(a)
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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
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3
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ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
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6
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EXPENSE EXAMPLES
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7
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INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
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9
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SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS
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11
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
|
17
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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18
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
19
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
21
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
23
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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32
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NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY & PRACTICES
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33
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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David B. Smith, CFA
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Doug Butler
|
Chief Investment Officer
|
Director of Research
|
Bright Rock Capital Management
|
Bright Rock Capital Management
|
Mid Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Class
|
|||
Expenses Paid
|
|||
Beginning
|
Ending
|
During Period
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
September 1, 2022 –
|
|
September 1, 2022
|
February 28, 2023
|
February 28, 2023*
|
|
Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,055.80
|
$5.91
|
Hypothetical (5% return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,019.04
|
$5.81
|
*
|
Expenses are equal to the Institutional Class’ annualized expense ratio of 1.16%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 to reflect the one-half year
period.
|
Quality Large Cap Fund – Institutional Class
|
|||
Expenses Paid
|
|||
Beginning
|
Ending
|
During Period
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
September 1, 2022 –
|
|
September 1, 2022
|
February 28, 2023
|
February 28, 2023*
|
|
Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,034.60
|
$4.59
|
Hypothetical (5% return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,020.28
|
$4.56
|
*
|
Expenses are equal to the Institutional Class’ annualized expense ratio of 0.91%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 to reflect the one-half year
period.
|
One
|
Three
|
Five
|
Ten
|
|
Year
|
Years
|
Years
|
Years
|
|
Bright Rock Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
||||
Institutional Class
|
-2.29%
|
11.72%
|
8.95%
|
10.56%
|
Russell Midcap® Growth Total Return Index
|
-8.31%
|
8.66%
|
8.74%
|
11.45%
|
One
|
Three
|
Five
|
Ten
|
|
Year
|
Years
|
Years
|
Years
|
|
Bright Rock Quality Large Cap Fund
|
||||
Institutional Class
|
-1.01%
|
12.41%
|
9.83%
|
10.32%
|
S&P 500® Total Return Index
|
-7.69%
|
12.15%
|
9.82%
|
12.25%
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 99.32%
|
||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics – 1.58%
|
||||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
|
15,000
|
$
|
1,499,400
|
|||||
Auto Components – 1.81%
|
||||||||
Gentex Corp.
|
60,000
|
1,713,000
|
||||||
Beverages – 4.86%
|
||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp. – Class B
|
29,500
|
1,913,665
|
||||||
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
|
26,500
|
2,696,640
|
||||||
4,610,305
|
||||||||
Capital Markets – 6.56%
|
||||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
|
6,000
|
2,487,300
|
||||||
Morningstar, Inc.
|
10,000
|
2,073,300
|
||||||
SEI Investments Co.
|
27,600
|
1,662,900
|
||||||
6,223,500
|
||||||||
Chemicals – 5.28%
|
||||||||
Eastman Chemical Co.
|
20,000
|
1,704,000
|
||||||
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.
|
40,000
|
3,300,000
|
||||||
5,004,000
|
||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 7.95%
|
||||||||
Copart, Inc. (a)
|
82,000
|
5,777,720
|
||||||
Rollins, Inc.
|
50,250
|
1,768,800
|
||||||
7,546,520
|
||||||||
Communications Equipment – 2.19%
|
||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc. (a)
|
15,000
|
2,080,500
|
||||||
Containers & Packaging – 2.77%
|
||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc.
|
22,500
|
2,626,200
|
||||||
Electrical Equipment – 2.98%
|
||||||||
AMETEK, Inc.
|
20,000
|
2,831,200
|
||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 4.53%
|
||||||||
Amphenol Corp. – Class A
|
34,000
|
2,635,680
|
||||||
IPG Photonics Corp. (a)
|
13,500
|
1,663,740
|
||||||
4,299,420
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Food Products – 5.02%
|
||||||||
The Hershey Co.
|
20,000
|
$
|
4,766,400
|
|||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 9.09%
|
||||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)
|
25,000
|
2,011,000
|
||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)
|
7,000
|
3,312,680
|
||||||
ResMed, Inc.
|
15,500
|
3,301,500
|
||||||
8,625,180
|
||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.95%
|
||||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)
|
600
|
894,648
|
||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc.
|
15,000
|
1,907,400
|
||||||
2,802,048
|
||||||||
Household Products – 2.05%
|
||||||||
The Clorox Co.
|
12,500
|
1,943,000
|
||||||
Insurance – 2.47%
|
||||||||
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.
|
12,500
|
2,341,875
|
||||||
IT Services – 6.20%
|
||||||||
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
|
4,000
|
1,230,600
|
||||||
Genpact Ltd. (b)
|
30,000
|
1,431,900
|
||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
|
19,600
|
3,219,104
|
||||||
5,881,604
|
||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 3.33%
|
||||||||
Repligen Corp. (a)
|
9,000
|
1,569,330
|
||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
|
5,000
|
1,585,150
|
||||||
3,154,480
|
||||||||
Multiline Retail – 1.14%
|
||||||||
Dollar General Corp.
|
5,000
|
1,081,500
|
||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 7.18%
|
||||||||
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
|
50,000
|
1,248,500
|
||||||
New Fortress Energy, Inc.
|
50,000
|
1,649,500
|
||||||
ONEOK, Inc.
|
59,850
|
3,917,183
|
||||||
6,815,183
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Road & Rail – 2.00%
|
||||||||
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
|
10,500
|
$
|
1,898,295
|
|||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 4.72%
|
||||||||
Analog Devices, Inc.
|
15,800
|
2,898,826
|
||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)
|
7,500
|
1,578,975
|
||||||
4,477,801
|
||||||||
Software – 4.04%
|
||||||||
ANSYS, Inc. (a)
|
6,000
|
1,821,660
|
||||||
Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)
|
6,250
|
2,007,812
|
||||||
3,829,472
|
||||||||
Specialty Retail – 5.86%
|
||||||||
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. (a)
|
11,000
|
1,009,910
|
||||||
Tractor Supply Co.
