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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number     811-03023     

    Forum Funds    

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

    Forum Funds Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600, Portland, Maine 04101    

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

    Citi Fund Services 3435 Stelzer Road, Columbus, Ohio 43219    

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:     614-470-8000     

Date of fiscal year end:     May 31    

Date of reporting period:     June 1, 2009 – November 30, 2009     

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 


LOGO

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

November 30, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund

 

Brown Advisory Value Equity Fund

 

Brown Advisory Flexible Value Fund

 

Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund

 

Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund

 

Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

 

Brown Advisory Opportunity Fund

 

Brown Advisory Core International Fund

 

Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

 

Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund


 

The recent growth rate in the stock market has helped to produce short-term returns that are not typical and may not continue in the future.

 

The views in this report contained herein were those of the Funds’ investment advisor, Brown Advisory, Inc. and/or a Fund’s sub-advisor as of November 30, 2009 and may not reflect their views on the date this report is first published or anytime thereafter. This report may contain discussions about certain investments both held and not held in the portfolio as of November 30, 2009. All current and future holdings are subject to risk and are subject to change. While these views are intended to assist shareholders in understanding their investment in each Fund, they do not constitute investment advice, are not a guarantee of future performance and are not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security. Performance figures include the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Message to Our Shareholders

   1

Schedules of Investments

   17

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   38

Statements of Operations

   40

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   42

Financial Highlights

   48

Notes to Financial Statements

   55

Additional Information

   66


Glossary of Terms

November 30, 2009

 

Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price (the value of principal) of a fixed income investment to a change in interest rates.

 

Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) is the monetary value of all the goods and services produced by an economy over a specified period. It includes consumption, government purchases, investments, and exports minus imports.

 

Barclays Capital 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index is a market index of high quality, domestic fixed income securities with maturities of less than 10 years.

 

Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Aggregate Bond Index represents domestic taxable investment-grade bonds with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities and asset-backed securities with average maturities and durations in the intermediate range. This index represents a sector of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index.

 

Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index represents intermediate and long-term government and investment-grade corporate debt securities having maturities of greater than one year.

 

Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price-to-book and higher forecasted growth values.

 

Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.

 

Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with higher price-to-value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

 

Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

 

Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

 

Morgan Stanley Capital Index, Europe, Australiasia and Far East Index (“MCSI EAFE Index”) a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

 

S&P 500 Index is a market-value weighted index representing the performance of 500 widely held, publicly traded large capitalization stocks.

 

The broad based market indexes referenced in the following management commentaries are considered representative of their indicated market, the indexes are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of fees, such as, investment management and fund accounting fees, or taxes associated with a mutual fund . Investors cannot invest directly in an index.


Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

Securities of growth companies can be more sensitive to the company’s earning and more volatile than the market in general.

 

During the six-month period ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 24.62%. The Fund’s return was ahead of its stated benchmarks, the Russell 1000® Growth Index1 returned 20.67% and the S&P 500 Index1 returned 20.50%.

 

The impressive market returns over the last several months are more reflective of an economy in which the worst-case scenario has been taken off the table, leading to a recalibration in earnings multiples. Rather, extreme lows in investor sentiment, as we saw earlier in the year, led to very substantial stock price returns over a fairly short period. It appears that some sense of a recovery is beginning to take shape given the efforts of central bankers around the globe. However, there is still a fair amount of debate about the potential breadth and depth of that recovery. While we may have opinions on these points, the bulk of our analysis is not spent in forming a top-down, macro-driven view. Instead, we remain vigilant in analyzing individual business models in order to find unique, sustainable growth opportunities that stand to benefit from long-term, secular trends regardless of the broader economic cycle.

 

To that end, we have been busy upgrading the portfolio over the last six months. We added two new ideas to the portfolio and eliminated three companies in order to fund the new holdings. Electronic Arts, Inc. (“Electronic Arts”) was sold in favor of QUALCOMM, Inc. (“QCOM”). QCOM develops and licenses industry-leading technology that governs how wireless devices transmit and receive voice and data communications. We think the company will benefit as handset and mobile internet usage expands globally. Electronic Arts, alternatively, has recently underperformed peers in sales of once-dominant franchises while being slow to develop new titles for emerging systems, particularly the Wii.

 

We also initiated a position in ABB, Ltd. ADR (“ABB”), a global provider of power and automation technology to utility and industrial customers, with a particular concentration in emerging markets. Due to the underlying infrastructure growth in developing markets, ABB is guiding for revenue growth of greater than 15% over the next few years. We funded our investment in ABB by selling our position in Microsoft Corp. (“MSFT”). With a revenue base of almost $60 billion, an already market leading share of PC operating systems, and a series of interesting but smaller sub-businesses that will not be large enough to really change the company’s growth trajectory, we think MSFT has a growth rate below our long-term hurdle.

 

Lastly, we eliminated our long-held position in Comcast Corp. (“Comcast”). Comcast’s new subscriber growth has been below expectations for some time, but we had been comfortable that they would eventually recover. Our decision to exit the stock came on the heels of the company’s announcement that they were in discussions to acquire NBC Universal. We felt this transaction was an imprudent allocation of capital and a red-flag against management.

 

The top five contributors to performance during the last six months were Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (“Intuitive”), Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (“Cognizant”), Apple, Inc. (“Apple”), Accenture PLC, and Salesforce.com, Inc. (“Salesforce.com”). Intuitive, makers of the daVinci surgical robot system, enjoys almost no direct competition. Sales have remained remarkably steady, even in the face of a weakened economy. Cognizant and Salesforce.com should benefit as corporations look to improve their operations while reducing costs. Apple whose iPods have garnered enough gravity in consumers’ minds that their product is now the generic term for all digital music devices, continues to produce new technologies. Additionally, its iTunes and App Store services are unparalleled.

 

Some stocks that hindered performance during the past six months were Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (“Jacobs”), Electronic Arts, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (“BNYM”), and Charles Schwab Corp. (“Charles Schwab”). We remain confident in Jacobs. Jacobs sold off very recently following a quarter in which management was reluctant to bid on one-off, fixed-price

 

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For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders, continued

November 30, 2009

 

contracts. The company prefers instead to participate in long-term deals in which it can build lasting relationships with its customers. We felt the sell-off was overdone and added to the stock. BNYM, and Charles Schwab, alternatively, were not as impacted by the credit crisis earlier this year and their stock prices held up better than those of other financial companies. As a result, their share prices have lagged somewhat relative to their peers whose share prices rebounded from apocalyptic scenarios.

 

The equity markets in 2009 have certainly not lacked for excitement. The year started as one of the most challenging in recent memory, while the rebound since March has been nothing short of incredible. We are comforted by the thought that the Fund’s portfolio has done quite well overall, outperforming the index in both the down market at the beginning of the year and the strong rally that followed. We look forward to 2010, and appreciate your continued support.

 

Sincerely,

 

Kenneth M. Stuzin, CFA

Portfolio Manager

 

Geoffrey R. B. Carey, CFA

Portfolio Manager

 

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Brown Advisory Value Equity Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

The stock of value companies can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time and not realize its expected value.

During the six-month period ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Value Equity Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) posted a positive total return of 26.68%. During the same period, the Russell 1000® Value Index1 (the “Index”) returned 20.19% and the S&P 500 Index1 returned 20.50%.

 

Notwithstanding our inclination to maintain a margin of safety in the portfolio and a rally that was driven primarily by low-quality companies, the Fund enjoyed solid performance during the six months. The rally since early March, which is the largest rebound in postwar history, has restored the market averages to levels that appear to discount several important expectations:

 

  1. earnings have bottomed and 2010 earnings growth may be robust;
  2. sales growth will return soon, although at modest levels;
  3. the credit cycle has seen its worst and will slowly get better;
  4. inflation, interest rates, and the dollar will stay benign for the next several years.

 

We generally agree with the scenarios in points 1, 2, and 3. At the same time, we do not believe that a meaningful economic recovery can occur without money velocity picking

up—a likely precursor to higher inflation. Our best guess is that when the activity level reaches a tipping point, the mass of money created to mitigate the credit crisis will begin to provide the fuel for a period with substantial inflation. In our view, the dollar’s weakness and the strength of industrial commodity markets, precious metals, and equities themselves (asset inflation) are evidence that this risk is real. What has started as yet another period of asset inflation could eventually make its way into general goods and services.

 

How does this impact our decision making on equities? First, it clearly implies that we need to remain sensitive to our companies’ pricing power — i.e., their ability to pass through costs in an inflationary environment. Second, it implies that the market’s valuation multiple may be capped by a rise in interest rates; thus, any investment thesis depending largely on a revaluation is suspect. Finally, exporting value-added goods and services to stronger currency countries should be relatively rewarding. These are all issues to which we have been sensitive for some time, and they are reflected in the Fund’s portfolio.

 

In closing, we note that at roughly 12 times next year’s estimated earnings, the portfolio trades at a meaningful discount to market averages. This relative discount could provide a compelling opportunity because market expectations for 2010 remain considerably more optimistic. Assuming those expectations are met, the portfolio could fully participate to potentially produce meaningful upside. On the other hand, if next year’s expectations are not met, the portfolio’s current discount to market averages may provide a margin of safety.

 

Leading contributors to performance for the six-month period include American Express Co., Franklin Resources, Inc., Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Eaton Corp. and Harris Corp. Performance laggards during the six-month period were Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Talisman Energy, Inc., Tidewater, Inc., Darden Restaurants, Inc. and ACE, Ltd.

 

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For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Brown Advisory Value Equity Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders, continued

November 30, 2009

 

During the six-month period, we eliminated positions in the following companies: BAC Capital Trust XII 6.88% (Preferred Stock); BB&T Corp.; BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR; Chevron Corp.; Devon Energy Corp.; Diageo PLC ADR; Franklin Resources, Inc.; Intel Corp.; Nokia OYJ ADR; Sigma-Aldrich Corp.; Talisman Energy, Inc.; TJX Cos. Inc.; and Tiffany & Co. We initiated positions in ACE, Ltd; Darden Restaurants, Inc.; eBay, Inc.; Exxon Mobil Corp.; Harris Corp.; Medtronic, Inc. and Tidewater, Inc.

 

Sincerely,

 

Richard M. Bernstein, CFA

Portfolio Manager

 

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Brown Advisory Flexible Value Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

The stock of value companies can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time and not realize its expected value.

 

 

International investing involves increased risk and volatility.

 

During the six-month period ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Flexible Value Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 24.06%, ahead of the S&P 500 Index1 return of 20.50%.

 

In late 2008 and early 2009, we reached extremely negative levels in both the fundamental and the psychological aspects of the markets. It could have gotten worse, but by comparison to any post-World War II experience, we were certainly in extreme territory. The economy has started to recover, together with investor psychology, and we are no longer at the negative extremes of earlier this year. In fact, we are a long way from them. Historically, we noted that poor returns are often followed by the more positive returns. We are pleased that the pattern actually emerged.

 

It would be natural for the markets to “consolidate” their recent gains, but in our view, we are unlikely to go back to the significant dislocations that created the low points in either the economy or the financial markets. Over time, we expect the markets to work their way higher in line with the progress of the economy, and we believe that the Fund’s’ returns will track the earnings progress of the companies in which we have invested.

 

Doomsayers will point out that the economy still faces a number of problems and obstacles that could potentially impede a sustained or strong recovery. They cite debts of

over-leveraged borrowers and the potential for higher inflation resulting from the large fiscal and monetary stimulus applied to avert disaster. These factors may slow progress, but they should not prevent it. The ironic upside of having some problems to address is that stock prices can improve as the problems are worked through because stock prices embed a consensus of expectations for the future.

 

On the positive side, many of the problems that have weighed on the markets are moving toward resolution. Capital markets are functioning again, excess housing supply is being absorbed, home prices are showing signs of stabilizing, and pent-up demand appears to be building in an economy operating well below its capacity.

 

As value investors with a somewhat contrarian streak, we look for companies where expectations are low and subject to revision upward. If expectations are too low, the price is likely to be too low as well, thus presenting the opportunity for a good return with low downside risk. The ideal investment opportunity is to find an otherwise strong business franchise that is undervalued due to a temporary business difficulty or the market’s perception. We then want to invest in that business just prior to a turn for the better. We believe the Fund’s investments represent good values in quality companies. The portfolio may be biased toward an improving economy but balanced across nearly all sectors.

 

As this decade draws to a close, we are reminded that it has been a terrible 10 years for U.S. equity market returns. Much of the responsibility for these negative returns lies not with the business progress of most large companies, but rather with their unsustainable starting point valuations. Because of the change in valuation, many companies’ share prices remained flat or even declined despite considerable growth in earnings per share. Today, in contrast, valuations are no longer stretched, and long-term growth should still be expected. Consistent with our approach over the years, we continue to seek investments in businesses with favorable economics, sustainable competitive positions, trustworthy managements and bargain valuations, with a view to earning better-than-market returns over time.

 

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For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Brown Advisory Flexible Value Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders, continued

November 30, 2009

 

We appreciate the confidence that you have placed in us. Please note that we are not only managers of the Fund but are also meaningful shareholders. We remind you that we do not intend to do anything with your money that we would not do with our own.

 

Sincerely,

 

R. Hutchings Vernon

Portfolio Manager

 

Michael L. Foss

Portfolio Manager

 

Nina K. Yudell

Portfolio Manager

 

The “flexible value” strategy expands the bargain hunting concepts of value investing to a broad range of opportunities. Rather than label stocks as value or growth, we believe that growth is an integral part of the value equation. We look for common stocks that are undervalued based on characteristics such as earnings, dividends, cash flow and asset values, both today and in the future. We consider other factors such as competitive position, the balance and outlook for supply and demand, the quality of management and management’s focus on creating shareholder value.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

Securities of growth companies can be more sensitive to the company’s earning and more volatile than the market in general.

 

 

Small capitalization funds typically carry additional risks since smaller companies generally have a higher risk of failure.

During the six-month period ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Small Cap Growth Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 20.28%. The Fund’s returns bettered those of its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Growth Index1 , which returned 14.84% over the same period. Recall that in our last few communications, we explored the notion that there were significant opportunities being created during the market turmoil that set in late last year, and that as a group, we were redoubling our efforts in order to take advantage of fear-induced valuations to invest in some great companies at bargain-basement prices. Returns over the past few months suggest our focus was directed appropriately.

 

The impressive market returns over the last several months are more reflective of an economy in which the worst-case scenario has been taken “off the table,” leading to a recalibration in earnings multiples. Rather, extreme lows in investor sentiment, as we saw earlier in the year, led to very substantial stock price returns over a fairly short period. It appears that some recovery is beginning to take shape given the efforts of central bankers around the globe, although there is a fair amount of debate about the potential breadth and depth of that recovery. While we may have opinions on these points, the bulk of our analysis is not spent in forming a top-down, macro-driven view. Instead, we remain vigilant in analyzing individual companies’ business models in order to find unique, sustainable growth opportunities that stand to benefit from long-term, secular trends regardless of the broader economic cycle.

 

Our efforts to find attractive, differentiated business models at a price where our analysis suggests the reward/risk profiles are extremely favorable are evident when looking at the number of new ideas in the portfolio. For example, we have added four new names within the healthcare space. Athenahealth, Inc., DexCom, Inc, Genoptix, Inc., and Volcano Corp. (“Volcano”) were all added over the past six months. The commonality between these four names is that each employs either industry-leading technology or a proprietary application of existing technologies to increase adoption within their respective end-markets. For example, Volcano uses two existing technologies to markedly improve coronary catheterization, while athenahealth, Inc. uses best-in-class technology to enable physicians to better manage billing processes. Hansen Medical, Illumina, Luminex, and Techne Corp. were eliminated to fund the new purchases.

 

The top five contributors to performance during the last six months were Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (“Orbitz”), Harman International Industries, Inc. (“Harman”), Global Payments, Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc. and Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (“Rockwood”). In general, each of these companies has benefited as the disaster scenarios of early-2009 proved to be too dire. For example, Orbitz, Harman and Rockwood, all of which operate in consumer-centric end markets, have rebounded four-fold from March lows.

 

While our contributors were the beneficiaries of macro-related drivers, our detractors were mainly impacted by company-specific concerns. Some stocks that hindered performance during the past six months were Argon ST, Inc., NuVasive, Inc., and Hansen Medical. NuVasive, Inc., which markets an innovative spinal fusion system that we believe has significant long-term potential, has been impacted by a cloudy reimbursement environment. In the end, we feel the improved patient outcomes outweigh the reimbursement picture, and have added to the position on share price weakness. Conversely, we exited our position in Hansen Medical, as the company’s inability to forecast end-market demand given weak hospital capital spending led us to look for better opportunities elsewhere.

 

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For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders, continued

November 30, 2009

 

The equity markets in 2009 have certainly not lacked excitement. The year started as one of the most challenging in recent memory, while the rebound since March has been nothing short of incredible. We are comforted that the portfolio has done quite well recently, and we look forward to 2010, and appreciate your continued support.

 

Sincerely,

 

Timothy W. Hathaway, CFA

Portfolio Manager

 

Christopher A. Berrier

Portfolio Manager

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

The stock of value companies can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time and not realize its expected value.

 

 

Small capitalization funds typically carry additional risks since smaller companies generally have a higher risk of failure.

 

During the six-month period ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 13.57% in value. During the same period, the Russell 2000® Value Index1 (the “Index”), the Fund’s benchmark, returned 17.85% in value.

 

For the six months ended November 30, 2009, stock prices rose significantly as a result of several factors including narrower credit spreads, stabilization in job losses and residential real estate prices and the prospect for higher corporate profits in the fourth quarter of 2009. Partially offsetting these factors were rising unemployment, falling commercial real estate prices, the poor condition of the banking industry and the approaching end of Federal Reserve programs to inject liquidity into the financial system. Although the U.S. recession ended in the second quarter, such progress clearly would not have been made without the unprecedented actions of the Federal government.

 

In light of the nascent economic recovery and the extraordinary monetary and fiscal actions undertaken to restart the economy, key issues for equity investors to consider are the ability of the private sector to further finance the economic recovery, the timing and degree to which employers start to add jobs, the potential lasting impacts of the recession on consumer and business behavior and when the Federal Reserve will begin to raise interest rates. Lower rates stimulate economic growth and tend to make stocks more attractive relative to fixed-income instruments. While the domestic equity market appears

to be anticipating a robust economic recovery, such an outcome is far from certain. Nonetheless, funds are likely to flow into equities as long as the economy is showing signs of improvement and interest rates remain low.

 

The Fund’s return trailed the return of the Index for this six-month period. Our absolute return was solid but trailed that of the Index because we owned few of the deeply cyclical, low quality and highly leveraged stocks that investors favored in anticipation of an economic recovery. High quality is inherent to the Fund’s cash-flow oriented investment discipline. The adverse impact of quality on the Fund’s performance was most evident in the information technology, consumer discretionary and materials sectors. In fact, less than half of our information technology investments matched the 19% return for the comparable Index in the six-month period despite fundamentals that were broadly better than expected. In the consumer discretionary and materials sectors, this quality effect was apparent in the outsized returns of certain cyclical industries such as autos and leisure to which we had no exposure. The Fund’s investments in the financial services sector performed particularly well during the period, up 27.4% versus 13.0% for the comparable Index, with the lack of poorly performing bank stocks in the Fund being the primary reason.

 

From an individual stock perspective, the Fund’s largest contributors to performance included Nelnet, Inc., R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Kaman Corp., infoGROUP, Inc., and Silgan Holdings, Inc. The largest detractors from performance were Dolan Media Co., Argon ST, Inc., j2 Global Communications, Inc., Cal Dive International, Inc., and Jack in the Box, Inc. Recent divestitures included: Beckman Coulter, Inc., Sybase, Inc., Henry Schein, Inc., Alberto-Culver Co., Novell, Inc., Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc., Electro Rent Corp., Compass Minerals International, Inc., IMS Health Inc., Providence Service Corp., and Jack in the Box, Inc. These stocks were sold because we felt that they no longer offered an acceptable return at their sale prices and the sale proceeds were reinvested in stocks that we believe offer more attractive potential for future returns. New purchases in the period included Hatteras Financial Corp., Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., Entertainment Properties Trust, Arena Resources, Inc., Deckers Outdoor Corp., Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc., Capstead Mortgage Corp., ACI Worldwide, Inc., Brink’s Co., CapitalSource, Inc., and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.

 

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For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders, continued

November 30, 2009

 

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through investments in companies that are attractively priced based on the companies’ ability to generate cash flow beyond that required for normal operations and reinvestment in the business. In addition, we favor investments in undervalued stocks of companies with stable businesses run by highly motivated and competent management teams with discrete catalysts to potentially unlock the stock’s value. We believe this strategy is fundamentally sound and positions the Fund well in the current market environment.

 

Sincerely,

 

Amy K . Minella

Portfolio Manager

 

Eugene Fox, III

Portfolio Manager

 

Robert B. Kirkpatrick, CFA

Portfolio Manager

 

 

The Board of Trustees of the Trust has approved a name change for the Fund. Effective January 1, 2010, the new name of the Fund will be Brown Cardinal Small Companies Fund. In addition, the Fund’s benchmark is changing effective January 1, 2010 from the Russell 2000 Value Index to the Russell 2000 Index to better reflect the Fund’s investments.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Small capitalization funds typically carry additional risks since smaller companies generally have a higher risk of failure.

 

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

The stock of value companies can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time and not realize its expected value.

 

During the six-month period ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 14.30%. The Fund’s returns were below its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Value Index1, which returned 17.85% over the same period. Nonetheless, we feel the Fund is well positioned for future appreciation.

 

During the period we initiated quite a number of new positions. Actuant Corp., is a global industrial company with several market niches and a demonstrated ability to generate attractive returns on invested capital. Allegiant Travel Co., operates a low-cost passenger airline focused on leisure travelers in smaller cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale. The Company holds a rare track record of consistently earning money within a very difficult industry. GameStop Corp., a specialty retailer focused on electronic games, earns a significant portion of its income from its used game business. Liberty Media-Starz owns the Encore and Starz network channels and trades at an attractive valuation.

 

We also initiated positions in Ares Capital Corp., a well-run Business Development Company with many lending opportunities available in the current market, and Assured Guaranty Ltd., one of the few remaining municipal bond insurers, which completed its accretive acquisition of Financial Security Assurance.

 

We purchased a number of industrial and energy services companies, including Arena

Resources, Inc., Dresser-Rand Group, Inc., Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., North American Energy Partners, Inc., T-3 Energy Services, Inc., and Tidewater, Inc.

 

Finally, we initiated a small position in A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc., a small chain of crafts supply stores, that is in the midst of a multiyear turnaround and whose shares trade below what we feel is liquidation value.

 

We also eliminated certain positions that had reached our price target or where our initial investment thesis proved to be incorrect. Some of these include: Amerco, Beldon, CIT Preferred Z, Jackson Hewitt, Liberty Acquisition Holdings, Ocwen, Prospect Acquisition Corp, Saul Centers Preferred, Snap-On, Inc., and Toro.

 

The top five contributors to performance during the last six months were American Greetings Corp. (“American Greetings”), Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), Lender Processing Services, Inc. (“Lender Processing”), TNS, Inc. (“TNS”) and Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (“Jack Henry”). American Greetings has done a remarkable job in creating shareholder value by deploying its significant free cash flow to share repurchases. Broadridge, Jack Henry and Lender Processing have resilient business models that were trading at significant discounts to our estimated values. TNS benefited from an extremely accretive transaction.

 

Stocks that hindered performance during the past six months included LSB Industries, Inc., Brink’s Co., Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc., Snap-on, Inc. (“Snap-on”) and Union Bankshares Corp. Of the five, we only exited Snap-on which faced potential loss of customer funding from the CIT bankruptcy.

