, including, in particular, if the Fund or the Adviser reasonably believes that the trading activity would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.
The Fund and/or its service providers seek to apply these policies to the best of their abilities uniformly and in a manner they believe is consistent with the interests of the Fund's long-term shareholders. The Fund does not knowingly accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions by Fund shareholders. Although these policies are designed to deter frequent trading, none of these measures alone nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that frequent trading in the Fund will occur. Systematic purchases and redemptions are exempt from these policies.
Financial intermediaries (such as investment advisers and broker-dealers) often establish omnibus accounts in the Fund for their customers through which transactions are placed. The Fund has entered into "information sharing agreements" with these financial intermediaries, which permit the Fund to obtain, upon request, information about the trading activity of the intermediary's customers that invest in the Fund. If the Fund or its service providers identify omnibus account level trading patterns that have the potential to be detrimental to the Fund, the Fund or its service providers may, in their sole discretion, request from the financial intermediary information concerning the trading activity of its customers. Based upon a review of that information, if the Fund or its service providers determine that the trading activity of any customer may be detrimental to the Fund, they may, in their sole discretion, request the financial intermediary to restrict or limit further trading in the Fund by that customer. If the Fund is not satisfied that the intermediary has taken appropriate action, the Fund may terminate the intermediary's ability to transact in Fund shares. When information regarding transactions in the Fund's shares is requested by the Fund and such information is in the possession of a person that is itself a financial intermediary to a financial intermediary (an "indirect intermediary"), any financial intermediary with whom the Fund has an information sharing agreement is obligated to obtain transaction information from the indirect intermediary or, if directed by the Fund, to restrict or prohibit the indirect intermediary from purchasing shares of the Fund on behalf of other persons.
The Fund and its service providers will use reasonable efforts to work with financial intermediaries to identify excessive short-term trading in omnibus accounts that may be detrimental to the Fund. However, there can be no assurance that the monitoring of omnibus account level trading will enable the Fund to identify or prevent all such trading by a financial intermediary's customers. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.
What this means to you: When you open an account, the Fund will ask your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Fund to identify you. This information is subject to verification to ensure the identity of all persons opening a mutual fund account.
The Fund is required by law to reject your new account application if the required identifying information is not provided.
In certain instances, the Fund is required to collect documents to fulfill its legal obligation. Documents provided in connection with your application will be used solely to establish and verify a customer's identity.
Attempts to collect the missing information required on the application will be performed by either contacting you or, if applicable, your broker. If this information cannot be obtained within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund, your application will be rejected.
Upon receipt of your application in proper form (or upon receipt of all identifying information required on the application), your investment will be accepted and your order will be processed at the NAV next-determined.
The Fund reserves the right to close or liquidate your account at the NAV next-determined and remit proceeds to you via check if it is unable to verify your identity. Attempts to verify your identity will be performed within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund. Further, the Fund reserves the right to hold your proceeds until your original check clears the bank, which may take up to 15 days from the date of purchase. In such an instance, you may be subject to a gain or loss on Fund shares and will be subject to corresponding tax implications.
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM
Customer identification and verification is part of the Fund's overall obligation to deter money laundering under federal law. The Fund has adopted an anti-money laundering compliance program designed to prevent the Fund from being used for money laundering or the financing of illegal activities. In this regard, the Fund reserves the right to: (i) refuse, cancel or rescind any purchase or exchange order; (ii) freeze any account and/or suspend account services; or (iii) involuntarily close your account in cases of threatening conduct or suspected fraudulent or illegal activity. These actions will be taken when, in the sole discretion of Fund management, they are deemed to be in the best interest of the Fund or in cases when the Fund is requested or compelled to do so by governmental or law enforcement authority. If your account is closed at the request of governmental or law enforcement authority, you may not receive proceeds of the redemption if the Fund is required to withhold such proceeds.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES
The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, for Investor Class Shares that allows the Fund to pay distribution and/or service fees for the sale and distribution of its shares and for services provided to shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The maximum annual 12b-1 fee for Investor Class Shares of the Fund is 0.25% .
SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS
The Adviser compensates financial intermediaries for providing a variety of services to shareholders. Financial intermediaries may include unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Fund, its service providers or their respective affiliates. This section and the following section briefly describe how financial intermediaries are paid for providing these services.
The Adviser pays financial intermediaries a fee that is based on the number of the intermediary's accounts that hold shares of the Fund. The services for which financial intermediaries are compensated may include record-keeping, transaction processing for shareholders' accounts and other shareholder services. In addition to these payments, your financial intermediary may charge you account fees, transaction fees for buying or redeeming shares of the Fund, or other fees for servicing your account. Your financial intermediary should provide a schedule of its fees and services to you upon request. The Fund does not pay these service fees; they are paid by the Adviser, as described in the section below.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The Adviser makes payments to certain unaffiliated financial intermediaries to compensate them for the costs associated with distribution, marketing, administration and shareholder servicing support for the Fund. These payments may be in addition to any Rule 12b-1 fees that are reflected in the fee table section of this prospectus. These payments are sometimes characterized as "revenue sharing" payments and are made out of the Adviser's own legitimate profits or other resources, and are not paid by the Fund. A financial intermediary may provide these services with respect to Fund shares sold or held through programs such as retirement plans, qualified tuition programs, fund supermarkets, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, bank trust programs, and insurance (e.g., individual or group annuity) programs. For more information please see "Payments to Financial Intermediaries" in the Fund's SAI.
The level of payments to individual financial intermediaries varies in any given year based on the number of accounts holding shares of the Fund and may be negotiated on the basis of sales of Fund shares, the amount of Fund assets serviced by the financial intermediary or the quality of the financial intermediary's relationship with the Adviser. These payments may be more or less than the payments received by the financial intermediaries from other mutual funds and may influence a financial intermediary to favor the sales of certain funds or share classes over others. In certain instances, the payments could be significant and may cause a conflict of interest for your financial intermediary. Any such payments will not change the NAV or price of the Fund's shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for information about any payments it may
receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to Fund shareholders, as well as information about any fees and/or commissions it charges.
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund distributes its net investment income and makes distributions of its net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. If you own Fund shares on the Fund's record date, you will be entitled to receive the distribution.
You will receive dividends and distributions in the form of additional Fund shares unless you elect to receive payment in cash. To elect cash payment, you must notify the Fund in writing prior to the date of the distribution. Your election will be effective for dividends and distributions paid after the Fund receives your written notice. To cancel your election, simply send the Fund written notice.
TAXES
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR REGARDING YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES. Below is a summary of some important tax issues that affect the Fund and its shareholders. This summary is based on current tax laws, which may change. This summary does not apply to shares held in an individual retirement account or other tax-qualified plan, which are not subject to current tax. Transactions relating to shares held in such accounts may, however, be taxable at some time in the future.
The Fund will distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any. The dividends and distributions you receive, whether in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund, may be subject to federal, state and local taxation, depending upon your tax situation. Income distributions (including distributions of net short-term capital gains), other than distributions of qualified dividend income, are generally taxable at ordinary income tax rates. Long-term capital gains distributions and distributions that are designated by the Fund as qualified dividend income are generally taxable at the rates applicable to long-term capital gains and set at a maximum tax rate for individuals at 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax brackets). Once a year the Fund will send you a statement showing the types and total amount of distributions you received during the previous year.
You should note that if you purchase shares just before a distribution, the purchase price would reflect the amount of the upcoming distribution. In this case, you would be taxed on the entire amount of the distribution received, even though, as an economic matter, the distribution simply constitutes a return of your investment. This is known as "buying a dividend" and should be avoided by taxable investors.
Each sale of Fund shares may be a taxable event. A sale may result in a capital gain or loss to you. The gain or loss on the sale of Fund shares generally will be treated as a short-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for 12 months or less or a long-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for longer. For tax purposes, an exchange of your Fund shares for shares of a different fund is the same as a sale.
Beginning January 1, 2013, U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) are subject to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on their "net
investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of shares of the Fund).
The Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and furnish to Fund shareholders cost basis information for Fund shares. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Fund is also required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares, the Fund will permit shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including the average basis method. In the absence of an election, the Fund will use the average basis method as the default cost basis method. The cost basis method elected by the Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how cost basis reporting applies to them.
To the extent the Fund invests in foreign securities, it may be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund received from sources in foreign countries. The Fund may be able to elect to treat some of those taxes as a distribution to shareholders, which would allow shareholders to offset some of their U.S. federal income tax.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES IS IN THE SAI.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Because the Fund is new, financial highlights are not available.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
LSV FUNDS
INVESTMENT ADVISER
LSV Asset Management
155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
DISTRIBUTOR
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
LEGAL COUNSEL
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
More information about the Fund is available, without charge, through the following:
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ("SAI"): The SAI, dated June 24, 2014, includes detailed information about The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and the LSV Funds. The SAI is on file with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This means that the SAI, for legal purposes, is a part of this prospectus.
ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS: These reports list the Fund's holdings and contain information from The Adviser about investment strategies, and recent market conditions and trends and their impact on Fund performance. The reports also contain detailed financial information about the Fund.
TO OBTAIN AN SAI, ANNUAL OR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, OR MORE INFORMATION:
BY TELEPHONE: 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578)
BY MAIL: LSV Funds P.O. Box 219009 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9009 BY INTERNET: www.lsvasset.com FROM THE SEC: You can also obtain the SAI or the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, |
as well as other information about The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, from the
EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at: http://www.sec.gov. You may review and
copy documents at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (for
information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, call 202-551-8090).
You may request documents by mail from the SEC, upon payment of a duplicating
fee, by writing to: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Reference
Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520. You may also obtain this information, upon
payment of a duplicating fee, by e-mailing the SEC at the following address:
publicinfo@sec.gov.
The Trust's Investment Company Act registration number is 811-06400.
LSV-PS-008-0100
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
PROSPECTUS
JUNE 24, 2014
LSV GLOBAL VALUE FUND
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES: LSVGX
INVESTOR CLASS SHARES: LVAGX
INVESTMENT ADVISER:
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT
THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED
THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN ARRANGED INTO DIFFERENT SECTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY REVIEW THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND, PLEASE SEE:
PAGE FUND SUMMARY .................................................... 1 INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE ....................................... 1 FUND FEES AND EXPENSES ..................................... 1 PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES ............................ 2 PRINCIPAL RISKS ............................................ 2 PERFORMANCE INFORMATION .................................... 4 INVESTMENT ADVISER ......................................... 4 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS ......................................... 4 PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES ........................... 4 TAX INFORMATION ............................................ 5 PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ............................................. 5 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK ..................................... 6 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FUND INVESTMENTS ......................... 7 INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ............................ 7 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT ADVISER ................... 7 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS .............................................. 8 RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER ......................... 8 PURCHASING, SELLING AND EXCHANGING FUND SHARES .................. 11 OTHER POLICIES .................................................. 18 DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES ..................................... 21 SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS .............................. 21 PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ............................ 21 DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS ..................................... 22 TAXES ........................................................... 22 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ............................................ 24 HOW TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND ................... Back Cover |
LSV GLOBAL VALUE FUND
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The LSV Global Value Fund's (the "Fund") investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (EXPENSES THAT YOU PAY EACH YEAR AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OF YOUR INVESTMENT)
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS INVESTOR SHARES CLASS SHARES Management Fees 0.75% 0.75% 12b-1 Fees None 0.25% Other Expenses(1) 0.73% 0.73% Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.48% 1.73% Less Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (0.58)% (0.58)% Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense 0.90% 1.15% Reimbursements(2) |
(1) Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
(2) LSV Asset Management ("LSV" or the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses in order to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.90% and 1.15% of the Fund's Institutional Class and Investor Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until February 29, 2016. This Agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust"), for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 29, 2016.
EXAMPLE
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses (including capped expenses for the period in the footnote to the fee table) remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
1 YEAR 3 YEARS INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES $92 $356 INVESTOR CLASS SHARES $117 $434 |
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in total annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies located throughout the world. The equity securities in which the Fund invests are mainly common stocks, but may also include American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depository Receipts ("GDRs" and, together with ADRs, "Depositary Receipts"). Depositary Receipts are certificates issued by a bank or trust company that represent ownership of shares of a foreign issuer and generally trade on an established market, in the United States or elsewhere. Although the Fund may invest in securities of companies of any size, the Fund generally invests in companies with market capitalizations of $100 million or more at the time of purchase.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest in at least three countries, including the United States, and at least 40% of its assets will be invested in non-U.S. companies, in both developed and emerging market countries. The Fund considers a company to be a non-U.S. company if (i) the company's primary issue trades on a non-U.S. exchange; or (ii) the company is organized, maintains its principal place of business, or primarily generates its revenues outside of the United States.
In selecting securities for the Fund, the Adviser focuses on companies whose securities, in the Adviser's opinion, are out-of-favor (undervalued) in the marketplace at the time of purchase in light of factors such as the company's earnings, book value, revenues or cash flow, but show signs of recent improvement. The Adviser believes that these out-of-favor securities will produce superior future returns if their future growth exceeds the market's low expectations.
The Adviser uses a quantitative investment model to make investment decisions for the Fund. The investment model ranks securities based on fundamental measures of value (such as price-to-earnings ratio) and indicators of near-term appreciation potential (such as recent price appreciation). The investment model selects the stocks to buy from the higher-ranked stocks and selects stocks to sell from those whose rankings have decreased, subject to overall risk controls.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. A FUND SHARE IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND IT IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FDIC OR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders' investments in the Fund are set forth below.
Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund's equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day-to-day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in
response. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Fund.
Investing in foreign companies, including direct investments and through Depositary Receipts, which are traded on exchanges and represent an ownership in a foreign security, poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These risks will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. In addition, investments in foreign companies are generally denominated in a foreign currency. As a result, changes in the value of those currencies compared to the U.S. dollar may affect (positively or negatively) the value of the Fund's investments. These currency movements may occur separately from, and in response to, events that do not otherwise affect the value of the security in the issuer's home country. Foreign companies may not be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and are generally not subject to the regulatory controls imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publically available information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Income from foreign securities owned by the Fund may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which would reduce income received from the securities comprising the portfolio. The Fund's investments in foreign securities are also subject to the risk that the securities may be difficult to value and/or valued incorrectly. While Depositary Receipts provide an alternative to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their respective national markets and currencies, investments in Depositary Receipts continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.
Investments in emerging markets securities are considered speculative and subject to heightened risks in addition to the general risks of investing in foreign securities. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less liquid and economies that are less developed. In addition, the securities markets of emerging market countries may consist of companies with smaller market capitalizations and may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible restrictions on repatriation of investment income and capital. Furthermore, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales, and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization or creation of government monopolies.
As a result of the Fund's investments in securities or other investments denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in which case, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected.
The medium- and smaller-capitalization companies in which the Fund may invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, these medium- and small-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, medium- and small-capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. These securities may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange.
Since the Fund pursues a "value style" of investing, if the Adviser's assessment of a company's value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations or market conditions is wrong, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, "value stocks" can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.
Investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, may not employ a successful investment strategy, or may fail to attract sufficient assets under management to realize economies of scale, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such liquidation could have negative tax consequences for shareholders and will cause shareholders to incur expenses of liquidation.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The Fund is new, and therefore does not have performance history for a full calendar year. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of the Fund's returns and comparing the Fund's performance to a broad measure of market performance.
INVESTMENT ADVISER
LSV Asset Management
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Josef Lakonishok, CEO, CIO, and Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Menno Vermeulen, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since its inception in 2014.
Greg Sleight, Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
Guy Lakonishok, CFA, Partner, has managed the Fund since 2014.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
To purchase Institutional Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $100,000, including for individual retirement accounts ("IRAs"). To purchase Investor Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $1,000, including for IRAs. There are no minimum subsequent investment amounts for the Fund. The Fund may accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
If you own your shares directly, you may redeem your shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business (a "Business Day") by contacting the Fund directly by mail at: LSV Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail: LSV Funds c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105) or telephone at 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578).
If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to redeem your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.
TAX INFORMATION
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or IRA, in which case your distribution will be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account.
PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's web site for more information.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RISK
Investing in the Fund involves risk and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal. The Adviser's judgments about the markets, the economy, or companies may not anticipate actual market movements, economic conditions or company performance, and these judgments may affect the return on your investment. In fact, no matter how good a job the Adviser does, you could lose money on your investment in the Fund, just as you could with similar investments.
The value of your investment in the Fund is based on the value of the securities the Fund holds. These prices change daily due to economic and other events that affect particular companies and other issuers. These price movements, sometimes called volatility, may be greater or lesser depending on the types of securities the Fund owns and the markets in which they trade. The effect on the Fund of a change in the value of a single security will depend on how widely the Fund diversifies its holdings.
Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, warrants, rights to subscribe to common stock, convertible securities, Depositary Receipts, as well as shares of exchange-traded funds that attempt to track the price movement of equity indices. Common stock represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer. Preferred stock provides a fixed dividend that is paid before any dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes precedence over common stock in the event of a liquidation. Like common stock, preferred stocks represent partial ownership in a company, although preferred stock shareholders do not enjoy any of the voting rights of common stockholders. Also, unlike common stock, a preferred stock pays a fixed dividend that does not fluctuate, although the company does not have to pay this dividend if it lacks the financial ability to do so. Investments in equity securities in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. The value of securities convertible into equity securities, such as warrants or convertible debt, is also affected by prevailing interest rates, the credit quality of the issuer and any call provision. Fluctuations in the value of equity securities in which a mutual fund invests will cause the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") to fluctuate. An investment in a portfolio of equity securities may be more suitable for long-term investors who can bear the risk of these share price fluctuations.
Investments in securities of foreign companies (including direct investments as well as investments through Depositary Receipts) can be more volatile than investments in U.S. companies. Diplomatic, political, or economic developments, including nationalization or appropriation, could affect investments in foreign companies. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets. In addition, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies, and of dividends from such securities, can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Financial statements of foreign issuers are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards than U.S. issuers and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Thus, there may be less information publicly available about foreign issuers than about most U.S. issuers. Transaction costs are generally higher than those in the United States and expenses for custodial arrangements of foreign securities may be somewhat greater than typical expenses for custodial arrangements of similar U.S. securities. Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividend and interest income. Although in some countries a portion of these taxes are recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the income received from the securities comprising the portfolio. These risks may be heightened with respect to emerging market countries since political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur in these countries.
Because non-U.S. securities are usually denominated in currencies other than the dollar, the value of the Fund's portfolio may be influenced by currency exchange rates and exchange control regulations. The currencies of emerging market countries may experience significant declines against the U.S. dollar, and devaluation may occur subsequent to investments in these currencies by the Fund. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the economies and securities markets of certain emerging market countries.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FUND INVESTMENTS
The Fund's investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The investment objective may not be changed without shareholder approval.
The investments and strategies described in this prospectus are those that the Fund uses under normal conditions. During unusual economic or market conditions, or for temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in money market instruments and other cash equivalents that would not ordinarily be consistent with its investment objective. If the Fund invests in this manner, it may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund will only make temporary defensive investments if the Adviser believes that the risk of loss outweighs the opportunity for total return or capital growth.
This prospectus describes the Fund's principal investment strategies, and the Fund will normally invest in the types of securities described in this prospectus. In addition to the investments and strategies described in this prospectus, the Fund also may invest, to a lesser extent, in other securities, use other strategies and engage in other investment practices that are not part of its principal investment strategies. These investments and strategies, as well as those described in this prospectus, are described in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") (for information on how to obtain a copy of the SAI, see the back cover of this prospectus). For liquidity purposes, the Fund may invest a portion of its assets in cash, money market instruments or equity index futures contracts. However, the Fund intends to remain as fully invested as practicable regardless of market conditions. Of course, the Fund cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment goal.
INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
A description of the Fund's policy and procedures with respect to the circumstances under which the Fund discloses its portfolio holdings is available in the SAI.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT ADVISER
Formed in 1994 as a Delaware general partnership, LSV Asset Management provides active, quantitative value equity management through the application of proprietary models. The Adviser's general partners include officers and employees of the Adviser who collectively own a majority of the Adviser and SEI Funds, Inc. SEI Investments Company is the parent of SEI Funds, Inc. As of April 30, 2014, the Adviser had approximately $84.3 billion in assets under management. The Adviser's principal place of business is located at 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, IL 60606.
The Adviser makes investment decisions for the Fund and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the Fund's investment program. The Board supervises the Adviser and establishes policies that the Adviser must follow in its management activities. For its services to the Fund, the Adviser is entitled to an investment advisory fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.
The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses of
the Fund in order to keep net operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes,
brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary
expenses) from exceeding 0.90% and 1.15% of the Fund's Institutional Class and
Investor Class Shares' average daily net assets, respectively, until February
29, 2016. The contractual expense limitation agreement may be terminated: (i)
by the Board, for any reason at any time, or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety
(90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of
business on February 29, 2016. To maintain these expense limits, the Adviser
may reduce a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of
the Fund.
A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's investment advisory agreement will be available in the Fund's first Annual or Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
The Fund is managed by a team of investment professionals who are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Josef Lakonishok has served as CEO, CIO, Partner and portfolio manager for LSV since its founding in 1994. He has more than 37 years of investment and research experience.
Menno Vermeulen, CFA, has served as a portfolio manager for LSV since 1995 and a Partner since 1998. He has more than 22 years of investment and research experience.
Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, has served as a Partner and portfolio manager for LSV since 2006. He has more than 15 years of investment experience.
Greg Sleight, has served as a Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 2006, a partner since 2012 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 8 years of investment experience.
Guy Lakonishok, CFA, has served as a Quantitative Analyst of LSV since 2009, a partner since 2013 and portfolio manager since 2014. He has more than 13 years of investment experience.
The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed and ownership of Fund shares.
RELATED PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE ADVISER
The following tables give the related performance of all the actual separate accounts (each, an "Account"), referred to as a "Composite," managed by the Adviser that have investment objectives, policies and strategies substantially similar to those of the Fund. THE DATA DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND. Performance is historical and does not represent the future performance of the Fund or of the Adviser.
The manner in which the performance was calculated for the Composite differs from that of registered mutual funds such as the Fund. If the performance was calculated in accordance with SEC standardized performance methodology, the performance results may have been different. The Adviser claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS[R]) and has prepared and presented the following in compliance with the GIPS[R] standards. The policies for valuing portfolios, calculating performance, and preparing compliant presentations are available upon request.
All returns presented were calculated on a total return basis and include all dividends and interest, accrued income, and realized and unrealized gains and losses. All fees and expenses, except custodial fees, if any, were included in the calculations. Securities are valued as of trade-date. Each Account was under management by the Adviser for the entire reporting period in which the Account was included in the Composite. The currency used to express performance in the Composite is U.S. dollars. Performance results are presented both net of fees and gross of fees. Because of variation in fee levels, the "net of fees" Composite returns may not be reflective of performance in any one particular Account. Therefore, the performance information shown below is not necessarily representative of the performance information that typically would be shown for a registered mutual fund.
The Accounts that are included in the Composite are not subject to the same type of expenses to which the Fund is subject and are not subject to the diversification requirements, specific tax restrictions, and investment limitations imposed by the federal securities and tax laws. Consequently, the performance results for the Composite could have been adversely affected if the Accounts in the Composite were subject to the same fees and expenses or federal securities and tax laws as the Fund.
The investment results for the Composite presented below are not intended to predict or suggest the future returns of the Fund. THE PERFORMANCE DATA SHOWN BELOW SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FUND'S OWN PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. Investors should be aware that the use of a methodology different than that used below to calculate performance could result in different performance data.
THE FOLLOWING DATA DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR THE ADVISER'S SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR COMPOSITE(1)
(January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2013)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSCI WORLD INDEX(2) TOTAL TOTAL PRE- TOTAL PRE- (REFLECTS NO ASSETS AT TAX RETURN TAX RETURN DEDUCTION FOR NUMBER OF END OF (NET OF (GROSS OF FEES, EXPENSES PORTFOLIOS PERIOD YEAR FEES) FEES) OR TAXES) ($ MILLIONS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 31.97% 32.94% 26.68% 25 $11,107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 16.27% 17.13% 15.83% 26 $8,085 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011 -5.73% -5.01% -5.55% 25 $5,969 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 11.78% 12.61% 11.76% 22 $5,686 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 34.09% 35.07% 30.01% 22 $3,351 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 -41.63% -41.17% -40.71% 22 $2,026 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 3.41% 4.19% 9.04% 20 $3,156 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 25.48% 26.41% 20.06% 17 $2,702 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 11.47% 12.31% 9.49% 9 $1,165 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 20.64% 21.53% 14.72% 1 $369 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MSCI WORLD
INDEX(2)
(REFLECTS NO ADVISER'S DEDUCTION FOR COMPOSITE RETURNS FEES, EXPENSES TIME PERIOD NET OF FEES GROSS OF FEES OR TAXES) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Year 31.97% 32.94% 26.68% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Years 16.74% 17.61% 15.02% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Years 8.25% 9.06% 6.98% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Inception(3) 8.25% 9.06% 6.98% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(1) Returns include the reinvestment of all income. Net results are calculated using the highest management fee in the Adviser's standard fee schedule (0.75%), or, if higher, the performance- based management fee charged to an Account, and doing so results in performance figures that are no higher than those that would have resulted if the actual fees had been deducted. Returns are based on fully discretionary accounts under management, including, for certain time periods, those accounts no longer with the Adviser.
(2) The MSCI World Index captures large and mid cap representation across 23 developed markets countries. With 1,609 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.
(3) Inception date (the initial date of the Composite's performance record) of the Composite is January 1, 2004.
PURCHASING, SELLING AND EXCHANGING FUND SHARES
This section tells you how to purchase, sell (sometimes called "redeem") and exchange Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund.
HOW TO CHOOSE A SHARE CLASS
The Fund offers two classes of shares to investors, Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. Each share class has its own shareholder eligibility criteria, investment minimums, cost structure and other features. The following summarizes the primary features of Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. Contact your financial intermediary or the Fund for more information about the Fund's share classes and how to choose between them.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLASS NAME ELIGIBLE INVESTORS INVESTMENT MINIMUMS FEES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Institutional Class Primarily institutional investors and Initial -- $100,000 (including for No 12b-1 Fee. individual investors who meet the IRAs) initial investment minimum Subsequent -- None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investor Class Primarily individual investors Initial -- $1,000 (including for 0.25% 12b-1 Fee. IRAs) Subsequent -- None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares are offered to investors who purchase shares directly from the Fund or through certain financial intermediaries such as financial planners, investment advisors, broker-dealers or other financial institutions. An investor may be eligible to purchase more than one share class. However, if you purchase shares through a financial intermediary, you may only purchase that class of shares which your financial intermediary sells or services. Your financial intermediary can tell you which class of shares is available through the intermediary.
The Fund reserves the right to change the criteria for eligible investors and accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
For information regarding the federal income tax consequences of transactions in shares of the Fund, including information about cost basis reporting, see "Taxes."
HOW TO PURCHASE FUND SHARES
To purchase shares directly from the Fund, complete and send in the application. If you need an application or have questions, please call 1-888-FUND-LSV.
All investments must be made by check, Automated Clearing House ("ACH"), or wire. All checks must be made payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. financial institutions. The Fund does not accept purchases made by third-party checks, credit cards, credit card checks, cash, traveler's checks, money orders or cashier's checks.
You may also buy shares through accounts with brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. If you invest through an authorized institution, you will have to follow its procedures, which may be different from the procedures for investing
directly. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services in addition to the fees charged by the Fund. You will also generally have to address your correspondence or questions regarding the Fund to your institution.
The Fund reserves the right to suspend all sales of new shares or to reject any specific purchase order, including exchange purchases, for any reason. The Fund is not intended for excessive trading by shareholders in response to short-term market fluctuations. For more information about the Fund's policy on excessive trading, see "Excessive Trading Policies and Procedures."
The Fund does not generally accept investments by non-U.S. persons. Non-U.S. persons may be permitted to invest in the Fund subject to the satisfaction of enhanced due diligence. Please contact the Fund for more information.
BY MAIL
You can open an account with the Fund by sending a check and your account application to the address below. You can add to an existing account by sending the Fund a check and, if possible, the "Invest By Mail" stub that accompanies your statement. Be sure your check identifies clearly your name, your account number, the Fund's name and the share class. Make your check payable to "LSV Global Value Fund."
REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
c/o DST Systems, Inc.
430 West 7th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of purchase orders does not constitute receipt by the Fund's transfer agent. The share price used to fill the purchase order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Fund's transfer agent receives the order in proper form at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.
BY WIRE
To open an account by wire, first call 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578) for details. To add to an existing account by wire, wire your money using the wiring instructions set forth below (be sure to include the Fund's name, your account number and the share class).
WIRING INSTRUCTIONS
UMB Bank, NA
ABA #101000695
LSV Funds
DDA Account #9870523965
Ref: Fund name/account name/account number/share class
BY AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN (VIA ACH)
You may not open an account via ACH. However, once you have established an account, you can set up an automatic investment plan by mailing a completed application to the Fund. These purchases can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually in amounts of at least $25. To cancel or change a plan, write to the Fund at: LSV Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9009, (Express Mail Address: LSV Funds, c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 West 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105). Please allow up to 15 days to create the plan and 3 days to cancel or change it.
PURCHASES IN-KIND
Subject to the approval of the Fund, an investor may purchase shares of the Fund with liquid securities and other assets that are eligible for purchase by the Fund (consistent with the Fund's investment policies and restrictions) and that have a value that is readily ascertainable in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies. These transactions will be effected only if the Adviser deems the security to be an appropriate investment for the Fund. Assets purchased by the Fund in such a transaction will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate this practice at any time.
GENERAL INFORMATION
You may purchase shares on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") is open for business (a "Business Day"). Shares cannot be purchased by Federal Reserve wire on days when either the NYSE or the Federal Reserve is closed. The price per share will be the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your purchase order in proper form. "Proper form" means that the Fund was provided a complete and signed account application, including the investor's social security number, tax identification number, and other identification required by law or regulation, as well as sufficient purchase proceeds.
The Fund calculates its NAV once each Business Day as of the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time). To receive the current Business Day's NAV, the Fund must receive your purchase order in proper form before 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. If the NYSE closes early -- such as on days in advance of certain holidays -- the Fund reserves the right to calculate NAV as of the earlier closing time. The Fund will not accept orders that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions.
BUYING OR SELLING SHARES THROUGH A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY
In addition to being able to buy and sell Fund shares directly from the Fund through its transfer agent, you may also buy or sell shares of the Fund through accounts with financial intermediaries, such as brokers and other institutions that are authorized to place trades in Fund shares for their customers. When you purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary (rather than directly from the Fund), you may have to transmit your purchase and sale requests to the financial intermediary at an earlier time for your transaction to become effective that day. This allows the financial intermediary time to process your requests and transmit them to the Fund prior to the time the Fund calculates its NAV that day. Your financial intermediary is responsible for
transmitting all purchase and redemption requests, investment information, documentation and money to the Fund on time. If your financial intermediary fails to do so, it may be responsible for any resulting fees or losses. Unless your financial intermediary is an authorized institution (defined below), orders transmitted by the financial intermediary and received by the Fund after the time NAV is calculated for a particular day will receive the following day's NAV.
Certain financial intermediaries, including certain broker-dealers and shareholder organizations, are authorized to act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to the receipt of purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares ("authorized institutions"). Authorized institutions are also authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on the Fund's behalf. The Fund will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order when an authorized institution or, if applicable, an authorized institution's designee, receives the order. Orders will be priced at the Fund's NAV next computed after they are received by an authorized institution or an authorized institution's designee. To determine whether your financial intermediary is an authorized institution or an authorized institution's designee such that it may act as agent on behalf of the Fund with respect to purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares, you should contact them directly.
If you deal directly with a financial intermediary, you will have to follow their procedures for transacting with the Fund. Your financial intermediary may charge a fee for your purchase and/or redemption transactions. For more information about how to purchase or sell Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact your authorized institution directly.
HOW THE FUND CALCULATES NAV
NAV for one Fund share is the value of that share's portion of the net assets of the Fund.
In calculating NAV, the Fund generally values its investment portfolio at market price. If market prices are not readily available or the Fund reasonably believes that they are unreliable, such as in the case of a security value that has been materially affected by events occurring after the relevant market closes, the Fund is required to price those securities at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Fund's Board. Pursuant to the policies adopted by and under the ultimate supervision of the Board, these methods are implemented through the Fund's Fair Value Pricing Committee, members of which are appointed by the Board. The Fund's determination of a security's fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors, and is therefore subject to the unavoidable risk that the value that the Fund assigns to a security may be higher or lower than the security's value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security was readily available.
With respect to non-U.S. securities held by the Fund, the Fund may take factors influencing specific markets or issuers into consideration in determining the fair value of a non-U.S. security. International securities markets may be open on days when the U.S. markets are closed. In such cases, the value of any international securities owned by the Fund may be significantly affected on days when investors cannot buy or sell shares. In addition, due to the difference in times between the close of the international markets and the time the Fund prices its shares, the value the Fund assigns to securities generally will not be the same as the quoted or published prices of those securities on their primary markets or exchanges. In determining fair value prices, the Fund may consider the performance of securities on their primary exchanges, foreign currency appreciation/depreciation, securities market movements in the United States, or other relevant information as related to the securities.
There may be limited circumstances in which the Fund would price securities at fair value for stocks of U.S. companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges-- for example, if the exchange on which a portfolio security is principally traded closed early or if trading in a particular security was halted during the day and did not resume prior to the time the Fund calculated its NAV.
MINIMUM PURCHASES
To purchase Institutional Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $100,000, including for IRAs. To purchase Investor Class Shares of the Fund for the first time, you must invest at least $1,000, including for IRAs. There are no minimum subsequent investment amounts for the Fund. The Fund may accept investments of smaller amounts in its sole discretion.
FUND CODES
The reference information listed below will be helpful to you when you contact the Fund to purchase shares, check daily NAV or obtain additional information.
FUND NAME TICKER SYMBOL CUSIP FUND CODE LSV Global Value Fund Institutional Class Shares LSVGX 00769G 352 4509 Investor Class Shares LVAGX 00769G 360 4510 |
HOW TO SELL YOUR FUND SHARES
If you own your shares directly, you may sell your shares on any Business Day by contacting the Fund directly by mail or telephone at 1-888-FUND-LSV.
If you own your shares through an account with a broker or other institution, contact that broker or institution to sell your shares. Your broker or institution may charge a fee for its services, in addition to the fees charged by the Fund.
If you would like to have your sales proceeds, including proceeds generated as a result of closing your account, sent to a third party or an address other than your own, please notify the Fund in writing.
Certain redemption requests will require a signature guarantee by an eligible guarantor institution. Eligible guarantors include commercial banks, savings and loans, savings banks, trust companies, credit unions, member firms of a national stock exchange, or any other member or participant of an approved signature guarantor program. For example, signature guarantees may be required if your address of record has changed in the last 30 days, if you want the proceeds sent to a bank other than the bank of record on your account, or if you ask that the proceeds be sent to a different person or address. Please note that a notary public is not an acceptable provider of a signature guarantee and that we must be provided with the original guarantee. Signature guarantees are for the protection of our shareholders. Before it grants a redemption request, the Fund may require a shareholder to furnish additional legal documents to ensure proper authorization.
Accounts held by a corporation, trust, fiduciary or partnership, may require additional documentation along with a signature guaranteed letter of instruction. The Fund participates in
the Paperless Legal Program (the "Program"), which eliminates the need for accompanying paper documentation on legal securities transfers. Requests received with a Medallion Signature Guarantee will be reviewed for the proper criteria to meet the guidelines of the Program and may not require additional documentation. Please contact Shareholder Services at 1-888-FUND-LSV for more information.
The sale price of each share will be the NAV next determined after the Fund receives your request.
BY MAIL
To redeem shares by mail, please send a letter to the Fund signed by all registered parties on the account specifying:
o The Fund name;
o The share class
o The account number;
o The dollar amount or number of shares you wish to redeem;
o The account name(s); and
o The address to which redemption (sale) proceeds should be sent.
All registered shareholders must sign the letter in the exact name(s) in which their account is registered and must designate any special capacity in which they are registered.
REGULAR MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
P.O. Box 219009
Kansas City, MO 64121-9009
EXPRESS MAIL ADDRESS
LSV Funds
c/o DST Systems, Inc.
430 West 7th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services of sale orders does not constitute receipt by the Fund's transfer agent. The share price used to fill the sale order is the next price calculated by the Fund after the Fund's transfer agent receives the order in proper form at the P.O. Box provided for regular mail delivery or the office address provided for express mail delivery.
BY TELEPHONE
You must first establish the telephone redemption privilege (and, if desired, the wire and ACH redemption privileges) by completing the appropriate sections of the account application. Call 1-888-FUND-LSV to redeem your shares. Based on your instructions, the Fund will mail your proceeds to you, or send them to your bank via wire or ACH.
BY SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN (VIA ACH)
If your account balance is at least $500,000 for Institutional Class Shares or $5,000 for Investor Class Shares, you may transfer as little as $100 per month from your account to another financial institution through a Systematic Withdrawal Plan (via ACH). To participate in this service you must complete the appropriate sections of the account application and mail it to the Fund.
HOW TO EXCHANGE FUND SHARES
At no charge, you may convert Investor Class Shares of the Fund directly to Institutional Class Shares of the Fund or Institutional Class Shares of the Fund directly to Investor Class Shares of the Fund, where offered, by writing to or calling the Fund, subject to the fees and expenses of the share class you are converting, and provided that you meet the eligibility requirements applicable to investing in such share class, as set forth in the prospectus. You may only exchange or convert shares between accounts with identical registrations (i.e., the same names and addresses). An exchange between share classes of the Fund is not a taxable event.
RECEIVING YOUR MONEY
Normally, the Fund will send your sale proceeds within seven days after the Fund receives your request. Your proceeds can be sent to your bank account via wire (may be subject to a $10 fee) or ACH, or sent to you by check. IF YOU ARE SELLING SHARES THAT WERE RECENTLY PURCHASED BY CHECK OR THROUGH ACH, REDEMPTION PROCEEDS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL YOUR CHECK HAS CLEARED OR THE ACH TRANSACTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED (WHICH MAY TAKE UP TO 15 DAYS FROM YOUR DATE OF PURCHASE).
REDEMPTIONS IN-KIND
The Fund generally pays sale (redemption) proceeds in cash. However, under unusual conditions that make the payment of cash unwise and for the protection of the Fund's remaining shareholders, the Fund might pay all or part of your redemption proceeds in securities with a market value equal to the redemption price (redemption in kind). The Fund may also redeem in kind to discourage short-term trading of shares. It is highly unlikely that your shares would ever be redeemed in kind, but if they were you would have to pay transaction costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from the sale as with any redemption. In addition, you would continue to be subject to the risks of any market fluctuation in the value of the securities you receive in kind until they are sold.
INVOLUNTARY REDEMPTIONS OF YOUR SHARES
If your account balance drops below $100,000 with respect to Institutional Class Shares and $1,000 with respect to Investor Class Shares because of redemptions, you may be required to sell your shares. The Fund generally will provide you at least 30 days' written notice to give you time to add to your account and avoid the involuntary redemption of your shares. The Fund reserves the right to waive the minimum account value requirements in its sole discretion.
SUSPENSION OF YOUR RIGHT TO SELL YOUR SHARES
The Fund may suspend your right to sell your shares during times when trading on the NYSE is restricted or halted, or otherwise as permitted by the SEC. More information about this is in the SAI.
TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS
Purchasing, selling and exchanging Fund shares over the telephone is extremely convenient, but not without risk. Although the Fund has certain safeguards and procedures to confirm the identity of callers and the authenticity of instructions, the Fund is not responsible for any losses or costs incurred by following telephone instructions it reasonably believes to be genuine. If you or your financial institution transact with the Fund over the telephone, you will generally bear the risk of any loss.
OTHER POLICIES
EXCESSIVE TRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The Fund is intended for long-term investment purposes only and discourages shareholders from engaging in "market timing" or other types of excessive short-term trading. This frequent trading into and out of the Fund may present risks to the Fund's long-term shareholders and could adversely affect shareholder returns. The risks posed by frequent trading include interfering with the efficient implementation of the Fund's investment strategies, triggering the recognition of taxable gains and losses on the sale of Fund investments, requiring the Fund to maintain higher cash balances to meet redemption requests and experiencing increased transaction costs.
Because the Fund invests in small- and mid-cap securities, which often trade in lower volumes and may be less liquid, the Fund may be more susceptible to the risks posed by frequent trading because frequent transactions in the Fund's shares may have a greater impact on the market prices of these types of securities.
In addition, because the Fund invests in foreign securities traded primarily on markets that close prior to the time the Fund determines its NAV, the risks posed by frequent trading may have a greater potential to dilute the value of Fund shares held by long-term shareholders than a fund investing exclusively in U.S. securities. In instances where a significant event that affects the value of one or more foreign securities held by the Fund takes place after the close of the primary foreign market, but before the time that the Fund determines its NAV, certain investors may seek to take advantage of the fact that there will be a delay in the adjustment of the market price for a security caused by this event until the foreign market reopens (sometimes referred to as "price" or "time zone" arbitrage). Shareholders who attempt this type of arbitrage may dilute the value of the Fund's shares by virtue of their Fund share transaction, if those prices reflect the fair value of the foreign securities. Although the Fund has procedures designed to determine the fair value of foreign securities for purposes of calculating its NAV when such an event has occurred, fair value pricing, because it involves judgments which are inherently subjective, may not always eliminate the risk of price arbitrage. For more information about how the Fund uses fair value pricing, see "How the Fund Calculates NAV."