|
19,500
|
4,548,570
|
||||||
5,558,480
|
||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors – 2.76%
|
||||||||
Fastenal Co.
|
50,800
|
2,619,248
|
||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $51,411,699)
|
94,228,611
|
|||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.77%
|
||||||||
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds –
|
||||||||
Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 4.413% (c)
|
731,572
|
731,572
|
||||||
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $731,572)
|
731,572
|
|||||||
Total Investments (Cost $52,143,271) – 100.09%
|
94,960,183
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.09%)
|
(82,913
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00%
|
$
|
94,877,270
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
Foreign issued security.
|
(c)
|
Seven day yield as of February 28, 2023.
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 90.50%
|
||||||||
Banks – 5.14%
|
||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
110,000
|
$
|
15,768,500
|
|||||
Beverages – 3.39%
|
||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc.
|
60,000
|
10,411,800
|
||||||
Capital Markets – 5.06%
|
||||||||
BlackRock, Inc.
|
10,500
|
7,239,015
|
||||||
S&P Global, Inc.
|
8,500
|
2,900,200
|
||||||
T. Price Rowe Group, Inc.
|
48,000
|
5,389,440
|
||||||
15,528,655
|
||||||||
Chemicals – 3.33%
|
||||||||
Ecolab, Inc.
|
20,500
|
3,267,085
|
||||||
Linde PLC (a)
|
20,000
|
6,967,400
|
||||||
10,234,485
|
||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.43%
|
||||||||
Copart, Inc.(b)
|
106,000
|
7,468,760
|
||||||
Consumer Finance – 2.27%
|
||||||||
American Express Co.
|
40,000
|
6,959,600
|
||||||
Diversified Financial Services – 3.98%
|
||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (b)
|
40,000
|
12,207,200
|
||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.64%
|
||||||||
AT&T, Inc.
|
104,000
|
1,966,640
|
||||||
Electric Utilities – 0.92%
|
||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc.
|
40,000
|
2,841,200
|
||||||
Food & Staples Retailing – 2.45%
|
||||||||
Walmart, Inc.
|
53,000
|
7,532,890
|
||||||
Health Care Providers & Services – 3.87%
|
||||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
|
25,000
|
11,898,500
|
||||||
Health Care Technology – 1.46%
|
||||||||
Veeva Systems, Inc. (b)
|
27,000
|
4,472,820
|
||||||
Household Products – 1.77%
|
||||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
|
74,000
|
5,424,200
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Industrial Conglomerates – 1.12%
|
||||||||
3M Co.
|
32,000
|
$
|
3,447,680
|
|||||
Insurance – 2.20%
|
||||||||
Chubb Ltd. (a)
|
32,000
|
6,752,640
|
||||||
Interactive Media & Services – 8.65%
|
||||||||
Alphabet, Inc. – Class A (b)
|
120,000
|
10,807,200
|
||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc. (b)
|
90,000
|
15,744,600
|
||||||
26,551,800
|
||||||||
IT Services – 7.57%
|
||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
|
33,000
|
7,254,060
|
||||||
Mastercard, Inc. – Class A
|
45,000
|
15,988,050
|
||||||
23,242,110
|
||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 5.06%
|
||||||||
Danaher Corp.
|
42,000
|
10,396,260
|
||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
|
9,500
|
5,146,720
|
||||||
15,542,980
|
||||||||
Machinery – 2.34%
|
||||||||
The Toro Co.
|
65,000
|
7,178,600
|
||||||
Media – 1.26%
|
||||||||
Comcast Corp. – Class A
|
104,000
|
3,865,680
|
||||||
Multi-Utilities – 1.81%
|
||||||||
Sempra Energy
|
37,000
|
5,548,520
|
||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.74%
|
||||||||
EOG Resources, Inc.
|
20,000
|
2,260,400
|
||||||
Pharmaceuticals – 3.87%
|
||||||||
Merck & Co, Inc.
|
112,000
|
11,898,880
|
||||||
Road & Rail – 2.26%
|
||||||||
Union Pacific Corp.
|
33,500
|
6,943,880
|
||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.23%
|
||||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc.
|
40,000
|
6,858,000
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Software – 6.55%
|
||||||||
Microsoft Corp.
|
66,000
|
$
|
16,461,720
|
|||||
Roper Technologies, Inc.
|
8,500
|
3,656,700
|
||||||
20,118,420
|
||||||||
Specialty Retail – 5.03%
|
||||||||
The Home Depot, Inc.
|
30,000
|
8,896,200
|
||||||
The TJX Companies, Inc.
|
85,547
|
6,552,900
|
||||||
15,449,100
|
||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.44%
|
||||||||
Apple, Inc.
|
30,000
|
4,422,300
|
||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 1.66%
|
||||||||
NIKE, Inc. – Class B
|
43,000
|
5,107,970
|
||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $203,852,071)
|
277,904,210
|
|||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS – 8.62%
|
||||||||
Invesco KBW Bank ETF
|
40,000
|
2,253,200
|
||||||
iShares U.S. Energy ETF
|
300,000
|
13,281,000
|
||||||
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund
|
80,000
|
10,921,600
|
||||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $13,295,322)
|
26,455,800
|
|||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.81%
|
||||||||
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds –
|
||||||||
Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 4.413% (c)
|
2,481,612
|
2,481,612
|
||||||
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $2,481,612)
|
2,481,612
|
|||||||
Total Investments (Cost $219,629,005) – 99.93%
|
306,841,622
|
|||||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.07%
|
223,056
|
|||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00%
|
$
|
307,064,678
|
(a)
|
Foreign issued security.