 

Performance also lagged due to a significant underweighting and security selection in the industrials sector, especially within the materials space, which has materially outperformed the broader index. We were overweight in information technology and underweight in health care, and lagged in both.

 

1

For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders, continued

November 30, 2009

 

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through investments in companies that are attractively priced based on the companies’ ability to generate cash flow beyond that required for normal operations and reinvestment in the business. In addition, we favor investments in undervalued stocks of companies with stable businesses run by highly motivated and competent management teams with discrete catalysts to potentially unlock the stock’s value. We believe this strategy is fundamentally sound and positions the Fund well in the current market environment.

 

Sincerely,

 

Doron S. Eisenberg, CFA

Portfolio Manager

 

J. David Schuster

Portfolio Manager

 

12


Brown Advisory Opportunity Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

Small capitalization funds typically carry additional risks since smaller companies generally have a higher risk of failure.

 

 

Concentration of the Fund in securities of a limited number of issues exposes it to greater market risk and potential monetary losses than if its assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of issuers.

 

During the six months ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Opportunity Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 19.79%, slightly underperforming the Russell 3000® Index 1, the Fund’s benchmark, which returned 20.17%.

 

The purchases made by the Fund in the early part of the calendar year had a substantially positive affect on the Fund’s performance during the period. We took advantage of the broad market sell-off to add a number of extremely high-quality companies to the portfolio across economic sectors including Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin”) and Tiffany & Co. In each case, we believe we have selected companies that have the financial and human capital resources to substantially outgrow their respective markets. The broad downturn in the market gave us a unique opportunity to buy these high-quality companies at bargain prices.

 

To fund the new purchases, we sold a number of holdings that we believe have inferior growth and return prospects relative to those we have added. They include Best Buy, Inc., Expedia, and IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (“IDEXX”). Price competition should hinder Best Buy’s margin expansion prospects as competition from companies like Wal-Mart builds in the electronics retail market. Similarly, the online travel industry is extremely price competitive which we believe will eventually impede Expedia’s growth. Finally, the decision to sell IDEXX was purely valuation driven. We believe it is a unique, highly-differentiated franchise with strong return potential. However, the valuation reached a level at which we felt the future upside in the stock was limited. We believed that we could make positive returns by redeploying the proceeds elsewhere.

 

We also added a number of new holdings to the Fund that we believe could add

positively to the future performance. They include Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (“Jacobs”), Snap-on, Inc. (“Snap-on”) and Costco Wholesale Corp. (“Costco”). Infrastructure reconstruction in the developed world is a key driver for Jacobs—a company that has a long history of success building chemical plants, refineries, and transportation infrastructure. Snap-on is tool manufacturer primarily to the automotive service industry. We believe investors are undervaluing the company’s high margin diagnostic business and not giving the company enough credit for its international growth potential. Costco operates warehouse stores across the country and has a very loyal membership to which it offers low prices on a limited selection of branded and private label merchandise. We believe Costco has one of the best retail concepts in the industry with the potential to take market share from its competitors going forward.

 

Individual stock selection added far more meaningfully to performance during the period than sector allocation. Holdings that contributed most positively included Amphenol Corp., Apple, Inc., Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (“Rockwood”), Franklin, and Quanta Services, Inc. Rockwood had the largest return among the group. The company secured new debt covenants with its lenders which had the effect of rebuilding investor confidence. We took advantage of the extreme weakness in the stock to add to the position believing that investors were undervaluing the company’s lithium and ceramics businesses.

 

Regardless of the economic environment, we believe that our fundamental research process coupled with the strategy of identifying secular investment trends should drive strong performance over the long term.

 

Sincerely,

 

David B. Powell, CFA

Portfolio Manager

 

1

For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

13


Brown Advisory Core International Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes.

 

 

International investing involves increased risk and volatility.

 

 

The stock of value companies can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time and not realize its expected value.

 

 

Securities of growth companies can be more sensitive to the company’s earning and more volatile than the market in general.

 

 

Since the end of May, performance of the Brown Advisory Core International Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) continued to accelerate as the return was 18.55%, which slightly lagged the MSCI EAFE Index1 (the “Index”) return of 19.78%. All countries within the Index had positive returns and most were up 20% to 30%. The best market was Australia, up 44.3%, as it did not experience the economic woes of other regions and its economy has been moving along nicely. Ireland, Greece and Japan were the laggards as the Japanese economy continued to suffer from deflation while the fiscal situations in Ireland and Greece could lead to credit rating agency downgrades. Markets were definitely in recovery mode over the course of the last six months as the U.S. economy slowly improved even though Europe has been slow to follow and Japan central bankers are trying to head off further deterioration by dropping short-term rates. On the bright side many confidence indexes have been improving and this positive sentiment is helping to stabilize economic factors and settle markets back into a normal range. This period showed some improvement in the Fund’s returns relative to the Index as economies regained their footing and markets began to filter more certain information relating to earnings expectations and valuations.

 

We were delighted to see that our security selection was quite strong from September 2009 through November 2009, after experiencing somewhat of a headwind in the earlier parts of the period, as lower quality companies seemed to be the favored choice of investors. Our focus in the financial sector towards balance sheet strength and growing momentum paid off as Banco Santander SA was up 64.8% and Swiss Re jumped 46.7%. Our orientation towards companies with strong earnings expectations helped in

the consumer discretionary and material sector. Anheuser-Busch InBev and Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. were both up over 40% during this six-month period while two of our materials companies, Rio Tinto, Ltd. and Xstrata PLC were both up approximately 60%. These are all solid companies that we had conviction to hold during a very choppy period earlier in the year and it gives us confidence that our investment view may provide stronger returns over a broader horizon. Whilst, in relative terms, the majority of the stocks held within the portfolio during the period ended November 30, 2009, produced accretive returns, there were a few that ended the period in negative territory in absolute terms. Some of those included a Japanese oil company, Nippon Oil Corp. which was down 30% and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., both Japanese financial institutions, which were down 19% and 13%, respectively. Despite being down in absolute terms, the total negative impact of these stocks in relative terms was only 0.05%.

 

As we navigate through the early stages of a global recovery it is apparent that different regions will respond in different ways. We are moving from an environment that witnessed a very deep global synchronized slowdown that actually began in late 2007 to a period of normalcy. Already there are diverging signs of monetary policy across the world, as Japan continues to ease while the Australian Central Bank made its third consecutive rate hike. Stabilizing economies have led markets to begin pricing in rate hikes despite central bank rhetoric. This moderate level of uncertainty is far from the jagged path that we traveled through over the past two years and represents an environment that could be favorable to our investment process. The earnings recovery is underway. As global economies heal and provide a smoother path and a more reliable stream of growth, we believe that this may translate to a more predictable level of earnings expectations. This in turn provides us with a wider range of opportunities to add value for Fund investors.

 

Sincerely,

 

Remi J. Brown, CFA

Managing Director, International Equity Team

 

Peter S. Carpentar, CFA

Senior Portfolio Manager

 

1

For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

14


Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Bond funds will tend to experience smaller fluctuations in value than stock funds. However, investors in any bond fund should anticipate fluctuations in price, especially for longer-term issues and in environments of rising interest rates. Generally, bond prices fall when interest rates rise, and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for longer-term securities.

 

 

The geographical concentration of portfolio holdings in this fund may involve increased risk.

 

 

The mortgage market in the U.S. recently experienced difficulties that may adversely affect the performance and market value of certain mortgage-related investments.

 

 

Concentration in a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk then if its assets were diversified among a greater number of issuers.

 

We are pleased to report on the progress of Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) for the six-month period ended November 30, 2009. For the period, the Fund produced a total return of 2.69% versus 3.46% for the Fund’s benchmark, the Barclays Capital 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index.1 The high quality, single-state bias of the Fund contributed to returns that were less than the stated benchmark.

 

With some major economic indicators showing improvement, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) remains cautiously optimistic about the strength of the recovery. Although access to credit has improved for large companies, small businesses and consumers still find loans difficult to acquire. The combination of tight credit and low consumption leaves many questioning the degree to which the economy can generate enough jobs to alleviate high unemployment anytime in the foreseeable future.

 

To complicate matters, the Fed is acutely aware of the possibility of rampant inflation resulting from the unprecedented level of stimulus in the financial system. In its communication with the capital markets, the Fed has indicated that it will act deliberately to reverse stimulative policies before inflation takes hold. Beginning with the retraction of quantitative easing measures put in place during the financial crisis, the Fed has attempted to reassure markets that it intends to be proactive as economic factors warrant it.

 

During the period, we continued to deploy strong cash inflows into high-quality, intermediate-term Maryland municipals. We focused on maintaining the Fund’s duration in the 4 to 5 year range with purchases of predominantly intermediate maturity bonds. The purchases were typically in the 5 to 15 year maturity range as we continued to increase our exposure to high-quality general obligation and essential service revenue bonds. Cash flows into municipal mutual funds reached historic levels as investors sought out more tax efficient yields relative to other fixed income markets as well as the paltry yields of the money market. Additionally, the highly successful Build America Bond program (under which municipalities issue taxable debt and receive a 35% subsidy from

the Federal government) has chipped away at traditional tax exempt issuance, effectively lowering long-term rates and flattening the yield curve. These forces have led to solid returns in the municipal market for the period.

 

The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from both Federal and Maryland state income taxes without undue risk. The Fund is classified as a non-diversified Fund, meaning it may focus a larger percentage of assets in the securities of fewer issuers. Specifically, for 50% of the Fund, no issuer may represent over 5% of assets. As of November 30, 2009, approximately 60% of the Fund was invested in issues representing less than 5% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul D. Corbin

Portfolio Manager

 

Monica M. Hausner

Portfolio Manager

 

1

For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

15


Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund

A Message To Our Shareholders

November 30, 2009

 

Investment Concerns:

 

Bond funds will tend to experience smaller fluctuations in value than stock funds. However, investors in any bond fund should anticipate fluctuations in price, especially for longer-term issues and in environments of rising interest rates. Generally, bond prices fall when interest rates rise, and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for longer-term securities.

 

 

The mortgage market in the U.S. recently experienced difficulties that may adversely affect the performance and market value of certain mortgage-related investments.

 

For the six month period ended November 30, 2009, Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund’s Institutional Shares (the “Fund”) returned 5.40%, lagging that of the Fund’s primary benchmark, the Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1 at 5.54% and the return for the Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index1 at 5.59%.

 

With some major economic indicators showing improvement, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) remains cautiously optimistic about the strength of the recovery. Although access to credit has improved for large companies, small businesses and consumers still find loans difficult to acquire. The combination of tight credit and low consumption leaves many questioning the degree to which the economy can generate enough jobs to alleviate high unemployment anytime in the foreseeable future.

 

To complicate matters, the Fed is acutely aware of the possibility of rampant inflation resulting from the unprecedented level of stimulus in the financial system. In its communication with the capital markets, the Fed has indicated that it will act deliberately to reverse stimulative policies before inflation takes hold. Beginning with the retraction of quantitative easing measures put in place during the financial crisis, the Fed has attempted to reassure markets that it intends to be proactive as economic factors warrant it.

 

Until recently, we have added aggressively to the Fund’s corporate positions which

continued to be strong performers as investors looked for yield wherever it could be found. Investors were particularly focused on companies with strong balance sheets and good access to funding. Yields in that market have now moved back to a more “normal” range and purchases have slowed. Our overall credit quality remains high with a large portion of the assets in government guaranteed mortgage issues and Agency and Treasury debt, much of it in TIPs (Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) which we believe could help protect the Fund’s principal should inflation re-emerge.

 

The Fund continues to seek to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of principal within an intermediate-term maturity structure.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul D. Corbin

Portfolio Manager

 

Monica M. Hausner

Portfolio Manager

 

1

For additional information please refer to the Glossary of Terms. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

 

16


Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 98.1%
Consumer Discretionary — 6.4%
67,478   

Coach, Inc.

   2,344,860
118,566   

PetSmart, Inc.

   3,051,889
         
          5,396,749
         
Consumer Staples — 7.4%
97,951   

Alberto-Culver Co.

   2,757,321
57,646   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   3,453,572
         
          6,210,893
         
Diversified Financials — 2.4%
108,770   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   1,993,754
         
Energy — 9.0%
43,821   

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. ADR

   2,942,142
30,574   

FMC Technologies, Inc.(a)

   1,665,366
46,457   

Schlumberger, Ltd.

   2,968,137
         
          7,575,645
         
Financials — 1.5%
48,908   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   1,302,909
         
Health Care — 19.0%
48,594   

Allergan, Inc.

   2,824,769
54,870   

Covance, Inc.(a)

   2,914,146
37,413   

DaVita, Inc.(a)

   2,216,346
48,652   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

   2,435,033
9,956   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

   2,793,056
40,833   

Millipore Corp.(a)

   2,780,727
         
            15,964,077
         
Industrials — 12.9%
114,517   

ABB, Ltd. ADR

   2,102,532
55,611   

AMETEK, Inc.

   2,033,138
31,913   

Danaher Corp.

   2,263,270
59,623   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.(a)

   2,086,209
46,038   

Roper Industries, Inc.

   2,395,818
         
          10,880,967
         
Information Technology — 21.3%
   125,348   

Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)

   2,933,143
5,148   

Google, Inc., Class A(a)

   3,001,284
12,936   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

   3,115,765
47,337   

Micros Systems, Inc.(a)

   1,328,276
62,489   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   2,812,005
38,419   

Salesforce.com, Inc.(a)

   2,408,103
103,999   

Trimble Navigation, Ltd.(a)

   2,322,298
         
          17,920,874
         
Software & Services — 6.4%
63,917   

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

   2,440,351
66,845   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(a)

   2,936,501
         
          5,376,852
         
Technology — 4.7%
96,125   

Accenture PLC, Class A

   3,944,970
         
Technology Hardware & Equipment — 7.1%
17,128   

Apple, Inc.(a)

   3,424,058
84,279   

NetApp, Inc.(a)

   2,597,479
         
          6,021,537
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $64,257,153)

   82,589,227
         

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


 
Short Term Investment — 3.6%   
Money Market Fund — 3.6%   
3,004,848   

Investors Cash Trust - Treasury Portfolio, 0.01%(b) (Cost $3,004,848)

     3,004,848   
         


Total Investments — 101.7% (Cost $67,262,001)*

     85,594,075   

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — (1.7)%

     (1,402,569
         


NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 84,191,506   
         


 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

Information Technology

   21.3%

Health Care

   19.0%

Industrials

   12.9%

Energy

   9.0%

Consumer Staples

   7.4%

Technology Hardware & Equipment

   7.1%

Consumer Discretionary

   6.4%

Software & Services

   6.4%

Technology

   4.7%

Money Market Fund

   3.6%

Diversified Financials

   2.4%

Financials

   1.5%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   (1.7)%
    
     100.0%
    
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 19,281,885   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (949,811
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 18,332,074   
    


 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
PLC Public Limited Company

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

17


Brown Advisory Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 97.2%     
Basic Materials — 5.6%     
38,550   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

   3,196,951
149,495   

EI Du Pont de Nemours & Co.

   5,169,537
         
          8,366,488
         
Consumer Discretionary — 8.2%     
67,530   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   2,122,468
37,005   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

   2,251,384
163,445   

Snap-on, Inc.

   5,908,537
83,265   

Staples, Inc.

   1,941,740
         
          12,224,129
         
Consumer Staples — 5.0%     
124,895   

Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A

   3,319,709
37,005   

Procter & Gamble Co.

   2,307,262
66,300   

Sysco Corp.

   1,792,752
         
          7,419,723
         
Energy — 15.2%     
53,665   

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. ADR

   3,603,068
49,340   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

   4,911,304
38,550   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   2,893,948
117,180   

Tidewater, Inc.

   5,267,241
95,600   

Total SA ADR

   5,945,364
         
              22,620,925
         
Financials — 18.4%     
88,480   

ACE, Ltd.

   4,309,861
141,855   

American Express Co.

   5,933,794
131,065   

Assurant, Inc.

   4,006,657
172,695   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   4,600,595
95,600   

Chubb Corp.

   4,793,384
55,508   

M&T Bank Corp.

   3,640,215
         
          27,284,506
         
Health Care — 12.0%     
45,020   

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

   3,367,496
52,425   

Johnson & Johnson

   3,294,387
115,645   

Medtronic, Inc.

   4,907,974
133,405   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   4,830,595
23,127   

Waters Corp.(a)

   1,359,405
         
          17,759,857
         
Industrials — 18.2%     
38,550   

3M Co.

   2,985,312
   104,850   

Deere & Co.

   5,610,523
164,985   

Dover Corp.

   6,744,587
62,275   

Eaton Corp.

   3,979,373
79,285   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   3,856,422
75,555   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   3,883,527
         
          27,059,744
         

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Information Technology — 14.6%       
101,765   

Accenture PLC, Class A

     4,176,436
144,940   

Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)

     3,391,596
111,020   

Dell, Inc.(a)

     1,567,602
89,975   

eBay, Inc.(a)

     2,201,688
111,020   

Harris Corp.

     4,873,778
106,390   

Microsoft Corp.

     3,128,930
132,605   

Symantec Corp.(a)

     2,353,739
         

            21,693,769
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $119,287,041)

     144,429,141
         

Short Term Investment — 2.5%       
Money Market Fund — 2.5%       
3,711,845   

Investors Cash Trust - Treasury Portfolio, 0.01%(b) (Cost $3,711,845)

     3,711,845
         

Total Investments — 99.7% (Cost $122,998,886)*

     148,140,986

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — 0.3%

     413,189
         

NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 148,554,175
         

 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

Financials

   18.4%

Industrials

   18.2%

Energy

   15.2%

Information Technology

   14.6%

Health Care

   12.0%

Consumer Discretionary

   8.2%

Basic Materials

   5.6%

Consumer Staples

   5.0%

Money Market Fund

   2.5%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   0.3%
    
     100.0%
    
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 26,298,407   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (1,156,307
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 25,142,100   
    


 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
PLC Public Limited Company

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

18


Brown Advisory Flexible Value Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 96.6%     
Banks — 1.9%     
20,670   

Bank of America Corp.

   327,620
         
Consumer Discretionary — 16.4%     
14,840   

CarMax, Inc.(a)

   295,019
23,885   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   350,393
13,890   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

   302,941
8,265   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A

   326,881
2,241   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

   136,343
12,160   

Staples, Inc.

   283,571
8,070   

TJX Cos., Inc.

   309,727
11,883   

WABCO Holdings, Inc.

   280,795
17,805   

Walt Disney Co.

   538,067
         
          2,823,737
         
Consumer Staples — 8.7%     
6,565   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   393,309
17,910   

Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A

   476,048
6,880   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   428,074
3,500   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   190,925
         
          1,488,356
         
Diversified Financials — 2.3%     
9,089   

Artio Global Investors, Inc.(a)

   208,138
9,705   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   177,893
         
          386,031
         
Energy — 12.5%     
2,500   

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. ADR

   167,850
7,215   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   541,630
9,582   

Kinder Morgan Management, LLC(a)

   481,679
  12,030   

Magellan Midstream Holdings, LP

   494,433
5,830   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   471,006
         
          2,156,598
         
Financials — 14.3%     
13,870   

American Express Co.

   580,182
13,070   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   348,185
205   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

   687,365
3,420   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   369,463
16,940   

Wells Fargo Co.

   474,997
         
          2,460,192
         
Health Care — 8.9%     
4,895   

Johnson & Johnson

   307,602
4,500   

Medtronic, Inc.

   190,980
11,870   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   429,812
11,230   

WellPoint, Inc.(a)

   606,757
         
          1,535,151
         
Industrials — 7.2%     
4,425   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

   434,977
8,100   

Canadian National Railway Co.

   426,060
5,670   

United Technologies Corp.

   381,251
         
              1,242,288
         
Information Technology — 17.1%     
980   

Google, Inc., Class A(a)

   571,340
8,800   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

   431,728
1,825   

IBM Corp.

   230,589
4,400   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

   1,059,784

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Security Description


  

Value $


 
Information Technology — Continued         
7,080   

Microsoft Corp.

     208,223   
8,145   

Paychex, Inc.

     255,345   
2,280   

Visa, Inc., Class A

     184,680   
         


            2,941,689   
         


Insurance — 0.6%         
3,500   

Assurant, Inc.

     106,995   
         


Regional Banks — 1.0%         
2,530   

M&T Bank Corp.

     165,917   
         


Telecommunications — 5.7%         
7,525   

America Movil SAB de CV, ADR

     364,059   
3,800   

Millicom International Cellular SA(a)

     284,240   
10,440   

SBA Communications Corp., Class A(a)

     334,498   
         


            982,797   
         


Total Common Stock (Cost $15,262,854)

     16,617,371   
         


Short Term Investment — 3.6%         
Money Market Fund — 3.6%         
613,590   

Investors Cash Trust - Treasury Portfolio, 0.01%(b) (Cost $613,590)

     613,590   
         


Total Investments — 100.2% (Cost $15,876,444)*

     17,230,961   

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — (0.2)%

     (30,888
         


NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 17,200,073   
         


 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

Information Technology

   17.1%

Consumer Discretionary

   16.4%

Financials

   14.3%

Energy

   12.5%

Health Care

   8.9%

Consumer Staples

   8.7%

Industrials

   7.2%

Telecommunications

   5.7%

Money Market Fund

   3.6%

Diversified Financials

   2.3%

Banks

   1.9%

Regional Banks

   1.0%

Insurance

   0.6%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   (0.2)%
    
     100.0%
    
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 2,051,633   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (697,116
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 1,354,517   
    


 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
LP Limited Partnership
LLC Limited Liability Company

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

19


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 92.3%     
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.6%     

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.6%

86,300   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   1,896,874
44,000   

Lender Processing Services, Inc.

   1,838,320
         
          3,735,194
         
Consumer Discretionary — 14.7%     

Diversified Consumer Services — 2.4%

109,000   

American Public Education, Inc.(a)

   3,491,270
         

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.0%

36,600   

WMS Industries, Inc.(a)

   1,423,008
         

Household Durables — 6.7%

172,500   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

   6,487,725
179,500   

Interline Brands, Inc.(a)

   3,019,190
         
          9,506,915
         

Specialty Retail — 4.6%

67,000   

Citi Trends, Inc.(a)

   1,827,760
101,500   

PetMed Express, Inc.

   1,666,630
58,000   

PetSmart, Inc.

   1,492,920
     134,000   

Titan Machinery, Inc.(a)

   1,504,820
         
          6,492,130
         
          20,913,323
         
Energy — 6.3%     

Energy Equipment & Services — 6.3%

26,000   

Arena Resources, Inc.(a)

   1,063,140
94,500   

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

   2,078,055
69,860   

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)

   3,816,452
82,000   

T-3 Energy Services, Inc.(a)

   2,046,720
         
          9,004,367
         
Entertainment — 1.3%     

Professional & Management Services — 1.3%

125,696   

National CineMedia, Inc.

   1,836,418
         
Health Care — 19.2%     

Biotechnology — 1.2%

96,500   

Seattle Genetics, Inc.(a)

   895,520
142,649   

ZymoGenetics, Inc.(a)

   871,585
         
          1,767,105
         

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 10.5%

78,500   

Covance, Inc.(a)

   4,169,135
115,500   

DexCom, Inc.(a)

   837,375
32,500   

Gen-Probe, Inc.(a)

   1,354,925
52,000   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

   2,602,600
58,000   

Masimo Corp.(a)

   1,528,880
115,500   

NuVasive, Inc.(a)

   3,747,975
43,500   

Volcano Corp.(a)

   640,755
         
              14,881,645
         

Health Care Providers & Services — 5.7%

46,500   

athenahealth, Inc.(a)

   1,948,350
61,000   

Genoptix, Inc.(a)

   2,211,250
78,500   

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)(b)

   3,898,310
         
          8,057,910
         

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Security Description


  

Value $


Health Care — Continued     

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8%

38,000   

Millipore Corp.(a)

   2,587,800
         
          27,294,460
         
Industrials — 10.3%     

Aerospace & Defense — 2.3%

183,000   

Argon ST, Inc.(a)

   3,290,340
         

Commercial Services & Supplies — 4.1%

65,399   

ESCO Technologies, Inc.(a)

   2,184,327
112,000   

Waste Connections, Inc.(a)

   3,634,400
         
          5,818,727
         

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 1.5%

65,500   

Brink’s Home Security Holdings, Inc.(a)

   2,143,160
         

Machinery — 2.4%

113,000   

IDEX Corp.