The Fund's service providers will take steps reasonably designed to detect and deter frequent trading by shareholders pursuant to the Fund's policies and procedures described in this prospectus and approved by the Fund's Board. For purposes of applying these policies, the
Fund's service providers may consider the trading history of accounts under common ownership or control. The Fund's policies and procedures include:
o Shareholders are restricted from making more than four (4) "round trips" into or out of the Fund per calendar year. If a shareholder exceeds this amount, the Fund and/or its service providers may, at their discretion, reject any additional purchase orders. The Fund defines a "round trip" as a purchase into the Fund by a shareholder, followed by a subsequent redemption out of the Fund, of an amount the Adviser reasonably believes would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.
o The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase request by any investor or group of investors for any reason without prior notice, including, in particular, if the Fund or the Adviser reasonably believes that the trading activity would be harmful or disruptive to the Fund.
The Fund and/or its service providers seek to apply these policies to the best of their abilities uniformly and in a manner they believe is consistent with the interests of the Fund's long-term shareholders. The Fund does not knowingly accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions by Fund shareholders. Although these policies are designed to deter frequent trading, none of these measures alone nor all of them taken together eliminate the possibility that frequent trading in the Fund will occur. Systematic purchases and redemptions are exempt from these policies.
Financial intermediaries (such as investment advisers and broker-dealers) often establish omnibus accounts in the Fund for their customers through which transactions are placed. The Fund has entered into "information sharing agreements" with these financial intermediaries, which permit the Fund to obtain, upon request, information about the trading activity of the intermediary's customers that invest in the Fund. If the Fund or its service providers identify omnibus account level trading patterns that have the potential to be detrimental to the Fund, the Fund or its service providers may, in their sole discretion, request from the financial intermediary information concerning the trading activity of its customers. Based upon a review of that information, if the Fund or its service providers determine that the trading activity of any customer may be detrimental to the Fund, they may, in their sole discretion, request the financial intermediary to restrict or limit further trading in the Fund by that customer. If the Fund is not satisfied that the intermediary has taken appropriate action, the Fund may terminate the intermediary's ability to transact in Fund shares. When information regarding transactions in the Fund's shares is requested by the Fund and such information is in the possession of a person that is itself a financial intermediary to a financial intermediary (an "indirect intermediary"), any financial intermediary with whom the Fund has an information sharing agreement is obligated to obtain transaction information from the indirect intermediary or, if directed by the Fund, to restrict or prohibit the indirect intermediary from purchasing shares of the Fund on behalf of other persons.
The Fund and its service providers will use reasonable efforts to work with financial intermediaries to identify excessive short-term trading in omnibus accounts that may be detrimental to the Fund. However, there can be no assurance that the monitoring of omnibus account level trading will enable the Fund to identify or prevent all such trading by a financial intermediary's customers. Please contact your financial intermediary for more information.
CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.
What this means to you: When you open an account, the Fund will ask your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Fund to identify you. This information is subject to verification to ensure the identity of all persons opening a mutual fund account.
The Fund is required by law to reject your new account application if the required identifying information is not provided.
In certain instances, the Fund is required to collect documents to fulfill its legal obligation. Documents provided in connection with your application will be used solely to establish and verify a customer's identity.
Attempts to collect the missing information required on the application will be performed by either contacting you or, if applicable, your broker. If this information cannot be obtained within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund, your application will be rejected.
Upon receipt of your application in proper form (or upon receipt of all identifying information required on the application), your investment will be accepted and your order will be processed at the NAV next-determined.
The Fund reserves the right to close or liquidate your account at the NAV next-determined and remit proceeds to you via check if it is unable to verify your identity. Attempts to verify your identity will be performed within a reasonable timeframe established in the sole discretion of the Fund. Further, the Fund reserves the right to hold your proceeds until your original check clears the bank, which may take up to 15 days from the date of purchase. In such an instance, you may be subject to a gain or loss on Fund shares and will be subject to corresponding tax implications.
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAM
Customer identification and verification is part of the Fund's overall obligation to deter money laundering under federal law. The Fund has adopted an anti-money laundering compliance program designed to prevent the Fund from being used for money laundering or the financing of illegal activities. In this regard, the Fund reserves the right to: (i) refuse, cancel or rescind any purchase or exchange order; (ii) freeze any account and/or suspend account services; or (iii) involuntarily close your account in cases of threatening conduct or suspected fraudulent or illegal activity. These actions will be taken when, in the sole discretion of Fund management, they are deemed to be in the best interest of the Fund or in cases when the Fund is requested or compelled to do so by governmental or law enforcement authority. If your account is closed at the request of governmental or law enforcement authority, you may not receive proceeds of the redemption if the Fund is required to withhold such proceeds.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUND SHARES
The Fund has adopted a distribution plan under Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, for Investor Class Shares that allows the Fund to pay distribution and/or service fees for the sale and distribution of its shares and for services provided to shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. The maximum annual 12b-1 fee for Investor Class Shares of the Fund is 0.25% .
SHAREHOLDER SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS
The Adviser compensates financial intermediaries for providing a variety of services to shareholders. Financial intermediaries may include unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Fund, its service providers or their respective affiliates. This section and the following section briefly describe how financial intermediaries are paid for providing these services.
The Adviser pays financial intermediaries a fee that is based on the number of the intermediary's accounts that hold shares of the Fund. The services for which financial intermediaries are compensated may include record-keeping, transaction processing for shareholders' accounts and other shareholder services. In addition to these payments, your financial intermediary may charge you account fees, transaction fees for buying or redeeming shares of the Fund, or other fees for servicing your account. Your financial intermediary should provide a schedule of its fees and services to you upon request. The Fund does not pay these service fees; they are paid by the Adviser, as described in the section below.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The Adviser makes payments to certain unaffiliated financial intermediaries to compensate them for the costs associated with distribution, marketing, administration and shareholder servicing support for the Fund. These payments may be in addition to any Rule 12b-1 fees that are reflected in the fee table section of this prospectus. These payments are sometimes characterized as "revenue sharing" payments and are made out of the Adviser's own legitimate profits or other resources, and are not paid by the Fund. A financial intermediary may provide these services with respect to Fund shares sold or held through programs such as retirement plans, qualified tuition programs, fund supermarkets, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, bank trust programs, and insurance (e.g., individual or group annuity) programs. For more information please see "Payments to Financial Intermediaries" in the Fund's SAI.
The level of payments to individual financial intermediaries varies in any given year based on the number of accounts holding shares of the Fund and may be negotiated on the basis of sales of Fund shares, the amount of Fund assets serviced by the financial intermediary or the quality of the financial intermediary's relationship with the Adviser. These payments may be more or less than the payments received by the financial intermediaries from other mutual funds and may influence a financial intermediary to favor the sales of certain funds or share classes over others. In certain instances, the payments could be significant and may cause a conflict of interest for your financial intermediary. Any such payments will not change the NAV or price of the Fund's shares. Please contact your financial intermediary for information about any payments it may
receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to Fund shareholders, as well as information about any fees and/or commissions it charges.
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund distributes its net investment income and makes distributions of its net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. If you own Fund shares on the Fund's record date, you will be entitled to receive the distribution.
You will receive dividends and distributions in the form of additional Fund shares unless you elect to receive payment in cash. To elect cash payment, you must notify the Fund in writing prior to the date of the distribution. Your election will be effective for dividends and distributions paid after the Fund receives your written notice. To cancel your election, simply send the Fund written notice.
TAXES
PLEASE CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR REGARDING YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES. Below is a summary of some important tax issues that affect the Fund and its shareholders. This summary is based on current tax laws, which may change. This summary does not apply to shares held in an individual retirement account or other tax-qualified plan, which are not subject to current tax. Transactions relating to shares held in such accounts may, however, be taxable at some time in the future.
The Fund will distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any. The dividends and distributions you receive, whether in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund, may be subject to federal, state and local taxation, depending upon your tax situation. Income distributions (including distributions of net short-term capital gains), other than distributions of qualified dividend income, are generally taxable at ordinary income tax rates. Long-term capital gains distributions and distributions that are designated by the Fund as qualified dividend income are generally taxable at the rates applicable to long-term capital gains and set at a maximum tax rate for individuals at 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax brackets). Once a year the Fund will send you a statement showing the types and total amount of distributions you received during the previous year.
You should note that if you purchase shares just before a distribution, the purchase price would reflect the amount of the upcoming distribution. In this case, you would be taxed on the entire amount of the distribution received, even though, as an economic matter, the distribution simply constitutes a return of your investment. This is known as "buying a dividend" and should be avoided by taxable investors.
Each sale of Fund shares may be a taxable event. A sale may result in a capital gain or loss to you. The gain or loss on the sale of Fund shares generally will be treated as a short-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for 12 months or less or a long-term capital gain or loss if you held the shares for longer. For tax purposes, an exchange of your Fund shares for shares of a different fund is the same as a sale.
Beginning January 1, 2013, U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) are subject to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on their "net
investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of shares of the Fund).
The Fund (or its administrative agent) must report to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and furnish to Fund shareholders cost basis information for Fund shares. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Fund is also required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares, the Fund will permit shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including the average basis method. In the absence of an election, the Fund will use the average basis method as the default cost basis method. The cost basis method elected by the Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how cost basis reporting applies to them.
To the extent the Fund invests in foreign securities, it may be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to dividends or interest the Fund received from sources in foreign countries. The Fund may be able to elect to treat some of those taxes as a distribution to shareholders, which would allow shareholders to offset some of their U.S. federal income tax.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES IS IN THE SAI.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Because the Fund is new, financial highlights are not available.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
LSV FUNDS
INVESTMENT ADVISER
LSV Asset Management
155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
DISTRIBUTOR
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
LEGAL COUNSEL
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
More information about the Fund is available, without charge, through the following:
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ("SAI"): The SAI, dated June 24, 2014, includes detailed information about The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and the LSV Funds. The SAI is on file with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This means that the SAI, for legal purposes, is a part of this prospectus.
ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS: These reports list the Fund's holdings and contain information from The Adviser about investment strategies, and recent market conditions and trends and their impact on Fund performance. The reports also contain detailed financial information about the Fund.
TO OBTAIN AN SAI, ANNUAL OR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, OR MORE INFORMATION:
BY TELEPHONE: 1-888-FUND-LSV (1-888-386-3578)
BY MAIL: LSV Funds P.O. Box 219009 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9009 BY INTERNET: www.lsvasset.com FROM THE SEC: You can also obtain the SAI or the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, |
as well as other information about The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, from the
EDGAR Database on the SEC's website at: http://www.sec.gov. You may review and
copy documents at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (for
information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, call 202-551-8090).
You may request documents by mail from the SEC, upon payment of a duplicating
fee, by writing to: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Reference
Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520. You may also obtain this information, upon
payment of a duplicating fee, by e-mailing the SEC at the following address:
publicinfo@sec.gov.
The Trust's Investment Company Act registration number is 811-06400.
LSV-PS-009-0100
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LSV U.S. MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
(INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES: LSVMX)
(INVESTOR CLASS SHARES: LVAMX)
LSV GLOBAL MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
(INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES: LSVFX)
(INVESTOR CLASS SHARES: LVAFX)
LSV GLOBAL VALUE FUND
(INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES: LSVGX)
(INVESTOR CLASS SHARES: LVAGX)
EACH, A SERIES OF THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
JUNE 24, 2014
INVESTMENT ADVISER:
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT
This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a prospectus. This SAI is intended to provide additional information regarding the activities and operations of The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust") and the LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund, the LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund, and the LSV Global Value Fund (each, a "Fund," and collectively, the "Funds"). This SAI is incorporated by reference and should be read in conjunction with each Fund's prospectus dated June 24, 2014 (each a "Prospectus," and together the "Prospectuses"). Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in the Prospectuses. Shareholders may obtain copies of the Funds' Prospectuses or Annual Reports, when available, free of charge by writing to the Funds at LSV Funds, P.O. Box 219009, Kansas City, MO 64121-9009 (Express Mail Address: LSV Funds, c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 W. 7th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105) or calling the Funds at 1-888-FUND-LSV.
PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS THE TRUST ............................................................... S-1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES ......... S-1 DESCRIPTION OF PERMITTED INVESTMENTS .................................... S-2 INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS .................................................. S-14 THE ADVISER ............................................................. S-15 PORTFOLIO MANAGERS ...................................................... S-17 THE ADMINISTRATOR ....................................................... S-18 THE DISTRIBUTOR ......................................................... S-18 PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES .................................... S-19 THE TRANSFER AGENT ...................................................... S-20 THE CUSTODIAN ........................................................... S-20 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ........................... S-20 LEGAL COUNSEL ........................................................... S-20 TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE TRUST ...................................... S-20 PURCHASING AND REDEEMING SHARES ......................................... S-29 DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE ........................................ S-29 TAXES ................................................................... S-30 FUND TRANSACTIONS ....................................................... S-35 PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ...................................................... S-36 DESCRIPTION OF SHARES ................................................... S-38 SHAREHOLDER LIABILITY ................................................... S-38 LIMITATION OF TRUSTEES' LIABILITY ....................................... S-38 PROXY VOTING ............................................................ S-38 CODES OF ETHICS ......................................................... S-38 5% AND 25% SHAREHOLDERS ................................................. S-39 APPENDIX A -- DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS .................................... A-1 APPENDIX B -- PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ...................... B-1 June 24, 2014 LSV-SX-005-0100 |
THE TRUST
GENERAL. Each Fund is a separate series of the Trust. The Trust is an open-end
investment management company established under Massachusetts law as a
Massachusetts voluntary association (commonly known as a business trust) under
a Declaration of Trust dated July 18, 1991, as amended and restated February
18, 1997 and amended May 15, 2012. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trust
to offer separate series ("funds") of shares of beneficial interest ("shares").
The Trust reserves the right to create and issue shares of additional funds.
Each fund is a separate mutual fund, and each share of each fund represents an
equal proportionate interest in that fund. All consideration received by the
Trust for shares of any fund and all assets of such fund belong solely to that
fund and would be subject to liabilities related thereto. Each Fund pays its
(i) operating expenses, including fees of its service providers, expenses of
preparing prospectuses, proxy solicitation material and reports to
shareholders, costs of custodial services and registering its shares under
federal and state securities laws, pricing and insurance expenses, brokerage
costs, interest charges, taxes and organization expenses, and (ii) pro rata
share of the Fund's other expenses, including audit and legal expenses.
Expenses attributable to a specific fund shall be payable solely out of the
assets of that fund. Expenses not attributable to a specific fund are allocated
across all of the funds on the basis of relative net assets. The other funds of
the Trust are described in one or more separate statements of additional
information.
DESCRIPTION OF MULTIPLE CLASSES OF SHARES. The Trust is authorized to offer shares of the Funds in Institutional Class Shares and Investor Class Shares. The different classes provide for variations in certain distribution expenses and minimum investment requirements. Minimum investment requirements and investor eligibility are described in the Prospectuses. The Trust reserves the right to create and issue additional classes of shares. For more information on distribution expenses, see "The Distributor" section in this SAI.
VOTING RIGHTS. Each shareholder of record is entitled to one vote for each share held on the record date for the meeting. Each Fund will vote separately on matters relating solely to it. As a Massachusetts voluntary association, the Trust is not required, and does not intend, to hold annual meetings of shareholders. Approval of shareholders will be sought, however, for certain changes in the operation of the Trust and for the election of trustees under certain circumstances. Under the Declaration of Trust, the trustees have the power to liquidate each Fund without shareholder approval. While the trustees have no present intention of exercising this power, they may do so if a Fund fails to reach a viable size within a reasonable amount of time or for such other reasons as may be determined by the Board of Trustees (each, a "Trustee" and collectively, the "Board").
In addition, a Trustee may be removed by the remaining Trustees or by shareholders at a special meeting called upon written request of shareholders owning at least 10% of the outstanding shares of the Trust. In the event that such a meeting is requested, the Trust will provide appropriate assistance and information to the shareholders requesting the meeting.
Any series of the Trust created on or after November 11, 1996 may reorganize or merge with one or more other series of the Trust or of another investment company. Any such reorganization or merger shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in an agreement and plan of reorganization authorized and approved by the Trustees and entered into by the relevant series in connection therewith. In addition, such reorganization or merger may be authorized by vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office and, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the Declaration of Trust, without the approval of shareholders of any series.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
Each Fund's investment objectives and principal investment strategies are described in the Prospectuses. The following information supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the Prospectuses. For a description of certain permitted investments discussed below, see "Description of Permitted Investments" in this SAI.
Each Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. This goal is fundamental, and may not be changed without the consent of shareholders. There can be no assurance that a Fund will be able to achieve its investment objective. Each Fund is classified as a "diversified" investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").
Although each Fund will normally be as fully invested as practicable in equity securities, including warrants, rights to purchase common stocks, debt securities convertible into common stocks and preferred stocks, a portion of a Fund's assets may also be invested in investment grade fixed income securities, cash and money market securities. Investment grade fixed income securities either are debt securities rated in one of the four highest rating categories ("investment grade") by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (an "NRSRO") or that the Funds' investment adviser, LSV Asset Management ("LSV" or the "Adviser"), determines are of comparable quality. Each Fund may also make limited use of equity index futures contracts for liquidity purposes. In order to generate additional income, each Fund may lend securities that it owns as well as invest in repurchase agreements.
DESCRIPTION OF PERMITTED INVESTMENTS
The following are descriptions of the permitted investments and the associated risk factors. Each Fund may invest in any of the following instruments or engage in any of the following investment practices unless such investment or activity is inconsistent with or is not permitted by its stated investment policies, including those stated below.
EQUITY SECURITIES. Equity securities represent ownership interests in a company and consist of common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants to acquire common stock, and securities convertible into common stock. Investments in equity securities in general are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Fluctuations in the value of equity securities in which the Funds invest will cause the net asset value of the Funds to fluctuate. The Funds purchase equity securities traded in the United States on registered exchanges or the over-the-counter market. Equity securities are described in more detail below:
o COMMON STOCK. Common stock represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer. In the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of bonds and preferred stock take precedence over the claims of those who own common stock.
o PREFERRED STOCK. Preferred stock represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer that pays dividends at a specified rate and that has precedence over common stock in the payment of dividends. In the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of bonds take precedence over the claims of those who own preferred and common stock.
o WARRANTS. Warrants are instruments that entitle the holder to buy an equity security at a specific price for a specific period of time. Changes in the value of a warrant do not necessarily correspond to changes in the value of its underlying security. The price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying security, and a warrant may offer greater potential for capital appreciation as well as capital loss. Warrants do not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect to the underlying security and do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing company. A warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its expiration date. These factors can make warrants more speculative than other types of investments.
o CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. Convertible securities are bonds, debentures, notes, preferred stocks or other securities that may be converted or exchanged (by the holder or by the issuer) into shares of the underlying common stock (or cash or securities of equivalent value) at a stated exchange ratio. A convertible security may also be called for redemption or conversion by the issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances (including a specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by a Fund is called for redemption or conversion, the Fund could be required to tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell it to a third party.
Convertible securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks. Convertible securities generally provide yields higher than the underlying common stocks, but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities. Because of this higher yield, convertible securities generally sell at a price above their "conversion value," which is the current market value of the stock to be received upon conversion. The difference between this conversion value and the price of convertible securities will vary over time depending on changes in the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates. When the underlying common stocks decline in value, convertible securities will tend not to decline to the
same extent because of the interest or dividend payments and the repayment of principal at maturity for certain types of convertible securities. However, securities that are convertible other than at the option of the holder generally do not limit the potential for loss to the same extent as securities convertible at the option of the holder. When the underlying common stocks rise in value, the value of convertible securities may also be expected to increase. At the same time, however, the difference between the market value of convertible securities and their conversion value will narrow, which means that the value of convertible securities will generally not increase to the same extent as the value of the underlying common stocks. Because convertible securities may also be interest-rate sensitive, their value may increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. Convertible securities are also subject to credit risk, and are often lower-quality securities.
o SMALL AND MEDIUM CAPITALIZATION ISSUERS. Investing in equity securities of small and medium capitalization companies often involves greater risk than is customarily associated with investments in larger capitalization companies. This increased risk may be due to the greater business risks of smaller size, limited markets and financial resources, narrow product lines and frequent lack of depth of management. The securities of smaller companies are often traded in the over- the-counter market and even if listed on a national securities exchange may not be traded in volumes typical for that exchange. Consequently, the securities of smaller companies are less likely to be liquid, may have limited market stability, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than securities of larger, more established growth companies or the market averages in general.
FOREIGN SECURITIES
TYPES OF FOREIGN SECURITIES:
Foreign securities are debt and equity securities that are traded in markets outside of the U.S. The markets in which these securities are located can be developed or emerging. The Funds can invest in foreign securities in a number of ways, including:
o The Funds can invest directly in foreign securities denominated in a foreign currency;
o The Funds can invest in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"); European Depositary Receipts ("EDR") and other similar global instruments; and
o The Funds can invest in investment funds.
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS. ADRs as well as other "hybrid" forms of ADRs, including EDRs and GDRs are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer. These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the United States or elsewhere. A custodian bank or similar financial institution in the issuer's home country holds the underlying shares in trust. The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions. ADRs are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies. ADRs are subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities. European Depositary Receipts are similar to ADRs, except that they are typically issued by European banks or trust companies.
ADRs can be sponsored or unsponsored. While these types are similar, there are differences regarding a holder's rights and obligations and the practices of market participants. A depository may establish an unsponsored facility without participation by (or acquiescence of) the underlying issuer; typically, however, the depository requests a letter of non-objection from the underlying issuer prior to establishing the facility. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs of the facility. The depository usually charges fees upon the deposit and withdrawal of the underlying securities, the conversion of dividends into U.S. dollars or other currency, the disposition of non-cash distributions, and the performance of other services. Sponsored depositary receipt facilities are created in generally the same manner as unsponsored facilities, except that sponsored depositary receipts are established jointly by a depository and the underlying issuer through a deposit agreement. The deposit agreement sets out the rights and responsibilities of the underlying issuer, the depository, and the depositary receipt holders. With sponsored facilities, the underlying issuer typically bears some of the costs of the depositary receipts (such as dividend payment fees of the depository), although most sponsored depositary receipts holders may bear costs such as deposit and withdrawal fees. Depositories of most sponsored depositary receipts agree to distribute notices of shareholder meetings, voting instructions, and other shareholder communications and information to the depositary receipt holders at the underlying issuer's
request. The depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through, to the holders of the receipts, voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.
EMERGING MARKETS. An "emerging country" is generally a country that the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation would consider to be an emerging or developing country. Typically, emerging markets are in countries that are in the process of industrialization, with lower gross national products ("GNP") than more developed countries. There are currently over 150 countries that the international financial community generally considers to be emerging or developing countries, approximately 50 of which currently have stock markets. These countries generally include every nation in the world except the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most nations located in Western Europe.
SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS. Sovereign debt obligations are issued or guaranteed by foreign governments or their agencies. Sovereign debt may be in the form of conventional securities or other types of debt instruments such as loans or loan participations. Governmental entities responsible for repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal and pay interest when due, and may require renegotiation or reschedule of debt payments. In addition, prospects for repayment of principal and payment of interest may depend on political as well as economic factors. Although some sovereign debt, such as Brady Bonds, is collateralized by U.S. Government securities, repayment of principal and payment of interest is not guaranteed by the U.S. Government.
INVESTMENT FUNDS. Some emerging countries currently prohibit direct foreign investment in the securities of their companies. Certain emerging countries, however, permit indirect foreign investment in the securities of companies listed and traded on their stock exchanges through investment funds that they have specifically authorized. Investments in these investment funds are subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act. If a Fund invests in such investment funds, shareholders will bear not only their proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund (including operating expenses and the fees of the Adviser), but also will indirectly bear similar expenses of the underlying investment funds. In addition, these investment funds may trade at a premium over their NAV.
RISKS OF FOREIGN SECURITIES:
Foreign securities, foreign currencies, and securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations may involve significant risks in addition to the risks inherent in U.S. investments.
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS - Local political, economic, regulatory, or social instability, military action or unrest, or adverse diplomatic developments may affect the value of foreign investments. Listed below are some of the more important political and economic factors that could negatively affect an investment in foreign securities:
o The economies of foreign countries may differ from the economy of the United States in such areas as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency, budget deficits and national debt;
o Foreign governments sometimes participate to a significant degree, through ownership interests or regulation, in their respective economies. Actions by these governments could significantly influence the market prices of securities and payment of dividends;
o The economies of many foreign countries are dependent on international trade and their trading partners and they could be severely affected if their trading partners were to enact protective trade barriers and economic conditions;
o The internal policies of a particular foreign country may be less stable than in the United States. Other countries face significant external political risks, such as possible claims of sovereignty by other countries or tense and sometimes hostile border clashes; and
o A foreign government may act adversely to the interests of U.S. investors, including expropriation or nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation and other restrictions on U.S. investment. A country may restrict or control foreign investments in its securities markets. These restrictions could limit a Fund's ability to invest in a particular countryor make it very expensive for the Fund to invest in that country. Some countries require prior governmental approval or
limit the types or amount of securities or companies in which a foreigner can invest. Other countries may restrict the ability of foreign investors to repatriate their investment income and capital gains.
INFORMATION AND SUPERVISION - There is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies than companies based in the United States. For example, there are often no reports and ratings published about foreign companies comparable to the ones written about U.S. companies. Foreign companies are typically not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. The lack of comparable information makes investment decisions concerning foreign companies more difficult and less reliable than domestic companies.
STOCK EXCHANGE AND MARKET RISK - The Adviser anticipates that in most cases an exchange or over-the-counter market located outside of the United States will be the best available market for foreign securities. Foreign stock markets, while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as the markets in the United States. Foreign stock markets tend to differ from those in the United States in a number of ways.
Foreign stock markets:
o Are generally more volatile than, and not as developed or efficient as, those in the United States;
o Have substantially less volume;
o Trade securities that tend to be less liquid and experience rapid and erratic price movements;
o Have generally higher commissions and are subject to set minimum rates, as opposed to negotiated rates;
o Employ trading, settlement and custodial practices less developed than those in U.S. markets; and
o May have different settlement practices, which may cause delays and increase the potential for failed settlements.
Foreign markets may offer less protection to shareholders than U.S. markets because:
o Foreign accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements may render a foreign corporate balance sheet more difficult to understand and interpret than one subject to U.S. law and standards.
o Adequate public information on foreign issuers may not be available, and it may be difficult to secure dividends and information regarding corporate actions on a timely basis.
o In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in the United States
o Over-the-counter markets tend to be less regulated than stock exchange markets and, in certain countries, may be totally unregulated.
o Economic or political concerns may influence regulatory enforcement and may make it difficult for shareholders to enforce their legal rights.
o Restrictions on transferring securities within the United States or to U.S. persons may make a particular security less liquid than foreign securities of the same class that are not subject to such restrictions.
FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK - While the Funds denominate their NAV in U.S. dollars, the securities of foreign companies are frequently denominated in foreign currencies. Thus, a change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a corresponding change in value of securities denominated in that currency. Some of the factors that may impair the investments denominated in a foreign currency are:
o It may be expensive to convert foreign currencies into U.S. dollars and vice versa;
o Complex political and economic factors may significantly affect the values of various currencies, including U.S. dollars, and their exchange rates;
o Government intervention may increase risks involved in purchasing or selling foreign currency options, forward contracts and futures contracts, since exchange rates may not be free to fluctuate in response to other market forces;
o There may be no systematic reporting of last sale information for foreign currencies or regulatory requirement that quotations available through dealers or other market sources be firm or revised on a timely basis;
o Available quotation information is generally representative of very large round-lot transactions in the inter-bank market and thus may not reflect exchange rates for smaller odd-lot transactions (less than $1 million) where rates may be less favorable; and
o The inter-bank market in foreign currencies is a global, around-the-clock market. To the extent that a market is closed while the markets for the underlying currencies remain open, certain markets may not always reflect significant price and rate movements.
TAXES - Certain foreign governments levy withholding taxes on dividend and interest income. Although in some countries it is possible for a Fund to recover a portion of these taxes, the portion that cannot be recovered will reduce the income the Fund receives from its investments. The Funds do not expect such foreign withholding taxes to have a significant impact on performance.
EMERGING MARKETS - When a Fund invests in securities in emerging markets, it will be subject to risks not typically associated with domestic securities. Foreign investments, especially investments in emerging markets, can be riskier and more volatile than investments in the United States. Adverse political and economic developments or changes in the value of foreign currency can make it more difficult for a Fund to sell its securities and could reduce the value of your shares. Differences in tax and accounting standards and difficulties in obtaining information about foreign companies can negatively affect investment decisions. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less liquid and economies that are less developed.
Investing in emerging markets may magnify the risks of foreign investing. Security prices in emerging markets can be significantly more volatile than those in more developed markets, reflecting the greater uncertainties of investing in less established markets and economies. In particular, countries with emerging markets may:
o Have relatively unstable governments;
o Present greater risks of nationalization of businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership and prohibitions on the repatriation of assets;
o Offer less protection of property rights than more developed countries; and
o Have economies that are based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.
Local securities markets may trade a small number of securities and may be unable to respond effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of holdings difficult or impossible at times.
MONEY MARKET SECURITIES. Money market securities include short-term U.S. government securities; custodial receipts evidencing separately traded interest and principal components of securities issued by the U.S. Treasury; commercial paper rated in the highest short-term rating category by an NRSRO, such as Standard & Poor's Ratings Service ("S&P") or Moody's Investor Service ("Moody's"), or determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality at the time of purchase; short-term bank obligations (certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers' acceptances) of U.S. commercial banks with assets of at least $1 billion as of the end of their most recent fiscal year; and repurchase agreements involving such securities. Each of these money market securities are described below. For a description of ratings, see "Appendix A -- Ratings" to this SAI.
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Each Fund may invest in U.S. government securities. Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities include U.S. Treasury securities, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury and which differ only in their interest rates, maturities, and times of issuance. U.S. Treasury bills have initial maturities of one-year or less; U.S. Treasury notes have initial maturities of one to ten years; and U.S. Treasury bonds generally have initial maturities of greater than ten years. Certain U.S. government securities are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government including, but not limited to, obligations of U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities such as the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae" or "FNMA"), the Government National Mortgage Association ("Ginnie Mae" or "GNMA"), the Small Business Administration, the Federal Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Home Loan Banks, Banks for Cooperatives (including the Central Bank for Cooperatives), the
Federal Land Banks, the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Federal Financing Bank, the Student Loan Marketing Association, the National Credit Union Administration and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation ("Farmer Mac").
Some obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, including, for example, Ginnie Mae pass-through certificates, are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those securities issued by Fannie Mae, are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. government to purchase certain obligations of the federal agency, while other obligations issued by or guaranteed by federal agencies, such as those of the Federal Home Loan Banks, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. While the U.S. government provides financial support to such U.S. government-sponsored federal agencies, no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will always do so, since the U.S. government is not so obligated by law. U.S. Treasury notes and bonds typically pay coupon interest semi-annually and repay the principal at maturity.
On September 7, 2008, the U.S. Treasury announced a federal takeover of Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac"), placing the two federal instrumentalities in conservatorship. Under the takeover, the U.S. Treasury agreed to acquire $1 billion of senior preferred stock of each instrumentality and obtained warrants for the purchase of common stock of each instrumentality (the "Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement" or "Agreement"). Under the Agreement, the U.S. Treasury pledged to provide up to $200 billion per instrumentality as needed, including the contribution of cash capital to the instrumentalities in the event their liabilities exceed their assets. This was intended to ensure that the instrumentalities maintain a positive net worth and meet their financial obligations, preventing mandatory triggering of receivership. On December 24, 2009, the U.S. Treasury announced that it was amending the Agreement to allow the $200 billion cap on the U.S. Treasury's funding commitment to increase as necessary to accommodate any cumulative reduction in net worth through the end of 2012. The unlimited support the U.S. Treasury extended to the two companies expired at the beginning of 2013 -- Fannie Mae's support is now capped at $125 billion and Freddie Mac has a limit of $149 billion.
On August 17, 2012, the U.S. Treasury announced that it was again amending the Agreement to terminate the requirement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each pay a 10% annual dividend. Instead, the companies will transfer to the U.S. Treasury on a quarterly basis all profits earned during a quarter that exceed a capital reserve amount of $3 billion. It is believed that the new amendment puts Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a better position to service their debt because the companies no longer have to borrow from the U.S. Treasury to make fixed dividend payments. As part of the new terms, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also will be required to reduce their investment portfolios at an annual rate of 15 percent instead of the previous 10 percent, which puts each of them on track to cut their portfolios to a targeted $250 billion in 2018.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the subject of several continuing class action lawsuits and investigations by federal regulators over certain accounting, disclosure or corporate governance matters, which (along with any resulting financial restatements) may adversely affect the guaranteeing entities. Importantly, the future of the entities is in serious question as the U.S. Government reportedly is considering multiple options, ranging from nationalization, privatization, consolidation, or abolishment of the entities.
o U. S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS. U. S. Treasury obligations consist of bills, notes and bonds issued by the U. S. Treasury and separately traded interest and principal component parts of such obligations that are transferable through the federal book-entry system known as Separately Traded Registered Interest and Principal Securities ("STRIPS") and Treasury Receipts ("TRs").
o RECEIPTS. Interests in separately traded interest and principal component parts of U. S. government obligations that are issued by banks or brokerage firms and are created by depositing U. S. government obligations into a special account at a custodian bank. The custodian holds the interest and principal payments for the benefit of the registered owners of the certificates or receipts. The custodian arranges for the issuance of the certificates or receipts evidencing ownership and maintains the register. TRs and STRIPS are interests in accounts sponsored by the U. S. Treasury. Receipts are sold as zero coupon securities.
o U. S. GOVERNMENT ZERO COUPON SECURITIES. STRIPS and receipts are sold as zero coupon securities, that is, fixed income securities that have been stripped of their non-matured interest coupons. Zero coupon securities are sold at a (usually substantial) discount and redeemed at face value at their maturity date without interim cash payments of interest or principal. The amount of this discount is accreted over the life of the security, and the accretion constitutes the income earned on the security for both accounting and tax purposes. Because of these features, the market prices of zero coupon securities are generally more volatile than the market prices of securities that have similar maturity but that pay interest periodically. Zero coupon securities are likely to respond to a greater degree to interest rate changes than are non-zero coupon securities with similar maturity and credit qualities.
o U. S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. Some obligations issued or guaranteed by agencies of the U. S. government are supported by the full faith and credit of the U. S. Treasury, others are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U. S. Treasury, while still others are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality. Guarantees of principal by agencies or instrumentalities of the U. S. government may be a guarantee of payment at the maturity of the obligation so that in the event of a default prior to maturity there might not be a market and thus no means of realizing on the obligation prior to maturity. Guarantees as to the timely payment of principal and interest do not extend to the value or yield of these securities nor to the value of the Funds' shares.
COMMERCIAL PAPER. Commercial paper is the term used to designate unsecured short-term promissory notes issued by corporations and other entities. Maturities on these issues vary from a few to 270 days.
OBLIGATIONS OF DOMESTIC BANKS, FOREIGN BANKS AND FOREIGN BRANCHES OF U.S. BANKS. The Funds may invest in obligations issued by banks and other savings institutions. Investments in bank obligations include obligations of domestic branches of foreign banks and foreign branches of domestic banks. Such investments in domestic branches of foreign banks and foreign branches of domestic banks may involve risks that are different from investments in securities of domestic branches of U.S. banks. These risks may include future unfavorable political and economic developments, possible withholding taxes on interest income, seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits, currency controls, interest limitations, or other governmental restrictions which might affect the payment of principal or interest on the securities held by the Funds. Additionally, these institutions may be subject to less stringent reserve requirements and to different accounting, auditing, reporting and recordkeeping requirements than those applicable to domestic branches of U.S. banks. Bank obligations include the following:
o BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES. Bankers' acceptances are bills of exchange or time drafts drawn on and accepted by a commercial bank. Corporations use bankers' acceptances to finance the shipment and storage of goods and to furnish dollar exchange. Maturities are generally six months or less.
o CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. Certificates of deposit are interest-bearing instruments with a specific maturity. They are issued by banks and savings and loan institutions in exchange for the deposit of funds and normally can be traded in the secondary market prior to maturity. Certificates of deposit with penalties for early withdrawal will be considered illiquid.
o TIME DEPOSITS. Time deposits are non-negotiable receipts issued by a bank in exchange for the deposit of funds. Like a certificate of deposit, it earns a specified rate of interest over a definite period of time; however, it cannot be traded in the secondary market. Time deposits with a withdrawal penalty or that mature in more than seven days are considered to be illiquid securities.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions in order to increase their income. A repurchase agreement is an agreement under which a fund acquires a fixed income security (generally a security issued by the U.S. government or an agency thereof, a banker's acceptance, or a certificate of deposit) from a commercial bank, broker, or dealer, and simultaneously agrees to resell such security to the seller at an agreed upon price and date (normally, the next business day). Because the security purchased constitutes collateral for the repurchase obligation, a repurchase agreement may be considered a loan that is collateralized by the security purchased. The acquisition of a repurchase agreement may be deemed to be an acquisition of the underlying securities as long as the obligation of the seller to repurchase the securities is collateralized fully. The Funds follow certain procedures designed to minimize the risks inherent in such agreements. These procedures include effecting repurchase transactions only with creditworthy financial institutions whose
condition will be continually monitored by the Adviser. The repurchase
agreements entered into by the Funds will provide that the underlying
collateral at all times shall have a value at least equal to 102% of the resale
price stated in the agreement and consist only of securities permissible under
Section 101(47)(A)(i) of the Bankruptcy Code (the Adviser monitors compliance
with this requirement). Under all repurchase agreements entered into by the
Funds, the custodian or their agent must take possession of the underlying
collateral. In the event of a default or bankruptcy by a selling financial
institution, the Funds will seek to liquidate such collateral. However, the
exercising of the Funds' right to liquidate such collateral could involve
certain costs or delays and, to the extent that proceeds from any sale upon a
default of the obligation to repurchase were less than the repurchase price,
the Funds could suffer a loss. It is the current policy of the Funds, not to
invest in repurchase agreements that do not mature within seven days if any
such investment, together with any other illiquid assets held by each Fund,
amounts to more than 15% of the Fund's total assets. The investments of the
Funds in repurchase agreements, at times, may be substantial when, in the view
of the Adviser, liquidity or other considerations so warrant.
REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. Reverse repurchase agreements are transactions in which a Fund sells portfolio securities to financial institutions, such as banks and broker-dealers, and agrees to repurchase them at a mutually agreed-upon date and price that is higher than the original sale price. Reverse repurchase agreements are similar to a fully collateralized borrowing by a Fund. At the time a Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it will earmark on the books of the Fund or place in a segregated account cash or liquid securities having a value equal to the repurchase price (including accrued interest) and will subsequently monitor the account to ensure that such equivalent value is maintained.
Reverse repurchase agreements involve risks. Reverse repurchase agreements are a form of leverage, and the use of reverse repurchase agreements by a Fund may increase the Fund's volatility. Reverse repurchase agreements are also subject to the risk that the other party to the reverse repurchase agreement will be unable or unwilling to complete the transaction as scheduled, which may result in losses to a Fund. Reverse repurchase agreements also involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by a Fund may decline below the price at which it is obligated to repurchase the securities. In addition, when a Fund invests the proceeds it receives in a reverse repurchase transaction, there is a risk that those investments may decline in value. In this circumstance, the Fund could be required to sell other investments in order to meet its obligations to repurchase the securities.
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS ("ETFS"), Each Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds. ETFs may be structured as investment companies that are registered under the 1940 Act, typically as open-end funds or unit investment trusts. These ETFs are generally based on specific domestic and foreign market securities indices. An "index-based ETF" seeks to track the performance of an index by holding in its portfolio either the contents of the index or a representative sample of the securities in the index. Alternatively, ETFs may be structured as grantor trusts or other forms of pooled investment vehicles that are not registered or regulated under the 1940 Act. These ETFs typically hold commodities, precious metals, currency or other non-securities investments. ETFs, like mutual funds, have expenses associated with their operation, such as advisory and custody fees. When a Fund invests in an ETF, in addition to directly bearing expenses associated with its own operations, including the brokerage costs associated with the purchase and sale of shares of the ETF, the Fund will bear a pro rata portion of the ETF's expenses. In addition, it may be more costly to own an ETF than to directly own the securities or other investments held by the ETF because of ETF expenses. The risks of owning shares of an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities or other investments held by the ETF, although lack of liquidity in the market for the shares of an ETF could result in the ETF's value being more volatile than the underlying securities or other investments.
SECURITIES OF OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES. Each Fund may invest in shares of
other investment companies, to the extent permitted by applicable law and
subject to certain restrictions. These investment companies typically incur
fees that are separate from those fees incurred directly by a Fund. A Fund's
purchase of such investment company securities results in the layering of
expenses, such that shareholders would indirectly bear a proportionate share of
the operating expenses of such investment companies, including advisory fees,
in addition to paying a Fund's expenses. Unless an exception is available,
Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act prohibits a fund from (i) acquiring more
than 3% of the voting shares of any one investment company, (ii) investing more
than 5% of its total assets in any one investment company, and (iii) investing
more than 10% of its total assets in all investment companies combined,
including its ETF investments.
For hedging or other purposes, a Fund may invest in investment companies that seek to track the composition and/or performance of specific indexes or portions of specific indexes. Certain of these investment companies, known as exchange-
traded funds, are traded on a securities exchange. (See "Exchange Traded Funds" above). The market prices of index-based investments will fluctuate in accordance with changes in the underlying portfolio securities of the investment company and also due to supply and demand of the investment company's shares on the exchange upon which the shares are traded. Index-based investments may not replicate or otherwise match the composition or performance of their specified index due to transaction costs, among other things.