|
(b)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(c)
|
Seven day yield as of February 28, 2023.
|
PLC
|
Public Limited Company.
|
Mid Cap
|
Quality Large
|
|||||||
Growth Fund
|
Cap Fund
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Investments, at value:
|
||||||||
(Cost $52,143,271 and $219,629,005)
|
$
|
94,960,183
|
$
|
306,841,622
|
||||
Receivable for Fund shares sold
|
68,992
|
328,568
|
||||||
Dividends and interest receivable
|
133,069
|
199,087
|
||||||
Other assets
|
18,517
|
8,833
|
||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
95,180,761
|
307,378,110
|
||||||
LIABILITIES
|
||||||||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed
|
153,374
|
25,563
|
||||||
Payable to affiliates
|
32,090
|
80,533
|
||||||
Payable to Adviser
|
53,953
|
151,694
|
||||||
Payable to auditor
|
35,226
|
35,235
|
||||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
28,848
|
20,407
|
||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
303,491
|
313,432
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
$
|
94,877,270
|
$
|
307,064,678
|
||||
Net assets consist of:
|
||||||||
Paid-in capital
|
$
|
52,092,643
|
$
|
215,447,202
|
||||
Total distributable earnings
|
42,784,627
|
91,617,476
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
$
|
94,877,270
|
$
|
307,064,678
|
||||
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES
|
||||||||
Net assets
|
$
|
94,877,270
|
$
|
307,064,678
|
||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited
|
||||||||
number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value)
|
4,400,902
|
17,016,931
|
||||||
Net asset value, redemption price
|
||||||||
and offering price per share
|
$
|
21.56
|
$
|
18.04
|
Mid Cap
|
Quality Large
|
|||||||
Growth Fund
|
Cap Fund
|
|||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME
|
||||||||
Dividend income
|
$
|
932,583
|
$
|
5,080,238
|
||||
Interest income
|
39,384
|
62,890
|
||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME
|
971,967
|
5,143,128
|
||||||
EXPENSES
|
||||||||
Management fees
|
669,729
|
2,007,500
|
||||||
Administration fees
|
96,866
|
278,411
|
||||||
Fund accounting fees
|
41,990
|
114,724
|
||||||
Transfer agent fees and expenses
|
37,765
|
114,529
|
||||||
Audit and tax fees
|
36,494
|
36,586
|
||||||
Trustees’ fees
|
22,866
|
22,866
|
||||||
Legal fees
|
22,186
|
28,311
|
||||||
Reports to shareholders
|
17,013
|
19,231
|
||||||
Federal and state registration fees
|
12,933
|
27,807
|
||||||
Chief Compliance Officer fees
|
12,486
|
12,486
|
||||||
Custody fees
|
9,427
|
33,406
|
||||||
Insurance expense
|
2,068
|
5,256
|
||||||
Interest expense
|
1,645
|
2,919
|
||||||
Other expenses
|
26,960
|
10,224
|
||||||
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
1,010,428
|
2,714,256
|
||||||
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
|
(38,461
|
)
|
2,428,872
|
|||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED
|
||||||||
GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
(17,995
|
)
|
26,800,092
|
|||||
Net change in unrealized
|
||||||||
depreciation on investments
|
(1,627,457
|
)
|
(32,345,557
|
)
|
||||
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED
|
||||||||
LOSS ON INVESTMENTS
|
(1,645,452
|
)
|
(5,545,465
|
)
|
||||
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
FROM OPERATIONS
|
$
|
(1,683,913
|
)
|
$
|
(3,116,593
|
)
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
February 28, 2023
|
February 28, 2022
|
|||||||
FROM OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
Net investment loss
|
$
|
(38,461
|
)
|
$
|
(257,556
|
)
|
||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
(17,995
|
)
|
10,168,052
|
|||||
Net change in unrealized
|
||||||||
depreciation on investments
|
(1,627,457
|
)
|
(1,044,333
|
)
|
||||
Net increase (decrease) in
|
||||||||
net assets from operations
|
(1,683,913
|
)
|
8,866,163
|
|||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS
|
||||||||
Net dividends and distributions –
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
(4,842,743
|
)
|
(7,470,363
|
)
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets
|
||||||||
resulting from distributions paid
|
(4,842,743
|
)
|
(7,470,363
|
)
|
||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold –
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
17,356,736
|
11,337,101
|
||||||
Payments for shares redeemed –
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
(11,193,100
|
)
|
(12,626,285
|
)
|
||||
Net asset value of shares issued in
|
||||||||
reinvestment of distributions to
|
||||||||
shareholders – Institutional Class
|
4,835,469
|
7,435,720
|
||||||
Net increase in net assets
|
||||||||
from capital share transactions
|
10,999,105
|
6,146,536
|
||||||
TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
|
4,472,449
|
7,542,336
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
Beginning of Year
|
90,404,821
|
82,862,485
|
||||||
End of Year
|
$
|
94,877,270
|
$
|
90,404,821
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
February 28, 2023
|
February 28, 2022
|
|||||||
FROM OPERATIONS
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
2,428,872
|
$
|
2,842,291
|
||||
Net realized gain on investments
|
26,800,092
|
40,051,726
|
||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation
|
||||||||
(depreciation) on investments
|
(32,345,557
|
)
|
1,727,748
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in
|
||||||||
net assets from operations
|
(3,116,593
|
)
|
44,621,765
|
|||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS
|
||||||||
Net dividends and distributions –
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
(41,593,869
|
)
|
(27,127,266
|
)
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets resulting
|
||||||||
from distributions paid
|
(41,593,869
|
)
|
(27,127,266
|
)
|
||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold –
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
41,359,069
|
41,775,958
|
||||||
Payments for shares redeemed –
|
||||||||
Institutional Class
|
(49,676,596
|
)
|
(53,465,969
|
)
|
||||
Net asset value of shares issued in
|
||||||||