   3,348,190
         
          14,600,417
         
Information Technology — 22.8%     

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 2.9%

182,000   

Trimble Navigation, Ltd.(a)

   4,064,060
         

Internet Software & Services — 4.4%

62,000   

CyberSource Corp.(a)

   1,064,540
     620,017   

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.(a)

   3,670,501
89,000   

Rosetta Stone, Inc.(a)

   1,569,070
         
          6,304,111
         

IT Services — 4.5%

173,000   

3PAR, Inc.(a)

   1,773,250
89,000   

Global Payments, Inc.

   4,562,140
         
          6,335,390
         

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.9%

166,000   

Volterra Semiconductor Corp.(a)

   2,737,340
         

Software — 9.1%

86,500   

CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)

   1,799,200
156,800   

Double-Take Software, Inc.(a)

   1,379,840
24,000   

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

   1,736,400
64,000   

Informatica Corp.(a)

   1,436,800
35,000   

Micros Systems, Inc.(a)

   982,100
46,500   

Salesforce.com, Inc.(a)

   2,914,620
68,000   

Sybase, Inc.(a)

   2,736,320
         
          12,985,280
         
              32,426,181
         
Materials — 2.3%     

Diversified Chemical Manufacturing — 2.3%

141,500   

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.(a)

   3,185,165
         
Software & Services — 2.4%     

Internet Software & Services — 2.4%

89,500   

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

   3,417,110
         
Telecommunications — 5.3%     

Diversified Consumer Services — 4.0%

347,500   

Knology, Inc.(a)

   3,426,350
108,500   

Polycom, Inc.(a)

   2,339,260
         
          5,765,610
         

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

20


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares/
Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Value $


 
Common Stock — Continued         
Telecommunications — Continued         

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.3%

  

56,500   

SBA Communications Corp., Class A(a)

     1,810,260   
         


            7,575,870   
         


Transportation — 5.1%         

Air Freight & Logistics — 2.4%

  

264,000   

UTi Worldwide, Inc.

     3,450,480   
         


Energy Equipment & Services — 2.7%

  

83,500   

Tidewater, Inc.

     3,753,325   
         


            7,203,805   
         


Total Common Stock (Cost $108,529,743)

     131,192,310   
         


Private Placement — 0.2%         
3,800   

Montagu Newhall Global Partners IV, LP - B(a)(c)(d)(e) (Cost $380,000)

     336,015   
         


Short Term Investment — 7.8%         
Money Market Fund — 7.8%         
11,059,383   

Investors Cash Trust - Treasury Portfolio, 0.01%(f) (Cost $11,059,383)

     11,059,383   
         


Total Investments — 100.3% (Cost $119,969,126)*

     142,587,708   

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — (0.3)%

     (380,042
         


NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 142,207,666   
         


 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

Information Technology

   22.8%

Health Care

   19.2%

Consumer Discretionary

   14.7%

Industrials

   10.3%

Money Market Fund

   7.8%

Energy

   6.3%

Telecommunications

   5.3%

Transportation

   5.1%

Commercial Services & Supplies

   2.6%

Software & Services

   2.4%

Materials

   2.3%

Entertainment

   1.3%

Private Placement

   0.2%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   (0.3)%
    
     100.0%
    

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of this security was segregated in connection with the remaining capital commitments for the private placement security.
(c) This security was purchased with a full investment commitment of $2 million, with $1,620,000 outstanding at November 30, 2009.
(d) Security fair valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. At November 30, 2009 the value of these securities amounted to $336,015, or 0.2% of net assets.
(e) Restricted security not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than Rule 144A securities. At November 30, 2009 the value of these securities amounted to $336,015, or 0.2% of net assets. Additional information on the restricted security is as follows:

 

     Montagu Newhall Global Partners IV, LP - B

 

Acquisition Date


   Acquisition Cost

February 19, 2008

   $ 20,000

April 21, 2008

     100,000

July 31, 2008

     60,000

October 27, 2008

     60,000

May 1, 2009

     100,000

September 21, 2009

     40,000
    

     $ 380,000
    

 

(f) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 26,272,282   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (3,653,700
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 22,618,582   
    


 

LP Limited Partnership

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

21


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 96.2%     
Basic Materials — 1.9%     
59,683   

Aceto Corp.

   310,948
46,300   

HB Fuller Co.

   942,668
         
          1,253,616
         
Capital Goods — 3.2%     
92,900   

Kaman Corp.

   2,104,185
         
Commercial Services & Supplies — 31.3%     
12,700   

Administaff, Inc.

   283,083
13,200   

Brink’s Co.

   296,736
75,100   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   1,650,698
236,092   

CBIZ, Inc.(a)

   1,624,313
45,200   

Chemed Corp.

   2,042,136
14,000   

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

   749,280
146,700   

Convergys Corp.(a)

   1,640,106
221,800   

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc.(a)

   1,650,192
41,900   

Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A(a)

   1,683,542
   268,940   

infoGROUP, Inc.(a)

   2,178,414
79,200   

Interactive Data Corp.

   2,022,768
101,400   

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

   2,086,812
52,300   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

   2,801,711
         
          20,709,791
         
Consumer Discretionary — 2.1%     
31,700   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

   487,546
3,500   

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

   324,205
70,468   

Liquidity Services, Inc.(a)

   579,247
         
          1,390,998
         
Consumer Staples — 3.7%     
162,620   

B&G Foods, Inc., Class A

   1,392,027
18,700   

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.(a)

   1,083,104
         
          2,475,131
         
Energy — 4.6%     
16,600   

Arena Resources, Inc.(a)

   678,774
49,800   

Cal Dive International, Inc.(a)

   361,548
24,500   

Concho Resources, Inc.(a)

   1,001,560
14,500   

Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)

   792,135
21,500   

Venoco, Inc.(a)

   239,725
         
          3,073,742
         
Financials — 16.2%     
37,739   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(a)

   2,460,960
39,900   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

   893,760
67,500   

CapitalSource, Inc.

   247,725
22,900   

Capstead Mortgage Corp., REIT

   327,012
49,100   

Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc., REIT

   643,210
27,602   

Entertainment Properties Trust, REIT

   871,947
4,000   

First City Liquidating Trust Loans Assets Corp.(a)(b)(c)

   0
18,400   

Hatteras Financial Corp., REIT

   563,040
94,800   

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

   933,780
27,600   

Investment Technology Group, Inc.(a)

   503,700
125,600   

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

   2,181,672
39,639   

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.

   1,076,199
         
            10,703,005
         
Health Care — 1.3%     
22,600   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   871,230
         

Shares/
Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Value $


 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.1%         
79,716   

AFC Enterprises, Inc.(a)

     624,176   
101,332   

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

     1,618,272   
118,355   

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc., Class A

     485,256   
         


            2,727,704   
         


Industrials — 7.8%         
91,924   

Argon ST, Inc.(a)

     1,652,794   
84,000   

SRS Labs, Inc.(a)

     582,120   
26,100   

Stanley Works

     1,267,677   
38,200   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

     1,280,464   
7,700   

World Fuel Services Corp.

     409,486   
         


            5,192,541   
         


Information Technology — 5.3%         
33,400   

ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)

     550,432   
25,800   

Acxiom Corp.(a)

     297,732   
83,450   

Progress Software Corp.(a)

     2,010,311   
67,544   

SkillSoft PLC, ADR(a)

     663,282   
         


            3,521,757   
         


Media — 4.2%         
126,200   

Dolan Media Co.(a)

     1,482,850   
157,211   

MDC Partners, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,293,847   
         


            2,776,697   
         


Retailing — 3.5%         
46,091   

Cash America International, Inc.

     1,482,286   
66,075   

Stage Stores, Inc.

     798,847   
         


            2,281,133   
         


Technology — 1.6%         
20,800   

Applied Signal Technology, Inc.

     411,216   
173,091   

MIPS Technologies, Inc.(a)

     650,822   
         


            1,062,038   
         


Telecommunications — 3.1%         
104,304   

j2 Global Communications, Inc.(a)

     2,073,564   
         


Transportation — 2.3%         
50,800   

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,488,440   
         


Total Common Stock (Cost $52,938,875)

     63,705,572   
         


Corporate Bonds & Notes — 0.1%         
Consumer Staples — 0.1%         
11,856   

B&G Foods, Inc., Callable 1/4/2010 @ 106 (Cost $60,831)(c)

     84,770   
         


Short Term Investment — 3.9%         
Money Market Fund — 3.9%         
2,599,316   

Investors Cash Trust - Treasury Portfolio, 0.01%(d) (Cost $2,599,316)

     2,599,316   
         


Total Investments — 100.2% (Cost $55,599,022)*

     66,389,658   

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — (0.2)%

     (162,229
         


NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 66,227,429   
         


 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

   31.3%

Financials

   16.2%

Industrials

   7.8%

Information Technology

   5.3%

Energy

   4.6%

Media

   4.2%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

   4.1%

Money Market Fund

   3.9%

Consumer Staples

   3.8%

Retailing

   3.5%

Capital Goods

   3.2%

Telecommunications

   3.1%

Transportation

   2.3%

Consumer Discretionary

   2.1%

Basic Materials

   1.9%

Technology

   1.6%

Health Care

   1.3%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   (0.2)%
    
     100.0%
    

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Restricted security not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than Rule 144A securities. At November 30, 2009 the value of these securities amounted to $0, or 0.00% of net assets. Additional information on the restricted security is as follows:

 

     First City Liquidating Trust Loans Assets Corp.

 

Acquisition Date


   Acquisition Cost

October 31, 2003

   $ 8,050

 

(c) Security fair valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. At November 30, 2009 the value of these securities amounted to $84,770, or 0.1% of net assets.
(d) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 12,581,346   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (1,790,710
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 10,790,636   
    


 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
PLC Public Limited Company
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

23


Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 91.5%
Commercial Services & Supplies — 9.7%
18,725   

Brink’s Co.

   420,938
40,155   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   882,607
17,755   

Lender Processing Services, Inc.

   741,804
14,575   

TNS, Inc.(a)

   365,104
         
          2,410,453
         
Consumer Discretionary — 21.7%
21,860   

A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc.(a)

   67,985
17,760   

American Greetings Corp., Class A

   367,632
23,830   

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

   728,960
22,690   

Cato Corp., Class A

   434,060
7,860   

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

   246,411
15,370   

Coinstar, Inc.(a)

   411,762
23,565   

Helen of Troy, Ltd.(a)

   484,261
31,380   

Hillenbrand, Inc.

   574,254
10,410   

Liberty Media-Starz, Series A(a)

   498,118
31,460   

PetMed Express, Inc.

   516,573
23,015   

PetSmart, Inc.

   592,406
35,880   

Spartan Stores, Inc.

   496,220
         
              5,418,642
         
Energy — 6.5%
4,535   

Arena Resources, Inc.(a)

   185,436
25,011   

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

   549,992
65,265   

North American Energy Partners, Inc.(a)

   416,391
18,830   

T-3 Energy Services, Inc.(a)

   469,997
         
          1,621,816
         
Financials — 12.5%
58,420   

Allied Capital Corp.

   206,807
17,430   

Ares Capital Corp.

   202,537
12,970   

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.

   294,160
61,628   

Fifth Street Finance Corp.

   602,105
20,365   

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

   532,137
35,335   

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.(a)

   429,320
59,274   

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(a)

   200,346
21,290   

PacWest Bancorp

   391,736
22,955   

Union Bankshares Corp.

   270,869
         
          3,130,017
         
Industrials — 13.2%
36,615   

Actuant Corp., Class A

   597,923
13,655   

Baldor Electric Co.

   351,616
24,480   

Brink’s Home Security Holdings, Inc.(a)

   800,986
12,480   

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.(a)

   350,438
14,020   

Harsco Corp.

   435,041
41,845   

LSB Industries, Inc.(a)

   511,346
10,895   

School Specialty, Inc.(a)

   248,406
         
          3,295,756
         
Information Technology — 12.3%
34,700   

Double-Take Software, Inc.(a)

   305,360
11,445   

DST Systems, Inc.(a)

   486,184
16,310   

GameStop Corp., Class A(a)

   398,127
7,680   

Global Payments, Inc.

   393,677
10,843   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   247,762
   101,180   

Silicon Motion Technology Corp. ADR(a)

   300,505
5,490   

Tessera Technologies, Inc.(a)

   129,948
47,065   

Total System Services, Inc.

   813,283
         
          3,074,846
         

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


 
Insurance — 2.1%   
17,025   

Assurant, Inc.

     520,454   
         


Telecommunications — 8.3%   
16,425   

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.(a)

     472,054   
36,200   

EchoStar Corp., Class A(a)

     703,366   
92,245   

Knology, Inc.(a)

     909,536   
         


            2,084,956   
         


Transportation — 5.2%   
6,880   

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

     283,663   
17,475   

Tidewater, Inc.

     785,501   
18,530   

UTi Worldwide, Inc.

     242,187   
         


            1,311,351   
         


Total Common Stock (Cost $20,111,764)

     22,868,291   
         


Preferred Stock — 1.0%         
Financials — 1.0%         
12,924   

ASBC Capital I Trust Originated Preferred Securities, Callable 1/7/2010 @ 25.00
(Cost 251,483)

     246,978   
         


Investment Company — 1.8%   
72,494   

Third Point Offshore Investors, Ltd.(a)
(Cost $356,048)

     458,162   
         


Short Term Investment — 6.0%   
Money Market Fund — 6.0%   
1,487,188   

Investors Cash Trust - Treasury Portfolio, 0.01%(b) (Cost $1,487,188)

     1,487,188   
         


Total Investments — 100.3% (Cost $22,206,483)*

     25,060,619   

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — (0.3)%

     (81,428
         


NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 24,979,191   
         


 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

Consumer Discretionary

   21.7%

Financials

   13.5%

Industrials

   13.2%

Information Technology

   12.3%

Commercial Services & Supplies

   9.7%

Telecommunications

   8.3%

Energy

   6.5%

Money Market Fund

   6.0%

Transportation

   5.2%

Insurance

   2.1%

Investment Company

   1.8%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   (0.3)%
    
     100.0%
    
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.

 

* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 3,246,089   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (391,953
    


Gross Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 2,854,136   
    


 

ADR American Depositary Receipt

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 93.5%     
Basic Materials — 5.2%     
10,790   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

   894,815
         
Consumer Discretionary — 7.1%     
12,025   

American Public Education, Inc.(a)

   385,161
22,975   

Snap-on, Inc.

   830,546
         
          1,215,707
         
Consumer Staples — 4.1%     
11,700   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   700,947
         
Energy — 6.2%     
8,030   

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. ADR

   539,134
8,580   

Total SA ADR

   533,590
         
          1,072,724
         
Financials — 4.0%     
6,305   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   681,129
         
Health Care — 6.8%     
8,225   

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

   615,230
8,205   

Millipore Corp.(a)

   558,760
         
          1,173,990
         
Industrials — 17.2%     
14,795   

AMETEK, Inc.

   540,905
20,850   

Amphenol Corp., Class A

   859,020
8,145   

Danaher Corp.

   577,643
6,755   

Eaton Corp.

   431,645
     15,400   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.(a)

   538,846
         
          2,948,059
         
Information Technology — 13.7%     
20,325   

Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)

   475,605
14,320   

Global Payments, Inc.

   734,043
1,185   

Google, Inc., Class A(a)

   690,855
20,360   

Trimble Navigation, Ltd.(a)

   454,639
         
          2,355,142
         
Insurance — 7.1%     
15,670   

Assurant, Inc.

   479,032
14,675   

Chubb Corp.

   735,804
         
          1,214,836
         
Materials — 2.4%     
18,250   

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.(a)

   410,808
         
Regional Banks — 4.2%     
28,785   

BB&T Corp.

   716,747
         
Software & Services — 3.7%     
16,670   

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

   636,461
         
Technology — 4.8%     
20,175   

Accenture PLC, Class A

   827,982
         
Technology Hardware & Equipment — 4.9%     
4,235   

Apple, Inc.(a)

   846,619
         
Transportation — 2.1%     
27,000   

UTi Worldwide, Inc.

   352,890
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $12,118,388)

     16,048,856
         

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


 
Short Term Investment — 6.7%         
Money Market Fund — 6.7%         
1,143,039   

Investors Cash Trust - Treasury Portfolio, 0.01%(b) (Cost $1,143,039)

     1,143,039   
         


Total Investments — 100.2% (Cost $13,261,427)*

     17,191,895   

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — (0.2)%

     (37,390
         


NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 17,154,505   
         


 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

Industrials

   17.2%

Information Technology

   13.7%

Consumer Discretionary

   7.1%

Insurance

   7.1%

Health Care

   6.8%

Money Market Fund

   6.7%

Energy

   6.2%

Basic Materials

   5.2%

Technology Hardware & Equipment

   4.9%

Technology

   4.8%

Regional Banks

   4.2%

Consumer Staples

   4.1%

Financials

   4.0%

Software & Services

   3.7%

Materials

   2.4%

Transportation

   2.1%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   (0.2)%
    
     100.0%
    
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 4,105,404   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (174,936
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 3,930,468   
    


 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
PLC Public Limited Company

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — 97.1%     
Australia — 6.8%     
29,749   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.

   603,392
61,834   

BHP Billiton, Ltd.

   2,338,465
25,154   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

   1,216,171
47,370   

Downer EDI, Ltd.

   370,004
19,319   

Rio Tinto, Ltd.

   1,267,695
189,649   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

   592,186
13,638   

Wesfarmers, Ltd.

   371,902
29,886   

Westfield Group, REIT

   334,147
13,687   

Woolworths, Ltd.

   351,556
         
          7,445,518
         
Belgium — 1.2%     
17,902   

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

   893,420
6,094   

Delhaize Group

   461,224
         
          1,354,644
         
Denmark — 0.4%     
6,900   

Novo Nordisk A/S, B Shares

   462,970
         
France — 9.6%     
17,024   

BNP Paribas SA

   1,405,780
19,408   

Bouygues SA

   965,519
7,671   

Cap Gemini SA

   354,728
7,742   

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Class B

   587,000
4,677   

Fonciere des Regions SA, REIT

   481,568
31,457   

France Telecom SA

   818,246
7,507   

GDF Suez SA

   313,444
6,724   

Renault SA(a)

   325,070
19,365   

Sanofi-Aventis SA

   1,463,024
11,392   

Technip SA

   777,198
12,412   

Teleperformance

   411,839
15,987   

Total SA

   989,151
4,055   

Unibail-Rodamco SA, REIT

   913,220
26,802   

Vivendi SA

   772,210
         
              10,577,997
         
Germany — 6.7%     
18,637   

BASF SE

   1,125,131
9,348   

Bayer AG

   716,486
27,793   

E.ON AG

   1,100,787
6,640   

Hannover Rueckversicherung AG(a)

   317,819
14,509   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

   731,495
19,496   

MTU Aero Engines Holding AG

   996,680
1,807   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG

   283,591
6,897   

SAP AG

   329,033
8,553   

Siemens AG

   838,285
5,772   

Wacker Chemie AG

   951,528
         
          7,390,835
         
Greece — 0.7%     
12,558   

National Bank of Greece SA(a)

   369,547
21,297   

Public Power Corp. SA(a)

   429,745
         
          799,292
         
Hong Kong — 1.9%     
64,000   

Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd.

   804,356
36,065   

Hongkong Electric Holdings, Ltd.

   195,920
274,000   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Ltd.

   633,575

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Hong Kong — Continued     
26,000   

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd.

   385,481
         
          2,019,332
         
Italy — 3.3%     
36,452   

Atlantia SpA

   941,332
163,037   

Enel SpA

   975,456
18,991   

Eni SpA

   470,462
21,071   

Finmeccanica SpA

   348,943
18,181   

Prysmian SpA

   305,724
17,489   

Saipem SpA

   562,442
         
          3,604,359
         
Japan — 19.7%     
60,000   

Air Water, Inc.

   749,132
91,000   

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

   795,013
103,000   

Chiba Bank, Ltd.

   678,165
26,200   

Denso Corp.

   732,157
6,000   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

   1,088,637
84,000   

Fujitsu, Ltd.

   499,607
12,300   

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

   434,101
37,300   

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

   730,721
394,000   

Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc.

   920,944
35,200   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

   1,099,745
17,700   

ITO EN, Ltd.

   285,715
9,100   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

   299,051
559   

Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

   524,588
175   

KDDI Corp.

   945,672
29,000   

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

   473,826
11,900   

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

   531,521
4,100   

Kyocera Corp.

   326,406
9,600   

Makita Corp.

   324,369
56,200   

Mitsubishi Corp.

   1,268,109
44,400   

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

   587,753
6,900   

Nidec Corp.

   606,006
1,300   

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

   319,058
55,000   

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

   654,247
55,000   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.(a)

   398,403
9,900   

Nitto Denko Corp.

   317,322
447   

Rakuten, Inc.

   361,034
397   

RISA Partners, Inc.

   276,549
9,600   

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

   539,875
12,500   

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

   423,079
20,000   

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

   253,182
23,300   

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

   275,545
7,682   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

   253,341
62,000   

Suruga Bank, Ltd.

   609,095
12,200   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

   508,216
6,100   

Tokyo Electron, Ltd.

   333,164
94,000   

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

   387,225
93,000   

Toshiba Corp.(a)

   492,872
29,000   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.

   790,268
35,000   

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.

   485,189
         
              21,578,902
         
Netherlands — 2.9%     
14,672   

ASML Holding NV

   450,701
7,755   

Fugro NV

   439,533
7,068   

Heineken NV

   332,362
14,877   

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

   406,853
65,583   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

   884,123

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


  

Value $


Common Stock — Continued     
Netherlands — Continued     
39,434   

Koninklijke KPN NV

   699,812
         
          3,213,384
         
Norway — 2.6%     
117,700   

DnB NOR ASA(a)

   1,324,011
13,268   

Seadrill, Ltd.

   306,926
32,000   

StatoilHydro ASA

   784,258
31,600   

Telenor ASA(a)

   430,408
         
                2,845,603
         
Portugal — 0.6%     
143,685   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

   658,830
         
Singapore — 1.7%     
61,000   

United Overseas Bank, Ltd.

   830,856
229,000   

Wilmar International, Ltd.