Pursuant to orders issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to each of certain iShares, Market Vectors, Vanguard, ProShares, PowerShares, Guggenheim (formerly, Claymore), Direxion, Wisdom Tree, Rydex, First Trust and SPDR exchange-traded funds (collectively, the "ETFs") and procedures approved by the Board, the Funds may invest in the ETFs in excess of the 3% limit described above, provided that the Funds otherwise comply with the conditions of the SEC order, as it may be amended, and any other applicable investment limitations. Neither the ETFs nor their investment advisers make any representations regarding the advisability of investing in the ETFs.
SECURITIES LENDING. The Funds may lend portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial organizations that meet capital and other credit requirements or other criteria established by the Board. These loans, if and when made, may not exceed 33 1/3% of the total asset value of each Fund (including the loan collateral). The Funds will not lend portfolio securities to their Adviser or their affiliates unless permissible under the 1940 Act and the rules and promulgations thereunder. Loans of portfolio securities will be fully collateralized by cash, letters of credit or U.S. government securities, and the collateral will be maintained in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities by marking to market daily. Any gain or loss in the market price of the securities loaned that might occur during the term of the loan would be for the account of the Funds.
The Funds may pay a part of the interest earned from the investment of collateral, or other fee, to an unaffiliated third party for acting as the Funds' securities lending agent, but will bear all of any losses from the investment of collateral.
By lending their securities, the Funds may increase their income by receiving
payments from the borrower that reflect the amount of any interest or any
dividends payable on the loaned securities as well as by either investing cash
collateral received from the borrower in short-term instruments or obtaining a
fee from the borrower when U.S. government securities or letters of credit are
used as collateral. Investing cash collateral subjects the Funds to market
risk. A Fund remains obligated to return all collateral to the borrower under
the terms of its securities lending arrangements, even if the value of
investments made with the collateral decline. Accordingly, if the value of a
security in which the cash collateral has been invested declines, the loss
would be borne by a Fund, and the Fund may be required to liquidate other
investments in order to return collateral to the borrower at the end of the
loan. Each Fund will adhere to the following conditions whenever its portfolio
securities are loaned: (i) the Fund must receive at least 100% cash collateral
or equivalent securities of the type discussed in the preceding paragraph from
the borrower; (ii) the borrower must increase such collateral whenever the
market value of the securities rises above the level of such collateral; (iii)
the Fund must be able to terminate the loan on demand; (iv) the Fund must
receive reasonable interest on the loan, as well as any dividends, interest or
other distributions on the loaned securities and any increase in market value;
(v) the Fund may pay only reasonable fees in connection with the loan (which
fees may include fees payable to the lending agent, the borrower, the Fund's
administrator and the custodian); and (vi) voting rights on the loaned
securities may pass to the borrower, provided, however, that if a material
event adversely affecting the investment occurs, the Fund must terminate the
loan and regain the right to vote the securities. The Board has adopted
procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the foregoing criteria will be
met. Loan agreements involve certain risks in the event of default or
insolvency of the borrower, including possible delays or restrictions upon the
Funds' ability to recover the loaned securities or dispose of the collateral
for the loan, which could give rise to loss because of adverse market action,
expenses and/or delays in connection with the disposition of the underlying
securities.
FUTURES AND OPTIONS ON FUTURES. Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific security at a specified future time and at a specified price. An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in exchange for a premium, to assume a position in a futures contract at a specified exercise price during the term of the option. The Funds will reduce the risk that it will be unable to close out a futures contract by only entering into futures contracts that are traded on a national futures exchange regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"). The Funds may use futures contracts and related options for: bona fide hedging; attempting to offset changes in the
value of securities held or expected to be acquired or be disposed of; attempting to minimize fluctuations in foreign currencies; attempting to gain exposure to a particular market, index or instrument; or other risk management purposes.
As a result of recent amendments to rules under the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") by the CFTC, a Fund must either operate within certain guidelines and restrictions with respect to the Fund's use of futures, options on such futures, commodity options and certain swaps, or the Adviser will be subject to registration with the CFTC as a "commodity pool operator" ("CPO").
Consistent with the CFTC's new regulations, the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has filed a notice of exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" ("CPO") under the CEA pursuant to CFTC Rule 4.5 and, therefore, the Funds are not subject to registration or regulation as CPOs under the CEA. As a result, the Funds will be limited in their ability to use futures, options on such futures, commodity options and certain swaps. Complying with the limitations may restrict the Adviser's ability to implement the Funds' investment strategies and may adversely affect the Funds' performance.
An index futures contract is a bilateral agreement pursuant to which two parties agree to take or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to a specified dollar amount times the difference between the index value at the close of trading of the contract and the price at which the futures contract is originally struck. No physical delivery of the securities comprising the index is made; generally contracts are closed out prior to the expiration date of the contract.
When the Funds purchase or sell a futures contract, or sell an option thereon, the Funds are required to "cover" their position in order to limit leveraging and related risks. With respect to futures contracts that are contractually required to "cash settle," the Funds may cover their position by maintaining with their custodian bank (and marking-to-market on a daily basis), a segregated account consisting of cash or liquid securities that, when added to any amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant as margin, are equal to the market value of the futures contract, rather than the notional value of the contract, or otherwise "cover" their position in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act or the rules and SEC interpretations thereunder. The segregated account functions as a practical limit on the amount of leverage which each Fund may undertake and on the potential increase in the speculative character of the Funds' outstanding portfolio securities. Additionally, such segregated accounts will generally assure the availability of adequate funds to meet the obligations of the Funds arising from such investment activities. However, by segregating assets in an amount equal to the net obligation rather than the notional amount of cash settled futures, the Funds will have the ability to employ leverage to a greater extent than if they set aside cash or other liquid securities equal to the notional amount of the contract, which may increase the risk associated with such transactions.
The Funds may also cover their long position in a futures contract by purchasing a put option on the same futures contract with a strike price (I.E., an exercise price) as high or higher than the price of the futures contract. In the alternative, if the strike price of the put is less than the price of the futures contract, the Funds will segregate cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the put and the price of the futures contract. The Funds may also cover their long position in a futures contract by taking a short position in the instruments underlying the futures contract, or by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the futures contract. The Funds may cover their short position in a futures contract by taking a long position in the instruments underlying the futures contracts, or by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the futures contract.
The Funds may cover their sale of a call option on a futures contract by taking a long position in the underlying futures contract at a price less than or equal to the strike price of the call option. In the alternative, if the long position in the underlying futures contract is established at a price greater than the strike price of the written (sold) call, the Funds will maintain in a segregated account cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the call and the price of the futures contract. The Funds may also cover their sale of a call option by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the call option. The Funds may cover their sale of a put option on a futures contract by taking a short position in the underlying futures contract at a price greater than or equal to the strike price of the put option, or, if the short position in the underlying futures contract is established at a price less than the strike price of the written put, the Funds will maintain in a segregated account cash or liquid securities equal in value to the difference between the strike price of the put and the price of the futures contract. The Funds may also cover their sale of a put option by taking positions in instruments with prices which are expected to move relatively consistently with the put option.
There are significant risks associated with the Funds' use of futures contracts and related options, including the following: (1) the success of a hedging strategy may depend on the Adviser's ability to predict movements in the prices of individual securities, fluctuations in markets and movements in interest rates; (2) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by each Fund and the prices of futures and options on futures; (3) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract or option; (4) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (5) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts and options on futures. In addition, some strategies reduce the Funds' exposure to price fluctuations, while others tend to increase their market exposure.
OPTIONS. The Funds may purchase and write put and call options on indices and enter into related closing transactions. A put option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and the writer of the option the obligation to buy, the underlying security at any time during the option period. A call option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of the option the obligation to sell, the underlying security at any time during the option period. The premium paid to the writer is the consideration for undertaking the obligations under the option contract.
The Funds may purchase and write put and call options on foreign currencies (traded on U.S. and foreign exchanges or over-the-counter markets) to manage its exposure to exchange rates. Call options on foreign currency written by a Fund will be "covered," which means that the Fund will own an equal amount of the underlying foreign currency.
Put and call options on indices are similar to options on securities except that options on an index give the holder the right to receive, upon exercise of the option, an amount of cash if the closing level of the underlying index is greater than (or less than, in the case of puts) the exercise price of the option. This amount of cash is equal to the difference between the closing price of the index and the exercise price of the option, expressed in dollars multiplied by a specified number. Thus, unlike options on individual securities, all settlements are in cash, and gain or loss depends on price movements in the particular market represented by the index generally, rather than the price movements in individual securities.
All options written on indices or securities must be covered. When a Fund writes an option on a security, an index or a foreign currency, it will establish a segregated account containing cash or liquid securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the option and will maintain the account while the option is open or will otherwise cover the transaction.
The Funds may trade put and call options on securities, securities indices and currencies, as the Adviser determines is appropriate in seeking a Fund's investment objective, and except as restricted by the Fund's investment limitations. See "Investment Limitations" in the SAI.
The initial purchase (sale) of an option contract is an "opening transaction." In order to close out an option position, the Funds may enter into a "closing transaction," which is simply the sale (purchase) of an option contract on the same security with the same exercise price and expiration date as the option contract originally opened. If a Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase transaction with respect to an option it has written, it will not be able to sell the underlying security until the option expires or the Fund delivers the security upon exercise.
The Funds may purchase put and call options on securities to protect against a decline in the market value of the securities in its portfolio or to anticipate an increase in the market value of securities that a Fund may seek to purchase in the future. A Fund purchasing put and call options pays a premium therefore. If price movements in the underlying securities are such that exercise of the options would not be profitable for a Fund, loss of the premium paid may be offset by an increase in the value of the Fund's securities or by a decrease in the cost of acquisition of securities by the Fund.
The Funds may write covered call options on securities as a means of increasing the yield on its assets and as a means of providing limited protection against decreases in its market value. When a Fund writes an option, if the underlying securities do not increase or decrease to a price level that would make the exercise of the option profitable to the holder thereof, the option generally will expire without being exercised and the Fund will realize as profit the premium received for such option. When a call option of which a Fund is the writer is exercised, the Fund will be required to sell the underlying securities to the option holder at the strike price, and will not participate in any increase in the price of such securities above the strike price. When a
put option of which a Fund is the writer is exercised, the Fund will be required to purchase the underlying securities at a price in excess of the market value of such securities.
The Funds may purchase and write options on an exchange or over-the-counter. Over-the-counter options ("OTC options") differ from exchange-traded options in several respects. They are transacted directly with dealers and not with a clearing corporation, and therefore entail the risk of non-performance by the dealer. OTC options are available for a greater variety of securities and for a wider range of expiration dates and exercise prices than are available for exchange-traded options. Because OTC options are not traded on an exchange, pricing is done normally by reference to information from a market maker. It is the SEC's position that OTC options are generally illiquid.
The market value of an option generally reflects the market price of an underlying security. Other principal factors affecting market value include supply and demand, interest rates, the pricing volatility of the underlying security and the time remaining until the expiration date.
Risks associated with options transactions include: (1) the success of a
hedging strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of
individual securities, fluctuations in markets and movements in interest rates;
(2) there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of
options and the securities underlying them; (3) there may not be a liquid
secondary market for options; and (4) while a Fund will receive a premium when
it writes covered call options, it may not participate fully in a rise in the
market value of the underlying security.
ILLIQUID SECURITIES. Illiquid securities are securities that cannot be sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business (within seven days) at
approximately the prices at which they are valued. Because of their illiquid
nature, illiquid securities must be priced at fair value as determined in good
faith pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. Despite such good faith
efforts to determine fair value prices, a Fund's illiquid securities are
subject to the risk that the security's fair value price may differ from the
actual price which the Fund may ultimately realize upon its sale or
disposition. Difficulty in selling illiquid securities may result in a loss or
may be costly to a Fund. Under the supervision of the Board, the Adviser
determines the liquidity of a Fund's investments. In determining the liquidity
of a Fund's investments, the Adviser may consider various factors, including:
(1) the frequency and volume of trades and quotations; (2) the number of
dealers and prospective purchasers in the marketplace; (3) dealer undertakings
to make a market; and (4) the nature of the security and the market in which it
trades (including any demand, put or tender features, the mechanics and other
requirements for transfer, any letters of credit or other credit enhancement
features, any ratings, the number of holders, the method of soliciting offers,
the time required to dispose of the security, and the ability to assign or
offset the rights and obligations of the security). A Fund will not hold more
than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities.
RESTRICTED SECURITIES. Restricted securities are securities that may not be sold freely to the public absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or an exemption from registration. As consistent with a Fund's investment objectives, the Fund may invest in Section 4(2) commercial paper. Section 4(2) commercial paper is issued in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act and is generally sold to institutional investors who purchase for investment. Any resale of such commercial paper must be in an exempt transaction, usually to an institutional investor through the issuer or investment dealers who make a market in such commercial paper. The Trust believes that Section 4(2) commercial paper is liquid to the extent it meets the criteria established by the Board. The Trust intends to treat such commercial paper as liquid and not subject to the investment limitations applicable to illiquid securities or restricted securities.
SHORT SALES. As is consistent with a Fund's investment objectives, the Fund may engage in short sales that are either "uncovered" or "against the box." A short sale is "against the box" if at all times during which the short position is open, a Fund owns at least an equal amount of the securities or securities convertible into, or exchangeable without further consideration for, securities of the same issue as the securities that are sold short. A short sale against the box is a taxable transaction to a Fund with respect to the securities that are sold short.
INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS
FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES
In addition to the investment objective of each Fund, the following are fundamental policies of each Fund. Fundamental policies cannot be changed without the consent of the holders of a majority of a Fund's outstanding shares. The phrase "majority of the outstanding shares" means the vote of (i) 67% or more of a Fund's shares present at a meeting, if more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of a Fund's outstanding shares, whichever is less.
Each Fund may not:
1. Purchase securities of an issuer that would cause the Fund to fail to satisfy the diversification requirement for a diversified management company under the 1940 Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.
2. Concentrate investments in a particular industry or group of industries, as concentration is defined under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.
3. Borrow money or issue senior securities (as defined under the 1940 Act), except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.
4. Make loans, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.
5. Purchase or sell commodities or real estate, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.
6. Underwrite securities issued by other persons, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.
NON-FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES
The following investment limitations of the Funds are non-fundamental and may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval:
Each Fund may not:
1. Purchase an investment if, as a result, more than 15% of the value of the Fund's net assets would be invested in illiquid securities.
2. Make loans if, as a result, more than 33 1/3% of its total assets would be lent to other parties, except that the Fund may: (i) purchase or hold debt instruments in accordance with its investment objective and policies; (ii) enter into repurchase agreements; and (iii) lend its securities.
3. Purchase or sell real estate, physical commodities, or commodities
contracts based on physical commodities, except that the Fund may purchase:
(i) marketable securities issued by companies which own or invest in real
estate (including real
estate investment trusts ("REITs")); or (ii) physical commodities or commodities contracts based on physical commodities.
Under normal circumstances, the LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund shall invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes, in equity securities of U.S. companies. This non-fundamental policy may be changed by the Board upon at least 60 days' written notice to Fund shareholders.
Except with respect to Fund policies concerning borrowing and illiquid securities, if a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of an investment, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from changes in values or assets will not constitute a violation of such restriction. With respect to the limitation on illiquid securities, in the event that a subsequent change in net assets or other circumstances cause a Fund to exceed its limitation, the Fund will take steps to bring the aggregate amount of illiquid instruments back within the limitations as soon as reasonably practicable. With respect to the limitation on borrowing, in the event that a subsequent change in net assets or other circumstances cause a Fund to exceed its limitation, the Fund will take steps to bring the aggregate amount of borrowing back within the limitations within three days thereafter (not including Sundays and holidays).
The following descriptions of certain provisions of the 1940 Act may assist investors in understanding the above policies and restrictions:
DIVERSIFICATION. Under the 1940 Act, a diversified investment management company, as to 75% of its total assets, may not purchase securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agents or instrumentalities or securities of other investment companies) if, as a result, more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in the securities of such issuer, or more than 10% of the issuer's outstanding voting securities would be held by the fund.
CONCENTRATION. The SEC has defined concentration as investing 25% or more of an investment company's total assets in an industry or group of industries, with certain exceptions.
BORROWING. The 1940 Act presently allows a fund to borrow from any bank in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) and to borrow for temporary purposes in an amount not exceeding 5% of the value of its total assets.
SENIOR SECURITIES. Senior securities may include any obligation or instrument issued by a fund evidencing indebtedness. The 1940 Act generally prohibits funds from issuing senior securities, although it does not treat certain transactions as senior securities, such as certain borrowings, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, firm commitment agreements and standby commitments, with appropriate earmarking or segregation of assets to cover such obligation.
LENDING. Under the 1940 Act, a fund may only make loans if expressly permitted by its investment policies.
UNDERWRITING. Under the 1940 Act, underwriting securities involves a fund purchasing securities directly from an issuer for the purpose of selling (distributing) them or participating in any such activity either directly or indirectly. Under the 1940 Act, a diversified fund may not make any commitment as underwriter, if immediately thereafter the amount of its outstanding underwriting commitments, plus the value of its investments in securities of issuers (other than investment companies) of which it owns more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities, exceeds 25% of the value of its total assets.
COMMODITIES AND REAL ESTATE. The 1940 Act does not directly restrict an investment company's ability to invest in commodities or real estate, but does require that every investment company have a fundamental investment policy governing such investments.
THE ADVISER
GENERAL. LSV Asset Management is a professional investment management firm registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The Adviser was established in 1994 as a Delaware general partnership to provide active, quantitative value equity management through the application of proprietary models. LSV's general partners include officers and employees of LSV who collectively own a majority of LSV, and SEI Funds, Inc. SEI Investments Company is the parent of SEI Funds, Inc. As of April 30, 2014, the Adviser had approximately $84.3 billion in assets under management. LSV's principal business address is 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, IL 60606.
ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH THE TRUST. The Trust and the Adviser have entered into an investment advisory agreement dated May 15, 1999 (the "Advisory Agreement") with respect to the Funds. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser serves as the investment adviser and makes investment decisions for the Funds and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the investment program of the Funds, subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, the Trustees of the Trust. The Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser shall not be protected against any liability to the Trust or its shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or its reckless disregard of its obligation and duties under the Advisory Agreement.
After the initial two year term, the continuance of the Advisory Agreement must be specifically approved at least annually: (i) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the majority of the shareholders of the Funds; and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or "interested persons" of any party thereto, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment, and is terminable at any time without penalty by the Trustees of the Trust or, with respect to any Fund, by a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, on not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' written notice to the Adviser, or by the Adviser on 90 days' written notice to the Trust. As used in the Advisory Agreement, the terms "majority of the outstanding voting securities," "interested persons" and "assignment" have the same meaning as such terms in the 1940 Act.
ADVISORY FEES PAID TO THE ADVISER. For its services under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at the following annual rates based on the average daily net assets of each Fund:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUND ADVISORY FEE RATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund 0.45% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund 0.60% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSV Global Value Fund 0.75% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse certain expenses of the Funds in order to keep net operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding certain levels as set forth below until February 29, 2016. The fee waivers may be renewed by the Adviser on an annual basis. This agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board, for any reason at any time; or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 29, 2016.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUND CLASS EXPENSE LIMIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund Investor Class 0.80% ---------------------------------------- Institutional Class 0.55% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund Investor Class 1.00% ---------------------------------------- Institutional Class 0.75% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSV Global Value Fund Investor Class 1.15% ---------------------------------------- Institutional Class 0.90% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL OF THE ADVISER. Messrs. Lakonishok, Vermeulen, Mansharamani, Sleight, Lakonishok and Karceski have developed proprietary computer models based on their research of investor behavior and the performance of contrarian investment strategies. The portfolio decision making process is quantitative and driven by (i) a proprietary computer model which ranks securities based on fundamental measures of value, indicators of recent improved performance and volatility, and (ii) a risk control process that controls for residual benchmark risk. Refinements to the model are made as suggested by advances in the Adviser's research and these refinements are generally incremental in nature. The Adviser may modify the investment model used to manage the Funds at any time without notice.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
This section includes information about the Funds' portfolio managers, including information about other accounts they manage, the dollar range of each Fund shares they own and how they are compensated.
COMPENSATION. The Adviser compensates the portfolio managers for their management of the Funds. The portfolio managers' compensation consists of a salary and discretionary bonus. Each of the portfolio managers is a partner of the Adviser and thereby receives a portion of the overall profit of the firm as part of his ownership interests. The bonus is based upon the profitability of the firm and individual performance. Individual performance is subjective and may be based on a number of factors, such as the individual's leadership and contribution to the strategic planning and development of the investment group.
FUND SHARES OWNED BY PORTFOLIO MANAGERS. The Funds are required to show the dollar amount range of each portfolio manager's "beneficial ownership" of shares of the Funds as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year. Dollar amount ranges disclosed are established by the SEC. "Beneficial ownership" is determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"). Because the Funds are new, as of the date of this SAI the portfolio managers did not beneficially own shares of the Funds.
OTHER ACCOUNTS. In addition to the LSV Funds, the portfolio managers are responsible for the day-to-day management of certain other accounts, as listed below. The information below is provided as of April 30, 2014.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTERED INVESTMENT OTHER POOLED INVESTMENT COMPANIES VEHICLES OTHER ACCOUNTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER OF TOTAL ASSETS OF TOTAL ASSETS OF TOTAL ASSETS NAME ACCOUNTS (IN BILLIONS) ACCOUNTS (IN BILLIONS) ACCOUNTS (IN BILLIONS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Josef Lakonishok 31 $12.2 49(1) $14.6 396(2) $57.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Menno Vermeulen 31 $12.2 49(1) $14.6 396(2) $57.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Puneet Mansharamani 31 $12.2 49(1) $14.6 396(2) $57.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Sleight 0 $ 0 0 $ 0 0 $ 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guy Lakonishok 0 $ 0 0 $ 0 0 $ 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jason Karceski 0 $ 0 0 $0 0 $ 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
(1) Includes 6 accounts with aggregated assets under management of $556 million that are subject to performance-based advisory fees.
(2) Includes 37 accounts with aggregated assets under management of $10.1 billion that are subject to performance-based advisory fees.
CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS. The portfolio managers' management of "other accounts" may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with their management of the Funds' investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other. The other accounts may have the same investment objective as the Funds. Therefore, a potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the identical investment objectives, whereby a portfolio manager could favor one account over another. Another potential conflict could include the portfolio managers' knowledge about the size, timing and possible market impact of each Fund trades, whereby a portfolio manager could use this information to the advantage of other accounts and to the disadvantage of the Funds. In addition, it is also possible that a potential conflict of interest may arise because a portfolio manager manages an account with a performance-based management fee in addition to the Funds and other accounts without a performance-based fee, and accounts in which employees may be invested. However, the Adviser has established policies and procedures to ensure that the purchase and sale of securities among all accounts it manages are fairly and equitably allocated.
THE ADMINISTRATOR
GENERAL. SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the "Administrator"), a Delaware statutory trust, has its principal business offices at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456. SEI Investments Management Corporation ("SIMC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company ("SEI Investments"), is the owner of all beneficial interest in the Administrator. SEI Investments and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including the Administrator, are leading providers of funds evaluation services, trust accounting systems, and brokerage and information services to financial institutions, institutional investors, and money managers. The Administrator and its affiliates also serve as administrator or sub-administrator to other mutual funds.
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT WITH THE TRUST. The Trust and the Administrator have entered into an administration agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated November 12, 2002 (the "Administration Agreement"). Under the Administration Agreement, the Administrator provides the Trust with administrative services, including regulatory reporting and all necessary office space, equipment, personnel and facilities.
The Administration Agreement provides that the Administrator shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with the matters to which the Administration Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Administrator in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by it of its duties and obligations thereunder.
ADMINISTRATION FEES PAID TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. For its services under the Administration Agreement for the Funds, the Administrator is entitled to a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate that is detailed below in the following schedule:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEE (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AGGREGATE AVERAGE ANNUAL ASSETS) LSV FUNDS' AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.075% First $1 billion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.07% $1 billion - $1.5 billion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.04% $1.5 billion - $3 billion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.035% Over $3 billion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
There is a minimum annual fee of $1,000,000 for the LSV Funds. The minimum annual fee shall be increased by $100,000 for each additional domestic equity fund and by $25,000 for each additional class of a fund. Due to these minimums, the annual administration fee the Funds pay will exceed the above percentages at low asset levels.
THE DISTRIBUTOR
GENERAL. The Trust and SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the "Distributor"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments and an affiliate of the Administrator, are parties to a distribution agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated November 14, 2005 and as amended August 30, 2010 (the "Distribution Agreement") whereby the Distributor acts as principal
underwriter for the Trust's shares.
The continuance of the Distribution Agreement must be specifically approved at least annually (i) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the Funds and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operations of the Distribution Agreement or any related agreement, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Distribution Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act), and is terminable at any time without penalty by the Trustees or, with respect to any Fund, by a majority of the outstanding shares of that Fund, upon not more than 60 days' written notice by either party. The Distribution Agreement provides that the Distributor shall not be protected against any liability to the Trust or its shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard of its obligations or duties thereunder.
DISTRIBUTION PLAN. The Distribution Plan (the "Plan") provides that Investor Class Shares of the Funds pay the Distributor an annual fee of up to a maximum of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Investor Class Shares. Under the Plan, the Distributor may make payments pursuant to written agreements to financial institutions and intermediaries such as banks, savings and loan associations and insurance companies including, without limit, investment counselors, broker-dealers and the Distributor's affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, "Agents") as compensation for services and reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with distribution assistance. The Plan is characterized as a compensation plan since the distribution fee will be paid to the Distributor without regard to the distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor or the amount of payments made to other financial institutions and intermediaries. The Trust intends to operate the Plan in accordance with its terms and with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") rules concerning sales charges.
The Trust has adopted the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, which regulates circumstances under which an investment company may directly or indirectly bear expenses relating to the distribution of its shares. Continuance of the Plan must be approved annually by a majority of the Trustees and by a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the Plan or any agreements related to the Plan ("Qualified Trustees"). The Plan requires that quarterly written reports of amounts spent under the Plan and the purposes of such expenditures be furnished to and reviewed by the Trustees. The Plan may not be amended to increase materially the amount that may be spent thereunder without approval by a majority of the outstanding shares of the affected Fund(s). All material amendments of the Plan will require approval by a majority of the Trustees and of the Qualified Trustees.
PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The Adviser makes payments from its own resources and not from Fund assets to unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Funds, its service providers or their respective affiliates, as incentives to help market and promote the Funds and/or in recognition of their distribution, marketing, administrative services, and/or processing support.
These additional payments are made to financial intermediaries that sell Fund shares or provide services to the Funds, the Distributor or shareholders of the Funds through the financial intermediary's retail distribution channel and/or fund supermarkets. Payments may also be made through the financial intermediary's retirement, qualified tuition, fee-based advisory, wrap fee bank trust, or insurance (e.g., individual or group annuity) programs. These payments may include, but are not limited to, placing the Funds in a financial intermediary's retail distribution channel or on a preferred or recommended fund list; providing business or shareholder financial planning assistance; educating financial intermediary personnel about the Funds; providing access to sales and management representatives of the financial intermediary; promoting sales of Fund shares; providing marketing and educational support; maintaining share balances and/or for sub-accounting, administrative or shareholder transaction processing services. A financial intermediary may perform the services itself or may arrange with a third party to perform the services.
Revenue sharing payments are based on the number of the intermediary's accounts holding shares of a Fund. A significant
purpose of these payments is to increase the sales of Fund shares, which in turn may benefit the Adviser through increased fees as Fund assets grow.
THE TRANSFER AGENT
DST Systems, Inc., 333 W. 11th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105 (the "Transfer Agent"), serves as the Funds' transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent under a transfer agency agreement with the Trust.
THE CUSTODIAN
U.S. Bank National Association, 800 Nicollett Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4302 (the "Custodian"), acts as custodian of the Funds. The Custodian holds cash, securities and other assets of the Funds as required by the 1940 Act.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, serves as independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds.
LEGAL COUNSEL
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1701 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2921, serves as legal counsel to the Trust.
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE TRUST
BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES. The management and affairs of the Trust and its series, including the Funds described in this SAI, are overseen by the Trustees. The Board has approved contracts, as described above, under which certain companies provide essential management services to the Trust.
Like most mutual funds, the day-to-day business of the Trust, including the management of risk, is performed by third party service providers, such as the Adviser, Distributor and Administrator. The Trustees are responsible for overseeing the Trust's service providers and, thus, have oversight responsibility with respect to risk management performed by those service providers. Risk management seeks to identify and address risks, i.e., events or circumstances that could have material adverse effects on the business, operations, shareholder services, investment performance or reputation of the funds. The funds and their service providers employ a variety of processes, procedures and controls to identify various possible events or circumstances, to lessen the probability of their occurrence and/or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur. Each service provider is responsible for one or more discrete aspects of the Trust's business (e.g., the Adviser is responsible for the day-today management of each Fund's portfolio investments) and, consequently, for managing the risks associated with that business. The Board has emphasized to the funds' service providers the importance of maintaining vigorous risk management.
The Trustees' role in risk oversight begins before the inception of a fund, at which time certain of the fund's service providers present the Board with information concerning the investment objectives, strategies and risks of the fund as well as proposed investment limitations for the fund. Additionally, the fund's adviser provides the Board with an overview of, among other things, its investment philosophy, brokerage practices and compliance infrastructure. Thereafter, the Board continues its oversight function as various personnel, including the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer, as well as personnel of the adviser and other service providers, such as the fund's independent accountants, make periodic reports to the Audit Committee or to the Board with respect to various aspects of risk management. The Board and the Audit Committee oversee efforts by management and service providers to manage risks to which the funds may be exposed.
The Board is responsible for overseeing the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the funds by the adviser and receives information about those services at its regular meetings. In addition, on an annual basis, in connection with its consideration of whether to renew the advisory agreement with the adviser, the Board meets with the adviser to review such
services. Among other things, the Board regularly considers the adviser's adherence to the funds' investment restrictions and compliance with various fund policies and procedures and with applicable securities regulations. The Board also reviews information about the funds' investments, including, for example, portfolio holdings schedules and reports on the adviser's use of derivatives in managing the funds, if any, as well as reports on the funds' investments in ETFs, if any.
The Trust's Chief Compliance Officer reports regularly to the Board to review and discuss compliance issues and fund and adviser risk assessments. At least annually, the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer provides the Board with a report reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of the Trust's policies and procedures and those of its service providers, including the adviser. The report addresses the operation of the policies and procedures of the Trust and each service provider since the date of the last report; any material changes to the policies and procedures since the date of the last report; any recommendations for material changes to the policies and procedures; and any material compliance matters since the date of the last report.
The Board receives reports from the funds' service providers regarding operational risks and risks related to the valuation and liquidity of portfolio securities. The Trust's Fair Value Pricing Committee makes regular reports to the Board concerning investments for which market quotations are not readily available. Annually, the independent registered public accounting firm reviews with the Audit Committee its audit of the funds' financial statements, focusing on major areas of risk encountered by the funds and noting any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the funds' internal controls. Additionally, in connection with its oversight function, the Board oversees fund management's implementation of disclosure controls and procedures, which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in its periodic reports with the SEC are recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the required time periods. The Board also oversees the Trust's internal controls over financial reporting, which comprise policies and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Trust's financial reporting and the preparation of the Trust's financial statements.
From their review of these reports and discussions with the adviser, the Chief Compliance Officer, the independent registered public accounting firm and other service providers, the Board and the Audit Committee learn in detail about the material risks of the funds, thereby facilitating a dialogue about how management and service providers identify and mitigate those risks.
The Board recognizes that not all risks that may affect the funds can be identified and/or quantified, that it may not be practical or cost-effective to eliminate or mitigate certain risks, that it may be necessary to bear certain risks (such as investment-related risks) to achieve the funds' goals, and that the processes, procedures and controls employed to address certain risks may be limited in their effectiveness. Moreover, reports received by the Trustees as to risk management matters are typically summaries of the relevant information. Most of the funds' investment management and business affairs are carried out by or through the funds' adviser and other service providers, each of which has an independent interest in risk management but whose policies and the methods by which one or more risk management functions are carried out may differ from the funds' and each other's in the setting of priorities, the resources available or the effectiveness of relevant controls. As a result of the foregoing and other factors, the Board's ability to monitor and manage risk, as a practical matter, is subject to limitations.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. There are eight members of the Board of Trustees, six of whom are not interested persons of the Trust, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act ("independent Trustees"). Robert Nesher, an interested person of the Trust, serves as Chairman of the Board. George Sullivan, Jr., an independent Trustee, serves as the lead independent Trustee. The Trust has determined its leadership structure is appropriate given the specific characteristics and circumstances of the Trust. The Trust made this determination in consideration of, among other things, the fact that the independent Trustees constitute a super-majority (75%) of the Board, the fact that the chairperson of each Committee of the Board is an independent Trustee, the amount of assets under management in the Trust, and the number of funds (and classes of shares) overseen by the Board. The Board also believes that its leadership structure facilitates the orderly and efficient flow of information to the independent Trustees from fund management.
The Board of Trustees has three standing committees: the Audit Committee, Governance Committee and Fair Value Pricing Committee. The Audit Committee and Governance Committee are chaired by an independent Trustee and composed of all of the independent Trustees. In addition, the Board of Trustees has a lead independent Trustee.
In his role as lead independent Trustee, Mr. Sullivan, among other things: (i) presides over Board meetings in the absence of the
Chairman of the Board; (ii) presides over executive sessions of the independent Trustees; (iii) along with the Chairman of the Board, oversees the development of agendas for Board meetings; (iv) facilitates communication between the independent Trustees and management, and among the independent Trustees; (v) serves as a key point person for dealings between the independent Trustees and management; and (vi) has such other responsibilities as the Board or independent Trustees determine from time to time.
Set forth below are the names, years of birth, position with the Trust, and the principal occupations and other directorships held during at least the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as a Trustee of the Trust. There is no stated term of office for the Trustees of the Trust. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRINCIPAL POSITION WITH OCCUPATIONS OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD IN THE NAME AND YEAR OF BIRTH TRUST IN THE PAST 5 YEARS PAST 5 YEARS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERESTED TRUSTEES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert Nesher Chairman of the SEI employee 1974 to Current Directorships: Trustee of (Born: 1946) Board of Trustees(1) present; currently The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, (since 1991) performs various Bishop Street Funds, SEI Daily services on behalf of Income Trust, SEI Institutional SEI Investments for International Trust, SEI Institutional which Mr. Nesher is Investments Trust, SEI Institutional compensated. Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset President and Director Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, of SEI Structured SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Credit Fund, LP. Managed Trust, New Covenant President and Chief Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust Executive Officer of and The KP Funds. Director of SEI SEI Alpha Strategy Global Master Fund plc, SEI Global Portfolios, LP, June Assets Fund plc, SEI Global 2007 to September Investments Fund plc, SEI 2013. President and Investments--Global Funds Director of SEI Services, Limited, SEI Investments Opportunity Fund, Global, Limited, SEI Investments L.P. to 2010. (Europe) Ltd., SEI Investments-- Unit Trust Management (UK) Limited, SEI Multi-Strategy Funds PLC and SEI Global Nominee Ltd. Former Directorships: Director of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. to 2010. Director of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP to 2013. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William M. Doran Trustee(1) Self-Employed Current Directorships: Trustee of (Born: 1940) (since 1991) Consultant since 2003. The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, Partner at Morgan, The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III, Lewis & Bockius LLP Bishop Street Funds, SEI Daily Income Trust, (law firm) from 1976 SEI Institutional International Trust, to 2003. Counsel to the SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Trust, SEI Investments, Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset SIMC, the Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, Administrator and the SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Distributor. Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and The KP Funds. Director of SEI Investments (Europe), Limited, SEI Investments--Global Funds Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Asia), Limited, SEI Global Nominee Ltd. and SEI Investments -- Unit Trust Management (UK) Limited. Director of the Distributor since 2003. Former Directorships: Director of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP to 2013. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S-22 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRINCIPAL POSITION WITH OCCUPATIONS OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD IN THE NAME AND YEAR OF BIRTH TRUST IN THE PAST 5 YEARS PAST 5 YEARS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John K. Darr Trustee Retired. Chief Current Directorships: Trustee of (Born: 1944) (since 2008) Executive Officer, The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, Office of Finance, Bishop Street Funds and The KP Federal Home Loan Funds. Director of Federal Home Banks, from 1992 to Loan Banks of Pittsburgh, Manna, 2007. Inc. (non-profit developer of affordable housing for ownership) and Meals on Wheels, Lewes/Rehoboth Beach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joseph T. Grause, Jr. Trustee Self Employed Current Directorships: Trustee of (Born: 1952) (since 2011) Consultant since The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, January 2012. Director Bishop Street Funds and The KP of Endowments and Funds. Director of The Korea Fund, Foundations, Inc. Morningstar Investment Management, Morningstar, Inc., February 2010 to May 2011. Director of International Consulting and Chief Executive Officer of Morningstar Associates Europe Limited, Morningstar, Inc., May 2007 to February 2010. Country Manager -- Morningstar UK Limited, Morningstar, Inc., June 2005 to May 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mitchell A. Johnson Trustee Retired. Private Current Directorships: Trustee of (Born: 1942) (since 2005) Investor since 1994. The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and The KP Funds. Director of Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) since 1997. Former Directorships: Director of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP to 2013. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S-23 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRINCIPAL POSITION WITH OCCUPATIONS OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD IN THE NAME AND YEAR OF BIRTH TRUST IN THE PAST 5 YEARS PAST 5 YEARS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Betty L. Krikorian Trustee Vice President, Current Directorships: Trustee of (Born: 1943) (since 2005) Compliance, AARP The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, Financial Inc., from Bishop Street Funds and The KP 2008 to 2010. Self- Funds. Employed Legal and Financial Services Consultant since 2003. Counsel (in-house) for State Street Bank from 1995 to 2003. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bruce Speca Trustee Global Head of Asset Current Directorships: Trustee of (Born: 1956) (since 2011) Allocation, Manulife The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, Asset Management Bishop Street Funds and The KP (subsidiary of Funds. Manulife Financial), June 2010 to May 2011. Executive Vice President -- Investment Management Services, John Hancock Financial Services (subsidiary of Manulife Financial), June 2003 to June 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ George J. Sullivan, Jr. Trustee Retired since January Current Directorships: Trustee/ (Born: 1942) (since 1999) 2012. Self-employed Director of State Street Navigator Lead Independent Consultant, Newfound Securities Lending Trust, The Trustee Consultants Inc., April Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, 1997 to December Bishop Street Funds, SEI Structured 2011. Credit Fund, LP, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and The KP Funds. Member of the independent review committee for SEI's Canadian-registered mutual funds. Former Directorships: Director of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. to 2010. Director of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP to 2013. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
(1) Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be "interested" persons of the Funds as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates.
INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE QUALIFICATIONS
The Trust has concluded that each of the Trustees should serve on the Board because of their ability to review and understand information about the Funds provided to them by management, to identify and request other information they may deem relevant to the performance of their duties, to question management and other service providers regarding material factors bearing on the management and administration of the Funds, and to exercise their business judgment in a manner that serves the best interests of the Funds' shareholders. The Trust has concluded that each of the Trustees should serve as a Trustee based on their own experience, qualifications, attributes and skills as described below.
The Trust has concluded that Mr. Nesher should serve as Trustee because of the experience he has gained in his various roles with SEI Investments Company, which he joined in 1974, his knowledge of and experience in the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as a trustee of the Trust since 1991.
The Trust has concluded that Mr. Doran should serve as Trustee because of the experience he gained serving as a Partner in the Investment Management and Securities Industry Practice of a large law firm, his experience in and knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as a trustee of the Trust since 1991.
The Trust has concluded that Mr. Darr should serve as Trustee because of his background in economics, the business experience he gained in a variety of roles with different financial and banking institutions and as a founder of a money management firm, his knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience he has gained serving as a trustee of the Trust since 2008.
The Trust has concluded that Mr. Grause should serve as Trustee because of the knowledge and experience he gained in a variety of leadership roles with different financial institutions, his knowledge of the mutual fund and investment management industries, and his past experience as an interested trustee and chair of the investment committee for a multi-managed investment company.
The Trust has concluded that Mr. Johnson should serve as Trustee because of the experience he gained as a senior vice president, corporate finance, of a Fortune 500 company, his experience in and knowledge of the financial services and banking industries, the experience he gained serving as a director of other mutual funds, and the experience he has gained serving as a trustee of the Trust since 2005.
The Trust has concluded that Ms. Krikorian should serve as Trustee because of the experience she gained serving as a legal and financial services consultant, in-house counsel to a large custodian bank and Vice President of Compliance of an investment adviser, her background in fiduciary and banking law, her experience in and knowledge of the financial services industry, and the experience she has gained serving as a trustee of the Trust since 2005.
The Trust has concluded that Mr. Speca should serve as Trustee because of the knowledge and experience he gained serving as president of a mutual fund company and portfolio manager for a $95 billion complex of asset allocation funds, and his over 25 years of experience working in a management capacity with mutual fund boards.
The Trust has concluded that Mr. Sullivan should serve as Trustee because of the experience he gained as a certified public accountant and financial consultant, his experience in and knowledge of public company accounting and auditing and the financial services industry, the experience he gained as an officer of a large financial services firm in its operations department, and his experience from serving as a trustee of the Trust since 1999.
In its periodic assessment of the effectiveness of the Board, the Board considers the complementary individual skills and experience of the individual Trustees primarily in the broader context of the Board's overall composition so that the Board, as a body, possesses the appropriate (and appropriately diverse) skills and experience to oversee the business of the funds.