reinvestment of distributions to
|
||||||||
shareholders – Institutional Class
|
39,601,942
|
23,893,278
|
||||||
Net increase in net assets
|
||||||||
from capital share transactions
|
31,284,415
|
12,203,267
|
||||||
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)
|
||||||||
IN NET ASSETS
|
(13,426,047
|
)
|
29,697,766
|
|||||
NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
Beginning of Year
|
320,490,725
|
290,792,959
|
||||||
End of Year
|
$
|
307,064,678
|
$
|
320,490,725
|
Year
|
Year
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended
|
February
|
February
|
||||||||||||||||||
February 28,
|
29,
|
28,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$
|
23.35
|
$
|
22.90
|
$
|
18.67
|
$
|
17.89
|
$
|
17.56
|
||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(1)
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
0.02
|
|||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(0.59
|
)
|
2.65
|
5.52
|
1.56
|
0.31
|
||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
(0.60
|
)
|
2.58
|
5.46
|
1.49
|
0.33
|
||||||||||||||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From investment income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(0.02
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(1.19
|
)
|
(2.13
|
)
|
(1.23
|
)
|
(0.69
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Total distributions paid
|
(1.19
|
)
|
(2.13
|
)
|
(1.23
|
)
|
(0.71
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year
|
$
|
21.56
|
$
|
23.35
|
$
|
22.90
|
$
|
18.67
|
$
|
17.89
|
||||||||||
Total Return
|
-2.29
|
%
|
10.52
|
%
|
29.12
|
%
|
8.07
|
%
|
1.88
|
%
|
||||||||||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, end of year (000’s omitted)
|
$
|
94,877
|
$
|
90,405
|
$
|
82,862
|
$
|
67,142
|
$
|
63,918
|
||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
1.13
|
%
|
1.07
|
%
|
1.11
|
%
|
1.14
|
%
|
1.18
|
%
|
||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(loss) to average net assets
|
(0.04
|
)%
|
(0.28
|
)%
|
(0.31
|
)%
|
(0.34
|
)%
|
0.14
|
%
|
||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
17.5
|
%
|
20.1
|
%
|
14.1
|
%
|
29.1
|
%
|
10.6
|
%
|
(1)
|
Per share net investment income (loss) was calculated using average shares outstanding.
|
Year
|
Year
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
Ended
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended
|
February
|
February
|
||||||||||||||||||
February 28,
|
29,
|
28,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year
|
$
|
21.08
|
$
|
19.87
|
$
|
16.58
|
$
|
16.42
|
$
|
16.26
|
||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.16
|
0.20
|
0.22
|
0.23
|
0.25
|
|||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(0.41
|
)
|
2.94
|
3.75
|
0.87
|
0.67
|
||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
(0.25
|
)
|
3.14
|
3.97
|
1.10
|
0.92
|
||||||||||||||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From investment income
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.25
|
)
|
||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(2.63
|
)
|
(1.70
|
)
|
(0.45
|
)
|
(0.71
|
)
|
(0.51
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total distributions paid
|
(2.79
|
)
|
(1.93
|
)
|
(0.68
|
)
|
(0.94
|
)
|
(0.76
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Year
|
$
|
18.04
|
$
|
21.08
|
$
|
19.87
|
$
|
16.58
|
$
|
16.42
|
||||||||||
Total Return
|
-1.01
|
%
|
15.35
|
%
|
24.40
|
%
|
6.24
|
%
|
5.92
|
%
|
||||||||||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, end of year (000’s omitted)
|
$
|
307,065
|
$
|
320,491
|
$
|
290,793
|
$
|
237,734
|
$
|
231,862
|
||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
0.88
|
%
|
0.83
|
%
|
0.86
|
%
|
0.87
|
%
|
0.88
|
%
|
||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income
|
||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets
|
0.79
|
%
|
0.87
|
%
|
1.27
|
%
|
1.28
|
%
|
1.53
|
%
|
||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
39.6
|
%
|
30.4
|
%
|
30.7
|
%
|
28.3
|
%
|
42.6
|
%
|
(1)
|
Per share net investment income was calculated using average shares outstanding.
|
(1)
|
Organization
|
Trust for Professional Managers (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust under a Declaration of Trust dated May 29, 2001. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Bright Rock Funds (the “Funds”) are comprised of the Bright Rock Mid Cap Growth Fund (“Mid Cap Growth Fund”) and the Bright Rock Quality Large Cap Fund (“Quality
Large Cap Fund”), each representing a distinct series with its own investment objective and policies within the Trust. The investment objective of both Funds is long-term capital appreciation. The Trust may issue an unlimited number of
shares of beneficial interest at $0.001 par value. The assets of the Funds are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the Fund in which shares are held. Each Fund is a series of an investment company and accordingly follows
the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services—Investment Companies”. Each Fund currently offers Institutional Class
shares. The Institutional Class shares of each Fund commenced operations on May 26, 2010. Bright Rock Capital Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) serves as the Funds’ investment adviser.
|
|
(2)
|
Significant Accounting Policies
|
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of the financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
|
(a)
|
Investment Valuation
|
|
Each equity security owned by a Fund that is listed on a securities exchange, except for securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC (“NASDAQ”), is valued at its last sale price on that exchange on the date as
of which assets are valued. Forward currency contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices by an approved independent pricing service (“Pricing Service”). Commodities futures contracts and options thereon traded on a
commodities exchange or board of trade are valued at the last sale price at the close of trading. Rights and warrants are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange on which the security is primarily traded.