   1,043,016
         
          1,873,872
         
Spain — 5.7%     
157,874   

Banco Santander SA

   2,704,515
283,476   

Mapfre SA

   1,251,287
13,245   

Repsol YPF SA

   363,912
68,305   

Telefonica SA

   1,960,801
         
          6,280,515
         
Sweden — 2.7%     
30,239   

Electrolux AB, Series B(a)

   740,193
46,257   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, A Shares

   1,326,749
16,017   

Swedish Match AB, Class B

   344,723
58,763   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares

   564,907
         
          2,976,572
         
Switzerland — 9.0%     
8,472   

Baloise Holding AG

   706,562
22,502   

Credit Suisse Group AG

   1,165,210
6,178   

Holcim, Ltd., Registered Shares(a)

   444,801
17,769   

Nestle SA

   840,144
12,484   

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

   693,072
11,387   

Roche Holdings AG - Genusschein

   1,863,059
6,031   

Schindler Holding AG

   454,938
2,370   

Swatch Group AG

   596,866
21,821   

Swiss Re

   1,038,030
1,452   

Syngenta AG

   385,050
7,689   

Zurich Financial Services AG

   1,656,941
         
          9,844,673
         
United Kingdom — 21.6%     
128,358   

Amlin PLC

   781,203
77,346   

Antofagasta PLC

   1,145,673
17,811   

AstraZeneca PLC

   796,008
174,027   

Aviva PLC

   1,060,295
206,856   

BAE Systems PLC

   1,116,384
77,113   

Balfour Beatty PLC

   324,084
142,016   

Beazley PLC

   227,762
25,679   

BG Group PLC

   465,900
212,759   

BP PLC

   2,010,911
48,529   

British American Tobacco PLC

   1,474,374
134,541   

Compass Group PLC

   953,388
31,119   

Diageo PLC

   524,673
48,427   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

   1,001,295

Shares/
Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Value $


United Kingdom — Continued       
121,273   

IG Group Holdings PLC

     631,360
217,538   

International Power PLC

     990,826
55,127   

Interserve PLC

     187,886
151,117   

Kingfisher PLC

     589,613
171,396   

Logica PLC

     330,985
93,650   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

     594,459
104,328   

National Grid PLC

     1,133,478
21,836   

Petrofac, Ltd.

     349,482
15,771   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     804,193
52,824   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares

     1,509,282
108,977   

Stagecoach Group PLC

     258,846
56,678   

Standard Chartered PLC

     1,383,527
25,048   

Travis Perkins PLC(a)

     312,307
601,815   

Vodafone Group PLC

     1,357,187
67,228   

William Morrison Supermarkets PLC

     304,436
62,563   

Xstrata PLC(a)

     1,100,106
         

            23,719,923
         

Total Common Stock (Cost $99,234,408)

     106,647,221
         

Preferred Stock — 0.9%       
Germany — 0.9%       
14,541   

Fresenius SE (Cost $1,024,982)

     973,912
         

Rights — 0.1%       
Norway — 0.1%       
26,155   

DnB NOR ASA, Strike price 47.30, Expires 12/10/2009 (Cost $0)(a)

     76,091
         

Exchange Traded Fund — 0.5%       
United States — 0.5%       
10,240   

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund, 0.95%, (Cost $575,898)

     567,501
         

Short Term Investment — 0.5%       
Money Market Fund — 0.5%       
601,447   

Western Asset/Citi Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Class A, 0.03%,(b) (Cost $601,447)

     601,447
         

Total Investments — 99.1% (Cost $101,436,735)*

     108,866,172

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — 0.9%

     958,422
         

NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 109,824,594
         

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

27


Brown Advisory Core International Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

United Kingdom

   21.6%

Japan

   19.7%

France

   9.6%

Switzerland

   9.0%

Germany

   7.6%

Australia

   6.8%

Spain

   5.7%

Italy

   3.3%

Netherlands

   2.9%

Sweden

   2.7%

Norway

   2.7%

Hong Kong

   1.9%

Singapore

   1.7%

Belgium

   1.2%

United States

   1.0%

Greece

   0.7%

Portugal

   0.6%

Denmark

   0.4%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   0.9%
    
     100.0%
    

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 14,410,669   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (6,981,232
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 7,429,437   
    


 

PLC Public Limited Company
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28


Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Rate


   

Maturity


  

Value $


Certificates of Participation — 0.7%                
Revenue Bonds — 0.7%                
500,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Certificates of Participation - Equipment Acquisition Program

   4.00   08/01/14    551,875
500,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Certificates of Participation - Equipment Acquisition Program

   4.00   08/01/15    551,220
200,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Certificates of Participation - Equipment Acquisition Program

   5.00   08/01/16    231,344
                    

Total Certificates of Participation (Cost $1,243,257)

              1,334,439
                    
Municipal Bonds — 93.6%                
General Obligation Bonds — 63.2%                
475,000   

Annapolis Maryland Public Improvement Callable 6/1/2019 @ 100

   4.00   06/01/24    491,725
250,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland

   5.00   02/15/10    252,480
500,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Prerefunded 2/15/2011 @ 101

   4.75   02/15/17    531,415
500,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Prerefunded 2/15/2011 @ 101

   4.80   02/15/18    531,720
565,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Consolidated General Improvement

   5.00   03/01/15    662,112
3,555,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Consolidated General Improvement

   5.00   04/01/16    4,181,213
950,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Consolidated General Improvement

   4.00   04/01/18    1,056,827
1,350,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Consolidated Water & Sewer Callable 3/1/2015 @ 100

   5.00   03/01/17    1,543,131
1,060,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Consolidated Water & Sewer

   4.00   04/01/18    1,172,954
585,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Consolidated Water & Sewer Callable 4/1/2019 @ 100

   4.00   04/01/21    624,411
500,000   

Anne Arundel County Maryland Consolidated Water & Sewer Callable 3/1/2017 @ 100

   4.50   03/01/25    531,825
1,400,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 9/1/2012 @ 100

   5.00   09/01/13    1,550,360
900,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   09/01/15    1,054,872
1,280,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A FSA Insured

   5.00   10/15/15    1,486,925
1,320,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   08/01/17    1,565,929
400,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Prerefunded 8/1/2012 @ 100

   5.00   08/01/18    444,704
2,000,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Metropolitan District

   5.00   08/01/16    2,364,180
1,505,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Metropolitan District

   4.00   08/01/18    1,673,590
500,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Metropolitan District - 70th Issue Callable 9/1/2016 @ 100

   4.00   09/01/19    535,990
1,450,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Metropolitan District - 71st Issue Callable 2/1/2018 @ 100

   5.00   02/01/20    1,676,635
2,000,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Pension Funding

   5.00   08/01/13    2,282,980
265,000   

Baltimore Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   4.00   10/15/12    286,234
440,000   

Baltimore Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A NATL-RE Insured

   5.00   10/15/14    512,081
250,000   

Baltimore Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   10/15/15    288,770
250,000   

Caroline County Maryland Public Improvement Callable 11/1/2016 @ 100 XLCA Insured

   4.00   11/01/20    255,395
2,540,000   

Carroll County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   4.00   11/01/13    2,813,990
1,000,000   

Carroll County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 11/1/2018 @ 100

   4.50   11/01/23          1,092,040
1,000,000   

Carroll County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   11/01/15    1,181,860
500,000   

Carroll County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement

   4.00   12/01/15    563,110
500,000   

Charles County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   4.20   02/01/11    522,570
250,000   

Charles County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Prerefunded 2/1/2011 @ 101

   4.30   02/01/12    263,825
500,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement

   4.00   03/01/10    504,790
900,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   3.00   02/01/13    957,312
1,100,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   03/01/14    1,268,993
1,930,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   02/01/15    2,251,692
1,005,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 3/1/2015 @ 100

   4.25   03/01/16    1,105,972
250,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   03/01/16    293,740
290,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 3/1/2015 @ 100

   4.25   03/01/17    316,431
500,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 3/1/2017 @ 100 NATL-RE Insured

   4.00   03/01/20    535,115
520,000   

Charles County Maryland County Commissioners Consolidated Public Improvement Series B, Callable 2/1/2019 @ 100(a)

   4.25   02/01/28    538,346
305,000   

Cumberland Maryland Public Improvement Assured Guaranty Insured

   5.00   09/01/17    360,501
470,000   

Cumberland Maryland Public Improvement Assured Guaranty Insured

   5.00   09/01/18    555,437
750,000   

District of Columbia Series A Callable 6/1/2017 @ 100 NATL-RE FGIC Insured

   4.25   06/01/29    711,803
570,000   

Easton Maryland Public Facilities Assured Guaranty Insured

   4.25   12/01/12    627,302
200,000   

Frederick County Maryland Public Facilities

   5.00   08/01/14    231,200
250,000   

Frederick County Maryland Public Facilities Callable 8/1/2015 @ 100

   5.00   08/01/16    288,410

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

29


Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Rate


   

Maturity


  

Value $


Municipal Bonds — Continued                
General Obligation Bonds — Continued                
1,000,000   

Frederick County Maryland Public Facilities Callable 12/1/2015 @ 100

   5.00   12/01/17    1,146,830
500,000   

Frederick County Maryland Public Facilities

   5.25   11/01/18    602,565
1,450,000   

Frederick County Maryland Public Facilities Prerefunded 11/1/2012 @ 101

   5.00   11/01/20    1,637,195
500,000   

Frederick County Maryland Public Facilities

   5.25   11/01/21    605,045
250,000   

Frederick County Maryland Public Facilities Callable 6/1/2017 @ 100

   4.00   06/01/22    259,355
395,000   

Hagerstown Maryland Public Facilities Series A

   3.00   07/15/17    409,169
575,000   

Hagerstown Maryland Public Facilities Series A

   3.00   07/15/19    580,750
300,000   

Harford County Maryland Callable 7/15/2015 @ 100

   5.00   07/15/22    328,680
200,000   

Harford County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 1/15/2011 @ 101

   4.25   01/15/13    209,488
2,000,000   

Howard County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Project Unrefunded Balance Series A Callable 2/15/2012 @ 100

   5.25   08/15/12    2,194,600
685,000   

Howard County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Project Series A

   5.00   08/15/14    799,285
2,000,000   

Howard County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Project Series A

   4.00   04/15/15    2,248,080
300,000   

Howard County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Project Series A

   5.00   08/15/15    353,685
1,660,000   

Howard County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Project Series A

   4.00   04/15/16          1,862,786
560,000   

Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission Park Acquisition & Development Series LL-2

   3.00   11/01/15    599,127
210,000   

Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission Park Acquisition & Development Series MM-2

   3.00   11/01/15    223,461
430,000   

Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission Park Acquisition & Development Series LL-2

   3.00   11/01/16    456,454
210,000   

Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission Park Acquisition & Development Series MM-2

   3.00   11/01/16    221,957
1,600,000   

Maryland State

   5.00   02/01/11    1,686,960
850,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities 2nd Series A

   3.00   08/15/17    891,140
2,500,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities 1st Series A, Callable 3/1/2017 @ 100(a)

   4.00   03/01/24    2,610,200
750,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 1st Series B

   3.00   03/01/12    788,858
220,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 2nd Series

   5.00   08/01/12    244,941
500,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 2nd Series

   5.00   08/01/13    571,605
300,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 2nd Series Callable 8/1/2013 @ 100

   5.00   08/01/14    339,900
500,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 2nd Series A

   5.00   08/01/15    589,195
500,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 1st Series Callable 8/1/2014 @ 100

   5.00   08/01/15    575,285
665,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 2nd Series A Callable 8/1/2015 @ 100(a)

   5.00   08/01/17    763,201
1,000,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 2nd Series Callable 8/1/2017 @ 100

   5.00   08/01/18    1,171,010
2,750,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan 1st Series Callable 3/15/2017 @ 100

   5.00   03/15/19    3,169,485
2,210,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan Capital Improvement Series A

   5.50   08/01/13    2,563,578
125,000   

Maryland State & Local Facilities Loan Capital Improvement 1st Series A

   5.25   03/01/15    148,263
800,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   04/01/11    848,928
1,975,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   05/01/15    2,317,248
500,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   08/01/15    589,195
500,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A Callable 9/1/2014 @ 100

   5.00   09/01/15    574,795
100,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A Prerefunded 1/1/2010 @ 101

   5.60   01/01/16    101,462
1,745,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   05/01/16    2,065,696
500,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A Callable 4/1/2014 @ 100

   5.00   04/01/17    577,400
1,000,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   08/01/17    1,192,850
1,700,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A Callable 5/1/2017 @ 100

   5.00   05/01/18    2,008,363
250,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A Callable 5/1/2013 @ 100

   4.00   05/01/19    260,120
130,000   

Montgomery County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A Callable 8/1/2018 @ 100

   4.00   08/01/19    142,150
500,000   

Ocean City Maryland NATL-RE FGIC Insured

   4.25   03/01/11    520,910
1,000,000   

Prince Georges County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   3.25   09/15/11    1,048,380
345,000   

Prince Georges County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   07/15/12    382,539
1,790,000   

Prince Georges County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   09/15/14    2,083,488
750,000   

Prince Georges County Maryland Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   5.00   07/15/15    879,840
810,000   

Washington County Maryland Public Improvement

   2.25   01/01/14    837,572
565,000   

Washington County Maryland Public Improvement

   4.50   01/01/15    640,880
585,000   

Washington County Maryland Public Improvement

   3.00   01/01/17    609,289

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

30


Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Rate


   

Maturity


  

Value $


Municipal Bonds — Continued                
General Obligation Bonds — Continued                
640,000   

Washington County Maryland Public Improvement

   4.00   01/01/18    703,482
500,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - General Construction

   4.25   06/01/10    510,080
230,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - General Construction

   4.25   06/01/12    250,449
1,630,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - General Construction, Callable 6/1/2013 @ 100(a)

   4.00   06/01/14    1,773,456
1,500,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - General Construction Callable 6/1/2014 @ 100

   4.00   06/01/15    1,643,220
1,000,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - Sewage Disposal

   5.25   06/01/10    1,025,180
210,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - Sewage Disposal

   4.00   06/01/14    235,061
500,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - Water Supply

   4.25   06/01/10    510,080
500,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - Water Supply 2nd Series

   3.00   06/01/11    519,115
255,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District - Water Supply

   5.00   06/01/12    282,413
1,500,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   06/01/15    1,757,745
1,000,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Consolidated Public Improvement Series A

   4.00   06/01/16    1,118,650
1,500,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Consolidated Public Improvement

   5.00   06/01/16    1,768,785
2,000,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 6/1/2018 @ 100

   3.00   06/01/19    2,042,220
500,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 6/1/2018 @ 100

   3.25   06/01/20    507,435
2,305,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Consolidated Public Improvement Callable 6/1/2018 @ 100

   3.75   06/01/21    2,398,629
560,000   

Wicomico County Maryland FSA Insured

   3.00   12/01/13    597,195
1,330,000   

Wicomico County Maryland FSA Insured

   3.00   12/01/14    1,417,195
1,000,000   

Worcester County Maryland Public Improvement

   5.00   10/01/16    1,180,060
500,000   

Worcester County Maryland Public Improvement

   5.00   10/01/17    591,470
                    
                       113,908,055
                    
Revenue Bonds — 30.4%                
725,000   

Baltimore County Maryland Catholic Health Initiatives Series A Callable 9/1/2016 @ 100

   5.00   09/01/19    782,304
925,000   

Baltimore Maryland Convention Center Callable 9/1/2010 @ 100 NATL-RE Insured(a)

   5.00   09/01/19    936,895
500,000   

Baltimore Maryland Convention Center Series A Callable 9/1/2016 @ 100 XLCA Insured

   5.25   09/01/19    475,045
120,000   

Baltimore Maryland Wastewater Project Series C

   3.00   07/01/12    125,233
390,000   

Baltimore Maryland Wastewater Project Series C

   3.00   07/01/13    409,523
360,000   

Baltimore Maryland Wastewater Project Series A Callable 7/1/2018 @ 100 FSA Insured

   5.00   07/01/20    411,498
1,000,000   

Baltimore Maryland Wastewater Project Series C Callable 7/1/2016 @ 100 AMBAC Insured

   5.00   07/01/21    1,082,930
185,000   

Carroll County Maryland Fairhaven & Copper Ridge Series A RADIAN Insured

   5.20   01/01/10    185,007
400,000   

Frederick County Maryland Educational Facilities Revenue Mount Saint Mary’s College Callable 9/1/2016 @ 100

   5.63   09/01/38    303,700
200,000   

Maryland State Community Development Administration - Residential Program Series E

   3.80   09/01/13    210,154
500,000   

Maryland State Community Development Administration - Residential Program Series G

   4.10   09/01/14    532,230
1,000,000   

Maryland State Community Development Administration - Residential Program Series C

   3.85   09/01/15    1,046,190
1,000,000   

Maryland State Community Development Administration - Single Family Program 1st Series Callable 10/1/2010 @ 100

   4.65   04/01/12    1,022,300
500,000   

Maryland State Community Development Administration - Single Family Program 1st Series Callable 10/1/2010 @ 100

   4.75   04/01/13    509,505
500,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation

   5.50   02/01/10    504,455
455,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation

   5.00   05/01/12    501,496
1,050,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation 2nd Issue

   4.00   06/01/13    1,157,509
1,000,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation

   5.25   12/15/14    1,181,320
1,300,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation

   5.25   12/15/16    1,555,736
1,325,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation

   5.00   02/15/17    1,539,133
500,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation Callable 2/15/2016 @ 100

   4.25   02/15/18    547,540
500,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation Callable 5/15/2017 @ 100

   4.00   05/15/20    530,065
700,000   

Maryland State Department of Transportation 2nd Issue Callable 9/1/2018 @ 100

   4.00   09/01/21    733,432
260,000   

Maryland State Economic Development Corporation - Lutheran World Relief/Refugee Callable 4/1/2017 @ 100

   5.25   04/01/19    266,016
500,000   

Maryland State Economic Development Corporation - Maryland Department of Transportation Headquarters Callable 6/1/2012 @ 100.5

   5.00   06/01/15    547,780
600,000   

Maryland State Economic Development Corporation - The Baltimore Museum of Art, Inc. SunTrust Bank(b)

   0.55   09/01/28    600,000

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

31


Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Rate


   

Maturity


  

Value $


Municipal Bonds — Continued                
Revenue Bonds — Continued                
340,000   

Maryland State Economic Development Corporation - University of Maryland College Park Project Escrowed to Maturity

   4.25   06/01/10    346,837
290,000   

Maryland State Economic Development Corporation - University of Maryland College Park Project Callable 7/1/2011 @ 100 AMBAC Insured

   5.38   07/01/12    306,980
500,000   

Maryland State Economic Development Corporation - University of Maryland College Park Project Callable 6/1/2016 @ 100 CIFG Insured

   5.00   06/01/22    477,185
245,000   

Maryland State Economic Development Corporation - University of Maryland/Baltimore Series A

   4.50   10/01/11    233,588
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Adventist Health Care Series A Callable 1/1/2013 @ 101

   5.00   01/01/14    515,425
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Board of Child Care

   4.50   07/01/12    529,915
450,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Bullis School Callable 1/1/2011 @ 101 FSA Insured

   5.00   07/01/13    470,178
100,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Bullis School Callable 1/1/2011 @ 101 FSA Insured

   5.00   07/01/15    103,629
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Carroll County General Hospital

   4.63   07/01/10    253,830
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Carroll County General Hospital Callable 7/1/2012 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/13    526,225
270,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Edenwald Series A

   4.80   01/01/12    270,626
450,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Frederick Memorial Hospital

   4.20   07/01/11    459,909
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Goucher College Callable 7/1/2014 @ 100

   4.50   07/01/19    252,468
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Greater Baltimore Medical Center Callable 7/1/2011 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/20    505,140
2,000,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Greater Baltimore Medical Center(b)

   0.42   07/01/25          2,000,000
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins Health System Mandatory Tender 11/15/2011 @ 100

   5.00   05/15/42    266,573
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins Health System Mandatory Tender 5/15/2013 @ 100

   5.00   05/15/46    541,580
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins Hospital

   5.00   05/15/10    508,710
900,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins Hospital

   5.00   05/15/11    949,050
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins Hospital Callable 5/15/2011 @ 100

   4.60   05/15/14    513,560
100,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins Hospital Callable 5/15/2011 @ 100

   4.70   05/15/15    102,119
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins University Series A

   5.00   07/01/10    514,035
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins University Series A Callable 7/1/2011 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/12    266,390
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins University Series A

   5.00   07/01/13    284,995
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins University Series A Callable 7/1/2011 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/13    266,390
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Johns Hopkins University Series A

   5.00   07/01/18    582,525
235,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Kennedy Krieger Institute

   3.88   07/01/10    236,100
535,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Kennedy Krieger Institute Callable 7/1/2010 @ 100(a)

   5.30   07/01/12    535,722
200,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Kennedy Krieger Institute

   4.38   07/01/13    202,544
1,000,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Lifebridge Health Series A Escrowed to Maturity

   5.00   07/01/10    1,027,290
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Lifebridge Health Series A Prerefunded 7/1/2014 @ 100

   4.00   07/01/17    553,205
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Lifebridge Health

   5.00   07/01/17    544,015
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Lifebridge Health Callable 7/1/2017 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/18    271,663
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Medstar Health

   4.38   08/15/13    262,373
200,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Mercy Ridge Series A Callable 7/1/2017 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/26    186,934
135,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Mercy Ridge Series A Callable 7/1/2017 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/27    125,438
200,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Mercy Ridge Callable 7/1/2017 @ 100

   4.50   07/01/35    164,852
1,000,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Peninsula Regional Medical Center Callable 7/1/2016 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/26    1,020,190

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

32


Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Rate


   

Maturity


  

Value $


Municipal Bonds — Continued                
Revenue Bonds — Continued                
430,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Sheppard Pratt Series A

   3.30   07/01/10    432,984
750,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - University of Maryland Medical System

   5.00   07/01/12    793,950
400,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - University of Maryland Medical System AMBAC Insured

   4.00   07/01/13    426,560
500,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - University of Maryland Medical System Callable 7/1/2018 @ 100 AMBAC Insured

   5.50   07/01/24    534,895
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Washington Christian Academy Callable 1/1/2017 @ 100

   5.25   07/01/18    171,725
250,000   

Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities - Western Medical Health Series A Callable 7/1/2016 @ 100 NATL-RE FHA 242 Insured

   5.00   01/01/25    258,630
500,000   

Maryland State Industrial Development Financing Authority - National Aquarium Baltimore Facility Series B Callable 11/1/2012 @ 100

   4.50   11/01/14    530,705
500,000   

Maryland State Transportation Authority FSA Insured

   5.00   07/01/10    513,975
570,000   

Maryland State Transportation Authority Callable 7/1/2018 @ 100

   5.00   07/01/21    644,881
200,000   

Maryland State Transportation Authority Grant & Revenue

   5.00   03/01/15    233,606
100,000   

Maryland State Transportation Authority Grant & Revenue

   4.50   03/01/18    114,123
500,000   

Maryland State Transportation Authority Grant & Revenue Callable 3/1/2017 @ 100

   4.00   03/01/19    538,405
500,000   

Maryland State Transportation Authority Grant & Revenue Callable 3/1/2017 @ 100

   5.00   03/01/19    571,690
1,000,000   

Maryland State Transportation Authority Grant & Revenue

   5.25   03/01/19    1,198,360
1,715,000   

Maryland State Water Quality Financing

   5.00   03/01/15    1,972,662
500,000   

Maryland State Water Quality Financing Series A

   5.00   09/01/15    589,480
500,000   

Maryland State Water Quality Financing - Administrative Revolving Loan Fund

   5.00   03/01/17    578,550
350,000   

Maryland State Water Quality Financing - Administrative Revolving Loan Fund

   5.00   03/01/18    405,090
300,000   

Maryland State Water Quality Financing - Administrative Revolving Loan Fund Callable 3/1/2018 @ 100

   4.00   03/01/19    319,404
265,000   

Maryland State Water Quality Financing - Administrative Revolving Loan Fund, Series A, Callable 3/1/2018 @ 100(a)

   5.00   03/01/19    306,798
200,000   

Montgomery County Maryland - Housing Opportunity Commission Series A FHA VA Insured

   3.45   07/01/11    206,172
200,000   

Montgomery County Maryland - Housing Opportunity Commission Housing Development Series A Multi-Family Revenue Callable 7/1/2010 @ 100

   5.40   07/01/11    204,148
400,000   

Queen Annes County Maryland - Public Facilities Callable 11/15/2015 @ 100 NATL-RE Insured

   5.00   11/15/17    454,988
440,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series A

   5.00   04/01/10    447,053
425,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series B

   3.50   10/01/12    456,799
500,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series A

   5.00   04/01/13    566,160
1,000,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series D

   3.00   04/01/15    1,055,990
500,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series B

   3.75   10/01/15    552,025
500,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series B

   4.00   10/01/16    557,495
250,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series A Callable 10/1/2016 @ 100

   5.00   10/01/19    282,998
500,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series A Callable 4/1/2017 @ 100

   4.00   04/01/20    529,915
510,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series A Prerefunded 4/1/2012 @ 100

   5.13   04/01/21    562,382
100,000   

University of Maryland System Auxiliary Facility & Tuition Revenue Series A Callable 10/1/2016 @ 100

   5.00   10/01/22    110,517
940,000   

Washington County Maryland - Public Improvement Callable 7/1/2017 @ 100 AMBAC Insured(a)

   4.25   07/01/22    1,003,704
500,000   

Westminster Maryland Educational Facilities Revenue - McDaniel College, Inc. Callable 11/1/2016 @ 100

   4.38   11/01/24    468,145
1,115,000   

Worcester County Maryland - Consolidated Public Improvement Project

   5.00   03/01/13    1,261,701
                    
                     54,731,849
                    

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $162,523,353)

                168,639,904
                    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

33


Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares


  

Security Description


            

Value $


Short Term Investment — 4.8%                 
Money Market Fund — 4.8%                 
8,674,612   

Cash Account Trust-Tax Exempt Portfolio, 0.20%(c) (Cost $8,674,612)

               8,674,612
                   

Total Investments — 99.1% (Cost $172,441,222)*

               178,648,955

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — 0.9%

               1,612,231
                   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%              $ 180,261,186
                   

 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

General Obligation Bonds

   63.2%

Revenue Bonds

   31.1%

Money Market Fund

   4.8%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   0.9%
    
     100.0%
    
(a) Continuously callable with 30 days notice.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate disclosed is as of November 30, 2009.
(c) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 6,620,874   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (413,141
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 6,207,733   
    


 

AMBAC   American Municipal Bond Insurance Assurance Corp.
CIFG   CDC IXIS Financial Guarantee
FGIC   Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FHA   Federal Housing Administration
FHA VA   Federal Housing Authority/Veterans Administration
FSA   Federal Financial Security Assurance
NATL-RE   National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. Reinsured
RADIAN   Radian Asset Assurance
XLCA   XL Capital Assurance

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

34


Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Rate


   

Maturity


  

Value $


Corporate Bonds & Notes — 20.7%                
2,000,000   

America Movil SAB de CV

   5.50   03/01/14    2,152,728
1,000,000   

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., MTN

   6.75   06/05/12    1,088,085
2,500,000   

Barrick NA Finance LLC

   6.80   09/15/18    2,867,717
1,350,000   

Block Financial LLC

   5.13   10/30/14    1,405,293
2,500,000   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN

   6.13   02/17/14    2,821,450
2,500,000   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   4.95   06/01/14    2,710,108
2,500,000   

Comcast Corp.