BOARD COMMITTEES. The Board has established the following standing committees:
o AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Board has a standing Audit Committee that is composed of each of the independent Trustees of the Trust. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board. The principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee include: (i) recommending which firm to engage as each fund's independent registered public accounting firm and whether to terminate this relationship; (ii) reviewing the independent registered public accounting firm's compensation, the proposed scope and terms of its engagement, and the firm's independence; (iii) pre-approving audit and non-audit services provided by each fund's independent registered public accounting firm to the Trust and certain other affiliated entities; (iv) serving as a channel of communication between the independent registered public accounting firm and the Trustees; (v) reviewing the results of each external audit, including any qualifications in the independent registered public accounting firm's opinion, any related management letter, management's responses to recommendations made by the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with the audit, reports submitted to the Committee by the internal auditing department of the Trust's Administrator that are material to the Trust as a whole, if any, and management's responses to any such reports; (vi) reviewing each fund's audited financial statements and considering any significant disputes between the Trust's management and the independent registered public accounting firm that arose in connection with the preparation of those financial statements; (vii) considering, in consultation with the independent registered public accounting firm and the Trust's senior internal accounting executive, if any, the independent registered public accounting firms' reports on the adequacy of the Trust's internal financial controls; (viii) reviewing, in consultation with each fund's independent registered public accounting firm, major changes regarding auditing and accounting principles and practices to be followed when preparing each fund's financial statements; and (ix) other audit related matters. Messrs. Darr, Grause, Johnson, Speca and Sullivan and Ms. Krikorian currently serve as members of the Audit Committee. Mr. Sullivan serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee meets periodically, as necessary, and met four (4) times during the most recently completed fiscal year.
o FAIR VALUE PRICING COMMITTEE. The Board has a standing Fair Value Pricing Committee that is composed of at least one Trustee and various representatives of the Trust's service providers, as appointed by the Board. The Fair Value Pricing Committee operates under procedures approved by the Board. The principal responsibility of the Fair Value Pricing Committee is to determine the fair value of securities for which current market quotations are not readily available. The Fair Value Pricing Committee's determinations are reviewed by the Board. Mr. Nesher, interested trustee, currently serves as the Board's delegate on the Fair Value Pricing Committee. The Fair Value Pricing Committee meets periodically, as necessary, and met forty-two (42) times during the most recently completed fiscal year.
o GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. The Board has a standing Governance Committee (formerly the Nominating Committee) that is composed of each of the independent Trustees of the Trust. The Governance Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board. The principal responsibilities of the Governance Committee include: (i) considering and reviewing Board governance and compensation issues; (ii) conducting a self-assessment of the Board's operations; (iii) selecting and nominating all persons to serve as independent Trustees and evaluating the qualifications of "interested" Trustee candidates; and (iv) reviewing shareholder recommendations for nominations to fill vacancies on the Board if such recommendations are submitted in writing and addressed to the Committee at the Trust's office. Ms. Krikorian and Messrs. Darr, Grause, Johnson, Speca and Sullivan currently serve as members of the Governance Committee. Ms. Krikorian serves as the Chairman of the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee meets periodically, as necessary, and did not meet during the most recently completed fiscal year.
FUND SHARES OWNED BY BOARD MEMBERS. The following table shows the dollar amount range of each Trustee's "beneficial ownership" of shares of each of the Funds as of the end of the most recently completed calendar year. Dollar amount ranges disclosed are established by the SEC. "Beneficial ownership" is determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the 1934 Act. The Trustees and officers of the Trust own less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Trust.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DOLLAR RANGE OF AGGREGATE DOLLAR RANGE OF SHARES NAME FUND SHARES (FUND)(1) (ALL FUNDS IN THE FUND COMPLEX)(1,2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERESTED TRUSTEES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doran None None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nesher None None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Darr None None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grause None None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Johnson None Over $100,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Krikorian None None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Speca None None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sullivan None None ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
(1) Valuation date is December 31, 2013.
(2) The Trust is the only investment company in the Fund Complex.
BOARD COMPENSATION. The Trust paid the following fees to the Trustees during the Funds' most recently completed fiscal year.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESTIMATED AGGREGATE PENSION OR RETIREMENT ANNUAL COMPENSATION BENEFITS ACCRUED AS BENEFITS UPON TOTAL COMPENSATION FROM THE NAME FROM THE TRUST PART OF FUND EXPENSES RETIREMENT TRUST AND FUND COMPLEX(1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERESTED TRUSTEES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doran $0 N/A N/A $0 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nesher $0 N/A N/A $0 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darr $73,812 N/A N/A $73,812 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grause $73,812 N/A N/A $73,812 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson $73,812 N/A N/A $73,812 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Krikorian $73,812 N/A N/A $73,812 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speca $73,812 N/A N/A $73,812 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sullivan $73,812 N/A N/A $73,812 for service on one (1) board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(1) The Trust is the only investment company in the Fund Complex.
TRUST OFFICERS. Set forth below are the names, years of birth, position with the Trust, and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as executive officers of the Trust. There is no stated term of office for officers of the Trust. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each officer is SEI Investments Company, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456. The Chief Compliance Officer is the only officer who receives compensation from the Trust for his services.
Certain officers of the Trust also serve as officers of one or more mutual funds for which SEI Investments Company or its affiliates act as investment manager, administrator or distributor.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME AND YEAR OF BIRTH POSITION WITH TRUST PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS IN PAST 5 YEARS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Beattie President Director of Client Service, SEI Investments (Born: 1965) (since 2011) Company, since 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ James F. Volk Treasurer, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of (Born: 1962) Chief Financial Officer SEI Investment Manager Services since 2004. (since 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Emery Chief Compliance Officer Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Structured Credit (Born: 1962) (since 2006) Fund, LP since June 2007. Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Alpha Strategy Portfolios, LP from June 2007 to September 2013. Chief Compliance Officer of The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II, The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III, Bishop Street Funds, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Liquid Asset Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and The KP Funds. Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Opportunity Fund, L.P. until 2010. Director of Investment Product Management and Development, SEI Investments, since February 2003; Senior Investment Analyst -- Equity Team, SEI Investments, from March 2000 to February 2003. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lisa Whittaker Vice President and Assistant Attorney, SEI Investments Company (2012- (Born: 1978) Secretary (since 2013) present). Associate Counsel and Compliance Officer, The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. (2011-2012). Associate, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (2006-2011). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dianne M. Vice President and Secretary Counsel at SEI Investments since 2010. Associate Descoteaux (since 2011) at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP from 2006 to (Born: 1977) 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Munch Vice President and Assistant Attorney, SEI Investments Company, since 2001. (Born: 1971) Secretary (since 2012) General Counsel, SEI Investments Distribution Co., since 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edward Privacy Officer Compliance Manager of SEI Investments McCusker (since 2013) Company, May 2011 -- April 2013. Project (Born: 1983) Manager and AML Operations Lead of SEI Private AML Officer Trust Company, September 2010 -- May 2011. (since 2013) Private Banking Client Service Professional of SEI Private Banking and Trust, September 2008 -- September 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
PURCHASING AND REDEEMING SHARES
Purchases and redemptions may be made through the Transfer Agent on any day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business. Shares of the Funds are offered and redeemed on a continuous basis. Currently, the Trust is closed for business when the following holidays are observed: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
It is currently the Trust's policy to pay all redemptions in cash. The Trust retains the right, however, to alter this policy to provide for redemptions in whole or in part by a distribution in-kind of securities held by a Fund in lieu of cash. Shareholders may incur brokerage charges on the sale of any such securities so received in payment of redemptions. A shareholder will at all times be entitled to aggregate cash redemptions from all funds of the Trust up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the Trust's net assets during any 90-day period. The Trust has obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits the Trust to make in-kind redemptions to those shareholders of the Trust that are affiliated with the Trust solely by their ownership of a certain percentage of the Trust's investment portfolios.
The Trust reserves the right to suspend the right of redemption and/or to postpone the date of payment upon redemption for any period on which trading on the NYSE is restricted, or during the existence of an emergency (as determined by the SEC by rule or regulation) as a result of which disposal or valuation of the Funds' securities is not reasonably practicable, or for such other periods as the SEC has by order permitted. The Trust also reserves the right to suspend sales of shares of any Fund for any period during which the NYSE, the Adviser, the Administrator, the Transfer Agent and/or the Custodian are not open for business.
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
GENERAL POLICY. The Funds adhere to Section 2(a)(41), and Rule 2a-4 thereunder, of the 1940 Act with respect to the valuation of portfolio securities. In general, securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at current market value, and all other securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board. In complying with the 1940 Act, the Trust relies on guidance provided by the SEC and by the SEC staff in various interpretive letters and other guidance.
EQUITY SECURITIES. Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on valuation date (or at approximately 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time if a security's primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. If such prices are not available or determined to not represent the fair value of the security as of the Funds' pricing time, the security will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Board.
MONEY MARKET SECURITIES AND OTHER DEBT SECURITIES. If available, money market securities and other debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by recognized independent, third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Such methodologies generally consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, call features, ratings and developments relating to specific securities in arriving at valuations. Money market securities and other debt securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value. If such prices are not available or determined to not represent the fair value of the security as of the Funds' pricing time, the security will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith using methods approved by the Board.
USE OF THIRD-PARTY INDEPENDENT PRICING AGENTS. Pursuant to contracts with the Trust's Administrator, market prices for most securities held by the Funds are provided daily by third-party independent pricing agents that are approved by the Board. The valuations provided by third-party independent pricing agents are reviewed daily by the Administrator.
TAXES
The following is only a summary of certain additional federal income tax considerations generally affecting the Funds and their shareholders that is intended to supplement the discussion contained in the Funds' Prospectuses. No attempt is made to present a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Funds or their shareholders, and the discussion here and in each Fund's Prospectus is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors with specific reference to their own tax situations, including their state, local, and foreign tax liabilities.
The following general discussion of certain federal income tax consequences is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the regulations issued thereunder as in effect on the date of this SAI. New legislation, as well as administrative changes or court decisions, may significantly change the conclusions expressed herein, and may have a retroactive effect with respect to the transactions contemplated herein.
QUALIFICATION AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY. Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes and is not combined with the Trust's other funds. The Funds intend to qualify and elect to be treated as a Regulated Investment Company ("RIC"). By following such a policy, the Funds expect to eliminate or reduce to a nominal amount the federal taxes to which it may be subject. A Fund that qualifies as a RIC will generally not be subject to federal income taxes on the net investment income and net realized capital gains that the Fund timely distributes to its shareholders. The Board reserves the right not to maintain the qualification of the Funds as a RIC if it determines such course of action to be beneficial to shareholders.
In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, each Fund must distribute annually to its shareholders at least 90% of its net investment income (which, includes dividends, taxable interest, and the excess of net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses, less operating expenses) and at least 90% of its net tax exempt interest income, for each tax year, if any, to its shareholders (the "Distribution Requirement") and also must meet certain additional requirements. Among these requirements are the following: (i) at least 90% of each Fund's gross income each taxable year must be derived from dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities, or foreign currencies, or other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities, or currencies, and net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership (the "Qualifying Income Test"); and (ii) at the close of each quarter of the Fund's taxable year: (A) at least 50% of the value of each Fund's total assets must be represented by cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs and other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect to any one issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of each Fund's total assets and that does not represent more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer including the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership, and (B) not more than 25% of the value of each Fund's total assets is invested in the securities (other than U.S. government securities or the securities of other RICs) of any one issuer or the securities (other than the securities of another RIC) of two or more issuers that the Funds control and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses or related trades or businesses, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships (the "Asset Test").
Although the Funds intend to distribute substantially all of their net investment income and may distribute their capital gains for any taxable year, the Funds will be subject to federal income taxation to the extent any such income or gains are not distributed. Each Fund is treated as a separate corporation for federal income tax purposes.
If a Fund fails to satisfy the Qualifying Income or Asset Tests in any taxable year, such Fund may be eligible for relief provisions if the failures are due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. Additionally, relief is provided for certain de minimis failures of the diversification requirements where the Fund corrects the failure within a specified period. If a Fund fails to maintain qualification as a RIC for a tax year, and the relief provisions are not available, that Fund will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders. In such case, their shareholders would be taxed as if they received ordinary dividends, although corporate shareholders could be eligible for the dividends received deduction (subject to certain limitations) and individuals may be able to benefit from the lower tax rates available to qualified dividend income. In addition, a Fund could be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make
substantial distributions before requalifying as a RIC. The Board reserves the right not to maintain the qualification of a Fund as a RIC if it determines such course of action to be beneficial to shareholders.
Each Fund is treated as a separate corporation for federal income tax purposes. A Fund therefore is considered to be a separate entity in determining its treatment under the rules for RICs described herein. Losses in one Fund do not offset gains in another and the requirements (other than certain organizational requirements) for qualifying RIC status are determined at the Fund level rather than at the Trust level.
A Fund may elect to treat part or all of any "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in determining the Fund's taxable income, net capital gain, net short-term capital gain, and earnings and profits. The effect of this election is to treat any such "qualified late year loss" as if it had been incurred in the succeeding taxable year in characterizing Fund distributions for any calendar year. A "qualified late year loss" generally includes net capital loss, net long-term capital loss, or net short-term capital loss incurred after October 31 of the current taxable year (commonly referred to as "post-October losses") and certain other late-year losses.
The treatment of capital loss carryovers for the Funds is similar to the rules that apply to capital loss carryovers of individuals which provide that such losses are carried over by the Funds indefinitely. If a Fund has a "net capital loss" (that is, capital losses in excess of capital gains), the excess of the Fund's net short-term capital losses over its net long-term capital gains is treated as a short-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year, and the excess (if any) of the Fund's net long-term capital losses over its net short-term capital gains is treated as a long-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year. The carryover of capital losses may be limited under the general loss limitation rules if a Fund experiences an ownership change as defined in the Code.
FEDERAL EXCISE TAX. Notwithstanding the Distribution Requirement described above, which generally requires a Fund to distribute at least 90% of its annual investment company taxable income and the excess of its exempt interest income (but does not require any minimum distribution of net capital gain), a Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% federal excise tax to the extent it fails to distribute by the end of the calendar year at least 98% of its ordinary income and 98.2% of its capital gain net income (the excess of short- and long-term capital gains over short- and long-term capital losses) for the one-year period ending on October 31 of such year (including any retained amount from the prior calendar year on which a Fund paid no federal income tax). The Funds intend to make sufficient distributions to avoid liability for federal excise tax, but can make no assurances that such tax will be completely eliminated. The Funds may in certain circumstances be required to liquidate Fund investments in order to make sufficient distributions to avoid federal excise tax liability at a time when the investment adviser might not otherwise have chosen to do so, and liquidation of investments in such circumstances may affect the ability of the Funds to satisfy the requirement for qualification as a RIC.
SHAREHOLDER TREATMENT. Each Fund receives income generally in the form of dividends and interest on investments. This income, plus net short-term capital gains, if any, less expenses incurred in the operation of the Funds, constitutes the Funds' net investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. Any distributions by the Funds from such income will be taxable to you as ordinary income or at the lower capital gains rates that apply to individuals receiving qualified dividend income, whether you take them in cash or in additional shares.
Distributions by the Funds will be eligible for the reduced maximum tax rate to
individuals of 20% (lower rates apply to individuals in lower tax brackets) to
the extent that the Funds receive qualified dividend income on the securities
it holds and the Funds designate the distributions as qualified dividend
income. Qualified dividend income is, in general, dividend income from taxable
domestic corporations and certain foreign corporations (e.g., foreign
corporations incorporated in a possession of the United States or in certain
countries with a comprehensive tax treaty with the United States, or the stock
of which is readily tradable on an established securities market in the United
States). A dividend will not be treated as qualified dividend income to the
extent that: (i) the shareholder has not held the shares on which the dividend
was paid for more than 60 days during the 121-day period that begins on the
date that is 60 days before the date on which the shares become "ex-dividend"
(which is the day on which declared distributions (dividends or capital gains)
are deducted from each Fund's assets before it calculates the net asset value)
with respect to such dividend, (ii) each Fund has not satisfied similar holding
period requirements with respect to the securities it holds that paid the
dividends distributed to the shareholder), (iii) the shareholder is under an
obligation (whether
pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to substantially similar or related property, or (iv) the shareholder elects to treat such dividend as investment income under section 163(d)(4)(B) of the Code. Distributions by the Funds of their net short-term capital gains will be taxable as ordinary income. Capital gain distributions consisting of the Funds' net capital gains will be taxable as long-term capital gains for individual shareholders at a maximum rate of 20% regardless of how long you have held your shares in such Fund. The Funds will report annually to their shareholders the federal tax status of all distributions made by the Funds.
Each Fund's dividends that are paid to their corporate shareholders and are attributable to qualifying dividends it received from U.S. domestic corporations may be eligible, in the hands of such shareholders, for the corporate dividends received deduction, subject to certain holding period requirements and debt financing limitations. Generally, and subject to certain limitations (including certain holding period limitations), a dividend will be treated as a qualifying dividend if it has been received from a domestic corporation. All such qualifying dividends (including the deducted portion) must be included in your alternative minimum taxable income calculation.
To the extent that a Fund makes a distribution of income received by such Fund in lieu of dividends (a "substitute payment") with respect to securities on loan pursuant to a securities lending transaction, such income will not constitute qualified dividend income to individual shareholders and will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders.
If the Funds' distributions exceed their taxable income and capital gains realized during a taxable year, all or a portion of the distributions made in the same taxable year may be recharacterized as a return of capital to the shareholders. A return of capital distribution will generally not be taxable, but will reduce each shareholder's cost basis in the Funds and result in a higher reported capital gain or lower reported capital loss when those shares on which the distribution was received are sold.
A dividend or distribution received shortly after the purchase of shares reduces the net asset value of the shares by the amount of the dividend or distribution and, although in effect a return of capital, will be taxable to the shareholder. If the net asset value of shares were reduced below the shareholder's cost by dividends or distributions representing gains realized on sales of securities, such dividends or distributions would be a return of investment though taxable to the shareholder in the same manner as other dividends or distributions.
The Funds will inform you of the amount of your ordinary income dividends, qualified dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, and will advise you of their tax status for federal income tax purposes shortly after the close of each calendar year. If you have not held Fund shares for a full year, the Funds may designate and distribute to you, as ordinary income, qualified dividend income or capital gain, a percentage of income that is not equal to the actual amount of such income earned during the period of your investment in the Funds.
Dividends declared to shareholders of record in October, November or December and actually paid in January of the following year will be treated as having been received by shareholders on December 31 of the calendar year in which declared. Under this rule, therefore, a shareholder may be taxed in one year on dividends or distributions actually received in January of the following year.
SALES, EXCHANGES OR REDEMPTIONS. Any gain or loss recognized on a sale, exchange, or redemption of shares of the Funds by a shareholder who is not a dealer in securities will generally, for individual shareholders, be treated as a long-term capital gain or loss if the shares have been held for more than twelve months and otherwise will be treated as a short-term capital gain or loss. However, if shares on which a shareholder has received a net capital gain distribution are subsequently sold, exchanged, or redeemed and such shares have been held for six months or less, any loss recognized will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the net capital gain distribution. In addition, the loss realized on a sale or other disposition of shares will be disallowed to the extent a shareholder repurchases (or enters into a contract to or option to repurchase) shares within a period of 61 days (beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition of the shares). This loss disallowance rule will apply to shares received through the reinvestment of dividends during the 61-day period. For tax purposes, an exchange of your Fund shares for shares of a different fund is the same as a sale.
The Funds (or their administrative agent) must report to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and furnish to Fund shareholders cost basis information for Fund shares. In addition to reporting the gross proceeds from the sale of Fund shares, the Funds are also required to report the cost basis information for such shares and indicate whether these shares had a short-term or long-term holding period. For each sale of Fund shares, the Funds will permit shareholders to elect from among several IRS-accepted cost basis methods, including the average basis method. In the absence of an election, the Funds will use the average basis method as the default cost basis method. The cost basis method elected by the Fund shareholder (or the cost basis method applied by default) for each sale of Fund shares may not be changed after the settlement date of each such sale of Fund shares. Fund shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the best IRS-accepted cost basis method for their tax situation and to obtain more information about how cost basis reporting applies to them.
Beginning January 1, 2013, U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly) are subject to a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on their "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains (including capital gains realized on the sale or exchange of shares of a Fund).
TAX TREATMENT OF COMPLEX SECURITIES. The Funds may invest in complex securities. These investments may be subject to numerous special and complex tax rules. These rules could affect whether gains and losses recognized by the Funds are treated as ordinary income or capital gain, accelerate the recognition of income to the Funds and/or defer the Funds' ability to recognize losses, and, in limited cases, subject the Funds to U.S. federal income tax on income from certain of their foreign securities. In turn, these rules may affect the amount, timing or character of the income distributed to you by the Funds.
Most foreign exchange gains realized on the sale of debt securities are treated as ordinary income by the Funds. Similarly, foreign exchange losses realized by the Funds on the sale of debt securities are generally treated as ordinary losses by the Funds. These gains when distributed will be taxable to you as ordinary dividends, and any losses will reduce the Funds' ordinary income otherwise available for distribution to you. This treatment could increase or reduce the Funds' ordinary income distributions to you, and may cause some or all of the Funds' previously distributed income to be classified as a return of capital.
If a Fund owns shares in certain foreign investment entities, referred to as "passive foreign investment companies" or "PFICs", the Fund will be subject to one of the following special tax regimes: (i) the Fund would be liable for U.S. federal income tax, and an additional interest charge, on a portion of any "excess distribution" from such foreign entity or any gain from the disposition of such shares, even if the entire distribution or gain is paid out by the Fund as a dividend to its shareholders; (ii) if the Fund were able and elected to treat a PFIC as a "qualified electing fund" or "QEF", the Fund would be required each year to include in income, and distribute to shareholders in accordance with the distribution requirements set forth above, the Fund's pro rata share of the ordinary earnings and net capital gains of the PFIC, whether or not such earnings or gains are distributed to the Fund; or (iii) the Fund may be entitled to mark-to-market annually shares of the PFIC, and in such event would be required to distribute to shareholders any such mark-to-market gains in accordance with the distribution requirements set forth above. A Fund may have to distribute to its shareholders certain "phantom" income and gain the Fund accrues with respect to its investment in a PFIC in order to satisfy the Distribution Requirement and to avoid imposition of the 4% excise tax described above. Each Fund will make the appropriate tax elections, if possible, and take any additional steps that are necessary to mitigate the effect of these rules.
FOREIGN TAXES. Dividends and interest received by a Fund may be subject to income, withholding or other taxes imposed by foreign countries and U.S. possessions that would reduce the yield on the Fund's stock or securities. Tax conventions between certain countries and the U.S. may reduce or eliminate these taxes. Foreign countries generally do not impose taxes on capital gains with respect to investments by foreign investors.
If more than 50% of the value of a Fund's total assets at the close of their taxable year consists of stocks or securities of foreign corporations, the Fund will be eligible to and intends to file an election with the IRS that may enable shareholders, in effect, to receive either the benefit of a foreign tax credit, or a deduction from such taxes, with respect to any foreign and U.S. possessions income taxes paid by the Fund, subject to certain limitations. Pursuant to the election, such Fund will treat those taxes as dividends paid to their shareholders. Each such shareholder will be required to include a proportionate share of those taxes in gross income as income received from a foreign source and must treat the amount so included as if the shareholder had paid the foreign tax directly. The shareholder may then either deduct the taxes deemed paid by him or her in computing his or her taxable
income or, alternatively, use the foregoing information in calculating any foreign tax credit they may be entitled to use against the shareholders' federal income tax. If a Fund makes the election, the Fund will report annually to their shareholders the respective amounts per share of the Fund's income from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries and U.S. possessions.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING. A Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold at a rate of 28% and remit to the U.S. Treasury the amount withheld on amounts payable to any shareholder who: (i) has provided the Fund either an incorrect tax identification number or no number at all; (ii) is subject to backup withholding by the IRS for failure to properly report payments of interest or dividends; (iii) has failed to certify to the Fund that such shareholder is not subject to backup withholding; or (iv) has failed to certify to the Fund that the shareholder is a U.S. person (including a resident alien).
TAX-EXEMPT SHAREHOLDERS. Certain tax-exempt shareholders, including qualified
pension plans, individual retirement accounts, salary deferral arrangements,
401(k)s, and other tax-exempt entities, generally are exempt from federal
income taxation except with respect to their unrelated business taxable income
("UBTI"). Under current law, the Funds generally serve to block UBTI from being
realized by their tax-exempt shareholders. However, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the tax-exempt shareholder could realize UBTI by virtue of an
investment in the Fund where, for example: (i) the Fund invests in residual
interests of Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs), (ii) the Fund
invests in a REIT that is a taxable mortgage pool ("TMP") or that has a
subsidiary that is TMP or that invests in the residual interest of a REMIC, or
(iii) shares in the Fund constitute debt-financed property in the hands of the
tax-exempt shareholder within the meaning of section 514(b) of the Code.
Charitable remainder trusts are subject to special rules and should consult
their tax advisor. The IRS has issued guidance with respect to these issues and
prospective shareholders, especially charitable remainder trusts, are strongly
encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding these issues.
NON-U.S. INVESTORS. Any non-U.S. investors in the Funds may be subject to U.S. withholding and estate tax and are encouraged to consult their tax advisors prior to investing in the Funds.
A U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate will be imposed on dividends beginning after June 30, 2014 (and proceeds of sales in respect of Fund shares received by Fund shareholders beginning after December 31, 2016) for shareholders who own their shares through foreign accounts or foreign intermediaries if certain disclosure requirements related to U.S. accounts or ownership are not satisfied. A Fund will not pay any additional amounts in respect to any amounts withheld.
TAX SHELTER REPORTING REGULATIONS. Under U.S. Treasury regulations, generally, if a shareholder recognizes a loss of $2 million or more for an individual shareholder or $10 million or more for a corporate shareholder, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of portfolio securities are in many cases excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC such as a Fund are not excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.
STATE TAXES. Depending upon state and local law, distributions by a Fund to its shareholders and the ownership of such shares may be subject to state and local taxes. Rules of state and local taxation of dividend and capital gains distributions from RICs often differ from rules for federal income taxation described above. It is expected that a Fund will not be liable for any corporate excise, income or franchise tax in Massachusetts if it qualifies as a RIC for federal income tax purposes.
Many states grant tax-free status to dividends paid to you from interest earned on direct obligations of the U.S. government, subject in some states to minimum investment requirements that must be met by a Fund. Investment in GNMA or FNMA securities, banker's acceptances, commercial paper, and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities do not generally qualify for such tax-free treatment. The rules on exclusion of this income are different for corporate shareholders.
Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding state and local taxes applicable to an investment in a Fund.
The Funds' shares held in a tax-qualified retirement account will generally not be subject to federal taxation on income and capital gains distribution from a Fund until a shareholder begins receiving payments from its retirement account. Because each shareholder's tax situation is different, shareholders should consult their tax advisor about the tax implications of an investment in the Funds.
FUND TRANSACTIONS
BROKERAGE TRANSACTIONS. Generally, equity securities, both listed and over-the-counter, are bought and sold through brokerage transactions for which commissions are payable. Purchases from underwriters will include the underwriting commission or concession, and purchases from dealers serving as market makers will include a dealer's mark-up or reflect a dealer's mark-down. Money market securities and other debt securities are usually bought and sold directly from the issuer or an underwriter or market maker for the securities. Generally, a Fund will not pay brokerage commissions for such purchases. When a debt security is bought from an underwriter, the purchase price will usually include an underwriting commission or concession. When a Fund executes transactions in the over-the-counter market, it will generally deal with primary market makers unless prices that are more favorable are otherwise obtainable. The purchase price for securities bought from dealers serving as market makers will similarly include the dealer's mark up or reflect a dealer's mark down.
In addition, the Adviser may place a combined order for two or more accounts it manages, including the Funds, engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security if, in its judgment, joint execution is in the best interest of each participant and will result in best price and execution. Transactions involving commingled orders are allocated in a manner deemed equitable to each account or fund. Although it is recognized that, in some cases, the joint execution of orders could adversely affect the price or volume of the security that a particular account or the Funds may obtain, it is the opinion of the Adviser that the advantages of combined orders outweigh the possible disadvantages of separate transactions.
BROKERAGE SELECTION. The Trust does not expect to use one particular broker or dealer, and when one or more brokers is believed capable of providing the best combination of price and execution, the Adviser may select a broker based upon brokerage or research services provided to the Adviser. The Adviser may pay a higher commission than otherwise obtainable from other brokers in return for such services only if a good faith determination is made that the commission is reasonable in relation to the services provided.
Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act permits the Adviser, under certain circumstances, to cause each Fund to pay a broker or dealer a commission for effecting a transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting the transaction in recognition of the value of brokerage and research services provided by the broker or dealer. In addition to agency transactions, the Adviser may receive brokerage and research services in connection with certain riskless principal transactions, in accordance with applicable SEC guidance. Brokerage and research services include: (1) furnishing advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities, and the availability of securities or purchasers or sellers of securities; (2) furnishing analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and the performance of accounts; and (3) effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental thereto (such as clearance, settlement, and custody). In the case of research services, the Adviser believes that access to independent investment research is beneficial to their investment decision-making processes and, therefore, to the Funds.
To the extent research services may be a factor in selecting brokers, such services may be in written form or through direct contact with individuals and may include information as to particular companies and securities as well as market, economic, or institutional areas and information which assists in the valuation and pricing of investments. Examples of research-oriented services for which the Adviser might utilize Fund commissions include research reports and other information on the economy, industries, sectors, groups of securities, individual companies, statistical information, political developments, technical market action, pricing and appraisal services, credit analysis, risk measurement analysis, performance and other analysis. The Adviser may use research services furnished by brokers in servicing all client accounts and not all services may necessarily be used in connection with the account that paid commissions to the broker providing such services. Information so received by the Adviser will be in addition to and not in lieu of the services required to be performed by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement. Any advisory or other fees paid to the Adviser are not reduced as a result of the receipt of research services.
In some cases the Adviser may receive a service from a broker that has both a "research" and a "non-research" use. When this occurs, the Adviser makes a good faith allocation, under all the circumstances, between the research and non-research uses of the service. The percentage of the service that is used for research purposes may be paid for with client commissions, while the Adviser will use its own funds to pay for the percentage of the service that is used for non-research purposes. In making this good faith allocation, the Adviser faces a potential conflict of interest, but the Adviser believes that its allocation procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that it appropriately allocates the anticipated use of such services to their research and non-research uses.
From time to time, the Funds may purchase new issues of securities for clients in a fixed price offering. In these situations, the seller may be a member of the selling group that will, in addition to selling securities, provide the Adviser with research services. FINRA has adopted rules expressly permitting these types of arrangements under certain circumstances. Generally, the seller will provide research "credits" in these situations at a rate that is higher than that which is available for typical secondary market transactions. These arrangements may not fall within the safe harbor of Section 28(e).
BROKERAGE WITH FUND AFFILIATES. The Funds may execute brokerage or other agency transactions through registered broker-dealer affiliates of either the Funds, the Adviser or the Distributor for a commission in conformity with the 1940 Act, the 1934 Act and rules promulgated by the SEC. Under the 1940 Act and the 1934 Act, affiliated broker-dealers are permitted to receive and retain compensation for effecting portfolio transactions for the Funds on an exchange if a written contract is in effect between the affiliate and the Funds expressly permitting the affiliate to receive and retain such compensation. These rules further require that commissions paid to the affiliate by the Funds for exchange transactions not exceed "usual and customary" brokerage commissions. The rules define "usual and customary" commissions to include amounts which are "reasonable and fair compared to the commission, fee or other remuneration received or to be received by other brokers in connection with comparable transactions involving similar securities being purchased or sold on a securities exchange during a comparable period of time." The Trustees, including those who are not "interested persons" of the Funds, have adopted procedures for evaluating the reasonableness of commissions paid to affiliates and review these procedures periodically.
SECURITIES OF "REGULAR BROKER-DEALERS." The Funds are required to identify any securities of their "regular brokers and dealers" (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) that the Funds held during their most recent fiscal year. Because the Funds are new, as of the date of this SAI the Funds do not hold any securities of "regular brokers and dealers."
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATES. Portfolio turnover rate is defined under SEC rules as the value of the securities purchased or securities sold, excluding all securities whose maturities at the time of acquisition were one-year or less, divided by the average monthly value of such securities owned during the year. Based on this definition, instruments with remaining maturities of less than one-year are excluded from the calculation of the portfolio turnover rate. Instruments excluded from the calculation of portfolio turnover generally would include the futures contracts in which the Funds may invest since such contracts generally have remaining maturities of less than one-year. The Funds may at times hold investments in other short-term instruments, such as repurchase agreements, which are excluded for purposes of computing portfolio turnover.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Board has approved a policy and procedures that govern the timing and circumstances regarding the disclosure of the Funds' portfolio holdings information to shareholders and third parties. These policies and procedures are designed to ensure that disclosure of information regarding the Funds' portfolio securities is in the best interests of each of the Fund's shareholders, and include procedures to address conflicts between the interests of each Fund's shareholders and those of the Funds' Adviser, principal underwriter, or any affiliated person of the Funds, the Adviser, or the principal underwriter. Pursuant to such procedures, the Board has authorized the Adviser's Chief Compliance Officer ("Adviser CCO") to authorize the release of the Funds' portfolio holdings, as necessary, in conformity with the foregoing principles. The Adviser CCO, either directly or through reports by the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer, reports quarterly to the Board regarding the operation and administration of such policies and procedures.
Pursuant to applicable law, the Funds are required to disclose their complete portfolio holdings quarterly, within 60 days of the
end of each fiscal quarter (currently, each January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31). The Funds will disclose a complete or summary schedule of investments (which includes the Funds' 50 largest holdings in unaffiliated issuers and each investment in unaffiliated issuers that exceeds one percent of the Funds' net asset value ("Summary Schedule")) in their Semi-Annual and Annual Reports which are distributed to each Fund's shareholders. The Funds' complete schedule of investments following the first and third fiscal quarters will be available in quarterly holdings reports filed with the SEC on Form N-Q, and each Fund's complete schedule of investments following the second and fourth fiscal quarters, will be available in shareholder reports filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.
Reports filed with the SEC on Form N-Q and Form N-CSR are not distributed to each Fund's shareholders but are available, free of charge, on the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Should the Funds include only a Summary Schedule rather than a complete schedule of investments in their Semi-Annual and Annual Reports, their Form N-CSR will be available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-FUND-LSV.
The Adviser's website, at www.lsvasset.com, also provides information about the
Funds' complete portfolio holdings, including some or all of the following:
security description, ticker, security identification number, price per share,
par value, and interest rate updated as of the end of the most recent calendar
quarter (I.E., each March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31). This
information on the website is provided within 15 business days at the end of
each calendar quarter. The information on the Adviser's website is publicly
available to all categories of persons. The Adviser may exclude any portion of
a Fund's portfolio holdings from publication when deemed in the best interest
of the Fund.
In addition to information provided to shareholders and the general public, portfolio holdings information may be disclosed as frequently as daily to certain service providers, such as the custodian, administrator or transfer agent, in connection with their services to the Funds. From time to time rating and ranking organizations, such as S&P, Lipper and Morningstar, Inc., may request non-public portfolio holdings information in connection with rating the Funds. Similarly, institutional investors, financial planners, pension plan sponsors and/or their consultants or other third-parties may request portfolio holdings information in order to assess the risks of a Fund's portfolio along with related performance attribution statistics.
The Funds' policies and procedures provide that the Adviser's CCO may authorize disclosure of non-public portfolio holdings information to such parties at differing times and/or with different lag times. Prior to making any disclosure to a third party, the Adviser's CCO must determine that such disclosure serves a reasonable business purpose, is in the best interests of the Funds' shareholders and that conflicts between the interests of the Funds' shareholders and those of the Funds' Adviser, principal underwriter, or any affiliated person of the Funds are addressed. Portfolio holdings information may be disclosed no more frequently than monthly to ratings agencies, consultants and other qualified financial professionals or individuals.
The Adviser currently has arrangements to provide non-public portfolio holdings information to Marco Consulting Group. The Adviser reports the complete portfolio (including security name, ticker, cusip, number of shares, current market value and percentage of portfolio), as well as percentage weightings for the top ten holdings, on a monthly basis, with a three-day lag. The portfolio holdings are used to create 1) a quarterly profile to educate clients and 2) to conduct quarterly due diligence on the Funds. This information is considered confidential and will not be distributed to the public. The Funds believe these disclosures serve a legitimate business purpose. The Funds' Chief Compliance Officer will regularly review these arrangements and will make periodic reports to the Board regarding disclosure pursuant to such arrangements.
With the exception of disclosures to rating and ranking organizations as described above, the Funds require any third party receiving non-public holdings information to enter into a confidentiality agreement with the Adviser. The confidentiality agreement provides, among other things, that non-public portfolio holdings information will be kept confidential and that the recipient has a duty not to trade on the non-public information and will use such information solely to analyze and rank the Funds, or to perform due diligence and asset allocation, depending on the recipient of the information.
The Funds' policies and procedures prohibit any compensation or other consideration from being paid to or received by any party in connection with the disclosure of portfolio holdings information, including the Funds, Adviser and its affiliates or recipient of the Funds' portfolio holdings information.
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
The Declaration of Trust authorizes the issuance of an unlimited number of funds and shares of each fund, each of which represents an equal proportionate interest in that fund with each other share. Shares are entitled upon liquidation to a pro rata share in the net assets of the fund. Shareholders have no preemptive rights. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees may create additional series or classes of shares. All consideration received by the Funds for shares of any additional funds and all assets in which such consideration is invested would belong to that fund and would be subject to the liabilities related thereto. Share certificates representing shares will not be issued. The Trust has received a legal opinion to the effect that the Funds' shares are fully paid and non-assessable.
SHAREHOLDER LIABILITY
The Trust is an entity of the type commonly known as a "Massachusetts business trust." Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of such a trust could, under certain circumstances, be held personally liable as partners for the obligations of the trust. Even if, however, the Trust were held to be a partnership, the possibility of the shareholders incurring financial loss for that reason appears remote because the Trust's Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder liability for obligations of the Trust and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in each agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by or on behalf of the Trust or the Trustees, and because the Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification out of the Trust property for any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Trust.
LIMITATION OF TRUSTEES' LIABILITY
The Declaration of Trust provides that a Trustee shall be liable only for his or her own willful defaults and, if reasonable care has been exercised in the selection of officers, agents, employees or investment advisers, shall not be liable for any neglect or wrongdoing of any such person. The Declaration of Trust also provides that the Trust will indemnify its Trustees and officers against liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with actual or threatened litigation in which they may be involved because of their offices with the Trust unless it is determined in the manner provided in the Declaration of Trust that they have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that their actions were in the best interests of the Trust. However, nothing in the Declaration of Trust shall protect or indemnify a Trustee against any liability for his or her willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties. Nothing contained in this section attempts to disclaim a Trustee's individual liability in any manner inconsistent with the federal securities laws.
PROXY VOTING
The Board has delegated responsibility for decisions regarding proxy voting for securities held by the Funds to the Adviser. The Adviser will vote such proxies in accordance with its proxy policies and procedures, which are included in Appendix B to this SAI.
The Trust is required to disclose annually the Funds' complete proxy voting record during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 on Form N-PX. This voting record is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-FUND-LSV and (ii) on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
CODES OF ETHICS
The Board of Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, has adopted a Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act. In addition, the Adviser, the Distributor and the Administrator have adopted Codes of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 (each a "Code of Ethics" and together the "Codes of Ethics"). These Codes of Ethics apply to the personal investing activities of trustees, officers and certain employees ("access persons"). Rule 17j-1 and the Codes of Ethics are designed to prevent unlawful practices in connection with the purchase or sale of securities by access persons. Under each Code of Ethics, access persons are permitted to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by a Fund, but are required to report their personal securities transactions for monitoring purposes. In addition, certain access persons are required to obtain approval
before investing in initial public offerings or private placements or are prohibited from making such investments. Copies of these Codes of Ethics are on file with the SEC, and are available to the public.
5% AND 25% SHAREHOLDERS
Because the Funds are new, as of the date of this SAI, the Funds do not have any beneficial owners to report.
APPENDIX A
DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS
DESCRIPTION OF RATINGS
The following descriptions of securities ratings have been published by Moody's Investors Services, Inc. ("Moody's"), Standard & Poor's ("S&P"), and Fitch Ratings ("Fitch"), respectively.
DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S GLOBAL RATING SCALES
Ratings assigned on Moody's global long-term and short-term rating scales are forward-looking opinions of the relative credit risks of financial obligations issued by non-financial corporates, financial institutions, structured finance vehicles, project finance vehicles, and public sector entities. Long-term ratings are assigned to issuers or obligations with an original maturity of one year or more and reflect both on the likelihood of a default on contractually promised payments and the expected financial loss suffered in the event of default. Short-term ratings are assigned to obligations with an original maturity of thirteen months or less and reflect the likelihood of a default on contractually promised payments.
DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S GLOBAL LONG-TERM RATING SCALE
Aaa Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, subject to the lowest level of credit risk.
Aa Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.
A Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.
Baa Obligations rated Baa are judged to be medium-grade and subject to moderate credit risk and as such may possess certain speculative characteristics.
Ba Obligations rated Ba are judged to be speculative and are subject to substantial credit risk.
B Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.
Caa Obligations rated Caa are judged to be speculative of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.
Ca Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.
C Obligations rated C are the lowest rated class and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.
NOTE: Moody's appends numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.
HYBRID INDICATOR (HYB)
The hybrid indicator (hyb) is appended to all ratings of hybrid securities issued by banks, insurers, finance companies, and securities firms. By their terms, hybrid securities allow for the omission of scheduled dividends, interest, or principal payments, which can potentially result in impairment if such an omission occurs. Hybrid securities may also be subject to contractually allowable write-downs of principal that could result in impairment. Together with the hybrid indicator, the long-term obligation rating assigned to a hybrid security is an expression of the relative credit risk associated with that security.
DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S GLOBAL SHORT-TERM RATING SCALE
P-1 Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-1 have a superior ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
P-2 Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay short-term debt obligations.
P-3 Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Prime-3 have an acceptable ability to repay short-term obligations.
NP Issuers (or supporting institutions) rated Not Prime do not fall within any of the Prime rating categories.
DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S US MUNICIPAL SHORT-TERM OBLIGATION RATINGS
The Municipal Investment Grade ("MIG") scale is used to rate US municipal bond anticipation notes of up to three years maturity. Municipal notes rated on the MIG scale may be secured by either pledged revenues or proceeds of a take-out financing received prior to note maturity. MIG ratings expire at the maturity of the obligation, and the issuer's long-term rating is only one consideration in assigning the MIG rating. MIG ratings are divided into three levels--MIG 1 through MIG 3--while speculative grade short-term obligations are designated SG.
MIG 1 This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.
MIG 2 This designation denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample, although not as large as in the preceding group.
MIG 3 This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Liquidity and cash-flow protection may be narrow, and market access for refinancing is likely to be less well-established.
SG This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Debt instruments in this category may lack sufficient margins of protection.
DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S DEMAND OBLIGATION RATINGS
In the case of variable rate demand obligations ("VRDOs"), a two-component rating is assigned: a long or short-term debt rating and a demand obligation rating. The first element represents Moody's evaluation of risk associated with scheduled principal and interest payments. The second element represents Moody's evaluation of risk associated with the ability to receive purchase price upon demand ("demand feature"). The second element uses a rating from a variation of the MIG scale called the Variable Municipal Investment Grade ("VMIG") scale.
VMIG 1 This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
VMIG 2 This designation denotes strong credit quality. Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
VMIG 3 This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
SG This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a
liquidity provider that does not have an investment grade short-term rating or may lack the structural and/or legal protections necessary to ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.
DESCRIPTION OF S&P'S ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS
An S&P'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.
Issue credit ratings are based, in varying degrees, on Standard & Poor's analysis of the following considerations:
o Likelihood of payment--capacity and willingness of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on an obligation in accordance with the terms of the obligation;
o Nature of and provisions of the obligation;
o Protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in the event of bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement
under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors' rights.
LONG-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGSo
AAA An obligation rated 'AAA' has the highest rating assigned by S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.
AA An obligation rated 'AA' differs from the highest-rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong
A An obligation rated 'A' is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.
BBB An obligation rated 'BBB' exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
BB; B; CCC; CC; AND C Obligations rated 'BB', 'B', 'CCC', 'CC', and 'C' are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. 'BB' indicates the least degree of speculation and 'C' the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.
BB An obligation rated 'BB' is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
B An obligation rated 'B' is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated 'BB', but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
CCC An obligation rated 'CCC' is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
CC An obligation rated 'CC' is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The 'CC' rating is used when a default has not yet occurred, but S&P expects default to be a virtual certainty, regardless of the anticipated time to default.
C An obligation rated 'C' is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment, and the obligation is expected to have lower relative seniority or lower ultimate recovery compared to obligations that are rated higher.
D An obligation rated 'D' is in default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the 'D' rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless Standard & Poor's believes that such payments will be made within five business days in the absence of a stated grace period or within the earlier of the stated grace period or 30 calendar days. The 'D' rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. An obligation's rating is lowered to 'D' if it is subject to a distressed exchange offer.
NR This indicates that no rating has been requested, that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that Standard & Poor's does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.
* The ratings from 'AA' to 'CCC' may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.
SHORT-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS
A-1 A short-term obligation rated 'A-1' is rated in the highest category by S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.
A-2 A short-term obligation rated 'A-2' is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.
A-3 A short-term obligation rated 'A-3' exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
B A short-term obligation rated 'B' is regarded as vulnerable and has significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitments; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitments.
C A short-term obligation rated 'C' is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
D A short-term obligation rated 'D' is in default or in breach of an imputed promise. For non-hybrid capital instruments, the 'D' rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due, unless S&P believes that such payments
will be made within any stated grace period. However, any stated grace period longer than five business days will be treated as five business days. The 'D' rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action and where default on an obligation is a virtual certainty, for example due to automatic stay provisions. An obligation's rating is lowered to 'D' if it is subject to a distressed exchange offer.
DESCRIPTION OF S&P'S MUNICIPAL SHORT-TERM NOTE RATINGS
An S&P's U.S. municipal note rating reflects S&P's opinion about the liquidity factors and market access risks unique to the notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes with an original maturity of more than three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. In determining which type of rating, if any, to assign, Standard & Poor's analysis will review the following considerations:
o Amortization schedule--the larger the final maturity relative to other maturities, the more likely it will be treated as a note; and
o Source of payment--the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note.
S&P's municipal short-term note rating symbols are as follows:
SP-1 Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.
SP-2 Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.
SP-3 Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.
DESCRIPTION OF FITCH'S CREDIT RATINGS SCALES
Fitch's credit ratings provide an opinion on the relative ability of an entity to meet financial commitments, such as interest, preferred dividends, repayment of principal, insurance claims or counterparty obligations. Credit ratings are used by investors as indications of the likelihood of receiving the money owed to them in accordance with the terms on which they invested.
The terms "investment grade" and "speculative grade" have established themselves over time as shorthand to describe the categories 'AAA' to 'BBB' (investment grade) and 'BB' to 'D' (speculative grade). The terms "investment grade" and "speculative grade" are market conventions, and do not imply any recommendation or endorsement of a specific security for investment purposes. "Investment grade" categories indicate relatively low to moderate credit risk, while ratings in the "speculative" categories either signal a higher level of credit risk or that a default has already occurred.
Fitch's credit ratings do not directly address any risk other than credit risk. In particular, ratings do not deal with the risk of a market value loss on a rated security due to changes in interest rates, liquidity and other market considerations. However, in terms of payment obligation on the rated liability, market risk may be considered to the extent that it influences the ABILITY of an issuer to pay upon a commitment. Ratings nonetheless do not reflect market risk to the extent that they influence the size or other conditionality of the OBLIGATION to pay upon a commitment (for example, in the case of index-linked bonds).
In the default components of ratings assigned to individual obligations or instruments, the agency typically rates to the likelihood of non-payment or default in accordance with the terms of that instrument's documentation. In limited cases, Fitch may include additional considerations (i.e. rate to a higher or lower standard than that implied in the obligation's documentation). In such cases, the agency will make clear the assumptions underlying the agency's opinion in the accompanying rating commentary.
DESCRIPTION OF FITCH'S LONG-TERM CORPORATE FINANCE OBLIGATIONS RATING SCALES
Fitch long-term obligations rating scales are as follows:
AAA Highest credit quality. 'AAA' ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in cases of exceptionally strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.
AA Very high credit quality. 'AA' ratings denote expectations of very low credit risk. They indicate very strong capacity for payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.
A High credit quality. 'A' ratings denote expectations of low credit risk. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB Good credit quality. 'BBB' ratings indicate that expectations of credit risk are currently low. The capacity for payment of financial commitments is considered adequate but adverse business or economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity.
BB Speculative. 'BB' ratings indicate an elevated vulnerability to credit risk, particularly in the event of adverse changes in business or economic conditions over time; however, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met.
B Highly speculative. 'B' ratings indicate that material credit risk is present.
CCC Substantial credit risk. 'CCC' ratings indicate that substantial credit risk is present.
CC Very high levels of credit risk. 'CC' ratings indicate very high levels of credit risk.
C 'Exceptionally high levels of credit risk. C' ratings indicate exceptionally high levels of credit risk.
NR This designation is used to denote securities not rated by Fitch where Fitch has rated some, but not all, securities comprising an issuance capital structure.
WD This designation indicates that the rating has been withdrawn and the issue or issuer is no longer rated by Fitch.
Note: The modifiers "+" or "-" may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to the 'AAA' obligation rating category, or to corporate finance obligation ratings in the categories below 'CCC'.
DESCRIPTION OF FITCH'S SHORT-TERM RATINGS
A short-term issuer or obligation rating is based in all cases on the short-term vulnerability to default of the rated entity or security stream and relates to the capacity to meet financial obligations in accordance with the documentation governing the relevant obligation. Short-Term Ratings are assigned to obligations whose initial maturity is viewed as "short term" based on market convention. Typically, this means up to 13 months for corporate, sovereign, and structured obligations, and up to 36 months for obligations in U.S. public finance markets.
Fitch's short-term ratings are as follows:
F1 Highest short-term credit quality. Indicates the strongest intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.
F2 Good short-term credit quality. Good intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.
F3 Fair short-term credit quality. The intrinsic capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate.
B Speculative short-term credit quality. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus heightened vulnerability to near term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.
C High short-term default risk. Default is a real possibility.
RD Restricted default. Indicates an entity that has defaulted on one or more of its financial commitments, although it continues to meet other financial obligations. Applicable to entity ratings only.
D Default. Indicates a broad-based default event for an entity, or the default of a short-term obligation.
NR This designation is used to denote securities not rated by Fitch where Fitch has rated some, but not all, securities comprising an issuance capital structure.
WD This designation indicates that the rating has been withdrawn and the issue or issuer is no longer rated by Fitch.
APPENDIX B -- PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT
PROXY VOTING PROCEDURES
LSV's standard investment management agreement expressly authorizes LSV to vote proxies on behalf of the client's account. Therefore, unless the client expressly reserves proxy voting responsibility, it is LSV's responsibility to vote proxies relating to securities held for the client's account.
ERISA ACCOUNTS. Unless proxy voting responsibility has been expressly reserved and is being exercised by another fiduciary for an ERISA plan client, LSV, as the investment adviser for the account, must vote all proxies relating to securities held for the plan's account. If LSV is responsible for voting, LSV shall make appropriate arrangements with each account custodian to have proxies forwarded, on a timely basis to the appropriate person, and shall endeavor to correct delays or other problems relating to timely delivery of proxies and proxy materials.
Fiduciary obligations of prudence and loyalty require an investment adviser with proxy voting responsibility to vote proxies on issues that affect the value of the client's investment. Proxy voting decisions must be made solely in the best interests of the client's account. In voting proxies, LSV is required to consider those factors that may affect the value of the client's investment and may not subordinate the interests of the client to unrelated objectives.
LSV has adopted proxy voting guidelines that provide direction in determining how various types of proxy issues are to be voted. LSV will engage an expert independent third party to design guidelines for client accounts that are updated for current corporate governance issues, helping to ensure that clients' best interests are served by voting decisions. Clients are sent a copy of their respective guidelines on an annual basis.
LSV's purely quantitative investment process does not provide output or analysis that would be functional in analyzing proxy issues. LSV therefore will retain an independent, expert third party, currently Glass Lewis & Co. ("GLC"). GLC will implement LSV's proxy voting process, cast all votes on LSV's behalf in accordance with LSV's proxy voting guidelines (unless otherwise instructed by LSV), provide assistance in developing guidelines and provide analysis of proxy issues on a case-by-case basis. LSV is responsible for monitoring GLC to ensure that proxies are appropriately voted. LSV will vote issues contrary to, or issues not covered by, the guidelines only when LSV believes it is in the best interest of the client. Where the client has provided proxy voting guidelines to LSV, those guidelines will be followed, unless it is determined that a different vote would add more value to the client's holding of the security in question. Direction from a client on a particular proxy vote will take precedence over the guidelines. LSV's use of GLC is not a delegation of LSV's fiduciary obligation to vote proxies for clients.
Should a material conflict arise between LSV's interest and that of its clients (e.g., a client bringing a shareholder action has solicited LSV's support; LSV manages a pension plan for a company whose management is soliciting proxies; or an LSV employee has a relative involved in management at an investee company), LSV will vote the proxies in accordance with the recommendation of the independent third party proxy voting service. A written record will be maintained describing the conflict of interest, and an explanation of how the vote taken was in the client's best interest.
LSV may refrain from voting a proxy if the cost of voting the proxy exceeds the expected benefit to the client, for example in the case of voting a foreign security when the proxy must be translated into English or the vote must be cast in person.
Clients may receive a copy of LSV's voting record for their account by request. LSV will additionally provide any mutual fund for which LSV acts as adviser or sub-adviser, a copy of LSV's voting record for the fund so that the fund may fulfill its obligation to report proxy votes to fund shareholders.
RECORDKEEPING. In accordance with the recordkeeping rules, LSV will retain:
(i) Copies of its proxy voting policies and procedures.
(ii) A copy of each proxy statement received regarding client securities (maintained by the proxy voting service and/or available on EDGAR).
(iii) A record of each vote cast on behalf of a client (maintained by the proxy voting service).
(iv) A copy of any document created that was material to the voting decision or that memorializes the basis for that decision (maintained by the proxy voting service).
(v) A copy of clients' written requests for proxy voting information and a copy of LSV's written response to a client's request for proxy voting information for the client's account.
(vi) LSV will ensure that it may obtain access to the proxy voting service's records promptly upon LSV's request.
LSV will maintain required materials in an easily accessible place for not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year during which the last entry took place, the first two years in LSV's principal office.
PART C: OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 28. EXHIBITS:
(a)(1) Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of The Advisors'
Inner Circle Fund (the "Registrant") dated July 18, 1991, as amended and
restated February 18, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(1)(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") via EDGAR Accession No. 0000950109-97-001691 on
February 27, 1997.
(a)(2) Amendment No. 1, dated May 15, 2012, to the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated July 18, 1991, as amended and
restated February 18, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(a)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 190 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-12-000262 on May 23, 2012.
(b) Registrant's Second Amended and Restated By-Laws are incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 179 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000087 on February 28, 2012.
(c) Not Applicable.
(d)(1)(i) Investment Advisory Agreement dated November 21, 1994 between the
Registrant and AIG Global Investment Corp. (now, AIG Asset Management (U.S.),
LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (5)(f) of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 28 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File
No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0000950109-97-001691
on February 27, 1997.
(d)(1)(ii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 3, 1995 between the Registrant and First Manhattan Co. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (5)(g) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0000950109-96-001199 on February 28, 1996.
(d)(1)(iii) Amended and Restated Schedule dated May 19, 1998 to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 3, 1995 between the Registrant and First Manhattan Co. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001047469-98-021496 on May 21, 1998.
(d)(1)(iv) Investment Advisory Agreement dated March 15, 1999 between the Registrant and LSV Asset Management is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(8) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-01-500070 on June 22, 2001.
(d)(1)(v) Amended Schedule A, dated May 13, 2014, to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated March 15, 1999 between the Registrant and LSV Asset Management is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(1)(v) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 235 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000403 on June 10, 2014.
(d)(1)(vi) Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the
Registrant and Acadian Asset Management, Inc. (now, Acadian Asset Management
LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(17) of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 55 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File
No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-02-000263
on August 30, 2002.
(d)(1)(vii) Amended Schedule A to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the Registrant and Acadian Asset Management, Inc. (now Acadian Asset Management, LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(12) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 127 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10- 000392 on September 3, 2010.
(d)(1)(viii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the Registrant and Cambiar Investors LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-02-000263 on August 30, 2002.
(d)(1)(ix) Amended Schedule A, dated August 13, 2013, to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the Registrant and Cambiar Investors LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(15) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 220 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000444 on August 28, 2013.
(d)(1)(x) Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the Registrant and Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(23) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-02-000263 on August 30, 2002.
(d)(1)(xi) Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the
Registrant and C.S. McKee, L.P. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(d)(24) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-02-000263 on August 30, 2002.
(d)(1)(xii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated August 8, 2008 between the Registrant and Rice, Hall James & Associates LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(16) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 116 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-09-000641 on December 18, 2009.
(d)(1)(xiii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the Registrant and Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley, Inc. (now, Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(27) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-02-000263 on August 30, 2002.
(d)(1)(xiv) Amendment and Revised Schedule A dated June 1, 2010 to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 24, 2002 between the Registrant and Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley, Inc. (now, Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(21) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 126 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000336 on August 30, 2010.
(d)(1)(xv) Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 28, 2004 between the Registrant and Haverford Investment Management, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(30) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 79 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-05-000093 on February 25, 2005.
(d)(1)(xvi) Investment Advisory Agreement dated December 16, 2005 between the Registrant and Westwood Management Corp. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(28) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 88 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-06-000081 on February 28, 2006.
(d)(1)(xvii) Schedule A, dated December 16, 2005, as last amended November 14, 2012, to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated December 16, 2005 between the Registrant and Westwood Management Corp. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(27) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 202 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000594 on December 19, 2012.
(d)(1)(xviii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated February 27, 2006 between the Registrant and Edgewood Management LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(33) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000007 on January 12, 2007.
(d)(1)(xix) Investment Advisory Agreement dated March 31, 2010 between the Registrant and Sands Capital Management, LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(30) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 123 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000173 on April 30, 2010.
(d)(1)(xx) Investment Advisory Agreement dated March 24, 2011, between the Registrant and AlphaOne Investment Services, LLC, relating to the AlphaOne Micro Cap Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(35) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(1)(xxi) Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 20, 2011, between the Registrant and Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P., relating to the Loomis Sayles Full Discretion Institutional Securitized Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(37) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(1)(xxii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated December 19, 2011, between the Registrant and CBRE Clarion Securities LLC, relating to the CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund and CBRE Clarion Global Infrastructure Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(39) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(1)(xxiii) Revised Schedule A dated May 14, 2013 to the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and CBRE Clarion Securities LLC, relating to the CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund and CBRE Clarion Global Infrastructure Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(40) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 214 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC on June 28, 2013.
(d)(1)(xxiv) Investment Advisory Agreement dated February 20, 2012, between the Registrant and Hamlin Capital Management, LLC, relating to the Hamlin High Dividend Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(45) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 183 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000195 on March 28, 2012.
(d)(1)(xxv) Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and Citigroup First Investment Management Americas LLC, relating to the Citi Market Pilot 2020 Fund, Citi Market Pilot 2030 Fund and Citi Market Pilot 2040 Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(47) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 190 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000262 on May 23, 2012.
(d)(1)(xxvi) Investment Advisory Agreement dated February 3, 2012, between the Trust and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc., relating to the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant MicroCap Fund and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant Small Cap Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(45) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(1)(xxvii) Amended Schedule A to the Investment Advisory Agreement dated
February 3, 2012, between the Trust and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc.,
relating to the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant MicroCap Fund and Thomson Horstmann
& Bryant Small Cap Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(d)(49) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 225 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-13-000589 on October 9, 2013.
(d)(1)(xxviii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 1, 2014 between the Trust and Cornerstone Advisors, Inc., relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities Fund, Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund and Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund, is filed herewith.
(d)(1)(xxix) Investment Advisory Agreement dated January 31, 2013 between the Registrant and Harvest Global Investments Limited, relating to the Harvest Family of Funds, is filed herewith.
(d)(1)(xxx) Investment Advisory Agreement dated September 3, 2013 between the Registrant and AT Investment Advisers, Inc. (formerly Stein Roe Investment Counsel, Inc.), relating to the AT Family of Funds, is filed herewith.
(d)(1)(xxxi) Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Fayez Sarofim & Co., relating to the Sarofim Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(74) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 219 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000386 on July 26, 2013.
(d)(2)(i) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement dated December 27, 2011, between Westwood Management Corp. and SKY Harbor Capital Management, LLC, relating to the Westwood Short Duration High Yield Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(29) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(2)(ii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(iii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and LSV Asset Management, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(iv) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Harris Associates L.P., relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(v) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Thornburg Investment Management Inc, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(vi) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Marsico Capital Management, LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(vii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Turner Investments, L.P., relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(viii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(ix) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Fairpointe Capital LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(x) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Phocas Financial Corporation, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xi) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Allianz Global Investors Capital LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Acadian Asset Management LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xiii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Driehaus Capital Management LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xiv) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and OFI SteelPath, Inc., relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xv) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xvi) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and AQR Capital Management, LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xvii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and ClariVest Asset Management LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xviii) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xix) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xx) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Numeric Investors, LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(2)(xxi) Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement between Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. and Strategic Income Management, LLC, relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(3)(i) Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement dated February 13, 2013 between the Registrant and LSV Asset Management, relating to the LSV Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(10) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(3)(ii) Amended Schedule A, dated May 13, 2014, to the Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement dated February 13, 2013 between the Registrant and LSV Asset Management, relating to the LSV Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(3)(ii) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 235 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000403 on June 10, 2014.
(d)(3)(iii) Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement dated February 10, 2014, between the Registrant and Acadian Asset Management LLC, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(10) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(d)(3)(iv) Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement, dated September 1, 2010, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(16) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 220 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000444 on August 28, 2013.
(d)(3)(v) Amended Schedule A, dated August 13, 2013, to the Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement, dated September 1, 2010, between the Registrant and Cambiar Investors LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(17) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 220 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000444 on August 28, 2013.
(d)(3)(vi) Expense Limitation Agreement dated March 1, 2008, between the Registrant and Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC, relating to the Rice Hall James Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(20) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(3)(vii) Revised Schedule A dated June 24, 2013 to the Expense Limitation Agreement dated March 1, 2008, between the Registrant and Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC, relating to the Rice Hall James Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(d)(3)(viii) Expense Limitation Agreement dated March 1, 2008, between the
Registrant and Haverford Investment Management, Inc., relating to the Haverford
Quality Growth Stock Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(d)(25) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(3)(ix) Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement dated February 26,
2013, between the Registrant and Westwood Management Corp., relating to the
Westwood Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(d)(28) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(3)(x) Expense Limitation Agreement dated March 1, 2008 between the Registrant and Edgewood Management LLC is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(28) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 124 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000245 on June 30, 2010.
(d)(3)(xi) Expense Limitation Agreement dated March 31, 2010, between the Registrant and Sands Capital Management, LLC, relating to the Sands Capital Global Growth Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(34) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(3)(xii) Expense Limitation Agreement, effective as of March 28, 2011,
between the Registrant and AlphaOne Investment Services, LLC, relating to the
AlphaOne Micro Cap Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(d)(43) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-11-000353 on June 29, 2011.
(d)(3)(xiii) Expense Limitation Agreement dated December 15, 2011, between the Registrant and Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P., relating to the Loomis Sayles Full Discretion Institutional Securitized Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(38) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(3)(xiv) Amended and restated Expense Limitation Agreement dated May 14, 2013 between the Registrant and CBRE Clarion Securities LLC, relating to the CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund and CBRE Clarion Global Infrastructure Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(41) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 214 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC on June 28, 2013.
(d)(3)(xv) Amended and Restated Expense Limitation Agreement dated April 30, 2013, between the Registrant and Hamlin Capital Management, LLC, relating to the Hamlin High Dividend Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(42) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 210 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000257 on April 30, 2013.
(d)(3)(xvi) Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and Citigroup First Investment Management Americas LLC, relating to the Citi Market Pilot 2020 Fund, Citi Market Pilot 2030 Fund and Citi Market Pilot 2040 Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(48) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 190 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000262 on May 23, 2012.
(d)(3)(xvii) Expense Limitation Agreement dated March 28, 2012, between the Registrant and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc., relating to the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant MicroCap Fund and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant Small Cap Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(46) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(d)(3)(xviii) Amended Schedule A to the Expense Limitation Agreement dated
March 28, 2012, between the Registrant and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc.,
relating to the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant MicroCap Fund and Thomson Horstmann
& Bryant Small Cap Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(d)(50) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 225 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-13-000589 on October 9, 2013.
(d)(3)(xix) Expense Limitation Agreement dated January 31, 2013 between the Registrant and Harvest Global Investments Limited, relating to the Harvest Family of Funds, is filed herewith.
(d)(3)(xx) Expense Limitation Agreement dated September 3, 2013 between the Registrant and AT Investment Advisers, Inc. (formerly Stein Roe Investment Counsel, Inc.), relating to the AT Family of Funds, to be filed by amendment.
(d)(3)(xxi) Expense Limitation Agreement between the Registrant and Fayez Sarofim & Co., relating to the Sarofim Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(75) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 219 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000386 on July 26, 2013.
(d)(4) Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated December 31, 2003 between AIG Capital Management Corp. and AIG Global Investment Corp. (now, AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (d)(31) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04-000095 on March 1, 2004.
(e)(1)(i) Distribution Agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated August 8, 1994, between the Registrant and SEI Financial Services Company (now, SEI Investments Distribution Co.) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (6) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0000950109-96-001199 on February 28, 1996.
(e)(1)(ii) Distribution Agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated November 12, 2002, between the Registrant and SEI Investments Distribution Co. (formerly, SEI Financial Services Company) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (e)(4) of Post- Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-03- 000108 on February 28, 2003.
(e)(1)(iii) Amendment No. 1, effective as of August 30, 2010, to the Distribution Agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated November 12, 2002, between the Registrant and SEI Investments Distribution Co. (formerly, SEI Financial Services Company), is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (e)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 158 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000517 on September 16, 2011.
(e)(2)(i) Amended and Restated Sub-Distribution and Servicing Agreement dated November 10, 1997 between SEI Investments Company and AIG Equity Sales Corporation is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (6)(c) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001047469-98-008087 on February 27, 1998.
(e)(2)(ii) Revised Form of Amended Sub-Distribution and Servicing Agreement for
SEI Investments Distribution Co. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(e)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Registration Statement of The
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II (File No. 33-50718), filed with the SEC via
EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-08-000222 on May 30, 2008.
(f) Not applicable.
(g)(1)(i) Amended and Restated Custody Agreement dated February 12, 2013 between the Registrant and U.S. Bank, National Association, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (g)(1)(i) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000296 on April 30, 2014.
(g)(1)(ii) Amendment dated November 6, 2013 to the Amended and Restated Custody Agreement dated February 12, 2013 between the Registrant and U.S. Bank, National Association, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (g)(1)(ii) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000296 on April 30, 2014.
(g)(2) Custodian Agreement dated November 13, 2007 between the Registrant and Union Bank of California, N.A., to be filed by amendment.
(g)(3)(i) Custody Agreement dated February 3, 2003 between the Registrant and National City Bank is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (g)(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-03-000264 on April 30, 2003.
(g)(3)(ii) Amended Fee Schedule dated February 19, 2003 to the Custody Agreement dated February 3, 2003 between the Registrant and National City Bank is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (g)(6) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-03-000630 on December 29, 2003.
(g)(4) Custody Agreement between the Registrant and The Northern Trust Company, to be filed by amendment.
(g)(5)(i) Global Custodial Services Agreement between the Registrant and Citi Global Transaction Services, to be filed by amendment.
(g)(5)(ii) Amended Fee Schedule to the Global Custodial Services Agreement between the Registrant and Citi Global Transaction Services, to be filed by amendment.
(g)(6) Custodial Services Agreement between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the Cambiar Aggressive Value Fund and Cambiar Opportunity Fund, to be filed by amendment.
(h)(1)(i) Administration Agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated November 12, 2002, between the Registrant and SEI Investments Global Funds Services, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(h)(1)(ii) Amendment dated June 11, 2014, relating to the LSV Family of Funds, to the Administration Agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated November 12, 2002, between the Registrant and SEI Investments Global Funds Services, is filed herewith.
(h)(2)(i) Transfer Agency and Services Agreement dated October 1, 2000, as amended and restated February 21, 2001, between the Registrant and Forum Shareholder Services, LLC (now, Citi Fund Services, LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(24) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 98 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000218 on June 15, 2007.
(h)(2)(ii) AML Delegation Amendment dated May 20, 2003 to the Transfer Agency and Services Agreement dated October 1, 2000, as amended and restated February 21, 2001, between the Registrant and Forum Shareholder Services, LLC (now, Citi Fund Services, LLC) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(64) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-03-000630 on December 29, 2003.
(h)(2)(iii) Transfer Agency and Service Agreement dated January 15, 2003 between the Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(62) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-03-000495 on August 28, 2003.
(h)(2)(iv) AML Delegation Amendment dated May 20, 2003 to the Transfer Agency
and Service Agreement dated January 15, 2003 between the Registrant and State
Street Bank and Trust Company is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(h)(65) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-03-000630 on December 29, 2003.
(h)(2)(v) Agency Agreement dated April 1, 2006 between the Registrant and DST Systems, Inc., is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(7) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 190 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000262 on May 23, 2012.
(h)(2)(vi) Amendment dated April 1, 2009 to the Agency Agreement dated April 1, 2006 between the Registrant and DST Systems, Inc., to be filed by amendment.
(h)(2)(vii) Amended Fee Schedule, dated August 30, 2012, to the Agency Agreement dated April 1, 2006 between the Registrant and DST Systems, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(10) of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(h)(2)(viii) Transfer Agency Agreement dated May 31, 2007 between the Registrant and UMB Fund Services, Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(30) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 99 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000376 on August 28, 2007.
(h)(2)(ix) Transfer Agency Services Agreement between the Registrant and Atlantic Fund Services, to be filed by amendment.
(h)(2)(x) Transfer Agency Agreement between the Registrant and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., to be filed by amendment.
(h)(2)(xi) Amendment to the Transfer Agency Agreement between the Registrant and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., to be filed by amendment.
(h)(3)(i) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Investor Class Shares of the Cambiar Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (m)(6) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04-000154 on April 16, 2004.
(h)(3)(ii) Revised Exhibit A to the Shareholder Services Plan, relating to Investor Class Shares of the Cambiar Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(11) of Post- Effective Amendment No. 168 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11- 000735 on November 30, 2011.
(h)(3)(iii) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Retail Class Shares of
the Edgewood Growth Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit
(h)(42) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 89 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR
Accession No. 0001135428-06-000148 on April 14, 2006.
(h)(3)(iv) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to Institutional Shares of the Westwood Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(36) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000518 on November 15, 2007.
(h)(3)(v) Exhibit A to the Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Institutional Shares of the Westwood Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(14) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 140 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000194 on March 28, 2011.
(h)(3)(vi) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Investor Class Shares of the Sands Capital Global Growth Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(30) of Post- Effective Amendment No. 120 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010.
(h)(3)(vii) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to Investor Class and Institutional Shares of the CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund and CBRE Clarion Global Infrastructure Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(17) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 171 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000783 on December 28, 2011.
(h)(3)(viii) Revised Schedule A dated May 14, 2013 to the Shareholder Services Plan, relating to Investor Class and Institutional Shares of the CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund and CBRE Clarion Global Infrastructure Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(22) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 214 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC on June 28, 2013.
(h)(3)(ix) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the A Shares of the Citi Market Pilot 2020 Fund, Citi Market Pilot 2030 Fund and Citi Market Pilot 2040 Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(3)(ix) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000296 on April 30, 2014.
(h)(3)(x) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Investor Class Shares of the Hamlin High Dividend Equity Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(22) of Post- Effective Amendment No. 183 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000195 on March 28, 2012.
(h)(3)(xi) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Investor Class Shares of the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant MicroCap Fund and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant Small Cap Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(23) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 184 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000197 on March 28, 2012.
(h)(3)(xii) Revised Schedule A to the Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Investor Class Shares of the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant MicroCap Fund and Thomson Horstmann & Bryant Small Cap Value Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(26) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 225 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000589 on October 9, 2013.
(h)(3)(xiii) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Institutional Shares of the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities Fund, Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund and Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(26) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(h)(3)(xiv) Shareholder Services Plan, relating to the Investor Class Shares of the AT Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(28) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 221 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000503 on September 4, 2013.
(i) Opinion and Consent of Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, relating to the LSV Global Value Fund, LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund, and LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund, is filed herewith.
(j) Not Applicable.
(k) Not Applicable.
(l) Not Applicable.
(m)(1)(i) Distribution Plan dated August 8, 1994, as amended August 14, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (m) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0000950109-00-004829 on December 13, 2000.
(m)(1)(ii) Schedule A, as last amended May 13, 2014, to the Distribution Plan dated August 8, 1994, as amended August 14, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (m)(1)(ii) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 235 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000403 on June 10, 2014.
(m)(2)(i) Distribution Plan dated September 17, 2002, relating to Investor Shares of the Rice Hall James Mid Cap Portfolio, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (m)(6) of Post- Effective Amendment No. 74 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-04- 000242 on June 1, 2004.
(m)(2)(ii) Amended Schedule A dated November 13, 2007 to the Distribution Plan dated September 17, 2002, relating to Investor Shares of the Rice Hall James Mid Cap Portfolio, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (m)(4) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 111 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-09-000276 on July 2, 2009.
(n)(1)(i) Registrant's Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan dated February 21, 2007 (including Schedules and Certificates of Class Designation thereto) is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (n) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(n)(1)(ii) Schedule M and Certificates of Class Designation to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan dated February 21, 2007, relating to the LSV Family of Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (n)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 235 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000403 on June 10, 2014.
(o) Not Applicable.
(p)(1) Registrant's Code of Ethics dated November 2007 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (h)(36) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000518 on November 15, 2007.
(p)(2) LSV Asset Management Revised Code of Ethics dated October 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(3) Cambiar Investors LLC Revised Code of Ethics dated January 2012 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(4) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 194 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000394 on August 28, 2012.
(p)(4) Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC Revised Code of Ethics dated March 13, 2007 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(8) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 97 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000146 on April 30, 2007.
(p)(5) C.S. McKee, LLP Revised Code of Ethics, dated April 18, 2013, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(6) Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley, LLC Revised Code of Ethics, dated September 2013, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(6) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(7) First Manhattan Co. Revised Code of Ethics dated December 2006 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(11) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 97 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000146 on April 30, 2007.
(p)(8) Haverford Investment Management, Inc. Revised Code of Ethics, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(p)(9) AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC Revised Code of Ethics dated September 13, 2007 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(12) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 100 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-07-000518 on November 15, 2007.
(p)(10) Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC Revised Code of Ethics, dated October 2013, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(10) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(11) Acadian Asset Management, LLC Revised Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(12) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(12) Westwood Management Corp. Revised Code of Ethics dated July 18, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(12) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(13) Edgewood Management LLC Revised Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(13) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(14) Sands Capital Management, LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 117 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-10-000009 on January 15, 2010.
(p)(15) AlphaOne Investment Services, LLC Code of Ethics dated May 1, 2011, is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(20) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 158 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-11-000517 on September 16, 2011.
(p)(16) Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P. Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(p)(17) CBRE Clarion Securities LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(20) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(p)(18) SKY Harbor Capital Management, LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(21) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(p)(19) Hamlin Capital Management, LLC Revised Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(19) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000296 on April 30, 2014.
(p)(20) Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc. Revised Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(20) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(21) SEI Investments Distribution Co. Revised Code of Ethics dated September 20, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(21) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(22) Citigroup First Investment Management Americas LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(26) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 190 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000262 on May 23, 2012.
(p)(23) Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(27) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(24) Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(28) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(25) Harris Associates L.P. Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(29) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(26) Thornburg Investment Management Inc Revised Code of Ethics dated July 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(26) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(27) Marsico Capital Management, LLC Revised Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(30) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 207 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000118 on March 1, 2013.
(p)(28) Turner Investments, L.P. Revised Code of Ethics dated January 31, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(28) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(29) Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn LLC Revised Code of Ethics dated June 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(29) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(30) Fairpointe Capital LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(34) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(31) Phocas Financial Corporation Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(35) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(32) Allianz Global Investors Capital LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(38) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(33) Driehaus Capital Management LLC Revised Code of Ethics dated February 25, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(33) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(34) OFI SteelPath, Inc. Revised Code of Ethics dated May 25, 2012 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(34) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(35) AlphaSimplex Group, LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(41) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(36) AQR Capital Management, LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(42) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(37) ClariVest Asset Management LLC Revised Code of Ethics dated April 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(37) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(38) Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(44) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(39) BlackRock Financial Management, LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(45) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-12-000370 on August 22, 2012.
(p)(40) Harvest Global Investments Limited Revised Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(40) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000296 on April 30, 2014.
(p)(41) AT Investment Advisers, Inc. Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(46) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 221 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000503 on September 4, 2013.
(p)(42) Fayez Sarofim & Co. Code of Ethics dated June 14, 2012 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(47) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 215 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000356 on June 28, 2013.
(p)(43) SEI Investments Global Funds Services Code of Ethics dated June 2012 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(48) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 220 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000444 on August 28, 2013.
(p)(44) Numeric Investors LLC Code of Ethics is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(44) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(p)(45) Strategic Income Management, LLC Code of Ethics dated March 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (p)(45) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 229 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000099 on February 28, 2014.
(q)(1) Powers of Attorney for Ms. Betty L. Krikorian and Messrs. Robert A. Nesher, William M. Doran, John K. Darr, George J. Sullivan, Jr., Mitchell A. Johnson, Bruce Speca and Joseph T. Grause are herein incorporated by reference to Exhibit (q) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 212 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 033-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-13-000327 on June 18, 2013.
(q)(2) Power of Attorney for James F. Volk is incorporated herein by reference to exhibit (q)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 233 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-42484), filed with the SEC via EDGAR Accession No. 0001135428-14-000296 on April 30, 2014.
ITEM 29. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH REGISTRANT:
Not Applicable.
ITEM 30. INDEMNIFICATION:
Article VIII of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit (a) to the Registrant's Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") may be permitted to trustees, directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any act, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, directors, officers or controlling persons in connection with the shares being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.
ITEM 31. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISERS:
The following lists any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each investment adviser, and each director, officer or partner of that investment adviser, is or has been engaged within the last two fiscal years for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner, or trustee. Unless noted below, none of the investment advisers, and/or director, officer or partner of each investment adviser, is or has been engaged within the last two fiscal years in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
Acadian Asset Management LLC ("Acadian") serves as the investment adviser to the
Acadian Emerging Markets Portfolio and Acadian Emerging Markets Debt Fund and as
an investment sub-adviser to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund.
The principal address of Acadian is 260 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02110. Acadian is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October
31, 2012 and 2013.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH INVESTMENT ADVISER NAME OF OTHER COMPANY CONNECTION WITH OTHER COMPANY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurent De Greef, Senior None None Vice President, Member of Board of Managers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Chisholm, Executive Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management Vice President, CIO, Member (UK) Ltd of Board of Managers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Churchill Franklin, CEO, Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management Member of Board of (UK) Ltd Managers Acadian Cayman Limited G.P. Director, asset management ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Frashure, Chairman Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management of the Board of Managers (Singapore) Pte Ltd Acadian Cayman Limited G.P. Director, asset management ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Minichiello, Executive Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management Vice President, COO, (UK) Ltd Treasurer, Secretary, Member of Board of Managers Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management (Singapore) Pte Ltd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Bradley, Senior Vice None None President, Director, Portfolio Management, Member of Board of Managers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ross Dowd, Executive Vice Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management President, Head of Client (UK) Ltd Service, Member of Board of Managers Acadian Cayman Limited G.P. Director, asset management Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management (Australia) Ltd Acadian Asset Management Director, asset management (Singapore) Pte Ltd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH INVESTMENT ADVISER NAME OF OTHER COMPANY CONNECTION WITH OTHER COMPANY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauricio Karchmer, Senior None None Vice President, Member of Board of Managers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda Gibson, Member of Director, Executive Vice Affiliated Directorships Board of Managers President and Head of Global Distribution - Old Mutual (US) Holdings Inc. (a holding company); Acadian Asset Management LLC (an investment advisor); Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC (an investment advisor); Echo Point Investment Management, LLC (an investment advisor); Old Mutual (HFL) Inc. (a holding company for Heitman affiliated financial services firms); Old Mutual Asset Management International, Ltd. (an investment advisor); Rogge Global Partners plc (an investment advisor); ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Hadley, Member Executive Vice President, Head Affiliated Directorships of Board of Managers of Human Resources - Old Mutual (US) Holdings Inc. (a holding company); Acadian Asset Management LLC (an investment advisor) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH INVESTMENT ADVISER NAME OF OTHER COMPANY CONNECTION WITH OTHER COMPANY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aidan Riordan, Member of Executive Vice President, Head Affiliated Directorships Board of Managers of Affiliate Management - Old Mutual (US) Holdings Inc. (a holding company); Acadian Asset Management LLC (an investment advisor); Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC (an investment advisor); The Campbell Group, Inc. (a holding company for The Campbell Group LLC) Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (an investment advisor); Echo Point Investment Management, LLC (an investment advisor) Old Mutual (HFL) Inc. (a holding company for Heitman affiliated financial services firms); Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC (an investment advisor); Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (an investment advisor) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Belgrad, Member of Director, Executive Vice Affiliated Directorships Board of Managers President and Chief Financial Officer - Old Mutual (US) Holdings Inc. (a holding company); Acadian Asset Management LLC (an investment advisor); Copper Rock Capital Partners, LLC (an investment advisor); Old Mutual Asset Management International, Ltd. (an investment advisor) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
AIG ASSET MANAGEMENT (U.S.), LLC
AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC ("AIG") serves as the investment adviser for the AIG Money Market Fund. The principal address of AIG is 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005. AIG is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of AIG engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS U.S. LLC
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC ("AllianzGI US") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of AllianzGI US is 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. AllianzGI US is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of AllianzGI US engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
ALPHAONE INVESTMENT SERVICES, LLC
AlphaOne Investment Services, LLC ("AlphaOne") serves as the investment adviser for the AlphaOne Micro Cap Equity Fund. The principal address of AlphaOne is One Tower Bridge, 100 Front Street, Suite 1250, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. AlphaOne is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of AlphaOne engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
ALPHASIMPLEX GROUP, LLC
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC ("AlphaSimplex") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund. The principal address of AlphaSimplex is One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142. AlphaSimplex is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew W. Lo Massachusetts Institute of Chief Investment Technology (MIT) -- Sloan Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Strategist, Chairman of School of Management Professor the Board 100 Main Street ------------------------------- E62-618 Cambridge, MA 02142 Director of the Laboratory for United States Financial Engineering ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
AQR Capital Management, LLC ("AQR") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund. The principal address of AQR is Two Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. AQR is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY OTHER COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lasse Pedersen, NYU Stern School of Business John A. Paulson Professor of Principal Henry Kaufman Management Center Finance, 2009 -- present (on 44 West Fourth Street leave) New York, NY 10012 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Copenhagen Business School Professor (2011-present) Howitzvej 60, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark 3815 3815 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Times Stock Exchange Advisory Board Member (2009- (FTSE) present) 1270 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY OTHER COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASDAQ OMX Economic Advisory Board One Liberty Plaza Member (2008-2011) New York, NY --------------------------------------------------------------------- American Finance Association Director (2011-present) Haas School of Business University of California Berkeley, CA 94729-1900 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Reserve Bank of New York Member of Monetary Policy 33 Liberty Street Panel (2010-2011) New York, NY 10045 Member of Liquidity Working Group (2009-2011) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H.J. Willcox, Chief KKR & Co., L.P. Global Head of Compliance and Compliance Officer 9 West 57th Street Counsel (June 2008 -August New York, NY 10019 2013) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
AT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.