|
||
If the security is listed on more than one exchange, a Fund will use the price of the exchange that the Fund generally considers to be the principal exchange on which the security is traded. Portfolio securities
listed on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there has been no sale on such exchange or on
|
NASDAQ on such day, the security is valued at the mean between the most recent quoted bid and asked prices at the close of the exchange on such day or the security shall be valued at the latest sales price on the
“composite market” for the day such security is being valued. The composite market is defined as a consolidation of the trade information provided by national securities and foreign exchanges and over-the-counter markets as published by a
Pricing Service.
|
||
Money market funds, demand notes and repurchase agreements are valued at cost. If cost does not represent current market value the securities will be priced at fair value.
|
||
Redeemable securities issued by open-end, registered investment companies are valued at the NAVs of such companies for purchase and/or redemption orders placed on that day. If, on a particular day, a share of an
investment company is not listed on NASDAQ, such security’s fair value will be determined. All exchange-traded funds are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. In the event market
quotations are not readily available, such security will be valued at its fair value.
|
||
If market quotations are not readily available, a security or other asset will be valued at its fair value in accordance with Rule 2a-5 of the 1940 Act as determined under the Adviser’s fair value pricing
procedures, subject to oversight by the Board of Trustees. These fair value pricing procedures will also be used to price a security when corporate events, events in the securities market and/or world events cause the Adviser to believe that
a security’s last sale price may not reflect its actual fair market value. The intended effect of using fair value pricing procedures is to ensure that the Funds are accurately priced. The Adviser will regularly evaluate whether the Funds’
fair value pricing procedures continue to be appropriate in light of the specific circumstances of the Funds and the quality of prices obtained through the application of such procedures.
|
||
FASB Accounting Standards Codification, “Fair Value Measurement” Topic 820 (“ASC 820”), establishes an authoritative definition of fair value and sets out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. ASC 820 requires an
entity to evaluate certain factors to determine whether there has been a significant decrease in volume and level of activity for the security such that recent transactions and quoted prices may not be determinative of fair value and further
analysis and adjustment may be necessary to estimate fair value. ASC 820 also requires enhanced disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value in those instances as well as expanded disclosure of valuation
levels for major security types. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
|
Level 1—
|
Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
|
Level 2—
|
Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
|
||
Level 3—
|
Significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ 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. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’
investments carried at fair value as of February 28, 2023:
|
Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
94,228,611
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
94,228,611
|
|||||||||
Money Market Funds
|
731,572
|
—
|
—
|
731,572
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
|||||||||||||||||
in Securities
|
$
|
94,960,183
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
94,960,183
|
|||||||||
Quality Large Cap Fund
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
277,904,210
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
277,904,210
|
|||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds
|
26,455,800
|
—
|
—
|
26,455,800
|
|||||||||||||
Money Market Funds
|
2,481,612
|
—
|
—
|
2,481,612
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
|||||||||||||||||
in Securities
|
$
|
306,841,622
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
306,841,622
|
(1)
|
See the Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.
|
|
(2)
|
The Funds measure Level 3 activity as of the end of each financial reporting period. For the year ended February 28, 2023, the Funds did not have unobservable inputs (Level 3 securities) used in determining fair
value. Therefore, a reconciliation of assets and liabilities in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 securities) were used in determining fair value is not applicable.
|
The Funds did not hold financial derivative instruments during the period presented.
|
||
(b)
|
Federal Income Taxes
|
|
Each Fund complies with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and make the requisite distributions of income and capital gains to its
shareholders sufficient to relieve each Fund from all or substantially all federal income taxes. Therefore, no federal income tax provision has been provided.
|
(c)
|
Distributions to Shareholders
|
|
The Mid Cap Growth Fund will make distributions of net investment income and net capital gain, if any, at least annually. The Quality Large Cap Fund will make distributions of net investment income, if any, at least
quarterly, and net capital gain, if any, at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains. All short-term capital gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds may also pay a special distribution at the end of the calendar year to comply with federal tax requirements.
|
||
The amount of the dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are
either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment.
|
||
(d)
|
Use of Estimates
|
|
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
|
||
(e)
|
Share Valuation
|
|
The NAV per share of each Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by each Fund, plus cash or other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses) by the total
number of shares outstanding for each Fund, rounded to the nearest cent. The Funds’ shares will not be priced on the days on which the NYSE is closed for trading. The offering and redemption price per share for each Fund is equal to the
Fund’s NAV per share.
|
||
(f)
|
Allocation of Income, Expenses and Gains/Losses
|
|
Income, expenses (other than those deemed attributable to a specific share class), and gains and losses of the Funds are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the ratio of net assets represented by each
class as a percentage of the net assets of each Fund. Expenses deemed directly attributable to a class of shares are recorded by the specific class. Most Fund expenses are allocated by class based on relative net assets. Expenses
associated with a specific fund in the Trust are charged to that fund. Common Trust expenses are typically allocated evenly between the funds of the Trust, or by other equitable means.
|
(g)
|
Other
|
|
Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. The Funds determine the gain or loss from investment transactions using the best tax relief order. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and
interest income is recognized on an accrual basis.
|
(3)
|
Federal Tax Matters
|
The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders for the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2023 was as follows:
|
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
||||||||
Income
|
Capital Gain
|
||||||||
Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
|||||||||
Year ended February 28, 2022
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
7,470,363
|
|||||
Year ended February 28, 2023
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
4,842,743
|
|||||
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
||||||||
Income
|
Capital Gain
|
||||||||
Quality Large Cap Fund
|
|||||||||
Year ended February 28, 2022
|
$
|
3,227,833
|
$
|
23,899,433
|
|||||
Year ended February 28, 2023
|
$
|
2,452,603
|
$
|
39,141,266
|
As of February 28, 2023, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
|
Mid Cap
|
Quality Large
|
||||||||
Growth Fund
|
Cap Fund
|
||||||||
Cost basis of investments for
|
|||||||||
federal income tax purposes
|
$
|
52,157,561
|
$
|
219,629,005
|
|||||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation
|
$
|
43,865,591
|
$
|
92,738,053
|
|||||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation
|
(1,062,969
|
)
|
(5,525,435
|
)
|
|||||
Net tax unrealized appreciation
|
$
|
42,802,622
|
$
|
87,212,618
|
|||||
Undistributed ordinary income
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
113,125
|
|||||
Undistributed long-term capital gain
|
—
|
4,291,733
|
|||||||
Total accumulated earnings
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
4,404,858
|
|||||
Other accumulated loss
|
(17,995
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Total distributable earnings
|
$
|
42,784,627
|
$
|
91,617,476
|
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis cost of investments is attributable to the tax deferral of wash sale losses.