   6.50   01/15/17    2,784,392
2,500,000   

Consolidated Natural Gas Co., Series A

   5.00   12/01/14    2,684,570
2,500,000   

E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

   5.75   03/15/19    2,790,087
2,145,000   

FIA Card Services NA NT(a)

   7.13   11/15/12    2,345,695
2,500,000   

FPL Group Capital, Inc.

   6.00   03/01/19    2,791,672
3,000,000   

General Electric Co.

   5.00   02/01/13    3,216,711
2,565,000   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., MTN

   3.63   08/01/12    2,667,646
2,500,000   

GTE Corp.

   6.84   04/15/18    2,757,973
575,000   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

   6.13   03/01/14    656,300
2,750,000   

ICI Wilmington, Inc.

   5.63   12/01/13    2,899,446
2,000,000   

Kraft Foods, Inc.

   6.00   02/11/13    2,178,192
2,500,000   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   5.90   06/15/19    2,805,060
2,500,000   

ONEOK Partners LP

   6.15   10/01/16    2,653,093
1,500,000   

PACCAR, Inc.

   6.88   02/15/14    1,728,641
2,000,000   

PPL Energy Supply LLC

   6.50   05/01/18    2,164,446
2,500,000   

Spectra Energy Capital LLC, Series B

   6.75   07/15/18    2,768,738
1,000,000   

Staples, Inc.

   7.38   10/01/12    1,100,853
2,500,000   

Starbucks Corp.

   6.25   08/15/17    2,710,720
1,166,000   

W.R. Berkley Corp.

   6.15   08/15/19    1,138,880
2,000,000   

Weatherford International, Ltd.

   5.15   03/15/13    2,117,960
                    

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $55,434,577)

                  60,006,456
                    
US Government & Agency Obligations — 68.4%                
Bond — 0.3%                
640,000   

FFCB

   5.20   03/20/13    716,545
                    
FHLB Notes — 4.5%                
7,000,000   

FHLB

   5.25   06/05/17    7,946,694
3,473,037   

FHLB, Series 00-0606-Y

   5.27   12/28/12    3,683,295
1,259,290   

FHLB, Series TQ-2015-A

   5.07   10/20/15    1,328,451
                    
                     12,958,440
                    
FHLMC Note — 1.0%                
3,000,000   

FHLMC, Callable 3/16/2010 @ 100

   2.13   03/16/11    3,012,831
                    
FNMA Notes — 4.4%                
5,000,000   

FNMA, Callable 4/1/2010 @ 100

   2.00   04/01/11    5,029,500
7,600,000   

FNMA, Callable 1/27/2010 @ 100

   3.22   01/27/16    7,607,463
                    
                     12,636,963
                    
Mortgage Backed Securities — 41.6%                
459,517   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-C6-A2

   5.00   06/10/44    461,152
1,106,733   

FHLMC, Pool # 1B0889(b)

   4.52   05/01/33    1,148,987
1,766,464   

FHLMC, Pool # 1J0203(b)

   5.25   04/01/35    1,847,440
1,735,482   

FHLMC, Pool # A40782

   5.00   12/01/35    1,823,781
16,344   

FHLMC, Pool # C00210

   8.00   01/01/23    18,737
  2,083,529   

FHLMC, Pool # C90993

   5.50   10/01/26    2,234,269
938,548   

FHLMC, Pool # E93051

   5.50   12/01/17    1,014,962
20,342   

FHLMC, Pool # G10543

   6.00   06/01/11    21,912
36,303   

FHLMC, Pool # G10682

   7.50   06/01/12    38,116
29,795   

FHLMC, Pool # G10690

   7.00   07/01/12    31,433
3,329,698   

FHLMC, Pool # G11649

   4.50   02/01/20    3,523,410
8,586,751   

FHLMC, Pool # G18309

   4.50   05/01/24    9,005,803
3,171,552   

FHLMC, Pool # G30412

   6.00   03/01/28    3,434,581

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

35


Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

Shares/
Face
Amount $


  

Security Description


  

Rate


   

Maturity


  

Value $


US Government & Agency Obligations — Continued                  
Mortgage Backed Securities — Continued                  
558,355   

FHLMC, Pool # M80814

   5.00   05/01/10      570,949
749,221   

FHLMC, Pool # M80931

   5.50   08/01/11      777,621
1,291,102   

FHLMC REMIC, Series 2782-PA

   4.00   11/15/33      1,343,224
2,759,672   

FHLMC REMIC, Series R005-VA

   5.50   03/15/16      2,972,856
251,339   

FNMA, Pool # 254089

   6.00   12/01/16      272,941
1,752,111   

FNMA, Pool # 255276

   4.00   06/01/11      1,781,890
3,477,399   

FNMA, Pool # 256752

   6.00   06/01/27      3,759,101
3,418,899   

FNMA, Pool # 257048

   6.00   01/01/28      3,695,861
33,653   

FNMA, Pool # 409589

   9.50   11/01/15      36,895
166,304   

FNMA, Pool # 433646

   6.00   10/01/13      180,182
72,141   

FNMA, Pool # 539082

   7.00   08/01/28      80,489
195,807   

FNMA, Pool # 625536

   6.00   01/01/32      212,355
118,918   

FNMA, Pool # 628837

   6.50   03/01/32      129,656
916,158   

FNMA, Pool # 663238

   5.50   09/01/32      979,681
1,018,319   

FNMA, Pool # 725544

   5.50   12/01/17      1,102,659
139,442   

FNMA, Pool # 741373(b)

   2.78   12/01/33      142,780
243,550   

FNMA, Pool # 744805(b)

   4.27   11/01/33      250,066
263,844   

FNMA, Pool # 764342(b)

   2.65   02/01/34      270,152
2,409,492   

FNMA, Pool # 768005

   4.00   09/01/13      2,479,244
664,155   

FNMA, Pool # 805440

   7.00   11/01/34      734,797
4,153,558   

FNMA, Pool # 831413

   5.50   04/01/36      4,427,271
1,114,082   

FNMA, Pool # 848817

   5.00   01/01/36      1,170,939
2,161,203   

FNMA, Pool # 866920(b)

   5.38   02/01/36      2,213,774
3,149,188   

FNMA, Pool # 871084

   5.50   11/01/36      3,356,715
5,236,460   

FNMA, Pool # 888218

   5.00   03/01/37      5,501,249
2,560,430   

FNMA, Pool # 889584

   5.50   01/01/37      2,732,758
5,262,772   

FNMA, Pool # 909932

   6.00   03/01/37      5,652,443
3,340,944   

FNMA, Pool # 944581

   5.00   07/01/22      3,558,141
6,016,951   

FNMA, Pool # 981257

   5.00   05/01/23      6,401,196
9,715,644   

FNMA, Pool # AA7001

   5.00   06/01/39      10,205,409
9,208,989   

FNMA, Pool # AA7686

   4.50   06/01/39      9,468,890
7,332,342   

FNMA, Pool # AA8753

   5.00   06/01/39      7,702,699
3,870,161   

GNMA, Pool # 4221

   5.50   08/20/38      4,132,826
55,945   

GNMA, Pool # 487110

   6.50   04/15/29      61,067
7,832   

GNMA, Pool # 571166

   7.00   08/15/31      8,754
126,187   

GNMA, Pool # 781186

   9.00   06/15/30      146,477
636,941   

GNMA, Pool # 781450

   5.00   06/15/17      681,016
6,276,914   

GNMA, Series 2008-1-PA

   4.50   12/20/36      6,536,598
                    

                       120,336,204
                    

U.S. Treasury Securities — 16.6%                  
10,500,000   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

   2.50   07/15/16      12,507,833
10,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

   2.13   01/15/19      10,981,711
6,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Note/Bond

   4.25   08/15/15      6,639,378
10,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Note/Bond

   4.00   08/15/18      10,706,260
7,500,000   

U.S. Treasury Note/Bond

   2.75   02/15/19      7,253,910
                    

                       48,089,092
                    

Total US Government & Agency Obligations (Cost $189,168,290)

                197,750,075
                    

Yankee Dollar — 0.8%                  
2,000,000   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (Cost $2,071,960)

   5.25   05/15/14      2,191,986
                    

Short Term Investment — 4.9%                  
Money Market Fund — 4.9%                  
14,187,410   

Western Asset/Citi Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves , Class A, 0.03%(c) (Cost $14,187,410)

                14,187,410
                    

Total Investments — 94.8% (Cost $260,862,237)*

                274,135,927

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net — 5.2%

                15,072,245
                    

NET ASSETS — 100.0%               $ 289,208,172
                    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

36


Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund

Schedule of Investments

November 30, 2009

 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

% of Net Assets

 

US Government & Agency Obligations

   68.4%

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   20.7%

Money Market Fund

   4.9%

Yankee Dollars

   0.8%

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   5.2%
    
     100.0%
    
(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. At November 30, 2009, the value of these securities amounted to $2,345,695 or 0.8% of net assets.
(b) Variable rate security. Rate disclosed is as of November 30, 2009.
(c) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day net yield of the fund as of November 30, 2009.
* Cost for Federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial statement purposes and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 13,408,193   

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (134,503
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

   $ 13,273,690   
    


 

BKNT   Bank Note
FFCB   Federal Farm Credit Bank
FHLB   Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC   Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA   Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA   Government National Mortgage Association
LP   Limited Partnership
MTN   Medium Term Note

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

37


Statements of Assets and Liabilities

November 30, 2009

 

    BROWN
ADVISORY
GROWTH
EQUITY
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
VALUE
EQUITY
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
FLEXIBLE
VALUE
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP
GROWTH
FUND


 

ASSETS

                               

Investments:

                               

Total investments, at cost

  $ 67,262,001      $ 122,998,886      $ 15,876,444      $ 119,969,126   

Net unrealized appreciation

    18,332,074        25,142,100        1,354,517        22,618,582   
   


 


 


 


Total investments, at market value

    85,594,075        148,140,986        17,230,961        142,587,708   

Cash

                  50          

Foreign currency (Cost $594,954)

                           

Receivables:

                               

Investment securities sold

                  109,637          

Fund shares sold

    176,558        7,178        1,490        144,416   

Interest and dividends

    20,214        572,328        14,932        25,012   

Reclaims

                           

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    10,016        14,000        22,264        15,429   
   


 


 


 


Total Assets

    85,800,863        148,734,492        17,379,334        142,772,565   
   


 


 


 


LIABILITIES

                               

Payables:

                               

Payable to custodian

    3        1,193               371,631   

Investment securities purchased

    1,425,182               157,175          

Fund shares redeemed

    100,855        37,337               21,319   

Distributions

                           

Accrued Liabilities:

                               

Investment advisor fees

    51,248        90,753        5,445        117,217   

Administration, accounting, and transfer agent fees

    11,857        18,517        4,834        23,509   

Custodian fees

    1,642        2,712        1,400        2,522   

Shareholder service fees:

                               

Institutional Shares

    1,516        3,649        45        2,685   

Distribution fees:

                               

A Shares

    2,435        2,577        242        1,416   

D Shares

                         1,612   

Compliance services fees

    1,488        2,146        696        2,099   

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    418        694        289        728   

Other expenses

    12,713        20,739        9,135        20,161   
   


 


 


 


Total Liabilities

    1,609,357        180,317        179,261        564,899   
   


 


 


 


NET ASSETS

  $ 84,191,506      $ 148,554,175      $ 17,200,073      $ 142,207,666   
   


 


 


 


COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS

                               

Paid-in capital

  $ 79,099,901      $ 189,014,190      $ 22,823,472      $ 154,770,570   

Accumulated net investment income (loss)

    (198,189     573,513        4,538        (672,699

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

    (13,042,280     (66,175,628     (6,982,454     (34,508,787

Unrealized appreciation

    18,332,074        25,142,100        1,354,517        22,618,582   
   


 


 


 


NET ASSETS

  $ 84,191,506      $ 148,554,175      $ 17,200,073      $ 142,207,666   
   


 


 


 


COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

                               

Institutional Shares:

                               

Net assets

  $ 78,380,057      $ 142,147,260      $ 15,962,752      $ 130,991,906   

Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)

    8,026,029        13,628,984        2,095,930        12,841,430   

Net asset value per share

  $ 9.77      $ 10.43      $ 7.62      $ 10.20   

A Shares:

                               

Net assets

  $ 5,811,449      $ 6,406,915      $ 1,237,321      $ 3,477,790   

Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)

    604,978        611,442        162,330        348,176   

Net asset value per share

  $ 9.61      $ 10.48      $ 7.62      $ 9.99   

Maximum offering price per share

  $ 9.96 (a)    $ 10.86 (a)    $ 8.00 (b)    $ 10.35 (a) 

D Shares:

                               

Net assets

  $      $      $      $ 7,737,970   

Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)

                         386,743   

Net asset value per share

  $      $      $      $ 20.01   
(a) Computation of maximum offering price per share 100/96.50 of net asset value.
(b) Computation of maximum offering price per share 100/95.25 of net asset value.
(c) Computation of maximum offering per price per share 100/98.50 of net asset value.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

38


Statements of Assets and Liabilities

November 30, 2009

 

BROWN
ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP
VALUE FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP
FUNDAMENTAL
VALUE FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
OPPORTUNITY
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
CORE
INTERNATIONAL
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
MARYLAND
BOND
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
INTERMEDIATE
INCOME
FUND


 
                                             
                                             
$ 55,599,022      $ 22,206,483      $ 13,261,427      $ 101,436,735      $ 172,441,222      $ 260,862,237   
  10,790,636        2,854,136        3,930,468        7,429,437        6,207,733        13,273,690   



 


 


 


 


 


  66,389,658        25,060,619        17,191,895        108,866,172        178,648,955        274,135,927   
                              276        13,536,132   
                       596,936                 
                                             
  7,540                                    45,910   
  1,699        26,947        419        9,925               66,012   
  62,894        7,630        21,028        230,034        2,006,445        2,144,923   
                       314,430                 
  13,967        7,068        8,034        12,590        5,083        23,003   



 


 


 


 


 


  66,475,758        25,102,264        17,221,376        110,030,087        180,660,759        289,951,907   



 


 


 


 


 


                                             
                                             
                                       
  164,916        95,027                               
                39,724        52,819        5,000        185   
                              291,109        584,124   
                                             
  55,294        15,509        11,114        92,038        51,548        82,472   
  10,640        2,982        6,784        14,864        21,415        35,084   
  3,924               959        28,146        1,273        1,562   
                                             
         415        320        3,018        4,348        5,339   
                                             
  195                                    6,372   
                                       
  1,755        986        710        2,055        2,323        3,442   
  357        135        125        503        1,011        1,421   
  11,248        8,019        7,135        12,050        21,546        23,734   



 


 


 


 


 


  248,329        123,073        66,871        205,493        399,573        743,735   



 


 


 


 


 


$ 66,227,429      $ 24,979,191      $ 17,154,505      $ 109,824,594      $ 180,261,186      $ 289,208,172   



 


 


 


 


 


                                             
$ 98,898,155      $ 21,699,265      $ 136,763,612      $ 227,519,591      $ 174,343,571      $ 278,596,282   
  (11,200     (40,723     (30,500     (9,949            56,660   
  (43,450,162     466,513        (123,509,075     (125,137,051     (290,118     (2,718,460
  10,790,636        2,854,136        3,930,468        7,452,003        6,207,733        13,273,690   



 


 


 


 


 


$ 66,227,429      $ 24,979,191      $ 17,154,505      $ 109,824,594      $ 180,261,186      $ 289,208,172   



 


 


 


 


 


                                             
                                             
$ 65,753,784      $ 24,979,191      $ 17,154,505      $ 109,824,594      $ 180,261,186      $ 258,174,934   
  6,975,496        2,086,405        1,522,826        17,891,876        16,718,795        23,191,400   
$ 9.43      $ 11.97      $ 11.26      $ 6.14      $ 10.78      $ 11.13   
                                             
$ 473,645      $      $      $      $      $ 31,033,238   
  50,984                                    2,833,214   
$ 9.29      $      $      $      $      $ 10.95   
$ 9.63 (a)    $      $      $      $      $ 11.12 (c) 
                                             
$      $      $      $      $      $   
                                       
$      $      $      $      $      $   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

39


Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended November 30, 2009

 

     BROWN
ADVISORY
GROWTH
EQUITY
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
VALUE
EQUITY
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
FLEXIBLE
VALUE
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP
GROWTH
FUND


 

INVESTMENT INCOME

                                

Dividend income

   $ 238,352      $ 1,891,872      $ 124,501      $ 184,274   

Less: foreign taxes withheld

     (14,706     (26,481     (413       

Interest income

                            
    


 


 


 


Total Investment Income

     223,646        1,865,391        124,088        184,274   
    


 


 


 


EXPENSES

                                

Investment advisor fees

     269,786        500,543        66,967        639,260   

Administration, accounting, and transfer agent fees

     61,799        93,768        25,901        113,592   

Shareholder service fees:

                                

Institutional Shares

     11,675        25,032        38        25,201   

Distribution fees:

                                

A Shares

     13,988        14,307        1,365        7,920   

D Shares

                          9,544   

Custodian fees

     13,631        9,765        3,000        12,112   

Insurance fees

     1,803        3,703        413        3,387   

Registration fees

     12,600        13,794        13,634        17,976   

Audit fees

     10,683        8,488        9,971        9,313   

Legal fees

     13,545        25,051        3,269        23,841   

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     1,028        1,941        18        1,849   

Compliance service fees

     7,023        10,728        3,501        10,439   

Miscellaneous expenses

     4,623        8,294        1,264        8,017   
    


 


 


 


Total Expenses

     422,184        715,414        129,341        882,451   
    


 


 


 


Fees waived and expenses reimbursed

     (349            (41,276     (11
    


 


 


 


Net Expenses

     421,835        715,414        88,065        882,440   
    


 


 


 


NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     (198,189     1,149,977        36,023        (698,166
    


 


 


 


NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

                                

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                

Investments

     (1,015,163     7,920,804        (741,447     5,249,355   

Written options

                            

Foreign currency transactions

                   892          
    


 


 


 


Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,015,163     7,920,804        (740,555     5,249,355   
    


 


 


 


Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                                

Investments

     16,531,102        22,151,467        4,075,494        17,731,679   

Written options

                            

Foreign currency translations

                            
    


 


 


 


Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     16,531,102        22,151,467        4,075,494        17,731,679   
    


 


 


 


NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     15,515,939        30,072,271        3,334,939        22,981,034   
    


 


 


 


INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 15,317,750      $ 31,222,248      $ 3,370,962      $ 22,282,868   
    


 


 


 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

40


Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended November 30, 2009

 

BROWN
ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP
VALUE FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP
FUNDAMENTAL
VALUE FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
OPPORTUNITY
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
CORE
INTERNATIONAL
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
MARYLAND
BOND
FUND


    BROWN
ADVISORY
INTERMEDIATE
INCOME
FUND


                                           
$ 486,238      $ 122,069      $ 104,850      $ 1,476,593      $ 13,511      $ 9,988
                (4,618     (61,326           
  188        8,820               442        2,565,380        5,424,776



 


 


 


 


 

  486,426        130,889        100,232        1,415,709        2,578,891        5,434,764



 


 


 


 


 

                                           
  321,885        101,695        87,154        563,298        306,477        454,341
  56,408        13,504        29,215        85,053        125,426        178,206
                                           
  8,171        4,567        2,245        26,118        33,895        45,295
                                           
  1,159                                    37,480
                                    
  8,460        21,194        3,836        79,669        11,015        15,527
  1,877        386        856        3,555        5,041        6,920
  13,338        11,545        9,124        9,311        1,841        13,622
  9,729        10,614        10,894        10,957        11,007        13,791
  12,034        3,033        3,538        22,023        34,273        47,329
  934        274        219        1,732        2,463        3,701
  8,940        3,948        3,569        11,845        13,329        16,081
  4,155        1,291        950        7,543        11,621        16,545



 


 


 


 


 

  447,090        172,051        151,600        821,104        556,388        848,838



 


 


 


 


 

  (40     (19,509     (20,868                  



 


 


 


 


 

  447,050        152,542        130,732        821,104        556,388        848,838



 


 


 


 


 

  39,376        (21,653     (30,500     594,605        2,022,503        4,585,926



 


 


 


 


 

                                           
                                           
  (1,112,043     863,795        326,648        (5,480,607     (206,400     314,683
         11,263                            
                       29,388              



 


 


 


 


 

  (1,112,043     875,058        326,648        (5,451,219     (206,400     314,683



 


 


 


 


 

                                           
  9,059,656        1,439,200        2,902,461        24,309,950        2,865,490        8,966,267
         37,949                            
                       (38,022           



 


 


 


 


 

  9,059,656        1,477,149        2,902,461        24,271,928        2,865,490        8,966,267



 


 


 


 


 

  7,947,613        2,352,207        3,229,109        18,820,709        2,659,090        9,280,950



 


 


 


 


 

$ 7,986,989      $ 2,330,554      $ 3,198,609      $ 19,415,314      $ 4,681,593      $ 13,866,876