AT Investment Advisers, Inc. ("AT") serves as investment sub-adviser for the Registrant's AT Disciplined Equity Fund, AT Income Opportunities Fund and AT Mid Cap Equity Fund. The principal address of AT is One South Wacker Drive, Suite 3500, Chicago, Illinois 60606. AT is an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is provided as of October 31, 2013.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION CONNECTION WITH WITH INVESTMENT ADVISER NAME OF OTHER COMPANY OTHER COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Brown, CFO CIBC World Markets Corp. Employee 425 Lexington Ave. 5th Floor NY, NY 10017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
BlackRock Financial Management, LLC ("BlackRock") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund. The principal address of BlackRock is 55 East 52nd Street New York, New York 10055. BlackRock is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
The information required by this Item 31 with respect to each director, officer or partner of BlackRock for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013 is incorporated herein by reference to Form ADV filed by BlackRock with the SEC.
CAMBIAR INVESTORS LLC
Cambiar Investors LLC ("Cambiar") serves as the investment adviser to the Cambiar Opportunity Fund, the Cambiar International Equity Fund, the Cambiar Small Cap Fund, the Cambiar Aggressive Value Fund, the Cambiar SMID Fund and the Cambiar Global Select Fund. The principal address of Cambiar is 2401 East Second Street, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80206. Cambiar is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended April 30, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Cambiar engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
CBRE CLARION SECURITIES LLC
CBRE Clarion Securities LLC ("CBRE Clarion") serves as the investment adviser for the CBRE Clarion Long/Short Fund and the CBRE Clarion Global Infrastructure Value Fund. The principal address of CBRE Clarion is 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 600, Radnor, PA 19087. CBRE Clarion is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Ritson Ferguson CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Interested Trustee Chief Executive Officer Income Fund (IGR) and Co-Chief Investment c/o 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite Officer 600, Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------ CBRE Clarion Global, Ltd. Director c/o 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 600, Radnor, PA 19087 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph P. Smith CBRE Clarion Global, Ltd. Director Managing Director and c/o 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite Co-Chief Investment 600, Radnor, PA 19087 Officer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jarrett B. Kling HC Capital Trust Trustee Managing Director -- 300 Barr Harbor Dr, Suite 500 Sales and Marketing West Conshohocken, PA 19428 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Old Mutual Funds I Trustee (resigned 2012) 4643 South Ulster Street Suite 600 Denver, CO 80237-2853 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Old Mutual Funds II Trustee (resigned 2012) 4643 South Ulster Street Suite 600 Denver, CO 80237-2853 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Trustee 1275 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309-3506 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Zitelli CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Chief Compliance Officer General Counsel Income Fund (IGR) c/o 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 600, Radnor, PA 19087 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Blome CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer Income Fund (IGR) c/o 201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 600, Radnor, PA 19087 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
CITIGROUP FIRST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC
Citigroup First Investment Management Americas LLC ("CFIMA") serves as the investment adviser to the Citi Market Pilot 2020 Fund, the Citi Market Pilot 2030 Fund and the Citi Market Pilot 2040 Fund. The principal address of CFIMA is 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013. CFIMA is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Bendernagel Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Managing Director Secretary 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Niaz Haider Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Director Chairman, Chief Investment 388 Greenwich Street Officer and Board of New York, New York 10013 Director --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patricia Lynn Hogan Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Director President and Board of 388 Greenwich Street Director New York, New York 10013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor C. Spadafora Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Director Treasurer 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Raymond Arnold Citicorp Securities Services, Inc Managing Director Chief Compliance Officer 390 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
The CFIMA officers and directors listed above may also hold positions with additional Citi-related entities.
CLARIVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC
ClariVest Asset Management LLC ("ClariVest") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund. The principal address of ClariVest is 11452 El Camino Real, Suite 250, San Diego, California 92130. ClariVest is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Rossi Eagle Asset Management Inc. Director, President, Co-Chief Manager 880 Carillon Parkway Operating Officer St Petersburg, FL 33716 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ClariVest Asset Management LLC Manager 11452 El Camino Real Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Cooper Abbott Eagle Asset Management Inc. Director, Executive Vice Manager 880 Carillon Parkway President - Investments, Co-Chief St Petersburg, FL 33716 Operating Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ClariVest Asset Management LLC Manager 11452 El Camino Real Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Courtland James Eagle Asset Management Inc. Vice President, Business Manager 880 Carillon Parkway Development St Petersburg, FL 33716 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ClariVest Asset Management LLC Manager 11452 El Camino Real Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
CORNERSTONE ADVISORS, INC.
Cornerstone Advisors, Inc. ("Cornerstone") serves as the investment adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity, Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities, Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives and Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Funds. The principal address of Cornerstone is 225 108th Avenue NE, Suite 400, Bellevue, Washington 98004-5782. Cornerstone is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Savoy BSquare Director Director / Shareholder 110 -- 110(th) Avenue NE, Suite 200 Bellevue, WA 98004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anne Farrell Seattle Foundation President Emeritus Director 1200 -- 5(th) Avenue, Suite 1300 Seattle, WA 98101 ------------------------------------------------------------- REI Director 6750 S 228(th) Kent, WA 98032 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Collins Parker Smith Feek (PS&F) President/CEO Director 2233 112th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
CRAMER ROSENTHAL MCGLYNN LLC
Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn LLC ("CRM") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of CRM is 520 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022. CRM is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of CRM engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
C. S. MCKEE, L.P.
C. S. McKee, L.P. ("C.S. McKee") serves as the investment adviser to the McKee International Equity Portfolio. The principal address of C.S. McKee is One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. C.S. McKee is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory M. Melvin Dartmouth Capital, Inc. President Chief Investment Officer 750 Stonegate Drive Wexford, PA 15090 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael J. Donnelly Blue Devil Capital President 2051 Murdstone Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15241 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Driehaus Capital Management LLC ("Driehaus") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of Driehaus is 25 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Driehaus is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is as of December 31, 2013 and is true for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 unless otherwise noted.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME OF OTHER COMPANY CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard H. Driehaus Driehaus Capital Holdings LLC* Chairman Chairman and Chief ------------------------------------------------------------------- Investment Officer Driehaus Mutual Funds** Trustee ------------------------------------------------------------------- Driehaus Securities LLC*** Chairman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert H. Gordon Driehaus Capital Holdings LLC* President and Chief Executive President and Chief Officer Executive Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------- Driehaus Mutual Funds** President ------------------------------------------------------------------- Driehaus Securities LLC*** President and Chief Executive Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janet L. McWilliams Driehaus Capital Holdings LLC* Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Secretary Secretary and General ------------------------------------------------------------------- Counsel Driehaus Mutual Funds** Chief Legal Officer and Assistant Vice President ------------------------------------------------------------------- Driehaus Securities LLC*** Managing Director, Secretary and General Counsel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michelle L. Cahoon Driehaus Capital Holdings LLC* Vice President, Treasurer and Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer Treasurer and Chief ------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Officer Driehaus Mutual Funds** Vice President and Treasurer ------------------------------------------------------------------- Driehaus Securities LLC*** Managing Director, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen T. Weber Driehaus Securities LLC*** Managing Director, Sales and Managing Director, Sales Relationship Management and Relationship Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kaaren Sagastume Driehaus Securities LLC*** Managing Director, IT, Managing Director, IT, Operations and Trading Operations and Trading -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas M. Seftenberg Driehaus Securities LLC*** Managing Director, Relationship Managing Director, Management and Marketing Relationship Management and Marketing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael R. Shoemaker Driehaus Mutual Funds** Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Vice President and Assistant Vice President Chief Compliance Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------- Driehaus Securities LLC*** Assistant Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael P. Kailus Driehaus Mutual Funds** Assistant Secretary and Anti- Assistant Secretary Money Laundering Compliance Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------- Driehaus Securities LLC*** Assistant Secretary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
* Driehaus Capital Holdings LLC, located at 25 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611, is a holding company and is the majority owner of Driehaus Capital Management LLC and Driehaus Securities LLC.
** Driehaus Mutual Funds, located at 25 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611, is an open-end management investment company registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
*** Driehaus Securities LLC, located at 25 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611, is a limited-purpose broker-dealer registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
EDGEWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC
Edgewood Management LLC ("Edgewood") serves as the investment adviser to the Edgewood Growth Fund. The principal address of Edgewood is 535 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10022. Edgewood is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Edgewood engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
FAIRPOINTE CAPITAL LLC
Fairpointe Capital LLC ("Fairpointe") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of Fairpointe is One N. Franklin Street, Suite 3300, Chicago, IL 60606. Fairpointe is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Fairpointe engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO.
Fayez Sarofim & Co. ("Fayez Sarofim") serves as the investment adviser for the Sarofim Equity Fund. The principal address of Fayez Sarofim is 2907 Two Houston Center, 909 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77010. Fayez Sarofim is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY OTHER COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fayez Sarofim Sarofim Trust Co. Chairman Chairman, Chief Executive Two Houston Center Officer, Chief Investment Officer Suite 2907 and Director Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim Realty Advisors Co. Chairman and Director 8115 Preston Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75225 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sarofim International Chairman, Chief Executive Management Company Officer, Chief Investment Two Houston Center Officer and Director Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Chairman, Chief Executive Two Houston Center Officer and Director Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kinder Morgan, Inc. Director 500 Dallas Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christopher B. Sarofim Kemper Corporation Director Vice Chairman One East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim Trust Co. Vice Chairman Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice Chairman and President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice Chairman Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raye G. White Sarofim Trust Co. President, Chief Executive Executive Vice President, Two Houston Center Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Secretary, Treasurer and Director Suite 2907 Director Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Executive Vice President, Management Company Secretary, Treasurer and Director Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sarofim Realty Advisors Co. Secretary, Treasurer and Director 8115 Preston Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75225 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Executive Vice President, Two Houston Center Secretary, Treasurer and Director Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Gentry Lee, Jr., CFA Sarofim Trust Co. Senior Vice President President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Senior Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim Realty Advisors Co. Senior Vice President 8115 Preston Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75225 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeffrey M. Jacobe, CFA Sarofim Trust Co. Senior Vice President and Senior Vice President and Two Houston Center Director of Investments Director of Investments Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Senior Vice President and Management Company Director of Investments Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Senior Vice President and Two Houston Center Director of Investments Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ralph B. Thomas, CFA Sarofim Trust Co. Senior Vice President and Senior Vice President Two Houston Center Director Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Senior Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Senior Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles E. Sheedy, CFA Sarofim Trust Co. Senior Vice President and Senior Vice President Two Houston Center Director Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim Realty Advisors Co. Vice Chairman 8115 Preston Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75225 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Senior Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Senior Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reynaldo Reza, CFA Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan R. Christensen, CFA Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President and Chief Vice President and Chief Two Houston Center Operating Officer Operating Officer Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President and Chief Management Company Operating Officer Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President and Chief Two Houston Center Operating Officer Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Catherine P. Crain, CFA Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President Vice President and Director of Two Houston Center Marketing and Client Service Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert M. Hopson III Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David T. Searls III Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) Director, Private Bank LLC 11 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daniel S. Crumrine Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President and Chief Vice President and Chief Two Houston Center Financial Officer Financial Officer Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim Realty Advisors Co. Vice President and Chief 8115 Preston Road Financial Officer Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75225 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President and Chief Management Company Financial Officer Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President and Chief Two Houston Center Financial Officer Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nancy Gilbert Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim Realty Advisors Co. Vice President 8115 Preston Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75225 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John M. Ratcliff Sarofim Trust Co. Vice President Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim Realty Advisors Co. Vice President 8115 Preston Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75225 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarofim International Vice President Management Company Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sarofim Group, Inc. Vice President Two Houston Center Suite 2907 Houston, TX 77010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
FIRST MANHATTAN CO.
First Manhattan Co. ("FMC") serves as the investment adviser for the FMC Select Fund and FMC Strategic Value Fund. The principal address of FMC is 399 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022-7001. FMC is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME OF OTHER COMPANY CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Sanford Gottesman, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Member, Board of Directors Senior Managing Director ------------------------------------------------------------- American Museum of Natural Trustee History ------------------------------------------------------------- Mount Sinai Center Trustee ------------------------------------------------------------- Yeshiva University Trustee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Rosenbloom, Senior NYU Medical Center Associate Trustee Managing Director ------------------------------------------------------------- National Foundation for Facial Trustee Reconstruction --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles M. Rosenthal, Senior Carnegie Hall Trustee Managing Director ------------------------------------------------------------- Marine Biological Laboratory Trustee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Joel Stainman, Senior Ark Restaurants Corp. Member, Board of Directors Managing Director ------------------------------------------------------------- Rider University Trustee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert W. Gottesman, Chief Gruss Foundation Trustee Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William F. Guardenier, John Hart Hunter Foundation Trustee Senior Managing Director ------------------------------------------------------------- New Hampton School Trustee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
HAMLIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Hamlin Capital Management, LLC ("Hamlin") serves as the investment adviser for the Hamlin High Dividend Equity Fund. The principal address of Hamlin is 640 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Hamlin is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Stitzer -- Managing Hamlin Capital Advisors, LLC Owner Partner 5550 West Executive Drive, Suite 540 Tampa, FL 33609 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Bridy -- Partner & Hamlin Capital Advisors, LLC Owner Fixed Income Portfolio 5550 West Executive Drive, Manager Suite 540 Tampa, FL 33609 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris D'Agnes -- Partner Hamlin Capital Advisors, LLC Owner & Equity Portfolio 5550 West Executive Drive, Manager Suite 540 Tampa, FL 33609 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlie Garland -- Partner Hamlin Capital Advisors, LLC Owner and Equity Portfolio 5550 West Executive Drive, Manager Suite 540 Tampa, FL 33609 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deborah Finegan -- Partner Hamlin Capital Advisors, LLC Owner & Chief Operating Officer 5550 West Executive Drive, Suite 540 Tampa, FL 33609 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
HARRIS ASSOCIATES L.P.
Harris Associates L.P. ("Harris") is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Harris serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The directors and executive officers of Harris, or Harris Associates, Inc. ("HAI"), its general partner, have had as their sole business, profession, vocation or employment during the past two years only their duties as executive officers/employees of Harris; Harris' ultimate parent company, Natixis Global Asset Management ("NGAM"); HAI; Harris Associates Investment Trust ("HAIT"), a U.S. registered investment company consisting of the seven Oakmark Funds for which Harris serves as the advisor and sponsor; and/or Harris Associates Securities L.P. ("HASLP"), an affiliated limited-purpose broker-dealer of which Harris is a limited partner. The business address of Harris, HAI, HAIT and HASLP is Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60602. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME OF OTHER COMPANY CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert M. Levy HAI Director, Chairman and Chief Chairman, Chief Investment Investment Officer, U.S. Equity Officer, Domestic Equity and -------------------------------------------------------------------- Portfolio Manager HAIT Executive Vice President -------------------------------------------------------------------- HASLP Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, U.S. Equity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kristi L. Rowsell HAI Director and President President -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAIT Trustee and President -------------------------------------------------------------------- HASLP President ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall T. Zipfel HAI Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------- HASLP Chief Operating Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas E. Herman HAI Chief Financial Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Treasurer -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAIT Principal Financial Officer, since 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HASLP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David G. Herro HAI Director, Vice President and Vice President, Chief Chief Investment Officer, Investment Officer, International Equity International Equity, Portfolio -------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager and Analyst HAIT Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Select Fund, Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin P. McFarland HAI Chief Compliance Officer Chief Compliance Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clyde S. McGregor HAI Vice President Vice President and Portfolio -------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager HAIT Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Oakmark Global Fund) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas W. Murray HAI Vice President and Director of Vice President, Director of U.S. U.S. Research Research, Portfolio Manager -------------------------------------------------------------------- and Analyst HAIT Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Select Fund), since 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William C. Nygren HAI Vice President Vice President, Portfolio -------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager and Analyst HAIT Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janet L. Reali HAI Director, Vice President, General Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Counsel and Secretary -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAIT Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer -------------------------------------------------------------------- HASLP General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert A. Taylor HAI Vice President and Director of Vice President, Director of International Research International Research, -------------------------------------------------------------------- Portfolio Manager and Analyst HAIT Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund and Oakmark International Fund) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre Servant HAI Director -------------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Global Asset Chief Executive Officer and Management Member of Executive Committee 21 quai d'Austerlitz 75013 Paris, France ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hailer HAI Director -------------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Global Asset President and Chief Executive Management LLC Officer 399 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
HARVEST GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Harvest Global Investments Limited ("Harvest") serves as the investment adviser for the Harvest China All Assets Fund and the Harvest Intermediate Bond Fund. The principal address of Harvest is 31/F One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central Hong Kong. Harvest is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zhao Xuejun Harvest Capital Management Director Director Co Limited 8/F, China Resources Building, No.8, Jianguomen Beidajie, Beijing ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Alternative Director Investment Group Limited 1000 Glentworth Street P.O.Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Alternative Director Investments (HK) Limited 31/F, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Wealth Management Director Co., Ltd Unit 4606-10, Shanghai Two ifc, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai P.R.C ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Real Estate Director Investments (Cayman) Limited 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town Grand Cayman KY1- 9005, Cayman Islands ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Real Estate Director Investment (HK) Limited 31/F, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong ---------------------------------------------------- Ample Harvest Capital (Hong Director Kong) Limited 31/F, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Choy Peng Wah Harvest USA Incorporation Director Director 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, City of Dover 19904, Country of Kent, State of Delaware. ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane Holding LLC Director 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane Investment Director LLC 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane LLC Director 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lindsay Megan Wright Harvest USA Incorporation Director Director 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, City of Dover 19904, Country of Kent, State of Delaware. ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane LLC Director 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane Holding LLC Director 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane Investment Director LLC 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wang Wei Harvest Capital Management Chief Risk Director Co Limited Officer, 8/F, China Resources Director Building, No.8, Jianguomen Beidajie, Beijing ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Alternative Director Investment Group Limited P.O.Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Alternative Director Investments (HK) Limited 31/F, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central , Hong Kong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerry Chow Harvest USA Incorporation Director Employee 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, City of Dover 19904, Country of Kent, State of Delaware. ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane Holding LLC Director 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane Investment Director LLC 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 ---------------------------------------------------- Harvest Krane LLC Director 1350 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
HAVERFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Haverford Financial Services, Inc. ("Haverford") serves as the investment adviser for the Haverford Quality Growth Stock Fund. The principal address of Haverford is Three Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450, Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087-4546. Haverford is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George W. Connell The Haverford Trust Company Vice Chairman & Indirect Owner Vice Chairman & Owner 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haverford Trust Securities, Inc. Vice Chairman & Indirect Owner 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Drexel Morgan & Co. CEO,President & Owner 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Drexel Morgan Capital Director, Indirect Owner Advisers, Inc. 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 305 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Wing Management II, LLC Indirect Owner 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 305 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph J. McLaughlin The Haverford Trust Company Chairman & CEO Chairman, CEO & President 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haverford Trust Securities, Inc. Registered Representative 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Binney H. C. Wietlisbach The Haverford Trust Company President Executive Vice President 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haverford Trust Securities, Inc. CEO & President 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry B. Smith The Haverford Trust Company Vice President & CIO Vice President and CIO 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haverford Trust Securities, Inc. Registered Representative 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Brune The Haverford Trust Company Vice President Vice President 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haverford Trust Securities, Inc. Registered Representative 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John H. Donaldson The Haverford Trust Company Vice President Vice President 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy A. Hoyle The Haverford Trust Company Vice President Vice President 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haverford Trust Securities, Inc. Registered Representative 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey M. Bagley The Haverford Trust Company Vice President Vice President 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MarieElena V. Ness The Haverford Trust Company VP & Chief Compliance Officer Chief Compliance Officer 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haverford Trust Securities, Inc. VP & Chief Compliance Officer 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Drexel Morgan & Co. VP & Chief Compliance Officer 3 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, PA 19087 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Regulatory Compliance Assistance, Sole Member LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
INVESTMENT COUNSELORS OF MARYLAND, LLC
Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC ("ICM") serves as the investment adviser to the ICM Small Company Portfolio. The principal address of ICM is 803 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. ICM is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William V. Heaphy, CFA Cognapse, Inc. Director CIO, Portfolio Manager 458 Main Street Reisterstown, MD 21136 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P.
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. ("KACALP") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund. The principal address of KACALP is 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Third Floor, Los Angeles, California 90067. KACALP is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, the KACALP portfolio manager responsible for the management of the Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund did not engage in any other business profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee, other than serving as Executive Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund ("KYE"), Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company ("KYN"), Kayne Anderson Midstream/Energy Fund ("KMF"), and Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company ("KED"). Each of these are publicly traded closed-end funds managed by KA Fund Advisors, LLC an affiliate of KACALP.
LOOMIS, SAYLES & COMPANY, L.P.
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. ("Loomis Sayles") serves as the investment adviser to the Loomis Sayles Full Discretion Institutional Securitized Fund. The address of Loomis Sayles is One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. Loomis Sayles is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013. Unless otherwise noted, the principal address of each business listed below is One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Blanding Loomis Sayles Funds I President, CEO and Trustee Chairman, President and ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer Loomis Sayles Funds II CEO and Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust I Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust II Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust III Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust IV Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gateway Trust Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hansberger International Series Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Loomis Sayles Distributors, Inc. Director ----------------------------------------------------------------- Loomis Sayles Investments Asia Pte. Director Ltd. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Loomis Sayles Investments Limited Alternate Director ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Asset Management Japan Co. Director Ltd. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel J. Fuss Loomis Sayles Funds I Executive Vice President Vice Chairman and ----------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Vice President Loomis Sayles Funds II Executive Vice President --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre P. Servant Natixis Global Asset Management President and CEO Director 300 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Member of the Executive Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Hailer Natixis Global Asset Management, President and CEO Director L.P., U.S. & Asia ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust I Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust II Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust III Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Funds Trust IV Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Cash Management Trust Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gateway Trust Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hansberger International Series Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Loomis Sayles Funds I Trustee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Loomis Sayles Funds II Trustee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin P. Charleston Loomis Sayles Trust Co., LLC Manager and President Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John F. Gallagher III Loomis Sayles Distributors, Inc. President Executive Vice President and Director of Institutional Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean S. Loewenberg Loomis Sayles Distributors, Inc. Director Executive Vice President, ----------------------------------------------------------------- General Counsel and Loomis Sayles Trust Co., LLC Manager and Secretary Secretary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John R. Gidman Loomis Sayles Solutions, LLC President Executive Vice President --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT
LSV Asset Management ("LSV") serves as the investment adviser to the LSV Value Equity Fund, LSV Conservative Core Equity Fund, LSV Conservative Value Equity Fund, LSV Global Value Fund, LSV US Managed Volatility Fund and LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund. LSV also serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The address of LSV is 155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, Illinois 60606. LSV is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh O'Donnell, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Partner Chief Compliance Officer and 300 North LaSalle Chief Legal Officer Chicago, IL 60654 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
MARSICO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Marsico Capital Management, LLC ("Marsico") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of Marsico is 1200 17th Street, Suite 1600, Denver, CO 80202. Marsico is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Marsico engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
NUMERIC INVESTORS LLC
Numeric Investors LLC ("Numeric") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of Numeric is 470 Atlantic Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Numeric is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Langdon Wheeler, Chairman of Weekapaug Inn Partial Owner Board of Directors (Numeric 25 Spray Rock Road Holdings LLC) Westerly, RI 02891 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Wilson, Director TA Associates, Inc. Advisor (January 2013 -- Present) (Numeric Holdings LLC) 200 Clarendon Street, 56th Floor Boston, MA 02116 Managing Director (1992 -- December 2012) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Juniper Fund Management plc Director 1 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7JJ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Andrews McLane, Director TA Associates, Inc. Senior Advisor (Numeric Holdings LLC) 200 Clarendon Street, 56th Floor Boston, MA 02116 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tempur Sealy International, Inc. Chairman 1000 Tempur Way Lexington, KY 40511 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- First Eagle Investment Director Management, LLC 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 48th Floor New York, NY 10105 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Carman, Director (Numeric ARGA Investment Management Chairman Holdings LLC) 1010 Washington Boulevard Stamford, CT 06831 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Even, Chief Executive The Trustees of Reservations Investment Committee Member Officer & President Fund 572 Essex Street Beverly, MA 01915 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Committee Member Investment Management Board 84 State Street, Suite 250 Boston, MA 02109 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Hanna, Chief Financial Numeric Multi-Strategy Market Director Officer Neutral Levered Offshore Fund Ltd. Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited, Nemours Chambers, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Numeric World Market Neutral Director Offshore Fund I Ltd. Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited, Nemours Chambers, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Numeric Absolute Return Fund Director Ltd. Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited, Nemours Chambers, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Numeric Socially Aware Multi- Director Strategy Fund Ltd. Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Limited, Nemours Chambers, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Numeric World Fundamental Director Statistical Arbitrage Levered Fund I Ltd. Ogier Fiduciary Services (BVI) Limited, Nemours Chambers, P.O. Box 3170, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Furdak, Chief Investment Numeric Holdings LLC Director Officer & Director of Portfolio 470 Atlantic Avenue, 6th Floor Management Boston, MA 02210 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Wellesley Youth Hockey Director P.O. Box 812182 Wellesley, MA 02482 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shanta Puchtler, Chief Investment Officer & Director of ---- ---- Research --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunyelle Rosen, Chief Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Board Member Compliance Officer & Association Regulatory Counsel P.O. Box 6458 Holliston, MA 01746 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Natixis Global Asset Vice President, Compliance Management, L.P. Manager & Counsel (2010 -- 399 Boylston Street June 2013) Boston, MA 02116 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
OFI STEELPATH, INC.
OFI SteelPath, Inc. ("OFI SteelPath") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities Fund. The principal address of OFI SteelPath is 2100 McKinney Ave., Suite 1401, Dallas, Texas 75201. OFI SteelPath is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabriel Hammond GKD Index Partners, LLC Majority Partner CEO, Portfolio Manager 1717 McKinney Avenue Suite 1450 Dallas, TX 75202 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James McCain Ranger Funds Investment Trust Independent Trustee CCO 300 Crescent Court, Ste. 1100 Dallas, TX 75201 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC ("Parametric") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of Parametric is 1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3100, Seattle, Washington 98101. Parametric is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Parametric engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
PHOCAS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Phocas Financial Corporation ("Phocas") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of Phocas is 980 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 106, Alameda, CA 94501. Phocas is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Phocas engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC ("Rice Hall James") serves as the investment adviser to the Rice Hall James Micro Cap Portfolio, Rice Hall James Mid Cap Portfolio and Rice Hall James Small Cap Portfolio. The principal address of Rice Hall James is 600 West Broadway, Suite 1000, San Diego, California 92101-3383. Rice Hall James is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Rice Hall James engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Sands Capital Management, LLC ("Sands Capital") serves as the investment adviser to the Sands Capital Global Growth Fund. The principal address of Sands Capital is 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 2300, Arlington, VA 22209. Sands Capital is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Sands Capital engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
SKY HARBOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
SKY Harbor Capital Management LLC ("SKY Harbor") serves as investment sub-adviser for the Registrant's Westwood Short Duration High Yield Fund. The principal address of SKY Harbor is 20 Horseneck Lane, Greenwich, CT 06830. SKY Harbor is an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
SKY Harbor's Board consists of three management directors who are the co-founders of the firm and three outside directors. For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, none of the management directors, officers or employees of SKY Harbor is or has been engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee. The outside directors of SKY Harbor are engaged in other activities as set forth in the chart below.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meryl D. Hartzband Stone Point Capital, LLC Chief Investment Officer Director 20 Horseneck Lane Greenwich, CT 06830 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David J. Wermuth Stone Point Capital, LLC Senior Principal and General Director 20 Horseneck Lane Counsel Greenwich, CT 06830 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fayez S. Muhtadie Stone Point Capital, LLC Principal Director 20 Horseneck Lane Greenwich, CT 06830 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
STRATEGIC INCOME MANAGEMENT, LLC
Strategic Income Management, LLC ("SiM") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities Fund. The principal address of SiM is 720 Olive Way, Suite 1675, Seattle, Washington 98101. SiM is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Black Integra Ventures Partner (resigned effective COO, CCO 300 E Pine St. November 12, 2012) Seattle, WA 98101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plx Pharma, Inc. Board Member (resignation 8285 El Rio Street, effective November 25, 2013) Suite 130 Houston, TX 77054 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
THOMSON HORSTMANN & BRYANT, INC.
Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc. ("THB") serves as the investment adviser for the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant MicroCap Fund and the Thomson Horstmann & Bryant Small Cap Value Fund. The principal address of THB is 501 Merritt 7, Norwalk, CT 06851. THB is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc. engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
THOMPSON, SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC ("TS&W") serves as the investment adviser to the TS&W Equity Portfolio and the TS&W Fixed Income Portfolio. The principal address of TS&W is 6806 Paragon Place, Suite 300, P.O. Box 6883, Richmond, Virginia 23230. TS&W is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, no director, officer or partner of TS&W engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC
Thornburg Investment Management Inc ("Thornburg") serves as an investment sub-adviser to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund. The principal address of Thornburg is 2300 North Ridgetop Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87506. Thornburg is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Garrett Thornburg, Thornburg Securities Corporation, Chairman Chairman 2300 North Ridgetop Road, Santa Fe NM 87506 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thornburg Investment Trust, Chairman 2300 North Ridgetop Road, Santa Fe NM 87506 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEL, Inc., Chairman, controlling interest 2300 North Ridgetop Road, Santa Fe NM 87506 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chamisa Energy, Wel, Inc. is the managing 2300 North Ridgetop Road, member and has a controlling Santa Fe NM 87506 interest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
TURNER INVESTMENTS, L.P.
Turner Investments, L.P. ("Turner") serves as an investment sub-adviser for the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity and Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Funds. The principal address of Turner is 1205 Westlakes Drive, Suite 100, Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312-2414. Turner is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas R. Trala Turner Funds President and Trustee Chief Operating and Financial P.O. Box 219805 Officer, Executive Managing Kansas City, MO 64121-9805 Director ------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner International Ltd. Trustee 12 Plumtree Court London, EC4A 4HT ------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner Investment Partners Chief Executive Officer and (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Chief Financial Officer c/o Compliance & Risk Services Pty. Ltd. Level 9, 63 Exhibition Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------- Widener School of Business Advisory Board Administration 1 University Place Chester, PA 19013 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark D. Turner Turner International Ltd. Trustee President, Senior 12 Plumtree Court Portfolio Manager London, EC4A 4HT ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Haverford School Trustee 450 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041 ------------------------------------------------------------------- CityTeam International (Chester) Board of Director 11 West 7(th) Street, Chester, PA 19013 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Philadelphia Ronald Board of Director McDonald House 3925 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3110 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert E. Turner Bradley University Board of Directors Chairman, Chief Investment 1501 W. Bradley Ave Officer Peoria, IL 61625 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Delaware Valley Friends School Board Member 19 E. Central Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301 ------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Notre Dame School Advisory Council of Architecture 110 Bond Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Drexel University President's Leadership Council 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher K. McHugh Philadelphia University Trustee Vice Chairman, Senior Portfolio 4201 Henry Avenue, Manager Philadelphia, PA 19144-5497 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
WESTWOOD MANAGEMENT CORP.
Westwood Management Corp. ("Westwood") serves as the investment adviser for the Westwood Income Opportunity Fund, Westwood SMidCap Fund, Westwood SMidCap Plus Fund, Westwood LargeCap Value Fund, Westwood SmallCap Value Fund, Westwood Dividend Growth Fund, Westwood Short Duration High Yield Fund, Westwood Global Equity Fund, Westwood Global Dividend Fund, Westwood Emerging Markets Fund and Westwood Emerging Markets Plus Fund. The principal address of Westwood is 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75201. Westwood is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The information listed below is for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Casey Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.* President and Chief President and Chief Executive (NYSE: WHG) Executive Officer and Officer and Director 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200 Director Dallas, TX 75201 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME AND POSITION WITH NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS CONNECTION WITH OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISER ADDRESS OF OTHER COMPANY COMPANY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Westwood Trust** Director 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75201 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Westwood International Advisors Inc. (A) Chief Executive Officer and 181 Bay Street, Suite 2450 Director Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark R. Freeman, CFA Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.* Chief Investment Officer Executive Vice President and (NYSE: WHG) Chief Investment Officer 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75201 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Wallace Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.* Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer (NYSE: WHG) 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75201 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Westwood International Advisors Inc.(A ) Chief Financial Officer 181 Bay Street, Suite 2450 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Westwood Advisors, LLC*** Chief Financial Officer One Pacific Place 1125 South 103(rd) Street, Ste. 580 Omaha, NE 68124 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvia L. Fry Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.* Chief Compliance Officer Chief Compliance Officer (NYSE: WHG) 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75201 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Westwood Trust** Chief Compliance Officer 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75201 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Westwood Advisors, LLC*** Chief Compliance Officer One Pacific Place 1125 South 103(rd) Street, Ste. 580 Omaha, NE 68124 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
* Westwood Management Corp., Westwood Trust, Westwood Advisors, LLC, and
Westwood International Advisors Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., a publicly traded company on the NYSE (NYSE:
WHG).
** Westwood Trust provides trust and custodial services and participation in common trust funds that it sponsors to institutions and high net worth individuals.
*** Westwood Advisors, LLC (formerly McCarthy Group Advisors, LLC) is a SEC registered investment adviser located in Omaha, NE that manages investment limited liability companies.
(A) Westwood International Advisors Inc. is a Canadian Corporation located in Toronto, Ontario that is registered as a Portfolio Manager and Exempt Market Dealer with the Ontario Securities Commission(OSC) and the Autorite des marches financiers ("AMF") in Quebec.
ITEM 32. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS
(a) Furnish the name of each investment company (other than the Registrant) for which each principal underwriter currently distributing the securities of the Registrant also acts as a principal underwriter, distributor or investment adviser.
Registrant's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the "Distributor"), acts as distributor for:
SEI Daily Income Trust July 15, 1982 SEI Liquid Asset Trust November 29, 1982 SEI Tax Exempt Trust December 3, 1982 SEI Institutional Managed Trust January 22, 1987 SEI Institutional International Trust August 30, 1988 The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II January 28, 1993 Bishop Street Funds January 27, 1995 SEI Asset Allocation Trust April 1, 1996 SEI Institutional Investments Trust June 14, 1996 City National Rochdale Funds (f/k/a CNI Charter Funds) April 1, 1999 Causeway Capital Management Trust September 20, 2001 ProShares Trust November 14, 2005 Community Capital Trust (f/k/a Community Reinvestment Act Qualified Investment Fund) January 8, 2007 TD Asset Management USA Funds July 25, 2007 SEI Structured Credit Fund, LP July 31, 2007 Wilshire Mutual Funds, Inc. July 12, 2008 Wilshire Variable Insurance Trust July 12, 2008 Global X Funds October 24, 2008 ProShares Trust II November 17, 2008 Exchange Traded Concepts Trust (f/k/a FaithShares Trust) August 7, 2009 Schwab Strategic Trust October 12, 2009 RiverPark Funds September 8, 2010 Adviser Managed Trust December 10, 2010 Huntington Strategy Shares July 26, 2011 New Covenant Funds March 23, 2012 Cambria ETF Trust August 30, 2012 Highland Funds I (f/k/a Pyxis Funds I) September 25, 2012 KraneShares Trust December 18, 2012 LocalShares Investment Trust May 06, 2013 SEI Insurance Products Trust September 10, 2013 KP Funds September 19, 2013 The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III February 12, 2014 J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust April 1, 2014 |
The Distributor provides numerous financial services to investment managers, pension plan sponsors, and bank trust departments. These services include portfolio evaluation, performance measurement and consulting services ("Funds Evaluation") and automated execution, clearing and settlement of securities transactions ("MarketLink").
(b) Furnish the Information required by the following table with respect to each director, officer or partner of each principal underwriter named in the answer to Item 25 of Part B. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each director or officer is One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456.
POSITION AND OFFICE POSITIONS AND OFFICES NAME WITH UNDERWRITER WITH REGISTRANT ---- ------------------- ---------------------- William M. Doran Director Trustee Edward D. Loughlin Director -- Wayne M. Withrow Director -- Kevin P. Barr President & Chief Executive Officer -- Maxine J. Chou Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, & Treasurer -- Karen E. LaTourette Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Officer & Assistant Secretary -- John C. Munch General Counsel & Secretary Vice President & Assistant Secretary Mark J. Held Senior Vice President -- Lori L. White Vice President & Assistant Secretary -- John P. Coary Vice President & Assistant Secretary -- John J. Cronin Vice President -- Robert M. Silvestri Vice President -- |
ITEM 33. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS:
Books or other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules promulgated thereunder, are maintained as follows:
(a) With respect to Rules 31a-1(a); 31a-1(b)(1); (2)(a) and (b); (3);
(6); (8); (12); and 31a-1 (d), the required books and records are
maintained at the offices of Registrant's custodians:
U.S. Bank, National Association Union Bank of California, N.A. 800 Nicollett Mall 475 Sansome Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4302 15(th) Floor San Francisco, California 94111 National City Bank The Northern Trust Company National City Center 50 LaSalle Street 1900 East Ninth Street Chicago, Illinois 60675 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 |
(b) With respect to Rules 31a-1(a); 31a-1 (b)(1),(4); (2)(C) and (D);
(4); (5); (6); (8); (9); (10); (11); and 31a-1(f), the required books
and records are maintained at the offices of Registrant's
administrator:
SEI Investments Global Funds Services
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
(c) With respect to Rules 31a-1 (b)(5), (6), (9) and (10) and 31a-1 (f), the required books and records are maintained at the offices of the Registrant's investment advisers:
Acadian Asset Management LLC
260 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC
70 Pine Street, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10270
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
AlphaOne Investment Services, LLC
One Tower Bridge
100 Front Street, Suite 1250
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC
One Cambridge Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
AQR Capital Management, LLC
Two Greenwich Plaza, 3rd Floor
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
AT Investment Advisers, Inc.
One South Wacker Drive, Suite 3500
Chicago, Illinois 60606
BlackRock Financial Management, LLC
55 East 52(nd) Street
New York, NY 10055
Cambiar Investors LLC
2401 East Second Street, Suite 400
Denver, Colorado 80206
CBRE Clarion Securities LLC
201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 600
Radnor, PA 19087
Citigroup First Investment Management Americas LLC
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
ClariVest Asset Management LLC 11452 El Camino Real, Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92130
Cornerstone Advisors, Inc.
225 108th Avenue NE, Suite 400
Bellevue, Washington 98004-5782
Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn LLC
520 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10022
C.S. McKee, LLP
One Gateway Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Driehaus Capital Management LLC
25 East Erie Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2703
Edgewood Management LLC
305 Park Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10022-6057
Fairpointe Capital LLC
One North Franklin Street, Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60606-2401
Fayez Sarofim & Co.
2907 Two Houston Center
909 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas 77010
First Manhattan Co.
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022-7022
Hamlin Capital Management, LLC
640 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Harris Associates L.P.
Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois 60602-3790
Harvest Global Investments Limited
31/F One Exchange Square
8 Connaught Place,
Central Hong Kong
Haverford Investment Management, Inc. Three Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 450 Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087-4546
Investment Counselors of Maryland, LLC
803 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Third Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2621
LSV Asset Management
155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4600,
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Marsico Capital Management, LLC
1200 17th Street, Suite 1600
Denver, Colorado 80202-5824
Numeric Investors LLC
470 Atlantic Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
OFI SteelPath, Inc.
2100 McKinney Ave., Suite 1401
Dallas, Texas 75201
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC 1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3100 Seattle, Washington 98109
Phocas Financial Corporation
980 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 106
Alameda, California 94501-1001
Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC
600 West Broadway, Suite 1000
San Diego, California 92101-3383
Sands Capital Management, LLC
1101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 2300
Arlington, VA 22209
SKY Harbor Capital Management, LLC
20 Horseneck Lane
Greenwich, CT 06830
Strategic Income Management, LLC
720 Olive Way, Suite 1675
Seattle, Washington 98101
Thomson Horstmann & Bryant, Inc.
501 Merritt 7
Norwalk, CT 06851
Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC
6806 Paragon Place, Suite 300
Richmond, Virginia 23230
Thornburg Investment Management Inc
2300 North Ridgetop Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506
Turner Investments, L.P.
1205 Westlakes Drive, Suite 100
Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312-2414
Westwood Management Corp.
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
Dallas, Texas 75201
ITEM 34. MANAGEMENT SERVICES: None.
ITEM 35. UNDERTAKINGS: None.
NOTICE
A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust for The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust") is on file with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this registration statement has been executed on behalf of the Trust by an officer of the Trust as an officer and by its trustees as trustees and not individually and the obligations of or arising out of this registration statement are not binding upon any of the trustees, officers, or shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 236 to Registration Statement No. 033-42484 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oaks, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 24th day of June, 2014.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated.
* Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- John K. Darr * Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- William M. Doran * Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- Joseph T. Grause, Jr. * Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- Mitchell A. Johnson * Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- Betty L. Krikorian * Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- Robert A. Nesher * Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- Bruce Speca * Trustee June 24, 2014 -------------------------- George J. Sullivan, Jr. * President June 24, 2014 -------------------------- Michael Beattie * Treasurer, Controller & June 24, 2014 -------------------------- Chief Financial Officer James F. Volk *By: /s/ Dianne M. Descoteaux ------------------------- Dianne M. Descoteaux Attorney-in-Fact |
EXHIBIT INDEX
(d)(1)(xxviii) Investment Advisory Agreement dated May 1, 2014 between the Trust and Cornerstone Advisors, Inc., relating to the Cornerstone Advisors Global Public Equity Fund, Cornerstone Advisors Income Opportunities Fund, Cornerstone Advisors Public Alternatives Fund and Cornerstone Advisors Real Assets Fund
(d)(1)(xxix) Investment Advisory Agreement dated January 31, 2013 between the Registrant and Harvest Global Investments Limited, relating to the Harvest Family of Funds
(d)(1)(xxx) Investment Advisory Agreement dated September 3, 2013 between the Registrant and AT Investment Advisers, Inc. (formerly Stein Roe Investment Counsel, Inc.), relating to the AT Family of Funds
(d)(3)(xix) Expense Limitation Agreement dated January 31, 2013 between the Registrant and Harvest Global Investments Limited, relating to the Harvest Family of Funds
(h)(1)(ii) Amendment dated June 11, 2014, relating to the LSV Family of Funds, to the Administration Agreement dated November 14, 1991, as amended and restated November 12, 2002, between the Registrant and SEI Investments Global Funds Services
(i) Opinion and Consent of Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, relating to the LSV Global Value Fund, LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund, and LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made as of this 1st day of May, 2014 by and between THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts voluntary association (commonly known as a business trust) registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and Cornerstone Advisors Inc. (the "Adviser"), a Washington corporation with its principal place of business at 225 -- 108th Avenue NE , Suite 400, Bellevue, Washington 98004-5782.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Trust has selected the Adviser to act as investment adviser to the Trust on behalf of the series set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement (the "Fund"), as such Schedule may be amended from time to time upon mutual agreement of the parties, and to provide certain related services, as more fully set forth below, and to perform such services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and benefits set forth herein, the Trust and the Adviser do hereby agree as follows:
1. THE ADVISER'S SERVICES.
(a) DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES. The Adviser shall act as investment adviser with respect to the Fund. In such capacity, the Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board, regularly provide the Fund with investment research, advice and supervision and shall furnish continuously an investment program for the Fund, consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund. The Adviser shall determine, from time to time, what securities shall be purchased for the Fund, what securities shall be held or sold by the Fund and what portion of the Fund's assets shall be held uninvested in cash, subject always to the provisions of the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, By-Laws and its registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") under the 1940 Act, and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), covering Fund shares, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), and to the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect. To carry out such obligations, the Adviser shall exercise full discretion and act for the Fund in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the Fund itself might or could do with respect to purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with respect to all other such things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions. No reference in this Agreement to the Adviser having full discretionary authority over the Fund's investments shall in any way limit the right of the Board, in its sole discretion, to establish or revise policies in connection with the management of the Fund's assets or to otherwise exercise its right to control the overall management of the Fund.
(b) COMPLIANCE. The Adviser agrees to comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Commodity Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder, as applicable, as well as with all other applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations and case law that relate to the services and relationships described hereunder and to the conduct of its business as a registered investment adviser. The Adviser also agrees to comply with the objectives, policies and restrictions set forth in the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, of the Fund, and with any policies, guidelines, instructions and procedures approved by the Board and provided to the Adviser. In selecting the Fund's portfolio securities and performing the Adviser's obligations hereunder, the Adviser shall cause the Fund to comply with the diversification and source of income requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), for qualification as a regulated investment company. The Adviser shall maintain compliance procedures that it reasonably believes are adequate to ensure its compliance with the foregoing. No supervisory activity undertaken by the Board shall limit the Adviser's full responsibility for any of the foregoing.
(c) PROXY VOTING. The Board has the authority to determine how proxies with respect to securities that are held by the Fund shall be voted, and the Board has initially determined to delegate the authority and responsibility to vote proxies for the Fund's securities to the Adviser. So long as proxy voting authority for the Fund has been delegated to the Adviser, the Adviser shall exercise its proxy voting responsibilities. The Adviser shall carry out such responsibility in accordance with any instructions that the Board shall provide from time to time, and at all times in a manner consistent with Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act and its fiduciary responsibilities to the Trust. The Adviser shall provide periodic reports and keep records relating to proxy voting as the Board may reasonably request or as may be necessary for the Fund to comply with the 1940 Act and other applicable law. Any such delegation of proxy voting responsibility to the Adviser may be revoked or modified by the Board at any time.
The Adviser is authorized to instruct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to forward promptly to the Adviser or designate service provider copies of all proxies and shareholder communications relating to securities held in the portfolio of a Fund (other than materials relating to legal proceedings against the Fund). The Adviser may also instruct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to provide reports of holdings in the portfolio of the Fund. The Adviser has the authority to engage a service provided to assist with administrative functions related to voting Fund proxies. The Trust shall direct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to provide any assistance requested by the Adviser in facilitating the use of a service provider. In no event shall the Adviser have any responsibility to vote proxies that are not received on a timely basis. The Trust acknowledges that the Adviser, consistent with the Adviser's written proxy voting policies and procedures, may refrain from voting a proxy if, in the Adviser's discretion, refraining from voting would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
(d) RECORDKEEPING. The Adviser shall not be responsible for the provision of administrative, bookkeeping or accounting services to the Fund, except as otherwise provided herein or as may be necessary for the Adviser to supply to the Trust or its Board the information required to be supplied under this Agreement.
The Adviser shall maintain separate books and detailed records of all matters pertaining to Fund assets advised by the Adviser required by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act (other than those records being maintained by any administrator, custodian or transfer agent appointed by the Fund) relating to its responsibilities provided hereunder with respect to the Fund, and shall preserve such records for the periods and in a manner prescribed therefore by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act (the "Fund Books and Records"). The Fund Books and Records shall be available to the Board at any time upon request, shall be delivered to the Trust upon the termination of this Agreement and shall be available without delay during any day the Trust is open for business.
(e) HOLDINGS INFORMATION AND PRICING. The Adviser shall provide regular reports regarding Fund holdings, and may, on its own initiative, furnish the Trust and its Board from time to time with whatever information the Adviser believes is appropriate for this purpose. The Adviser agrees to notify the Trust promptly if the Adviser reasonably believes that the value of any security held by the Fund may not reflect fair value. The Adviser agrees to provide upon request any pricing information of which the Adviser is aware to the Trust, its Board and/or any Fund pricing agent to assist in the determination of the fair value of any Fund holdings for which market quotations are not readily available or as otherwise required in accordance with the 1940 Act or the Trust's valuation procedures for the purpose of calculating the Fund net asset value in accordance with procedures and methods established by the Board.
(f) COOPERATION WITH AGENTS OF THE TRUST. The Adviser agrees to cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Trust, any Trust custodian or foreign sub-custodians, any Trust pricing agents and all other agents and representatives of the Trust with respect to such information regarding the Fund as such entities may reasonably request from time to time in the performance of their obligations, provide prompt responses to reasonable requests made by such persons and establish appropriate interfaces with each so as to promote the efficient exchange of information and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
2. CODE OF ETHICS. The Adviser has adopted a written code of ethics that it reasonably believes complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, which it has provided to the Trust. The Adviser shall ensure that its Access Persons (as defined in the Adviser's Code of Ethics) comply in all material respects with the Adviser's Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time. Upon request, the Adviser shall provide the Trust with a (i) copy of the Adviser's current Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time, and (ii) certification that it has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from engaging in any conduct prohibited by the Adviser's Code of Ethics. Annually, the Adviser shall furnish a written report, which complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1, concerning the Adviser's Code of Ethics to the Trust's Board. The Adviser shall respond to requests for information from the
Trust as to violations of the Code by Access Persons and the sanctions imposed by the Adviser. The Adviser shall immediately notify the Trust of any material violation of the Code, whether or not such violation relates to a security held by the Fund.
3. INFORMATION AND REPORTING. The Adviser shall provide the Trust and its officers with such periodic reports concerning the obligations the Adviser has assumed under this Agreement as the Trust may from time to time reasonably request.
(a) NOTIFICATION OF BREACH / COMPLIANCE REPORTS. The Adviser shall notify the Trust's chief compliance officer immediately upon detection of (i) any material failure to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and policies or any applicable law; or (ii) any material breach of any of the Fund's or the Adviser's policies, guidelines or procedures. In addition, the Adviser shall provide a quarterly report regarding the Fund's compliance with its investment objectives and policies, applicable law, including, but not limited to the 1940 Act and Subchapter M of the Code, and the Fund's policies, guidelines or procedures as applicable to the Adviser's obligations under this Agreement. The Adviser agrees to correct any such failure promptly and to take any action that the Board may reasonably request in connection with any such breach. Upon request, the Adviser shall also provide the officers of the Trust with supporting certifications in connection with such certifications of Fund financial statements and disclosure controls pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Adviser will promptly notify the Trust in the event (i) the Adviser is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board, or body, involving the affairs of the Trust (excluding class action suits in which the Fund is a member of the plaintiff class by reason of the Fund's ownership of shares in the defendant) or the compliance by the Adviser with the federal or state securities laws or (ii) an actual change in control of the Adviser resulting in an "assignment" (as defined in the 1940 Act) has occurred or is otherwise proposed to occur.
(b) BOARD AND FILINGS INFORMATION. The Adviser will provide the Trust with any information reasonably requested regarding its management of the Fund required for any meeting of the Board, or for any shareholder report, Form N-CSR, Form N-Q, Form N-PX, Form N-SAR, amended registration statement, proxy statement, or prospectus supplement to be filed by the Trust with the Commission. The Adviser will make its officers and employees available to meet with the Board from time to time on due notice to review its investment management services to the Fund in light of current and prospective economic and market conditions and shall furnish to the Board such information as may reasonably be necessary in order for the Board to evaluate this Agreement or any proposed amendments thereto.
(c) TRANSACTION INFORMATION. The Adviser shall furnish to the Trust such information concerning portfolio transactions as may be necessary to enable the Trust or its designated agent to perform such compliance testing on the Fund and the Adviser's services as the Trust may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate. The provision of such information by the Adviser to the Trust or its designated agent in no way relieves the Adviser of its own responsibilities under this Agreement.
4. BROKERAGE.
(a) PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS. In connection with purchases or sales of securities for the account of the Fund, neither the Adviser nor any of its directors, officers or employees will act as a principal or agent or receive any commission except as permitted by the 1940 Act.
(b) PLACEMENT OF ORDERS. The Adviser shall arrange for the placing of all orders for the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund's account with brokers or dealers selected by the Adviser. In the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, the Adviser is directed at all times to seek for the Fund the most favorable execution and net price available under the circumstances. It is also understood that it is desirable for the Fund that the Adviser have access to brokerage and research services provided by brokers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers, consistent with section 28(e) of the 1934 Act and any Commission staff interpretations thereof. Therefore, the Adviser is authorized to place orders for the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund with such brokers, subject to review by the Board from time to time with respect to the extent and continuation of this practice. It is understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to the Adviser in connection with its or its affiliates' services to other clients.
(c) AGGREGATED TRANSACTIONS. On occasions when the Adviser deems the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interest of the Fund as well as other clients of the Adviser, the Adviser may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, aggregate the order for securities to be sold or purchased. In such event, the Adviser will allocate securities or futures contracts so purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, in the manner the Adviser reasonably considers to be equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Fund and to such other clients under the circumstances.
(d) AFFILIATED BROKERS. The Adviser or any of its affiliates may act as broker in connection with the purchase or sale of securities or other investments for the Fund, subject to: (a) the requirement that the Adviser seek to obtain best execution and price within the policy guidelines determined by the Board and set forth in the Fund's current Registration Statement; (b) the provisions of the 1940 Act; (c) the provisions of the Advisers Act; (d) the provisions of the 1934 Act; and (e) other provisions of applicable law. These brokerage services are not within the scope of the duties of the Adviser under this Agreement. Subject to the requirements of applicable law and any procedures adopted by the Board, the Adviser or its affiliates may receive brokerage commissions, fees or other remuneration from the Fund for these services in addition to the Adviser's fees for services under this Agreement.
5. CUSTODY. Nothing in this Agreement shall permit the Adviser to take or receive physical possession of cash, securities or other investments of the Fund.
6. ALLOCATION OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES. The Adviser will bear its own costs of providing services hereunder. Other than as herein specifically indicated, the Adviser shall not be responsible for the Fund's expenses, including brokerage and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments.
7. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
(a) PROPERLY REGISTERED. The Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and will remain so registered for the duration of this Agreement. The Adviser is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the 1940 Act from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement, and to the best knowledge of the Adviser, there is no proceeding or investigation that is reasonably likely to result in the Adviser being prohibited from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement. The Adviser agrees to promptly notify the Trust of the occurrence of any event that would disqualify the Adviser from serving as an investment adviser to an investment company. The Adviser is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state law in connection with its investment management operations.
(b) ADV DISCLOSURE. The Adviser has provided the Trust with a copy of its Form ADV Part I as most recently filed with the SEC and its current Part II and will, promptly after filing any amendment to its Form ADV with the SEC updating its Part II, furnish a copy of such amendments or updates to the Trust. The information contained in the Adviser's Form ADV is accurate and complete in all material respects and does not omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) FUND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. The Adviser has reviewed, and will in the future review, the Registration Statement, summary prospectus, prospectus, statement of additional information, periodic reports to shareholders, reports and schedules filed with the Commission (including any amendment, supplement or sticker to any of the foregoing) and advertising and sales material relating to the Fund (collectively the "Disclosure Documents") and represents and warrants that such Disclosure Documents contain or will contain no untrue statement of any material fact and do not and will not omit any statement of material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) USE OF THE NAME "CORNERSTONE ADVISORS". The Adviser has the right to use the name "Cornerstone Advisors" in connection with its services to the Trust and that, subject to the terms set forth in Section 8 of this Agreement, the Trust shall have the right to use the name "Cornerstone Advisors" in connection with the management and operation of the Fund. The Adviser is not aware of any threatened or existing actions, claims, litigation or proceedings that would adversely affect or prejudice the rights of the Adviser or the Trust to use the name "Cornerstone Advisors."
(e) INSURANCE. The Adviser maintains errors and omissions insurance coverage in an appropriate amount and shall provide prior written notice to the Trust (i) of any material changes in its insurance policies or insurance coverage; or (ii) if any
material claims will be made on its insurance policies. Furthermore, the Adviser shall, upon reasonable request, provide the Trust with any information it may reasonably require concerning the amount of or scope of such insurance.
(f) NO DETRIMENTAL AGREEMENT. The Adviser represents and warrants that it has no arrangement or understanding with any party, other than the Trust, that would influence the decision of the Adviser with respect to its selection of securities for the Fund, and that all selections shall be done in accordance with what is in the best interest of the Fund.
(g) CONFLICTS. The Adviser shall act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the Trust including requiring any of its personnel with knowledge of Fund activities to place the interest of the Fund first, ahead of their own interests, in all personal trading scenarios that may involve a conflict of interest with the Fund, consistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
(h) REPRESENTATIONS. The representations and warranties in this
Section 7 shall be deemed to be made on the date this Agreement is executed and
at the time of delivery of the quarterly compliance report required by Section
3(a), whether or not specifically referenced in such report.
8. THE NAME "CORNERSTONE ADVISORS". The Adviser grants to the Trust a license to use the name "Cornerstone Advisors" (the "Name") as part of the name of the Funds. The foregoing authorization by the Adviser to the Trust to use the Name as part of the name of the Funds is not exclusive of the right of the Adviser itself to use, or to authorize others to use, the Name; the Trust acknowledges and agrees that, as between the Trust and the Adviser, the Adviser has the right to use, or authorize others to use, the Name. The Trust shall (1) only use the Name in a manner consistent with uses approved by the Adviser; (2) use its best efforts to maintain the quality of the services offered using the Name; (3) adhere to such other specific quality control standards as the Adviser may from time to time promulgate. At the request of the Adviser, the Trust will (a) submit to Adviser representative samples of any promotional materials using the Name; and (b) change the name of a Fund within three months of its receipt of the Adviser's request, or such other shorter time period as may be required under the terms of a settlement agreement or court order, so as to eliminate all reference to the Name and will not thereafter transact any business using the Name in the name of a Fund; provided, however, that the Trust may continue to use beyond such date any supplies of prospectuses, marketing materials and similar documents that the Trust had on the date of such name change in quantities not exceeding those historically produced and used in connection with such Fund.
9. ADVISER'S COMPENSATION. The Fund shall pay to the Adviser, as compensation for the Adviser's services hereunder, a fee, determined as described in Schedule A that is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Such fee shall be computed daily and paid not less than monthly in arrears by the Fund.
The method for determining net assets of the Fund for purposes hereof shall be the same as the method for determining net assets for purposes of establishing the offering and redemption prices of Fund shares as described in the Fund's prospectus. In the event of termination of this
Agreement, the fee provided in this Section shall be computed on the basis of the period ending on the last business day on which this Agreement is in effect subject to a pro rata adjustment based on the number of days elapsed in the current month as a percentage of the total number of days in such month.
10. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the Adviser is and shall be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise authorized in writing, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Trust or the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed to be an agent of the Trust or the Fund. If any occasion should arise in which the Adviser gives any advice to its clients concerning the shares of the Fund, the Adviser will act solely as investment counsel for such clients and not in any way on behalf of the Fund.
11. ASSIGNMENT AND AMENDMENTS. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment (as defined in section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act); provided that such termination shall not relieve the Adviser of any liability incurred hereunder.
This Agreement may not be added to or changed orally and may not be modified or rescinded except by a writing signed by the parties hereto and in accordance with the 1940 Act, when applicable.
12. DURATION AND TERMINATION.
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date executed and shall remain in full force and effect continually thereafter, subject to renewal as provided in Section 12(c) and unless terminated automatically as set forth in Section 11 hereof or until terminated as follows:
(a) The Trust may cause this Agreement to terminate either (i) by vote of its Board or (ii) with respect to the Fund, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund; or
(b) The Adviser may at any time terminate this Agreement by not more than sixty (60) days' nor less than thirty (30) days' written notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Trust; or
(c) This Agreement shall automatically terminate two years from the
date of its execution unless its renewal is specifically approved at least
annually thereafter by (i) a majority vote of the Trustees, including a
majority vote of such Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or
the Adviser, at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval; or
(ii) the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund;
provided, however, that if the continuance of this Agreement is submitted to
the shareholders of the Fund for their approval and such shareholders fail to
approve such continuance of this Agreement as provided herein, the Adviser may
continue to serve hereunder as to the Fund in a manner consistent with the 1940
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
(d) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section shall be without payment of any penalty.
In the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Adviser shall, immediately upon notice of termination or on such later date as may be specified in such notice, cease all activity on behalf of the Fund and with respect to any of its assets, except as otherwise required by any fiduciary duties of the Adviser under applicable law. In addition, the Adviser shall deliver the Fund Books and Records to the Trust by such means and in accordance with such schedule as the Trust shall direct and shall otherwise cooperate, as reasonably directed by the Trust, in the transition of portfolio asset management to any successor of the Adviser.
13. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Agreement:
(a) "Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund" shall have the meaning as set forth in the 1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the Commission under the 1940 Act or any interpretations of the Commission staff.
(b) "Interested persons" and "Assignment" shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the 1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the Commission under the 1940 Act or any interpretations of the Commission staff.
14. LIABILITY OF THE ADVISER.
(a) The Adviser shall have responsibility for the accuracy and completeness (and liability for the lack thereof) of statements in the Fund's Disclosure Documents.
(b) The Adviser shall be liable to the Fund for any loss (including transaction costs) incurred by the Fund as a result of any investment made by the Adviser in contravention of: (i) any investment policy, guideline or restriction set forth in the Registration Statement or as approved by the Board from time to time and provided to the Adviser; or (ii) applicable law, including but not limited to the 1940 Act and the Code (including but not limited to the Fund's failure to satisfy the diversification or source of income requirements of Subchapter M of the Code) (the investments described in this subsection (b) collectively are referred to as "Improper Investments").
(c) The Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, each affiliated person of the Trust within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, and each person who controls the Trust within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (any such person, an "Indemnified Party") against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending any alleged loss, claim, damage, expense or liability and reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) to which any such person may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) a breach by the Adviser
of this Agreement or of the representations and warranties made by the Adviser herein; (ii) any Improper Investment; (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Disclosure Document or the omission or alleged omission from a Disclosure Document of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iv) the Adviser's performance or non-performance of its duties hereunder; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect any Indemnified Party who is a Trustee or officer of the Trust against any liability to the Trust or to its shareholders to which such Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject by reason or willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such person's office with the Trust.
15. ENFORCEABILITY. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms or provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that all litigation arising hereunder, whether direct or indirect, and of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the affected Fund and that no Trustee, officer or holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund shall be personally liable for any of the foregoing liabilities. The Trust's Certificate of Trust, as amended from time to time, is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Such Certificate of Trust and the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust describe in detail the respective responsibilities and limitations on liability of the Trustees, officers, and holders of shares of beneficial interest.
17. CHANGE IN THE ADVISER'S OWNERSHIP. The Adviser agrees that it shall notify the Trust of any anticipated or otherwise reasonably foreseeable change in the ownership of the Adviser within a reasonable time prior to such change being effected.
18. JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Adviser consents to the jurisdiction of courts, both state or federal, in Massachusetts, with respect to any dispute under this Agreement.
19. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS. The headings of paragraphs contained in this Agreement are provided for convenience only, form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its construction.
20. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be signed on their behalf by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND, on behalf of the Fund(s) listed on Schedule A
By: /s/ Michael Beattie ---------------------- Name: Michael Beattie Title: President |
CORNERSTONE ADVISORS INC.
By: /s/ Bruce Duff ---------------------- Name: Bruce Duff Title: Secretary |
SCHEDULE A
TO THE
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
DATED MAY 1, 2014 BETWEEN
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
AND
CORNERSTONE ADVISORS INC.
The Trust will pay to the Adviser as compensation for the Adviser's services rendered, a fee, computed daily at an annual rate based on the average daily net assets of the Fund in accordance the following fee schedule:
FUND RATE Global Public Equity Fund ............................................ 0.01% Income Opportunities Fund ............................................ 0.01% Public Alternatives Fund ............................................. 0.01% Real Assets Fund ..................................................... 0.01% |
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made as of this 31st day of January, 2013 by and between THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts voluntary association (commonly known as a business trust) registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and Harvest Global Investments Limited (the "Adviser"), a Hong Kong corporation with its principal place of business at 31/F, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Trust has selected the Adviser to act as investment adviser to the Trust on behalf of the series set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement (each, a "Fund"), as such Schedule may be amended from time to time upon mutual agreement of the parties, and to provide certain related services, as more fully set forth below, and to perform such services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and benefits set forth herein, the Trust and the Adviser do hereby agree as follows:
1. THE ADVISER'S SERVICES.
(a) DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES. The Adviser shall act as investment adviser with respect to the Fund. In such capacity, the Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board, regularly provide the Fund with investment research, advice and supervision and shall furnish continuously an investment program for the Fund, consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund. The Adviser shall determine, from time to time, what securities shall be purchased for the Fund, what securities shall be held or sold by the Fund and what portion of the Fund's assets shall be held uninvested in cash, subject always to the provisions of the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, By-Laws and its registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") under the 1940 Act, and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), covering Fund shares, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), and to the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect. To carry out such obligations, the Adviser shall exercise full discretion and act for the Fund in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the Fund itself might or could do with respect to purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with respect to all other such things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions. No reference in this Agreement to the Adviser having full discretionary authority over the Fund's investments shall in any way limit the right of the Board, in its sole discretion, to establish or revise policies in connection with the management of the Fund's assets or to otherwise exercise its right to control the overall management of the Fund.
(b) COMPLIANCE. The Adviser agrees to comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Commodity Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder, as applicable, as well as with all other applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations and case law that relate to the services and relationships described hereunder and to the conduct of its business as a registered investment adviser. The Adviser also agrees to comply with the objectives, policies and restrictions set forth in the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, of the Fund, and with any policies, guidelines, instructions and procedures approved by the Board and provided to the Adviser. In selecting the Fund's portfolio securities and performing the Adviser's obligations hereunder, the Adviser shall cause the Fund to comply with the diversification and source of income requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), for qualification as a regulated investment company. The Adviser shall maintain compliance procedures that it reasonably believes are adequate to ensure its compliance with the foregoing. No supervisory activity undertaken by the Board shall limit the Adviser's full responsibility for any of the foregoing.
(c) PROXY VOTING. The Board has the authority to determine how proxies with respect to securities that are held by the Fund shall be voted, and the Board has initially determined to delegate the authority and responsibility to vote proxies for the Fund's securities to the Adviser. So long as proxy voting authority for the Fund has been delegated to the Adviser, the Adviser shall exercise its proxy voting responsibilities. The Adviser shall carry out such responsibility in accordance with any instructions that the Board shall provide from time to time, and at all times in a manner consistent with Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act and its fiduciary responsibilities to the Trust. The Adviser shall provide periodic reports and keep records relating to proxy voting as the Board may reasonably request or as may be necessary for the Fund to comply with the 1940 Act and other applicable law. Any such delegation of proxy voting responsibility to the Adviser may be revoked or modified by the Board at any time.
The Adviser is authorized to instruct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to forward promptly to the Adviser or designate service provider copies of all proxies and shareholder communications relating to securities held in the portfolio of a Fund (other than materials relating to legal proceedings against the Fund). The Adviser may also instruct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to provide reports of holdings in the portfolio of the Fund. The Adviser has the authority to engage a service provided to assist with administrative functions related to voting Fund proxies. The Trust shall direct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to provide any assistance requested by the Adviser in facilitating the use of a service provider. In no event shall the Adviser have any responsibility to vote proxies that are not received on a timely basis. The Trust acknowledges that the Adviser, consistent with the Adviser's written proxy voting policies and procedures, may refrain from voting a proxy if, in the Adviser's discretion, refraining from voting would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
(d) RECORDKEEPING. The Adviser shall not be responsible for the provision of administrative, bookkeeping or accounting services to the Fund, except as otherwise
provided herein or as may be necessary for the Adviser to supply to the Trust or its Board the information required to be supplied under this Agreement.
The Adviser shall maintain separate books and detailed records of all matters pertaining to Fund assets advised by the Adviser required by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act (other than those records being maintained by any administrator, custodian or transfer agent appointed by the Fund) relating to its responsibilities provided hereunder with respect to the Fund, and shall preserve such records for the periods and in a manner prescribed therefore by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act (the "Fund Books and Records"). The Fund Books and Records shall be available to the Board at any time upon request, shall be delivered to the Trust upon the termination of this Agreement and shall be available without delay during any day the Trust is open for business.
(e) HOLDINGS INFORMATION AND PRICING. The Adviser shall provide regular reports regarding Fund holdings, and may, on its own initiative, furnish the Trust and its Board from time to time with whatever information the Adviser believes is appropriate for this purpose. The Adviser agrees to notify the Trust promptly if the Adviser reasonably believes that the value of any security held by the Fund may not reflect fair value. The Adviser agrees to provide upon request any pricing information of which the Adviser is aware to the Trust, its Board and/or any Fund pricing agent to assist in the determination of the fair value of any Fund holdings for which market quotations are not readily available or as otherwise required in accordance with the 1940 Act or the Trust's valuation procedures for the purpose of calculating the Fund net asset value in accordance with procedures and methods established by the Board.
(f) COOPERATION WITH AGENTS OF THE TRUST. The Adviser agrees to cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Trust, any Trust custodian or foreign sub-custodians, any Trust pricing agents and all other agents and representatives of the Trust with respect to such information regarding the Fund as such entities may reasonably request from time to time in the performance of their obligations, provide prompt responses to reasonable requests made by such persons and establish appropriate interfaces with each so as to promote the efficient exchange of information and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
2. CODE OF ETHICS. The Adviser has adopted a written code of ethics that it reasonably believes complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, which it has provided to the Trust. The Adviser shall ensure that its Access Persons (as defined in the Adviser's Code of Ethics) comply in all material respects with the Adviser's Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time. Upon request, the Adviser shall provide the Trust with a (i) copy of the Adviser's current Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time, and (ii) certification that it has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from engaging in any conduct prohibited by the Adviser's Code of Ethics. Annually, the Adviser shall furnish a written report, which complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1, concerning the Adviser's Code of Ethics to the Trust's Board. The Adviser shall respond to requests for information from the Trust as to violations of the Code by Access Persons and the sanctions imposed by the Adviser. The Adviser shall immediately notify the Trust of any material violation of the Code, whether or not such violation relates to a security held by the Fund.
3. INFORMATION AND REPORTING. The Adviser shall provide the Trust and its officers with such periodic reports concerning the obligations the Adviser has assumed under this Agreement as the Trust may from time to time reasonably request.
(a) NOTIFICATION OF BREACH / COMPLIANCE REPORTS. The Adviser shall notify the Trust's chief compliance officer immediately upon detection of (i) any material failure to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and policies or any applicable law; or (ii) any material breach of any of the Fund's or the Adviser's policies, guidelines or procedures. In addition, the Adviser shall provide a quarterly report regarding the Fund's compliance with its investment objectives and policies, applicable law, including, but not limited to the 1940 Act and Subchapter M of the Code, and the Fund's policies, guidelines or procedures as applicable to the Adviser's obligations under this Agreement. The Adviser agrees to correct any such failure promptly and to take any action that the Board may reasonably request in connection with any such breach. Upon request, the Adviser shall also provide the officers of the Trust with supporting certifications in connection with such certifications of Fund financial statements and disclosure controls pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Adviser will promptly notify the Trust in the event (i) the Adviser is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board, or body, involving the affairs of the Trust (excluding class action suits in which the Fund is a member of the plaintiff class by reason of the Fund's ownership of shares in the defendant) or the compliance by the Adviser with the federal or state securities laws or (ii) an actual change in control of the Adviser resulting in an "assignment" (as defined in the 1940 Act) has occurred or is otherwise proposed to occur.
(b) BOARD AND FILINGS INFORMATION. The Adviser will provide the Trust with any information reasonably requested regarding its management of the Fund required for any meeting of the Board, or for any shareholder report, Form N-CSR, Form N-Q, Form N-PX, Form N-SAR, amended registration statement, proxy statement, or prospectus supplement to be filed by the Trust with the Commission. The Adviser will make its officers and employees available to meet with the Board from time to time on due notice to review its investment management services to the Fund in light of current and prospective economic and market conditions and shall furnish to the Board such information as may reasonably be necessary in order for the Board to evaluate this Agreement or any proposed amendments thereto.
(c) TRANSACTION INFORMATION. The Adviser shall furnish to the Trust such information concerning portfolio transactions as may be necessary to enable the Trust or its designated agent to perform such compliance testing on the Fund and the Adviser's services as the Trust may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate. The provision of such information by the Adviser to the Trust or its designated agent in no way relieves the Adviser of its own responsibilities under this Agreement.
(d) The Trust, as a professional investor within the meaning of the provisions of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), acknowledges and expressly consents that the Adviser will not provide to the Trust any contract notes, statements of account or receipts in respect of the Fund and any other
services agreed between the Adviser and the Trust, which the Adviser would have to provide contract notes, statements of account or receipts (as the case may be) if such services were provided by the Adviser to its clients (other than the Trust).
4. BROKERAGE.
(a) PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS. In connection with purchases or sales of securities for the account of the Fund, neither the Adviser nor any of its directors, officers or employees will act as a principal or agent or receive any commission except as permitted by the 1940 Act.
(b) PLACEMENT OF ORDERS. The Adviser shall arrange for the placing of all orders for the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund's account with brokers or dealers selected by the Adviser. In the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, the Adviser is directed at all times to seek for the Fund the most favorable execution and net price available under the circumstances. It is also understood that it is desirable for the Fund that the Adviser have access to brokerage and research services provided by brokers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers, consistent with section 28(e) of the 1934 Act and any Commission staff interpretations thereof. Therefore, the Adviser is authorized to place orders for the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund with such brokers, subject to review by the Board from time to time with respect to the extent and continuation of this practice. It is understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to the Adviser in connection with its or its affiliates' services to other clients.
(c) AGGREGATED TRANSACTIONS. On occasions when the Adviser deems the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interest of the Fund as well as other clients of the Adviser, the Adviser may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, aggregate the order for securities to be sold or purchased. In such event, the Adviser will allocate securities or futures contracts so purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, in the manner the Adviser reasonably considers to be equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Fund and to such other clients under the circumstances.
(d) AFFILIATED BROKERS. The Adviser or any of its affiliates may act as broker in connection with the purchase or sale of securities or other investments for the Fund, subject to: (a) the requirement that the Adviser seek to obtain best execution and price within the policy guidelines determined by the Board and set forth in the Fund's current Registration Statement; (b) the provisions of the 1940 Act; (c) the provisions of the Advisers Act; (d) the provisions of the 1934 Act; and (e) other provisions of applicable law. These brokerage services are not within the scope of the duties of the Adviser under this Agreement. Subject to the requirements of applicable law and any procedures adopted by the Board, the Adviser or its affiliates may receive brokerage commissions, fees or other remuneration from the Fund for these services in addition to the Adviser's fees for services under this Agreement.
5. CUSTODY. Nothing in this Agreement shall permit the Adviser to take or receive physical possession of cash, securities or other investments of the Fund.
6. ALLOCATION OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES. The Adviser will bear its own costs of providing services hereunder. Other than as herein specifically indicated, the Adviser shall not be responsible for the Fund's expenses, including brokerage and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments.
7. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
(a) PROPERLY REGISTERED. The Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and will remain so registered for the duration of this Agreement. The Adviser is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the 1940 Act from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement, and to the best knowledge of the Adviser, there is no proceeding or investigation that is reasonably likely to result in the Adviser being prohibited from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement. The Adviser agrees to promptly notify the Trust of the occurrence of any event that would disqualify the Adviser from serving as an investment adviser to an investment company. The Adviser is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state law in connection with its investment management operations.
(b) ADV DISCLOSURE. The Adviser has provided the Trust with a copy of its Form ADV Part I as most recently filed with the SEC and its current Part II and will, promptly after filing any amendment to its Form ADV with the SEC updating its Part II, furnish a copy of such amendments or updates to the Trust. The information contained in the Adviser's Form ADV is accurate and complete in all material respects and does not omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) FUND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. The Adviser has reviewed, and will in the future review, the Registration Statement, summary prospectus, prospectus, statement of additional information, periodic reports to shareholders, reports and schedules filed with the Commission (including any amendment, supplement or sticker to any of the foregoing) and advertising and sales material relating to the Fund (collectively the "Disclosure Documents") and represents and warrants that such Disclosure Documents contain or will contain no untrue statement of any material fact and do not and will not omit any statement of material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) INSURANCE. The Adviser maintains errors and omissions insurance coverage in an appropriate amount and shall provide prior written notice to the Trust (i) of any material changes in its insurance policies or insurance coverage; or (ii) if any material claims will be made on its insurance policies. Furthermore, the Adviser shall, upon reasonable request, provide the Trust with any information it may reasonably require concerning the amount of or scope of such insurance.
(e) NO DETRIMENTAL AGREEMENT. The Adviser represents and warrants that it has no arrangement or understanding with any party, other than the Trust, that would influence the decision of the Adviser with respect to its selection of securities for the Fund, and that all selections shall be done in accordance with what is in the best interest of the Fund.
(f) CONFLICTS. The Adviser shall act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the Trust including requiring any of its personnel with knowledge of Fund activities to place the interest of the Fund first, ahead of their own interests, in all personal trading scenarios that may involve a conflict of interest with the Fund, consistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
(g) REPRESENTATIONS. The representations and warranties in this
Section 7 shall be deemed to be made on the date this Agreement is executed and
at the time of delivery of the quarterly compliance report required by Section
3(a), whether or not specifically referenced in such report.
8. THE NAME "HARVEST FUNDS." The Adviser grants to the Trust a license to use the name "Harvest Funds" (the "Name") as part of the name of the Fund. The foregoing authorization by the Adviser to the Trust to use the Name as part of the name of the Fund is not exclusive of the right of the Adviser itself to use, or to authorize others to use, the Name; the Trust acknowledges and agrees that, as between the Trust and the Adviser, the Adviser has the right to use, or authorize others to use, the Name. The Trust shall (1) only use the Name in a manner consistent with uses approved by the Adviser; (2) use its best efforts to maintain the quality of the services offered using the Name; (3) adhere to such other specific quality control standards as the Adviser may from time to time promulgate. At the request of the Adviser, the Trust will (a) submit to Adviser representative samples of any promotional materials using the Name; and (b) change the name of the Fund within three months of its receipt of the Adviser's request, or such other shorter time period as may be required under the terms of a settlement agreement or court order, so as to eliminate all reference to the Name and will not thereafter transact any business using the Name in the name of the Fund; provided, however, that the Trust may continue to use beyond such date any supplies of prospectuses, marketing materials and similar documents that the Trust had on the date of such name change in quantities not exceeding those historically produced and used in connection with such Fund.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this provision, the Trust acknowledges that the Adviser is in the process of applying for registration of the name "Harvest Funds" in connection with, among others, its services to the Trust (the "Registration").
The parties further agree that upon completion of the Registration, written notice of which will be promptly provided by the Adviser to the Trust:
(a) the following additional representation and warranty shall be added to Section 7 of this Agreement:
"USE OF THE NAME "HARVEST FUNDS". The Adviser has the right to use the name "Harvest Funds" in connection with its services to
the Trust and that, subject to the terms set forth in Section 8 of this Agreement, the Trust shall have the right to use the name "Harvest Funds" in connection with the management and operation of the Fund. The Adviser is not aware of any threatened or existing actions, claims, litigation or proceedings that would adversely affect or prejudice the rights of the Adviser or the Trust to use the name "Harvest Funds."; and
(b) Section 14(c) and Section 14(d)(iv) in this Agreement shall cease to apply.
9. ADVISER'S COMPENSATION. The Fund shall pay to the Adviser, as compensation for the Adviser's services hereunder, a fee, determined as described in Schedule A that is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Such fee shall be computed daily and paid not less than monthly in arrears by the Fund.
The method for determining net assets of the Fund for purposes hereof shall be the same as the method for determining net assets for purposes of establishing the offering and redemption prices of Fund shares as described in the Fund's prospectus. In the event of termination of this Agreement, the fee provided in this Section shall be computed on the basis of the period ending on the last business day on which this Agreement is in effect subject to a pro rata adjustment based on the number of days elapsed in the current month as a percentage of the total number of days in such month.
10. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the Adviser is and shall be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise authorized in writing, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Trust or the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed to be an agent of the Trust or the Fund. If any occasion should arise in which the Adviser gives any advice to its clients concerning the shares of the Fund, the Adviser will act solely as investment counsel for such clients and not in any way on behalf of the Fund.
11. ASSIGNMENT AND AMENDMENTS. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment (as defined in section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act); provided that such termination shall not relieve the assignor of any liability incurred hereunder.
This Agreement may not be added to or changed orally and may not be modified or rescinded except by a writing signed by the parties hereto and in accordance with the 1940 Act, when applicable.
12. DURATION AND TERMINATION.
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date executed and shall remain in full force and effect continually thereafter, subject to renewal as provided in Section 12(c) and unless terminated automatically as set forth in Section 11 hereof or until terminated as follows:
(a) The Trust may cause this Agreement to terminate either (i) by vote of its
Board or (ii) with respect to the Fund, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund; or
(b) The Adviser may at any time terminate this Agreement by not more than sixty (60) days' nor less than thirty (30) days' written notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Trust; or
(c) This Agreement shall automatically terminate two years from the
date of its execution unless its renewal is specifically approved at least
annually thereafter by (i) a majority vote of the Trustees, including a
majority vote of such Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or
the Adviser, at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval; or
(ii) the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund;
provided, however, that if the continuance of this Agreement is submitted to
the shareholders of the Fund for their approval and such shareholders fail to
approve such continuance of this Agreement as provided herein, the Adviser may
continue to serve hereunder as to the Fund in a manner consistent with the 1940
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
(d) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section shall be without payment of any penalty.
In the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Adviser shall, immediately upon notice of termination or on such later date as may be specified in such notice, cease all activity on behalf of the Fund and with respect to any of its assets, except as otherwise required by any fiduciary duties of the Adviser under applicable law. In addition, the Adviser shall deliver the Fund Books and Records to the Trust by such means and in accordance with such schedule as the Trust shall direct and shall otherwise cooperate, as reasonably directed by the Trust, in the transition of portfolio asset management to any successor of the Adviser.
13. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Agreement:
(a) "Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund" shall have the meaning as set forth in the 1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the Commission under the 1940 Act or any interpretations of the Commission staff.
(b) "Interested persons" and "Assignment" shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the 1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the Commission under the 1940 Act or any interpretations of the Commission staff.
14. LIABILITY OF THE ADVISER.
(a) The Adviser shall have responsibility for the accuracy and completeness (and liability for the lack thereof) of statements in the Fund's Disclosure Documents.
(b) The Adviser shall be liable to the Fund for any direct loss (including transaction costs) incurred by the Fund as a result of any investment made by the Adviser
in contravention of: (i) any investment policy, guideline or restriction set forth in the Registration Statement or as approved by the Board from time to time and provided to the Adviser; or (ii) applicable law, including but not limited to the 1940 Act and the Code (including but not limited to the Fund's failure to satisfy the diversification or source of income requirements of Subchapter M of the Code). For the avoidance of doubt, the Adviser shall not be liable to the Fund for any such contravention as a result of changes in market prices or exchange rates, withdrawals or contributions to the Fund or securities or instruments received as a result of corporate actions (the investments described in this subsection (b) collectively are referred to as "Improper Investments").
(c) The Adviser shall be liable to the Fund for any direct loss incurred by the Fund arising out of the Fund's use of the name "Harvest Funds" as part of the name of the Fund.