|
|
At February 28, 2023, the Mid Cap Growth Fund had short-term capital loss carryforwards of $17,995 which have an unlimited carryover period.
|
GAAP requires that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per
share. For the fiscal year ended February 28, 2023, the following reclassifications were made for permanent tax differences on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:
|
Total Distributable Earnings
|
Paid-in Capital
|
||||||||
Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
$
|
54,796
|
$
|
(54,796
|
)
|
||||
Quality Large Cap Fund
|
—
|
—
|
The Funds had no material uncertain tax positions and had not recorded a liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of February 28, 2023. Also, the Funds recognized no interest and penalties related to uncertain
tax benefits in fiscal year 2023. At February 28, 2023, the fiscal years 2020 through 2023 remained open to examination in the Funds’ major tax jurisdictions.
|
|
(4)
|
Investment Adviser
|
The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Adviser to furnish investment advisory services to the Funds. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Trust, on behalf of the Mid
Cap Growth Fund and the Quality Large Cap Fund, compensates the Adviser for its management services at the annual rates of 0.75% and 0.65%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
|
|
The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or reimburse each Fund’s other expenses at least through June 28, 2024, at the discretion of the Adviser and the Board of Trustees, to the extent
necessary to ensure that each Fund’s total operating expenses (exclusive of front-end or contingent deferred sales loads, Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, leverage expenses, interest, brokerage commissions, expenses
incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses such as litigation) do not exceed 1.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
Any such waiver or reimbursement is subject to later adjustment to allow the Adviser to recoup amounts waived or reimbursed within three years from the date such amount was waived or reimbursed, subject to the operating expense limitation
agreement, if such reimbursements will not cause a Fund to exceed the lesser of: (1) the expense limitation in place at the time of the waiver and/or expense payment; or (2) the expense limitation in place at the time of the recoupment. The
Funds did not have any previously waived expenses subject to potential recoupment at the period end.
|
(5)
|
Related Party Transactions
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services) (“Fund Services”) acts as the Funds’ administrator under an Administration Agreement. Fund Services prepares various federal and
state regulatory filings, reports and returns for the Funds; prepares reports and materials to be supplied to the Trustees; monitors the activities of the Funds’ custodian, transfer agent and accountants; and coordinates the preparation and
payment of the Funds’ expenses and reviews the Funds’ expense accruals. Fund Services also serves as the fund accountant and transfer agent to the Funds. U.S. Bank, N.A. (“U.S. Bank”), an affiliate of Fund Services, serves as each Fund’s
custodian. Fees and expenses incurred for the year ended February 28, 2023, and owed as of February 28, 2023 are as follows:
|
Administration
|
Incurred
|
Owed
|
|||||||
Bright Rock Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
$
|
96,866
|
$
|
16,284
|
|||||
Bright Rock Quality Large Cap Fund
|
$
|
278,411
|
$
|
47,342
|
|||||
Fund Accounting
|
Incurred
|
Owed
|
|||||||
Bright Rock Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
$
|
41,990
|
$
|
6,939
|
|||||
Bright Rock Quality Large Cap Fund
|
$
|
114,724
|
$
|
18,941
|
|||||
Transfer Agency
|
Incurred*
|
Owed
|
|||||||
Bright Rock Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
$
|
29,533
|
$
|
5,239
|
|||||
Bright Rock Quality Large Cap Fund
|
$
|
41,747
|
$
|
6,731
|
|||||
Custody
|
Incurred
|
Owed
|
|||||||
Bright Rock Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
$
|
9,427
|
$
|
1,547
|
|||||
Bright Rock Quality Large Cap Fund
|
$
|
33,406
|
$
|
5,435
|
*
|
These amounts do not include sub-transfer agency fees, therefore may not agree to the Statements of Operations.
|
The Funds each have a line of credit with U.S. Bank (see Note 8).
|
|
Certain officers of the Funds are also employees of Fund Services. A Trustee of the Trust is affiliated with Fund Services and U.S. Bank.
|
|
The Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) is also an employee of Fund Services. Each Fund’s allocation of the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer fee incurred for the year ended February 28, 2023, and owed as of
February 28, 2023, is as follows:
|
CCO
|
Incurred
|
Owed
|
|||||||
Bright Rock Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
$
|
12,486
|
$
|
2,081
|
|||||
Bright Rock Quality Large Cap Fund
|
$
|
12,486
|
$
|
2,084
|
(6)
|
Capital Share Transactions
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||
Mid Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Class
|
February 28, 2023
|
February 28, 2022
|
|||||||
Shares Sold
|
805,288
|
449,570
|
|||||||
Shares Issued to Holders in
|
|||||||||
Reinvestment of Distributions
|
237,149
|
293,322
|
|||||||
Shares Redeemed
|
(512,746
|
)
|
(489,826
|
)
|
|||||
Net Increase
|
529,691
|
253,066
|
|||||||
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||
Quality Large Cap Fund – Institutional Class
|
February 28, 2023
|
February 28, 2022
|
|||||||
Shares Sold
|
2,083,465
|
1,853,908
|
|||||||
Shares Issued to Holders in
|
|||||||||
Reinvestment of Distributions
|
2,217,028
|
1,072,437
|
|||||||
Shares Redeemed
|
(2,484,999
|
)
|
(2,359,958
|
)
|
|||||
Net Increase
|
1,815,494
|
566,387
|
(7)
|
Investment Transactions
|
The aggregate purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term investments, for the Funds for the year ended February 28, 2023 are summarized below. There were no purchases or sales of U.S. government
securities for the Funds.