 


 


 


 


 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

41


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     BROWN ADVISORY
GROWTH EQUITY FUND


     BROWN ADVISORY
VALUE EQUITY FUND


 
     Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Year Ended
May 31,
2009


     Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Year Ended
May 31,
2009


 

OPERATIONS

                                   

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (198,189    $ (268,867    $ 1,149,977       $ 2,945,918   

Net realized gains (losses)

     (1,015,163      (11,798,709      7,920,804         (64,311,566

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     16,531,102         (8,667,262      22,151,467         (9,184,291
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

     15,317,750         (20,734,838      31,222,248         (70,549,939
    


  


  


  


DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM

                                   

Net investment income:

                                   

Institutional Shares

                     (1,700,692      (2,928,785

A Shares

                     (62,026      (95,330

Net realized gain:

                                   

Institutional Shares

             (189,725                

A Shares

             (14,861                
    


  


  


  


Total Distributions to Shareholders

             (204,586      (1,762,718      (3,024,115
    


  


  


  


CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                   

Sale of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     15,039,399         17,632,715         15,507,247         36,473,473   

A Shares

     368,831         1,287,902         215,877         1,584,256   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                   

Institutional Shares

             188,814         252,588         334,956   

A Shares

             13,456         55,683         82,985   

Redemption of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     (3,583,975      (15,385,247      (10,989,990      (53,792,988

A Shares

     (499,217      (634,518      (251,659      (716,060

Redemption fees:

     1,973                 281           
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

     11,327,011         3,103,122         4,790,027         (16,033,378
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     26,644,761         (17,836,302      34,249,557         (89,607,432

NET ASSETS

                                   

Beginning of period

     57,546,745         75,383,047         114,304,618         203,912,050   
    


  


  


  


End of period*

   $ 84,191,506       $ 57,546,745       $ 148,554,175       $ 114,304,618   
    


  


  


  


*Accumulated net investment income (loss)

   $ (198,189    $       $ 573,513       $ 1,186,254   
    


  


  


  


SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                   

Sale of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     1,674,788         2,311,597         1,642,611         4,055,011   

A Shares

     42,896         162,043         22,105         159,088   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                   

Institutional Shares

             27,890         26,138         37,259   

A Shares

             2,014         5,668         9,110   

Redemption of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     (386,717      (2,145,431      (1,138,883      (6,061,479

A Shares

     (53,516      (83,374      (27,323      (87,960
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

     1,277,451         274,739         530,316         (1,888,971
    


  


  


  


 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

42


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

       BROWN ADVISORY FLEXIBLE VALUE FUND

 
       Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Period Ended
May 31,
2009(a)


     Year Ended
October 31,
2008


 

OPERATIONS

                            

Net investment income (loss)

     $ 36,023       $ 81,704       $ 79,820   

Net realized gains (losses)

       (740,555      (2,548,066      (3,693,833

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       4,075,494         2,092,419         (4,896,839
      


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

       3,370,962         (373,943      (8,510,852
      


  


  


DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM

                            

Net investment income:

                            

Institutional Shares

       (42,685      (68,198      (63,543

A Shares

       (1,832      (474      (53

Net realized gain:

                            

Institutional Shares

                         (37,071

A Shares

                         (1,900

Return of capital

                            

Institutional Shares

               (5,700        

A Shares

               (40        
      


  


  


Total Distributions to Shareholders

       (44,517      (74,412      (102,567
      


  


  


CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                            

Sale of shares:

                            

Institutional Shares

       1,701,565         1,015,256         12,575,508   

A Shares

       45,313         175,849         1,121,766   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                            

Institutional Shares

       37,538         65,941         100,614   

A Shares

       1,448         382         1,707   

Redemption of shares:

                            

Institutional Shares

       (1,289,333      (4,592,208      (1,239,926

A Shares

       (43,858      (254,888      (435,875
      


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

       452,673         (3,589,668      12,123,794   
      


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

       3,779,118         (4,038,023      3,510,375   

NET ASSETS

                            

Beginning of period

       13,420,955         17,458,978         13,948,603   
      


  


  


End of period*

     $ 17,200,073       $ 13,420,955       $ 17,458,978   
      


  


  


*Accumulated net investment income (loss)

     $ 4,538       $ 13,032       $   
      


  


  


SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                            

Sale of shares:

                            

Institutional Shares

       252,434         194,963         1,559,355   

A Shares

       5,885         32,177         134,717   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                            

Institutional Shares

       5,437         12,310         10,587   

A Shares

       205         72         180   

Redemption of shares:

                            

Institutional Shares

       (177,319      (858,080      (155,682

A Shares

       (6,768      (45,086      (50,894
      


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

       79,874         (663,644      1,498,263   
      


  


  


(a) Effective November 1, 2008, the Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to May 31. The information presented is for the period November 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

43


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

       BROWN ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND


     BROWN ADVISORY
SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND


 
       Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Year Ended
May 31,
2009


     Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Year Ended
May 31,
2009


 

OPERATIONS

                                     

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (698,166    $ (1,180,746    $ 39,376       $ (68,681

Net realized gains (losses)

       5,249,355         (37,855,117      (1,112,043      (41,966,039

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       17,731,679         (20,442,152      9,059,656         4,685,889   
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

       22,282,868         (59,478,015      7,986,989         (37,348,831
      


  


  


  


DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM

                                     

Net investment income:

                                     

Institutional Shares

                       (50,530        

A Shares

                       (46        

Net realized gain:

                                     

Institutional Shares

               (4,133,675              (2,206,234

A Shares

               (110,586              (14,111

D Shares

               (164,961                

Return of capital

                                     

Institutional Shares

                               (48,464
      


  


  


  


Total Distributions to Shareholders

               (4,409,222      (50,576      (2,268,809
      


  


  


  


CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                     

Sale of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       18,456,526         24,028,629         5,762,532         19,681,604   

A Shares

       427,116         569,036         6,810         17,832   

D Shares

               7,041                   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                     

Institutional Shares

               4,114,755         9,183         2,204,509   

A Shares

               102,988         43         13,152   

D Shares

               151,015                   

Redemption of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       (2,835,573      (33,381,560      (6,480,086      (46,676,763

A Shares

       (111,641      (265,146      (21,701      (126,402

D Shares

       (564,169      (1,474,877                

Redemption fees:

       150                           
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

       15,372,409         (6,148,119      (723,219      (24,886,068
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

       37,655,277         (70,035,356      7,213,194         (64,503,708

NET ASSETS

                                     

Beginning of period

       104,552,389         174,587,745         59,014,235         123,517,943   
      


  


  


  


End of period*

     $ 142,207,666       $ 104,552,389       $ 66,227,429       $ 59,014,235   
      


  


  


  


*Accumulated net investment income (loss)

     $ (672,699    $ 25,467       $ (11,200    $   
      


  


  


  


SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                     

Sale of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       1,926,861         2,785,608         632,073         2,402,755   

A Shares

       45,385         63,683         745         2,256   

D Shares

               315                   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                     

Institutional Shares

               567,553         1,093         301,602   

A Shares

               14,444         5         1,821   

D Shares

               10,597                   

Redemption of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       (295,687      (4,193,460      (711,168      (5,819,941

A Shares

       (11,567      (37,185      (2,344      (16,695

D Shares

       (29,708      (83,733                
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

       1,635,284         (872,178      (79,596      (3,128,202
      


  


  


  


 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

44


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

       BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP
FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND


     BROWN ADVISORY
OPPORTUNITY FUND


 
       Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Period Ended
May 31,
2009(a)


     Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Year Ended
May 31,
2009


 

OPERATIONS

                                     

Net investment loss

     $ (21,653    $ (9,771    $ (30,500    $ (177,276

Net realized gains (losses)

       875,058         (408,545      326,648         (10,281,416

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       1,477,149         1,376,987         2,902,461         (1,444,010
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

       2,330,554         958,671         3,198,609         (11,902,702
      


  


  


  


DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM

                                     

Net investment income:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       (11,193                        

Return of capital:

                                     

Institutional Shares

               (6,385                
      


  


  


  


Total Distributions to Shareholders

       (11,193      (6,385                
      


  


  


  


CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                     

Sale of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       9,123,341         14,183,396         1,196,618         5,455,069   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       177         87                   

Redemption of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       (1,083,452      (516,005      (3,778,036      (6,755,119
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

       8,040,066         13,667,478         (2,581,418      (1,300,050
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

       10,359,427         14,619,764         617,191         (13,202,752

NET ASSETS

                                     

Beginning of period

       14,619,764                 16,537,314         29,740,066   
      


  


  


  


End of period*

     $ 24,979,191       $ 14,619,764       $ 17,154,505       $ 16,537,314   
      


  


  


  


*Accumulated net investment loss

     $ (40,723    $ (7,877    $ (30,500    $   
      


  


  


  


SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                     

Sale of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       780,592         1,452,161         113,629         497,255   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       17         9                   

Redemption of shares:

                                     

Institutional Shares

       (89,230      (57,144      (350,747      (707,019
      


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

       691,379         1,395,026         (237,118      (209,764
      


  


  


  


(a) See Note 1 for dates of commencement of operations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

45


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     BROWN ADVISORY
CORE INTERNATIONAL FUND


     BROWN ADVISORY
MARYLAND BOND FUND


 
     Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Year Ended
May 31,
2009


     Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


     Year Ended
May 31,
2009


 

OPERATIONS

                                   

Net investment income

   $ 594,605       $ 3,088,686       $ 2,022,503       $ 3,421,863   

Net realized gains (losses)

     (5,451,219      (119,420,179      (206,400      (4,590

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     24,271,928         (21,699,557      2,865,490         2,634,062   
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

     19,415,314         (138,031,050      4,681,593         6,051,335   
    


  


  


  


DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM

                                   

Net investment income:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     (1,555,394      (5,376,245      (2,022,503      (3,421,863

Net realized gain:

                                   

Institutional Shares

             (55,806,783                
    


  


  


  


Total Distributions to Shareholders

     (1,555,394      (61,183,028      (2,022,503      (3,421,863
    


  


  


  


CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                   

Sale of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     9,888,493         57,815,789         25,762,614         106,540,487   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     35,548         55,822,484         223,545         371,958   

Redemption of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     (26,831,610      (141,694,678      (19,362,557      (32,574,305

Redemption fees:

     52                 8,901         602   
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

     (16,907,517      (28,056,405      6,632,503         74,338,742   
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     952,403         (227,270,483      9,291,593         76,968,214   

NET ASSETS

                                   

Beginning of period

     108,872,191         336,142,674         170,969,593         94,001,379   
    


  


  


  


End of period*

   $ 109,824,594       $ 108,872,191       $ 180,261,186       $ 170,969,593   
    


  


  


  


*Accumulated net investment income (loss)

   $ (9,949    $ 950,840       $       $   
    


  


  


  


SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                                   

Sale of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     1,826,493         7,654,435         2,412,590         10,165,894   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     6,123         11,175,963         20,921         35,777   

Redemption of shares:

                                   

Institutional Shares

     (4,678,275      (19,929,759      (1,816,937      (3,124,038
    


  


  


  


Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

     (2,845,659      (1,099,361      616,574         7,077,633   
    


  


  


  


 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

46


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     BROWN ADVISORY
INTERMEDIATE
INCOME FUND


 
     Six Months Ended
November 30,
2009


    Year Ended
May 31,
2009


 

OPERATIONS

                

Net investment income

   $ 4,585,926      $ 7,137,408   

Net realized gains (losses)

     314,683        (2,661,196

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     8,966,267        3,000,052   
    


 


Increase in Net Assets from Operations

     13,866,876        7,476,264   
    


 


DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM

                

Net investment income:

                

Institutional Shares

     (4,377,146     (6,222,981

A Shares

     (544,497     (937,513

Net realized gain:

                

Institutional Shares

            (248,824

A Shares

            (42,302
    


 


Total Distributions to Shareholders

     (4,921,643     (7,451,620
    


 


CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                

Sale of shares:

                

Institutional Shares

     79,100,676        109,903,560   

A Shares

     3,254,084        7,026,302   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                

Institutional Shares

     700,291        1,182,094   

A Shares

     324,523        636,037   

Redemption of shares:

                

Institutional Shares

     (20,272,151     (62,818,832

A Shares

     (1,651,872     (3,087,150

Redemption fees:

     10,195        196   
    


 


Increase from Capital Share Transactions

     61,465,746        52,842,207   
    


 


Increase in Net Assets

     70,410,979        52,866,851   

NET ASSETS

                

Beginning of period

     218,797,193        165,930,342   
    


 


End of period*

   $ 289,208,172      $ 218,797,193   
    


 


*Accumulated net investment income

   $ 56,660      $ 392,337   
    


 


SHARE TRANSACTIONS

                

Sale of shares:

                

Institutional Shares

     7,263,578        10,253,326   

A Shares

     304,013        665,722   

Reinvestment of distributions:

                

Institutional Shares

     63,927        110,914   

A Shares

     30,140        60,605   

Redemption of shares:

                

Institutional Shares

     (1,859,294     (5,872,794

A Shares

     (153,157     (292,611
    


 


Increase from Capital Share Transactions

     5,649,207        4,925,162   
    


 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

47


Financial Highlights

 

These financial highlights reflect selected per share data and ratios for a share outstanding of each Fund throughout each period.

 

                          Distributions

           
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
    Net
Realized
And
Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    from Net
Investment
Income
    from Net
Realized
Gains
   

from

Return
of
Capital

    Total
Distributions
to
Shareholders
    Redemption
Fees(a)
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period

BROWN ADVISORY GROWTH EQUITY FUND

  

                                         

Year/Period Ended

                                                           

Institutional Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

  $ 7.83   (0.02   1.96      1.94                          (g)    $ 9.77

May 31, 2009

    10.66   (0.03   (2.77   (2.80        (0.03        (0.03          7.83

May 31, 2008

    10.87   (0.04   (0.17   (0.21                              10.66

May 31, 2007

    8.97   (0.02   1.92      1.90                                 10.87

May 31, 2006

    8.50   (0.01   0.48      0.47                                 8.97

May 31, 2005

    8.33   0.03      0.17      0.20      (0.03             (0.03          8.50

A Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

    7.72   (0.04   1.93      1.89                                 9.61

May 31, 2009

    10.55   (0.07   (2.73   (2.80        (0.03        (0.03          7.72

May 31, 2008

    10.83   (0.10   (0.18   (0.28                              10.55

May 31, 2007

    8.98   (0.08   1.93      1.85                                 10.83

May 31, 2006 (f)

    8.94   (g)    0.04      0.04                                 8.98
                                                             

BROWN ADVISORY VALUE EQUITY FUND

  

                                         

Year/Period Ended

                                                           

Institutional Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

  $ 8.34   0.08      2.13      2.21      (0.12             (0.12   (g)    $ 10.43

May 31, 2009

    13.07   0.20      (4.72   (4.52   (0.21             (0.21          8.34

May 31, 2008

    16.03   0.19      (1.98   (1.79   (0.20   (0.97        (1.17          13.07

May 31, 2007

    13.69   0.20      2.85      3.05      (0.20   (0.51        (0.71          16.03

May 31, 2006

    13.66   0.21      0.88      1.09      (0.17   (0.89        (1.06          13.69

May 31, 2005

    13.44   0.14      1.00      1.14      (0.12   (0.80        (0.92          13.66

A Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

    8.37   0.06      2.15      2.21      (0.10             (0.10          10.48

May 31, 2009

    13.11   0.16      (4.74   (4.58   (0.16             (0.16          8.37

May 31, 2008

    16.05   0.11      (2.00   (1.89   (0.08   (0.97        (1.05          13.11

May 31, 2007

    13.68   0.12      2.85      2.97      (0.09   (0.51        (0.60          16.05

May 31, 2006 (f)

    13.96   0.05      (0.33   (0.28                              13.68
                                                             

BROWN ADVISORY FLEXIBLE VALUE FUND

  

                                         

Year/Period Ended

                                                           

Institutional Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

  $ 6.16   0.02      1.46      1.48      (0.02             (0.02        $ 7.62

May 31, 2009 (h)

    6.14   0.03      0.02      0.05      (0.03        (g)    (0.03          6.16

October 31, 2008

    10.38   0.04      (4.20   (4.16   (0.05   (0.03        (0.08          6.14

October 31, 2007 (f)

    10.00   0.01      0.38      0.39      (0.01             (0.01          10.38

A Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

    6.17   0.01      1.45      1.46      (0.01             (0.01          7.62

May 31, 2009 (h)

    6.14   0.02      0.01      0.03      (g)         (g)    (g)           6.17

October 31, 2008

    10.36   0.02      (4.21   (4.19        (0.03        (0.03          6.14

October 31, 2007 (f)

    10.41   (0.02   (0.03   (0.05                              10.36
                                                             

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

48


Financial Highlights

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 
          Ratios to Average Net Assets

       
Total
Return(b)(c)
    Net Assets at
End of Period
(000’s Omitted)
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(d)
    Net
Expenses(d)
    Gross
Expenses(d)(e)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(c)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
24.62   $ 78,380   (0.51 )%    1.14   1.14   14
(26.26 )%      52,792   (0.42 )%    1.13   1.13   70
(1.93 )%      69,738   (0.41 )%    1.06   1.06   56
21.18     71,355   (0.25 )%    1.09   1.09   29
5.53     52,938   (0.13 )%    1.09   1.11   38
2.45     44,288   0.41   0.98   1.09   40
                                 
24.32     5,811   (0.97 )%    1.59   1.60   14
(26.54 )%      4,755   (0.89 )%    1.60   1.66   70
(2.59 )%      5,645   (0.96 )%    1.60   1.67   56
20.60     3,988   (0.77 )%    1.60   2.07   29
0.45     1,825   (0.51 )%    1.49   7.00   38
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
26.68   $ 142,147   1.74   1.05   1.05   32
(34.73 )%      109,188   2.17   1.06   1.06   108
(11.60 )%      196,954   1.33   0.97   0.97   47
22.85     216,826   1.38   0.99   0.99   39
8.26     158,306   1.51   0.99   0.99   75
8.67     133,454   1.04   0.99   1.03   78
                                 
26.54     6,407   1.27   1.51   1.51   32
(35.04 )%      5,116   1.67   1.58   1.58   108
(12.15 )%      6,958   0.75   1.56   1.56   47
22.14     5,711   0.81   1.60   1.86   39
(2.01 )%      2,120   4.11   1.56   4.84   75
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
24.06   $ 15,963   0.47   1.10   1.62   13
0.88     12,416   1.06   1.14   2.18   16
(40.37 )%      16,379   0.46   1.10   3.07   27
3.93     12,997   0.12   1.10   5.06   19
                                 
23.71     1,237   0.22   1.35   1.87   13
0.55     1,005   0.79   1.42   2.70   16
(40.55 )%      1,080   0.24   1.35   4.32   27
(0.48 )%      951   (0.17 )%    1.35   12.67   19
                                 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

These financial highlights reflect selected per share data and ratios for a share outstanding of each Fund throughout each period.

 

                          Distributions

           
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
    Net
Realized
And
Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    from Net
Investment
Income
    from Net
Realized
Gains
   

from

Return
of
Capital

    Total
Distributions
to
Shareholders
    Redemption
Fees(a)
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period

BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND

  

                                         

Year/Period Ended

                                                           

Institutional Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

  $ 8.47   (0.05   1.78      1.73                          (g)    $ 10.20

May 31, 2009

    13.17   (0.09   (4.25   (4.34        (0.36        (0.36          8.47

May 31, 2008

    13.92   (0.12   0.39      0.27           (1.02        (1.02          13.17

May 31, 2007

    11.38   (0.08   2.62      2.54                                 13.92

May 31, 2006

    10.32   (0.11   1.17      1.06                                 11.38

May 31, 2005

    10.11   (0.12   0.33      0.21                          (g)      10.32

A Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

    8.32   (0.07   1.74      1.67                                 9.99

May 31, 2009

    12.99   (0.13   (4.18   (4.31        (0.36        (0.36          8.32

May 31, 2008

    13.83   (0.20   0.38      0.18           (1.02        (1.02          12.99

May 31, 2007

    11.37   (0.14   2.60      2.46                                 13.83

May 31, 2006 (f)

    12.11   (0.02   (0.72   (0.74                              11.37

D Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

    16.64   (0.12   3.49      3.37                                 20.01

May 31, 2009

    25.32   (0.23   (8.09   (8.32        (0.36        (0.36          16.64

May 31, 2008

    25.93   (0.32   0.73      0.41           (1.02        (1.02          25.32

May 31, 2007

    21.28   (0.24   4.89      4.65                                 25.93

May 31, 2006

    19.38   (0.31   2.21      1.90                                 21.28

May 31, 2005 (i)

    19.09   (0.28   0.57      0.29                          (g)      19.38
                                                             

BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP VALUE FUND

  

                                         

Year/Period Ended

                                                           

Institutional Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

  $ 8.31   0.01      1.12      1.13      (0.01             (0.01        $ 9.43

May 31, 2009

    12.07   (0.01   (3.47   (3.48        (0.28   (g)    (0.28          8.31

May 31, 2008

    15.72   (0.03   (2.25   (2.28   (0.02   (1.35        (1.37          12.07

May 31, 2007

    14.09   0.12      2.30      2.42      (0.08   (0.71        (0.79          15.72

May 31, 2006 (j)

    13.08   0.07      1.94      2.01      (0.09   (0.91        (1.00   (g)      14.09

May 31, 2005 (j)

    11.31   0.07      2.07      2.14      (0.06   (0.31        (0.37          13.08

A Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

    8.20   (0.02 )(m)    1.11      1.09      (g)              (g)           9.29

May 31, 2009

    11.98   (0.05   (3.45   (3.50        (0.28        (0.28          8.20

May 31, 2008

    15.67   (0.11   (2.23   (2.34        (1.35        (1.35          11.98

May 31, 2007

    14.08   0.04      2.28      2.32      (0.02   (0.71        (0.73          15.67

May 31, 2006 (f)

    14.94   (g)    (0.86   (0.86                       (g)      14.08
                                                             

BROWN ADVISORY SMALL-CAP FUNDAMENTAL VALUE FUND

  

                                   

Year/Period Ended

                                                           

Institutional Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

  $ 10.48   (0.01   1.51      1.50      (0.01             (0.01        $ 11.97

May 31, 2009 (f)

    10.00   (0.01   0.50      0.49                (0.01   (0.01          10.48
                                                             

BROWN ADVISORY OPPORTUNITY FUND

  

                                   

Year/Period Ended

                                                           

Institutional Shares

                                                           

November 30, 2009

  $ 9.40   (0.02   1.88      1.86                               $ 11.26

May 31, 2009

    15.10   (0.10   (5.60   (5.70                              9.40

May 31, 2008

    15.38   (0.14   (0.14   (0.28                       (g)      15.10

May 31, 2007

    12.55   (0.06   2.89      2.83                                 15.38

May 31, 2006

    12.39   (0.16   0.32      0.16                                 12.55

May 31, 2005 (l)

    12.49   (0.16   0.06 (m)    (0.10                       (g)      12.39
                                                             

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 
          Ratios to Average Net Assets

       
Total
Return(b)(c)
    Net Assets at
End of Period
(000’s Omitted)
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(d)
    Net
Expenses(d)
    Gross
Expenses(d)(e)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(c)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
20.28   $ 130,992   (1.06 )%    1.35   1.35   32
(32.47 )%      95,007   (0.96 )%    1.35   1.35   90
1.87     158,648   (0.94 )%    1.25   1.25   81
22.32     147,362   (0.68 )%    1.27   1.27   65
10.27     122,211   (1.01 )%    1.25   1.26   80
2.08     106,643   (1.19 )%    1.23   1.25   22
                                 
20.07     3,478   (1.52 )%    1.81   1.81   32
(32.69 )%      2,615   (1.46 )%    1.85   1.93   90
1.21     3,553   (1.55 )%    1.85   2.07   81
21.64     1,160   (1.12 )%    1.85   5.11   65
(6.11 )%      370   (1.55 )%    1.80   11.69   80
                                 
20.25     7,738   (1.27 )%    1.56   1.56   32
(32.61 )%      6,931   (1.26 )%    1.65   1.65   90
1.50     12,387   (1.29 )%    1.59   1.59   81
21.85     13,845   (1.06 )%    1.63   1.63   65
9.80     13,982   (1.44 )%    1.68   1.69   80
1.52     15,281   (1.49 )%    1.53   1.80   22
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
13.57   $ 65,754   0.13   1.38   1.38   33
(28.52 )%      58,583   (0.09 )%    1.37   1.37   76
(14.97 )%      122,737   (0.25 )%    1.26   1.27   65
17.71     145,656   0.86   1.27   1.27   58
15.79     113,999   0.50   1.26   1.28   48
19.09     85,004   0.58   1.23   1.35   57
                                 
13.30     474   (0.34 )%    1.84   1.86   33
(28.94 )%      431   (0.57 )%    1.85   2.38   76
(15.39 )%      781   (0.84 )%    1.85   2.55   65
16.96     873   0.30   1.85   5.22   58
(5.76 )%      182   (0.29 )%    1.80   41.84   48
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
14.30   $ 24,979   (0.21 )%    1.50   1.69   48
4.86     14,620   (0.22 )%    1.50   2.91   29
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
19.79   $ 17,155   (0.35 )%    1.50   1.74   8
(37.75 )%      16,537   (0.96 )%    1.50   1.67   151
(1.82 )%      29,740   (0.91 )%    1.50   1.70   131
22.55     17,903   (0.45 )%    1.50   1.97   118
1.29 %(k)      18,650   (1.15 )%    1.50   1.75   96
(0.80 )%      20,442   (1.31 )%    1.50   1.50   16
                                 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

These financial highlights reflect selected per share data and ratios for a share outstanding of each Fund throughout each period.