(d) The Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, each affiliated person of the Trust within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, and each person who controls the Trust within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (any such person, an "Indemnified Party") against any and all direct losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending any alleged loss, claim, damage, expense or liability and reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) to which any such person may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise directly out of or are based upon: (i) a breach by the Adviser of this Agreement or of the representations and warranties made by the Adviser herein; (ii) any Improper Investment; (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Disclosure Document or the omission or alleged omission from a Disclosure Document of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (iv) the Fund's use of the name "Harvest Funds" as part of the name of the Fund; or (v) the Adviser's performance or non-performance of its duties hereunder but excluding for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, any special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage or loss of profits of any kind whatsoever and whether or not foreseeable, properly incurred by the Indemnified Party; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect any Indemnified Party who is a Trustee or officer of the Trust against any liability to the Trust or to its shareholders to which such Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject by reason or willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such person's office with the Trust.
15. ENFORCEABILITY. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms or provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that all litigation arising hereunder, whether direct or indirect, and of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the affected Fund and that no Trustee, officer or holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund shall be personally liable for any of the foregoing liabilities. The Trust's Certificate of Trust, as amended from time to time, is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Such Certificate of Trust and the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust describe in detail the respective responsibilities and limitations on liability of the Trustees, officers, and holders of shares of beneficial interest.
17. CHANGE IN THE ADVISER'S OWNERSHIP. The Adviser agrees that it shall notify the Trust of any anticipated or otherwise reasonably foreseeable change in the ownership of the Adviser within a reasonable time prior to such change being effected.
18. JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Adviser consents to the jurisdiction of courts, both state or federal, in Massachusetts, with respect to any dispute under this Agreement.
19. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS. The headings of paragraphs contained in this Agreement are provided for convenience only, form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its construction.
20. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be signed on their behalf by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND, on behalf of the Fund(s) listed on Schedule A
By: /s/ Michael Beattie --------------------------- Name: Michael Beattie Title: President |
HARVEST GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
By: /s/ Choy Peng Wah /s/Kerry Chow --------------------------------------------- Name: Choy Peng Wah Kerry Chow Title: CEO COO |
SCHEDULE A
TO THE
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
DATED 31ST JANUARY 2013 BETWEEN
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
AND
HARVEST GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
The Trust will pay to the Adviser as compensation for the Adviser's services rendered, a fee, computed daily at an annual rate based on the average daily net assets of the Fund in accordance with the following fee schedule:
FUND RATE Harvest Funds China All Assets .......................................... 1.25% Harvest Funds Intermediate Bond ......................................... 0.75% |
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made as of this 3rd day of September, 2013 by and between THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts voluntary association (commonly known as a business trust) registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and Stein Roe Investment Counsel, Inc. (the "Adviser"), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at One South Wacker Drive, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60606.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Trust has selected the Adviser to act as investment adviser to the Trust on behalf of the series set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement (the "Fund"), as such Schedule may be amended from time to time upon mutual agreement of the parties, and to provide certain related services, as more fully set forth below, and to perform such services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and benefits set forth herein, the Trust and the Adviser do hereby agree as follows:
1. THE ADVISER'S SERVICES.
(a) DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES. The Adviser shall act as investment adviser with respect to the Fund. In such capacity, the Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board, regularly provide the Fund with investment research, advice and supervision and shall furnish continuously an investment program for the Fund, consistent with the investment objective(s) and policies of the Fund, as provided to the Adviser in writing. The Adviser shall determine, from time to time, what securities shall be purchased for the Fund, what securities shall be held or sold by the Fund and what portion of the Fund's assets shall be held uninvested in cash, subject always to the provisions of the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, By-Laws and its registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") under the 1940 Act, and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), covering Fund shares, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), and to the investment objective(s), policies and restrictions of the Fund, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect and as provided to the Adviser in writing. To carry out such obligations, the Adviser shall exercise full discretion and act for the Fund in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the Fund itself might or could do with respect to purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with respect to all other such things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions. No reference in this Agreement to the Adviser having full discretionary authority over the Fund's investments shall in any way limit the right of the Board, in its sole discretion, to establish or revise policies in connection with the management of the Fund's assets or to otherwise exercise its right to control the overall management of the Fund.
(b) COMPLIANCE. The Adviser agrees to comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Commodity Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder, as applicable, as well as with all other applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations and case law that relate to the services and relationships described hereunder and to the conduct of its business as a registered investment adviser. The Adviser also agrees to comply with the objective(s), policies and restrictions set forth in the Registration Statement of the Fund, as amended or supplemented and provided to the Adviser in writing, and with any policies, guidelines, instructions and procedures approved by the Board and provided to the Adviser in writing. In selecting the Fund's portfolio securities and performing the Adviser's obligations hereunder, the Adviser shall cause the Fund to comply with the diversification and source of income requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), for qualification as a regulated investment company. The Adviser shall maintain compliance procedures that it reasonably believes are adequate to ensure its compliance with the foregoing. No supervisory activity undertaken by the Board shall limit the Adviser's full responsibility for any of the foregoing.
(c) PROXY VOTING. The Board has the authority to determine how proxies with respect to securities that are held by the Fund shall be voted, and the Board has initially determined to delegate the authority and responsibility to vote proxies for the Fund's securities to the Adviser. So long as proxy voting authority for the Fund has been delegated to the Adviser, the Adviser shall exercise its proxy voting responsibilities. The Adviser shall carry out such responsibility in accordance with any instructions that the Board shall provide from time to time, and at all times in a manner consistent with Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act and its fiduciary responsibilities to the Fund. The Adviser shall provide periodic reports and keep records relating to proxy voting as the Board may reasonably request or as may be necessary for the Fund to comply with the 1940 Act and other applicable law. Any such delegation of proxy voting responsibility to the Adviser may be revoked or modified by the Board at any time.
The Adviser is authorized to instruct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to forward promptly to the Adviser or designate service provider copies of all proxies and shareholder communications relating to securities held in the portfolio of a Fund (other than materials relating to legal proceedings against the Fund). The Adviser may also instruct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to provide reports of holdings in the portfolio of the Fund. The Adviser has the authority to engage a service provider to assist with administrative functions related to voting Fund proxies. The Trust shall direct the Fund's custodian and/or broker(s) to provide any assistance requested by the Adviser in facilitating the use of a service provider. In no event shall the Adviser have any responsibility to vote proxies that are not received on a timely basis. The Trust acknowledges that the Adviser, consistent with the Adviser's written proxy voting policies and procedures, may refrain from voting a proxy if, in the Adviser's discretion, refraining from voting would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
(d) RECORDKEEPING. The Adviser shall not be responsible for the provision of administrative, bookkeeping or accounting services to the Fund, except as otherwise provided herein or as may be necessary for the Adviser to supply to the Trust or its Board the information required to be supplied under this Agreement.
The Adviser shall maintain separate books and detailed records of all matters pertaining to Fund assets advised by the Adviser required by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act (other than those records being maintained by any administrator, custodian or transfer agent appointed by the Fund) relating to its responsibilities provided hereunder with respect to the Fund, and shall preserve such records for the periods and in a manner prescribed therefore by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act (the "Fund Books and Records"). The Fund Books and Records shall be available to the Board at any time upon request, shall be delivered to the Trust upon the termination of this Agreement and shall be available without unreasonable delay during any day the Trust is open for business.
(e) HOLDINGS INFORMATION AND PRICING. The Adviser shall provide to the Trust regular reports regarding Fund holdings, and may, on its own initiative, furnish the Trust and its Board from time to time with whatever information the Adviser believes is appropriate for this purpose. The Adviser agrees to notify the Trust promptly if the Adviser reasonably believes that the value of any security held by the Fund may not reflect fair value. The Adviser agrees to provide upon request any pricing information of which the Adviser is aware to the Trust, its Board and/or any Fund pricing agent to assist in the determination of the fair value of any Fund holdings for which market quotations are not readily available or as otherwise required in accordance with the 1940 Act or the Trust's valuation procedures for the purpose of calculating the Fund net asset value in accordance with procedures and methods established by the Board.
(f) COOPERATION WITH AGENTS OF THE TRUST. The Adviser agrees to cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the Trust, any Trust custodian or foreign sub-custodians, any Trust pricing agents and all other agents and representatives of the Trust with respect to such information regarding the Fund as such entities may reasonably request from time to time in the performance of their obligations, provide prompt responses to reasonable requests made by such persons and establish appropriate interfaces with each so as to promote the efficient exchange of information and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
(g) ACTIVITIES OF THE ADVISER. The services of the Adviser rendered to the Fund are not exclusive. The Adviser and/or its affiliates may now and in the future manage other accounts, including accounts with investment objective(s) overlapping with those contemplated herein ("Overlapping Accounts"). The Adviser and/or its affiliates shall not be restricted from having or otherwise forming Overlapping Accounts, entering into other investment management or advisory relationships, exercising investment responsibility, engaging in other activities or directly or indirectly purchasing, selling, holding or otherwise dealing with any securities for the account of any such other business or for other clients, even though such activities may be in competition with the Fund and/or may involve substantial time and/or resources of the Adviser; provided that it treats the Fund fairly and allocates opportunities consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the
Fund and such Overlapping Accounts. The preceding sentence shall not be interpreted to preclude the Adviser from (i) charging other fees which differ from the fees to be paid to the Adviser hereunder; or (ii) investing or reinvesting other accounts in accordance with strategies that are different from the strategies used for the Fund. The Trust acknowledges and agrees that the Adviser makes no representations, warranties or guarantees that investment results will be the same for all clients or accounts managed by the Adviser or that the investment results of the Fund will be the same as, or better than, the investment results of other accounts that are managed by the Adviser. The Trust further acknowledges and consents to the matters described in the Registration Statement under the heading "Conflicts of Interest."
2. CODE OF ETHICS. The Adviser has adopted a written code of ethics that it reasonably believes complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, which it has provided to the Trust. The Adviser has implemented procedures reasonably designed to cause its Access Persons (as defined in the Adviser's Code of Ethics) to comply in all material respects with the Adviser's Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time. Upon request, the Adviser shall provide the Trust with a (i) copy of the Adviser's current Code of Ethics, as in effect from time to time, and (ii) certification that it has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons from engaging in any conduct prohibited by Rule 17j-1(b) and the Adviser's Code of Ethics. Annually, the Adviser shall furnish a written report, which complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1, concerning the Adviser's Code of Ethics to the Trust's Board. The Adviser shall respond to requests for information from the Trust as to violations of the Code by Access Persons and the sanctions imposed by the Adviser. The Adviser shall immediately notify the Trust of any material violation of the Code, whether or not such violation relates to a security held by the Fund.
3. INFORMATION AND REPORTING. The Adviser shall provide the Trust and its officers with such periodic reports concerning the obligations the Adviser has assumed under this Agreement as the Trust may from time to time reasonably request.
(a) NOTIFICATION OF BREACH / COMPLIANCE REPORTS. The Adviser shall notify the Trust's chief compliance officer promptly upon detection of (i) any material failure to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objective(s) and policies as provided to the Adviser in writing or any applicable law; or (ii) any material breach of any of the Fund's or the Adviser's policies, guidelines or procedures (with respect to Fund policies, as provided to the Adviser in writing). In addition, the Adviser shall provide a quarterly report to the Trust regarding the Fund's compliance with such investment objective(s) and policies, applicable law, including, but not limited to the 1940 Act and Subchapter M of the Code, and the Fund's policies, guidelines or procedures as provided to the Adviser in writing and as applicable to the Adviser's obligations under this Agreement. The Adviser agrees to correct any such failure promptly and to take any action that the Board may reasonably request in connection with any such breach. Upon request, the Adviser shall also provide the officers of the Trust with reasonable supporting certifications in connection with such certifications of Fund financial statements and disclosure controls pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Adviser will promptly notify the Trust in the event (i) the Adviser is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board, or body, involving the affairs of the Trust (excluding class action suits in which the Fund is a member of the plaintiff class by reason of the Fund's ownership of shares in the defendant) or the compliance by the Adviser with the federal or state securities laws or (ii) an actual change in control of the Adviser resulting in an "assignment" (as defined in the 1940 Act) has occurred or is otherwise proposed to occur.
(b) BOARD AND FILINGS INFORMATION. The Adviser will provide the Trust with any information reasonably requested regarding its management of the Fund required for any meeting of the Board, or for any shareholder report, Form N-CSR, Form N-Q, Form N-PX, Form N-SAR, amended registration statement, proxy statement, or prospectus supplement regarding the Fund to be filed by the Trust with the Commission. The Adviser will make its officers and employees available to meet with the Board from time to time on due notice to review its investment management services to the Fund in light of current and prospective economic and market conditions and shall furnish to the Board such information as may reasonably be necessary in order for the Board to evaluate this Agreement or any proposed amendments thereto.
(c) TRANSACTION INFORMATION. The Adviser shall furnish to the Trust such information concerning Fund portfolio transactions as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Trust or its designated agent to perform such compliance testing on the Fund and the Adviser's services as the Trust may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate. The provision of such information by the Adviser to the Trust or its designated agent in no way relieves the Adviser of its own responsibilities under this Agreement.
4. BROKERAGE.
(a) PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS. In connection with purchases or sales of securities for the account of the Fund, neither the Adviser nor any of its directors, officers or employees will act as a principal or agent or receive any commission except as permitted by the 1940 Act.
(b) PLACEMENT OF ORDERS. The Adviser shall arrange for the placing of all orders for the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund's account with brokers or dealers selected by the Adviser. In the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, the Adviser is directed at all times to seek for the Fund the most favorable execution and net price available under the circumstances. It is also understood that it is desirable for the Fund that the Adviser have access to brokerage and research services provided by brokers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers, consistent with section 28(e) of the 1934 Act and any Commission staff interpretations thereof. Therefore, the Adviser is authorized to place orders for the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund with such brokers, subject to review by the Board from time to time with respect to the extent and continuation of this practice. It is understood that the services
provided by such brokers may be useful to the Adviser in connection with its or its affiliates' services to other clients.
(c) AGGREGATED TRANSACTIONS. On occasions when the Adviser deems the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interest of the Fund as well as other clients of the Adviser, the Adviser may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, aggregate the order for securities to be sold or purchased. In such event, the Adviser will allocate securities or futures contracts so purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, in the manner the Adviser reasonably considers to be equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Fund and to such other clients under the circumstances.
(d) AFFILIATED BROKERS. The Adviser or any of its affiliates may act as broker in connection with the purchase or sale of securities or other investments for the Fund, subject to: (a) the requirement that the Adviser seek to obtain best execution and price within the policy guidelines determined by the Board and set forth in the Fund's current Registration Statement; (b) the provisions of the 1940 Act; (c) the provisions of the Advisers Act; (d) the provisions of the 1934 Act; and (e) other provisions of applicable law. These brokerage services are not within the scope of the duties of the Adviser under this Agreement. Subject to the requirements of applicable law and any procedures adopted by the Board, the Adviser or its affiliates may receive brokerage commissions, fees or other remuneration from the Fund for these services in addition to the Adviser's fees for services under this Agreement.
5. CUSTODY; OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS. Nothing in this Agreement shall permit the Adviser to take or receive physical possession of cash, securities or other investments of the Fund. The Adviser shall not be responsible for any act or omission of any third party, including, without limitation, any administrator, distributor, custodian, or transfer agent for the Fund or the Trust.
6. ALLOCATION OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES. The Adviser will bear its own costs of providing services hereunder. Other than as herein specifically indicated, the Adviser shall not be responsible for the Fund's expenses, including brokerage and other expenses incurred in placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities and other investment instruments.
7. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
(a) PROPERLY REGISTERED. The Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and will remain so registered for the duration of this Agreement. The Adviser is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the 1940 Act from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement, and to the best knowledge of the Adviser, there is no proceeding or investigation that is reasonably likely to result in the Adviser being prohibited from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement. The Adviser agrees to promptly notify the Trust of the occurrence of any event that would disqualify the Adviser from serving as an investment adviser to an investment company registered as such under the 1940 Act. The Adviser is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable federal and state law in connection with its investment management operations.
(b) ADV DISCLOSURE. The Adviser has provided the Trust with a copy of its Form ADV Part I as most recently filed with the SEC and its current Part II and will, promptly after filing any amendment to its Form ADV with the SEC updating its Part II, furnish a copy of such amendments or updates to the Trust. The information contained in the Adviser's Form ADV is accurate and complete in all material respects and does not omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) FUND DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. The Adviser has reviewed, and will in the future review, the Registration Statement, summary prospectus, prospectus, statement of additional information, periodic reports to shareholders, reports and schedules filed with the Commission (including any amendment, supplement or sticker to any of the foregoing) and advertising and sales material relating to the Fund (collectively the "Disclosure Documents") and represents and warrants, with respect to disclosure about the Adviser, the manner in which the Adviser manages the Fund and information relating directly or indirectly to the Adviser (the "Adviser Disclosure") that such Disclosure Documents contain or will contain no untrue statement of any material fact and do not and will not omit any statement of material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) USE OF THE NAME "STEIN ROE" OR "ATLANTIC". The Adviser has the right to use the name "Stein Roe" or "Atlantic" in connection with its services to the Trust and that, subject to the terms set forth in Section 8 of this Agreement, the Trust shall have the right to use the name "Stein Roe" or "Atlantic" in connection with the management and operation of the Fund. The Adviser is not aware of any threatened or existing actions, claims, litigation or proceedings that would adversely affect or prejudice the rights of the Adviser or the Trust to use the name "Stein Roe" or "Atlantic."
(e) INSURANCE. The Adviser maintains errors and omissions insurance coverage in an amount it deems appropriate and shall provide prior written notice to the Trust (i) of any material changes in its insurance policies or insurance coverage; or (ii) if any material claims will be made on its insurance policies. Furthermore, the Adviser shall, upon reasonable request, provide the Trust with any information it may reasonably require concerning the amount of or scope of such insurance.
(f) NO DETRIMENTAL AGREEMENT. The Adviser represents and warrants that it has no arrangement or understanding with any party, other than the Trust, that would influence the decision of the Adviser to the detriment of the Fund with respect to its selection of securities for the Fund in light of its stated investment objective(s), and that all selections shall be done in accordance with what the Adviser believes to be is in the best interest of the Fund given its stated investment objective(s).
(g) CONFLICTS. The Adviser shall act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the Fund including requiring any of its personnel with knowledge of Fund
activities to place the interest of the Fund first, ahead of their own interests, in all personal trading scenarios that may involve a conflict of interest with the Fund, consistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
(h) REPRESENTATIONS. The representations and warranties in this
Section 7 shall be deemed to be made on the date this Agreement is executed and
at the time of delivery of the quarterly compliance report required by Section
3(a), whether or not specifically referenced in such report.
8. THE NAME "STEIN ROE" OR "ATLANTIC". The Adviser grants to the Trust a license to use the name "Stein Roe" or "Atlantic" (the "Name") as part of the name of the Fund. The foregoing authorization by the Adviser to the Trust to use the Name as part of the name of the Fund is not exclusive of the right of the Adviser itself to use, or to authorize others to use, the Name; the Trust acknowledges and agrees that, as between the Trust and the Adviser, the Adviser has the right to use, or authorize others to use, the Name. The Trust shall (1) only use the Name in a manner consistent with uses approved by the Adviser; (2) use its best efforts to maintain the quality of the services offered using the Name; (3) adhere to such other specific quality control standards as the Adviser may from time to time promulgate. At the request of the Adviser, the Trust will (a) submit to Adviser representative samples of any promotional materials using the Name; and (b) change the name of the Fund within three months of its receipt of the Adviser's request, or such other shorter time period as may be required under the terms of a settlement agreement or court order, so as to eliminate all reference to the Name and will not thereafter transact any business using the Name in the name of the Fund; provided, however, that the Trust may continue to use beyond such date any supplies of prospectuses, marketing materials and similar documents that the Trust had on the date of such name change in quantities not exceeding those historically produced and used in connection with such Fund.
9. ADVISER'S COMPENSATION. The Fund shall pay to the Adviser, as compensation for the Adviser's services hereunder, a fee, determined as described in Schedule A that is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Such fee shall be computed daily and paid not less than monthly in arrears by the Fund.
The method for determining net assets of the Fund for purposes hereof shall be the same as the method for determining net assets for purposes of establishing the offering and redemption prices of Fund shares as described in the Fund's prospectus. In the event of termination of this Agreement, the fee provided in this Section shall be computed on the basis of the period ending on the last business day on which this Agreement is in effect subject to a pro rata adjustment based on the number of days elapsed in the current month as a percentage of the total number of days in such month.
10. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the Adviser is and shall be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise authorized in writing, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Trust or the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed to be an agent of the Trust or the Fund. If any occasion should arise in which the Adviser gives any advice to its clients concerning the shares of the Fund, the Adviser will act solely as investment counsel for such clients and not in any way
on behalf of the Fund.
11. ASSIGNMENT AND AMENDMENTS. This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment (as defined in section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act); provided that such termination shall not relieve the Adviser of any liability incurred hereunder.
This Agreement may not be added to or changed orally and may not be modified or rescinded except by a writing signed by the parties hereto and in accordance with the 1940 Act, when applicable.
12. DURATION AND TERMINATION.
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date executed and shall remain in full force and effect continually thereafter, subject to renewal as provided in Section 12(c) and unless terminated automatically as set forth in Section 11 hereof or until terminated as follows:
(a) The Trust may cause this Agreement to terminate either (i) by vote of its Board or (ii) with respect to the Fund, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, in either case by not more than sixty (60) days' nor less than (30) days' written notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Adviser; or
(b) The Adviser may at any time terminate this Agreement by not more than sixty (60) days' nor less than thirty (30) days' written notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Trust; or
(c) This Agreement shall automatically terminate two years from the
date of its execution unless its renewal is specifically approved at least
annually thereafter by (i) a majority vote of the Trustees, including a
majority vote of such Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or
the Adviser, at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval; or
(ii) the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund;
provided, however, that if the continuance of this Agreement is submitted to
the shareholders of the Fund for their approval and such shareholders fail to
approve such continuance of this Agreement as provided herein, the Adviser may
continue to serve hereunder as to the Fund in a manner consistent with the 1940
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
(d) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section shall be without payment of any penalty.
In the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Adviser shall, immediately upon notice of termination or on such later date as may be specified in such notice, cease all activity on behalf of the Fund and with respect to any of its assets, except as otherwise required by any fiduciary duties of the Adviser under applicable law. In addition, the Adviser shall deliver the Fund Books and Records to the Trust by such means and in accordance with such schedule as the Trust shall direct and shall otherwise cooperate, as reasonably directed by
the Trust, in the transition of portfolio asset management to any successor of the Adviser.
13. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Agreement:
(a) "Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund" shall have the meaning as set forth in the 1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the Commission under the 1940 Act or any interpretations of the Commission staff.
(b) "Interested persons" and "Assignment" shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the 1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the Commission under the 1940 Act or any interpretations of the Commission staff.
14. LIABILITY OF THE ADVISER.
(a) The Adviser shall have responsibility for the accuracy and completeness (and liability for the lack thereof) only of statements in the Fund's Disclosure Documents with respect to the Adviser Disclosure, provided that no changes regarding such matters are made to any applicable Disclosure Documents without the written consent or other acknowledgment of the Adviser from and after the time that such Disclosure Documents are reviewed by the Adviser.
(b) The Adviser shall be liable to the Fund for any loss (including transaction costs) incurred by the Fund as a result of any investment made by the Adviser in contravention of: (i) any investment policy, guideline or restriction set forth in the Registration Statement or as approved by the Board from time to time and provided to the Adviser; or (ii) applicable law, including but not limited to the 1940 Act and the Code (including but not limited to the Fund's failure to satisfy the diversification or source of income requirements of Subchapter M of the Code) (the investments described in this subsection (b) collectively are referred to as "Improper Investments").
(c) The Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, each affiliated person of the Trust within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, and each person who controls the Trust within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (any such person, an "Indemnified Party") against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending any alleged loss, claim, damage, expense or liability and reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) to which any such person may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) a breach by the Adviser of this Agreement or of the representations and warranties made by the Adviser herein; (ii) any Improper Investment; (iii) the Adviser's performance or non-performance of its duties hereunder to the extent that the Adviser has acted with willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence or with reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder or (iv) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Disclosure Document or the omission or alleged omission from a Disclosure Document
of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, for purposes of this Section 14(c)(iv) solely with respect to the Adviser Disclosure (it being understood, however, that this indemnification and agreement to hold harmless shall not apply to the extent that any such untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission is the result of any change made to any applicable Disclosure Document without the written consent or other acknowledgment of the Adviser from and after the time that such Disclosure Document has been reviewed by the Adviser, as contemplated in Section 7(c) hereof); provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect any Indemnified Party who is a Trustee or officer of the Trust against any liability to the Trust or to its shareholders to which such Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject by reason or willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such person's office with the Trust.
15. ENFORCEABILITY. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms or provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that all litigation arising hereunder, whether direct or indirect, and of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the affected Fund and that no Trustee, officer or holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund shall be personally liable for any of the foregoing liabilities. The Trust's Certificate of Trust, as amended from time to time, is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Such Certificate of Trust and the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust describe in detail the respective responsibilities and limitations on liability of the Trustees, officers, and holders of shares of beneficial interest.
17. CHANGE IN THE ADVISER'S OWNERSHIP. The Adviser agrees that it shall notify the Trust reasonably in advance of any anticipated or otherwise reasonably foreseeable change in the ownership of the Adviser.
18. JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Adviser consents to the jurisdiction of courts, both state or federal, in Massachusetts, with respect to any dispute under this Agreement.
19. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS. The headings of paragraphs contained in this Agreement are provided for convenience only, form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its construction.
20. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be signed on
their behalf by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND, on behalf of the Fund(s) listed on Schedule A
By: /s/ Michael Beattie ----------------------------- Name: Michael Beattie Title: President |
STEIN ROE INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.
By: /s/ Kenneth J. Kozanda ------------------------------------ Name: Kenneth J. Kozanda Title: Chief Administrative Officer |
SCHEDULE A
TO THE
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
DATED SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 BETWEEN
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND
AND
STEIN ROE INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.
The Trust will pay to the Adviser as compensation for the Adviser's services rendered, a fee, computed daily at an annual rate based on the average daily net assets of the Fund in accordance the following fee schedule:
FUND
FUND ASSETS FEE RATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First $250 million 0.695% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next $250 million 0.670% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next $500 million 0.645% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next $1.5 billion 0.620% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next $2.5 billion 0.595% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next $2.5 billion 0.570% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next $2.5 billion 0.545% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Over $10 billion 0.520% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT Mid Cap Equity Fund -- 0.75% |
AT Income Opportunity Fund -- 0.60%
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT, effective as of 31st January 2013 by and between Harvest Global Investments Limited (the "Adviser") and The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust") (the "Agreement"), on behalf of each series of the Trust set forth in Schedule A attached hereto (each a "Fund," and collectively, the "Funds").
WHEREAS, the Trust is a Massachusetts voluntary association (commonly known as a business trust) organized under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated July 18, 1991, as amended and restated as of February 18, 1997 (the "Declaration of Trust"), and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end management company of the series type, and each Fund is a series of the Trust;
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement dated 31st January 2013 (the "Advisory Agreement"), pursuant to which the Adviser provides investment advisory services to each Fund for compensation based on the value of the average daily net assets of each such Fund;
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser have determined that it is appropriate and in the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders to maintain the expenses of each Fund at a level below the level to which each such Fund would normally be subject in order to maintain each Fund's expense ratio at the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit (as hereinafter defined) specified for such Fund in Schedule A hereto;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. EXPENSE LIMITATION.
1.1. APPLICABLE EXPENSE LIMIT. To the extent that the aggregate expenses of every character incurred by a Fund in any fiscal year, including but not limited to investment advisory fees of the Adviser (but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund's business) ("Fund Operating Expenses"), exceed the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit, as defined in Section 1.2 below, such excess amount (the "Excess Amount") shall be the liability of the Adviser.
1.2. MAXIMUM ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSE LIMIT. The Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit with respect to each Fund shall be the amount specified in Schedule A based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund.
1.3. METHOD OF COMPUTATION. To determine the Adviser's liability with respect to the Excess Amount, each month the Fund Operating Expenses for each Fund shall be annualized as of the last day of the month. If the annualized Fund Operating Expenses for any month of a Fund exceed the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit of such Fund, the Adviser shall first waive or reduce its investment advisory fee for such month by an amount sufficient to reduce the
annualized Fund Operating Expenses to an amount no higher than the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit. If the amount of the waived or reduced investment advisory fee for any such month is insufficient to pay the Excess Amount, the Adviser may also remit to the appropriate Fund or Funds an amount that, together with the waived or reduced investment advisory fee, is sufficient to pay such Excess Amount.
1.4. YEAR-END ADJUSTMENT. If necessary, on or before the last day of the first month of each fiscal year, an adjustment payment shall be made by the appropriate party in order that the amount of the investment advisory fees waived or reduced and other payments remitted by the Adviser to the Fund or Funds with respect to the previous fiscal year shall equal the Excess Amount.
2. REIMBURSEMENT OF FEE WAIVERS AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS.
2.1. REIMBURSEMENT. If in any year in which the Advisory Agreement is still in effect and the estimated aggregate Fund Operating Expenses of such Fund for the fiscal year are less than the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit for that year, the Adviser shall be entitled to reimbursement by such Fund, in whole or in part as provided below, of the investment advisory fees waived or reduced and other payments remitted by the Adviser to such Fund pursuant to Section 1 hereof. The total amount of reimbursement to which the Adviser may be entitled ("Reimbursement Amount") shall equal, at any time, the sum of all investment advisory fees previously waived or reduced by the Adviser and all other payments remitted by the Adviser to the Fund, pursuant to Section 1 hereof, during any of the previous three (3) fiscal years, less any reimbursement previously paid by such Fund to the Adviser, pursuant to this Section 2, with respect to such waivers, reductions, and payments. The Reimbursement Amount shall not include any additional charges or fees whatsoever, including, e.g., interest accruable on the Reimbursement Amount.
2.2. BOARD NOTIFICATION. The Board shall be provided a quarterly report of any reimbursements paid to the Adviser pursuant to this agreement.
2.3. METHOD OF COMPUTATION. To determine each Fund's accrual, if any, to reimburse the Adviser for the Reimbursement Amount, each month the Fund Operating Expenses of each Fund shall be annualized as of the last day of the month. If the annualized Fund Operating Expenses of a Fund for any month are less than the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit of such Fund, such Fund shall accrue into its net asset value an amount payable to the Adviser sufficient to increase the annualized Fund Operating Expenses of that Fund to an amount no greater than the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit of that Fund, provided that such amount paid to the Adviser will in no event exceed the total Reimbursement Amount. For accounting purposes, amounts accrued pursuant to this Section 2 shall be a liability of the Fund for purposes of determining the Fund's net asset value.
2.4. PAYMENT AND YEAR-END ADJUSTMENT. Amounts accrued pursuant to this Agreement shall be payable to the Adviser as of the last day of each month. If necessary, on or before the last day of the first month of each fiscal year, an adjustment payment shall be made by the appropriate party in order that the actual Fund Operating Expenses of a Fund for the prior fiscal
year (including any reimbursement payments hereunder with respect to such fiscal year) do not exceed the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit.
3. TERM AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
This Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to each Fund until the date indicated on Schedule A ("Initial Term End Date") and shall thereafter continue in effect from year to year for successive one-year periods, provided that this Agreement may be terminated, without payment of any penalty, with respect to any Fund:
(i) by the Trust, for any reason and at any time; and
(ii) by the Adviser, for any reason, upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the Trust at its principal place of business, such termination to be effective as of the close of business on the last day of the then-current one-year period; or at such earlier time provided that such termination is approved by majority vote of the Trustees and the Independent Trustees voting separately.
4. MISCELLANEOUS.
4.1. CAPTIONS. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no other way define or delineate any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.
4.2. INTERPRETATION. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or the Funds to take any action contrary to the Trust's Declaration of Trust or By-Laws, or any applicable statutory or regulatory requirement to which it is subject or by which it is bound, or to relieve or deprive the Trust's Board of Trustees of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust or the Funds. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that all litigation arising hereunder, whether direct or indirect, and of any and every nature whatsoever shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the affected Fund and that no Trustee, officer or holder of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund shall be personally liable for any of the foregoing liabilities. The Trust's Declaration of Trust, as amended from time to time, is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Such Declaration of Trust describes in detail the respective responsibilities and limitations on liability of the Trustees, officers, and holders of shares of beneficial interest.
4.3. DEFINITIONS. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement, including but not limited to the investment advisory fee, the computations of net asset values, and the allocation of expenses, having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from the terms and provisions of the Advisory Agreement or the 1940 Act, shall have the same meaning as and be resolved by reference to such Advisory Agreement or the 1940 Act.
4.4. ENFORCEABILITY. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms or
provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
4.5. PRIOR AGREEMENTS. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between the Trust and the Adviser in relation to the subject matter hereof with respect to the Funds listed in Schedule A, attached hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
THE ADVISORS INNER CIRCLE FUND,
on behalf of each series of the Trust set forth in Schedule A
/s/ Dianne M. Sulzbach ------------------------------------ Name: Dianne M. Sulzbach Title: Vice President and Secretary |
HARVEST GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
/s/ Choy Peng Wah /s/ Kerry Chow --------------------------------------- Name: Choy Peng Wah Kerry Chow Title: CEO COO |
SCHEDULE A
MAXIMUM ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITS
This Agreement relates to the following Funds of the Trust:
NAME OF FUND SHARE CLASS MAXIMUM ANNUAL INITIAL TERM END OPERATING EXPENSE DATE LIMIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvest Funds China All Assets Class A Shares 1.60% April 30, 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvest Funds China All Assets Institutional Class Shares 1.35% April 30, 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvest Funds Intermediate Bond Class A Shares 1.13% April 30, 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvest Funds Intermediate Bond Institutional Class Shares 0.88% April 30, 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
AMENDED AND RESTATED AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION
AGREEMENT
DATED JUNE 11, 2014
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (this "AMENDMENT") is entered into as of the 11(th) day of June, 2014 (the "AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE"), by and between The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the "TRUST"), on behalf of LSV Value Equity Fund, LSV Conservative Value Fund, LSV Small Cap Value Fund, LSV Global Value Fund, LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund and LSV US Managed Volatility Fund (collectively, the "FUND COMPLEX"), and SEI Investments Global Funds Services, a Delaware business trust ("SEI GFS"). For purposes of this Amendment, LSV Asset Management, advisor of the Fund Complex, shall be referred to as the "ADVISOR."
WHEREAS, the Trust and SEI GFS entered into an Amended and Restated Administration Agreement, dated as of the 12(th) day of November, 2002, amending and restating the Administration Agreement dated as of November 14, 1991 (the "AGREEMENT"); and
WHEREAS, the parties entered into a Schedule, dated March 15, 1999 ("SCHEDULE"), pursuant to which the Trust agreed to pay for and SEI GFS agreed to provide certain services on behalf of various funds; and
WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of LSV Value Equity Fund, SEI GFS and the Advisor entered into an Amendment to the Agreement on April 1, 2006 (the "ORIGINAL AMENDMENT") pursuant to which the Advisor agreed to pay for and SEI GFS agreed to provide certain services on behalf of LSV Value Equity Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of LSV Value Equity Fund, LSV Conservative Value Fund, LSV Conservative Core Equity Fund and LSV Small Cap Value Fund, SEI GFS and the Advisor entered into an Amended and Restated Amendment to the Agreement on December 15, 2012 (the "2012 AMENDMENT"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund Complex, and SEI GFS desire to amend and restate the Original Amendment as provided herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, covenants, representations and warranties contained herein, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound agree as follows: 1.
1. ADDITION OF NEW SCHEDULE TO THE AGREEMENT. Pursuant to Article 4 of the Agreement, a new schedule is added to the Agreement as set forth in Attachment 1 to this Amendment, which replaces the Schedule previously agreed by the parties pursuant to the 2012 Amendment.
2. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. Except as expressly amended and provided herein, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
3. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment shall become binding when any one or more counterparts hereof individually or taken together, shall bear the original or facsimile signature of each of the parties hereto. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
4. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without giving effect to the conflict of law provisions thereof.
5. BINDING EFFECT. This Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of the Trust, the Fund Complex, SEI GFS and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND,
ON BEHALF OF
LSV VALUE EQUITY FUND
LSV CONSERVATIVE VALUE FUND
LSV SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
LSV GLOBAL VALUE FUND
LSV GLOBAL MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
LSV US MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
By: /s/ Michael Beattie ----------------------- Name: Michael Beattie Title: President |
SEI INVESTMENTS GLOBAL FUNDS SERVICES
By: /s/ John Alshefski ---------------------------- Name: John Alshefski Title: Senior Vice President |
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY:
LSV VALUE EQUITY FUND
LSV CONSERVATIVE VALUE FUND
LSV SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
LSV GLOBAL VALUE FUND
LSV GLOBAL MANAGED VOLATILITY
LSV US MANAGED VOLATILITY
By: /s/ Kevin Phelan ------------------------------ Name: Kevin Phelan Title: Chief Operating Officer |
ATTACHMENT 1
SCHEDULE TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 12, 2002
BETWEEN
THE ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND, ON BEHALF OF LSV VALUE EQUITY FUND,
LSV CONSERVATIVE VALUE FUND,
LSV SMALL CAP VALUE FUND,
LSV US MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND,
LSV GLOBAL VALUE FUND
AND
LSV GLOBAL MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND
AND
SEI INVESTMENTS GLOBAL FUNDS SERVICES
FUNDS:
LSV Value Equity Fund (2 share classes)
LSV Conservative Value Fund (2 share classes)
LSV Small Cap Value Fund (2 share classes)
LSV US Managed Volatility Fund (2 share classes)
LSV Global Value Fund (2 share classes)
LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund (2 share classes)
FEES:
The following fees are due and payable monthly to SEI GFS pursuant to Article 4 of the Agreement out of the assets of the applicable Fund, except to the extent the Advisor agrees to waive its fees or reimburse a Fund's expenses. Each Fund will be charged the greater of its pro rata portion of the aggregate Asset Based Fee or its pro rata portion Annual Minimum Fee, in each case calculated in the manner set forth below.
ASSET BASED FEE:
7.5 basis points on the first $1 Billion in assets 7.0 basis points on assets between $1 Billion and $1.5 Billion 4.0 basis points on assets between $1.5 Billion and $3 Billion 3.5 basis points on assets greater than $3 Billion
The Asset Based Fee shall be calculated based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Funds during the period, allocated to each Fund pro rata based on the assets of each Fund.
ANNUAL MINIMUM FEE:
The Annual Minimum Fee shall be $1,000,000 for the six Funds listed above, including indicated share classes. Any additional Funds added to this Schedule will increase the minimum by $100,000 per Fund. In addition, the Annual Minimum Fee shall be increased by $25,000 for each additional class established after the date hereof, or beyond the first such class in connection with each new Fund.
TERM:
Contract term continues through and until March 31, 2018 and may automatically renew for successive terms of one year each unless either party provides notice of non-renewal at least thirty days prior to the end of the current term.
NEW FUND FEES:
There will be a one-time additional SEI service charge of $10,000 for services provided by SEI GFS in assisting and coordinating the launch of each new Fund on behalf of the Adviser, such fee to be paid by the Adviser by check or electronic wire transfer of immediately available funds to the wire instructions set forth below in advance of SEI GFS beginning performance of the new Fund organization services. For the avoidance of doubt, the New Fund Fee shall not apply in respect of LSV US Managed Volatility Fund, LSV Global Value Fund and LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund. Payments made by wire shall be made pursuant to the following wire instructions:
Wells Fargo Bank
Winston-Salem, NC
ABA # 053000219
SEI Investments Company
Acct # 2079900401288
Ref: LSV -- New Fund
OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES:
The Fund Complex will reimburse Administrator for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the performance of services under the Agreement, including, but not limited to travel, lodging, meals, telephone charges, faxes, delivery costs, photocopies and similar expenses.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Morgan Lewis
1701 Market Street COUNSELORS AT LAW
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Tel: 215.963.5000
Fax: 215.963.5001
www.morganlewis.com
June 24, 2014
The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund
101 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts voluntary association (commonly known as a business trust), in connection with the above-referenced registration statement (as amended, the "Registration Statement"), which relates to the Trust's units of beneficial interest, with no par value per share (collectively, the "Shares") of the following portfolios of the Trust: the LSV U.S. Managed Volatility Fund, LSV Global Managed Volatility Fund, and LSV Global Value Fund (the "Funds"). This opinion is being delivered to you in connection with the Trust's filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 236 to the Registration Statement (the "Amendment") to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). With your permission, all assumptions and statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on our part except to the extent otherwise expressly stated, and we express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of such assumptions or items relied upon.
In connection with this opinion, we have reviewed, among other things, copies of the following documents:
(a) a certificate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certifying that the Trust is validly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
(b) the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust for the Trust and all amendments and supplements thereto (the "Declaration of Trust") and the Second Amended and Restated By-Laws (the "By-Laws");
(c) a certificate executed by Dianne M. Descoteaux, the Secretary of the Trust, certifying as to, and attaching copies of, the Trust's Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, and certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust authorizing the issuance of the Shares of the Funds; and
(d) a printer's proof of the Amendment.
In our capacity as counsel to the Trust, we have examined the originals, or certified, conformed or reproduced copies, of all records, agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed relevant or necessary as the basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In all such examinations, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons executing documents, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all original or certified copies, and the conformity to original or certified copies of all copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduced copies. As to various questions of fact relevant to such opinion, we have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, certificates and oral or written statements of public officials and officers and representatives of the Trust. We have assumed that the Amendment, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will be in substantially the form of the printer's proof referred to in paragraph (d) above.
Based upon, and subject to, the limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms of purchase described in the Registration Statement, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not concede that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP ------------------------------- |