|
Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
Quality Large Cap Fund
|
||
Purchases
|
$22,469,381
|
$121,334,230
|
|
Sales
|
$15,304,647
|
$129,707,639
|
(8)
|
Line of Credit
|
The Funds each have lines of credit, maturing August 5, 2023, of the lesser of 33.33% of the fair value of unencumbered net assets of a Fund or the amount of $3,500,000 and $25,000,000 for the Mid Cap Growth Fund
and Quality Large Cap Fund, respectively. These unsecured lines of credit are intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, and subject to certain restrictions, in connection with shareholder redemptions. The credit facility is with
the Funds’ custodian, U.S. Bank. Interest was accrued at the prime rate of 3.25% from March 1, 2022 through March 16, 2022, 3.50% from March 17, 2022 through May 4, 2022, 4.00% from May 5, 2022 through June 15, 2022, 4.75% from June 16, 2022
through July 27, 2022, 5.50% from July 28, 2022 through September 21, 2022, 6.25% from September 22, 2022 through November 2, 2022, 7.00% from November 3, 2022 through December 14, 2022, 7.50% from December 15, 2022 through February 1, 2023,
and 7.75% from February 2, 2023 through February 28, 2023.
|
Average
|
Maximum
|
Date of
|
||||
Days
|
Amount of
|
Interest
|
Amount of
|
Maximum
|
||
Utilized
|
Borrowing
|
Expense*
|
Borrowing
|
Borrowing
|
||
Mid Cap Growth Fund
|
13
|
$650,692
|
$1,645
|
$ 765,000
|
12/7/2022
|
|
Quality Large Cap Fund
|
18
|
$827,889
|
$2,919
|
$1,729,000
|
12/14/2022
|
|
* Interest expense is reported on the Statements of Operations.
|
(9)
|
Subsequent Event
|
On March 15, 2023, the Quality Large Cap Fund declared and paid a distribution of $461,905 to the shareholders of record on March 14, 2023.
|
|
The Funds have evaluated events and transactions that have occurred subsequent to February 28, 2023 and determined there were no other subsequent events that would require recognition or disclosure in financial
statements.
|
|
(10)
|
Recent Market Events
|
U.S. and international markets have experienced volatility in recent months and years due to a number of economic, political and global macro factors including the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global
pandemic, uncertainties regarding interest rates, rising inflation, trade tensions, and the threat of tariffs imposed by the U.S. and other countries. The recovery from COVID-19 is proceeding at slower than expected rates and may last for a
prolonged period of time. As a result of continuing political tensions and armed conflicts, including the war between Ukraine and Russia, the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on certain Russian individuals and companies,
including certain financial institutions, and have limited certain exports and imports to and from Russia. The war has contributed to recent market volatility and may continue to do so. Continuing market volatility as a result of recent
market conditions or other events may have an adverse effect on the performance of the Funds.
|
Quality Large Cap
|
100.00%
|
||
Mid Cap Growth
|
0.00%
|
Quality Large Cap
|
100.00%
|
||
Mid Cap Growth
|
0.00%
|
Number of
|
Other
|
||||
Term of
|
Portfolios
|
Principal
|
Directorships
|
||
Name,
|
Position(s)
|
Office and
|
in the Trust
|
Occupation(s)
|
Held by Trustee
|
Address and
|
Held with
|
Length of
|
Overseen
|
During the
|
During the
|
Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Time Served
|
by Trustee
|
Past Five Years
|
Past Five Years
|
Michael D. Akers, Ph.D.
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
22
|
Professor Emeritus,
|
Independent
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
Department of
|
Trustee, USA
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
August 22,
|
Accounting (June
|
MUTUALS
|
||
Year of Birth: 1955
|
2001
|
2019–present);
|
(an open-end
|
||
Professor,
|
investment
|
||||
Department of
|
company)
|
||||
Accounting
|
(2001–2021).
|
||||
(2004–2019);
|
|||||
Marquette University.
|
|||||
Gary A. Drska
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
22
|
Retired; Pilot,
|
Independent
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
Frontier/Midwest
|
Trustee, USA
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
August 22,
|
Airlines, Inc.
|
MUTUALS
|
||
Year of Birth: 1956
|
2001
|
(airline company)
|
(an open-end
|
||
(1986–2021).
|
investment
|
||||
company)
|
|||||
(2001–2021).
|
|||||
Vincent P. Lyles
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
22
|
Executive Director,
|
Independent
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
Milwaukee Succeeds
|
Director, BMO
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
April 6,
|
(education advocacy
|
Funds, Inc.
|
||
Year of Birth: 1961
|
2022
|
organization) (2023-
|
(an open-end
|
||
present); System
|
investment
|
||||
Vice President of
|
company)
|
||||
Community
|
(2017–2022).
|
||||
Relations, Advocate
|
|||||
Aurora Health Care
|
|||||
(health care provider)
|
|||||
(2019–2022);
|
|||||
President and Chief
|
|||||
Executive Officer,
|
|||||
Boys & Girls Club of
|
|||||
Greater Milwaukee
|
|||||
(2012–2018).