 

                        Distributions

           
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized
And
Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    from Net
Investment
Income
    from Net
Realized
Gains
   

from

Return
of
Capital

  Total
Distributions
to
Shareholders
    Redemption
Fees(a)
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period

BROWN ADVISORY CORE INTERNATIONAL FUND

  

                                       

Year/Period Ended

                                                       

Institutional Shares

                                                       

November 30, 2009

  $ 5.25   0.03   0.94      0.97      (0.08          (0.08   (g)    $ 6.14

May 31, 2009

    15.39   0.14   (7.16   (7.02   (0.26   (2.86     (3.12          5.25

May 31, 2008

    17.69   0.39   (0.51   (0.12   (0.36   (1.82     (2.18          15.39

May 31, 2007

    15.60   0.20   2.63      2.83      (0.16   (0.58     (0.74          17.69

May 31, 2006

    12.92   0.15   3.35      3.50      (0.13   (0.69     (0.82          15.60

May 31, 2005

    13.69   0.21   1.34      1.55      (0.19   (2.13     (2.32          12.92
                                                         

BROWN ADVISORY MARYLAND BOND FUND

  

                                       

Year/Period Ended

                                                       

Institutional Shares

                                                       

November 30, 2009

  $ 10.62   0.12   0.16      0.28      (0.12          (0.12   (g)    $ 10.78

May 31, 2009

    10.42   0.31   0.21      0.52      (0.32          (0.32   (g)      10.62

May 31, 2008

    10.29   0.37   0.13      0.50      (0.37          (0.37          10.42

May 31, 2007

    10.28   0.32   0.01      0.33      (0.32          (0.32          10.29

May 31, 2006

    10.51   0.29   (0.23   0.06      (0.29          (0.29          10.28

May 31, 2005

    10.44   0.30   0.07      0.37      (0.30   (g)      (0.30          10.51
                                                         

BROWN ADVISORY INTERMEDIATE INCOME FUND

  

                                       

Year/Period Ended

                                                       

Institutional Shares

                                                       

November 30, 2009

  $ 10.76   0.19   0.39      0.58      (0.21          (0.21   (g)    $ 11.13

May 31, 2009

    10.76   0.42   0.02      0.44      (0.42   (0.02     (0.44   (g)      10.76

May 31, 2008

    10.46   0.49   0.35      0.84      (0.54          (0.54   (g)      10.76

May 31, 2007

    10.36   0.47   0.11      0.58      (0.48          (0.48          10.46

May 31, 2006

    10.76   0.43   (0.39   0.04      (0.44          (0.44   (g)      10.36

May 31, 2005

    10.71   0.41   0.06      0.47      (0.42          (0.42          10.76

A Shares

                                                       

November 30, 2009

    10.59   0.18   0.38      0.56      (0.20          (0.20          10.95

May 31, 2009

    10.60   0.39   0.02      0.41      (0.40   (0.02     (0.42          10.59

May 31, 2008

    10.28   0.45   0.35      0.80      (0.48          (0.48          10.60

May 31, 2007

    10.19   0.43   0.11      0.54      (0.45          (0.45          10.28

May 31, 2006

    10.59   0.39   (0.38   0.01      (0.41          (0.41          10.19

May 31, 2005

    10.55   0.37   0.06      0.43      (0.39          (0.39          10.59
                                                         

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 
          Ratios to Average Net Assets

       
Total
Return(b)(c)
    Net Assets at
End of Period
(000’s Omitted)
  Net
Investment
Income (Loss)(d)
    Net
Expenses(d)
    Gross
Expenses(d)(e)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(c)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
18.55   $ 109,825   1.06   1.46   1.46   30
(44.96 )%      108,872   1.79   1.40   1.40   64
(1.34 )%      336,143   2.41   1.26   1.26   124
18.62     353,177   1.24   1.24   1.24   33
27.89     287,710   1.06   1.31   1.31   35
11.44     195,690   1.56   1.33   1.36   78
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
2.69   $ 180,261   2.31   0.64   0.64   4
5.06     170,970   2.93   0.46   0.70   9
4.93     94,001   3.55   0.27   0.77   10
3.21     92,409   3.06   0.71   0.80   6
0.65     82,118   2.83   0.80   0.80   8
3.58     73,981   2.80   0.75   0.81   5
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
5.40   $ 258,175   3.55   0.63   0.63   11
4.24     190,708   3.97   0.63   0.63   32
7.70     142,412   4.54   0.58   0.58   56
5.72     128,463   4.46   0.60   0.60   25
0.42     111,564   4.09   0.60   0.61   33
4.31     96,484   3.77   0.60   0.64   39
                                 
5.29     31,033   3.35   0.84   0.84   11
3.97     28,090   3.73   0.87   0.87   32
7.47     23,519   4.25   0.86   0.86   56
5.39     18,428   4.16   0.90   0.90   25
0.06     15,525   3.71   0.97   0.97   33
4.09     16,823   3.48   0.88   1.07   39
                                 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(a) Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Total return does not include the effects of sales charges for A Shares.
(c) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(d) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(e) Reflects the expense ratio excluding any waivers and/or expense reimbursements for a Fund or share class.
(f) See Note 1 for dates of commencement of operations.
(g) Less than $0.01 per share.
(h) Effective November 1, 2008, the Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to May 31. The information presented is for the period November 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009.
(i) A Shares issued and outstanding as of April 25, 2006 were reclassified as D Shares.
(j) Shares issued and outstanding as for April 25, 2006 were reclassified as Institutional Shares.
(k) The Fund’s total return calculation includes a reimbursement by an affiliate. Excluding the effect of this payment from the Fund’s ending net assets value per share, total return for the year ended May 31, 2006, would have been (1.67%).
(l) Financial information is that of the Predecessor Fund.
(m) The amount shown for the year, for a share outstanding throughout the year does not accord with the aggregate net losses on investments for that year because of the sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market value of the investments of the Fund.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Note 1. Organization

 

Brown Advisory Growth Equity Fund (“Growth Equity Fund”), Brown Advisory Value Equity Fund (“Value Equity Fund”), Brown Advisory Flexible Value Fund (“Flexible Value Fund”), Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Fund (“Small-Cap Growth Fund”), Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund (“Small-Cap Value Fund”), Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund (“Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund”), Brown Advisory Opportunity Fund (“Opportunity Fund”), Brown Advisory Core International Fund (“Core International Fund”), and Brown Advisory Intermediate Income Fund (“Intermediate Income Fund”) (individually a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) are each a diversified series of Forum Funds (the “Trust”). Brown Advisory Maryland Bond Fund (“Maryland Bond Fund”) (individually included in the defined term, “Fund,” and collectively included in the defined term, “Funds”) is a non-diversified series of the Trust. The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust that is registered as an open-end, management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”). The Trust currently has twenty-seven investment portfolios, ten of which appear in this report. Under its Trust Instrument, the Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of a Fund’s shares of beneficial interest without par value.

 

The Funds commenced operations as follows:

 

     Commencement of Operations

 
     Institutional
Shares


   A Shares

    D Shares

 

Growth Equity Fund

   06/28/99    04/25/06        

Value Equity Fund

   01/28/03    04/25/06        

Flexible Value Fund

   11/30/06    01/24/07        

Small-Cap Growth Fund

   06/28/99    04/25/06 (1)   09/20/02 (1)

Small-Cap Value Fund

   10/31/03    04/25/06        

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

   12/31/08           

Opportunity Fund

   06/29/98           

Core International Fund

   01/28/03           

Maryland Bond Fund

   12/21/00           

Intermediate Income Fund

   11/02/95    05/13/91        

 


(1)

On April 25, 2006, all issued and outstanding Small-Cap Growth Fund A Shares were renamed as D Shares and the Fund began offering newly created A Shares. As of the same date, the Fund ceased the public offering of D Shares. This means that D Shares are closed to new investors and current shareholders may not purchase additional D Shares (except through a pre-established distribution reinvestment program).

 

The A Shares of Growth Equity Fund, Value Equity Fund, Small-Cap Growth Fund, and Small-Cap Value Fund have a maximum front-end sales charge of 3.50% of the purchase price; the A Shares of Flexible Value Fund have a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.75% of the purchase price; the A Shares of Intermediate Income Fund have a maximum front-end sales charge of 1.50% of the purchase price.

 

The investment objective of Growth Equity Fund and Small-Cap Growth Fund is to achieve capital appreciation by primarily investing in equity securities. The investment objective of Value Equity Fund is to achieve capital appreciation. The investment objective of Small-Cap Value Fund, Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund, and Opportunity Fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. Flexible Value Fund’s investment objective is to achieve long-term growth of capital. Core International Fund’s investment objective is to seek maximum long-term total return consistent with reasonable risk to principal. Maryland Bond Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income exempt from both Federal and Maryland State income taxes without undue risk. Intermediate Income Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of principal within an intermediate-term maturity structure.

 

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

These financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and

 

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liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of increase and decrease in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Accounting Standards CodificationsTM (“ASC” or the “Codification”) 105, “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,” which establishes the Codification as the sole source of authoritative generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, the Funds have updated references to generally accepted accounting principles in these Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Security Valuation – Exchange traded securities and over-the-counter securities are valued using the last quoted sale or official closing price, provided by independent pricing services as of the close of trading on the market or exchange for which they are primarily traded, on each Fund business day. In the absence of a sale, such securities are valued at the mean of the last bid and asked price. Non-exchange traded securities for which quotations are available are generally valued at the mean of the current bid and asked prices provided by independent pricing services. Debt securities may be valued at prices based on broker or dealer supplied valuations or matrix pricing, a method of valuing securities by reference to the value of other securities with similar characteristics, such as rating, interest rate and maturity. Options traded on an exchange or board of trade are valued at the last quoted sales price or, in the absence of a sale, at the mean of the last bid and asked prices. Options not listed for trading on a securities exchange or board of trade for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available shall be valued at the mean of the current bid and asked prices. Shares of open-end mutual funds are valued at net asset value (“NAV”). Forward foreign currency contracts are generally valued at the mean of bid and asked prices for the time period interpolated from rates reported by an independent pricing service for proximate time periods. Short-term investments that mature in sixty days or less may be valued at amortized cost.

 

Each Fund values its investments at fair value pursuant to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) if (1) market quotations are insufficient or not readily available or (2) the advisor or a sub-advisor believes that the values available are unreliable. Fair valuation is based on subjective factors and as a result, the fair value price of an asset may differ from the security’s market price and may not be the price at which the asset may be sold. Fair value estimates for securities for which no or limited observable market data is available are based on judgments regarding the current economic environment, financial reports, credit, collateral and other such factors. Fair valuation could result in a different NAV than a NAV determined by using market quotes.

 

Various data inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices of similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ Investments as of November 30, 2009:

 

    Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Total

Fund


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


Growth Equity Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 82,589,227   $   $   $   $   $   $ 82,589,227   $

Money Market Fund

            3,004,848                 3,004,848    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 82,589,227   $   $ 3,004,848   $   $   $   $ 85,594,075   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value Equity Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 144,429,141   $   $   $   $   $   $ 144,429,141   $

Money Market Fund

            3,711,845                 3,711,845    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 144,429,141   $   $ 3,711,845   $   $   $   $ 148,140,986   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flexible Value Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 16,617,371   $   $   $   $   $   $ 16,617,371   $

Money Market Fund

            613,590                 613,590    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 16,617,371   $   $ 613,590   $   $   $   $ 17,230,961   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small-Cap Growth Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 131,192,310   $   $   $   $   $   $ 131,192,310   $

Private Placement

                    336,015         336,015    

Money Market Fund

            11,059,383                 11,059,383    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 131,192,310   $   $ 11,059,383   $   $ 336,015   $   $ 142,587,708   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small-Cap Value Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 63,705,572   $   $   $   $ 0   $   $ 63,705,572   $

Corporate Bond

                    84,770         84,770    

Money Market Fund

            2,599,316                 2,599,316    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 63,705,572   $   $ 2,599,316   $   $ 84,770   $   $ 66,389,658   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 22,868,291   $   $   $   $   $   $ 22,868,291   $

Preferred Stock

    246,978                         246,978    

Investment Company

    458,162                         458,162    

Money Market Fund

            1,487,188                 1,487,188    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 23,573,431   $   $ 1,487,188   $   $   $   $ 25,060,619   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opportunity Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 16,048,856   $   $   $   $   $   $ 16,048,856   $

Money Market Fund

            1,143,039                 1,143,039    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 16,048,856   $   $ 1,143,039   $   $   $   $ 17,191,895   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core International Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Common Stock

  $ 106,647,221   $   $   $   $   $   $ 106,647,221   $

Preferred Stock

    973,912                         973,912    

Rights

            76,091                 76,091    

Exchanged Traded Fund

    567,501                         567,501    

Money Market Fund

            601,447                 601,447    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 108,188,634   $   $ 677,538   $   $   $   $ 108,866,172   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    Level 1

  Level 2

  Level 3

  Total

Fund


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


  Investment
Securities


  Other Financial
Instruments**


Maryland Bond Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Certificates of Participation

  $   $   $ 1,334,439   $   $   $   $ 1,334,439   $

Municipal Bonds

            168,639,904                 168,639,904    

Money Market Fund

            8,674,612                 8,674,612    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $   $   $ 178,648,955   $   $   $   $ 178,648,955   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate Income Fund*

                                               

Security Type

                                               

Corporate Bonds & Notes

  $   $   $ 60,006,456   $   $   $   $ 60,006,456   $

US Government & Agency Obligations

            197,750,075                 197,750,075    

Yankee Dollar

            2,191,986                 2,191,986    

Money Market Fund

            14,187,410                 14,187,410    
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

  $   $   $ 274,135,927   $   $   $   $ 274,135,927   $
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


* Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for further breakout of each security type by geographical region and/or industry type.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the schedules of portfolio investments, such as futures, forwards, written options, and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

 

As of November 30, 2009, Montagu Newhall Global Partners IV, LP (“Montagu Newhall”), a private placement security held in Small-Cap Growth Fund, First City Liquidating Trust Loans Assets Corp. (“FCLT”), a common stock held in Small-Cap Value Fund, and B&G Foods, Inc. (“B&G Foods”), a corporate bond held in Small-Cap Value Fund, are securities priced at fair value as determined by the Board’s pricing committee pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures. The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value are as follows: Montagu Newhall was fair valued based upon capital calls made to date and financial information received directly from Montagu Newhall, FCLT was priced based upon best available information and B&G

Foods, a newly acquired security for which there was limited information available, was priced using par value. There were no changes in the valuation techniques used since the annual report for Montagu Newhall and FCLT. B&G Foods is a new fair valued security for the period ended November 30, 2009.

 

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value.

 

     Brown Advisory
Small-Cap
Growth Fund


     Brown Advisory
Small-Cap
Value Fund


     Investments in Private
Placement


     Investments in
Common Stock


   Investments in
Corporate Bond


Balance as of May 31, 2009

   $ 321,433       $ 0    $

Accrued Accretion/(Amortization)

                 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

     (25,418          

Net Purchases/(Sales)

     40,000             

Transfers In/(Out)

                  84,770
    


  

  

Balance as of November 30, 2009

   $ 336,015       $ 0    $ 84,770
    


  

  

 

Security Transactions, Investment Income and Realized Gain and Loss – For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practical after a Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after

 

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exercising reasonable due diligence. Income and capital gains on some foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, which are accrued as applicable. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium and discount are amortized and accreted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Identified cost of investments sold is used to determine the gain and loss for both financial statement and Federal income tax purposes. Distributions deemed to be a return of capital are recorded as a reduction of the cost of the related investments.

 

Foreign Currency – Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars as follows: (1) assets and liabilities at the rate of exchange at the end of the respective period; and (2) purchases and sales of securities and income and expenses at the rate of exchange prevailing on the dates of such transactions. The portion of the results of operations arising from changes in the exchange rates and the portion due to fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities are not isolated. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

 

Core International Fund may enter into transactions to purchase or sell foreign currencies to protect the U.S. dollar value of its underlying portfolio securities against the effect of possible adverse movements in foreign exchange rates. Principal risks associated

with such transactions include the movement in value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparty to perform. Fluctuations in the value of such forward currency transactions are recorded daily as unrealized gain or loss; realized gain or loss includes net gain or loss on transactions that have terminated by settlement or by the Fund entering into offsetting commitments. These instruments involve market risk, credit risk, or both kinds of risks, in excess of the amount recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movement in currency and securities values and interest rates. The volume of foreign currency contracts will generally be representative of the volume of security trades throughout the reporting period that were denominated in foreign currencies.

 

Options – Each Fund, except Flexible Value Fund, Maryland Bond Fund and Intermediate Income Fund may invest in options. When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by a Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by a Fund on the expiration date as realized gain from investments. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether a Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by a Fund. A Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. Currently, most Funds do not have any intention of investing in options for purposes other than hedging or equitizing cash. Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund and Core International Fund may invest in options and futures for purposes of achieving their investment objective, portfolio management, risk mitigation, hedging, equitizing cash or for purposes of enhancing total return.

 

When a Fund purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium paid by a Fund is recorded as an investment and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option purchased. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if a Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a call option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If a put option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities. The activity, volume and premiums received for the period are listed in the table below.

 

     Small-Cap Fundamental
Value Fund


 
     Number of
Contracts


    Premiums
Received


 

Outstanding at 5/31/2009

   115      $ 20,701   

Options written

   345        63,978   

Options expired

   (120     (11,280

Options exercised

   (340     (73,399
    

 


Outstanding at 11/30/2009

        $   
    

 


 

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At November 30, 2009, Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund had no outstanding written options. No other Funds had options activity during the period.

 

Restricted Securities – Each Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale (“restricted securities”). Restricted securities may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration under the Federal securities laws or if the securities are registered to the public. The sale or other disposition of these securities may involve additional expenses and the prompt sale of these securities at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held by the Funds is included in the Schedules of Investments.

 

Securities Lending – Core International Fund may lend portfolio securities in order to earn additional income. The Fund receives collateral in the form of securities, letters of credit and/or cash against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Cash collateral is invested in cash equivalents. The Fund did not lend portfolio securities during the six-months ended November 30, 2009.

 

Distributions to Shareholders – Distributions to shareholders of net investment income, if any, are declared and paid quarterly for Growth Equity Fund, Value Equity Fund, Flexible Value Fund, Small-Cap Growth Fund, Small-Cap Value Fund, Opportunity Fund and Core International Fund. For Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund distributions of net investment income are declared and paid at least annually. For Maryland Bond Fund and Intermediate Income Fund, distributions of net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions to shareholders of net capital gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Distributions are based on amounts calculated in accordance with applicable Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are due primarily to differing treatments of income and gain on various investment securities held by a Fund, timing differences and differing characterizations of distributions made by the Fund.

 

Federal Taxes – Each Fund intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and distribute all its taxable income. In addition, by distributing in each calendar year substantially all its net investment income, capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, each Fund will not be subject to a Federal excise tax. Therefore, no Federal income or excise tax provision is required.

 

As of November 30, 2009, there are no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Funds’ Federal tax returns for the last three tax year ends, the last of which was May 31, 2009, remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Income and Expense Allocation – The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each of its series. Expenses that are directly attributable to more than one series or class are allocated among the respective series or classes in an equitable manner.

 

The Funds’ class specific expenses are charged to the operations of that class of shares. Income and expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class) and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on the class’ respective net assets to the total net assets of the Fund.

 

Redemption Fees – A shareholder who redeems or exchanges Institutional Shares of each Fund within fourteen days of purchase will incur a redemption fee of 1.00% of the current NAV of shares redeemed or exchanged, subject to certain exceptions. The fee is charged for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and will be paid to the Fund to help offset transaction costs. The fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital. Each Fund reserves the right to modify the terms of or terminate the fee at any time. There are limited exceptions to the imposition of the redemption fee.

 

Commitments and Contingencies – In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications by the Funds to the counterparty to the contract. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

 

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Derivatives – The Funds’ use of derivatives for the period ended November 30, 2009 was limited to writing options and foreign currency contracts. The description of the derivative instruments, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type and volume of use is outlined in the above sections. There were no open derivative positions as of November 30, 2009 and thus there was no disclosure on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The following tables are a summary of the impact of derivatives on the Statements of Operations during the period ended November 30, 2009.

 

Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments
under Statement 133


  

Location of Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in Income


  

Fund


   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives
Recognized in Income


   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
Recognized in Income


 

Foreign Currency Contracts

   Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions/Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translations   

Flexible Value Fund

Core International Fund

   $

 

892

29,388

   $

 


(38,022

  

Equity Contracts

   Net realized gain (loss) on written options/Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options    Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund   

$

11,263

  

$

37,949

  

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements – In September 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update 2009-12 (“ASU 2009-12”) to ASC 820-10-35, “Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share (or its Equivalent)”, which became effective for interim and annual periods ending after December 15, 2009. ASU 2009-12 permits a reporting entity to measure the fair value of an investment, that does not have a readily determinable fair value, based on the net asset value per share of the investment as a practical expedient. In using the net asset value per share as a practical expedient, certain attributes of the investment, that may negatively impact the fair value of the investment, are not considered in measuring fair value. Attributes include, but are not limited to, restrictions on the investor’s ability to redeem its investments at the measurement date, any unfunded commitments, and the investment strategies of the investees. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2009-12 will have on the Funds’ financial statement disclosures.