|
Number of
|
Other
|
||||
Term of
|
Portfolios
|
Principal
|
Directorships
|
||
Name,
|
Position(s)
|
Office and
|
in the Trust
|
Occupation(s)
|
Held by Trustee
|
Address and
|
Held with
|
Length of
|
Overseen
|
During the
|
During the
|
Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Time Served
|
by Trustee
|
Past Five Years
|
Past Five Years
|
Erik K. Olstein
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
22
|
Retired; President
|
Trustee, The
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
and Chief Operating
|
Olstein Funds
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
April 6,
|
Officer (2000–2020),
|
(an open-end
|
||
Year of Birth: 1967
|
2022
|
Vice President
|
investment
|
||
of Sales and Chief
|
company)
|
||||
Operating Officer
|
(1995–2018).
|
||||
(1995–2000), Olstein
|
|||||
Capital Management,
|
|||||
L.P. (asset management
|
|||||
firm); Secretary and
|
|||||
Assistant Treasurer,
|
|||||
The Olstein Funds
|
|||||
(1995–2018).
|
|||||
Lisa Zúñiga Ramírez
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
22
|
Retired; Principal
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
and Senior Portfolio
|
|||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
April 6,
|
Manager, Segall,
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1969
|
2022
|
Bryant & Hamill, LLC
|
|||
(asset management firm)
|
|||||
(2018-2020); Partner
|
|||||
and Senior Portfolio
|
|||||
Manager, Denver
|
|||||
Investments LLC
|
|||||
(asset management
|
|||||
firm) (2009-2018).
|
|||||
Gregory M. Wesley
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
22
|
Senior Vice President
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
of Strategic Alliances
|
|||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
April 6,
|
and Business
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1969
|
2022
|
Development, Medical
|
|||
College of Wisconsin
|
|||||
(2016-present).
|
|||||
Interested Trustee and Officers
|
|||||
John P. Buckel*
|
Chairperson,
|
Indefinite Term
|
N/A
|
Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Trustee,
|
Chairperson
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
President
|
and Trustee
|
Services, LLC
|
||
Year of Birth: 1957
|
and
|
(since
|
(2004–present).
|
||
Principal
|
January 19,
|
||||
Executive
|
2023);
|
||||
Officer
|
Indefinite Term
|
||||
President and
|
|||||
Principal
|
|||||
Executive
|
|||||
Officer (since
|
|||||
January 24,
|
|||||
2013)
|
Number of
|
Other
|
||||
Term of
|
Portfolios
|
Principal
|
Directorships
|
||
Name,
|
Position(s)
|
Office and
|
in the Trust
|
Occupation(s)
|
Held by Trustee
|
Address and
|
Held with
|
Length of
|
Overseen
|
During the
|
During the
|
Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Time Served
|
by Trustee
|
Past Five Years
|
Past Five Years
|
Jennifer A. Lima
|
Vice
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
President,
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
Treasurer
|
January 24,
|
Services, LLC
|
||
Year of Birth: 1974
|
and
|
2013
|
(2002–present).
|
||
Principal
|
|||||
Financial and
|
|||||
Accounting
|
|||||
Officer
|
|||||
Deanna B. Marotz
|
Chief
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Senior Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Compliance
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
Officer,
|
October 21,
|
Services, LLC
|
||
Year of Birth: 1965
|
Vice
|
2021
|
(2021–present); Chief
|
||
President
|
Compliance Officer,
|
||||
and
|
Keeley-Teton Advisors,
|
||||
Anti-Money
|
LLC and Teton Advisors,
|
||||
Laundering
|
Inc (2017–2021).
|
||||
Officer
|
|||||
Jay S. Fitton
|
Secretary
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Assistant Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
|||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
July 22,
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1970
|
2019
|
(2019–present); Partner,
|
|||
Practus, LLP (2018–
|
|||||
2019); Counsel,
|
|||||
Drinker Biddle &
|
|||||
Reath, LLP (2016–2018).
|
|||||
Kelly A. Strauss
|
Assistant
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Assistant Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Treasurer
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
April 23,
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1987
|
2015
|
(2011–present).
|
|||
Laura A. Carroll
|
Assistant
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Assistant Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Treasurer
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
August 20,
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1985
|
2018
|
(2007–present).
|
|||
Shannon Coyle
|
Assistant
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Officer,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Treasurer
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
August 26,
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1990
|
2022
|
(2015–present).
|
*
|
Mr. Buckel is an “interested person” of the Trust as defined by the 1940 Act due to his position and material business relationship with the Trust.
|
(b)
|
Not applicable.
|
FYE 2/28/2023
|
FYE 2/28/2022
|
|
(a) Audit Fees
|
$57,120
|
$54,400
|
(b) Audit-Related Fees
|
$0
|
$0
|
(c) Tax Fees
|
$13,340
|
$12,700
|
(d) All Other Fees
|
$0
|
$0
|
FYE 2/28/2023
|
FYE 2/28/2022
|
|
Audit-Related Fees
|
0%
|
0%
|
Tax Fees
|
0%
|
0%
|
All Other Fees
|
0%
|
0%
|
Non-Audit Related Fees
|
FYE 2/28/2023
|
FYE 2/28/2022
|
Registrant
|
$0
|
$0
|
Registrant’s Investment Adviser
|
$126,000
|
$195,000
|
(a)
|
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
|
(b)
|
Not Applicable
|
(a)
|
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their
review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made
known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.
|
(b)
|
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred
during 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.
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Trust for Professional Managers;
|
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 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
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(b)
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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.
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Date: 4/28/2023
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/s/John Buckel
John Buckel President |
1.
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I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Trust for Professional Managers;
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2.
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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;
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3.
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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;
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4.
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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:
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(a)
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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;
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(b)
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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;
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(c)
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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
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(d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during 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
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5.
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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):
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(a)
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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
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(b)
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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.
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Date: 4/28/2023
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/s/Jennifer Lima
Jennifer Lima Treasurer |
/s/John Buckel
John Buckel
President, Trust for Professional Managers
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/s/Jennifer Lima
Jennifer Lima
Treasurer, Trust for Professional Managers
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Dated: 4/28/2023
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