 

Note 3. Advisory Fees, Servicing Fees and Other Transactions

 

Investment Advisor – Brown Investment Advisory, Incorporated (the “Advisor” or “Brown”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown Investment Advisory & Trust Company (“BIAT”), is the investment advisor of each Fund. The Advisor does business under the name of Brown Advisory, Inc. Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement, the Advisor receives an advisory fee, accrued daily and payable monthly from each Fund at an annual rate of the Fund’s average annual daily net assets as follows:

 

Fund


   Annual Advisory Fee

 

Growth Equity Fund

   0.75

Value Equity Fund

   0.75

Flexible Value Fund

   0.85

Small-Cap Growth Fund

   1.00

Small-Cap Value Fund

   1.00

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

   1.00

Opportunity Fund

   1.00

Core International Fund

   1.00 %(1) 

Maryland Bond Fund

   0.35

Intermediate Income Fund

   0.35

(1)

The Advisor is also entitled to receive, with Board approval, a maximum annual fee of 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily net assets as reimbursement for consulting services costs incurred with respect to the Fund.

 

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Subject to the general oversight of the Board and the Advisor during the period of the report, the following sub-advisors (each a “Sub-Advisor”) made the investment decisions for the following Funds:

 

Fund


   Sub-Advisor

Small-Cap Value Fund

   Cardinal Capital Management, L.L.C.

Core International Fund

   Munder Capital Management

 

The sub-advisory fee, calculated as a percentage of each Fund’s assets, is paid by the Advisor.

 

Distribution – Foreside Fund Services, LLC serves as the Funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”). The Distributor is not affiliated with the Advisor, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi”) or its affiliated companies. The Distributor receives and may re-allow to certain institutions the sales charge paid on purchases of a Fund’s A Shares. Prior to the cessation of the public offering of D Shares of Small-Cap Growth Fund, the Distributor received and re-allowed the sales charge paid on purchases of D Shares to certain institutions.

 

Under a Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act (“Distribution Plan”), each Fund pays the Distributor or any other entity as authorized by the Board, as compensation for the distribution-related and/or shareholder services provided by such entities an aggregate fee equal to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of A Shares for each Fund, except Flexible Value Fund, Opportunity Fund and Intermediate Income Fund, which is equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of A Shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of D Shares. With respect to A Shares, up to 0.25% of average daily net assets can be used to pay for shareholder services. The Distributor may pay any or all amounts received under the Distribution Plan to other persons, including the Advisor, for any distribution or service activity.

 

The Trust has also adopted a Shareholder Service Plan under which each Fund may pay a fee of up to 0.05% of the average daily net assets of each Fund’s Institutional Shares for shareholder services provided to the Funds by financial institutions, including the Advisor.

 

For the period ended November 30, 2009, the Distributor did not retain any of the front-end sales charges assessed on the sale of A Shares. For the period ended November 30, 2009, the Distributor did not retain any commissions from contingent deferred sales charge assessed on redemptions of A Shares.

 

Other Service Providers – Citi provides administration, portfolio accounting and transfer agency services to each Fund. Certain employees of Citi are also officers of the Trust.

 

Foreside Compliance Services, LLC (“FCS”), an affiliate of the Distributor, provides the Funds with a Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer, as well as additional compliance support functions. Certain Trust officers are also officers or employees of FCS. In addition, the Principal Executive Officer is a control affiliate and an officer of the Distributor. Neither the Distributor or FCS, nor any of their officers or employees who serves as an officer of the Funds, has any role in determining any Fund’s investment policies or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Funds.

 

BIAT, the parent company of the Advisor, is the custodian for each Fund except Core International Fund and Intermediate Income Fund. Each of Core International Fund and Intermediate Income Fund have appointed Citibank, N.A. as custodian. Each custodian may employ sub-custodians to provide custody of each Fund’s domestic and/or foreign assets.

 

For its services, BIAT receives a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, of 0.011% of each Fund’s first $1 billion in assets; 0.0075% on Fund assets of $1-2 billion; 0.0050% on Fund assets of $2-6 billion; and 0.0025% on Fund assets greater than $6 billion. Each Fund also pays an annual maintenance fee of $3,600, plus certain other transaction fees.

 

Trustees and Officers – The Trust pays each independent Trustee an annual retainer fee of $16,000 for service to the Trust ($20,000 for the chairman), plus $1,500 for each regular Board meeting attended ($2,500 for the chairman), $500 for each short special Board meeting attended ($750 for the chairman) and $1,500 for each major special Board meeting attended ($2,250 for

 

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the chairman). In addition, a $3,000 annual stipend will be paid to each Trustee that serves as chairman of one or more Board committees. The amount of Trustees’ fees attributable to the Funds is disclosed in the Statements of Operations. Certain officers of the Trust are also officers or employees of the above named service providers, and during their terms of office received no compensation from the Funds.

 

Note 4. Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursements

 

During the period, the Advisor contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse certain expenses through September 30, 2010 to limit total annual operating expenses for Growth Equity Fund A Shares and Value Equity Fund A Shares to 1.60%, Small-Cap Growth Fund A Shares and Small-Cap Value Fund A Shares to 1.85%, and Opportunity Fund Institutional Shares to 1.50% for each of the class’ average daily net assets. The Advisor has voluntarily agreed to waive its fees through September 30, 2010 to limit total annual operating expenses for Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund Institutional Shares, Flexible Value Fund A Shares, and Flexible Value Fund Institutional Shares to 1.50%, 1.35% and 1.10% for each of the class’ average daily net assets, respectively. Voluntary waivers and expense reimbursements may be reduced or eliminated at any time. For the six-months ended November 30, 2009, fees waived and expenses reimbursed were as follows:

 

     Investment
Advisor
Waived and
Reimbursed


Growth Equity Fund

   $ 349

Flexible Value Fund

     41,276

Small-Cap Growth Fund

     11

Small-Cap Value Fund

     40

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

     19,509

Opportunity Fund

     20,868

 

Note 5. Security Transactions

 

The cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales of investment securities (including maturities), other than short-term investments for the six-months ended November 30, 2009, were as follows:

 

     Investment Securities

   US Government
Obligations


     Purchases

   Sales

   Purchases

   Sales

Growth Equity Fund

   $ 21,870,573    $ 9,310,817    $    $

Value Equity Fund

     43,573,085      40,580,868          

Flexible Value Fund

     2,335,166      2,012,773          

Small-Cap Growth Fund

     47,333,005      37,939,473          

Small-Cap Value Fund

     19,929,450      21,179,223          

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

     16,414,264      9,305,748          

Opportunity Fund

     1,280,508      4,279,332          

Core International Fund

     33,169,779      48,666,750          

Maryland Bond Fund

     17,917,247      6,410,786          

Intermediate Income Fund

     83,057,787      26,095,757      64,443,108      16,478,422

 

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Note 6. Federal Income Tax and Investment Transactions

 

As of May 31, 2009, distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Tax Exempt
Income


   Undistributed
Ordinary
Income


   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain


   Capital and
Other Losses


    Appreciation
(Depreciation)


    Total

 

Growth Equity Fund

   $    $    $    $ (10,728,733 )   $ 502,588      $ (10,226,145 )

Value Equity Fund

          1,167,923           (72,855,573 )     1,768,105        (69,919,545 )

Flexible Value Fund

                    (6,186,760 )     (2,763,084 )     (8,949,844 )

Small-Cap Growth Fund

                    (37,030,400 )     2,184,628        (34,845,772 )

Small-Cap Value Fund

                    (40,913,984 )     306,845        (40,607,139 )

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

                    (295,129 )     1,255,694        960,565   

Opportunity Fund

                    (123,228,836 )     421,120        (122,807,716 )

Core International Fund

          940,648           (109,834,274 )     (26,661,291 )     (135,554,917 )

Maryland Bond Fund

     327,632                (83,718 )     3,342,243        3,586,157   

Intermediate Income Fund

          988,874           (3,033,106 )     4,307,386        2,263,154   

 

The difference between components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of May 31, 2009, are primarily due to wash sales, post-October losses and dividend payables.

 

As of May 31, 2009, the capital loss carryovers available to offset future capital gains are as follows:

 

    Expiring
2010


  Expiring
2011


  Expiring
2012


  Expiring
2013


  Expiring
2014


  Expiring
2015


  Expiring
2016


  Expiring
2017


  Total Capital
Loss Carryovers


Growth Equity Fund

  $   $   $   $   $   $   $   $ 4,509,656   $ 4,509,656

Value Equity Fund

                                27,273,624     27,273,624

Flexible Value Fund

                            3,629,053         3,629,053

Small-Cap Growth Fund

                                11,479,190     11,479,190

Small-Cap Value Fund

                                6,306,553     6,306,553

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

                                   

Opportunity Fund

    20,954,523     35,701,503     22,922,793     458,257     32,106,135             6,595,707     118,808,918

Core International Fund

                                34,247,166     34,247,166

Maryland Bond Fund

                        74,523     4,432         78,955

Intermediate Income Fund

                                   

 

Note 7. Concentration of Risk

 

Core International Fund invests in foreign securities. Investments in foreign securities are vulnerable to the effects of changes in the relative values of the local currency and the U.S. dollar and to the effects of changes in each country’s legal, political, and economic environment.

 

Maryland Bond Fund is non-diversified and may focus its investments in the securities of a limited number of issuers. Concentration of Maryland Bond Fund in securities of a limited amount of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential monetary losses than if its assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of issues. Maryland Bond Fund invests a substantial amount of its assets in issuers located in Maryland and therefore, it is more susceptible to economic, environmental and political factors adversely affecting issuers of Maryland municipal securities than would be comparable tax-exempt mutual funds that invest nationally. These factors may have an adverse effect on the issuers’ ability to meet their continued obligations to pay interest and principal to investors and therefore impact the value of the Fund’s investments and NAV.

 

Investors in bond funds should anticipate fluctuations in price, especially for longer-term issues and in environments of rising interest rates. Generally bond prices fall when interest rates rise and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for longer-term securities.

 

Please refer to the Prospectus for a complete description of the risks associated with the Funds.

 

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Note 8. Subsequent Events

 

The Board resolved that effective January 1, 2010, the Brown Advisory Small-Cap Value Fund will be renamed the Brown Cardinal Small Companies Fund. In addition, the benchmark is changing effective January 1, 2010 from the Russell 2000 Value Index to the Russell 2000 Index to better reflect Small-Cap Value Fund’s investments.

 

In preparing these financial statements, management has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through January 27, 2010, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Management has determined that, except as set forth above, there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements through this date.

 

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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval

 

At the August 18, 2009 Board meeting, the Board, including the Trustees that are not interested persons of the Trust as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), considered the approval of the continuance of the investment advisory agreement pertaining to the Funds (the “Advisory Agreement”) and, as applicable, the sub-advisory agreements pertaining to certain Funds (the “Sub-Advisory Agreements”). In evaluating the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Funds, the Board reviewed materials furnished by the Advisor, Cardinal Capital Management, L.L.C. and Munder Capital Management (the “Sub-Advisors”) and the Funds’ administrator, including information regarding the Advisor and Sub-Advisors, their personnel, operations and financial condition. Specifically, the Board considered, among other matters: (1) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided to the Funds by the Advisor and Sub-Advisors, including information on the investment performance of the Advisor and any Sub-Advisors; (2) the costs of the services to be provided and profitability to the Advisor with respect to its relationship with the Funds; (3) the advisory fee and total expense ratios of the Funds compared to relevant peer groups of funds; (4) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow and whether the advisory fee would enable the Funds’ investors to share in the benefits of economies of scale; and (5) other benefits received by the Advisor and any Sub-Advisor from its relationship with the Funds. In their deliberations, the Board did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and each of the members of the Board may have attributed different weights to the various factors. In particular, the Board focused on the factors discussed below.

 

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

 

In connection with presentations from the Advisor, the Board discussed the Advisor’s and each Sub-Advisor’s personnel, operations and financial condition. The Board considered the scope and quality of services provided by the Advisor and Sub-Advisors under the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements. The Board considered the quality of the investment research capabilities of the Advisor and other resources dedicated to performing services for the Funds. The quality of supervisory and other services also were considered. With respect to Small-Cap Value Fund and Core International Fund, the Board noted that the Advisor recommended approval of a continuation of the Sub-Advisors for the Funds. The Board considered the professional experience and qualifications of each Fund’s portfolio manager.

 

Performance

 

Based on an explanation by the Advisor, the Board considered the Advisor’s approach to managing the Funds, as well as information regarding each Fund’s performance. In connection with the renewal of the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board also considered the performance of the Small-Cap Value Fund and the Core International Fund and concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided. The Board considered each Fund’s Institutional Shares performance as of the period ended June 30, 2009 for the following periods based on the length of time the Fund has been in existence:

 

more than 1 year, but less than 3 years – six months and one year;

more than 3 years, but less than 5 years – 1 year and 3 years;

more than 5 years, but less than 10 years – 1 year, 3 years and 5 years.

 

Growth Equity Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the top quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1-, 3- and 5- year periods and had outperformed its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, for the 1-, 3- and 5- year periods. The Board considered that the Advisor represented that (i) the Fund continues to pursue companies with strong, sustainable earnings growth, and (ii) this approach is aligned with the Advisor’s investment philosophy.

 

Value Equity Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the mid quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1- year period and the bottom quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 3- and 5- year periods and had underperformed its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, for the three periods. The Board considered that the Advisor represented that (i) the Fund continues to seek to achieve capital appreciation and (ii) its portfolio was well diversified across many industries.

 

Flexible Value Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the top quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1- year period and had outperformed its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, for the 1- year period.

 

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Small-Cap Growth Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the mid quartile in its Lipper peer group for the 1-year period, top quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 3-year period, and the mid quartile for the 5- year period and had underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index, for the 1-year period but outperformed the Russell 2000 Growth Index for the 3- year and 5- year periods. The Board considered that the Advisor represented that the Fund is employing a disciplined, long-term investment philosophy based on fundamental due diligence and valuation analyses.

 

Small-Cap Value Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the top quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1- year period and in the mid quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 3- and 5- year periods and had outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index, for the 1-year period, underperformed its benchmark for the 3- year period, and outperformed its benchmark for the 5- year period.

 

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the mid quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 6 month period and had outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index, for the 6 month period.

 

Opportunity Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the mid quartile of its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1- and 3- year periods and in the bottom quartile for the 5- year period. The Board noted that the Fund had underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, for the 1- year period, outperformed its benchmark for the 3- year period, and underperformed its benchmark for the 5- year period. The Board noted that the Advisor represented that the Fund seeks to implement the best ideas from the Advisor’s research team across market capitalization and investment strategy.

 

Core International Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the bottom quartile of its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1-, 3- and 5- year periods. The Board considered that the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI Europe, Australiasia and Far East Index, for the 1-, 3- and 5- year periods. The Board noted that the Advisor had replaced the Fund’s Sub-Advisors with a new Sub-Advisor in 2007.

 

Maryland Bond Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the top quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1- and 3- year periods and in the mid quartile for the 5- year period. The Board considered that the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Barclay Capital 1-10 Year Blended Municipal Bond Index, for the 1-, 3- and 5- year periods. In addition, the Board considered the Advisor’s explanation that the dominance of Maryland securities in the Fund tends to keep returns below the benchmark that is comprised of all states, since Maryland bonds are rated highly and consistently carry lower yields.

 

Intermediate Income Fund. The Board considered that the Fund had been ranked in the mid quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 1- year period and in the top quartile in its Lipper Inc. peer group for the 3- and 5- year periods. The Board considered that the Fund underperformed its benchmarks, the Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index, for the 1-, 3- and 5- year periods. The Board noted the Advisor’s representation that the Fund continues to pursue a high level of current income consistent with preservation of principal within an intermediate-term maturity structure.

 

Based on, among other things, the information described above, the Board concluded that in the context of all the factors presented the performance of each Fund was acceptable.

 

Compensation

 

The Board considered the Advisor’s compensation for providing advisory services to the Funds and analyzed comparative information on fees, expenses, and performance of similar mutual funds. While the Board considered the compensation for all of the Funds’ share classes, only the share class in existence the longest is reported here.

 

Growth Equity Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were lower than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also noted that the contractual and total expenses of the Fund were lower than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

Value Equity Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were higher than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also considered that the contractual and total expenses of the Fund were lower than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

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Flexible Value Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were lower than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also considered that the contractual and actual total expenses of the Fund were higher than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

Small-Cap Growth Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were higher than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also noted that the contractual and total expenses of the Fund were lower than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

Small-Cap Value Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were higher than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also noted that the contractual and total expenses of the Fund were higher than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were lower than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also noted that the contractual and actual total expenses of the Fund were higher than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

Opportunity Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were higher than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also noted that the contractual and total expenses of the Fund were higher than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group after taking into account the Fund’s contractual fee waivers and expense reimbursements.

 

Core International Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were higher than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also considered that the contractual and total expenses of the Fund were higher than the mean but lower than the median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

Maryland Bond Fund. The Board noted that the contractual investment advisory fee, absent waiver, was the same as the median and higher than the mean advisory fee rates of the Lipper Inc. peer group, while the total expenses of the Fund were lower than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

Intermediate Income Fund. The Board noted that the contractual and net investment advisory fee rates were lower than the mean and median advisory fee rates of its Lipper Inc. peer group. The Board also noted that the contractual and total expenses of the Fund were lower than the mean and median total expenses of its Lipper Inc. peer group.

 

The Board recognized that it was difficult to compare expense ratios because of variations in the services provided by the Advisor and, as applicable, Sub-Advisors to each Fund as compared to those that are included in the fees paid by other funds. Based on the foregoing, in the context of all the factors presented, the Board concluded that the Advisor’s advisory fee rates charged to the Funds were reasonable.

 

The sub-advisory fee is paid by the Advisor.

 

Costs of Services and Profitability

 

The Board then considered information provided by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisors regarding its costs of services and profitability with respect to each Fund. The Board considered the Advisor’s profitability analysis, which summarized total revenues, waivers, costs, net profits and profit percentages for each Fund. The Board concluded that the level of the Advisor’s returns attributable to management of each Fund was reasonable in light of the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund. The Board reviewed the Advisor’s and the Sub-Advisors’ financial statements and concluded that it appears to be financially able to provide investment advisory services to the Funds.

 

Economies of Scale

 

The Board then considered whether each Fund would benefit from any economies of scale, noting that the investment advisory fee rates for the Funds do not contain breakpoints. The Board considered the size of the Funds and concluded that it would not be necessary to consider the implementation of fee breakpoints at this time.

 

 

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Other Benefits

 

The Board considered that the Advisor and Sub-Advisors may benefit from soft dollar arrangements whereby they receive brokerage and research services from certain brokers and dealers that execute purchases and sales of securities on behalf of their clients, including the Funds. The Board also considered the Advisor’s and Sub-Advisors’ trading practices and brokerage allocation policies, including their policies with respect to soft dollar arrangements. The Board concluded that other benefits received by the Advisor and Sub-Advisors were not material factors with respect to renewing the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements.

 

Conclusion

 

Prior to voting, the Board reviewed a memorandum from legal counsel to the Funds discussing the legal standards applicable to its consideration of the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements. In connection therewith, the Board discussed the proposed approval of the continuance of the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements. Based upon its review, the Board concluded that the overall arrangements between the Funds and the Advisor and its Sub-Advisors, as provided in the Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements, were fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the Board considered relevant in the exercise of its reasonable judgment.

 

Proxy Voting Information

 

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in a Fund’s portfolio and each Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, are available, without charge and upon request, by calling 800-540-6807 or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov.

 

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

 

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N–Q. Each Fund’s Form N–Q is available, without charge and upon request, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330.

 

Shareholder Expense Example

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments on certain classes; redemption fees; and exchange fees, as applicable; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution/service (12b-1) fees, as applicable; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from June 1, 2009 through November 30, 2009.

 

Actual Expenses – Each “Actual Return” row in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in these lines, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – Each “Hypothetical Return” row in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not a Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information

 

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to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) for certain share classes, redemption fees, or exchange fees, as applicable. Therefore, each “Hypothetical Return” row in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
June 1, 2009


   Ending
Account Value
November 30, 2009


   Expenses Paid
During Period*


   Annualized
Expense
Ratio*


 

Growth Equity Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,246.20    $ 6.42    1.14

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,019.35      5.77    1.14

A Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,243.20      8.94    1.59

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.10      8.04    1.59

Value Equity Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,266.80      5.97    1.05

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,019.80      5.32    1.05

A Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,265.40      8.58    1.51

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.50      7.64    1.51

Flexible Value Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,240.60      6.18    1.10

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,019.55      5.57    1.10

A Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,237.10      7.57    1.35

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,018.30      6.83    1.35

Small-Cap Growth Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,202.80      7.45    1.35

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,018.30      6.83    1.35

A Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,200.70      9.99    1.81

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,015.99      9.15    1.81

D Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,202.50      8.61    1.56

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.25      7.89    1.56

Small-Cap Value Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,135.70      7.39    1.38

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,018.15      6.98    1.38

A Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,133.00      9.84    1.84

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,015.84      9.30    1.84

 

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Additional Information

November 30, 2009

 

     Beginning
Account Value
June 1, 2009


   Ending
Account Value
November 30, 2009


   Expenses Paid
During Period*


   Annualized
Expense
Ratio*


 

Small-Cap Fundamental Value Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,143.00    $ 8.06    1.50

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.55      7.59    1.50

Opportunity Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,197.90      8.26    1.50

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.55      7.59    1.50

Core International Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,185.50      8.00    1.46

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,017.75      7.38    1.46

Maryland Bond Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,026.90      3.25    0.64

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,021.86      3.24    0.64

Intermediate Income Fund

                           

Institutional Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,054.00      3.24    0.63

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,021.91      3.19    0.63

A Shares

                           

Actual Return

     1,000.00      1,052.90      4.32    0.84

Hypothetical Return (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,020.86      4.26    0.84

* Expenses are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in most recent fiscal half-year divided by 365 (to reflect the half-period).

 

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LOGO

 

INVESTMENT ADVISOR

Brown Investment Advisory, Incorporated

901 South Bond Street

Suite 400

Baltimore, Maryland 21231

www.brownadvisory.com

 

TRANSFER AGENT

Citigroup Fund Services, LLC

3435 Stelzer Road

Columbus, Ohio 43219

800-540-6807

 

DISTRIBUTOR

Foreside Fund Services, LLC

3 Canal Plaza, Suite 100

Portland, Maine 04101

www.foreside.com

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of each Fund. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which includes information regarding the Funds’ risks, objectives, fees and expenses, experience of their management, and other information.

 

120-SAR-1109


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a) Included as part of report to shareholders under Item 1.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The registrant does not accept nominees to the board of directors from shareholders.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a)(1)    Not applicable.

(a)(2)    Certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), are attached hereto.

(a)(3)    Not applicable.

(b)        Certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Forum Funds
By (Signature and Title)*     /s/ Richard J. Berthy
    Richard J. Berthy, Principal Executive Officer

Date January 29, 2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*     /s/ Richard J. Berthy
    Richard J. Berthy, Principal Executive Officer

Date January 29, 2010

 

By (Signature and Title)*     /s/ Trudance L.C. Bakke
    Trudance L. C. Bakke, Principal Financial Officer

Date January 29, 2010

EX-99.CERT 2 dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 Certifications Pursuant to Section 302

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Richard J. Berthy, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Forum Funds (Brown Advisory Funds) (the “registrant”);

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

January 29, 2010       /S/    RICHARD J. BERTHY        
Date       Richard J. Berthy
      Principal Executive Officer


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Trudance L.C. Bakke, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Forum Funds (Brown Advisory Funds) (the “registrant”);

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

January 29, 2010       /S/    TRUDANCE L. C. BAKKE        
Date       Trudance L.C. Bakke
      Principal Financial Officer
EX-99.906CERT 3 dex99906cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certifications Pursuant to Section 906

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

(SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (B) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18,

UNITED STATES CODE)

In connection with the attached Report of the Forum Funds (the “Trust”) on Form N-CSR to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Trust does hereby certify that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

Dated: January 29, 2010

 

/S/    RICHARD J. BERTHY        

Richard J. Berthy

Principal Executive Officer

Dated: January 29, 2010

 

/S/    TRUDANCE L.C. BAKKE        

Trudance L.C. Bakke

Principal Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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